The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1915, Page 5

Piano Makers’ Loss Is Your Gain if Awake - fo the Situation The Time to Get a Piano or Player Piano Is Right Now! Great Emergency and Surplus Sale Now in Full Swing at the House of Eilers A tremendous sacrifice of highest grade pianos and player pianos of the highest / and n order at prices and terms that| $98. This is a reduction sale are simply astounding. Goodjof the greatest magnitude, as new Weber piano, regular) and there are good reasons for $650, at $425. Another one | it. It can’t last much longer, latest model in upright some new ones pianos at mahogany, new, $118, at-nearly half price. Brand/ting better. Act at once, MR. C. W. HOUSEMAN IN CHARGE But he will leave very soon now. We say in all earnest- mess that you will not have this opportunity again, as like conditions will never again exist. A few of the pianos and player pianos are used, but in good condition, The most fare brand new and fresh from the big Eastern factories. Chickering, Sohmer, Decker, Kimball, Steinway, Emerson, Smith & Barnes, Strohber, Ludwig, Baldwin make, Hallet & Davis, Weber, in fact almost every known make of piano and player piano is here represented. Is it any wonder, then, that shrewd buyers, keen judges of genuine piano value, throng this big store every day and evening, eager to join the vast number of happy piano buyers? Buying is now made easy here. The pianos and player pianos are of the highest order. The terms are to your liking and the prices are simply irresistible. : Necessity Knows No Law tities have accumulated in the nation’s largest piano Re tories. With a well-founded faith in the future and a breadth of perception t the very near future will verify, Eilers Music House has agreed to take a large portion of the surplus of several leading manufacturers, under an agree- ment that the manufacturers now assume all expense of dis- posing of every instrument. The manufacturers’ representa- tives are now here. The sale is now on. They do not care profit. Their proposition is to immediately turn these into cash or time-payment contracts. This is the Factory Agreement The agreement. with the Eastern manufacturers is that every time the factories’ representatives sell two pianos, Eilers House agrees to buy three more. But this is for only time and these special prices are made for a few only. | Important: Nearly all pianos in this sale are latest styles brand new, not even shopworn; the few that are used! in the very best and guaranteed condition # Caution: We shall sell every instrument in this group! this great sale closes. ' All Our New $300, $325, $375 a Pianos, Now $6 a Month AND PRICES REDUCED TOO $190, $168, $228 Spae And Plain Cases Only $118, Brand New Why not buy a Player Piano while it can be purchased for less than the usual price of a straight piano, and on less than half the usual payments? Free music rolls. Stay at home and enjoy the evenings. CHOOSE NOW, PAY LATER Nor is it necessary to pay all cash. Eilers Music House has arranged for the most extraordinary, liberal and easy terms of payment—within reach of any home. Select your piano or player piano immediately. Pay when you can, even ext month or the month after. Confidential arrangements for payment are made, as best suits the convenience of any home. An old piano or an organ, or a phonograph and records, Will be accepted as part payment for any of these elegant,| new instruments, at these almost unbelievably low sacrifice) prices. | Again we repeat, whether it is an old style piano for $35) “or $40, or one of the nation’s most costly $1,500 Chickering, or Player Piano de Luxe, or genuine and latest Autopiano Player Pianos at these reduced sale prices, right now is the} time to arrange to have one AUTOMOBILE SERVICE Quick action now is necessary, and the auto is none too If you intend to buy a piano within the next five years} bin owe it to yourself and family to investigate this sale,| you must act quickly. For the convenience of our cup- rs this store is open every evening until 10 o'clock. If| cannot call during the day come in the evening, afd} hone Elliott 4377 for our automobile to call for you. This service is entirely free, and even though we call for you, you are under no obligations to us whatever Low and easy terms are prices yours THIRD AVE, AND UNIVERSITY ST. | WILL LET ’EM PLAY England, the association stited that as many are interested in foot ball results as in the war, and that LONDON, Jan. 17 —After deciding|the results are the first things to continue profe wounded soldiers look for in the| ——— papers, PARIS, Jan. 1—An offictal warn ing has been issued in Gertiany | against using grain, especially rye. Complete course gh, reliable. All for even} at $237. Two $575 Kimballs|as conditions are gradually get It is a well-known fact that finished pianos in large) Shipments of! surplus stock from Eastern factories are already on the| RUNS IN THE FAMILY lod, which I take pleasure in highly LONDON, Haldat scendant of and diedair —- in before Tl ty feed animals, because it is teed led for breadstuffs, Sen Model Millinery Co. Sth Floor, Second, at Pike People’s Hank Bide. | ON. P, begins storage of ict at) North Yakima, tire Promo this form have ordinary Quinine. and It do head. Remember the full ad signature of B. Arc, has been mentioned for valor —— An Improved Quinine | The hapov somhination of tnrn feo rr worth these Player . well 75. Jan. 1l—Major de Lys, sald to be a de the famfly of Joan of of danger at the front. [Enter here those ‘NIGHT SCHOOL VACATION ALL OVER MONDAY The new term of the evening schools will open Monday, when new pupils may register for work The school will be tn reason Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of ench week from 7:15 New and additional classes will be formed wherever a suffictent number of students enroll to war rant the employment of a teacher. The evening schools for the fall term averaged approximately 4,000 pupils fn attendance at each ses sion Puptla wishing to enroll for work will find the following classes at their option: hoo! Eng! algebra, efvt ntrteity, typewriting, arithmett architectural biue p ing, carpentry, machine shop work engine, uate, & rh (for be men and w arade classes and English for foreianers. TROOPS ON SKIS PARIS, Jan. 1 troops on skis cover from 30 te Seattle | }to 9:15 o'clock and wi!l probably | be continued untll about the 1st of April An heretofore, high school, grade and foreign classes, will be main tained at the Hroadway, Queen Anne, Lincoln, Franklin and Bal lard high schools; grade and for eign classes at the Central ree town, Washington and B, F. Day schools Cia Dear Miss Grey: The following presoription for the cure of tove may be of service to the ewaing who are constantly beseeohing you for rellet Into a pint of the water of ob livion put of the essence of renlg nation two grains, of prudence and patience each three grains, and of wound judgment one drachm, Mix well, and after they have stood some time, take off the scum of former remembrance and sweeten the mixture with the ayrup of hope. P It through the filter of com: mon senee by the funnel of convic tlon into the bottle of firm resolu tlon, stopping it tightly with the cork of indifference Take a drachm night and morn Ing, or oftener If the constitution will bear It, and reduce the dose as the disease decreases. This remedy is particularly reo ommended for the Individual who signe “W, E." In your Issue of re cent date, who does not know | whether to elope or wreck his life. French Alpine | will complete the costume. 40 miles a day tn the Vosges, and|the public brary which would be many are engaged tn military opera | helpful to you in cutting and plan tions 8,000 feet above the sea level.| ning the suit. P. W. KING. Q—I! am going to attend a mas querade party In the near future and thought | would like to dress as # Brownle, Will you tell n how to make that sort of a cow tume? BEATRICE A.—This may be made of brown cheesecloth, and should be @ tight fitting waist and long trousers, also tight, and worn with low thoes, A tight-fitting peaked cap There books at are Brownie pictures in When « follow gets a dozen to delle—and gongs, and horns and serpentine, etc. In other word {t across” right heftily. Julian Rubell ts does thin trick in New Year's eve and continues Fri- day and Saturday with matinees. Julian, as the Teutonte professor of art, does to the King’s English what the German torpedo boats have been doing to some of the British dreadnaughts. He shows no mercy, has no scruples as to using linguistic dum dums, and scatters Noah Webster's offensive and defensive alliance with the dictionary helter skelter hand every which way. | Julian does that the evening long, none at all abashed by the pretty girl students and a few boy students whom he had invited to a cafe to seo his art exhibition, and then he slings, “A Spare Rib From the Butcher Shop of Life.” innumerable en- cores, This song was the hit of the eve, and it waa rich. It's a good show, this “September Morn,” as musical comedies co. Rich Maj. Storn steals “Septem ber Morn,” or words to that effect —and that’s the plot. The finish shows the famous painting, In life form! The show abounds tn classy danc ing and tuneful muslo-—and the girls are pulchritudinous, meaning that you mi be a chronic dy» peptic if you fall to give ‘em the $5.00 Glasses $2.00 9, Oe? secre Choice of Eye-Glasses or Spectacies If you have eye trouble of any kind, come in and have our opti cians thoroughly examine your eyes If glasses are needed, you may be fitted at the following special price $5.00 Gold-Filled a $2.00 Glasses or Specta: Marcum Optical Co. 917 First Avenue. DR. L. R, CLARK, D, D., 8. OTHER METHODS HURT MRS. M’DONALD Regal methods were absolutely painless. Read her statement REGAL DENTAL OFFICES “Gentlemen: ‘Three years ago I took somnoform to have my upper teeth extracted and suffered ter ribly from the after effects. 1 dreaded even the thought of a dental chair, but later I was forced to have my lower teeth taken out so 1 thought I would try your meth recommending to any one {n need of painless dentistry, for the nine teeth you extracted absolutely without pain “MRS. O. C. M'DONALI "1811 88th Ave, N Regal Dental Offices tn fare. ‘Inine makes t uinine tn iat better than the affect the 4 look for 'W. GROVE on box. Price be, DR. L. R. CLARK, MGR. 1405 Third Avenue N. W. Corner Third and Union Morn,” which opened to « delight-| ed andience at the Moore theatre! SOME SHOW, BOYS, IS ‘SEPTEMBER MORN’; GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS one might say, he “puts/day night. the chap who! week “September | — | | Miss Grace Childers and Mickey & score of encores, he's there with) Leonard do the latest dances very | w Year| niftily, The house was crowded Thurs Same sort of weather is for the rest of the predicted 20% DISCOUNT ON AL’, HAIR GOODS It is our custom to offer the very attractive discount of 20 per cent on all Hair Goods twice a year. This is done to stimulate business, and we should be very glad to have you take advantage of the oppor- tunity it offers to get the| very best in Hair Goods at extraordinarily low prices. We pride ourselves on our unfailing ability to| match your hair. Expert} salespeople give you intel- ligent service. | <> 3 SS d Toupees for Men are approach to Nature you can get. They are light, comfort. able, close-fitting and porous. Wigs for Men and Women. Factory Hair Store 1401 First Ave. Lola M. Hanson, Manager. Awe A i White Sewing 1424 Third P We are closing out prices. Ss. Terms, too. Drop in and see them—it ENDS LIFE ON GRAVE <*Ring out. the old. | Qt am a@ girl 26 years of age.) | have had several chances to mar ry well, but foolishly let them silp by, for which | was sorry after ward, At present | am about to be engaged to a fine fellow from an other city. Sometin I am ormzy about him, and then again, when he comes, | feel Indifferent. Can! you explain these moods? And do you think It advisable to marry him? MP. | A-They are just the ordinary | moods to which the average hu man being Is subject, Exalted sen timent continued indefinitely would loud to the mad house or the grave. A period of calm does not neces. easily mean that love ts dead The advisability of marrying the man is not for any third person to discuss, in view of the limited tn formation contained in the above letter. | Q.—WiII! you let ua know through The Star which Is the longest river | in the world? | } CONSTANT READERS, | A.—Truly speaking, the Amazon |river is the longest in the world.| | From its source to Its mouth, it ts | 4,000 miles, If the Missouri river were counted as a part of the Mis nissippl, tt would be the long the glot biccensd | | Q—t am greatly worried. | have |come to the conclusion that | am | different from other fellows. 1 fear that | am utterly depraved | Now | want to tell you all about it/ Jin the hope that you may ~~ able to give me a little advice. When | go to a show and see the is In tights that come out age and do all kinds of| fancy wriggles, my thoughts are never limited to the artistic view of the performance. And if the sclence of mind ing were bet. known than It is, | would never| dare to attend another show In my) life. And, likewise, when | attend « ance where the latest dances are| permitted, my thoughts, wi dancing one of these hugging af- fairs, would not bear Inspection, | Now, | know | could stay away! | from these things; but then where | }ean | go for amu been to a sh v where there were no giris in tights, diving beauties, | or something else in that line for ages. it has been sald that, “As a man |thinketh so Is he.” Now If It wi | not for the above proverb | shoul not fee! so badly about It, for | am not Immoral except in thought. Will you please tell me what you think of my case, and | shall be very grateful? A a thought only add fuel to the flame when they attend suggeetive amusements. The mind is a won- derful piece of machinery. We may fill {t so full of good thoughts that they will crowd out the bad ones, or we may nurse the bad ones un- til they shut out the good ones. Have you ever stopped to con- sider that the mind is never idle? Thoughts of all manner and de scription flow constantly through it and the truly Intelligent person sorts these thoughts, retains the worthy ones and casts out the un- desirable, The man who has not grasped the power that makes him master of his own thoughts had best remain away from cheap vaudeville and suggestive dances. To the person who has complete control over his thoughts, sugges- tion arouses only disgust. Our lives are, to a certain extent, a reflection of our thoughts. For this reason {t {s {mportant that we think good thoughts, and we may learn to do this by reading sub- stantial, worth-while literature, which will generate like thoughts. There are lodges and clubs in this city which do not permit sum gestive dances, and the men are to blame for the most part for these “hugging affairs” that Steve men tions in his letter. As far as the theatres are con- cerned, I am glad to say that I have attended a number of plays which were absolutely free from contaminating influences, and I think the first-class motion picture theatres are rapidly solving the problem of wholesome recreation. a PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 30.— Kneeling before a double grave in Arlington cemetery, where lay bur- fed her husband and her eldest son, Mrs, Catherine Engle, 48 years old, placed a vial of polson to her lips and drained the contents, In the woman's pocketbook was found a note which read, “I am dying of a broken heart. Good-by. Don't allow this to get into the newspapers.” Mrs, Engle's husband, Harry, died two years ago, and her oldest son, Edwin, died three years ago at the age of 17. EX-SOLDIER SHOOTS WIFE WHILE ASLEEP CAMDEN, } Deo, 80.~*Dream ing that he was again tn the army and in action, John Hoffman, for | merly a soldier, Jumped out of bed, | seltzed a rifle and fired at the “ene: my The charge lodged in his wife's foot Fe Machine Co. (Near Pike) our used machines at reduced e new. ——— will pay you MacDougall-Southwick Me<Dougall 7 fouthwick KB, GAGE, Kecelver SROOND AV. and PTKE #T. EPA Ye Speci al Sale of Coats at $16.65 50 New Coats in This Selling ve just receiy smart, stylist Coats. new embodying the very 1 t ideas in style, cut and material In the models offered you will f military and I collars of material and effects in three-quarter and full-lengtt as well as semi-belted ef fects. The coats are prac tically all half lined. The materials offered include such wool velour, zibelines, and are browns, bla standing belted coats, desirable fabrics as boucle and the color some blue, gra checks, blue and black Taine checks and others. All sizes, at the special price of $16.65. —Second Floor. oys’ Reduced Prices on B Clothing Entire Stock Offered at Less Than Regular Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws Boys’ Fancy Mixed Suits, $12.60 quality, reduced to......... $9.65 Boys’ Fancy Mixed Suits, $10.00 quality, reduced to $7.65 Boys’ Fancy Mixed Suits, § quality, reduced to... $5.65 Boys’ Fancy Mixed Suits, $5.00 quality, reduced to. Boys’ Overcoats, $10.00 Boys’ Overcoats, $7.50 reduced to oe ceee Boys’ Overcoats, $6.50 reduced to ........ Boys’ Overcoats, $5.00 reduced to ..... Boys’ Overcoats, $4.00 reduced to ....,... All Blue Serge Suits and Cheviot Suits will be sold at 15 per | cent off. —Third Floor, Splendid Values in Trimmed ee Formerly sold to $12.50, reduced to $2.95. Formerly sold to $22.50, reduced to $4.95. Formerly sold to $32.50, reduced to $7.95. In these assort- ments you will find a wide range of styles, materials and colors. Every Hat is of this sea- son's purchase. —Becond Moor. Y2 PRIC Ages From 6 to 16 Yrs. T HIS clearance is upon a cers tain selected lot of Children’s Coats in Winter weights, and in a variety of different models and materials. The styles are all ex- cellent. The tailoring of eac garment is first grade, and the reduction saves you exactly one- “i half of the original price. There is a sufficient assortment to In- sure every girl who needs a good Winter Coat of getting just what she wants. Choice, half price, Children’s Hats 1 Price ; This selling includes the remaining portion of our children’s headwear, and offers many serviceable styles, Misses’ and Children’s Silk and Wool Dresses 1-3 Off Ages from 6 to 16 are included in this special selling. Third Floor, $12.50 and$13.50 Reduced to $9.85 Sizes From 34 to 44, _Serviceable, well - made Coats in a variety of col- ors. Men’s Two-Piece Underwear, the Suit School Shoes for Boys and Sturdy, serviceable Shoes for every-day wear. A variety of different styles and many differemt prices. Black Russia Calf But- ton Shoes for misses, chil- dren and growing girls, on broad toed last, heavy welted soles. Sizes 6 to 8 $2.00; 8% to Il, $2.50; 11% to 2, $3.00. Boys’ and Little Men's Calf Button Boots, have $3.00 heavy extension _ soles, These are fro: priced at $2.50 and Winsted Mills and ae $3.00. medium weight, in natural Trot Moc Shoes for boys gray. All stzes in shirts and girls in winter weights, and drawers. The suit, priced at $2.50 and $3.00, E $5.00. Second Floor Just Inside Pike St, Entrance