The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 26, 1924, Page 10

THE SEATTLE STAR “| Friday—Month-End Clearance Important Reductions at The Bon Marche odds and ends, short lots damaged and Note the prices below. 'S.0.S.-Romance-S.O lola" rrysting Place by the Postoffice Soon May Be No More A day when you can get many things you need at notable reductions. There are Included are also a few new garments, jobbers’ clearance lots at unusual savings. Silk Remnants, Half Price Third Mloor—The Bon Marche chandige, ——... Dress Goods Remnants, '/2 Price Third Floor—The Bon Marche Lining Remnants, Half Price Wash Goods Remnants, 12 Price Third Floor—The Bon Marche Lengths to 5 yards es lawns, included are ratines, voiles, suitings, ging 1s and percales. Third Floor—The Bon Marche White Goods Remnants, '/2Price Useful ends in lawns, nainsooks, long cloth Third Floor—The Bon Marche ues, faney Draperies, Half Price Included are cretonnes, sunfast voiles—lengths up to 6 yards, Fourth Floor—The Bon Marehe Odds and Ends Linens Reduced Toweling, dress linens and scarfings, Third Floor—The Bon Marche draperies, nets, marquisettes, and lingerie materials, For years the postoffice| steps have been the town's! trysting place. Now we've become so big and bustling that the lovers who meet there delay traffic and Post- master Perkins has “No Loit-| ering Allowed” signs up. Soiled and Mended Kid and Fabric Gloves, Half Price Main Floor—The Bon Marche Damaged and Mended Stockings Half Price Main Floor—The Bon Marche The reporter has an idea that some philanthropist ought to establish a “village green” | downtown — but probably a lot of practical people would) object. —Phojo by Frank Jacobs, Star Staff Photographer ee IARDBOARD signs swing tn the} wind at the ontrance to the post-/ office, at Third and Union, and bark:}in the “No loitering!” at young lovers The dictionary is rather hard on lolterers. It calls them “idlers,” and quotes the peet Pope “Ever Ustless lotterers, that attend No cause, no trust, no duty and no friend.” Most of the folks who make a trysting place of the old postaffice steps aren't loiterers at all, Aren't! they all in ’2ve? And isn’t love the! most important thing—arid the most | interesting thing, too, tn the world?| buy a whol down the bu! and sow bl | Then» he jlye h gate an lnome quiet English v them up.at the try jcall it. "The Village But alas! the report the cardboard sig » wind ou the postoffic: and bark C jat young lovers PANS ‘SCHOOLS’ | Civil Service Commission | Issues Warning The Unite civil service i *| | | | eta pair 70 pairs Children's Fiber Stockings, incomplete size range; formerly $1.00, reduced to 50¢. 8 pairs heavy, Full-fashioned All-silk Stock- ings, with beautiful French hand-worked clocks, in black only; formerly $6.00, reduced to $4.00. 800 pairs Silk Stockings, samples and seconds; full fashioned and seri-fashioned; mostly black and brown—S5¢. 138 Glove Silk Vests, $1.25 Greatly reduced for the Month-End Clearance. Seconds of high-grade silk underwear in bodice style, with ribbon shoulder straps—reinforced under the arms—pink and orchid. 100 Voile and Linen DRESSES Manufacturers’ Clerrance Take Em Away at Clearance of Corsets Including Modart, Madame Marie, P. N. and American Lady Corsets; Scott Girdles; American Lady Combinettes; Formfit Girdleieres and Netheralls. Here area few of the wonderful values; 6—$9.00 Madame Marie Corsets, now...$5.95 24—$5.00 Madame Marie Non-lace models, $3.95 1—$9.00 Modart Wrap-around, now 6—$8.50 ldodart Wrap-arounds, now... 4—$6.5 50 Modart Corsets, now.......... ‘$5.95 5.00 Amercian Lady Corsets, now. .$3.95 7—$5.00 Elaine Corsets, now 8—$6.00 P, N. Practical Fronts 16—$5.00 P. N. Practical Fronts 4—$5.00 Scott Girdles, now. 16—$4.)06 Scott Girdles, now 10—$5.90 American Lady . $3.95 ers Netheralls, less than half price, $2.45 ~—$3.50 Netheral ss than half price, $1.50 iho Odd ‘ots of B ieres, reduced. ..One-Third ‘The reporter would like to see two | commissic: young lovers arrested for loltering | tance com on the postoffice steps. Their law: jing to th yer would say: “Your honor, they | called civi were not loitering; they were making | deceiving love.” vertising. A good judge would say: “Making| Many of these schools give the im. lave should be encouraged, even If !t|preasion that they have govern.| does delay some of the busy people | mental connections or ‘inside’ infor. hurrying in and out of the postoffice.!mation on examination questions. The case is dismissed. Send mo a) This is untrue. “‘Schooln'’ offthis piece of the wedding cake.” 31 C-B Seconds in Corsets, also a few Ma- ternity Corsets, at Second Floor—The Bon Marehe Laces Half-Price Real Filet Insertion and Lace Edging—beautiful patterns in Venise-edged Net, 9 and 12 inches wide, in cream and Non-crushable linens in tailored and white. Accordion plaited skirt flouncing of voile, in rose, pink, tan with colored band at bottom’ in beige and white. Real Ivish and Filet Insertion ana Edging in oyster white, ONE-THIRD LESS. Main Floor—The Bon Marche 30 Women’s Sport Coats, Reduced to $1 2 ° ( 5 Plain and striped polaire, block plaids and novelty stripes and mixtures. All wanted sport and street shades, and a group of exceptional value. Second Floor—The Bon Marche 2 Glove Silk Bloomers, duced to $1.95. 48 Children’s Cotton Union Suits—damaged and dusty from display, reduced to 25¢. \ 248: Pairs Silk Gloves, $1.50 108 pairs originally $2.00—140 pairs originally $1.75—2-clasp style, heavy Milanese, with double finger tips. Main Floor—The Bon Marche to match vests, re- © public thru their ad, | Flocked voiles, hand-drawn, Hematitehed and printed — ornamented with lace, panels and embroidery. semi-dress styles. In shades of red, honeydew, peach, sport green, hikes porcelain, orchid, cocoa, white, navy, maize. Sizes 16 to 4 125—$3.95 Gingham @9 QOL Dresses, Reduced to $2. 95 Good-looking plaids, imported, trimmed with hand embroidery. in the lot, and a wonderful assortment of wanted colorings. Second Floor—The Bon Marche 75 $1.95 Girls’ Wash Dresses Reduced to $1.45 High quality ginghams, embroidered and ‘lace trim- med; well made; in sizes 8 to 14. 16 Girls’ Organdie Dresses Reduced to $2.95 Dainty and cool little frocks; well made. An excep- tional value. Mostly size 8. 22 Girls’ Linen Dresses, Reduced to $4.95 20 were $5.95—1 was $6.95—1 was $7.45. Good-looking dresses of excellent quality. Sizes 8 to 14. Second Floor—The Bon Marche Odd Lots Women’s and Children’s Shoes, Half Price 402 Pairs Women’s Pumps, Oxfords and Slippers, in white, black, brown, gray and beige. Half Price. 96 Pairs Misses’ and Children’s Shoes and Slippers, in broken style and size lines. Half Price. 52 Pairs Boys’ and Men’s Canvas Rubber-soled Outing Shoes; broken sizes. Half Price. Third Floor—The Bon Marche Boys’ Shop Clears! Short Li Nainsook-covered Dress Shields, | Mending Cotton, in brown, black Boys’ Knicker Suits, sizes 11, 18 and 14, reduced to in shirt walst or regular style; | and white; 30-yard balls; 3 for $3.45. sizes 2, 3 and 4; very good Be Boe * quality; pair 25¢, ‘ Boys’ Topcoats, sizes 4, 6, 6, 7 and 8, reduced to Adjustable Metal Shoo (Trees, | Blas Binding, in whito and col $5.85. enameled finish, In ladies’ and ors; 6-yard pieces, 10¢; 3 for 5 Boys’ Wash Suits, 214 to 8, reduced to $1.45. men's eigen. Pale 25¢. 25¢. Khaki Flapper Suits, sizes 3 and 4, reduced to 39¢. Boys’ Wash Suits, sizes 5 and 6, re- duced to $4.95. Wash Pants, sizes 4 to 10, reduced to kind have no connection whatsoever | IN THE OLD with the civil service commission or THEY MET IN PEACE | with any other branch of the govern. | In the old days, the golden old| ment. days, they met by the village pump,| . No ‘‘school” can furnish civil serv. or under the shadow-of the lich|ice information of value which ‘can gate at the churchyard entrance, and|not be obtained without cost f nobody was in such a tremendous | tha civil <ervice commission at W rush that signs must swing in the| ington, or itx representative wind. pomt offjee or custom: tf Now, everybody's in a big hurry of spoconimately 3,500: cities. No and something terrible would happen | ‘*school” can guarantee appointment | if a basiness man, dashing into the| in the classified civil service | postoffice for a couple of 2-cent it stamps, was delayed a minute or so by a hand-holding couple. | Out wtih romance—it interferes} } Well, maybe the couples do hold up traffic, but my goodness! they’ve got to meet each other somewhere, | haven't they? For years they've been meeting on the old postoffice steps; but we're a big town now. Got to keep things moving. At that, there ought to be a trysting place somewhere, in a little park, downtown. If the reporter were rich he would BUILDING ROAD Seattle - Educated Chinese Tells of Work Chin Gee Hee, president of the Sun Ning Railway company, Canton, China, who come to Seattle as a boy and reeeivéd his commercial training in America, having done considerable railway building in Southern China, has now under construction an ad- ditional 10 miles of the Sun Ning railway, from its present terminal to the port of Tung Ku Kok, in Kwangchow Fu, notable — for its sheltered harbor, beautiful surround. ing and accessibility to the United Sizes 26 to 44 Odd Lots Baby Wearables Half Price 67—50c Cashmere Hose, black and brown, sizes 4 and 414, reduced to 25¢. 13—50¢ Silk Hose, black and brown, sizes 414 and 5, reduced to 25¢. 18—$3.50 to $4.95 Straw Hats reduced to $1.75 to $2.47. 4—$4.50 Auto Swings reduced to $2.25. Blankets and Covers One-Third Less 88—39c Blankets; samples of larger blankets; size 30x86, reduced to 26¢. 22—59e Blankets; samples of larger blankets; size 36x40, reduced to 40¢. 5—$3.50 Knitted Carriage Covers reduced to $2.34. Wearables One-Fourth Less 40—$1.25 Lingette Creep- | 168—$2.95 Sweaters, 24 to ers reduced to 94¢. 30, reduced to $2.22, 38—$3.50 Long Coats re- | 27—$1.95 Sweaters, 24 to duced to $2.63. 30, reduced to $1.47. 2—$5.95 Long Coats re- | 10—$8.95 Sweaters, 24 to duced to $4.46. 30, reduced to $2.97. Second Floor—The Bon Marche 118 Slightly Soiled Dimit Blouses Reduced iD j ce > $1. 45 Second Floor—The Bon Marche Household Rubber Aprons, 35c Good size, in solid bright colors. A with rubber straps. Damaged Dinnerware and Glassware Half Price and Less Hundreds of pieces of Dinnerware and Glassware, good enough for camp and summer homes. Damaged Cups, reduced to. . Damaged Plates, reduced to Vegetable Dishes, reduced to.. Glass Tumblers, reduced to.... Damaged Pitchers, reduced to. . Union Stteet Basement—The Bon Marche Odds and Ends of Household} Needs Reduced 20% to 50% | 88c¢ Linoleum Wax, reduced to $1.25 French Knives, reduced to.. $2.25 Pantry Sets, reduced to $4.50 Nickel Tea Pots, reduced to. 15c Chair Sests, reduced to $1.10 Auto Enamel, reduced to 15¢ Tin Moulds, reduced to $1.75 Dinner Buckets, reduced to. 5c Drawer Pulls, reduced to... 835c Door Hinges, reduced to 90c Gem Pans, reduced to and dozens of other useful articles. Union Street Basement—The Bon Marche Bags and Vanities, 89c Hand Bags in pouch, swagger and envelope styles, in) brown and black. 4 Small size Vanities, in brown and black leather, fitt with coin purse and mirror. Stone-Set Bracelets 50c Wide assortment of colors. Very bright and pretty, © Main Floor—The Bon Marche Dolls and Toys Reduced! 1 Main Floor—Tho Bon Marche 25% to 50% The Bon Slightly soiled and imperfect Dolls and PIKE STREET—SECOND AVENUE—UNION STRBET—SEATTLE Toys. Many wanted pieces in the lot Main Floor—Tho Bon Marché States, and on the west of the South Sea, Iogseinae Plan | Song Recital at First Methodist Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Lynch announce @ complimentary song re- cital at the First Methodist church auditorium at 8 p.m, Tuesday, July 1. The following pupils will ta ake Dart: Mrs. Robert T. Pretlow, Mrs. Irene Melver, Miss Ruby Ohman Mr. Archio Smith. Mrs. Lynch 1 fc company. BUREAU OF MISSING RELATIVES The Star invites tts readers to use this department ms nn ald in finding, misln relatives or friends. Tho department ts to help in reuniting those who hinve heen separated. These whose relatives or Only a few months ago Al C are tn eport ther dinappenrance, direct ‘o ithe | Morford was mayor of St. lers who ma} new bouts ot persons mentioned In this colemene| VO8eDR, Mich., cashier in a Fie Slr other ne also to report to bank and a leader in hMs to reproduce each items cs will Interecs| City’s fraternal and club life. thelr readers, Today he is facing trial for MRS. MALCOLM W. (SUK) Me-| @ $3,000 bank robbery in San GREGOR Inst heard Yrom 12 vern| Diego, Cal. Picture at top 98¢. ago, in Seattle, Is asked to ylibe ted taken when he was { 5 her’ alerinlav, Mew. Lennie Rots mayor of St, Joseph, the low- irae sizes 61/4, to 65%, reduced 0 we. erts Marsh, 412 Vanderbilt ave., Main Floor—Tho Bon Marche Brooklyn, N. Y. Hor husband, be.|€7 One in his cell, showing fore his death, was euphonium nol.|0W his personal appearance fet with the old Innis band here, | has changed in a short lime! a