WOMAN'S AND
SPECIAL FEATURES
SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to lO
" rORTLAXP. PRECOX, SUNDAY 3IORNIXG, JANUARY 21, 1913 NO- 3 ,
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From Our January Clearance Sale
The selection of specials offered this week should fill our store with enthusiastic buyers. So far our
JOfrsaed all others in the abundance of rare bargains offered, but we
leaSLpreFent-tor the coming week's selling than we have before shown. If
SSSdSL of aPfew pieces of furniture in mind, it will pyjmtojtot
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Let Us Show You Our Special Three-Room Outfit
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Bedroom, Dining-Room and JMtcnen lurcusnea complete.
and Ru- for the Dining-Room, 7 pieces and Rug for the Bedroom and
4 nieces' including a fine Steel Range, for the Kitchen. Come in and
sec this outfit for yourself and you will wonder
how we can let you have so much for so little
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This Beautiful Pattern in a Reg
ular $16 Vernis Martin Bed for
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A massive design, exactly as pictured, having
heavy two-inch posts and seven filler rods, fin
ished with ornamental chills. .Now
55 years of honest dealing
have made this great store
possible. v
Save Many Dollars
on Your Buffet
Make Your Selections This Week from High-Grade
Patterns, which represent the last of their line and must
b sold at a loss.
$15,50
$25.75
$26.75
$27.75 Fumed Oak Buffet in Mission
style, with 42-ineh ease
$41.50 Solid Quartered Oak Buffet,
golden finish, 42-inch case
$45.00 Weathered Oak Buffet with
French plate mirror, 48-in. case....
$320 Genuine Stickley Buffet of01 O C
solid oak, fumed finish, 48-in case.. tj)0 X dJ
$60 Oak Buffet, handsome' design, QO T Cf
Early English finish, 54-inch case... PJ oUU
$65.00 Solid Oak Buffet, golden wax f yf 7
finish, with 60-inch case, special v vr
$08.00 Golden Wax Buffet, extra
large, massive design, 60-in. case
$9.95
Read Every Item of
These Clean-Up
Prices on Odd Pairs
Fine Lace Curtains
Davenports Were Never Lower
Priced Than During This Sale
$52.00
Solid Oak
Davenport
Like Cut
$31.75
$29.50 Quartered Oak Davenport with goldsn finish, upholstered inCjJ21 50
$35.00 Mahogany Davenport with Verona Velour cover of first quality jJ23 50
$39.50 Quartered Oak Davenport, golden finish, covered in Chase tfp"7
leather, special at only ' $ i J
$45.00 Quartered Oak Davenport, covered with Chase leather, and with dJOO Cft
carved arms and feet, special JJ
$95.00 Quartered Oak Davenport, covered in velour, very highest j - yjf
grade in every way, special iPJJ I J
14 Carloads "New
Idea" Gas Ranges
$10.00 Mercerized Ecru Net Cur
tains with applique f J Q C
border, at only.... viOD
10S0 Fern Net Curtains witn
handsome applique
design at only.
$8.00 White Irish Point Lace Cur
tains of finest qual
ity, at only.,.
.fiJ50 Mercerized Net Curtains
with corded edge
and border, only
$6.25
'oint Lace Cur-
$4.65
Net Curtains
$3.95
$6.50 Ecru Net Curtains with'
handsome laeet dQ Cft
edge, for only J)OoJvs
$6.50 White Brussels Net Curtains
with deep inlaid f Q QA
border, only POV
$3.50 Scrim Curtains in ecru shade
with Cluny edge,
special, only .
$5.00 Irish Point Curtains in ecru
shade, handsome
pattern, only.
$2.35
'urtains in ecru
$3.15
$59.50
This Regular $4.75 Solid
Oak Diner With Box Seat
Construction
Very attractive
pattern, made of
solid quartered oak,
beautifully finish
ed golden; has
heavy Bannister
back, French legs
and claw feet.
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$19.00 Library Table" f
of Quartered Oak, P
Fumed or Golden Finish
11.45
Have Been Sold in Portland
During the Past Year
This Range is very aptly called "The
New Idea" because it features striking
improvements on all other Gas Ranges,
not only in construction and operation,
but in appearance and finish. We are ex
clusive agents, and have placed these
Ranges in over 75 per cent of the leading
apartment-houses and homes in the city.
A New Carload Just Received
Showing the New Models
With White Porcelain Backs
Solid oak Library Table, with 44-inch top, lower shelf,
drawer and panel ends. Made of heavy selected stock,
best finish and workmanship throughout.
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A $7.25 Oak Rocker,
Fumed or Golden Finish
$3.98
A h eautiful
Rocker, almost'
exactly like
cut; very sub
stantially made
and of excel
lent appear
ance. Seat is of
leather.
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DEACONESS WORK FACTOR
IN PORTLAND METHODISM
Movement Is Recent One Here, but Is Fast Becoming One of Greatest
Features of Denomination's Activity.
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SPRINGING Into existence In a re- I
markably short time, and becom- '
Jng- one of the most potent factors
in Portland Methodism, the deaconess .
movement and its accompanying in
fluence Is rapidly extending through
out the city. The work Is quite well
established, and several- or the Metno
dist Episcopal Churches here have one
or two regularly licensed deaconesses.
The deaconess home is located at 762
East Pine street. Miss Mary Hepburn,
formerly of Seattle, is the superin
tendent. It was but a comparatively brief time
nov. that this work was hardly repre-
.onteri at all in Oreeon Methodism, t
but it is fast becoming, 11 it nas not
already become, one o the greatest
foat.n-o of the denomination's activity
In this field. It bids fair to grow and
thrive and to do a remarkaDie worn
not accomplished by any other branch
of the church.
Lives Devoted to Work.
According to the Methodist discipline,
"a deaconess Is a woman who has been
led by the spirit and the providence
of God to forego all other pursuits in
life that she may devote herself wholly
to the Christ-like service of doing
good; and, having received this divine
call, has been tested and trained dur
ing a probation of at least two years;
and, after such preparation, has been
approved by the church and solemnly
set apart to this vocation in the
church." , '
Nearly everything that is included in
the broad words "doing good" is done
by the deaconesses. It is their chief
business to dispel gloom, to impart
sunshine and make sad hearts glad.
Theirs is a message of gladness, and
wherever they go it is certain that the
world Is made better.
A deaconess has to know a great
deal, must possess much tact and judg
ment; She must nave mmc ui.u
average ability to cope with conditions, ;
for emergencies are the rule and not ,
the exception in her work. She must
adapt herself to all manner of people. ,
for she meets such every day and their i
problems become her problems; her
life is interwoven in their lives and to j
win their sympathy and to assist them ;
in their sorrows and needs she must
understand them. Thereiore, ner me
is a constant study if she keeps abreast
of her field.
While the Methodist Church is very
strict as to disciplinary requirements,
in none is it quite so strict as to the
deaconess' work. A woman must lit
erally "walk the chalk line" to remain
in this branch of the service, and she
is entitled only to an amount monthly
sufficient to meet the plain needs of
life- but, it must be remembered that
a deaconess is not working for money,
but simply to "do good."
Time of Service Tiot Limited.
The service Is voluntary and a dea
coness may withdraw at any time by
giving the superintendent of the home
"reasonable notice."
Deaconess homes are governed and
the work Is directed, to a large extent,
by a local board. This board In Port
land is composed of Samuel Connell,
president; Dr. Richmond Kelly, vice
president; Charles W. DeGraff, secre
tary; Edgard I Keeney, treasurer, and
Mrs F B. Holbrook, Mrs. Esther Wal
fi gle and Rev. W. J. Douglass.
Taylor-Street Church now has two
deaconesses. Miss Mezella Fullmer is
the church deaconess, and Miss Ella
Swift Sunday school deaconess. Cen
tenary Church also has two. Miss Su
san Kuter, church, and Miss Sadie
Smith Sunday school. Miss Hulda
Gustafson works at University Park
Church; Miss Margaret Hewson at First
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at Mount Tabor Church when she is on
duty. At present she is in California
on leave of absence.
A deaconess attached to a church
works under the direction of the pas
tor, but there is always co-operation
between the pastors, the superinten
dent of the deaconess homo and the
deaconesses, to the end that all work
in harmony for the greatest good to
the greatest number of people. The
plan has worked with admirable suc
cess throughout the entire church and
Is growing in favor and recognition
everywhere.
Portland Home Is New.
JTntil a comparatively short time
ago Portland was one of the few large
cities of the country which did not
possess a deaconess home or hospital,
and leading Methodists took up the ef
fort to have this important work' es
tablished. It has succeeded excellently,
and additions are being made to the
staff all the time.
i.iiss Hepburn, the superintendent,
recently laid before the cabinet of
Portland District Epworth League a
plan whereby another worker is to be
brought to Portland. A nurse dea
coness is soon to be added. She will
come from Seattle, where she has been
doing a great work among the poor.
Plans for her work here are being per
fected by the superintendent, and tho
Epworth League chapters are rallying
to the support of this additional work
er. They, together with others, will
support her.
Settlement.work will be undertaken
in the near future, and this additional
deaconess from Seattle will be given
charge of much of it. The location has
not been announced yet, but the plans
are nearly complete for this new work,
which is one of great importance and
entirely new in the denomination here.
Work la Planned.
All of the deaconesses attached to
the Portland staff and who are on duty
in this city, live at the home. Their
work is directed in a general way from
there. Each goes to her labors in the
various sections of the city regularly
and each has her work to perform
from day to day. It is all done me
thodically and under strict discipline
and supervision.
Deaconess work is supported very
largely by subscriptions from persons
who interest themselves in it and be
lieve it to be a cause worthy of sup
port. Several well known people of
Portland have already subscribed to
the work. In fact, subscriptions are
received 'frequently, and the success of
the undertaking is fully assured.
In many cities of the size and im
portance of Portland, the work sup
ports a hospital, with a regularly
trained staff of physicians and nurses,
and it is probable that at no very dis
tant date Portland will have such an
institution. It depends largely upon
the generosity and interest of the peo-i
pie of the city.