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MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR DECLARES A NKW 600 TO I V vl M VORK'8 SWELL SI T
TEN DAYS
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SPECIAL SALE
u, mora of our Immense January Clear-
in 1 . ... . ,
Paring theae coming wn uyi we mace you
riiicpH. unsurpassed prices on evary thing
ople wb ve m,t s,en Pnr,s during thh
jj find II H f;icni mnniiio u 0vm win
ti.r..i Ion of our
Ml I'O'
Qoodt, Silk, Domestics,
Woolen 1 "derwear. Hosiery,
Corsets. Shoes, Muslin ludcrwcar.
Everything in Hens Goodti,
Alexander Department Store,
kacllt (or I anions porosis Shoes.
"BOBBY BURNS AND
THE LAND O- CAKES
Anniversary Tomorrow, January 25,
of Hi 143d Birthday Of a Noble
Race.
All Scots mid nil lovers of a;ood
men Hint tin. will remember that to
morrow morning Is tho 14.1d annhor
sary of the birth of Robert Hums
Mr III bom at Allowny. nt'ar Ayr.
Sbotlaad, on Januarv fV 1759. and
died on July II, 17!fi. Ho was tho
eldest son of William nunipss or
Humes. :i nurseryman. His anecs
tots for ri'ii. rut ions won engaged in
farming Ho received n monitor flu
ration, nml in ITS" became a farmer
In company with his brother Ollbert.!
at Mnssgeil. His first volume of
poems was printed in KM' at Kllmra
BOCl when ho altered tho spelling of
Ms MOM to Hums In 17R7 he was
admitted to tho society of celebrated
people ii the dny. and In tho -mo
yeni he married .tano Armour to lopl
tltntlzo their former relations, and
in 17S! became an ei isi officer.
1 ati r. ether volumes appeared from
his llHIIil
ngine
for Sale
power gasoline engine with pipes and fittings, oil tanks
rnnks. aveTythini necessary to set up and operate Engine
ure all new, N ing in use only a tew weeks.
in very economical and guaranteed to te satisfactory. Price
ading httincv AClfiress
So well known nre
poems of Hurns. that
gHI lib nl sketches are.
porflUOM, Put. as to
tho life and
vtendeil blO
perhaps, an
the effect ol
East Oregonian, Pendleton, Oregon.
his life and works upon the a art
t Ion In which he lived. It Is not ox
trnvngant to assert that few persons
appreciate the real status of the
Scotchman whose song nre now
una In all homes in Christendom.
Rums was an officer of the crown
and was therefore one of the ser
vants of those who held the pigns of
I'nu.t In the Kngllsh kingdom Yet
he was as bravo n preacher of the
rights of man as ever wrote or sioke.
and did as much to fix the public
in I ml upon the Ideaa of democracy
as alt others In his day. This Is
lather strong, as an assertion, and
yet there are reasons why It Is true.
And. In the contention for the cor-'
rectiioss of this statement It will be
necessary to cite but one of his
poems, one that la known .to every
child in very family that has hud
the barest teaching ol the actus af
literature
HR8 nr.Nnv acw9.m
As a aucceaaor to the "400" of Ward McAllister. Mrs. John Jacob Aator has selected these x'.ii favorites
to lead the swells in Gotham.
expect people to know what
you have to tell If you don't
WDO YOU
ADVERTISE?
store ran never be
le it advertises
Vtlil (TOSS the poem It will be ncces-
saty to ipiote only a simile (duplet
to enforce the position:
"The nob is but the guinea's stamp
Tin man's a man i or a' that "
To the porau living under the In- j
stitutlons existent in this country. It
la difficult to appreciate the force of j
an -i sertlon that one who uttered 1
Bf hat Is to us a trite sentiment was'
llk ly to n tik" p Impression upon.
the mind of his fellows lint. If one
will but travel backward mentally, to
the latter half of the last century, he
will begin to understand something
ol uhat It meant to give to a people a
sentiment that was clearly In contra
vention of all the claims ol the nohil
H. v nnd lordl and king's of the I'ngbsh
kingdom When BWM said that the
rank Is only of as much Importance
as the stamp upon the coin placed
there by the hand of man he went
in the fare of all that Kngllsh no
bility hold dear. It was a doctrine
that vitlnted Their claims to OCOUP) a
position above the average man of
the period an'l was clearly the enun
elation of a new theory of social for
tnatlou.
In the light of this tenet of the
HffN lluriis systeiu of social ami
irovei nmetltal thought. when wut
the superiority of him who had noth
It'g to boast excepting the accident of
i .ti. Whole the lime-honored doe
trine that kings titled by divine
tight ! Where ll the right of the
peopli who retained their secluded
position ot Inherited names end tltlef
Certainly, when Munis sang that song
and gave it to the world to ) hoard
In every land im herevet nun
struggled foi their tights, he was do
Ing what loipiiil OMltore or the
greiitest Stall sincti might desire to do
make men reaped rharacter ami
not tin BSapt) thing that area now el
vales to a position ot pre-eminence
a man arho i called tin- klruj ol Bm
land, because he wiih a son of a (OOd
woman now dead, and who Sfai
queen Ol the same people.
Perhapa Ihla is u tano to ponder
tipoii the Hums philosophy, and to
stir again the flies ot patriotism,
St bel OVenta ate tending to ilill our
ardot for the institutions that from
tin baclanini nars beaa the incnrna
lion ot the Idea of freedom. aT
Americans leel sometluies that
aught but chnraeler has become the
test of hi ii mil uis, thin loved country eC
ours, let 111. mi n ad Bobhl Mm lis nn4
believe tint be wait right and thee
remember that out country retaias
lit. mi final IdM of the eipiallty of
man, and that whenever this be a
sailed l will only cause the rise Of
all tin people BS one naa and the re
demonatratfon of the fundamental
prlnrlpli - thai Me at tin' bottom t
the still' lure ot our got ei unions,
Bofab) I tn i ii k was one of those w he
helped to slot into the hwrte of t
llahmel n renew-ill of the betieflte
thai m when the Magna f'hurta
w' us slRned, and he was, in spirit with
On atriuutllor rolonles who flnally
thti If Ml" Inn loll of oppi onmIoS
nml won the ereal freedom that nut
i ours Bobby Burnt should
loved bj all Americana.
Mil QUI VIVH!
he Peoples Warehouse
lies' and
laderwea
I'ntil ihe QeOting ot our lth Annual CK-arame
leie we will put our Htock of ladies' and chil
dlWl'l ( 'ndt'rwcar at prifMM MVW heard of Ik.
fore:
III Childrvn'e Uetioo BvUtefdNurtncai $ prioe
I4c
Ik Vomen'a Union Suiu, CUfuranoe wale price
29c
ool Hosiery Reduced
The bent value ever offered at An
20c, clearance eale price
Ladies Jackets
Wonderful values
Tbid nai'n' la' et importation, all ut oi m o
nal" pr ces.
7.00 value at olearatioe etJt prite
9.5U valut'f ;tt clearanCfl sale price
pl.iKi vaiut'H a ri-ara:if'n hale price
lAoO values at clearance kmIm piie
HH) value- at clearance eale pti
2400 Viltiei at clearante Hale price
Btectrii tail 'a- with tail ornarnentH, T 4 f Q
to. 4" '
4.78
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SHOES
us
There is nothing more servicable
than box calf
We offer w a Miaren' Box calf
shoeU'lO value at
A CHVoV Hx calf ahoe $1.75
value at .. .
$1.45
$1.25
Men's Overcoats
Another greal out, :inlhi hold
ladling .l prtcaa ahlch niiken
ih.a b) far th- gieata t rjyonarv
raving olothiiig aval I 'i the Mia-
BOH Note the Mjdtl6lOII4i
Men's Overcoats
$5.50
Men's Overcoats
WorO, U hi, ami now
$9.95
Men,s Overcoats
Worn, iiaaa, n. atwj ., m
$13.00
2'W- H . uuth - aiid i iiiir i varf o(i raduoad
m the tame proportion
WHEN WE SAY SO IT'S TRUE.
T js.
aft
ELFTH ANNIAL CLEARANCE SALE