The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1918, Page 7

Frederick & Nelson’s Thirty-Eighth Semi-Annua! ~ SALE OF FURNITURE Begins Tomorrow Morning apn ag @ The Semi-annual Disposal of odd pieces, in- complete suites and discontinued patterns at heavy: reductions from regular prices. a2 9% ihe ; : @ Special purchases from some of our best fac- tories, effected months ago under very favorable conditions, will also figure in the sale at remark- ably-low prices. Complete Suites, as well as in- dividual pieces, are included in these purchases. The Seasor Home-Furnishing | Opportunity (Third and Fourth Floors) i i li y - i F ! hi n’s Most Notable ; fall HE oe 5 Sammies in France Battle Bitter Cold BY 3. W. PEGLER i fe | pber of patients. | A dozen wood chopping camps tn the American sone are working in Hong shifts, supplying fuel to hun dreds of billets in which a chill [hangs in the air, despite red hot | fires in the little drum-like stoves. | Shot During New Year Celebration, He Is Near Death Edward Larson, death in the city hospital as a result of being struck squarely in the fore head by a bullet, supposedly from a revolver of a New Year celebrator, at| J] midnight last night doubtful at noon. Larson lives at the Motor apart:| ments, 15th and Jefferson walking on 19th ave. 3. at Holgate with a woman, whom he was ee corting home, when he The woman fled. | ' Larson did not lose consciousness | an picked up by a Shilka to Sail for Vladivostok Shilka is expected to sail the last of | Viadivostok with a > “®omewhere in France, New Year's ‘eve, 1917,” said a young Chicagoan, @rawing up his coat collar closer around his head, as a protection against the icy, winddriven snow. “My feet are swollen so darn big with the cold that I'm afraid to take off my shoee—I wouldn't get The Sammy mpiggly paced along a silent, shadowy line of trucks, drawn up under a road em- was doing sentry duty while his unit rested March Against Cold The marchers arrived at a group of primitive villages down the v last night—after fighting the wind in their march for After a supper of scorchingly hot soup and stew, the Sammies crawled into the ancient houses, fully clothed, their heads in. (aged in knitted helmets. They wrapped up in their heavy Dlankets and huddled together groups of three ach other’s body warmth * @ wind which whistled thri unglazed ‘windows and drove snow thru chinks | daaH SLNIANFONGNI ATANOG | CP Some burrowed into straw piles. made their beds under the Mapping canvas covers of the motor Hylan Keeps Mum NEW YORK, Jan. 1—John H. Hy. lan, Tammany’s first mayor in many long, lean years, took office unosten tatiously today, with the Tammany Ites still wondering why he had been 80 close-mouthed over appointments | 8. Wash Thru Hole in Ice tonight will be a mighty contrast Bright lights and the fun of one For 1918 the soldiers will awake to salute the Stars and Stripes. ‘They will hike gingerly along the and wash their faces thru a hole in the thick Ice. Altho the marchers of the certain Unit here described are members of dozens dropped Mitchel and the assuznptjon‘of power by his successor. Burn Air ‘Propellers: swollen, b Fey Srennon, 26%" on Works, turning out aeroplane prope! lers for the government, was badly damaged by fire early today damage will amount to $100,000. cendiaries are believed responsible. Federal agents are probing. Pick Up Straggiers A flotilla of oflivver ambulances forged thru the snow-banked roads to pick up the stragglers, and car- Fed them to hospitals. There the influx forced the plac of cots in the corridors—and Fifty extra nurses Were summoned from another unit to assist in handling the big num REAL PAINLESS DENTISTS BFS § A company advertises in the Wil Journal for a book keeper, “man not subject to draft or | Must want one about 120| In order to Introduce our new (whalebone) plate, which ts the highest | nd strongest plate known, covers very little Of the root of the mouth: you ean bite corn off the cob; Guaranteed fifteen years. $10 Set of Teeth Bridgework, per Platina Fillings All work guaranteed for fifteen years. Have impr Morning and get teeth same day. Examinations aj w customers who have sure you are in the right place Open Sundays from 9 to 12 for Working OHIO CUT-RATE DENTISTS Opposite Fraser-aternem Ce, } 10 succeed herself, | to our offi Bring this ad with ae be 902 UWVERSITY STRKKT They Aid Families Families of soldiers at the front have no more ardent helpers than these two English noblewomen. Both are wealthy and have given great sums for this war relief in addition to doing much personal work. Lady Oranmore and Browne im the eldest daughter of the eighth est young peers. OPERATION PUTS LAD ON FIRING LINE ONGE MORE f BY FREDERICK M. KERBY Special Staff Dispatch NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—The other day & mere lad—Peter Bains ix his name appeared here at the Fritish re cruiting mission and applied for service {n France. The medical offi cer found he had a shattered hand, and told him he must have an opera tion befors he could be accepted for service. Bains had the operation performed and is now on his way to the firing line for the fourth time. The shattered hand was his third wound. Brig. Gen. W. A. White, bead of the British and Canadian recruiting mission in the United States told me. this story. “I'd lke every one of the 175,000 British and Canadians of draft age Jin the United States to know that |story,” he said. “It should inspire them to come forward.” Won't Talk of Self Gen. White is willing to talk about Peter Bains, but not about himself. But his own story is even more re- markable. An officer of the lttle British reg ular arny at the outbreak of the war, he went in cornmand of one of the units on that gray morning when the first British expeditionary force &|crommed the channel. Reaching Bel of pig tron, loaded) gium August 6, he went into inne: |} |dinte action, and thru the heart-beark-| ff. evidence has |ing retreat from Mona to the Marne been found by federal officials, who|he was in command of the rear guard have been investigating the vessel./actions which sought to delay the The officers and crew were enter-|German invaders. | tained by the Commercial Club and| At the Marne White was stricken Chamber of Commerce Saturday, and/ with appendicitis, but refused to | it is expected they will have no dif.| ficulty in getting clearance from this| was ordered into hospital Three months after undergoing an operation, he was back at the front, leading his men and distinguishing himself for bravery until July, 1916, when a second operation invalided ve the field. After the battle he him permanently. But inviladiam for Gen. White does not snean inactivity. He has transferred his energies from the |battle front to the recruiting field, q\and is hunting out and inviting ev ery British subject in the United States to Join the colons 13TH CHAIR IS THRILLING PLAY Brimming over with / mystery, In-|thrfils and surprises, “The T3th Chair” opened at the Metropolitan |theatre last night, more than living ‘up to what had been expected by the patrons, The plot is woven around an un solved murder, and the effort to de is guilty involve the employment of termine which of 13 men and women & medium, who lat various stages of the action. ‘The solution proves quite as sur prising as some of those Sherlock Holmes murder mysteries. The play ix handled by an excep: tionally capable company. | Reports, Then Dies an. 1—~An American avi-| PARIS, stor was killed yesterday, while mak Jing « testing flight. He was attempt ing to loop-the-loop the second time Altho he was nearly |dead when he was picked up, he in- msted on reporting the observations |when he fell. he had made to the American com: mander. OLYMPIA—Gov. Lister announces pointed Mrs. W. H.| that he has Ure a member of the state industrial welfare commission, | of Boys at Front! Karl of Bessborough. Lady Angie- sey, formerly Marjorie Manners, daughter of the Duke of Rutland, is the wife of one of England's rich- alls up the spirits BASEMENT STAR—TUESDAY, JAN. 1, 1918. SALESROOM FB REDERICK &NELSON | ai Beginning Tomorrow Morning T’” JANUARY DISPLAYS OF LINGERIE 7 HE yearly event that many women have found well worth waiting for, because Corset Covers and. Underblouses at 25c, 29c, 39c, 45c, 55c, 59c and 95c AT 29¢— trimmings. AT 45¢— Corset Cover of soft nainsook, with wide Filet insertion and rows of Val- encierines insertion sewed together forming the yoke, and edging of rib- bon-run lace beading and edge. AT 55¢— Dainty patterns of lace and embroid- ery combine in the yokes of pretty Covers at this price, and they, are edged with Valenciennes lace insertion, ribbon-drawn beading and edge. Other styles are embroidery-edged or trimmed with organdie insertion and Valen- ciennes lace. AT 95¢— Underblouses: with sleeves formed of Valenciennes: lace and insertion and yoke of organdie embroidery, Filet and Valericiennes lace insertions topped with ribbon-run lace beading. Shirred over elastic at waistline: Skirts at 59c; 65c, 85c, 95c, $1.25, $1.45, $1.65,$2,$2.25,$2.50 AT 59¢, 65¢ and 85¢— Knee-length Muslin Skirts with durable embroidery trimming. AT 95¢— White Sateen Skirts with flounce in “4 plain hemmed style. AT $1.25— White Pique or Sateen Skirts with flounce. edged with machine-embroid- ered scallops and hemstitching. AT $1.65— Rows of one- and two-thread Valen- eiennes lace alternating with embroid- ery insertion form the flounces of very dainty Petticoats, and they are finished with lace edge. AT $2.00— Skirts of good quality muslin, with wide flounce of white lawn finished with Valenciennes lace insertion and edge combined. _nxsement Satesroom. 300 Yards of WHITE VOILE Special 19c| Yard N exceptionally low price for this evenly-woven, sheer White Voile, so desirable for blouses and children’s wear. Thirty-six inches wide, special 19¢ yard. 700 Yards of WHITE MUSLIN Special 15c| Yard HITE MUSLIN of a firmly-woven, substantial quality, excellent for undergarments, sheets and_ children’s wear, 36 inches wide, special-15¢ yard. —Basement Salesroom, Well-made Cov- ers of nainsook are daintily trimmed with Filet lace, or- gandie em- broidery inser- tion and rib- bon - run lace edges. Other styles, also, are very attractive with their em- broidery or lace Of the.many dainty Gowns at this price, one has Filet lace yoke topped with ribbon-run Filet lace edge, and others combine lace and embroidery in the yoke or organdie with Valenciennes lace, AT $1.25— Crepe Gowns in pink or white, in slip-over style, with trimming of hemstitching and ribbon bows. AT $1.45— Gowns of fine white nainsook, with yoke fash- ioned of embroidered organdie and rows of Filet lace insertion above satin ribbon band, also styles bowknot-embroidered yoke finished with two-thread lace. Ami-French Lingerie in the January Event O well-executed is the machine-embroidery that decorates these garments that it is comparable to hand-work—and it is exceptionally durable. GOWNS AT $1.59— Gowns adding hemstitching to the machine- embroidery and finished with ribbon-laced eye- lets at neck and sleeves. Gowns embroidered with daisies, shirred in rows at waistline and edged with machine-embroidered scallops at neck and ENVELOPE CHEMISES AT $1.198— Machine-embroidered sprays are worked on soft lingerie cloth in these Envelope Chemises, and they are edged with machine-embroidered scal- ENVELOPE CHEMISES AT $1.59— Machine-embroidered sprays and eyelets are well- worked on these Envelope Chemises, and the neck, arm-eyes and bottom are edged with scal- —Bascment Salesroom. The January Displays of Household Linens ROVIDENT homekeepers by the score look to these January displays to supply their household requirements for the whole year, and make a considerable saving thereby. In the sturdy, dependable qualities that may be relied upon for constant, every-day use, are these offerings: Table Damask, 50c, 75c and 90c Highly mercerized Table Damask of finish in three ex- 66 inches wide, 75¢ yard. 70 inches wide, 90e yard. Napkins, $1.50 Dozen Hemmed Napkins of excellent wearing quality, size 17x17 inches, $1.50 dozen. Tea Towels, 10c Each— Tea Towels in 18x32-inch size, with imperfec- tions in the weaving or slightly rumpled, priced unusually low at 10c each. Toweling, 7c Yard— Dice Toweling for dish towels and kitchen use, Bath Towels, 25c Each— Bleached Turkish Towels of substantial weight and generous size—22x45 inches—25e each. Huck Towels, 17c Each— uck Towels of firm weave, all white and ved-bordered styles, size 18x38 inches, 17¢ each; 6 for $1.00. Rasement Salesroom, of the wealth of fresh, new lingerie it brings, and because of the very attrac- tive values it offers. The Basement Salesroom has arranged for convenient choosing, quantities of Muslin Un- dergarments of practically every desirable type, including: GOWNS At 59c, 65c, 69c, 75c, 85c, 95c, $1.19, $1.25, $1.45, $1.50, $1.95 AT 69¢ AND 85¢— Numerous good styles are grouped under these featuring ribbon-run embroidery edges at neck and sleeves, Envelope Chemises at 50c, 59c, 69c, 79c, 95c, $1.19, $2.25 by og Ribbon-run embroidery beading edge makes an attractive trimming for these Envelope Chemises, and they are’ fin- ished with edge at arm-eyes and drawers. AT 59¢— Nainsook Envelope Chemises with rib- bon-run embroidery beading edge and lace trimming at arm-eyes and drawers. AT 69¢— Embroidery and lace insertion form the yokes of these dainty Envelope Chemises which are completed with ribbon-run lace beading edge. AT 95¢— A variety of attractive garments at- this price. One in Empire effect has yoke joining plain organdie with Val- enciennes insertion and edged with lace beading and edge. Others use for their trimming, embroidery, Filet insertion or Valenciennes insertion and embroid- ery combined. AT $1.19— : To an Empire Envelope Chemise of fine lingerie cloth is added a yoke of organdie and Valenciennes lace, form- ing points in front and back and edged with narrow ribbon-run beading and edge. Equally attractive are the gar- ments with trimming of tiny pin tucks, embroidery and laces, AT $2.25— Of lovely pink Crepe de Chine are these Envelope Chemises with yoke of Filet shadow lace insertion and edge, and shoulder straps of Filet lace edge. Also styles with shoulder straps of shadow lace edged with ribbon-run Valenciennes lace edge. Drawer Combinations at 95c and $1.19 AT 95¢— Cover and Drawer Combinations of soft na’ \sook, trimmed with organdie embroidery and Filet lace insertion topped with ribbon-run lace beading and edge, and trimmed with the same edge at arm-eyes and drawers. AT $1.19— Shadow lace in pointed effect trims another very attractive Cover and Drawer Combination, and ribbon-run lace beading and edge provide an. ef- fective finish. Drawers at 25c, 35c, 45c and 55c Many dainty trimming effects are shown in the Drawers of good quality muslin—lace, pin tucks or embroidery insertion and edges. Priced at 25c, B5c, “2 Ps 45e and 55c. —asoment gales Sheets and Pillow Cases —all of firm, excellent quality muslin— sizes quoted are before hemming. SHEETS in 81x90-inch size, $1.00 and $1.35; 81x99 inches, $1.50; 72x90 inches, 95¢ each. PILLOW CASES, 42x36 inches, 15¢ and 32¢ each; 45x36 inches, 20¢ each. Bedspreads $1.85, $2.35 and $2.45 Three interesting groups of Crocheted Bedspreads, all of the weight that will give satisfactory service: Size 76x88 inches, $2.45. Size 76x88 inches, $2.35 each. Size 72x84 inches, $1.85 each. —Basement Salesroom.