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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1903.
NO. U.
wtm
Zyo, Outing Flannels 6c
Extra heavy, soft thick nap, light and
dark colorings, nowhere else for less
than i2c
$6 to $?.50 Dress flats at $3.48
By working overtime our -millinery force has in readiness a line of Dress Hats at
$3.48, whose beauty really beggars .description. A few weeks earlier they would have
cost yon more moneys Hats like them would cost yon much more elsewhere. Come to see.
25c Hosiery Sic
All our women's cotton, fleece-lined
and cashmere Hose that is best in city
at 25c, on sale tomorrow only at 210
Waistinqs
30c Mieiloi cnne Cheviots, 23c
60c French Flannels, 42ta
60c Mercerized Canvas, .43Fc
5c Mercerized Basket
Cloth, 53c
We are out of the high-rent district
k. -
Seventh Street, between Morrison and Alder
$ 1 Kid Cloves 79c
For tomorrow only we place on sale our
"Dollar Kid Gloves" at 79c per pair.
Full line of colors and black. Every pair
warranted if fitted. Best $1 Glove in
Portland at any time.
Thanksgiving Sale of Table Linens
?yN-iiF I r Ma $& is VjwS
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Our Annua! Thanksgiving Sale of Table Linens begins tomorrow and lasts
throughout the week. Splendid preparations have been made for this sale our buy
ers getting ready for this event months and months ago. Their purchases of thor
oughly dependable linens have been very extensive and under value in every instance.
Our small profits policy backs this sale at every point, affording better bargains than can tie
found in any other Portland store.
Now. a word as to the linens we sell. "With us all linen is all linen if there's an admixture of cotton
we say so in every instance. It's a good thing to know that when you buy linen it's linen you get, for
there are so many clever mixtures of cotton nowadays that it's hard even for a linen expert to detect them.
Cloths with Napkins Damask with Napkins
Three very handsome special numbers in Tableclotlis
with Napkins to match. All pure linen, best satin finish,
choice of clover, carnation, pansy and sunflower designs.
At 4.38 instead of 6.50
Set of Cloth 68x86 and Napkins 22x22 inches.
At 5.98 instead of 7.S0
Set of Cloth 68x90 and Napkins 23x23 inches.
At ?.SS instead of 10.00
Set of Cloth 72x90 and Napkins 24x24 inches.
Pour special numbers in pure linen satin Damask -with
Napkins to match-:
2.00 Satin Damask, ?2 inch, 1.46
24x24 Napkins to match, $4.98.
1.50 Satin Damask, ?2 inch, 1.19
24x24 Napkins to match, $3.88.
i.36 Satin Damask, ?2 in., o)en border, 98c
24x24 Napkins to match, $2.48.
1.50 Satin Damask, ?2 inch, v 95e
27x27 Napkins to match, $3.98.
Bleached Damask ""'"' " Unbleached jSeoiasks
The "best values ever" is what
you'll say when you see these. ,
68c Napkins, 48c
Linen and cotton mixed, 16x16 inches,
dice pattern, wear like iron.
$S.?5 Napkins, $1.38
Pure linen, 20kx20! inches In size.
$2.50 Napkins, $1.68
Pure linen, 20x20 -Inches and 26x26 Inches.
$2.00 Napkins, $1.58
Pure linen, 20x20 inches.
$2.63 Napkins, $2.13
Pure linen, satin damask, 20x20 inches.
All of 'these are Genuine Grass Bleach this making them
much more durable than those bleached with strong chem
icals, like chloride of Jime and the like :
I! .35 Pure Linen Damask, 72 in., at 89c
Choice of a half dozen vey handsome patterns.
H.00 Pure Linen Damask, ?2 in., at 69c
A splendid value, fine, firm and good weight.
?5c Mercerized Damask, ?2 In., at 48c
Pure cotton, but being mercerized, has all the appearance of
linen damask costing treble.
35c Bleached Damask, 60 in., at 23c
All cotton, of course, but mighty good for the price.
Turkey Red Damasks
These also in very handsome designs in tan
and white and green and red.
25c duality, fast color, 60 inch, 1 5c
40c Quality, fast color, 60 inch, 29c
50c Quality, fast color, 60 inch, " 39c
These five specials mean economy for every
purchaser. Every one of the five is pure linen, both
in warp and filling. .
90c UnbSeached Damask, ?2 in., at 63c
?0c Unbleached Damask, ?2 in., at 4?c
65c Unbleached Damask, 64 in., at 45c
60c Unbleached Damask, SfO in., at 43c
i 50c Unbleached Damask, 56 in 62 in., at 39c
These are made of cotton and linen strong,
serviceable just what restaurant men need in their
bnsiness, as they will give an immense amount" of
service.
35c Union Damask, 56 inch, at 1 9c
50c Union Damask, 64 inch, at 33c
Sale of "Mill Ends' of Table Linens at 60c on the Dollar
See Window
Dismay of
These Goods
Several thousand yards of short ends of bleached and unbleached table linens and turkey
red damasks were bought by our New York office at 6oc on the dollar. Pursuant to our
unvarying method of sharing every "good thing" we procure, we place them on sale at the
same interesting figure. Pieces arc I to Sh yds. long, seii at 32c to $2.89 frer fc.
See Wipdow
Display of
These Hoods
The Sait Sale Continues
Although this great sale of Women's Outer Garments had its conception because of the continued warm
weather, the late drop in temperature will not have a tendency to raise prices. On the contrary, the
values are going to be better made so by a large purchase of a maker's overstock at about half price by our
New York office. A small deposit w bold any garment until yoa want It.
Lib to $20 Tailor-Made Suits $13.48
These Suits are made of all-wool zibelines and novelty suitings in a wide color range, Louis XTV, Prince Albert
and half -fitting styles. Coats are satin and serge lined; skirts are all 7-orecTand show Dewest flare. Finished
in a great many ways of tailor stitching.
to $35 Tailor-Made Suits $ 1 9.48
This lot embraces Suits no store in Portland will sell you for less than $35 oftener $40 is the price asked for
Suits of similar quality. These are the product of Jhe best makers of the country-rperfect in every little detail
ui. mjui uuxructutfcs. juuuu oi. uu-wooi zioennes, piain, peDoiea ana panne cneviots, Venetians, broadcloth, and.
novelty suitings. The coats are in Louis XTV, Prince Albert and the very swell half-fitting styles; all lined with
high-grade satins and silks. Skirts are all 7-gored and show latest flare; buttons, straps, braids, silks and velvets
Women's $10 to $12 Coats $7.65
used as trimming.
Lucky is the woman who has deferred the buying of her Winter Coat This line of coats at $7.63 overshadows
any cloak offerings sewhere in Portland. Made of stanch, well-wearing meltons, beavers and coatings in rough
and smooth finishes. Colors are black, dark gray, tan and brown and some severely plain; others "show quite
a bit of ornamentation.
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JHwfe.
SOCIAL REFORM AT BLUEMEAD
A New Doctrine That Struck No Respomivz Chord, by Hujh Herimau
THE newcomer stepped daintily out
before the assembled broodmares
and their foals. She was dreased
decollete that Is, her foretop had been
clipped, her mane roached and her tali
docked. Proudly conscious of the Impres
sion made at Bluemead by the Innova
tion, she had determined to seize the
psychologic moment and inculcate the
doctrlnesof the New Thought, of which
she was the originator and the chief ex
ponent. Fixing her deep lustrous eyes on
the faces of the simple country mares,
she began:
"Dear friends, I have come among you
on a mission of great importance. I
have come to explain to you a discovers
in the realm of thought that Is sure to
revolutionize the entire social organiza
tion. Ever since the world began we
have been, living a false life. The animal
world, as you know, is divided Into two
classes, the male and" the female. For
some reason never explained, the males
took the leadership in all affairs from
the start, and we females have made no
remonstrance, but have blindly followed
them. "Why, I ask you in all sincerity,
was this? Were they'stronger than the
females? "Were they swifter? Were they
more InteUIgent, more sagacious? "Were
they more capable of meeting the experi
ences of life than we? No, no, no! a
thousand times no! Look back through
the annalsjof the past and you will find
that mares and fillies have been at least
the equals of the horses In these respects.
Hitched to the plow, the planter and the
truck, they have pulled their share of
the load. On the track, In harness and
under the saddle, they have time and
again refuted the humiliating epithet of
'weaker sex. "Why, then, should they
be relecated to an inferior position?"
She paused a moment and with Hash
ing eyes dared them to take up the
gauntlet. But they merely looked puz
zled. ' You do not answer, you cannot," she
said, striking one shapely forefoot qn the
ground by way of emphasis. "I have
asked that question ecores of times, and
have yet to find one who can answer it
satisfactorily. A few weak-minded ones
have tried to do so, but they have failed,
failed miserably. Now, if by your silence
you admit that the social fabric of which
we are a part has not been properly
woven, what are we going to do? There
are two courses open to us. Stand about
idle and leave matters Just as' they are;
or try to adjust them properly. "Which
shall we adopt?"
The pause was purely rhetorical, for
after -changing her position so as to dis
play the graceful lines of her barrel and
quarters, she hurried on.
".Let us discuss ihemboth. Now, the
members of the 'sterner sex' say," she
said with delicious sarcasm, "that we are
Incapable of logic, that we decide every
thing on prejudice anrt sortlmaht. But
w know betttr, don't we, dear friends?
So let us here be perfectly fair-minded
and Just. Let uj discuss these two meth
ods fairly and candidly; then, if we find
that it i3 better to let affairs stand than
to try to make them better, why let us
do that, by all means.
"You have all admited that the system
under which we are living is wrong. You
don't think, any more than I do, that
the horse Is superior to the mare, and
you agree with me that ho has therefore
no right to the superior place in the social
order. No matter how he obtained lt,
whether by fraud or by force, it Is a
sin for him to keep it, so lt Is, and a
greater sin for us to let him keep it. Just
because he thinks, or pretends to think,
we are weak, and because we do nothing
to show him that we are not. he goes
on trampling upon our rights and domi
neering over us as much as he pleases.
Now, are wo to go on thus forever? Are
we to neglect the glorious heritage that
has been etnrusted to our keeping? Is
not femininity as honorable and as sacred
as masculinity?"
"Ma," said Tommy Flyaway,, who had
been walking about the speaker and eye
ing her curiously, "ain't she got no tail?"
"Hush, Tommy!" said Mrs. Flyaway,
darting franUcally after him and bringing
him back into the crowd.
"But Ma"
"Not another word, or I'll punish you,"
she whispered threateningly.
Tommy subsided and was soon whisper
ing gravely to Nancy Hawkeye.
The speaker lifted her nose haughtily
In the air and waited till the commotion
subsided.
"Need I remark," she asked pointedly,
"on the lack of consideration shown our
sex by the other from the cradle to the
grave?" Thinking this rebuke sufficient,
she continued. "As I was about to say,
we have been endowed with attributes
which it is our bounden duty to respect
and to make others respect. It has be
come painfully evident that too many of
us have fallen into the way of rating
ourselves at what others rate us. Hence
we"
"Mamma," exclaimed Nancy Hawkeye,
"Tommy says the calves chewed her tall
off. Did they?"
"Nancy, I am surprised at you!" Mrs.
Hawkeye gasped, bestowing at the same
time a menacing look on Tommy. Mrs.
Flyaway made another dart after Tom
my, but he was by this time eteeplechas
lng with his shadow out of harm's way.
The lustrous eyes moistened a little,
and there was a slight catch in her voice,
but she went bravely on.
"Hence we must be up and doing. "We
have everything to gain and nothing to
lose. It would be not only foolish, but
sinful, perfectly sinful, for us to let mat
ters be as they are. We owe It to our
selves first, and we owe It to society to
raise ourselves to our rightful plane.
Therefore, Lam sure, dears, that you
agree with me that the rtrst of these
courses is not to be thought of for a
moment. We have examined It with minds
open to conviction, and we have found it
unworthy of our noble sex."
"Do you suppose," whispered Mrs. Forget-me-not
to Mrs. Llghtfoot, when the
speaker paused to let her audience feel
the full force of he rareument, "do you
suppose that Is really the style in Louis
ville?" "Goodness me! I hope not," Mrs. Light
foot replied, switching her long, wavy
tall impatiently. "But heaven only
knows."
"And now, my dear good friends," the
speaker continued, walking back and forth
in front of them, and speaking In confi
dential tones. "let us look a little further
into this matter. We have disposed eas
ily of this1 first course of action. We
have exposed the fallacy In it, and have
seen how utterly Impossible lt would be
for such right-minded beings as wef are
to think, of adopting it. You have all
followed me closely and with, interest.
as I .know by looking into your serious
eyes, and you have all agreed with me.
Now let us look at the second plan. Af-
fairs are plainly wrong; shall we try to
right them? If so. how? That's the ques
tion for us to settle today. Need I tell
you that It Is a great question? Need I
impress upon you the fact that upon our
decision depends the peace and happiness
of all present and future marekind? Oh,
no, you know that as well as I. Hence
let us not decide hastily or heatedly.
Let us arrive at a conclusion uninfluenced
by passion of any sort. Let us be just." .
She had gradually dropped the confident
tlal manner, and now assumed again the
oratorlal poser
"Shall we try to right affairs? Why,
friends, you have admitted that you
ought not to leave them as they are.
Hence, you must answer this quesUon
in the affirmative. There is no escape
from that conclusion. It's as logical as
even that perfect creature, a horse, could
mako it. The only thing then for us to
decide Is, how shall we go about this
momentous task? Remember, nothing- like
it" has ever been undertaken In the his
tory cf the world. We must look not only
at the present but far in the future indeed
to the end of time."
"What is she drivng at?" Mrs. Blackcat
asked impatiently of -Mrs. Llghtfoot.
"I am sure I don't know," Mrs. Llght
foot answered. "Perhaps she will tell us
if she knows herself."
"Now cince you have admitted that
something must be done, what plan do
you propose? '
To her of the mission the silence seemed
eloquent with stupidity.
"Of course you haven't thought much
Npress any hastily formed opinions. But I
have given it deep thought, and I have a
plan which I am. sure will meet with your
approval. What we mares want is equal
ity. The gifts which nature has bestowed
upon us entitle us to that, and from this
time on we shall never be satisfied till wo
get it. We will get It, too, and the sooner
the better for all concerned. Now and
here Is the greatest point of all Nature
meant that we should bear the foals, but
she did not mean that we should assume
all the responsibility of rearing them.
But we have been forced to do so by the
selfishness and tho tyranny of those who
call themselves our superiors. That is all
wrong. Tho father should share this
responsibility with the mother. But he
doesn't; instead he lives a carefree life of
pleasure and self-gratlflcatlon. And be
cause he doesn't we must make him. We
must Insist that he share the anxieties,
the hardships that our foals bring to us.$
In other words he must become a partner
in all the affairs of tho family. That will
bring about the desired equality. But how
are we to do that, you ask? I will tell
you."'
Her manner and voice Became mysteri
ous, in keeping with the great secret she
was about to reveal.
"From this time forward until they
grant our demands, let there be no more
fonls brought into the world."
The revelation exceeded all conjectures.
They looked at each other in consterna
tion. Then each one Instinctively glanced
around to see that her offspring was safe
beside her.
"Miss, or Mrs. What's-your-namo," said
Mrs Gray Goose, after a period of silence,
giving the stranger a'look that bedrd no
good for her, "will you answer a few
questions for me"
"Why certainly, with pleasure," she re
plied. "I shall be only too glad to en
lighten you on the New Thought."
"Where did you come from?"
"I was bred and born near Boston."
"Umph! I thought so," Mrs. Gray Goose
muttered.
"Until I was three years old I lived on
a large stock farm, near there. The circle
of society in which I moved was very
aristocratic and very Intellectual. We paid
particular attention to social science."
"To the exclusion of more wholesome
matters, I presume?"
Then continued tho stranger- Ignoring
the sneer: "I went to New York and be
came the favorite of a wealthy maiden
lady who lives on Fifth avenue."
"Perhaps that explains it all," Mrs.
Gray Goose said with mock sympathy to
Mrs. Llghtfoot.
"While there I had plenty of time to
spend In serious thought, for which my
early education had fitted me. And one
day I remember lt as distinctly as ii Jt
were yesterday while musing in my luxu
rious apartment, I conceived the Idea of
devoting .myself to the uplifting of our
downtrodden sex. I began missionary work
at once, and have faithfully kept lt up,
moving about from place to place and
shedding light and gladness wherever I
went."
"I think It's going to rain, don't you?"
Mrs. Black cat asked Mrs. Forget-Mo-Not.
"I think It is getting cloudy." Mrs. For-get-Me-Not
replied, laughing.
"Well." said Mrs. Gray Goose decisively,
"all I have to say is that if you think we
are going to Invest In your peculiar brand
of light and gladness, you are very much
mistaken. We know smartweed from
clover."
"Oh! oh! How can you say such a hor
rid. Impolite thing to me!" exclaimed the
stranger. "I am sure I am acting for
your Interests."
"No, you're not," Mrs. Hawkeye re
torted, advancing close to her. "You
may think yoa are, but you're not. Look
here. Did you ever have a foal?"
"No, I didn't," she snapped in reply,
"and I don't intend to. I live up to my
convictions."
"You poor, deluded thing! What a pity!
What a pity!" shaking her head sadly. "I
thought that maybe you were a hypocrite,
but I see now that you are only a fool.
You don't know that In your self-appointed
mission you are trying to deprive the
members of your own sex of the most
priceless of Nature's gift3, the gift of
motherhood. In your lunacy you think
that this bugaboo about equality of the
sexes of real Importance. You have never
had a foal, and hence you cannot appre
ciate the truth of what we mothers all
know, thayin the love we bear our foals
and the love they bear us we have a joy
that raises us so far above the happiest
horse who ever lived, that his life seems
one of misery. This love turns what you
in your ignorance call anxieties and hard
ships into blessings. And yet you ask us
to give it up. Give up that love? Why,
we would a thousand times rather ex
change this rich pasture, for a grassless
desert."
The sympathies of all the other moth
ers were plainly with Mrs. Hawkeye, and
the murmur of approval that come from
them extinguished the stranger's last hopo
of converting them to the New Thought;
so she turned sadly away.
"Go your ways now," Mrs. Hawkeye
concluded, relenting just a little, "and take
an old mare's advice. Remember that
blood Is thicker than water, and that a
mother's love recognizes no equal."
"Well, I wish you much joy in your
degradation," she of the advanced Ideas
retorted. Insulted and angry, as she turned
ana walked jauntily toward the paddock.
At the end of an hour's furious talk they
had succeeded so well In tearing her char
acter, her reputaUon, and her mission Into
unrecognizable tatters that they wre will
ing' to let he foals break an unwonted
lXast.