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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1917
Page
2
Silk night gowns priced at 3 75 feature crepe de chine fabric with cream Filet lace, front and back Empire yokes, sleeveless styles, or yokes of silk and lace bands with lace cap sleeves for a refined nightwear option.
Advertises low prices on sheets 59 to 80 cents each in various sizes with flat center seams. Includes 18 pillow cases at 15 cents, 200 pillow cases at 17 cents, and 300 dozen pillow cases 45 by 26 inches. White blankets priced at 4.75 per pair with wool filling and cotton warp.
The notice advertises fabrics including 27 inch crepe and voiles at 10 to 12 cents per yard, Madras and Crepes odd pieces, Rice Marquisette and Dotted Swiss, White Pique, and Long Cloth bolts with prices and widths. Main floor items shown under Bon Ma department with bolt quantities and special yard prices.
The Star reports a joint public program at the Bon Marche on the sixth floor at 2:30 p.m. led by Waste Editor Mabel Abbott. The event aims to educate women on food-saving for Europe and to enlist homemakers to hold local meetings and recruit volunteers.
Corporation Counsel Caldwell will explain the select service registration law to 12 district board members in the mayor's conference room Thursday at 3 p m. Lee Barnard and James Dougan will meet with district registrars of Nos 5 and 12 respectively, while two new exemption boards may be formed in the county to hear appeals. Absentee registrants face risks if mailing cards, and a printing error omits the word male on posters. employers are urged to release eligible workers for two hours on registration day.
Thomas Nelson Perkins of Boston and S A Trone of Petrograd, in Seattle after a four months Russia trip, say Russia looks to the United States to rebuild its railway system and rehabilitate the army. They note socialists favoring peace are less than one tenth of the Russian element, indicating little danger of a separate peace.
The National League for Women's Service launches salesmanship classes to fit women to fill men's positions during wartime mobilization. They begin Monday evening at the league headquarters in the Cobb building to prepare women for good salaries when men are drafted.
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