Section Four
Pages 33 to 40
VOL,. XXV.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1906.
NO. 49.
New Rabbi a Thinker and a Doer
Jonah Wise Is a Great Man's Son Who Combines the Life
of a Student With the Activity of a man of Aftairs.
CHRISTMAS CHEER
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ALL THE YEAR
Nothing is more acceptable for Christmas giving than a piece of Furniture. It bright
ens the home, not only for the day, or the week, but for years to come if it is the right
kind of Furniture, and rightly bought. "
We have; hundreds of different 'articles that appeal to one's good taste and good sense. We would
call especial attention to the great diversity of individual pieces, together with the great range of
prices. Whatever the size of your holiday appropriation, be very sure you can find something here JS
that will encompass it. -
MAKE SELECTIONS NOW We'll deliver your purchases any time you desire, but the earlier you can find it
! convenient to look . over " our stock the better.
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Roman Seat
Roman Seat, mahogany or
golden oak, at Gadsbys'.$6
Rockers
This large - full-roll Rat
tan Roeker $5.50
Lady's Desk, in golden quar
ter sawed oak, mahogany,
veneered or birdseye maple;
a - lovely present . for
"her" .....,......$9.00
Others as low as . $6.50
Large assortment of
Parlor Cabinets, in
imitation and solid
mahogany. Prices
From 10 to $75
A. gift fon.rrandson or granddaught
er and one that will appeal to. the
parents as well as please the baby;
in white, green, blue,, pink enam
els; also in brass; from $30.00 as,
low. as ...$8.50
Carpets or Rugs
Make desirable Christmas Presents, and '
you would do well to
SURPRISE YOUR WIFE WITH
A NEW CARPET
SEE US ABOUT IT
The largest and best assort
ment of Library Tables in
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Handsome dwarf China Closet or
Buffet ; a beautiful piece of fur
niture golden oak
.$39
The handsome Morris Chair illus
trated above is of solid oak, or in
birch, mahoganized, with choice
velour cushions; special. .$12.50
Others as low as $9.50
Children's High Chairs
and Rockers for Xmas'.
This solid oak High
chair, special... ..$2
Others as low as. . . .Jl
Rocker as low as..7t
We have the larg
est variety of music
eabinets to select
from; in mahogany
snd golden oak to
match your piano.
This one,
$12.50
Others, as low as
$8.50
Chiffonier 'in white ma
ple or mahogany fin
ish ; regular price $20, This Magazine Stand in ' weathered
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This nlorranf T oIir'n Ttn.1- i n-.. ;
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en oak, polished, or ma- .construction; regular price $00.00,
hogany $21 this week, special ....$75
. GADSBY & SONS
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CORNER WASHINGTON AND
FIRST STREETS
STORE OPEN SATURDAY
UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK
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BELIEVERS in the law of heredity
will have no hesitation in predicting
for Jonah Wise, the new rabbi of
Temple Beth Israel, a brilliant career in
the work he was chosen to do. At the
age of 26- he has attained a prominence
that the commonality of men do not
reach in a lifetime, hut, fortunately, the
importance of himself hasn't gone to his
head.. I am impressed with the modesty
of the man. He seems confident of him
self, being neither diffident nor yet puffed
up, -but calmly facing, the big task he has
undertaken with admirable courage and
determination. - He seems unusually sane
and mentally symmetrical when one con
siders that he has been but two years
in the pulpit, and is at an age when
most men are still in college. .
He is a one great man's son who prom
ises to keep the family stock at par. Dr.
Isaac N. Wise, perhaps the greatest
American Jew of his time, was his fath
er, and from the time of the young man's
birth in 1880 his life was shaped to the
end that he might become a leader of the
religious life of his people. He learned
Hebrew at the feet of his distinguished
father, and at 14 was prepared to enter
the University of Cincinnati. After an
arduous course, covering a period of eight
years, he- graduated from the university
and tije Hebrew Union College in 1902.
Immediately he went abroad, where he
spent two years at the University of Ber
lin, after which he toured Europe. Re
turning he . assumed charge of Mizpah
congregation at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
which post he filled so signally that Tem
ple Beth Israel of this city called him to
assume the work laid down by Stephen S.
Wise.
By a strange coincidence, there are but
two rabbis in America of the name; they
are not even remotely related; both are
young, growing men, and both are likely
to be permanently identified with Port
land and Beth Israel.
Jonah Wise is plainly ambitious, and he
knows the importance of work. He was
hard at it in his study at the Temple
when I called upon him the other day.
I could hardly believe that the dapper
young fellow who gave me the glad hand
was the man upon whom the burdens of
a large and influential congregation rest.
As I studied him, however, I began to un
derstand that he was prepared for big
things. He has a fine, expressive face
the forehead and eyes of a thinker and
the jaw of a doer. Although he has spent
most of his life in the schools,' his life
hasn't been a cloistered one. , He has
touched elbows with the world. He is as
broad in his views as the most liberal re
formed faith admits: He believes in a
human creed for human need. An op
timist and an aggressive champion of
Judaism.- he says lie expects to follow a
conservative course in his work here at
least" until he gets his bearings thor-
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JONAH WISE RABBI OF TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL.
oughly. He believes that a preacher
should avoid partisan politics, but is
equally convinced that in matters of .civic
and personal, righteousness the pulpit
should take a hand in the game.
The new rabbi is unmarried, and avers
that he isn't even engaged. He further
Intimates that he is likely to be a con
firmed bachelor. He is fond of society
and athletics, having been prominently
identified with college affairs during his
undergraduate days. He played on the
football team, and went in for almost all
other forms of athletics. Much of his
boyhood was spent on his- father's farm
near Cincinnati, and it is his boast that
he is one of the few Jewish farmers In
the country. He knows how te plow and
harvest, and is familiar with manual
labor.
Jonah Wise appeals to mo as a rare
combination of student, man of the world
and out-of-doors man, possessing the best
qualities of the three. Better prepara
tion than he has had could scarcely be
desired for the important duties that he
is entering upon. Portland is greatly in
terested in his career here, for its suc
cess will make for great good in the com
munity. A. A. G.
Portland Woman Offers Brain to Highest Bidder
PORTLAND people frequently hear of
fabulous prices paid for Hood River
apples at the tables of the Waldorf
Astoria and of the' eagerness of the East
ern palate for Rogue River pears; they
read of an occasional flurry in Oregon
wool in the Eastern markets, and hear
the cry of the Eastern baker and brewer
for more Oregon hops; they know that
the Eastern dealer In fancy woods has
an eye for the beautiful grain and color
of certain varieties of Oregon fir, pine
and cedar, and that many other Oregon
products have prominent place in the big
marts beyond the Mississippi; but a new
commodity, and a most unique one, has
been offered from Oregon for sale to the
Eastern buyer. '
A Portland woman, through an East
ern syndicate, has put up her brain to
be sold for dissection to the highest
bidder. The brain is to be delivered after
Its owner's death.
Dr. Ella K. Dearborn, of S00 Union ave
nue. North, Portland, is the woman, and
when interviewed by an Oregonian re
porter last night she not only confirmed
the report of her unusual offering, but
said that she was very much In earnest
about making the sale, and that wncn
she had found a satisfactory buyer she
would not hesitate to bind herself by
contract for the delivery of the goods
to the purchaser.
"Now you see it is this way," said Dr.
Dearborn, as she moved , aside a stack
of big books on psyqhology, criminology,
insanity and kindred subjects and settled
herself In a cavernous leather chair:
"I have always been much interested in
the study of the human brain and of
what brain development means to the
human family. It is to brain-study we
must look for the remedy of a great
many of our social evils, the weeding
out of our criminals, moral perverts,
Idiots and Imbeciles. We have got to
know more about the human brain be
fore we can wrestle successfully with the
problem of how to minimize the criminal
and the degenerate elements of our
civilization, and .how to keep the better
side of human nature to- the fore. Our
great scientists all agree on this point,
and that brain-study most go further.
But the Question is. where are they go
ing to get the brains to dissect and
study?
Scientists Need Brains xof Quality
"Do you know what sort of brain-lobes
our scientists have got, to work on?
Why, most of them are those of paupers.
idiots and criminals. These are all well
enough in their way, but what the scien
tists want is the brain-lobes of normal,
well-balanced, noncriminal people, and
of people of culture, of diversified study
and brain development. Such brains are
hard to get for dissecting purposes, and
when a few weeks ago I picked up a
medical journal and read a particularly
good article setting forth the great need
of these scientists and autonomists, and
telling how they were handicapped by
the difficulty of securing the right sort
of brain-lobes to dissect, why I immedi
ately sat down and wrote out an offer
to sell my brain to the highest bidder
and sent it" out for publication in the
East."
Dr. Dearborn waited for interroga
tions,, and the reporter asked a ques
tion. "Then you propose to sell your bratn
for the benefit of science, as well as for
whatever price It may command In the
market?"
Dr. Dearborn laughed merrily.
"Why yes." said she. "and I don't
think anyone need call me mercenary,
either, just because I am asking for
bids. You see. that is one of the things
that will make my brain worth study
ing, the business center of it Is quite
well developed. The purchaser can. see
that from the fact that I want the
money to use during my life-time,' and
that the brains are to be delivered after
death."
When asked what price she expected
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to Becure for her brains. Dr. Dearborn
hesitated a moment.
"Why, I really do not know," she
said, "I have heard of scientists offer
ing 1000 and- $1500 for good normal
brain-lobes, and while I do not wish
to appear conceited, I think my brain
ought to be rather an interesting one
to dissect. In fact, if it were physically
possible, I should very much like to be
present at the dissection of my own
brain."
Here Dr. - Dearborn sighed regret
fully. Her Brain Evenly-Developed One.
"But 1 cannot do that you know," she
continued, "and I shan't even be able to
hear the report upon it. I think my
brain ought to be an excellent one to
study, not for the reason that I expect
it to have any deeper, nor more numer
ous convolutions than anyone else's
brains, but t think it is about as evenly
developed a brain, and has been kept
as alert while I . have had it in my
care, as any brain I happen to know of.
"Now, for instance, I have always
been a student of big subjects, and I
am yet. I have delved into good litera
ture, and still take a keen pleasure in
doing so, here in my library. I went to
school, including my college years, until
I was 28 years old, and I am still reach
ing out for more knowledge. I speak
several languages. I am a physician, I
write regularly for different periodicals
and magazines, and have been success
ful as a writer of verse and popular
songs; '! can entertain socially as well
as the next one, and I am a good
housekeeper and cook, being naturally
inclined towards all the womanly
things that count for home-making. I
am musical, and while I am not a
genius along this line, I have composed
several pieces of music and sold them,
and I can play and sing; so you see, my
brain ought to bo well rounded out, at
least as well-balanced as the average.
I believe my brain should be an In
teresting study of the modern woman
from a scientific viewpoint.
"I have absolutely no horror of
death," concluded Dr. Dearborn, "and
if the purchaser of my brain happens
to want my whole body to dissect, I
will include that in the bargain. If
I have any sentiment in regard to the
disposal of the body after death, it is
all In the direction of giving what
benefit I can to my fellow-man, by
going to the dissecting table. To be
even a tiny factor in the advancement
of science, is more beautiful to con
template, it seems to me, than to
crumble to dust under a marble monu
ment. '
GETS NEW CONSTITUTION
State Suffrage Association Adopts It
After Lively Debate.
Nearly the entire time of the Stat
Suffrage Association meeting yesterday
was spent in discussion of a new con
stitution which was submitted for
adoption. While the changes from the
old constitution are only minor ones,
the document is more positive In Its
provisions and will give the association
a better basis to work Upon. A financial
secretary is provided for In addition to
the present officers.
lne only point for serious discussion
brought. up by the new constitution was
the provision for delegates to the na
ttonal conventions. The section cover
ing this provided for the appointment
of these delegates by the executive
board. Exception was taken to this
by several members and a lengthy and
somewhat heated discussion followed,
but the section was finally passed as
submitted and the executive board will
have charge of the matter.
The meeting was adjourned until
next Saturday afternoon, when all un
finished business will be . transacted.
Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway is desirous
of getting all matters pertaining to
the association and its work Into
smooth running order and expects that
by next week she will have everything
well in hand.
STARVES IN ALPINE SNOWS
Italian Lawyer Ilves for Weeks on
Hay and Snow.
PARIS, Dec. 8. (Speeial.WJeath by
starvation has overtaken an Italian law
yer from Turin, who attempted to cross
the Simpson pass alone.
Losing his way In a snow storm, h
wandered about for several days and
finally took refuge In a barn. Here he
lived for several weeks, his only food and
drink being hay and snow, but he grad
ually starved.
Near by was a hospice, where he would
have been well fed and cared for if he
could have reached it. When he was at
last found by people from the hospice, h
was a mere skeleton. They carried him
to the hospice, but before they reached
the place he was dead.