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. 4 . . . , THE SUNDAY OREGOyiAy, POKTT, AND, 3IARCII 12, 1911, ALBANY PIONEERS PRESENT CITY WITH LARGE TRACT FOR PARK Land Is on Peninsula at Junction of Calapooia River With Willamette City Must Agree to Expend $1000 Annuallr for FiTe Tears for Park Improvements. ,41- . . Wt - J s1 rvw ' a .... . w- --- p . ii GJZ 22 LB.VST. Or, March It. (8pclal.) j Th cr tract of Und which wu itlrm to th city of Albany thla week by Mr. and Mr. 1L Bryant will afford this city on of tha flnaat parka In tha Pacific Northwaat. It will also a-lya Albany Ita first larara public park and tha first park of any kind owned by tha city. Albany's only park now la a small tract of (round adjoin ing the Union Depot, and It la owned by tha Southern raclfle company, ba in: leased to the city for park pur poses. Tha new park, which win be known as Bryant's Tark. lies In the form of a peninsula between the Willamette and Calapoota rtTers, Just abore the mouth of the Calapoola. It Is a natural park, both because of CHICAGO SUFFERS FROM SURPLUS OF THEATERS FOR FIRST-CLASS SHOWS Public Eefuses to Support All and Empty Seats Eeault Lady Tennessee Claflin Cook "Waing Suffrage Cam paign Virginia. Brooks Gaining Power as Reformer Senator Cullom Being Censured. . BT JONATHAN PALMER. CHICAGO. March 11. Ooaaip In the atrical circles here Is that there Is likely to be a surprising slump in stage enterprises next season as a reault of the bad bus'ness that has been experienced durng the theatri cal year now drawing toward Its close. It Is predicted by men who keep in close touch with affairs of this kind that there will not be so many houses of the first class In operation next falL As related In previous dispatches to The Oregontan. soma theatrical men here and elsewhere attributed the falling off In patronage at the high price houses almost entirely to tha five and ten-cent picture theaters. It Is still agreed that this competition has cost the regular drama and musical ' comedy houses a lot. but another and vltai cause for the poor showing made at the various houses la that there are - too many thealera of the first class. The public simply cannot and will not support them all. The Increase In the number of these theaters In the last year or two has been unprecedented. Where there were only five so-called flrst-rlass houses In Chicago In 190i there are nearly a dosen today. Some of xnese are new iiryrium oi iv n " - - ouallty. The remainder are houses that have been converted from vaudeville uses or from popular-priced theaters to places where the standard price for the best tickets la $1.6 to I- For In stance. Chicago haa three new flrst- , class theaters erected within a year and thrown open to the public Another such bouse Is nearlng completion. The Olympic, formerly a vaudeville bouse, la now competing for first-class busi ness. The Great Northern has been re named the Lyric and dedicated to ser ious drama of the best sort. The Prin cess Is another, devoted to enterprises of note. Other evidences of growth In Chicago-might bo cited. Tli cat era Rising Everywhere?. In St. Pa a I. Cleveland. Denver and many other cities east and west tha number of flrst-clsss houses has near ly, if not quite, doubled within two years. The cost of producing today Is greater than ever In American stage h'story. Many plays cannot be sus tained at ail without large patronage. I'urlng the current season It has been almost a novelty to see a theater filled even on the first floor. Only one play In the last two months can be said to have drawn consistently well la a sus tained engagement. Manarers are coming to agree on fha proposition that there la an over-production of houses end that It will be tRaoenjy to draw t& lias tor awfciis 4 f Ita location between tha two rlrers and because It Is partly corered with bis timber. Including many curiously shaped trees, and can bo made Into a most slrbtly place at small expense. It la also most conveniently located, lying just across the Calapoola Rlrer from tha western part of the city and within Ova minutes walk from the center of the city's business section. Mr. and Mrs. Hryant have not only made the first bettueat ever made to the city of Albanyi for park purpoaea. bat they have made a most generous one. as tha tract given la estimated to ba worth about $20,000. Tha land has been uaed for picnics and public gath erings during tha last few years and was also used last summer by the Al bany Chautauqua Asaoclation for Its first annual assembly, but has never beon open for general park purposes. The conditions of tha gift are that to avoid bankruptcy. It also la aureed that houses would not have multiplied so rapidly had there not been so fierce warfare among various theatrical In terests and combinations. As a step preliminary to the resumption of profit able conditions It Is predicted a truce will be declared between oppos ing Interests and that there will be soma sort of understanding about lim iting the number of houses of the first rank. As' It is the situation Is said to be Intolerable from the standpoint of the theatrical magnate and the Indi vidual manager. Lady Tennessee Caflin ' Cook, who came to Chicago as a new base to foster the cause of woman an ff range. Is having exciting times between the formulating of her campaign and the annoyances of relatives and friends of her first husband. -Jim" Bortle, a Chi cago man of sporting proclivities. Tenny." as these relatives still call her. was only 17 when she married Bortle. After three weeka of repentant married life the girl procured a di vorce. Later she went to New Tork. enlisted her services to obtain votes for women, married Lord Cook In-185 and from him Inherited a fortune esti mated at $1,080,000. This' fortune aha Is now using In behalf of her unfran chised sisters. y Conventions No Bar. Tifaaja, faflln 40 vears iro ran smack up agalnat conventional senti ment In advancing her social Ideas. She did not greatly mind that and with her sister she pursued the even tenor of her way. The gtrla had atudled law and when they went to New Tork they opened luxurious offices and began a brokerage and banking business. Still later they branched Into the editing and publishing of papers, lectured, argued before Congress, were arrested imprisoned, tried and acquitted. Finally, believing they were tjie victims of per secution, they fled abroad, married and became wealthy. Lady Cook talks unreservedly now of thso early experleacea. Although she bears a title she affects nons of the snobbery that sometimes goes with that decoration. In her apartments here the woman now 70 years old receives her visitors cordially, talksi to them simply and announces that her mtaslog In life la not yet finished. Among her Ideas of 0 years ago that shocked society and made her an object of suspicion among women and a subject of "persecution" by men, was that tha standard of morala for men and women should be the same. The sisters made an audacious defense of their position, but were forced to flee when the weapon used against them was an attack upon their honor. Lady Coq laxa aba (u no dread ef g, te 11 J- ' f tha cltv will SDend 11000 a year for five Tun In Imorovaments: that It w ill maintain the present bridge across tha Calaooola River to the tract; that Lno liquor will be sold on the premises. and that the city will permit tna Al bany Chautauqua Aasoclatlon to use the park for Its annual assemblies; furthermore, that the Chautauqua as sociation will spend 1500 in immediate Improvements and will build ah audi torium costing at least $2000 on the tract. The construction of thla audi torium was planned tor this summer any way. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant, who have made this gift to the city, are pioneer reel dents of Linn county and have lived In Albany a great many years. Mr. Bry ant has been prominently Identified with the business life of this city and tha development of Albany and Linn county. vlval of the calumnies of long ago, nor of the social theories which she espoused In the early '70s, because "sentiment has changed since then." Just a little while ago Miss Virginia Brooks was an Interpretative dancer who liked the atmosphere of the fash ionable drawing-room and had no In terest In public. a.ffalrs graft, saloons, tsxes, brothels, bad pavements, and the like. Today she Is a Joan of Arc who leads the Poles of West Hammond In a stubborn fight against men devoid of scruples, who have exploited the vil lage to their gain. Reform Fight Waged. sirs.. Brooks and her fair daughter, Virginia, own over 100 lots In the vil lage. - The taxes, were very high and the conditions of life so undesirable that the lots could not be sold. Miss Virginia bethought herself that her mother was "lot poor," and cast about for a remedy. She Induced her mother to build a cottage right in the midst of the Polish population of West Ham mond, and there they went to live. To equip herself for her mission Miss Brooks bought books, and with the help of her neighbors, learned the Po lish tongue. Then she began to In vestigate the village and its adminis tration. She found that miserable brick pavements were being put down for which the helpless Poles were pay ing exorbitant taxes.. She discovered a system of legal graft out of which shyster attorneys were waxing pros perous. When she had loaded up sufficiently with ammunition for an expose, she called a mass meeting of Poles, told them how they were being preyed on and pictured the designs of those who sought to change tbe village of West Hammond Into a city. At the election she and the Poles carried the day, and the politicians tried over again. More mass meetings were held and once more Miss Brooks defeated the effort to make a city out of the village. This question temporarily out of the way. Miss Brooks turned again to the question of administration. She found, she says, that the sewers were built of cracked pipes, that frequent assess ments threatened to throw the resi dents Into bankruptcy, that $360 a month was being paid for 3 arc lights which might be procured from other sources for i-t s month, that the Poles are taxed a year for each water faucet, and that attorneys are profit ing unduly in public contracts. Miss Brooks Threatens. Miss Brooks Is determined West Hammond shall be reformed thorough ly, consequently she has established the first paper West Hammond ever bas tad, ul asa con te werK to XleM i ' ' V V '- "..sr f I up the place." Just now she la the . Y ..InAM mrA dives. Of neoirii wi 1 1 ' " - the former there are B6. In a voting population of 750. If tha dives have not vanished within to days Miss Brooks says she will lead a force of men to fire the shacks and burn them dSlie" has been told repeatedly that If she had been a man she would not have lived to do what she has done. These Indirect threats do not deter her in the least. The former .dancer ts sctlng the detective nightly and dally. Shehas decreed that grafting and Immorality must go and that West Hammond must be metamorphosed Into a place where decent folk may live and not be ashamed. Senator Cullora Is the recipient of a lot of scoldings becsuse be voted to have his colleague. Senator Lorlmer. retain his seat. Chicago and down state papers alike have used plain words In expressing their sentiments about the senior Senator's action In this case. Msny of his old friends regret the Inci dent that has brought reproach upon him so late In his public career, but they believe he voted In full accord with his notion of full Justice In the matter.- , Bo bitter Is the feeling f resentment in certain qusrters and so many are affected by It that Senator Cnllom prob ably will find another term foreclosed by popular opinion against him If he should choose to succeed himself two yesrs hence. Senator Cullom will be 82 years old next November and he will be M when his term expires. He has grown quite reeme since m elec tion and the chances are physical dis ability will preclude his return for an other term. Senator Lorlmer has done a good deal In a political way for Sen ator Cullom and the two hava long been warm friends personally. Indignation massmeetlngs held over the state Indicate a popular temper that bodes ill for the aged Senator who has been In public life almost continuously for 65 years. One might count on the fingers of one hand all the surviving Illinois men who are truly contempo raneous with Senator Cullom from the standpoint of public service One of his life-long supporters. William Jayne. of Springfield. Is still alive. All the other men who aided him financially in the earlier period of his political career have passed away. Truly the senior Senator Is "The Last Lear' of the old regime. " Emphasising the passing of the old and the entry of the new In the politi cal and commercial life of the state Is the much regretted announcement that the famous residences of Judge Lam bert Tree and Joseph MedllU,re to be rased, the first to give way To a $500. 000 home for the Mystic Shrine, the latter for the erection of a publishing plant. In these old mansions much of the earlier history of Chicago was writ ten. t .. .4 ta Ki.llt i1 bnme mm n renllcj of a chateau in southwestern Europe. in me spacious rtuuiiuo mcc onwu years and still stands a lilac bush. In . V. a An Af tVlta l11llh Which tllC litC Pliauvn v., ....a ' Jurist guarded Jealously all his life, he won the nana or ine girt -no oam Jils wife. That was 60 years ago and the yard was a big garden then. The lilac bush withered and almost died In the fire, of 1871, but lived to bloom again. . hAnAv In liUtnrtf nf 1T1 J. ICW V ll.y ... a. " - J w. other landmark was written the other day when the Btiggs House changed nanas. uuiii in xoai, ma u'ikks nuuov hostelry in the West. From one of its rooms as his neaaquarters Aoranam Lincoln conducted ms iirsi campaiau for the Presidency. Drinking Is Going Out of FasMon College Stndeats Belongtag to Best fraternities Pnt Baa on Tippling.. London Bniiim - Men Become Temperate. PHE dally papers bear witness to I the fact that drinking Is' going out of fashion In the United States and England. It Is said that In no iiaa i this more noticeable than among the students, tfrlnklng Is for bidden In all or tne oesi irswrimj houses, and the finest fraternity men refuse to drink on social occasions. A young man who had been graduated from Yale five years ago gave a din ner to 11 of his old-time associates not long since. During the time of his college Intimacy with them they i i h... eaatfHious drinkers of wine. Imagine his surprise when each and everyone declared nimseu as oenis through with wine drinking. The same thing Is noticeable at fashionable din ners. . Three-fourths or tne guests win a n hava their srlasses filled. and the more exclusive and exquisite the company, the more prevalent Is the custom of abstemiousness In this re gard. , a nnMTnnnlutnn from London says that city publfc-ans are feeling keenly the effects of the great decline In drinking among business men. "Drinking is rapiaiy bouib uul ji fashion," said a restaurateur who was obliged to resign his license oecau.se ne could no longer afford to carry It "Ruslness is no longer done over a whisky and soda. Men ' now come Into the city at iv in m "". ,Kmnh thalr work and leave about 6 or ( in the evening, and the ublic-house is negieciea. T.,, .n ,ra haateninar back to their homes In the country, and the chances . v. - r,f thm live In districts are iho mw. - . - where no liquor Is sold. Such, certain ly Is the case with hundreds of thou sands of the best and most successful a ...in, aava tha Delineator. nieu n." - - They choose to live In a prohibition district, they spend all of their time at home, and when they seek amuse ment It Is not In a beer garden. This Is, Indeed, good news. Ahut 90 per cent of the sorrow In the world la unnecessary, and of this a large pro portion haa come from Intemperance. To accuse all discriminating drinkers of liquor as being Intemperate would, indeed, be absurd, but take It for all In all. the individual and the com munity are happier, stronger, keener, wiser for leaving intoxicating drinks alone. ' CHEPTSAS JS INDICTED Cafe Proprietor Accused by Girl Is Committed to Jail. - George Cheptsas. proprietor of the. Pea cock Cafe. 83 North Sixth street, was re arrested yesterdsy on an indictment re turned by the grand Jury, charging him with assault' and battery on Anna Bird, a girl employed by htm, on March 6. Cheptsas was sent to Jail until Monday, when he will plead. . Cheptsas was arrested fire by Patrol man Cameron, who had been aet to watch his restaurant when various girls had complained to- the police. Cameron heard the girl scream and broke In the door to protect her. Cheptsas was defiant when first arretted. O.-W. K. N- Secures RIght-of-Way. Right-of-way has x been secured through the farm of B. P. Reynolds for the O.-W. H. K. Company through tha purohas of five acres for $20,260. This Is about the last tract the' company has to secure for the right-of-way for Its Troutdale ex tension. Work Is going forward rap Idly at the Troutdale end of the branch, where a considerable fore Is opioyad cutUas a&a XlUJa '"'AT TT7"s'D "NTT A IN WOMAN TAPESTRY PAINTER Mrs. Lanra Baldwin Doolittle, Who Win Write Series of Articles for Oregonian on Interior Decorating, "Falls in Love With Portland" and City's Possibilities in Her Novel Line of Endeavor. V, ifrr Mrs. Laura Baldwin Doolittle is pre paring for The Oregonian- a series o articles on irtertor decoration and house furnishing. hr these stories she will set forth some helpful prin ciples and slve many valuable hints for those who appreciate rtllc effects In furnishing and decorative details. UNIQUE and Interesting Is the speci alty of Mrs. Laura Baldwin Doolit tle, painter of tapestries and in terior decorator, who has Just arrived In Portland, declaring herself In , love with the country, and who has set up shop ready for work, under the friendly roof tree of the Arts and Crafts Society, 225 Seventh street. Mrs. Doolittle le one of tbe few women who have taken tip and made a success of a line of art work for which she eays women of artistic In clination are peculiarly adapted. "Men are splendid In the sweeping scope of general designing," said Mrs. DoolKtlo in an interview, "but they haven't the patience for the little things, the tedious detail; on the contrary, it is Just these little things that en artistic woman delights In most, and in carrying out to the minutest detail the beautiful harmony of a general art scheme the feminine nature fairly revels. A man decorator Is apt to lose Interest when he has done with the bigger things, such as the mural designs, the selection of the main features In furniture, and deciding on the color of the hangings. But the details take hold of a woman, and ehe takes hold of them; she Is not content until the smallest picture has been placed Just right for the best effect, nor until she bas weeded out tbe last discordant note, no matter how Insignificant, so that the harmony of the whole is per fect. "That is why I think women decorators are going to be more successful, more thorough, than those 01 tne opposite sex, and I believe that Interior decorat ing will In the near future be an art ex celled in by artistic women. California's Loan, Oregon's Gain. Mrs. Doolittle comes to Portland from Southern California and San Francisco, where she has spent the greater part of the paet two years, superintending the decorations and furnishings or many artistic homes. In Pasadena she secured (and filled .with highly satisfactory re sults) contracts covering the entire deco rative and furnishing designs or several handsome residences, also redecorating the Hotel Maryland, of Pasadena. 'I did not. at the outset, intend to talce ut the work I have now decided upon. said Mrs. Doolittle. "I was at first en tirely absorbed In portrait work and tap. estry painting; these branches I dearly love still, and I have done succeaeiui work in both, but when I began to take up Interior decorating and house-furnishing, I knew I had found the greatest de light of all. I began my studies at the National Academy of Art, New York, ex pecting to make mural decorating my forte. In the academy I studied under Francis Jones, Emll Carlsen, Mr. Hlnton and Mr. Ward, all famous for their beau tiful mural work. Later I entered the life and portrait classes of William Chase, who Is famous the world over, ana 1 naa the great good fortune of interesting Mr. Will Low, who had me bring all my wont to his studio for criticism. This was a great compliment, as he does not take pupils, and under the encouragement of thla kindly friend, who Is one of Amer ica's foremost mural decorators, I made exceptional progress. Then I took a two-years course In interior decorating and house furnishing under PYsnk Alvah Parsons, who conducts the only sehool in America where they graduate puplla in this branch of the Industrial arts. Indian 'War Dance Sketches Made. nM xra Tlrtnll t r 1 -l ru me West as far as Minnesota to make sketches for mural work, with tne intention oi ao lng a cafe in New York in Indian de- . i . Miit.lA fit TJw Vnrlr the -Westward Ho' appeal was strong, and X Kept wanaering uu uuui x reached the Pacific Coast I am not sorry, for this great country out here quite dwarfs all the attractions of New York. While In Minnesota I made 25 sketches of different Indian steps used in the war dances, and took many pictures of the grand medicine lodge, which resembles the Masonic rites in many ways. Getting these pictures waa a rare privilege, and helped me greatly In working-out my Indian tap estry designs, which I consider my most successful work In this line." Among the portrait painting done by Mrs. Doolittle Is a study of Lady Mel rose of England, this portrait being highly prised and hung with the an cestral paintings In ths wjMls of the picturesque Melrose mansion at York. England. She is to paint a companion study of Lord Melrose. Lord Mayor of York, during the coming Summer. When this order, and two others, she has promised, have been filled. It Is the Intention of Mrs. Doolittle to give up portrait painting altogether and to de vote herself to her chosen profession of Interior decorating and bouse fur nishing. Ami la Portland I think I have, .. ,.u- "k; ?mXL3&.i - atjicojMi,jl it iwatssift-fci. ....v- 'G T - H.Qft OT? FLOW'S GAIN t ii:V . found Just the field I have been look ing for," said Mrs. Doolittle to an Ore gonian reporter, "for there Is a genuine appreciation of the artistic here, and those who are already engaged in any kind of art work are meeting with the greatest encouragement. Portland's Market Best. "I am sure that as soon as my work ts understood, I shall have no ' trouble In finding a ready market for my tal ents and my training. Many will be glad to be relieved of the work which I am qualified to take 'off their hands. You see, I furnish complete and harmo nious oolor schemes for the home, both exterior and Interior; I select the wall papers. Import exclusive fabrics for walls, draperies and upholstery, if de- isiititk. i5v'' '!ihk tiff fn B ; yK, f hi EDWARD TERRY ENJOYS HOME LIFE IN SURREY Priory Lodge Is Picturesque Estate, With Delightful Gardens, Tennis Courts, Orchard and Quaint Old Smoking Den, AS Portland is 10 ne lege of seeing one of England's moat riistina-ulsbed and best loved comedians. It will be of Interest to many to know something or tne w" m.t. aide of this genial soul who has amused so many thousands. Edward O'Connor Terry's private virtues arf as undeniable as his pro fessional peculiarities; he Is quite a parochical bigwig at Barnes, Surrey, where he has a charming house full of . . . .j int.r.atinff things, and shines In a domestic capacity with as much luster as on, me iso. . ' Is one more proof In the flesh of the proof that the modern actor of the best type Is as far removed from the ... v-xrahnnua of the disCOUr- teous statute book as the stage today Is from the remote ano uujetv.uuaU. theater of the Restoration. t hriTTia Hfa-- at Priory Lodge Is that of any other prosperous . . .. A JAmAatA OA WAIl protessionai mu vl en,,,, or five acres as ariisiiu mabvoo. - - of delightful gardens, a tennis court. an orchard, a Tiny puwuj house, long, tan wans " peacn trees, ana b, old smoking den, hidden awaS In a quiet shrubbery and pancieu n.itti tfiM. are some of the attractions outside the house, and within Its pleasant wans meio "' 1 v. rt m . mgH fl. little same air ui 1,v""v , - piquant and fascinating by the host of Interesting relics of the stage and travel for Mr. Terry is quite a globe ... ,-,r,r wav frathered to- iruLLur in a luvuv.. - " gether during years of energetic life. Souvenirs .of tne siase mm i lands divide the honors In which Mr. Terry loves to pass with his family the too few hours which the claims of narnchlcal and Ma sonic duties permit him to call his own. . Among various activities ne rmas . A .... n a hlmsAlf in th aAmln- ume iu .... Istration of numerous charitable or ganizations ana nuius umce in iuau; societies. Is Mr. Terry's farewell tour, but when It Is considered that this is his 47th J 2 v lei. -v.. K i ,y ; ;. sired; I choose the curtains and hang ings, and do original mural paintings and tapestries, also hand-tooled and decorated leather friezes, table mats and desk sets; I design original and especial rugs, select oriental rugs, and carpets; harmonize furniture, bric-a-brac, etc: I design or select electric fix tures, even choose the artistic and har monizing thing in hand-painted china, lamps and shades, and provide original stencil designs for walls and hangings. "These are some of the'Hhings that worry busy folk to a sorry frazzle, and In turning their burdens over to me they are not only relieved of the re sponsibility themselves, but have the assurance that the work will be dona with artistic consistency, and given the benefit of scientific training and care fully cultivated talent." year on the stage and that he has had an unusual share of the honors which fall to the lot of those so long favor ites of the public, it would not be sur prising if following this extended tour, which is to include Australia, he would .niif. tn vAttiA rinwn and divide his time between his London theater and his pleasant estate in Surrey, and fore go globe-trotting except as a vacation pastime. HORSE TRADERS ARRESTED Complainant Charges They Sold Him Worthless Steed. Frenzied horse-trading was charged against Thomas Murphy and A. F. Ghormley, accused many times of similar practices. In a complaint filed yesterday in the Municipal Court, charging the pair with obtaining money by false pretences. They were released under bail of 1600 each. The complaint was brought by Peter P. Hansen, who alleges that a worthless horse Vwas sold him under guarantee that it was worth 200. It is alleged tha Murphy and Ghormley operate in such a manner that the re sponsibility always shifts to the other partner when one of them is accused. Two civil suits are pending In the Justice Court against them. In both of which It is alleged that the "silent" partner ap peared after the sale, and by represent ing that the other trader had defrauded the purchaser. Induced him to eell his purchase back at a reduced price. Bank Receiver Files Inventor j. E. p! Tobin, as receiver of the Mount Scott Bank, filed an Inventory of the bank's accounts In the Circuit Court yesterday. The inventory is substantially the same as that filed by the State Bank Examiner, with the ex ception that It shows that the bank carried as assets fixtures and furniture that the bank valued at $3537.62, while the values placed on the same articles by the receiver was only fl835. i 4 .5