The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 1, 1916, Page 3

FAM essage FROM the Workers of the Bon Marche TWENTY-SIXTH SEATTLE’'S BIG STORE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF | evs an whose pleasant duty ou of Seattle—of Washington—of Alaska—of all this Great Northwest when you come a-shopping here—for this is more than a store of steel and concrete. it is to serve y at THIS IS A STORE OF AND BUSY WILLING HANDS BRAINS Some of us take you quickly from floor to floor on the large safety elevators; Some of us (who feel we know your pleasure you best) await at counter and at table; | Th | Some of us, in the still watches of the night, while | all the city sleeps, labor that you may find the store clean and speckless when you come here on the morrow; Some of us, unseen by you, are planning far ahead, | pl so that the things you need may be at hand when you may wish to purchase them. And all of us are striving constantly to make this store a better store—with better service—and so on this, the threshold of another year, WE ALL UNITE TO THANK YOU HEARTILY FOR YOUR APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT —for lacking that our efforts would be all for naught. | The Bon Marché’s Twenty-Sixth Anniversary Sale The Crowning Achievement of Our 26 Years of Commercial Endeavor A four-week carnival of special values at Seattle's Big Store, demonstrating the ability of the Bon Marche to give you worthy merchandise at lower prices—even in the face of a rising market. Every section will have a special bargain day of its own and on that day will give you of its best. new Tuesday, the Silk and Dress Goods sections offer you many unusual values for their day of cele- tion. A Sale of MEN’S SHIRTS at 95e | Brand new Shirts go out on the tables at 95 versary Sale. They are well made Shirts, of woven m fabrics, with soft cuffs, and French percale with stiff cuffs you will like. Men’s Neglige Shirts 55c' Men's good quality Shirts for only 5 Printed madras, fine count percale mercerized cloths, made with soft and stiff cuffs. Staple and fancy patterns on white grounds. Men’s $1 Union Suits 69c sere they are, men, fine ribbed White Cotton Union Suits at 6%¢. Some show | slight imperfections. Made with long and short sleeves and are ankie length. apiece f Patterns that Men's splendid St Bodies of fine merce cuffs of Society silk terns and colorings. Men’s $1 Night Shirts 78c Very special for Tuesday: Me of the Loom Muslin Night Shirts, 1 and fancy trimmed garments, cut long and roomy, special 7&c —Lower Main Floor, | s Fruit | ain white EXTREME VALUE IN Silk Envelope Chemises at $1. for the 26tI 95 A dainty bargain, this, Envelope Chemises, in white or flesh crepe de chine bottom with imitation filet lace. Envelope Chemises, w! silk, made empire style, with wide pink ribbon drawn through ¢ on the shoulder. —Third Floor South. | nniversa prettily Dna at top and or pink wash or a dainty bow | Women’s Shoes at $2.45 a Pair Broken Lines of Shoes Worth Up to $5 a Pair slightly incomplete, but with | THREE OF with light welt soles Good, standard makes of Shoes we have all sizes in some style colored or black cloth tops, and military or Louis heels ' anc Size ranges are You'll fin r button style, or other all leathers here, THE DOZEN CLEV attractive Skirts are Flaring jackets, that make them th the long sport in lace o Unusually oloring Men’s Shoes to $5.00 ats Pr, [ih Women’s $3.50 Shoes | Women’s Pumps to $4 $2.29 Pr. $2. 59 Pr. In spite of rising prices | eat | close-fitting | here are Patent Dress | patent ad finish Kid Shoes at $2.29 a pair. Mave | Pumps. Plain or piped in or button with up-to-the-minute styles in Lingerie black or dark gray cloth | white—Colonial and plain | broad and narrow : nf cesar ae SLA Gy BLS tops, lightweight soles and | pump effects, worth to $4.00 | worth to $5.00, ener dain Ble nothing b f Louls heels. | @ pair. Floor. Voiles, organdies, batist poplina and a few | 26TH ANNIVERSARY SALE OF EMBROIDERIES STAR—MONDAY, W! are the workers of The Bon Marche whose | ,J¢t Disc! with good wearing qualities, su dre 86-Inch handrome in col | gain. and storm serges, wool poplins, wool crepes, silk and wool crepes, granite weaves, armures, and stripes. To Emphasize Our 26th Anniversary the Women’s Hosiery $1.00 and $1.15 Silk Hose He of the season's best costume Some are irregulars, but very slight im] Main Floor. If You’ve Been Pricing Silk Suits Lately You’ Il Know | What a Wonderful Bargain This Anniversary Special Is | The Suits are made of fine chiffon taffeta, excellently tailored and prettily trimmed are the Silk T amply full for New Lingerie Blouses 83c | NewTailoredSuits$11.95 oldered, others | Full cut skirts to match MAY 1, PAGE 3 TO CELEBRATE TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF SERVICE TO YOU The Bon Marché Holds This Great Anniversary Sale, and Invites You to Come and Share in the “Good Things” Tuesday—Silk and Dress Goods Day With Two Large Departments Uniting to Give You Better Values, to Sell You More Silk and Dress Goods Than They Have Ever Done in a Single Day Before 7 Cut Bolts of 26- Inch 50c and 65c Silks 1916. 5,000) yard bought special Its and re PE nage grey Tk » plain and ited crepes, printed ratines, print A ; , printed Cc tussah, silk crepes, printed po ilk matelasse 1 and swivel silks in stripes, dots, jacquards, brocades and printed designs 36-INCH SILK POPLINS 69c $2.00 CREPE DE CHINE $1.19 | 28- and 404nch fancy Crepe de Chine Silk $2.50 DUCHESS SATIN $1.29 Jeautiful Silk Poplin, worth every bit of So rich and pretty {# this Duchess Satin at ) a yard Full yard wide, in street and | extra heavy quality, at $1.19 a yard Very oft, rich black; desirable for ning shades, with lots of navy and black in n pretty colors, white and | d full 4 inches wide, in f only 69c a yard orth $ $1.29 YARD es wide, soft, ack that will 5 or waists, at 36-INCH TAFFETA SILK $1.00 $1.75 CHARMEUSE $2.00 SILK CREPONS $1.19 sin the ‘ © ing slik Cre e for all Full 40 inches wide, in monotc | rich medium and dark shades | 36-INCH BLUE TAFFETA $1.25 Lovely indeed well an durable, is this spectal f ary Sale| all Silk Taffeta, chiffon finish, 36 inches wide. $1.00 @ yard. § 4 plaids, | ohades of navy, Belgium and Copenhagen blue lor combinations and white and black included 36-INCH BLACK of Biack T ta, the Taffota Siik—just 5 ) finish and ne ® purposes. $1.50 SUITING SILK $1.00 fancy Suiting Silk~-serviceable and 36-INCH BLACK TAFFE A superior quality of rich Bla ‘Taffeta Silk 6 inches wide, at $1.60 a yard. This firmly woven beauty is especially desirable for coats, sults and skirts. 36-INCH TAFFETA SILK $1.50 a at $1.50 a yard, sh, in navy, Belgium, n blues, —Upper Main Floor. r= This One Day—$1. 25 to $2.00 Dress Goods 79c Yard iE DRESS GOODS SECTION PUTS ITS ENTIRE BARGAIN EFFORT INTO THIS TREMENDOUS SPECIAL For Dress Goods Day at the Anniversary Sale, we are going to give you a grand bar- $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 values at 79c a yard. 150 pieces to begin with, in French A $1.50 36-INCH TAFFETA $1. 10 wanted silk TAFFETA $1.2 25 rd IMany pretty plain colors; also mixtures, checks, plaids ain and fancy mohair fabrics: —Upper Main Floor. Another Bon Marche Advertisement on ‘the Last Page of This Paper Contains Overflow Bargains of the 26th Anniversary Sale. Don’t Miss Reading It A Splendid Anniversary Bargain From the Glove Section Women’s 75c and $1 Gloves —44¢ a Pr.— Women's Gle the market prices. Washable chamoisette and lisle thread, in the elbow-length style; white, cha uit and gray shades, as well as black oiled from display, but, then, a pair—Upper Main what of it? Floor. RUGS—LESS THAN MILL COST Discontinued lines of Floor Rugs—bought before the sensational rise of Section Offers —at 65c Pr.— An unusually good bargain in fine pure thread Silk lose, with lisle thread double soles, heels and toes Plenty black—both plain and embroidered—and many shades and two-tone serfect tions —Upper wes decidedly below mois color, bis¢ { white A few are slightly You get them for 44 | Rug prices—and on sale at less than these same Rugs at the mill door today. | 9x12 Brussels Rags $13.95 $27.50 Brussels Rugs $22.50 $17.00 Tapestry Brussels Rugs for the Only a limited number of these high- Oriental and | grade Body Brussels Rugs at $ Size ‘sirable colors | &2X10-6, n allover and conventional de- iret signs and colorings, worth $27.50 $1.50 Couch Covers at $1.19 A splendid bargain in Negus Couch overs 0 inches wide and 99 inches Annivermary, $13.95. All floral patterns, with ns and reds 10 1-2x13 1-2, $18.95 coverings « in tans, gree Brussels Rugs, A tiptop | ‘Tapestry Brusseis with all-woo nd colorings bargain in floor Good heavy quality, in shades of green, tan and red, at $1.19 each loop sur long in attractive patterns Size 10-6x13-6 nt $18.95 each |E very Garment in This Sale of Ww omen’s Underwear Is “Forest Mills’ and Hand Trimmed \ $1. 25 and $1. 50 Union Suits 75c Suit than factory cost for wy whi t Mills Union Suits. Every | suit first quality; no imperfe 1 f y ‘kind Iwo weights to choose from, medium heavy, in high nec hort sleeves, knee or eagle length | Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44, at 7 —Upper Main Floor. EXTRA SPECIAL FROM 9 A. M. TO 12 TUESDAY $10.00 and $12.00 Steamer Trunks for $7.95 Trunks, covered with waterproof canvas, sole leather straps, with brass locks 38 and 40. Only four at $7.95 apiece on —Fourth Floor. Substantial, well-made Steamer They have four hardwe ats and two “catches. They th tray; twé e $10.00 and $12.00 1 ptdles so we offer sizes, them E eegeomeaen Sale of Notions and Small Wares Hooks and Eyes 2c Card Crochet Cotton 3 for 10c " Sizes 0 to 3, black or white; 2 dozen Elgin Maid Crochet Cotton, in fine of different styles | Hooks and 2 dozen invisible Eyes on card. | mercerized finish; good line of colors, any one, some shirred, many belted, . ‘ Hair Pi 10c Bo y 25c Hair Pins 17c air Pins x of course—with little touches of trimmings sc Kirby Beard fine wire Hatrpins Shell or Amber Hairpins, one dozen in a even more lovely The belted effect may | gtvies in a box box, medium size; good smooth finish, ish, so much used this season 3 Spools Silk 10. pools Si Ic 2 Papers Needles 5c oe 100-yard Spools of Sewing Silk, in black, Millward’s bcp Noedle Old | white or colors. Special, 3 spools for 10c. or aseot $1.75 Bust asia 98 Hoes Supparters “106 Children's, Misses’ and Women's sizes in 32 to 44, covered with goc ack | black and white, inch-wide lisle tic Jersey cloth; long hips, wooden bas: —Upper ™ Floor, ER STYLES ARE PICTURED HERE affeta Suits—in a host moll Floor. te | Newest Spring Sults—a special bargain at ;, | $11.95—reduced from higher-priced lines. Wool uthas popling, serges and gabardines, with semi-belt or loose Jacket—plaited, box-plaited or rippled 26TH ANNIVERSARY SALE OF EMBROIDERIES —Second Floor, : ; — | Edges, Bands and Insertions —3 to 1 0- tach | Edgings and Insertions, 1 1-2 to 4-Inch Many pretty patterns here, suitable for Tingerie, babs a! . Cambric, Nainsoo Swiss Edgings, Insertions and Bead C wearable’ naking “ne _ Organdy Swis nains ‘te ing, in many dainty 1 conventional designs, with strongly nibs rain ne te ips 1 vit ( pitts ae «i A Yee j worked edges, at a yard, for the 26th Upper ain F tot A Yard Pike Street Second Avenue — Union Street———Elliott 4100 Peace Hs fe ‘ SURREE Aeain Sinae. ar mae a Ae OK RRA ESS S STOTT S ET TE ERE et TERR EET: : mee