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, .SECTION TWO ' ' SOCIETY EVALINA i; PAGES I TO 8 RADIO SEVENTY-TIDED TEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY. MOENING,-DECEMBER; 16, 1923. iBRICE FIVE CE1II. l U h - I , j . i s J'? V V i t i I , . , " ' " ' ' I J . The FinaI and Lst Price Choose from ah as sortment of seventy five dresses. I Latest Styles, Best Quality. Materials are Canton crepe, flat crepe, sat ins, poiret twills, etc. Former . values to ( $24.50 J r Extra Special $9.95 For Sale Counters, Show Cases Tables, Cash Register Etc Spill GALE & COMPANY Commercial and Court Sts. -1 BOOK REVIEW : Va VCRA BRADY SH1PMAN "INNS AND TAVERNS OF OLD ' ? LONDON," br : Sir Henry C. ' tjlielley. Published by the Pag company, Boston.-Mass. Price ' 4.00 .net. , .. . ..... . v .Wlien we think that the rarest 4 tales of -,01d England were told and retold in the taverns of Lon , , , don and roundabout, .the- glamoar Burroonda these places and ve ea- ,jrerly". seek - their, descriptiTe - pass- v ares, when you read of the Tab--ard Inn which centered Chancers ; Canterbury Tales, where the clerk jand his friends told their tales of r s.rare flaror, of the White Hart cVhere Dickens wrote Pickwick Pa pers and others of Its kind, of the 'Hoars Head "with hlch Shakes pears's pen mingled, the Three ., .Cranes of which Samuel Pepys de " .claimed, BoswelJ aaunta, ? Ben Jonso ns nooks an d crannies, .The "r Coffee Honses, the tarerna, the ''. drinking houses wherin old Eng land made her, fame in fiction- . 'the romantic Is disclosed and the " .places are shown ' In their most coloring.' The fcook Is . mlx- '.ture of historical facts and the pmance of the Intimacy of some treat' meni " " ' Taverns frequently were named .with Jtne .Inclusion of -Three. ..The' reason for this -is the dirislon jot tha world Jlnto heaven, earth and jwater. Of all thf ee were the, tav , .cms of Old England originated. ' 1 !Xbey were the meeting ground, th ralaces of gossip and the criminal .lairs as well. The book pictures and their noted habitues, and the result Is charming. ' ' Goldsmith; and Ceorge's Coffee House, David Garrick and Dick Sheridan ot 1 the old stage. Beef Steak clubs .and societies named for the national dish of England flourished their origin A--bit.haey A book of eharm for a reader -of distinetioa Its pages drip the es sence of romance and sentimental illusion of the days of old litera ture when her incentive was the Jug. ;THE NEW POLAND," by Nevin O. Winter. . .Ptice 5.00 - neC4 With" a frontispiece photo of , Padeteweki, the heralded advo v cate of Tree Poland; the bok of ibe life, customs and renewed '. livelihood of the land of former oppression. ' The - f Page comp any, Doston, Mas.s ; As the .book "opens, 'Prosha Pan" is an apology, a public ac quisition, a consiliatory response from a suppressed 'people. Since the days of Polands new subdi visions, when its" suppression was the source ot untold woe, the peo ple, the customs," the government, the laws and the religion .were undergoing choas : The ruling -of ceaturies. the lost Ideals and the renewed - spirit through ' partial freedom hare brought about' a country of : mixed '. identity. Through It all, Poland has kept ;The kings of Poland,' good and bad, the beloved Kosciuske, its warrior-savior, each .1s eulogized. The people, their land and its ge ography the; horror t of J Prussian rule, and then the Fine Arts, the beautiful and the aesthetic which marked such ; creators fas Chopin. of such Is Poland enduring. xnis door treats or the econ omic, tae physical, and te phy- chological condition's of- the land. of the - people ; who have endured through It all and have kept their land In their hearts first and above all the world's sordidlty ; . Itis a story of the resurrection of a submerged people, a review of the Polish part of the Greit War, and a comprehensive and de tailed description and analysis of the New "Nation and tor which it stands. It Is beautifully Illus trated with, page photos f-peop!e of Polish; fame and famous loca tions. ' Its subjects matter Is ade quately handled and Is a volume which set forth the. true Poland as we all should knew her. ' It is a' , worthy : addition ' to ' any library and for historical reference, or for general Informative 'sources 'its pages are invaluable. Such travels books as this ser ies of the Page company are 'at the highest value. Their price Is no minal when one considers' their extremely judicious content and entertaining literary style. The book will remain as a textbook of Poland in the annals of library merit. s ' "CASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF OL.D TOUrAlNE AND THE LO IRK CO L NTRY." by Fran cis Miltodn, with Illustrations and paintings made on the spot by ISIanche McManus. " Price S4 net. The Page j compaay. : hoson, Mass. I quote "the opening paragraphs of the book to give its atmbspher ic;speii rv;"r:':,; ' : "Any .account of the Loire and of the towns along its banks must naturally have for its chief nen tion Touraiae and the long line of i-plendid - fuedal and Renaissance chateaux which reflect, themselves so' gloriously in its current, . f And so the book tells ' of there I castles, the homes of farmer jglory Uiese . of the : Renaissance period end Its" adjacent powers and en deavor. i A r;?rieral survey is made br the Loire and its banks dotted as they ar with these . massive castles, these formidable turrets which houte- the, yesterdays of fuedal; "days. You visit Orleans, accessible from": Paris but, as yet not extensively traveled from Par Is.. Touralne, the "garden spot of all France. Each is told in fit tinjj romantic color and the chateaux of Its rivers edge aro.de scribeil In . their 'primal beauty. The whole land Is filled with ro manc. Sentiment runs riot , mid the reflected days of former glory, Whole page illustrations, many in color add to Its beauty and .its story. ):' ' , The book 13, a, fine example of French living in the days Of fued alUm and its attendants, and . will be welcomed : by all students of French history, in Its most" attrac tive 6tyle. Those three books of historical worth., are part of v a great list which the'Page company lis put ting on the market, of travels In to "unknown countries and through countries " whose vast resources have as yet been - unnoticed. It tells In an entertaining style, 'of the lands of Europe and of Amer ica and is Invaluable in its con tent. ' i , An interostlag western story of the days followjns the civil war in Kansas. T,"io days. when Buffalo Bill Cody ru ado hli name, , when Kansas was" .the Indian ground, the land of prombse .but where Jprom-isi-s. were as yet unfulfilled. ' It is a jptory .Jor.: lovers' of .western plains We and its settlnglat Sa linii. thon 4ft. inilf-s beyond the end of-the railroad, the Kansas Pacific aftTTvards the Union Pa cific, ia picturesque and entertain inn. The I talllday family with its pretty dauf ter'. ' Custer and Hill Cody, and the inevitable Indians and buffaloes, this Js the picture of -the la&t frontier which vas s.et- tled. : It will be enjoyed by Kan eans "everywhere 1 who .not . only Jiave lived withJu.the sute but who know tof her early struggles for existence and decency." prawn ILUHUIIUi iiiiiMD Argentine ' Bank Sends , 20 4 Oaken Chests to New V York for Exchange burglar-proof vaults 'of the Amer ican Legion. T Tho. precious cargo was-, under strict watch through out the Voyage. Hpon arrival here similar precautious : were taken, the regular police -being augu mented by armed guards, while the armored trucks that carried the gold i to a government snb treasury, were, protected by armed men. - Handling -gold has become so common with the largest trans atlantic steamship companies and the agents of the lines and even the dockmen have .become blase about" handling millions of the metal. The procers of loading, storing and unloading gold in . in ternational shipments has become so systematized that the factors of responsibility and risk are con- sldered hardly more than in t: transportation of a, box. of toy An official 'of the Interna tie). Mercantile Marine explained th the companies feel perfectly ease when the gold is placed In rhlpVvault. .In transportinsr t: gold to and from ships guards r . usuaily provided by tha conslr, and consignee.' "ARLIE GELSTON. bv Roger L. Serr.el. ' Published by the B. W. Iluebsch Inc., New York City, .Price S 2 net. ;A small town story of a second grade girl.. An Iowa' town, the Sunday night "'petting : partls" and their inevitable ending.' The rich boy ani the very poor girl, both second grade folk, their in adequate adjustment to . world's demands. The whole story s pic- hrahT anar T tr T:onversatirand its personnel are Inferior. The writer may know Iowa life. but I feel that we should prefer to i know a dif f ereat strata of social i activity NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Ballast- ed by a ton of. gold. over, which swarthy, soldiers stood- guard day and night, the steamship American Legion has arrived here " with its precious treasure of $3,000,00 In bullion .from Buenos Aires. It is the first gold legally to be export ed from Argentina since the war time embargo, and. according - to Munson Line officials, .the largest consignment .ever to pass between the . two continents. . The gold, .in 20 oaken, chests bound iwlth metal and sealed, was shipped here by the Argentina tiohal- bank lor deposit '.against London drafts to pay. the coupons on part of the Argentine external debt. Since the .debt is payable In sterlingi- the- gold probably will hi exchanged "for British . pounds, after which it will go 4nto storage to remain until it Is minted or re joins the i stream of i bullion con stantly flowing between the Unit ed - States : and foreign countries. Because of the difference in the rates of exchange the government of -Argentina , expects to profit to the extent of about 3,500,000 pa per pesos fn New York when the gold is exchanged for pounds sterling. - ' . ' -Handliim Iarge--shipment4 of gold and silver bullion has become commonplace with .trans-Atlantic steamship companies and the bul lion Is handled as so much "mer chandise." But the shipment of a Arlie Gelston may be a mirror; few millions from a South Amer- to small' town life but if so. give me a ticket the other direction. 'She Is a girl uneducated.i thrust in associations ot sub culture. She rives' her life the easiest way ana those around her eeem to be. on the same plane - . the! LAST - FRONTIER." by Courtney Ryley Cooper. Pub lished by Little Hrown and cm pany, Boston. ? Price $1.73 net, lean country becomes a national event, and the ; steamship chosen for Its transport Is freighted with responsibility. The removal of the $5,000,000 from the Argentina National bank to the ship was attended by the greatest of precaution. It was rushed through' the . streets of Buenos Aires ; accompanied by guards armed with pistols, rifles and swords, and hustled into the I the alth 'and has remained : an .these famous - old meeting places,1 identity la the changing world of ....... tr . , . .... . ... .... Candies for Ch rit n ; s .will socn be h ere and we can prore it. There isn't a1 tit of riQobt about iU It will ,positireIy not "be postponed. , SVhether we are ready for it or not it will come bing! 'Just like that! ' We want to give you , a tipa good, friendly, Christmasy tip about your candy. Last year we had a big stock of the HAAS CANDIES in boxes, but the assortment was all. shot to pieces long before Christmas," and a lot of nice folks who tore around late had to take what they could get. Take your pick now right away at once. We?ve rrot a bigger stock of i the famous and delicious IIAAS'.CArJDIES than we had last year hundreds and hundreds of -boxes all styles all prices -'Come on in I The picking is fine! Don't waste your precious time shopping around for HAAS' CANDIES. There is no other place in Salem where you can buy them. We are the ex v, elusive agents. HAAS' CANDIES are in a class by themselves. You den't tzJke any chances when you buy 'em. Folks who buy 'em always come back after more. Christmas isn't really Christmas without candy. The better the candy the better the Christinas. HAAS That's all. 127 North Hi?h Street Masonic Temple . .Exclusive Agents for Salem, Oregon. ft' I j Ha v r USEFUL GIFTS For-Eyeryone Give something useful and enjoy the satisfaction that . comes .vwith having purchased wisely. . : 'A 7W V' i . '. ': f . : i Desk Accessoriei Leather Cases 1 Photo Albums Books Fountain Pens Pen and Pencil Sets Loose Leaf Books Scrap Books Stationery s Mah-Jongg Sets Remington Portable Typewriter,! 60 with case Commercial Book Store For the busy business man, something for ; the office. V, , . ' Am. - 4 1 ' ? ' -' Wffi N rvr If' r im ' 1 , ...... . 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Chase, "Aldrich, ' Krakauer, the wonderful reproducer, VTL3 Duo Art" prices from $750 up. V Player Pianos from $395 anckup "We give terms to suit any reasonable purchaser" Sherman, Clay. & Co. are a strictly one-price concern, and guarantee 100 pen cent satisfaction. . . . V V ;-vV . - y V . -V V- r - V'. V V :. ' - ' S"' '' . Full Assortment: "Victrolas and Victor Records" MODR'ES MUSIC1 HOUS: Sales Eepresentatives For r Sherman play.fi 409-415 Court Street 5 ale: . V . .... :