THE UrORNIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1306. QUITS UNDER FIRE Southern Pacific to Abandon Fourth Street. FIRST STEP IS TAKEN Harrlman Officials Incorporate Bea verton & Willsburg Kail road Co. to Build East of River Elec tricity a West Side. With the Incorporation of the Beaverton & "Willsburg Railroad Company, tho flrst definite step has been taken by the South ern Pacific to remove its trains from Fourth street. The plan of the incorpo rators of the new company Is to build o line of railway from Beaverton. on the West Side division, to the Willamette River at Oswego, where a bridge will be built to carry the traffic to the East Side, and a Junction with the main line of the Southern Pacific at WillsburK. Passenger and freight traffic will then be routed over the new line from Bea verton. Entrance to the city will be over the Southern Pacific tracks on the East Side, This detour will Increase the length of the Journey from Beaverton to Portland by perhaps ten miles, but it will eliminate the heavy Fourth street grade, and the new route will also settle the controversy between the railroad company and the city council over the Fourth-street tracks. The operation of trains on Fourth street has long been a question of dispute be tween the Southern Pacific and the Coun cil, and the solution of the matter by the detour will be satisfactory to all parties. The franchise of the Southern Pacific on Fourth street is perpetual, and the council has been advised by the City At torney that it has no right to dispossess the company. It can, however, regulate the use of the franchise, and in view of the agitation against the further opera tion of v trains on that thoroughfare, it was thought the council might refuse to permit the railroad to longer use Fourth trreet for steam locomotives. The Southern Pacific has, however, hown a disposition to remove trains from the street, and has been busy making surveys and searching out routes for the detour to Willsburg that has at last been secured. While the company leaves the street under fire. It is voluntarily seek ing another outlet to the city. Because of the heavy Fourth-treet grade. It is a v'Poatter of economy for the railroad to 6&rure a route of easier grades. The Southern Pacific plans to still bring most of its West Side passenger business Into the city on Fourth street by means of electric cars, which it will operate be tweet Portland and Beaverton, or possibly to Hillshoro and Forest Grove. The elec trification of the Fourth street line has been decided upon, and will be realized as soon as the cut-off to Willsburg is In operation. It is planned to commence construction of the line to Willsburg from Beaverton within a short rime. A high bridge across the Willamette that will not interfere with the operation of steamers and will not delay trains by the swinging of a draw, will probably be built. Incorporators of the new company are William Crooks, assistant to General Manager O Brien, of the Harrlman lines, and H. F. Connor and W. R. Litzenberg, attorneys in the offices of W. W. Cotton, general counsel for the Harrlman lines in this territory. The capital stock Is placed at $75,000. HE BLAMES THE COXSIGVEES Harriman Freight Agent Discusses San Francisco Congestion. After a trip to San Francisco, where he saw for himself the railroad situation. W. I. Skinner, assistant general freight agent for the Harriman lines in this territory, says the outlook Is very bad and that the prospects for an early raising of the emhargo on lumber and other commodities from Oregon that has been enforced by the Southern Pacific are not bright. Mr. Skinner found the congestion In the yards at San Francisco such that It will re quire a long time to remove It. "The conditions are not encouraging, as regards the lumber business, and Indica tions are that it will be some time before the embargo on other freight will be lifted and shipments be resumed," said he yes terday. "Cars of freight brought Into the city are kept standing on sidings for 30, 40 and even 60 days, awaiting release. More business la being poured Into San Francisco than can possibly be handled by the available men. teams or the rail roads. The whole city Is simply over whelmed by the enormous traffic. "As to lifting the embargo on commodi ties which cannot now be shipped into San Francisco, this is a matter for the con signees to determine largely. Until the stuff can be gotten out of the cars now crowded on the San Francisco tracks, and the cars released, there will be no oppor tunity for new business to come into the city. The delay on the part of the con signees is largely responsible for the un fortunate condition that now exists." O. & W". Directors Hold Meeting. An adjourned meeting of the directors of the Oregon. & Washington was held yesterday afternoon in the offices of W. W. Cotton. No business of special inter est was transacted. W. R. Litzenberg, an attorney for the company, will go to Centralia today to appear in a condem nation suit the company is pressing in that vicinity in order to secure rights of way for the road. An adjourned meeting- of the O. R. & N. directors was also held yesterday in the same offices, but owing to the fact that there was not a quorum present, the meeting was postponed an til next Mon day. Co-Operates With Fruitgrowers. The Harriman lines are already pre paring to co-operate with the manage ment of the Oregon Horticultural So ciety In arousing widespread Interest in the meeting of the society to be held in Portland January i, 9 and 10. For the session a rate of one and one third fare for the round trip will be offered from all points on the Oregon lines. It Is expected to arouse con siderable enthusiasm for the annual meeting and. efforts will be made to secure a place to make a suitable ex hibit of Oregon fruits. Returning From the Orient. The Los Angeles Times excursion to the Orient is aue In Portland on its re turn at 6 A. M. November 14. The special train will leave over the Southern Pacific for home at 8 o'clock the same morning. The party is returning to Seattle on the Hill steamship Dakota, which Is due there on the evening- of November 13. Grading JTearly Finished. All but nine miles have been graded on the Riparia-Lewiston extension, which is being built Jointly by the O. R. & N. and Northern Pacific It Is hoped to have the lineun operation by January L The whole road Is to be 78 miles in length. Track h- -en laid for a distance of 20 miles out of Riparia. During the Summer the work was much delayed on account of the labor shortage, but this has been over come and track is now being laid at the rate of a mile a day. SMOKING AND CARE OF FOOD Mrs. Evans Only Suggests and De nies She Has Begun Crusade. PORTLAND, Nov. 6. (To the Editor.) Taking advantage of this opportunity, I should like to thank The Oregonian for the kind and generous editorial of a few days ago, regarding smoking and expecto rating in our food supply shops, and also for the universal support the paper has given me In my efforts for cleaner and better conditions. What measure of success I have at tained, is due to the support I have re ceived from the best element of the com munity, which includes a large percent age of our food dealers and merchants. For this reason I am going to ask The Oregonian to correct an Impression that seems to have gone abroad, that I am about to begin a "crusade" against smok ing In our meat markets and grocery stores a move that I would consider very Ill-advised. In the list of requirements for a clean shop which was approved by the Board of Health, Is this: "Smoking and expec torating In the shop must be prohibited, and signs to that effect exposed." Not one of the "requirements" is covered by ordinance, or , was It ever the Intention to enforce them by law. They were 6imply rules thought necessary for cleanliness, and got out as a suggestive help to mer chants who really wanted to be clean, and as something of a basis upon which to work in fixing the standard for a clean shop. In my monthly report to the Health Board, November 1. I said: "Many mer chants object to the requirement regard ing smoking, as they think It will injure their business". It was intended neither as a complaint or a threat, though It seems to have been construed to mean both. I would very seriously object to even an ordinance prohibiting smoking in the shops, as It would be an infringement upon personal rights, and no law can be enforced that does this. It would be as abortive as the ordinance prohibiting expectorating on the sidewalks. At the some time, I consider the habit of smok ing in the shops dangerous, and a menace to the community, and I could not con scientiously put a 6hop on the clean list where the custom was permitted. I fre quently see men whom I have every rea son to believe are afflicted with tubercu losis, smoking and spitting in the saw dust on the shop floors. When this de posit arises in dust, can anyone tell who may swallow the germ in their food. Or who measure its contaminating results? The first suggestion for this requirement came from a baker who told me he would not be able to get bakers if he prohibited their smoking, and ' that he frequently saw the ashes from their ci gars or cigarettes fall Into the bre.ad troughs, but added that if he was oTdered by the market inspector to prohibit tne same, the orders would be an excuse tor him to enforce it, I have made this a matter of frequent conversation with the merchants, point ing out the danger and asking their co operation, but never once making it an issue, much less a crusade. Many of the merchants recognize the danger, and the matter, I believe, is rapidly settling itself by education, and I feel confident that the time is near at hand when the merchants of Portland will wonder how they endured this unhealthy habit, as they are now wondering how they did without sanitary counters: kept their foods on the sidewalks, and the many other things that are speaking far louder for the good sense and intelligence of the merchants than it does for my humble efforts in that direction. SARAH A. EVANS. Market Inspector. God's Own Out-of-Doors. Outing. . But the "North Woods" remain, and he who loves to see the open sky above his head, to feel the wind upon his face and all the pleasures of God's own out-of-doors, may still find them beside the lakes and streams of the Adirondacks. Let him whose soul is racked by the wild turmoil of metropolitan life or business cares, whose tired and smoke-smarting eyes have forgotten to look upward to where float the clouds by day and blaze the stars by night, whose mental and physi cal horizon is enclosed between four walls or the narrow vista of some musty street, seek the North Woods. Let him "take up his tents and go forth into the wilder ness" and health and peace shall surely enter into him. There in the golden days of our Indian Summer the like of which are not to be found otherwhere upon this earth he shall tramp the woods be neath a cloudless sky, lie out under the stars and marvel at the great infinitudes, those things which do not pass with the passing of nations. Let him watch, when the day's hunt Is over and the sun is de clining to Its rest, the colors changing on the distant hills, while to his nostrils comes the savor of the- evening meal. And when that meal has passed with talk and jest and story let him light his pipe, that greatest solace of the hunter, and stretching himself before the glowing campfire, listen to the noises of the night, and. as the sparks before him, his cares shall fly upward and be lost in the dark ness and the night; and when at last he lies down upon a bed of boughs he shall sink at once into that sleep which knows not time nor dreams. Jury Lets Woman Down Eay. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Miss Florinda Tllario, who has been on trial in the County Court at Somerville. N. J., charged with the murder of Alexander Dipoalo, was found guilty of manslaugh ter by the Jury last night- She was con victed of having shot and killed Dipoalo last June. It was brought out during the trial that Dipoalo had squandered all of her money. The defense contended that the shooting was accidental. Sen tence was deferred. Accidentally Kills Mother. NEW YORK. Nov. 6. While taking apart his revolver so that It could do no harm in the house, Henry Stedner, 18 years of age, of College Point, L I., accidentally shot his mother yesterday. She is dying, and the boy will lose his reason as a result of the tragic acci dent, y Peary Delayed by Gales. LENOX. Mass., Nov. 6. Two telegrams from Commander R. B. Peary were re ceived here today by Morris K. Jessup, president of the Peary Arctic Club, stat ing that the explorer had obtained coal at Battle Harbor, N. F., but was delayed by gales. He hoped to, sail today. Heavy Storm on Gray's Harbor. HOQUIAM. Wash., Nov. 6. (Special.) One of the worst rain storms In years has prevailed on Gray's Harbor the past 34 hours. The flats were flooded and low plank streets turned Into pontoon bridges. A southwest gale prevailed until about 3 o'clock this evening. Launch Party's Weary Cruise. CHICAGO. Nov. 6 After drifting about Lake Michigan since Saturday afternoon in a gasoline launch without gasoline, Louis Wright and William Thornton, of Michigan City, were today picked up by the steamer Glenn and brought to this city. IMPROVE THE PARK New Roads and Trails Needed at Crater Lake. PROTECTION TO VISITORS Superintendent Wants Safe Trail Down Crater to Jjake Shore, Around Victor Bock and Up Scott and Glacier Peaks. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 6. In his annual report re cently submitted to the Secretary of the Interior. Superintendent W. F. Arant. of the Crater Lake National Park, reviews at length the work that has been done in Improving the park and making more accessible the numerous points of interest. He furthermore sets forth the immediate needs, together with the amounts required to carry on improvements during the com ing year. The following extracts are self explanatory: "There are four roads and three trails In the reserve. The road from the south line of the park to the Crater Lake Post- MAP SHOWING ROUTES TO office is in fairly good condition for travel, but much improvement could and should be fnade upon it. The same condition ex ists in regard to the road leading from the Postoffice to the rim of the crater. 'Only what repair work was necessary to place these roads in reasonably fair condition for travel has been done this season, but they should still be widened In many places, smoothed out, and some of the bridges should have extensive re pairs. ' The old road to the crater is not In good condition, but it is very little travel ed, and when the new road to White Horse shall have been completed there will be no necessity of keeping ft up. I would not recommend any permanent improvements on it. The road from the west line of the reserve toward the crater is not in good condition and should have substantial and permanent improvements made upon it. Trail Down Crater Dangerous. Of the principal trails in the park, the one leading from the rim of the crater down to the water of the lake is by far the most used and now is and always has been in very bad and, in some places, dangerous condition, and should have sub stantial and extensive Improvements made upon It. The other two trails, the one leading along the rim of the crater and the one to Bybee Creek, are not so much used, but should be improved. There should be two more trails built in the park, one to the summit -of Glacier Peak and one to Scott Peak. . For improvements Mr. Arant asks the following appropriations: Barn and stable, $500; fencing lot around barn, $150; fencing liayfield and pas ture. $200; mower and hayrake, $120; toolhouse, $100; hydraulic ram to raise water from canyon, $200; visitors' reg ister and supplies at entrance, $1500. The report continues: Should Guard Victor Rock. "A short distance inside the crater. eight or ten rods below the rim, there is a high promontory of rock, called Victor Rock, where nearly all visitors go for a good view of the lake and sur rounding country. At the summit of this rock and where many people con gregate it is rough and craggy and some parts of it slope or Incline toward the lake. Below this summit and toward the lake walls are vertical in fact, it hangs over for almost 1000 feet above the water. This is one of the most prominent and probably most fre quented points on the crater rim, and owing to the character of this rock, or promontory of rock, there is more or less danger of accident or even less of life, and as a protection against danger to those who congregate at this point there should be a strong iron railing placed along the outer edge of this rock; this could be done for $150. "For a road plow, a hillside scraper, and other tools for road and bridge work, which it is necessary to have, it would require an outlay of $100. Improvement of Roads. "In regard to the matter of improve ments and extension of roads in the park It is proper to state-that in the Spring of each year the roads are found to o washed out In many places, and deep ruts are cut by the heavy rains and waters of the melting snows and obstructed by fallen trees, logs, stones and brush, and the repairing alone requires a considerable amount of labor. In many places the roads are in bad condition by being partially overgrown by brush, which should be cut away and the roads otherwise im proved. It would cost $400 to put the road from the south line of the park to Crater Lake, the Postoffice, in proper condition. 'There should be an expenditure of r JfFiarUaamath ffj "I v If J oKliiLih Agency v gf-f 10 , h ( Ashlandcx SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS v f J . OPEGON (C $400 In making necessary Improvements on the road from Crater Lake Postoffice to the rim of the crater. "The road from the west line of the park to Whitehorse has never had any improvement work done upon it; it is washed out, is sidling, crooked and rough. It should have $300 expended upon it in making the necessary repairs and improvements. "The necessary improvements at Whitehorse would cost $150. The grading up and cutting drains and building culverts in the swampy piece of road west of Whitehorse would cost $300. "The necessary expenditure for com pletion of the road from Crater Lake to Whitehorse will be J800. "As has been previously . stated and described in my last annual report of October 1. 1905, the banks inside the crater are very precipitous, and the vertical elevation above the lake is 1000 feet. Trail to Lake Shore. "There is but one route by which the water of the lake can be reached; it leads from the summit to the water's edge, and is very steep, crooked, and In many places dangerous so much so that only the stronger individuals are able to make the descent and ascent, and many are thus deprived of the pleasures of the trip to the water. A trip down into the crater to the lake 1s one of the chief attractions of a visit to the park, and it is urgently necessary that better facilities for mak ing this trip be provided. "A climb down and up ver this trail when it is at its best is as hard a climb as people are able to make, but nearly all visitors and tourists In the park are disappointed if they do not make this trip; and it will require a considerable amount of work and expense to put it NATTONA.I, KJsmUMio Springs CRATER LAKE PARK. in only fairly good and safe condition. It should be widened out and straight ened, and in many places steps should be cut in the stone and hard earth, and a small, strong cable should be stretch ed along the trail on the lower side to make it safe and to asist in climbing down and up the crater wall. Six hun dred dollars would be required to make this much-needed improvement "Mount Scott, or Scott Peak, on the rim of the crater in the southeastern portion of the park, is the loftiest peak in the reserve, being 9122 feet above sea level and 2883 feet above the sur face of the lake. It is a point of grand scenic beauty; it is also very subject to forest fires, but there being no road or trail from any other point in the park, it is almost inaccesible. There should be a good horse trail opened from the wagon road to the rim of the crater to this interesting point. It would require an expenditure of $250 to open and build this trail. "Also the opening and building of a good trail from the 'Camp Ground' on the rim to the summit of Glacier Peak, 8227 feet above sea level and 19S8 feet immediately above the waters of the lake on the westr im of Glacier Peak, mighty cauldron, is an improvement to the facilities for traveling about in the reserve that should be made. Two hundred dollars represents the amount required for this purpose. "For repairs on bridges on the roads now existing in the park and on new roads to be opened, 15,000 feet of bridge lumber will be required during the next fiscal year, which will cost at the saw mill $150, and the hauling of the same will cost $150, making a necessary ex penditure on this account of $300. "For use in the repairing of bridges on the roads now existing and in the construction of new bridges on roads to be opened, there will be needed nails, spikes, bolts, and other hardware to the amount of $100. "As has been stated in- previous re ports on this subject, there exists great necessity for assistance in patrolling the park. During the Summer months the duties of the superintendent are multitudinous, and a great deal of time is required in properly superintending the Improvement work and other affairs of the park. Park Rangers Needed. "As a precautionary measure against the trespassing of loose stock upon the park lands, for the prevention of the cutting of any of the green and grow ing timber at the camping places or other portions of the reserve, and for the prevention of the violation of any of the rules and regulations of the park, and for the extinguishing and suppression of forest fires In the re serve, it is of the utmost Importance that provision be made for the employ ing of at least two patrolmen or park rangers, whose duty it would be to act in a similar capacity to that of forest rangers in the forest reserves, and to maintain a constant patrol in the park from July 1 to October 31. "Sixty dollars per month would be reasonable compensation for this serv ice, and I therefore place in this list of estimates as a necessary expenditure on this account, the item of $480 as the amount required to pay for the services of these greatly needed asistaats for the four months during the dry season of the year. "The salary of the superintendent of the park is $1000 per annum, and the allowance for keeping one additional horse for use In the park at $1 per day amounts to C365 a year; total, $1365, which, together with the several amounts in the foregoing list of esti mates of the cost of necessary improve ments during the fiscal year 1908 amounts in the. aggregate to $7315. KQOD RIVER MM FAMOUS ORCHARDISTS RAISED APPLES, COXSOIERS DID THE REST, Let Every Other Section Grow Best Possible Fruit, and Everybody Will Be Happy. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Nov. 6. (To the Editor.) Since the biennial fruit fair at Hood River several comments have been made and comparisons drawn about the real value of Hood River apples. Most, of these remarks have been prompted by Jealousy of sections where apples are grown, while others have been made with the full and honest conviction that they can produce a better article than Hood River. In regard to The Oregonian having been "industriously worked for several years by the Hood River adver tising bureau," I wish to say that one of the missions of such great daily news papers as The Oregonian is to acquaint, the outside world with the resources of its own state, and by doing so bring in new settlers. Invite eastern capital to in vest here and take advantage of the many opportunities offered. That is what The Oregonian has done in a creditable manner, not only for Hood River, but for the entire Empire State of the Pa cific. But why did The Oregonian do it for Hood River? Because we had something to back up our assertions and statements. We could deliver the goods and did de liver the goods, and are delivering them today. Hood River is a credit to the state of Oregon, and deserves all the publicity she gets. She has earned it honestly, and by hard work; not through the agency of an advertising bureau in inducing newspapers to make false state ments about her, but by the hard work of its industrious growers, packers and shippers of fruit. All that may be a thorn in the side of some of the other fruit growing sections of Oregon. But they can soon get rid of it if they will only wake up. plant varieties that are suitable to their. local conditions, and then work in their orchards early, late, and at all times, use brains as well as muscle in their work, and, when they have accomplished some thing, show it to the world, and, if it is of merit, no one will feel any happier over it than Hood River. , Hood River has never used any methods to gain publicity that were not honor able and strictly above board. All we have ever done is to give information to those seeking it, and to show our product at every opportunity that presented it self, and that is what every loyal citizen should do that has the interest and fu ture of his town, county or state at heart. Rogue River and Hood River val leys are spoken of as the apple growing centers of Oregon because they have shown to the world that they are produc ers of fine apples and lots of them. The Oregonian and other newspapers, and in fact, every public spirited citizen of Oregon, would be only too glad to add other septions of this great state to this roll of honor. The assertion that Hood River apples are the best keepers was made in the first place by buyers of our fruit. If the man that planks down $2.50 to $3.25 a box for 25.000 boxes of Hood River apples says so. and furthermore says that one of the reasons Is that he pays us those prices because our apples do keep after others are all gone, then I think we can readily believe it. That we have offered prime apples at 85 cents per box is quite true, and they went like hot cakes. We did not have enough to go around. That is easily explained. Hood River farmers made .the same mistake that was made In other apple-growing sections 10 or 15 years ago by planting every variety that the nurseryman had in his catalogue, so as to have early, midwinter, late, green, red, in fact all the varieties of the apple kingdom in their orchards. We have found in the last four or five years that all of them were not $3 varieties, so we grafted over some of them, some we dug up, and some we Just let grow and bear. Those are the S5-cent varieties, and even they must be a little better than they are in some local! ies, because these same varieties have been bought in the Wil lamette valley this season by the carload at 65 cents a box, and J know of sections where they are offered at 50 cents a box. Hood River people least of all say much about their apples being better than they are in other sections. We feel so happy over our good fortune, we are so full of joy it makes some of us almost speech less. But it is the press which is pleased to show off the resources of its own state that is drawing its conclusions from the prices we are receiving for our goods. There is no man, woman or child in Hood River that is not willing, yes, glad to tell the fruit growers of this or any other state how we achieved our success, so they can improve their own methods. Every fruitgrower In Hood River valley knows and admits that some varieties of apples grow better in other localities, but we admit it cheerfully, and not with the least thought of Jealousy. It is to be hoped that every fruit grower of this state will make exhibits', of their fancy apples at every opportunity, one of which is at the annual meeting of the State Horticultural Society held in January. This so-called notoriety that Hood River apples have enjoyed In the past has accomplished two great things: it is bringing thousands of dollars of outside money, mostly from Europe, to a com munity of industrious. Intelligent fruit growers, and made the name of this great state of Oregon resound all over the civilized world, second only to the Lewis and Clark fair. E. A. FRANZ. "Human Ads." in Store Windows. New York Sun- "I never saw anything like the human 'ads' you have In your New York win dows." remarked a gin up for a few weeks from the South. "What I dislike most about it is that most of them are women. There's the Oriental-eyed girl, who sits in Turkish costume puffing some new brand of cigarette, emitting Ara besque whiffs from her mouth; there's the girl who lets down her glorious hair and holds out to view some new Seven Sisters decoction; there's the girl who demon strates some up-to-date collar or belt fas tener, and. Oh! such a host of others. "I saw two mighty queer ones yester day. A'Broadway window was veritably besieged by passers-by straining to catch a glimpse of a girl drenched by a shower bath operating directly above her head. That shower bath was worse than any thunder plump that ever drenched Broad way; but the girl smilingly peeled on a mackintosh which she wore and showed the spectators that her underneath gar ments were as dry as powder or a lecture on mnemonics. "Then the other one. A woman In a window in the shopping district makes the astonished observer believe she's about to perform In theatrical parlance, the Great Undressing Act- With cool un concern, she unbuttons, unhooks and re moves her outer garments, one by one, and then applies Somebody's 'Magic Cleaner" and cleans them. "But I don't see," concluded the girl from the South, looking down thoughtfully at her polished finger nails, "why they can't get men and boys to do those 'stunts.' Do you reckon the women pay better? or get paid less?" Penalty of Not Taking Own Life. NEW YORK. Nov. 6. The court-martial of Lieutenant John S. Hamilton, Twelfth Infantry. U. 0. A., for absence without leave, began on Governor's Island yester day. Hamilton is the officer who disap peared from the concentration camp at Mount Gretna, Pa., nearly three months xgo, and who later wrote a letter to Gen eral BeU. the chief of the general staff. Fearful SUGGESTIONS HOW WOMEN MAY FIND RELIEF. ' gtyee tfoimes0&0$ AtrxTillie Hart g&A While no woman is entirely free from periodical suffering, it does not seem to be the plan of nature that women should suffer so severely. This is a severe strain on a woman's vitality. When pain exists something is wrong1 which should be 6et right or it will lead to a serious derangement of the whole female organism. Thousands of women have testified in grateful letters to Mrs. Pinkham that Lydia. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound overcomes woman's special pains and irregularities. 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Is It to be believed that out of our rich, refined, play-loving population there are not to be found those with sufficient enthusiasm or self-sacrifice to raise whatever money Is necessary to establish at least one Ideal experimental theater, with a sixpenny gallery and a shilling pit, all places to be reserved, and with free performances at least once a week, where the best works of the best dram atists of the world could be played by a company whose primary object was not to serve as advertisements for the dress maker, or be mere incidents in the scen ic splendors of the carpenter's art? What is wanted Is faith, and after faith organ ization. Even in this day of doubt and unbelief the churches can find faith enough to create organizations which raise any amount of cash. 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