The Sunday Oregonian., September 15, 1907, Section Three, Page 6, Image 30

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 15, 1907.
LEATHER POSTAL CARDS MAY BE PUT TO GOOD USE
The Style Store
Where Shopping Is a Pleasure
And Credit Is for All.
Handsome Fall Suits
HANGING POUCH FOR NEWSPAPERS, WHISK-BROOM HOLDER, RECEIVER FOR SLIPPERS,
PILLOWS AND COUCH COVERS, MAY BE EASILY MANUFACTURED
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WHAT are you doing -with your
leather postal cards?
Since the coming In of this
pretty fad, each maid who has thoughtful
correspondents has been receiving dozens
of leathern souvenirs from various Sum
mer resorts, and from many ports of
call visited by her traveling friends. The
post-card book, which solved the problem
of the paper postal, would not do for
the bulky souvenirs of leather, and be
sides, were too attractive and too sub
stantial In texture to stow away uselessly
between the covers of a book, so the in
ventive maid bethought her, first of the
post-card pillow, and later of various
other pretty things, both useful and or
namental, that might be fashioned of
the leathern squares, by lacing them
together with leathern thongs, or stitch
ing them upon squares of leather or of
silk In bright and contrasting colors.
Since the fad has got well under way,
one sees something new almost every
day, on post-card manufacture. The ac
companying pictures show a few of the
many household things that may be made
of or decorated with the leathern sou
venirs. A large hanging pouch for news
papers Is shown in No. 1, the pouch being
of leather, with leather fringe, in dull
brown, with bright-colored postals scat
tered over the front side and blind-.
stitched to the pouch. This manner of
utilizing the postals, while less work
than necessitated by lacing the cards to
gether, - does -not bring out the coloring . a loop for each slipper, and each loop
and individuality of the souvenirs so is secured in pface by brass tacks upon
btrong. a base of wood, or or heavy pasieooara.
Another method of securing the cards
to the basis is by stitching them on with
a sewing-machine, placing the cards on
the leather so that a narrow strip will
be left between them;-thls strip furnishes
a border for each card, and brings out Its
color and design much better than if
they are placed edge to edge. .
A whisk-broora holder of home manu
facture is shown in No. 2, the poBtal
which holds the whisk being secured with
brass tacks to the base, which is a cross
section of fir. A receiver for slippers,
fashioned in a similar way, is also among
the household things for which postals
may ba utilized. Four cards are required
for this, two being laced together to form
If the postcards ere plentiful, the novelty
of the receiver Is enhanced by covering
the base also, with laced postals, and
loops of leather thongs can be used for
further decoration, with a fringe of the
same at the bottom of the base.
A post-card p , with the cards laced
together by leather thongs, is shown In
No. 3. A heavy leather fringe, as is
shown In this picture, adds to the at
tractiveness of the pillow. The pillow
may be of any site desired, and tha
fringe is obtainable In any width, or can
be made from a plain strip of leather, by
careful manipulation of tue family scis
sors. One of the prettiest novelties made
in this manner, oi fringe and laced cards.
ts a post-card shopping bag, which
quires six postals to euner side of the
bag. It is well to secure the postals
upon a strong foundation, of either leath
er or some material of coarse weave, and
to sew the sides of the bag to a long,
narrow strip of the same material, which
provides a width for the bag at the ends
and bottom. A short fringe at the top,
with two handles made of braided thongs,
finishes the bag.
In No. '4 Is shown a wrist bag made of
postal cards, upon a leather foundation,
Pretty covers for small tables are made
of laced cards, also, with leather fringe,
and one ambitious collector of postal
proudly displays - to her friends a post
card couch cover, with a deep fringe, that
is the most striking decoration of her
"den."
Ready to Wear
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The superb cut, richly beautiful
fabrics, splendid workmanship
and reasonable prices of our new
Fall and Winter Suits impress
every shopper who visits "the
style store."
This season's styles are so un
usually varied, and our assort
ment so complete, that every
woman and girl can be becoming
ly gowned, and at the same time
in the very height of style. To
choose from, we. have all the col
ors, fabrics and designs that have
been pronounced by the mode
makers "the thing" for this Fall
and "Winter. See the new stj'les
for yourself that's the better
way.
Misses' jaunty and serviceable
Suits range from
$18 to $30
Women's well-tailored Street
Novelty Suits from
$25 to $40
Elaborate Gowns for the more
dressy occasions
$40 to $80
Make your selection at once and
pay later when more convenient
if you wish.
Eastern Outfitting Comp'y
The Store Where Your Credit Is Good.
Corner Washington and Tenth Streets
SAY LUSITANIA HAS FAILED
German Critics Believe Hopea
Owners Are Not Realized.
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ARMSTRONG'S RISE TO FAME
A Lake Michigan Boy Has Had Wonderful Success in New York as a
Playwright Author of "Salomy Jone" Lives in Baronial Style on Fine
Estate in Maryland.
A MONO the last season's crop of
dramatists who claimed more
than usual attention, owing to the
magnitude of their successes, none has
so great an Interest for young writers
who have yet to win their spurs as
Paul Armstrong. For years the sturdy
young, writer battled with the usual
adversities that befall the literary as
plrant in New York, and now he is
reaping his reward. One of the first
fruits of his success has been the ac
quisition of one of the most famous
and historic estates In the country.
All this past Summer Paul Arm
strong and his wife and children have
been domiciled In the historic old Acton
Manor, which lies in Quiet grandeur
on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, with
in rifle-shot of the Nation's training
school of Annapolis, Md. The house
and property has long been considered
one of the show places of Maryland,
and the mansion, which Is of the true
colonial type, was built In 1761, 15
years before this Nation became a
sturdy force to be reckoned with. It is
of the most substantial character, not
aggressively large according to present
standards, but roomy and comfortable.
One enters the manor grounds through
an old turnstile gate. In front there
lies a curving path, that under the
beneficent Armstrong regime has been
cemented. The house Is set back about
100 yards from the elm-lined road,
among a group of stately trees, and
back of It a velvety lawn slopes grace
fully down to the quiet shores of
Chesapeake Bay, and when a misty sun
falls athwart it, there is a sight that
might well call Whistler from his
grave to paint another dream in green
and gold. Here Paul Armstrong, once
employed on a Baglnaw River steam
boat, and now successful playwright,
lives in baronial splendor, entertain
ing friends from the North, and dis
pensing generous hospitality to all who
come that way.
. Just at present he is not writing
plays but devoting his energies to the
raising of fine horses, and to making
the acquaintance of the children about
the town. As a relaxation from' these
enervating duties, Mr. Armstrong main
tains a swift motor boat, in which he
cruises about the bay. His water ex
cursions are chiefly made in the early
morning, when the wild fowl are
abroad and the sun is coming up from
out of the purple sea to the eastward;
but he does not shoot, for he is unal
terably opposed to the so-called sport
that demands the taking of life for Its
enjoyment. His principal occupation
seems to be resting, and he finds the
Maryland atmosphere most appropriate
to this purpose.
Each week finds some professional
friends down from the North, and re
cently among those were numbered
Cecelia Loftus, Frederick Thompson,
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Paul Armstrong;, Wto Has
Achieved Snecees aa a Dramatist.
George C. Tyler, Rex Beach, Sewell
Collins, Katharine Gray and a host of
others whose names are well known in
the world of the drama and letters.
When one wants to find Mr. Armstrong
It is necessary to do a little searching
If you are unsuspected, for his idea of
life is simplicity, and few of the in
habitants of Annapolis realize tha cal
iber of the man they have been enter
taining unawares in their midst. 'He
Is so averse to publicity that several
inquiries are necessary, and it is to
the Postmaster that one must go to
discover his lair. The children, how
ever, know him as "the New York
millionaire," and this has oocasloned
Mr. Armstrong, many a quiet laugh, for
he is far from that flnanolal designa
tion, even now, in the comfortable
years.
When he abandoned the river life, he
went in for newspaper work In Chicago,
and In the course of time drifted to New
York, where he had been told that suc
cess was to be found if anywhere.
"Go there," said his adviser, "and
starve and work and suffer, and in the
end you will come to know life and what
It means. Then If you have it in you
you will be able to put what you see on
paper or mayhap on the stage."
Mr. Armstrong took that advice, and
after much of the sort of thing that had
been forecasted for him, he took the
position of sporting writer on the New
York Journal, and there coined many
words and phrases that stamped him as
a man of individuality. His first play was
written In 1901 and bore the title "St.
Ann." It was given its first pioductlon
at the Columbia Theater In Washington
the same year. Then followed "The Su
perstitions of Sue," which was first
seen at the Savoy Theater in New York
the following -year. The next play was
"The Heir to the Hoorah," which won
Its first success at the Hudson Theater
In New York, and is still touring the
country with wonderful success. "The
Blue Grass Handicap" followed this, and
then came Mr. Armstrong's biggest play,
"Salomy Jane," which has wafted him
to fortune. Here Mr. Armstrong has
done his most virile work, and has
painted a picture that is as great as any
that could be painted. There Is a big
ness and wholesomeness about it that Is
typical of the man himself, and in It
is displayed the key-note of his char
acter. In it those friends of his early youth
may see the effect of his river days; its
strong, vibrant, throbbing individuality,
and the immensity and openness of the
structure as a whole. In it Is displayed
the man with a big heart, a big frame,
a big fist and big sympathies: the man
who thinks big thoughts and places them
before you in a big way. It is a far cry
from the captain of a Saginaw River
steamer to the landed prbprletor of the
pre-revolutionary estate of Acton Man
or, but Paul Armstrong has made It
without an effort and is today the same
man, unchanged, as was the younger man
who kept his anxious eye glued to the
windows of the pilot house.
PHOTO POST CARDS SCENERY.
Klser Co. Lobby Imperial Hotel
HAMBURG. Sept. 1. German marine
critics say that, although it has been as
serted that there was no intention to
drive the LuBitanla during her first
travel, there can be no doubt that the
great hopes placed upon her performance
were unrealized. They also say that it
was not really her maiden voyage, be
cause she had been on trial trips for more
than a month, and made a voyage to Gib
raltar and return and had sailed approx
imately 3000 miles before she started for
New York. She was expected to make
i4H to, 25 knots, but Is scarcely believed
likely to attain the hoped-for speed.
Boll Weevil Travels Eastward.
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Sept 14. Tha
cotton boll weevil, which is about to
begin its annual migration eastward, has
today reached a point In Louisiana 26
miles from the Mississippi River, accord
ng to a telegram from the state crop
commission to Governor Blanchard. In
the destructive migration of this pest
eastward for several years past, across
all Texas and Louisiana, the Mississippi
River has been the most Interesting mile
stone to the cotton Interests and scien-
tists. Scientists declare the great river
will prove no barrier, and will not stop
the advance of the costly pest into the
eastern cotton belt. Today's news is re
garded as making it entirely probable
that the attempt at crossing by the
weevils will be made this season. The
weevil, as reported to the Governor, was
found at Leland postofBce.
Fair In Crook County.
REDMOND, Or., Sept. 14. Preparations
for the Redmond (Crook County) Fair,
September 19, 20, 21, are going forward
with the expectations cf its being a bet
ter show than last year at that time the
exhibits were shown under canvas In sev
eral tents. This year a biiim.ng is being
prepared In town, which will do away
with the long walk to the grounds. Al
ready quite a number of exhibits have
been sent in.
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' City Bonds as Security.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Announce
ment was made today that Secretary
Cortelyou has authorized United States
Assistant Treasurer Pisn, In this city,
to accept the temporary certificates is
sued by Controller Metz for the new
per cent city bonds, as security
for Government deposits in. depository
banks.
KISER FOR SOUVENIR PHOTOS.
Northwest Scenery Imperial Hotel.
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Fresh from the brewery, sparkling and
healthful, costs only $2.00
25c dozen for the bottles when returned.
ONE DOZEN QUARTS
If you prefer the larger bottles, cost the
dozen '.$1.75
40c dozen for bottles when returned.
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