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GS Bosse le or te. at ad or ~ THE SEATTLE STAR—TUE DAY, DECEMBER 3, 1918. : CHILDRE: THIS GREAT NEW BASEMENT STORE is completely organized and ready to do its share toward making Seattle holiday shopping as enjoy- able as it should be. A BASEMENT STORE with unique attractions— unique in its spacious and thorough ventilation — unique in its accessibility Gift Gloves $1.50 Women’s Glace Leather Gloves with fancy stitch- on back, are fea- tured in Black, Tan, Gray, White and Pearl-gray, $1.50 pair. s GAUNTLETS, %5¢@ — Khakicolor Knitted Gauntlets with leather-faced palm and trimming of leather piping. Tc pair. —THE BASEMENT STORE Silk boot | Stockings, $1.00 Gifts that combine service ability with fine appearance are Silk-beot Stockings, in Battleship-sray, Arizona-silver, Mouse, Russia Caif, Tuxedo t Black, Havana-brown, Cloud-gray and Bronze. Price $1.00 pair. | PHOENIX SILK STOCKINGS, in Cloud-gray, Bronze, Hav ana-brown, Black, Arizona- silver. Russia-calf and Mouse, Perhaps She'd Appreciate A Silk Camisole —if so, she's sure to like one of the dainty lacy ones the Basement Store is showing. AT $1.25, there are Pink Sat- in and Crepe de Chine Cami- soles with Filet-pattern inser tion and edge trimming or @ainty Valenciennes lace and Deift-blue stitching. AT $1.50 TO $2.75, Cami- soles of pink satin in combi nation with laces and ribbons and other very attractive styles with Valenciennes or Filet-pattern insertion and edge with Georgette crepe and embroidery. Pin tucks and embroidered sprays trim @ number, AT $1.00—Crepe de Chine Camisoles topped with rows O Valenciennes and Cluny Pattern laces sewed together, others with satin ribbon bands or shadow lace motifs -—THE UASEMENT STORE. Ribbons for Gift Parcels ED, Green and Holly Ribbons in the nar- Tow width adapted for Christmas parcels, of 5 yards for 10¢. THE BASEMENT STORE. Smart Neckpieces Make Lovely Gifts O. fresh and new are these Neckpieces, and so adaptable to the dress styles of the day, that one may give them with the assurance of their entire suitability. GEORGETTE COLLARS in plaited, pintucked and em- broidered styles, also Collar and Cuff Sets, $1.25 and $1.50, DAINTY NECKPIECES of Georgette Crepe, Lace, Or. gandio and Satin in roll, flat and plaited styles, $1.00. COLLARS of antin, organdie, pique and Filet-pattern laces, with net frills, embroidery or lace trimming, 50. COLLAR AND CUFF SETS of organdie, with scalloped edge, and Embroidered Musiin Col lars for wear with the morn- img dress, 250 each. WINDSOR TIES of Satin and Crepe in plain colors, —THE BASEMENT STORE Fancy Ribbons 25c and 35c Yard LENGTH of one of these handsome Rib- bons, a few stitches, anu one has fashioned a nov- elty bag, a dainty sachet, a boudoir cap or some equally acceptable gift. WARP-PRINT AND DRES DEN RIBBONS in beautiful color-biendings, light and dark, 35¢ yard. DRESDEN AND SATIN RID BONS in handsome patterns and colorings, 35¢ yard. —THE BASEMENT STORE. Gift Perfumery 35c to 75c Bottle NE- and one-half ounce Fancy Bottles in at- tractive carton, contain- ing White Rose, Apple- blossom, Lily - of-the-Val- ley, Lilac, Violet and Jockey Club Perfumes. Per bottle, 35¢ to Tic. TOILET WATERS of Colgate, Jergens and Hudnut makes, including Lily of-the- Valley, Cashmere Bouquet, Lilac, Dac- tylis, Rose, Caprice and Vio- let odors, 25 to $1.75 bottle —THE BASEMENT STORE Lace-trimmed Table Scarfs and Squares At Attractively-low Prices SEFUL and decora- tive table pieces of good quality linenette, with borders and insets of dainty Cluny-pattern or filet-pattern lace, priced as follows: Centers and Squares, 65¢, 85e, $1.00 and $1.25. Scarfs, 65c, S5e, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.85. eee THREE - PIEC TURKISH BATH SETS, $1.25: of good qual Turkish-weave toweling, in pink and blue ef- fects, These Sets are taste fully boxed and will make aw ceptable gifts THE BASEMENT STORE. A Hand-bag That will Hold Her Small Belongings when she goes shopping is the most useful kind of a gift, and one that many women will appre- ciate. AT $1.25— Strap-back Purses in black, gray and tan: Pin-sealfinish Bags in fiat atyle, with handle; several styles in Hand bags with mirror and coin purse fittings. AT $1.65 TO $2.50— Many styles from the large service Hag that will hold the knitting, if desired (in Copen hagen and sand-color) to the flat purse of small dimensions In patent, seal and grain leathers; navy, brown, gray, purple and black CHILDR PURSES, 25¢ AND 50¢— A purse like mother’s will bring happiness to many a lit tle In silk and leather, silk and fitted with mir ror, they are priced at 26c and 50e —THE BASEM INT STORE. Be and 50: BOYS’ KNIT BOYS’ TIE BOYS’ SHIRTS of percale and madras, $1.25 and $1.65. Bors’ BLAL Choosing “Wearable” Gifts for Men and Boys is a simple task in the Basement Store, where selec- tions are broad and prices are so moderate that one | can check many names off the gift list without too- serious inroads on the Christmas funds. PS AND HATS, 65¢ BLOUSES of madras BOYS’ and pereale in light patterns, plain-blue and black, 65¢ and | i $4.00 SHIRTS, MEN'S FLANNEL 3, $4.96. , $2.50 to ton, liale ‘and silk, 26¢ to 30 pair, I] MERE HALF and 95¢ | MEN'S CAS | 00 to $5.00 § SHIRTS of percale, | | . gingham and crepe, IMENT STORE, i | (reached directly from street level by six convenient stairways )—and just now | brimming with useful Gift-Merchandise in sure-to-be-appreciated qualities, at prices of lively interest to economical buyers. Seattle’s most accessible Toy Section, but a few steps from the street, is located in the BASEMENT | | STORE. ‘The The Gift of CREPE KIMONOS, | || $1.50 TO $3.95— | Empire and straight line effects in a wide | variety of plain and pat- | terned effects, priced at | $1.60, $1.75, $2.25 and | up to $2.96 | HOUSE a Ces Robe brings comfort and | warmth for hours of | ease. Here are typically interesting Basement Store values: WOMEN’S BATHROBES | AT $2.25— Blanket Cloth Robes in fig ured and plaid patterns with cord trimming on | sleeves and collar and tas || seled tie cord, sizes 36 to 44. || WOMEN'S BATHROBES | AT $3.25— Of heavy blanket cloth in || combinations of Delft or || dark-blue with white, Inven 1] der with white, dark-t or green with red, trimmed with plain or cord piping and tasseled cord at waist line. | COATS, | $4.50, $5.00 and $7.00— | Coat style Negligee of good quality Corduroy, amply | warm for the chilliest morn- | ing, in Cherry, Old-rose, Wistaria and Copenhagen, | $4.50, $5.00 and $7.00. —THE BASEMENT STORE. HILE the price range on Gift Handkerchiefs in the Basement Store is very moderate, there is no lack of daintiness, or of practicability, either. Sugges- tions: WOMEN’S BOXED HAND. KERCHIEFS in all-white, colored - embroidered, hem stitched and colored cord edge styles, two or three in box 25e. ROXED HAND "8 with embroid ered corner designs on soft lawn, in white or color and | hemstitched edge, two or three in box, 35e. LAWN HANDKER embroidered and prettily boxed, box of three, 45e and 50¢ LAWN HANDKERCHI WOMEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS in a wide array of embroid ered and novelty effecta in soft lawn, hematitched and roll-edge styles, with white or colored embroidery, 10c and 12%c each CHILDREN'S HANDKER- CHIEFS in hursery-rhyme and comic boxes, with hem- stitehed or roll edge, and em: broidered corner designs in the form of flowers, animals | and figures, 10¢c, 15c and 25e for the box of two or three CHILDRE HANDK ored roll edg SMALL - SIZE for be. WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS in large and small sizes, in numerous styles, embroiderea or plain hematitched, 6c each. LIN PS, fullniz quarter-inch hema, 80c each, HAND. with 25c ana MEN'S LAWN CHIEFS of with %-. or 12%, Ibe HANDKER generous 4-inch and 20c each size, hems, INITIALED HAND+ KI RCHIEFS with plain ‘let: ter, lhe and 1 ach, —THE BASEMENT STORE. Electrical Home Appliances are gifts that the whole famil; Suggestions: keeper most of all, Blectric Irons $4.00, $6.35 to $7.00 Electric a 4s ters, 0 to $7.00 Blectric Heating Pads, $3.50 to $10.00. Electric Grill Stoves, $10.00. $9.00 and Thor Electric Washing Machine, various sizes, priced upward from $135.00. can enjoy—the house- Electric Heaters, $11.00 $13.10. and Electric Percolators, $10.00, $11.50 to $21.60, ‘tric Vacuum Cleaners, 0, $30.00 to $65.50, Blectrie Curling Trona, $5.50 and $5.75. THE BASEMENT STORN. o, Shopping for + Christmas in 8 i with coh, Gift Stationery 15c to 50c NE-QUIRE box of “Southland Linen” with envelopes to match; in attractive gift box; 25¢. “WEYMOUTH” STATIONERY in @ pretty dovegray shade, with long, narrow envelopes, one-quire box for 35¢. GILTANITIAL STATIONERY with envelopes, one-quire box for 35¢. CORRESPONDENCE CARDS with gilt initials; one-quire box with envelopes, 35¢. “KRAFTLAWN” LINEN 8TA- TIONERY in white and tints of blue, pink and buff; 24 sheets and envelopes; box, 35¢. “ INTTIALED edged, 24 sheets and piue with gilt initial; 24 long, narrow envelopes to match; box, 50¢. JUVENILE STATIONERY for the very small Miss, one quire in floralpattern box, 15¢. For larger girls “Madame Butterfly” Stationery in white, onequire box, 25¢. —THE BASEMENT STORE. os Attractively-Priced “Home” Gifts Suggested From Christ- mas Displays in the Basement Store China and Glass Sections. China Tea Sets and Novelties at a wide price range. ELECTRIC TABLE LAMPS with brass and bronze finished bases, $7.50 to $27.50 SILVER F glassware insets, and $6.00. + PLATED CASSE FRAMES with Pyrex $4.50, $5.50 D-PLATED BREAD , $2.50. MARMALADE JARS of glass, with silver-plated cover cout and spoon, 65c and —THE F } | | —not too fancy for | | prices attractively low. S$ in cavalier style, sizes 6 to 10%, $1.6 2, $1.75 pair; 11% to pair, FELT HOU {8 with soft teath moceasin style, in » Wine and blue, $1.60 pair, | moce leather solea, jr Dark-blue, Taupe Fawn, Ecru, Lavender ple, Pink and Wine pair. | | There’s a Fascination About a Fetching Boudoir Cap that makes it very appro- priate for Christmas giv- * ing—dainty laces and soft silks are so cleverly com- bined in its fashioning. Some join Crepe de Chine or Satin to hs tern, shadow 1g ved chon laces, tases and edges or fine net, adorned with bows and knots of ribbon or tiny rosebuds, others use rows of narrow stitched and. plaited ribbons in their making. Priced at 50¢, 65¢ and 75¢. —THE BASEMENT STORE. Dainty Ribbon Vanities —offered in a variety of styles and sizes, for van- ity case and opera bag; daintily fashioned from ribbon, with powder puff and mirror. Prices 25¢ to $2.50 each. —THE BASEMENT STORE, Women’s Glove Silk Vests for Gifts, $2.10 HE soft silkiness of these garments com- mends them for gifts and they’ are serviceable quite beyond one’s expectations. In dainty pink, with band top drawn with rib- bon, sizes 88 and 40, $2.10. PINK GLOVE SILK BLOOMERS, well-rein- forced for greater serviceability, sizes 5, 6, 7 and 8, $2.50. WHITE MERCERIZED LISLE VESTS in bod- ice style, sizes 36 and 38, 50¢. WHITE MERCERIZED LISLE VESTS with beading top, sizes 36 and 38, 50¢. UNION SUITS WITH WHITE SILK TOP on cotton body, low neck and sleeveless, with tight knee, sizes 86 to 44, $1. 19. [ Here ron Cidaaes Siaheis in the popular styles for men, women and children day-in-and-day-out use, at . TAN SLIP- s, Romeo atyle, sizes 12 $2.50 pair. Boys’ AND YOUTHS’ TAN HER HOUS with light-weight sole, $11 to 5%, $2.00 pair, THER with heavy flexible soles, sizes 6 to 11, $3.50 pair SLIP so) tes, Tl, $2 hf Sct ALC LR EAE ADS BENS IAL ME A Gift Veil For Every Taste From the convenient slip-on Veil to the long Flowing Veil, there are styles to answer many gift ideas, in Brown, Navy, Taupe, Blaek and White in octagon and diamond meshes, plain, chenille- spotted or figured, 25¢ to $1.75 each. —THE BASEMENT STORE. Silk Envelope Chemises Exquisite Gifts $2.25 to $4.25 HEN silk lingerie garments are to be had at prices so attrac- tively low, many women will delight in giving them to nearly all their feminine acquaintances. AT $2.25—Pink Crepe de Chine Envelope Chemises with Filet- pattern lace trimming and ribbon shoulder straps, also styles with wide band of Filet-pat- tern lace finished with narrow, ribbon-run edge at top and trimming of the edge at arm-eye and bottom. —THE BASEMENT STORE. Useful Gifts of Wearables for Women and Children HE Basement Store Ready - to- wear Sec- | tion contains much that is of interest to the prac- tical gift-chooser who be- lieves with us that “some- thing to wear’ is often the happiest solution to the gift question. Briefly suggested: S FUR SETS, $5.00, » $7.50 to $15.00. a 'S FUR NECKPIECES $3.95, $5.00, $6.50 to $25.00. WOMEN’S GIFT BLOUSES of Crepe de Chine and Georgette “ Crepe, $3.95, $4.95 and $6.50. WOMEN'S TUBABLE WAISTS $1.25, $1.45, $1.65 and $1.95. PETTICOATS, $3.35, | $4.50 and $4.95, | S SWEATERS, $5.75, $9.50 and $10.00. CHILDREN'S SW RATERS, TAN HOUSE SLIPF ett and LEATHER S$ in Ever- with light-weight soles, sizes 6 to 11, $2.00 pair, Opera styl <FORD-GRAY FELT SLIPPERS with soft leather soles, sizes 6 to 11, $1.50 pai —THE BA 'T STORE.