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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1915)
AUTOMOBILES, DRAMATIC AND REAL ESTATE SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to 22 VOL. XXXIV. PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, 3IARCII 21, 1915. . NO. 12. t Silk Poplin Suits Now in Greatest Favor Are Here In a Sale of Paramount Importance Offering as It Does $35.00 Silk Suits That Are the Last Word in Spring Fashions At $24.85 A mere glance at these suits will be sufficient to convince you of their superiority. The silk poplin used in their making is of an excellent quajity, possessing a soft, silky sheen, and in colors that are most fashionable, such as navy blue, sand, Belgian blue and black. And the tailoring is what you would expect and demand in a much higher-priced garment. As to style, they are copied after one of the latest foreign mod els, reproducing a very attractive short jacket mode, which is plaited and flaring, having fancy silk collars and novelty revers. Skirts in flare and plaited effects. Third Floor A New English 'Walking Coat For Spring and Summer Wear Featured at $16.50 But Is a Regular $22.50 Model Again we come forward with a great sale of English style coats for women. The first shipment arrived two weeks ago and every coat was sold almost immediately. Owing to the many requests for this style of wrap, we placed a second order, and this ship ment will be offered Monday morning. The coats are made of a fine imported English tweed in gray and brown Scotch mixtures. In a style adapted from the Balma caan with flaring back and raglan sleeves, full 45 inches long. Lined across the shoulders and sleeves with satin. Third Floor $5.00 Elastic Top Silk Petticoats In the New Flare Style $3.95 Fitted petticoats with patent elas tic tops, of fine soft-finished taffeta silk, as well as all-Jersey with mes saline silk flounces. Shown in four new Spring styles, made with the new full, flaring flounces, trimmed with accordion and knife pleating combined with tucks and ruffles. Colors are black, navy, emerald, new green, sand, putty, battleship gray, Army blue, white, pink and changeable effects. Third Floor Five New Models in Our Popular "Specialty" Blouses At $1.50 Made to Sell at $2.00 Even better than ever, if it were possible, are these new "Specialty" blouses of fine, soft-finish voile, in white or new sand shade. There are five distinct models, in allover em broidered and plain lace-trimmed voile, featuring the new two-in-pne flare effects, which can be worn in high or low-neck style, trimmed in several most attractive styles. Third Floor Our Own Importation Just In of pongee Jltlks: The Scarcest Silk Fabric Today and Naturally One of the Most Popular At Sale Prices Unparalleled If you have any thought of buying pongee for a suit, a dress, for a waist or for a traveling coat, we urge that you do so now, for it is very doubtful if you can find pongee at any price a little later in the season. It is one of the scarcest silks and at the same time one of the most fash ionable for Summer wear. The porigee in this sale is of the finest quali ties we have ever shown and washes perfectly. $1.00 Pongee, 26 inches wide, special, 59c $1.25 Pongee, 34 inches wide, special, 79c $1.50 Pongee, 34 inches wide, special, $1.19 Nevoud Floor cJ"Merchaniise tic) Merit Only" HEN A FACT is like a birthmark you can cover it up, but you can't rub it out. It's an unbudging fact that shirt sales in this store have come to be known as reliable, dependable and fruitful. Tomorrow We Place on Sale 1056 M ens Shirts Not One Less Than $1.50 and Many to $2.00 At the Astonishing Price Real Hand Emb. Handkerchiefs Of Pure Linen and Batiste, Also the Newest English Voile Handkerchiefs Selling Regularly at 50c, 35c and 25c Monday 15c - The hand-embroidered handkerchiefs show dainty butterfly and floral designs in one corner and one-quarter to one-inch hems, made of all pure linen. The fine lawn handkerchiefs show the new lock-stitch edges done in lavender, pink or blue, with embroidered designs in the corners. Those of voile are of a fine transparent quality in all white, with hems ranging from a half to two inches. ' First Floor 98c Plain negligee shirts with stiff cuffs. Plaited-bosom shirts with stiff cuffs. Semi-dress shirts in white with plain and plaited bosoms. Soft shirts with French turn-back cuffs. Shirts of imported materials madras, French percales, silk-finished shirtings, all in attractive plain or novelty stripes, absolutely fast colors, which launder perfectly. LEADERSHIP in business is impossible now a-days without public confidence. You have our assurance that this is the most forceful, satisfying sale of shirts ever held in the city bar none. First Flmr, Waahlntoa-Kt. Kntraarr We Forecast a Remarkable Sale of Crepe de Chine Underwear There's Every Reason for It Quality Exquisite Garments at Lowest Prices We Have Ever Known Economy FOR GIRLS AND SMALL WOMEN These Wash Dresses In Eton Jacket Style Are the Very Latest Special $3.95 $5.50 If Sold Regularly The first time we have offered a new Spring wash frock at a special price this season. And these dresses are unusually stylish and attractive, made of cham- j bray or linene. l :n new blue, J rreen. pink, rose tSc?ill and sand color T-r. ... .i Made with a white blouse. with pleated front and short Eton jacket of the col ored material, braided, in white. Skirt is in a new, flaring model, with invert ed pleats in front, finished with belt at waist. Collar and cuffs of white Itiwn, the frock completed with a wide, black satin tie. s illustrated. Fourth Floor 2000 Yards Spring Dress Fabrics From fhe Foremost American Mill In Very Newest Weaves In Most Fashionable Shades Poplins, Whipcords, French Serges, Granites, Melrose, Slorm Serges, Baratheas, Black and White Checks nnd sev eral neVf rveaves in Cream Suitings. Materials that are in greatest favor for Spring tailored suits and one-piece dresses materials that are of the finest qualities that have ever been offered at so low a price. In cream and all the leading shades, such as delft blue, midnight blue, Belgian blue, green, navy, heliotrope, gray, sand, putty and black. Monday, Special $1.19 Second Floor Never before have we been able to show such an interesting and extensive collection of crepe de V$i' 5VV8r.Net'i chine undergarments in a special sale, and with prices so extremely low. Skirts, combination suits, jQuj:'-?? envelope chemises, corset covers, night gowns, and a new three-piece garment combining the en- had in pink or white and most ribbons, chiffon roses, applique relope chemise and corset cover, one part to be worn under the corset and the other part over the corset All garments of a fine quality crepe, de chine, which can be effectively trimmed with laces, insertions,, hemstitching, beading, laces and nets. The skirts are cut with full flaring flounces. $4.25, $4.50 Skirts $3.48 $5.50, $6.00 Gowns $4.69 $5.00, $6.00 Skirts $4.35 $6.50, $7.00 Gowns $5.79 Three - Piece Suit $4.49 $3.75 Combinations and $1.50 Corset Covers $1.15 Envelope. Chemise $2.98 $3.00 Envelope Chemise for $2.39 $5 Combin'tion Suits and Envelope Chemise $3.95 Fourth Floor. w-v 45 Limoges China Dinner Sets From For a 53-Piece Set AN OPPORTUNITY Washable Gloves in Doe and Chamois One and two-clasp styles, pique and P.X.M. 'sewn. Paris point and fancy embroidery backs. A goodly assort ment, but not every size in each style. Extraordinary Prices $2.00 Quality now $1.59 $1.50 Quality now $1.25 $1.25 Quality now... 95c Vint Floor aviian At Two Exceptional Prices $11.46 For a 47-Piece Set Delicate spray decora tions in the exquisite tones of French wild flowers. showing six different de signs. Cold stipple is used on every set. The meat platters have gravy wells. The 47-piece set consists of one covered vegetable dish, one pickle dish, one 1 0-inch platter, one 12-inch platter and six dinner plates, break fast plates, bread-and-butter plates, soup plates, fruit saucers, tea cups and saucers. The 53-piece set consists of six dinner plates, breakfast plates, bread-and-butter plates, soup plates, fruit saucers, tea cups and saucers, one 1 6-inch platter, one covered vegetable dish, one sauceboat, one covered butter dish, one open vegetable dish, one sugar bowl, one creamer. ' Sixth Floor TI A SALE Ok EXCLUSIVE NEW MILLINERY That Cannot Be Surpassed at - $10.00 to $15.00 IT IS A SEASON OF BECOMING MILLINERY that with out question. We believe that no woman could walk through our Millinery Salons now and fail to see almost at a glance a dozen, fifteen, twenty hats with any of which she would be more than satisfied. Hundreds of models are here, no two alike, each with a different treat ment of trimming and color. Dress models in hemp straw with facings of maline or Ceorgette crepe, large sailor shapes, shepherdess and poke bonnets, turbans and tricornes for taildred and semi-dress wear, with exquis ite flower trimmings in most beautiful natural colors, smart ribbon bows and streamers, in styles suited to every type, for the miss or matron. Second Floor We have been ding-donging corset service to the public for the long est time by every method of advertising known through the newspapers, streetcars, by mail. We have claimed that eight out ot ten women in Portland have never enjoyed' corset comfort, corset luxury or corset satisfaction. Now our hour is chiming we are helping women every day in the scientific art of corset fitting. More and more women are seeking our expert corset service. Tomorrow We Inaugurate fctj Special Arrangements FOR MONDAY ONLY! Engraving and Stationery Sale 100 Engraved Cards, 46c We will engrave from your plate 1 00 calling cards on Crane's best kid finish or linen lawn cards. New Plate to Your Order and 100 Engraved Cards, 99c We will engrave to your order 1 00 calling cards on Crane's finest stock, giving you a new plate and choice of four styles of script type. Pure Linen Paper, Pound, 25c Lotus linen, an extra good grade of fine white linen paper. 96 sheets to the pound. Lotus Linen Envelopes to 'fitatch, Package, 10c In the popular Premier cut, 24 en velopes in a package. Mezzanine Floor Mrs. Housewife, Here's a Curtain Treat 300 Pairs of $5.00, $6.00 and $6.50 Lace and Scrim Curtains Which Go on Sale Monday Morning At $2.87 Pair eldom if ever is it possible to buy curtains of the regular $5.00 and $6.50 qualities in fresh, new stock and in the newest patterns in a sale of such importance as this. But these are just the kind of curtains you will find tomorrow at the remarkable price of $2.87 a pair. There are new fillet scrims and French net curtains, made with fine lace edges and insertions to match. Also new fancy braided borders. These curtains come in white, cream and Arabian color, full 2J yards long and in the assortment there are curtains suitable for every room. Fifth Floor Drapery Materials Greatly Reduced Materials that reflect the new patterns, designs and colorings, all fresh, beautiful fabrics that are suitable for bungalows, for Summer homes, for bedrooms, living-rooms. madras. 60c Colored Madras 49c 35c Fancy Scrims 21c 45c Curtain Nets 29c Plain and fancy scrims, nets and 45c, 50c Fancy Scrims, 29c 25c Curtain Nets 19c 50c Curtain Nets 39c Fifth Floor Household Linen Sale . The time of the year to buy linens is NOW. The place to bay them is Lipman-Wolfe's. Supply Your Needs Monday at the Lowest Prices MERCERIZED TABLE CLOTHS IN NEW PATTERNS Regular $1.10 Cloths, size 58x58 inches. . 89c Regular $1.75 Cloths, size 2x2 yards $1.15 Just received these cloths, which are remarkable bargains at these very low prices. They come in a beautiful, satin mercerized finish, in the new circular floral designs, which usually are only made in more expensive cloths. There are -pansy, poppy and rose patterns artistically designed. For every-day wear and for Summer cottage use these cloths are ideal, as they will launder beautifully. $1.75 PURE LINEN LUNCH CLOTHS, $1.19 German linen lunch cloths, silver bleached, in your choice of several pretty designs. Size 57x60 inches. Splendid cloths for every-day wear. Hemmed ready for use. 60c SILVER BLEACHED DAMASK, 48c YARD This is less than import cost today. Comes 60 inches wide, in dice pattern. A firm, evenly woven damask, very desirable for restaurants and hotels. - TURKISH BATH TOWELS SPECIAL, 39c Extra heavy, two-ply cotton, firmly woven bath towels, in plain white, with hemmed ends. Extra large. Size 25x54 inches. CASTLETON LINEN-FINISH SHEETS Size 2V4x2V2 yards, 68c Size 2yAx2 yards, 72c Sheets, sizes 2yx3 yards, special, 83c The best sheets on the maket today for long service. Made of good, clean cotton, free from dressing. Torn before hemming. Made with 3-inch head and 1 -inch foot hem. ' ' CASTLETON PILLOW CASES TO MATCH Size 42x38y inches, 17c ea. Size 45x38y inches, 18c ea. 25c HEMSTITCHED, EMBROIDERED PILLOW CASES 19c EACH Made from fine, evenly woven cotton and free from dressing. Neatly hemstitched and embroidered, with space for monogram. $2.50 HEMMED CROCHET BED SPREADS, $1.98 Full size bed spreads, 8 1 x90 inches. Extra heavy quality at this price. Come in floral patterns, in heavy raised Marseilles effect. Basement Corset Week, designed primarily department. Through the courtesy of some of the we have secured to attract new patrons to this foremost corset manufacturers Nerv Spring Models at Special Prices for which we have special demonstrators and fitters, who will be pleased to explain to you their individual merits. $2.00 W. B. CORSETS, $1.69 Made of coutil with low and medium bustline, long and medium length over hips and back. Finished with embroidery. Three pairs of supporters attached. For slender and medium figures. Sizes 19 to 32. $2.50 W. B. CORSETS, $1.79 Of fine coutil with medium bust and medium length over the hips and back, new curve-in at the waistline, bones finished with silk floss, trimmed with lace and embroidery. Three pairs of supporters attached. Sizes 21 to 30. $3.50 W. B. CORSETS, $2.29 Made of striped coutil, medium high bust, medium length over hips and back, slightly curved in at the waistline, elastic lacing, three pairs of hose supporters attached. Sizes 19 to 20. Good for all figures. $3.50 W. B. ELASTINE REDUSO CORSETS, $2.25 In sizes 21 to 36. Made of splendid quality coutil, medium bust and long over the hips and back. Elastic gores on the fullest part of the hips. Three pairs of heavy supporters attached. Reinforced over the abdomen for full figures. SELF-REDUCING NEMO CORSETS, $5.00 Are now being shown in models suitable for the average and full figures. In sizes 22 to 36. Made of dainty silk flowered brocade, in white or pink. $1.50 BRASSIERES FOR $1.00 Made of fine cambric with wide embroidery at the top and bottom. which forms the V-shape neck, edged with fine Valenciennes lace. Hook-in-front style. Sizes 34 to 46. Fourth Floor. Sale of Grey Switches and Transformations HAIR GOODS Experts in attendance will guarantee a perfect match. $3. 13 switches, lo-in., for 57.95 $4.15 switches, 20-in.. $2.95 switches, 22-in., for $3.95 switches, r-in.. for $4.95 $7.45 transformations for $5.95 $10.45 transformations for $7.45 T