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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1922)
ma J. " 3 '-at'iiiiarv 'h-i-Wt - .y" j i ": !r THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. DECEMBER If, 1923 d Gifts B eautifu) Yet Practical ' 0 HE six fleeting days that remain before Christmas will be busy ones indeed for YOU the gift seeker. It will be necessary for you, if you in O tend to complete your shopping, to make every second of the coming week count. Our store is uniquely equipped to save you time because it en ables you to fill practically all your Christmas wants under one roof. Further, it permits you to realize one of your favorite ideals in gift giving the happy union of the beautiful and the practical in a single gift. In books, stationery, kodaks, fountain pens, educational toys and games and in the many other lines we offer you THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE, as a moment's reflection will convince. (Sift anb grt ijoptattonerp Suggestions Lovely things ! Beautiful things ! Things that will carry the joy of Christmas through the year yes, and through the years. A few of the many gift suggestions are listed below. 4 Ladies' Handbags and Purses This selection of bags is representative of the very latest styles now in vogue on Fifth Avenue. There is a large variety of them in pin seal, cobra, morocco and calf. One set of bags special at $2.98. Another large assortment at $2.13. . Suggestions in Leather . Goods for Men CIGARETTE CASES At last a cigarette case for Camels and Lucky Strike packages. $3.00 to $5.00. BILL FOLDS. A most acceptable gift for any man in seal, pin seal, morocco, pigskin and cobra. With or without gold mountings. From $2.50 to 110.00. PURSES Seal, pin seal, morocco, pigskin and deerskin. 76 cents to $3.00. DRESSING CASES Cases are completely fitted and extremely handy. Prices vary from $5.00 to $25.00. Second Floor. Artistic Gifts in Hand-Wrought Ware Among the various novelties In this attractive -ware are candlesticks, flower bowls and vases. They make Ideal gifts for the home. Hispano Moresque Lustre Pottery Included are vases, flower bowls, flower baskets, bud vases, candlesticks, etc., in the popular radiant colors. Second Floor. Greeting Cards Fountain Pens Buxton Key Cases Book Ends HAMMERED COPPER AND BRASS BOOK ENDS in very artistio conventional designs. Priced at $3.00 and $5.00 per pair. BRONZE BOOK ENDS, inlaid with sterling silver. At tractive designs, $5.00 to $7.50. HEAVY BRONZE BOOK ENDS, with quotations from Emerson, Wnittier, Wordsworth, Holmes, Shakespeare and Dickens, $6.00 per pair. Tou will find also a wide variety of popular designs, including Indians, Joan d'Arc. the Discus Thrower, the Student, Lion of Lucerne, Buddha, Tujr of War, the Gleaners. All moderately priced. WOODEN BLOCKS, attractively designed with hand carved polychrome effect. $5.00 perpair. Gift Mottoes and Calendars There is a peculiar significance attached to the gift of a calendar or a motto. Associated with this gift the memory of the sender lingers in the mind of the one who receives it. Fifty -Two Page Book Calendars DODGE'S popular priced gift calendar will appeal to many. Included are: Calendar of Sunshine. Friendship, The Sunlit Road. The Biuiucu Man's Calen- Cheer. dar. Each . SO Cents. VOLLASiD'S ever popular line includes this year:, fnlendar of Dinner. Calendar of Entertainments. Calendar of Salads. The Happy-Thought ( alen- Culendar of Snndwichea dar, Each 75 Cents. ' and Beverages. Mottoes We are offering a wide variety of quotations from various authors. These mottoes are hand-decorated on parchment. They are attractively framed and appro priate aentimenta will be found to suit every taste. Second Floor. Candlesticks A gift of beauty which enhances the appearance of any room. Our assortment is large and there is a great variety of prices. These candlesticks can be obtained in bronze, brass and polychrome. , . Our tables are full to overflowing with the. leading manufacturers' brands of greeting cards. A thousand different sentiments for a thousand different tastes. Surely you will find the card you want here. Stationery Suggestions Crane's Linen Lawn, two-quire gift box $2.00 Crane's Early Georgian, two-quire gift box $2.00 Crane's Linen Lawn, three-quire gift box, with gold edge cards $5.00 Eaton's Highland Linen, Scotch gray, gold deckle edge, two-quire box . $4.00 Crane's Gift Cabinets $5.00, $7.50. $8.00, $9.00 Highland Linen, white or in colors, one-quire box.... 75c Second Floor. Ever sharp Pencils " Red. blue or black fin- Sterling hand en- ish, with clips $ .65 graved, with clip or S i 1 v e r - plated, with rin ts no clip or ring $1.00 rlnB' "" s,'u Triple plated, with Eversharp pencil and SteC?ng?hS-ciip-of,1-7a P ring . .....$3 00 Plush boxes, engine Gold plate'd with clip" turned and hand- or ring $3.50 engraved $5.75 to $13.00 Artificial Fruit We are showing this year what is, without question, the most realistic artificial fruit that has ever been shown in Portland and we are showing it exclusively. Peaches, pears, plums, bananas, grapes, apples and oranges. These fruit pieces are unbreakable and ex tremely durable. They are very reasonably priced. Second Floor. PoofesMfje perfect 6ift There is a peculiar dignity attached to the gift of a book that is in no way affected by its price. Once a luxury a possession possible but to a limited few books are today available to every man and have become a necessity to all who would keep abreast with the swiftly moving tide of international events. What ideal gifts are books ! Every sentiment you may desire to express can be found in a book and ihe book can be found in our stock. Books by Oregon A uthoirs "The mason builds to penciled plan The dreamer just with thoughts." The writers of Oregon are building squarely an endur ing monument to the honor and fame of this great state. May we suggest that, when buying Christmas gifts for friends, that you consider the books by Oregon authors? This list is by no means complete, but will give you some idea of what you may see when you come in: THe New Novels Make your selection from ; the following list of best selling and most meritorious new fiction of 1922:' Captain Blood Rafael ' Sabatlni. The Cathedral Hugh Wal pole. The Judge Recca West. Three Lovers Frank Swinnerton. The Vehement Flame Mar garet Deland. Flowing Gold Rex Beach. Babbitt Sinclair Lewis. Rough-Hewn Dorothy Canfield. Simon Called Peter Rob ert Keable. Fair Harbor Joseph C. Lincoln. Carnac's Folly Sir Gil bert Parker. The Country Beyond Jame.s Oliver Curwood. Joanna Godden Sheila Kaye-Smith. The Breaking Point Mary Roberts Rinehart. Where the Blue Begins Christopher Morley. This Freedom A. S. M. Hutchinson. The Chain Charles Han son Towne. Glimpses of the Moon Edith Wharton. One of Ours Wllla, Cather. Clair deLune Anthony Pryde. The Shadow of the East E. M. Hull. Peregrine's Progress Jeffrey Farnol. Four Square Grace S. Richmond. Cappy Ricks Retires Peter B. Kyne. To the Last Man Zane Grey. Some Recent Books of Travel Worth-while gifts for men and for women. Delight ful armchair journeys to other lands' and to distant parts of our own land. Atolls of the Sun Frederick O'Brien. Loafing Down Long Island Charles Hanson Towne. Down the Yellowstone Lewis R. Freeman. Tahiti Geo. Calderson. Mystic Isles of the South Seas Frederick O'Brien. Roaming Through the West Indies Harry A. Franck. Aloha Carl Vogel. The Car That Went Abroad Albert Bigelow Paine. i Notable New Biographies , Essays, Memoirs and Books of Travel The LetterB of Franklin K. Lane. Glimpses of Authora, by ' Carolyn Tlcknor. George Washington, by Wm. Roscoe Thayer. The Real Lincoln, by Jesse K. Weik. Under Four Administra tions by Oscar S. Straus. Memoirs of a Hostess, by , M. A. DeWolfe Howe. . Life and Letters of Walter . H. Page, by Burton J. Hendrick. We carry the leading standard makes, including Waterman, Conklin, Swan, Moore and Parker Duofold. Prices range from $2.50 to $8.00. There is a particular virtue in buying a fountain pen from us because - our repair department is the most completely equipped in the northwest. Sterling and gold-mounted pens, with gold bands, $3.50 to $14.00. Sterling silver mounted,- $5.00 to $10.00. Gold-filled mounted, $6.00 to $12.00. Initials engraved without charge on all gold or Bterling mounted pens or pencils. Names stamped In gold on all pens without charge. v - Kodaks Two-way Brownie, takes pictures ZtexiH 3.50 Vest-Pocket Kodak, takes pictures 1H2 $ 6.50 1-A Folding Pocket Kodak, takes pictures 2 Hx4U..$13.60 3-A Folding Pocket Kodak, takes pictures 3Vtx55..$22.50 First Floor. Remington Portable Typewriter It is the most complete of all portable typewriters, has the STANDARD KEYBOARD and all the familiar features of the big machines. Price, complete with sub stantial case, $60.00. Liberal terms if desired. Third Floor. Apartment Sectional Bookcases The Globe-Wernicke Apartment Seetlonal Bookcase ' make an excellent Christmas gift. They allow your library to expand at will and there la always a place for your overflow of books. They are things of beauty as well as of service and the prices are moderate. Third Floor. Toys, Dolls and Games Here is the Toy Paradise.-All the toys you have been thinking about since last Santa time will say "Hello" to you if you will come in here some day and look at them. Bring your mother and father along, too, so that they will know how to tell - Santa what you want. Better hurry up, though, because the jolly old fellow will be along before you know it. Mamma - Voiced Dolls Another big shipment of these popular walking, mamma -voiced dolls has just arrived. This doll is cotton stuffed, has shoes and stockings, rompers tied with bow ribbon, white collar and cuffs, hat to match suit. Very hard to break head and hands. Has a real mamma voice and is 16 inches tall. Only $2.75. Another Big Doll Special This doll has teeth, moving eyes, curly hair, fancy trimmed dress, straw hat trimmed with feather, 'Shoes and stockings. One each in lace trimmed box. This doll is H inches tall. Very special at 29 cents. Mechanical and Electric Train Accessories You can add just a little more pleasure to your boy's Christmas morning by adding to hia electric or mechanical train set tome one of the following items: Extra cars, engines, tenders, track, stations, bridges,, signals, etc. Our stock is complete. New Mechanical Train Another train has Just pulled into Toyland and is a great value. , It has an engine, tender, passenger car and four pieces of curved track. Special at 70 cents. t Christmas Tree Ornaments Our showing of domestic and im ported Christmas tree ornaments is now most complete. Beautiful hand decorated, glass balls in varying sizes and elaborate colors. Also f lass beads, tinsel, red bells and ancy garlands, Christmas candles, candle-holders and holly boxes. Al most every size imaginable. REMOVAL SALE The removal sale in toys, as well as in all other departments is still in progress and offers many striking values at this the gift-giving season. Particu larly interesting is the Remov al Bargain Counter, which con tains hundreds of Christmas bar gains in toys, dolls and games some of them slightly shopworn, others less so. but all great val ues at a mere fraction of the or iginal selling price. Something Different for the Little Girls' Christmas Triple puzzle and-stand-up toys. Consists of doll's playhouse in yard surrounded with imitation stone wall and high arch gates, little white tent with clown and perform ing animals; also farmyard animals consisting of cows, dogs, geese and sheep: also trees and a little boy with his favorite dog. All put up in a neat box for only $1.48. Thirteen Piece Toy Aluminum Set Most attTaetively put up in gift box. Per eet 49 cents. - ; Blackboards This board has a revolving chart of 12 lessons. It drops down In front and has partitions for sta tionery, chalk, erasers, etc. Size of board 20 H inches wide and 40 inches high. Each fft.00. Other sizes at 83.50, S4.25 and S6.00 each. In Our Engineering Department You Will Find a Large Assortment of Drawing Instrument Sets. Water-Color Outfits. Oll-Color Outfits. Steel Measuring Tapes. Calculating Rules. . Pencil Outfits. First Floor. Keeps your keys "neatly arranged and preverits them from "wearing holes in your pocket. ( A gift any man will appreciate. First Floor. Iff jtiiiiiiiiEiiiiiiiiiiifi iiitiiiiiiiiiiiu iiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinz f The J. K. Gil! Co. I 1 Third and Alder Streets rTiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Iff. Fiction The Bridge of the Gods , Frederic Balch. McLaughlin and Old Ore gon Eva Emery Dye. The Conquest Eva Emery Dye. History, Memoirs, Descriptive, Etc. Happy Valley Anne Shan non Monroe. The Skyline of Spruce Edison Marshall. The Husband Test Mary Carolyn Davies. Oregon, Her History, Her Literature, iter Great " Men John B. Horner. The Columbia, America's Greatest Highway Sam uel C. Lancaster. Poetry Homespun Grace E. Hall. The aolden-Gated West Sam Simpson. Curtains Hazel Hall. Rhymes of Our Valley- Anthony Euwer. History of Oregon (author's edition) unas. ti. uarey. Let 'Er Buck Chaa. Wel lington Furlong. A Homesteader's Portfolio Alice Day Pratt. I Pastels and Silhouettes Mable Holmes Parsons. The Little Days Frances Gill. Youth Riding Mary Caro lyn Davies. Books of Humor for Gifts The So-Called Human Race ' Bert Leston Taylor. Love Conquers All Robert C. Benckley. Rollo in Society George S. Cbappel. A Guide to Men Helen Rolland. Little Rays of Moonehine A. P. Herbert. Sara Slick's Diary Stephen C. Noland. This Giddy Globe Oliver Herford. Tramping on Life, by Harry Kemp. The Kaiser's Memoirs, by ; Wm. Hohenzollern. The Americanization of Edward Bok. "Upstream," by Ludwig Lewisohn. The Print of My Remem brances, by Augustus Thomas. Young Boswell.byChauncey B. Tinker. Indiscretions of Lady Susan Townley. Perfect Behavior Donald Ogden Stewart. My Northern Exposure," Kawa at the Pole Walter E. Traprock. Cruise of the Kawa, Wan derings in the South Seas Waiter E. Traprock. The Joy Book Bill John- - son. A Parody Outline of His tory Donald Ogden Stewart. If Winter Don't Barry Pain. .. ' . The Poets a Reminder Choice gifts. A great variety of volumes sumptuously bound in leather or in plain substantial cloth: Longfellow. Shelley. Whlttler. Wordsworth. Tennyson. Robert Browning. Scott. Elizabeth Barret Bfrowningr. Byron. James Whitcomb Riley. Overheard in the Boys' and Girls' Own Bookshop ". . . . . It came out this year in this beautiful 'edition to celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday." "Twenty fifth? No!" " Y-e-s, but is that too long? It seems just yesterdav mother gave me mine for Christmas. I remember nothing else. I got. I no sooner finished than I began all over again. All the kids in our neighborhood borrowed and read it. I've got It yet battered and broken, but I would not trade it not even for the newest one of these new editions beautiful as it is. Caroline is entitled to a fresh copy, though, and Master Skylark' is one I'd like her to have in a fine edition." In our etock you will find the books that stirred you, some of them, as in the case of "Master Skylark," in artistic new dress. You will also find books later than your day, but which YOUR children will thrill over and treasure in their hearts to pass on to THEIR children. We have the best of the old and the new. We can say that with all modesty, because they have been recom mended by eome of the finest men and women in the country, men and women trained in the observation of . children, educators, librarians. In this choice of books offered you and In the service given in helping you to make your selection, we en deavor to work out in a practical way our ideal of Not Just A Book, but THE Right Book. We suggest the following books for your Christmas giving. Among the old: . Master Skylark Bennett. The Black Arrow, by Stev son. Toe Wonder Book, by Hawthorne. Alloy's Adventures in Won derland, by Carroll. Moby Dick, by Melville. Stories by Mr. Molesworth. The Last of the Mohicans, by Cooper. The Princess and the Gob lln, by MacDonald. The Blue Fniry Book, by Lang. Bans Brinker or the Sliver Skates, by Dodge. A FEW OF" THE 3VEW. The Well in the Wood, by Taylor. Treasure Things, by Wynne. , Kelneth, by Abbott. Black beard Buccaneer, by Paine. Dusty Star, by Baker. The Mutineers, by Hawei; The Trail of the Spanish Horse, by Sehultz. . Masters of the Guild, by Lamprey. Wild Heart, by Squier. The Story of Mankind, by Van Loon. . Religious Gift Books A Few Timely Suggestions From Our Large Stoekt The Christian's Secret of Happy Life Hannah Whitall Smith. The Meaning of Faith Harry Emereon Fosdick. On the Rim of the World J. Patterson-Smyth. Tarbell's Teachers' Guide for 1923. Peloubet's Notes for 1923. Oxford Bibles and Testaments, witb or without reference helps, concordance, etc. Nelson Bibles and Testaments, small books with large type, American Standard or King James' Version. Some Charming Little Books for Gifts1 Choice but inexpeneive books breathing the Christmas soirit. the soirit of inspiration for tho eomine year: as a Man i ninKetn James Allen. The Book of Good Cheer. The Story of the Other Wise Man Van Dyke. Friendship. Dreams Olive Schreiner. The Greatest Thing In the World Drummond. Out From the Heart James Allen. Personal Service in Book Buying . s It is a satisfaction to book-lovers to have the serv ice of experienced book people. Especially this is true, of service or information desired by telephone. It is with pleasure that we call the attention of those who may wish to do telephone purchasing these cold days to our experienced book salespeople who will be happy o. have you telephone them for personal service. 17 JT 4 Ah .JS" V X - V If- it ' III "t a ft ii ms&sr'sr mA 0 &2zr vn Jk u - ta uuu w igT