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THi MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, APRIL. 1, 1907.
DRIZZLE DAMPENS
EASTER DISPLAY
Usual Dress Parade Is Seen at
Portland Churches, But
Not on the Streets.
FAIR SEX BRAVES WEATHER
(iorgeons Show of Spring Oowns and
Hats at Houses of Worship Be
comes Bedraggled as Fashion
Devotees Scurry Home.
BY NAN FTXBEE.
Easter Is over. It was not quite an
absolute failure. Despite the frowning
skies of the morning and the almost
steadv drizzle of the afternoon, there
were elements of success in the post
lenten day of dress parade so dear to the
feminine heart. In Portland and other
cities of the Northwest, the behavior of
the elements and the mood of Old Sol at
Eastertide is always r matter of uncer
tainty, but Portland's petticoat contin
gency, nothing daunted, is accustomed to
go ahead with its preparations, and to
hlossom out, upon the official day, rain,
shine or drizzle. In a manner which puts
it in the running with the lilies of the
held in outclassing the celebrated glory
of King Solomon.
The new day was crowding close upon
the heels of the old one Saturday night
when the dressmaker and the milliner
laid aside the. needle, and a sidelight in
cidental to feminine pride and rejoicing
was the relief of these tired toilers at the
coming of Sunday, with Its surcease from
the mad rush for fine raiment the real
furv of which was reserved for the pa
tient servitors behind the counter and at
the sewing table. Many a little shopgirl
and pller of needle and shears dozed
luxuriously among the pillows until noon
yesterday, resting tired limbs, aching An
gers and over-strained nerves, while mi
lady, arrayed in her Easter creation, sat
in her pew. under the soft shimmer of
stained glass windows, breathing In the
perfume of the lilies, listening to the roll
of anthems, and furtively surveying, with
critical eye, her neighbor's gown and
hat.
The WeatJierman's Joke.
Apparently as a sort of premature First
of April 1oke on the Easter maid. Phoebus
Apollo and Jupiter Pluvlus agreed to mix
un the calendar and exchange jobs, for
certainly a more nearly ideal Easter day
could hardly have been found In his
choicest stock than was handed out by
Phoebus Saturday, while the storm-god
took complete charge yesterday, with
reveral varieties of inclemency up his
sleeve for the bedraggling of Easter bon
nets and gowns. Very few Portland wom
en., however, if new gowns hung on the
pegs and new hats reposed on the
shelves of their clothes-closets, lacked
courage to venture forth, and in every
church in the city a brilliant assortment
of dazzling raiment was on display.
Early in the morning, before the regular
hour of service, and while there was yet
hope of sunshine, dainty frocks were
abroad, and in the downtown streets they
were sufficient in number to amount to a
parade. Bluffy organdies and elaborate
lace costumes vied with natty little cut
away suits and smart creations of voile
and light Panama cloth, while hats and
bonnets of all shape, size, and color
i "previous condition of servitude" only
being barredl. sailed breezily along flaunt
ing defiance to the gathering clouds and
threatening drlzzlel A little later, while
organs pealed and choirs carolled forth
glad anthems, the Baster costume was
in the height of Its glory.
Nature Almost Outdone.
Kxqulsite laces, dainty embroideries, soft
tones and tints, rich fabrics, employed
both In hat and gown, and a panorama of
artificial flowers, cunningly wrought silk
mul and wire so as to all but outdo
nature herself these were all there in
bewildering confusion visible over the
tops of the pews. Here and there, an
Easter gown or hat. gracefully worn,
stood out in individual appeal to the eyefc
and as milady knelt, with devout words
or ritual responses on her lips, who shall
nay that the long, graceful lines of her
figure, in the close embrace of her
"princess" frock, were lost on her neigh
bor? Kneeling there, with downcast
eyes, and- radient in her adornments, (for
which the head of her family must sign
an appalling check when the bill straggles
in) the joy of penance done and of for
giveness received, seems written on her
face, but who can say she is blind to the
despair and envy of the pudgy woman be
hind, or of the thin one on the left, who
must needs cling to the noncommittal
modes, or seek refuge In the voluminous
folds of the "jumper" suit?
The hour of the Easter services was
the one of rejoicing: unalloyed for
the Easter maid. The exhilaration of
casting off the lenten saok-cloth and
ashes, combined with the ecstacy of
casting on the post-Ienten rose-medallion
lace over Chantung silk comes
near to spelling bliss superlative to the
Taminlne soul, and Portland's femininity
In the uplift of this, was unconscious
of the speeding minutes until the
benediction camo liku a shock, and it
was all over.
Had the day been propltloua It would
rtot have been all over. On a fine day
one may walk with the fulness of a
filmy frock held daintily In a snugly
gloved hand, safe above the dust of the
sidewalk. and be none of the less pleas
ing to look upon for the display of a
dainty patent-leather boot. and should
the sun shine a little too ardently, there
Is the silken parasol. (made to match
every elaborate gown this season 1,
which may be gracefully tilted over
the shoulders.
Horrid Rain Then Fell.
, But when the rain pours!
As it did yesterday!
The benediction ended the whole
thing for the Easter maid. To be sure,
the show was Just beginning for
sundry heartless men and street un
chins, who watched with broad, un
feeling grins what followed. Out from
the churches poured the gowns and
bonnets, and little shrieks of dismay
came from those in front as those who
came behind crowded them out into the
street. It was raining, not a short-lived
shower, hut a steady, business-like
drizzle, under which no ostrich plume
ever plucked, from the tail of the rock
devouring bird, could hold its curl nor
thrice dust-ruffled frock of silk or lace
escape bedraggling. Hacks and auto
mobiles were in demand and such as
were thoughtfully at hand whisked
away the fortunate. Filmy, beruffled
parasols offered such service against
the showery onslaught as might a
fork In stemming the current of the
"Willamette River. Had a vendor of
raincoats and umbrellas been at hand,
he would have reaped a fortune.
Hushes were made for cars and the
silken frou-frou that had gladdened the
feminine heart as the fair worshippers
tiled in, grew into a desperate rustle
as some of them emerging, sped and
sprinted for home under the shelter of
borrowed, begged or appropriated um
brellas. Easter Maid's Face at Window.
During the afternoon very little was
seen of the Easter maid, save her wist
ful face at the window. In the even
ing, however, she had another chance
and made good use of it at the theater.
There were not many box seats vacant
at the Heilig last night, where a brilli
antly dressed audience greeted Charles
Hanford in "Cymbelllne." In a box one
may wear her Easter bonnet, as well as
her Easter gown and the box seat
was popular last night. The new
"Bennie" coats of hand-made lace, how
ever, had an equal chance in the or
chestra and being a part of the East
er costume proper, they were out in
full force.
When the curtain fell upon the last
act of the play last night, the Easter
outfit, in toto, had been officially ini
tiated, and thenceforth, so far as Dame
Fashion Is concerned, It Is Spring.
KNIGHTS IN AMERICA.
(Continued From First Page.)
cry when they came to him for instruc
tion. Miss Powell always answered with
spirit when he spoke roughly to her and
he paid her back by giving her harder
lessons than any of the rest. She always
made It a point to master what he gave
her and so the lessons 'became harder and
harder. Finally on Tuesday he gave her
the "Moto Perpetuo" of Paganinl to make
ready for Friday. It was an almost im
possible task, but she set to work not
only to master it for him. but to give
him a little surprise as well. "When she
came for her lesson, she closed the music
and stood ready to piay. He asked her
with an unbelieving grin if she expected
to play It from memory, thinking it would
be a farce of short duration. She nod
ded an affirmative and before the piece
was half over the skeptical master was
sitting forward on the edge of his chair,
showing in every way his anxiety that
she should not break down. After that
he offered no more sarcastic comments
and they got on famously.
Dominie Hodges' Prophecy.
"When old Dominie Hodges, a Tale
man, found himself in the barrens of
Kentucky in the early fifties, out of
money and out of a Job, he applied at
the home of one of the prosperous
farmers of the "Chicken-Bristle"
neighborhood for a night's lodging.
Hodges knew Latin and Greek and
mathematics. The farmer had a son
14 years old, and a nephew 12. Hodges
was engaged to tutor the boys. Eu
gene was the elder, and Will the
lounger. Eugene excelled in history
and the humanities Will was always
far ahead in mathematics. When the
storm of the Civil War was about to
break, the scholarly Hodges wanted
to go back home to spend his old age.
He took sorrowful leave of his two
pupils and addressed his patron con
cerning them. "Eugene." he said,
"will know more than anybody about
history, but he will never have money.
Will, however, can do. any kind of
business, and "ie will be a rich man."
Nearly half a century has gone, and
Metcalfe County. Kentucky, knows
those two hoys as its most distin
guished sons. One of them is 'William
H. Newman, president of the New York
Central lines, and the highest sala
ried railroad man in the world, receiving
$125,000 a year. Eugene is known all over
the country by bis pen-name of "Savo
yard." His entertaining essays on po
litical subjects show a wonderful fund
of information, but he is not rich like
his cousin. Thus have the prophecies
of old Dominie Hodges been fulfilled.
Mrs. Knapp, Hymn-Writer.
Mrs. Joseph F. Knepp is the best
known hymn-writer in the United
States. She lives in beautiful apartments
at the Hotel Savoy. New York, and
her suite of ten rooms is rich in rare
tapestries, costly bric-a-brac, Oriental
fittings and suggestions of Egyptian
gorgeousness, modified by modern
taste. In the room known as the "Sun
shine Melody Bower," Mrs. Knapp has
entertained many distinguished peo
ple and has given many artistic enter
tainments. Here Is the organ where
she composes her hymns and cantatas.
Presidents, bishops and literary people
have been among her guests and have
felt themselves honored at the atten
tion of this gifted woman. Her talent
for rhyming and hymn-writing came
early. In fact, her first lyric. "Bet
ter Rub Than Rust." was penned when
she was 9 years old.
Incidents from real life contribute sug
gestions for her hymns. Once, when im
patiently waiting for two shopgirls to
get through gossiping and wait on her,
she heard one say to the other:
"Well, It's worth a million dollars and
it doesn't cost a cent; you might Just as
well smile."
Mrs. Knapp forgot her own impatience
in the appreciation of this philosophy,
and when she went home wrote the fam
ous song, "It's Worth a Million Dollars
and It Doesn't Cost a Cent," The best
known of her many hymns are "Blessed
Assurance," "Up for Jesus Stand,"
"Everlasting Love," "A Ray of Sunshine
Every Day" and "Open the Gates of the
Temple." Her cantata, "The Prince of
Peace," when given a few years ago at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music under
the direction of Theodore Thomas and
his orchestra netted W80O for the Home
for the Aged. Mrs. Knapp comes of a
family which has done much for Method
Ism in particular and for religion In gen
eral. Her mother. Mrs. Phoebe Palmer,
and her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Lankford
Palmer. Instituted the holiness meetings
in New York that have since resulted in
the great Ocean Grove camp-meetings
held In the mammoth auditorium at
Ocean Grove, N. J., every Summer.
Bryan's Hint to Book Agents.
"Book agents have their trials." said
William Jennings Bryan, "but I think if
some of them would adopt my tactics
they might simplify their difficulties."
Mr. Bryan did not peddle books, but on
one occasion he undertook to sell off to
the citizens of the Salem neighborhood
in Illinois ten maps which his brother
had been unsuccessfully peddling for sev
eral weeks. Mr. Bryan started bravely
forth one morning, and when he reported
that evening he had sold every map.
"How did you do it?" said his aston
ished brother.
"I took my payment, in merchandise."
returned Mr. .Bryan. "The one I sold
to the barber will keep me shaved for
weeks. I have stored my pantry with
another from the grocer, and the re
mainder I traded in on a few little bills
I owed around town. It was very
simple."
Tomorrow Yankee Business Ingenuity.
Derailment Blocks Main Line.
OREGON CITY, Or.. March 31.-(Spe-ial.)-The
wreck of two freight cars on
the Southern Pacific main line at Cane
mah this morning caused a delay in traf
fic of several hours, and passenger trains
passed the city shortly after noon, three
hours behind time. The cause of the
temporary delay was the derailing of
two loaded cars of the northbound freight
early this morning at the sharp curve
Just above Canemah. One flat car loaded
with lumber left the rails in front of the
Quinn place and plowed its way along
the ties for several hundred feet. The
car immediately behind also Jumped the
track but went only a short distance.
No one was injured. A wrecking crew
from Portland arrived on the scene
promptly and the cars were Jacked up
and the tracks cleared, without serious
damage.
SOLEMN SERVICES
AT THE CATHEDRAL
Pontifical High Mass Said
by Right Reverend Arch
bishop Christie.
WORSHIPERS FILL EDIFICE
Impressive Music Rendered at the
Easter Celebration Eloquent
Sermon on "The Two Stand
ards" Is .Delivered.
Easter Sunday was celebrated in the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,
the most solemn service in the ritual of
the Catholic Church being used. Solemn
pontifical high mass was said by Arch
bishop Christie, assisted by Rev. H. J.
McDevitt as assistant priest. Rev. Jos
eph Gallagher, C. S. C. as deacon. Rev.
Hugh Gallagher. C. S. C. as sub-deacon,
and Rev. Fathers O'Harra and Wagner
as first deacons of honor. Rev. Father
Thompson acted as master of ceremonies.
The large auditorium of the church was
packed, every seat being filled long be
fore the services began. Extra chairs
were placed at the rear of the church,
and these too were filled. By the time
the mass began standing room was at a
premium. Five minutes after the serv
ices were started there was no standing
room left, and many were turned away.
At the early masses, 6. 8. and 9 o'clock,
fully 300 people attended, mostly commu
nicants who did not wish to fast till the
late mass and many of whom attend only
once a year.
The music for the services was fur-"
nished by a choir of 12 persons under the
direction of Arthur Alexander. The al
tars were decorated with Easter lilies,
and the statues which had been veiled
since the beginning of Lent, were uncov
ered. Among the hundreds of people
who attended the services many races
were represented. The Catholic Church
boasts of adherents in every clime, and
at yesterday's services the congregation
was cosmopolitan to a degree. I Scores
who have no church affiliation attended
the celebration of the high mass because
of its unusual solemnity.
Father O'Hara's Sermon.
Rev. E. D. O'Hara, delivered the ser
mon, taking as a subject, "The Two
Standards." Fathe- O'Hara said In part:
"The principles which Christ enunciat
ed, and the works which he wrought for
our redemption and justification are
alike. Hence it is that the events of the
first Easter morn, though ancient, are
still new. Today as of old, the world is
permitted to gaze upon the empty tomb
and learn the mystery of the risen Christ.
Like the Galileans at the dawn of the
resurrection morn we may indeed explore
the tomb, but unless we bring to the
search a reverent mind, the mystery of
the tomb will remain for us the mystery
of the Sphinx, no angel voice will speak
to us from out it's silent depths, rather
our eyes and ears will be closed, and the
means of our Justification will be turned
to the instruments of our ruin. If we
would benefit by our journey to the
sepulcher on this Easter morning, we
must have a heart and mind which hold
enshrined in the deepest veneration the
record of those thrice ten sinless years
beneath the Syrian blue.
"No one is entitled to stand apart and
observe with idle curiosity the Christian
multitudes on Easter morning. At least
one visit, the sincere mind must pay to
the tomb, to learn what transpired there
on the third day. Nor will it be enough
to peer carelessly in. and then In haste
depart. No cheap dilettante emotion
alism can be accepted as a substitute for
faith in Christ. Religion is all or nothing.
It is no mere smile of contentment or
sign of aspiration, there is no quality of
the finely tempered clay like it's white
ness or it's lightness, it is the life of the
very life.
"The resurrection of Christ has given
to human life an intelligible meaning. It
has lifted the veil of futurity and given
us a glimpse of the spirit world beyond.
Our life is more than a magic shadow
show, played in a box, whoee candle is
the sun. Our outlook is" not bounded by
the miserable horizon of earthly hopes
and fears, taking its color from the
changing situation of the hour.
Must Oppose Secularism.
"In the light of Christ's resurrection
we cannot acquiesce in the secular view,
which sees nothing sacred in human life,
we cannot condone a eysfem which leaves
morality to earthly sanctions; which robs
the home of its sacredness and gives to
the man no higher motive for resisting
venial corruption than the fear of ex
posure before the world. If you would
learn the philosophy of life of Easter
morn, in contrast with its opposite, you
need but turn your eyes to that militant
secularism which would expel Christ from
the home, the school and society. It is
the spirit which permits children to be
raised from the tendereat infancy to man
hood and womanhood, with learning to
raise their hearts and minds in prayer to
the Son of God, who died for their re
demption and rose from the dead for their
justification.
"It is the spirit of secularism which
fosters the high disregard for human life,
that shocks u in the daily report of
murders and suicides. The spirit of sec
ularism has dethroned conscience the
original vicar of Christ and has deadened
the finer feelings of a larger section of
society so much that its sensibilites are
not so much as fluttered by the knowledge
of murder.
"The effect of secularism in the spiritual
I world is to destroy the foundation of
morality, xo sap tne vitality or religion
and dry up the hearts of virtue. Hence
the superstructure of life that naturally
springs from Christian principles will
tumble to inevitable disaster If superim
posed on the crumbling pillars of secular
philosophy.
"The human soul is a precious gem set
between time and eternity. Our real life
is the life of the soul, begun here and per
fected hereafter. We have here no abiding
dwelling, but a place of probation. The
chief concert of man is not provision for
temporal wants the knowledge and power
for which he should strive are not to be
had from the oracles of secularism. Hu
man life has an eternal significance, and
the work of the present time is to sup
press vice and reduce our wills and intel
lects to the obedience of Christ.
"Suoh, my friends", is the true philos
ophy of human life triumphantly exhib
ited on the morn of Christ's resurrection
and substantiated by 19 centuries of sub
sequent history. Over against the stand
ard of secularism is raised the standard
of the risen Christ- Against life's with
ering attitude is the imposing resurrec
tion of him who came into this life that
man might have life and have it more
abundantly.
"Today, as of old. the venerable father
of universal Christendom upholds the
standard of the risen Christ in opposition
to the soul-shrinking philosophy of sec
ularism. And upon each of us. In our
own humble sphere, devolves the sacred
duty of enlisting under that standard to
fight manfully for the ideals of human
life set forth by the resurrection of
Christ."
SERVICES AT ST. LAWRENCE.
Easter Music and Special Macs
Crowd the Church.
An elaborate musical programme was
rendered at St. Lawrence Church by the
regular choir, augmented by an orches
tra. Cimarosa's tuneful mass was the
offering and the different parts of this
exquisite mass were executed in a man
ner deserving of praise.
At the offertory. Miss Elizabeth Harwas
sang Rossini's "Inflammatue."
l.arge congregations were present at all
the masses, but at the high mass at 10:30
the church was taxed to its fullest capa
city. The altars were decorated in festal
garb, Easter lilies predominating in the
adornment. The celebrant of the mass
was Rev. J. C. Hughes, assisted by Rev.
T. P. Kiernan as deacon and Rev. E.
A. Bolla as subdeacon. After the Gospel.
Rev. T. P. Kiernan preached on "the
Miracle of the Resurrection." He said
in part:
"We know that a miracle cannot bo
performed unless by divine intervention;
and consequently if a miracle is wrought
in conformation of a doctrine, then that
doctrine has God for its author. Now,
the miraculous resurrection of Christ was
performed in confirmation of his doctrine,
for Christ asserted he was the Son of
God. and as a proof of his doctrine he
promised his apostles that he would be
put to death, but that on the third day
he would rise again. And Christ kept
his promise. He raised himself from the
dead.
Is it not strange, then, that although
the resurrection of Christ is attested by
the strongest historic proofs, by the uni
ted testimony of the four evangelists and
the universal tradition of the Christian
world that there have been found men
some even who profess to be Christians
who deny its reality and scoff at its
possibility? Yet it is pleasing to know
that their most scientfic and fantastic ex
planations serve only to strengthen its
reality and to impress its truth more
forcibly on the minds of all impartial
men. Their explanations do not explain.
Their loud-sounding theories of syncope
or suppressed animation, down to the still
more ludicrous theory of spiritual hallu
cination propounded by Strauss and Re
nau have been examined, tested and re
pudiated even by the very skepticism
from which they originated. Their the
ories were weighed in the balance and
found wanting."
IN EAST SIDE CHURCHES.
Special Choirs Render Programmes
at Catholic Services.
At the Holy Rosary Church, Union ave
nue and East Third street, a large con
gregation filled the auditorium at the
10:30 mass. J. H. Cass was the, leader
of the choir, and Miss Lizzie Hoben the
organist. Waldemar Lind was the vio
linist. The choir was composed of the
following: Soloists, J. P. Wildman, J. T.
Bell. D. A. Morris. J. E. Malley. J. H.
Cass, F. Barrett, A. J. Brault. E. Zaat;
bassos, EL J. Altstock. A. Morris, G.
Manning, M. Zan. T. Hlggins, E. Camp
bell and L. Freeman.
Millard's mass in G was rendered at
St. Francis Church, East Eleventh and
Oak streets, by a trained choir. There
was a large attendance. Wels' Fourth
mass was sung at St. Mary's Church, un
der the direction of John Tauscher.
DECIDE OS BUILDING SITE
NKXT STEP IN SUCCESSFUL Y. M.
C. A. CAMPAIGN.
Careful Administration of Funds
Pledged Is Promised by Sec
retary Stone,
Between. 7000 and 8000 pledges have been
received for the Y. W. C. A.-Y. M. C. A.
building fund, according- to the secre
taries having in charge the work of as
sorting and listing them, and of these.
It is said, about 5000 were obtained during
the "Everybody Gives" campaign, which
has just closed. It will probably be sev
eral days before they are all listefl, and
while the secretaries are working over
time to catch up with the work which the
100 solicitors have imposed on them, late
subscriptions continue to come in. "Why.
I had a man today expressing his regret
that he didn't have a chance to add his
subscription to the fund," said Secretary
H. W. tone yesterday, "and I told him
It wasn't too late yet. He subscribed as
a number of others have done since we
closed the campaign last night.
"Now that our building is assured,"
continued Mr. Stone, "the boards of
directors of the two associations will
go Into the matter of the selection of a
site. I feel that the giving of this fund
by a self-sacrificing people imposes upon
tfie management of the associations a
great responsibility In expending it eco
nomically and wisely. We hope that ev
ery penny of the half-million dollars will
be coined into manhood and womanhood.
There is not a man, woman or child
toward whom I do not have a kindly
feeling as a result of this campaign. I
believe the whole city has been bound
together more firmly as a result of the
unflinching work of the 100 workers, and
that Portland has again spelled progress.
"In 11 years we have put up two build
ings on this property and have also built
up an association with the largest mem
bership west of Chicago. The. new build
ing will without doubt be located in the
heart of the business district. The direc
tors are considering some half dozen dif
ferent sites on both sides of Washington
street, but it is now too early to predict
what will be the outcome of the negotia
tions." "That bunch of 100 men have more sand
than any other crowd I ever saw," re
marked W. E. Wright, assistant secre
tary, last night. "They simply didn't
know how to fail. I never in my life be
fore saw such a campaign and such re
sults." A rousing good time is expected at the
dinner to be given the "Everybody Gives"
campaign committee of one hundred by
W. M. lAdd. which will be at the Hotel
Portland Friday night
BIrdlovers Reorganize Club.
SAJVEM. Or., March 31. (Special.) Af
ter three years of dormant existence, the
birdlovers of the Capital City have re
newed their interest In the study and
protection of songbirds and have effected
a reorganization of the Audubon Society
of Salem. The officer elected are: Presi
dent, A. F. Hofer: vice-presidents, Mrs.
D. J. Fry. Mrs. Frank Hughes and Miss
Taylor; secretary. J- Cox; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. W. C. Hawley: treasurer,
Mrs. J. Frank Hughes; executive com
mittee. Miss Clara Smith and Messrs. C.
W. Shand and William Warner. The
cluh will hold weekly meetings and the
study of Alaska robins, grosbecks and
snowbirds will be taken up.
Killed in Her Automobile.
ONEOXXA. N. Y., March 31. Mrs.
E. S. Loveland. a niece of the late Collis
P. Huntington and a beneficiary under
his will, was instantly killed today
while operating; an automobile. Mrs.
Loveland was thown from the car when
it plunged over an embankment, and
her neck was broken.
CELEBRATE FEAST
OF
Splendid Musical Programmes
Rendered in Churches of
Rose City.
THOUSANDS AT SERVICES
Standing Room at a Premium in
Down-Town Houses of Worship.
Lovely Easter Lilies Bloom
on Every Altar.
That the people of Portland enjoy good
music was demonstrated by the crowded
churches at the Easter services yesterday.
Those churches which had arranged
elaborate musical programmes were
obliged to turn many away because there
was not even standing room. The morn
ing services were almost as largely at
tended, as those of the evening.
The Easter festival is primarily in com
memoration of the resurrection of Christ,
although other feasts coming at the same
time of the year, combined during the
early years of the Christian era to estab
lish this festival as it is now celebrated.
The word "Easter" is said to be derived
from "Eastre" or "Ostra," the Anglo
Saxon goddess of Spring, to whom the
month of April was dedicated. Being,
in the northern hemisphere, the time
when all nature corhe3 forth with new
life and beauty it was considered by
Christians two centuries after Christ to
be a time particularly fitting for the
celebration of his resurrection.
At first no definite day was set aside
as the time of rejoicing, the Gentile
Christians usually solemnized the Sunday
nearestto the day of the year upon which
Christ arose and the Jewish Christians
celebrating the exact day, which comes
in the midst of their Passion feast.
This question of difference was later
settled by the verdict of the Church of
Rome. When the reformers separated
from the Catholic Church they took with
them this festival, which has long been
regarded as the chief festival of the
Christian year.
An Oregonian in the Pulpit.
As Rev. J. H. Coleman, of Salem, who
was to have spoken at the Taylor-street
Methodist Church yesterday morning was
unexpectedly delayed on account of the
wreck of a freight train at Canby, Rev.
John Flinn, one of Oregon's pioneer min
isters, gave an extemporaneous 15-minute
talk on the resurrection of Christ and Its
import to the Christian world. Rev. Mr.
Flinn Is 90 years old ,but those who heard
him were more than delighted to hear
from his lips the storv' of the risen
Christ.
The evening service consisted of music,
as follows:.
Organ prelude. "Alleuia" (Lovet); open
ing service; anthem. "As It Began to Dawn"
( Martin) ; contralto solo. "The Lord Is
Risen" (Sullivan), Miss Evelyn Hurley; vio
lin solo, "Salute d'Amour" iElgar, Miss
Cornelia Barker; anthem, "Thee Have
Taken Away My Lord" (Harrington); bas
solo, "The Resurrection" (Shelley), W. A.
Cummlng; tenor solo and double quartet,
with violin obligato, "O Light That Break
eth From Yonder Tomb" (Dressier) ; so
prano solo, "I Know That My Redeemer
Liveth" iHande.l. Miss Inez Cummlng; an
them. "Easter Chorus" Mascagni); post
lude. prelude and fugue in D minor (Bach).
Choirmaster W. M. Wilder, of the
Grace Methodist Church, arranged the
following elaborate programme:
Morning Organ, "Lohengrin's Song"
"Lohengrin" (Richard Wagner); anthem,
"As It Began to Dawn" ( Combs) ; chant,
"The Lord's Prayer" (Downs) ; chant,
"Hear Us This Day" (Davis); solo, "Ho
sanna" (Jules Granier), Miss Ethel M. Ly
tle; anthem, "The First Begotten of the
Dead" (Blumenschein) ; organ, "Grand
March" "Hugenots" (Meyerbeer).
Evening Organ. "Allegro Impetuoso"
(Bellini) ; anthem, "Lo, the Tomb Is
Empty" (Broome); chprus, "Trust In the
Lord." "Handel's Largo (Handel-Dam-rosch),
Grace Church Male Chorus; chorus,
"The Palms" (Faure), Grace Church Male
Chorus; organ, "Hope March" (Baumann).
The Services at White Temple.
The services at the White Temple were
of exceptional interest. Lilies and palms
added sweetness and charm, while the
music was unusually good. Easter music
by the Temple quartet, choir and the
Girls' Chorus in the morning was very
effective, while in the evening Mrs. Wal
ter Reed pleased her hearers with her
rendition of the solo, "Hossanna," by
Granier.
The double auditorium was crowded at
both the morning and evening services.
In the evening the baptismal service
excited much interest. There were 12
candidates, and the pastor. Rev. J. Whit
comb Brougher made the scene a very
impressive one. It was the occasion also
of the first exhibition of the tapestry
painting of a scene on the River Jordan.
This has been placed as a background to
the baptistry, and the effect was splen
did. The painting was executed by Mrs.
J. Whitcomb Brougher, Mrs. Annabelle
Parrish and Mrs. W. R. Litzenberg.
Dr. Brougher' s theme in the morning
was "Shall We Know Each Other in
Heaven?" He read Paul's great sermon
on the "Resurrection" found In I Cor
inthians xv:35-5S.
The musical programme of the evening
was as follows;
Prelude, "Song Without Words No. 16,"
(Mendelssohn); hymn, "All Hall." chotr and
congregation; invocation ; anthem. "The
Gloom is Past," choir; responsive reading;
duet, "Forever With the Lord," Mrs. Julia
Ramsey and Miss Freda Latourette; chorus.
"Jubilate," chotr; piano solo, ''Nearer, My
God, to Thee," Miss Gladys Morgan; chorus.
"Sleep LQIm,1 (composed for the occasion
by Professor Z. M. Parvin. sung by seven
girls from the Bible school) ; announce
ments; offerings; solo. 'The Way of the
Cross," Miss Ethel McCarl; anthem, "Chris,
the Lord Is Risen Again." choir; anthem,
"Lift Up Tour Heads." choir; benediction,
postlude. "March Romaine." Gounod). Or
gan selections, a) "Hallelujah Chorus
(Handel). (b) "Romance" (Shelley);
"Christ the Lord Is Risen" (Potter i. choir;
"Lift Up Your Voices Now" (Neldllnger ,
quartet; solo, "Hosanna" (Granier ), Mrs.
Walter Reed.
Preaches on "Eternal Drama."
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes preached
at both the morning and evening services
at the First Presbyterian Church yester
day. His subject in the morning wan
"The Eternal Drama." and in the eve
ning. "Soul Thirst for God," Psalms,
xlii:2 being his text.
The muelcal programme was as follows:
Morning Prelude. "Allegretto in B
Minor." (Gui)mant); Eastern anthem, "Wei
come Happy Morning," (Shackley); baritone
solo. "The Risen Savior." ( Loomls) ; post
lude. "Allegro Moderate," (Ries).
Evening Prelude. "Allegro in F Sharp
Minor." fGuilmant) ; EasterAnthem, "How
Calm and Beautiful the Morn," (Percipne):
Easter anthem. "Christ Is Risen." (Turner);
Easter anthem, "I Am He That Liveth."
(Scott): Easter anthem, "I Shall Not Die
but Live," (Shackley); postlude, "March,"
(Valentl).
At the First Congregational Church,
Rev. Daniel Staver preached the morning
sermon yesterday on "Christ's Resurrec
RESURRECTION
tion, the Prophesy and Promise of Own."
The evening sermon was delivered by
Rev. J. R. Wilson. D. D., his subject be
ing "A Scene From the Last Supper."
The music of the evening was as follows:
Organ. 'Prologue" from "Suite for Or
gan." (Rogers) ; quartet, "Alleluia," (Chip
man ) : quartet. "Chime Bells of Easter."
(Dressier) : quartet, "Victory," (Shelley ) ;
organ, "Festive March." (Smart). C. Mr di
rector. Miss Leonora Fisher; soprano. Miss
Edwina Mastlck; contralto, Mrs. W. A. T.
Bushong; tenpr, Walter J. Gill; baritone.
W. A. Montague.
. Services at the Trinity Episcopal
Church yesterday were held at 7 and 11
A. M., and at 7:30 P. M. Dr. A. A. Mor
rison spoke at the 11 o'clock service on
"The I,ife Beyond the Grave." The mu
sical programme for the day was as fol
lows: 7 A. M. Prelude. "Song Without Words"
(Thome); processional. "Jesus Christ Is
Risen Today" (Morgan); "Kyrie in E. Flat"
(Schubert); "Gloria Tibl in D" (Gounod);
offertory. "God Hath Appointed a Day"
(Tours); "Sanctus in A" (Stalner); 'Agnus
Dei in G" (Tours); "Gloria in Excelsls in
E Flat" (Zenner); recessional. "The Strife
Is Over" (Palestrlna); postlude, "Fantatle
in F" (Poller!).
11 A. M. Prelude, "Pastorale in A"
(Gullmant); processional. "Jesus Christ Is
Risen Today" (Worgan); "Christ, Our pass
over, in C" (Buck); Te Deum in C" (Gou
nod); "Jubllante- In D" (.King); lntroit,
"Blesaed Are They" (Tours); "Kyrle In E
Flat" (Schubert); "Gloria Tibi in D" (Gou
nod) ; hymn, "All Hall the Power" (Hol
den) ; offertory, "God Hath Appointed a
Day" (Tours); "Sanctus in A" (Stalner);
"Agnus Del in G" (Tours); "Gloria In Ex
celsis In E Flat" (Zenner); recessional, "The
Strife Is Qver" (Palestrlna); postlude. "Alia
Marcia In E Flat" (Wely).
7:30 P. M.--Prelude, "Serenade" (Schu
bert); processional. "The Day of Resurrec
tion" (Tours); "Magnificat" and "Nunc Dl
mittis In B Flat" (Ross); lntroit, "Blessed
Are They" (Tours) ; hymn, "Angela. Roll
the Rock Away" (Roper) ; offertory, "God
Hath Appointed a Day" (Tours); recession
al, "He Is Risen" (Xeander); "Postlude la
B Flat" (West).
PROGRAMME AT ST. DAVID'S.
Music In East Side Episcopal Church
Is Most Excellent.
At St. David's Church, at Belmont and
East Twelfth streets all day yes
terday waa given up to Easter
music, the efforts of all former
years in this direction being: excelled. Pro
fessor Fred W. Goodrich was organist
and director . of the music at both the
morning and night services. The altar
was attractively decorated and there were
large congregations. The oratorio, "Mes
siah," was given in the morning, open
ing with "O FUii et Filiae," the organ
prelude, and closing with postlude grand
march in E-flat. At night an instrumen
tal recital was held between 7 and 7:30,
organ and violin, by Professor Goodrich
and Miss Nina Nlckling. The night festi
val of music was even more elaborate
than that of the morning service.
The solos by Miss Sabine Dent and
John Claire Monteith were excellent. It
was a feast from the processional until the
hymn. "The Strife Is O'er." and the
"Grand March" was reached at the
finale.
The special music St Good Shepherd
Church. Alblna, an St. Johns Church,
Sellwood, was exceedingly well rendered.
Services in Other Churches.
Special musical sen-Ices were held last
night at the Hawthorne Park Presby
terian Church, the entire time being de
voted to a recital. The altar was attrac
tively decorated.
Centenary Church was profusely deco
rated with flowers. Last night the choir,
under the charge of E. S. Miller, ren
dered Easter music. Dr. Heppe delivered
a sermon appropriate to the day.
Sunnyside Congregational Church was
elaborately decorated and at all services
there was special music.
At the United Brethren Church. East
Morrison and East Fifteanth streets, a
sacred musical concert was given in place
of the regular services.
A service of music was rendered last
night at the Piedmont Presbyterian
Church under the direction of S. E.
Brune.
Easter in Receiving Home.
The Young People's Society, known as
the Baptist Union of the White Temple,
held Sunday school yesterday afternoon
at the receiving home of the Boys' &
Girls' Aid Society. Easter Sunday wan
observed and a short talk given by D. F.
Brode and Mrs. T. W. Altman. explaining
tlie origin of Easter. There were 60 chil
dren present and each received a gaily
colored Easter egg and several colored
candy eggs.
The young people who assisted were
Mrs. T. W. Altman, Misses Vera Broda
way, Hattle C. Floyd, Ella McDaniel and
Messrs. D. F. Brode and Floyd. There
are now on hand 60 children at the Re
ceiving Home.
At Church of Good Tidings.
A beautiful Easter service was enjoyed
by a large congregation at the Church of
the Good Tidings. East Eighth and East
Couch streets. Extra music was pro
vided and selections by C. W. Tracy,
llrs. B. H. Miller and Miss Teresa Smith
were features of the service.
A pleasant surprise of the servicP today
was the receipt of a set of beautiful
golden oak offertory plates from All
Souls Unlversalist Church, Brooklyn, N.
Y., as an Easter gift.
Easter Concert at V. M. C. A.
A grand concert by the Y. M. C. A. or
chestra under the direction of Arthur
Clifford was given in the gymnasium yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The or
chestra wat exceptionally large, number
ing 35 players. At the close of the pro
gramme those present went to the chapel,
where Rev. I. D. Driver spoke on "The.
Creator and Creation."
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
CHICAGO. March 31. (Special.) Port
land people at Chicago hotels:
Auditorium, T. F. Enfield.
Kaiserhof. I. J. Jennings.
NEW YORK. March 31. Northwestern
people at New York hotels :
Portland C. G. Cornelius and wife, at
the Park-avenue Hotel : Miss, Solomon, E.
Solomon, at the Hotel Astor; A. F.
Porter, at the Belmont: F. H. Hodgson,
at the Broadway Central.
Seattle E. B. Curtis, at the Herald
S'luare: F. Bausman and wife, at the
What is it?
In point of fact, it is the freedom
from poisonous and spurious in
gredients, the excellence in flavor,
that gives to
Flavoring
Extracts
Van ma
Lemon
Orange
Rose, etc
their wide popularity and increas
ing sale. The retail grocers arc
learning that quality rather than
price is necessary to retain the
confidence of customers and make
a successful business.
COOPER IS IN ST. LOUIS
UNIQUE CHAK.VC'TKR VISITING
MISSOURI METROPOLIS.
Has Proved a Sensation in the East
and Was the Subject of
Much Notoriety.
ST. LOUIS. March 31. L. T. Cooper,
the man who has created a sensation
throughout the East, and who is rap
idly acquiring a National reputation,
arrived In St. Louis yesterday.
Cooper is president of the Cooper
Medicine Company, of Dayton. Ohio,
and h-ts made a fortune within the past
few years estimated at several mil
lions, by the sale of two preparations,
which are claimed to be very unusual,
and which are said to accomplish re
markable results.
Cooper spends his time traveling
from citv to city Introducing these rem
edies, ana in this manner he has ac
quired the fortune he now possesses.
Cooper Is said to be a very remark
able character, and a man with eccen
tric ideas: one of his beliefs Is that a
certain part of his income should be
devoted to charitable work, and he is
said to give thousands of dollars to the
poor in each city that he visits.
His charitable work is original, as
he is continually devising new meth
ods of making money give the most
pleasure and relief possible.
The most remarkable feature of
Cooper's work is what is known as his
"Three-minute removal of deafness."
In cities visited by him within the past
year he has appeared nightly before
large audiences and offered to make
any one hear, within less than three
minutes, if they would come up on the
stage. Reports from Pittsburg, Cincin
nati, Detroit. Cleveland and Louisville,
and other cities, seem to indicate that
Cooper actually did as he claimed.
Each night he is said to have re
moved, before thousands of people,
cases of deafness in about three min
utes' time with one of his prepara
tions. The accounts of his work ap
peared in all of the leading 'dailies"
of the East, and people have flocked to
him from all parts of the country.
The sale of his preparations is said
to reach enormous proportions within
a week after Cooper arrives in a city.
Whether he will be as successful in
St. Louis as elsewhere remains to be
seen.
Wolcott: L. Erikson, H. Davis, at the
Imperial.
Roseburg, Or, C. E. Stanton, at the
Manhattan.
Tacoma E. B. Horgan. Victoria.
Spokane Mrs. G. Walters, at the St.
Denis.
PLAN TO RECEIVE TAFT
Secretary to Be Royally Entertained
by Winthrop at San Juan.
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, March 31.
Governor Winthrop is preparing a re
ception to Secretary of War Taft in
Porto Rico second only to that extend
ed to President Roosevelt. The pres
ent programme Includes an informal
dinner on Secretary Taft's arrival here.
April 14, a visit to points of historical
Interest and an automobile trip from
San Juan to Ponce and return, over
the same roads taken by President
Roosevelt.
Futurity List Largest Ever.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. March 3. Secretary
Harris Wilson, of the Kentucky Trotting
Horsebreedcrs' Association, has an
nounced that the eighteenth renewal of
the Kentucky Futurity, valued at J21.O00.
closed with the entry of 1407 mares, the
largest entry in the Futurity ever made,
except in 1S98. when 1(67 marea were en
tered. W. A. Clark. Jr., of Butte, Mont.,
names nine mares.
C. S. Stahl Laid to Rest.
FORT WAYNE. Ind.. March 31. -The
remains of Charles S. Stahl. late captain
and former manager of the Boston Amer
ican League Club, who committed suicide
at West Baden, were laid to rest at Lin
denwood Cemetery this afternoon. The
floral offerings made a triple bank
around the grave. Ex-Congressman
James M. Robinson delivered an eloquent
eulogy. He praised his devotion to his
mother.
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