The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 29, 1914, Page 8

Store Closed Ail Day Friday—New Year’s Day— Better Do Friday’s Shopping on Wednesday and Tharsday | Buy New Year’s Gifts at The Bon Marche And Reap the Benefits of Pre-Inventory Clearance Sale Economi The Great Disposal of Suits, Furs, Wool and Silk Dresses At >> good things here yet—despite two or three days of the most vigorous selling—for this is a big store—carrying big stocks—and of course that means big bargains—and more of them—when it comes time to clean house for the season. This brief mention of some of the lines involved may give you some slight idea of the vastness of this sale. In the Suits | In the Dresses In the Furs Semeas $2450 Tailored Suits, | Women's $10.50 Dresses, of silk Handsome $10.50 Fur Sets of serge essaline and opiin, cc id ne eer 2 7.25 | 3: ret $8.25 | iin 9.75 BIGSO Tailored Suits of serce, | Women's 819. . Dresses, of char | gaas0 Par Sets, of natural and in, cheviot and | mouse, crepe, Mmeosaline Black oposaum, Fen maee $8.28 | arc $9. 75 | = $11.25 Tatlored Suits, of poplins, | 003.00 Decsnee, » of crepe Reautitat 928.00 Civet Cat Fur an Women’s ct Y 19.50 Sermes and jac- quards, at . ~o gl Taltored Suits, of 125 $1 1. 25 $17.50 of 18.75 Black at “sete, very handsome, Seti fur Mo ended fo: 97.50 Heavy Weel Serge Dresses, satin trimmed, $3.75 | reduced to . @559 Mannish Serge Dresses, 4!) splendidly made, 4. 45 | reduced to of serge | Weme "$6.25 | special at 0.00 5.00 Pillow Mutts, larce sine 7.50 Mufts, large pillow $8.25 k wallaby fur, tal at nw broadcloth, at accoon ape, reduced $12.50 1 mite, of broad- | and fine wool Pots gg eed | to ‘Wemen’s $35.00 cloth, serge and reduced to gaberdines, 814.50 Jnpancee Wink "$7 Sears vo ge Women's $16.50 Dresses, of fine | fave been reduced 7.25 Wemen’s $39.50 Suits, of poplins, | serge and satin com- to ° bination dresses, at All ether ad Sk and Woot Combtaat Dresees, worth $19.60 to $29.50, reduced to Half gaberdines, ser: and broadcloths, at All other to $125.00, 19.75 All other Fur Sets, Searts and Suits, worth $42.50 up reduced to HALF Five Hundred Women Can Buy $1.50 Umbrellas Here Wednesday for 95c For we have just that number of these Umbrellas. They are good $1.50 Umbrellas—judged by any standard we know of. There’s a very nice selection of carved and plain wood ‘and ebonine handles—with Turk loops—or cords and tassels on good S-ribbed steel frames—with slide runners. The cov- ting is an excellent piece-dyed cotton taffeta with taped . Lower Main Floor. Pre-Inventory Clearance of Rugs and Draperies Profits on all small lots are swept aside—and part of the cost in some cases } you can buy new things for your home at extremely low prices and 98caPr. | A Pre-inventory Clearance in the Curtain Department worth careful con- sideration if you are interested In sav. ing when buying new curtains. This | 1s a choice line of all double thread lace curtains worth to $1.50, some of heavy cable net, all 3 yards long, 40 $6.95 Ea. Replace your old worn out hall and bedroom Rugs at this PreInventory Clearance of ours on Wednesday and you will be more than pleased with your purchase. 4%4xl0% and 4%x12 Axminister Rugs, with rich Oriental and floral dew'sns that blend so well, ‘Third Floor. to 54 Inches wide. Third Floor. and you'll like them, too. Third Floor, 60c Carpet at 25c a Yard / § ape 50c Curtain Scrims 29¢ Yd. “arpe' Our entire stoc ol Mercerized Curtain Serime with Plain and figured C t, 26 inches } k 0 jer rt wide, Ingrain'in reversible designe Framed Pictures is pretty figures. worth to bc a yard worth to 0c, special at 25e a yard. on sale at special for this sal y 10c Curtain Scrims 61/,c Yd 98c Couch Covers 69c Ea. |} 36 and 38-inch figured Curtain _Cholee striped Ortental Tapestry Serims, with colored side borders i SS Couch Covers with reversible and and figured centers; nice curtains figured designs; make nice covers Third Floor. for any room. for sanitary couch $2.50 Warm Wool Coatings—54 Ins. Wide For one day at the Pre-Inventory Clearance Sale—warm winter Coatings at a big reduction. Included are handsome boucle weaves, nobby checks, plaids and double-faced mate- rials in black and white, brown, green, wine, gray and Oxford, all full 54 inches wide. Upper Main Floor. Morning Shopping Pays Best Look at the 9 A. M. to 12 Money-Savers for Wednesday Then consider if you can afford to miss such bargains when a morning trip down town will secure them all. No phone orders for morning specials. Serge Linings Worth to 50c Yd. 1,000 yards of heavy Lining Serges in black and seal brown, in lengths) 10c from 1 to 7 yards, full 32 inches wide From 9 to 12 Wednesday, 10c a yard Upper Main Floor. 6c Printed Floral Challies Yd. Printed Challies, 24 inches wide, in Pre-Inven- tory Specials in Domestics Pre-Inven- tory Specials in Domestics 9c Ginghams at 5c Yd. Plaids, checks and striped ginghams, 27 inches wide, lengths 25c Devonshire 15c Yd. Devonshire Cloth, 32 Inches wide, in lengths to.15 yards, to 10 yards, Not | full bolts apd perfect goods, best shades Ac Pg cor arigag 4 « in floral patterns. Not over 15 yards i over 20 yards to} 14 each, From 9 to 12 Wednesday and plain styles each. Lower Main Floor. Women’s 121/c Stockings, Pr.) Fast black Cotton Stockings with hemmed tops and seamless feet. Sizes} £%, 9, 9% and 10, On sale from 9 a. m. to 12 at 7%c a pair. Lower Main) Floor. Boys’ 25c Golf Style Caps, Ea. Boys’ Caps in golf style, dark fancy patterns in grays; also solid colored 124%4c_ Percales 8 1-2c Yd. 10c Cretonnes 5c Yd. 1 TC Dress Percales, 26 wide, in lengths to 15 yards, light and dark Cretonnes in mill inches lengths to 10 yards, 27 inches wide, floral 18c patterns, be a yard browns and blues. Sizes 6% to 6% shades. Lower Main Lanier Wein Fleer, only. 9 to 12 Wednesday, 18c. Upper Floor. Main Floor. THE PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCE OF TOILET ARTICLES 18 IN FULL SWING. bON MARCHE Telephone Elliott 4100 Union &t—Gecond Ave—Pike St.—Seattle $1.50 Lace Curtains | $12 Axminster Rugs | | THE SEATTLE STAR LOOK IT UP—WE aAD TO Our wife le out of town thie we And we are all alone; | She's coming back, we've just learned by | Long-distance telephone, f And she'll be mad as mad can be Now, when she sees the mess we've made— We meant no mischief by it— She'll grab her broom and duster, and She'll straightway netify® it. *(Look tt up tn the dictionary. We had to.) As quite next-door to sin | i i George Carson, claim agent for the Seattle Electric, was fooling around tn his runabout when he was hit by a Madrona car The conductor got down and inquired his name and address | From force of habit, Carson argued to the conductor that the acct: |i dent was purely and entirely the fault of the driver of the automobile, | I He held the motorman blamelens The conductor looked puzzled, sald “Glad you think 80,” and let it] Oo at that | Superintendent Kempster read the report. f," he said to Carvon, “it was the fault of the driver of the auto: | mobile, then how about the damage to the fender of the street car’ | ‘So I guess I'll have to put in a counter claim, after all,” says Claim | | Agent Carson | oe eee Ed Cudihee, King county sheriff and livery stable man—though he doesn't work at either very hard—has a balky horse, The horse balked on the road to Renton at 7 p, m | Bven when it began to rain the horse wouldn't give in. Nelther/#f would Cudihee, He sat and waited for the horse to see that it is foolish and wicked to balk, | A large number of people gathered and made bets as to which would | | the horse or Cudihee. Cudihee quit at 2 a, m. and got another horse to complete the trip. | His own horse had won the contest after eight hours, breaking all balk |i records for King county. Hi see ee Chauncey Virtue, a University stadent and son of George A. Virtue, | If | real estater, picked up some dollar bilis in Pioneer square | He thought the bills had been dropped by a man running just ahead | ff jot him. Virtue ran after him. He caught him just as he was getting | win | aboard a car. | The stranger spoke no English, Incidentally, though {t wasn't apparent at the time, the man had |} lost nothing except his car. Virtue’s efforts to make him take the /f] | money were misunderstood. He got scared and called a policeman, So|) | Virtue kept the money. “Which only goes to show,” | reward.” /WILL VOTE ON 6 CHARTER AMENDMENTS | Six charter amendments will be voted upon at the city election, | March 2. The council so decided Monday. ‘The proposed amen¢ments are as follows: Preferential system of voting, which eliminates the primary election, and, by allowing the | voters to express necond and third choles, if they so desire, makes only lone election necessary; placing employes of city treasurer's office under | elvil service; compelling contractors on city Iabor to give preference to ||] | heads of families who are residents of Seattle and citizens of the U. 8.; | | abolishing the privilege of giving free service to any tnstitution of a | city utility, such as light and water; allowing the council to pass an | emergency bill over the veto of the mayor; providing a method for call- | ing epecta! council meetings. | The preferential voting poner cities, will, it ts estim: say bis friends, “that Virtue ts his own om, now tn vogue at Spokane and tn teduee election expenses about $15,000. ‘WOMAN JUDGE WILL HANDLE ONLY WOMEN | | LOS ANGELES, D 29-—The first woman jurist on the Pacific const, Mrs. Geo Bullock, will continue to pase judg- it on women offenders In the Los Angeles police court, as the result of her firet day's experiences on the bench. | Observers, Including Police Judge Thomae White, for whom | she eat, approved the experiment. Migs Mary Saunders, accused of a technical violation of the liquor ordinance, was the first defendant to face Mrs. Bullock. She tearfully pleaded guilty and received, in addition to a wholesome lecture, a 90-day suspended sentence. ACIFIC NORTHWEST PARLIAMENT OPEN A hearty welcome was extended delegates to the third annual con vention of the Pacific Northwest parliament of the Disciples of Christ Monday night by Rev. L. E. Lakin, president of the Seattie Ministers’! | association. The visiting ministers attended a banquet at 6 p.m. Monday, in the | Ii] First Christian church i A devotional Bible study was held Tuesday, followed by an address |i] | by Rev. Cleveland Kiethaur. Rev. M. A. Matthews and Rey, I. N. Me- | Cash of Spokane speak in the evening. COP WHO GAVE BLOOD IS BETTER | Patrolman Scott White, who sacrificed a quart of blood Sunday in! | vain attempt to eave the life of Patrolman Arthur K. Ruckart by sub-|[f | mitting to a tran: fon of blood, felt #o well Tuesday the hospital au | thorities gave him permission to leave. i | Ruckart was shot Thursday evening by Wilfred Bagley, 8 cltizen, |i | who mistook him for a ewe. |. it BOB WOULD KICK BACK WITH THE DOUGH | | Under the terms of a bill introduced by Councilman Hesketh Mon- | day, $1,029 will be returned to private employment agencies on the licenses which became null and void when the state adopted the Initia-| | tive measure prohibiting the collection of fees by employment agents YOUNG GIRL BADLY HURT BY MOTOR BIKE Jennie Ford, 10, is in the Minor hospital, suffering from a fractured | arm and concussion of the bra! result of being hit by a motor-| cycle driven by Edgar Moore, 17, late Monday, at Fourth ave. and Unt-| versity st. She was thrown nearly across the street, alighting under an) automobile standing against the curb, Eyewitnesses claim Moore was traveling 20 miles an hour, ENGLAND COMMANDEERS 2 C. P. R. LINERS Two of the finest vessels ever built for the Canadian Pactfic Rall way Co, for its Coast trade, the Princess Margaret and the Princess | Irene, have been commandeered by the British navy } | The vessels were recently completed at the Dumbarton, Scotland, ship yards, They were intended for service between Seattle, Vancou-| ver and Victoria | SOCIALISTS WILL GIVE NEW YEAR PARTY Locals Fourth and Fifth wards, of the Seattle socialist party, united | at the recent meeting of the latter, will witness the passing of the old ear in a joint jubilee at Socialist temple, 711 Olive at., Friday night A/| | regular old-fashioned New Year's party will be on tap. | There will be music, denctag ond refreshments. No admission, \Y. M. C. A. WILL HOLDOPEN HOUSE JAN. | A county fair will be the attraction offered New Year's day at the| Y. MC. A., when that institution celebrates {ts annual open house day.| This is the only day in the year when women and children are al-| lowed through the building THREE BOY HEROES HONORED BY RUSSIA PETROGRAD, Russia, Dec, 29.—Russia has awarded the St. George | Cross to three boys, aged 17, 14 and 13, The youngest 1s the son of an| engineer in Warsaw who has followed the agmy since the fighting ut! Lubin and carried cartridges under fire to the men in the trenches, He | finally became a wonderful scout, and his reconnoitering resulted in the| | capture of 10 heavy guns. |MAN LIVES WITH BULLET LODGED IN BRAIN | ng the fact that a 32-! | | HACKENSACK, N, J., Dec, 29.—Notwithatan: caliber bullet is embedded in his brain, Gatano Vinsone of Washington ave., Hackensack, 1s alive and consctous, The doctors attempted to probe for the bullet, but desisted finally, because of the danger to the patient The remarkable feature of the cose shooting has Vinsone lost consciousness, is that at no Ume since the i, | PREDERCKe-NELSON ‘= The Garment Clearance Includes Coats in Great Variety At Keen Price-Reductions M ANY women and misses who have been planning the P Ly acquisition of a smart new Coat are finding in this We y, clearace the models, fabrics and colors most to their tastes, ¢ and are paying much less than they would ordinarily expe pe ’ for garments of such desirable An yrtunity opp qualities to choose: Coats for Street and Sport Wear Coats for Machine Wear Coats for Tourist Wear Coats for General Utility Wear Coats for Promenade and Reception Coats for Evening Occasions with the assurance of savings that are unusually well worth taking advantage of $11.75 The reduced prices range upward from: $14.75 $21.75 and $24.75 Second Floor. Novelty Baskets Reduced to $1.00 N assortment of Fancy Plaited Shirts Reduced to $1.00 N unusual offering of Plaited-bosom Shirts in a variety of handsome novelty patterns, made with short bosoms (unusually comfortable) and stiff cuffs. ¥ A good size assortment to choose from, with the exception of size 14%, Exceptional values at the reduced price, $1.00. On Sale Wednesday, Men's Furnishings Section, First Floor THE OHIO STEEL RANGE M ONTH in, month out, year after year, the Ohio is” i giving complete satisfaction in thousands of homes, doing its work well upon a minimum cost for upkeep. And it is so attractive with its clean-cut design, and 1 so easily kept bright and clean with its plain nickel trimmings, that women enjoy working with it. Baskets that the Art Needlework Section is clos- ing out at this low price includes Lace Sandwich Trays and Bread Baskets Sweet Grass Work Baskets South Sea Island Baskets Gilt Baskets with composition ornaments Wren's Nest Baskets and other interesting items; exceptional values at $1.00 each. ~—Becond Floor. The Ohio is shown in three sizes: With 16-inch oven, $49.50. With 18-inch oven, $53.50. With 20-inch oven, $57.50. These prices include water connections. —Third Fleor, The Basement Salesroom Clearance of Women’s and Misses’ Garments Cloth Coats Reduced to $6.75 Separate Skirts | Reduced to to $1.95 Street and Party Dresses Reduced to_ to $8.85 and $10.65 Women’s Suits Reduced to $5.75, $8.85 and $10.65 Women’s White Coats Reduced to $6. 50 Sil k Petticoats Reduced to $2.45 Silk Waists Reduced to $3.25 Children’s Coats Reduced to $3.75 Andirons Reduced to - $3.75 she Clearing Wash Goods Remnants at [5c | and [10c | Yard AT 10¢ YARD— Useful lengths of good quality Dress Ginghams, Percale, White and Figured Lawns, 36-inch White Outing Fine Muslin Cambrics and other wash fabrics, priced for clear- ance at 10c yard. Galatea, Crepe, Flannel, AT 5¢ YARD— Apron Ginghams, 32-inch Percales, Prints of many kinds, Bleached and Un WENTY pairs of Andirons in Black bleached Muslins, White and Colored Iron, Colonial Brass and Flemish Outing Flannels and short lengths of finishes, including a variety of good other wash materials, priced for clearance at 5c yard. patterns, sharply underpriced for clear- ance at $3.75 pair, —Housewares Section, Basement Saiesroorn New Gaiter-Top Boots $3.00 Pair AITER BOOTS in the new over-lap pattern, made on @ short-vamp last, with gray or fawn-color tops. Sizes 214 to 7, $3.00 pair. Women’s Felt Slippers Reduced to 95c¢ Pair About 250 pairs of Women’s Felt House Slippers to be closed out at 95¢ pair —Basement Galesroagy \