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Anthems, Cantatas, Carols
Part of Programmes.
YOUNG FOLK PARTICIPATE
CHRISTMAS SERVICE f
IN MMflf CHURCHES
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NEW BILLS AT THE THEATERS
Trinity I-ntheran Pastor Prclic
Sermon in Sign Language
for the Deaf.
Rnoi-iai rhrlstmjs services were
held in many Portland churches yes
tarriav mnrnlne and last niffht. An
thems, cantatas and carols were sung.
Thfrt wpre sDeclal Christmas ser
mons and in some ot the churches
nroirrammes for the children and
vnnnar fniw in the afternoon.
KavnritA arola. RUch as "Come, All
T Faithful." "Hark, the Herald
Ansels Sins," and "It Came Upon the
Midnizht Clear" were found on many
programmes. Some churches, prin
cipally the Church of Our Father.
I'nitarian. confined the services
mainlv to music, with only a brief
ermon bv the Dastor. Kev. v imam
Eliot Jr.
Quartet Sins Cantata.
The First Presbyterian church con
tinued its Christmas celebration with
ppecial services last night. The quar
tet sans a Christmas cantata, "The
Coming: of the King:." and Edgar E.
Coursen gave an organ recital.
Many Sunday schools have com
pleted their offerings for the near
east relief. The children have been
saving their -pennies for several
months for the relief fund.
The Sunday school of the First
Christian church presented a pageant,
"Love's ?nquest" last night. The
pageant was given by 40 intermediate
and senior girls in costume. The
leading parts were portrayed by Mar
jorie Crittenden, Mary Wassell, Edith
Olson and Veldine Piatt, under the
direction of Mrs. C. M. Kiggins.
"The Slcasiab" at First Methodist.
Special Christmas music of the
Christmas dar- services was repeated
at St. Stephen's pro-cathedrat and
other churches. Handel's "The Mes
siah" was given at the evening serv
ices of the First Methodist church
and the First Congregational church.
Services for the deaf were held in
he afternoon at Trinity Lutheran
church. Rev. W. A. M. Beyer preached
the sermon. Theantire service waa
conducted in the sign language.
Orpheum.
BY LEONE CASS BAER.
HE DANCE SHOP" is the name
of the most pretentious act on
the new bill at the Orpheum, and It
could just as well be the name for the
entire bill, inasmuch as every act on
the list might have had its origin in a
dance shop. ' Even the three Original
Kegals who open the festivities with
demonstrations in molar strength step
on their tippy toes and put jazz in
their movements. Come to recall it,
there's one act that has no stepping
and that is offered by Joe Towle, who
says he used to have two partners,
"soap and water." Joe says that the
foundation for every vaudeville act
is either nerve or ability and that his
audience may judge for itself which
of the two backs his act. Joe has a
piano which he plays whenever he
runs out of things, to say and his
tunes are a quotation from every bal
lad that ever came out of a piano.
He hammers out "Peter, Peter. Pump
kin Eater" and "I Was Seeing Nellie
Home," a line from "II Trovatore" and
a million more and calls for sugges
tions from the audience. Everything
Joe does is set in comedy and the
originality and downright cleverness
of his remarks suggests that he is
making 'em up as he goes along. Joe
wears a stage hand's uniform and a
soldier's cap. His memories of sol
dierirtg prove one of the joy jolts in
his act.
Stella Tracy and Carl McBride
emerge from a divorce mill where
they have just been separated matri
monially, and pause to throw a few
compliments and other conversational
brickbats in front of us. Their line
of chatter is tremendously keen and
new and. we waited in anticipation of
a laugh whenever one asked the other
a question. Just for good measure
Stella and Carl dance, and excellent
dancing it is, especially Carl's, who
knows all the old steps and dozens of
new ones. He dances easily ana
smoothly and is a delight to watch.
Stella warbles with gestures about
the movie hounds. She says "you pay
your little dime and go out and see a
time," which suggests that the couplet
was written when a dime had a pur
chasing power. That line should be
changed. They have a clever finale
in which they travesty a pair of wild
and untamed Spanish dancers. It is
very funny and fetches rounds of ap
plause.
siffer. By tonight iffr. O'Farrell will
b letter perfect in the part and th
audience whe go to see "Way Down
East" will never know of the sub
stitution. A very fine production has been
given the play by Mr. Gilbert and the
players give the characters the same
careful attention as to diction and
costume and naturalness as if they
were peopling some ultra smart and
modern play.
The jjy of the party is William Lee.
He Is Hi-Holler, the chore boy at the
Bartlett farm, a prlviledged and pleas
ing person. Mr. Lee has given Hi a
fascinating and natural bucolic color
scheme and invests the role with such
en amazing naturalness that the fun
he arouses is genuine. He reads
jokes (from' a Bringng Up Father
joke book which is inconsistent by
the way) and when he laughs at the
Jokes the audienqe simply yells, not
,at the jokes, but at Hi Holler. He
dominates every scene he steps into.
It is quite f.e best characterization
Mr. Lee has done in some time. ' - '
As for the rest, there is the lovely
and colorful Leona Powers as Anna
and Selmer Jackson as young Bart
lett, who loves her in spite of the
ftories the gossips dig up. Miss Pow
ers has a splendid way of keeping in
a character, being that character all
the time she is portraying her. . She
makes Anna Moore a patient, sad, lov
able creature and dresses her as Anna
Moore would have dressed. Even her
shoes are indicative of Anna's position
in life sad, worn little slioes that
have traveled miles. Many a lovely
leading woman would have had Anna's
feet in pumps and silk hose, refusing
to sacrifice vanity for sincerity of
purpose. Mr. Jackson fits nicely in
deep-voiced dignity and personal
charm to the role of young Bartlett,
and a full dozen more give faithful
pictures. The piece is a delightful
one for the Christmas week.'
Anna Moore Leona Powers
YULETIDE THOUGHTS
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dTED for aged
Look Forward, Is Advice of
Dr. McElveen.
WORLD STILL ADVANCING
Dr. Joshua Stanfield Speaks on
God In Human - Life in
Christmas. Sermon.
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THREE HAVE X ARROW ESCAPE
CHRISTMAS MORX1XG.
Souvenirs Gathered in All Parts of
World Are Lost by Major
French of Medford.
MEDFORD, Or.. Dec. 26. (Special.)
The home of C. C. French, son of
Major L. H. French, of fame as an
author, soldier, engineer and hunter
of big game, near Table Rock, was
destroyed by fire of unknown origin
early Christmas morning about 2
o'clock.
The loss is estimated to be J70.C00
with insurance at about half that
amount.
The building was one of the most
elaborate country homes in the Pa
cific northwest and recently was pre
sented by the major to his son. It Is
located at the bas of Table Rock.
When the family was awakened by
the crackling of flames the entire
structure was on fire and Mr. and
Mrs. French and Major French only
had time to escape in their night
clothing. ,
Besides their household effects and
personal belonging, a library of be
tween 700 and 800 books belonging to
Major French, .-and many trophies
big game hunts in Africa and Asia
and souvenirs gathered from the fou
corners of the globe were burned.
Neighbors of the Frenchs passed
the evening decorating a Christma
tree for children. Candy, toys and
gifts also were lost.
STORM WARNING POSTED
Bain and Increasing ' Southerly
Winds, Portland Forecast.
According to information from the
local weather forecaster's office,
storm warnings have been sent out to
all stations along the north coast
from the mouth of the Columbia river
north with the exception of those sta
tions around the Puget sound harbor.
The storm center is reported near Ju
neau, Alaska, and is not expected to
affect the sheltered ports of Puget
eound.
Continued rain with increasing
southerly winds is the forecast for
Portland. With the posibility of eight
hours of sunshine out of 24, Old Sol
registered a blank yesterday for Port
land. He failed to break through the
clouds for even a tiny peek at thr
city. '.
ARBITER SLAYS ARBITER
Bulgarian Colonel Kills Serbian
General and Then Himself.
BUDAPEST. Dec. 26. (Havas.)
During a meeting of the commission
appointed to delimit the berbo-Bul
garlan frontier a quarrel broke out
and a Bulgarian colonel killed th
Serbian general who presided, said a
Sofia dispatch today.
The colonel then committed suicide.
V. S. Urged to Help Ireland.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 26. Resolu
tions urging the government of the
United States to "express Its sympathy
for struggling Ireland and to use its
great influence to end the reign of
terror for which the government of
England is responsible" were adopted
at a mass meeting held this afternoon
under the auspices of the Seattle
branch of the American association
for the recognition of the Irish re
public. Right Rev. Edward J. O'Dea,
bishop of Seattle, delivered the prln
cipal address.
Xurses to Meet.
The Oregon State Graduate Nurses'
association will hold its regular meet
ing at the central library Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Miss Elnora
Thomson, head of the public health
nursing course of the Portland branch
of the University of Oregon, will tell
of her experiences in-public welfare
work" In Italy. The official blanks
and receipts for the association will
be ready for distribution at this
meeting. '
Dunbar's old-time darkies return
with the same fine, rich voices and
new songs. Some of these are sung
without orchestral accompaniment
and the effect is pure harmony. They
introduce syncopated time in occa
sional airs and step with agility and
in the spirit of the music. John
Turner, basso, was especially liked in
his solo "The Sentinel Asleep" and
the combined voices in an old planta
tion melody made delightful harmony.
Jeanette Hackett, a graceful blonde
wisp oZ a girl, and -iarry Delmar, a
capital dancer and post-graduate in
the art of acrobatic terpsichore, are
the prime and moving spirits in "The
Dance Shop." Harry is completely
surrounded by feminine charms. Be
sides the attractive Miss Hackett, who
does the specialties in song and dance
there are four other maids, trim and
pretty and all clever young dancers.
They change their few clothes often
and on one occasion step out as, a
slice from Chu Chin Chow in fantastic
garb of every color. Besides these
girls there are two more, a twain of
gifted girls, Grace Weeks and Mar
garet Walker, who glide through f
series of amazing and interesting
dances. The act is handsomely put on
and constantly holds interest. Mr.
Delmar has several specialties which
are pronouncedly graceful and sur
prising.
Fred Fenton and Sammy Fields
walk in to Italian music, wear black
face makeup and talk straight Eng
lish. They fool around and dance
few miles of eccentricity and provide
, food for laughter.
Lucy Gillett is billed as the lady
from Delft. As a Holland maid she
fits picturesquely into the Holland
kitchen scene, and gaily dances about
juggling the variou pieces of furni
ture. She Js a delightful entertainer
and her accurate aims and quick re
sults please.
.The Three Original Regals are dis
covered as village blacksmiths. They
pause awhile in their regular day's
work to put on c capital exhibition
in which they suspend weights and
themselves by their teeth. One of the
Regals holds an anvil weighing. 275
pounds by his bicuspids while his
brothers pound on it with sledge ham
mers. They, too, were much ap
plauded. P. S. This bill closes with a mati
nee Wednesday.
Sauire Bartlett
Loutna Bartlett ...
David Bartlett ...
Kate Brewster . . .
Professor Sterling
Hi Holler
Lennox Sanderson
Martha Perkins
Rube Whipple
...Smith Davies
Lora Roxers
. . . .Selmer Jackson
Mayo Methot
. ...Irvlnff Kennedy
'William Lee
Leo Linhard
. .Shirlev Mayberry
.Murray F. Bemara
Seth Holcomb GeorRe P.Webster
Dr. Wiggins Lawrence Keating
Sam Walter Corry
Lyric.
tiT OOLET'S TROUBLE,'
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Baker.
Br LEONE CASS BAER.
JUST before the curtain went up
last night o Squire Bartlett'f
farm yard where the first act of "Way
Down East" takes place, Walter Gil
bert, stage director of the Baker
Players, stepped before the footlights
and made an announcement. One of
the actors was incapacitated, said Mr.
Gilbert, and quite unable to go on
with his role. Another actor had
been hastily recruited and with only
an half hour In which to go over the
part he would go on and read his lines
from the manuscript. Mr. Gilbert
voiced the regrets of the management
over the unforseen happenings and
asked the indulgence of the audience.
Whereupon the audience, to show its
magnamity and sportsmanlike atti
tude, burst into prolonged applause.
Later the applause was repeated when
Broderick O'Farrell made his entrance
reading the role that Smith Davies
was unable to play. Mr. O'Farrell is
a good character actor and has ap
peared on several occasions with the
Baker Players. Mr. O'Farrell read
his lines with dramatic expression
and the company to an individual
kept all the situations so well in hand
ard so cleverly covered any discrep
er.cles that the performance didTot
the new
show which opened yesterday
afternoon at the Lyric theater, is
a fast-mov'ng farce based on the
complications that arise when a
young bachelor attempts to fool his
rich uncle by pretending to have a
wife and baby.
Clever comedy situations provide
generous quantities of fun which the
Lyric cast put over in rapid style. The
scenes are laid in Mike Dooley's
home, where his unmarried friend,
Dick, is visiting. Dick receives a tel
egram saying that his uncle Ike is
coming to see him. Uncle Ike has
told hie nephew to get married, and
Dick knows that if he cannot show
bis rich relative a wife, he will be
cut off from uncle's wealth. Dooley
is told the news, and is pressed into
service.
After a heated argument, Mrs.
Dooley agrees to assume the role of
Dick's-wife during Ike's visit. Uncle
arrived, and Mike further messes
things up by saying that Dick is a
father. This makes it necessary to
procure a baby for the occasion, but
Dick's friends are over-zealoua, and
in the final scene of the play half a
dozen babies are brought in to the
astonished uncle.
The Lyric chorus and principals
contribute plenty of tuneful song
numbers to the show. Frank O'Rourke
makes a hit with "Five Women to
One Man," and Dorothy Raymond is
charming in a ballad, "The Land of
Lullaby." Will Rader, in a rube part,
sings "It's a Long Time," and Gay
DuVall makes a dainty appearance in
"I Wish I Had Someone." "The So
ciety Rag" is put over skillfully by
Clarence -Wurdig, aided by pretty
Jane Warwick and Will Rader in an
exhibition of deft shoulder work.
"Dreaming Sweet Dreams of. Mother"
is a nice bit of harmony by Clare
Heath,. Don Smith, and "Duke" -Gilk-ison.
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Hippodrome.
TARKSMANSHIP that is perfec-
1V1 tion to the ninth decree is dis
played by the Georgalis trio with th
new show opening at the Hippodrom
yesterday. A natty appearing naval
officer comes down into the audience
and extinguishes candles on the stage
with his gun, shoots white buttons on
a girls cape and does other similar
stunts, finally playing "Annie Laurie'
on a series of bell targets.
A dwarf who sings and dances
half of the DeWitt and Robinson com
pany. His mate plays the banjo and
piano while the diminutive individual
gambols about in a tiny evening suit
and much battered up "two-quart lid.1
His most popular numbers are take
offs on some of the dancing that
makes up the rest of the bill.
Al Lester and a versatile young
woman have a line of light humorou
patter. The latter represents herself
as a widow whose husband was
drowned in a bath tub. She is much
shocked when, upon the eve of her
wedding to another man, a notice ap
pears in a scandal sheet relative to
plumber who was accidentally locked
in the bath room. She demands lm
mediate reparation and when Lester
appears, in the role' of detective, as
somes that he is the reporter. Lester
has a note book in which he regis
ters all the features of the case, con
fusing the dead husband and the
plumber, while the audience enjoys
the situation. The pair are also
clever at dramatic recitations, always
with a laugh at the conclusion.
A one-act play "Off With the Old
Love," is the offering of .G. Swayne
Gordon & Co. Robert and Deraont
have a revue of melodies and dance
novelties. The photoplay stars May
Allison in "Are All Men Alike."
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Before an audience that crowded
thj First Congregational church, the
pastor. Dr. W. T. McElveen, preached
on the opinion of the aged Simeon
about the Christ -child.
The old man said: "This child is
appointed for the falling and the ris
ing of many."
"Simeon was a very remarkable old
man. He was old in no other respect
except in his body. He had lived a
long while, yet his mind and spirit
were young.. Elderly- people are
usually reminiscent; not so Simeon.
He looked not backward, but forward.
He was confident that the years were
moving towards some splendid con
summation. Hint for Aged.
"Here is a hint as to how elderly
people can celebrate Christmas. They
can be hopeful for the race. They can
have a great, wide outlook for human
ity. Instead of being retrospective,
they can cheer their souls with the
thought that civilization is ever going
to be better.
"Simeon's prophesy has come true.
The Christ-child has pushed the race
upward but in so doing he has pushed
certain people and institutions aside.
Because of his influence crowns and
thrones have perished. Germany's
philosophy was pagan. It was anti
Christian. It had to go to the wall.
If France gets too imperialistic and
grabby, she, too, must be set aside.
The Christ-child will transform man
kind. But those who stand in his
way will be cast aside.
Propkecy Is Fulfilled.
"Jesus did just what Simeon said he
would do. He pulled the mighty down
from their seats and exalted the
humble and the lowly. The ethical
leaders of his day were Pharisees.
The word Pharisee was then a term
of dignity and honor. Phariseeism
was anti-Christian, and so now it is a
term of reproach and contempt. Jesus
took a word that in his day was a
gutter word, cleaned it, and highly
exalted it.
"The word, humility, in his day
meant something mean and craven.
It meant to crawl upon the ground.
Jesus ennobled the word and made
it the name of the highest excellency.
Sos he discarded some old ideas and
gave an honorable place to ideas that
were despised in his generation.
Christ is the touch-stone which ( re
veals to men what is good and what
is bad. Many fall and many rise by
coming in contact with Christ. Pilate
condemned Christ. Christianity long
ago condemned Pilate." .
ChrlMtmas Coming of Goi.
In the Christmas sermon at the
First Methodist church yesterday
morning, Dr. Joshua Stansfield spoke
on "God in Human Life," taking as
text, I Timothy ili:16: "Great is the
manifestation of godliness, God mani
fest in the flesh, justified in the
spirit, believed on in the world, re
ceived up into glory."
He said: "We celebrate at Christ
mas, the fullest coming of God into
human life God manifest in the
flesh. The glory of the Christian's
doctrine the incarnation is this, not
the revelation of God merely, but the
revelation of God in human life. God
manifest in the flesh.
"This whole Bible is a revelation
of God in and through, and to and by
men, for 'Holy men of old spoke as
they were moved by the holy ghost.'
But, in the fullness of time, the
'word became flesh and dwelt among
us." The full articulation of the
divine word was in a human life.
Birth at Mankind's Level.
"When God came to the world on
that first Christmas, where was he
born? He was born in our common
humanity. Down at the very base
and ground level of mankind. He
was born as a little child. 'This shall
be the sign unto you ye shall find
a babe, wrapped in swaddling clothes
and lying in a manger." In our
humanity there are many kinds of
personality high, low, rich, poor,
strong, weak, bound, free but
common to all the common denomi
nations of all mankind is the child.
Christ was born a little child.
When God came into our human life,
he came not as a ruler or lord, or
conqueror or king. He was born as
a child "Great is the manifestation
of godliness: God manifest in the
flesh." There have been those who
thought that our human nature is so
poor and w:ak and vile and sinful
that God could not possibly live in It;
but that Is not true. ,
"Human kind as we usually see it
is weak and faulty and fallen, but
that is human nature gone wrong.
There is nothing in human nature
itselL in any part of it, that is essen
tially sinful. All sin, and failure and
badness is in human nature gone
wrong. All the native powers and
faculties and capacities of human life
are good; and it is only in the wrong
ful exercise of them or any of them
that life becomes bad.
Child Life Manifestation.
"Of the children Jesus said-most
truly, "Of such is the kingdom of
God." It was into the common child
life of our humanity that Christ came.
It is and .has always been true that
in the child life there are the truly
divine and redemptive forces of man
kind. "The leopard shall lie down
with the kid, and the wolf shall dwell
with the lamb and a little child shall
lead them.' Human life is large
enough and good enough for God to
live it, and he did most fully In Jesus
Christ, who was born on that first
Christmas two thousand years ago.
And note, you: God who vae manifest
in the flesh was Justified in the
spirit.
"The spirit and manner of life of
Jesus was such that those who knew
him best said: "We beheld his glory,
the glory of the only begotten of the
father full of grace and truth." The
divinity of the God man as proven
and established is the spirit and char
acter of Jesus."
CHILD BABBIXGER OF JOY
Rev. Edward Constant Preaches on
Tnto rs a Child Is Born.
In the familiar words of Isaiah
"Unto us a child Is born" Rev. Ed
ward Constant founa his text for the
sermon' he preached yesterday morn
ing at the Highland Congregational
church on "Homage to the Christ
Child." "We read the largest possible mean
ing into the prophet's words," said
Rev. Mr. Constant, "and give to them
the widest application. We lose sight
of any primary significance in the
statement, apply the words to Jesus
and ay, 'unto us a child is born.'
The light Of divinity now lies athwart
the path of man and the world has
been blessed by the coming of the
child.
"Often does the little child appear
as the harbinger of happiness. It
comes as the messenger of hope'. The
first feeble cry is the faint articula
tion of the life of later years. Be
cause the world has caught the ra
diance of the vision of the Christ
Child it sees the promise of better
things, the golden age which has yet
to come. The love of God reveals it
self in the manger-cradle and the
lullaby sung to the holy babe is the
note of peace and love.
who can look upon a picture of the
helples infant in Mary's arms with
out the stirring of the better in
stincts of his nature. Contemplation
of this child and its mother has an
elevating and refining influence upon
the soul.
- "Some have been so busy decrying
what is called marlolatry that they
have failed to do Justice to the splen
did character of Mary, who grew like
a lair and graceful lily of tender
purity amid the hills of Galilee. Her
name is one of the jewel names of
history, a very pearl of the scriptures,
idealized again and again by poet and
painter and inspiring master com
posers to write the music of a 'Stabat
Mater' and an 'Ave Maria." We may
rightly call her 'our lady," the highest
type of womanhood and the pattern
of what every mother ought to be.
We can find an interpretation of the
mother in the son."
FEAST IS COMMON" PEOPLE'S
Birth of Christ Has Hallowed Hum
ble Life, Says Dr. Held.
Dr. S. J. Reid speaking on 'Shep
herds, Angels and Wise Men," at
Christmas services at the White
Temple yesterday morning said In
part:
"Why should there be a miraculous
announcement at the birth of Christ
and why should It be made to these
shepherds? Why did angels speak to
God pity him jnen, because, recorded, their ponir ha.
helped a world to understand Ihv
nature and meaning of Chrlut's birth?
"The glory died off the hllUlda
quickly and the music of the wni
scarcely lingered longer in the tns
of the hearers, but the notes sil.T
echo In all lands, and every genera
tion turns to them with wonder and
hope.
"The selection of a few peasants as
receivers of the mensaae tells that the
birth of Christ hallowed common life,
and Christianity belongs to thnne
people for whom the king of de
mocracy was born. The appearancn
to these humble men symbollxed the
destination of the gospel for all ranks
and classes.
"'It is no unmeaning fat that the
glory of the Lord shone lambent
round the shepherds and the angel
standing beside them in the circle of
light.
"No longer In secret shrine but out
In the open fields. In God's great out-of-doors,
the symbol of Uod's divine
presence glowed In the darknens.
Christianity Is free to all and not hal
lowed in some sacred temple or altar
The angel's gentle encouragement
"Fear not," tells us that Chrict la the
end of all fear. Nothing harmfu1
cornea from where Jesua has come. la
how many ways the Incarnation was
to be the fountain of purest gludnrvs
was not then discerned, but the "
are gradually unfolding the full
sweep of Its power."
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Af ter-Ef f ects
IF THE Christmas
1 "Good Cheer" was-1
too much for the di
gestion and your
doctor has pre
scribed relief let us
do our part in filling
the prescription.
Remember, the store
of "Dependable
Drugs" never closes.
LV"-Hom MAIN 7 11 I p
The Meier & Frank Store Will Not Open
Till 11 O'CLOCK This Morning
This postponement of the opening hour is necessitated by the vast amount of work re
quired to prepare this tremendous January Clearance. Store hours for this first day of
the sale only will be 11 A. M. to 5.45 P. M. Tuesday and succeeding days store hours
will be as usual from 9:15 A. M. to 5:45 P. M.
Also at 11 A. M. This Morning "TO
our 32 show windows, which have been "dark" since Saturday night, will be uncur
tamed and their contents revealed to the public the promised "SURPRISE" about
which so many have been wondering and waiting for.
Employes
without exception will report
at the store at the regular
time this morning.
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Beginning at 11 A. M. Today
January
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Purchases
today and balance of month
will go on the January ac
counts rendered February 1.
Clearance
Put Forward One Week as Announced in Both the Sunday Papers (Back Page, Section 1)
A Real Old-Fashioned "Clearance" With Savings on Every Article in Every Department
(CONTRACT LINES AND GROCERIES EXCEPTED)
This means that beginning at .11 A. M today we
offer for a limited time the entire merchandise
stocks of the Meier & Frank store (contract lines
and groceries excepted) every article at a lower
price than it was marked up to the time that our
store closed last Friday evening.
Could anything be clearer? Could anything be
finer? Think of choosing from the entire great
Meier & Frank stocks the largest and finest in the
West at lower prices than you would have paid here
last Friday. And you know that those prices were
already lowest in the city.
Tell Your Family! Tell Your Ftf ends! Tell Everyone!
Spread the news broadcast'of this tremendous vital thing
everything -EVERYTHING in the splendid Meier & Frank
stocks (contract lines and groceries excepted) at a freshly lowered
price beginning at 11 A. M. today. It is wonderful! It is inspir
ing! It is the real thing! And you and everybody should make
the most of it! The time is now! , ;
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