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'DRESS-UP' TOGS TO
BE GRAND DISPLAY
Store Windows Will Be Vivid
With Suggestions for
New Garb Week.
STREET DANCE IS FOR ALL
Parade and Concert "Will Bo Part
or Close of Opening Day of Car
nival, AVlien All Portland Is
, Kxpoc-tcd. to Don Its Best,
Window displays more magnificent
than have ever before been Been on
the Pacific Coast are promised by the
retail merchants of Portland, and the
portals of this wonderland of window
shews will begin to open today and
will swing wide tomorrow with the
advent of Dess-TJp "Week.
The offering- of prizes for the best
dressed windows, by the committee of
the Chamber of Commerce Bureau of
Jtetail Merchants, has stimulated the
already strong interest of the business
men and their window dressers all over
the city have been planning for days
displays that shall be the last word
In magnificence of window dressing;.
Tomorrow night the display will be
on in its full glory and the judges
will make a tour of the business dls
trlot, while concerts and dancing In the
frtreets in front of the Portland Hotel
will call the shoppers of the city out
In force to celebrate the opening of
iDress-Up week.
Parade to Precede Concert
Prior to the concert there will be a
parade of representatives from all of
the retail stores of the city. Automo
bile loads of the prettiest girls from
all the stores of the city will be In
the line and McElroy's famous band
Twill head the march.
At the close of the parade the band
"rill swing Into a station In front of
he Portland Hotel, in the court, and
the crowds will fill the streets for
dancing. The block on Sixth street
between Morrison and Yamhill, and the
lock on Tamhill between Sixth and
Broadway will be roped off for the
dancers.
"The only limit is the number of
couples than can get into the space
afforded in these two blocks." an
nounces the committee, "and if the
whole city comes down, so much the
better."
The next big entertainment feature
of Dress-Up week will be the "Dress
Up dance" to tee held at Itingler's
Academy on Wednesday night.
"Dress-Up week," as its name Im
plies, and as the committee has an
.nounced in innumerable ways within
the past three weeks, is the time for
everybody to attend to his outfitting
for the 'Winter; to discard old clothes
and blossom out in the finery of the
new season. And the Dress-Up dance
Is expected to be the first place where
a big opportunity for the men and
women of Portland to turn out in their
newly acquired finery will be offered.
Prlcea Will Attract.
There is more in the preparations
that the retail merchants have macLe
than merely the gorgeous window
dressing contest that has been planned.
S.tO.OOft niAMOXD DISPLAT TO
FEATURE DRESS-CP WEEK.
The jewelers of Portland will
enter the contest for the win
dow - display awards Monday
night for Dress-Up week with
diamond displays. The average
value of the window displays will
approximate $30,000, according
to the estimate of Chairman J. C.
English.
Chief of Police Clark has de
tailed a squad of officers to
guard the diamonds.
The stones will be on display
at 7 o'clock in the evening, and
will be removed from public view
as fast as the windows are
judged by the committee.
Portland society leaders are
taking an immense interest in
the success of Dress-Up week,
and many of them will act on
committees to judge the dis
plays. although for this feature alone all the
local window dressers' are working
overtime and many stores have brought
In artistic experts from neighboring
cities to help with the work. They
are planning not only to offer the
finest line of goods that can be found
anywhere, but they are going to offer
them at prices that will prove a mar
velous attraction to purchasers who
are taking advantage of the week and
Its opportunities.
Like Dollar day. it is expected that
Dress-Up week will attract many hun
dreds of purchasers from cities outside
of Portland and communications re
ceived at the bureau in the Chamber
of Commerce bear out this expectation.
Inasmuch as this event extends over
an entire week, the local merchants
expect to see throngs of out-of-town
purchasers proportionately larger than
those of Dollar day, pouring into the
city iay after day.
L. hi. Baum. chairman of the general
committee, and W. K. Conklin. secre
tary of the Bureau of Retail Mer
chants, with their backing of a dozen
or more working committees, have put
in the busiest two weeks in their ex
perience, in preparation for this event.
Previous) Events to Be Eclipsed.
"The Bureau of Retail Merchants
has put over several successful special
events this Fall."' said Mr. Conklin.
""but we have every reason to believe
that this one will eclipse all the others.
"It will concentrate interest on the
meaning of Dress-Up week. Not only
will it be manifested in the increased
jmrchases from the outfitters of the
;ity. but it will be felt in other lines
of life in the city. When people be
Kin to spruce up themselves. It isn't a
long jump to beginning to spruce up
their surroundings.
"And so. in Dress-Up week, we will
Bee the people of Portland, we believe,
not only sprucing themselves up in
their Winter outfits, but we will see
also " these people touching up their
houses and yards and we shall find in
the end that Dress-Up week has meant
a general dress up for the whole city."
The committees that have handled
the Dress-Up week campaign thus far
are as follows:
Publicity committee L. I. Baum.
chairman; W. E. Conklin, secretary; D.
A. Dinsmoor. chairman; Mark Wood
ruff. Miss Myrtle Barndt, D. M. Bote
ford. R. C. Dolbln. T. L. Adams. J. P.
Fink, Thomas Mullin. W. J. Hoffman.
Fred Johnson, William C. Tunks and
J. W. Birrell.
Poster committee Aaron Frank,
chairman; W. s. Settle. Will Knight. C.
.1. Mathis, Herbert Sichel, Roy Felden
lieliner. 1. A. McMullin, Fred G. Buf
fum. Daniel E. Bowman. J. H. Rankin.
3 B. Senosky. H. R. Stewart. I. Aron
on. F. FTiedlander. H. A. Politx, J. C.
Knglish and C. C. Bradley.
Decoration committee Joseph P.
Jaeger, chairman; Charles F, Berg, J.
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H. Rankin, W. D. Fraley, Z. Swett.
Window-dressing committee S. M.
Moses, chairman; L. A. McMallin and
Isaac A- Crosby.
Theater committee H. W. Pierong.
chairman; Thomas R Conlon and Mil
ton Seaman.
TO ATTRACT
KEEX COMPETITION BETWEEN
MERCHAXTS DRESS-UP WEEK.
t .Women to Act ti Jndm
:d Efforts Will Be Viewed
During; Street Dancing.
The competition between retail mer
chants of the city in window decora
tions will be one of the most striking
features of Dress-Up week, which be
gins tomorrow.
As an extra inducement to the mer
chants the Chamber of Commerce
bureau of retail merchants has decided
to give a grand prize for the best
dressed window in the city and to be
stow blue ribbons for the best win
dows in various classes. Some of the
most prominent men and women of
the city have agreed to act as judges
in the contest.
While the dancing in the streets is
going on tomorrow night, the judges
will pass about and view the windows
and make awards.
The list of judges consists of:
Mrs. O. K. Jeffery. Mrs. George
Brown, airs. Harry U. Corbett, Miss A.
B. Crocker. Mrs. Ferdinand K. Reed.
Miss Harriet Jellison, Mrs. Emery O! in
stead, Mrs. George Hoyt. Miss Florence
Knowlton. Guv W. Talbot. EL C. Khev-
lin. Hugh Glenn, Harry I Corbett,
John F. Carroll.
Classifications for the competitive
window displays will be as follows:
Grand prize, best individual window;
class A, men's clothing; class B, wom
en's apparel; class C, boys' clothing:
class D. children's clothing; class E,
men's furnishings; class F, women's
furnishings: class G, shoes; class H,
millinery; class I. men's hats; class J,
jewelry; class K, florists: class L, hard
ware; class M, furniture; class N, drugs;
class o, stationery; class P, infants'
wear.
Po Ell Camp Is Operating.
CBNTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 9 (Spe
cial.) The lower camp of the Teomans
Lumber Company at Pe Ell was re
opened Tuesday after having been
closed down since June. The mill is
running full time, and with an In
crease in orders it is expected that the
plant will operate more steadily in the
future.
Xcw Song's Are Promised.
Gio T. Taglleri. at the reauest of
Chappell & Co., of New York, will sing
soon, for the. first time in Portland.
Four Indian Songs" from the "Garden
of Kama" (Lohr). Invitations for the
first Btudents' recital, Thursday. Oc
tober 21. may be obtained at the Stearns
building.
One baby out or five dies before it is a
year old.
death takes popular lents
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Miss Marie McMahon.
Miss Marie McMahon, a popular
Lents girl and daughter of the
late Bernard McMahon, died Oc
tober 2. at the age of 16 years.
Funeral services were held Octo
ber 5 and interment was at the
Rose City Park Cemetery. Class
mates from Woodmere School
acted as pallbearers. Miss Mc
Mahon was born March 3. 1899.
She leaves a brother, Arthur, and
a large circle of friends.
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THESTODAT OITEGOXTAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER
THINGS PORTLAND MERCHANTS
SPANISH TO BE TAUGHT
EXCHANGE OF THREE TEACHERS
WITH SOUTH AMERICA rLAYNED
Gains in KlKbt Sehool riauri Shown.
Demand tor Forelgrn Tongne
Pronounced.
Three Spanish teachers from South
America will be added to the faculty
of Portland's night schools next Win
ter, through a plan of Superintendent
Alderman. . He will exchange three
English teachers from Portland with
some South American city for an equal
number of Spanish teachers. He has
taken the suojact up with the Pan
American Union at Washington and
will be given information in regard to
making the exchange.
Spanish is one of the most popular
subjects at the night school. Three
classes are being held, all of which are
weji niiea. jt is felt that South
American Spanish is just what Is de
sired in most cases by students, since
the outlet there for American trade is
Inducing many to take up this sub
ject. registration at the various night
schools of the city has shown strong
gains In most cases during the past
weea. i ne initial registration of Mon
day night, when the night classes
opened, was increased Thursday and
Friday nights last, some of the stu
dents meeting on one and. others on
the other night. Some of the leading
gains were as follows: Thurs.
Monday. Friday.
Jefferson High School... 370 453
Ladd School 130 163
Lincoln High School 812 872
St. Johns lo 55
Girls' School of Trades.. 385 460
SCOUT WORKER TO TALK
NATIOJfAI, FIELD COMMISSIONER
PLAJiS LIBRARY MEETINGS.
Public Is Invited to Attend and Learn
Methods I sed by Organization
In Boys Activities. -
H. D. Cross, National Field Scout
Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of
America, who is making a tour of in
spection of the Northwest, and is in
teresting the citizens of every com
munity in the scout movement, will be
in Portland on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 11, 12 and 13. Mr.
Cross has been in the work for a num
ber of years and is well qualified to
speak on the aims and purposes of this
work for the making of good citizens
of boys in their adolescence, in the
years from 12 to IS years.
President Wilson is the honorary
president of the National organization,
and the vice-presidents are ex-Presidents
Roosevelt and Taft. while its
executive committee is composed of the
highest type financiers and business
men of the country.
Mr. Cross is to meet the scoutmasters
and other leaders in boys' work at
room F of the Central Library on Mon
day evening, at 8 o'clock, and on Wed
nesday evening will address a public
meeting In library hall. Central Li
brary, at 8 o'clock, when he will fully
explain the work and methods of the
Boy Scouts. Mr. George Seymour
Lenox, late of New York City, will give
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the musical programme at the Wednes
day evening meeting. Boys past 12
years of age, and all men and women of
the city are Invited to attend the Wed
nesday evening meeting.
BRIDGE CARNIVAL CLOSES
Casrne Parade and Street Dance
Brlnff Fete to Oloee.
NORTH BEND, Or.. Oct. 9. (Special.)
Fair weather prevailed on the third
and last day of the Bridge Carnival,
and the sports were of the usual ab
sorbing character. Roy Knowles won
the 35-mile auto race In 41 minutes and
Ed Anderson won the battle royal,
staged on a barge.
The event closed in the evening with
a masque parade and general good
time, followed by street dancing. The
crowd tonight was the largest of the
carnival.
Xote Says Portland Man Shoots Self.
TACOMA. Oct. 9. In a small note
book picked up by section men near
rsapavme this morning was this mem
orandum: "Look in N. P. boxcar 10573.
Henry Lomiller of Portland shot him
self." Officials of the Northern Pacific
Railroad had not been able to locate
tne car np to 2 o clock this afternoon.
An Urgeiit Appeal
For Volunteer Workers and Contributions for the Relief of the Wounded
The Hospitals of Europe Are Dreadfully in Need of Surgical Dressings
- The Portland Branch of the
National Surgical Dressings Committee
Urgently Asks for Donations of Old Linen, Cotton Sheets, Pillo w
Cases, Spreads, Towels, Table Cloths, Napkins and
Other Materials Suitable for Dressings.
REMEMBER
A piece 5x7 inches will make a dressing for a wounded soldier.
Would you help some wounded father, son or brother who needs
your aid so badly?
YOU ARE NEEDED
Come to Room 775, Hotel Multnomah, Monday, Tuesday Wednes
day 9:30 A. M. to 3:30 P. M. From October 12 to December 1.
Portland Surgical Dressings Committee
Telephone Room 775 and a wagon will be sent immediately to your
home to collect contributions of materials.
10. 1915.
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ENGLISH GLASS DRAWS
IMVKRSITT EXTENSION WORK AT
LIBRARY IS POPILAR.
Men.an4 wmei Fnm All Walk of
Life Attend Special Course On
Fridays and Saturdays.
Large, enthusiastic classes in the
English extension work offered by the
University of Oregon and conducted by
Mrs. Mable Holmes Parsons, fill room
B of - the Library beyond the seating
capacity every Saturday night and ev
ery other Friday night. Men and
women in all walks of life home-
keepers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, mu
siclans, newspaper men. clerks, stenog
raphers some wbOBe school days are
rar In the past, others fresh from col
lege all flock to the classes.
Some students are doing the work
of all three courses and receiving
create tnereior. some are doing it only
for pleasure. Last year the short-story
coureo proved most popular several
ot the members having gained recog
nltion from various publications.
This year the courses offered arc one
in English composition and Rhetoric,
giving emphasis to the practical, such
as work in business correspondence
and advertising. The short-story work
is a continuation of the work of last
year. in addition, this course will
take up the study of the scenario.
In the literary appreciation course-
modern novelists the aim will be a
Mable Holmes Parsons, Who Is
Conducting University Exten
sion Classes In English at tbe
Library.
comparative study of the significance
ana art value of modern fiction, em
bracing the representative Fmriinh
French. German. Italian. Scandinavian,
nufian ana American authors.
HEALTH LECTURES
WILL EXTEND WEEK
Mr. Flynn Warns Older People
Against Too Strenuous
Action at Any Time. '
BAD NERVES AFFECT MIND
Kxerclses Are Given to Afford He
ll ef From Sleeplessness Study .
of Foods to Find Which Is
Most Beneficial Advised.
W. Earl Flynn. health lecturer, is to
remain another week. This Is to meet
requests not to close the educational
campaign for a while yet.
Last night Mr. Flynn . spoke on
Nerves in Order and Nerves Out of
Order":
"I want to put out the red flag of
warning right here to the older peo
ple regarding times of crises, strenuous
prolonged fairs, church doings, city car
nivals, extra sessions in Legislature,
anything where an extra amount ot
strain is thrown on the older heads, and
they go into it with the xest and power
of excitement, and do not feel fatigued,
becauso older people in taking strenu
ous work do not feel the fatigue for
about three days.
"It sometimes so saturates them with
the poison of uric acid, gas and lactic
acid, that the fatigue that comes on
later is of such a lasting nature that
they cannot recover from it. Their
nerves are poisoned, a little slow fever
is set up, and everyone is surprised to
find in a few weeks that the one who
was so active and worked so hard has
been called home. It is well to Imitate
youthfulness but it is not well to do
everything that youth can do.
Servei' Effect on Memory Btsr-
"Sick nerves make a bad memory
and a bad memory makes sick, nerves.
"If you want to quiet your nerves,
don't always Imagine the worst. A
wise physician once said, 'If a man is so
ill as to say he is ill. when he Ib not
,111, he must be very ill indeed.' A
nervous invalid is a far greater suf
ferer than is a man with a broken leg.
"But remember all of your nervous
affections are not in the mind, as there
is no help for you if you won't take the
trouble to study your foods and' leave
alone the ones that are known to
everybody as bad for nerves."
Mr. Flynn said sleeplessness caused
from nerves can be quickly relieved
and he gave some exercises for the
lower brain and the nerves of the
upper spine, and suggested percussion
work to the spine, which he demon
strated. This work seemed to inter
est the audience immensely.
Rubbing Exercises Advised.
He suggested rising on the toes 100
times, and he gave other exercises
showing how to draw the blood from
the brain. He suggested rubbing the
legs thoroughly with the hands from
the hips down, also putting one foot in
hot water, the other in cold water, al
lowing them to remain a short time,
and then changing position of the feet.
A brisk walk, and run twice a day
in the open air from one to five miles
to tire them physically, and to cause
the absorbtton of more oxygen, as one
nerve cell uses up many times as much
oxygen as one muscle cell, also was
suggested.
Mr. Flynn opens his fifth week to
night with ''Cause and Cure of Harden
ing of the Arteries and High Blood
Pressure," and "The Relation of the
Physical to the Spiritual Body."
The week's programme follows:
Monday. 8 P. M. "Cause and Cure of Ap
pendicitis. Hardening- of the Liver, Ga.ll
Stones.' Prolapsed Stomach and Heart Lis
ase." Tuesday, S P. M. "Commercialized
Health." Great institutions are not hlring
men after 40, and discharging after 50. Mr.
Fly-no's remedy. "iLow to Keep the Teeth
From Decaying."
Wednesday, 8 P. M. "How to Prepare
Scientific Msnus for the Professional Man.
Laboring Man, Mother and Child." "The
Scientific Reason for Eating Only Two Meals
a ri-.y."
Thursday. 8 P. M. "How Mental In
fluence Acts in Creating and Curing -Disease."
"Curvature of the Spine and How to
Correct." "I-arse- Abdomens and Their Ef
fect Upon the vital Organs. How to Re
duce an Inch a Day. ,
-Friday. 8 P. M. "The Cause and Cure of
Indigestion, Constipation. Sleeplessness and
Headache." Repeated by request. "Sick
Blood."
Saturday, S P. M. "The Cause and Cure
of Fatigue." "Round Shoulders and Their
Effect on the .Nervo Centers. Heart and
Lung.
Adoring Swain Would Buy
Up Pictures of Girl.
Knlargement of TVca-atlvcy TCsed to
Call Attention to Columbia Beach.
Considered Reverse) af Flnrterinc
BECAUSE! a young swain insists that
his sweetheart will have nothing
further to do with him till it Is ac
complished. W. P. Strandborg. chival
rous publicity manager for the Port
land Railway. Light & Power Com
pany, has under consideration destruc
tion of an enlarged picture depicting
bathing at Columbia Beach. The pic
ture has been on exhibition in the win
dow of Powers & Fstes, druggists, foi
advertising purposes.
"What will you take for that Co-
lumbla Beach picture in the drugstore
window?" Mr. Strandborg's caller
asked.
"What do you want to do with It!"
asked, the publicity man
Destroy it," was the answer.
Why. man. that will be a pretty ex
pensive piece of business. The nega
tive cost us $5 and we got It only after
hunting all over town for the man who
took it. The enlargement and frame
cost us til more," said Mr. Strand
borg. "That's all right: I'll pay it," was
the unexpected retort.
Mr. Strandborg's curiosity was great
ly aroused by this time and he asked
to know the reason for the intense de
sire to get rid of the picture. Hera
was the answer:
"iVe.n: you see- elrI "a I re In
that picture. I have my trousers rolled
away up to the knees and her skirt
is rolled up. she says I can come back
.fi,,1";1 pictur I" destroyed and
not till then."
WS P'"ed to the yonng man
that there are probably 20 prints ot
the picture in existence. He wants the
negative and the enlargement and ex-
ouuugness io run down th
PARENT MISSING 17 YEARS
Chlldi-en of Frank Brooks, ot HU
ttard. Organize. Search.
Seventeen years ago Frank Brooks,
a farmer and general craftsman of Hil
gard. Or., disappeared from his home,
where six children, all of them voung.
were being kept together as a family,
shortly before bereft of its mother.
To this day he has not been seen or
heard from, directly.
Nine years ago Violet Brooks, one of
the daughters, then only a girl, heard
In a roundabout way that Mr. Brooks
was in Portland. She was too young to
make a systematic search or invite
municipal or state aid in locating hex
father.
Within the last few years the chil
dren, long ago separated, have held a
reunion, and the older daughters have
organized a search for the father, the
daughter believing he may have met
with an accident that left his mind a
uinnK or made it Impossible for him to
communicate with his family.
miss Brooks lives at 38$ North Twen
tieth street. Portland, and she aha
asked anyone who has seen or heard
of Mr. Brooks to advise her. She will
seek the assistance of the authorities.
Mr. Brooks is 64 years old.
Oakvillc Water Reported Pure.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 9. (Spe
cial.) A report was received Thurs
day from the State Boerd of Health
on samples of Oakville drinking water
recently submitted to the Board. The
report pronounces the water free (rem
contamination of any kind.
Mm In Knpland rer.lly marry rtw-n
th ars of aJ and SO; women between th
iff i- r ? and VT.
HESE two great dualities
V Comfort - - Convenience
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