2nd RED CROSS
WAR FUND DRIVE ¿MAY 20th to 27th.
Ladies !—New Coats.
Butterick Patterns.
The increasing sale of these famous
patterns convinces us that the women
of this county are appreciating the
superiority Butterick Patterns enjoy
over all other paper patterns. The New
Spring fashions and patterns are here,
the latter priced at
10c.—15c. —20c. —25c, —30c.
By Mail 2c. extra.
HUSBAND GONE—SONS GONE
HOME AND ___________
RELATIVES GONE
4^tôm’s
TILLAMOOK, ORE.
A very Special consignment of new
stvles in Ladies’ Coats arrived this
week. The most popular shades in
Blues and Tans as well as the ever
desirable tweed mixtures are repre­
sented in styles that are both authentic
and becoming. Come to the store to­
day and view these lovely Coats at your
leisure.
The Store that Sells for Cash Only'-And Selling for Cash Sells for Less.
Commencing Saturday ¿May 11th and Continuing for One Week Only?
Exceptional Display and Sale of New Silk Taffettas
‘A Fact Story Telling Just What the Red Cross
Did for Mme. Pellier.
Novelty Designs and Plain Colors in
The Loveliest Shades for
• & r
By an Eye Witness
MAUDE RADFORD WARREN
Street Wear,
Party Dresses,
♦ This Is the picture I saw last Janu­ Ing Into Switzerland and then Into
ary In France,—and you have merci­ Haute-Savoie.
From there they went
to Lorraine. Mme. Pelller hoped that,
even though her village had been bom­
barded, her home might have escaped.
She found nothing except her bars
fields.
You changed that picture, you Ainer-
leans, who can never be bombarded,
who can never lose through war five
out of the seven dearest to you. It
was not your husband and children
who died; not your wife who was
widowed: not your little ones who
came back, bony and tubercular, to a
home that had vanished. Not yours,
but only the grace of accident saved
you; not yours, but It might have been
and so you changed the picture. You
could not build up with your own
hands that heap of stones into a home,
nor till the fields, nor bring Mme. Pel­
ller back to hope and the children
back to health. But through the Red
Cross you saved the remnants of that
family that bad suffered as you might
have suffered.
^Afternoon Dresses.
fully changed It I Color enough there
was—above, the eternal blue; in the
background, fields of living green,
which the German shells could not
prevent from creeping back; in the
middle foreground, a long village 1
•treet so battered and burned that
it was merely a canyon of cream-col­
ored ruins. In front of one little
broken house were four figures in
black— an old woman, poking among
the fallen stones in a vain search for
something that could be used; a
younger woman, seated on what had
once been a doorstep, with her face
bidden in her arms; and a little boy
and girl, who stared, half frightened,
half curious, at the desolation about
them. The little boy held in his thin
hand a Red Cross flag. All four were
pale and gaunt; the faces and bodies
Of the children showed none of the
round curves that make the beauty of
a child.
This is their history: When the
Things the Red Cross Did.
war broke out, Mme. Pelller,- her
You took the mother of Mme. Pel­
mother and her four younger children
ller to a Red Cross hospital to be treat­
were visiting her husband's mother in
the north of France. Her husband ed for anaemia. You took the little
and two elder sons were at home in girl, who was In the first stages of
Lorraine taking care of the summer tuberculosis, to a Red Cross sani­
crops. Then the war! The mother tarium. You found a place which
In-law of Mme. Pelller was ill and could be made habitable for Mme. Pel­
could not be left Her old mother ller near her fields which she wax
was afraid to travel to Lorraine with anxious to till. You gave her clothes
the full care of the four children. Be­ and furniture; you got her seeds; you
fore they could all start together the
Germans Invaded. Bad news Is allow­ lent her implements. You sent a vis­
ed to come into northern France, and iting doctor to watch over her health
so as the months passed Mme. Pelller and that of her little boy. You sent
learned that her village home had been nurses, who achieved the mighty vic­
bombarded and that her husband and tory of making her and the child take
two sons had been killed. Except for baths. Later you persuaded her to let
the Belgian Relief Commission, which him go to a refuge not far away where
operates In northern France also, she he might attend school and where she
and her little ones would have starved conld often visit him. Through the
outright At the best they were un­ help of your Red Cross hope and cour­
dernourished. Then the great push age and ambition have come back to
began, and hopes for France grew that woman, and she is rebuilding her
high. But as the French soldiers ad­ family life. The biggest thing one hu­
vanced they had to bombard the north­ man being can do for another you, if
ern towns. Mme. Pelller begged the you are a helper of the Red Cross,
Germans to let her go away with her have done for that mother.
Red Crossl I saw its work every,
Children—even into Germany. This
was refused. She tried to seek safety where In France—in fields and In
in some cellar whenever there was a blasted villages; In hospitals and
bombardment Nevertheless a shell schools and clinics; In refuges and
vestiaries for widows and orphans and
Rilled two of her children.
for the sick children of soldiers fight­
Found Her Home Gone.
ing to keep you safe from the enemy.
Home gone; husband gone; brave
This symbol of help has a double
soldier sons gone; little, tender boys meaning now for Americans, who have
torn Into shreds I That woman's face always taken for granted the blessing
Would have shown you what she had of safety. It stands for your willing­
Suffered—her face against the batter­ ness to pay the price of exemption, of
ed ruins the Germans had made. At pity, of sympathy. A bitter, black
last she and her mother and her two road this road of war, but across It,
■emalnlng children were repatriated. like a beacon of hope, you have flung
They knew the infinite relief of cross- the Red Cross.
TITHOUT a doubt the finest, most varied and most
extensive showing and Sale of Silk 3 affetas our
Silk Dept, has ever had the pleasure of announcing.
And this in spite of the most unprecedented difficulties
facing retailers of silks all over the country. Only
through persistent effort and our exceptional buying
facilities could this showing and Sale be consumated and
we urge every woman in this county who loves pretty
silks to come to the store, view the window
display and then step into the Silk Dept, and
revel in the most beautiful display and Sale of
Silks we have ever invited you to attend.
The Sale will last one week only and will
commence on Saturday, May 11th. Come
early and you will get the largest choice, but
whenever you come be assured you will se­
cure a wonderful quality at a wonderful bar­
gain price.
Vety Special Values
And Vety Special Showing of
Black Silks
Chiffon Taffetas—Peau de Soie.
Duchess Satins—Chiffon Faille.
Silk Messalines-Georgette Crepes
and Crepes de Chine.
$1.83—$1.98—$2.19
$2.25 and $2.75.
A most extensive showing of
36 and 39 inch wide Silks of
suberb quality and tone. We
take great pride in announcing
this very special showing of
beautiful Black Silks for the se­
lection offered is unsurpassed
for value and modesty of prices
asked.
$3.49
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One of the ways to say that a man wretchedly poor and disheartened
Is good hearted Is to descend to ex­ mother had been jammed In with the
stopping ten minutes for refreshments
at a Red Cross Canteen.
Think of a big cup of hot coffee and
a wealth of man-sised ham sand­
wiches served by the Red Cross—wo­
men with the joy of service In tbetr
eyes. Think of ten minutes for re­
What Tea Minutes for Re­ freshments within sound of the guns—•
such refreshments served by such wo­
freshments Means ■
men. Did ever a weary lad have such
refreshments T Did over a eup of coC-
Modern War.
fee and a sandwich taste so good?
It Is service like this, the supplying
of “food that's got a homey taste" at
e time when a man's spirits are likely
to be at lowest ebb, that moved a Com­
manding Geoaral of the Americas
Forces to write on December 80: TU*
extent of the work of tbs Red Cross
io only limited by the number of
ben it has and the amount of
available
Chiffon Taffetas
Very Specialty Priced
Very Specially Priced.
$1.93 Y"d-
Every piece of Silk Taffeta in
this lot sells for a much higher
price in the regular way and
every piece is perfect in weave
and color.
Choose from such
shades as Navy, Ciel, Niagara and
Peacock Blues, Russian Green,
Plum, Havanne, Old Rose, Wine,
White, Pearl Grey, Shell Pink
and Silver Grey. Whether you
need a street, afternoon or party
dress, this Sale affords you an
opportunity of securing it at an
appreciable saving.
nd
!
LOT 1.—Specially
LOT 2.— Specially
LOT 3.—Specially
LOT 4.—Specially
Priced at $1.93
Priced at $2.22
Priced at $2.39
Priced at $2.63
Wirthmor Waists
Is Still the Same.
$4.98
in the
More desirable and up-to-date
colorings and designs for Street
or afternoon dresses or for the
popular separate skirts, can not
be found than the lovely Silk
Taffetas now being displayed.
There are plain and combina­
tion stripes in various widths and
plaids, checks and overchecks in
the newest colorings and com
binations. Every piece is under
priced for this event as follows :
The Price of Cotton is Soaring
Higher, Ever Higher—but
the Price of
Just Pj>eceived from the Eaat
and Very Specialty Priced at
How an Italian Officer Traveling on Train
Helped a New Bom Baby.
FULL MAN-SIZED
HAM SANDWICH
Chiffon Taffetas
New Millinery
MIE HATS shown
hundreds of other frightened Italians
on the same train. Hungry, tired and
miserable and In a frightfully weak­
ened condition, she had scarcely suffi­
cient clothes for herself, not to speak
of properly caring for a newborn bat»«.
The young officer stripped himself of
his shirt, and there among this fright­
ened, half starved, forlorn crowd the
poor Italian Infant was wrapped In Its
first body covering.
Mother and babe were afterwards
nursed back to health, clothed and
looked after by the American Red
Cross. And this Is only one small. Is­
olated Incident among thousands that
come under the working of the Red
Cross.
Yard wide Novelty
Two Sales of
HE GAVE HIS SHIRT OFF HIS BACK
pressive Amerlcanese slang and say
“he’d give you bls shirt.”
A young Italian officer did exactly
that—gave the shirt off hl.i back to a
baby just born. It was during a flight
of the Italian refugees just after the
Italian army had been tricked by the
Austrians.
Here's the story:
An Italian officer, who bad been a
volunteer worker at the station when
the crush came through, walked Into
the American Red Cross office at Bo­
logna, Italy, and told of a poor young
woman who had given birth to a baby
on the train In which he was riding a
few night’s previously. They had been
riding for over IS hours, and the
Yardwide Plain Color
Millinery
Dept, on the Balcony at these two re­
markably low prices are by no means as
cheap looking as the price would signify.
They arrived by express from the East just
in time to make this announcement and
every hat in the collection is good style,
well made, and up-to-date in shape and
trimming, and well worth very much more
than the price asked.
There are a number of the popular new
Bonnet shapes and small medium and large
sailor shapes prettily trimmed.
Come to the store today and see how be­
comingly you can be fitted with a new
Spring Bonnet at a price that will make
your purse glad.
Have You One or
More Boy a in the Service ?
Then You Will Want to
Display One of those New
SERVICE
FLAGS,
25c. and 50c.
They are made of Red
Felt, shield shaped, with
a white field on which is
displayed the number of
stars desired. The tops
are strengthened by a
strip of metal and a cord
attached enables you to
hang the flag in either
window, doorway or on
the wall.
25c.
Priced Each at
50c.
Larger Sixes at
New Cretonnes,
59c. to 89c. Per Yard.
Firmaniline and Super-
lizarine colored Cretonnes
in the loveliest and most
striking designs suitable for
Draperies, Covers, hang­
ings, bags or the many
ottier articles for which this
popular fabric is suggested.
The firmaniline colors are
thoroughly washed before
leaving the factory and are
fast to subsequent and rea­
sonable
washings.
The
superlizarine colors are re­
commended for continued
exposure to light and vary­
ing atmospheric conditions
as they are the fastest colors
known to the textile trade
for a fabric of this nature.
Four New Modelo are Pictured
As Always Just One Dollar.
T IS a most unique and economical merchan­
dising plan that enables us to still sell these
wonderful Wirthmor Waists at $1.00.
The price of cotton and cotton fabrics has
advanced excessively—recently reaching the
highest figure since civil war days—and still
the price of Wirthmor Waists remains the same.
in these deservedly popular Waists the ma­
terials used are just has good as ever; they’ll
wear as well; they’te made as finely; and the
past
3re JU8t 38 genteel and Pretty as in the
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Only the vast volume of Wirthmor sales, the
many large economies of the Wirthmor Plan,
coupled with the forehanded purchase of ma-
/a
j fi*ed determination on the part of
k«P Price, down,
counts for these truly remarkable values.
Sold Here Exclusively.
Ahveyo Worth More.
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