The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 16, 1913, Page 8

Far Better to. Buy Christmas| ——Toys This Week Than Next— Callas Tea Set—including 1 tea See Tea andsom pot, 6 each of plates, saucers and | Of jin nandsos cups—t sugar, 1 creamer: BE rand pretty designs sugar Inches sips Kester Dolle—24 tall—pretty biaque hei Ing eyes, eyelashes; full an essed in chemine, 1 89 stockings and sitppers . $1.50 Rocker—of hartwood-—nat ural finish, double woven rattan geat. Seat 13x13 Inches. Special . 81.00 Misston = Chatr—strong!y made of hardwood—have weil supported backs. Seat 11x12 tnches. Special . 15¢c Rattan Arm Chatre—importe ai- from China—seat xt Tethea, Never scld betore for | ote $2.00. 1.50 ere—an'! enameled red * a; re r dies and bridles 80 tnches Nigh daintily up! tonne. strong fancy parasols Jascock fon entir Wheels Be Chairs and de, of hardwood. Color, red. it is 9 inches square. | Strong and durable 25¢ S275 Mechanical Train Set—in- | eludes engine, tender, one bag- | and Fee ns Z passenser cars; | home opeue Z sections of 1 pretty, room track . ° . pectal BIBLES, PRAYER BOOKS ——THE BEST OF ALL omely enameled. inches wheels fint all. mankind. GOLD ROSARY BEADS FROM $1.00 TO $4.98 Different colored stones to choose from. Warranted to wear, 5, 10 and 20 years, ac- cording to price, At $1.00. $1.50, $1.98, $2.50, $2.98, $4.98 YOU'LL FIND A VERY COMPLETE ‘Ave Maria—limp Morocco cover—has red ie tien for ....59C Cottaleta of white Fateed Azure and it 8. : nook Marke cross and heart on ribbon. eve a KO assortment. of Setions of Cathol! Instractions of Catholics. cover, red ‘e- Ss of ‘Be Maeusl c Key of Heaven— Morocco covered: | timp iG under Bible—seit- pronouncing—Iilustrat oenee ised edition with questions and sn- y yand. } ers. Biack Belgrade 1.15 oa Gendron Wagons steol wear. * | sheet metal outside, Spectat Delle—bisque Harses—mounted of paied Oe Dell Carriages—made 0 5. reed They have Rubber-tired Delle, _Buagalew—nicely cover HIS PACK ATTHEBON MARCHE Y SHOP And though Seattle's big store isn't going to run out of toys—no need to be afraid of that—still there are far better assortments of playthings here now than we can pos sibly promise you next week ti-inch foot ete | Hoye’ Go-Oye! feet. palnted phed. | board, of wood express ol wheels $1.59 hea have ter apecta 9$8c hea high. Prt ‘2 See Tin Tea and n hardwood oe 5 sad and 68c eare—dol)le gear—hand: Seat $3. 15 object. pos pieture. Priced | The Pelding finished 1 utensils, 81.50 and —Fourth Floor of The Bon Marche. & RELIGIOUS ARTICLES CHRISTMAS GIFTS—— Bibles, Prayer Books—religious articles—relig- ious writings of all branches of the Christian faith —ideal gifts for the great festival of Christmas— carrying with them the real Christmas message to TEXT BIBLES PRICED AT JUST $2.75 EACH Text Bibles with family French Morocco Unen round cornere red under gold edges. Priced at Just $2.75. —Feurth Wieer of The Ben Marche. RELIGIOUS SECTION IN THE BOOK SHOP eg pal Preyer Book Combination set in Morocco cover, gold edges, round corners Bibles—pictorial wpeenees enounciag: 31 full ations of Bible seen Hibies—Palestine Pictorial ithustrated Morocco cover. ed under gold Bibies—Karatol 1 edger Holy Bibie—with Ideal af or Authorized version corners, red under gold edges Seholars itton—for trated. Oxford toxt bible. dainty Christmas box red Priced | Oc! $22 HANDSOME AXMINSTER RUGS, PRICED AT Nothing could make a more practical s for the home than one of these handsome Axminster Rugs. They are size 9x12 inane} and are shown [n the choice aliover designs } in beautiful, soft, rich brown and tan Tt ings, and in artistic effects, —Th ira Floor, Pike St, Side, Wednesday Morning Specials—From 9 to11 A.M. No Telephone Orders Accepted for ‘Shop Early’ Bargains —10e CREPE SACHETS, 5e— In fancy crepe paper packages, neatly wrapped, tied with colored ribbons, Assorted odors—vio- let, rose, carnation. 9 to 11. Upper Main Floor. $1.00 FOUNTAIN PENS 69¢ Ea. “Jaxon” screw cap Fountain Pens—the best pens | for the price on the market; gold tipped with irri dum. 9 to 11. Upper Main Floor. —39c FANCY RIBBONS | Fancy floral Ribbons in bright colors—splendid for bags, coat hangers or slippers; 4 and & inches wide. 9 to 11. Upper Main Floor. 15e KIMONO FLANNELS 10¢ Kimono Flannels, 27 inches wide, duckling fleece | and Melton velours, Lengths to 15 yards. Floral and Persian designs. 9 to 11. Lower Main Floor $2 SERGE DRESS SKIRTS $1.45 Handsome Serge Dress Skirts in black, nav brown and tan, All newest models, All siz From 9 to 11 a, m., $1.45. Second Floor. 25¢ VESTS AND PANTS 10 Children’s ribbed, fleece lined, cream color cot ton Shirts and Pants; sizes 1 to 8 years. From 5 | to 11 a. m., 10¢ a garment. Lower Main Floor. 25¢ MOTTOES FOR 15¢ EACH Neat little Mottoes with pictures and verse. Make very dainty little holiday gifts. 9 to 11 a. m,, 15¢ each, Third Floor. —19e SCRIM 15¢ A YARD— Newest Figured Serim—hemstitched border and figured designs down both sides and plain From 9 to 11 a. m., 15c a yard. Third n centers. Floor. 5e FIBER THREAD 3c A SKEIN Fiber Embroidery Thread in skeins, in neariy all the popular shades of brown, green, yellow and red. Dozen, 35 skein, 3c. From 9 to 11 Third Floor. CHILDREN'S 15 HOSE 7 1-2¢ Children's fine ribbed, seamless, fest black cot ton Howe, in sizes 6 to,9%%; good and strong. From 9 to 11 a.m, 7%e a pair, Lower Main Floor. —$1.25 DICTIONARIES 95¢— Webster's new Universal Self-pronouneing Dic tionaries, black leather binding. From 9 to 11 a m., at 95¢ each, Fourth Floor. 25e PADDED GIFT BOOKS 10c White silk padded Gift Books with colored illus trations and selections from the different poets. Regular 25c values. From 9 to 11 a. m., 10¢ each Fourth Floor, Try Shopping at the Bon Marche’s Gift Bazaar, Second Floor It’s a Panacea for all Christmas shopping ills, cons plex gift questions. ‘The Kazaar is very Express Office, on the Second Floor Gifts that Men Will Like—are here in Combination Sets, $1.00 and $1.50—Suspende $1.75. and will help you eniently located opposite solve many com the Postoffice and abundance—nobby Ties, priced 25¢ to $1.00 rs from 50c to $1.00, and Mufflers at 75c¢ to Second Floor of The Bon Marche. Vor Quick Service—the Cafeterin Dairy Launch—Sixth Moor poaMARCHE Pike Street, Second Ave + Union Street, ‘BRALEYS POEM TODAY NECESSARY EVILS In the days of old Ramones, when he ruled along the Nile There were human sacrifices of a rather gory style And ff tenderhearted people at this sort of thing demurred, sa 'N mary ” they were told, when it occurred | ‘or the mighty gods require it, and we 1 t tell them ‘No, Or the crops would cease to prosper and the, Nile would cease to flow! Yet in time this custom perished ‘spite of priest and king and thrall For a Necessary Evil's no necessity at all In the time of Mr, Nero, who was emperor of Rome ery much at Home; other Kames, There were Z There were gladia y Evila which were #’ battles and a lot Such as feeding Christian martyrs to the ons or the flames; | Hut the reign of Nero ended and he had his little day, And those Necessary Evila were completely swept away Swept away like little sandhills in a sudd: For a Necessary Evil's no necessity at all! i} windy squall | | i} There were good and kindly people who defended slavery As a Necessary vil which was simply bound to be. | Yot {t's washed away forever by the blood of noble men; | It's a Necessary Evil which will not come back again! So the Barroom and the Brothel, which are ever talked about | An two Necessary Evils which we cannot do without | They shall go like those before them, they hall crumble to their fal) For a Necessary Evil's no necessity at all! BERTON BRALBY HE DOES NOT NEED IT NOW Winning success through difficulties after coming to this country | from Russia, seven years ago, with no education or friends, Charles H. | Shaptro, then a youth ‘of 19, has refused to return to share a $100,000 estate with his brot Ho has made money from various unique tn ventions which have attracted men wealth, Shapiro lived tn mee | four years and | i ow a resident of Portland. PREFERS DEATH TO ARREST who PORTLAND, 16.—The search for ©. A Ruddell, peared from The last Saturday, ater’ warrant had ed for his arrest, charging him with misappropriating funds of the Moose lodge of which he was treasurer, is ended today by the finding of Rud.) dell’s body in the Rainier hotel, on North Sixth et, where be committed | | suicide by taking carbolic acid i The body was identified through the finding of a ticket to San ff Francisco on the steamer Bear in his pockets | | | | dian p- WIRES CROSSED Eager Young Man (who has called up adored one)—t! can't wait any longer, dear. | really had to phone. me? Gentle Voloe (In reply) —Why, yes, of courte | will. haven't you got the wrong number? WHEN HE KICKED SHE BEAT IT PORTL, AND, Dee. 16. according to his answer to a divorce sult money from a former husband and jected, his wife beat it, Carlsor Will you marry But Humiliation was the portion of C. B. pail | | because his wife accepted tables. When he ob | MR. MONK IS EARLY SHOPPER | i i PORTLAND, Deo. 16.—Mindful of the admonition to “shop early i & performing monkey escaped from a First st, theatre and made it for the haberdashery counter of a department store The clerks fe at 1 Mr. Monk's approach He wan corralled with difficulty | THE LAWYERS dudge—Why do you want a new trial? - Lawyer—On the grounds of newly discovered evidence, your { jonor, | Judge—What Is the nature of it? i] Lawyer—My cHlent | dug up $00 that | didn’t know he vies oP! CAN’T USE PERFUMED WOMEN | | CHICAGO, Dec, 16.—They're not going to permit hight 0 iy rfumed | women to serve on efection boards in Chicago. The women recently | asked the election board to prohibit amoking at the polls, and the men |i came right back and said if there wasn't going to be any smoking there |i var going to be any perfume. And thore tnt going to be any. HI } me of the men said that tobacco smoke killed germs or fame bred germs. ‘ bie ar ete | DISRUPTIVE | Frank Brightman, the lawyer, has a son who has just en- tered school. He was supposed to be enjoying it, but one morn- ing he walked Into the dining room, where his father was hav- | ing his breakfast, and remarked: “I'm tired of going to school, pa. | “Why?” asked Frank. | 1 think I'l) stop.” | | acho | “What Is your objection to going to’ (" answered the boy, “It breaks up the day #0.” —— ti ls i BATTLESHIPS MAKE A RECORD | | NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Nine United Staten battleships crossed the | Atlantic and returned, consuming seven weeks in doing #0, and never! bought an ounce of coal, of] or provisions while they were gone. All of the extra supplies were carried on three colliers and a provision ship. | Four of the vessels of the the Wyoming, Arkansas, Utah and New York CANAL IS OPEN END 70 END| PANAMA, Dec, 16.—The canal actually was open today from end to end. The dredges have removed enough of the | Cucurecha slide to allow the passage bal medium-sized vessels. | WELL DUNNE | | They had just become engaged. | “Oh, WII,” ahe said, moving a trifle closer to him, “1 am so | glad you are not rich! They say that some of those mililonaires iW recelve threatening letters, saying that something dreadful will happen to them If they don’t pay the writers sums of money.” | “Oh, in that all?” replied Will. “Why, | get plenty of such | || tere.” SPOIL REAL GOOD CRAP GAME. Right at the point where one man was about to take over $134 In a crap” game, Detectives Barton and Hart arrested three players last| night in the rear of 906 First av. They are charged with gambling, Americans live too fast and are entirely too nervous, says Prof. Theodore Triebel of Rome. Sure we do, professor. You'd | have to live fast and be nervous, too, if you had to dodge auto- | mobiles In a fog like we had In Seattle this morning. | THOUSANDS MORE IDLE MEN Hight thousand men working in lumber camps and in mills in North western Washington will be thrown out of employment Saturday, when) work will cease for periods ranging from two weeks to 60 days, | In Snohomish county alone ment. [LATE YESTERDAY AT--- | | i | | | | nt was announced of President Huan Shat 3,000 opgratives will be out of employ- PEKIN.—The gage Kai's youngest son to President Li Wuang’s 11-year-old daughter, SAN FRANCISCO.—A message of Chile will come to the exposition e538 ee 8 was received saying the president LOS ANGELES.—S. A. McK restaurant man and automobile rao- er, sued his wife for divorcee, naming David Bell, | i oe 8 me i ESCONDIDO, Cal—A. I. Stewa a rancher, was probably injured when attacked by a bull a chauffeur, fatally | LOS ANGELES.—Married 30 years, Mrs, Raptista Tomanelll gave birth to her 2grd baby. She is 45 years old, Twelve of the childrea| are living, et SY ee SAN FRANCISCO.—For’the first foug days of the city’s ownership tho Union Street line made $4,116.36 . : SAN FRANCISCO.—Called on by Attorney General McReynolds to resign, United States Marshal T, C, Elliott said he proposed to hold on until his four-year term's expiration, next June. | e | | SAN FRANCISCO.—Hin wife having left hm, Hdward Poullartes, | San Jose dyer, followed, shot and probably fatally wounded her, sand | would have shot himseif but for a neighbor's interference, | PREDERICK-e | NELSON | ae Store Ny | The Morning Hours Are Best for Shopping tee a 5:30 ei | Store Opens at 8:3 An Exceptional Offering of Gift Sets in Imported Blue Delft China Special [ $2. 50 | Each N the Sale Square, First Floor, we place on sale Wednesday a new importation of the popular Blue Delft China (delayed in delivery) at a price decisively below regular value Embraced in the selling are the following useful Sets. 7-Piece Chocolate Sets Sets of Six Tea Plates 7-Piece Cake Sets Sets of Six Breakfast Plates 7-Piece Salad or Berry Sets 7-Piece Chop Sets 7-Piece Celery Sets 4-Piece Dresser Sets 7-Piece Cheese-and-cracker Sets all in the delightfully quaint, highly-glazed Delft-blue China, with characteristic Dutch decoration. Choice, special, Sale Square, Leather Novelties Specially Priced IGH-GRADE Hand-Bags, highly desirable special $10.00 to $25.00. Men's Collar Bags in new to Novelty for gifts, designs, va- rious leathers choose from, special $1.50 cach. Leather Hand-Bags in pin-seal, crepe-seal, Morocco and goat-seal, special $2.45. French Opera Bags in various pretty de- signs, fitted with vanity mirrors, special $2.45 cach. x An attractive assortment of Novelty Girdles and Sashes at sharply reduced prices, ranging from 50¢ to $3.95 cach First Floor, Ebony Toilet Requisites Special $1.45 Each HE Toilet Goods Section offers an at- tractive opportunity for gift-choosers in an assortment of Ebony Toilet Articles, in- cluding Military Brushes, Hair Brushes and Hand Mirrors of various designs, grouped for clearance at a specially-low price, each, $1.45. —First Floor Crepe de Chine Petti- coats, $3.50 TTRACTIVE values in these Petticoats of soft silk crepe de chine, finished with flounce of shadow lace, lace band and satin ribbon rosette. Choice of light-blue, pink, lavender and white, $3.50. —Basement Salesroom Decorated Linen Novel- ties, Special 25c to $1 —an assortment of useful gift novelties, including : Glove and Handkerchief Boxes Spool and Make-up Boxes Bridge Scores Telephone Pads Tie and Ribbon Racks Pipe Racks Traveling Cases Laundry Lists Rubber Cases Match Scratchers Memorandum Lists Veil Cases Collar Bags Children’s Hand-embroidered Dresses of White Poplin and Pique combined with colored linen, sizes 2 to 5 years, $8.00. —Second Floor. Sale Square, First Floor Silver-Plated Ware Specially Priced . of six Knives and six Forks ET S finished, with plain handles, in’ green moire case, lined special $3.75. Six Silver-plated Teaspoons with satin- handles, in lined satin- ked white, with finished special 85¢. *Twenty-four-plece Silver-plated Set, con case, sisting of Six Knivess Sit Forks, Six Soup Spoons and Six» Teaspoons, with — plain satin-finished handles» Set, complete in lined case, spec $4.50. Firat Floor, $2.50 the set. First Floor 24-Piece Silver Set Special $5.95 AHOGANY-FINISHED Wood Chest side handles, inscription plate and lining, containing Six Knives, Six Forks, Six Teaspoons and Six Dessert Spoons, sectional plated with pure silver, in satin finish. Complete, special $5.95. Silver-plated Sandwich or Cake Plates, in attractive open-work design. choice of three designs, $3.50 each. Firat Floor, with moire Silver-Plated Casseroles Special $2.50 Each Round and Oval Casseroles in attractive designs, with silver-plated or ebonized wood handles, fitted with brown glaze Guernsey ware inset, as pictured, special $2.50. Quadruple Silver-plated Casseroles, round shape, exceptional value at $3.00 each. Round and Oval Casseroles in very hand- some patterns, $3.50 each. ~—First Floor, Chiffon Waists Special $2.75 WAISTS, HIFFON for Christmas gifts, in navy, Copenhagen and black, designed with high neck and long sleeves. The neck, cuffs and vestee are of dainty shadow lace and the front is finished with corsage band and bow. Also especially appropriate for gifts are the Waists of white shadow lace, with V- collar edged with long sleeves and vestee of plaited chiffon over net. Special $2.75. New Curtain Swisses WISS MUSLINS, 36 inches wide, in dotted and dainty figured effects, un- usually low priced at 10c yard.” Swiss Muslins in a finer grade, wide, lace, —Basement Salesroom 36 inches in a variety of desirable the yard, 12%c. Soft Sheer Swiss Muslins, 40 inches wide, in a good assortment, also 36-inch Muslins in imitation hemstitched effects, patterned in fowl and animal patterns for the nursery, the yard, 1&c. . Kid Body Dolls $1.00 patterns, —Basewent Salesroom ID BODY DOLL, 20 inches high, with jointed hip. It has bisque head, movable eyes and curled wig; shoes acd stockings. Attractive value at $1.00. Second Floor,