The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 27, 1915, Page 10

# THURSDAY AT THE BON MARCHE | At $5.95 | That Will Appeal to Economical | Folks—And to Stylish Folks, Too For the Economical Folks—We've Taken Winter Resses Worth to $16.50 and Reduced Them to $5.95 They are made of fine silk crepe de chine— Satin and all-wool serges—some of them are in miternoon styles—others are for street wear, They. are the remainders of the waning season's suc cesses, Only a few weeks ago they were in the height of fashion and were decided favorites at $10.00, $12.50 and $16.50. Thursday you wish for $5.95 ) For the Stylish Folks—We've Added Some of the Very Latest Arrivals in Spring Dresses at $5.95 Some of these attractive models show the ex- tremely new Empire effects—with the full flared ean have any one of them you skirt—or the long-waisted models, with yokes, and either plain or tunic skirts Many of these pretty styles for the coming newest and most novel are a temptingly good Season are trimmed in the Ways—and at $5.95 they money's worth 75c Lingerie, Lawn and Voile Waists at Even at the low price of 59c we are able to show you a number of different Styles in Waists, including plain tailored and dainty models of allover embrotd- ery, lace trimmed. Others have scalloped edged fronts—long or short sleeves. omen’s $4 and $5 Silk Waist Special Only about 75 Waists in this lot—broken lines of silk |e for Merly sold at $4 and $5. Included are silk crepe de chine, messalino, ) Beorgette, taffeta and plain and novelty weaves. Most any style you | wish is here $5 and $6 Wool Dress Skirts Priced at Every Skirt in our stock worth $5 and $6 {s included in th’s sale at $23.95. Take your choice of broadcloth, serge, worsted, striy and Dovelties, made with yokes and plain, plaited or tunic bottoms. —Second Floor. }j Price Reductions on Winter Underclothes Are Very Drastic And while we allude to them as Winter Underclothes—many fof the lines are medium weights, such as many people wear ail Pthe year around These prices will only be in force for a short time, and “you will be called on to pay more for knit underwear, ance Sales cannot last forever—even at the Bon Marche | Children’s 25c Shirts 10c $1.00 Union Suits 59c Ea. Cream colored Ribbed Shirts—fleece lined and are nice and warm. 25¢ value, to fit children ! and 2 years old, special 10¢ each. 75c and 80c Pants at 25c | Girls’ Wool Pants—open on the side gray color | (to fit children 12, 14 and 16 years of age 5c | and S0c values, special at 25¢. 1 and $1.25 Underwear 50c Women's White Ribbed Wool Vests with long | Sleeves—ankle and knee length pants to match. Sizes 24, 36 and 38, special at 50c. then for Clear- ribbed garments—good weight, with slight perfections in knitting. Sizes 10 to 16 years. $1.50 Wool Ti Tights 95c Ea. Heavy, Fast Black Wool styles, {n a full line of sizes for women. value, special at 95c. Fine for cold days. $1.50 Sweaters 98c Ea. gray, cardinal and maroon to 12 years of age. Have ruff neck collars. For Apron Thursday— 25c Margaret Aprons 17c garet Aprons at 17c apiece You will find them to be well-made—just like this illustration terns (either light or dark shades) and piped with white 17c—for the day. and on at and Checks at Sets for Thursday —29cEa— —At $1.00— H Coverall Aprons of good quality) these Sets, jpercale—neat See . 35 Chamber Pails, white special, each enamel with rolled edges at 98c four sewings, special at Mme. Potts Irons, “4 3 with stand and handl 33c $1.25 value, set ‘79c $1.50" Basket, heavy imported wil- Thursday, pound ants —Fourth Floor. Lunch Counter Rem of 10¢ Silkolines many colore and designa—piain figured From 9 a m yard. —Fourth Floor. Thursday—A Great Sale of “Pennants of All Nations At 15c Firat chance to buy Na ennant# at such a ce, These Pén ade of felt, 14x «in mize, with the country and its s—12 countries nted. —Fourth Flour. See the Dancers in the Sixth Floor Cafe Any Day This Week From BUSMARCHE Union St—Second Ave—Pike St—Seattle Telephone Elliott 4100 A Clearance Sale of Dresses o9C $2.39] ‘$3.95 Part Wool Union Suits for boys and girls. Gray |f| im- I} ights—open and closed $1.60 Boys’ and Girts’ Part Wool Sweaters tn oxford to fit children from 6 | —Lower Main Floor. Apron Thursday once more—and with it a sale of the handy Mar- only with a pocket in front—and made of good percales in neat pat- 50c Coverall Aprons in Stripes $1. 50 Bungalow or Tunic Apron | including large stripes and checks,| Bungalow Apron with pocket and 5c Cheese Cloth 4c a Yard $2.25 Wizard Mop and 1 $1 09 cain Pr Fa os i ae on aise ee quart of oll, special at ¢ 9 a. m. to 12 at 40m ya value 45c House Brooms, well made with —On the Lower Main Floor. 10c Silkolines at 5c a Yard at bo —Third Floor. GERMANY RUSSIA ITALY FRANCE AUSTRIA ENGLAND NORWAY IRELAND BELGIUM CANADA SWEDEN UNITED STATE | Homer bull, printer and game cock fancter, took his intrepid Cochin | bantam rooster to the shop to show {t to his friends before entering | at the recent poultry show at Second and Madison The rooster was permitted to strut about the shop while a new | exhibition coop was being built for it A belt attached to a power paper cutter made a buzzing sound which | the rooster chose to regard as an insult, a challenge, an affront and an ultimatum, | The rooster sprang at the belt and the alr became no full of feathers that the bird will not be fit for exhibition purposes before next June, Pho belt knocked {ts assailant into a corner “And when I grabbed the spunky Hittle tdlot, another attack,” reports the proud Mr, Bull it wan preparing for Prof, rots get drunk house. Chunder, the eminent student of plant life, declares that car. That's nothing. Stewed tomatoes are common at our In these daye it ts a question whether to be pinched by poverty or @ policeman oe eee Many & girl marries a man because of his faults, and then uses them as grounds for divorce, oe eee The practical humortst of the National Bank of Commerce who had sworn never again to play Jokes on his wife, says the vow does not apply to his relatives in Tacoma The humorist went to Tacoma to visit his Uncle Abner Tho basement under Uncle Abner’s house ts open at the back, and! @ quantity of rubbish had collected there, The practical humorist vol-| | unteered to clear {t out While under the house he found that an opening inside the wall extended from the basement clear to the attic. Unnoticed by any one, he carried the garden hone to the attic, drop-| ped one end of it down the opening {n the wall, put his mouth to the upper end of the hone, and shouted tn tones of agony: “Help! Help! Soon a large number of cuers were crawling about under the house, Of course, they couldn't find the humortat, While they tried| to locate him, he shouted directions to them through the hose. Yet, even after they had learned the Joke he had played on them, they let him live!” report the puzzled friends of the practical humorist. STORK COMING TO DIVA’S HOME NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—The stork has interfered with the musical program of New York this season | Music lovers have learned that an interesting event Is ex- | | pected in the Homer family in April, and that that is the reason Mme. Loulse Homer, the contralto, has not been heard in grand opera thie season. Homer will remain at her home in Rye preparing | for the event. { The original plans for the Metropolitan Opera Co. season | 16. called for the appearance of me, Homer Feb, ‘AGAINST TAXING JITNEY BUSSES Declaration that the taxation of fitney busses is wrong and would! | be borne by those who patronized them, was made Tuesday night by| | Councilman Oliver T. Erickson, addressing the Brotherhood of the} Y. M. C, A, Erickson said he was out of sympathy with those who | proposed that the city shall gain revenue from the jitmey men the city should do its utmost in helping to bring about a reduction of fares, he said The auto bus has started in Europe,” Erickson sald. “At the outset ig) it was a very doubtful experiment. In London shares tn the newly | established corporations sold at a low rate. Hut after a few years the tram people finally had to buy the companies out. Some of the stock that had originally sold for 18 pounds, brought 450 pounds. Today whe the tramway needs a new line or extension it is supplied with busses. Erickson also discussed the question of regulating the busses, ex- | ing belief that the jitney men sought as anxiously as their ene | tries a proper handling of auto transportation | “The purpose of the bills framed thus far are not for regulation, but | |atmply to put the busses out of business,” said be. “In reality, rails }latd by the street car company do more to destroy the streets than| all the auto traffic. It will be a blessing when the rails are taken up. | | | hope the city itself will some day take over all transportation | WASHINGTON, Jan. —Financial safety of the country will de | pend, tn critical times, upon its confidence in the federal reserve bank | system. This waa the declaration made by the federal reserve bank board in Ite annual report, submitted today to the house of representatives. | The report discouraged the {dea some may have that the reserve system | is only temporary, and enjoined patience by the American people until the system has an opportunity to demonstrate ite worth. M. 0, MEN PROMISE SENSATIONS | Surprise for the reactionaries who are attempting to dis- | credit municipal ownership in Seattle, is promised by those in | charge of arrangements for the public ownership mass con vention, to be heid at Labor temple next Friday evening. | Councliman Erickson has been invited to make the chief | address, In which he will disclose some inside facts relative | to the fight public ownership members of the city council | have had to make to protect the city’s utilities from the at- tacke of those who desire to see them wrecked, Corporation Council Erickson in a been spun to tle the city’ | Bradford has been Invited to follow | hort discussion of the legal webs that have | hands and feet. with belt at the back, and some/belt in the back—cap and skirt to | 'S, P, SELLS ITS TICKET N with cuffs piped with white. Spe-|match. Tunic Set consists of tunte | it 20eg cial 29¢ each. skirt and cap to match SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27.—In the old days representatives of the if | Southern Pacific swarmed on legisiat * with pockets bulging with oye 5 passes for members and attaches Special in Home Needs | Bakery Specials Morning Specials ot pedir vag oh ea of Mie bats ees tle So $150 Tea Kettles, heavy copper Try these specials and , aie 2 | what's worse, the § acific has a crew of traffic men on the | i ||| Job today trying to sell tickets to lawmakers and attaches who will be | nickel plated, 6-quart 98c get acquainted with the size, special o* Bon Marche’'s high stand- x brubdors for their homes at the end of the week j $1.00 Waffle Irons, No. 8 Wagner | ard of bakery excel aes nit | make, family size, special 69 lence. 50c Serge Linings 10c Yd. _ PPrerrrrr peeseeeesseet c ihe Cinnamon Nolls — Serge Linings, 8% inches wide, | theyre just om endid, 10c lengths from 2 to ® yards, In tan, i] agg Canes — | S7RY 84 Diack, from 9 a m. to 12 A big haul of opium and opium smoking apparatus and furniture! 49c you'll Iike them, at l0c yard, Upper Main Floor, Da seized by Customs Officer Osborne and Immigration Inspector Fisher in a rald Tuesday on a Chinese establishment on Maynard ave., near vackson st. Chin Ching, 43, Chinese merchant, was arrested. A wagon load of furniture was carried off by the officers. GILL SIGNS BRIDGE BOND BILL Mayor Gill has signed the ordinance submitting to the voters the 900 bond issue for a bridge at 10th ave. N, E. This proposition will be separate from the $825,000 bonds to be voted on for bridges at Fremont and Ballard, an issue that had already recetved the approval | or low, good Special from 3 to : . 1 [ot the people, but which the supreme court knocked out on a techni- Boe, cs) a0 $1.19 5:30 p. m a8e White Batiste 12'c |]! Carty. ‘Tho city engincer’s office tavors tho 10th ave, teractions | Se Galvanized Tubs, Deayy AO 6 | reg Tarts bien ontear, | ineen eit, Mareerized, Batiate, 36 —rre | quality, at .......... cream, tea, coffee 10 9a. m. to 12 at 12%o | —Lower Main Floor. | or miik, for £Uc lower Main Moor. | PALO ALTO, Cal,, Jan, 27.—EXxperts in Leland Stanford university directed their attention today to the case of R. C. Roth, 30, a tallor, who declared t he has just finished bis 40th day without food of any kind. For one more week Roth will continue his fast before he will attempt to resume the assimilation of food Roth's long fast was undertaken, he sald, as a scientific expert. ment, to give his stomach a rest and nature a chance to eliminate all the impurities in his sydtem. Indigestion, sufferer, will thus be cured, he believes Although he has lost 45 pounds—nearly one-third his normal weight since he began to fast, Roth ts, {f anything, more active than when he ceased eating. Ho 1s cheerful and animated, and says that despite his emaciated appearance he feels better than he ever did in his life. | One effect of the fast, ho says, has been the removal of a tndency § |] | toward astigmatism, to which he was previously subject “Up to the 16th day,” he said, “I suffered, 1 slept well at night and got a good rest, but evary day my body ached. I have not the slightest | desire have no appetite at all,” | from which he has been aj to ent Attorneys for the W. J. Burns Detective ¢ ency announced today they would appeal from a ruling of Judge Neterer in the federal court in its libel case against the Times, ‘The Blethens had objected to the | action on the ground the local district court had no jurisdiction, and| the objection was sustained | This will not affect a similar case pending in the superior court.| An order of Judge Smith for the Blethens to show cause why they are| not in contempt of court for commenting on the,case be fore it is de termined, is scheduled for hearing Thursday, | y iW | | REPORT ON FEDERAL BANKS | Rather, |] | THE SEATTLE STAR Ohio Steel Ranges cASeENT SALESROOM At $3, 85) his Sizes for Women and Misses Included other ATERIALS include Zibelines, Chinchillas and serviceable weaves, in plain black, navy-blue and gray, also black- or blue-and-white stripe and plaid coatings and some novelty brocades. A variety of models to choose from; 50 Coats in all. Choice at $3.85 each. New Chinchilla Coats, $12.50 and $15.00— Just unpacked, a new selection of White Chinchilla Coats i Wom values, $12.50 and in the sport length, including some belted effects en’s and Misses’ sizes. Attractive $15.00. AlPurchase of Separate Skirts On Sale Thursday at Two Very Low Prices: [$1.65] and [§2.25 eral in sizes for women and misses lots 100 SKIRTS AT $1.65 EACH, cluding tunic models in Serges, Fancy Weaves and Corduroys, a variety of popular colors, as well as the staple black and navy-blue wear, in- in iceable Closing out Broken Lin and novelty fabrics, at $2.95 and $3.75. 34-In. Flannelette Twill Special 10¢ Yard A’ exceptionally low price Thursday on this desirable dress and kimono fabric of twill weave. It is well- printed in fast-color Dresden floral and larger designs on grounds of light-blue, medium- and navy-blue, rose, lavender, green, brown, red and gray A number of patterns especially suitable for comforter coverings are also included Note the unusual width- the yard, 10¢. Outing Flannel, Special 7c Yard plain blue, fleecy Outing Flannel, warm and good weight, very desirable for women’s and children’s night Special 7¢ yard. —Basement Salesroom 34 inches. Special, gowns and men’s pajamas A New Miller Corset, 50¢ batiste cross-barred N IVELTY is the material It is designed for in the Miller Corset pictured medium slender figure, with skirt the and is well long boned throughout bust and The top is fin- ished with dainty embroidery edg- ing and the skirt is held firmly in place by two strong hooks below Two sets of hose sup- Sizes 19 to front stay porters are attached Price 50¢. —Basement Salesroom. 26. Bordered Scrims Reduced to 10c¢ XCEPTIONAL 36 to 38 inches wide, in dainty colorings offering of Duplex Colored-border Scrims, for bedrooms and bolder effects suitable for draperies in living-room and dining-room. Approximately 500 yards in the lot, at a very low price for clearance: the yard, 10¢. DRAPERY REMNANTS REDUCED TO 10¢ YARD An of Nets, Curtain Sun-fast materials and other drapery fabrics, from one-half to 2% interesting assortment Scrims, in useful lengths ranging Priced for i selling on a uniform and very low basis; 10¢. yards the yard, —Basement Salesroom, Brassiere Special, 19¢ —made of strong muslin in front- fastening style, the Brassiere pictured ts trimmed across front with band of embroidery insertion and has top finished with nar- row embroidery edging of plain scal loped pattern, Special 19¢, Also specially priced at 19¢ is a back-fastening Brassiere with one but- ton at top and ties for adjusting at waist. The front is trimmed with 3%- inch eyelet embroidery and the arm- eyes are finished with narrow em- broidery edging. eyelet arm-eyes and Basement Salesroom Women’s Knitted Caps Special 68c Knitted Caps In white and red, with Ideal for alesroom, LL-WOOL bordered turn-back and long tassel outing wear and unusually low-priced at 68. Rasement "FREDERICK ee io | serviceable skirts in practical styles for business and gen- Two attractive 150 SKIRTS AT $2.25 EACH, prising yoked and tunic styles, in serv- Serges, Granite Cloth, Poplins and Cheviots, in plain colors, invi es of Children’s Separate Coats, sizes 6 to 14 years, in plain com- Crepes, Homespuns, ff ible stripes and plaids. —Basement Salesroom. Spring Hats Just Arrived UST opened, another new shipment of Spring Hats, featuring the satin and pop- lin Hats so desirable for im. mediate wear well as combinations of straw with silk. Attractively priced from $2.95 to $7.50. -Basement Balesroom. Norfolk | Ne ARRAS Boys’ Suits | i (With Two Pairs of Knicker- bockers.) $3.95 | XCELLENT values are of jj a fered in these well-tatlored ff Sults of brown, gray and tan |] mixtures, with stitcheddown | belts and patch pockets. An ff extra pair of knickerbockers fi! accompanies each suit, prac- |} tically doubling {ts length of service. Sizes 6 to 16 years. Price $3.95. All-woo! Blue Serge Norfolk Suits, $4.00. —Basement Salesroom. Dress Shields Reduced to 10c ROKEN lines of Dress Shields in many styles, re- duced for clearance to 10¢ pair. —-Basement Salesroom. Union Suits Reduced to 45c HARPLY underpriced for clearance are these Wom- en's Union Sults in Swi ribbed and other weaves, a’ ASe¢. Basement Salesroom Reduced to $1.95 Pair CLEARANCE offering of 100 pairs of Women's Colonial Pumps and Slippers in Patent and Dull Leather, Satin and Velvet, with hand turned soles, sizes 214 to 7 at $1.95 pair nent Salesroom Special 10¢ ETTLE as pictured, of best quality enamel steelware, with lip and ball, Two and 2Y%-quart sizes, special 104 each, Housewares Seotid