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COWSUCTOB TiCKtT TmS iEftvEi r STr fOLL Of a.T TWOiE out -v-p 7 WONDERFUL FAIRY COLONY FOUND IN PORTLAND Among Decaying Grandeur of Pioneer Days Besides Horde of Fabled Beings Seldom Seen bj Mortal Eye. (Continued. From First Page.) sports a balcony that is an unusual feature. Aa you stand In the doorway of 60 First street inspecting the fa cades of the buildings opposite you're riffht under the most exact and faithful reproduction of a griffin imaginable, not one, but four of the medieval mon sters, one on each of the supporting pillars. The building directory con fronts you here, every space a blank, as If no one did any business there any more. Try to conjure up the dead past, when every office had its busy tenant and the now deserted corridors echoed with the footsteps of clients transact ing all manner of important affairs that had so much, to do with the future of the city. There are all manner of odd city characters who make their homes In this region and whom nothing could in duce to leave. They look askance and with scornful eye on super-modern im provements and detest the wireless in stallments that places antennae above their roofs and refuse to gaze on air planes speeding overhead. Apparently they do not envy their more fortunate brethren who reside in the hotels and apartment houses and are reconciled to the transition of their district from opulence to poverty. The moldy at mosphere, teeminpr with precious as sociations, suits them far' better than modern comfort and the march of prog ress troubles them not one whit. Sev eral old restaurants yet cater to their trade and they are the most loyal of Portlanders, every thought and action being for the good of their home city, and they seldom stray from their ac customed environs. When they built the Reed block at No. 53 (now occupied by the Standard Machinery company), the architect in charge evidently made a courageous aeclslon and departed from the accept ed style for decoration when he had the front trimmed with colored mosaic tile. The result is rather acceptable even at this late day, and smacks of the mod ern. Proudly rearing its, at this time, magnificent height this building, when it was first built dominated the busi ness center of the city. Right now, with a number of ornate window boxes and the bright mosaic inlaid tiles as fresh as the day they were placed. It ret makes a first-rate showing. Belle Bus;t lee Crea Here. Once again at the corner of Wash ington street reflect back and romance. On a hot summer's day nearly SO years ago. right on this busy corner you would see the elite of the then small city, for it .was here that the young ladies and gallants at that time made tiiair rendezvous, for tt was her In the building on the southwest corner that Mrs. C. Levy, later married and yet a resident of Portland, kept the first millinery store in the city. At that time the building was but a two story one. and after the young ladies purchased their millinery they could stop In at Buchtel & Caldwell's photo- j graph gallery and have a duguerreotype 1 taken. And right across the street in i the then huge Dekum building, now occupied by Oadsby's, Frank Dekum in his ground floor shop began the ice cream business in Portland. At that time the boys and girls had none of the gustatorial delights compounded by the ahead-of-the-moment type of dispen saries that are so plentiful now, 'but had to be satisfied with the tame garden-variety of ice cream or for real sport an occasional ice cream soda. It doesn't seem possible that folks were so behind the times then. Next door to the old Dekum bund ing on Stark street is the compara tively modern building until recently occupied by Ladd & Tilton's bank. The delicate fili&ree work about the win dows in intricate tracery resembles nothing so much as some ancient hand worked laces. On the opposite side of the street and just a block away is the comparatively recent old home of the First National bank, with the carven shield above the doors showing that even staid old financial institutions have such a thing as style, for see their present homes, all of a type of a mod ern school. Now occupied by the Portland Rail way, Light & Power company at First and Alder streets in the Green building, another of the old familiar landmarks. The facade of this rather intricate ex ample of construction art of that pe riod bears in a most prominent place the replica of one of the most beautiful women figures shown on any building thereabouts. Right across the street is the old Gilman hotel building which was in its day, with the Esmond and similar hostelries, to Portland what the Portland, Benson. Multnomah and Imperial are today. Many of the po litical battles of old Oregon were fought out in their lobbies and many a business deal that meant a great deal to the future of the state was consum mated here. Down at No. 91, where the Fairbanks Morse company and the Disston and Seconds Saw companies at present have their stores is one of the largest struc tures of the old business center, ex ceedingly well guarded by legendary monsters and artistic carved exantples of female beanty, for there are no less than 11 gargoyles on the First street side and the structure extends the full block along Stark street to Second. with a horde of the examples of the stonecutter's art plentifully besprinkled along its entire expanse. Here there are some very tasty profiles of women as well as a complete set of malevo lent lions on guard along the cornice supports. This was called the Union block by the builders, and it has an other of those ornate balconies. Vsrly Turks Watch Crowds. 1 This district, from Oak to Morrison street along First, was the main busi ness center and is consequently the most liberal in yielding examples of the architecture of that day. Closely watching the crowds that gather for the Oregon Electric cars for the Oaks, Oregon City and other points at First and Alder streets from the heights of the building on the northwest corner are seven gentlemen from Turkey, each wearing in his turban the crescent and fixedly gazing towards the east, in all likelihood with ear attuned to catch the chime of the minaret bells calling the faithful, to worship Mohammed, in the Mosques. These swollen-faced old Turks lewdly leer at the passersby from their vantage points and evident ly speculate on the condition of their harems, and there is little doubt but that an occasional one comes down from his lofty perch on certain dsys and mingles with the crowds. Right be low them is another set of seven dour faced men of the east, and it is a mat ter for conjecture if they would appear so secure If they could know the pres ent fate of Turkey. With Its hands festooned with cob Webs and the mellow bell silent that up to a very few years ago used to ring out the hours for this district, the clock in the belfry on the Oddfellows' building is now silent. Think of the many who have set their watches by the old clock In the tower now still, the place being used by birds for nesting. Next door, at 145, are four cleverly sculptored foxes, marvelously true as to detail. It takes but a faint stretch of the Imagination to imbue them with life and think of them as scampering off through the gorse leading the huntsmen a merry chase with the hounds in full cry behind. Above them are yet two more larger replicas of the same animals of a different type. At 151 a moon-faced girl occupies the place of honor in the keystone support position over the door's arch. On this building a quartet of swollen-faced old satyrs closely Inspect each pedestrian with a loose and vapid guide. On up First street at 211. which must have been owned by a musician, is a violin complete with bow, coyly nes tling in a mass of laurel on one side of the red brick front and opposite a guitar in tb same position. One caa almost fancy the passing winds coaxing faint music from their muted strings. At No. 229 a tired-looking, dispirited girl seems t,o have led a hard life of it guarding her place, now occupied as a lodging house. She seems mighty sus picious and continually on the alert, almost as If she had her faith In human nature badly warped. Likely she has lost a great deal of room rent from poor-paying tenants, and continual vigilance is the only method with which she can manage to make her affairs prosper. Maids Attend Goddess. Crowned with a wreath of laureL a splendid and nearly perfect idea of the female liberty quarter figure holds forth at No. 232, with a duplicate on the top cornice. She is attended by four coy and beautiful maidens of her court on the caps of the pillars be neath. Two of the tiny ladies seem wor ried, as their brows are furrowed with care, but two others have smiles. At No. 214 there are nine tiny girls, pos sibly bathers, as each one seems to be wearing some sort of cap somewhat resembling the waterproof affairs donned when in the water. The front of this building is also fitted with six replicas of the French croix de guerre medaL The Salvation Arrty hotel for men at 210 must be doing excellent work, judg ing from the pleased expreaslon on the pretty faces of the five girl angels on guard there. In an exceedingly ornate trimming of oak leaves, these young ladles seem perfectly at home, and they do not wish for other company, as there are two handsome gnomes on the same job. A tasty arrangement of flower pots and verdure makes this front al most like a garden. Frowning above the traffic at No. 204 Is a battlemented medieval castle with overhanging towers, from which the men-at-arms evidently poured, molt en pitch at one time on their foes be neath. Embrasures In the walls might have given shelter to archers, and there are several excellent places possibly designed for mounting catapults. It could easily be placed In defensive shape and a scant handful of deter mined and well-armored and trained knights and vassals should be able to hold it against heavy odds. Ancient Jest Tickles Giants. It seems impossible to fathom the joke, but joke there is, and It must be a big one. for It has kept the enormous triple giants at 186 First street, where the Pioneer Paint company is, enter tained for nearly half a century. High above the pavement they loll, with their three-foot tongues protruding from their grotesque, laughing faces, and seem delirious with joy. They sprout miniature horns and to look at them long seems to make their devilish mer riment contagious. It's a good old world in their estimation. Back again at Morrison street, just spend a moment looking at the corner building, where a buna sign tells of a Chinese doctor. Two neat balconies jut forth from the front of the building, one a'tiny one on the First-street side and the other rather an elaborate structure right at the corner. The crest of the roof is crowned by an an cient copper-colored dome, and the spi derlike tracery of other ornaments on the high points make a neat effect along the skyline. On the front of the Arcade building at 146 is another beau tiful and graceful balcony. White and black brick and a dash of gold trim ming also improves the front of this structure. It Is a mystery to many why ma chinery seems to be the almost univer sal commodity offered by the down stairs shops, while in the upstairs of fices and lofts are the many and as sorted plants of printers along this street. The whir of machines furnishes a queer contrast with the friendly, dark ill-lit interiors and their almost Dick e'nsesque atmosphere. Some day soon when you can make time take an hour and spend it down on First street among Portland's old past. Get the proper feeling before you ven ture forth, go down and search for a certain little Italian restaurant and get a real meal smacking of the South land and sacred with queer relishes. There are the queer short cobbled streets, many of the names almost for gotten now. a rather nice shop or so where crabs and other sea foods are sold, the many unusual types of people to be seen, the old sedate atmosphere, but more than all else the buildings, the carving, the really beautiful lines, the Intricate designs If searched for closely, the balconies that might have almost supported Juliet, and the atmos phere Portland when she first began her real life as a city. , HISTORIC FIESTA PLAMNED Rise and Progress or New Mexico to Be Shown at Santa Fe. SANTA FE, N. M. Resplendent with the pomp and ceremony of old Spain, ami impressive with the simple gran deur of the red man, the "Fiesta of Santa Fe," a three-day celebration de pleting in pageantry the past, present and future of New Mexico, will begin here septemner 11. A thousand years of the section's history, its accomplishments of today and Its aspirations for tomorrow will be represented by living figures. The first day will be Indian day, the sec ond Spanish and Francisca day and the third will be devoted to symbolising New Mexico's ideals for the future. In cidental to the fiesta there will be held the fifth annual exhibit of the Taos Society of Artists. Cold Cream Will Save From Bad Case of Sunburn. Summer Sun Can Brown Fiercely Itlght Through Silk Hose. AJAR of c Id cream even a mod est tube of it may save you from a bad case of sunburn; if you remember to slip the cold cream Into your bathing reticule along with all the other paraphernalia that a woman now considers indispensable for a bath-house toilet. Vanishing cream so-called a light cream which, rubbed Into the skin makes face pow der adhere and which does not show when rightly applied, will serve If you have no other; but the best choice is an ordinary cold cream with more oil in Its make-up than is put into the invisible vanishing cream It is the oil in the cream that, worked into pores of the skin, prevents the drying and burning up of the natural moisture In the skin in other words, sunburn. Rub the cream well Into the pores, going back over neck and arms thoroughly. Neck and arms will burn more readily than the face, which is more or less inured to the weather. Afterward wipe off the ex cessive oil with a soft cloth and then use talcum powder freely. Thus protected, you should escape serious sunburn, but if you stay on the beach a long time in the blazing sun, retire to the bath-house now and then and repeat the application of cold cream and talcum, for a summer sun soon dries up all moisture of the skin and gets at Its burning process. If you wear silk stockings with your bathing costume, apply the protecting cold cream also on the limbs, for the summer sun can burn fiercely right through silk hose, as many a woman has discovered the day after a morn ing spent on a sunny beach. Sport Capes of Tan Wool ' Jersey Are Shorter. lively Little Frocks for Morahig Wear Are of Tinted Dotted Swiss. Germany calls herself an imperial re public, characteristically obtuse to the inconsistency. Providence Journal. SPORT capes of tan wool Jersey are shorter than the full-length formal wrap, which demands a silk frock, dis tinctive hat and dainty footwear as Its accessories. The sports cape la a jaunty affair coming to the hip and fastening with a buckled belt across a panel waistcoat crossed with lines of silk cord. It looks well with a short sports skirt and low-heeled shoes, yet can take on a sufficiently formal ap pearance, worn with street raiment. Lovely little frocks for morning wear at a summer hotel, or afternoon wear at home, are of tinted dotted swiss with cuffs, collar and hemmed sash of white lawn or Swiss embroidery. One of thae dainty frocks in lavender has a tucked skirt, elbow sleeves and sur plice bodice. The white embroidery collar is in shawl shape, crossing with surplice fronts, and the deep cuffs are tied with coquettish bows of lavender ribbon. Manufacturers are falling over them selves to reproduce the ultra smart tunic blouse in all sorts of fabrics. The latest is a tunic of white organdy with sleeves short of the elbow and a round neckline finished with hem stitching. To even the most unimagi native person this garment is painfully suggestive of a nightie worn in public, and one can scarcely fancy a young woman of perfect taste exploiting it on a summer hotel veranda. Very smart and attractive, on the other hand, are tunic blouses of tan linen with bands of heavy cluny, or blouses of crepe de chine made in the loose, cool and becoming tunic style. Children wear their socks rolled over at the top this eummer, and with the cool, childish, socks are worn buttoned boots of white buckskin or black kid. Buttoned footwear is the standard of distinction for both little and big girls when It comes to dressing up in one's formal best- PETRIFIED WOOD PUZZLES Geologists Wonder What Conditions Existed Years Ago. SAX BERNARDINO, Cal. Petrified wood, found by well-borers hundreds of feet underground in the San Ber nardino valley, is causing local ge ologists to speculate as to the con dition of the district in prehistoric times. A piece of the root of a tree, a foot long and three Inches in diameter, was recently taken from a depth of 400 feet fro ma well in the Lytle creek wash, west of San. Bernardino. From the same well, at a depth of 682 feet, other petrified wood, having; the characteristics of pine or hemlock, was taken. League Dream, Says Mexican. MEXICO CITY. Luis Cabrera, secre. tary of the treasury, is quoted by El Democrata as saying1 in an address be fore the Chamber of Deputies: "The league of nations continues to be a dream, for there is not one nation that cares to renounce a part of its sov ereignty as a sacrifice to the erood of. the rest.