The Sunday Oregonian., March 21, 1920, Section One, Page 24, Image 24

Furs Skillftilly Remodeled and Repaired Special Rates Now Fourth Floor
and Easter Only Two Weeks Away
. .
But Easter Is Already Here in the Store to Be Enjoyed Several Times Over Until the Feast Arrive
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The Quality" Store or Portland"
Laces Have Captured This
Season for Their Own
Interesting Easter
Suits at $65
-There are perhaps a dozen different styles of suits at $63
here but the three favorites are:
CARNIVAL DAYS all this week at Meier
& Frank's.
0
Carnival of Spring Fashions.
Late arrivals of millinery, frocks, suits,
coats, blouses, gloves, neckwear, veils hun
dreds of things hurried from the centers
of fashion and displayed for. all our custom
ers who wish to see the very newest ideas.
Nature is busy bringing out her Easter
flock of daffodils, crocuses, violets, syr;nga
and other flower creations and training her
birds to sing that winter is past.
But nature has no more flowers at her
command than the myriad ideas which have
flowered in the alembic of fashion.
"What is the mode?'
writer.
asks a Paris fashion
"Who knows? But it is assuredly elegant,"
is the answer.
One great Paris dressmaker speaks for
hoops and farthingales . . . another for
short sleeves and frills ... a third for
straight Grecian lines ... a fourth for
basques and long, tight sleeves . . . a
fifth for the colors of Egypt ... a sixth
for flounces, sashes, fichus . . . a sev
enth advocates everything for sports.
The world has never known such a galaxy
of modes.
So do you wonder that we call this the
Spring Fashion Carnival ?
Representatives of all these new fashions
are to be seen here at Meier & Frank's.
Far, far too many to speak of individually.
From the Furniture Gift Shop on the ninth
floor to the China Shop in the basement the
entire store will be gaily decorated for this
carnival beginning tomorrow, Monday.
Gala opening windows are inspired by the
ancient city of Pompeii, by Egypt, the Deco
rative Arts, Printemps (the Spring) , by Ja
pan and by Things Fantastic.
In the store itself the center aisle will be a
broad plaisance with displays of interesting
new merchandise.
Laces, neckwear, gloves, veils, handker
chiefs, jewelry, silks, . dress fabrics, girls'
clothes, , corsets, underclothes, the Men's
Stores, the Boys' Store, the Fashion Salons,
the Millinery Salons, the Furnishing Galleries
all join in this carnival.
You are veiy cordially invited to be present.
Monday, March the Twenty-Second
and During the Week
Not in many years have there
been so many laces.
Yet there are hardly suffi
cient to satisfy all of fashion's
demands. Fashion has gone
mad over laces.
Fashion employs them on
every sort of gown, blouse,
collar.
The Lace Shop is showing the
much-wanted navy blue and seal
. brown Chantilly laces to be used
with taffeta or flowered geor
gette or alone.
Alencon, Margot, Calais, Bo
hemian, St. Gall and Lyons
laces are also among the latest
arrivals.
Many are very richly em
broidered. Some have gold.
Many are in the deep cream
color used with georgette crepe
or taffeta.
Meier & Frank's: Lace Shop, Main Floor.
Hand Embroidered Underwear
From the Philippines
Envelope chemises $2.98, $3.55, $5.50
and $6.50.
Night gowns $3.95, $5 95, $6.95.
Fine materials hand made and elab
orately hand embroidered for the Easter
bride.
The better kinds cut properly for sat
isfactory wear.'
They make very nice gifts for brides.
Meier & Frank's: Third Floor, Sixth Street.
mm
. Easter
. Gloves
Long white and mastic leather
gloves from abroad. In the new
16-button length which : reaches
above the elbow. Reasonably .
priced at $7.50.
Slip-on gray gloves of fine
fabrics specialjy purchased to
offer at $1.27 and $1.39.
Slip-on chamois gloves . with
strapped wrists, fancy embroid
11 ery or spear-point backs. Easily
washable. Specially priced at
$2.95 pair.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
Collars ThSV'Are
Different
Queen Elizabeth collars wired
in the back.
Fichu collars with sashes for
summer dresses.
Broad Tuxedo collars.
Partible or tab collars.
Diminutive collars.
Real lace collars.
Extraordinary variety.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
Veils in New
Colors
Cinnamon, toast,, Joffre blue,
jade, seal brown, navy and na
tional blue are some of the de
lightful colors of the new drape
veils from Paris.
Delicate and heavy designs
are embroidered all over or in
the form of particularly be
witching borders and beautify
ing spots. -
$3. to $12.50.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
The Spring
Oxford
It has an appeal to every -woman.
' With its new lower heel and
comfortable cut it is a restful
shoe to wear all day. With its
smart, long, slender lines it
makes the foot seem even
smaller than it is.
Tan or dark kid or calfskin
leather at $10, $11, $12 and
$12.50.
Spring pumps and spring one
eyelet oxfords have the new
military and medium low heel
as well as the high heels for
dress.
Dozens of styles are here
ready for every need.
Meier & Frank's: Third Floor.
Toiletries From
v Paris
Coty toilet water $9.25.
Houbigant Ideal toilet water
$7.25.
' Roger and Gallet Ambre Rose
toilet water $4.65. .
Vivaudou Mavis toilet water
$1.25. .
Roger and 'Gallet round cake
, soap 50c.
. Ambre Royal soap $1.50.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
Pink Taffeta
Corsets
One of the latest models from
Mme. Irene, the French corset
maker of New York.
It gives a soft, willowy figure
without a sign of stiffness or
"corset-look." Yet, neverthe
less, this lovely corset gives the
correct amount of support, and
there is even a tiny curve at
the waist which will make the
bouffant frock set more "in the
period."
Priced $25.
Copies of Paris button corsets
are enchanting at $8.50 upward.
Meier & Frank's: Third floor.
New Fans for
Bridesmaids
Spring brides are requesting
that the bridesmaids carry the
new one-stick fans of a single
huge ostrich plume. Some of
the sticks are set with rhine
stones. Yellow, pink, turquoise, jade,
cerise and many other colors.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
' New Novelty .
I Necklaces
So lovely are the new colored
- necklaces that it is no secret
that many visitors at fashion
able Southern resorts have pack
ed away their diamonds, and
wear these radiant novelties in
their place.
Genuine amber necklaces of
glittering yellow are $10 to $ 165.
Amber bracelets for short
sleeves are $15.
Bakelite necklaces in new col
ors are $4 to $10.
Italian jet. necklaces are $4
to $20.
Meier & Frank's: Main Floor.
Art Needlework
Displays of many new models
are being made in the Art
Needlework Shop. Such things
as embroidered ce n t e rpieces,
- scarfs, painted work boxes,
hand-worked patent leather bags
and various ribbon novelties.
Meier & Frank's: Second Floor. 1
Ribbons
This spring some dresses are
made almost entirely of ribbon.
So are some negligees. Nearly
every frock has a sash of rib
bon. Many suits as well as
dresses have gilets of ribbon.
The Ribbon Shop has colors,
patterns and widths for every
purpose.
Wonderful ones of gold and
silver. Beautiful ribbons richly
embroidered. Story ribbons with
spider webs and other things.
Indian ribbons. Narrow gros
grain ribbons. Narrow picot and
tinsel ribbons. Velvet ribbons
in wide range of colors.
Meier & Frame's: Main Flooi.
Easter Eggs
All sorts of delicious eggs
and novelties have been made .
in our Daylight Candy Kitchen
for the children's Easter nests.
Decorated chocolate rabbits.
Chocolate marshmallow eggs,
chocolate cream eggs and choco
late eggs stuffed with Fruit
Maid chocolates. Panorama eggs.
Sugar eggs. Chocolate eggs in
baskets. '
Chocolate eggs will be deco
rated to order with the name
and other requested designs.
Meier & Frank's: Ninth Floor.
1 The short ripple coat suit.
2 The tucked coat suit.
3 The straight line suit with
long Tuxedo collar.
All three models are qf beau
tifully tailored navy blue trico
tinc. Hardly any well-dressed
woman tries them on without
ordering one immediately.
Meier & Frank's: Fashion Salons, Fourth Floor.
A Sale of Easter
Blouses $11.45
A week ago their prices were
$15 and $16.
Crepe Georgette and crepe de
chine are included.
White, navy, peach, flesh and
black.
Basque models with littlft
peplums in front or charming
tuck-in stylos.
Long and short sleeve.''.
Variety of kinds but not all
sizes in each model. '
Merer & Frank's: Blouse Shop, Fourth Floor.
An Italian Renaissance
Dining Room Suite
at $3,875.00
IN BURLINGTON HOUSE (SEVENTH FLOOR)
MARKS THE SPRING EXPOSITION OF
THE FURNISHING GALLERIES
(2 SUITE of solid black walnut, massive enough to on
dure for more.than one century richly hand carved
with the acanthus leaf, the scroll and fret designs of
16th-century Renaissance--'nobly shaped as though i
might have been designed for some palace of the pope or
the Medicis of that marvelous period of the world's awak
ening.
Before the 16th century fur
niture had been solemn, heavy,
unwieldy, uncomfortable. Be
ginning with 1600, great artists
of the RenaWisance raised furni
ture making to an art and for
the first time designed it to suit
the purpose and character of the
owner.
You will notice in this Burling
ton House suite the imposing
chair of the period with the
chair cushions a part of the seat,
an innovation of Renaissance
artists. The long, richly carved
sideboard is another origination
of the Renaissance mentioned by
Benvenuto Cellini. The silver
cupboard is rather like the old
chests of the Renaissance, but
behind the closed carved doors
are movable trays for the house
wife's linens. The large oblong
dining table has the massive
carved supports for which one
instinctively seeks in anything
Renaissance and the beautiful
wall table is distinguished by
the same characteristic of the
period.
This (lining suite of ten mar
velous hanU-wrougnt pieces m
the product of an Amrrieun fur
niture maker. It is an honor to
America that Americans CHn
create such beauty such fine
substantial craftsmanship.
No time-worn survival of the
actual Renaissance could be
more intrinsically valuable than
this rarely interesting 20th-century
Renaissance suite.
We speak of it thus
in detail to illustrate
the fact that whatever
is; fine whatever is
needed to furnish the
luxurious home may
always be found in the
MEIER & FRANK Fur
nishing Galleries.
Equally rich furniture is to
be had here for the living room,
the bedroom and the formal hall,
together with the harmonious
furnishings, such as carpets,
hangings, curtains, pictures,
mirrors, lamps, china, glass,
linens, silver.
OUR COMPETENT STAFF OF DECORATORS
IS AT YOUR IMMEDIATE COMMAND
Meier & Frank's: Seventh and Eighth Floors.
Easter Sale of
Cedar Chests
$30
$34
$45.
$55.
-$60.
Real
the
00 kinds now $20.00
.35 kinds now $22.90
.00 kinds now $30.00
.00 kinds now $36.66
.00 kinds now $40.00
Tennessee red cedar
-splendidly built planed
smoothness of velvet in
side all with casters all with
locks and keys many trimmed
with copper bands like ancient
treasure chests some have
trays.
Sizes vary from 18xl7x3S
inches to 22x21x54 inches.
Could there be a better gift
for the Easter bride?
Meier & Frank's: Sevenlb Floor, Sixth StrU