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THB SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 18. 1923 FLAPPER'S BEAUTIFUL TEETH ADMIRED, BUT SMOKING SO MUCH ISN'T VERY NICE fit Would Interest Me Awfully to Know What Really Are Your Desires in Life and What Plans You ' May Be Formulating for Your Future,' Says Writer Eating, Drinking and Dancing Bit Monotonous. s BT ELINOR GLTN. COonyrtght, 1922, King Feature Syndi cate.) DEAR FLAPPERS: I think you heard a great number of nlca things concerning yourselves la toy last letter, so of coursa you im expecting today to hear 'what I dont like about you! Well, I don't like your smcktng aU the time, because I am so afraid tt ta going to stain those beautiful teeth, which I admire so much, and make the breath coming through tbos pretty red Jips not -very. nice to catch whiffs of to say nothing of upsetting digestions and un stringing nerves one or two after meala ought to be -enough don't yon think so? , : Then I flon't like the way-most of you I have seen stoop and slouch and lollop In your chairs, because by the time you -are 35 you will have iha outlines of -bid women the muscles all . stretched ' at t the side of the 'necks ; and -a ; thick, humpy look at the ' back of the shoulders. : I would prefer to make beauty last. If you are the least fat even now, viewed from behind, you appear rather elderJy in shape from the way you hold yourselves. .Then I do not think . you show a very strong sense of values. I think you are too careless about throwing things away which are very precious. ' And I don't-think you seem to be getting an adequate return for your squandering., -,' A great many of you appear to be killing time, not filling , the ' mo ments with something worth re membering, and others do not seem to be using their brains or educa tion for any definite end. It -would Interest me awfully to know what really are your desiras in life, and what plans you may be formulating for your future. Be cause ust eating and drinking and dancing and evading prohibition become awfully monotonous em ployments after a time. Is Gloria Gilbert in "Beautiful and Damned" really a moral por trait of & flapper? Or is she exag gerated? People tell me that there are hundreds like her. So let us take her for an object lesson even if she may be exag gerated. The thing which was the matter with her and which seems to be the matter with some of you i was that she did not know what she wanted, beyond a general aim to express the ego she had no goal, social, political, spiritual or mental. She drifted along without 4noral fiber enough to preserve the thing she valued most her beauty. Now, flappers, -I want .you to Vemerober that nothing stands still It retards or advancesfor if etrophy seta in that -would mean death. So I would like each one of you who reads this to ask yourself iwnat ehe really wants, and then When she has decided that question to eo for it heart and soul using Intelligence so that she does not sidetrack, and in her desire to ex press her own personality lose eight, of the aim she had" in view. - Every wasted day Is-one 12 hours further away from that divine thing, youth. and one step nearer xau raro in attaining the hearfa desre. tt it is the love ind respect of roan -which is the aim, then employ the Cteht means to secure these things. Make yourselves physically at tractive to the creaturesl .pleasing heir eyes with just enough to ex cite their admiration and curiosity. but not surfeiting them and making; beauty too cheap. . Donft be egotistical, talking about yourselves all the time and Imposing- your personalities regardless as to whether the men seem to like Chat or no. Ask yourselves, "Do I seally want to gain the love of this man" ("boy" is how you probably msmm. Elinor Glynn. rthink- of -him here!)' "or. would- I rather express my .own self with the risk of losing him?" - If you feel you prefer to express yourself, Just as you did before, then you can know you do not really want the boy, and. you had better stick to the" thing which gives you the most pleasure, I.' e., being ego tistical. - . ,- If you drink too many cocktails, your beauty will only last a short time, and that fresh look of cleanli ness and spruceness which is' now your great charm, and which was Gloria Gilbert's, will depart, and in a year or two you will be like her. Do you remember the last words describing her, on the ship? "She seems sort of- dyed and unclean, if you know what-1 mean." 1 Flappers, when the second trays of cocktails come round, just think to your selves, "one step nearer becoming physically disgusting and losing at traction." . , Then if 'your aim really is to hold an empire over men, with your beauty you will refuse that stupid drink. Only fools would fray ropes which are drawing their heart's desire to them! And Flappers, you are not really fools even though you try to make people think that you are. Perhaps you have not been aroused to think? And that Is what I want to do for you make you use your own intelligent brains - and weigh, up Just what is worth while and what is not. It is certainly not worth while to smoke eo much that your breath smells nasty andi you lose your freshness, and In a year or two or toy the (time that you are 30 at least that - yoa will ? have - a nervous breakdown. ' It is certainly not worth wnile to drink whisky-rand cocktails - to such am extent that sometimes you are not quite sure what you are saying or doing, and -next May you have a horrid) headache and your eyes look ell bulgy or bunged upland in short your delicloueness Is impaired. It 'is not worth while for you to make yourselves so cheap with pro miscuous caresses that your boys chat about you to each other, and you gain the reputation of being- an easy conquest. - . . For there is one sad thing about aH new civilizations which are with out long- tradltaone and America has not escaped hi the cities the young men do- talk about . women and tell of the favors they have re ceived. In France the duel still closes mouths, and In England the thing not being what we call "cricket," and the tradition of good taste and chivalry having heen hammered into them for hundreds of years, etill holds the subconscious minds of men, and it is considered absolutely caddish and ungentlemanly ever to speak, of women. And those men who do so are de spised of their class. But here I know by what the young men in geniously prattle about that - there can be no such standard, and there fore Doris and Alma and Same. who give too generously on the way home from dances, become bywords and jokes. . And to be held cheap and to be Joked about is certainly not worth while. It is not worth while to pass aimless days, so that at the end of each week there are .no achieve ments to remember, just a silly round of futile pursuits, which have left-you tired perhaps, and one step nearer being completely blase. ' And Flappers, that is the most awful state to contemplate r that state of everything having been gone through, and that -.there is no more excitement or Interest in the future to look forward to. Au revoir I Tour friend." ' HISTORIC RANCH : SOLD "Okanogan" Smith's - Home, on Osoyoos Lake Brings $50,000. ' ORO'vTLLE, Wash!, June 17. The historic "Okanogan" Smith ranch on Osoyoos lake, near here, said to con tain apple trses that are still pro ducing, although between 62 and 65 years old, has been sold to C. B. Chamberlain of Moslem for $50,000. The new owner plans to retain 60 acres of the farm for a home and cut the remainder into small tracts for sale. Hiram F. Smith, later known as "Okanogan" Smith, located on the ranch in 1854. : He was- one of the first white settlers In this territory, and represented this district in the territorial legislature of 1866 and 1868. On his return from one -of these sessions he brought a number of apple trees with him on horse back and planted them near the shores of Osoyoos lake. These trees have since grown to Immense size, with a great spread of limbs. This spring they were veritable masses of blossoms, indicating that they will produce a heavy crop. They are said to be some of the oldest apple trees ini the state. SCENARIO CONTEST OPEN Lumberman, to Provide Material tor One-Act Play.- SPOKANE, Wash., June 17. To secure suitable material for a one act play to be produced by lumber men, with lumbermen for actors, at the Western Retail Lumbermen's association convention to be held in Spokane in February', 1923, a. scenario writing contest for lumber men is being sponsored by the Elkad Elko club. . . Only members of this lumbermen's club are eligible for the contest Manuscripts may be in any form. as tne committee intends to com bine the best material from all man uscripts for use in the production. The cast will be selected next fall Cash prizes will be given the ama teur scenarists. - Cautious Debater Dodges. Judge. "Why don't 'you reform? The women are out to make the world better." "I'm the raw material." - Powers Powers The "Brunswick" A Most Wonderful Gift for June Brides, Wives and Girl Graduates Illustrating a Model at $150 $15.00 Cash-SlO OO a Month Can you think of a more appropriate gift for the June bride, the wife or the girl- graduate than the nationally known Brunswick? It is a gift worth while and will live, throughout the years. We show the Brunswick in all the different models and render a distinct service with every machine we sell that insures continuous and lasting satisfaction. Remember', there are bo- interest charges whatever when you buy a Brunswick at Powers'. No Interest TP QUALITY FIRST No Interest This is a time when everyone is interested in prices and in the value every dollar invested actually secures. Our Rose Festival Sale prices are far lower than those of a year ago, right through every depart ment in the store. Rose Festival days are days of real bargains here. Hundreds of furniture pieces and rugs, as.welf as many, other items carry special price tags showing most unusual reductions. Festival visitors are" specially invited to share in the savings this sale presents . and to make this store their headquarters while in the city.. We Pay the Purchases Made DuringThis Rose Festival Sale WillBe Prepaid to A ny Railroad Station Within a Radius of One Hundred Miles Festival Sale of Floor Go veririgs Wj would like to "tell you of all the big floor covering specials we have to offer, but space allows the mention of only a few.. $25.00 heavy reversible wool and fiber rugs in plain and figured patterns, (PO" C - size 8-3x10-6, ion. . D.UJ $35 9x12 seamless Brussels rugs, (POQ QE choice of 20 differentrpatterns, at O0e) - $27.50 plain or figured reversible (POQ wool and fiber rugs, size 9x12, at DiDUtl 12 patterns 8-3x10-6 extra heavy (PEQ CK seamless velvet rugs, fringed ends 25 patterns of extra heavy 9x12 seamless velvet rugs, fringed ends Special Carpets A large new showing of velvet hall (PO and stair carpets, yd., $2, $2.25 and 3Ai.rO Heavy grade Axminster carpets at (PO QK $2.65, $2.75 and ................. . D.te) Linoleums The best grade of printed linoleums (PI OK ' at, square yard, $1.15 and. iol-tO 55 choice patterns of inlaid linoleum (PQ rwjr ; priced at $1.65, $1.75, $1.85 and iDO.iO linoleum rugs in all sizes. - - ft- :" . - a High Lights of J Rose Festival Events CORONATION DAY 1 Tuesday, June 20 - - 11 :30 A. M. Arrival by Royal Barge of Queen and . I Royal party. Landing and reception . f ceremonies Belmont-street quay. 1 2:30 P.M. Coronation ceremonies at Laurel- hurst Park. " , " i - 4:15 P. M. Official opening of rose show at Ar- S mory. ' -S , 5:00 P.M. Queen Harriet officially opens fes- tival center. . . '-" - REGATTA DAY ... Wednesday, June 21 C 1:30 P.M. On Willamette river, boat races and H 9:00 P. M. Admiral's ball, Multnomah hotel. , .. .ARMY AND NAVY DAY Thursday, June 22 ' - S 1:30 P.M. Multnomah field. Gymkana, Army j r versus Navy. ' . G 8 :15 P. M. Spectacular fireworks, baseball park, Ij Twenty-fourth and Vaughn. 6 9:00 P.M. Rosarian ball to the Queen, Cotillion hall, Fourteenth and Washington. GRAND FLORAL PARADE Friday, June 23 1 :30 P. M. Grand Floral Street Parade. , fj 7:00 P.M. Grand Carnival Ball at the Armory. . Whitney-Boys' Chorus, Multnomah field, Friday 8 P. M., Saturday 8 P. M. and ,Sun- I? ' day 3 P. M, ' . - 1 The Kiddies Have Not Been Forgotten in This Sale " Things for their comfort as well as for their pleasure have been listed in this big Rose Festival Sale. . $2.35 children's cane chairs priced QQp special at IOi $7.75 reclining back folding sulkies K OK priced special at DO00 $9.75 rubber-tired truss frame ve- Of? locipedes for DfJtOJ $16.50 agner farm wagons with. I1 Q QH , steel wheels, at. ........ , DlOI U Child's wood cribs in ivory, with PQ f7(r sliding sides, at. ibOiiO $39.50 reed carriages in ivory CJQO CA enamel, special at DOOtll Double bar truss fork bicycles, K( equipped with Morrow brake, at I tdU Specials From the Drapery Store Nobby chintz in eight different patterns and colors, very desirable for house dresses and aprons as- well as for bed sets, spe- yQp cial, the yard rr7C $2.85 figured madras, 50 inches, (PO 1 J? largely used for over-drapes, yard tDJ-Li) Cretonne and duplex Terry cloth in foliage,' oriental and tapestry patterns, yard, 9Q from $2.75 down to 0C Craft nets and laces in white, cream and ecru," width 36 to 40 inches, priced Rfn 'from $2.25 down to OVL -..-V ".-.'" " ' . . I A Special Offering of Upholstered Uving-Room Pieces The items listed below are merely an index to values you may ex pect in upholstered living room furniture during this" sabJ. Many other pieces are priced equally as low. Overstuffed Tapestry Rockers. . .$26.75 Large Tapestry Arm Chairs or Rockers; at ... ................ . .$69.75 Overstuffed Tapestry Davenp'ts $69.50. Extra large Davenports with ' spring arms at...; $123.75 $141.00 Overstuffed Davenports in silk tapestry tor , na.uu Davenports in Baker velour for $137.00 Overstuffed Davenports in silk tapestry at ..... $148.50 " $300.00 Two-piece Karpen Cane Suite. .$174.50 $ 34.50 $118.00 $98.00 $161.00 $182.00 $225.00 Dining Tables Just a Few of the Special Priced Ones: v $28.50 oak pedestal dining table priced spe- (POO HZ cial at wiLkl O $42.50 oblong dining tables, 42 x 48, finished flQQ Cfl Amer. walnut.. tDOO.tlU $53.75 William and Mary dining tables, QQQ CO finished walnut tDOtiU $57.50 Queen Anne dining table in mahog- (P A A f7? any for D'x' i O $85.00 William and Mary walnut dining (P J Q tJPL tables for tDl. I O Save Largely on Chamber Furniture This sale offersmany wanted things in chamber pieces of all grades. We are able to list only a few of the items here: - . $ 46.50 $ 39.50 $ 73.50 $ 65.00 $131.00 $ 95.00 $ 96.00 $167.50 Ivory Period Chifferettes f or v .$31.75 Period Wood Beds in ivory for.' . ."$23.75 Ivory Queen Anne Dressers for. .$49.50 Semi-Vanity Dressers in ivory r. .$39.75 Gray Enamel Vanity Dressers at $74.75 Ivory Cane Panel Twin Beds, ea. $65.00 Walnut Vanity Period Dressers. .$54.75 Large Period Dresser in walnut. .$97.50 Library and Davenport Tables Reg. $32.75 oak library tables priced (POC QC special at '. 30.0tl Regular $S0.00 Jacobean library tables (POO Qft priced! special at DAtVJ $39.60 mahogany finished period library (COI-fl tables priced special at.... DOArtU $51X0 Queen Anne mahogany daven- (POQ KA port tables priced special at. ........ . DOOiU $76.00 period library tables in mahog- (PJ4 any priced special at PTri I O Wicker Furniture Beautiful living-Room Pieces in Upholstered Reed and Fiber at Lower-Than-Ever-Prices In this special offering, which -comprises some fifty pieces, are tables, chairs, rockers, chaise lounges, lamps and desks in both the frosted brown and ivory finishes. The seating pieces are upholstered' in both cretonne and tapestry. , A Clearance of . Sample Buffets Regular $55.00 quartered oak buffets (I A O 1 K priced special at DtO AO Regular $52.50 Queen Anne buffets in (PQQ walnut finish priced at. .... i 50 I u Regular $140 walnut wood back 'period (PQfT AA buffets priced special at DOOUU Regular $49.50 quartered oak colonial (PQQ Af buffets priced special at tDOOU Regular $175 walnut Queen Anne (PI 1 K ff buffets, large size, special tDAlD.UU Mahogany Finished Davenport End Tables $6.85 The kind we" sell regularly for $11. Tables in the mahogany finish, with book trough and molded top that fit up nicely to the end of davenport. - , $24.85 . Windsor Rockers $13.85 Pretty Windsor arm rockers, finished mahog any, that are so desirable for living room use. Comfortable, well finished and well worth the original price. '