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Special 50c Dinner —from 5 to 7:30 p. m. in the sixth floor cafe. Bring mother and the kids down town—and have a jolly good time of it. ce If you want good Christmas Candies, we have a splendid assortment, from the Hari Christmas Mix at a low price to the best Chocolatedipped Candies. Special prices on Candies In quantities for Churches, Schools and Charitable In- stitutions. —Lower Main Floor, “KID” CHICKENS TO MAKE’EM LAY Western Washington Experi-| mental Station Finds New System LIGHT 15 HOURS A DAY} BY JACK JUNGMEYER | Stale Spectal | PUYALLUP, Wash Dec. 23.—I have found the hen that lays the golden egg, and lays it in winter when it's most goiden! She's on the job, several hundred strong, for the West Washington | periment station here, proving that nature is an awful bungler compared to the hen experts who have her in charge. By lengthening the short winter at an days with artificially lighte pens and pampering a bevy of White/ Leghorns like queens, their egg production has been almost trabled. | The profit in five weeks over the; cost of feed on 100 spectally cared for fowl! {s $28.07. six times a day. They are com [piants on Sou Bon Marche Seattle’s Great Christmas Store Can Serve You Today as No Other Can. Christmas Candy ‘Christmas Seals more Christmasy with Taga, Cords and pretty Boxes—they come Christmas Boxes from 30 to 250. Seals 10c a spool.—Upper Main Floor, Bethlehem 1915 Years Ago and Today USE CONCRETE STAR—THURSDAY, DEC, 23, 1915, PAGE 9. a THE SALE OF FURS AT HALF PRICE Makes your gift money go twice as far if you buy your Christmas Furs here. me i Tt is quite an important sale, too, for every Women's Fur Set and Fur iece The Bon Marche Fur Section is included. Here are a few of the bargains: $16.50 Skunk Collar priced $8.25) Child’s $2.95 Set priced at 18 $19.50 Fox Scarfs priced at $9.75] $16.50 Mouflon Sets priced at $8.25 $22.50 Fur Throw priced $11.25| $65.00 Mink Muff priced $32.50 $14.50 Mink Scarf priced at $7.25| $175.00 Mink Sets priced $87.50 $45.00 Mole Throw priced $22.50) $27.50 Muffs are priced at $13.75 Women’s $21.95 Tatlored Salts, fur and braid trimmed lined with satin; made of the newest weave material* 12.95 wored pretty 2.05 Nreake a nol 50 to BP4.5O Shik Wool Dresses, mada Woes See Okementy. Beers Saves oie gs 95 affeta, charimne sorge and ¢ wide colla nd dee > ination models of slik and woot $12. 50 in all the new shaden; price, each... | ROMEALS DELO 000s cnsscesees eecoeseces New Silk Mlowses, all charming new # mad or Conta, made of chinchilla, with | taffeta silk . Inlaid flat strips, trimmed wit iat esata . $15.00 and Lounging Hobes, made of full and neatly trimmed; heay rope gird price «+ $3.95 | ” LAST MINUTE SUGGESTIONS IN HOLIDAY TOILET ARTICLES milk taffeta, m cos ceemmmnrcorecececceres —Seeond Voor, sens. afte See gt DE | Battrienprear tee $1.50 | cram eee, $3. OS F tai Bronte it even and weed GOO Be” 34°50 | reach. Teery Hate Recetvers, nice gifts | backs priced from ae to * *, $2.50 $3.00 $3.00 _ ewer Main Hloor. | Hand Mirrors, tn | Bree in tvory for = woman, Special... eeeeeees cecereees 5c cmos and Colerte Bettien. for oe range from $3.00 |" — ef vomee 25¢ French and sto ‘ . $4.98 .. $7.50 | $3.00 rfumes in origina teed at 106 | Votlet Water in bottles, rf odors, Be t Mary Garden Totlet Water for Suggestions in Christmas Suggestions Books for Boys The Motor Boys on Road and River, From Day to Day With Mother; tar tt | cee $1.00 price. Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, The Rubalyat of Omar 1p: eaeak Fits translation; imp Suggestions in Christmas Books for Girls The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Margaret Sidney; price, each ..d5C Little Prudy Stories, by 25 P c by Sophie May; price, each 35c Irving Hancock; p The “Pansy” Books, by Mr. Stubbs’ Brother, Sophie May; price, each Mew Alden; price, each......- 35c |} Otis; 5 che. in $1.00 Gift Books oe each . at Victor, Appleton; 35c 25c | | » price, each | binding The Dotty Dimple Series, The Motor Boat Series, Bt cece ee eee The he of the Yukon, t EBON MARCHE Elliott 4100. Make your Christmas packages look plenty of Seats, low prices, Union St.—Second Ave.—Pike iste —Seattle. Tel. d Tage, 5c and 100 Tinsel Cord, at "$2.98 , To ( One of these dear little Birds will mr gift atrong and LUSTRATED HERE IS $3.50. Lower Main arry to Her | Reautiful ee Canard Certainly Very Useful Gifts anging in prices from $2.00 up to 0. The 4-cup size like THE ONE IL- Floor. Gift Suggestions in New Gift Suggestions in Gift Ficti Di ag id Calendars iction aries ani je Polly Anna Grows Up, by Excelsior Diaries, in cloth, imitation Eleanor H. Porter; pr $1.25 and leather bindings $2 50 The Return of Tarzan, Edgar Ric \ priced at 25¢ to . o persoaghe Address Books and Autograph Ak Dees ices $1 30 nd $3.00 The Island of Surprise, by Be ° Townsend Brady Calendars for 1916, landscape scenes The Harbor, by Ernest ments for the season; Mpc gia aeRDNs $1 40 priced from 10c to $1.50 Book TNETE BT At nun Le T —, Why Not Give ‘Perrin’s’ Glove Bonds They’re Issued in the Glove Section for Any Amount From $1 Up Good for one or more pairs of Perrin Gloves of the size and shade that the fair recipient of your Christmas choose for herself. Perrin's Kid Gloves for Women at $1.00, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50 Pair.—Lower Main Floor. The Bon Marche-Open Tonight Until 9 o’Cl LOVELY GIFT—A LITTLE FE ATHE RED SONGSTER Your Christmas Message Ri ar and Heart .. $3.95 h Birds for. every one a | from $2.00 to $12.50. $1.69 Genuine “s elf-basting; size Rest grade of with tnslde 6x11 sass Universal Percolators North. | “Bon “Marche” Merchandise Bonds ‘The Simpte, Setentifie, Hiveaihe Hour Suggestions From the Christmas Book Shop Shop, Fourth Floor tke n pleasing Handsome Bird Cages vory” Meat ivy steel, absol Aluminum Roasters $3.95 racks, size inches at $4.75 Fconomte Form of Christmas Gtving. h) for t Roasters at $1.25 Roasters, enameled on selt- browning and utely sanitary 15x9% Incher Wearever” Alumingm Roasters, 14x10 inches at $3.96; size rd Bon Mar amor you chose. handine, Lower Main Floor generosity may IN SNOW SHEDS |Great Northern Will Replace Sheds Destroyed by Avalanche TRAINS AGAIN ON TIME SSX | | SKYKOMISH, Dec. 23.—Great n engineers are at wor with concrete a se wooden snow shed wrecke an avatar Norn al traffic tracks hav da as been resu en! , 1 by a crew sent Luckily no train was pasetng | | when the avalanche struck, It was was an immense snowball, w is arted mh up on th ntafn le, 8 and weight as} | it ide 4 ded: | iprooted trees, diget sds tea earth, and literally scooped | the wooden shed out of the ground nd public and intended to compliment| men who used to go chugging afte @ LAND TO PORT AND 2 PARK COMMISSION : Having given a 400-foot st ween Lake Union and Lake rve, King coun » of the port commission us leased will then be to t port and park boards. hat fronting on Lake Union will »@ used by the port district as a pub- je yacht pier and ferry slip, with docks for government vessels Lake Washington frontage will be used as a parking strip, public r and county ferry slip F. J. Martin, president of North a joint) western Mutual Fire association, tatives of the | just back fre East, says North- the park | west fire loss, (CAN'T FIND NEEDLE. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.—Ray- mond Lilly, a young man, ran a nees# dle in one of his hands. He sought the advice of surgeons, who found that the needle was several inches from where it entered. With the use of X-r they located it, but when they rated they found that it had passed further into his body. Another examination will be made lin an endeavor to locate it. 8, 's'| Why Not Just One Christmas Gift But One for the Whole Family? “AND SO EASY 10 MAKE THIS THE MOST ‘MEMORABLE CHRISTMAS OF ALL deep| One-third of the Beautiful Instruments From the Collective Exhibit of Ultra-Mod- | ern Musical Instruments From the San Francisco Exposition to be Sold in Seattle To Revolutionize Industry } Aswistant General Superintendent ‘ i 2 fe A pen of 100 ordinarily treated| Welsh, ¢ ttle f the —Even the Beautiful Silver Gray Chickering Baby Grand From the Wash-; Leghorns in the same period made | railway, anys engineers v | . 1a: ° "4 . seed of onty $7.04 | Vern Gaeceiner a) "| ington State Building and Numerous Highly Honored Autopianos and Kimballs. ; These two test pens are proving ng data as to the ne and something which will revolutionize feasibility of building more con _— ace ne the poultry industry, predict Supt. | Jcrete shade =: A. rg boos George R.| Van dy tw |. They will make ealculations| A General Clearance at Seattle’s Great Music Establishment of Ever so Many Latest and joup, expert in charge. based on the ar nt of precipita . ; Mitiiiea have been 6 white le Lepage . peadbty 3 ph othe Best Pianos and Player Pianos to Be Had Actually at Half Price; Some for Only $170 phant during winter months, They | winter months and make out a de ~All Others, as Well as Baby Grands and Uprights Enormousiy Reduced in This Spe- consumed more than they produced }tatled report next «prin . - ‘ They lay just enough to keep in| Walsh said is Waa’ imipoentbleto cial Clearance of Various Costly and Inexpensive Makes, Payments Only $6 a Month practice. And that’s why you have atate at thie time how much con on Many. Very Timely for Christmas Buyers. to pay 5 cents per egg or better at! creting would be done, or when it 4 this ag on fs ai Wie | | would be commenced, until another ge as ay inter chsh J Supt. Linklater and Expert Shoup There are 66 miles of track be HIS opportunity apy particu] three months secures them; tn fact, | MPVS underpriced sale with- have demonstrated that hens can| tween Leavenworth and this divi larly to the who have al-| every reasonable offer as to terms out r t. There are used be induced to lay as high as 65 per ton point, 15 of which are now pro-| ways wished to own one of| will be cordially entertained; pay upright pianos at $90 apieve, cent of high production mark all by concret t the world's finest pianos, but nents of $10 per month will buy} and several for even less, all in winter écat ck building conceetal nce feel: they: oc ufford it. In| almost any one of the many fine| playable shape; some organs only They are putting the ponltry sheds ia about $130,000 per 1,000 ale a pla and modern ruments, and free music rolls $15 each. We want every- { msiness on a basi# similar to that Be er pianos and grands with tone | supplied with every player piano in| out of the way. which the dairy industry enjoys Great Northern trains yesterda quality of the highe excel-| this sale, ‘ 3 into super-bovines | Pacitia with. tonaiderable delay,|Of ultra modern musical instra-| CVEVERAL concert-used de luxe een boy leone se ription ob Should Live Like Queens | but trains on all Iines are running | ments from the great exhibit in the S player pianos, Sohmers and), lt wie a reg be ben Linklater and Shoup have mare! m.| to achodule today ANGAAL CAFR CHILI Snakranien th Hainos Brothers, and. even) NS. Come and look the stock over, me a confirmed snob when ft comes | — Fa ij |that were awarded the highest pos-| Some Chickerings are marked down | eat rare a bai us and woaiae to chickens |pletely under human control onot he San incisco|at arbitrary reductions of $300| 5% lists by ms I used to like the scratch-as-you-| The other pen of 100—the same | TOWNS ARE FLOODED Exposition; also planos of t st | each; easy terms, too, This means J will ship pianos, player | Please democracy of the, ordinary |king and selection of fowl—used| ‘ENTRALIA, De Se a \ nown makes that could not be business, | piAnos ant es inate hen house. Pn have been con-| (een ae wallcfed. “RRA sina and high water in the Skook-|from new—on! k opwo : nts anywhere, and we vinced that they shonid live in | mehuck river caused the Rucoda | a riced at less than wholesale EGULAR pianos, to be played| Unreservedly guarantee every tran- palaces and be coddled like queens.|tended, but are allowed to roam at Loe Rvee Reeth SuRKUL CRA by hand, are offe in an Saction, great or small, to’ prove I revere the hen aristocrat will as ehickena do on the ordinary he town ie inundated | 3 announced last Sunday, there alme endless variety of Satisfactory to the buyer, And that's what those two men|farm or poultry yurd BY GILSON GARDNER the. pe Washington, they ‘ to and from nar makes, case designs and finish | NY instrument will be set aside are trying to do with every farmer Food Cost Per Week WASHINGTON, Dec. 23— |have been much missed we hy on rude 1 raft brat for ( nas delivery upon ¢ and poultryman {n the country The food cost per week for the Del ne MMAIbHAl aide dias bean ian: |andcin boa 1 Hing HF nation’s most famous makes payment of a deposit make snobs of ‘em~—because it! firat pen Is 82 for the second, | The President's New Year's /aige vapiale + Bogs The town of Vader 1 Also ith & eral Steinway and Knabe ‘ | first hal Lr Reception—a social Inetitution gned to the White House, These y ff ys ft | m Se HE price upon each and every pays. $3.29. The profits $3 In favor | ides are officers of the army and | flooded Pianauto and others, have t pianos now $285; in faney burl ticle tiv this /eale “ Palatial roosts, rich food, t of the first pen. dating from the founding of the | #ides > dye ia” Saciiin tinkwes batwens |icarkea alt on te Met ASF SEIN CE Raa ao AHINT: VOneiO oann article in this sale is positive: nesting to select the best breeding, The pullets in the first pe aa republic—ie in a way of being | Navy detailed to duty at the exec vaerty ‘And Chehalis has been closed, | Thi Siredcliy’ walt? pride oe ow $600 and. A660 Ken batia ps ly the lowest that has ever afock, careful grooming and pro-|jn tive weeks a tolal of 1,592 eggs;| Permanently abandoned Lee a ey eee eee eine to alldl MUMerONe Leatere, Sinith & Has 2| been quoted in the West—one and tection from the elementa—they|the second pen, 652 a This year will be the third | to escort White House parties to) owes oe ene cowlits river Is land Gerhardt makers beautiful vca| the same to each and all alike, A cost Ittle and pay big } “y ving,” explained Ex-| since 1912 In which it has not | the theatty eae at aoe ee teat aboye-low water and { el HERP are some $500 player| guaranteed: most of them are to he | Chua way purchase here as safely } y , ne joven i nke place ' aran most of them are to be|ag can th cat exaeNtenaa Lengthen Day to 15 Hours pert that by artificially| taken place. Last year the [ovenis, whith [ate plate et ne piano th $20 worth of| obtained for $265 each, and many|*t, cot *o® DOM CAPRRaEaE rhe arkat laying record of|creating the ideal conditions of a White Houne was in mourning ‘ 1 anting Col, Hart - — ~ ed ncluded, all for!) Terme $16 cast Canin 6 shopper. the specially cared for pen of 100|spring day, when hens are laying at| This year the wedding trip le [Of these aldes, counting Col. tiarit. | ing matt automobile $265 ‘I le planola| per month OMY #8) THE selling is now in progress ah White Leghorns here is ascribed | their t. normally, winter produc expected to include that date who firectly in charge Of thelr The preside formed guard | yiinos for still 1 nth. | largely to the artificial lengthening |tion of eggs can almost equal high The year of President Wilson's | nove : now follows in a second autome ANY of the best $275, $300 ef their day to 15 hours by using | mar inaugural, tt reception and the When Taft was President he) pije, whic beu nl ense ta NUMBER of $800 Weber, Kim and $ pianos now $1 gas lights in the houses, and to!” “This makes chickens a source| inaugural ball were omitted on the|started the practic of having readir i 3 A ball and T and algo ev S186 and. Sia payment protection from the weather some ail the year round.” \ground that they did not accord| naval aide tn uniform always with : eral htly-use genuine! only $5. matt hows kre: nay meerectt i - 4 SB hcg ne of income all the year round with the administration's ideas of|him at the theatre or other public State's Attorney Hoyne, of 1 Rinaalow Player Gianon Autopiane|anese fe pont _ Thea are BAe tirely. They do not expend energy| Howard Joslym Seattle man, in| social simpitetty | appearance , ; - sit Berean hes Att rey ce) Van Player Pianos and Weber Pianola| guaranteed to give perfect eatie.| Third Avenue at fn resisting cold and rain, or in| Washington, obtaining information| As this and the inaugural ball! Wilson dropped the uniformed | Lucy, refused to | Ive life | Pianos, are to be had at ally | faction after extensive usage, or| University Street. scratching for food. They are fed| regarding “establishing munitions | we the two functions open to the| aide as well as the two motorcycle Hatuole en for refusing to save life of defective. jae price, Payments of $40 every, money will be cheerfully refunded.| Open evenings until Christmas,