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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1916)
16 OLD TABLETS GIVEN REED 'COLLEGE GETS AXTiai'ITIES DAT ; I'G BACK TO 3J-0O B. C. Cvloael C. E. S. n Piwet l ertbe Plates Suppose Be f Time Kins Sarsoa I. ': Two little Babylonian tablets of ex treme antiquity and interest have keen donated to Reed College by Colonel C. .". S. Wood for the benefit of courses -which deal with historical and socio logical events of ancient times. The first tablet dates back more than 5000 years to the time of King Sargon I, the great Kins who is practically the flrst Important person heard of the early Babylonian history. Although the tablet bears no late, its size and shape and the form of the writing identify it with Sanson's reign at ap proximately 3800 B. C The writing is of a primitive type etill distinctly resembling the old pic ture writing from which the characters 'are developed. Its writing is almost linear, and has not yet reached the fully developed cuniform stage which ia characteristic of the later Babylo nia Assyrian and Chaldean writings. The tower of Babel probably was still standing at the time the little tablet was baked, and its cryptic inscription, which has never been fully deciphered, is concerned with, something about the pod Bel. who was so abhorred by the Biblical patriarchs, sit is one of the most ancient clay documents ever found. The second specimen is a contract tablet inscribed during the Teign of Nabopolassar. the father of the Nebu chadnezzar, who led the Jews into the Babylonian captivity. It is dated 617 B. C -The contract tablets were used as legal documents in this time. A fiat tiece of soft clay was inscribed with a sharn-polnted reed, and then baked in the sun. When hard another coat ing of clay was added and the same words written on it. If the outer in scriDtion were at any time tampered with it could be broken away and the correct version found on the original tablet. ,, . The tablet at Beed Is an excellent example of the so-caUed cuniform writ ing, which gets its name from the wedsre-shaped lines which form the characters. CLUB LETTER DAY TUESDAY East Side Business Men to Aid In Campaign of Writing. . t. xr T enner his addressed secrcuii? ' ' all members of the East Side Business Men's Club calling attention to next Tuesday, January 18, which is the East Side Business Men s jiud uj ing letters according to the sugges tions of the Chamber of Commerce. . . - Ainh arm nrred to All memoers i . J j join in writing to Eastern friends and business connections uu . "XT - Oregon civic bodies," said Mr. Lep per in his letter to the club members, "are endeavoring by proper advertis ing by a system of direct personal touch, by getting Oregonians to write their friends to pass their vacation time each year in Oregon, since a large tourist crop means prosperity in many ways." THREE NURSES GRADUATE Sellwood General Hospital Training School Holds Exercises. The sixth annual commencement ex ercises of the Sellwood General Hos pital Training School '?u'iZSl held Monday night at the bt Johns EDhw-opal Church, East litteenth ftreet, when the following received Hinlomas- Miss Louise Flanders, of Portland8: Miss Ethyl Gladys Holmes Lafayette. Or. and Miss Irene Olive Shelley, of Dayton. Or. .,.,, The principal anrw - by Mr.PKollock. Mrs. L. Jean i Sharp. superintendent, preii ------- Dr" John H. Bristow bestowed the badges. , xn. Toe brief aaaress w ' ' V 12 - ' Principal Agents for Nemo Corsets A New Self-Reducing o4g Corset $3-50 The new Ego-Shape Nemo is made in models adapted to every figure tall, short, me dium and fits without alter ation ! All the health features of the Nemo Self-Reducing Cor sets, which have made them favorites for years, have been retained. These three new models show the newest lines for late Winter and Spring wear er. 4iq rA. 4i,A alinrt utnnt figure 11U. lo 1 o..w --o - No. 319 for full figure, medium height. No 321 for taller, full figure $3.50 Improved Self-Reducing Straps give abdominal support and reduce the surplus flesh at once, and permanently. Let our expert corsetieres fit you tomorrow in the Nemo best adapted to your figure. Third Floor, Sixth Street Enjoy a Winter Night before an open fire with one of these Six' Best Sellers Why Not? Widdemer. $1.25. Mr. Marx SecreU-Oppen- heim. $1.30. The Law Breakers Cullum. $1.35. The Land Loper Day. $1.35. Beltane, the Smith FarnoL $1.50. Buck Parvin and the Movies Van Loan. $1.25. Basement Balcony "Letter Writing Week'3 January 17-22. Help ing you to acquire ideas. A DISPLAY OF PICTURES illustrating various Oregon scenes and indus tries Sixth Floor, and 2 PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS who will write your letters to Eastern friends. See 5th and Alder Window. The M. & F. Grand Steel Range $25.55 5 fipi The moderate-priced steel range with polished top and body doing away with the use of stove polish. It can be cleaned and washed like a dish absolutely sanitary! The heat spreads perfectly through tho oven, so all baking is even and uniform. Easy terms if desired. The Duplex Grate burns either wood or coal. The patent lift, as illustrated, makes broiling and toasting simple and convenient. M. & F. Grand, wkh Oven 14x18x12, $23.55 M. & F. Grand, with Oven 16x18x12, $27.73 51. & F. Grand, with Oven 18x18x12, $29.93 51. & F. Grand, with bven 20x18x12, $32.30 Eighth Floor. Sixth Street Fire Sets Reduced The Quality Stoab of Poktiakd Andirons Reduced THE SUNDAY- OKIiiiU.MAA, runniAju, o SKIRTS ACCORDION PLEATED $1-SKIRTS CUT TO MEASURE FREE Bring your furs to us for expert remodeling. Our prices will please you. Moving Stairway or Ele vator to Fourth r loor. The Columbia, Amer ica's Great Highway, by Samuel Christopher Lan caster. Bookstore, Base ment Balcony. Columbia Highway pos- Considt our expert Chi- ter stamps, 16 for 10c. Put ropodist in Manicuring them on all your letters Parlors. Appointments by now Going East. Main telephone or by personal . Floor, Sixth Street. visit Fifth Floor. nUT-DF-TOWN READERS-ORDER LIBERALLY BY MAIL TODAY! Meier & Frank's Great Annual White Sale and First Annual Sale of Odds and Ends and Surplus btocki No Matter What the Weather Conditions This First-of-the-Season Let-Go of 350 Women's High-Grade Street Suits Fumre in Our Abbarel Salons Tomorrow FEATURING MAX M. SCHWARCZ NEW YORK SUITS-SCORES OF OTHER SPLENDID MODELS , . i-u oia oivpra and furs and they're rasnion says iicn mii,cijai3 , . --- - ". greatly in evidence in this aggregation Then there are newest broadcloths, gabardines, serges, wool poplins and handsome noeltyweaves, black, variouf shades of brown and taupe, wine, rjlum and lovely blues. Every mode of the season. ur trim mings in scores of fashionable skins, touches of embroidery, lovely colored linings. And as for the unmatched money-saving feature of this sale-:the figures speak for themselves. Note illustrations. 58.50 Model Suits for $29.25 $ 70.00 Model Suits for $35 00 65.00 Model Suits for $32.50 $ 78.50 Model Suits for $39.25 80.00 Model Suits for $i0.00 85.00 Model Suits for $42.50 $ 95.00 Model Suits for $U7.50 $110.00 Model Suits for $55.00 $39.50 to $45.00 Modish Suits at $24.85 These are mostly lovely Velvet Costumes the comparative prices given very conservative we notice a $65.00 model in me gruujj lustrated. -$47.50 to $52.50 (TOfi hVL u- Modish Suits at PU.' Women's and Misses' Popular-Priced Suits at Special Prices These are the latest Fall models, many with fur collar and trimmings, others vel vet' and braid trimmed. Serges, gabar dines, whipcords, velvets, corduroys and broadcloths. Fine color selections and scores of practical styles. All sizes. $8.88, S10.85, JS4.d, $17.45, Atf.OO, .p.ou Coats Specially Priced $5.95 for Women's and Misses' Coats . .. Gray and brown mixtures, plush collars, self or plush belts. Women's and misses' sizes. $7-8myT broadcloth, tweeds and corduroy. . Many different styles. Dresses Cleanup of Several Styles Serge Dresses, Only $5.85 Plain dresses for business and school wear others trimmed a bit. Silk and Serge Dresses Some are all silk, others all serge, and still others combinations of both these materials. Dozens of splendid styles. Special at $8.85, $9.85, $12.45, $16.85, $19.65. i ourai loor, r mn otreei, White Sale of Embroideries and Laces t-w-st laces for Mon" 35c-75c Shadow, Net Laces, 25c White and cream shadow laces, 12 to 24 inches, and net top laces 4 to 7 inches wide. For waists and ves tees. . 25c Barman Lace, 15c All linen, in Cluny de signs, for needlework or curtains. $1-$1.75 Chantilly, 79c Black, white and cream Chantilly laces, metal em broidered flouncings and net top edges, 12 to 24 inches. 40 patterns. 85c Embroidery Flouncing, b9c , 25-inch dress flouncings, inexpensive and pretty for graduation frocks. $1.25-$1.50 Baby Embroidery, 98c Daintiest designs, with . small scallops, on sheer batiste, 24 to 27 inches. $1.25 "Little Fairy" Flouncing, 98c 27 inches wide, embroid ered lawn flouncing, with 5-inch pleated ruffle and 1-inch beading for little French dresses. 10c-15c Wash Laces, 5c Pretty white shadow and Piatt Val. edges, 3 to 8 inches wide. 12c-20c Shadow and Net Laces, 10c Widths from 2 to 5 inches in shadow and net too laces. White For Spring Blouses Laces are more pop ular than ever. Every desirable mesh and style in this sale. . $3. to $4 qualities at 52.69 yard. $5 to $6.50 qualities at $4.39 yard. $7-$8.50 Qualities at $6.29 yard. and cream. Main Floor, Fifth Street. , ? cn CJ1L- 'NTaf Flminpino- $1.89 18 and 24-inch white and black silk net, embroidered in gold or sUver. 12 to 24-inch Chantilly and maline and net top laces. 1 White Sale Table Cloths . Many Patterns Mostly One of a Kind Every cloth pure linen damask. Every pattern a beauty. These are cloths with no napkins to match that s the reason for the deep reductions. Only a few prices men tioned come in and let us show you this group of odd table cloths it will pay you! Table Cloths, 2x2 Yards $3.25 Grades $5.25 Grades $8.50 Grades $2.50 $-00 $7.00 Table Cloths, 2x2 Yards $3.75 Grades $5.50 Grades - $8.50 Grades $3.00 $4-30 9' Table Cloths, 2x3 Yards $8.00 Grades $9-00 Grades $12 ( Grades $6.50 $7.50 $10 Table Cloths, 2y2x2y2 Yards $10 Grades $12 Grades $15 Grades $8.00 $10 a$12 $2.75 Pure Linen Table ClotJis, $2.25 - Full bordered, good firm weave of pure linen cloths, 68x68 inches in size. ' $3 75. Same Quality, 68x86-Inch Size, for $2.7d "J-'' . second Floor. Fifth Street. AngoraScarfs$F8 They Were $2.75, $3.00, $3.50 Pretty, warm Angora scarfs. Splendid assortment of colors. Some are plain, others have striped ends, colored borders and fringed ends. 2 and 2 -yard lengths. Real Ostrich and Iceland Fox Neckpieces $2.95-$3.85 $4.85 Pieces $6.50 Pieces Pieces, $1.89 Now $2.89 Now $3.49 $7.50 Pieces $9.50 Pieces Now $3.75 Now $4.98 Just 35 in the group. Real ostrich, in all white, black and white and dainty color combinations. .Radically underpriced Iceland fox scarfs very smart, especially for the younger girls. Winter Gloves, 18c Pair Our Regular 25c Quality Warm gloves for women. Black only. Cashmere and cashmere lined. Two-clasp style. Sizes 5, 6 and 6. ' Main Floor, Fifth Street. Tm& QyALiTV Store of Portland Such Undermuslins In the White Sale! No wonder throngs of women came every day last week despite the heavy snows! Exceptionally dainty undergar ments at moderate prices hundreds added for tomorrow's selling. The second week should rival the first. Gowns at 69c Soft white crepe in slip over style, with edging and trimming of colored satin bands. Gowns at 98c Crepe popular for Win ter wear made with band of Dresden and fancy frog trimming. Gowns at $1.50 Sheer soft nainsook, trimmed with Cluny lace and fancy ribbons. Corset Covers, 59c Many with net sleeves,. others lace or embroidery trimmed. Combinations, $1.59 With the daintiest inser tions of lace and embroid ery, many trimmed front and back. Combinations, $1.98 A little more elaborate, with the prettiest inserts and medallions of lace and embroidery. Envelope Chemise $1.59 Soft nainsook and batiste, daintily made and lace edged. Drawers at 59c Cut wide and full, daintily trimmed and edged, with lace. Fluffy White Petticoats the kind that are worn so much now at dances and the ones youH surely want for Summer wear with dainty lace and embroidery flounces. Special at $127, $1.47, $1.93 to $4.98. Third Floor. Sixth Street. TELEPHONE YOUR ORDERS TO BLRSHALL 4600, A 6101