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GIRL CONFESSES SHE TIED HERSELF Dottie Houck Says She Want ed to Force Parents to Allow Marriage. WOULD SAVE HER LOVER Decides Later That She Will Testify Against Taylor and Send Him to Penitentiary, Doubting That Ho Cares for Her. Tearful and repentant, Dottie Houck, the 15-year-old miss found bound and Bagged in, her bed late Saturday night, confessed yesterday to an Oregonian reporter that she herself had bound her feet and tied her hands after writ ing a threatening- note to her parents that was found at her bedside. Con fronted with the similarity of the handwriting of the note with her own, the girl made a full and complete ad mission. She said her sympathy for Charles C. Taylor, the man confined in the Clark County Jail. Vancouver, Wash., charged with having committed a. statutory offense against her, had been aroused, and she took the step to save him from the penitentiary. "A man called me up yesterday," said Miss Houck, "he would not tell me who he was. He said he was a friend of Taylor's. He called me up while mamma was at the grocery store and told me that Taylor cared quite a bit for me and wanted me to get the folks to let me marry him. I believed him, and that was why I wrote the note and tied myself up." Since the failure of the attempt to deceive her father and the police. Miss Jiouck says she has been informed that Taylor has been guilty of other simi lar crimes. When she learned that the episode with herself was not the first of Taylor's alleged liasons, her eyes blazed with wrath and Indignation Forcing herself to speak quietly, she said, "I will certainly give evidence against him. I want him proceeded against and put in the penitentiary." Father Deplores Falsehood. That the girl had been Imposed upon and Is young and foolish was the opinion of the father. Mr. Houck materially changed his attitude toward his daughter after hearing the statement she made yesterday. "I am a man of honor, of integrity," he said, "and the most awful part about it to me is that she should have maliciously deceived me. All my life both myself and my family have been known as honorable people, and I could, bear al most anything if the girl had told me the truth." The girl herself has been a student at the Washington High School for the past year and stands high in her daily studies. Her brother is well known and liked at the school. As a baseball team man and general athlete he is popular. Miss Houck would not say how she Kot to know Taylor. Her parents be lieved it was through the influence of older school friends that she became enamored of Taylor. But the girl de nied this, and left It to be inferred that her acquaintance had been that of the street. Previous Record Good. 'She has never disobeyed before or got Into any mischief," said her father. "I blame her girl associates at school! When girls come home with excuses of being delayed at school by debating classes and one thing after another, I , think some stop should bo put to it. I think she has had plentv of liberty but Dot does not think so. That has caused the trouble. If school let;s out at 3 o'clock. the girls ought to come straight home and not wander about tho streets or spend more time at school under the excuse of debating classes and that kind of thing." The father did not approve in any way of the liberty accorded to some girls, and it appears from the girl's utterances that she had wearied of strict parental supervision, had evaded It. had wandered, and fallen. She had never been permitted to go anywhere except to school unescorted, said Mr. Houck. and it was in the journeys to and from that establishment that she had seized the opportunity to make street acquaintances. D6t scarcely appears old enough to know what ehe had done. It was the romantlo side of the affair that ap pealed to her. She does not now ad mit that she ever thought of loving her "gay Lothario." "I have been con vinced that he is not .what he ought to be," was the way she accounted for her change of conviction. She laughed when asked if she would now give evidence against Taylor, but the lauglt was the laugh of indecision. Although she said later she would, the matter will be in doubt till Taylor comes up to take his trial. This was shown by the way she said, "I won't care for him. Ha is a coward and I don't think he cares for me. REALTY MEN WILL MEET Convene Tonight to Consider Part in 600,000 ' Movement. Activity In the ranks of the half mlHloii population enthusiasts con tinues to show Itself every day. A special meeting of Portland's real es tate men haa been called for tonight in the Commercial Club parlors. Com mittees that are raising funds are ex pected to be on hand and report prog ress. At the same meeting the ques tion of the real estate men's auto mobile parade at tho Rose Festival In June will be taken up and arranged for. There will be brief addresses at this meeting by some of Portland's prominent citizens, who have important information to give out which has not us yet been made public. It Is urged by the committee that every real estate man in the city at tend this meeting. It anyone engaged in the real estate business finds it ab solutely impossible to be present he is requested to be sure to send an authorized representative to act In his place. This meeting has been called by order of the real estate committee, headed by V. H. Holbrook. and it is in tended to make It a meeting of the utmost importance. Too much insist ence cannot be laid on the importance of being on hand, he says, for there is work to be dona and plans to be out lined which every man in the real ehtate line in Portland ought to be thoroughly familiar with. New York's latest novelties In fine footwear at Rosenthal. DESIGN THAT WILL . Vr v - COP,-. C-, P1CTURB, - RID ELKS WELCOME Portland Lodge Will Greet Convention Delegates. CLUB TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE After Entertaining Visitors Local Members Will Travel to Is Angeles In Special Train for Grand Ivodge. To all Elks a royal welcome" Is the greeting to be Issued to every member of the antlered herd in the country on Invitations sent out by Portland lodge No. 142, B. p. o. H , to induce the members in all parts of the East and South to pass through Port land on their way to Los Angeles to attend the grand lodge, which meets in that city July 10 to 17, this year. This movement was started some time ago, when a committee ot 15 leading business men of Portland was ap pointed to Invite the Elks to visit the city on their way .to or return from the convention. It is the intention of the local lodge to Induce as many members as possible to gather In Portland before the start to Los Angeles, and proceed south in a body. Before the start open house will be kept by Lodge No. 142. and the keys to the city will be delivered to the visitors. There are 1139 lodges in the United States, containing 300 000 members. A considerable portion of these will attend the convention, and If the plans of the Elks succeed it will mean a large crowd- in Portland on the days set for the open house. A special train has been engaged by Portland lodge to carry the members to the convention, and this is to be magnificently equipped and decorated. Arrangements have been made by Gen eral Passenger Agent McMurray, of the Southern Pacific, who is a member Several other trains will be provided for other lodges in the state, one for the Willamette and Rogue River Val ley lodges and one for the Eastern Ore gon and Eastern Washington lodges. The Portland lodge has leased two hotels in Los Angeles, the Hinman and the Jefferson, with accommodations for 250 guests. Club headquarters will be established in suite 321-323-325 of the Hotel Angeles, where the committee will keep open house and entertain-all Oregon Elks. All other lodges In this part of the country have organized clubs to attend the meeting,-but No 142 expects to lead the Northwest dele gation with the biggest herd In the parade. For the parade special uniforms have been adopted. These are made of white flannel, with purple collars, purple coat flaps, sleeve cuffs, a purple stripe on the trousers, and will be worn with white shoes and white hats with pur ple bands, upon which will be the words, "Portland, Oregon" in white letters. The reception committee will be ap pointed next Thursday night for the purpose of furthering the plans. The invitations issued are large, and upon one side appears a sketch of Mount Hood in the distance, with an elk standing upon the summit, his huge antlered head raised proudly. Behind him are the rays of the rising sun. In the foreground is a tributary of the Columbia River, the banks rising on either side covered . with firs and pines. On the opposite aside of the Invita tion are pictures of the Elks home and the billiard-room, the reading-room, the lodgeroom and the reception halL me np are inese words: Knjoy Portland s Cool Summer Breezes. Revel in the World's Choicest Kosef. The invitation was composed by George L. Hutohln. to whom the Los Angeles committee extended a vote of thanks. The invitation reads as fol lows: v Come. AG1r,1niWhm The59 Pre"",S The Portland. Oregon. Lodfre 142, B p o U KOlng to keep open house and invites and urses all Elks to accept its hosplTallty IU.f rani "f hospitality that never weafs oft: time cannot wither It nor custom make stale Its infinite variety. maae ,s you go to the National convention of Kiks in I.os Anireles. Join the gay thronl or the antlered herd that is going to mobi? llze in Portland a few days before the con clave in California. If you cannot be ?h us upon this happy occasion, come to our Southland! OU re,UrD hm Irom th Come and enjoy the gentle and exhilarat ing breeies of the ocean that mingle with the balsam of the pine as they unite with the crystal drops from melting peaks of I fL"10" ?nhlne to make Portland a roseate and opalescent dream. Portland has a thousand miles of roses if placed side by side they would reach from Portland to Los Angeles. A climate that is Ideal for roses fairer, rarer and more fra 5rar. ,than the blooms of Araby makes the ugh;?uTVc!ur..of our green 014 sb9" ae! nT.f co,01 rour heels ,n th lcy peaks rhat HSod- Como and behold the my riad of wonders. Portland nestles In & wealth of scenic fn"enworfdth" chllenS the admiration oj and0fnrTenrt"a B-rhl And J?r,n your "latlves tvil Jh" Rose cl,v shall be yours. "W-hen you buy your ticket to Loi Aneeles b. sur. that It read, via Portland Her. U I X11J3 MORXIXQ HEAD INVITATIONS SENT OUT jff ' TH - O - the place where ocean, rail and river meet. t PORTLAND LODGE 142. B. P. O. E. J. B. Coffey. Exalted Ruler . Clyde M. Bills. Secretary. - SUGGESTS SOLDIER PATROL Woman. Would Have Forests Pro ' tected by Regular Army. PORTLAND. March 25. (To the Editor.) -ine following paper, read by Its author before one of the many women's clubs In Spokane, recently. Is of so much more than locar significance that I respectfully re Qu.ylts Publication In The Oregonian. The T Jitibtr.ty Ior women is In the air in both Washington and her proud mother, btate of Oregon. Meanwhile, as we serenely await enfranchisement under conditions that inspire emulation without envy, it Is grat ifying to note that women are preparing themselves for the boon that awaits them by studying all eorts of movements cov ering things that pertain to the upbuilding or wealth, happiness and prosperity for all the people ,of the homes and of commer cial Interests, not forgetting the birds of the air and beasts of the fields and our life proteoting forests of mountain, dale and pIain- A. S. T. Conservation of our forests and protection or our winged songsters appear to me to need concerted action. Would it not be a S?o?.p an.,.to have as any of our United btates soldiers as could be spared in time or peace to patrol our forests during the dry season to protect them from their great est menace flreV This arrangement would serve two good purposes; our vast timber interests would be protected, and at least a portion of our soldiers would be pleas antly, healthfully and profitably employed during the Summer months . Would it not be a wise measure to make It a misdemeanor to kill the birds who in nablt our forests and live upon the insects which destroy the trees? One day last Summer, walle traveling along a mountain iJni' J, ",oun,te? J,n a distance of two miles, 21 dead birds, vlotims of some boy's el..SpOI-. A law Krohlbitlng such, wan ton slaughter among the feathered tribes of our woodlands would protect our for ests and teach our youth that they must ehow mercy to every living thing. This . d8lr,e, i ktu for th "ake of killing I should be eradicated from the mind, of all who possess it. Lessons tav.ght along humane lines would soon convince the boys that they could derive more pleasure In protecting harmless, healthful birds and ?r "i"1" than in destroying thelm. Such fSjlIins wold aid very- materially in stamping out criminal tendencies. The boy who thinks it Is sport to shoot birds, or torture dogs and kittens. Will grow up a bully If not a criminal. Another thought which, from my view point seems feasible. Let Congress enact a law requiring each boy who receives train ing in the free schools of America and who reaches the age of 10 years, plant, tend and nourish one tree for the following four years, the period of time each pupil is re quired to attend the public schorls. . These irL.IeaJ3v"hould Insur8 the permanent .-ue tree!- I fancy I hear some one say. "How could this be done in the great cities?" I would answer, let the Gov ernment or cities provide places. There are Parks.-aIld residence streets that could be thus beautified. This would give each boy sotne in i,!a , ome growing thing and bring hln in closer contact with nature, thus lay e,fiindat,lont tor e"T citizenship. Each would feel that he was helping to perpetuate one of the great Industries of -hi ?T"JIIlet' of whlcU ho ls Part, and which is doing so much for young Ameri cans. Let the tree planted be of the kind best suited to each locality. aSd S2 tney mature, let them be cut down and sold for commercial purposes. Let other trA ffi"4 to other boys, and this "endless chain would forever perpetuate the Umber supply of the Nation, for the want offnich decay1" V aeenerated and fallen into No doubt some of my elder readers can re- mhmi?ei a trea Jhey P!antea in childhood, which now may be a great oak, ash or wll thW" i5 "membef such a one, and although the old home ls rone, and Its inmates are scattered, the willow's graceful branches still sway in the soot-laden breezes of a great commercial city, and provide shelter under which the song birds still nest. I should Mke to include our girls in this rschemo. but am afraid the progeny of the f-nrVei'?r'BtLmIrh, b'coms numerous tna! .1 e .'lrm woula bo compelled to put up a sign. "No more trees planted for a time take h'ow9 Si? f th9 ne hs o Uon "Welcome to foreign immigra- MAT ARXWHIQHT FTUTTON. n NEW TOWN IS .PLANNED Minneapolis Capitalists Pay $54,000 for XJmpqua River Tract. ROSEBTJRG. Or.. March 28 (Spe cial) One of the largest real estate deals concluded In this county for some time was the sale of a large tract of land by F. B. Waite to a party of Minneapolis bankers and capitalists The consideration was 54,000. and the land comprises several hundred acres. It is situated about 10 miles south of Roseburg on the South TJmpqua River it is said, , will erect 20 bummer cottages In the near future A new city will be started if the plans of the owners materialize. VICTIM OF SHOOTING DIES Ed Lang Passes Away Without His t Story of Tragedy. EyGESTE. Or, March 2S.-(SpeclaL) Ed Lang, who was shot in the leg by William Walker Friday afternoon on the latter's place near Springfield, died at the Eugene General Hospital last night. When Lang was brought to the hos pital he was very weak from loss of blood and it was necessary to ampu tate his leg between the knee and hip. Hft never- rrwtmA t . i , - vw . i.um tle snocK. He was intoxicated when brought Into the hospital and a coherent story of the tragedy was not secured. Death Leaves No Vacancy. OLYMP1A. Wash.. March 28. (Spe cial.) Another error has been dis covered in one of the new laws. In the horticultural code it appears that the chief inspector will not lose his job even should he die. The law dis tinctly states a vacancy in the posi tion shall be created only by resigna tion or removal. OREGOXIAy. MOXPAY, MARCH 29, 1909. BY PORTLAND ELKS 3 a. i- S T, WI BE SENT J CARMEL BADLY DAMAGED STEAMER BREAKS STERN POST ON COLUMBIA BAR. Master Attempted to Cross In at .Night When Tide Was Nearly at an Ebb On Dock Two Weeks. Captain A.' Crowe, representing the San Francisco board of underwriters will survey the steam schooner Carmei at the Port of Portland -drydock this morning. The Carmei struck on the bar while crossing in Friday night. Her stern post was broken and several feet of the keel carried away. A few seams were opened, and she will be compelled to remain on the drydock for about two weeks. The Carmei is one of Homer Fritch's ships, and was under charter to the Loop Lumber Company. She was- taken in place of the steam schooner R. r. In man, which was lost on Duxbury Reef. She was in command of Captain Dorris! formerly master of the steamer Homer. The Carmei arrived up at the bar about 9 o'clock Friday night. It was only an hour before dead low water, and there was a strong run out. Captain Dorris attempted to come in. He miscalculated and the craft hit. Captain Dorris Is a part owner In the vessel. DREDGE GOES TO BONEYARD William S. Ladd Brought to Gov ernment Moorings at Llnnton. nTM.e Unlte1 States engineers' dredge William S. Ladd, which for 16 years has dug sand from the bottom of the Colum bia River around Astoria, has been put in the boneyard .and permanently retired from service. The Ladd ' arrived up at Government moorings at Llnnton Friday night, and half the crew paid oft The dredge was built at Portland In 1893 and at present her estimated value is placed at JfoOOO. " The new dredge Clatsop) which ls now en route from the Atlantic Coast, is due to arrive at Astoria April 25. She sailed from Valparaiso, Chile, March 15. The STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Due to Arrive. Name. From. Date Rue H. Elmore. Tillamook In port Numantla Hongkong. .. .In Jort Hlv.5i5Witer-' Coos Bay. . . . m port Riverside San Franciscoln Sort Eurek .Eureka Mar IS rgo Tillamook Mar. 2 Senator . . . San Francisco Mar. 29 Geo. w. Elder. .San Pedro. . .Mar. 29. Tni?n,ce-i Cool Bay Apr. 1 Northland San Francisco April 5 Rose city San Francisco A pril 0 Alesla... Hongkong Apr. 10 Nicomedia Hongkong. . ..May X Arabia Hongkong May lg Scheduled to Depart. Name. From. Date. Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook Mar "9 Eureka Eureka Mar 30 5rSo Tillamook. .. .Mar" 30 Breakwater Coos Bay Mar.' 81 Geo. W. Elder. .San Pedro. . . April 1 Senator ... .San Francisco April a Alliance Coos Bay... Apr S Numantla Hongkong Apr! Rose City San Francisco April 9 Alesla. Hongkong Apr. 17 Nlcomedla Hongkong. .. .May 12 Clatson will tnkn tha nnna r it. lam S. Ladd on the Lower Columbia, r-ipes ana auxiliary machinery for the Clatsop were loaded onto a 70-foot barge at Alnsworth dock TMtoniav .. i f the Baby Chinook taken to the moor- mey win await tie arrival of the new dredge. Marine Notes." With A trifle mnra than UV AAA . ... V.VUV.WVS xect of lumber for Melbourne, Australia, the steamship Agapanthus left down yester day morning. . The nassensrer steamni!n Praain,... from Coos Bay, arrived at 6 o'clock last The steamship Argo, from Tillamook,. Is due to arrive this evening. With general cargo from New Tork via Salinas Cruz and San Francisco, the steamship Riverside arrived up last even ing. The steamship Senator Is due this evening from San Francisco. Arrivals and Departures. Portland. March 28. Arrived Steamship Riverside, from San Francisco; steamshio Breakwater, from Coos Bay. Sailed Brit ish steamship Agapanthus, for Melbourne. Astoria. March 28. Wind southeast, 36 miles; weather cloudy; sea moderate Ar rived at 6 and left up at 7:15 A. M. Steam er Riverside, from San Francisco. Arrived at and left up at 10 Steamer Breakwater frorn coos Bay. Sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer H. B. Kennedy, for Seattle; steamer Alli ance, for Coos Bay; steamer Ascunrion for 41 -A-rnveo. aown at 4:30 P. M British steamer Agapanthua Kan Francisco. March 28. Sailed at 1 M. Steamer Nome City. tor Portland failed at 11 A. M. Steamer Yellowstone, foV Portland Sailed at 3 P. M. Steamers OI s.en . Mahony and Atlas. . Arrived at 5 A. M. -Steamer Bowdoln, from Portland Arrived at 9 A M. St earner G. w. Fen wirk. from Portland. Sailed at 5 last night Steamer South Bay. for Portland Ax 5 d steamer Tosemite, from Portland Point Reyes. March 28. Passed at 2 p' M Pedro""1'"' Casco fo Portland, for San Eureka. March 28. Sailed last night Steamer Eureka, for Portland. 1 . Tides at Astoria Monday. High. I Low S:? M T' feetlO:S5 A. M....' SS reot 8:53 P. M......4 12:0 p7 M.....0.I foti '.- ' -4 CHIEF FIGHT OVER MUNICIPAL PUNT Vote on $2,000,000 Bond Issue for Lighting Will Be Taken June 7. FOUR OTHER QUESTIONS UP C. A. Bigelow Denies That East Side Clnbs Are Behind Measure Which Was Fathered by State Senator Kellaher. Principal among the proposed initia tive measures to be submitted to "the people at the municipal election Mon day. June 7. is that providing for a 2.000.000 bond Issue for the Purchase and installation of a municipal light Uve me" Petlt'"s Proposing Init" mlttt nFV r chart"- amendments 60 days before the election. Five such S "' are in process of submission and the next ten days may bring forth others. y ,rhe,Plan WMch 11 18 Proposed own i.hha" aco-UIre operate Its fS; 1 k B ?Lant was UPP1 to be !fre ?ytho East Side Business Men s Club, but it seems that this or ganization is not backing up this Issue. C. A. Bigelow, president of this organization, yesterday said that the t? which he ls the head is not actively championing city 'ownership of .,.? DS plont or ny -other public utility. "The proposal for the city to pur chase and operate a lighting plant through the Issuance of bonds to the amount of 2,000,000 has not been con- red by the Eaat Side Business Men s Club, neither has It been brought before the Federated Clubs on our side of the river." said Mr. Bigelow yester day. "There are some amendments to the charter we consider are desirous and they will receive our Indorsement through the circulation of petitions In time to Insure that they will appear" on the offclal ballot. But as for the municipal lighting plant, I am not aware that such a plan is to be pro posed. So fax as I know, there are no petitions in circulation asking that this question be submitted to the people." Mayor Opposed to Scheme. The scheme to bond the city for a municipal lighting plant originated with Senator Dan Kellaher, ex-Counoll-man and Independent candidate for Mayor. He has announced that re gardless of whether or not the move ment r -.ee Ives the Indorsement of any particular organization, he will take the matter before the people, satisfied that the raquired number of signatures will be obtained in short notice to get the question on the ballot. That hav ing been done, he says he feels just as confident that the people will author ize the bond issue necessary to the ac quisition and Installation of such a plant. The announcement by two Independ ent companies, which recently filed articles of incorporation, that they would be prepared within a few months throneh thn u.iiii electric plants to compete with the Portland Railway Light 4; Power Com pany in bidding for the city's lighting, may result in placing a damper on the agitation for municipal ownership. It has been over, the lighting question that Mayor Lane and. Senator Kellaher have disagreed. Tne Mayor has taken the position that any attempt on the part of the city to purchase and Install a complete lighting system would be going too far. He has Insisted that the city, by purchasing Its distributing plant, would be in a position to get more reasonable rates for a lighting service. Kellaher, on the other hand, does not believe in any half-way prop osition. He would do it. all at once and supply the city with a complete plant. In fact, the divided opinion of Lane and Kellaher on the subject of muni cipal lighting, it ls said, may be ex plained as being due largely to Jeal ousy. That feeling has been Increased since Kellaher made the announcement that he would be an independent can didate for Mayor. , Lane had said In an interview that If he should become a candidate for a third term he would flAfk th 1,1 A,e,k-n A. n t-i. n 1 the fight he has made against the street railway company. Kellaher Steals Lane's Thunder. "With Kellaher In the field looking for votes, In part, at least, on the same platform. Lane realizes that the very strength on which he is depending will be dissipated. It may be seen, then, why Lane does not manifest any fren zied enthusiasm over Kellaher's pro posal for municipal ownership and op eration of a lighting plant. At least four other questions are to be submitted In the June election, one of which proposes . an amendment to the city charter, providing that all water mains of ten Inches and over shall be paid for from a fund created by a. general tax levy of one-half mill. All other mains are to be paid for by special assessment levied on the prop erty directly benefited. While he has not yet prepared a for mal opinion, City Attorney Kavanaugh is of the opinion that the proposed amendment, providing that the fund created for the construction of a new bridge at Madison street may be di verted to the construction of a bridge from Clay street to East Mill street, may be submitted legally. This opin ion is based on the premise that the city takes no steps to expend the funds provided for the Madison-street bridge before the date of the election at which the pending amendment is to be sub RECIPE FOR RHEUMATISM OR THE KIDNEYS Says This Easily Prepared Mixture Will Cure Before You Realize It. Cut this. out and put in some safe place, for It is valuable and worth more thaa anything else in the world if you should have an attack of rheu matism or bladder trouble or amy de rangement of the kidneys whatever. The prescription Is simple and can be made up by any one at home. The Ingredients can be bad at any good prescription pharmacy and all that is necessary ls to shake them well In a bottle. Here It is: Fluid extract dandelion, one-half ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;, compound syrup of sarsaparllla, three ounces. Take a teaspoonful after each meal mitted If. in the meantime, the city enters Into on-.... Other nhlT:: "San-,e Via. lucmfm to the ex penditure of he fund at the Madison street site, such as proceeding itself would preclude the submission of the proposed amendment for a diversion of the fund, according to the City Attorney. The other measures to be submitted are: An amendment. proposed by the Council, and providing for the lssu- -i.-i -.mount ot S150,- I 000 for a garbage crematory, and-a re submission nf lh a. . . -.. wji,iiUWTii t provia Ing for a bridge across the Willamette River from Broadway to Sixth and Johnson streets. BISPHAM ADVISES SINGERS : - Soloist With Symphony Orchestra Talks to Vonnr Aspirants. .n 1?Cnt lntrv!ew. David Blspham 2 WU "I"18 SOloist wlth the Port land Symphony Orchestra, tomorrow excenenV" HeU,K Tter. gav s"n7e 'rrniir o would-be singers. Unless one has a voice." said Mr. wh.am' U WlU mke no derence Tol rT De BOes abroad or stays at ,In a,ny lvent they should know before leaving home, for the trials of should haye something besides voice. Dear old Lampertl used to say. -Give me brains. How do you expect to sing? You have no brains. And he used to make many a girl weep because he seemed to pay so little atten tion to her voice and so much to her brains. And when an aspirant haa a voice and brains, and a fair presence, and a dozen other essentials think It oyer carefully before deciding to go abroad, ls my advice. "One can find aa good masters here as anywhere, but of coarse one will sel dom be In as musical an atmosphere at home with his accustomed surround ings to distract attention. And there Is the question of foreign languages a factor of foremost Importance. The singer must know European languages. In fact, the art of singing needs all the culture that can be brought to bear on it. Some of the most successful metropolitan stars today have voices that are not wonderful at all, but they ate Where they are because they knew the roles in several languages and could act." Mr. Blspham Is pre-eminently the actor-singer. For instance. In the Tem plar's song from "Ivanhoe" (Sullivan) he sings with a dramatic Intelligence and intensity that recall his wonder ful success in opera. This ls Included In his offering for Portland with such masterpieoes as "Hark, Hark, the Lark" (Schubert), 'The Frost Scene" (Purcell), "The ' Wedding Song" (Lowe), "Ho, Jolly Jenkin" (Sullivan). The concert tomorrow will be the last of the season given by the Portland Symphony Orchestra. An unusually In teresting programme ls promised. The seat -sale opened Saturday morning, and .this will unquestionably be the most successful concert of the season. The programme ls as follows: Overture, Eg-mont .Beethoven (a) "Ho, Jolly Jenkin" (Friar Tuck's song) 0) "Woo Thou the Snowflake" (The Templar's song), from "Ivanhoe" . . . . . . ii-'Vi Arthur Sullivan Mr. Blspham and orchestra. Symphony First Beethoven (a) "Behold, Along the Dewy Grass" (The Seasons) .Hay don (To) "The Frost Scene" (King Arthur).... , Purcell (c) "Hwk. Hark, the Lark" (Shake speare) Schubert (d) "Tho Wedding Song" (Goethe) . . .Lowe Mr. Blspham. Serenade -. . . Mozkowskl ,Ka5i?1,,J?r roW Rubensteln S 72?.? Paper's Drive" (T. XoeD.S. Homer (b) "The Mad Dog" (Vicar of Wakefield) . ;:.,V' Lisa Lehmann (c) "The Boat Song" (M. J. Moses) .'.".A Harriet Ware (a) "Danny Deever" (Rudyard Kipling) . . Walter Damrosca Mr. Blspham. Harold Osborn Smith at the piano Scenes Pectoresque , Massenet AMUSEMENTS WHAT PRESS AGENTS SAY "Leah Kleshna," at the Bungalow. The Baker Stock Company will be seen la MrS- ;l,sk8'" remarkable play. "Leah Klesh-lo- all week at the Bungalow. The pow erful plot, scenes and characters of this play are well known. Miss Jewell is play ing Leah, and Mr. Ayres, sylvalne: William Gleason. Kleshna; Donald Bowles, RaouL and James O lea a on. Schram. AT THE VAlTDEvTLLB TBCEATEBS. New BlU Todays Orpheum. Commencing with the matinee today, the Orpheum will present the new bill, which runs for the week. There ls something to suit every taste a. little sketch, a musical act, a German team, an aerial act; In fact a little of everything that goes to make a satisfying bill of vaudeville. "Little Hip." Elephant. "Little Hip." the smallest elephant in the world, and the best trained, is the star at- IStti5i. ? ."1.w?ek at tno Grand. and will hif, Initial appearance this afternoon. V . 8 Hip" was the feature all last season at the New York Hippodrome, and he hand ed out programmes to hundreds of thou sands of people. Plenty more good acts. Take the Children to Panteges. Take the children to see Mile. Millies Barnes Animal Circus at the Pantages this ?k Nero the riding Hon, ls the feature and the whole show ls one they will enjoy. Fh-n7i,,of ent,ertalnment for all classes on the bill opening this afternoon. Pantages Theater, Fourth and Stark. COMING ATTRACTION'S. ' Guy Standing and Theodore Roberta. Beginning next Thursday night. Anrll 1 and continuing the following two Sights! 7!ttl a mat'nee Saturday, the attraction at the Heihg Theater, Fourteenth and Wash ington streets, will be Klaw & Erlangt"s magnificent production of the great drima. "The Right of way." with the dlstlnguhmed ertser" Standing and Theodore Rob- Big Musical Comedy Coming. The big musical comedy success. "The SIr.1,.Qultln' 'Sji1 b" the attraction at tht Hellig Theater. Fourteenth and Washington streets, for- four nights, beginning next Sun day. April 4 A special matinee will be given Wednesday. " 09 Examine Teachers Under Old Law. OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 28 (Spe cial.) Examinations for state teach ers' certificates will be held Monday Tuesday and Wednesday,- May 10 11 and 12, at the county seat of the fol lowing counties: Whatcom. King Clark. Spokane, Walla Walla and Yakima. The examinations for all cer tificates will be held under the provi slons of the present law and not un- and at bedtime. 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