Morning Oregonian., December 21, 1908, Page 11, Image 11

1 UK MORXIXO OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1903. 11
SYMBOLIZES FIRE
TO TEACH LESSON
'astor of Immanuel Church,
Destroyed, Points Way
to Greater Things.
"ANCHORS WHICH HOLD"
Oils Congregation Loss of Building
Should Inspire Intention to Build
Another of Larger Dimen
elon for Cbnrch Work,
On account of thp dt?truot.on of the
mmanuel Baptist Church hv fire Satur
day night, nervtcen er held yesterday In
ones Hall on First street. While th
-si of the btiiicZing places a heavy -burden
prni the conjrreKaTion. as well ns ub
ctJng Its members to considerable in
oTrrenlenoe. there -was no appearance of
ilscnuraement at yesterday's services.
i his sermon on "Anchors Which Hold"
v. A. B. -Minaker spoke optimistically
f the future for the organization and
pfrred to the disaster of Saturday n!ght
s a crisis in the church's career which
vauld arouse In it a desire for a larg-er
id a more effective sphere of useful
e.fs. S.iid Mr. Minaker:
W com toirfhr this morniiijc. injur peo
:. r rhurh without a home; but we bav
ii. plar in whtrh tn worship, for hirh we
:r all thankful to our Heavenly Father.
You do not expect a sermon from me this
morn Inc. jiiid yet I shall endeavor, from the
svmlwliiin of thfs text, to pafnt a few thfnrs
: hold our hearts together Just now and
nrournice us for tho future.
Tsui had reached a crisis in his Journey.
i!s. rocks and reefs are not pleasant
Ininw to contemplate on the sea. They 1e--innd
drastic action. - They becan to cast
nt anchors. One. two, three, four. -I can
msfrlna Paul leaning far out over the pro.
kin. "Men. do they hold V Bai-k comes
ne answer through the roar of th tem
;.st. "Yes, the chains are tauf I,lke Paul
n his Journey, we hare reached a crisis in
our church life. We must not drift, but go
forward to greater thiols and to greater
work. We have a voice behind tis of devo
tion and loyalty which says. This is tne
way, walk ye In it."
The first anchor we need In this crisis
is the anchor of purpose.
Plan and pti rpose make up e v erV area t
TIfe and enterprise. Life is power, hut
:'wer undirected u kt. We need to forus
Ann just now. We are forced to con
struct, but we must have the purpose be
'ore the accomplishment; the Ideal before
the realization. We need to be up and doing.
On mind, one brd v.. one splrtt.
The second anchor we need at this tlms
is perseverance. plans drafted, purpose
fled. Circumstance, difficulties neem to
.-onsplre to defeat them. It takes both com -ce
and devotion to follow the star In the
I ie treasure.
I !eIf-conndenoe is a third anchor of great
falue In this trial. If we rate our Meal
J t lfo, and our power at . the arcom-
'lishinent will be but one-half. Only Jnd
e!ght the Individual may rea. h.
The greatest anchor of all Is faith. We
-'an ImiKltiA Paul leaning far out over the
prow of the boat and hear him saying.
"Men. don t hold?" We cannot nee the
ledge down under the waves, but the anchor
holds. These other anchors may fail, but
the anchor of faith is Imbedded in the
heart of God our father and It holds holds
amid the storm and stress of It'e. Will hold
us now. God has already lifted u up In the
svmpaihT expressed to uj by our sister
churches, and by many friend v even out
sid of our denomination. Out of the ashes
of the old church wo nil loved a greater
ed trice shall spring, fully equipped for the
great work Ood- has given us to do.
The question of the ancient lawyer,
'Whloh Is the greatest commandment?"
would seem pertinent at this time Which
ne of the Ten Commandments would this
congregation vote to be the most Important?
This was the question that the people 20
centurtea aao were asking, and they under
took to entrap Jesus by getting him to de
cide. According to the rabbis, there were
4S precnpts and :.fi." prohibitions, making
a total of 613 commandments which the
l-eople were expected to obey. No wonder
they were puxzled to decide the comparMtve
value of these, various ordinances, all of
which tt was utterly Impossible to strictly
Observe
When this question was asked of Jesus.
he virtually said. "I decline to enter into
your controversy concerning distinctions In
1h commandments, for it is enough to
know that all of the l.iw and the prophets
rernlve around the one great vital prtn-
iple of life love." When the lawyer heard
ib answer of Jesus, his cynicism was
turned Into admiration, and he declared that
.fesns had answered correctly. There are
j wo or throe reasons w hy Jesus did not an
cwr hla question directly.
J If he hed said that one commandment
f.vsi greater than another, then men would
itvfl excused themselves f.r not keeping
the others ir they rtnppenea to oDey tne
rn that was considered, the most impor
tant. T berry are people who do that today.
If thev do not lie or steal, then they ex
cuss themselves for break in)? other com
mandments. Suppslng .le-uis had said that
t he Sixth Commandment w as the greatest
commandment !n the law; then the lawyer
wou'd have gone away to grade every ein
1-y that commandment and would have used
hi unfairly against h
,li condemned eve
hs. dirt h I'm
his neighbor. Me wouia
ery person who failed to
ii ut the Sixth ommandment nrst. ne
would have Judged nil other lives by this
one Commandment. Thus, men and women
would have been arraigned against each
other. There wuuhl have been people who
held that some other commandment was
most important. It would have depended
V ipon which ne they kept. Then they would
Jiiave held this commandment over their
brother's head and clubbed him to death
with it f he had not observed U.
But Jesus looked beneath all ten com
mandments and realized that the power that
would make possible the keeping of any of
them and all of them was love. Therefore, he
summed up the commandments In tha two
sentences, "Thou shalt love God" and
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor.
. Tou will remember that the Ten Com
triandments divide themselves into two sec
iiont those that have relation to God, and
rho$e that have relation to our fellow
men. ( onsequem it. me iwo uiusiuub are
recognised in the summary when Jesus
T ,halt Ini f- rH ' a n rl "T"
shalt love thy neighbor.'' and declare, "On
these two hang all the law and the
prophets.
PASTOR IS GIVEX SURPRISE
'ongrrgatioii Presents Him With
Purse for His Travels.
Yesterday morning at the Hawthorne
Presbyterian Church. East Twelfth street,
thpre occurred an incident that showed
tiie esteem in which Rev. K. Nelson
Allen, the pastor, is held by the con
creftatlon he has served for five years.
In February next Rev. Mr. Allen will
leave for the Holy Land, to be away
about four months, and the church has
granted him a leave of absence. After
the sermon had been delivered and Rev.
Mr. Allen was ahout to clofw the services,
t W. Pallett stepped forward. He spoke
of the rive years service of Rev. Mr. and
.Mrs. Allen, and the hirh esteem In which
tliey are held, and then presented Rev.
.Mr. Allen with a certificate of deposit for
$210. as a gift from the conirreBation. to
enable him to make a more extended trip
than he had contemplated.
The trift was wholly unexpected by Rev.
Mr. Allen, but, recovering from his sur
prise, he expressed bis appreciation and
gratitude to Hawthorne Park Presby
terian church for this substantial token
of Its esteem, and would ever hold the
act of equal value with the gift itself.
Rev. Mr. Allen came Into the Presby
terian Church from the Cumberland Pres
byterian Churcu, and was coo ol -tha men
who hastened the final union of the two
Presbyterian branches in this state, and
when he leaves in February he will carry
with him the good wishes of a host of
friends in the state.
IXCARXATIO.V BRINGS I,ESSOX
Dr. Young Points Way for Christian
5lft Giving.
In Ms sermon yesterday morning on
"A Christmas Message.-1 Dr. Benjamin
Young. of Taylor-Street Methodist
Church, referred to the fact of Christ's
Incarnation as being no more mysterious
than countless other inexplicable phe
nomena. He declared that if there were
no rtalitv behind the Bethlehem story
no one would dare to picture God coming
by "way of the manger. Said Dr. Young:
Our religion brinies Ood down to men. This
torv which comes from Bethlehem is tho
Mori- of Ood coming Into human life. The
Incarnation means Ood set up before men In
the terms In which men can nest understand
Cod. Personality is emphasised In all ot
tne narrative, and it Is this doctrine of the
personal God manifested which thrills the
a-j-Mit'e to the Gentiles.
"Joy to the world, the I.Trd ha come.
The race is not In some great tread-mill.
The forces about us do not mock us. We
are of more Importance than the star-duet.
God is Interested In men. Taer is hope for
men The downmost man has a chance.
Men' may feel the throb or the Infinite heart
and take courage and find themselves and
come in touch with God.
It was a great message that the angels
sane that memorable morn over the hills
o Palestine. "For unto you Is born this
tlsv In the city of David, a Savior." No
wonder the magi came from the far East
with thdr gifts of frankincense and myrrn.
No wonder the shepherds said that
night: "Lefs go to Bethlehem."
No wonder that Simeon burst Into prophetic,
song and Anna cried out to her adorable
Ixird. No wonder the Bethlehem nlo were
ablaze with glory on that memorable night
and the glad anthem swept from height to
hilltop. "Glory to God In the highest and on
earth peace, good will to men. for Ood has
come." Let ail the organs tremble and the
trumpets peal and bells ring out and human
voices blend In one grand harmony, for B
way of Bethlehem God Is manifest and the
greatest gift has been given to- the race.
No wonder the spirit of Christmas time Is
manifest In our civilization by giving. This
Is as It should be. but every gift ought to
remind us of the great gift and the grea
alver But the ,pirlt of Christmas ou
Jhould manifest by giving to others who
need help. There are discouraged souls who
need inspiration and good cheer. There are
helpless one. who need our material con
solation. There are afflicted ones who need
Jur mlnlatratlons. There are needy ones
who must have our sympathy and our prac
tical aid This Christmas time make our
own day very bright and your own heart
verv happy by doing as God does gIMng
your best to help brighten the dark places
and make numerous heart, about you to
bubble like fountains of Joy
RECTSRHIuOrDIED
BISHOP SCADDING ADVANCES
THREE TO PRIESTHOOD.
Impressive Ceremony Is Held In
Pro-Cathedral of St. Stephen
the Martyr.
Yesterday morning the Rev. Charles
Scadding. bishop of Oregon, advanced to
the priesthood in the ministry of the
Kplscopal Church, the Rev. Samuel M.
Dorranoe, rector of Trinity Church, Ash
land: Rev. Frederick B. Bartlett. rector
of St. Lake's Church, Grants Pass, and
Rev. Roy Edgar Remington, of All Saints
Church. Portland. The impressive ordi
nation service was held in the Pro-Cathedral
of St. Stephen the Martyr, The
sermon was by the vicar, the Rev. Horace
M. Ramsev. who earnestly and logically
declared the duty and office of those who
are admitted priests, how necessary tha
order Is in the Church of Christ, and also
how the people ought to esteem the clergy
in their office.
The Rev. Qeorge B. Van Waters pre
sented the candidates, who were secured
by Bishop Scadding for the work of the
Kplscopal Church in Oregon when he
visited Cambridge Theological Seminary
last year. They are a strong addition to
the clerical force of the Episcopal Church
and are engaged In carrying out the
bislmP'a plans of the Oregon Associate
ilission.
Asked what is meant by an "Associate
Mission." Bishop Scadding said: "It is
a system by which many parishes and
missions are grouped around strong cen
ters and unmarried clergy sent in pairs
to live in these centers and to serve from
one place a number ot outlying missions.
It is distinctly scriptural. The method
is the same principle which underlies col
lege settlements, neighborhood guilds,
clergy houses for curates in large city
parishes. It means maximum endeavor
at minimum expense. The plan looks to
the speedy establishment of self-supporting
parishes where such are possible, and
to the appointment of associate mission
aries in every part of the diocese, under
whose labors groups of churches may be
brought to the point of self-supporting
parishes. The system has as its objects
the development of the spiritual life of
the clergy by united prayer and study;
encouragement and cheer by association
in work, and efficiency of service." .
Rev. Roy Edgar Remington, of Roch
ester. N. Y.. studied for three years at
the Episcopal Theological School, in Cam
bridge. Mass. While there, he did con
siderable work at a mission church in
South F-ramingham. He was ordered
Deacon last June at Jilddletown, Conn.,
hy Bishop Brewster, acting for Bishop
Scaxlding. Since the middle of September
he has been in charge of Air Saints Mis
sion. Portland.
Rev. Frederick - Bethun Bartlett, of
South Manchester. Conn., holds the degree
of A. B. from Trinity College, and B. D.
from the Episcopal Theological School In
Cambridge, Xass. He was ordered Dea
con last June by Bishop Brewster, at
Middletown. Conn. He is now in charge
of St. Luke's Mission. Grants Pass, Or.
Rev. Samuel M. Dorrance, of Provi
dence. R. I., Is a graduate ot Harvard
College and also of the Episcopal Theo
logical School in Cambridge, Mass. He
was ordered Deacon last May by Bishop
McVlcar. in Proviaenee, R. I. He is now
in charge ot Trinity Church Mission, Ash
land, Or.
TO PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN
Lord JIayor tf London 1V11I Issue
Appeal for Cnfed.
LOxriOX, Dec. 29. (Special.) The
Lord Mayor of London will issue an ap
peal for money to provide meals for
underfed children during the Winter.
There is every need for generosity. If
thousands of little ones In the elemen
tary schools are not to go hungry In the
severe weather.
The Lord Mayor will state In hla appeal
that a sum of 125. Is required for the
feeding of needy children.
As the result of an inquiry In a number
of schools, it is estimated that there are
21.000 children r.ow attending school, who,
-by reason of lack of food, are unable to
take full advantage of the education
provided for them." There seems to be
no doubt that the condition Is worse than
it was last year.
The burden of the task of feeding the
children falls upon the children's care
committee of the London County Council.
On of the most destructive ae well I is
one of the most offensive pefs that afflict
the planters of In.lia Is th, red cotton bug
The Insert baa been reported as a cotton pest
. . , . . Miiintrv Lea nrngfin ne
irora 1'' - "v ' M
MAKESFINEGROLVTH
Westminster Presbyterian Or
ganization Prospers.
PASTOR ENDS FIFTH YEAR
Big Gains Showns In Membership
and Property, and Progress 19
Recalled In Rev. Marcotte's
Anniversary Sermon.
The fifth anniversary services of Rev.
Henry Marcotte's pastorate at Westmin
ster Presbyterian Church were held yes
terday, it being five years since he came
from, Astoria to the Portland work. In
the morning Rev. Mr. Marcotte gave fig
ures, showing the substantial proirress the
church has made in tlijit time. The total
membership five years! ago was lttf, and
it is now "47. In lisX! the church gave
to benevolences H1; in l'.Ol ahout I10m,
and this year it will give tMti. Where
the church paid J1MD for annual expenses.
It now pays tloOO. During the five years
it has paid $9000 for improvements, includ
ing a new gallery, Sunday school room
and a beautiful pipe organ. It lias paid
out for all purposes in the five years
nearly .000, and of this amount Jj3S0
has goue for benevolences.
For his sermon yesterday morning Rev.
Mr. Marcotte used the same text he
used at his initial sermon five years ago,
I. Corinthians, x', li: "For I determined
not to know anything among you save
Jesus Christ and htm crucified." and the
sermon was practically the same as he
then preached. In it he set forth that
Jesus was the first cause in all things,
and that to separate him from the great
events of the world would leave these
events absolutely without significance.
Rev. Mr. Marcotte declared all true
1'teratnre found Its fountain and vitality
In Jesus Christ. Art. he declared, would
be lost, or never would have existed,
except through Christ. Science, which he
said was the observations of men, runs
back to the great cause, and groat events
of history the fall of the Roman Empire,
Constantinople and Reformation, the dis
covery of America and otJier great piv
otal events were meaningless without Je
sus Christ. Philosophy, he said, had no
vitality without Christ. At the conclu
sion of the sermon Rev. Mr. Marcotte
spoke in fitting words or the work of
the past five years and the record that
had been made.
OBSERVES FOREFATHERS' DAY
Highland Church Celebrates Occa
sion with Good Programme.
"Forefathers1 Day" was celebrated yes
terday at the Highland Congregational
Church, East Sixth and Prescolt streets,
it being the day the Congregational
churches observe all over the country, the
anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim
fathers. In the evening Rev. E. S. Bol
linger, the pastor, delivered an appro
priate address on the topic. "The Pilgrim
Spirit." in connection with which an
elaborate musical programme was ren
dered. The Forty-sixth Fsalm (cantata)
was given. '.. M. Parvin being the
director. The programme follows: Volun
tary, "American"; scripture and prayer;
chorus, "The Pilgrim Fathers"; cantata,
chords. Miss Olga Starker pianist;
God Is Our Refuge and Strength." by
the choir; "There is a River." Mies Van
de Marr and double chorus: recitative
and bass solo. "The Heathen Raged." Dr.
Parvin: chorus. "The Lord of Hosts Is
With Us"; solo, "O. Come Hither." Miss
Ada Newgent; auartet. "Be Still Then
and Know," MIbs Ida Newgent, Mrs. De
Young. Messrs Wehh and Parvin; "The
Lord of Hosts Is With t's. Amen."
The choir rendering the music was as
follows: Sopranos, Mrs. Violet Burllson,
Miss Hazel Mclntyre, Miss Ida Newgent,
Miss Ada. Newgent. Miss Myrtle Van de
Marr; altos. Mrs. C. W". Clark, Mrs. II.
C. DeYoung; L. W. Webb: tenors. IL C.
De Young. L. AV. Webb; bassos. Norman
Lewton, J. R. Newgent, Sr., Dr. Z. M.
Parvin.
MARRIED STATE ATTACKED
EMMA GOLD MAX TALtfS OF
FREE LOVE.
Saysi Wives Have Xo Privacy and
AVomen Lose Their Independ
ence AVhcn They AVed.
Miss Emma Goldman, the high priestess
of anarchism in this country, did not And
It necessary this time to have C. E. S.
Wood stand sponsor for her and she de
livered two lectures, one during the aft
ernoon and the other last night nt
Alisky Hall. Miss Goldman's arrival was
not widely heralded, yet in spite of this
both her lectures were largely attended
because her brother and sisters in an
archism had epread the news of her com
ing among their fellows.
Miss Goldman Is no longer the fiery
priestess of years ago. and according to
the card that her business manager
passes out. her "method of doing aw:iy
with ignorance and stupidity is not with
bombs and violence, but .by education."
Whether this change is due to the col
lisions she formerK encountered with
the police, or whether the mellowing
which comes with age has taught her
she was in error, is not known. At any
rate, there was no flaunting of the red
flag of anarchy at yesterday's meetings.
Instead, back of the platform from
which she delivered her lecture on "The
Disolution of Our Institutions" and her
lecture on "Marriage and Love" were
two American flags, and on the walls
In conspicuous places were several othar
starry banners.
It was Miss Goldman's lecture on "Mar
riage and Love" that brought out the
largest audience, which was made up
largely of men. with a sprinkling here
and there of women. It was noticeable
that when Miss Goldman declared that
marriage was a complete and dism.il
fatlure, it was single men who led in the
applause. And from their general ap
pearance, they would hardly be taken
for the kind that were anxiously await
ing the arrival of their affinities, before
they attempted to follow Miss Goldman's
advice of "free love." Miss Goldman
declared there was no such thing as hap
piness after marriage and was sure that
love. If it existed before, soon died after
marriage.
"I have heard of love that came after
marriage." said Miss Goldman. "It
might have existed before, but it soon
died. Marriage simply is insurance for
a woman. She is insured that she will
get a home to live in. enough to eat and
clothes to wear. The moment she is
married, her Independence is gone. She
no longer has any privacy. We often
hear about the woman and her home,
but did it ever occur to you that a
woman never has a home? It belongs to
her husband and unless she is married
to a man of -culture and refinement, she
v. ean,A nortmoni, with him. Before
she was married, if she was employed
and earned a salary, she had her own
room, one to which she could retire and
be alone and enjoy privacy. It was a
place where she could go 'and lock the
door; a place where no man dare enter
without knocking. All this ends with
marriage, for her husband thinks no more
of .entering her room than he would, of
passing In and out of a stable."
Mis?s Goldman took. a fling at Presi
dent Roosevelt and those who were cry
ing out against "race suicide." She said
those who complained most loudly
against the absence of large families
were those who saw in the low birth
rate a decrease in the slaves for their
factories and of the decrease in the
slaves that were to die on the battle
field. She was also of the opinion that
children born to those who sacrificed
everything for love, were never found on
the streets begging, and she declared
that criminals were the result of children
being born into the world from parents
who did not want them.
Challenges Emma Goldman.
PORTLAND. Dec. 20.-r-(To the Editor.l
Considering it my duty, as a practical
reformer, to oppose all impediments, to
reform,. I hereby challenge Mis Emma
Goldman to meet me In public debate, I
affirming that Utopian panaceas (for ex
ample. Anarchism or Communism) pre
sent to the forces that make for progress
the most serious obstacle with which
they have to contend.
JOHN B. BARNHTLL.
BETRAYED II DELIRIUM
TVOMAX ACCUSES HTJSBAXD OF
MCRDER WHILE RAVIXG
On Recovering She Confirms Story
and Gives Details of Crime
as He Told Them.
PARIS. Dec. 19. t Special.) A curi
ous instance of murder coming out
seven years after it was committed
comes from Lens. A woman who Is
separated from her husband fell 111 of
fever three weeks ago and during
the period of delirium made certain
remarks the effects of which were to
accuse her husband of murder.
"Murderer, murderer," she exclaimed.
-a. nwav: the blood of D ie on
Wrhen she recovered, the woman, far
from disavowing her delirious outbursts
confirmed them, and particularized. She
ttiran hnfnre the irpnilarmeB and
told a remarkable story. Seven years
airo. she said, she and her nusDana
resided at Billy Montigny. One evening
when h was alone, her husband
rushed into the house bareheaded. He
i.n huntAii innir nnit when Rhe asked
him what had happened he declared that
he had quarreled with two men in an inn.
They left the inn to light, and while
tiiey were in grips D appeared with a
woman. D endeavored to separate the
combatants, but the woman's husband,
furious at his Intervention, plunged his
nvkAtUnifA into his abdomen. D fell
In the road, and tiie combatants bolted.
i few -moments later th man suc
cumbed to his wounds. The murderer
Krinrt tiie, knife behind his house, and
threatened to murder his wife If she re
i,n tie lied -tnld her.
The woman declared to the gendarmes
that her husband was not only a mur
derer, biit a thief. She says he used to
leave home at night and return In the
morning laden with Domy. u ne man in
criminated is a miner. He has been ar
rested. Ho denies his wife's accusations.
oe Stahl at Helllg Tonight.
The attraction at the Hellig Thea er.
Fourteenth and Washington streets, tonight,
tomorrow and Wednesday nights, will be
the charming actress. Rose btahl. and her
excellent company in the famous and inter
esting comedy success. "The Chorus ' Lady.
This will be found to be one of the real
hits of the, season. Seats are Belling; at
theater.
Matinees at the Baker This Week.
"Arizona," which Is attracting large
crowds to the Baker this week, will be seen
at tho following matln-es as well as each
evening: Wednesday, tha popular bargain
matinee, Friday (Christmas day), and Sat
urday. The famous play Is still foremost
with theatergoers
Christmas at the Bungalow.
Feats for every night this weeW at the
Bungalow are selling rapidly, for Hoyt's "A
Midnight Bell" is tno ideal holiday attrac
tion William Dills. Howard Russell and
Mnribel Seymour have especially strong
roles, with Sydney Ayres and Louise Kent
in the leads.
HI. Henry's Minstrels at the Star.
At noon today 'ni Henry's big minstrel
organization, escorted by the famous mili
tary band, and all decked out In this sea
ton's bright, new parade costumes, will pa
rade the principal streets. At 7 P. M. the
big military band will rendr a free concert
in front of the Star theater.
AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS.
New Bill at the Orpheum.
Last week the Orpheum put on the best
bill of vaudeville ever seen in Portland.
The press and public were unanimous In
singing its praises. The bill which begins
with today's matinee promises to be Just as
good. Plenty of variety. Including a sketch,
singing and dancing, monologue, IlluslonlBt,
Illustrated lecture, etc
"Soldier of Propvllle.
This afternoon there will be a new
va-idnvllle programme presented at the
Grand, headed by Mr. and Mrs. Esmonde
in their remarkable little playlet. "A Sol
dier ot Propville." For the special added
feature there will be the Zello troupe of live
expert acrobatic comedians. This bill
promises to be a great entertainment for
Christmas week.
Two Feature Acts at Pantagea,
Make a note of the big bill opening at
the Pantages with the matinee today. Two
features, the Johnson Students, "club mani
acs." and the World's Comedy Four. Finish
your Christmas shopping early some night
this week and see thl3 show. It will put
you In the proper Yuletide humor.
COMING ATTRACTION.
Louis James in "Peer Gynt.
The favorite and famous actor. Louis
James, supported by Aphie James and an
excellent company, will present a stupen
dous scenic production of Henrlk Ibsen's
'Peer Gynt." at the Hellig for three nights,
beginnlng'next Thursday, with special mati
nees Christmas and Saturday.
Tells How to Bo Happy.
Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher addressed
the men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A,
yesterday afternoon on "The Fight for
Happiness." He said that happiness
consists in being the absolute master
of one's own life: that there is no
power that can make that man happy
who is a slave to anything. There is
no power on earth, said Dr. Brougher,
"that can take the happiness away
from that man who is the master of
his own life. No man can be happy
who is living on the principle that he
is going to be as bad as possible and
still be respectable. There is Just one
source of unhapplness in this world;
that is sin. If I had the power to ex
tract sin from the heart of every man
here. I could turn him loose a free man
without the possibility of missing in
his life supreme happiness."
By wireless telephony two French naval
officers have succeeded In having ooover
utinu, pong and even whistling heard per
fectly at a dwtanoe ot -60 milas.
Amusements
What tha Frra Asenta Sa.
RECALLS JOURNEY.
OF GRAND DUKES
Death of "Due Alexis" Stirs
Up Memories in Mind
'. of Detective.
VISITED PARIS" BY NIGHT
Party of Xobles Called at Famous
Abodes of Assassins, Thugs and
Other Criminals in Days
Long Gone,
PARIS, Dec. 18. (Special.) The death
of the Grand Due Alexis recalls the once
famous "Tournee des Grands Dues" of
which the deceased was a leading figure.
For years past "Due Alexis,"- as Parisians
called him, was a constant visitor to this
city. He delighted to roam about the
Ijatin Quarter or in the hilly streets of
Montmartre, and even in more disrep
utable districts of the capital, which he,
with other aristocratic companions, first
visited, under the protection of French de
tectives. That takes one back a good many years.
as Detective Jaume remarked to a press
representative to whom he confided his
recollections of those nocturnalrambles
about Paris slums, ultimately popularized
under the name "La tournee des Grands
Dues." Rossignol, as famous a member
of the French police as Jaume, is now liv
ing a retired life in the country village
where he was born, but Jaume, though no
longer in active service, cannot tear him
self away from Paris, its mysteries and
crimes.
Reverting to the past, he related how
the historic "Tournee des Grands Dues
commenced with an exquisie supper chez
Laperouse, Qua! des Grands Augustine.
Thence the whole party went to the no
torious Chateau Rouge, in the Rue Ga
lande, one of the most dangerous slums
in Paris. The aristocratic visitors, under
the protection of Jaume and a colleague
or two, were Introduced into the various
dens, composing the Chateau . Rouge,
which, despite Its pompous name, is in
reality a lodging-house of the lowest
class, and the professed haunt of night
prowlers and criminals.
Visit Notorious Cabaret.
There was at that time, as there still Is
the "dark room," specially set apart for
drunkards of both sexes, who are left
there without light or fire till they are
sobered down. On the first floor' the
Grand Dues were shown the sleeping ac
commodations provided for applicants
who could pay only a couple of sous. For
this sum they had a right to stretch
themselves on the straw-strewn floor and
to remain there till 2 o"clock in the morn
ing, when they left the hospitable "Cha
teau" in quest of a job at the Central
Markets, or something of a less reputable
description. Before leaving this haunt
Detective Jaume relates that a liberal dis
tribution of tobacco and beer was made,
the "ladies" in the establishment being
treated to cherry brandy or some such
delicacy.
From the chateau the next move was
to the notorious cabaret of Pere Lunette,
which still exists, although it has become
somewhat more modern in its aspect and
surroundings. Here among a motley
crowd were long-haired poets and min
strels, who recited verses to pass the
time, or for a couple of francs took the
portrait of . any visitor with half an
hour's leisure at his disposal. A short
halt followed In the Rue ilaitre Albert,
where at the time a most curious "bras
serie" existed. In which, on payment of
a few cents, one was shown a distinctly
original collection of women from ail
Darts of France, women of the most de
graded type, who, after weeks, months or
years of imprisonment, had come xo tne
capital in the hope of finding among the
criminal class protectors or cnums.
Meet With Assassins. .
Thence a move was made to Frodjn's
"hotel." -where the outcast, .the thief or
the assassin could pass the night on pay
ment of 4 sous. Of course, the place was
always exposed to the danger of being
raided by the police, but the landlord of
the den waa a sharp fellow who had an
his wits about him, and knew how to
hustle down into the cellars such gentry
as might be wanted by the police. Indi
viduals who were thus "protected" by
the landlord were expected to reward
him handsomely out of the produce of
their first successful robbery.
The Grand Dues, wltli their escort,
sava M. Jaume. were never molested in
such places as these. At Frodin's "ho
tel," for instance, so numerous were tne
lodgers of a night that people In rags
were sleeping side by side on the floor,
and on every seep of the dilapidated
staircase was a human being. Although
the visitors in their passage necessarily
disturbed some of the sleepers, they were
neither sworn at nor cursed in the foul
language so common in the slums. To
ward daybreak -tne nocturnal niuuKia
were led by Detective Jaume in the di
rection of the Central Markets, where a
number of infamous, horrible dens used
to exist in the underground regions,
which have now .been swept away. After
a brief stay at these disreputable dens
the nocturnal expedition was brought to
a close by a halt at the "Monkey's
Island." situated not far from the Gobe
lins and Just behind the Boulevard Arago.
Poorest of Poor.
iA narrow, crooked lane leads down to
the borders of the Bievre, an unsavory
stream, on which the so-called "He des
Singes" is situated a most wretched
plat, as M. Jaume recalls, with oil
lamps lighting up dilapidated houses, win
dowless, doorless and inhabited by the
very poorest of the poor. There was, M.
Jaume remarks, nothing to retain the
Grand Dues in this melancholy -spot,
whither they had been brought merely on
Tciiliar and almost sinis
ter impression it leaves on one's mind.
In undertaking to puoi me waj.u
through the haunts of misery, vice and
crime all requisite precautions were
taken, says M. Jaume. to protect them
not onlv from personal harm, but from
anv too' unpleasant adventure. In point
of fact, he remarks, in the dens frequent
ed bv Apaches, prostitutes, night prowl
ers and the like, it sufficed to let it be
, nniia warA escorting the vis-
Known . .
ttors to Insure them being treated w th
respect Men ana women wim viui
ous, scowling faces would surge around
a n.ira hut merely to beg for
tobacco, cigarettes or a franc to spend on
drink. , . ,
In the ' present day, with modern
mnHnrn Improvements, sev
eral of the haunts visited by "Duo Alex
is" and h,s companions have been swept
away or so completely transformed as to
. , oil ihAir former characteristics.
navt? iimi. a., '
The Pere Lunette, for instance, is the
very incarnation of desolation. The for
eign tourist of high degree no longer
visits It.
DAIT.Y METEOBOLOOICAI, REPORT,
PORTliANTV Dec. 2". .Maximum temper
ture 35 degrees: minimum, D" degree.
Ivor reading at A- M., 1.7 feet; change
in last tioui, " '
fall, none: total rainfall .since September
1. Wat inohes: normal rainfall. . ltifts
Incites; auu" . ....,.. -
4htae 1 hosm tf ntaues jibte-tMnuni,.
. It -ill !nr.l,a -T,tT Klin.
1 1. .
This Store Is Ready for Any Test
You May Give It. We Offer You
a Variety of Holiday Goods the
Equal of Which Cannot Be Found
in Any Portland Store
'TPHERE never was a better time to put this store to the
Gift test than now. It never looked better. Stocks
were never more attractively displayed or, conveniently
arranged. ' Every department is showing: an endless variety
of Gift things. Salespeople are alert, courteous and eager
to help you 'in your selections. Prices are nowhere lower;
variety is nowhere broader; while quality is of that hiirh
merit that gives to our merchandise a character peculiarly
its own. A Gift thing from GILL'S is a Gift that will be
highly appreciated for many, many reasons.
A glance through the partial list of merchandise men
tioned in yesterday's papers may offer some suggestions
to you, and the hundreds of other thoroughly appreciable
Christmas Gifts of merit we are showing, makes our
PORTLAND'S IDEAL GIFT STORE.
For your own pleasure satisfaction economy COME
AND SEE the results will be more fitting presents for '
all whom vou remember-and a big SAVING for you.
Open Evenings Until Xmas
THE J. K. GILL GO.
Portland's Ideal Gift Store Third and Alder Street
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS
8 hour, 88 minutes. Barometer (reduced
to sea-level) at 5 P. M., :!.: inches.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
Observations taken at 5 P. 11. Pacific,
time.
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STATIONS.
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Tatoosh Island.
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Icioudy
T. Trace.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The crest ot high barometric pressure
crntlmTs over the intT-mnnntntn stntos.
This Is Xmas Week
If you are still in doubt
what to get your
Relatives or Friends
for a present
Take a trip through
the
HONEYMAN
ARDWARE CO.
H
STORE WILL BE OPEN EVERY
EVENING UNTIL CHRISTMAS
Consid'
onsiaet neiiKempers
Have you considered the many advantages
there are to be found in dealing with a firm of
-well known and established standing, and which
not onlv has the largest and most complete stock
of jewelry to be found in Portland, but the neces
sary facilities for handling promptly and accu
rately all orders either large or small ?
ho vou realize the advantage of dealing
with a firm whose perfect system, trained . em-.
ploves and ample capital are devoted to the one
aim of supplying Portland peoplo with high-class
jewelry and silverware. Buy where you know
your articles will be the best. Prices always
moderate.
ONLY 4 MORE SHOPPING DAYS.
WE EXPECT YOU TODAY.
WE ARE OPEN EVENINGS.
HEITKEMPBR'S
JEWELRY STORE
586 Morrison St, Next to New Corbett Bldg
but it Is somewlmt lower this evening over
this district and northern California.- Wis
foil being ureulest in the Pound country,
and llsrht rain is reported from the mouth
of the Columbia Rtvtr and the upper Sound
country. Cloudiness Is Increasing over Wash
ington and Western OreKon. The tempci-n-ture
continues unseasonably low over the
dNtrict. being from Ii decrees to II degrees
below normal west of the Cascade Moun
tains, and from 12 to 17 degrees below
normal In the Kastern part of the district.
The Indications ale for rain Monday
aloi:g the eoasi and for rein or snow In tort
Interior of Western Oregon and Western
Washington, and snow 111 Kestcr Washing
ton and Northern Mulio. .while Tiilr weather
will continue In Eastern Oregon and South
ern Idaho. It will continue cold.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Rain or snow,
continued cold; soutoeuslerly winds.
Oregon Rain alonir const, rain or snow
Interior west portion, fair east portion;
continued cold; southeasterly winds.
WashlngtonRaln along coast, rain or
sntw Interior west portion, snow east por
tion: southerly winds.
Idaho Snow- north, fair south portlvn:
continued cold. ' ,
FRANK MONTGOMERY.
I,nen1 Forecast
Since Its introduction into the English
protectorate ot t ganda In 101 the sleeping
sickness has killed no fewer than 200, tn)
out of a total noptiliiflon or
FOURTH
and
ALDER
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