The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 16, 1919, Page 9

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( acT ougall eae SECOND AT PIKE Practical ChristmasGifts for Men 400 Silk Shirts $8.50—3 for $25 The “choice” of all gifts—a hand- some Silk Shirt, may be chosen from 4 this wide assortment composed of | woven stripe, Japanese broadcloth, also satin and woven stripe tub silk shirts; sizes 14 to 17. Exceptional values! 1200 Silk Ties $1.95 Each Your Christmas Tie selection will be a success if made from this group of selected imported silks and satins, in brocaded, woven, Oriental and figured designs. Stunning patterns in popular four-in-hand styles. MacDougall Seathwick, Men's Shop, \ Just Inside the Door. CHAT WITH NEIGHBOR {RAZOR FRIGHTENED HER, 4 ENRAGES SPOUSE] DIVORCE PLAINT OF WIFE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.—Be-}| SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 16.—In cause she stopped to talk to a neigh-|her petition for a divorce, filed here ber on the street while on her way | Lillian E. Delmas mys her husband homy her busband, Walter V. Pen-/ Franklin Delmas, nearty frightened ders, flew into a rage and caused a neene, Mra. Elizabeth H. Penders says in her divorce suit filed here. her to death one day in their home in Los Angeles when he backed her) up in a corner and flourished a razor They were perfectly happy, she|over her head. says. until the first child came. Then} On another occasion, she sayy, he The began to drink, she alleges, and| heat her log with a lath, rupturing a kept it up for five yearn They sep-| blood vessel. @raied last month. She wants the They separated Iast April. She ustody of their children and $75 a/asks for the custody of their three NIGHTS Le, 25, 50e ‘Te, $1.00 MATS. 15¢, 25e, 50c ALL U WEEK A Glance at the New Bill of Orpheum Vaude- ville Makes a Visit to the Moore Imperative GUS EDWARDS (HIMSELF) America’s Popular Comporer-Producer-Actor Manager Presenting @ “WELCOME HOME SONG REVUE” Supported by a DEMI CAST of Newly Found Proteges Headed by Vincent O’Donnell (Kid McCormack) and Alice and Hazel Furness Gallagher & Martin | Marshall Montgomery In “Sweaters” Extraordinary Ventriloquist ERNEST EVANS AND GIRLS Presenting “A Smart Divertissement of Entertainment” The Jordan Girls Comedy Wireists Jack Osterman In “Something” ARNAUT BROTHERS “THE LOVING BIRDS” Tople of Day Orchestra THE SEATTLE STAR--TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1919. os SHE BOLSHEVIK | AIRS IDEAL MAN ‘| Want to Live in Bohemia,’ Says Domestic | | LOS ANGELES, Deo 16.—The! ideal of & husband possenred by @ | “domestic Bolshevik who lives tn the land of Rohemia" was disclosed in Judge Works’ court in the let ters of Beatrice Gowland, who t» mu: | jine Thomas Gibson Gowland, film director, for divorce. | | The tdeal was set forth by Mre. | | Gowland as follows 1 wish I could find the king of }man who Is not an artist himself for he wilt be Jealous of you at heart tf he ts. Find a man who respects your art, but does not un- derstand too much about It. Such }a man I would like to marry, If he has money it matters not where you live If he hasn't spend what y have on a coffin Don't have a child for at least two years,” Mrs. Gowland Is a scenarto writer and she alleges that Gowland was | cruel to her, Gowland, who testi. | | fied he had @ salary of $350 per| | week, has denied this and tn a| cross-complaint he alleges his wife has curtous views on the subject |of matrimony and love in general. |As for the wife, she denied her views were “curious” but just “plain as day.” And said #he: “rm @ domestic Bolshevik. 1 want to live in Bohemia” The case ts filled with sensations | |and ts being hotly fought. The! custody of a little child t Invetved. This child, testified the wife, was! according to Gowland destined to be a second Ceci! Rhodes | “His father claims to have hunt- ed big game in Afrioa He didn't, but was just @ hardware clerk In Rhodesia.” | der cross-examination of Mra. and, this “curtous” philosophy | as brought out, Gowland claimed liked married Ife and pro- 1 what the defense termed her “Declaration of Independence.” It |was a sheet of paper which she had once given her husband and on jt was written if “L Sylvia Gibson Gowtand, here- | by declare that I refume to be the| wife of Thomas Gibson Gowland | both now an: time.” | | To her sister she had written. | | |the letter being introduced b: Gowland | “Cheer up, I may yet earn jenough to return to the joys of |bachelorhood. You it in hard to| sell the expression of one’s new | ideas for filthy cash; the same | money that buys old clothes, fish jor @ husband.” | In another letter to ber sister abe | | Wrote concerning her married life: | “The only way to live in this un- | Sympathetic life ts Just to exist | el any kind motion; to to love abov things; t have no ties; to trust one one and expect nothing It is fatal for an artist to marry under any condition. I must have rn wn } Editor’s Mail FUNDS FOR VETERANS ! Editor The Star: Wasa not the $500,000 appropriation of the state | legislature made for the relief of sol | Gers drafted from this state alone, | |or waa it made to relieve exservice |men any state in the Union or Can lada? WM. GLASEN, “ub, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ | Editor's Note~-The appropriation \Was made primarily for men trom | thin state, but the act does not pro- | hibit the veterans’ welfare commis sion from using funds to prevent suf fering of 4 service man from another state if he is in dire need. | WANTS CARS HEATED | Bditor The Star: Hundreds of tax- | Payers would like to know why the city does not heat Meridian and Wal lngford cars. We would also like to | know why car service is poorer than it used to be, From 4 to 6 a m. tax: | | payers have to stand going to and from town, and have frozen during the cold. spell in these cold storage cars. When election time comes, the | Officials will find the weather out | this way as cold as the cars were last week. We intend to call a mass Meeting if the cars aren't heated | | CONSTANT READER. CHILLY APARTMENTS | Editor The Star: Will you be kind enough to inform us thru your col umns what the law is regarding the heat ordinances in apartment houses? | We are paying high rent for what we! jare getting tn the way of service. | | Now, the thermometer here has| ff} never registered the minimum. To our complains, the rich landlord has tol4 us that there Is a great scarcity {of fuel here in Seattle, and that he ts obliged to save fuel } I have been told there is no short age of fuel here. Is this true? How ty one to bring @ landlord Iike this |to time? Have we a law concerning such cases? ELIZABETH STANTON. | Editor's Note: City health regula- |tions require that apartments and hotels maintain a heat of between 65 and 70 degrees between the hour of 9 a m. and 10 p. m. during winter |months. Complains on heat should | be made to the city health depart- ment, Main 6000, There has been a shortage of coal, but there has been | no coal famine in this locality, and the crest of the shortage has been passed with the setlement of the coal |strike, and the relaxation on fuel regulation imposed by the govern- | ment, | | 1 | CARMEN SUFFER IN COLD | | Editor The Star: Motormen and| | conductors on Seattle's car lines must | suffer terribly on open end cars| jduring the cold weather, with no| |chance to move around. As a daily| patron, I know how disagreeable It ts to ride for half an hour tnaide the \cars, where the windows are cloned. mm the traction company owned cars, there was a loud ery for Now, In the name of common sense, let us fight for closed com- | partments for motormen and conduc- tors, and for electric heated plates for them to stand on. Tam a tax payer, but I am ashamed of the city counall and street car officials for the way they let our car operators suffer {1 don't think !t fs as important to have heat for patr it is for car men C. HADDEN. Let's go buy Roldt's French pas- try, Uptown, 1414 3d ave; down | town, 913 2d ave, Gift Suggestions From the Rug Department —Presenting excellent values in practical gifts for home enjoyment. —Wilton Velvet Rugs, soft tones of Rose, Blue, Taupe, with neat all-over patterns. Of heavy durable pile fabrics. —Size 8-ft. 3-in. by 10-ft. 6-in.......... $56.00 —Sise Of6. by IB vic css csideceesss $59.00 ~—Tapestry Brussels Rugs, with conventional designs on Blue, Tan, Rose and Brown grounds; some with neat chintz colored borders, Size 8-ft. 3-in. by 10-ft. 6-in..........$35.00 —Size 9-ft. by 12-ft..... . $39.00 —Hall Runners, of Wilton In choice small patterns and colors. —Size 27-in. by 8-ft. 6-in. . ~—Size 27-in. by 10-ft. 6-in $15.00 —Size 27-in. by 12-ft..... - + $17.00 —Chenile Bath Rugs, in soft shades of Blue, Rose, Gray and Pink, with mat Band Borders. Fast colors. These rugs are reversible. —Size 27-in. by 64-in..........6. .. $6.50 —Size 24-in. by 48-in............ +++ $5.25 —Rag Rugs, {n all colors, Blue, Gray, Pink, Green, Brown, with chintz, chenille and plain stripe borders. These make a very appropriate bedroom rug. —Sizes 22x26-in.; 27x54-in ; 836x72-in.; 4x7-ft.; 6x9-ft.; 8x10-ft.; and 9x12-ft. Priced from 31.75 to $24.50. Velvet. - -$12.50 ~—Rug Section, Fourth Floer Silk Undergarments ee For Christmas Gifts Venetian Silk Chemises —In bodice styles; step-in styles, and with reg- ulation straps. Some plain tailored; others trimmed with lace and insertion, ribbons and georgette. —The prices are $6.00, $7.50, $8.50 and $9.50. Silk Vests ribbon straps, with elastic tops and others with regulation straps, Both plat and fancy trimmed, with ribbon lace and geormette ‘The prices at $3.00, $3.75, $4.25, $5.00, and $6 0¢ In bodice style: with Heavy Silk Bloomers me and Lucille cloth. mmed with Ince and rit $4.50, $5.00, 86.50 and "iain tailored " 7.60, Venetian Silk Gowns Trimmed with pink and blue ribbon. Priced at $16.50 Silk Union Suits —In bodice and regulation styles. —Priced at $6.00, $7.50 and $8.60. —Underwear Others in all pink. First Floor. The Eldredge Sewing Machine the test—for stands — Durability—Simplicity—Long Life and Lower Price than othen standard machines. The macHine which —tThe Eldredge Two-Spool is the name of the sewing machine which uses a spool above and an ordinary size spool below in place of a bobbin. While one of the principal features of this machine is the saving of time in winding bob- bins, there is a spool winder attached in case you have but one spool of a certain shade, and you wish to wind part of it on another spool. This always leaves your thread on spools in- stead of bobbins being wound with different kinds of thread. -Your old machine taken as part payment— then a small payment down and a dollar week, without interest until the total is paid. —#ewing Machines, Second Floor. Adjustable Dress Forms eS —To have perfection in fit with comfort, is to have your clothes made at home with the aid of an Adjustable Dress Form. The way to per- sonal style is to create one’s own gowns, form- ing them upon a dress form, adjusted to dupli- cate the figure, Thus it is easily seen how they will look completed and on one's figure. With an Eldredge Two-Spool Sewing Ma- chine, and an Adjustable Dress Form, the home sewing is easily accomplished. —Second Floor. RASRIR-PANERSON Co, | SECOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET ; A Special Value In Cedar Chests ~—High-Grade Chests, made from fragrant Tennessee Red Cedar. Specially priced at $26.75 each. Cedar Cheats, Fourth Floor 918.50 Lace Bed Sets —— for $12.50 a ee ~Beautifully made with motifs in center of spread and each corner. With bolster to match, made on French net with valance along sides and across bottom —Special at $12.50. —Bed Sets, Fourth Floor. Library Table Scarts Specially Priced, $5.50 Each ~—Very Attractive Table Runners. —Of metalized tapestry. In very choice de- signs. —Size 17x48 inches. Table Scarfs, Fourth Floor Hoover Carpet Sweepers —Gifts to be delightfully received by any home keeper. —Fourth Fleer. Bedding For Christmas Presents —Beautiful blankets in many rich colors and patterns of unusual charm. Comforts of rich silks, ribbon tied, with finest wool filling—and pretty silkoline and voile covered comforts with pure white cotton filling. —Bed spreads of high quality. All-Wool Blankets —Soft, fleecy, all-wool blankets, in large block plaids in pink, blue, tan, gray, black and white, and black and red; also plain red and plain gray with black borders. Large size 68x80 inches. Priced at $15.00 a pair. Cotton Filled Comforts —Comforts filled with pure white cotton, cov- ered with silkoline and voile. In dainty pat- terns in all-over designs; others with wide plain colored borders. Priced at $5.00, $5.50, $7.50 and $8.50 each. Bed Spreads —Fine quality satin finished bed spreads, in a large range of desirable patterns, in both plain hemstitched and scalloped cut corners. Priced up to $15.00 each. —Bedding, Second Floor. Christmas Cards ee —Well chosen assortments in all the styles and sizes most desirable. Christmas Box Booth, Third Floor. the Toile SS —Christmas perfumes in gift boxes, in the fol- lowing odors—white lilac, white rose, wood violet and crab apple blossom. At 50¢ and $1.00. —Woodworth’s Fiancee in gift boxes, at $1.25 and $2.50. “ —Melba, Lov’ Me, Lilac and Violet toilet water, in two sizes, 50c and $1,00. —Woodworth Combination Christmas Pack- age, containing Garden Fragrance toilet water, face powder and talcum powder complete. $3.00. —Combination package of Garden Fragrance Toilet Water and face powder, Complete at 2.25. —Jergen’s Toilet Waters, in gift boxes, in rose, violet and lilac. Each, 35c. —Tollet Goods Section, First Floor, Perfume, commpauunes ean ntegs:» For Mem = Smoking Jackets ana House Coats Velvet Sik Lined Coats, to green and brown. Priced at $25.00, Very fine Wool Jackets double silk frogs and silk cord bin Priced at $18.60, Oth ers priced at $13.60, $10.00 and $9.50. Feantiful Silk Robes, ined throughout with silk. Priced at $50.00 each —Fine Hunter's Green Robes, in suiting material, Priced $42.50. —Bilke House Coats, lined with silk, $25.00 x) Men’s Knitted Coats ~Fine Worsted Coats, with V-neck. Button up high about the neck, In navy, Oxford and dark brown, Priced at $8.60. ~Light weight Wool Coats, in new heather shades. Priced at $6.00. ~Cotton and Wool Mixed Coata, Priced at $5.00. Men’s Hose ~—Phoenix Silk Hose, priced at %0c, $1.35 and $2.00. ~—Phoentx Heather Woolens, $1.25. ~Full fashioned Clocked Cashmere Hosa, at $2.00. ~Shawknit Silk-Plate Hose, in green, cordevan, black, gray. Priced at Tbe, Wilson Bros’ Fancy Silk Hose. $1.00 and $1.50, Men’s Ties ~A nice assortment in Hand-Framed Knit Ties. Plain colors in black, navy, Hunter's green and purple. A large number of heather mixtures, Priced at $5300, $3.50, $2.60 and $2.00. Cut Silk Ties, of imported Swiss manufacture Ia beautiful dark rich color combimations. Priced et $2.00, $2.60, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. ' —Other Ties priced at TSc, $1.00 and $1.50, is ~-Men’s Section, First Fleer. [i For Women and Children —Our stocks are complete to fill all the de mands of the holiday season—and never were selections more attractive than this year. Women’s Umbrellas ; —Novelty umbrellas in both India and i rib frames. The handles and likewise E tips and ends, which match, are made of imi- | tation ivory, amber and tortoise. $8.50 to $25.00. Children’s Umbrellas —Made of high-grade silk. —In both eight-rib and Luzon shay In red, green and navy. Novelty handles, with c rings and cords. Priced at $5.50 to $8.00. —Umbrellas, First Floer. Priced at | | Smaller Gifts of In the New Art Section a —Fancy Pin Cushions, covered with rose ; and blue silk brocade, with gold braid trim- ]f ming. $1.25. : —Hair Pin Boxes to match. $1.25, —Photo Frames, in the same style. —Telephone screens painted with figures of 4 children upon them. 35c to $1.25. —Book ends—Lions of LuZom—and Amer- ican Eagle, carved from solid mahogany. In polychrome finish with fruit designs and beautiful floral patterns. —Card trays, elaborately carved from solid mahogany. —Incense Burners. Suitable also for ash trays. In “The Ethiopian,” Chinese Burn- ers, The Japanese Girl; An Indian boy, with pine cone incense. —Chinese coil incense, very fragrant. —The New Art Section, Four@® Fleer. Westinghouse Hotpoint ~ Universal ff Manning—Bowman i ° LJ o Electric Appliances | For Practical Christmas Gifts F —The electrical department, fea- 7 é tures several great makes of ¢ Electrical Appliances, the Hot- ts point, "Universal, Manning —Bow- man and Westinghouse, From the products of these factories we have chosen for our stocks, the most popular styles of electrical conveniences, ~—Our assortment is comprised of appliances in a large range of prices, including the following; ~—Percolatora, (Pot Size), $10.00, $11.75 and $15.75, ~—Percolators, (Urn Size), $17.60, $18.50, $19.50, $23.00 and $24.00, r 2 Toasters, $6.75, —Grills, $1150 and $12.00. Trone, ling Irons, $5.76 and $6. —Irons, ~-Heaters, $11.00, ——Electrical Appliances, Fifth Fleor.

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