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PART THREE
PACiES 1 7 TO 30
vol. xxm.
POKTLAM), OBEGON. SUNDAY MOBNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1901.
NO. 48.
The
"Different
Store"
Kris Kringle's Kristmas Shops Are Open
'long The Fair-Way"
PORTLAND'S LARGEST, FOREMOST STORE
ARBITERS OF
FASHION" AXD
STANDARD
SETTERS OP
QUALITY.
EXPONENTS OF QUALITY IN MERCHANDISE. Quality:- "A grace which no amount of artifice can ever hope to produce" Stedman.
FOR ADDITIONAL AND SENSATIONAL SPECIAL VALUES FOR THIS WEEK, SEE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING PAPERS
Hello Central! Give Me All Portland
Hello Portland! This Is the Big Olds, Wortman & King Store Exchange 12 -Santa
Claus Talking! Good Morning! Yes, I'm Here Again, Good Polk
little early?" Oh! not so very, we've a lot to do, you and I, in the next 24 shopping days, and we'll
have to stir our stumps right lively to get the loads of Christmas things all ready for the reindeer
vans to deliver four weeks from today. You see we had to take off the runners and come along on
wheels after we crossed the mountains, else I'd been here a day or two sooner. Yes, I picked out
this store 'cause 'tis the best, we'll be all fixed out great tomorrow with Christmas things, we'll
whirr-r-r whirr-r Hold on! Hold on there, central! Some one's butting in; suppose it's some
o' those no 'count stores want to hear the news. Hold the wire a minute, Portland, till you get the news
of the week. Go ahead, all right now, Portland. What's that, Portland? You were coming down tomorrow
anyhow? "Always do on Mondays?" Well, it's a good practice. Bring along the Christmas lists with you!
Now wait, I've a lot more to tell you, hold the wire till I'm thro'. There's a lot of important news to 'phone today
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m mpjioi uive ne me u r ess i natters
What's that? Oh, I want Jem
all yes, home dressmakers and
all. Hello, is this the dressmak
ers of Portland? Yes? All right
Say, ladies, I've got a lot of good
bargains irl my pack for making
up the gowns for Christmas and
New Year's wear. Dress patterns
make 'useful Xmas presents, too.
Look at these unusual values:
Dependable Black
Silks
Sole Portland agents for Bonnet's world-renowned
Silks Imported Peau de Soie, Satin Mes-
saline and Satin Duchess are tinequaled; there
is nothing more acceptable and rich as a Bonnet
Silk for Christmas gifts.
Peau de Soies, 1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.25 and
$2.50.
Satin Messaline, $1.25, $1.35, $1.50 and $1.75.
Satin Duchesse, $1.25, $L50, $1.75, $2 and $2.50,
Also Windham's American-made Black Silks,
positively the best made in America, for which
we are sole Portland agents
Peau de Soies at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25
and $2.50.
Peau de Cygne at $1.25, $1.50.
Satin Duchess at $1.00 to $2.50.
We also call your attention to our beautiful as
sortment of Evening Silks, Plaid Silks for Waists
and Suiting Silks, in the largest assortment shown
in the city.
Black Dres3 Goods' suggestions for Christmas
are Broadcloths from $L50 to $5.00 per yard.
Crepe de Paris from $1.00 to $3.50 per yard.
Poplin de Chine from $1.50 to $3.50 per yard.
Also an immense assortment of every new down-to-date
weave in black, cream and colored Dress
Goods.
HALF PRICE COLORED DRESS GOODS-$2,
$L75 and $1.50 Black Goods for 98j
Hello, John! Your Mistress Needs
Sheets, Pillow Cases and Some
.Flannel, eh!
Well, you're a wise Chinaman
and came to the right shop, "alio
lightee."
Special Sale of Best
Sheets
Domestic Aisle, First floor.
Best reinforced Sheets, made
specially heavy through the mid
dle, -which greatly increases their
wearing qualities. For durability
and economy these Sheets have no
equal. As in many other good
things, we are sole agents in Portland for these
Sheets:
Size 2V vd. bv 21A Td- value 65c: special at.
each. 55d
Size "2 yd. by 2 yd., value 75c; special at,
each
lie FOR PILLOW CASES WORTH 15c Heavy
round thread Pillow Cases, the kind that wear
so well, size 36x45 inches, value 15c; special at,
each 11
Handkerchief Linens
We show the largest and finest stock of Hand
kerchief Linens in Portland. Now is the time to
prepare for your holiday wants, when the line is
complete, and besides, Christmas is less than .five
weeks away. Linens priced from 40 to $10
. the yard.
Hello, Central! Give Me the Child World
Hello, Children 1 Golly! what a lot of voices I Why, I met over 15,000 of you little folk here last year, and I reckon
there's a lot of new voices talking now I never heard before that's fine! This must be a Roosevelt town no race suicide
here, anyhow. Well, youngsters, I'm here again at- your best store, that Jias grown to be the biggest since the reindeers and
I wpre here last year, and, Lor' sakes ! they've been to work and put in two? great big monster rooms that move up and dowi
quick, like like magic "elevators," I think they call 'em: that makes three, and a hundred people, bier and little, can come
Yes, we fill mail
orders promptly
and well. Send
for the Christmas
Book o' Joy,"
mailed FREE to
any address upon
request, by mail
or phone. Call up
or write the Mall
Order Dept.
up to my place on the fourth floor every minute. Well, we'll take care of you all, and you're perfectly safe as the building
is fireproof and couldn't possibly burn if it wanted to; then the big sprinklers would drown out a firo while you winked. You.
T -1 - -i i r ii . , . - . ... ji f f a m
uee, x cuuse a sine store nere ior you as wen as a Dest one. What do you want m your stociangs uns year, jaaaiesi xoys,
dolls Oh, my! but I've got so many kinds of both I couldn't begin to name 'em; drums arid horns, blocks and picture books,
steam engines and automobiles, Happy Hooligans, Gloomy Guses and policemen, fire engines, truck ladders, tool chests, toy
stoves, steam engines, and but what's the use? In a nutshell, I've brought to Olds, Wortman & Kings this year the biggest
lot of toys and dolls Portland folk ever saw "out West." And such a lovely doll show! What's that? A doll party yes,
every day now until Christmas, brown-eyed, blue-eyed and black-eved. blondes and brunettes; dolls all dressed for the party
and dolls you'll have to dress before they go. But, as they say in the books, mdre anon," children, I've got to. talk a lot today to the big folks. Good-bye, see
you tomorrow, good-bye. Click! Whir-r-r-r! Hello; Central! Yes, this, is Santa. Give me the mammas and the papas, please. All right. Hello, Big Folks!
Tms is banta just want to tell you of a few things of "SPECIAL" interest in Toytown and Dollville for tomorrow, the children will tell you the rest. ,,'ihe
TUfirrronf Rfftrn" rfiFoTo Ti,e -rr.fi ol.
A MECHANICAL TRAIN FOR "TWO-BITS."
Train has four-piece track, locomotive and tender, special at 25 '
DOLLS AND DOLL FURNITURE.
Three lines of undressed dolls, with bisque heads, kid and
jointed knees, pretty little "sleeping beauties " "flitifbeautiful
curly locks in both blonde and brunette types. They wear real
shoes and stockings
35o sizes Monday fpr 22
50c sizes Monday for.' ..33
65c sizes Monday for 48
30c sizes Monday for -. 21
40c sizes Monday for 31
PARLOR FURNITURE FOR DOLLTF..
Sets including table, chairs and' settees or divans,
enameled in black or red with handsome coverings
in blue or red colorings ; regular 35c value, special
at 21
Different Store" offers this week
75c IRON PASSENGER TRAINS F0R-48.
Train consists of engine, tender and three coaches.
75c FTRE-CH Kh'-IN-HIS-WAftPN g.
He's skurrying along in answer to anlarm ofwffia
wagon is brightly enameled in rodrfwd goIdancTa spirji'bllfck.
horse is running as only fire horses can run.
EXTRA SPECIAL.
American-made mechanical train consisting of locomotive and
tender, sleeping cars, nine pieces of track forming a double
loop with crossing. Other toy shops advertise these as their
$1.75 values. They're our regular $1.25 grade, but special this
week for 25 p
"LITTLE SWEETHEART DOLLIES FOR LESS."
These handsome dolls from the land of the Tri
color," the " Josephines'" and the "Napoleons," have
curly locks in both blonde and brunette colors. They
are of papier mache with' heads of bisque that turn
as easily as yours, but never turn at flattery, else
they'd be turned all the time; three special offerings
in these famous "Little Sweetheart" dolls for Mon-
The $1.29 size, special 89d
The $2JB size, special $1.47
The $2.69 size, special r......$l.S9
Xmas Cards, 1 905
Calendars Ready
You can't get by the gaily
decorated booth on the
Fair-Way, right at the
junction of the- old and
new buildings, without
being held up by the mon
ster display of pretty new
Christmas cards and cal
endars. Everything is
hero, from the dainty lit
tle 5c cards that would
slip easily into a vest
pocket up to the handsome poster sizes
that range in price from 15c to -$1.50.
Pen-sketches, water-colors, Chinese,
burnt wood, Oregon, bachelor and a
thousand and one other 1905 novelties,
5 to $3.00.
Hello, Central!
What's That? "Is. There a Suit Sale at
the Store Tomorrow?"
Well you may guess there is, and guess right not much room. to. tell you of them today for there's so much
to talk of that'll be pjing on here Monday that we must be mighty sparing of space. We've enlarged the store
and advertising space considerably lately and yet there's not room in either now to hold the good things and
the people that come for 'em. If you didn't get in on the big: suit sale yesterday you can come tomorrow and
select this way, $25.00 and $28.00 suits for $14.85
All the newest materials, trimming effects and superb workmanship. The smartest of the holiday season's tail
ored suits, new arrivals and best actual $25.00 and $28.50 values in the city for $14.85
SENSATIONAL SALE OF EVENING COSTUMES AND THEATER GOWNS.
YES, MADAM! We're going to sacrifice these beautiful creations, too. Must be kept out of the carpenter's
and painter's way. You gain we lose. Beautiful gowns, $20.00 to $250 values in crepe de chines, etamines,
veilings, albatross, laces, henriettas, fancy nets, spangled gowns, all-over laces, etc, in all the wanted, dainty
fashionable shadings and colorings, all the newest of a later season's ideas. Blacks, whites, tints and colorings reduced as printed.
$ 20.00 Gowns at - $ 14.85
$ 25.00 Gowns at "S 18.75
$ 35.00 Gowns at S 26.25
$ 45.00 Gowns at $ 33.75
$ 60.00 Gowns at $ 45.00
$ 75.00 Gowns at $.56.25
$100.00 Gowns at .,. S 75.00
$125.00 Gowns at $ 83.75
$150.00 Gowns at. $112.50
$175.00 Gowns at . S131.25
$250.00 Gowns at ..$187.50
And IS in-between values all at proportionate reductions.
Furs?
Why, certainly! Well include 'em in the sale COATS and NECKSCARFS
THE COATS Electric seal, nutria or black marten trimmed.
$25.00 Coats S19.8S
$32.50 Coats $24.35
Handsome Neck Scarfs
$35.00 Coats . $26.25
$45.00 Coats $33.75
Electric seals, black coney, sable and Isabella 'possum and black martens, lined with
Siberian -squirrel, with silken cords, tassels and tails. Reduced as printed
$ 7.50 values at S 5.00 $12.50 values at S 8.35 $18.50 values at. ... $122.35
$10.00 values at $6.85 $15.00 values at'. $10.45 $20.00 values at $13.25
"ma anwormondIF01" SALB Smart New Tailored Waists
$3.50 values for - $1.98 $5.00 values for. . ; . .$2.45
Handsomely tailored flannels, alpacas and new granite cloths, reds, tans, navies, blacks, grays, blues and browns. Of exquisite work
manship and finish. Styles both plaited and tucked. Very smart arid serviceable.
HEIXO! .Tou didn't set a Petticoat at either of those other two big- sales, too toad! well, we u put on ptti inra installment ot a recent great pur
chase of a thousand at a way-underpnee. But Tins sale will be for MONDAY pjiJuxs
Handsome taffeta silks and chiffon taffetas. Petticoats are In srraduated accordion plaited
beautiful
with ruchlncs, walking and dress lengths, blacks, -whites, light blues,
fects; best $10 and 512 values ever shown. Tomorrow only. 4s.
Seo these splendid Skirts In a "Washlnffton-Street display window
malted rallies, iuckoq iiounces ana accoraion. piaitea iiotmcinsrs
navies, pinks, reds, browns, tans, helios. Tjolu and all the popular changeable ,ef-
Flannels and Flannelettes at
Special Prices
Domestinc Aisle, First floor.
Flannels, white silk-embroidered, newest pat
terns, hemstitched and scalloped designs; very
new and also very swell; they are specially priced
at, the yard, 60 75, 85, $1 and $1.25.
1 1 c for Togo Flannels
Worth 1 5c
Togo Flannels, in rich, dark colorings, exact pat
terns of fine wool goods; regular 15c value;
special at, the yard llf
I Oc for Flannelettes Worth
1 5c and 1 7c
Fine quality printed Flannelettes, double width,
36 inches, dark and light colors, real values 15c
and 17c the yard; special at, the yard...lO
A Most Enticing Sole of Fine
Wash Fabrics
8000 yards of Wash Goods such as satin striped
Madras, mercerized Oxfords, Tussah Silks Silk
Persian Lawns, Silk Organdies and printed
Voiles; values to S5c-tke yard; very special at,
the yard 25J
-Give me Exchange 12, please Olds,
Wortman & King.
Oh! Hello! Is this Olds, Wortman. &
King's store? Tes. Well, this is the Co
lumbia Theater, Miss Countiss talking.
Did you get my notef Tes, indeed, we did,
Miss Countiss, and thank yon a thousand
times for your kind words. May we pub
lish it? Oh, thank you.' very much, Miss
Countiss. Good-bye.
The letter and the lady speak for themselves.
Messrs. Olds,
Wortman &
King:
Of course, I
am delighted to
wear my second
editiop of the
"Cathrine
Conn tigs' T
Sailor and glad
that the suc
cess of the first edition.
made this new creation
necessary. It is pretty
and jaunty as the first,
and has a matchless style
of its own. that seems es
pecially pleasing. You
have a genius for getting
up bewitching things for
feminine wear.
Most cordially,
Oathrina Ooustas.
Portland, Or., Kor. 26, 1904.
The New Cathrine Countiss
Sailors Are $5.00
What's That?
The
back for
bargains
first right kind of collars you ever wore in your life? Well, you're not the first man to come
those one-fourth sized linen collars at two for 25 f. Bargains this week? . Why, of course,
always at this man's shop. These for Monday:
29 FOB MEN'S MERINO UNDERSHIRTS WORTH- 75c. , h
A line of men's natural gray Merino Undershirts, broken sizes; a garment
that is regularly sold at 75c, td close them out the special price is 29
f 1.19 FOR-MEN'S JERSEY SWEATERS WORTB7TO $3.00. -'
A line of men's Jersey Sweaters in fancy stripes "and plain , colors, full
finished, with doable collar; values in the lot to $3.00, special at $1.19
'25 FOR MEN'S FOUR-IN-HANDS WORTH 50c.
The remainder of a line of men's narrow reversible Four-in-Hanhe; sold st
50c, special at, each 25
We cater to wen.
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