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Lamps, Vases, Beer Steins, Etc Basement
Robes, Carpet Sweepers, Rugs, Etc 3d Floor
MEIER & FRANK COMPANY
Glove and' Merchandise Certificates Issued
Free Engraving on Umbrellas Handles and Suspender Buckles
MEIER & FRANK COMPANY
Cut Glass, Silverware, Bronze and Copper Novelties Basement
Picture Framing to Your Order Get Your Orders in Quick
Fancy China,
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Xmas Aprons
The miss or madam who gets a hand
some fancy white Apron will be un
usually well pleased We have just
the sort to make them happy Im
mense variety, all new, attractive
styles Second Floor
Ladies' white Lawn Aprons, with or
without bib, tucked and embroidery
trimmed. The showing is not
equaled in the city 25c, 50c, 60c,
75C, 85c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.
Ladies' fancy lawn and swiss Aprons,
trimmed with dainty laces and em
broidery, beadings and ribbons, ex
ceptional values at 25c, 50c, 60c, 75c,
up to $2.00 each.
Beautiful hand-embroidered Aprons,
large and small-sized, rich, effective
styles, special at $1.50 to $3.00.
Large showing of wool and ice
wool Shawls and Circular Capes, also
Fascinators in all the best styles and
colors, all prices Second Floor.
Xmas Umbrellas
We have quite the biggest show
ing of Umbrellas you will find
hereabouts It is first not only in
size and in .variety of styles to
choose from, but also in econo
my of price If you want to in
vest from one to twenty-five dol
lars in an Umbrella for lady or
man, come to our umbrella store.
All the choicest, richest novelties
in handles are shown and we give
you much more value for your
money than you secure anywhere
else For Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday we offer
Umbrellas $2.63
200 high-class Umbrellas for women, fine quality covering, silk case and
tassel, a magnmcent assortment or nancues, pean, princess, ivory,
bone, natural wood, sterling and gold-mounted, big variety
to select from, $4.00 and $5.00 values
Children's Umbrellas big variety, at all prices.
$2.63
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Xmas Silk Hosiery
An ideal gift for Christmas is a pair of
fine silk stockings We are going to
help you buy the gift by offering for
this week our entire stock at special re
duced prices The very best styles and
qualities and all sizes are included
Ladies' black, pure silk thread silk gauze
Hose, emb'd clocks, in blue, & Tt
white and pink, all sizes, $3 valP
Ladies' plain black silk Hose, high-spliced
heel and double sole, all sizes, ri 1
great special value at,.pair. . . . p &
Ladies' black silk Hose, embroidered in pink, blue and white, finest qual
ity, all sizes, regular $3.75 values, ' tf no
for this Holiday Sale only ViO
Ladiesblack silk thread Hose, lace boot, double heel and toe, elastic top, 1
$3.57
beautiful styles and finest quality, $5.00 value
for this Holiday Sale, pair ,
Smoking Jackets 1
We're showing an immense Holiday
'Line of Men's Smoking Jackets, Loung
ing and Bath Robes all the newest and best styles at moderate prices.
Christmas Sale of Furs
Our Holiday offering of Furs will appeal with great force
to people who want to make a substantial and useful gift
From a stock so large and beautiful as ours, there will be
little difficulty in getting what is desired and at a satisfac
tory price An enormous showing of all the advance
styles and" prices is quoted that we expect will .tempt
scores of gift hunters Second Floor
Ladies' Persian Lamb Jackets, with mink collar and rever, hand
somely lined, a regular $125.00 Persian Lamb QO CA
Coat for this Holiday Sale 500. JVI
Ladies' Persian Lamb Jackets, plain style, best quality, well made
and lined, Tegular prices $95.00 and $110.60; CAR (
for this Great Holiday Sale pJUW
Ladies' near seal Jackets, good quality, latest style, perfect-fitting
garment, sold regularly at $40.00 and $45.00 ; GlSJ A.,
for this Great Sale Only $&l J
Ladies' electric seal Jackets, latest style, regular d f
values $30.00, $32.00, $34.00; for this sale only. . ,P& &
Long Marten Fur Scarfs, handsome scarfs that sell regularly at
$18.00 and $20.00 each ; they must be seen to 1 a c
be appreciated; for this sale only P &Ht J
Sale of Fur Scarfs
M Natural opossum fur Scarfs,
cluster of tails, $3.00 line for. . . .
si? Light opossum Scarfs, cluster of
tails, the regular $5.00 line. . . .
Jray krimmer fur Scarfs, the
regular $7.50 values for. . . .
$3.52
$4.25
$7.50 long opossum fur Scarfs 5.25
W $18.00 and $20.00 long marten Scarfs 12.45
SECOND FLOOR.
Children's Furs
Children's Angora Fur Set, the regular $1.75
line, for this sale reduced r 1 o
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the $1.75 line,
$1.38
to marvelous value.
Children's Ermine Fur Set,
for this sale reduced to
extraordinary value
Children's Thibet Fur Set, the regular $3.00
line; for this sale reduced A?
to marvelous value i$&rTtSr
SECOND FLOOR.
Silk Petticoats
Special reductions on our entire high-.class
stock 'of Silk Petticoats for this week.
Great special value in Ladies' Coats and
Suits. See Fifth-street Window Display.
A "Willamette" Machine
Makes a pleasing gift to the housewife. New
models at prices ranging from $15.00 to $35.00.
Every one fully guaranteed. Easy running,
best set of attachments, handsome woodwork.
HARK! THE REINDEERS ARE COMING!
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Ten more days in which to crowd all the pleasures of
Christmas shopping It must be a pleasure if you buy
here May they be the happiest days you ever knew !
We are doing our part, doing it as earnestly and consci
entiously as we know how But you must hurry now
for in the distance we hear tinkling of sleigh bells; old Santa's coming You remember what the story book says :
"More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came, Now Dasher! now Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name On Comet! on Cupid! on Dunder and Blitzen! "
Portland never had quite such a pretty Christmas store before No expense has been spared to make the
Meier & Frank Store Holiday Headquarters in every sense of the word
TOYLAND Third Floor
It is like a glimpse of Fairyland to the little folks to get up into the big
Third-Floor Toyland with its wealth of Novelties and brightly spark
ling lights Have them come and you come, too Santa Claus has set
his inventive wheels at work and the result is a host of new toys to de
light the young and interest the old Are you in line with the Christ
mas procession ? Buying is going on at a lively rate and to have the
best assortment to choose from you had better come quickly as shop
ping is always done to better advantage during the early days.
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Electric Cars, Track and Bridge 20.00
Mechanical Trains up to .... '. $18.00
Steam Engines and Trains up to .. .S20.00
Steam Engines up to .' $30.00
Steam Stationary Engines up to. 30.00
Automobiles, each 15 to $12.50
Magic Lanterns up to $15.00
Wagons, Steel and Rubber Tires, up to .$15.00
Mechanical Toys, Animals, Novelties, and a thousand and one things too numerous to mention.
The Holiday Basement Display
Hi The gift-hunter will find a mine of
helpful suggestions in the big Base
ment Store Only a stroll among
the Silverware and China will give
you an idea of the resources You
are .sure to light upon something
that will carry the desired senti
ment to the recipient Here's a few
of the things to be found in this
Mammoth holiday basement of ours
Solid Silverware sets and odd pieces Cut Glass largest and best
showing in town Silver-Plated Ware Copper Novelties Bronze Novel
ties Carving Sets Cloisonne Ware Silver Cloisonne fancy China
Dinner Sets Statuary Carving Sets Beer Steins Lamps Fish and
Game Sets Wine Sets Water Sets Haviland China Chafing Dishes
5 O'Cloqk Teas Lamps, etc., etc.
Toilet Sets, Work Boxes, Albums, Etc
In a part of the Millinery Section, Second Floor, we start a great sale
of entire stock of Celluloid Goods tomorrow. Toilet Sets, Manicuring
Sets, Work Boxes, Shaving Sets, Glove Boxes, Handkerchief Boxes, etc.,
etc., all at less than cost.
Choose from all 65c, 75c, 85c Jewel Cases, Work Boxes,
Toilet Sets, Glove Boxes, Handkerchief Boxes, Smokers'
n Sets, etc., etc -
-All $1.00 sets reduced to 79
AIL $1.25 sets reduced to 98
'All $i.'5o sets reduced to ;?. . . J. f. - $1.19v
All $2.00 sets reduced to "; ijjl.59
All $2.26 sets reduced to 1.76
All $2.50 and $2.75 sets reduced to JpjL.98
All $3.00 and $3.50 sets reduced to $2.47
$3.75 and.$4.oo sets .. $2.74
$5.t)o and $5.25 sets S3.61
,y $4.00 and $4.50 sets ,....,.., $3.12
te $5.50 and $6.00 sets '. S3.99
At 59c
Xmas Book Store I
Do the Christmas book buying tomor
rowThis suggestion is made for
your interest particularly Our Book
Lists are very complete for being so
near Christmas We can supply prac
tically all the new popular publica
tions of the season Books you will
likely be asking for It is far more
complete than it can possibly be next
week Children's Books, Calendars,
Christmas Cards, Sets, Poets, Bibles
The Christmas bargain book counter
may interest you Heres a few
Sets of Prescott, half leather binding, 50c, a vol
ume. Conquest of Mexico. Conquest of Peru.
Descriptive books of travel, published at $3.00 a
volume, photographs taken specially for the
edition in Vienna, England, Florence, Rome,
" Londont Palestine, Japan and other & 1 n
places, special at, volume $!
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All the standard sets-at greatly reduced prices.
Dainty books in leather binding, special edition,
at low prices. See the special juvenile counter
$1.25 and $r.5o books reduced to 69; 75c and
$1.00 books for 45 ; sets of poets at special low
prices; Bibles at the lowest prices; White House
Cook Books, etc.
Pictare Store
The Holiday Picture Store is at
;ts best. Thousands of beautiful
new pictures in all sizes and sub
jects a display second to none.
Picture Framing to your order.
Orders promptly executed.
Men's Slippers
100 styles, all leathers, all grades,
all sizes ladies' and children's
Slippers in big assortment Shoe
Department.
Leather Goods
Gent's Fancy Leather Sets, consisting of Wallet and Bill Roll, in
handsome satin lined boxes; assorted leathers $4.50 to $8 set
Japanese Netsuka Purses in magnificent variety and at the low
est prices $3.50 to $5.00.
Toilet Sets, Traveling Sets, Chain Bags, Hand 3ags, Collar and
Cuff Boxes, etc, etc.
Black Silks Reduced
$1.25 Peau de Soie, yard. . .98c
$1.35 Peau de Soie, yard. .$1.17
$1.50 Peau de Soie, yard. .$1.29
$1.75 Peau de Soie, yard. .$1:53
$2, $2.25, $2.50 grades reduced.
Specials in Black Taffeta at
58c, 67c, 85c yard.
36-inch; at $1.07, $1.13 and $1.29
XMAS FOODS
At the lowest Prices. Phone Private Ex
change 4.
New crop of Walnuts, lb t. . . . .15
Paper Shell Almonds, lb 15
18 lbs. Granulated Sugar ,.....$1.00
2 1-2 lb. box Layer Raisins.. -.y. . .50
3 packages Seeded Raisins 25
2 packages Cleansed Currants 25
i-lb. can Plum Pudding. ..,.,...... 25
Rice Pop Cora, lb 5
i-lb. can Shrimps .t 10
3 cans Standard Tomatoes 25
Blue Label Catsup 20
i-lb. can Chocolate 25
1 10-lb. Sack Rolled Oats 30
Macaroni, per box 40
R. & H. Hickmott's Asparagus,
2 cans for 45
i-lb. Basket Smyrna Figs 25
2 i-lb. cans Blue Ribbon Oysters. ..25
14-oz. bottle Queen Olives. 25
1 qt. Boiled Cider 35
3 cans Van Camp's Soups 25$:
2 2-lb. cans Pork and Beans 25
Log Cabin Maple Syrup, 25c, 65c. $1.25
Qt. Cooper's Olive Oil $1.10
6 lbs. Falcon Pancake Flour 35
4 packages Wheat Flakes 20
Figprune or Postum Cereal 20
1 qt. C. and B. Lucca Oil 65
Malta Vita, 2 packages for 25
Primrose Cream, 3 cans 25
Oregon Grape Cream, 3 cans 25
i-lb. jar Libby Chipped Beef 25
2 cans Minced Clams 25
Eagle Milk 15
10-lb. sack Graham Flour. ." 25
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