THE MORNING "QJREGONIA MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 19021 THREE 1903 SHIPS Fresh Arrivals of Chartered Grain Tonnage, WILL SWELL JANUARY .FLEET ) Big Lumber Fleet for Kext Month Rapid Work on Last of De. cember Ships Marine Tfotca. Three more of the chartered grain fleet arrived in at Astoria yesterday in time to save their charters, and incidentally guarantee enough tonnage for January loading- at Portland to start the new year off In good shape. The flrst of the ar rivals yesterday was the French bark Ville de St. Nazalre, -which the tug- Dan iel hustled up from San Francisco heads in a little over 3 days. As strong southerly weather has prevailed, It prob ably bothered the tug- at times to keep a taut tow line. The Ville saved a high priced charter by a three day margin. She was followed In by the British ship Ventura, one of "W. R. Grace's Antwerp liners, which comes with general cargo by way of Port Los Angeles. She left the California port 26 days ago, and, like the St. Nazalre, had only three days to spare in order to save a charter that is "worth several thousand dollars more than she could now secure. The third arrival was the British bark Norma, which comes from Honolulu un der charter to G. W. McNear to load wheat for Australia. She was chartered on Saturday, so that she had nothing to gain or lose by getting- In with the bunch. She Is a well-known trader in this port, and on her last voyage here came very near breaking the record by discharging 1500 tons of inward cargo and lining up and taking aboard about 3300 tons of wheat in a little over a week. Another arrival off the mouth of the river yester day was the British ship Biverdale, which comes from Hamburg with a full cargo of cement to Edmund Baker, of San Francisco, who is Pacific Coast agent for cement works at Hamburg. The Rivers dale is fully loaded and came up off ttie bar too late to get in yesterday, but she has a pilot on board, and will probably tow in today. So far as is known, she is not chartered for outward business, and will swell the list of disengaged tonnage in port to about 13,000 tons. AN ACTIVE HOODOO. British Bark Madagascar Stlll-Meet-. Ins With All Kinds of Trouble. The legendary "sweet little cherub which sits up aloft" for the purpose ol bringing good luck to most of the ships that sail the seas, seems to be missing from the British bark Madagascar. In stead there is apparently an able-bodied "hoodoo" hanging around the craft, and getting in his work with a vengeance. The presence of this hoodoo was first no ticeable early in November, when the vessel arrived down at Astoria, one day too late to get to sea ahead of the big storm which kept the bar rough for over three weeks. She was flrst on turn, how ever, and when Neptune ceased raging about two weeks ago the tug got a haw ser aboard and made ready to take her to sea. The windlass was old and weak, but the economical owners preferred ta replace it in England, so it gave way "when the strain of the ancfldr was felt. A hurry trder was placed for a new windlass, and it was in place a few days ago. As soon as the new windlass Was ready for business the anchor chains be came fouled, and It was necessary to bring the ship alongside the dock to clear them. "While this was being done six high-priced sailors decamped, entailing a further expense of a few hundred dollars. Saturday the chains were cleared and the men replaced, and the ship started out into the stream again. In letting go the anchor, the chain parted, and it was lost So many anchors have been lost along the Coast this season that they are very scarce, and It Is not yet known whether the vessel can secure one with out an additional delay of several days or not. Fourteen ships which left Portland after the Madagascar have arrived down and passed on out to sea, and unless the hoodoo is removed very soon, 14 more will follow them. The Madagascar saved a 30- shllllng charter by a safe margin, and now her charterer is wondering why this hard luck chapter did not begin running before the ship reached port, instead of Just as she was ready to leave. BIG LUMBER CARRIERS. Ellerlc Hns Sailed for Portland, and Alstcrnixie Will Follow. The steamship Ellerlc, which was char tered to the Government by Laidlaw & Co., to carry lumber and Government supplies to Manila, sailed from San Fran cisco yesterday noon, and will probably reach port on "Wednesday. The Ellerlc will make a good starter for the 1903 lumber fleet from Portland, there beine much more business of this kind In sight than there was on a corresponding date last year. The Pacific Export Lumber Company, which will supply the cargo for the Ellerlc, also has under chartor the big German ship Alsternlxle, which Is now in San Francisco, discharging a cargo from Glasgow. The big ship made a fine run of 116 days from the Scotch port to San Francisco, and. with good dispatch In the Bay City, should reach Portland before the end of January. The Alster nlxle is a vessel of over 2900 tons net reg ister, and is accordingly the largest sail ing vessel ever chartered for the lumber business out of this port. She has never had a lumber cargo aboard, but. figur ing on the usual percentages regarding tonnage and feet, she should carry about 2,250,000 feet, although some vessels of her tonnage built specially for the lumber trade could carry over 2,600.000 feet. "While the engagements for foreign lumber busi ness for 1903 are very heavy, there is a corresponding activity in tho coastwise business, and a fleet of half a dozen ves sels are due here within the next week or 10 days. One of A. M. Simpson's old reli able lumber droghers, the Gleaner, came In: with the tide yesterday noon, and went to Knappton to load. Several of the lum ber vessels, both foreign and coastwise, now in the river, have Just completed their cargoes, or will complete them this week, so that the shipments for the clos ing week of the year will be heavy. TAIL-EXDERS OF THE FLEET. Rnshliiff Business on the Water Front for Next Thr"ce Days. The tall-endcr of the Portland grain fleet for 1902 will undoubtedly be the Brit ish ship Allerton. She has not yet fin ished discharging Inward cargo, and there are but three days left this month. Her bills of lading are wanted on the 31st, however, and as Brown & McCabe never failed to get a ship out on time, she will have her 100,000-bushcl cargo under the hatches before New Year's. A big crew was working on her all day yesterday, and when they suspended operations last night, there was still over 100 tons of rails to come out. The liners are following the anen who are dlscharcinsr the carco. andby the time the last rail Is out the last strip of lumber will be in readiness to go In. Other vessels scheduled to finish in De cember are the German bark "Werra, at the Portland Flouring Mills; the German ship Aster, at the Elevator dock, and the British bark Dowan Hill, at Columbia No. 2. The big Austrian steamship Klek, -rbich Is loading for South Africa, is also liable to finish, bat has been delayed somewhat by the lumber whjch makes up a portion of her cargo. The wheat and flour which she will take have already been placed on board. If all of these ves sels get away with the December fleet, there will still be eight ships in the river under charter to load, and five others due, so that there will still be some busi ness past the turn of tho year. THE "INVISIBLE FLEET." First Ship of the Season to Arrive Without Prcvioas Announcement. The British ship County of Linlithgow, which arrived In Saturday, is the flrst of the "Invisible fleet" to arrive this season. Nearly . every year, especially when freights are demoralized, a few ships turn up without any previous notice, and to distinguish them from the vessels which are listed or known to be on the way, .they are classed as an Invisible fleet Every ship that is added to the Idle fleet in a . port when business is dull make3 matters worse for rates, and it Is for this reason that owners sometimes endeavor to keep the whereabouts of their vessels a secret until they can secure a charter for them. The flrst Intimation of the presence of the County of Linlithgow prior to her arrival was a cable from Liverpool" Intimating that sho might ac cept business for January loading. This was a clew which indicated plainly that the ship was nearly due at this port, and two days later she surprised the most of the shipping fraternity by her arrival at Astoria. There are a number of other vessels which have arrived over in tho Orient, and have been there for a suspiciously long period, and It Is believed that some of them may be on their way across to Portland or to Royal Roads seeking. "With so many Idle ships sailing around the world, the outlook for freights is any thing but bright, and if tonnage keeps on piling up at the present rate, there will be enough Idle ships before next Summer to handle the 1903 crop, even though It be a pretty good-sized one. MARINE LOSSES IN ORIENT. One Steamer Carried CO Down, An other Toole IS. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 28. News was brought by the steamer Tartar, which ar rived today, of a disaster in the Malacca Straits. The Tokio Ahia publishes a tele gram from Hong Kong stating that the steamer Bunsang was In collision with the steamer Klang Yan in the Malacca Straits, and the Kiang Yan was sunk, 60 sailors and passengers being missing. Dispatches from Hakodate report that an outbreak of lire occurred on board the Iwanai Steamship Company's steamer Ho kuun Maru, off the coast of Suttsu, on December 3. and the vessel was sunk, 18 of the crew losing their lives. The Japanese sealers had a profitable season, although four vessels of the fleet of 19 were lost, three of them, It is be lieved, with all on board, although there were rumors that tho men of one tne Tanya Maru have been seized by the Russians. The total catch of schoonere flying the Japanese flag amounts to 12,621 skins. ROUGH ON THE ATLANTIC. Ship in Distress Relieved Mate Killed In Storm. NEW YORK. Dec. 28. La Champagne, of the French Steamship Line, arrived to day from Havre, with 57 cabin and SCO steerage passengers. Early today La Champagne sighted a ship about six miles off flying distress signals. She proved to be the bark Nile of Glasgow, bound from Barbados for Boston. Her compass was out of order. La Champagne gave the required aid to the Nile, which then pro ceeded. On December 25, during a strong wester ly gale, which lasted about six hours, Pierre Bardelles. the first officer of La Champagne, was. killed by a seiu Bar delles was standing on the bridge when a tremendous sea struck the vessel on the starboard side, throwing him down with great force. He was picked up uncon scious, and died an hour later. His body was burled at sea. Had Quick Dispatch. The French bark Lamorlclere left down yesterday morning in tow of the Harvest Queen, after a stay In port of days, which Is the best dispatch that has been given any vessel this season. The French bark Marie was in turn to go down, but at the last moment the captain decided that he would linger a little longer In Portland. The Mlndora and the Lizzie Vance also left down yesterday morning On arrival at Astoria the towboat will start up with the three vessels which ar rived In yesterday. The Sussex, which finished Saturday, will leave down Wed nesday, and the Werra, which Is expect ed to finish today, will also leave down then. Fnrlons Gale on Gnlf of St. Lawrence ST. JOHNS. N. F., Dec. 28. Another furious gale has been raging here for the past 35 hours and has caused much dam age along the coast line. It Is feared that the shipping will suffer considerably. The Allan Line steamer Peruvian passed Cape Race yesterday morning, but she has not yet been able to make port because of the storm and the fog. She has on board 300 Canadian cattle, which were shipped at Halifax because of the embargo against American ports. Marine Notes. The Herzogln Cecllle was the center of attraction on the water .front yesterday, and that portion of her crew which were on shore leave were similarly prominent on the streets. The schooner Oliver Olsen, the largest carrier in the coasting lumber fleet out of Portland, will return from San Fran cisco for another cargo as soon as she finishes discharging. The French barks Desalx and Martha Roux. which were ordered to Portland from San Francisco heads last Saturday, are both under charter, the former for wheat for South Africa, and the Roux for barley to Europe. The schooner G. W. "Watson, which loaded lumber at Portland for Hilo last month, made a quick run down to tho island port, arriving December 7, only 21 days out. This Is not a record-breaker, but it is better than the average. Domestic and oreign Ports. ASTORIA Or.. Dec 28. Arrived at 9 A. II. French bark Vllle de St. Nazalre, in tow tug Defiance, from Hobart, via San Francisco Heads. Arrived at 11 A. M. British bark Nor ma, from Hamburg, via Honolulu: British bark "Ventura, from Antwerp, via Port Los Angeles. Sailed at 0 A. M. Steamer Vosburc, tor Til lamook. Sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer Despatch, for San Pedro. Arrived at 12 noon Barken tlno Gleaner, from San Francisco. Reported outside at 4 P. M. British ship Rlveredale, trom Hamburg (has pilot on board). Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate; weather cloudy; wind southeast, with squalls. San Franclscc, Dec 28. Arrived Steamer Wellington, from Comox; steamer Montara. from Seattle. Sailed Steamer EUtrlc, for Portland; steamer Centralla, for Gray's Har bor. Southampton, Dec. 2S. Sailed Moltke, from Hamburg and Boulogne, tor New York." Lizard. Dec 28. Passed Noordam, from New York, for Boulogne and Rotterdam; Vaderland, from New York, for Antwerp. Queenstown, Dec 2S. Sailed Umbria, for New York. Movllle, Dec 2S. Sailed Furnessla, for New York. New York, Dec 28. Arrived La Champagne, from Havre. The Proper Feminine Salutation. New York Sun. The new method of salutation noticed at the first of the subscription balls Is like the young ladies who exhibited it just about old enough to show Itself In society. About 10 years ago little girls who had never before acknowledged a bow In any other way than by nodding their heads were taught to courtsey. Those who were carefully taught were told that they were to courteey only to women older than themselves. They either forgot about that difference or cared nothing about it, and have been courtesylng in discriminately to men and women ever since. The flrst public demonstration of this mode of greeting came last Thursday night, when the young women making their flrst acquaintance with society courtsied to the hostesses. But the court sles seemed almost as much out of place in public as they had when tho young ladies used to courtsey to the men to whom they were presented. NEW COTTAGE AT NEWPORT Miss Mason's Villa to Be One of the Resort's Show Places. New York Commercial 'Advertiser. The new home at Newport of Miss Ellen F. Mason, of Boston, has been recently completed. The site Is surrounded by an old, moss-coyered wall, and the grounds are beautifully laid out with handsome trees. The dwelling Is modeled after the Southern mission style a low, rambling house, with a large porte-cochere, dining room and library loggias. The houee has many small wrought-lron balconies. The main body of the house In color Is soft buff on rough stucco, and the roof tile Is of terra cotta. From the main entrance is the reception hall, which la finished in ash and stained antique oak. It has pan eled wainscoting, and contains an Ingle nook and large fireplaces. There is a broad, richly carved staircase. To the right of the hallway Is the li brary, finished In dark antique oak. Broad shelves run entirely around the room, being built In. To the left of tho hall are the reception-room, drawing-room and dining-room. The reception-room is furnished in a simple manner, the drawing-room is furnished in Ivory white, and the dining-room is finished In ash and stained natural . oak, and has paneled wainscoting five feet high. The whole In terior of the first floor has been planned with the object of obtaining beautiful vistao of lawn and ocean. In the second story are guests' rooms and rooms for members of the family, each room having a fireplace and a balcony. Portland-St. Lonls. Do you Know about the new tourist service between Portland and St. Louis and Memphis? Call up O. R. & N. ticket office. Third and Washington. TONNAGE EN ROUTE AND IN PORT. Vessels Chartered or Available for Grain Cargoes From the Northwest. FOR PORTLAND Flag and rig. Name. July 23Musselcrag Auc. 24 Hutton Hall Aug. 24Gr. Duchess? Olga ........ .Formosa Aug. 2aCastor Aug. 20 Scottish Minstrel July ZoiRlversdale iWallacetown Br. bark IBr. ship Johnston Thurber Gulrln Fr. bark Br. bark Korff Campbell Mellln Porter Russo Fall Law Knox Arfmand Ritchie Berhault Galloway Smith Livingston Williams Iversen Gamier Petteneen Branth Nichols Hunter evel Br. bark Br. ship Br, ship It. ship Br. shlrj Oct . 2atJockermouth iroy Beechdale. Nauarchos Br. snip Br. bark Ger. bark Rr Vilr Ardencralg Oct. 4Co! viiiebols Maur. IFr. bark fort .FatncK Br. srup Br. bark Br. bark saxon Windsor Park Earl Dunraven Almedia. Br. banc Nor. ship Fr. bark Nor. str Dec. 27Martha Roux .Nov. ou worm an isles Dec. 13Polarstjcrnen I Duns T-aw Langdale Gen. Newmayer Berangere Dec. 27Desulx Dan. str Br. bark Br. ship Fr. barK Fr. ship Fr. ship - Boju Total tonnage en route and listed, 51,152. GRAIN TONNAGE Flag and rig. Name. Master. Aug. Oct. Oct. Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 10Euphrosyne Br. ship Br, bark Sr. ship Br. ship Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship Br. ship Br. ship Fr. bark Br. ship Ger. bark Ger. bark Fr. bark Ger. 3hlp Ger. bark Br. bark Br. bark Ger. ship Fr. bark Br. ship Fr. bark Br. ship Ger. ship Ger. bark Fr. bark Ger. ship Thomson Smith Flndley Pritchcrd Warren Leslie Carse Tcye McCully Cavelan Thomas Padsen Schutte Rlcordel Dummer Ellerbeck Davleb Jones Gcrkens Monmoine Kerry Gossat Power Dahn Gerdes Sauvignon Warneke Seplch Vrlnjl RIbault Bacheller Stroak Rehburg Darre Madagascar riolyrooa Glenesslin Matterhorn 24 C'y of Roxburg 29! Isle of Arrap ' Allerton Riverside Cor nil Bart Ful wood Wandsbek Nal Nov. Nov. Nov. 16;Nantes 1C. Aster 16iAlstcrthal NOV. Dowan Hill Rldstnn HI!! Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. ljNesala Marie Fovledale 4(Jean Bart Wlscombe Park Emelie Werra Lamorlclere Herzogln Cecelia KlOCK Aus. ship Francois CoppeeFr. bark Surcouf Fr. ship Daniel Fr. bark Co. Linlithgow Br. ship 2SIVentura Br. bark 28lVIlIe de St. Nazj Fr. bark 2SNorma IBr. bark McL.au Total tonnage In port, 65,543. GRAIN TONNAGE EN ROUTE TO PUG ET SOUND Flag and rig. Katc. lPass of Melfort Aug. 22t'enthesiiea Sept. lWcndur Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship Br. bark Br. bnrk Br. ship Br. bark Hansen Manson Nlcoll Johnson Evans Cormack Crulcksnank Schutte Sims Scott Andrews Fraser 1 nomas Brice Jollffe Thorklldsen Davles Fettjuch Gomm Bakker Jones Hilton Ranch Benson Hellwege Christiansen Anderson Korff Casey iiannah Peattle Hansen iGlenmarK (Rnnlrlplsrh Oct 11 ILamorna Loudon Hill Columbia Sept 2 Ger. ship Cot ilnverlyon Br. bark Br. ship Br, ship Br. bark Br. bark Br. ship Br ship Br. bark Br. ship Br. bark Br. bark Dich. bk. Dec UfRahane JGlenalvon Nov. 30jlslumount . ..laiaejgwyn Nov Oct Vincent Australian Astoria Belfast Nlobe Nov. 24ISouthesk Amsterdam Dec. 13 Mylomene Br. shin Abyssinia Henrlette Br. bark Ger. bark Br. ship Ger. shin Dec. lOIMlltonburn Nov. 3jMalpo Tnaiassa Ger. bark Br. ship Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship Br. ship Ger. ship Ben Lee- Bermuda Co. of Dumfries Ninpa Leicester Castle Schwartzenbek Total tonnage en route and listed, 56.S17. GRAIN TONNAGE Flag and rig. Nam. Master. July Aug. Oct Nov. Nov. Nov. Noy. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec Dec. Dec. 23lYola 16AlIce A. Leigh -25Muskoka 12tAl3terufer 12IM. E. Watson 14jBretagno 14iBayonne 17 Galgate ISlMozamblque 20!Pengwprn 2liCalifornla 22Invermor r9:Eaton Hall SJBenlcla 7f Anemone 16 Alsterberg 16 Owcenee lSIGlenlui 19Cromnrtyshire 19Edenmore Br. ship Br. barK Br. bark Ger. bark Br. ship Fr. bark Fr. bark Br. ship Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship Br. bark Br. ship Br. ship Ger. ship Ger. brk Br.shlp Brship Br. ship Br. ship Pennlcnlck Davidson Crowe Jensen Griffiths Canevot Griffiths McCone Griffiths' Day Fletcher Evans Jones Agartz Neff Burchall Scott Nicoll Coath Total tonnage In port, 38,231. ORCHESTRA LEADERS QUEER TRICKS OF THE MEN WHO DIRECT MUSICIANS. Requests and Tips That Come to Them Music at Meals Popular in. Cosmopolitan Cities. Among the foreign customs taking firm root In America Is that of music in cafes, restaurants and hotels. The more cosmo politan the city population, the more gen eral the custom. In the more conserva tive cities like Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore, there' Is no medium between the much-abused piano of the saloon or beer garden and the sliver-toned orches tra of swelldom's most exclusive hotels, says A. S Richardson, In the Washington Star; bur in such cities as New York, Chicago and San Francisco, where a money-spending foreign element is to be found, you get all gradation of sound, from the violin and piano duet, through the Italian string band, to the Buperb or chestra of a score of players to be found in New York's most palatial hotel. Each hote' Is a law unto Itself In the matters of hours for music, but the usual custom Is a programme lasting from 6 to 9 P. M- which catches the diners, and one fror.i 10 P. M. to 1 A. M.t which pleases the supper parties after the play. And it Is the province of the orchestra leader to study the taste and whims of the establishment's patrons. Your mere musician, the man who love3 music for Its own sweet sake and who burns Incense to the masters, is not the person who will ably conduct the orches tra in a fashionable cafe. It Is tho man who can sacrifice his own taste to that of the pleasure-seeking public, whose mu sic, by Its brightness and .timeliness, will draw customers to the cafe. How New s'cores Are Secured. H's first duty, therefore. Is to keep abreast of the time in all things musical and theatrical. For instance. Just before Mascagni opened his New York engage ment PVPtV orchestra gallery rang with the stralns'of the Intermezzo from "Cav--alerla Rustlcana." During the stay of Master. From. Consignees. tlSTll Antwerp 1591 Balfour 126) Meyer 83 Glrvln lflSOSMelds 15G7ShIeIds 1474 Townsvllle lD53lAntwern .. Meyer McNear E. Baker 1511' Antwerp 20o7l Hamburg 1626Honolulu 1297 Antwerp 61IBalfour ...IBalfour ....(Meyer ....i Meyer 52 14S0 1271 2726 P. LuAngeies Port Natal Hamburg Rotterdam Madagascar Hamburg Antwerp Antwerp Acapulco Androssan lSOO! 1730 1593 1527 Taylor Gin-in 1692 1310 1409! Balfour loSllSan Fran. ?.190Antwerp 2199lAntwerp -.sniHuii Ealfour Balfour 189.fP. L. Angeles 78 1464;shleias 2600 Antwerp Gin-in Tavlor 1730'San Fran T Taylor IN TIIE RIVER Agents or Charterers. From. Berth. 1799jNewcastle Uipencaped S. Pacific Astoria Astoria Astoria Astoria 1596 1992 1743 1S39 Aigoa nay Antwerp Victoria Hamburg N.W.W.Co. Balfour P. F. M. Co. Kerr Eerg 2091 Antwerp Astoria 1759'Sta. Rosalia N.W.W.Co. Astoria Oceanic Astoiia Astoria 1938! Barrow Balfour 1590 1721 19SG 198 Hamburg St. Nazalre Callao N.W.W.Co. Pert. G. Co. Disengaged Astoria Sta. Rosalia N.W.W.Co. I .Astoria 2627!.t-T!go Kerr Astoria 2029 1397 1695 Yokohama Valparaiso Salaverry P. F. M. Co, Astoria P. F. M. Co. Elevator P. F. M. Co Astoria 1D7S Port G. Co. Raifour Balfour Berg Balfour P- F. M. Co Balfour Disengaged P. F. M. Co. Balfour N.W.W.Co.. Stevens N.W.W.Co. Kerr Balfour Col. 2 Davldge Astoria Stream Mersoy Victoria Bunkers Col. 1 Flour mill Stream ;In-lng Gr'nwich In-lng Mtgmy 2 i43HAntwcrp iG70TsIntau 1709) San Fran. 1W5G Liverpool 1721 London ?075Newcastle nsSlAntwerp 857 Honolulu 1471 Seattle 2S40iMontevideo 246SVancouver 172S San Fran. 1744lFusan 1819San Dirgo 20S9 Shanghai 15S1P. L. Angls lhi&i Hobart 1999inonolulu btream Disengaged lAstcrla P. F. M. Co.'Astorla Balfour (Astoria N.W.W.Co. lAstoria ghlir Master, From. Consignees. 2196San Diego 1633;Ntwca.?tle lS47Antwerp 1250iLlverpool 1429Liverpool 2169!Liverpool 2066'Antwerp 2nltf Hlogo 1332 Cr.rdlff .649 Liverpool 19S0 Liverpool 14S8'Rotterdam lJSo'Rotterdarn li6 Rotterdnm 1955!Table Bay . 1429iRotterdam lSlOj An twerp 1340; An twerp !0S5 An twerp 1100; Java lS0S.-ardiff 1127 London 2SF2 Sta. Rosalia 2499 Sta. Rcsalla 1674!Mazatlan 1335iAntwerp 2204 Hamburg 2623 Hamburg 1615!Shanghal 1P0S' London 2009' Liverpool 1827!Sta. Rcsalla 78! 11; 34 15! ON PUGET SOUND From. Agents or Charterers. Berth. 1407 Honolulu Shanghai Victoria Taltal Callao Hobart Hcbart Disengaged Disen;at. Disengaged N.W.W.Co. Disengaged Kerr P.F. M.'Co. Disengaged Pt. G. Co. Disengaged Tacoma Pt. Tnsnd Seattle Tacoma Victoria Tacoma Tacoma Victoria Tacoma Victoria Vanc'vr Tacoma Tacorna Tacoma Tacoma Tacoma Seattle Seattle Et Tnsnd Tacoma 2S17 2259 259' 1670; 1720 1807 222? Cape Town 2205AIgoa Bay 1492 London 2061 Cape Town Valparaiso 1522 N.W.W.Co. Balfour N.W.W.Co. T. G. Co. Balfqur Disengaged Disengaged Stevens j P.F.M. CoJ 1671 Callao iSlOlAdelaide 16to 2132 Acapulco 'Montevideo P. L. Angle Hamburg Manila Townsvllle 2394 11947 1462 1642 Prince Henry- requests for; "ThV, Watch on the Rhine" were numerous. All this, nbwevcr, Is very simple when cor-ipared with securing the very newest popular music On the face it would ap pear that every publisher would be glad to have his music Donularlzed. and so . they are when the time cornea, which Is after the song has been duly copyrighted and got out in publication form. But your patron of the cafe 13 not always willing to wait that long. On Monday night a song makes a hit in a new production. By Tuesday night the town is whistling It after a fashion, and every patron of the cafe who has heard of It wants It played by the orchestra. Now, many songs, especially If written for comedians, are used flrst in manu script fcrm and copies cannot be secured. Tho same may be said of musical come dies, scores of which are not obtainable fora'week or so after the Initial produc tion. This is where the orchestra leader finds himself at his wits' end. If ho has a friend in the theater orchestra, he has al ready arranged tho 'matter. His friend decides which airs will probably tickla the puhllc'3 musical palate, writes out the theme of eaph, and from this the mu sical leader in the cafe makes his own orchestration and Is ready directly he learns the piece has made a hit Tf he doe3 not stand in with some one In tho orchestra, ho attends the flrst mat inee performance, and if he fears that a vigilant usher may spy his bit of music paper, he jots the notes of the best chor uses on his cuff and works them out later at home. This is easily done, be cause popular numbers are repeatedly en cored. One Lender's Ingenuity. Last Winter when a certain English musical success made Its initial hit, tho leader of a fashionable orchestra slippad Into the first matinee, violin In arm. and took a seat in the front row. When the curtain fell and the orchestra of tne hnnsc dispersed, the leader of the hotel musicians slipped cautiously Into the first violinist's cnair and began to copy olf the music wfeich is left on the racks be tween matinee and night performances. A house employe seeing him thus en gaged, with his violin across his kne. took him for a regular member of tho houso crche&trn industriously working overtime, and the leader soon slipped ou oC tho theater without being asked a sin gle question. That night his little band of musicians were ready with the latest musical croze, and not another cafe qr 'chestra In town ha-1 it. So general is tho custom of granting re quests" for certain numbers that the mak ing up of an advance programme i3 a mere form. The only time that the leader may indulge his own taste is during the lull between dinner and supper parties. These requests are sent up by the wait ers, sometimes orally and sometimes in writing. In the latter case, a "tip" Is not Infrequently Inclosed, and some as tonishing gifts reach the musicians' bal cony In this fashion. A young man who haa been entertaining generously at supper and had sent up sev eral requests suddenly bethought himself that he ought to tip the leader. He had Just settled hl3 bill with the waiter und fumbled through his pocket for a douceur for the musicians. The harvest wa3 in deed light and finally he slipped some thing into an envelope, a" relieved smile spreading over his face as he sent tho waiter scurrying toward the musicians' gallery. What the leader found in the envelope was a ticket good for a half dozen Turkish baths in the city's most fashionable establishment. A Threat With a Tip. It was on last election night that a Jolly crowd of young men entered the same cafe to be greeted by the tones of the too, too familiar "Miserere." As the minor air died away, a waiter carried an envelope to the leader, who read thereon these words: "If you don't play a real live Irish melody, we'll put this place on the bum, and irr short order." With a flushed face the musician started to tear the envelope in pieces when with the first rip something caught his eye. Inside the envelope lay a 410 bill, which he had neatly torn in twain. It goes without saying that the young men heard the Irish air, and the ?10bill re ceived a dose of mucilage. In what is krfown as a family restau rant, where many apartment dwellers take their dinners each evening, the leader one night was astonished to re ceive through a waiter this note: "When I am in the restaurant please never play 'Jerusalem or the 'Holy City. My little son, now dead, sang these in the choir." Folded in the request was a ?5 bill. The leader to this day observes tho request, and tho woman, still gowned In mourning, dines there nearly every night. Walters, as a rule, make ludicrous mis takes In carrying verbal requests for cer tain pieces. ""Among the titles which after ward proved garbled requests for the In termezzo from "Cavallerla" may be men tioned "Tom O'Leary" and "Corolla Bolla CIgafro." The most ingenious take-off on the famous eextet from "Lucia dl Lammermoor" was succotach of some thing or other." It was a Jewish waiter who carried up a request for Holly Bolly, and when the orchestra played "Hurly Burly," the leader Instantly recognized from tho expression of the diner's face that ho had misinterpreted the title. He made a trii In person to the table and learned that the request had been for "Holy City." Northerners Call for "Dixie." Experience leaden? say that there seems to exist little or no connection and sym pathy between requests and their senders. A Jew will ask feelingly for "Killarney," and a sharp-featured bachelor maid will demand "Sweet Sixteen." The man who has been having the time of his life sel dom becomes maudlin so far as his musical tastes are concerned, but asks for some thing Invigorating like "Oh, Didn't Ho Ramble?" And the woman who asks reg ularly for "Dixie" has probably never been further south than Aobury Park, N. J. Among the tricks of trade employed by leaders of orchestras In the quieter cafes where the musicians' balcony Is close to the tables, io to study the programmes carried by large theater parties, and then, being sure of the play they have eeen, offer Its most popular airs. This Invaria bly wins favor for the establishment. Those there are who try the soul of the leader by Insistently demanding music of the cheap, popular oort that has been worn threadbare by street musicians. Others, . especially in New York, where player folk sup, spy a comedian or tenor who has pop ularized a song, and in a conspicuous man ner they request that his hit be played. This shows the familiarity of the patron with actors, but it brlngo anguish to the poor actor who Is singing It with innu merable encores eight times a week. HinHcnllne Characteristics Demanded. The fact that such successes are manu factured and maintained with apparent security is one of the severest trials that the girl, working legitimately, will have to contend with. People talk and write of the temptations of dramatic Hfe, byt the fact is that the stage is no more filled with such opportunities than other vocations. The right-minded girl will leam to value success properly as she ad vances, and while her progress may seem slow It will be the surer. So It Is not the difficulty In obtaining employment, the poor rate of wages or the drudgery of toil that prove the real obstacles In the path of the strenuous girl. The chief trouble will be the con stant demands upon her for qualities of character that are rare in women the same qualities which make the successful man. Women are hot physically fitted for the work-a-day world, but for the home Ufcand the most eminent of women law yers, doctors and actors are always wo. men whose health has enabled them to stand the strain. The Girl With the Hardest Row. Perhaps the girl with tho hardest rojr to hoe Is the young woman with a voice. She gains some' fame and reputation at home in a church choir, perhapa, and, spurred on by stories of sudden fame, she , comes to town with the notion that she will become a Calve, a Melba or a Pattl. She may have a good but not a powerful voice, and she begins her task of finding a hearing. The singing girl has always a peculiar mental caliber and big ideas. She ends by taking a place in a choir or else she joins the chorus, The girr'reporter who begins at the foot of the ladder has to work right well in order to make a living. She must work in all weathers, must sleep and eat irreg ularly and lose much of her sensitive re finement In the Inevitable contact with all sorts and conditions of men. The girl typewriter, the young woman who decorates' china, and she who makes cotillion favors, all have their own troubles, great and small. Some lines of work are more sheltered than others, and these are by far the most desirable. There Is no high road to success, and, often as this is written. It cannot be re peated too often. When you hear a wo man state that she has never experienced any of the hardships and disillusions;- of life in her work, whatev.ee it may be. ?you may be sure that she is uttering a false hood. Some women make a practice of writing and speaking In this strain, jffhey Insist that a woman can go Intof any business field and maintain all her be liefs, her faith in humanity and her fem ininity as securely as in her home life, but this is the exception rather than the rule. The Best Art of All. v It is better that girls should understand the dangers before embarking on such a sea. If a girl can act, sing, paint or write with any skill she will do it. If she is required to work for money she will utilize her talent; but it Is a mistaken Idea that the woman who turns into a happy domestic harbor and makes wife hood and motherhood her profession abandons her "art" There is very fine art In the making of a home. Of the host of girls who come on from the South or West, how many survive? And the few who gain a place are always anxious ana ready to drop the parchment of the lawyer, the crown of the stagd queen or the pen of the poet to sing the cradle song of some happy fireside. It Is as it should be. The woman flrst and last Nothing can change It, and the girl .who realizes this and keeps that star in view socles the best career. The women who achieve are the first to admit this truth. The girl feverishly striving to leave her home and Its environments to pursue a will-o'-the-wisp that in reality she knows nothing of will always seem like a butterfly beating out its life against a wheel. MELVILLE'S BIG "D'S." The Fine Old Sea Dog; Really Didn't Mean 'Ent as 'Cuss "Words." .Chicago Tribune. Rear-Admlral Melville seem3 to have made a sensation and brought down on himself severe criticism by his use of the "big, big D" two or three times in de scribing his Arctic experiences to the En gineering Society of Columbia University. Some of the men present were surprised and most of the women were shocked or said they were. And yet, after all, Admiral Melville Is a fine old gentleman, "one of the real old stock," and It Is not to be conceived for a moment that he Intended to violate the rules of etiquette or to offend any one present. He may have felt that as the subject was an unusually frigid one a few "big Ds would warm it up and enliven It for his auditors, but he that as It may, the use of the "big Ds" has always been considered permissible, even If not ele gant, in both the Army and Navy. Even though "the sisters and the cousins and the aunts and all the crew of H. M. Pinafore were shocked when Captain Cor coran used the "big, big D" they did not lay it up against him or refer to it except in a Jocular manner. No one has thought less of Schley because he swore at Santi ago. Even when Queen Mab drives over a soldier's neck, Shakespeare says he dream3 of batnes, and when she drums in his ear, "he starts and wakes, and, being tnus ingnted. swears a prayer or two and pleeps again." The soldier who plays his part in the "Seven Ages" Is "full of strange oaths." In all times the "big, big D" has been considered permissible in the service, but, of course, Rear-Admirals should be care ful how they use It before an audience. It 13 likely that when Admiral Melville found himself describing the thrilling Journey he made into the regions of eter nal Ice, and realized, a3 he had done many times before, that it was all to no pur pose, tho subject ran away with him and he spoke as one of the children of the world rather than as an Admiral address ing an audience. Even then he had no intention of giving offense. He had reached a point In the discourse where he could only completely express his feelings In that way. He can be excused, as Uncle Toby -was. Accidentally Shot. While handling a revolver last Saturday night, Charles E. Bell, 29 years old, resid ing on Vancouver avenue, near the Pied mont water-tank, was accidentally shot In one of his shoulders. The policeman, who was sent to inquire into the matter was told that the wound was slight, and that Bell was in no danger. Goinrr to St. LonlsT If so. betterlearn about the new service inaugurated by the O. R. & N. via Den ver and Kansas City. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. For South -Eastern Alaska Leave Seattle O A. M. Etedmsbirjs Cottage City or 19. 25. 31. Jan. C. Steamers connect at " San Francisco with company's steamers tor ports In Cali fornia, Mexico and Humboldt nay. or xurtner informa tion obtain folder. Rlpht Is reserved to chanee steamers or salt ing dates. AGENTS N. .POSTON. 210 "Washington st.. Portland: F. "W. CARLETON, 007 Pacific ave., rr . rri.t.. 113 Tm a. Oa.1 GEO. W.' ANDREWS, North Western Passenser Ageat. San Francisco. Ticket Office, 4 Nevr Montgomery t. C. D. DUNANN. Gen. Pas. Act.. Ban Francisco. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. UbAVJCM I Wtnot fifth muu AKKIVJU I 1 Streets. rur Mayter. Kalnler. CUUkaalt. VF tit port, Clifton. Astoria. War- renton. Flavel, Ham 1:00 A. 1L mond. Fort Stevens. 11:10 A. H. Gearhart Pk., Beaslda. Astoria and Seashora. Express Dally. XM3 T. Jt Astoria Expro-w. 9:i0 j, Dally. Ticket cSlce. 233 Morrison at. and Union Dpor i. C MAYO, Oeo. Fua. Aft.. Astoria, Or. WHITE COLLAR LINE j?OP.TLAND-ASTORIA P.OUTB. STEAMER BAILEY GATZERT Leaves Portland dally 7 A. M., except Sunday. Leaves Astoria dally 7 P. M., except Sunday. THE DALLE3-PORTLAND ROUTE. STEAMERS TAHOMA AND METLAKO Leave Portland dally 7 A. M., except Sunday. Leave The Dalles dally 7 A. M., except Sun day. Landing foot Alder St., Portland. Or. Both phones. Main 351. E. W. CRICHTON. Agent. Portland. Willamette River Boats Steamer POMONA, for Salem, Independence, Albany and Corvallls. leaves 0:43 A. M. Tues days. Thursdays and Saturdays. Steamer ALTONA. for Dayton, McMlnnvlllaL ana way, leaves 7 A. al. Mondays, Wednesdays and Frldaya. OREGON CITT TRANSPORTATION CO. Office and dock, foot Taylor street, TRAVELERS' GUIDE. lUf Oregon Shoht Line AND THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST UNION DEPOT. Leave. Arrive. CHICAGO-PORTLAND 0:20 A. M. 4:30 P. M, SPECIAL. Dally. Daily. For tho East via Hunt ington. SPOKANE FLYER." 0:00 P. M. 7:33 A. M. For Eastern Washing- Daily. Dally, ton. Walla Walla. Lew- -lston, Coeur d'Alene and Gt. Northern points ATLANTIC EXPRESS 8:15 P-1I. 10:30 A. M. For the East via Hunt- Dally.. . . Dally. In cton. OCEAX AND RIVER SCHEDULE. FOR SAN FRANCISCO. S. S. Columbia t' From Dec 8, IS. 28. AIns worth i-m t r S. S. Go. W. Elder Dock. r-JS- Dec. 13. 23. 8:00 P. M. FOR ASTORIA and 3:00 P. M. 6:00 P. if," way points, connecting Dally ex. Dally with steamer for Ilwa- Sunday. except co and North Beach. Saturday, Sunday, steamer T. J. Potter. 10 P. M. Ash-street Dock. tt:45 A. -It About For Salem. Corvallls Mondays, q.qq p xr yHPOl?t1: 8t!am: w?dnesday Tuesdays, er- IKuth, Ash - street Fridays. Thursdays. Doc- Saturdays. FOR DAYTON. Oregon 7:00 A. M. 3:00 P. M, City and Yamhill River Tuea.. Moa, points, str. Elmore, Thur, Wed.. Ash-st. dock. Sat. FrL (Water permitting.) ..cr Lewlston. Idaho. U :05 A- M. About and way points, from dally 5:00 P. M. Klparla. wash., steam- except dally ers Spolcana or Lewis- Saturday, ex. Friday. ton. vrxxun, xmra and W Telephone Main 712. PORTLAND & ASIATIC STEAMSHIP CO. For Yokohama and Hong Kong, calling at Kobe. Nagasaki and Shanghai, taking freight via connecting steamers for Manila. Port Ar thur and Vladivostok. INDRAPURA SAILS ABOUT DECEMBER 28. For rates and full Information call on or ao dress officials or agents of O. R. & N. Co. AQT no 1 via to SOUTH Lm on lienot Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS, for Salem, . Rose burg, Aafciand. Sac ramento, O g d o n. ciau Francisco, Mo Jave, Los Angeles, 1 Paao. 2ew Or leans and the East. Morning train con nect at Woodburn laaliy except sun day) wltn train for Mount Angel, SU verton, Browns ville, Springfield. Wendllng and Na tron. Albany passenger .. Connects at Wood burn with Mt. An sel and SUverton local. Corvallls passenger. Sheridan passenger. 7:45 A. M, 7:00 P. M. 10:10 A. 24. 3:60P. M. 13:23 A. M. Dally. HDally except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN 8ERVICS AND YAMHILL DIVISION. Leave Portland daily for uswego at 7:30 A. M., 12:30. 2:03. 3:23, 6:20. 0-25. 8:30, 10:10 P. M. Daily except Sunoay, S:M, 6:30, 8:33, 10:25 A. M., 4:00. ll:3o P. M. Sunday only. 9:00 A. M. Returning from Oswego. arrive Portland dally 8:80 A. M., 1:05. 3:05. 4:35. 6:15. 7:33. 0:55. 11:10 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 6:23. 7:25. 0:30. 10:20, 11:45 A. M. Exceat Monday. 12:25 A. M- Sunday only, 10:Ou M. Leave from sacui depot for ratios and Inter mediate points dally ex-pt Sunday 4:00 P. M. Arrive Portland 10:t0 A. M- The Independence-Monmouth motor line oper ates dally to Monmouth and A'rite. connecting with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas and Inde pendence. First-class rebate tickets on sale from Port land to Sacramento and San Francisco; set rate. $17.50; berth. 5. Second-class fare. $15, without rebate or berth: second-class berth. ?2.60. Tickets to Eastern nolnts and Europe. Also Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third aad Washington streets. Phono Main 712. TIME CARD OF TRAINS PORTLAND Depart. Arrlrea. Puget Sound Limited for Ta coma, Seattle, Olympla. South Bend and Gray' a Harbor points 7:23 am 4:15 V North Coast Limited for Ta coma, Seattle. Spokane, Butte, St. Paul. Minneap olis, Chicago. New York. Boston and alt points East and Southeast 2:00pm 7:00 63 Twin City Expreas for Ta coma, Seattle. Spokane. Helena. St. Paul. Minne apolis, Chicago, New York. Boston and all points East and Southeast 11:43 pea 7:00 pa North Coast-Kansas Clty St. Louis Special, for Ta coma. Seattle. Spokane. . . Butte. Billings, Denver. Omaha. Kansas City. St. Louis and all points Eaat and Southeast 2:00 pni TOOaa All trains dally except on South Bead branch. A. D. CHARLTON, Assistant General Pas senger Agent, 253 Morrison St.. corner Third, Portland. Or. Tg-flREAT Northern Ticket Office 122 Third St. Phone (SD LEAVE No. 4 C:13 P. M. The Flyer dally to and ARRIVE No. 3 7:00 A. M. irom at. Paul, Minne apolis, Duluth. Chicago and all points East. Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers. Dining and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN AMERICAN LINE RIOJUN MAIU For Japan, China and all Asiatic points, wilt leave .Seattle About December -30th DOMINION LINE SPECIAL NOTICE Resumption of trips by tho mammoth popu lar twin-screw steamers Commonwealth and New England, to the Mediterranean from Bos ton, direct to Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa. Na ples and Alexandria, Egypt. New England" Jan. 17, Feb 28 "Comn.onwealth" ..Jan. 3, Feb. 14, March 28 To Azores. Naples and Genoa. "Cambroman Jan. 31, March 14 Proceeds througn to Alexandria on tho Jan uary and February voyages. Also salling-Boston to Liverpool; Portland Me., to Liverpool. For rates, booklet etc" apply to THOS. COOK & SON, 621 Market st' f BUNSTT ItnV ROUTES JQJ Leave S:30 P. M. 8:20 A. M. 4:00 P. IL 7.-S0 A. M. H4:SO P. M. w3k 69Dcarbom strchlcago;