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MORNING ENTERPRISE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1912 ,
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GILBERT AND SULLIVAN FESTIVAL COMPANY AT HEILIG THEATER
WEEK SEPTEMBER FIRST.
The big comic opera organiztion of 100 people will present "The Mikado,"
"The Pirates Of Penzance," Pinafore," and "Patience" at the Heilig
""Theater, 7th and Taylor Streets, during the week beginning Sunday,
September 1st.
The hopes of a generation -which
first witnesedj the production of, the
Eeries of operatettes by Gilbert and
Sullivan, and who have since mourn
ed the decay of that golden age of
the stage, will be cheered by the news
of the engagement of the Gilbert and
Sullivan Festival Company, from the
Casino Theatre, New York, which in
cludes DeWolf Hopper, Blanche Duf
field, Eugene Cowles, George MacFar
land, Kate Condon, Arthur Aldridge,
Viola Gillette, Arthur Cunningham,
Alice Brady, Louise Barthel and the
New York Casino chorus and orches
tra, which is to be made at the Heilig
Theatre for one week, beginning Sun
day, September 1st, during which
time "The Mikado" will be presented
on Sunday,; Monday and Saturday
nights and at the Saturday matinee;
"The Pirates of Penzance" Tuesday
and Friday nights; "Pinafore" at the
Wednesday matinee and on Wednes
day night and "Patience" for a single
time only on Thursday night.
It was in 1875 that W. S. Gilbert
and Arthur Sullivan began to work
together. In the following ten years
were produced "Pinafore," "The Pi
rates of Penzance," Iolanthe," Pa
tience," The Mikado" and "The Gon
doliers." The partnership acquired
the kind of fame that Is the patent
of success, both popular and well mer
ited. Their comic operas were clean,
wholesome, clever, and really comic,
in more than in music. They were
grateful to the ear and eye and mind
of persons of all ages'. Sullivan's
tunes were sung and whistled every
where, and Gilbert's songs and dia
logues became household words and
were re-written and parodied more
widely than; even Kipling's worst
music hall contributions.
These two , wonderful men never
proceeded on the .theory that people
who go the) theatre for light enter
tainment were either brainless or un
clean of mind.' Gilbert was the mas
ter of topsy turvy nonsense and met
rical jingle, but he had plenty of ideas
and was not afraid to use them; He
nattered his audiences by assuming
that they were intelligent, and, con
trary to the prevailing belief among
theatrical directors of the present
time, the audiences did not resent his
. faith in their ability to appreciate
j true wit and sharp satire. The best
, test is that today, thirty-three years
, after the production of his first opera,
! and Gilbert libretto stands reading in
! cold print, and is liable to leave the
impression of perpetual freshness.
SHIELDS ANSWERS
TAX QUESTIONERS
8CHEME APPEALS TO EMOTIONS
DECLARES WRITER
Effort to Place Whole Burden on
Land Arouses Suspicion In
Minds of Many Confiscition f
is Sole Aim and End.
BY CHARLES H. SHIELDS.
Secretary, Oregon Equal Taxation League.
From all over Oregon I have re
ceived inquiries as to what Single
Tax really is. Widespread and ex
pensive as the campaign in its favor
as been, there is yet much ignorance
regarding it. This I propose to dis
pel herewith.
Single Tax is offered as a system
of taxation. It is offered as a tar.
reform. It is offered as a panacea
for all the ills of society. We are
told that under the magic influence
of Single Tax, the; inequalities so
apparent in society will completely
disappear; that crime, want, misery,
and efen physical imperfections will'
vanish with the introduction of this
peculiar system of so-called axation.
Appeals to Emotions.
Single Tax appeals to the emotions
to those whose envy and prejudice
are easily awakened, and most gen
erally, to a class who are not direct
ly interested in the class of property
affected thereby. Even Joseph Fels,
the multi-millionaire of Philadelphia,
CHARLES H. SHIELDS
who Is financing the Single Tax
movement in Oregon, owns but little
land. He has made his millions from
the manufacture of soap, and under
the Single Tax system he would pay
lititle or no taxes.
Single Tax means what the term
Implies one tax a single tax a
tax on but one class of property, just
one source of raising revenue to sus
tain the government.
Suspicion is Aroused.
The very fact that Single Tax
means a tax on one class of prop
erty should be sufficient to arouse
suspicion on the part of any thinking
man or woman. It should at once
be clear to them that there was
some , specific design in thus reliev
ing from taxation all forms of prop
erty, except land, other than a mere
reform in the system of taxation.
A tax reform measure would seek
to have all who are fortunate enough
In this great struggle for existence,
to possess property to pay their
share of the operating expenses of
the government in the form of a tax
upon their holdings.
Single Tax ignores this principle
entirely. There must, then, be some
other motive in urging its adoption
In the state of Oregon, other than
a desire to reform the present system
of taxation.
Object Is Apparent.
The fundamental principle of Sin
gle Tax is positively at variance
with the accepted principles . of taxa
tion and is condemned as a system
of taxation by all economic writers,
worthy of the title.
The object of Single Tax, or a
tax on land only, should at once be
apparent to those who would give
the subject a moment's thought
discrimination against land. But why
discriminate against land? Let us
Bee.
As Henry George was the author
of Single Tax and as his master work
on this subject is his book, "Prog
ress and Poverty," from which all
Single Tax advocates draw their in
spiration and to the fundamental prin
ciples of which they subscribe; and
as Joseph Fels, who is financing the
present Single Tax campaign in Ore
gon is an avowed Henry George Sin
gle Taxer, openly declaring for the
abolition of private property in land,
let us consult Henry George in
"Progress and Poverty" and learn
what this Single Tax movement in
Oregon means.
Quotations From George.
"The truth is, and from this
truth there can be no escape, that
there Is and can be .no just ti
tle to an exclusive possession of
the soil, and- that private prop
erty in land is a bold, care,
enormous wrong, Tike that of
chattel slavery."
Again he says:
"If the land belongs to the
people, why continue to permit
land owners to take the rent, or
compensate them in any manner
for the loss of Tent?"
No Possible Question.
Is there room for further question
as to what Single Tax means? Can
you not see that the object in plac
ing all the burden on land is to
destroy land values, to drive the dag
ger deeper and deeper into private
ownership of land until the rent value
Is taken in the form of taxes.
Then Single Tax will have accom
plished the death of private prop
erty in land the purpose for which
It was designed. The state will then
own the land. Oregon will have pass
ed from a state of home owners to
one of tenants. Wtlch do you prefer?
Quaint Customs In Abyssinia.
Quaint customs prevail in parts of
Abyssinia. When a father is getting
on In years the son bids him climb into
a tree and jump down from the
branches. If the old man staggers on
landing the son spears him on the spot
his usefulness is over. One tribe had
a custom of sewing chance visitors up
In green hides and leaving them to be
killed by the contraction of the skins.
With another the only orthodox way
of dealing with strangers was to tie
them in a bundle and roll them over a
precipice. London Mail.
Only One King Buried In Iceland.
In Iceland it is the boast of the na
tive that "only one king is buried
here." That was King Roerek of Nor
way (vide Snorri Sturiuson's Saga,
"Heimskringia"), whom King Olaf the
Holy "shipped," with the significant
hint that he need not be in any hurry
to return to his native tand. Roerek,
who was a shrewd, peaceably minded
monarch, took the hint, went to Ice
land and a thousand odd years ago set
tled down to farming "at a little stead
height. Calfskin, where were but few
serving folk, and there he dwelt and
on the fourth winter got the illness
which brough him to his bane. So, it
is said, he is the only king that rests
in Iceland."
Men and Ch Idren First.
The Chinese point of view of mari
time disasters is peculiar. The duty of
a Chinese sailor is well defined. He
must save the men first, then the chil
dren and finally the women. This is
on the theory that men are most val
uable to the state, that adoptive par
ents can be found for children and
that women without husbands are des
titute. Fishing For Compliments.
"Women are peculiar, aren't they?'
"How is that?"
"Mrs. Wright said she had a plain
red hat and then got mad because I
agreed that it was plain." Buffalo
Express.
Puns.
The pun was at its climax early in
the nineteenth century. Thomas Hood
was a master punster, especially in
verse. No better examples can be
found anywhere than those in "Miss
Kilmansegg" and the "Tale of a
Trumpet" What could be neater than
the argument of the fiddler trying to
sell an ear trumpet:
There was a Mrs. F.
So very deaf
She might have worn a percussion cap
And been knocked on the head
Without hearing It snap.
Well, I sold her a trumpet.
And the very next day
She heard from her husband at Botany
bay.
New Bedford Standard.
Fish For the Brain.
Replying to a "Young Author," Mark
Twain wrote: "Yes, Agassiz does rec
ommend authors to eat fish because
the phosphorus in it makes brains. So
far you are correct But I cannot help
you to a decision about the amount
you need to eat at least, not with cer
tainty. If the specimen composition
you sent Is about your fair usual av
erage I should judge that a couple of
whales would be all you would want
for the present not the largest kind,
but simply good, middle sized whales."
rcruel.
"They tnrned the X ray on my brain,
but found nothing." "What did they
expect?" Baltimore American.
' Colonel King Stanley is camping on
the; west side of the river. - Colonel
Stanley is arranging with the Order j
of Moose to give an entertainment at i
the Shively Opera House September j
6. It will be entitled "A Night in In- j
dia." The program will include i
feats of legerderman originated by the
Hindoos. Colonel Stanley claims to
be the only man who usesi the East
India Telepathy in his work.
Colonel Stanley has been a member
of fourteen armies, and has had an
eventful career. He has held com
missions in American armies. Central
American armies and Toregu, the Yo-
gie and Llamas. Colonel Stanley was '
guide near Thibet,-of the British Ar.
my under Colonel Frank Younghus
band, and was the first American to
go to that part of Africa. He has trav
eled extensively and speaks four
teen languages,! and reads and writes
eleveil languages. He recently came
from Mexico, where he was in sever
al battles. In China during 1900 he
saw service in the Boxer rebellion.
After that he left for India accomp-.
anying Gauties in his exploration of i
the Thibet.
WILSON HEN WILL
EXPOSEI R. FUND
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. That man
agers of Governor Woodrow Wilson's
campaign for the presidency hope to
show that Theodore Roosevelt's cam
paign in 1904 was financed almost ex
clusively by "big business" was ad
mitted here today at Democratic na
tional headquarters.
When the senate committee -on priv
ileges resumes its inquiry at Wash
ington, October 1, into campaign con
tributions Chairman Moses E. Clapp
will be aslftd to inquire into a contri
bution of $10,000 which the United'
State Steel Corporation is alleged to
have made to Treasurer Cornelius N.
Bliss of the Republican national com
mittee in 1904.
Governor Wilson's managers pro
fess to have excerpts from the min
utes of a meeting of the steel trust
directors when the payment of the
money to Roosevelt's campaign fund
was authorized, and this alleged evi
dence will be given for investigation
by the committee.
An Unsinkable "Boat."
Among the water vehicles the most
extraordinary is the catamaran of the
Madras fishermen. It consists of three
logs lashed together flush with the sur
face of the water and is propelled-with
a single oar. The catamaran is really
unsinkable and in rough weather could
be used when an ordinary boat could
not.
Trimbles.
Fashion in thimbles Is very luxuri
ous, in some far eastern countries.
Rich Chinese women have thimbles
carved' out of mother-of-pearl, and
sometimes the top is a single precious
stone.
STATE FAIR WILL
START-TOMORROW
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SALEM, Or., Aug. 31. When the
gates of the Fifty-first annual State
Fair swing open at 8 o'clock Monday
i morning, it is expected every exhibit
j and every piece of decoration will be
in place. Secretary; Frank Meredith
j and his corps of assistants are doing
i everything possible to have all ar
rangements completed for the open
ing hour. Workmen will remain on
the job all day tomorrow and, if nec
essary, late tomorrow night.
, No exhibition space is left untaken
and with the several new features
for which extra space has been pro-
vided and-which have never been seen
i at the state fair before, it seems the
' fair is going to reach its highest mark
this year.
As in the past there will be a won
derfully fine showing of fat, sleek,
money-making cattle ,and horses, and
hogs and sheep and vegetables, and
fruit, the life of which' will be a sur
prise to strangers within the state
and a source of great pride to Ore
gonians. This year there will be about 1400
head of stock in the livestock section.
There will be .50 more head of blood
ed cattle than have ever been shown
at any previous fair. More than 900
chickens will be there to illustrate the
possibilities in raising fine poultry in
this state. And for the first time an
exhibit of China pheasants will be
shown.
Six counties will contest for the
sweepstakes prize for county exhib
its. For the last three years Benton
county has been pocketing the -prize
with a regularity that seems to have
stirred up some of the other counties
considerably and they are here with
excellent showings. " The five, besides
Benton, arej Multnomah, Clackamas,
Columbia, Washington and Marion.
Much interest' attaches to the chil
dren's industrial exhibits. They will
occupy space beneath the granstand
When three-fifths of all the school
children in the state have engaged in
the various contests of growing and
producing the necessaries of life, it
may be realized what a tremendous
'j thing this children's industrial exhib
it will be and of what attraction it
will be for every boy and girl who
visits the fair grounds.
Another new feature is the eugen
ics show and program which will be
held each day of the week in a big
tent on the grounds. Examinations
of the babies will take place Monday
and Tuesday from 11 o'clock a. m. to
3 o'clock p. m., and on Wednesday
from 10 o'clock until noon. At 2:30
o'clock each afternoon the story-telling
hour will be observed for the chil
dren, and at 3:30 o'clock short talks
will be given by physicians. Address
es by physicians' and specialists will
be given Wednesday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday nights at 8 o'clock.
In the pavilion where the county
and individual exhibits will be every
inch of space is taken and Secretary
Meredith of the fair board says ,the
exhibits will be as fine as have ever
been shown here. The state insane
asylum is making an exhibit for the
first time of the products raised on
the asylum farm and of the output of
the culinary department of the insti
tution. An elaborate program of fireworks
has been arranged for Monday, Wed
nesday and Saturday nights.
British Steamers.
Nearly 8.500 steamers, with a gross
tonnage of over 17.000,000. sail under
the British flag'
CANDIDATES HAVE
CHANCE TO SAVE
SALEM, Or., Aug. 31. Candidates
desiring to avail themselves of the
low rate for arguments and cuts in
the candidates' pamphlet this year
will find it to an advantage to file
them with the Secretary of State
through the executive committee or
the managers of the political party
with which they are affiliated, for an
amendment to the direct primary law
passed by the people at the last gen
eral election doubles the rates for
space when arguments or cuts are fil
ed by the candidates as individuals.
Under the corrupt practices act as
orignally passed all candidates of
recognized political parties must file
their arguments and cuts for the
pamphlet through the executive com
mittee or the managers of the party
with which they were identified, and
each party was allowed 24 pages. An
exception was made in favor of inde
pendent candidates, who were allow
ed to file their! arguments and cuts
as individuals and who were given
two pages of space. The rate charg
ed per page was $50.
When section two of the direct pri
mary law was amended by the people
at the last general election the origi
nal act was broadened by allowing
candidates of recognized political par
, ties for Congress, and candidates for
state offices to file their arguments
i and cuts as individuals. The provi
sion also takes in candidates for
President and Vice-President, but
makes no charge for them, but for the
other candidates a charge of $100 a
page is made. Each candidate is al
so entitled to the use of four pages
in the pamphlet.
Under these provisions it will,
tlujrefore, be to- the advantage of a
candidate who is not particular about
the amount of space, to file through
the executive committee or the man
ager of the party whose candidate he
is, at a charge of but $50 a page,
while a charge of $100 is made where
the files independent of the "party or
) ganization.
An Unwitting Executioner.
During the Boer war of 1SS1 one of
the sentries of a British regiment, hav
ing been found asleep at his post, was
! tried by court martial and condemned
! to be shot. At the appointed time he
j was marched to a spot outside the
j camp, and the troops were drawn up
j to witness the execution of the" unfor
! tunate man. Just as the officer in
j bharge was about to give the order to
fire a bullet flew into the group of of
ficers and men, and the prisoner fell
dead at their feet. The shot was from
the rifle of a concealed Boer marks
man. In "sniping" tbe-British troops
he had unwittingly acted as execu
tioner. Expert Dyers.
The Tyrians. it is claimed, were the
most expert dyers of ancient times.
The fabrics dyed with the famous tyrl
an purple did not assume their proper
color until after two days' exposure to
the light and air. ' During this time
they passed through a gradation of
shades of yellow, green, blue, violet
and red, which the dyers understood
how to arrest and fix at any moment
REFORM SCHOOL
TEACHER RESIGNS
SALEM, Or., Aug. 31. Unable to
agree with new rules and regulations
inaugurated by W. S. Hale, the new
ly elected Superintendent of the Ore
gon Industrial School, Roscoe Shelton,
for the past three and one-half years
disciplinarian at the institution, has
resigned and it is declared other em
ployes of the institution are, consider
ing taking similar steps for the same
reasons. In addition to the resigna
tion of Shelton, one other resignation
has been made, that of Chester Can
non, farmer, though Superintendent
Hale says Cannon had tendered his
resignation before Mr. Hale assumed
charge of the institution.
The chief contention between Hale
and Shelton' was as to the former's
action in abolishing corporal punish
ment amoung the pupils. Hale, it
seems, has adopted the plan of gov
erning the boys through love and af
fection, and Shelton is said to have
taken exception to it and resigned.
Several days before his resignation
went into effect, Hale caught Shelton
chastising a boy and reprimanded
him, with the result that Shelton took
leave of his work at once.
Another rule which seems to have
met with resentment was one an
nounced by Hale, that there would be
no drinking of liquors at the institu
tion or on the grounds. While, as near
as can be learned, there was none of
this, it is said the employes resented
the insinuation contained in the state
ment. Hale, when questioned with relation
to the subject, admitted that he had
made the last regulation and also that
Shelton and he could not agree upon
the discipline of inmates, especially
on corporal punishment. Discussing
the rule with regard to the use of
intoxicatants, he said that he had
made up his mind to run a clean
school, and that the order was gener
al and not made applicable to any one
especially.
Shelton, when seen, admitted his
reason for resigning was his inability
to agree with Hale as to the methods
of 'discipline, and that a number of
employes had signified their intention
of resigning, because of their inabil
ity to agree with Hale, but he did not
know whether they had done so or
not. Further than that, he would not
discuss the situation.
G....I. Stahlj of Portland, a former
teacher in the school, has been ap
pointed to succeed Shelton and Her
bert Davis, another tea'cher, has been
appointed to succeed) Cannon.
A strikingly peculiar circumstance
with relation to the situation is the
fact that, though the law gives the
State Board sole power to appoint the
superintendent and subordinates, and
also to prescribe all rules and regula
tions, the members today, when ques
tioned with regard to the matter, de
clared they had not been advised of
any changes at the school, or that any
new regulations had been inaugurat
ed end were surprised when they
learned ot it .
4 Months in the E. B. U.
Equals six to eight months in oth
er schools saves $50 to $75 in
board and room rent.
We guarantee thorough work and
good positions,
E. B. U. BUSINESS COLLEGE
I. E. Richardson, L. L. . D. Presi
dent, 630 Worcester Block, Port
land, Oregon.
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LJEILIG n NIGHTS C,m Cnnt I
THEATER ' BEGIN.
Special Price Matinee Wednesday Matinee Saturday.
J MESSRS. SHUBERT & WILLIAM A. BRADY PRESENT
The opening; attraction of the Season of 1912-1913.
THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN
FESTIVAL COMPANY
5: From the New York Casino Theatre with ,
BLANCHE DUFFIELD
GEO. MACFARLANH
KATE CONDON
ALICE BRADY
DE WOLF HOPPER
EUGENE COWLES
ARTHUR ALDRIDGE
VIOLA GILLETTE
LOUISE BARTHEL
A. CUNNINGHAM
In a Revival Series of the Greatest Works of Gilbert & Sullivan," pre
senting 4 i
SUNDAY NIGHT .."THE MIKADO"
MONDAY NIGHT "THE MIKADO"
TUESDAY NIGHT ....."THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE"
WEDNESDAY MATINEE "PINAFORE"
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ."PINAFORE"
THURSDAY NIGHT "PATIENCE" (Only Time)
FRIDAY NIGHT ;..."THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE"
SATURDAY MATINEE ....."THE MIKADO"
SATURDAY NIGHT ?"THE MIKADO" .. ..
Evenings and Saturday Hatinee Lower Floor. $2: Balcony. J1.50.
' $1, 75c, 50c; Gallery, 75c, 50c; Box Seats, $3. Special Price Wed-.1
nesaay Matinee, ?i.&u, $1, 75c, 50c.
SEATS NOW SELLING FOR THE ENGAGEMENT
Unqualifiedly the Best
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