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SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to 10
Women's Section
Special Features
VOL. XXXVII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 310RMAG, FEBRUARY 3, 1918.
NO. 5.
"SMILAGE BOOKS" FOR SOLDIERS WILL HELP
TO DRIVE AWAY LONLINESS FROM CAMPS
Campaign Will Be Launched Soon to izaise Funds to Purchase Tickets So Men Training in New ,Army Can See
Entertainments Free of Charge in "Liberty Theaters" Which Will Be Constructed.
CREDIT
The Foundation of Our
Banking System
Every banking; Institution which Too e In Portland Is a monument
to commercial credit. The very foundation of theae bank la In the
credit principle and there la no more dignified bualneaa of which
we know than the banking bualneaa.
It la unfortusrfkt that som people have a mistaken Idea Itv regard
to the crejuit furniture bualneaa becauae there la no reason why Ihla
bualneaa should not assume the name dignity, and the same 'onfl
deoce merited by the banking Institutions, except that here ant" there
aome firms, totally blind to the future, abuse the confidence that
people place In them but this la also true of every other business.
The credit furniture business of today Is being operated on as high
standard of business practice aa any other retail business, and la
deserving of the utmost confidence of the community.
BHsaaaaBBBsaVS 1 1"
$ 50.00 Worth of Furniture $ 5.00 Cash, $1.00 a Week
S 75.00 Worth of Furniture $ 7.50 Cash, $1.50 a Week
$100.00 Worth of Furniture $10.00 Cash, $2.00 a Week
$125.00 Worth of Furniture $12.50 Cash, $2.25 a Week
$150.00 Worth of Furniture $15.00 Cash, $2.50 a Week
The Sealy
Mattress
Sleep on It for 60 Nights
Then If ju find It Is not all we claim
for It. ou may return It at our x
pn. No hump to tire you no
hollows to catch dirt. Guaranteed,
too. frr :a years acalnst packing,
apreariing or becoming lumpy. It
titer has to be remade.
Use Your Credit
War Swings Stamps
llD BY Ttlt .
United States '
Government -
Maw i wtsT izTir.T r inr. wwlw
4o roMPOC N D INTEREST
.talis: m dSi i rmm
Eight -Piece Jacobean Suite Including Six
Genuine Leather -Seat Chairs
$9D0 Cash,
$2J00 Week
$89.25
Reduced From
$119j00
Th eight places consist of .atic bufft, massive pedestal dining: table
and nix genuine leather itp-neat chairs. The china closet, which la not
included at the price, can be had at low cost. We have marked all
pi ?' aeparatrly for those who do not rieslre the complete suite. The
buffet at -?.7j the extension table at $2i.bO the leather-seat diners at
IS.SO each. Theae pieces aa a aulie or aa separate plecea will prove big
value by comparison.
Overstuffed
Comfort
Rockers
Covered la Spaalah Chase.
$18.45
Great luxurious spring seat, high-back
rockers covered In excellent grade of
Imitation leather. Back is welted in
pillow effect, and seat Is filled with
long, flexible springs. A rocker that
will please you Just the moment you
try It. Very specially priced.
$1J00 a Week
War Swings Stamps
ISSUED BY THE
United States
Government -
MAKE THE SAFEST INVESTMENT IN THE WORLD
4 COMPOUND INTEREST
American Walnut or Mahogany
Period Suite
l ot tL mit E WAS fSM.se).
$195
Jtit a vott see ft plrturd. a beullful perlod-desl $m suite In American
walnut or ntnutnt mahoKanjr. The drssr 1 fitted with a 26x32 French
plat mirror and th ht t 44 inches in width. The dusiproof draper
L itonis are an Impvrunt feature of the suit and an imllcatton of the
plrntti l ci'iiPtnuilun. The rhlfferette la new dfstan Is fitted mlth two
lrj-n ami four ronrtnlfd vltdinc traya all pieces are beautifully
sruiiici ?ni prfctiy matched In loth color and design. Thla aulte at
it j l the ery bmt matched cnunber euite of blah Quality that we have
ever marked at a like price.
3a.ee CA9H-I1M a aWEF.K.
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B C ' .'A.5-t$H!&NBlB, .,. :--.-. 'wfebt. :: :. .-.'..:
4 Pieces in Ivory Enamel or
American Walnut Finish -
$97.50
Whether you have decided on either finish the suite will please you, for
It Is a design that adapts Itself to either of these finishes. The chif
fonier has a large mirror instead of wood back, aa shown In cut. The
triplicate mirror dressing; table, the large glass on the dresser, and also
the unusual dealgn of the bed are very aeldom found on pieces offered
at thla low price. You'll hardly miss the small weekly or monthly pay
ments that will buy this fine suite.
URE9SER. S20-73I BED. 24.23l rRRMG TABLE. 2SS CHIFFOMEK,
WITH M1K.KOR. 24U.
These rvg at this prlre are really remarkable value,
belns: woven for Ions: service and In excellent new de
signs. You can buy them, too, on long terms of credit.
SIM fash. Sl-S Meek.
9x12 Standard Brussels Rug
9x12 Worcester Axminster Rug
Ros that are destined for use for most any room.
Cood. fc'ab quality, lonc-servlre ruers In a variety of
choice dcls;na and -olortni:s. very special at. ... ......
IjM Cask. Meek.
$1.65 Velvet Carpets, Special
i:::$1.47
An evel!wt erportunttv to provide new floor cover
for your home; l new patterns of fine Ve
(.arpet. put don silk a good lining, at special prlc
I..V lLtn LHOI.RIM Sl.Zn 9I.TS It-IO I.lXOI.KtM t.e5
The New Improved
A-B Sanitary
Gas Ranges
Are Here
Year Cbelee far
$1.00 a Week
A bis: shipment Juit received of the very newest improved model from
the A-B factory. The A-B Is far and away the most satisfactory, the
most serviceable and best appearing; Ras ran are made.' It coeta no more
thea the ordinary kind yet has improved features not found on oihcra.
$5.00 Back for Your Old Stove
We will allow you $3 00 In trade for your old steel or aaae ranjra In
exchange for a new A-B Sanitary. All interior pipings furnished without
extra char are.
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$23.95
Quartered Plank Top'
Our bis; special Plrtlna; Table, with
quartered oak plank top and heavv
bae. that usually sells for K 7i. You
ill not tlud Its equal lor toe price
aay where.
S1J00 a Week
GOTHAM S AMUSEMENT WORLD HAS PLENTY
OF EXCITEMENT THESE STIRRING WAR DAYS
Latent Etent to Offse-t Calculations of All Is Edict Cloning- PIstSousm on Mondays for Nine Consecutive Weeks.
Ticture House Are Especially Hard Hit by Government Conservation Decree.
PT EMtLIK FRAXCK BAITR.
NEW Ti'KK. Keb. 3. peetaL
Tl.ere Is never a lark of eaclte
nient In th world of amusement
theee davs. frxm the appearance of a
new violinist to the romina- of the Chl
rii Opera Association under th well
helnved rampanlnt en tn musical s'.d
or the Incidental adjustments of war
condition The latest of tha to upet
all calculations was th dlct that all
builulnfa, places of bast nesa and of
amusement must close down on the
Mondays beKlnnlna; January !1 for nine
successive weeks. Thla was partly pre
cipitated by the excesale weather
from which the entire East has been
suffering;.
Owing; to the fact that many places
of amusement are closed anyway on
Tuesdays. Including- primarily the Met
ropolitan Opera -House, the Government
may arrant th Concession of closing:
Tuesdays Instead of Mondays. The
Metropolitan directors had already ar
ranged to srlve the usual Monday niKht
performance on Tuesday eveningra.
while most of the theaters had planned
to Rive special Toesday afternoon mat
inees to replace the Monday night per
formances. Th picture houses are especially
hard hit by the edict. Inasmuch as they
run continually, and there is no chance
of -making; up" losses. It Is likely that
th ftagby Monday mornings 111 not
be affected br the closing because it is
in a hotel ballroom, which comes under
the exemptions. Whether Carnegie Hall
. may be regarded In a similar manner
! on account of the several hundred stu
I dios which must be heated, many of
them representing; "dwellings." or
j m nether Aeolian Hail may come under
the same exemption on account of the
number of doctor and dentist offices;
to say naught of the clause which pro
vides for heat where the stock would
be damaged without It. this being; a
large piano and musical instrument
house, cannot be stated at this time.
The only patriotic conclusion for any
fair-minded person is that if it were
not a dire necessity such a measure
would never have been called forth,
and there is only one object in the
world today, anyway "Win the War"
and that means at no matter what
the cost or who has to pay it. Those
"who have season tickets may have toj
tCoauu!eu oo P&s V.J
WHO ever would have thought to
behold our dignified, austere
Uncle.Samuel in the role of the
ater builder and manager?
And patriots of Portland as part
ners? Sure, it's coming to pass. Kxercise a
bit of patience and the whole proposi
tion will be explained to you. Then if
you do not Quite heartily approve the
uncles novel gloom-chasing euterprsie
you are well, -you are not a p. of P.
Along about February 13 Portlanders
are going to hear -a lot concerning the
"liberty theaters" planned for every
cantonment of the land, and the unique
system by which they are to be
financed. In the meantime a little ad
vance information may be welcome.
The Military Kntertalnment Council,
a special commission appointed by the
Secretary of War, stands responsible
for the idle hours of the boys in khaki
in both camp and cantonment. As 8
means of furnishing high-class enter
tainment for the soldier boys it has de
veloped the "liberty theater" idea. The
fundamental purposes and plans of the
scheme were the other day explained
by Kdward W. Coffin, an active and en
thusiastic member or he commission.
Here are some of the things Mr. Cof
fin said :
"An army recruited by draft includes
the best young men of the Nation. The
off hours of these young men are the
loneliest of the harassing days of drill,
I drill, drill. Should such hours be pleas
antly niiea, mere musi ue pruviueu iiui
only places to write and read,- but en
tertainments of the standard to which
the fellows are accustomed at home,
and, perhaps, an occasional chance for
them to develop and exhibit their own
skill.
"Broadway coming to Camp Devens
Camp Upton, Camp Meade and other
camps? Yes, it is. and the most popu
lar successes at that. Turn to the
Right." 'Inside the Lines.' "Cheating
Cheaters' and 'Here Comes the Bride'
have been booked for a week each at
the IS cantonments. Th:re are A4
buildings in all, counting the Y. M.
C A. auditoriums, where the Ifi cities
of men, 40.000 strong, can find diverting
entertainment in theatricals.
"Some of the largest vaudeville man
agers of the country have put the vau
deville teams together for us. Musical
comedy companies may be started soon,
to play old favorites, things which are
perennially new. One popular inno
vation planned is the production of
plays by the men themselves. Among
thousands drafted there are excellent
musicians, vaudeville actors, trained
tumblers, jugglers, etc The men have
shown the greatest interest in this fea
ture. "Which reminds me that here is a
letter from Spartansburg. S. C written
the day after Thanksgiving, when a ly
ceum entertainment was given there in
the camp tent, which, like all the Chau
tauqua tents, holds about 2000 people.
Let me read a paragraph or two of this.
It shows that the Military Kntertaln- I
! ment Council has hit on the right thing
I in the matter of "liberty theaters." The
letter is written to Harry P. Harrison,
manager of chautauquaa, and of our
high-class vaudeville entertainment in
the National Guard camps, in particu
lar. "The thing I saw last night has
given me the greatest thrill in years. I
stood in the back of the tent in Spar
tansburg and saw 1100 men in uniform
tingling with pleasure and excitement,
as the artists went through their stunts.
I caught the spirit of the men in khaki.
I saw the show through their eyes,
laughed with them, sang with them
and pounded my fists in unison with
their mighty applause. I, too, was lone
some and away from home. The conta
gion of the thing swept me into the
full tide of their enthusiasm. I found
myself instinctively cheering at the
close of a catchy song and was more
than once on the point of thumping a
neigboring private on the back in
hearty commendation of something
that pleased the elemental man within
me. And, now, in my crlti-hilarious
unit, I saw beauty coloring was just or
dinary. But out there, drawn into the
collective personality of that hilarious
unit, I saw beauty coloring the drab
monotony. For a while these men for
got drill, uncomfortable bunkhouses.
weariness and the enemy they are being
trained to kilL They found a friendly
companionship In the shoulder-to-shoulder
Informality of the meeting and
a relaxation in the community singing,
and they left without sacrificing any of
their self-respect. It was a clean
show. "
""Theye-all-going to be clean shows,"
Mr. Coffin continued, as he put away
the letter. "Lyceum and stage, both,
clean, exhilarating. and diverting. The
cost of booking such attractions and of
producing amateur performances would
ordinarily be prohibitive for temporary
theaters such as these In camp must
be. But the performers and managers
of the United States have met the coun
cil with such patriotic co-operation as
to put these productions within reach
of every soldier in every camp in the
country. Their time and skill are very
largely being given outright and the
operating expense has been reduced to
the lowest practicable level In other
words, the actors, lecturers, producers,
theatrical Chautauqua managers and
the men and woman allied with them
are making a contribution to the wel
fare of our armed forces which falls
only just short of enlistment.
"As a result, the money cost of these
entertainments will range from 10 to
25 cents a seat. Yet many soldiers will
not be able to attend, even at these
prices. Thousands of the men 'are
sending home practically all their pay.
Furthermore practically every soldier
has friends at home who strongly de
sire to contribute to his camp life
something of wholesome and cheerful
entertainment. The council has there
fore originated a sort of mileage book
of tickets, which, however, we call a
'smfleage book' for obvious reasons.
There are two sizes of books. One sells
for ?1 with 20 coupons in it. The other
sells for 5 and has 100 coupons.
If we could just have had em fixed
up for Christmas, wouldn't they have
made nice holiday gifts? They cer
tainly would have been distinctive. But
we're planning to have these 'smileae
books' on sale in every city and village
in the country so they can be sent as
valentines, at least.. To place these
books of coupons, good for any camp
show at any time, in every town in the
United States, and so give every one
an opportunity to buy them to send to
the soldiers, that is one of our chief ef
forts now. We expect, in the first rush,
to have 'smileage books to the number
of about 5 per cent of each city's popu
lation. It will be quite interesting to
see which cities dash in first with their
quota.
There are a great number of people
over the country who have no one in
the Army or being prepared for the
Army. Many of these are true patriots.
with more sentiment, sometimes, than
dollars and cents. They are not able to
go in for big donations to this and that.
however much they might wish to. so
these books of coupons are a conven
ient medium for a smothered Samaritan
spirit. Anywhere from one to an un
limited number of 1 or Jo 'smileage
books' - can be sent to a camp officer
and some lonely lad, perhaps with few
friends and no relatives, may thus have
the chance to forget for a time that he
is relied upon to help ward off the
Huns and keep tbera beyond their
vaunted Rhine.
"In these 'smileage books' the name
of the soldier for whom the book is in
tended by the purchaser Is placed, as
is also the name of the giver. It is a
common saying when people subscribe
for a magazine as a gift to some friend
that the' recipient will think of the
donor at least once a month. That is
something of the way we feel about
the Idea of 'smileage books.' Every time
a soldier in training in any one of
these 10 cities of 40,000 men tears off a
coupon and enters a liberty theater he
certainly will think of the friend who
cares enough for his comfort and cheer
to forward these passes to first-class
shows.
"Being awakened next morning Rr
aVjuarter of six won't seem half bad
after from two to three hours of
healthful relaxation the night before.
The day's drill and the hard and fast
monotony of other days to come just
like the one beginningwill appear in
a new light if there are other shows,
other pleasant evenings ahead. We
think it's a good thing. I wish I could
say that I, personally, originated th
idea of 'smileage books," to say noth
lng of 'liberty theaters.' "
WENDLING DEDICATES FLAG
Boys in Service Honored y- People
of Home Town.
EUCEXE, Or.. Feb. 2. (Special.)
The town of Wendling, Lane' County,
Saturday night dedicated a service
flag in honor of the boys who have
gone Into the war forces of the Nation
from that community. The flag was
of special design, with 24 blue stars
for boys in the service and one silver
star for Ed Barbour, who was hurt
in the Mare Island explosion and who
has since been discharged as a result'
of his injuries. The name of a boy
appears underneath each star on the
flag.
The boys represented bv the stars
are as follows: Clayton Barbour, Ed
Barbour, Claude Batty, Dan Bennett,
Floyd Blackburn, H. Blakley, Less
Hall, John Hall, George Gibson, Dan
Fischer, Mayo Currier, H. C. Crowner,
W. D. Hennis, William Ryan. Harold
Hunnicutt, Carol McCann, Charles Mc
Alister, Fred Sheppard, Paul Lansbery.
Albert Jackson, Ed Olson, Douglas Mc
Cann, Walter Sheppard, D. W. Stol
berg and Cecil Woolley.
GRAIN ELEVATOR PLANNED
Culdesac Farmers to Build Structure
of 60,000 Bushels Capacity.
LEWISTON. Idaho. Feb. 2. (Special.)
Farmers in the Culdesac territory ap
pointed W. Lawrence, Theodore Matt
son, C. R. Christie, Ralph Fluharty and
William Ruddell, as a committee to rep
resent them in securing funds to build
a grain elevator at Culdesac. Over
50 farmers met and talked over the
scarcity of sacks, together with the
high price asked for them, and decided
to build their .'own elevator.
It was practically agreed that the
farmers should build their elevator of
concrete, of 60,000 bushels capacity,
equipped with ' cleaner, feed rolls and
automatic weighing device. .
Kalama Makes Many Shipments.
; KALAMA. Wash., Feb. 2. (Special.)
The Kalama chapter of the Red
Cross made record shipments of goods
during January. Two boxes of hos
pital supplies went direct to France,
one containing 30 bed quilts and the
other 25 pairs of pajamas, 120 hos
pital bed shirts. 70 pairs of bandage
sox, eight pairs of kn.it sox and 35
pairs of bed sox, over 700 handker
chiefs, napkins, cloths, tc. Two other
boxes went to Camp Lewis and con
tained 80 sweaters, 70 pairs knit sox,
nine mufflers, five helmets and 16
pairs of wristlets. The Kalama chap
ter has 11 auxiliaries, the latest one
being Cougar, on the Upper Lewis
River. '
Centralis School Under Way.
CENTRALIA, . Wash., Feb. 2. (Spe
cial.) At the noon luncheon of the
Commercial Club yesterday George
Barner, clerk of the School Board,
announced that the new $45,000 school
being erected on the Edison grounds
will be completed by July 15. Mr.
Barner also said that plans are being
discussed for erecting a manual train
ing shop on the site of the Lincoln
School, which will be razed when the
new building is completed, the manual
training pupils to build the shop.
Premium Bond Issue Opposed.
LON'DON. Jan. '20. The parliament
tary committee appointed to consider
the question of issuing premium bonds
has reported against such a step "afr
the present time or until further ef
forts have been made to make the pres
ent issues more attractive to investors."
The committee arrived at the conclu
sion from 80,000,000 to 100,000,00
yearly might be expected from souncag
at present untouched.
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