TIIK MORNING OKKGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920 DAIRY LUNCHEON GIVEN ? The History of the Umbrella From Earliest Times to the Present Day Is Interestingly Unfolded in One of Our Alder Street Windows Thursday: A Banner Day in the 1 CHARGE PURCHASES PAYABLE MARCH 1 IMITATION" COW IS VSKI) FOR J TABLK DECORATION'. fi m H t H ir,7' 5 53n S to Bring Down Living Costs 20 Milk Suncy Reports Arc Heard a'nd Work of Home Economics 'I'cuclicrs Kxplaiucd. i. With practically all its membership present yesterday, the official board uf the Oregon Uairy council met in Trlt Q.UALITY" STOfE OF- PORTLAND riflK. SocU"MoTlsotv Aider ats. a tj ti r it it k i -i ci i it t m. in M 'i 8 The Imperial hotel. Preceding the ex ecutive meeting, there was a dairy -Ixincheon in the dining room. The management had arranged the table decorations so that an imitation cow centered the board. The place cards were clippings from dairy magazines. Quests of honor were Miss Lutie Stearns of Milwaukie, Miss Edna (proves, director of home economics In the Portland schools; Miss Vella Winner, Mrs. P. O. Powell of Mon 'moulh and 11. L. Hawley of McCoy. - .Miss Groves, in her address, explained jnethods in which the home economics teachers are bringing to the attention o students, the food value of dairy .products. She also invited the council directors to visit the open-air school at any time. ' Professor P. M. Brandt presided and called to the notice of the council the Importance of the fact that Oregon J.s known as the state with high 'andard milk. K. L. Sabin moved that the council appoint a committee to take such steps as may be necessary to the end That Dr. D. W. Mack, city dairy in spector, be retained for Portland. A. M. Work was elected a member of the executive board. The secretary reported that 32 coun ties have either completed or are .making the echool milk survey. A vote of appreciation was extended to Hoards Dairyman, the Western ililk Dealer and) Dairyman, the Pacific jDuiry Keview and to several Individ uals including the teachers and press of the state who have co-operated 1m the educational work. EXTRA! IIS Si 1 I rail wl mm i FEATURING THAT VERY POPULAR 2 MODELTHE Victrola XI 5 $130 Unusual Interest Will 4 Attach to This New Shipment of i Victrolas i I The Victrola XI (illustrated) is one of the most popular of all - Victrolas. Owing1 to the acute shortage occasioned by the factory's inability to sup ply the demand, the Victrola XI especially has been at a aremium for some time. Where fore we are doubly pleased to announce this new shipment. The Victrola XI in mahog any may be had here at $130 while any instruments remain from this new shipment, which is quite limited in number. Select yours today. Brunswick, Columbia and the . New Edison This store is headquarters also for these. All the stand ard makes can be seen, heard and compared side by side in our Phonograph Shop, Sixth Floor. Your Own Terms in Reason , Any instrument can be pur chased here on your own terms in reason or we will, if desired, make up special outfits of in struments and selected records payable on the same liberal plan. s Grand Opera Records Selections from the operas on the San Carlt Grand Opera Company's repertoire at the Auditorium this week may be had t this store on Victor, Columbia and Edison records made by famous artists. . Hear them in our sound proof parlors. Meier & Frank's: Phonograph Shop, Sixth .Floor. MENS 5820 ine Shirts at Clearaway Prices Last Minute News! m 400 Good Silk Blouses Lowered to This Final Price $4.55 a1 ' ; vpi v 6 5 Blouses already greatly reduced have been grouped together and still further lowered in price. There are astonishing buys now. Lovely georgette crepe, taffeta, satin and crepe de chine. Plain, embroidered, -hemstitched. Low and a few high necks." White, flesh, biscuit, blue and black. Only one or two of a kind. Some show marks of handling. But if one takes into account the new higher costs of silk, etc., it does seem that blouses of good silk at $4.55 are very close to being extraordinary. Please take notice broken sizes. Early comers will be surest of finding what they need. Meier & Frank's: Blouse Shop. Fourth Floor. An Extra Special 3 Days Sale of Women's Spring Gloves $2.19. These new spring gloves on sale for three days at $2.19 a pair are all WASHABLE and are the greatest kind of a value at the price. Fashionable shades of gray, putty, covert, pearl, brown, tan and khaki. Plain and contrasting embroidered backs. P. K. and P. X: M. sewn. One-clasp style. A few have silk lining. Sizes 5 to 7. EXTRA! Children's Gloves 49c A wonderful lot of children's washable gloves in sizes from 8 months to 10 years. Newport and white. Because of the exceptionally low price there will be no phone orders and no exchanges. Early selection is advised. Meier & Frank's: Glove Shop. Main Floor. 10,000 Mina Taylor, Gold Medal and Other Makes ouse Dresses in a Sale H s This sale includes our entire remaining Lower Price Store stocks of house dresses and coverall aprons more than 10,000 garments altogether at four wonderfully reduced prices. Every garment in the sale is offered at LESS THAN PRESENT WHOLESALE. Note the illustrations. ! ! 2000 Dresses $12- Usually sold at $2.29, $2.49, $2.69 and more. This lot includes garments of fine ginghams and percales in plain colors and combination effects light, medium and dark shades all FAST colors. Attractive belted styles with shirred waistlines. Sizes 36 to 46. 2400 Dresses S2H Usually sold at $3.49, $3.98 and $4.49. Fine zephyr gingham dresses of the better kind. Belted and close fitting effects in more than a dozen models, A wonderful diversity of patterns and colorings. Some trimmed with linene and pique. Sizes 36 to 46. 2000 Dresses $3M Usually sold at $4.98, $5.49, $5.98 and more. Made of finest zephyr ginghams and madrases in good-looking stripes, checks and plaids light, medium and dark fast colors. Som'e with pique collars and cuffs, many embroidered fronts. Sizes 36 to 46. iWi Vl$: W Usually- sold at $1.49, $1.69 and some 'as high as $1.98. fepgffej 1 I V liF.l fir . 11 1 Usually sold at $1.49, $1.69 and some 'as high as $1.98. These garments are made of standard quality ginghams and percales in a great selection of checks, stripes and plaids- light, medium and dark colorings. Attractive plain and belted styles in great variety. Sizes 36 to 44. EXTRA SALESPEOPLE EXTRA SELLING SPACE COME EARLY FOR THE BEST SELECTION! Meier & Frank's: Lower Price Store, Basement Balcony. To Say That Prices Are Well Below Wholesale Does Not Do Justice to the Reductions Sale Begins at 9:15 I $B llil wzm iew jmm STORE for MEN, Main Floor Just Inside Morrison Entrance eaay Tien Our Doors Open at 9:15 A. M. This Morning and Lots of Wise Shoppers Will Be on Hand Then MEN! Come and Tell Your Friends WOMEN! Buy Now for Your Men Folks EVERYBODY Should Share in This Shirt Sale We are going to try and suppress our natural enthusiasm in telling you about this sale and shall narrate briefly in terms of cold appraisal what might well be dis coursed about in several chapters of gripping interest. Well, then There are by actual count 5820 shirts in this sale. They are all taken from our regular stock or are specially purchased NEW SHIRTS of like grade to those carried in stock at the regular prices quoted. .The prices quoted for comparison pur poses are LESS than the same qualities could be regularly purchased at retail elsewhere. NOW GOOD SHIRTS are not easy to get in any considerable numbers today to sell at our customary fair prices, much less at MUCH LOWER prices nor is the outlook favorable to prices coming down. These shirts are GOOD. And there are 485 dozen in the sale. Ask yourself this question Do you need shirts now or do you expect to buy shirts in the next few months? If the answer is "yes" and if you wantto SAVE in a real substantial way buy your limit in this sale. THE SALE BEGINS at 9:15 A. M. today (Thursday) in The Store for Men, Main Floor. The shirts have been arranged accord ing to sizes so as to facilitate selection. To insure that service will be speedy and satisfactory we have provided ad ditional experienced salespeople. Lot 1 : 2400 Good Shirts at $1.65 Our $2.85 and $3.50 Grades 3 of these shirts for $4.75. This is a "titbit," surely. Shirts of such materials as Bedford cords, oxfords, madrases both plain and corded and satin striped, soisettes, etc. In this lot are many NEW shirts out for the first time AND ALL GENEROUSLY UNDERPRICED. All sizes to start the sale but not all sizes in each pattern. Lot 2: 2820 Fine Shirts at $2.65 Our $4.00 and $4.50 Grades 3 of these shirts for $7.50. GENUINE ANDERSON MADRAS which as a shirt fabric owns no superior for wear and silk-striped poplins nearly a thousand of these and ALL BRAND NEW make up this second remarkable group of shirts. Patterns and colorings are of the most attractive kinds. All sizes to start the sale. Lot 3: 600 Silk Shirts at $3.65 Our Special $5.00, $6.95 and Better Grades Read the headline again, please: "600 silk shirts at $3.65." Not a shirt in this lot would sell regularly for less than $5.00 and many are worth TWICE THIS PRICE. Plain color wash silks in pastel shades of cream, old rose, lavender, green and blue, also plain white shirts. Lots of good-looking striped patterns in various color combinations for those who want lively styles. A few of these are sub-standards ; some are slightly soiled. All sizes to start the sale. Meier & Frank's: The Store for Men, Main Floor. I I