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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922. Chamber Aids in * Sending Memorial | ‘The ¢0-foot monument which ts be Be prepared for presentation to the Povernment of Brazil by American men, to mark the centenary Sf Brasti's independence, will have fhe name of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce inscribed upon its bare bovording to advices received by the — from the memorial commit- By Wanda von Kettler If the Puget Sound Power and Light Oo, takes any pride In ite Funds for the memorial were rais:| mission to help brighten the ®4 thruout the country and names) Werld ft may now, after the | al events of Tuesday night, place Of all contributing bodies will be out, one mere mark en Me score wnto the monument. ‘ A bronze figure stenttying friend. Not that any extra globes were tp will top the monument, Laurel} hung up in the city or any extra ranches, flags of ‘Brasil and the light-increasing currents flash. United States, intertwined with lauret| ed down the wires. Not that at And palm, will be grasped by the fig} all. Five hundred pairs of youngster eyes wero the things that brightened Tuesday night. As guests of the Puget Sound Power and Light Co. the children of all the company’s employes were en George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Jose Bonifacio and Rio Braues, who aided in securing Bra- Bilian Independence, are grouped on Bhe pedestal. A site overiooking Rio @e Janeiro harbor was donated by the Man government for the monu & Christmas tree party, including a close-up squint at Santa Claus, This was the first big Christmas party of the year, and In many cases, the Digwest display of ite kind the young: \eters had ever seen. Grown-upe even bitnked their eyes at the splendor, A huge tree, laden with toys and tinsel and flickering | Mehta, graced one corner of the bix hall At the left of the tree was lithe etnge, from where the vested | jehotr of St. Mark's church opened the evening's program with old-time ch tman carols, Green cedar boughs and more flickering lights hung from the wide horseshoe ba! eony above, Hard to my who were the more pleased with the appearance of Santa ——— PACKED! JAMMED! CROWDED! Selling out all lines of ladies’ goods at big reductions now, in- stead of waiting until after Christ. mas to cut prices. FREE—FREE—FREE Coasters for boys given free with each $3 purchase. Every line tn our store ts tn- cluded. Gloves, Hlestery, Blouses, | | } UNITED SHOE STORES 1220 Second 1%%, 1220 AVE. Coats $4.98 Felt Slippers for 79c Free! Free! Free! Felt Silppers given away free with every $3 purchase. 24 Theme are only a few of MANY, MANY bergains on display in our store that will help you to save. 1014 First Ave. Midway Between Madison and Spring Streets Light Com pany Makes Kiddies’ Nig ‘A.W. Leonard, Power Head, Plays Santa for Children of Employes | Claue—the grownups tn the baloony | te er the children below je were Mr. and Mra, Santa Claus—no! people look up to him as a «reat others—and they couldn't have been | man the world. tertained In the Masonic temple With | win pis Two lines were formed, one for boys| Santa Claus for a pack of young: | and one for girla, and quite method: | stere, ss like two little birds, and Nick would the other note,” and he read: baby busy and a kitchen cabinet and SPECIAL CHRISTMAS TERMS NEW S572 CAR NT urd Z THE cally boats, games, teddy bears, dolir and 66 other kinds of toy were handed out to the squirming, bilenful lot. Upstaire in the baloony the grown ups almost lost their balance and fell over—they got that exelted them selves over the party ht Bright Among the busiest people of the eventng—outalde of the children, of course, who never were busier tn their lives—one always haw vo n y to Sante us when th ually does show himeelt th in a terribly hurried flutter ja~but anyway, among the busiest Pelple of the evening were M. W Brockett, BE. A, Batwell and P. W Clark, all members of the firm who | composed the committee tn charge | of the oolebration. Messrs. Brockett | Matwell and Clark spent the evening | sorting children and applea, A. W. Leonard, however, sored Mr. Leonard may be president of « To the group downstairs the two/| big company. He may have many ‘The grownups had reason to be interested, for the old man with white whiskers, the red tassel cap and the red sult who climbed out of a hole at the foot company nove other than Barnes, wife of the company’s Beattle division manager, In the eyes of hin office boys “and others—he may be king, But [he'll never reigh again with the Every youngster recetved a gtft| glory that he retened Tucsday night own name written upon ft.|~-uniess again he chooses to be better ff they'd been presidents of ry TWEEKANOSE’S MISCHIEF wii “Somebody's rubbed the names out and changed them,” she said quickly. ‘The next house the Twins went to bracelet. was the Weaton’s Nancy and Nick, you know, were Lovingty, “WILLIE WESTON.” “Goodntes! scoffed Nick. “A boy = out collecting notes for Santa Claus. | Wanting things like thatr Nancy took the notes and looked at them. “Somebody's rubbed the }Pames out and changed them,” she hustle down the dark chimney while |said quickly, “I'll bet you anything They would light on a snowy roof S | Nancy watched overhend for Tweeka |!t yas Tweekanose—the little ras- |noes, the naughty gnome. who iiked |! And eo it was, my dears. Nancy fixed the mistakes at once. (To Be Continued (Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Stary THEATRE E AUT. V to steal the notes. “Here are two of them,” whispered > Nick when be had scrambled down, Nancy could just hear. Bhe stopped watching and helped Nick to scramble out, looking as TWwKe DAILY VAUDEVILLE 23": Beata Parewett tvur of the West in “THE MINSTRELS DELIGHT” sunt by A COMPANY Ww oats RUSSELL ——“TUSOANO BROTHERS —~ BILLY DALE & Company deciared “They're funny things for a giri to want. She never said ‘a word about doll.’ “Oh, Maten?” erted Nick. “Here's “"Deer Kanty, “"Plese, sir, I want « doll and a! a new muff and a toy piano and a WHO Could Not Learn on a Christmas _ PIANO . JOE WESTON AND GRACE ELINE “Nelson's Patience “PAN TAGESOOPE | SEATTL J mediately to take temporary com mand of the fort. Mator Hardin was | next In command at Fort Lawton to cr car J, Charles, who, after 30 ||ble in but a few hours, Read E STAR CLAIM PHONE | | FIGURES HIGH raph Co claimed by C. 20 Tel 000 D, Meager pany engineer, was made in a motior com Thomas corporation tn | he exhibit t Seattle to exclude L. Kennedy, the Flaeger figures as “exceanive.” Publio works department engineers submitted an estimate of plant valu ation tn the state of/ $21,212,791 WARRIOR mas, * onan ounan Major Hardin Is | to Take Command books. Our large stocks of books for Ma}, J. F. Hardin, of Fort Lawton young and old will prove a source of now on leave of absence in Bar : . Francisco, is expected to return im satisfaction. of service in the United States jclally retired ny Colone! Charles expects to make his | home tn Seattle, / NEW YORK.--Grandson of Inte Andrew Carnegie born here to Mra Roswell Miller, only ehtld of Car. | negte. DR. LOUGHNEY’S HUMAN BAKE OVEN | And corrective diet banishes Asthma and Stomach Trou- J. Holmquist’s statement: THE POISONED PARADISE Robert W. Service Toy Books and Games for Tiny Tots ‘Thousands of Gifte for children of all ages are shown im this bright as- sortment. ‘ Dr. Loughney’s Latest FREE Book just off the press, entitled “RHEUMATISM AND KINDRED DISEASE: Underwriters and A program of speeches and music hae been arranged for a Thursday night dinner by members of the Se- attle Life Underwriters’ association and the Washington Society of Cer- will be staged at the Masonic club. ey te anateted by com- arses. Hours, 9 a. m. Sunday, 9 te i2 emily. Tel- 4243. at $15,000 stolen from jewelry store at Independence, Kan, by four Willard “BITS AND PIECES — Breathless © Retiring Reductions General Adminsion: inees 250 Nights 400 | | j | J Mach | 14 DOWN BALANCE IN MONTHS \ BUYS A 4 2 YEARS TO PAY RAL AGEN y r C Harper PREPARE NOW FOR THE A Discharged Battery Will e: Freeze at a Little Below 32 Degrees A Fully Charged Battery Will Not Freeze at 40 Degrees Below Zero Protect yourself now by driving into any one of our 4 conveniently located Stations and having your Battery tested. Ask for our ies e erie 6 Booklet— ese short Winter days you use “ e! your lights more—it is harder to no ; crank your motor and it takes longer Wi ” —and before you know where you : inter. are your Battery becomes discharged. It’s free at Surely there’s no need to take a any one of chance on having your Battery froz- these Four en when we offer you our yew Stations. HALF-PRICE, service. 8-HOUR recharging FIRST AVENUE AND CHERRY STREET GIVE BOOKS Three short shopping days—then Christ- Make sure of your gift pleasing by giving Accountants Meet| tified Public Accountants. The affair WICHITA, Kan.—-Diamonds valued | masked bandite who escaped in auto. |]! No time for leigurely selection. Choice Stationery “The Write Gift” A box of choice stationery—se- lected from the wonderful as- sortment we offer— will make a practical, pleasing present. Un- usual values are here from $1.00 to $15.00. To Complete “The Write Gift” FRAMED PICTURES of Northwest Scenes Out - of - the - ordinary are Gifts these—Gifts that will serve af @ constant reminder of the giver. Prices from $1.50 to $15.00. CHRISTMAS CARDS Thousands of them—ready to express your Christmas wish in a most delightful way. Include @ Fountain Pen, Auto matic Penofl or, better still, @ net of both In matched pattern. We offer choice from all the | leading makes. ‘| Pens exchanged to suit the recipient's band. 4 Pens, $2.50 to $30.00, © Pencils, 50¢ to $80.00. For a Man’s Desk High-grade office supplies —items of daily use are pleasing gifts for business men. We suggest: EMERALITE LAMPS 66.00 to 826.40 GLASS DESK PADS 810.00 and $20.00 DESK CALENDARS up to $6.00 DESK CLOCKS $2.50 to $7.00 PUGET SOUND POWER AND LIGHT CO. Our Seattle and Suburban stores offer you a large pleasing variety of Electrical Christmas Gifts at rea- sonable prices, backed by intelligent and courteous | service. & tric vacuum sweeper, for she knows that HOOVER means a cleaner house, less labor : ‘ more leisure. : The “BABY” Hoover for the house of average $60 And a Hoover big enough for any house.... ne Every woman has her favorite Electric Iron. You will find yours here, for your own 2 use or the Christmas gift. “American Beauty” “Hotpoint” “Westinghouse” “Universal” “Edison” 00 to $7.50 Toy Iron, 114-lb., $3.26 THE ELECTRIC TOASTER gains in popularity year after year as a gift for all occasions; for not only does it make better toast, but it is an ornament to | any table if wisely chosen. Our | selections of Westinghouse, Uni- — versal, Russell, American Beauty | and Manning-Bowman Electric Toasters will please | you. Priced from $6.00 to $9.00. | DON'T FORGET OUR SPECIAL DECEMBER OFFER of the NEW BlucBird WASHER A $160.00 Copper Washing Machine for $127.50 PHONE MAIN 5000 817 EAST PIKE 3RD ano BLANCHARD 3222 EASTLAKE ADMIRAL WAYAT CALIF. Seattle: 1812 4th Ave. Ith & Olive fl 2012 j[| Vernon Pl.