The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 19, 1915, Page 10

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THE SEATTLE STAR The Merchandising Power of 25 Years]; Getting There || = | cnc ant Century of Seattle men — there or who serene FREDERICK NELSON! | "vie Progress have really arrived. They tell some- thing about themselves and their methods that explain the how and BASEMENT SALESROOM Cut Glassware 175 TRIMMED HATS Anniversary Sale of Household Linens Is Concentrated Into This Bon Marché Sas | i } With its heavy price reductions—for a day—right in the face of a rising On Sale Thursday Ina Special Selling at market—and please take notice that linens are going higher—higher— 1 0 Place ) HIGHER—and that six months from today you'll be paying far more , of than we ask you today. | Seconds of 25c Turkish Towels ) 1 Oc Po SPECIAL 4 | purchase Table Glass The Towel Section celebrates Thursday by offer- ing Bleached Turkish hy hee at 19¢ each—sec- onds of the 25c value—size 21x44 inches good, | heavy quality. 15c All Linen Crash, a Yard) 12! For a day we reduce the price of strict oC linen Crash to 12%c a yard—worth regularly 1Sc. Good, heavy quality, full 17 inches in width 1 95c Linen Damask, 70 De ware (cut in a dainty daisy design on thin glass, as pic- tured), affords (1--*)) exceptional val- { i * ues for Thurs- Fil up your day's purchasers in the nen closet at An : HE Basement Salesroom has arranged especially following items With the prices of Linens soaring every day— for Thursday, 2 very interesting collection of you are fortunate to be able to get 95¢ All-linen ( Goblets = Wine Glasses ‘Trimmed Hats to sell at this low price Damask at this si eller lg hid \ Tumblers Sherbets Unusually smart style and good value are offered Good weight, in pretty oral designs, with neat Custard Cups in these Hats, which feature the larger effects, prin- borders and full 70 inches wide . leached 25 All-Linen Damask 95¢ a Yard Meee Romie see Fates, cipally, {i Huck Towels 5c Each; $1.: -Linen Dam a Vidhe'=) Sdees oui ) ; j AG Anniversary Celebration we offer Tc ft All-Linen Damask, 70 Inches wide, satin C fo owls Black and White Novelties ; Bleached Hemmed Huck Towels at So each, Good | finis with nice looking floral patterns and at ream Pitchers Flower and Fruit-Trimmed Hats Silk Hats quality, size 18x34 inches; not over 1 dozen to | tractive borders, at 95c a yard ahd ecco other “adelan Sittin Silibsaces Coisitndstone Ginart Patloced ‘Stitaces each. $1.75 Linen Satin Damask $1.19 Yard pieces Exceptionally good values at $3.95. Heavy 12'c Cotton Crash 10c Yard | = Extra heavy Alllinen Satin Damask, full 70 ° . vai | inches wide, with handsome patterns and wide i iiecdey ct tec yard Fine aires taeek open borders, on sale at $1.19 a yard, value $1.75. ng, full 18 inches In width; worth regularly 124c. | $1.35 Linen Lunch Cloths $1.00 Each Bleached ‘ You will like these All-tinen Hemstitched Lanch 12vac Turkish Towels 8 1-3e Cloths we are going to sell at $1.00. Size 36x36 oer eee cern Towels, piso 18x88 | taches be hemming—satin finish with hand- inches, at §1-8c each, worth regularly 124%¢. Not | pome patterns over 1 dozen to a customer at this price. m m AGO Damask Naphine $3.19 2 Dosen | 2:00 Linen Naphine $1.50 0 Dosen Good size Table Napkins, 23%4x23% inches, of | tnches—good weight with neat floral desig —Basement Salesroom. NetTop Lac 35-In. Black Taffeta Silk Prinndhty ee ‘Yd. Special 85c Yard HURSDAY, the Basement Silk Section offers Every one unusually good value at 280¢. Basement Salesroom EVERAL good patterns to all Yjnen satin damask with pretty floral patterns, | on sale for one day only. Worth regularly $2.00. choose from tn 18-inch Net- an exceptional value in this lustrous All-Silk for Thursday at $3.19 a dosen. —Lower Main Floor. top Laces in white and cream Taffeta, of a desirable weight for suits, coats and color t 7 + : ee ol Siig bere Spend separate skirts. Thirty-five inches wide, special 85¢ +-Basement Salesrvom. yard N%) 27-Inch White Golfine, 75¢@ Yard— ¥ A new shipment of this favorite Hollow-cut Golfine Many White Goods Bargains at bye de Sales Ihe and 18e White Lingerte reddered White Crepes, Cloth, Crepes, also White Serpentine “gs Weaves, lengths to 10 10. 9c “ong yard ..... c Mah Lome Cloth, 34 White Lawns, 40 inches $1.95 White Goods, 26 Inches wide, wide, lengths to 20 yards, yard ........... ic 1y sold at 5, yard 50c —Lower Main Floor. Bungalow Aprons Special 35c HESE sensible Coverall Aprons are made of good quality percale in a variety of light and dark colorings, with round neck, turn back cuffe and patch pockets. Cord, widely in demand for summer Sport Coats, Dresses and Separate Skirts. Twenty-seven inches wide, excellent value at 75c yard. We Dotted Swiss, 27 Inches | See White Diaper Cloth, bolts | ee —Basement Salesroom wide, lengths to 10 of 10 yards, 22 inches yards, yards... 100 | Mae dar .69c | Attractive Values in Hl ° '|, Women’s and Misses’ Coats at $5.75 and $9.50 AT $5.75— Anniversary Sale of Summer Bedding With Wonderful Economies in Good Bedclothes for Your Summer Home or Town Residence $1.50 Bed Comforters, 68x78 $4.50 White Blankets, 70x80 —at $1.19— —$3.49 Pr.— John E. Ballaine, Who Played a“Hunch” and Cashed in on it.” J ‘ies, “i werent stent (Some High Spots in Ballaine’s Story for quite a while he couldn't jmake anybody else believe it. He stuck to it, and “got there.” | 5 \e\ st ‘ is The idea has become a partly ac actieae, anere N General Utility Coats of tan cov- complished fact. Men who once ¥ ™ —Barement Safesroom Low Shoes $2.50 Pair IGHT astyles in Women's Low Shoes at this price, including Colonial Pumps, La Valliere Pumps, Plain Pumps and Two-strap Slippers in pat- ent and dull leathers, with low or high heels. Sizes 2% to 8; widths B, C and D. Price $2.50 pair. COLONIAL PUMPS, | SPECIAL $2.95 PAIR— Colonial Pumps tn patent and dull leathers, exceptionally Bal- well-fitting, with Goodyear welt “The men interested in Alaska were miners, and they couldn’t see any thing there but GOLD.” “Tl said ‘SHUCKS! GOLD ISN'T THE ONLY THING IN ALASK/ ert, in three-quarter, full-belted style, with two patch pockets— unusual values at $5.75. AT $9.50— A large selection of styles, mate- rials and colors in half- and full- lined Coats for business, calling and general wear. WASH SKIRTS, $1.50— Wash Skirts in pique, linene, linen and ratine in suitable styles for sports and general outing wear. Sizes 23 to 30 waist meas- urement. Price $1.50, BATHING TIGHTS REDUCED TO 50¢— Women's Black Wool Knit Bath- pitted and laughed at Ballaine and jcalled him a half-mad dreamer, with only one idea in bis head, are now) $3.49 a pair for 50 pairs of White Wool Blankete—cotton warp, fine large size, 70x80 } inches—special for bedding day at the Anniver willing to admit that, if Ballaine sary Sales. had but one idea, it was a fine one.) Ballaine says ‘I couldn't have have had the idea it I had not had | ° } hewspaper training.” Bleached Pslow Cases, Ag 42x36 1 Qc Feather Pillows, » 21x27 tnchow $1 19 wee Bed Comforters, size 68x78 inches, filled with sanitary cotton. Silkoline covered in neat floral designs—Anniversary Sale price $1.19 each. 12'%c Pillow Cases at | $1.50 Bed Pillows covered with linen finished striped - | J E left the farm to be a repor. tieking. H ter. They say he was a good $2.25 Bedspreads one. He became an editor. | Heavy Hemstitched Pillow Cases, sl 1 Ac Heavy Crocheted Bedspreads, , 1 69 red ubout the world quite 45x36 inches, made from nice, even mes | fine quality, slightly water stained, . newspaper men often do. Mn. marked at $1.69. ) “getting” anywhere then. inches, not over 1 dozen to a apmanshl at Sc. 17c Pillow Cases, Each “Private Capital dwells in the Valley of Selfish Greed.” eee “Uncle Sam from his | | | } | ~ “Being tn th or busi-\fy: + 60c Bed Sheets, Each $2.50 Bed Comforters | ness,” says Ballaine, “ie Iike stana.|p high place sees Alaska 90c Bed Sheets, Each $6.00 Wool Blankets } you can down in the valley, At the) mine. I guessed. HE — Gere, at $4.95. —Lower Main Foor.’ there ts to know about the grocery | AVING founded Seward, Anniversary Sale of Sanitary Couches |]|ists's "toc sotia’ te ion ar me ‘iastn Contra the fm rat) Sey 2¥% Joye: mate A 0 P a faa coaeneeed 1 Special found it, while a miner would make| iow could a railroad pay if 1t/ ff — Bleached Bed Gheets, size ree} 49c Bed Comforters, covered mn OT 89 ing on the summit of a high moun-|f and Alaska’s needs. His inches, with flat center seam, at 49c floral silkoline, filled with seattary} t tain. You can see so much more each. Extra heavy Bleached Sheets, sss} 75 All-wool White Blankets, size 68x ‘$4 95 Nop 70" eutia birksere sew! KNOWS!" J ; business. A banker understands laine organized a construction |ff] soles and leather Louts heels. in bank, and @ banker wouldn't|road in Alaska. It was then that & mess of the grocery business. | qian't tap the Klondike where the : ’ Children’s New white cotton; size 70x78 inches, from the top of the mountain than | Vision is Clearer than 72x99 inches, free from dressing and 80 inches, with pink and blue bor- grécer knows pretty nearly. all| H 2 finance. A miner is versed in min company which built 20 miles | Sizes 2% to 8; widths A to D. —— ing Tights, with feet, reduced to know what to do with ore if he| men sald Ballaine was a dreamer. —Basement “But & newspaper man must | gold wi Women’s Stockings Special 10c Pair have a smattering of knowledge He Bre is $200,000, all told, of all things.” }on his personal notes, to carry out| itt? Salesroom. “ o eamee. ot the. {his “dream.” | EING on the top the Meanwhile other men were dream- , ore : $2 of ized Rast. f Steel ndurnaln, Ing, too. Nine companies projected | LAIN Black and Tan Stockings and Lace Hose in le Made of Galvanized '-Proo' railroads from Valdez to the Klon-|[ black and colors, specia i i | body el latke and all fatied ae COTO ADR HaIY ace st er eee I The Ideal Bedsteads for Summer Home or Camp) juts, mg,2eer sn tte, anil. | Retaining his interent in tho sow. | Sanitary Steel Couches—for $2.85—fora day—made with good strong oxidized AD itancotted er tna Klee ete building the road to|f T. bl Clot i and kin: frames and galvanized rust-proof steel fabric—supported in the center by 6 coil springs dike gold discovery. Turnagain arm, near Ship Creek. |] abie ots Nap Ss securely fastened. Everybody wi Then the project languished, tho|}} lendid ight. : ure out an all-Alaska railroad |Rallaine did not relinquish’ his A sp) Couch by day—and a comfortable bed by night. —reurth rieor, Center section. route to the Klondike, which |dream, That was ‘way. back dn ‘was in Canada. 1902 and ‘03 and ‘04 | “You see,” said Ballaine, “t Anniversary Sale of Men’s Furnishings mon interested In Alaska th leat and they coulan'e tee Ji cioee we enncat' soame, Men’s $1.50 Fine Madras or 195 12 beer a inen,? Percale Shirts, Coat Style | Cc I'd been a m 14 have ese’ | build a government railroad in | Perfect in fit and fast in color are these high-grade Shirts. They Alaska, His experts went are coat style, with the soft or stiff cuffs, in such a host of pretty patterns and colors. Specially Priced HESE specially priced Table Cloths and Napkins are very desirable for summer cottage or camp use—saving a great deal of wear on the better linens: Cotton Table Cloths in mercerized finish, ) 64x64 inches, in three pleasing patterns ‘75¢ with borders, special, each Linen-and-Cotton Napkins in 19x19-inch ) size, neatly hemmed and ready for use. '10c ; '9 |didn't need to guess, as Ballal ly thing In Alaska! | . 6 Fee only tt tad lent: the [had to do, that there was gold else only thing in Alaska, There le |Where in the North besides the silver and copper, and tron, |Klondike. And Uncle Sam knew there were other things worth |, and lumber, Yes, and ne orth Seana’ while in Alaska besides gold—tin, HE little Dress shown in the sketch Men’s 25c Underwear 19c Men’s $2 and $3 Hats $1 ar copper, iron, coal, lumber and agri- : as Choice of four patterns, special, each culture. ) 8 pte Men's good quality Balbriggan Un- Soft and Derby Hats, all good blocks | ALLATNE, poor in money, but ota ica fj is one of five pretty Ra _-olle | Satesroom, derwear in ecru color, long sleeve | in all sizes, but not all sizes in every having an {dea worth, poten-| nele saw 75 square miles of |i styles at this price. Some ae shirts, sizes up to 44; ankle length | line. Black and colors to choose from | tially, great riches, looked|™Matanuska coal, for one thing are made with long French waist and very short kilted skirt topped with a deep bias “fold, others have plain skirt Grawers, sizes up to 42. Special Me at $1.00 on Thursday. ® garment. —Lower Main Floor, Union St. Side. i | | | | down upon Alaska from the top of For another, he saw 15,000 square | his mountain, and this fe what he/miles of fine agricultural lands in|} ‘san |the Susitna valley—as fine land as |} He saw Resurrection bay, and|any farmer could wish to ql | nnd bar-| Table Oil Cloth Special 18c Yard EST-GRADE 45-inch Table Oil Cloth in plain white, blue and white and brown and white pat- terns, specially priced for Thursday's selling at 18¢ yard, MARQUISETTE, SPECIAL 20¢ YARD— The Patterns Are on the Lower Main Floor @ tne Tanane river aad, the, Stetna| rab Wil ew i7e, cate nd b OME In the Center Section—right where | its fertile, virgin soll “Alasia needs a railroad,” He didn't see the Klondike at all!| gays Ballaine, “and | am glad they ought to be—next door to the He saw the geographical center] that Uncle 8am is going to Paes cottons and wash goods—and only a short flight of stairs from the Choice ofblue or pink and white plaids, plain blue or pink ginghams with plaid trimming or plain colors, Sizes 2 to 5 years. Unusual values at 55¢. of all Alaska, and he believed that it. Once when | went with my a railroad could be built from Res-| plan to the Morgan Interests, urrection bay to the Tanana river. they refused to have anything silks and dress goods. He raised, by what arguments and] to do with It because, if pati pt i he 4 , ‘ ; : A bd ; eloquence all raisers of money can| please, the plan wae invaibal te | Basement Salecroom. Curtain Marquisette in 40-inch width, ivory and All the latest McCall and Ladies’ imagine, 000, and had the} the interestay of the Guggen. | white, special 20¢ yard. ome Journal Patterns—and Fash- route sur heims! = noo OF vaporete are here. Ho founded Seward on Resurrec “Then | knew that private LACE AND SCRIM.CURTAINS, - tion bay capital must never bulld the i i PECIAL — — Mhe, population of, what ds cisw|/(altitaa Union Suits SPECIAL 95¢ PAIR— Good, wholesome food and antck service at,the Feurth Floor Seward was Siwash squaw “Uncle Sam, being a compos | Scrim Curtains with insertion of loom lace, also sin Lunch Counter. oar ss aine ga old lady $4,000| ite citizen of these United 25c pairs@f Lace Curtains, specially priced at 95¢ pair. Pay a visit to | HE >| wn lots, Recently) States, is also on the mountain OMEN’S Cott tes 3 ee a “Byiig Depart- ~ For foot troubies [J |she died penniless, Those lots to-| summit. Private capital dwells |i W Si wine. on ion ~~: §0-INCH ARMURE, SPECIAL 45¢ YARD— } day are worth $3,000 each, or a tidy| in the valley of selfish greed. Suits in low neck, sleeve: ; ‘ iaamak Ih eilate dik eae aay | ment in its new BON pr Re et total of $111,000! naka anit Rearn? ote high” ||| Jess style, with lace-trimmed or Brown and Green Armare Drape ry Fabrics in desir- | quarters on the | Union St-—Second Ave-—Pike St—Seattie Tel. Elilott 4100 | Third Floor. Now the population of Seward is| | sees Alaska and Alaska’s j/i} tight ee ee 4,6 and 6,un- able patterns, for portieres in the summer home or f lo about 2,000, nm And his vision | i usually good value at 25. ‘ : a ee ee en Picer. “It will be 25,000 some day,” says! than mine. | QUESSED. HE | ~—Basement Balesre: camp, special 45¢ yard. Ha INET Ria Ballaine, KNOWSI”"

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