The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 25, 1907, Image 45

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Newspaper Page Text" V SECTION mh I . ,: J ' ;i I PAGES. 4S TO 52 llGllSII BOOR PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1007. SLAPS AMERICA Cosmo Hamilton Declares People of United States Are Eeally Niggers. HAKES FOOL OF SELF TRYING TO BE WITTY j Author Explains That. He Means They Like Drama, Noise, Brass Ragtime, Melodrama and Are Not I CMJptd. t?T By Charles Odgsns. (Journal Bptctal Serrlce.) London. Aug". N. Cosmo Hamilton. the author of "Duke's Bon," and varl ous other novels and plays, has been riving his Impressions of Americans in London In a popular weekly Journal. He soes to the Savoy hotel, he says, to Study them. "It Is a very museum or curios," he writes, "and the Quaintest and most curious of them all hall rrom Columbia. It Is too delicious to watch these primeval and precocious creat ures the women In the most elaborate clothes and the men In the weira gar nuiii nf RrmutwAv t feedlnc time. Most of the women are ample, even lux- riant They have much the face and arms of rowing men. In a bland and child-like way they pretend to be bored or blase. They arreot wnat umy mi In to be the airs of English fashion able women and murmur peremptory lhlnn tn thalr menkind after tne man er of princesses In the novels of Amer ican writers. Ther ere very fond of inin nvnrh vnriii auch as 'gaasong, 'f rappe,' au grattang and 'Bflly,' and they made the use of a straw in a long class a thing .toractlce In private. Makes ol of KlmseU. Cosmo Hamilton Hias some little rep utation as a writer 01 wmy au .nnniiiifl thtnra. a man who Is al ways striving to scintillate runs great vialr of maJcinr a fool of himself. The truth of this statement Cosmo Hamil ton nrocHdi to demonstrate In this "They are really very kind, simple urniln tha Americans. I have met many 'during the season. They strike nna a. always trvlna very hard to be what they are not. I mean civilised. That Is what makes them so dellciously amusing. But for their color they are really nothing but niggers." That is something wnich nobody has ever said before. Ana to say eomo thin. whiAh nobodv has ever said be fore is what the professional smart man is ever striving after. But obviously the statement needs some explanation. "Tt nnnrli unkind, even horrible. adds Cosmo Hamilton, "but I mean It metaphorically, in the sense that they are affected and dominated by noise, color, ragtime airs, melodrama, drums I almost said tomtoms and brass. They frankly do not understand subtlety or aarraam Their humor la the humor of the nigger, and yet they are wonder fully hyper-prim in some of their na tions. They are, as far as my knowl edge of them goes and of cours I have met only the women who have become leaders of English society and their brothers Just unsophisticated na tives of a raw young country who firmly believe that they were the first Inhabi tants of the earth." Xs 8UI7 Bol The foregoing, presumably, Is a sam ple of what Cosmo Hamilton regards as "subtlety and sarcasm. it is simpiy illy rot But because Cosmo Hamilton writes it he gets paid probably as asuch as $16 a column for It. And the temp tation to write rot when you can get that price for It must be great. Still, calling Americans niggers 4s about the limit If Cosmo Hamilton has any regard for his health he will notwrepeat that observation In the hearing t any of them. It may pass muster as numor In England, but In America It Is classi fied as "fighting talk." The voice or tne souvenir nunicr m heard In the land, and simultaneously with the discovery that a Qaxton first edition of ' The Golden legend" la mys teriously missing from the Manchester rubllo library comes a pathetlo wail from the rector of Stoke Pogis. There a youth one or a pany ui mrec aiuci inan touristssucceeded, though hotly pursued by the aged caretaker, in car rying off a notice to visitors which hung In the churchyard. With their booty the entire party rode oft in triumph in their motor-car. As a tropny a notice to visitors to refrain from vandalism does not seem to be or particularly thrilling interest; out tne American wno arrives late In the season, wnen tne year's supplies of Van Dycks, Druldical remains ana ancestral nomes 01 uouiko Wa.ahln.rton are exhaustea, must De (lainntant. nrlth noorer (Ullt. TbWJs srenerally supposed that the "inter"fciw" Is an American Invention, but a S?ch literary Journal now as ?erts that It was a Frenchman who pub lshed the first interview. The inter felAWAr was Herault da Sechelles. th revolutionist, a new collected edition of whose works have Just appeared. His uhlent was Buff on. the areat - natural 1st: the date 1785. No single note of the modern newspaper Is lacking in it. Tt does not aDoear as an episode in book of travel, like the many "inter views" with Voltaire that figure in the relations of the voyages of eighteenth century grand tourists. The writer went to Montbard for no other purpose than to get his interview; he came dtmicht back to Paris and wrote it out, In the frank, flippant Journalistic style that Is now so popular. He ended his life on the guQlontine "a fact" one can picture Carlyle saying "significant of much. Oulda Poverty Stricken. Among literary people everywhere, of course, much sympathy is felt w.tth poor Oulda wno nas xauen into sucn c ta novertv la her old age. but in nM (writes a friend who lives there) opinions concerning her Vary. The tradesfolk to whom she owes a lot of money dwell on her shortcomings; the poor to whom she was rashly, generous have only words of praise for her. "Don't speak of her," said one of the former, "I was only a boy when she lived here, but her accounts with us are still unsettiea. l rememoer ner wen. ilhe was very handsome and she wore fine clothes, but in dreadful taste. There have often seen ner in ner carriage I have often seen her in her with one on eacn siae or ner, tneir greai haa4a rinse to her face and leaning for ward. She was always moving and Hved In anv number of houses here, She has brought everything on herself with gambling, aors ana arm. "There never was a kinder lady than Signorina Oulda," said a woman of the people, "she was the lady with the dogs who lived in the Palazso Mnngone In the Via del Seragll and was good to all anlmala-Jk Florence.' If anybody had a cat ojasRog or bird that was ill or old, orjiFthey were going away and didn't m what to do with their pets, they tJlld. I will take It to the Signorina Ouida. She will take care of if And when you took It she said always, Tes, I'll take your little bird, your dog or your eat She helped everybody and never tamed away a person or an ani mal that was in trouble and now , Dovsrlna, poverlna." Tho QOLDBN GAQLG The GOLDBN BAQLB Tho QOLDBN BAQUB GLASS AND CHINA WARE SAVE TN THH SALE. Here's a sale can fit out the tables in every home In Portland. We'd like for them all to be represented here tomorrow, win you come, or send some one from your home to see these bargains tomorrow? Thin blown Table Tumblers, 9-o. capacity, perfect clear glass, thin and delicate as a wafer, decorated in handsome engravings, three different styles to choose from. One a lace border, another wreath of clusters of grapes, the other an artistic norai aesign. Regular values $1.00 per dozen; special, Monday at ?Qr per set of six ' Limit six to a customer. CUSPIDORS. Tinted Cuspidors, good, serviceable ones, large size. Regular 35c value; special, Monday GLASS FRUIT AND SALAD BOWLS. Fancy cut glass patterns, fancy crimped edge; good 15c values; special, Monday at, each v TABLE SETS. 4-piece Glass Tea or Table Sets, consisting of 1 covered but ter dish, 1 covered sugar bowl, 1 cream pitcher and 1 spoon holder, full size pieces; handsome cut glass patterns, arusuc anapes, cn exceptional values 90c set; special, Monday at, set UJC 19c 9c STATIONERY SPECIALS 5c Note Tablets at y,4 5c Envelopes, Standard. .2 25c Fancy box Stationery, Q per box , 50c Postal Card Albums. 35c Postal Card Albums. 20c Crepe Paper Nap kins, per 100 .29 .191 9c MEN'S SHIRTS BARGAIN SALE GOLF SHIRTS. Men's Cheviot Shirts, extra pair cuffs, neat, light colored effects; sizes to 17; standard values 75c to $1.00; special, AQ Monday at, each Men's Negligee mercerised and plain Chambray Shirts, made with yokes, felled seams, silk stitched and pearl button finish; sizes liyt to 17. Furnishers ask $1.50 each; special, Qft Monday at fOQ The Premier Values Ever Offered the Man of Portland MEN'S-BOYS-YOUTHS' CLOTHING MEN'S SUITS SSWBflSKt $198 Thousands of Portland's good dressers of the male persuasion have learned by profitable experience that about fourth from that to half can always be saved here in buying men's and youths' clothing. Right now, however, the savings are more important than ever. In order to realize cash from our Dig stocks of men s apparel and boys we make again for Monday the following unprecedented bargain offers. Suits all bright, fresh, new and stylish. A few summer weights, but mostly new arrivals adapted for fall and coming winter 6 A AO wear; $12.00 suits pt.e70 In all the favored woolens, neat, dressy mixtures, splendidly tailored and made in master workman ship. Two and three-piece Suits, the values GA AO reach $12.00; special, Monday at PfwO YOUTHS' NEW FALL SUITS, f 3.TK. A swagger line, embracing over 300 Suits, all new fall weights, late arrivals; values in the lot dJO JC to $10.00; special, Monday only, at pJ.liJ BOYS' SUMMER WASH SUITS, 39 Neat, durable Wash Suits, ages 7 to 10 yrs values to $2.00: vour choice on Monday for Boys' Wash Pants, all sizes, pair 15 39c HOUSEFURNISBINGS A Quartet of Stirring Values $3.00 LACE CURTAINS, f 1.79. Nottingham Lace Curtains, point drapery pattern, zy yards long, 34 inches wide; regular d1 7Q value $3.00; special, the pair pi.fi $2.00 BED SPREADS, 91.49. Full size white Bed Spreads, Marseilles Pt-dt J A tern; regular value $2.00; special, each plate? 50c WINDOW SHADES, 29. 6-foot Opaque Window Shades; regular OA value 50c; special, each Tv. . m7C $1.50 COUCH COVERS, 98. Full size Roman stripe Couch Covers, fringe all around, 50 inches wide, 9 feet long; regular QQr value $1.50; special, each ?OL M " .'.,'', w - I Th QOLDBN BAQLB Thee QOLDBN BAOLD Tha QOLDBN BAOIJQ Hl Ate a MassledipffisiF ailini ley cits fcMay PORTLAND'S NEWEST and BEST DEPARTMENT STORE The OsTOE BLOCK afTA3LLr0tf 2KD TO ZSXK Same Goods for a Little Less Money Than Elsewhere THE LATE BANK FAILURE Places us, with thousands of others, in drastic and immediate need of "working funds." This store has ample capital, yet, like all others, none too much at certain seasons for buying needs. There isn't a store in the land but uses its entire working capital at this time, when buyers are in market providing for a new season. The suspension of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank places us in urgent need of immediate money for use NOW. A dollar now is worth a dollar and a half to two dollars later. Ample capital is forthcom ing to place this store in the front rank of Portland's mercantile institutions, but the present need must be satisfied at once, even though the sacrifice be pitiless. In order to realize $5,000 from Monday's sales we offer the following marvelous values. Shutting our eyes to all costs and present loss we shall place almost our en tire stock ON THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE FOR MONDAY BUYERS. A few examples of the reckless price-cutting are shown on this page. A short story, quickly told. Read it: IN LADIES' FURNISHINGS SPECIALLY PRICED IN MONDAY'S SALE. Little needa every woman has. Why not save by ffflinf 'era her on Monday in the sale? . HANDKERCHIEFS. Ladiea' fancy embroidered Swiss Cambric Handkerchlefa, hem stitched or scalloped edgea, beautiful openwork and shadow Ifl embroidery; values 25c and $5c; special, Monday .-l"C LADIES' BACK COMBS. 7 Ladles' shell and amber Back Combs, in neat and fancy mounted effects; brilliant stone and plated styles; values 75c and JO $1.00 each; special, Monday at, each .IOC' FANS. Ladies' fine rauxe Silk Fans, olain and fanrv. frnrat ic silk and spanarled atvles: values Q8c and t9. me special, Monday at, each f0C LADIES' COLLARS. Ladies' large siae Linen Collars, nlcelv embroidered, new mt styles and effects; value 50c; special Monday ZdC FANCY BRAIDS. ISO pieces fancy pure silk Triaimina Braida. all widths. In all etapie colorings; values up to 20c per yard; special, r Monday at, per yard .. . M.t 3C HAIR BRUSHES AND SCISSORS About half what youH pay regularly Sharp cuts in the prices, anywhere. Read: HAIR BRUSHES. 12 dozen Metallic Hair Brushes, solid ebonoid hack oia unaer 4?c eacn; special, Monday at, each SCISSORS. 500 solid steel 5 and 6-inch Nickel Plated Sclaaora. .. pair warranted 50c value; special, Monday at, per pair 15c 24c WERE BOMBARDING THE TOWN THE WAR IS ON I WE'RE AFTER TOE BIG TRUSTS And well have the scalp of the combine with their "gentlemen's agreement" dangling from our belt before the winter rains are over. If every carpet and rug buyer will visit this store before they purchase floor coverings, well absolutely guarantee to save them 25 per cent oh their rues, linoleums and carpets, and well agree to break up that infamoua ring who are bound by their "gentlemen's agreement" to keep up carpet prices and, incidentally, compel every housewife in town to pay the highest prices asked on the coast for house furnishings. Shop around, youll find the same prices everywhere on the same floor coverings, excepting here. That's "ring rule. We're not in the ring; our prices are at least a fourth less than any other store asks. Help us to smash the carpet trust, and thereby help yourself to save in fitting up your home. Here's a sample of the Golden Eagle's Carpet prices: In beautiful floral and oriental designs and medallion pat terns. Generous, splendid choosing, handsome floor cover ings and we cut the prices in two. Read: Art Squares, siae 9x9, an $8.00 value, QQ special at PJ70 Art Squares, sire 9x12, a $9.75 value, d J Of special at wIM. . .v4t0v Best Ingrain Art Squares $2.48 $2.98 Art Squares, size 6x9, a $5.00 value, special at Art Squares, size 734x9. a $6.00 value. special at BEDDING BARGAINS SAVINGS WORTO WHILE l $1.75 COTTON BLANKETS, fl.20. Extra size white cotton Blankets; regular 4 nn value $1.75; special pair .9 1 7 $2.00 COMFORTS, ? 1.49. Good size fancy covered Comforters, dark and light, clean cotton filled; regular value $2.00; JQ special, each pll! $1.25 FEATHER PILLOWS, 88. Extra heavy fancy tick covered Pillows, filled with good, clean goose and turkey feathers, mixed QQj weight; regular value $1.25; special ..OC 89c BLANKETS, 59. Good size gray and tan colored Blankets; regular 89c; special, pair 59c HOSIERY UNDERWEAR bargains naa, Why shouldn't people buy at these prices? The mills would ask you more for the gooda in case lota than you pay ua for single garments in this sale. BOYS HOSIERY. Boys' lxl and 2x1 ribbed, fast black, full regular made cotton Hosiery; extra double knees, soles. heels and toes; best quality "maco" yarn; sizes 6 to 10; nothing better sold at 25c; special, CA Monday, 3 PAIRS FOR .... OUC LADIES' VESTS. Ladies' genuine lisle thread Vests, high neck. long sleeves, a oeautuui two-tnreaa garment, pearl but tons and silk finish; standard 75c garment; CM special, Monday at, each , 4,,.TdC LADIES' HOSIERY. regular made French thread Ladles' full regular made French lisle Hosiery, white only, gauze weight, all sizes: PA our 25c line; special, Monday, 3 PAIRS FOR. )UC WONDERFUL SALE ol WOMEN'S SUITS Women's $10 Street Suits $4.98 Plain black and pretty fancy mixtures, nicely tailored and tastefully trimmed with braids, buttons, silks and strappings of materials; skirts are plain tailored or trimmed with double box plaits. Our 4A QQ leader at $10.00; special at sJrtwO CHOICE OF ANY OF OUR $25.00 dA AO SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS AT $U,UO Just arrived, another lot of those Linen Dusters that women travelers and tourists want; almost PA Indispensable for auto riding or driving ipODt Splendid quality, long and roomy, well worth $10.00. 50c WAITRESS' APRONS, 42. Of splendid quality white lawn, cut in full sizes; wide traps over shoulders and prettily trimmed with AOgL embroideries and hemstitching; reg. 50c value.. tC The best Shirt Waist sale yet; white lawn Shirt Waists, dainty, charming creations, all new the present season, on one long table in the waist section. The convention embraces long and short Peter Pans, in sheer lawns, exquisitely trimmed in tuckings, laces and insertions. A collection of beauty and daintiness unrivaled by any Similar values in the city, waists tnat are great values indeed iip to $1.50 in a regular way. To close. 35 each, or 3 for ONLY THREE TO A CUSTOMER. $1.00 WALKING SKIRTS BARGAINS Most of them are traveler's samples, choice selections, the cream of a leading maker's production. Fancy mixtures, Mohairs, Broadcloths, etc; black and plain coiors in tne vast convention. Plain tailored and trimmed in strappings, buttons ana pismngs. Trim and trig walking lengths; just the wanted skirts tor present autumn wear. The greatest akirt bargains ever offered jroruana. Jtsxtra special, Monday; values to 910.OO, for ppuigs, Durcons H2.49 MAGNIFICENT OSTRICH FEATHERS Ostrich Vltunes are "ths thing" tor the fall and winter, so says Saau Fashion, and w offar fcsrs an opportunity for all to follow hr dictates at varr aught tx MaM compared with what it would or dinarily cost. A spooial, almost Inorad lbl purohaso from on of the host man ufacturers of Ostrich Plumaa in the world, admits of our making prlcss that we are absolutely astonish Inc. collection whloh embraces very kind of offer a Ostrich Flume mad. We ask tha at tention especially of tha m miners about town to this sale. Well save von money on Ostrloh Mamas Monday, for instance we'll sell 2t5(!0.otrlo.,l..T!,: $3.25 sijw ostrioh rips a.rr at ea.00 Ostrich Tips nfi at f 10.00 Ortrioh Tips $7,49 Black, white and beautiful eoloringa. THAT SHOE SALE'S TDI TOWN AGOG Every tongue is talking of the bargains. This remarkable sale of footwear is booked for continuation the coming week. The great "Reorganization Sale" now on at the Golden Eagle has been the theme on every tongue for the past week. The values have been and are phenomenal Many changes for the better have taken place and others are being planned. Among the important changes is that of having secured a new and EXPERT SHOE BUYER AND DEPARTMENT MANAGER one of the best known and most experienced shoe men on the coast, in fact, a man who has few super iors in shoe lore in America. He has been very busy since his advent among us rearranging and segregating the shoe stocks. Pair by pair he has gone through the great convention of footwear in our shoe stores and he's kept up a running fire of criticism. Too many of some too few of others, and--well to make a long story short, he wants to close out the "whole business" and buy a full new stock. That's "reorganization" with a vengeance. We're going to give him bis way and clean out the entire present stock regardless of cost or loss. The reductions our new shoe department manager has put upon the shoes are without precedent in the history of shoe selling in Port land. The bargains are unparelleled. A few examples of the marvelous bar gains are told below: WOMEN'S $3.00 AND $3.50 SHOES AND OXFORDS, fl.35. ,., 6,000 Pairs Women's Shoes and Oxfords, in patent colt, patent kid, gun metal calf, chocolate vici kid, Russian calf and black .vicl kid, light and heavy soles,, new style tips, toes and heels Rvalues at $3.00 and $3.50; f QC special pair ....,.,...1.....5)0 MEN'S $3.50, $4.00 AND $5.00 SHOES, f 1.98. . . . : ' 4,000 Pairs Men's "White House" Shoes, also other famous makes, high or low cut, button, Blucher and lace styles, hand-turned or welt soles, in patent kid, patent colt, gunmetal calf, black vici kid and chocolate kid; l AO values at $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00; special, pair ......, ...,$lei70 MEN'S $3.50, $4.00 AND $5.00 SHOES, f 1.98. ' Another line of Men's Shoes, in patent colt, box calf, eunmetal calf imt M kid; Blucher, lace and congress styles, with good hand-made oak M AO soles ; values at ai.uu ana ao.uo ; special ............ t ,,,..,. aO I aJ7CJ jr-'-'" x f ) A- a ,