The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 6, 1915, Page 8

Trimmed Hats, Hat Sha ‘AT RADICALL For this is the time of the half year when the Bon Marche f all its surplus stocks at very great concessions. clearance is a better one than ever very slightly since the prices are season opened, aSe Fur Trimming Novelties, 95c Pompons a: and ‘Fancy 95e Ostrich Plumes, 95c 07. Bands and .00 Trimmed eg .00 $1.00. Tuesday a Disposal of All Cut Rolls of 65c Linoleum _, at 43c a Square Yard There Are Jast 800 Yards in All, From 10 to 40 Yards of a Pattern As soon as the 800 yards are sold the sale will be over—for it will be impossible to duplicate this bargain $1.95 ‘Ostrich “Plumes, At 43c a yard it will pay you to anticipate next sea- son's Linoleum needs—for Linoleum prices are steadily —Third Floor, Nort The Bon Marché’s SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE OF MILLINERY s and Milline REDUCED PRICES Millinery rhis year the and styles have changed s« Section dis lower $2. 95 ‘Silk Velvet Shapes . Hill, founder of the Great Northern railway system, answered the ques- Children’s $2.95 Trimmed |tlon partly in a special article for The Star, Hats s | views of William Gibbs McAdo: ury in President Wilson's cabinet, in a copyrighted article written e } prea $3. 50. Trimmed $1 75 |] pecially for The Star.—Editor.) |) eee ee ee eee ee eee e 1 « ——) $3.95 Large Ostrich } The greatest opportunity war ever offered to a nation for world:| Plumes e | wide expansion of its commerce is opened to the United States as 4 - . result of the war that is devamating and $6.50 and $7.50 Trimmed 2 00 | If] laying waste the continent of Europe and Hats .. ° lf] temporartly paralyzing the econ: » forces $8.50 and $10.00 “‘Triamneé if} of the Eastern hemisphere! Hats .... e | Acceptance of this opportunity means “t If] permanent prosperity at home and service $12.50 to $25.00 Trimmed $5 00 abr It means that the ted Sta e Pattern Hats Second Floor, F077 DANS NANA BRING YOUR MEASUREMENTS WITH YOU The Bon Marché’s Standing Offer of a full line of « anda Skirts Cut Free Has Been a Wonderfal Help to Many Economical Folks You get the benefit of this arrangement if you buy your goods here at 79 or more—and you can have your Skirt cut by an Stylish patterns pictured here, This Special ‘ Free Cutting Offer. $1.50 and $2.00 Fine All Wool Dress Goods, the Newest Weaves, Specially Priced a Yard A remarkable offering of All-wool Dress Materials weaves, mixtures and suitings. “ rials that are suitable $1.50 and $2.00 values, on sale for 85¢ y expert cutter, in any of the seven and we promise the Skirt will fit you Sale of High-class Wool Dress Goods comes within the scope of the | 85c n all the newest weaves lors to select from, few pieces of heavy « plain and mate vatings included —Upper Main Floor, ‘Shop Early’ Specials On Sale From 9 a. m. to 12 (No Telephone Orders) $1.00 Decorated Tea Sets 69c Children’s Decorated Tea cers, 6 Plates, Sugar, neatly decorated Fourth Floor, North. 50c Kewpie Dolls at 25c Just half price for these quaint little Dolis— they're entirely of bisque and stand 6 inches tall On sale from 9 a. m consisting of 6 Creamer and Fourth Floor. 50c Games on Sale for 35c Nelly Bly and Phoebe Snow—two very interest ing and amusing games up in attractive boxes 20c Colored Sateens 12'/2c 50 pieces of this fine quality lustrous Mercer ized Sateen Lining, colors and black 60c White Cotton Bats 39c Snow White Cotton Bats, Lower Main Floor, 20c to 35¢ Wash Goods 10c 2,000 yards of Wash Goods—an a plain and fancy Poplins, and Sateens. Not over two to each —Lower Main Men’s 17c Socks at 10c Pair ed Socks; plain blach all sizes in the | Lower Main Floor. 1214c Silkoline at 5c Yard 5c a yard for thia nice quality Silkoline Men's Cashmere-fin able for comfort coverings and draperies Carry Home Day In the Fourth Floor Grocery Department Carry these items home and save the cost of delivery. None deliv and, of course, no teleph at these prices, me order California Yellow Cling Peaches; aple | ity; new pack; large size cans; each . Royal or Dr. Price’s Baking Powder, Melb. cans 19¢; IIb. cans Walter Baker's Cocoa, %-pound cans, each * Walter Baker's Premium Chocolate | 1-pound cakes, each Sunmaid Raisins, each id qual .37¢ | 19c! 35c large size packages Carnation Milk (not over to each), 3 cans for 3 cans E. C. Corn Flakes, fresh and crisp, 7 Tomatoes, large size, No. 2% cans; each —Fourth Floor. Carry Home Specials in the Daylight Bakery | 5c Crisp Soda 25c Layer Cakes Crackers Each 3 Packages 20) “Our Taste” de oe ‘Tue « jane licious Cr: a Cakes 20c each; 35¢ Crackers. No phone Three-Layer Cakes, orders, 30¢ each Carry Home Specials in the Delicatessen Little Pig Hams—tender and sweet; average 6 to 8 pounds each; a Ib Chipped Beef; fine quality meat; a lb tender yrth Floor, Christmas Express Office Next door to the here Holiday Christma Postoffice may be expre u ha package anywhere without yc | store A Real Live Santa Claus in the Fourth Floor Toy Shop THE BON MARCHE “dames semi-annual | , $1.48 a yard | 10c | 10c, 20c| 174c 39c ing to leave the —Seeond Floor, South, UNCLE SAM MUST BUILD FLEET T0 ; the Earth, Incidentally Keeping at Home Three Hundred Million Dollars a Year Now Paid “ to Foreign Steamship Owners—Article | by the Government's Representa- tive in The Star's World Supremacy y Symposium BY WILLIAM GIBBS M’ADOO Secretary of the United States Treasury supremacy which has been laid on its doorstep? rine to the topmont peak of commercial kuccens, spreading Its moral and material tn fluence thruout the world. It means that the products of our farms, our mines and our factories will be distributed to the wait ing markets of the world WIth we accept the opportunity? The excellent business conditions now prevailing will continue and improve only to the extent that we maintain and expand our foreign trade along the lines of stability } and permanence. Our Exports Exceed Three Billions for First Time | Secretary McAdoo. zation of exchange, stoppage of exports revtored confidence and resumption of exports & dislocation of credits, | LARS tn value for a IZmonth pertod WHAT ONE BIG SEATTLE MERCHANT SAYS OF THE STAR'S ARTICLES ON U. S. COMMERCE ‘cc BSOLUTELY right!” A Frank McDermott of the Bon Marche had juet finished reading Roger Babson's article in his copy of The Star. It was the first of several articles by famous authorities, telling how the United Sta int opportunity for world trade supremac son's word is authority on such subjects,” seid McDermott. “I dare say there are few men who are interested in general busi- ness welfare who would not read and enjoy such articles by him, The Star is to be congratulated upon having his services.” “What do you think of his idea of an international merchant marine as the means of making America the supreme power in he wa ed. ‘That is one of the id futely right!!"” he replied. Babson. “Don't ask me to criticise what he says, because | couldn't, He ls my textbook, or one of them. | take what he «: as fact, and | believe in his id and indorse his recommendations.” is | was referring to when | said ‘Abso- “There is no more authentic writer than [reports that for the 12 months ending with At |from the United States aggregated $3,035, 185,791 In a like period one year ago, The exports August, 1914 ust 31, 1915, our surplus products. The effect upon our prosperity {# evident | What will happen when pea is restored in Europe? inate the markets of Europe because of the war | which are now available to us and practically untouched, | preserve and stabilize our prosperity The markets of South and Central lopen to ue as never be! [new federal We lack one thing reserve system, the neceus SHIPS credit resources i} lof the open markets of the world, | rine. If we depend on the ship# of Great Pritain, Germany, jother competing commercial nations, they will naturally Jown merchants, both in rates and service, as against || chants | Business Goes Where It Can Get the Best Freight Rate | On the other hand, if we have American ships | }is to build up and extend American business favor the | delivery of his co || ts exactly what th apetitor to Ket his goods to his customers, United States ts doing now our competitors to furnish the delivery service If @ merchant In South goods, steel rails, or some other commodity England, Germany and the United States Thé British and German merchants each have steamship lines to the United States has none, and carry their goods must depend on Which clreumstan The merchant fn German or F nt will get t Not the Americ tists line. hi an merchant! |] 000 a year in freight rates and serving our country in time of war For we can make our merchant marine |[ {time of war we shall need naval auxiliaries, A naval auxiliary poses In time of war nished at sea with coal, provisions and supplies ip paval xillaries are necessary. We cannot rely even if we could, we would have to pay fabulous prices for them In 1898 the navy purchased 102 ve enormous cost of $18,000,000, and we only had to go to Cuba of them were unsuited to the needs of the navy, anything we could get. Woe ha flying the American flag to supply our navy, necesmary auxiliaries The Great Opportunity Is for Uncle Sam to Have His Own Ships | BELIEVE EVERYBODY WILL AGREE THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROVIDE THESE NAVAL AUX ILIARIES. And this opens to us a great opportunity. When the government has constructed 500,000 tons of merchant ma rine naval auxiliaries, it will have a splendid commercial fleet at its disposal. These vegnels, while kept available for use in time of war, could be used to build up an enormously increased foreign trade, Our merchants would no longer be at a disad | vantage in competing for the open markets of South America and the Orient, no .be at the mercy of foreign steamship own: ers and exorbitant ocean freight rates, in case of w | Passenger and cargo ships running to Wrazil, Uruguay and Argea tina; another line to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile, and along the went coast of South America, and a third line to the Orient, touch ing at Honolulu, Japan, China and the Philippines, |f service tmperatively would supply factory service is already supplied by Ame American ship But the creation of these n plement the comparatively small number of in the foreign trade and assure our n companies American merchants of a delivery get its share of the world trade The farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer, the miner laboring man are vitally interested in this important question, - GET WORLD TRADE) « | We Must Carry. Our Own Goods to the Four Corners of (What must the American nation do to seize and hold the world Saturday James J When the European war broke out, the first effect was a disorgant and an almost complete Following this came a period of readjustment Now the orders from j foreign countries have so stimulated our commerce that for the first |time in the nation’s history exports exceeded THREE BILLION DOL, The department of commerce | exports 280, against $2,280, for the month of |f 1915, were 137 per cent greater than the exports for August, | Our Industries are running full time, and there is a demand for all! We now When the proc of production are restored in Europe, we must substitute markets | if we are to America and the Orient are re. We have the goods, and we have, thru the To compete with other commercial nations and secure our share |] we must have our own merchant ma-| France and i} American mer. their first Interest No groceryman would think for a moment of depending on the ret that | We are destined to oe j the Sreat merchant for a large part of the world, unless we depend on America has an order to place for cotton he will get quotations from St freight rate and service in such We are now paying to foreign steam#hip lines more than $300,000,-| By having our own merchant marine we |can pay them for this service, thus profiting our people in time of peace serve a double purpose, In is aiff fleet of merchant vessels so built that they can be used for naval pur The fighting ships of the navy have to be fur They cannot carry sufficient. supplies to enable them to stay at sea for long periods, So upon our ability to purchase the necessary naval auxiliaries after a war breaks out, And Ix as naval auxiliaries, at the| Most but we had to take » not today sufficient merchant vessels » With the demanded in the interest of this country We need not establish regular steamship Hnesx wherfe sufficient and satis. | sailing 1 auxiliaries will sup. hips operating service to the open markets of the world that will enable the United States to and the} THE SEATTLE STAR rt a ENELSONG, 2 ot MPLE bs Basement Og suitably for everyone on the Christmas list and without \ perplexity or loss of time. j The Christmas Booths ) specially erected for the display of useful Gift article There are five of these Booths; Look for them upon your next visit. ) suggestions. in the Basement Salesroom. Tie-Up Ribbons 10c Bolt green 10-yard 9 Christinas Gills for Cverybody ee Store Opens at 8:30 Closes at 5:30 ' Basement Salesroom °* and varied are the } 5 Salesroom ; so varied and so conveniently % | / arranged, that it is easy, within its four walls, to choose \ % ’ / Christmas pink bolt, at 10¢, ogee, Py Reh y Holiday , brim with one for each room Tie-up Ribbons in red, and blue, low-priced for the Basement Salesroom. Christmas Slippers for All the Family OZY SLIPPERS to slip into first thing in the morning, or when a busy day is over; every one, from the smallest to the biggest member, appre- ciates a gift of this sort. and Opera styles $1.50 pair Boys’ and Youths’ Leather House Slip Everett turned soles, ett and Romeo styles, pers in Eve hand-turned $1.25 pair; 2 >, $1.50. E-Z Comfort Slippers 4 to § Women's with cushion insole and soft leather sole; maroon, red, blue 1 smoke; sizes < to 7, $1.15 pair Knitting Yarns Special 5c Skein IGHT-FOLD German- EK town Yarns in three shades of cardinal, light- »w-white, scarlet, k, special 5¢ blae, sn gray and blac skein. Eiderdown Yarn in blue, black, cream, light white, cardinal, navy Special 5e brown and gray skein Basement Salesroom. Cake and Berry Sets pecial $1.50 ee PTIONAL values at in these China Gift ling gifts: Sets. They are in a num In pretty ber of pleasing rose de $1.95. signs, with gilt edges Women's The Cake Sets ¢ tot Liedtke bi one large cake plate and | brown and ix small plates The Serry Sets are made up of bulb runner one large bowl and six | tassel individual sauce dishes. Men's ria top Women’s Silk | bor Vests, $1.15 hg ERY good value is of- fered in these pure Silk Vests of white or pink, with crochet top drawn with ribbon. Sizes 36 to 42 priced § at $1. 15. Children’s rie Millinery ‘i ao HILDREN’S Corduroy PA Tams in. stripe ef- by fects, 45e. ‘ Children’s Knitted Hoods in white, cardinal and navy, 50¢ and 95e¢. Children’s Hats in tail ored tasteful trimmied effects for “best” 95e and $1.95. Basement Salesroom, styles and wear, Women’s PhoenixSilk Hose 75c Pair WENTY-TWO desir able color from in Women's Phoenix mal head, They ar for little election to of age. up in to choose Silk Stockings, offering a wide range of with les sizes 11 to 2, sort, that ready Price $2.50. White Sheep Gray or Natural Coney Natural Rabbit The Scarfs are the Myffs are finished with ani ribbon or especially sirls from 2 to 6 Gift Umbrellas $1.95, $2.50 and $2.95 LB fpreene -gea of hag practica ev ery-« ay make Women’s Black Silk Umbrellas on 8-rib Par- frame, mounted handles in various styles, Price $2.95. Umbrellas on 28-inch frame and at —° Children’s FUR SETS ' $1.95 | ( shee nae the heart of a little Attractive. values at with gift box, Silk Um- black, red, navy, . with Glo- detachable horn Christmas Play Aprons of good qual- ity gingham blue stripes enhagen, with trimming of fancy piping Sizes 2 to 5 years pretty Fur Sets s a gift that would delight satindined and These are good Slippers, and the prices are attractive: Men's Leather House Sjippers in Romeo, with hand- Men's Felt House Slippers in Oxford- gray, with soft or hand-turned leather s, sizes 6 to 11, $1.25 pair. Women’s Felt House Slippers in ribbon- and fur-trimmed styles; black, red, maroon and gray; $1.15 pair. Misses’ and Children’s Red Felt House Slippers with soft leather sole, sizes 5 to 8, 60¢; to 11, 65¢; 11% to 2, 75¢ pair. —pasement Saiesroom. Silk Ribbons 10c Yard More RIBBONS iw white, k and blue, Fancy Striped Ribbons and Flowered Ribbons in widths up to 4 inches many pieces especially suited for making up gift novelties, priced at 10¢ yard —Rasement Salessoom Ribbon Novelties for Gifts HILDREN'S Hair- useful bows in plain colors, stripes, checks and plaids, amply large and full, priced at 25¢@ cach Coat Hangers, made up of fancy ribbons in dainty patterns, 25e@ cach. Fancy Party Bags of plain and novelty ribbon, 50¢ each Ribbon Caps in novelty shapes and lace-trimmed styles, 50¢. Basement Salesroom. Boudoir Caps 50c Bees Caps are general favorites for gifts, and the Basement Salesroom is showing many ster- handles. with and silk handles . tive. 5 ss A for giving. pooh py tyles at th s One particularly pretty Cap is of shadow lace inset with wide satin ribbon in canary yellow or pink. It Play has lace ruffle to match, topped by a cluster of Aprons forget-me-nots and small Price 50. rosebuds. 25c New ions Kimonos $1.50 USEFUL gift is sug- gested in these pretty: made Jap- in pink and r plain Cop Kimonos which are of flowered crepe in Price ze. enese style. Choice of light-blue, delft-blue and pink Attractive value at $1.50. Basement Salesroom. Women’s Gloves $1.00 Pair \ K J OMEN’S Washable or Glace i Gloves various colors; sizes to 743 price $1.00 | Gift Haw Bags $1.00 Wo N’S Leathes Hand-Bags in va- girl, Made Tan Cat purse. designed ears $1.95, gift-chooser the gift « For girls Prom 4 to 12 years riou popular patterns, are Fur Sets in White Thibet, 1 tal leather-cows Moderately priced at White Angora, Natural Coney, With metal or leather-ce W5e pair; or two pairs in Tan Cat, Squirrel, Muskrat, ered frames and fancy lin- os Moufflon leeland Fox, = ings Good — values at gift box, at $1.50. priced from $2.50 to $9.50, $1.00 Basement Saiesroom, —Basement Salesroom a Say mag