SECTION FOUR,
Pages 1 to 10
Dramatic, Photoplays
and Autos
VOL. XXXV.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORNING, DECE3IDER - 3, - 191G.
NO. 49.
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! If Assortments, If Economy, If Service, If Variety Mean Anything to You This Store Means Everything' to You
Let this be your Christmas Store we come to you with the most important announcement ever issued from this store. Trade conditions have practically closed the
European markets to the American merchant, at the same time American manufacturers have been unable to supply local demands for Holiday merchandise.
So we take this opportunity to advise our patrons that they will find full assortments of Imported Leather Goods, Imported Dolls, Imported Handkerchiefs, Im
ported Ivory and Perfumes, Imported Hosiery, Imported Pictures, Imported Art Wares, Imported Art Needle Novelties and thousands of other Imported gifts
throughout the store that bring with them the . , ' . .
Lowest Prices of Any Christmas Season
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Victrola
Special Outfit
This most complete ' out
fit would bring joy and glad
ness to any home on Christ
mas morning.
It consists of a Vic
trola, 10 Double-faced
Records of your own
choosing, making 20
selections, . 1000 Nee
dles and one Record
Cleaner all for the
one price of
$83.25
and iv ill be sold on
special terms to suit
your convenience.
Mezzanine Floors
MERRY
MAS
Helps
French Mirrors Could
anything be more delightful
than one of these glittering,
gleaming mirrors on Xmas
morning? We show iie new
est shapes and sizes, finished
in mahogany, old gold and
two-tone effects, either plain
or fitted at the top with a
reproduction picture of the
old masters. Prices' from
$2.50 to $20.00.
Sixth Floor.
Cedar Chests What
woman does not want one,
or, having one, could use
just one more? They are in
dispensable in every home or
apartment. Our special
showing of genuine cedar
chests is most complete, and
the prices range from
$12.50. $16.50 up to
$22.50. Fifth Floor.
Hug - Me - Tights and
Snugglers The most ac
ceptable gifts imaginable, in
finest Saxony wool, in the
newest chinchilla and plain
Weaves, with colors and com
binations, suitable for all
ages. And, with yarn so
high, it is better to buy them
ready made when they can
be had at these low prices,
$1.35 to $6.00.
Fourth Floor.
Our Ribbon Novelty Sec
tion will suggest many
clever new ways of making
ribbons into delightful gifts.
Our experienced designers
will help you and suggest
novel ideas, at no cost if the
materials are purchased in
the department. Our fancy
ribbons range from 25c to
$3.95 yard. First Floor.
The art needle ' shop is
ready to help you and in
struct you free of charge in
the knitting, crocheting or
embroidering of gifts.
Fifth Floor.
The Wonderful $75,000 Sale of Objects of Art
1 0,000 Christmas Gifts From .One-Quarter Off to Half Price
Tomorrow starts the second week, of our greaf Sixth Floor Discontinuance Sale of fine art wares. The. first week of this sale has broken
all past selling records of art wares. The fame of our wonderful Art Gift Floor has brought record-breaking crowds from all over the state,
and the week-end brought orders from distant states for pieces that had impressed past visitors. .
This sale will continue until a complete clearance has been established. The selections are all so good, the artistic standards are all so high,
and-the stock so great that all demands may be satisfied.
This sale is absolutely void of pretense. AH price comparisons are made from the original tickets placed on the merchandise when received
and the greater bulk of the stock was received before the war when the wares were marked at prices under prevalent prices.
Shop carefully because no exchanges or returns will be permitted. " .
$600.00 Ormolu Bronze" Parisian
Banquet Lamp $295.00
$40.00 Nuremberg Armor Shield
for .$20.00
$75.00 slightly damaged Floren
tine Marble -Fruit Bowl on a
carved stand $37.50
$85.00 Florentine Marble Group
by Gennai $."6.67
$50.00 Florentine Marble Figure
by Gennai $33.31
$50.00 Vienna Marble Figure,
"Geisha Girl," by Hofer, now
for $33.34
$25.00 Parisian Bronze Figure,
David $16.07
Amphora
Price.
Pottery, Half
Parisian Lamp Shades, at
Half Price.
Dresden Chind, Half Price.
Wedgwood Pottery, Third
Off. , .
Italian Majolica at Half
Price. ,
Berlin Ormolu China and
Glass, Third Off.
Hungarian Pottery, Third
Off.
Romanoff Art Pottery at
Half Off. ;
All Men's Smoking Arti
cles, One-Third to Half
Off.
Bohemian Glassware, One
Third to Half Off.
English and Bohemian
Rock Crystal, One-Third
Off. Sixth Floor
And Now Christmas Jewelry A Sale
Important, for It Offers Unparalleled Economies
Highest Quality With Our Unrestricted Guarantee
One-Third Off to Half Price
The most beautiful jewelry, the most artistic pieces, the highest grades of materials and workmanship make this
tale unusual in every way.
Now is the time to purchase your Xmas gifts, as we offer everything worth while in the jewelry line gifts of
all kinds for men La Vallieres, watches, rings, bracelets, neck chains, opera glasses, lorgnettes, barpins, brooches
and beauty pins jewelry for infants and children in fact, anything you might desire in jewelry novelties.
... First Floor.
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The Negligee Section Offers
In a Sale Without Parallel
PARIS NEGLIGEES
Every woman loves them, and now when
the most exquisite of French imported mod
els are offered at Half Price there is no
reason why at least one should not be on
your Christmas list.
. Of crepe de chine, satin, chiffon. . ba
tiste, French flannel. Swiss, voile and fine
cotton crepes, most elaborately and artistical
ly hand embroidered, lace and ribbon
trimmed.
At Half Price
VELVETS
1 he ourprise or surprises
The Most Fashionable, Wanted, Scarcest Fancy
Velvet Suitings and Coatings
Christmas will soon be here and these are the very velvets that will
be most in demand for the fashioning of handsome evening wraps, for
the new one-piece dresses, and for skating as well as afternoon suits.
Then, again they can be put to all sorts of uses for the making of
novelty-bagsneck scarfs and the little odd gifts that women so dearly
love to receive.
Choose from black, blue, marine, gold, begonia, grays or white.
Selling Regularly at $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00
. Monday and Tuesday Only
HALF PRICE
Fourth Kloor.
Second Floor.
FOR MONDAY ONLY
We Offer an Extraordinary
Sale of SO Extra Size
Table Cloths
In Six Different Patterns
At $7.00
Pure Irish Linen
Of Exceptional Quality
An unprecedented opportunity for
those who can use 2 J2 by 2 J2 -yard
cloths. The quality and finish are
way out of the ordinary, and would
sell regularly for much more.
The Gift Towel
-Should Be "Webb's"
The famous dew - bleached pure
linen, which comes direct from Ire
land. Woven on the finest looms,
plain or striped, with monogram
space and deep damask borders. '
Hemstitched Huck Towels,
25c
Guest size, 1 4x22 inches.
Hemstitched Guest Towels,
40c
Size 14x22 inches. Plain cen
ters, monogram space, damask bor
der. Finest Guest Towels
SOc to 80c
Every size from 1 5x24 to 1 6x25
inches. Plain and fancy effects.
Over 20 New Patterns
At 7Sc, 85c, SOc to $1.85
in these pure linen towels', from 1 8x
34 inches to 24x42 inches
Also complete line of pure linen
huck toweling at 50c to 95c a yard.
Second Floor.
On Monday in Our Sewing Machine Section
we shall offer 24 standard
Aviator Sewing M achines
At Two Extraordinary Prices
made expressly for immediate clearance, as we shall discontinue .
this make.
Drop Heads
$25.00
Cabinets
$35.00
Just. twenty-four of these famous sewing machines to be sold
at these low prices. These machines, have four or six drawers,
panel front, drop head, automatic lift, quarter sawed oak,
high polish case, best ball bearing, steel Pitman, full set of
attachments.
Sold on the Easy Payment Plan
$1.00 Down $1.0Q a' Week
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A Happy Christmas Thought
One of These Bath Robe Blankets
A Special Shipment of 200 Has Just Arrived and
Shown in the Most Attractive Colorings.
At $3.50
Each robe is complete with frogs and tassel, and contains
sufficient material to make a full-size robe for either a man
In a wonderful assortment of color combinations.
Second Floor.
or a woman.
For Baby
EVERYTHING
Everything that's new and good
and charming and dainty; a wealth
of Christmas suggestions will be
found in our Baby Department, as
well as every-day needs.
Flannelette Skirts with cro
chet edge, made on . muslin
waist.
Nursery Aprons o9S of cream
linen, finished material, with
pocket ; and "Sunshine baby
appliqued in colors.
Flannelette Wrappers 39, in pink
- or blue with nursery designs,
cord girdle and turn-down col
lar. Outing Wrappers 33 f, all white,
with pink or blue crochet edges.
Shirt and Hose Stretchers 12e for
drying baby's clothing, pre-'
vents shrinking.
Crochet Sacques 73 C hand cro
cheted, in all wool, shell stitch,
all white, pink or blue trim
ming. Dainty Sacques 09, of cashmere
or crepella cloth, crochet edge
finish and embroidery designs.
In pink or blue.
Fourth Floor
cl Mer cKan cli cftJL Merit .Only
Blanket Robes for Men
At Four Prices
. Every one of which means a saving
Don't delay! Men's robes, owing to a great scarcity
in "Beacon" materials, are difficult to obtain. We doubt
if we shall receive another shipment this season.
- $2.95, $3.95, $4.95, $5.95
Robes for father, brother, son or friend. Handsome new
patterrlk found here only, in every desirable color combination,
in such colors as lavender, gray, blue, brown, tan, black, red,
also many realistic Indian designs.
These robes come in the most wanted weights, tailored finish, trimmed
with cord at waist and neck, all with two large pockets. You have
only to hoose, ' Because our assortment at these four prices is the
largest w have ever shown. First Floor.
The Ribbon Store Offers
Dresden and Warp Of
Print Ribbons at OOC
In all the new light and dark
color combinations that are used
for the making of Xmas -gifts and
for trimmings.
From 5 to 7 Inches Wide.
First Floor.
KODAKS
In a new department on the
first floor, just inside Alder
street.
FOR CHRISTMAS
You can't choose a more appre
ciated gift for young or old. An
expert in charge will help you.
Complete- Transformation of
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"Where You Spend the Least and Get the Most For It'
Everything in Holiday Attire
NEW BETTER MORE ATTRACTIVE
THAN EVER
Thousands of useful and appropriate articles for gifts, at
the lowest possible prices.
Make This Great Popular-Priced Store
Your Holiday Shopping Store
For Sensible, Practical, Serviceable Gifts
Wednesday
Opening of Our
'BASEMENT
TOY STORE
Everything Underpriced
The Most Remarkable
Non-Breakable
Character Dolls
With baby faces, boys and girls
dressed in rompers and dresses.
10 and 13 inches high. Nothing
like these dolls ever shown
at this extraordinary price-? S C
A New Shipment of Dependable
Air Tight Heaters
On Sale Monday at Prices Greatly
Below Regular
High front draft, as illustrated, nickel-plated
damper and urn, body of blued steel, with steel
lining.
18-inch size $1.39
20-inch size $1.98
22-inch size $2.39
24-inch size $2.69
Economy Basement.
mNo Phone Orders for Economy Sales.
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