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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1923)
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1923 A"CTC E S S OKIE S - jG lT S FO WH:LL '"FAMILY i -3 Curtain Runcr Down On Student Life In rGreehwkh Villagel n - - ; : ' 'Here la the. Western Auto ar tist a conception of a modern mo torists Christmas. The ' -whole family will en joy ; the i motor car with It a abundance of necessary accessories. With the Interest of the average fatnily centered around their au tomobile it Iff going to make' an exceedingly .easy task for the Christmas shopper to decide upon a fsuiUble-rn appreeiaMTe-Ift 'this year. I . f?f 3? tw-r .This Christmas has again taken a decidedly automotive atmosphere and from all appearances will con tinue to aosor Unchecked -for years to come. The sl6gan6f last year. "Something for the car for Christmas' Is' again brought for wird this season. ' -'' so marked is the interest Is an- z oinobile j accessories nd-' equips tnent for jChristmasp "presents that Jt Ia certain-that- the family tree wAl be bending with articles for lar owners that will' increase thefr i comfort. And enjoyment !a motor lngk'- 'n"!,-.''i"f-.-;,h 1 -4There is auch an infinlte-Tarle ty of aWleleayfrom which to select that .-the ' shopping tou is mads, expedient and 'complete, for with I n their .scope, are to.-be .found iuiuks mat quality ior nxuity, con renlence,. eomfor, -economy and beautr. The task, of selecting a gift is simple, for. Tery motorist friend would appreciate ; -.for his machine. -;- ---i. - -. Many- of4 the 'Christmas - shop pers,: who are not -car.owaersare showing their appreciation to their frtends.' whd hajre taken' them in their cars throughout the j sum mer, by giYing -tbem '''Something ror xneir; uar.v it is. Indeed an appropriate way to show, their ap preciation. ' knows Just what his car owner I facturers. SOUTH AFRICA A COOP 'CUSTODIER South Africa la one of s the lead ing, buyers of motor, products. The American consul -at Capetown re ports that the predicted market for 6000 motor rehicles in 1923 will be exceeded. : .. . iHS , - Doring the first six months of 1923, 4145 motor ears' and 152 motor trucks were imported. Over 90 per cent of these-- cars come from th U. S. or from Canadian factories owned by U. 8. manu- , . , 5 7' I) , An Ideal Jbr Economical Transportation i Christmas Gilt '" ' w '! 'TTu T Entire Family ,see; : CHEVROLET IFIRS t k i- r V- X 1 ) . - r A V Nothing Compares with the Chevrolet tzr" "t- - - j i ; J imLlL . ' ;.. '.V..i .'t ; . . , " - x i mm jf - MtM.fi iEVROLET i NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-9Green- wich Village the Greenwich VU- lage which was . a i remnant :of old New: York, .which was a link, with the Old Wotld' where the cus toms.4 jnanners 'and liberties of an easier-golng.-elTiUzation proiidert a haren for refugees from the hus tle and bustle of modern America has gone:y:'y.''vt -r' : ;i New ; York, has1 been, robbed of its Latin Quarter, its artists' col ony has been; disbanded by Broad way, Brooklyn, - and. the: v Bronx, aided by prohibition and a housing crisis. Th6 onslaught-was begun during the ' war, when the rest of the country poured Into the Vil lage, young and old thirsting f of Urea of art and liberty, and it has' today overcome the last barriers'. Gone- are the - Villagers, and . with them - the spaghetti "raeccas," the "chip-in" sketch classes, and the "open-boua?; studios that only a short time! ago made the locality i famous. ' - i. t, -;j " . Time was -when painters', play wrights, writers, musicians . arid artists of no particular profession; roregathered . in the headquarters which hare now, disappeared. Tbe rule was work hard and'play hard. There were thoae who seemed not to work at all. But that was no one's1 business. It the Idler was a witif he lored the beauty, the workers tried to create, jhft was re ceiTBd with, open arms. But the interloper, the seeker after atmos phere, was Quickly frozen out and seni packing. " ' . Tie war. sent .many, of- theVil lagers tfr foreign 1 fields; many never came . back. .Most -of those who - served- in ' France . returned there after the war, having, found that Pari offered' what 1 ihe YMt lag had once had. Others aehieved the npperTrag, of ;the ladders of their dreams. Still others, merely- disappeared. A11 are gone from the old haunts." In the place of the chean studios and flats hewn out . of buildings hoary with age, apartment houses as splendid and as1 expensive as those ofPark Avenue have prog ressively reared their ten or IS stories ?from 14th Street down" to Eighth,1 and hundreds of nlctnr- esque old houses have been renor rated Into similar apartments to contribute to . - the real l - estate agents' paradise. , k U-W--.-. The pleasant Italian and French table dhotes where once one dined in old-world fashion : for - a ". small sum, now offer food as an, acces sory to their red wine. The closed blinds hide from passing police men groups of men and women who seek their amusement with as much efficiency as they; put Into meir caorea in the skyscrapers of workaday New Yorfc v,. . , The 'younger generation la in charge in the tea-rooms. The flapper and her mate, tha .niior iate:(who Is more often a clerk), aance and drink and bask In the knowledge that ther ara emanci pated. ; - In' striking contrast are the seri ous' minded ' men And wnm An young-' and mlddleaged, who hare come to the' Tillage to dwell and work, among the artists'.' They live .for-the -most nart alona. hmu against hope for the great success ror which their people are wait ing, and write glowing letters of progress bak home' ' The Village has-become postt of America, f the : symbol of changing 'America. ' ... . i Yoeir B HOW'. AEOU No oilier girt will bring' as much HAPPINE S3 as a BICYCLE. It is not s gift tbat vr21 be forgotten orNiiscded in a week or month, but will bring health and happiness f; years to comS. K' ' r 4 Bemember bicycles can be . bought on easy terms, as lowj as $10,C3 down ' --1 -fHARRY W, SCOTT "The Cycle Man". N -.147 South Commercial Street . : For ybur Uttle tot: Velocipedes, scoot- r .0L ers, wagon coasters, kiddy liars, autos $ i f ( and tot bikes. ----- i'-TV 1 7ir a BBBBl i - ; 1 1111 . . .a , .., . JVl, f hi 'tfellers-I.IISt MINE!" That's the "hicycle: smileVthe broadec happiest; strghtelMm-theheart smile you ever saw ori "eba's" race lie got his Christmas bicycle. . Now he's ,alj et fprAe iigdqitisSTrthe joy-rides. the feUows-1-everywhere--daily growing stronger, the glow MAy radiating from him, the open World his playunds, clean boys his constant com- . panions - 5 974? Chrismias---for play, for health? for evefyday fun and usefulness Your local dealer will be happy to show ybu the btest preferred models . t f. .. ' . - ' . M f UM FEB CEBT JIUTOS 1W FORDS 1: it hrT ' Roadster. . . l :i. SMtss ; - ; ... - J w SUtoetio r a a Superior Utility Coirpe,. . . ,x:S3o superior Sedan. .VrrV.J's .'V. i . Oo UUlitr Express Tni'ck Chassie ;.... T3 Superior J-lght Dellve ry . . . 10 f . ?, . &r .V r .V : K v figures Given By the U. S. Dept. bf Commerce Shows Per Cent Fords DETROIT. Mich. - Ttt. i a Approximately forty-nine; per; cent of the passenger Vara tnd trnchi produced in the United States dur ing the 'first? ten .months isf -1923 were Feeds.; - " . ,r This Is shovn by a comoarfaon of the- automobile production' fig uf es Siren out by thtf U. s: depart ment ?ol commerce and those of the, jFprd Meter company; here.- f ?The"departmenta - flfimrefc cars and tracks, the latter ln apparatns and street sweepers, shows a. to tat 'nr. a . s a !ihIr8tea monthsll v ' OTO PreaaeUoa tlsrare-a tnr v. same" period. which' -Include as those of other companies, mm and trucks mada hcraVor .m bly in foreign countries, totals l.3,374. J This total, howerer. aoes not -include the production of the Plant at ManchftRtir tr.ne. land which manufactured practi cally ail of its narta and which produced '27.606 cars and tmcba daring the f irsf'ten monthsv nor ; aoes" at. Include , the ten-month. output of 69,452 cars 'and trnclia by the Ford Motor company of uanaaa.ua. -A-eomparison of the track nro. duction figures shows that. 2 mt cent were For ds -The total num be ot trucks turned- out1 during the ten months from Jannarv i n NoTember J. z was . 3 2 0.2 8 5 with I Ford production lor the same time i lotann? zoo.sgs. - A CHRISTMAS CHUM One yho;is uick Jull of fun; lively .from the wbrd no jumpingr with pep, helpful to health, free of bad habf Anftyrthe best kind of pal 365 days in the year. ' iTt- Pan anybody offer ydu a bet ter Cbtmasft suggestion? vl LLdfYD R A niQni7TT ! ; J87 Court Street1 Belief in Reichsbank i ; Still U(esi in: Germany BERLIN. Nor.r2S. Uy Mall.) There are J- today many Germans who thoroughly believe that the old.. red-stamped thousand 'mark notes of the Reichsbank. issued before the" war. hare not shared the. decline pf other paper n)oney, and will some day be redeemed at their face ralue In gold. In-' ci dentally there is a' large graup j cf nr-!?-i who fs?l the : same way about the rubles of the days of the Czar. ' Trade In the old German money has been especially HTely in for eign countries.' and 1K rases hare treen adopted to" get these bills' bUfOf Getrtan 1 lation 6f the law against such 'ex port, vvomen. hare; sewed! them inio meir clothing, and they have been concealed In every possible w4y inTbaitcaee and ffpiVMf T:i,. quantities of this currency ulti mately find their way to iZalad SOVIET GOODS AHB -?i - :suotx IX BERLIN. Noy.?23rn-L - - 1 t ' J ail A permanent exhibiUon of slan products ha been ope the rooms of the commerce! slon of the soviet republic 1j Clly Exbibit "T0 mad 9 c which buyers mi v v,t . . . J vciau stores In Gerraacy cr fr ela direct. Tha f" ifefly cf r- ; 1L1N ail.) Hus 1 in :-iIs- ; f t H V i t 4
