THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 36, 1923
YULETIDE SPIRIT
WALLY AND HIS FAMILY IN THEIR HAPPIER DAYS.
REPARATIONS PLAN
The Store That Undersells
Because It Sells For Cash
itlillllllllllllllllllMllllllllllItlllillilllL:
Agents for the Butterick
Fatterns and Publications. 5
tiiiiimiiiiiiimiitmimmmiiiimimii
RULES OVER GiTY
All Mail Orders Promptly
and Carefully Filled
Spend "A Night in Paris" With the American Legion, Saturday
1 Night, December 30th, at the Auditorium 1
After Christmas Shoppers
I Will Find Out-of-the-Ordinary Economies at This Great I
Children Up at Dawn for
Joyous Occasion.
Another Week Needed for
French Programme. ,
WEEDY NOT FORGOTTEN
ALLIES THEN TO DECIDE
Bare Boards Heaped With Food
Proposal Will Be Presented to
and Floors Strewn With
Toys by Thought! u.
Conference of Premiers, Which
Opens in Paris January 2. x i
2
I . J. m. i
NOTYET COMPLETE
SlSifl t - 'k
0 'ISiIIsbbS tfSS
(Continued From Tint Pag.)
really to forget their duties, and to
be themselves merely for the love
of It. And that Is why the city
(ound on yesterday Its most pleas
urable privilege to be the broaden
ing of the holiday until bare
boards were heaped with hearty
food, and bar.e floors strewn with
toys, and bare hearts filled with
happiness.
Tommy Swivel was rounder and
ruddier than ever before and
Tommy has weathered many a Yule
tide as the particular patron of
friendless children. When Tommy
laughed he was a temblor in minia
ture. His Christmas tree was the
tcayest of all that left the dark
forest for the homes of men, and
the table he set for his scores of
youthful friends declined to groan
on the grounds of propriety, and
not because It had not ample cause
to. Through the revel of his crea
tion, Master Swivel rotated, the in
carnation of S. Claus himself, and
et the clangor of cutlery and the
tiabel of small voices he expanded
visibly and perilously.
Christmas Is Habit.
"Christmas," said Tommy, "Is a
habit with me, a habit I do not care
to break, a habit that I defy any
one to break for me. A year with
out its Christmas would be an egg
without salt. I should not care to
sample It."
And there gleamed and glittered
and winked, at approximately the
time of this remark, a Christmas
tree of Brobdignag, reared by the
mettlesome Elks in the great cavern
of the municipal auditorium. A few
years more and it would have been
a saw-log, doomed to such ignoble
uses as flooring. But providence
caught it up In the tide of the holi
day, and made it brave with vari
colored lights, and stars, and drap
eries of silver and gold, so that it
passed In gayety as a true fir
should to the laughter and shouts
of hundreds of children, of kiddies
that must have missed their Christ
mas but for It and the warmth of
heart that placed it there.
Prisoners Enjoy Day.
These are but Incidents, though
they stand gallantly forth, of the
Christmas that was yesterday. The
same fine spirit and generous
thought reached out for homeless
men, and set them down to dine, for
all pathetic youngsters and gave
them cause for glee; yes, even into
the dark corridors of the cells
where men were spending, the
queerest Christmas of their lives, to
tell them that they were not quite
lorgotten of the world, and that the
world was very decent at heart and
more than willing to cry a truce.
Yet comb and search the city as
you will, exhaust every stratagem
for the apprehension of unhapplness,
and still there is work for the
gleaner. It was this reflection, and
very worth while it proved, that
bade Grocer Wolcott keep open
6tore at his east side grocery yes
terday morning, when other busi
ness houses were closed. He had
made it known that, to all the neg
lected of Christmas, his shop was
a welcome rendezvous and his
wares their wares 'that none might
miss a proper dinner. .
City Is Quiet.
A Sabbath quietude rested upon
the city. All Bave the plodding
postman, and others of the less
favored occupations, were where of
right they should have been at
home. The hurry and haste of the
pre-holiday weeks, the shouts of the
street vendors with their holly and
mistletoe, the rattle of trucks and
the rush of automobiles, the multi
farious medley of anticipation were
hushed and gone. Nor would they
revive again, to such a tide, for an
other twelve-month. A trace of
eadness to that a thought that,
somewhat modified In outward ex
pression but unchanged in its prin
ciple, the city might well have kept
the Yule to brighten all the cal
endar. This may yet come to p-assi And
in the meantime, as the suppositi
tious milkman shouted to the hypo
thetical crier
Merry Christmas!
ALL PENDLETON ENJOYS DAY
Charitable Organizations Take
Care or Needy.
PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 25. (Spe
cial.) Every family in Pendleton
enjoyed Christmas. It was a day of
family reunion, and for those who
would not' otherwise have had
Christmas cheer, the Red Cross,
Salvation Army and Elks with other
charitable organizations, saw that
a Christmas dinner and other pres
ents were provided.
The day was clear and bright
with the temperature between 60
and 60, and a warm wind blowing
which made the day feel like spring.
The last vestige of enow had van
ished. All the churches had special programmes.
ASTORIA CHRISTMAS QCIET
Needy Provided For and Services
Breathe Thankfulness.
ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 25. (Special.)
Observance of Christmas was
more quiet than has been customaV-y,
but it carried, with it the usual
Christmas cheer.
Special services were held at all
the churches, the underlying spirit
of which was thankfulness for the
prompt assistance which the peo
ple have received from the citizens
of the more fortunate cities in the
west.
Although the customary number
of baskets was not distributed this
year, the committees saw that the
needy families were provided for.
Knights Distribute Gifts.
Knights of Columbus, In keeping
with the annual custom, aided by
the Ladies of Isabella, distributed
good things throughout the city
Saturday to families listed with the
two organizations. Orphans and
other inmates of Catholic homes
were hot forgotten and the knights
took out toys and presents to the
little wards of these benevolent in
stitutlons. Individual boxes were
also sent to world war veterans in
hospitals,
Itmr: - c iY- v Xi ftA. fTl
ut 1
:v ftrirMfiiifiliitiiwW'il.rTiiTrirwfii-Tirir-tw'riTwJIiiirti tAttVvrtW "MirmfV"
' ' Photo by Underwood.
WALLACE REID, MRS. DOROTHY DAVENPORT REID AITD WALLACE REID JR.
It was of th home of the movie star In Hollywood where this picture was taken that Mrs. Alice Daven
port. Mrs. Reid's mother, said: "This wasn't a home. It was a roadhouse. Wally's friends would troop in
here by the scores at any old hour of the day or night, or the early hours of the morning. They would
com whether they were invited or not."
MAIL CLERKS HUSHED
BELATED PACKAGES ARE
CAUSE OF EXTRA WORK.
Great Stack of Christmas Pres
ents Sent Out Over City In
Time to Add Joy to Day.
The holiday, as a day of rest,
meant little to the clerks and car
riers employed in the Portland post
office and its branches.
It was a day of work, a day of
apparently unending toll, yet at 5
o'clock last night when the tired
crews quit, the great bulk of Port
land's Christmas mails fiad been de
livered. For the benefit of those
people who feel that they have been
slighted by relatives and friends
in the east, the postal authorities
add the Information, though, that
train No. 6, over the O.-W. R. & N.,
running late, arrived last night
with another large consignment of
delayed mail, which will be deliv
ered today.
The delivery of Christmas mall,
always late and always held until
the last minute, is the annual test
of the mettle of the postal crew.
This year it was a herculean task.
Sunday morning a pile of packages,
20 feet in width, 30 feet high and
50 feet long, stood in the main post
office. To deliver that pile and all
the malls brought in during the day
and night was the job that facea
the carriers and the clerks.
As fast as they could be sorted
and segregated the packages were
sent out to the suburban stations.
The carriers worked their full eight
hours Sunday, as did the clerks.
Yesterday morning a considerable
pile faced them, but the crews set to
work with a will. Extra men
helped the regular carriers with
heavy packages and bundles; per
ishable goods were sorted out and
given first attention; parcel post
autos were loaded to the limit or
their capacity; system and order
ruled, and by 5 o'clock last night
practically all of the mail had disappeared.
The classified stations of the city
were open from 8 A. M. to noon,
yesterday. General delivery, reg
istry and the stamp windows at the
main postoffice were ready for bus
iness during the same hours.
Another busy day is expected to
day. The Christmas rush will be
ended tonight, when the bundles
on train No. 5 and the few remain
ing packages at the central post-
office are delivered.
CHURCHES OBSERVE XMAS
Pre-Chrlstmas Shopping In Hills-
boro Is Brisk.
HTLLSBORO, Or., Dec 25. (Spe
cial.) Fair weather brought many
people to Hillsboro Saturday to
complete their Christmas shopping.
Streets and stores were crowded
most of the day.
Hillsboro had no municipal Christ
mas programme, as the numerous
churches of the city had arranged
for observance of the day.
The cold snap early in the month
gave special color and luster to
foliage and many remarks were
heard on the beauty of the many
varieties used an Christmas decora
tions. Eugene Elks Have Tree.
EUGENE, Or.. Dec. 25. (Special.)
An outdoor Christmas tree given
by the lodge of Elks was the prin
cipal feature of Christmas day cele
bration in Eugene. Several hundred
children gathered about the tree
this afternoon and presents of toys,
candies and nuts were distributed.
Several tons of food and clothing
were distributed by the Elks among
the poor families of Lane county.
The weather was spring-like.
Smith, was trampled to death by a
crowd of children in their mad rush
to receive gifts and candy during
a ceremony at the community
Christmas tree In the heart of the
business district.
The boy was dead before it was
discovered that he had fallen be
neath the feet of his schoolmates.
His cries apparently were drowned
out In the shouting ot the children.
Russell had been taken downtown
only after he pleaded all during the
day, the father said. The tragedy
cast a pall over the Christmas celebration.
11 ID OUTERS' FED
FILM STAR GIVES DINNER
FOR 1000 HAS-BEENS.
BIG DINNER GIVEN AT PORT
LAND COMMONS.
YULE RUSH KILLS BOY
Lad Trampled to Death by Crowd
of Children After Gifts.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased "Wire.)
HASTINGS, Mich., Dec. 25. Rus
sell Smith, 6-year-old son of. Ralph
Grand Opera Artists Spread Yule
Cheer Throughout Chicago
by Singing Carols.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25. Nearly 1000
"down and outers" turned their
faces to the west today and thanked
the diminutive movie actress, Lila
Lee, for her generosity in furnish
ing them a Christmas dinner, the
"best handout they had had in
years," they declared.
Last week. Miss Lee, wo is in
Los Angeles, telegraphed her father,
Charles Appel, to furnish a Christ
mas dinner "with all the trimmings"
to 1000 homeless men and send the
bill to her. That number was
speedily gathered together today at
the Hobo college and a dinner of
large proportions set before them.
Miss Mary McCormick, grand opera
star of the Chicago civic opera com
pany, helped to make the dinner a
success by singing several Christ
mas songs.
The advent of Christmas in Chi
cago was greeted by the singing
of carols in more than a dozen set
tlement and poor sections of the
city, members of the Chicago civic
opera company taking a leading
part in this work.
Among the grand opera stars en
gaged in this work were Mary Mc
Cormick, Ina .Bourskaya, Melvena
Passmore, Irene Pavoloska, Desire
Defrere, Cesare Pormichi and others."
More than 100,000 destitute per
sons were cared for by newspapers
and charity organizations of the
city. Dinners to families and toys
and clothing to children were dis
tributed to a larger extent through
the poor sections than ever before,
it was stated.
MAN SLAIN BY WOMAN
Christmas Eve Vigil Is Kept Over
Body of Victim.
LOUISVILLE, Deo. 25. Mrs. O. L.
N. Jones, 32, shot and killed her
friend, O, L. Black, 44, sales man
ager for a Louisville automobile
concern, in her apartment house
early last night and kept a Christ
mas eve vigil over his body, she told
the police, until she could summon
enough courage to surrender. She
declared she shot Black because he
threatened her.
She walked into police headquar
ters after daylight, told of the trag
edy and was placed in Jail, charged
with murder.
Los Angeles Woman, 92, Dead.
LOS ANGELES', Cal., Dec 25.
Mrs. Adelaide Alexander, who was
born, in Guaymas, Mex., In 183-0, and
and who came to Los Angeles in
1834 with her father, Captain James
Johnson, a retired English ship
master, died at her home here today,
aged 92 years. Funeral services will
be held Wednesday at the Los An
geles mission, or Old Plaza church,
where she was married In 1848 to
Francis H. Melius and In 1864, a
year after Melius' death, to his part
ner in the bide and tallow trade,
David Alexander. She was the
mother of 11 children, of whom a
number, all living in Los Angeles,
survive her.
S. & H. green stamps for cash.
Holman . Fuel Co.. coal and wood.
Broadway 6353, 660-21 Adv,
Food, Music and Heartening Messages-
Features of Mission
Christmas Observance.
Hearts of 1000 homeless men
men who for many days had not
known the joy of a kind word or
smlle were warmed toward their
fellow men yesterday at the an
nual Christmas dinner at Portland
Commons, given by the Commons
Mission and the Apostolic Faith.
There was food aplenty, music and
cheering words to brace the men
for renewed buffetings of a call it
difficult existence.
Mayor Baker, with anecdotes of
his own early struggles, his fight
against poverty and hardships,
pointed out to his hearers that be
ing down does not necessarily mean
out. "
"Society is not arrayed against
you, but is ever ready to extend a
helping hand," the mayor declared.
He won a warm response.
Municipal Judge Ekwall gave a
brief talk based on his hard fight
to win success, telling of when he
worked days and studied law at
night, keyed up by ambition.
R. Robert Crawford, overseer of
the Apostolic Faith, gave a brief
spiritual talk. Music was furnished
by the Apostolic Faith band and
the Apostolic Faith male and mixed
quartets sang several selections.
Two hundred men were seated at
each sitting, dinner being served
from 12 until 6 o'clock. Men and
women ,of the Commons Mission and
the Apostolic Faith served as wait
ers and waitresses.
GIFTS MADE VETERANS
Wounded Inmates of Hospital Are'
Visited and Cheer Distributed.
Wounded veterans of the world
war were remembered yesterday and
the prevailing Christmas spirit in
cluded them and made the day one
they will remember with a good
deal of pleasure.
The United States Veterans' hos
pital, No. 77, Second and Multnomah
streets, was aglow with the cheer,
of the holiday. Visitors came loaded
down with gifts and the inmates re
ceived many wishes for their (speedy
recovery.
Decorations throughout the build
ing were notable. There was a big
Christmas tree and greenery and
wreaths, with special lighting ef
fects. Santa Claus made a call on
Christmas eve and distributed pres
ents on all f loors. Daughters of the
American Revolution, Elks, Women's
Auxiliary of the Red Cross and
Knights of Columbus aided In mak
ing the occasion a happy one for
the wounded men.
Veterans at Dr. Pierce's sanitarium
were also remembered and various
organizations carried good cheer to
them. The spirit of the holiday was
much In evidence there and the day
was a happy one.
Peacock Rock Springs coaL Dia
mond Coal Co.. Bdwy 8037. Adv.
PARIS, Dec. 25. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The French pro
gramme of reparations guarantees
is still far from complete, it is un
derstood, after yesterday's confer
ence, attended by Premier Poincare
and members of his cabinet. Presi
dent Barthou of the reparations
commission and other officials.
A full week's work still remains
before the plan will be in shape for
presentation to the allied premiers
at their conference here beginning
January 2. The points on which
no agreement was reached yester
day include the project to take over
the customs administration of the
Rhineland as a productive guaran
tee and the means to be taken to
hasten, in accord with the other
allies, the flotation of an- interna
tional loan to enable Germany to
stabilize the mark and pay repara
tions. Military Move Not Planned.
The government is emphasizing
through the newspapers that no
military measures for the seizure
of territory are contemplated, but
merely steps to assure the payment
of the reparations due France under
the Versailles treaty.
France has a right to reparations
from Germany and in default of
payment she will take guarantees.
This, in brief. Bums up an editorial
in today's Temps dealing with yes
terday's meeting at the French for
eign office to lay out this country's
programme for the meeting of the
allied premiers on January 2.
"It is useless asking her if those
guarantees will be more or less
productive," the Temps declares.
"The policy hitherto pursued has
produced nothing at all.
Bankrupt? Is Fought.
"Even If we suppose that the
seizure of guarantees produces very
little which in no way seems to us
inevitable nobody can deny that
there is infinite distance between
nothing and the smallest positive
quantity. It is that infinity which
the French intend to put between
themselves and bankruptcy."
v "This is my first Christmas in a
Christian land for four years," said
Rear-Admiral Mark L. Bristol upon
his arrival here for a three-day
holiday after his labors a,s Ameri
can high commissioner in Constan
tinople, and more recently as a
member of the American unofficial
delegation to the Lausanne peace
conference.
While declining to discuss the
Turk situation, he intimated that
Turkey should at least be given a
chance for national development.
It is understood his explanation of
the deadlock at Lausanne is that it
is the first time since the armistice
that the allied powers have been
obliged to frame a treaty on a basis
of equality with a nation reluctant
though prepared to renew warfare
to obtain a lasting workable peace.
Admiral Bristol believes the con
ference will last one or two months
longer.
3 OF FAMILY ARE SLAIN
(Continued From First Page.)
mas tree with the dolls on her
breast. The mother fainted.
One pistol was found In Neuriter's
hand. The other two, empty, but
with the barrels powder-fouled, lay
on a table amid Christmas gifts and
a litter of tinsel, string and paper.
In Neuriter's pockets were many let
ters from which he had torn names
and addresses. One note still had
the signature, "William Carroll."
The note told how to reach the
Engal home in this city. At a cafe
in Seattle of which Neuriter was
formerly part owner it was said that
Neuriter and Carroll were friends.
A sister of Neuriter is said to live
on Long Island, New York. During
the war Neuriter worked in ship
yards here.
PMHeadache
)WDERS
lSldons " I
EYES
IRRITATED BY
SUN.WIND.DUST 6-CINDERS
UC0MMEND1D t SOLD BY DRUG01JTJ &. OPTICIANS
MUTB ff IUI IT! CAJkl IMI uuUNI AIT tHU'AfVllli
Can you use your
Electrical Gif ts
. '' conveniently?
If not, Phone Walsh's,
, Broadway 5781
. For quick wiring service.
M. J. Walsh Electric Co.
Light Fixtures and Electrical Services -Salesrooms
106 Fourth, Bet. Washington and Stark
Established 27 Years
In order to readjust stocks after the busy pre-holiday selling we have gathered all Odds
and Ends, Small Lots, Broken Lines, Remnants and All Goods Soiled or Mussed from
window or counter display, for immediate disposal and the reduced -price quotations
afford you the most extraordinry savings. As quantities in most items are some
what limited you should not delay your visit, but act promptly. In addition to the
offerings listed here you'll find many other specials in every section of the store. It
is a sale few persons can well afford to miss.
r
Fancy Bath Towels
J4 OFF Al! Prices 45c to $1.50
'A clean-up without reserve of all slightly soiled fancy Bath Towels
at a uniform reduction of one-fourth from regular prices. Included
are ahsizes and kinds.
Woolmixed Blankets
i2 OFF This Sale at Only $1.95 Each
About 60 wool-mixed Army Blankets in dark colors, suitable for
Auto Robes as well as bed covering. They are exceedingly durable
blankets at about one-half original price at $1.95 eacn-
Bath Robe
Blankets $3.95
An excellent selection of Beacon Bath
Robe Blankets, complete with cords, to
close at this special price.
Embroidered Pillow Cases.
42x36-Inch, at $1.12 Pair
Standard Percales, 19 Yard
36-Inch, Light and Dark Colors
36-Inch Pink Nainsook Underwear 6
Fruit of Loom
Pillow Cases $1.48 Pr.
Exceptionally attractive Fruit - of - the -Loom
Pillow Cases, 45x36 inches and fin
ished with lace edge.
White Crib Blankets
32x42-Inch, at $1.69 Pair
Outing Flannels, 15
Stripe Styles in Light Colors.
Yards for .$1.00
r
Big Clean-Up Sale
Odd Lots in Women's
Handkerchiefs
Lot 1 Choice at 4c Each
Lot 2 Choice at 10c Each
Lot 3 Choice at 25c Each
In these assortments are to be
found many of the prettiest styles
and most popular . Handkerchief
materials All Linen, Sheer Lawn, Irish Linen,
Swiss, etc. Initialed and embroidered effects
in white, or colors some in boxes. All are
more or less soiled or mussed from display or
handling. All are extraordinary bargains.
Big Clean-Up Sale
Women's ,
Neckwear
Lot 1 At 25c
Lot 2 At 69c
Half Price and Less
A drastic clean-up of all soiled or
mussed pieces m this season s
styles in Women's Neckwear. An
assortment too extensive and too varied to de
scribe in this limited space. The most surpris
ing values are in store for the prudent shop
pers who respond to this sale. Don't miss it.
El
Handsome Beaded Tunics at $19.75
A most exceptional opportunity to secure a handsome Evening Gown at a very small price. You
have choice from our entire stock of Beaded Tuhics at one price regardless of worth or former
selling figures. Included are many handsome effects in black and colors jade maize, blue,
orchid, brown, etc. They come in both fine nets and crepes!
All Fur Trimmings and Collars to Close at Half Price
If you have need of Fur Trimmings for any purpose don't fail to attend this sale, for you have
unrestricted choice from all widths and kinds at exactly one-half regular price. And at the
same reduction we are closing out all Fur Collars. , .
J
A Closing Out of a Fine Line of
Women's Velour Coats With Fur Collar
At a Ridiculously
Low Price
$23.95
Others in Sport Models With Plaid Back
To the woman or young lady who would purchase a fashionable new Coat to round
out the season at far less than real worth, we recommend this sale as of unusual
importance because of the great saving made possible by this special underpricing
of a fine lot' of Velour Coats in full-lined models with Fur Collar and trimmings of
fancy stitching and embroidered work. Others come in the popular sport models
in plaid back materials. All sizes from 16 to 44 are in the assortment and all are
priced for this sale at $23.95. ' .
Children's Fur Sets at $2.65 I Jap Crepe Kimonos at $2.65
A closing out of all odd numbers in Jap Crepe
Kimonos at this low figure. Included are those
in plain colors and embroidered styles.
While they remain we offer all our white and
brown Coney Fur Sets, consisting of collar and
muff for children, at the above low price.
J
r
Silks
ma
From Which
You Have
Selection
at$1 Yd.
Wonderful Variety
Yard wide Satin MessaDnes in a splendid assortment of desir
able plain colors.
Yard wide Wash Satins of standard quality in flesh and white.
36 to 40-mch Figured Foulards in a full variety of styles and
colors.
36-inch Fancy Plaid and Check Taffetas in medium and small
designs.
32-inch Colored Pongee Silks in wanted plain colors.
24-in. Hagedorn Trinwiing Silks in desirable designs and colors.
32 to 38-inch Stripe Tub Shirting Silks in a choice assortment.
i iTiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiU-iiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiii-;