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AMUSEMENTS.
THE HEIIJQ THEATER (14th and Washing
ton etreetK) Tonlsht at 8:15 o'clock, the
Kendall Mimical Company In the Oriental
comlo opera, "Said Pasba."
BAKER THEATER (3d and Yamhill) The
Faker Stock Company In "When We Were
Twenty-One"; tonight at 8:1S o'clock.
GRAND THEATER (Park and Washington)
Continuous vaudeville. 2:30. 1:30. 8 P.M.
PANTAOE8' THEATER (4th and Stark)
Continuous vaudeville, 2:30, 7:30. 0 P. M.
STAR THEATER (Park and Washington)
The Star BtocV Company, 2:30. 7:30, 0 P. M
BASEBALL TODAY. 3:30 P. M., Athletic
Park. 24th and Vaughn. Portland vs.
Fresno.
Plan Joint Celebration. The people
of Greaham will Join with Falrvlew In
celebrating the Fourth or July. At a re
cent mass meeting the following Joint
committees were appointed: Finance. S.
P Osburn H. W. Mathison and Mrs.
William Ellison; transportation, William
Ellison, D. S. Dunbar and H. S. Stone;
programme, Napoleon Davis. -Dr. F. A.
Short and W. T. 8cott; athletics. E. K.
Heslln. El M, Stone, Harry Demmock,
William Byers and Ralph Scott: grounds,
C. E. Cree, E. A. Whitney, Wade Os
burn and A. T. Axtell; decorations, Mrs.
W T. Scott, Ethel Heslln, Christine
John. Susie Hall. Nellie Hunter, Lena
Stone, May Sherwood, Cedric Stone, Oral
Snover and George Shaw; music. Mrs. A.
L Stone Miss I-uly Metzger. Mesdames
William Byers, W. W. Ashcraft and E. A.
Whitney; advertising. A. L. Stone, C. S.
Shepherd, Timothy Brownmlll and Wil
liam Ellison. These committees are made
up of citizens from both Falrvlew and
Gresham. It Is hoped to get reduced rail
way rates on the O. R. & N. line from
both directions, affording people from
Eastern Multnomah County, as well as
people from Portland, who want to spend
the Fourth in the country, an opportunity
to attend.
Mount Tabor School. Closes. The
Mount Tabor parocnial school, connected
with the Monastery of the Precious Blood,
has closed a prosperous year. The chil
dren had a picnic that was largely at
tended and enjoyed. Sunday the school
and needle work done by the pupils were
exhibited in one of the schoolrooms, re
ceiving much praise from all who exam
ined it. Four special prizes were won as
follows: Arithmetic, won by John Buck
ley: history, won by Francis Provost;
deportment, won by Reuben Pitts; aver
age pupil, won by Fred Breman. On the
occasion of the visit of the G. A. R., the
children presented the representatives
with an address. There were several dis
tinguished guesta present, including Rev.
Dr. Morrisney and Rev. Father Tillman,
of Columbia University.
Telethons Ordinance Pending. The
ordinance granting the Pacific States Tel
ephone & Telegraph Company a franchise
In St. Johns is still pending. It provides
the limit :it 15 years, gives telephones to
all city officers, and requires the company
to establish a central station within six
months from the granting of the fran
chise. It cuts out the provision requiring
the company to pay 24 per cent of the
gross income. The company objects to
this requirement. The company also asks
that the life of the franchise shall be
fixed nt 21 years instead of 15, and that
the $5000 bonds named In the ordinance be
reduced to elSOOO. The ordinance is now
tinder consideration. It is expected that
an agreement will be reached between
the city and company.
Will Hold Conference. There will he
a meeting this evening by the Park Com
missioners and the representatives of the
Hawthorne estate, relative to the releas
ing of Hawthorn Park and securing an
option on the property, so that a vote
may be taken? by the people, next June,
whether It should be bought or not. The
old lease has expired. Dr. Dav Raffety
said that It was desired to secure an op
tion on a portion of the tract three blocks
square, with paved streets on the four
sides. These matters, together with the
disposition of the water from Hawthorne
Springs, will be discussed with Mrs. Haw
thorne at the conference this evening.
Freight Depot fob St. Johns. A com
mittee from the St. Johns Commercial
Club met A. H. Morse, of the freight de
partment of the O. R. & N. Company,
last week, relative to freight and passen
ger depot for St. Johns. Mr. Morse said
that the showing made by the committee
was an excellent one and that the appli
cation would go to the proper department
with a favorable recomendation. St. Johns
will be on the main line when the new
Troutdale extension Is completed by way
of Columbia Slough, and with the manu
facturing Interests centered there, a pas
senger and freight depot will likely be
necessary.
Applications for Yellowstone Reser
vations. Applications for reservations In
The Oregonlan special train which will go
to Yellowstone Park are coming in from
all over the Northwest from friends of the
successful candidates. - Only a limited
number will be accommodated under this
special rate, and those who desire to make
the trip are requested to get their appli
cations In early to Contest Manager, room
200, Oregonlan building.
All Excursion Tickets to the Eas.t and
return will be good on the famous "North
Coast Limited." the only electric-lighted
modern train from Portland to the East.
Why not travel on the best? It does not
cost any more to travel on the "North
Coast Limited" than It does on any other
train.
Round-Trip Excursion Rates East.
Special round-trip excursion rates have
been named by the Northern Pacific to
points East. Full information can be had
at the ticket office. No. 255 Morrison
street, corner of Third, or by letter to A.
D. Charlton, assistant general agent,
Portland, Or. e
H. D. Bradt Injured. H. D. Brady,
who lives near Milwaukte, was severely
Injured in the middle of last week, while
climbing on an O. W. P. car. He was
knocked down and struck by the trucks.
He was taken to his home, and has been
under the care of a physician.
Mrs. Sida W. Palmer has returned
from a trip through Washington and East
ern Oregon and is ready to take charge
of dinners, luncheons, evening parties and
all sorts of entertainments. Phone Main
4174. Apartment, 21 Harrison Court.
Hon. W. C. Hawlet Will Speak. Hon.
W. C. Hawley, Congressman-elect, will
deliver the address to the Montavilla
School graduating class Wednesday eve
ning, at the Methodist Church, where the
exercises will take place?.
Excursion Rates East, covering round
trip, via Northern Pacific. - Long limit,
stopovers, diverse routes. Particulars at
265 Morrison street, corner Third, or by
letter to A. D. Charlton, A. G. P. A.,
Portland, Or.
This Will Remind Too that now Is the
time to have your hair mattresses reno
vated and returned the same day. Phone
Main 474. The Portland Curled Hair Fac
tory, H. Metzger. proprietor.
Str. Ionb leaves foot of Washington st
at 2:30 P. M. dally except Sunday for Cor
betts. Cape Horn, Moffett Springs and
way landings; returning leaves Moffett's
at C A. M. e
Low Rate excursion tickets East via
the Northern Pacific. Full particulars at
ticket office, 255 Morrison street, corner
Third. Portland. Or.
For Rent Store, SS7 Salmon street.
Pallett. Phone Main 1385.
Dr. E. C. Brown, Era, Ear. Marquam."
Structural Steel In Portland.
PORTLAND, Or., June 17. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Oregonlan June 15 I notice
an extract of a letter written by Mr.
John F. Cordray, which, if allowed to
pass without correction, might lead many
property owners to believe that It Is Im
possible to obtain structural steel for
building purposes in this market.
As a matter of fact there Is an exten
sive stock of structural steel carried In
this city, sufficient for a dozen good-sized
buildings, and it Is not necessary to send
3000 miles away for such material; It can
be furnished from Portland stocks, while
the excavations are being made. Further,
there are several Iron works In this city
fully equipped to fabricate the plain
steel and deliver It at building site ready
for erection. Therefore. Inability to get
structural steel need not stand in the
way of owners putting up first-class fire
proof structures. J. B. BOWLES.
RABBI WISE AT Y. W. C. A.
Delivers Interesting Address on the
Rights of Woman.
The guests at the Y. W. C. A. "at
home" yesterday afternoon had the privi
lege of bearing a fine address by Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise on "The Rights of Wo
man." Dr. Wise prefaced his remarks
with a number of clever pleasantries,
stating that he was at a loss to under
stand why he should be selected to ad
dress the association and its guests, as
he was neither young, a woman nor a
Christian. But he added that be had re
tained a very warm spot in his heart for
the Y. W. C. A. since eating the splendid
lunches and dinners served by it at the
Exposition last Summer.
Dr. Wise's talk was a woman's suff
rage address in spirit, although he ad
mitted that it was a bit early to begin
speaking on such a subject. He stated
that he expected to return to Oregon be
fore the next suffrage campaign, if start
ed, and will then make his real suffrage
speeches.
"Woman is nearly always in the right,"
he said, "and while not Infallible, la
more often right than man." He referred
In detail to the wonderful change which
has taken place in- woman's sphere of
life in the last decade, and of the won
derful advantage to her the experience
in the industrial or commercial world has
been.
Arguments to the effect that woman Is
displacing man in the Industrial world
do not appeal to Dr. Wise as practical.
CLOSE OF GAS IN'VKSTIGATION.
Final proceedings in the gas In
vestigation by the special commit
tee of the Council appointed for
that purpose will be taken at the
City Hall .tonight, at which time
argument of counsel will be heard.
The matter has been productive of
a great deal of local public inter
est, and it is expected that a large
audience will listen to the closing
proceedings in the investigation.
for he declares that man has displaced
woman In far more ways. The great gain
for womanhood in the change, however,
is felt to amply compensate her for the
change, so woman is the gainer rather
than the loser by It. He paid a high
tribute to the trained nurse, and especi
ally to the workers in charities and cor
rections, claiming that the best workers
in these ranks are women and that they
have a keener and more sympathetic In
sight Into the affairs of those in trouble
than men have.
Suffrage should be extended women. Dr.
Wise stated, for the reason that the gov
ernment of a city is really municipal
housekeeping, and a woman's participa
tion will Improve and sweeten it.
The musical programme of yesterday
was furnished by Miss Cornelia Barker,
Miss May Fety, Mrs. Reno Hutchinson
and Knute Knuteson, with Miss Alda
Broughton as accompanist.
Miss MacCorkle announced that the Y.
W. C. A. camp at Gearhart Park will
be open the first week in July, if suffi
cient number of girls register by June 24
to make It advisable. The rates will be
$5 per week or )1 per day, and the season
will extend from July 4 to September 15.
The railway fare to the seashore is 4
for the round trip.
All who anticipate spending their vaca
tions at the camp this Summer are re
quested to inform Miss MacCorkle or call
at association .headquarters for -further
information.
ARE IMPAIRED RISKS.
Men Who Drink Liquor Scored by
Insurance Company.
PORTLAND. June 17. (To ths Editor.)
The company I represent has Just sustained a
loss by the death of a policyholder In thla
ajrency. which. Illustrates ths wisdom of the
position taken by life insurance companies
regarding the insurable condition of those who
are, or who have been, addicted to the exces
sive use of intoxicating- ltauors.
In sending check In payment of the loss,
the company wrote a letter that Is so strong
a temperance lecture that I think it may be
of general Interest, and quote from It, as fol
lows: "At the time this application was pre
sented to us we hesitated considerably about
accepting It, as the applicant's personal his
tory Indicated that he had been a heavy
drinker within nve years. It Is often very
hard for the agents to understand why It U
necessary for ua to decline, or limit to very
high premium plans, applicants who have been
Intemperate In the use of liquor and are
for a period of years apparently tem
perate. These risks often do not die as
the direct cause of drink, but, as In this
case, their constitution seems to be under
mined, and, what to an ordinary person in
good health and habits would be a trivial
ailment, ends seriously with them. Cases of
this kind are certainly Impaired risks, and
the best of them should always be limited to
high premium forms. If, Indeed, they should
not be declined outright. Signed, Supervisor
of applications and death claims."
Bach agent of the company In this territory
has been furnished with a copy of the above
letter, and possibly the publication of It In
The Oregonlan may be useful.
GENERAL AGENT.
FIVE NEW YORK FAST
TRAINS.
With best of through service, run daily
from Chicago over the Pennsylvania
Lines, leaving Chicago at 8 10:05 and 11
A. M., 2:45 and 5:30 P. M. "
Obtain particulars by addressing C. L.
Kimball, Assistant General Passenger
Agent Pennsylvania Lines, No. 2 Sherman
street, Chicago, 111.
DELAYS AREEXPENSIVE.
Prepare for the hot weather by having
your system in condition. This can be
accomplished by using Wild Pigeon
Springs Mineral Water. Cures kidney and
stomach trouble and purifies the bloou.
Nature's remedy for constipation. Order
248 Ash street, phone Main 2632.
WHERE JO DINE.
All the delicacies of the season at the
Portland Restaurant; fine private apart
ments for parties. 305 Washington, nr. 6th.
Crawfish cooked In wine. Empire, 192 2d.
Hlgh-Grade Pianos for Rent.
And sold on easy payments. Piano tuning
and repairing. H. Slnshelmer. 72 Third st.
Edel Brau.
A sure cure for local option when taken
In moderate doses. A select beer bottled
by the Portland Brewing Co.
Phone Main 70S.
AT THE THEATERS aballard
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"Said Pasha" at The Heillg.
Said Pasha E. F. Seam ana
Hassen Bey ....Ned Lynch
Terano... .....Millar Bacon
Hadad Robert Pitkin
Nookey Ben Lodge
Rajah, Prince of India
Mansfield Mayo
Tu-Be-Dad William Parr
Altl, Queen of India. .Bessie Tannehlll
Balah Sojah Laura Atkins
Pumjah Nina Seamans
Naomi Emerxa Gordon
Serena.., Miss Lottie Kendall
Act I Garden of the Pasha's pal
ace. Constantinople.
Act II Interior of the Rajah's pal
ace, Altra. India.
Time Present.
I'LL take my oath that there are few
companies touring through the coun
try, presenting musical comedy, or
comic musical performances of any kind,
that are as good as the Kendall Musical
Company which presented "Said Pasha"
at the Heillg Theater last night,
"Said Pasha" is not new. Neither is
"La Fille de Madame Angot." Neither
is Emma Eames or Frltzi Shlef. But
they are all good. Richard Stahl's short
witty and melodious piece Is as purely
legitimate and airily fascinating as the
caressing notes of an aollan harp accom
panied by the dancing of a faun from the
boskage. Bessie Tannehlll, Millar Bacon,
Lottie Kendall and Robert Pitkin have
enough voice among them to supply all
the "K. & E." musical comedy "attrac
tions'' put out in a season, with plenty
to spare. The people of the aggregation
who are given the most to do are artists
enthusiastic, painstaking, competent,
excellent. The company is well trained,
and the concerted numbers are singularly
free from roughness. In fact, the music
la sung, both as to the soloists and the
chorus, far better than Is usually the
case in a company that has been together
for a long time.
I nearly said that the chorus was the
chief charm of the evening. But that
would do Injustice to the principals, who
are one and all clever and possess ele
ments essential to popularity.
The chorus Is one in a thousand. It
Includes only pretty girls, and their
voices are as fetching as their twinkling
little ankles. I was surprised at the
beauty of the costumes. This elaborate
effect of color and ornamentation was
not confined to the stars by any means.
The opera makes Turkish diadems, gauzy
trousers, myriad silken tights, bespangled
Jackets, Iridescent cloth of gold, and
shimmering Jewels, not only appropriate,
but the rule of .every moment of the
frolicsome bouffe.
And volume Is not wanting.
There is a stageful of active voices of
pleasing timbre that catches your musical
mood and bear you away, If you will, on
enticing clouds of Imagination. The
marching, the ensembles, the kaleido
scopic color variations, the rush of or
chestral and vocal effects, the arias,
duos, pictorial recitals that were inter
spersed, the antics of the comedians, the
topical songs, proved the caliber of the
organization, offered most cordially their
best efforts to the audience, and elicited
rounds of applause whenever some espec
ially striking passage occurred.
The enigma to me Is that the more
particular people, the people who are
best groomed in town, those who assume
to be the most representative of Port
land's citizenship, are in the' majority at
this musical comedy season.
What are ordinarily called the masses,
that is, the floating population, the strol
lers, the persons who have not overmuch
money, and who would find a very wel
come bargain hi the performances of this
company which is playing at extremely
moderate prices, have not found out what
Is going on at the Heilig. The gallery
was almost empty last night at the open
ing. I don't know Just what they do
charge for admission to the gallery there
now. but It Is less than a quarter of a
dollar. I suppose It must be 23 cents, and
everybody thinks that means to keep out
of the gallery. This entertainment given
In any city that I know of In the United
States would pack the gallery at more
than that price every time the opera was
sung.
Bessie Tannehlll took us off our feet
once or twice notably with her song,
"Secrets." and also when she indulged
again and again in her favorite habit of
hitting a note 'way up In the "fly" loft
beyond the paint bridge. She can mount
up to one of those sycamorean heights
with the ease that Rockefeller takes
money.
Miss Kendall dazzled us by the bril
liance and brevity of her apparel and
the Inimitable coquetry of her demeanor.
She Is as piquant and inspiring as a Julep.
We learned again that Pitkin is a fine
dancer as well as a capital comedian,
but the role to which he is assigned this
week does not furnish him so artistic a
field for funny work as he traversed In
"The Rounders." Lodge was excruciat
ing when he came out at the after-play
of Mr. Lynch and Miss Kendall's song,
"If You Ask Me Why I Love You." He
was dressed in a shaker and a gingham
chemise and mimicked a coy maiden,
pirouetting around the spindle-shanks of
lean Pitkin. That song received the larg
est number of encores.
I don't know whether I liked Lottie
Kendall best in the garb of a Turkish
maid, a sailor boy or the traveling habila
ments affected in India, but her wardrobe
for the stage is certainly unique and of
the most costly kind. Her physical con
tour is a poem. No one can recite that
poem. You have got to see it.
One of the most telling achievements
of the 'evening was the simulation of in
sanity by Miss Laura Atkins. It is re
markable to see a character actress re
ceive a "hand" at the first entrance of
the second week of a season and win ap
plause every time she walked upon the
stage thereafter.
The music (written by a thorough mu
sician and sang by Intelligent people of
conspicuous talent), the grouping and
pantomime of the chorus, the sprightllness
and Joysome spirit of the whole affair
pleased me and made me wish that thou
sands more could have enjoyed the opera
as I did. It is a tremendous task to
prepare for and stage an opera each week,
changing the bill each week, and the dash
and finish of last night's opera were very
commendable.
As Henrietta Crosman comes to the
Heillg Friday and Saturday nights of this
week, "Said Pasha" will move over to
the Empire for those nights. The usual
matinees will be given at the Heilig
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, and
"Said Pasha" will be the bill all this
week. t
Baseball Games at Chautauqua.
Already the amateur baseball men are
discussing the probability of a series at
the Chautauqua next month. Manager
Trimble has entered Multnomah and in all
probability the next few days will see
similar action by other valley teams. The
Chemawa Indians will be there, in war
paint as usual, and at least one of the
city teams, the Maroons or the Schillers,
will play. The winged M has a fast nine
this year and they have settled down to
hard practice in anticipation of the state
cnampionship being dependent on the re
sult of the Chautauqua frames.
Fete on College Campus.
McMINNVILLE. Or., June 17. (Spec
ial.) The lawn fete at the college, which
is an annual feature of commencement
week, was held last night. An excellent
musical programme was given and re
freshments served.
"When We Were Twenty-One. at
the Baker.
Richard Carewe Edgar Baume
Sir Horace Plumely, Baronet, com
monly called Waddles. William Dills
Colonel Miles Grahame
Frederick Esmelton
Terence McGrath, "The Doctor"...
Harry D. Byers
Richard Terence Miles Audalne, 1
"The Imp" Donald Bowles
David Hirach.. John Salnpolis
Lord Dung-ret Harry MaeAuliffe
Hughle Belmont Burt L. King
Wallls Brundall ...William Harris
Jacob Frank Stapleton
Cabman Thomas Harper
Mrs. Erlcson Mrs. H. D. Byers
Kara Glynesk. known as "The Fire
Fly" Miss Margaret Neville
Mrs. Grant Gordon.. Miss Jewel Power
Eileen O'Brlane. . . . . Mlos Ethel Terry
Clarice Newton Mias Mabel CahlH
Winnie Thornton. Miss LIda Thompson
Maid . Miss Florence Ballard
Phyllis Erlcson. Miss Lillian Lawrence
DO YOU remember the days of three
years ago, when the first Baker
stock company was loved by the
whole town?
Well, one of those days came back yes
terday at the Baker Theater when they
jUayed "When We were Twenty-One."
That's a dear, sweet song that asks,
"Was this a dreamt Then waking would
be pain."
After that beautiful performance yes
terday I went away blinking my eyes,
counting my heart-throbs, and wondering,
"Is this a dream? Then waking would
be pain."
I do not suppose the conditions of that
first matchless season could be exactly
duplicated. We had been denied stock
for a long time, and the players of those
days came upon us Mae the welcome,
fruitful season of Springtime and and
well, we just loved every member of the
company. Some of the performances were
far from perfection, but the players came
on and received their receptions eacn
night, and night after night, and play
after play. We did not care so mucn
about the technical smoothness of the
acting. We cared for the personalities of
the stage people, and we wanted to see
each one of them in this and this, and In
that and that part. We followed closely
the story of every play that was put on
and didn't we keep up the jam of people
all the time?
Now, just didn't we?
We would not have missed an opening
I Or the world and a ticket to Heaven.
Plenty of the old guard among the Baker
patrons were present yesterday, and. this
play of Henry V. Esmond's is about the
most perfect piece of Ingenious dramatic
construction I ever saw. It is filled to
the brim with live human Interest, sweet
sentiment, the most touching pathos, bril
liant wit in fine, it is a completely satis
fying series of situations that soften you,
mellow you, enthuse you, bless you.
The play is known to nearly every thea
tergoer, and that is saying that every
body has a little corner in his heart for
it. A normal person cannot help but be
blissfully pleased with "When We Were
Twenty-One." It is like the minstrels to
me I want to hear it at least once a
year, and I'd like to see it the day before
I die, so that I can die happy.
Nothing is left for me to say at this
hour except to tell about the fine way the
Baker people put the play on. It was so
Incomparably better than anything they
have done thus far this year that I might
say with some truth that the season of
really meritorious stock had begun with
this week's offering. All along the line
the players keep up to high ritch. They
played as if it was the occasion of their
lives, and It was Jie only instance o any
stock production that I have ever wit
nessed In this city wherein the stage folk
were letter-perfect in their lines at the
initial performance.
You know the story (touching, lovely,
heart-breaking, mirthful, and soothing,
all these together, and wonderfully so)
is simply how a fine fellow of forty-odd
brings up his dead friend's son, sacrifices
everything for the young man, as do his
three boon companions; the lad falls into
the toils of ugly blacklegs and a music
hall siren; the big, unselfish "Dick," by
continuing to be unselfish, finally brings
out the manhood of the boy, and the
girl who was to be given to the boy
proves to have loved the older "Dick,"
the grand, unselfish character, all the
time. It only proves that unselfishness
will win in the end, but oh, how beau
tifully it Is proved! Go and see this per
fect play perfectly rendered. If you have
never seen it. Go and see it again if it is
not new to you.
Dick Carewe, the man who undertakes
the care of this precious son, "Imp," is
the mainstay of the play and is sus
tained with a strong and continuous mani
festation of extraordinary sympathy and
skill by Edgar Baume. He is almost an
ideal Dick Carewe, lovable, manly, loyal,
consistent, appreciative. The younger
Dick, the "Imp," the pride of all their
hearts, the boy who has been reared by
these four fine men (Dick and his friends
to whom Charlie, the dead father, has
left his son) is a role which reaches all
hearts. Donald Bowles took that part
yesterday and carried it through its var
ious paths with rare art. With good judg
ment he saved his outburst until the
scene when he finally breaks down, fails
on the neck of his guardian and walls
that he did not mean the harsh words
he has uttered. The audience follows
Bowles closely and knows that this im
personation of his is one of the best of
his stage career. There are few Juvenile
roles that require greater finesse or cover
a wider gamut. 1 know of no Juvenile
actor or character actor today who can
put the intelligence and force into the
"Imp" that makes Mr. Bowles' perform
ance notable.
Again, in the play there are those three
friends of Dick's Waddles, capitally done
by Mr. Dills; the Colonel, astonishingly
well by Mr. Esmelton; McGrath, effect
ively by Mr. Byers, and then there are
Mrs. Ericson, sweetly portrayed by Mrs.
Byers; the firefly, who flashed like a
comet in the temperamental hands of
Miss Neville; and there is also a string
of other good men and some extras that
fill up the picture. All have their place
legitimately, and all have a telling por-
tion of the united effort to make. -Nothing
could be left out, and there are
chances for individual distinction In near
ly every line.
Remember this, and remember that
every line was appreciated. Do not for
get that the whole company was playing
its level best, and no mistake,
Now, in the face of this, in the face of
the fact that Dick has the best of it,
from the sympathy and by the author's
Intention, in the face of the fact that the
"Imp" is the most lovable person in stage
literature. Miss Lawrence, in the part
of Phyllis, yesterday stepped in and took
the whole play away from the others.
Phyllis is the daughter of the role Mrs.
Byers takes. She lives under Dick's roof
and she is engaged to marry the "Imp,"
but she loves the unselfish elder Dick,
and she finally gets htm in the last act.
Maxine Elliott made the part a
"feeder" to Nat Goodwin's Dick; Amelia
Gardner was a pleasing foil to the pathos
of Howard Gould's impersonation of Dick;
Lillian Kendall made Phyllis some one
to be reckoned with; Cathrine Countiss
made Phyllis charming and emotional;
but I have never before seen as good a
performance of Phyllis as Miss Lawrence
gives. In the scene where the "Imp"
confesses his infatuation for the "firefly,"
and Phyllis simulates sorrow, but really,
is bursting with joy, in her several com
edy passages and still pathos mixed in;
with Dick, in her final lapse into perfect
rest as she, true girl that she is, finds
her great reward in the whisper, "I love
you." Miss Lawrence rounds out one of
the most finished and artistic serform
ances I have ever witnessed in stock.
She follows absolutely the conception of
the author. To her go the highest hon
ors of this production.
CIS OPINION
DISAGREES WITH ATTORXEY
GEXERAh, Takes Issue on Question of Remod
eling; Criminal Code of Ore
gon Suggests Reforms.
District Attorney Manning takes issue
with Attorney-General Crawford's views
relative to the penal code, as expressed
in a recent letter to The Oregon ian. In
discussing the matter yesterday Mr. Man
ning said:
"I believe the following amendments to
our criminal code should be made:
"First That a statute should be en
acted making a conspiracy to commit a
crime, a crime in itself. An act some
thing like the Federal statute under which
many of the land fraud cases here in
Oregon were brought.
"Second That our embezzlement statute
should be amended bo that a 'mixture
of funds' and measuring of the agent's
compensation on a percentage basis
should not be a defense. The State of
Washington has such an act which ap
plies to insurance agents and it serves
admirably.
"That the section of our criminal code
on evidence, which provides that a wife
shall not be a witness against her hus
band and visa versa, except In ,a few
isolated cases, should be repealed.
"Fourth That our arson statute should
be amended so that the wilful and malici
ous burning of any house should be a
crime. As it is now a man can burn his
own house with impunity, save and ex
cept under certain circumstances he might
be convicted of an attempt to defraud an
insurance company in the event that the
house was Insured.
"Fifth That it would be expedient and
constitutional to add to our code of crimi
nal evidence a section providing that the
evidence heard against a defendant in a
preliminary examination could be used
against him in the trial court. Too often
the best witness against the defendant
disappears after the preliminary hearing
and before defendant's case comes to
trial; it is practically impossible to make
such a showing as to the whereabouts
of the witness that his evidence given at
the preliminary hearing can be introduced.
It may be said that the witness can be
held in jail until the trial, but this is a
harsh measure, and in most cases the
circumstances will not justify the Dis
trict Attorney in asking an Innocent man
against whom there is no charge, per
haps a sufferer himself, to be locked up
and held until the defendant can be
placed upon trial."
FEAST OF CORPUS CHRIST1
Appropriate Services Are Held at
St. Mary's Cathedral.
The Feast of Corpus Christl was fit
tingly solemnized yesterday morning at
St. Mary's Cathedral. Very. Rev. M. A.
Qulnlan preached the sermon, taking for
his subject "The Blessed Eucharist and
Catholic Life." The speaker spoke in
part as follows:
"It is a blessed thing that the church
dedicates this day to the public honoring
of the Blessed Eucharist, for in this way
she makes us realize how precious is our
heritage, how dearly we should prize It.
and how weighty is the obligation resting
upon us to make the sacrament of the
altar the leading inspiration of our lives.
If we fall to realize this one fact, vain
Indeed Is the theory that we shall faith
fully fulfill our duties as followers of
Christ. If we do not understand that the
Blessed Eucharist is our chief possession
on earth, how unreasonable is it to think
that our. lives will correspond with the
dignity with which we were clothed when
the first pastor of souls gave us his flesh
that we might live. For us, after all, if
we are truly Christians, life Is to be the
expression of an intense belief in the
miracle of transubstantlation. The more
thoroughly we appreciate the fact that
our riches are in this respect beyond com
pare, the more noble and dignified will be
our lives, and the more beneficent and
far-reaching will be our influence as
members of the church. Nay, more, to
add a human consideration, the more dis
tinguished will be our service to the
state.
"We cannot get away from the fact
that the more we are endowed with riches
in one form or another, the more effi
cient we become In the doing of good
work. Moreover, it may be said that if
this truth is not manifest in our lives
there is something wrong with our riches.
Whatever our possessions may be. It
makes no difference; the rule should hold
good. Our first thought may be of ma
terial wealth. Even so, do we not ob
serve that material wealth makes it eas
ier for man to rise socially or politically?
Do we not observe that it clothes film
with an air of dignity and physical re
finement? Do we not realize that it en
ables him to assist his fellow-man in
need, to alleviate his distress, or to pro
cure the betterment of the race through
his generosity in the cause of education?
Wealth means power, and the man who
possesses It has within easy reach the
dignity of a station in life correspondingly
exalted.
"Certain it is that the riches we pos
sess are to be regarded as a true ex
ponent of our greatness. If we are rich
in material resources we' may elevate
ourselves in the world and among men.
If we are rich in Intellectual endowments
we may gain - a more lasting renown.
Does it not follow that if these posses
sions bear the stamp of divinity the
sphere of our greatness Is truly enlarged?
Who will contradict the evident answer?
"In what respect, may I now ask, do
our possessions bear the stamp of divin
ity? Chiefly in the character of the soul
and in its relation to God, In whose Im
age and likeness it is created; not only is
the soul enriched by bearing the image
and likeness of God and a spiritual rela
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the stupendous reality that at the altar
of sacrifice it is nourished by a divine
food. With such nourishment what
should we ourselves become? Have we
fully considered this fact when we set
the standard of our physical, mental and
religious excellence? Is the goal for which
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