The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 14, 1921, Page 10

SPIRITS IN| FAR NORTH DO STUNTS Return to Re-enact Scene| of Vengeance in Light of Aurora Borealis LADYSMITH, Wis, July MA party of trappers which has just re turned tooye oad the banks of the Flambeau river, far to the north, re port having witnessed one of the| strangest cere it has ever been our priv to report. Ole n, & Veteran trapper, was Jeader of the expedition and tells the | “It was near midnight.” said he. | “We had been asleep around a blax ing fire, tended by a lone watchman | | Jeaning on a ready gun. Suddenly | he realized that there was no dark: | ness. WIERD CEREMONY HALTS PARTY It was ag bright as day. Wonder ing if dawn had advanced on him Before he realized it, he looked closer, The sky was flooded with nificent shades and formations. it was in the north and not in the east. It was the Aurora Borealis in A walked out from under the to a nearby clearing, more to the sweep of the brilliant + when suddenly we were halted amazing scene. In the center @ open glade a number of per were assembled. Just as we cH beginning to fear we were in- truding upon another camp, one of ur men discovered that the figures were merely ghostly figments! ing. but not a sound wag heard. “The figure that appeared to be the leader climbed upon a stump and geemed to harangue the bunch, His face was impassioned, as if moved by hatred. Dramatically he gave what Appeared to be an order, Two of the figures on the ground arose, appar- ently reluctantly, and disappeared around the thicket, __ “Soon we saw them returning, | @ragging between thern a third fig-| ure, which seemed to resist and to) struggie frantically, but without avail; it was dragged to the waiting circle and roughly thrown to the ground, while there ensued a scene of Ruth C hatterton, aF av To Play at Met This T * * Week Ruth Chatterton, the captivating young actress, who is scoring a tremendous success a James M. Barrie's “Mary Rose Miss Chatterton is easily -| actresses appearing before the t the Metropolitan this week in “one of the cleverest young American public. Pagan Priests Walk Kiukiang Begg BY WM. PHILIP SIMMS ON BOARD THE “WOOSUNG,” YANGTZE KIANG, China, July 14. —Kiukiang, on the Yangtze, in) Kiangsl province, is the city that made Buddha famous. Streets, ing for Bounty The Chinese claim they were the first potters, Certainly more than thousand years before the Christian era they were using a potter's wheel, and had discovered glaze about the time of Christ, Shakymunl, as the Chinese here} at Cheng-teh-chen, on the Jaochou abouts know Buddha, was born In /river, emptying into Poyang lake India five or six hundred years be | near Kiukiang, is perhaps the great fore Christ, but his fame did not jest porcelain center of the lot. Be- -|reach China until after Gethsemane. |tween 100,000 and 200,000 people About 65 years after the Savior | work in the potteries there and some Activity of which we could not catch the significance. HURRIED, EACH OTHER “Figures hurried to and fro; they ‘was born, a Chinese emperor had a/ drearh which caused him to send to India for priests of the new religion “the had just heard of. A couple of years later the Buddhists appeared on the scene and at once Kiukiang | became a center of the propaganda. | Some insist the emperor had heart the story of Christ and it waa really | His doctrines he wanted brought to China. If this story be true China missed being a Christian nation by an accident, so to speak. One of the first persons I met in the main street of Kiukiang was a/ pagan priest. He was begging. | Beating on a section of bamboo, and sounding like a xylophone soloist hammering on one key, he was} parading the thoroughfare asking bounty. He looked like a new kind of sandwichman, for in front and be hind him he carried pictures of gods, framed, and before each tn holders burned a bunch of joss sticks. It is in the Monastery of Benevo- Qssisted each other to accomplish |lence here that the iron image of the something that we could not under-! divinity from Tibet sits, the one that stand; it was only when they seized /came floating down the Yangtze in the bound one and stood him against | stone boat a thousand or so years & post (to us unseen) and proceeded | ago in answer to a Kiukiang abbot's to bind him securely, that we under- | dream. i “We were witnessing the reenact-\for is its porcelain trade. Ment of some act of vengeance, if so strongly influenced that as to recall the shades of the at certain times (who shall 7) and compel them to live it hour of horror.” as much information as Ole ‘te, for suddenly he ceased and persistently re- i H i F a F i i : i re i from one of at this time to : i PAINTS : Paints and Wall Paper # & have taken a drop, so # & note the big saving by # B our cash and carry plan. $3.50 gal. Paint $1.90 qt. Floor & Varnish. Our price $1.32 3 Past Our Brice. $ 89c tt 1. qt. Enamel. 1 24 Our price......... HB 75c package $2.69 § B Parlor Paper....10¢ to 68¢ Hall Paper...... 11¢ to 42¢ # Bedroom Paper..10¢ to 46¢ Molre Ceiling Paper, thru laws unknown to us at/ or other what-nots of that kind, the $$ elected this week are: ‘The other thing this city ts famous | Tt you! poseas any Chinese vases, tea sets | probability is they came from here. Tecover his wonted courage, that the seene that ensued rivaled any of the | old tales of Indian reprisals; only the sounds that accompany normal ac tions were lacking to complete the full horror of the affair. ‘The fading of thé aurora plunged | the glade into darkness, and the wit- Nenses retreated “precipitately,” as one of them puts it, supporting those who were just recovering from a swoon, Daylight investigation of the scene failed to reveal the slightest clew, place are to be made. Wants This City to Boost World’s Fair A plea for Seattle to put aside sec tional feeling and boost for the | world’s fair to be held in Portland in }1925 is made by Richard W. Law Ink Publishing company, New York, who is a Seattle visitor. Choose Secretary Executive committee, Travelers’ | Aid society, was to meet at Y. W. A. Thursday afternoon to elect executive secretary. Mrs. George Dalton, president; Mrs. J. Herbert vice president; Mrs. C. W. secretary, and Mrs. A. Dinkel but more exacting inspections of the | jrence, vice president of the Printers’ | Other officers | fi) ss roll = Harmonella Oatmeal, 30 inches 3% wide, | WALL PAPER | ©. Largest Wall Paper Store in Seattte. 1921 Second Avenue. Hotel Washington ts across from us. Charles B. Warren, Detroit lawyer, new American am- bassador to Japan, leaves Aug. 1 to tackle hardest job | in the diplomatic service, 160 furnaces are going full blast The way to get there from Kiukiang is by junk acrom# the lake, but one can make the trip in a chaise car ried by coolies, The imperial kitn is thera, the kiln where all the porcelain used by the imperial family waa made, only the imperfect pieces from this fur Race being sold to the common herd. So they claimed, at least. Here were created the “sang de boeuf,” peach bloom, egg shell and “familie verte,” or green porcelain, famous the world over and almost pricelesn, The Ching-tehchen works were destroyed by the Taiping rebels about 60 years ago and today, com- pletely rebuilt, they are reproducing thelr old masterpieces principally, tho Wedgewood and Sevres are copied. The windows of Kiukinng’s matin street are full of porcelains, for this is ‘the port thru whieh the ‘Ching. teh-chen wares reach the world. Much silverware is made here, too, this trade being second only to that done in porcelains, Everything is done by hand and by very primitive methods at that, but marvelous work is turned out just the same, ‘This th one of the very few lines tn which dealers refuse to “bargain” over prices, Thin is because the sil ver is very nearly pure and manu factured pieces are sold by weight, pies about 60 per cent for workman- shi HE SEATTLE orite, PEACE WORK IS REPLACING WAR’ British Factories Now Turm| Out Machinery BY LLOYD ALLEN | LONDON, July 14.—Britiah “war! |trusta,” which turned out death | dealing instruments during the war, are now engaged largely in producing | pence machinery. , | Officials of several munitions con leerns told the United Press today | they will be little affected by limita | tion of armaments, which is expect | led to grow out of the Washington | conference called by Harding. | ‘The proportion of straight war ma. | | terials now manufactured by the fa-| | mous Vickers, Limited, is extremely | |amail compared with the manifold} vities of ita huge work shops, an {ficial of that concern said. } Proof that Vickers is fully| equipped for peace work is contained | in the fact that practically all our factories which wer onstructed es. | pecially for m ure of muni-) tions during the war are now being} | maintained for production of more peaceful things, he declared. “Airplane engines, automobile | parts, machine tools—they are all) grist from our mill, ‘The planta in| | Sheffield and Barrow have been con. verted exclusively to making loco-| motives, while that at Erith is mak: | ing cardboard box machinery, that} at Crayford automobile parta, and 80 on. “We have not been obliged to! close down our plants Just because the world Is tired of instruments of death,” he said. | Armétrong, Whitworth & Com-} pany took a similar attitude. | Believe | Soldier’s Body Now in Lake TACOMA, July 14.—Belleving Pri vate Alvin & Fox, Fourth Signal battalion, who has been missing three days, to have been drowned in| American iake, Camp Lewis au thorities began searching Wednes-| day for his body. Fox war last ssen while swimming and his clothes have been found on the shore. He enlisted a year ago} = Dallay Center, Iowa W. C. T. U. Lecturer to Be Here Monday Dr. Mary Harris Armor, of Macon, Ga., national lecturer for the W. C.} T. U., and known as one of the most gifted woman orators in America, | will speak in Seattle July 18 and 19 On the evening of the 18th she) will speak at the First Presbyterian | chureh, on “The Modern Miracle and the Million-Member Campaign.” Her subject for the 19th has not been an. nounced. From Seattle Dr. Armor will go to San Francisco to attend the national | convention of the W. C, T. U, 500 Elks and Big Band will Attend OLYMPIA, July 14.—More than 500 Kika from Olympla, accompanied by the band of 32 pieces, will attend the annual convention of the State Elks’ association, to be held on Se attle on July 21, 22 and 23. Wartime Sailings Resumed in Canada MONTREAL, Quebeo, July 14.—- |The direct service between Canada and the continent run by the Canada line, which was suspended owing to the war, will be resumed next month and sailings will be maintamed regu- j ———. THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEME { if | Sizes Up to 11 $1 | white canvas footwear wi —and perhaps you've pri linings. ; White Mary strap style. 1000 Big Bargains in| Children’s White | Canvas Footwear You've read about Keds—the popular light-weight or yourself. If’so, you know what bargains these are. pS These are all first quality, have smooth soles, padded fiber inner soles that keep the feet cool, and durable They are light, cool, long-wearing and give the feet perfect freedom. Sizes 1114 to 2 have lift heels. The same sizes and prices as shown above apply on these fine White Canvas Mary Janes, with their solid leather soles. They’re in the popular single- larly thereafter. Sizes 1112 to 2 $2 th the sturdy rubber soles | iced them for the children Canvas Janes STAR TheBonMarché — July Clearance News A Sale of Lovely English Voiles at 50c 25 mae of these colorful Voiles have just reached us, in such gorgeous colors to select from —dark and light effects in floral, striped and conventional designs—and, in most pieces, at least half a dozen different colorings wonderfully blended together, not found in ordinary voiles. 4 FABRIC FLOOR, THIRD—THE BON MARCHE Silk Savings in the July Clearance 40-Inch Plain Georgette 1.25 All-silk Georgette in desirable colors of emerald, cerise, rose, jade, navy, black, orange, silver, copper and many other colorings. 36-Inch Wash Satins 1.10 A weight of Satin most suitable for lingerie—light | and dark colors in the lot—will launder splendidly. 36-Inch Plain Messaline Satin 1.59 Desirable quality of Messaline for dresses, waists and skirts, in navy, black and colors—a full yard wide. FABRIC FLOOR—THIRD Shirting Silks Low in Price—1.10 Inexpensive Silks, desirable for waists, dresses and children’s wear, very low at 1.10. Short Lengths of Silk 1.98 Yard Just because these Silks are in short lengths the price is extra low. Both radium and crepe meteor in the lot, for dresses, waists or skirts. 40-Inch Printed Georgette 1.29 For summer dresses and to combine with other materials, these Georgettes art very fine. In pretty patterns and good colors. Art Goods Prices Are Cut Tapestry Pillow Tops in two patterns— formerly 59c, reduced to 49¢. Stamped Linene Scarfs, three patterns, to be worked in white or colors—formerly 59c, reduced to 20¢. Stamped Linen Scarfs and Pillow Tops, finished with fringe, three designs, effective and very simple to work—formerly 50c, re- duced to 39¢. 13-PIECE LUNCHEON SETS 1.00 Purchased to sell at the July Clearance Sales—these sets are very attractive— stamped sets of linen finished Indian Head, designed with square or oblong doilies and a small design to be worked in colors. ‘The edge may be finished with blanket stitch, crochet or lace. ART GOODS SECTION—THIRD FLOOR A SPECIAL LOT OF Men’s Dandy Shirts : - Striped Prunella Skirts 12.50 BOUGHT AT A PRICE FOR CLEARANCE We Dark, practical colors are the founda- tion for brighter stripings in these popu- lar pleated Prunella Sport Skirts that were purchased to sell at this low price | during the July Clearance Sales. Pleated models, in rich new patterns practical, every day styles that will ap-% peal instantly to the well-dressed woman. — Just what you need to wear with the — sport jacket or sweater for out of doors and shopping uses. 7 SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE FOR CLEARANCE Nainsook Union Suits at 1.45 They certainly are good buys, fellows—repps, Oxfords and printed nffdras—extensive assortment of staple and fancy patterns—sizes 14 to 17, and Men's the kin at 75c ink check Nainsook Athletic Union Suits, for the warm days. Sleeveless, knee length, made with closed crotch—sizes 34 to 46. only 1.45. LOWER MAIN FLOOR--THE BON MARCHE Boys Can Be Dressed for Less if You Buy at This Sale Some garments have been specially reduced, others pur- chased at extra low prices for this occasion. Boys’ Tom Sawyer Wash Suits for Summer Play Days—1.39 A brand new lot of Wash Suits—reached us just in time for the Clearance Sale. Made of Elder cloth—colors guaranteed fast—long and short sleeve styles. Sailor or Eton collars—plain blue, tan and blue and white here with belt, collar and cuffs in contrasting colors. Sizes to 8. Boys’ Suits Radically Reduced Now 5.65—9.75—13.75 Suits that formerly sold at 7.45 to 22.50. Three special prices to choose from—in this clearance. ’ * A Boys’ Cotton Bathing Suits 85c Black and Navy Ribbed Bathing Suits—bought at a price for the Clearance. Trimmed with cardinal and white. Sizes 26 to 34. Boys’ New Wash Hats at 65c Plain white and white with brims of blue, tan and checks— middy or yah rah shape—sizes 614 to 67. Boys’ New Wash Hats at 95c Middy and Rah Rah Hats in white, blue and gray—also plain white with brims of contrasting colors. UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Exceptional value. LOWER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Seasonable Sporting Goods — Reduced ODD LOTS THAT COME TO YOU AT LOWER PRICES JUST AT VACATION TIME All Fishing Rods, formerly 75c to 5.50, reduced to 37¢ to 2.75. All Fishing Lines, formerly 10c to 2.00, reduced to 5¢ to 1.00, 4 All Leaders, formerly 10¢ to 50c, reduced to 5¢ to 25¢. | All Fish Hooks, formerly 10c to 50c per | dozen, reduced to 5¢ to 25¢. | Three Fishing Baskets, formerly 1.75 reduced to 50¢. re Baseball Stockings in high sc’ formerly 1.00 to 250, rediibes my ase a 50¢. | Fielder’s Baseball Gloves, 50¢ to 6.50. 1.00 Athletic Union Suits reduced to 50¢. ‘ 1.00 Athletic Pants reduced to 50¢. F LOWER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE & we the s! Boxed Jewelry Reduced to 25c FORMERLY 50¢ TO 75e Included in this lot of Boxed Jew- elry are bar pins in gold and silver finish, set with white or colored stones; brooches in various designs ; jet and gilt barrettes, hat pins and f Summer Wash Fabric 4 and Towels DRESS GINGHAMS 10c LONG CLOTH 15¢ some Swiss ivory novelties. UPPER MAIN FLOOR Crepe Kimonos at Half Price WERE 3.50 TO 6.95—NOW . . 1.75 TO 3.48 You will be glad to have one of these attractive Crepe or Seco Silk Kimonos to slip into on warm sum- mer days. Made in styles that will launder easily. SECOND FLOOR 27-inch width Ginghams in length to 20 yards—plain or in stripes. ° DRESS VOILES 25c¢ 20 pieces of Dress Voiles, 36 and 88 inches wide, in floral patterns. SILK MIXED FABRIC 50c¢ Pink Wash Silk and Cotton material, suitable for undergar- ments, 36 inches wide, DRESS LINEN 95c All linen in 36-inch widths, and in shades of pink, blue, old rose, helio and tan, Extra quality Long Cloth in tc es to 5 yards—36 inches wide. NAINSOOK 15¢ 1,000 yards of Nainsook in full bolts; soft quality, 36 inches wide. TURKISH TOWELS 19¢ Bleached Turkish Towels in good weight—size 17x35 inches. TURKISH TOWELS 89 Bleached Turkish Towels in serviceable quality—size 22x43 inches. FABRIC FLOOR—THIRD