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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, DECE3IBER 13, 1J08.
Our List of Suggestions Grows Larger as the Number of Days Grow Smaller-
Something for Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, Sweetheart or Friend
Christmas is "just around the corner," and we extend a cordial invitation to the discriminating shoppers of Portland to visit our IDEAL GIFT STORE. Every counter in this big store is filled
to over-flowing with splendid Gift suggestions stocks are at high-water mark they never have been so well assorted or as large as now. We can only mention a few of the many thoroughly
appreciative Christmas Gifts of merit here you must COME AND SEE for yourself the result will be more fitting presents for all whom you remember, and a big saving in money for you.
FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
SIXTH FLOOR
FOR THE MAN AT THE DESK
These few articles are only a forerunner, so to speak, of
the hundred and one splendid GIFT THINGS in our Com
mercial Stationery Department, and we suggest them be
cause "he" will appreciate receiving a present of utility,
and doubly so because it will be used from day to day "at
the desk." Just a glimpse at the many appropriate arti
cles now being shown reveals :
Inkstands, Postal Scales, Desk Shears, Diaries, Paper
Weights, Ppn Hacks, Paper Cutters, Memo. Books, etc.,
etc. The prices range all the way from a dime to several
dollars "a gift for any purse."
FOR THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER
If "he" is an Architect, Draftsman, Engineer or Student in these
professions, ours is the store to come to f6r the selection of a fitting
present ; for here you will find on display an endless Variety of practi
cal pifts the kinds "he" uses in his work from day to day CON
STANT REMINDERS OF THE DONOR.
Just a few suggestions, at prices ranging from A DOLLAR OR
LESS TO TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE :
Slide Rules, Protractors, Steel Edpes, Barometers, Draw
ing Scales, T Squares, Drawing Boards, Water and Oil
Colors, etc., etc.
XMAS CARDS AND BOOKLETS
"We have these in hundreds of styles, all handsome
designs. Some cost as much as 50 CENTS EACH and oth
ers as low in cost as A PENNY APIECE. Come in and see
this superb display of artistic Cards and Booklets. Special
prices in quantit)T; this should appeal to Sunday School and
Public School teachers in particular.
Correspondence Paper, in artistic boxes, from 2re to $7.
Calendars, all the newest and most artistic designs, from
oc to $3.00.
Fotintain Pens, all the best makes, from $2.50 to $30.00.
BOOKS" FOR THE CHILDREN
For the "little ones" nothing pleases so much as bright
and snappy Picture" Books; and so as to make it more con
venient for you to select an appropriate volume, we have
arranged special counters on our SECOND FLOOR (con
nected by new elevator) where just such Books are dis
played in endless variety.
The following can only' give you a "peep in," if you
please, to the hundreds of good Gift Books for Children
here awaiting your careful perusal:
Boys' and Girls' Classics and Books of Information, such
as "Boys' Book of Adventures," "What a Girl Can
Make and Do." "Robinson Crusoe," etc., etc. Priced
from 15c to $3.00. .
Books of Amusement, Games and Sport, priced from 50c
to $3.00.
Happy Hooliiran, Buster Brown, Maud, etc.
Linen Books "for baby" priced from 5c up.
ABC Books and Unique Menagerie Books, etc., etc. "
THE J. K. GILL GO.
Booksellers and Stationers
CORNER THIRD AND ALDER STREETS
A Seasonable Suggestion.
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Without question of doubt a set of SUl?Wrnlelt "Elastic"
Bookcases artistically 'arranged about the living room would
prove ! a welcome Christmas gift to every member of the family
We carry sufficient stock of different Styles to enable us to
guarantee deliveries on time. '
Let us show you the many plfaslng co mblnatlons, as we have
thpm displayed In our store. Take new elevator to Second Floor.
LEATHER GOODS GALORE
, Practically the entire Sixth Floor of our big store (con
nected by new elevator) has been set aside for the display of
the largest and best line of LEATHER GOODS ever shown
in this city. As the line is very large, we have arranged
the display on this special floor, with a view to the conveni
ence of Portland Christmas Shoppers.
In the showing we have exhibited on special display tables nil the
latest novelties from European markets, as well as those from our own
popular American manufacturers. Quality that satisfies, variety that
pleases, and best value-giving are features that will make this great
LEATHER GOODS FLOOR popular with Tortlnnd holiday shoppers.
We can only give you a hint of the extent of the exhibition; the
prices and savings available
Ladies' Hand Bags $1.00 to $20.00
Gents' Roll Cases 2.00 to .20.00
Writing Tabs 50 to ' 5.00
Music Rolls 50 to 3.00
Card Cases 25 to 5.00
Cipar Cases 25 to 5.00 .
Picture Frames 1.00 to 5.00
Collar and Cuff Boxes 50 to 5.00
Military Cases 1.00 to 3.00
Also a handsome and varied line of TOILET CASES in ebony and
metal finish; a beautiful assortment of MIRRORS in fancy settings; a
large variety of fancy BRASS GOODS and an unusually large and mag
nificent display of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS ALL AT PRICES TO
FIT ANY PURSE, LARGE OR SMALL.
For your own pleasure, satisfaction, economy, you should visit this
superb display.
TAKE NEW ELEVATOR TO SIXTH FLOOR,
THE J. K. GILL GO.
Booksellers and Stationers ,
CORNER THIRD AND ALDER STREETS
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STAMPS
fj DEMAND
Visiting Nurses' Association
Has Sold Thousands.
CHRISTMAS TAGS GO WELL
Prominent Humanitarians, Like Ja
cob JUls and Bishop Scaddlng,
Indorse Novel Aid for Tubercu
losis Work in Oregon.
Much disappointment is bring expressed
by Ihe Visiting Nurses' Association on
account of the non-arrtval of the second
consignment of Christmas stamps. This
lut consists of loO.Ort). and should have
reached here ten days ago. The first
consignment, of 10U.Oi. has been ex
hausted. The association is especially
concerned regarding the delayed ship
ment, for the reason that the Christmas
chopping will soon begin and the plan
to have Christmas packages bear the
Christmas stamps may have to be con
siderably modified.
As soon as the consignment is received
quantities of the stamps will be sent to
all parts of the state, to be placed on sale
through the courtesy of the State Fed
eration of Woman's Clubs. Permission
has been granted the association by
ITesldent Clarke, of the Xorth Bank
road, and General Manager O'Brien, of
the Harriman line, to display posters In
all of the stations advertising the cam
paign for the sale of stamps. Fallowing
is the text of the poster in question:
Every penny will go to fight the
white piagi.e In Oreitoii.
Ten per cent of the deaths In Oregon
r - i roin luoercuiosiM.
How the money will be spent.
Tuberculosis In preventable. We
must teach the child, the housewife,
the farmer, the factory worker and
the professional man how to avoid the
disease.
Tuberculosis is communicable. We
must learn how to care for ourselves
so that we will pot give it to others.
Tuberculosis is curable. We must
care for the consumptive in the right
place. In the right way. at the right
time, until he Is cured: instead of. as
now. in the wrong place, in the wrong
way. at the wrong time, until he is
dead.
Help us do this buy the Christmas
- Stamp one cent each.
Headquarters Visiting Nurse Asso
ciation. Medical Building. Portland. Or.
During Die past ten days Mrs. Clarence
Nichols, chairman of the publicity com
mittee of the Visiting Nurses' Associa
tion, has received communications from
Jacob Rils. the noted settlement worker.
Bishop Charles Scadding and Dr. George
S. Whiteside, in which-they heartily en
dorse the movement which has just been
Inaugurated here. The text of Mr. Rlls'
letter is as follows:
My Dear Mrs. Nichols: I congratulate
Portland on having entered the lists
gainst the damnable disease whose
ravages are as needless as they are
merciless. If we. as an enlightened
people, can not do what they did in
the Kingdom of Naples more than a
hundred years ago by mere royal de
cree, before anyone knew or dreamed
of bacilli and germs and all that upon
which we base National action In our
day" namely: banish the plague of
tuberculosis from the land, then our
boasted democracy Is a fake and a
fraud. We can. If we merely will, and
the Christmas Stamp Is the right step
to take: for. while the money it brings
in la welcome to help, the inquiries It
tarts. the education it promotes, the
light It shines all along Its trail, la the I
great gain from it. Whoever sees the
stamp will ask questions, and, when
they are answered, whoever under
stands will turn to and help, only so
can we wipe out this disgrace, but so
we can and will. Tuberculosis has no
more license among us than small
pox. It is as readily stamped out. and
its staying Is a disgrace. When we
get rid of all which contagion burdens
society with, we can deal with the rest
easily enough.
Good luck to Portland and its fight!
I know your city well enough to know
that whatever It puts Its hand to it
will see through. Faithfully yours.
JACOB A. RIIS.
Dr. Whiteside writes as follows:
At the meeting of the City and Coun
ty Medical Society held December 2,
3908. I was instructed to write to you
to assure you that the members of the
City and County Medical Society are In
hearty accord with the work of your
association In which you have under
taken to care for the tuberculous
among the poor of our community.
We believe this work to be of ex
treme Importance and we feel satisfied
that the Visiting Nurses Association
Is the proper organization to under
take It.
If our society or any members of it.
Individually, can give aid to you In
this work, we would be glad to do so.
Respectfully vours.
GEORGE S. WHITESIDE.
Bishop Scaddlng's Indorsement is:
Mr. Dear Mrs. Nichols: I have read
with much Interest about the efforts
that are being made in this city on
behalf of the Visiting Nurses and de
sire to express my hearty indorsement
and commendation of the movement,
and shall be glad to aid In any way I
can. Both In New York and Chicago
I was privileged to be closely In touch
with tiie Visiting Nurses, and can bear
testimony to the splendid and efficient
work of that organization. The Red
Cross stamp Idea is admirable and I
trust they may have a wide sale. In
all such work as this It Is the small
contributions of the many, rather than
the large gifts of the few, which It Is
most desirable to secure.
With the season's greeting and wish
ing your efforts every blessing and all
possible success, faithfully , yours.
CHARLES SCADDING.
FLOCK EXTENDS WELCOME
KKV. C. K. CLIXE VOICES METH
ODIST GREETING.
A Jwetr r.a ma1 a pair of eoales so
delicate that he says they do reirtsfr thfr
difference in weight between a living fly ana
the name after H hap been killed.
Text of Address Which Veteran Pas
tor Made at Grace Church Re
ception Tuesday Xlght.
Following is the text of the address of
welcome to Bishop Smith, on behalf of
the Methodist preachers of Portland, de
livered by Rev. C. B. Cline. D. D., at the
Grace Church reception. Tuesday night:
These men. bishop, whom I am to rep
resent on this .occasion, are In the main
men of marked personality. They are
good lovers and good haters, of the earth
earthy. fond of butcher's meat and
sound sleep. They doubt the judgment
of a "man who does not work hard and
eat with appetite, and shake their heads
when anyone is o'erscrupulou6. Each
man has an opinion which he feels it his
"duty to express, and all the more If It
differs from yours. They say anything
that comes Into their minds of any par
ticular persons, without examining the
company they are In. They never trim.
They think humanely of the'lr brethren'
In the East and say there is no place like
Portland. When they wish to pay a man
the highest compliment they say they
would not know him from an Oregonian.
When election time comes, they bluntly
put the question. "How many more vil
lainous saloons can we put out of busi
ness this time?" and proceed in a man
ner that causes the rumseller to lose
much sleep. On questions of right and
wrong, they never steer a middle course.
They have little use ror humbugs, but
If one of their number should have bow
legs, a set of false teeth, a big stomach,
dyed hair, a bald head, or squeaky voice,
he will make you. the new bishop, think
he looks well in It. and that it is reason
h -should have a fine appointment.
You may expect therefore that each of
these men honestly thinks every circum
stance belonging to him recommends him
to you.
It rains here sometimes, a thing you
hear more about down East than you do
here. At such times these men walk
down the streets of our city with the
swing of an emperor, umbrella closed,
using It for a walking stick.
It Is observed that ministers coming
from the East, Including bishops, soon
catch this same spirit. Each of the two
bishops who lived here, one eight and the
other four years, and ' who broke our
hearts when they left us, got to be a
whole city In himself dignified, non
communicative. When we approached
them for a better appointment they cast
a blank look at the other way, at the
wall or celling, muttering Incoherent
things about "long suffering churches."
It would not be lair to leave the im
pression that these preachers are them
selves the whole working force. The big
brotherly editor of the Pacific Christian
Advocate helps mightily in every good
undertaking. He it is who swings his
hat and cheers the toilers in every re
mote circuit and town. Nor Is this all:
Oregon has the finest women In the
world, even those coming from other
places showing marked improvement.
Well, these true helpmeets in our par
sonages greatly refine and Improve their
husbands.
When you first begin to deal with these
Western men. Bishop, you will most like
ly say to yourself, "They are a trying
lot!" But later you will do them Justice
as men who hide their strength and wear
weli. You will be glad to know also that
they have the stamina that can take the
Initiative in emergencies without which
the largest success in this Northwest
would be impossible. They are true to
themselves and to each other. Neverthe
less, they frankly say that no man fails
who ought not to fail; and If he does not
make everything of his work, it will
make him nothing. These are men of
faith In their own church. If all the civ
ilization and wealth were by deluge or
war to perish, they believe the Methodist
Episcopal Church competent to replace
the loss.
Chief among the men who have set the
pace here are Fathers John Flinn and T.
F. Royal, the only remaining members of
the original "thundering legion, prophets
in buckskin." who brought to this Pacific
Coast civilization and the gospel more
than half a century ago. They are with
us tonight and we shall love them as long
as we live, and we shall live forever.
We receive you. Bishop Smith, with
readiness to respond to the stimulating
leadership of a powerful personality, such
as you bring to us. It is something to
have a leader who has only to open his
eyes to see things in their larger rela
tions and. true light. "
In this field to which the General Con
ference has assigned you, an arrange
ment that delights us all. you will find
no Methodist churches in cold storage
and no Methodist; preachers In vinegar
picklei
It Is not boasting to pay that the self
imposed standard of these men, is. that
every sermon they preacn shall shake the
souls of men. If a service is held in
which there are no awakenings and no
body joins the church, the preacher is
himself not only disappointed, but
alarmed. If John Wesley and his mother,
the latter the greatest woman England
ever produced, should attend the services
of this church where we are now met,
their souls would be thrilled for very joy.
And so, good Bishop Smith, we welcome
you to the brotherhood and leadership of
these scholarly, wholesome men, who are
ready to give all they have for right re
lationship with God and their fellow
man. You have only to command us In His
name.
CARD OF THANKS.
" To the kind, thoughtul and generous
friends who contributed so nobly to
the comfort of rr.v dear wife during
her recent fatal illness, and who were
so helpful to nie unen the end came, I
wish to express my keenest apprecia
tion and deepest gratitude.
WALTER R. BERNARD,
l44 East Ankeny Street.
FURS SACRIFICED.
The mild weather lias caused a loss of
thousands of dollars to the furriers of
the West. M. I,. Gumhert. who recent
ly purchased the Nonpareil, 3.14 Washing
ton street, finds that lie is compelled to
offer his stock at a wonderful sacrifice.
"My guarantee stands back of every
garment," said M. I.. Gumhert yester
day. "My stock .is. all new and contains
some beautiful- varments in -lynx, mink
and all the popular furs. This is an op
portunity to purchase a "practical Christ
mas gift, one that will always be p
predated at great . reduction."
SAMPLEWAISTS.'
200 Sample Silk. Net and Wlille I.awn
Waists, advance 1!0!1 mode.l.s, on sale
Monddy and Tuesday at regular whole
sale prices. Only one of -i kind. Take
advantage. McA'lcn & McDonnell, Tl lr-1
and Mrrrlson.
THE
UffllC - PAVEMENT
Best for the Abutting Property Owner
BeT8e Noiseless, Durable, Clean, Sanitary
Best for the Horse
BT.r Resilient and Non-Slippery
The Cost of the Pavement Never Exceeds
$2.25 In the Teaming Limits.
The Cost of Excavation and Cement Work is
the Prevailing Price at Time of Letting.
WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
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SEE OTHERS FIRST
Investigate West Side prices be
fore visiting our store.
Others Pay Rent
We Collect Rent
On Half Our Own Building
Who Can Sell
the Cheapest?
Of course you can answer this
question logically, but we want
you to satisfy yourself who
really does sell the cheapest,
and therefore invite .you to the
stores of "others," something
we never knew anyone to do.
Open Evenings Till Christmas
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