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I 10 THE QGOEN STANDARD-EXAMINER SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 26, 1920. I
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Largest Shape Sale Of 1
The Season
$3.B8
I STARTS MONDAY . 9 A. M.
ONE DAY ONLY
Thisk of It! Scores of wonderful silk velvet,
s beaver and velvet combinations, in all the
-:Jljb: wanted colors and shapes, such as odd small
shapes, turbans, rolling brims, sailors, large
dress shapes, that retail as tfj O Q
high as $12.50 for. . . OmZfO
JSp SEE OUR WINDOW
ialip ou WIH surely want one
4SBP of these wonderful shapes, jjflHL, -
Last & Thomas v
3 MILLINERY DEPT.
I ISLANDERS YET UNAWARE
WORLD WAR HAS ENDED
APISETE, Tahiti. Aug. 24. Corre
spondence. The f:i?t ncwa from the
world that Rapans will receive after
a lapse of two years was carried
aboard the French eratabr Aldeburan
which recently left this port for the
Isolated island of Itapa. In the Danger
ous Archip-dugo.
The laland is populated by 150 Poly
nesians and on- while man. a French
official Due to the Rapans not hav
ing received matt 'or two years, and
In all probability a boat not having
touched the Island In that time. It Is
believed thnt the Inhabitants are not
is yet acquainted wl'h The fact that
hostilities have ceased among the w:.r-
jring countries.
1-1 A
rfUIU ll PROPAG M
BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24. The
Indian branch of the Mohammedan
church has collected 0 fund of 200.
000 rupees In British India to finance
Mohammedan missionary work in the
I'nited States, according to M. Lai
I Singh; n cotton planter of Calcutta.
"Propaganda pamphlets and other
literature on the Koran and the Is-
llarn religion arc being distributed In
I the Gnlted States In this work." said
Singh. 'There are 100.000 Mohajn-
medans in the I'nited States."
I i Exclusive Clothes For
I Exclusive Dressers
I Stand out from the rank and file of the indif-
j ferently dressed class Be individual. Dundee '! -'n
' , rl! custom tailoring alone marks you as cxclusiw- yJr'A
' "rfr ' l;. ' 1 1 ' ' . ' 1 1 ii - .iii.i i i -. n - i . Hi of clothe tj
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ffc y We guarantee you all-wool materials, qualitv. bill
' l11 h combined with shapc-retnin int; tallonnc. superh l:
ycSw 3 modeling, attractive color and pattern effects clll
' I 3 aD( amart s'yler. If you're an exclusive drc- E 1 j
jfTF q er, here's where you can make an exclusive
y Vrf choice , j
j n Dundee Woolen Mills have one hundred stores: El l
lEw q and we can save you money. Fall Suits and t: i q
EBB Overcoats Union Made till
I : 11 $30 to $60 1
fcj3C 3 We satisfy our customer they come back. fc
j; 1 OWEN BENNETT, Prop.
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GAMING RESORT
ON LINE CLOSED
Old 'Owl' At Mexicali Sees
Last Day When Edict of
Mexico Arrives
MEXICALI. Lower California Sept.
21. (Correspondence). one by one
the resorts whose names have bulked
(large in the traditions of the west are
meeting un end. Latest to jro Is the
"Owl" at .Mexicali. which Its operat
ors and officials of the Cantu regime
is Uwer California freely admitted
had paid large sums for permission
to operate.
In the Owl were to he found ull the
attractions thnt went to make up the
j typical dance hall of frontier days.
i h.- building Itself was new, the old
I'Owl" having been destroyed by sf in
last February, but the traditions of t lii
old place were much the same and
those familial- with the older estab
lishment were at borne in the new
The old Owl was a huge, barn-like
structure. Gaming tables and some
' pool and billiard tables, surrounded by
high seats for spectators, occupied Its
: front spaces. Along one side ranged
a lengthy bar, where In busy times ten
or a OOZeo bartenders were no unusual
! sight Further back was a stagi with
! films scenery, curtained ' boxes" that
' were strongly reminiscent of half u
I century ago, and a number of plain
; seats and benches for those not In
clined to thf expensive semi-privacy
of the "boxes."
Krom near the theatre seetion a
passage led to a space surrounded by
Several hundred small rooms, collQ
Iqu tally known as The Yard." where
I outcast women lived
j .Mut h nf the costly gambling para
phernalia that was used in the old es
tablishment was saved when the bulhl
I ing burned and was used later In the
I new "Owl "
I September l, when orders came
I from Mexico City, where the new gov
I eminent had frowned upon the gambl
I ing and other conditions along the ln
I ternatlonaJ border, to close the place,
a dramatic- scene was enacted. Man
ager Cfoburn read the order, looked
for u moment over thf crowd of hund
reds, representative of nearly even
nationality, and summoned the house
police. He gave them hasty Instruc
tions, and they starting at the rear of
tue main room .mil .shouting the word
as they went cleared the place within
a minute, or two of all except the deal
ers, lookouts and other employes,
Many Chinese, not understanding the
order, stampeded through the doors to
the street.
Th dealers quickly gathered up the
; big piles of silver coins and the gambl
ing paraphernalia Soon the arch of
lights above the entrant e thai spelled
I out the name of the place, fllekered
out The "Uwl" was elosed.
According to the order from Provi
sional President dc la Iluerta, It nev
er Is to re-open.
DINOSAUR I M OVERED,
WINNETT, Mont., Sept. 25 Slow
erosion of the shale In the river
I "wash" near this city recently uncov
ered what Is believed to be the re
mains of a dinosaur. The discovery
consists of vertebrae and it is hoped
to find other parts of the prehistoric
animal The bones were found by
Irvine Walker and C. IjJ Stone, geolo
gists The specimen Is looked upon as
being unique, in that it 13 not fossil
ized. That It lived thousands of yean
ago and spent much of the time in
water, bears a resemblance to the
present-day lizard, has so far been de
termined. About half of the bones,
nil of the spinal column, were exposed,
leading to the belief that the whole
skeleton may be obtained by merely
digging It out.
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Harry Pidgeon, of Wilmington. Cat ,
has reached Honolulu In a 34-fool
yawl, which he .nlled acrore tho
Paclfc all alone, In 2 6 days.
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PRETTIEST GIRL I
j SELLS WAFFLES
Awarded Prize for Being Most
Beautiful of Young Sales
Women
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BY ZOE BECKLEY.
Staff Correspondent
MONROE, w Ii . Sepi 25 it was
fUSl like a scene In a mo le
An automobile swept to a stop at
I the gate
A sharp rat tat sounded on the frame;
"i I be screen dooi
A lovely little race 1 alsed lta II
startled rrora under the living room'
'amp . beginghamed figure rushed
OUl to see a strange woman smlllm?
In at her from the porch steps.
"Are you Edith May I.euenberger''"
asked 'he woman
I Edith May's brown eyei widened, :
Both hands went up to her chocks.
I She tried to answer, but timling her'
voice didn't work, nodded her dark
1 ui I affirmatively
'Well, I've come to tell you that the
j judges in the Nalional Salesgirls'
Beauty contest have chosen you win
ner." 'Truly? You're not"
She didn't finish. She didn't have
to. It was as If an electric light had
1 somehow been turnea on inside her
Ji harming little head, Illumining her
face and shining from her eyes.
The prettiest salesgirl in America
'took a few steps backward, gazlnp, at
jthe messenger who brought the good
I news, stumbled against a chair and!
Jsat abruptly down where she had been I
la moment before, under the lamp with
a book.
Tin: 3 was an instant of stillness
I Then suddenly the room seemed full I
of people. Mother came In from some j
where, drying her hands on her apron.
: A pretty girl cousin dropped from the
clouds (or maybe f'om ihe back I
i porch). A good looking blond vounq .
man appealed (perhaps also from the I
I back porch). The cat came from the
kitchen and rubbed around Edith
May's slim ankles In congratulation
BROTHER REMAINS CALM
The good-news messenger ;is put
; into the best chair and with true central-western
hospitality bidden to "be
at home.' Questions began to fly.
And the only calm and indifferent
creature In sight was Edith M.iv'-t kid,
(brother who snored peacefully through
all the excitement on the parlor couch.
"I simply can't be-llevi it"' Edith
May kept savins Are you sure "
When will she start"''
"Will she really see Broadway and1
Forty second street "
' And have a chance in a show and
a trial In the movies--",
"And a repulai salary and every
thing "
"And if she shows talent for acting '
and works hard, and becomes fa-'
mous "
"O-h, Oh. isn't it just too ab solute 1
I ly wonderful ! "
Even the book Edith May had been
I bending over under the lamp got
cited and fell off the (able
I picked it up. What was if A
, volume of Bertha M. ('lav0 A irea-'
tise on ' How 10 Become An Actress"
Nothing of the sort. On tis cover j
I read "Gregg's Shorthand. Part One. '
And it was very worn and thumbed
land dog-eared
Edith May flashed her pearly smile ;
trimmed with dimples.
1 wanted to do something better,"
she said, "than tend store. It was nic- -
in the Waffle Shop. And Ii earned Me
a living But I do so wnn' o v I on
in the world' I thought short trind
ini)rht help.
"Lately 1 have been working only
I part time in the candy store and go
ling to high school, so t ha l in a few
years I could hope for something in an
j off ice
"The chances in Mcnrue are limited,
though, and if if this thing renify
'does happen if I do make gou.!--PU
be the happlesl girl in the Tailed
I States' I am ready to work like a
switch engine! Just give me a chance
I and I'll prove it'
"Nobody knows how I've longed for
'some miracle like this to nappen. uf
1 course, like all other g.rlf-. I love the
movies. We hae a movie here in MOD
roe, you know
"But when I go to it, I am not Just
enjoying the story that is flashed on
the sheet I am thinking how people
get their start in acting wondering if
I could wishing with all my coul 1
knew where and how to b:m
dreaming Jay and night of the things
I'd do for my folks If 1 could once
get in and succeed"!
FATHER A BLACKSMITH
Edith May s folks are plain and sim
pie. folks of the kind that make tUc
backbone ol the country. Two gener
ations ago the Eeuenbergers were
j Swiss farmers w ho specialized in dalrj
! produ 1 E
There are many Swiss In Green
'county, which Is celebrated for its
I cheeses. When you order Sw i.-s t hi 1 Be
! in youi glided cafe on Broadway, the
waiter brings you "Swiss type" and
j it comes from Edith May's county in
I Wisconsin
Her father, however, is a black
smith, and plies his picturesque voca
tion in a community which is fast for-1
getting Old I'obbin and doing every
thing by the gasoline method
I wonder ii Edith May war. think
I ing of the dying forge fire and the
smithy that isn't a busy as i used to
j be when she "dreamed of succeeding
in the movies and of "doing things
for the folks?"
Perhaps the good fairy who makes
Klrls' wishes come true was on the job
the day Edith had the picture tak D
which won her the beauty contest
She wa-, visiting a girl fiiend in a
near by town called Brodh ad. Mr. j
Home, a local photographer who was
wanting to exhibit some work at a 1
county fair, catching sight of Edith 1
May in her gingham frock and lf'tle(
poke hat. asked if Bhe would pose for
him She declined
"Besides." she said, "I'm not dressed
for It "
"But you are dressed just r.s I want
you," insisted the artist.
Qo on, do it," urged Edith May's
Trlend. He will give ou a copy of
the photo Iree "
This was the piioto" ivi.:r finally
found ils WSJ in, the National Sales
girls' Beauty contest, and won tor
Edith May a chance for fame and for
tune. Edith is packing her suitcase,
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Welcome To Our City
(nr lines uf children.'s, misses, and women's ready-to-wear and millinery arc now complete H
with fashion's latest styles
The prices are n very agreeable surprise to our liosl f friends, and are a severe blow to the B
present hiirli cost of living.
Suits uf serge. hat . I i n ps a ml tri"tine arc We have lieen most fortunate in securing Q
priced from S19.75 to $59.75 ihe hundred crepe fie chine and georgette ' llf
, ( r 11 1 , 1 .1 1 1 naisls I rimmed with jet and fancies. Sizes -s"-
1 oats "i iiii wool materials with lur and J w
cloth collars, are priced 18. to 46 Special $4.P5 H
from . $19.75 to $49 75 .. .... , -. , e.a H
lur millinery department 1ms selected lif-
Seigr trieutine and silk dresses in rfll Hie trimmed and tailored hats, whose regit- HI
aewesl fluff j styles and also long panel lar values are to $10 Special $4.95 WtM
effects from $12.95 to $44.73 6n
AUi fifty hand mado trimmed hats, in
Skirts of serge and plaids, plaited ami m hiding hats from some of the largest New MSB
plain styles from $6 95 to $17.50 York firms Values to. $25. Special$12.95
Fur the school miss we lmvo been must fur- Children's and misses' school hats trim- 9
lunate in securing ten dozen sis Hopkins med and tailored, speci&l $4 and $5 value
middies Monday onl 1. to 44 95: for $2.95
Mother Is sitting in the kltch n rocker.
; a little scared yes, she ll 0 along
with Edith
I Father has said ves
And in a few days Edith May, who
1 has never been further a a thnn Mil
j waukee, will be standing at ti sat burm
ling. hanging, belter-skcKerttsg, crash
I ing and clattering "hub" of the uni
I verse that crossroads of Opportunity
known as Forty-second itreet am!
1 Broadway, with the Mayflower Fil u
corporation beckming Just over Iho
) way and Flo Zicgfelu s rtagedoor be
j fore her.
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BEAUTY CHORUS WITH
MINSTREL SHOW ST
Manager R. M. Harvey, who owns
iand personally manages the Harvey
Greater Minstrels, is justly proud of
his Octoroon Beauty Chorus, as it is j
a decided novelt to have women
With a minstrel show, but it adds to I
the picture in the first pari, md
makes the singing one of the features i
of the show. The claim is made that 1
they are 'Beauties'' and will create
,t Furore here.
The Harvey Minstrels will plu the
Orpheum theatre two nights begin
ning tomorrow night, at popular
prices. This will be one of the best
entertainments ever offered the peo
pl of Ogden lor the price of admis- j
sion.
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NOTORIOUS SLAYER OF
RUSSIA FINALLY SHOT
1
PEKING Bepl 84. General Kalml
koff. notorlool L'ssuri district ataman
charged by tho Norwegian government
null the murder in Siberia of Norwe
gian subjects, and a refugee at Kirin. (
from Siberia lias made two desperate !
attempts to escape from the Chinese
guards Kalmlkoff, who in January
bet line assistant to General Semenoff
as commander of the All -Russian
force! in Siberia WSJ srrestsd In Man
churia by Chinese guards lrr.Iulv and1
held prisoner in the Russian consul-1
ite ll Klrln
He escaped shortly afterward, but',
w.ih recaptured. Later when plans'
were discovered foi s second escape,
he saa taken from the consulate by
Chinese soldiers, to n train for Peking,
for arraignment on the charges agalnut
him by the Norwegian government
' Governor Pno Kuel-Ching of Kirln.
reported today that Kalmlgoff
Jiiiupi d from the train at Yilachi.l
Manchuria, anil escaped into the rice
fields.
Kalmikoff, as head of a horde of
t'ossacks In the UsSUFl district, (luring
the regime Of Admiral ColcfioJc, rav
aged the l'ssuri district and gained
notoriety as a terrorist by his whole
sale murders. rast autumn he creat
ed an attack against the American
forces, and flogged an American sol
dier his fore a ca pturcd,
Peking advices bti September S,
reported t.iii Kali . .: iff was killed In
ilce fields ni-.ir Yi!;.rhi. Manchuria, by
pursuing 'h':irse guards, upon whom
he had fired.
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EATS ONE EGG DAILY:
THEN CONSUMES SHELL
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept 24. '
"Twelve hours sleep s day is more Im
portant than burglars to a man of, s":
. ''" ding to Goodman Alexander, who
told the police here that he went back f I
j to alei 1 1 Immediately after a prowler
1 j bedroom awalcenisd him With JuHl
i flashlight If I let burglars and aftttflfil
such won;, me. I wouldn't be as old iflassM
as I am today," he continued H
Mr. Alexander w ho appears to be in sssscssl
I excellent health, also said that "egg scssw3
shells and hanl bread preserved my BSSBBHa
tfeth. I it ;i soft boiled egg and pBsVi
1 1 every morning for L 1 1
breakfast." He also suggested that fiHKn
boys Btarl smoking early, because, he sssnl
s.. id, tobacco soothes the nerves. "I've nflsmi
smoked since I was 1C and I smoke tsssslU
today more than a pound of tobacqo BHm
Mr Alexander has lived in Seattle HSR!
since 1906 at which time he left San bbbbbbbw
ucisco. He was born In Poland sswssVH
'"I t-. 1 h,- I'nited States when sbbhB
he was is He certain he will iho ' H
to be 100 1 ld saya pro Id-
ing. lh.it thieving burglars don't steal isHH
any more of my sleep." H
There are 17,000,000 negroes In the
I'nited States B
aaFTS THAT LAST'
Good Jewelry Is Within the Reach of All It's Good if
You Buy It Here.
Fifty continuous years in business in Ogden ought to
count for something.
J. S. LEWIS & COMPANY
JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS j
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