The Sunday Oregonian., September 12, 1920, SECTION THREE, Page 10, Image 54

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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1920
FAIR SEX, BARRED FOR THOUSAND YEARS
FROM PALACE IN CLOUDS, RUSH TO ENTER
Fifty-five Thousand Square Yards of Roofs Cover 14 Acres of Dizzy Alpine Heights Many Women Ha"e
Tried to Get Past Monk and Sarah Bernhardt Is One of Few Who Succeeded and Saw Midnight Procession.
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of living and full of an esoteric sen
timent that they are not profaning
the hushed halls through which they
swish and rustle. Aye, as if they felt
the blessing- of the absent fathers of
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GREEXOBIE. Frange, Aug. 27
1920. The French office national
du Tourisme. under the direction
of Georges Famechon. is certainly
opening up the romance and the
beauties of Old France.
Across the French Alps, it facili
tates the rush of powerful motor cars
that take all grades, in services as
regular as that of railroad trains.
Nothing is inaccessible; and smart
hotels have sprung up, in full opera
tion. They have even their own pas
try cooks. A dozen of us went on a
.kind of inauguration with Comte
Raoul d'Arnaud, of the Touring club,
end M. Charles Lafaurie of the French
Foreign office.
Among other things, we eaw the
antique Palace in the Clouds. And
we saw the fair sex crowding to it
by natural curiosity because their
feet had been forbidden the whole
territory for 1000 years!
-It Is the Grande Chartreuse.
It 'is the desert land, high up, high
up!
On dizzy Alpine heights, there is
this vast deserted palace. In a chaos
of gigantic rocks, a chaos of lightning-struck
pine forests, above the
.clouds, its hundred pointed towers
wim in a silent sky.
For 1000 years no woman was per
mitted to set foot inside the vast and
lonely palace guarding the snow line,
under its 55.000 square yards of roofs
and covering 14 acres.
For 900 years the entire desert prin
cipality was forbidden even the ap
proach of ' women whose society
ummed up for them the vanities and
distractions of the world which the
great men inhabiting the Palace of
the Alps had fled.
. They were great men. Among them.
In all ages, could be found illus
trious names of Europe, princes,
statesmen, warriors, celibates, living
lives of celibates and anchorites, dead
to all human conversation- the aris
tocratio fathers of the Grande Char
treuse! The peculiar curiosity of all women,
!n all ages, has been thusly stirred
up by the Grande Chartreuse, above
all other monasteries. The order
owned the massif, the whole highland
territory.. The French Revolution, by
confiscating the desert end surround
ing forests down below it as state
property technically opened the lower
reaches to femininity. When male
tt'Urists came to pass a night of salu
tary meditation amid the white clad
futures that went gliding down the
great cloister to sing matins from
midnight to 2 A. M., they left their
wives at a "ladies' inn," tolerated by
the Carthusians at a long distance
down the mountain road.
Ey common courtesy to their hosts,
uch male guests were on honor not
to abet in the offending even of the
outer- precincts by troubling femin
inity. No peeking petticoat got with
In eight of the outer walls!
, - So, life passed tor 100U years, on
the heights of the Grande Chartreuse.
St. Bruno, their tounder, was one oi
the great figures or history. The
Carthusians are an example oi ex
treme contemplatives, ascetics and
vegetarians. They took up wild
places: yet while keeping the world
a,t a distance, they became necessa
rily the providence of all the dumble
populations for 50 miles around.
In 1903, the property was taken
ever by the French state, in the Sup
pression of Religious associations.
- Since that date the palace has been
deserted of its white clad fathers and
its. .brown clad brothers. . All were
perfectly free to continue living in
France, as individuals; but as a com
munity, they moved to Italy and
Spain.
Before the war, thus, the Grande
Chartreuse, classed as a "historic
monument," was kept by government
appointed curators, who received such
curious visitors as might come. . But,
as I remember it. there was a kind
of feeling of constraint on all sides.
Since the war the sacred union, the
drawing together of all French classes
and opinions which has tacitly per
mitted many returns on the past has
sweetened the whole atmosphere in a
kind of gay optimism. Nobody knows
what may or may not happen, but
personally (and this, is entirely my
own), I seem to see a curious sign of
the times the fair sex is rushing to
the grand chartreuse as never before.
It is as if a taboo had been lifted
on both sides. And briefly. Great
ladies, who had stayed away by
scruple, make no difficulty now in
motoring through the desert, as if
saying, "now"s the chance to -see it!"
State subdisized Alpine cars unload
their tourists through its awe-inspiring
cloisters, solitary cells, walled
tiny gardens, and again to labyrinths
of great halls, chapter rooms, grand
church and' little chapels.
And all the Alpine cars are packed
with femininity. Where one time med
itative men on three-nights salutary
visit were dogged up to the deadline
by their plaintive wives and daugh
ters, now come giggling couples, car
avans of school friends and girl cous
ins, dragging in their wake the boot
sore escort, honeymooning pairs, en
gaged girls, daughters-to-marry, girls
who fling their eyes rea-1 reckless.
bevies of "them, bubbling with the joy
The intense curiosity of women for
the Grand Chartreuse depends very
much, of course, upon the unique and
arbitrary prohibitions of the past,
which barred - them from the entire
territory of the desert; but men and
women alike have always been awe
struck by the excessive severity of the
Carthusian rule.
The aristocratic and learned fathers
(Latin and belles lottres were req
uisites) never spoke- human conver
sation existed no longer for them.
Each passed his life in a two-roomed
cell and a high-walled little garden
attached to it. In his vestibule, he
might have a turning-lathe and car
penter bench with any quantity or
tools; or he might merely chop fire
wood for physical exercise. In his
solitary garden he raised vegetables.
In his two rooms he read and wrote.
His meals were handed in to him by
younger or- less learned brothers. If
he wanted books and manuscripts
from the magnificent library, he
wrote their titles on a bit of paper.
His life passed solitary, silent, in
a great and rich community which
administered great properties. He
never ate meat. He rose at 5:30 A. M.
He glided silently through the corri
dors to church; at 6 A. M. for "prime,"
at 8 A. M. for tierce,': at 10 A. M.
for Vsexte," at 11 A. M. for thanks
giving after lunch, at 12:15 noon for
"none." and at 2:45 for vespers. At
6 P. M. it was "complin" in his cell,
and he went to bed at 6:30 P. M. At
11 P. M. he got up for "matins" and
at midnight he went to church for
"matins and lauds." These lasted
until 2 A. M., when he went back to
bed. The only breaks in this routine
were Sunday meals in common (with
out conversation), and a walk through
the mountains in procession once a
week.
Many visitors who got up at mid
night to see the weird procession to
the church never got over the im
pression. It was like seeing the dead
rise at the witching hour, for "matins
and lauds," all white-clad in the
blackness, each father carrying his
antique iron lantern!
So, when women heard about the
sight, they wanted in all ages to
see it.
From the earliest days, there are
tales of daring disguises by which
the stubborn fair sought to slip In
unperceived beside the weak, the hen
pecked or doting husbands, brothers,
fathers; uncles, .cousins or what not,
who let them try it.
There is the instance of a princess
ot Piedmont, who during three months
practiced diligently the "instinctive
masculine movement" by which she
proposed positively to befool a
particularly keen-witted hospitality
brother who enjoyed the reputation
of having detected and expelled the
only three ladies who had got past
the first intelligence officers and
into the. very ante room of guests
during his ten years of service. None
had got past him.
The supreme test of this philosopher
"to detect a female" was to unexpect
edly throw a key or other small object
Into the suspected party's lap. "If it
be really a man." the 1330 A. D. Sher;
lock argued, "he will close his knees
to catch it. But if It be a woman
she will instinctively spread her knees
apart to catch it in her lap!
The Princess of Piedmont, disguised
as a slender young scholar (it was
A. D. 1330), passed in seemingly un
suspected between her husband and
'the Count Alberto (it is a famous
tale and the names are traditional).
But while the sleuth Frere Hospitaller
was offering them "a hot soup" in the
anteroom he must have had a doubt.
The disguised princess, seated on a
bench, saw him slyly reach up his
left sleeve (which is the Carthusian's
only pocket). So she had just time to
deftly catch the little apple snap!
between her knees exactly like a
man. She knew the trick and she had
practiced it three months.
Ah, smarty!" she laughed in tri
umph, "didn't catch me!" Then she
stopped, aghast, too late, at giving
herself away in the very moment of
success. She. Alberto and the princely
husband "were sent to the hospitality
of a godly woodchopper half a league
down the mountain who would shelter
them for the night." (The subsequent
ladies' inn was not yet built.)
In a more modern version a lively
young countess on her honeymoon had
gained admission as far as the guests'
supper, which she ate tranquilly with
the others, supposing all suspicion to
be over. ,
"It is bedtime." said the Frere Hos
pitaller, "the first eight on this side
of the table will please follow me!""
"Don't we have separate rooms?"
whispered the disguised bride audibly,
and her uneasiness was turned to hor
ror as the good brother, apparently
oblivious of the whispered question,
led her husband off at the tail of the
vainly: "That young gentleman is of
my party!" as the good brother pushed
him along. And so she let out an
S. O. S. call:
"Armand. do not leave me!" she
cried desperately. She struggled with
the heavy door. It would not open.
"Send Armand back to me!" she
wailed, forgetting all, "I will not sleep
with strange men in a dormitory!"
There was no mistaking the accents
of beauty in distress.
Lift the latch, said a smiling
guest, "the door is not locked!" . And
they were all explaining to her how
it opened when Armand appeared,
crestfallen, pursued by the reproaches
of the scandalized Frere Hospitaller.
No bluff was attempted. "You will
find rooms at the ladies' inn" were
the last words they heard as they
strolled into the twilight.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt is said to
have been one of the extremely few
women of modern 'times successfully
to pass all scrutiny and spend a night
at the Grande Chartreuse.
It was "In the days when she was
excessively slender, not to say angu
lar, and, she had the wit to make up
her face as a pale, emaciated and
wrinkled university professor in gold
spectacles. She wore a rusty black
frock coat and the kind of black
slouch hat which a professor imagines
O. K. for the mountains. She mum
bled her supper in silence and kept her
nose in a Latin book. So she saw the
procession of white figures at mid
night gliding Into the black church
amid the flickering lights of their
iron lanterns.
"The awfullest stage setting of my
life: said Sarah.
Marvelous Advance in Piano Quality!
Scarcely anybody gifted with good powers of observation who has lived in this country for the last 15 or 20
years could have faileu to recognize the marvelous advance that has been made in the art of pianos and player
pianos sold during that period. The signs of it are everywhere and they are good to see. For this condition the
Schwan Piano Co. service and the Schwan Piano Co. sales are very largely responsible. Probably it is the educa
tional influence that has been the sustaining factor of their economic value, because they have taught people to
look for pianos and player pianos of dependable quality and graceful contour. to many people now want our
pianos OI aepenaabieness ana Deauiy mat ours is tne ousiest nanu jerice in rornauu mo ...
Over One Quarter Million Dollars in Pianos
$260,340.00 in Pianos and Player Pianos wll now be sold for $178,237.00. The Schwan Piano Co. sales, based
upon large volume through lower prices, will in this sale produce savings to Portland and coast piano buyers of
$82,103.00, IN WHICH YOU SHARE PROVIDED YOU BUY YOUR PIANO NOW DURING THIS SALE.
Portland's (Factory Clearance) Sale of America s Pianos
Many carloads of fine pianos are being shipped here from eastern factories to be sold here in Portland and on
the coast. Player pianos are now sold in the east we are told to the exclusion of pianos many factories have
discontinued the making of pianos and now make exclusively player pianos. We have taken advantage of this
trade condition in the eastern markets and have bought up by the hundreds such pianos as were still unsold in
some of the eastern factories. 11
Our Display in the Store, Piano Salons and Mezzanine
lOO Per Cent Ktw t02O ModrlK 09 Per Ont New 101 Model Pianos and Player Pianos Latest style?, including the
Steger & Sons, the most valuable piano in the world, at 25 per cent lower prices. The 99 per cent new are princi
pally high-grade pianos, with 50 per cent more tone and efficiency than found in older unimproved models at greatly
lowered prices, and on two and one-half years' time, on terms the never-miss-the-money way.
NEW 1920 S15O0
The Grande Chartreuse was always
the architype of a wild, inaccessible
place.
See what Famechon and the French
government's touring office have done
for it. You go to Chambery by rail.
From Chambery the autocars of the
regular route des Alpes service let you
down at St. Pierre de Chartreuse.
Or you go to Grenoble by .rail.
Other autocars of the same route des
Alpes service take .you by other
routes to St. Pierre. Or you go by
rail to Voiron (from Lyons, for ex
ample). A. picturesque little railroad
takes you to St. Laurent du Pont,
where you catch the autocars of the
route du Desert itself. Or you can
catch the same autocars of the Desert
at St. Laurent by way of the big rail
line to St. Beron.
Alpine climbing in automobiles is
at last perfected. I, who went over
the Galibler pass in the eighth auto
mobile that was able to make it (in
1904), am amazed at the way in which
long-bodied autocars seating 16 pas
sengers quite comfortably go round
what used to be those sickening short
turns of the Alpine zigzags! They
have simply enlarged the turning
space by cutting into the mountain
side scooped out the extra width
necessary for a safe and easy turn
ing. Another thing: Modern brakes
seem to secure that safety which we
used to seek with a long-handled
wooden block thrust under the wheel
at critical moments to shore up, brace,
stay or buttress -the damned thing to
keep It from rolling into the preci
pice especially in backing to get a
shorter turn. Nowadays they do not
often back toward the precipice!
CHICKENS TURN TO STONE
Fowls Eat Cement, Then. Drink and
Die in Quick Time.
i BKUUKLiN. Nicholas uoscher, a
cigar dealer of WTiitestone, Queens,
went to his chicken yard and found
three of his best hens dead about
the water pan. He was puzzled to
know what had caused the fatalities,
but found the explanation in a box
of loose'eement which some builders
had left. The hens had dusted in the
cement and finding it suited thus far
to their habits pecked tentatively at
the fluffy stuff. The first mouth
fuls tasted good and they feasted.
Doscher was trying to picture to
his trade over the cigar counter all
afternoon the curious predicament ill
which the hens found themselves
when, refreshed by their cement, meal,
they took their first gulp of water
and the emotion that must have over
come them when they discovered
they had mortared their Innards and
that before morning they wouM be
stone.
MODEL
Latest styles
including
Ihe most val
lable Steger
Pianos and
Player Pl
inos in the
world "at 25
per cent
lower prices.
Sale price
81125
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$100 cash
530 monthly.
THE XATl'RAL PLATER
"You can play it artistically."
$1300
Sale Price $975. 9100 cash, .t0 mo.
THIS $1000 STEGER
I .ocn I 2!f-S."0 Sends Piano Home Our
Market 12, 15 to 30 Monthly Sole
Price I'rlrr
fiooo Steger & Sons. pol. walnut$7SO
1.100 Strgcr, parlor grand ma. 1125
7IM( Krrd A Son, polished oak
ixhi Meger v Sons, pol. mahog.
1'hompnon, dull mahogany
Thompson, dull mahogany
tKK Slrtfr A Son. cir. walnut
7S Singrr, golden oak -405
tP.i. Thompson, pol. mahogany -46S
ThompMon, Turned oak....
11SO need A: Son player, mah. .
9.V Thompson player, mahog.
425 Thompson, fujued oak....
Thompson, dull mahogany
!(.' Singer player, dull oak...
too Heeu & Son. upright grand
TO.IO Sinicrr player, walnut....
OSO Thompson player, mahog.
tl.W Itred A: son plaver mah.
IMI Steger Sons, dull mah.
IHM Steger A Sons, cir. walnut
llRO Heed A Son player, d'll ma
9O0 Steger A Sons, dull mah.
tOOO Steger & Sons, dull walnut
TOO lteed A Son, dull walnut.
soo Heed A Son, pol. mahog..
IO.0 Singer player, dull walnut
lor Singer player, pol. oak..
1300 Steger A Sons player m.
."M Thompson player, dull oak
TOO Reed A Sons, dull oak. . . .
UO Heed A Sons, polished oak
tOrt Steger A Sons, fancy wal.
TOO Thompson, golden oak...
TOO Thompson, golden oak...
1300 Steger A Sons player, f. o.
i:t0O Steger & Sons player, mah
JHM Steger & Sons, dull walnut
UMI Thompson, pol. mahogany
Thompson, pol. mahogany
TOO lteed A Sons, dull walnut.
GERMAN TRAFFIC STOPS
Street Cars Discontinue in Many
Cities Because of Costs.
BERLIN. Owing to the enormous
increase in the cost of operation
streetcar service in many of the
smaller German cities has been dis-
FATHER OF COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY ONE OF PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS AT CELEBRATION LAST MONDAY IN HOOD RIVER.
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675
46S
862
712
468
468
797
595
7SO
712
862
675
675
862
675
750
525
565
795
750
975
695
525
595
675
525
525
975
975
675
487
468
562
SOO Reed A Sons, dull oak. . . .9595
N..M steicer A sons, null man. ;;.
MM Meed A Sons, pol. mahog.
lOOO Steger A. Sons, dull oak..
srM Steger A sons, golden oak
SOO Reed A Sons, pol. walnut
SOU Herd A Sons, dull oak ....
soo Heed A Sons, polished oak
SOO Heed A Sons, dull oak. . . .
P.'O Thompson player, pol. ma.
UTS Thompson, polished oak..
TOO Heed A Son, polished oak.
r0 Thompson, polished oak..
TOO Reed A Son, dull oak
TOO Thompson, dull oak
7. Thompson, dull oak
j:t(M Steger A Sons pi., pol. oak
SO Thompson player gol. oak
1050 Sinter player, dull oak. . .
Too Thompson, dull oaK .yjL i
TOO Thompson, pol. walnut. . . 525
TOO Thompson, pol. mahogany 525
4I.0 Thompson, polished oak.. 4S
050 Thompson, dull walnut...
(.'.( Thompson, pol. walnut...
UTS Wood A Sons, dull oak . .
UT5 Wood & Sons, polish, oak
fl.Vt Thompson, dull mahogany
t:o Thompson player, oak....
It.VI Thompson player, mahog.
USO Thompson, polish, walnut
USO Thompson, dull walnut...
USO Thompson, dull oak
TM) Thompson, dull oak
TOO Thompson, polished oak..
TOO Thompson, pol. mahogany
ur0 Thompson, dull mahogany
0.1O Thompson, dull walnut..
Too Thompson, pol. mahogany
U.o Thompson, dull walnut...
UJVO Thompson, pol. mahogany
o.o Thompson, polished oak..
U.0 Thompson, dull mahogany
830 Thompson, player, pol. ma.
595
7SO
595
595
595
595
595
712
495
525
48 7
525
525
495
975
712
750
487
487
495
495
487
712
712
4S7
487
487
525
525
525
487
487
525
487
487
487
487
712
is a grand
in upright
form ; it has r
more tone
than most
small grands
and it's con
structed up
on the same
lines as baby
g r a n d e.
Sale price
7oO
$50 cash, $25 monthly.
soo It red A Sons, dull oak. . . .859"
TOO Thompson, dull oak....;. 52T
SOO Reed A Sons, polished oak 59.'
n.vi Thompson, player, d'll ma 71
fl.V) Thompson, player, pol. ma 7114
OSO Thompson, player, pol. ma 71
11. "Mi Reed A Sons player, mah 6i.
TOO Thompson, oak 52r
lSO Thompson player, oak.... 71'4
Too Reed & Sons, dull oak.... 52
U75 Singer, golden oak.- 19N
.imp Keen a ons. goiaen oaK iy
l.too Steger Sons player, d. m. 97
1SOO Steger A Sons player, d. m. 97T
POO steger A Sons, fanoy wal. fi
lOOO Steger A Sons, splen. wal.
poo Steger A Sons, fancy wal.
OOO Steger A Sons, fancy wal.
6.o Thompson, dull walnut...
UliS Thompson, fumed oak....
fi5 Thompson, fumed oak. . . .
.V Thompson, pol. mahogany 48Tt
nru Thompson, pol. manogany
Thompson, fumed oak.... 46H
ns Thompson player, d 11 ma. 711
PSO Thorn prion player, pol. wal 7ll
pso Thompson player, d 11 wal 7111
Too Thomnson. dull mahogany f2.
Too Thompson, dull oak....... 52."
TOO Thompson, pol. mahogany 52.i
USO Thompson, polish, walnut 48
6'SO rl bompson, dull walnut... 48
so Thompson, pol. mahogany 483
7S H ood A Sinn, dull oak 49.
675 Wood A Sons, poL, mahog. -19."
PSO Thompson player, oak.... 711
pso Thompson player, mahog. 711
OSO Thompson player, walnut 7llf
n.o ihorapson. dull mahogany 4n
SO Thompson, pol. mahogany 483
fiso Thompson, dull walnut... 4
SO Thompson, polish, walnut 48
Pay as Yon Can. 2S to lO0 Cash
S12 to :tO Monthly
Our Display in the Down Stairs Store, New, Factory Rebuilt and
Used, Under Priced Pianos and Player Pianos on Never-Miss-the-Way Terms!
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material,
with 50 per
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tone than
I.OUIIU III UlII-
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Sale price
il 5' S673
I' $50 cash,
520 monthly.
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THIS 1010 l.-lOO PLAYER
I. oral 2S Sends Piano Home Fnrtory
Market S, 10 to 18 Monthly Sale
I'rlees Pr1-es.
TIMI Reed S: Sons, dull oak... $525
sso Steger A sons, dull mah.. 595
SSO Steger A Sons, dull mah.. 595
NOO Reed A Son, up.gr., pol. oak 565
POO Heed A Son. up.gr.xir.wal 595
700 Thompson, pol. mahogany 495
IOSO Singer player piano 750
IO.10 Singer player piano 750
IOSO Singer player, golden oak 750
.sso Singer, polish, mahogany. 595
lOOO Steger Sons, pol. niah.. 6 75
SSO Steger A Sons, dull mah.. 595
IOSO Singer player, pol. mahog 695
NOO Heed A Sons, dull mahog. 565
IKK) steger & Sons, mission... 595
TOO Thompson, polished oak.. 495
7S Wood & Son. dull oak.... 495
2S Thompson, fumed oak... 435
SO Thompson, polish, mahog. ,48 7
PSO Thompson player, pol. oak 675
Thompson, dull mahogany 4.15
7 SO Heed A Sons, walnut 495
UTS Thompson, polished oak.. 495
MS Sehroeler flros., pol. mah. 435
H7S Wood & Son, dull oak.... 495
ST5 Srhroeder llros fum. oak 395
S7S Schroeder Bros., dull mah. 435
TOO Singer, polished oak 495
700 Singer, dull oak 495
IOSO Singer player piano 750
IOSO Singer player, dull walnut 750
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Poo Mendenhall player. mah..S595
PSO Thompson p:ay., dull oak. t9
UTS Wood A Sons, dull oak...
UTS Thompson, dull walnut...
TOO, Reed A Son, polished oak.
UTS Wood A Sons, dull oak...
SOS Thompson, fumed oak....
TOO Heed A Son, polished oak.
POO Mendenhall player, oak..
SO Thompson, Mull oak
PSO Thompson player, pol. oak
OISS Thompson, mahogany....
PSO Thompson player, pol. oak
OTS Wood A Sons, polish, oak
UTS Wood A Sons, polish, oak
STS Sehroeder Bros., fum. oak
STS Sehroeder Bros., fum. oak
UTS Wood A Sons, pol. mahog.
UTS Wood A Sons, dull mahog.
UTS Wood A Sons, dull mahog.
USO Thompson, dull walnut...
so Thompson, polish, walnut
lOOO Kraril-l,on(ln dl. ac. harp
Factory Rebuilt and l aed
POO Stelnwa-r- A Sons, pol. ma.
UOO Hobart M. Cable, fan. ma.
HOO Kranleh A Bneh, gol. oak
TOO t'onover, golden oak
OOO Steinway A Sons, rosew'd
SO singer, large mahogany..
SOO Steger, mission oak
OSO Singer, massive colonial..
SSO Khersole, modern mahog.
1-s also a
Stegergrand
in upright
form and a
most won
derful nat
ural player
piano "The
Wonder of
the A g e."
Sale price
S862
$100 cash.
Zo monthly.
SUI ,
495
395
495
495
435
495
595
435
712
468
712
495
495
395
395
495
495
495
468
468
650
435
395
365
315
345
315
435
435
365
I OOO Kimball, fancy mahogany $49
4TS Davis A Son, ebony 24
STS Davis A Son, dull oak ... . 39
PSO Thompson player, mahog. 59
PSO Thompson player, pol. ma. 49
4SO Bradbury, square piano.. 9
4TS II si let A Davis, rosewood 23
4SO HnllefA Davis, rosewood 19
PSO Thompson player 5!
2SO i'ollnrd A C'ollard, walnut 6
2TS H. ilord, rosewood 7
4SO Dunham, walnut 26
SSO stark A Co., mahogany.. 34
IOSO Singer player, dull walnut 69
OSO Automatic Music Co 16
SOO Steger A Sons. flem. oak. 49
4PS .Newhy A Kvans, walnut. . 29
1TSO Berrywood Orchestrion . . 59
4SO Winterroth. mahogany... 26
lOOO N'. Y. Pianoforte con. gr. 29
4TS Bans Piano Co., oak 34
.IS ;uitar 1
TS Wnshhurn guitar 4
JIS to SO Cash, fU. $ lO to f'- Month
PARLOR OROANS
at a fraction of their original eoat.
I 1.1S Western Cottage, mirror. $
too tirent Western, tilgn top. ;a
1 SO Clongh A Warren, mirror. 4
1S Storey A Clark, fancy. A
OS Senr A Rorhlick. '-
ITS Kimball, 6 Oct., large
ISO Schoenlnger, chapel 4
lO Cash, 9S Monthly
S. BEXSON ADDRESSING ASSEMBLAGE AT CHACTAIQ.UA PARK. .
Citizens of Hood River turned out in force on Labor day to celebrate the completion of the Columbia river highway from Portland to that
city and to do honor to S. Benson, pioneer booster of the project. The programme opened with a basket picnic for 2500 persons at Chautauqua
park, where coffee was served from a rolling kitchen brought from Vancouver barracks for the occasion.
Mr. Benson was one of the speakers of the day and during his address complimented Hood River for voting the first state highway bond issue of
$75,000 in 1914, declaring that the amount, while not large, provided the Impetus greatly needed at that period in the history of the highway
project. Tribute was paid to others who have given material aid to good toads movements and who interested themselves in the scenic highway.
The programme included talks by Representative Sinnott, Samuel Hill of Washington, Judge Wilson of Mosier, Frank Terrace of King: county,
Washington; Edgax B. Piper. Anthony H. Euwer, Senator Chamberlain, and Dr. X L Howe.
CAVE C I Of! Tfl HM1Q 0V DCIlUf. VfillD flUM CAICCMAU The Schwan Piano Co. makes It easy for you to bI
OHIL iPIUU IU PtUU Ul ULIIIU IUUII Willi oni-LO!iinit and own a new. Improved quality piano by its orga
ized method of distribution. It considers as unnecessary, for instance, great numbers of city or traveling salesmf
nnH vnn honoYir hv tho fnii-ir inn. tn 35Z. M.vlnr-s We are not interested in vour name and address if our 25
lower (than local market) prices on new, and still lower prices on specials, factory rebuilt and used pianos do n
sell you
LIBERTY BONDS ACCEPTED SAME AS CASH -TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING ?r?tsT:LJ?u
truthfully named. Whv should pianos not have a price identity? Why should market values not be observe
Why should you pay inflated prices? Your old piano, organ or city lot taken in payment.
JnCU YflllB DlARm HV MAII Read, study ana compare our quamy, prices aim. ea.-x icniio, as ivn u;cu,
lUCri lUUn riHilU Ul NIHIL you will understand why we have thousands of mail-order buyers. We prep
freight and make delivery to your home within 200 miles, besides the piano will be shipped suDject to your approval a
subject to exchange within one year, we allowing full amount paid. This virtually gives you a one-year trial
the piano vou may order. Every piano or player-piano purcnasea carries wnn 11 ine otovan rmuu a ku.ho-i.i
of satisfaction; also the usual guarantee from the manufacturer.
101-103 Tenth St.
at Washington
and Stark Sta.
Schwan Piamo
Portlnn
Largest Ita
Dlstrlbuto
continued. Jena. Wuerzburg, Frei
berg and Heilbronn are among the
towns trying now to get along with
out trams. Attempts were made to
keep the lines going by radical in
creases in fares, butthe public, unable
to pay the price, took to walking.
Berlin and other large cities, wbere
streetcar traffic has fallen off alarm
ingly because of increased fares, are
facing the problem of reorganizing
the service, retaining only those lines
which are absolutely necessary . for
the accommodation of persons having
to travel long distances. Wagons and
cars brought out to give a lift to
pedestrians during recent strkies of
streetcar employes have indicated
which routes through Berlin are vital
for transportation.
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