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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1914)
THE STJPTOAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 33, 1914. BRAVERY OF ALLIES SHOWN IN CONFLICT Reasons for Present Strife Varied; England's Spirit Is Solemn. BELGIAN SPIRIT STOLID Englishman's fppcrmost Thought an to War Is "Klghteous"; Frenchman's "It Is Necessary' ' ; Belgium's "for Liberty." (Continued From First Page.) Charing Cross, read "London to Brus sels via Dover," but the Port of Dover is mined and has long since been closed. The railway guarantees nothing as to your arrival anywhere. You are gam bling with the chances of war. Instead of taking us to Diver our train is to run further to the south Rnd deliver up to the channel boat at Folkestone. Civilians Few on Trmln. Relatively few are taking the train fcnd those are mostly Frenchmen long resident in England and now returning to the colors. Their women folk accom pany them to the station platform, keeping back the tears as best they can and managing somehow, such is the unconquerable elan of this people, to toe chic and smiling about It. And the French husbands and sons and brothers are gallant to the end. Such kissing of hands and cheeks and lips, such brave laughter choked by cobs, such cries of "Bon royage!" and "Vive la Francel" there are that the onlooker is all a-tremble with tender ness and pity and has to turn his eyes away. It is beyond bearing. English hospital nurses and sisters from religious orders are escorted to the trains by soldiers. Bystanders do not cheer them, but there Is a hearty Kngllsh good will in their grave, respectful faces. Even the sweating yorters are soft spoken amid the cry ing; and the laughing. Wifely Interest Shown. Hear the quietly uttered instructions of my wife as to the particular corner of my portmanteau I shall find my shav Inc things. She leans Trithin the com partment and pins my twice viseed pass port more securely inside my coat. The train begins to move. There is a wav ing of flags, poignant cheers and long looks. The French women are stand ing with their hands pressed hard against their lips, tears are rolling down their cheeks as their men lean from the train windows. It is heart rending, but It is beautiful. If I let myself go I could cry like a hurt child, but through a mist of tears I see a gentle, wistful face and I pull myself together and call out some cheerful words. Harvesting the Crops. It Is 2 o'clock of a glorious after noon. We are gliding through the rich green of hopfields, then through other fields where shocks of grain await the wagons and where horses are working In tandems of four. Stretches of wood land flash by. It is like a park. A peacefuller, sweeter scene never was, and the golden August sunlight is over all. Literally It is a smiling country and you do not wonder that its men are ready to fight for it to the last gasp. It loveliness is rustic, but entrancing, and every genial sight and sound by the wayside moves to pensive meditation on the madness let loose on Europe since Tuesday a week. Mgnx of Strife Real. In two hours we are in Folkestone. All the way the three French gentle men in the compartment with me have been silent. As we glide into the envi rons of Folkestone we catch a glimpse of troops encamped by the sea. their tents shining happily under the sun. It Is the most specific actuality of war we have seen and makes us gasp. During a tedious half hour of em barking on the hot pier at Folkestone everybody is extraordinarily civil gravely not effusively so. War chastens the noncombatant wonderfully, and the typical aggressive Englishman, ever solicitous for his "rights" In a crowded train or boat. Is gentle to a man he feels he may never look on In the land of the living again. Mind Changed; Trouble Conies. 1 decide to take a boat for Boulogne Instead of for Ostend In order to see more of the French countryside. The decision is to cost me dear in time but Is to bring a multitude of thrilling sights. The passengers on board the packet Victoria are mostly Frenchmen bound to Paris, among them several men with the" Legion of Honor ribbon in their coats. At 6 o'clock we reach Boulogne and are caught In a swirl of maddening confusion. No picturesque incidentals of the war here, but all the heavy, op pressive routine of it everywhere sol diers, red caps and bayonets. Everywhere there Is a shrill, insistent demand for passports. You cannot leave the boat without showing your passport; you cannot enter the outer gate of the railway station a quarter of a mile up the quay without showing your passport; you cannot buy a ticket without showing your passport and liaving it stamped by the ticket seller; you cannot pass the gate of the gang way leading to the train without show ing your passport. To the alien with little knowledge of French these in cidents of travel become a source of distracting perplexity. Passport Only Friend. Utter disorganization of the social machine which war produces is borne sharply In upon him. You hold your vassport tight and realize that in it all your comfort and safety He. This is the first time since the Franco, anything to the traveler In Northern Europe. Now it means everything. The station rings with the bugle calls and the platforms tremble with the tramp of marching men. Everybody looks pitifully weary and almost every man Is smoking Incessantly. Soldiers are tired and dusty, civilian travelers have a greenish, blackness under their eyes from fatigue and anxiety, but the patience of the French is amazing. Amid the turmoil a little French boy is having his face scrubbed with his mother's handkerchief and he is re senting it bitterly. Gold Heavy) Back Aches. The small of my back is fairly quad ruple plated with sound English gold and It aches like a toothache. I feel like a pagan idol, not rich, but much oppressed. Now I know what the curse of gold means. I never felt more fat uous and helpless in my life, yet I never was more complacent: for am I not where 999 of every 1000 of my profes sion would give their ears to be? In the street outside women of the peasant type are sitting and knitting. They wear quilted flaring skirts such as you see In ancient pictures. Here Is one of history's ironies. Men are pre paring to remake the map of Europe. But a lashlon in skirts survives through centuries. Across the street I get for 70 cents one of the best dinners l ever nad in my life. In the face of Armageddon the French head does not lose its cun ning. Compassion for Sleeper. It is still three hours before the train starts for Calais. A French soldier is asleep on the baggage truck. Two por ters carrying a heavy trunk approach the truck, take a second look at the sleeping man. mutter words to each other, and then move away with the trunks, for they decline to disturb the sleeper. I occupy myself with copying a huge proclamation posted on the station wall and addressed to the army of the land and the army of the sea and giving an order of general mobilization. "By decree," it reads, "of the presi dent of the republic the mobilization of the armies of land and sea is or dered, as well as the requisition of animals vehicles, and harness neces- i sary to the equipment of these armies. All France is summoned to cue mili tary obligations under penalty of being punished with all the rigor of the Captain Is Satisfied. The captain appears. He is very suave and speaks English. At the words "American Journalist" he smiles, shrugs his shoulders, returns my pass port, bows and draws off his bristling lieutenant and six eavesdroppers. Much subdued in spirit, I retire to a luggage truck and stay there till the train crawls away to Calais at 11. Every station and every bridge en route is heavily guarded, and out of the darkness float voices of sentinels when ever the train stops. When we pass near tho coast we catch the flash on the horizon of searchlights bowing and curtseying from warships in the chan nel. It takes nearly three hours to cover the less than 30 miles from Boulogne to Calais. Men Nolsyj OlBeers Grave. It Is 2 o'clock of a silent morning in Calais and I snatch three hours' sleep and a cup of coffee preparatory to pushing on to Lille at 6 o'clock. An other gorgeous morning dawns. The train Is packed with soldiers. The pri vates are In compartments by them selves and thev sing loudly for hours lat a time. The officers and reservists from the upper walks ot lire travel first-class and are quiet and suave. As the train creeps along the enthu siasm of the crowds which have turned out to cheer the soldiers is tremendous. Babies, evidently snatched from their cradles, are brpught to railway sta tions where the train stops or to cross ings where it slows up to see the heroic sight. Lifted high in their mother's arms they are bidden to throw kisses to the soldiers. Sleepily rubbing their eyes they obey. More Men Taken On. Frequently we stop to take on more men whose destination is points of mo bilization. Again, there are weeping women, trying so hard not to weep, and the men with faces white and rigid as they kiss the women good-bye. Red-trousered soldiers are at drill amid the yellow sheaves of distant harvest fields. It is as if popples were marching through the golden grain. Against the white walls of Inns and farmhouses soldiers stripped to the waist are washing themselves. It is Meissonier In living pictures. On the brick wall of an orchard boys have chalked in letters six feet high the word "Courage." At every station where we pause men about to step into the train halt on the platform to kiss on both cheeks some man friend who has come to see them off. and you know that every re servist who enters that train means a family left in the villas to be racked by weeks or months of anxiety. But the eyes of every man are bright, not so much with happiness as with ardor. I am told that some of the old men acting as ticket sellers and agents at certain railway stations are veterans of the Franco-Prussian war. Their eyes are anxious and their demeanor grave. You read refreshed memories of the war of four-and-forty years ago In their keen, benevolent, sensitive faces and In the solicitous glances they direct toward the young soldiers. 1 fall into conversation wltn a f rencn doctor who is going to join his regi ment. He beams upon the tat neias and says it is a good narvest mis year. I reply how cruel It Is tnat so much beauty and richness should be In peril of devastation from this hideous war. He nods solemnly and says: "Yes, but this war, it is necessary. Only One Man Drunk. It is nearly 3 o'clock and we are approaching royal Brussels, seat of the Ancient Belgian t ortiture ana oi me new Belgian glory. I am finishing 25 hours of almost incessant move ment and numerous changes, and in all my wanderings I have seen only one drunken man. He was a civilian and more ribald than obstreperous. I have asked a hundred questions and the reply to every question has been cheerful assistance. As for the French, I do not see how they could be more polite, helpful, sanely cheerful at any time than they are in this distressing time. I shall never, for example, forget the patience, good nature and honest good will of Gaston Leullette, a lace manufacturer of Calais, who helped me through the long and confusing stage of this round about Journey. And his conduct was not exceptional, but typical. France goes to war like a knight. EYES TROUBLE YOU? TRY THIS SIMPLE RECEIPT, We all know some home remedy for our minor troubles, and by the use of these remedies many a doctor's bill is saved and doubtless many a life. How few know what to do when their eyes become tired and ache, or feel dry and Inflamed from abuse and overuse? In the morning your eyes feel rough or sticky, or they trouble you when you read. 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Regular iy2c gc quality, this sale at The Most in Value, The Best in Quality CottonCrash At 9 Instead of 12c Manufacturer's Short Lengths of Crash Toweling in 18-inch width, bleached and in natural color, and all good lengths. Regular 12c Q quality, this sale at Quick Disposal Prices on Most Wanted Merchandise - ' " - - - nw m mm a rt 1 t 1 An Early Autumn Sale of Table Linens A noteworthy sale, empha sized by the' lowest prices and best values ever quot ed on brand-new Table Linens, Crashes and Tow els. We quote only a few of the many important of ferings : Mercerized Bleached Damask at 39 Yard Best 50c Quality A splendid wearing, full bleached Table Damask 58 inches wide. Comes with a bright mercerized finish and shown in a variety of neat patterns. Our leader at 50c vard. This OQ sale at Mercerized Bleached Napkins at 79 Dozen Regular $1.00 Grade 200 dozen fine mercerized, full-bleached Napkins 18 inches square and shown in dots, flowers and fig ured designs. The kind regularly sold at $1 a doz en, priced for 7Q this sale at A Mid-Season Clearance Women's Fine-Ribbed Lisle Union Suits With banded or hand cro chet top, sleeveless and with tight or lace-trimmed knee, on sale at n low price of Don 't hesitate to profit by this underpricing of wom en's fine-ribbed, Silk Lisle Union Suits, for you'll find that these garments more fully meet your ideas of what good underwear ought to be than any you have ever worn. They are f i n e ly - f i nish ed Union Suits with banded or hand crochet top, shown in sleeveless st37les and with either tight or lace-trimmed knee. Regular $1.25 grade, on sae at onlv OUC TOWAKKiv of Reducing? Stocks Creates "Necessity Prices" Economical Purchasers Will Quickly Take Advantage mmmammf SiIJS That Will Prompt Prudent Women to Purchase for Present and Future Needs Thousands of yards, including hundreds ot patterns m dainty ana elaborate effects, illustrating exquisite workmanship and excellency of materials con joined with important underpricing, are proof positive of the wonderful value giving power of this sale. Lot 1 includes 1 to 13-inch widths, Baby Sets, Baby and Beading Edges, Plain and Ribbon Galloons, Camisole and Corset Cover Embroid- -l Q eries, values to 25c, priced at, the yard x vrv' A wonderful assortment of crisp, new Embroideries that will please you in qualitv, pattern and price; iy2 to 5-inch Baby Sets, Baby and Beading Edges, Plain "and Ribbon Galloons, 18 inch Camisole and Corset Cover Embroideries; also a big line of Underwear Embroideries in 5 to 13-inch widths. Reg- J Q ular values up to 25c a yard, August Sale Price at only A Extremely popular 18-inch Embroideries, suitable for underwear, children's dresses, corset covers, etc., both sheer and heavy weights, in Vc 48c to 65c grades, priced for this sale at In this assortment are to be found the greatest values ever offered in this staple width of Embroideries. Included are the very latest and best patterns; dainty designs in fine sheer materials and bolder patterns in heavier fabrics for children's dresses. They are the kind in greatest demand for underwear, corset covers, infants' and children's dresses. Regular 48c to 65c 25c qualities, priced for this August Sale at only m 27-inch Flouncings and 40-inch Allover Embroideries; an elegant line of brand new patterns in finest materials; regular values to $1.25 48e the yard, priced for this sale at only -r- One of the largest assortments Ave have ever placed before you for selection, and the lowest price ever quoted here or elsewhere, on Embroideries of such splendid quality and fine workmanship. The Flouncings come full 40 inches wide and are made of the finest voile or crepe with silk embroidered patterns that are both new and beautiful. The Flouncings come 27 inches wide and are shown in an extensive variety of neat patterns suitable for baby clothes. They come with ruffled, hemstitched or scalloped edge; also a fine showing in bolder patterns for Summer and party dresses. Regular values up to 48c $1.25 a yard, August Sale Price only TJ FINE 27 TO 45 INCH NOVELTY FLOUNCING EMBROIDERIES A final clearance of our entire stock White, Ecru and Novelty Colorings in the most desirable patterns. Voile, Crepe Batiste and Transparent EjQr Flouncings, $2.50 values, this sale at only Women who are fortunate by being able to attend this sale will indeed be sur prised by the wonderful values offered. Without thought of worth, cost or for mer selling price, we are closing out our entire stock of Novelty Flouncing Em broideries, both 27 and 45-inch widths in high-grade Crepes. Voiles, Batiste; also transparent Flouncings in white, ecru and novelty colorings. Dozens of desirable patterns to select from. Regular values up to $2.50 Qr a yard, all go at this sale at the low price of 85c A Special Purchase and Sale Men's Custom Made Negligee Shirts Made in coat style and with attached or detached soft turndown or Military collar; best $1.25 QCn grade, priced at . . OOC The great popularity of our Men's Section will surely be heightened by this sale of Men's Tligh Grade Negligee Shirts. They are custom made of the best materials and are shown in coat style with either attached or de tached soft turndown or military collai. They come in tan, cream, white, blue and in small pin stripes. All sizes. The best $1.28 grade, priced this sale at . Handkerchiefs of 15c Quality at 10 Men's plain white Linen Finished Kerchiefs, hem stitched and with initial embroidered corner. Reg ular 15c grade, 1 f this sale at 1 VC A Very Important Under pricing of Women's Fine Cotton Union Suits Low neck, sleeveless styles, with lace-trimmed knee; sizes 4 and 5; best 65c grade, to close at One would be well paid to purchase at this sale for next season's wear, if there should be no imme diate need, for such a splendid saving is not to be met with every day. It is one of our best selling lines of Women's Cotton Union Suits in fine plastic rib, that has been sold down to sizes 4 and 5 only. They come in low-neck, sleeveless styles with lace trimmed knee and are the kind regularly oW at 65c a suit, priced to close 33 A Magnificent Showing of Women's Fashionable New Fall Suits In Serges, Poplins, Gabardines, Broadcloths and ftffe Fancy Weaves, at all prices from $10.90 to W v You are cordially invited to come and pass judgment on the styles qualities and values. Every courtesy will be shown to you and you'll not be 'urged to buy. Fulfillment of desire is certain m the store where style and value-giving reign supreme. We have concentrated our efforts, resources and search and research to secure styles standing for the most advanced thoughts of leading designers and we want vou to come and see how well we succeed. It is a magnificent showing of the latest FaU styles principally in the 36-inch coat, in Russian Tunic, in the Redingnote and in the Flare effects. . The materials are the finest Serges, Poplins, Gabardines, Broadcloths and Novelty Weaves in all the new and staple shades. The fit and finish of these garments are superior to anything heretofore shown, Avhile the values excel those of any previous season. You have unlimited choice Ofl at prices from $10.90 up to pJJ. W The New Klosfit Petticoats at $1.25 Up to $5.50 At these prices you have choice from a dozen or more popular styles in mercerized cotton, silk messaline or Jersey top with messaline flounce. The Klosfit Petticoats are made with adjust able band and gusset, which gives the wearer both ease and com fort, and insures a smooth-fitting skirt. All sizes in the most fashionable colors, as well as black, at all prices tC Cf from $1.25 up to Viau See Our Morrison-Street Window Display New Novelty Lace Trimmings An introduction to our lines of the new Novelty Lace Trimmings will convince you of this store's supremacy in value-giving. It is a showing of all the popular new styles and patterns in 9, 18 and 27-inch widths. Included are Net-Top Flouncings in white, cream, ecru, black and the new pastel colorings; also an extensive variety of tinsel effects and in gold and silver patterns on net. An Unsurpassed Showing of New Fall Silks In Qualities, in Weaves and in Colorings of Unquestioned Merit All Marked at Our Moderately Low Prices! A finer exhibit of beautiful new Silks has never been made in this city before. All the striking new novelties and the more con servative weaves and colorings are featured in qualities and prices to suit all. Come and profit by an early selection while assort ments are at their best. Rich, New Trimming Silks at $1.00 to $2.00 Yard A wonderful varietv of rich, effective colorings in the latest weaves plaids, stripes, fancy Persian, Bulgarian and Egyptian designs; also the new tinsel weaves in charming color combina tionsMoires, Failles, Tapestries, Messalines, etc No matter what you want in Trimming Silks you will find choosing easy and prices" reasonable when you visit this store. New Crepe de Chines at $1.50 Yard Full 40 Inches Wide One of the new season's favorite weaves for both street and even ing wear. Comes full 40 inches wide and shown in all wanted plain shades. A silk of unequaled quality at $1.50 a yard. New Chiffon Faille at $2.00 Yard Full 40 Inches Wide A high-class, solid-colored Silk of soft finish, shown in twenty choice shades a Silk that Avill not crush, slip nor pull. Conies full 40 inches wide and a special value at $2.00 a yard. The New Crepe Taffetas at $2.00 a Yard Another great. favorite for Fall the new Crepe Taffetas in 40 inch widths shown in all the correct plain colors for street or evening wear. Comes with a brilliant crepe finish and in a graceful taffeta weave a Silk priced elsewhere at 4l?9 ff $2.50 a vard on sale here at p-.. W BOYS' GLOVES AT 50 PAIR Boy Scout Gloves in regula tion style, with gauntlet and fringe; all sizes; every boy Cflr should have a pair. Buy them at this sale for JJ