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'THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1912.
PORTLAND. OBEGOX.
men see that, with no Taft ticket in
the field, the temptation to Republic
ans to vote for Wilson will be the
I stronger, and that their man's hopes
will be blighted by the combination
of .a united Democracy with a propor-
Entered at Portland. Orecon. Poatof f lc u tinn nf th a p.niihli9n voto wriir-h Mr.
iubrtpCtiSn BawInTarlabl7 In Advance. BIythe estimates at 40 per cent in some
mr mail.) I or we most rampant itooseveu states.
Daily. Sunday included, on year $8.00 It is better for Roosevelt to let the
Daily. Sunday Included, six months. . ... 4.25 I Taft men fTnlr iv thAmnlvM thfln to
tiaily, Sunday Included, tnree montlu. . 1.25 I ... . . . An.
Dai!?. Sunday Included, one month T3 drive them into the-Wilson fold. Only
Daily, without Sunday, one year j oo jn California are the Roosevelt leaders
St'iE wulunmo::: tw U drunk with power that they would
Daily, without Sunday, one moots -?9 rather risk defeat than give the reg-
" Zl" so ular Republicans a "look-in.1
Sunday' and Weekly, "one year I.M These are Just a few straws which
bt carrier.) e on or near the surface, exposed to
Daily. Sunday included, one year 00 the political wind. But there are other
J 'i y. ounaay inciuaea. one monin straws in the lower deptns wnicn Will
or exp7e,roTde71r pernVl S chick on your be sUrred when the wind becomes a
iocai DanK. bumpa, coin or currency i tornaao, ana we cannot ten wnicn way
w iuw icnuer a ruK. uiva doiiviiicv i . i 1 t a
la full. Including county and .tate. Sturm may uiuw mem. r.
Foatase Katea lo to 14 page i cent: is I BIythe says: "Complexities are fresh
" P". n": P5f" everv hour. This is the ereatest 'may.
40 to 60 pages. 4 cents. Foreign postage.
aouDie rate.
Eastern Bnmhum Office Verre Jb Conk
I in .New York. Brunswick hull dins. Cal-
caac. Rterer huildlnr
Sao Francisco Office K. J. BldweU Cew
tx market street.
European Office No. s Recent street, 8.
W.. London,
be" campaign in the history of the
country." 1
PORTLAND, FRIDAY,
ONE MORE GREAT MAX GETS MAD.
The anger of great men appears to
be a fruitful topic of discussion now-
8EPT. 20, 1912.1 adays, through the newspapers, and
in the sanctums of the corner-grocery
ROOSEVELT'S CHANCES !' THE WEST. I philosophers. As recently as last week.
If Roosevelt should secure anv elec- tne righteous wrath of a distin-
toral votes, it will doubtless be in the guished guest of Portland sent chills
Middle and Far West. Samuel G. lo lne nearts or nis laitniui ana aa-
Blythe, the political writer of the Sat- miring followers here. Others were
urday Evening Post, thinks he has a nt exactly dismayed; but no matter,
good fighting chance of securing many The great man was mad, and the in-
there. Mr. Blytbe is of opinion that, ciuaui causea more excitement tnun
In that section at least, the fight Is the appearance of a hostile dread
between Roosevelt and Wilson, with nought in the harbor could have
Taft a. noor third. I Created.
In such state as Iowa. Nebraska. m uie ronuoo vmiw wm qui me
Kansas and Colorado, which Mr. n'" celebrity to lose nis temper aur-
Blvthe discusses in rjarticular. and in lnS the same momentous work, liov-
other states west of the Mississippi, ernor vv lison got angry, too, ana ine
the revolt against so-called control of Eastern and many other papers are
both parties by the interests is most oiaca-ietxerea accounts oi me
widespread. That was revealed by the pnenomenon.
Renublican nrimarv vote. The Roose- J"st now we have received from
velt cause has been taken ud there hh Progressive National committee
with a semi-religious fervor, which of Xew York mark the source a
found expression in the singing of press ouueun containing a summary
hvrnnn In Progressive conventions, of newspaper headlines on the Wilson-
There is a combination of devotion to Dix-Murphy encounter at Syracuse.
the cause with admiration for Roose- vviison speaks Against governor
v.ir ntrannaiiv On th extent of the Uix. Returns Home Angry, tceiuses
inroads which this nrevalent sentiment to Bo Photographed With Murphy,
will make on the ranks of both old and Left Luncheon." is a fair sample
parties will depend partly Roosevelt's of a large number of citations. This
hones of success. paragrapn seems to sum up me aay s
As Mr. BIythe says, there are no occurrences:
precedents on which to base either a He (Governor Wilson)
refused to talk
tween taxing the income from an office
building and taxing the value of the
building, we are unable to discern It.
There is not the least honest oppor
tunity to gain enlightenment as to the
workings of single tax from results at
tained under the British Columbia sys
tem. Use of evidence based on the in
correct application of terms ought to
and will injure the cause for which
the single-taxers are spending so much
time and money.
v - .. ...... I nolltlra with Governor Dlx. ho refused to b
conclusion or a guess, ror ine situation photographed with Governor Dlx and Mr.
I
t
has no Darallel. The Republican pri- I Murchy and he left a luncheon at which the
. . - -. i , Gntnv ia iift.-.ti.i I se&tlnz arrangements Disced him consplcu-
if Li .Sif' T. ' ously with these gentlemen and other, who
a slight guide. Roosevelt swept Ne- are the head of the organisation In the
braska, Kansas, Illinois and Ohio, but state. When he left Syracuse, the Governor
thura wo hv nn meana a full vote, and I wa" angry.
later nrimarv in Kansas indicates The wrath of Governor Wilson gave
fhot mi.r,v who voted for Roosevelt at the Roosevelt committee its oppor-
the election of delegates had decided tunity to exploit a recent Wilson letter
to stay with the Republican party, congratulating lammany. cut it is
Should this preference for regularity hard to tell whether the Roosevelt
be general, Roosevelt would not have Press bureau most desired to show the
a show and Taft would not be such a country the unpleasant spectacle of a
: Door third as is generally predicted. (possible) President who mislays his
. But Mr. BIythe believes those who temper,. or of a candidate who writes
think Roosevelt has lost popularity unfortunate letters. We shall . hope
and those who expect the Progressive som to have a bulletin on the famous
movement to subside and the former larceny oi me oecona koimd rte
Republicans to stick to their old party public
He holds to be baseless
BASEBALL.
ire in error.
the hope of Taft men that Taft will
win enougn conservative uemocrauc .pnBTuxn. sml i.-fTo th Editor.)
votes to ORset the KOOseveit detection, I have been a reader and subscriber to me
but believes those Wilson men are Oregonian tor some time. I am thoroughly
to nrofessional baseball. I am
Dubllcans to vote for Wilson in order trying to prove my point, that baseball is
to make their protest against Roose
a good profession, to a friend who is preju
dlceit aealnat It.
Will vou nlease alve a few concise and
substantial arguments in favor of p rotes
sional baseball? A KtAUtK.
The seeds sown by The Oregonian
through its Sporting pages have not
fallen on stony ground, for hetre is a
reader who has read them with profit
and satisfaction, and with a sound
" velt more effective, and that the fight
la really between Roosevelt and W1I
. son.
The most doubtful elements In the
calculation, where all elements are
doubtful, are: What will the Repub-
' Ucans do who stayed away from the
1 ! Um, nnv Taft T) onnKHn.
: ans will vote for Wilson? How many understanding that The Oregonian ap
? conservative Democrats will vote for Pwvet professional beball. Then
' Taft? How many Progressive Demo- are reasons a-plenty for the Indorse
- . ... ...- o.i,i ment by any good American nerwspa
i many Republicans who voted for P. not only of professional baseba
t Roosevelt at the primaries will vote ot semi-professional baseba ,
Tor, wnn a th .lotion? or amateur baseball, or any baseball,
Th. r,re.sumr.tion la that those Re- so Ion 88 lt is P'ajed by straight-
'..Wu....i, jm nnt vof at the Tri. I'mbed. full-lunged, clear-eyed young
i ; i. .ui a. fn. Toft t ih Americans.
i-' -tion. if they vote at all. Staying at Baseball takes the rough-and-ready
:. k i ir.ricinp lpt-weii. youth from tha town lot, or from the
u i .,,ri.,. tn bush leagues, and makes a steady
: revolt and to all else that is included and thoroughly discfplined citi-
S in the Progressive movement. The "i mm. at ""
b stay-at-homes will therefore either honor, temperance, self-reliance and
? if .h.vfinn self-restraint. It Inculcates sound
' x..i, i. mnnn. ',.h hearlwav habits. It stimulates quickness of
'. that he has a chance of winning, will thought and precision oraction It
' vote for Wilson In resentment against teaches the value of co-operation. It
2 the Colonel for disturbing their arm- u j ...o,..
i III,, n,. Rt a fraction is likely P"Pr to strive and win. and a
to be inspired to revolt at the last ep respect for the prowess of others.
.moment, which means a vote
n... . : o,i. r,.ri. or. I sands and millions
so Incensed at Wilson's nomination American game The public upholds
that they will vote for Taft. Bright patronizes it because it is a cjean
-prospects of party success win keep Karne, and must be clean players
. Tv,.k ,h.lr f..Hn, only can play lt. The baseball field
for I xsaseDaii gives a pieusurtoits ejtuim-
ment and continuing interest to mou
It is the great
have been ruffled by the rebuke to
has no room, and the baseball fan no
-w. . soi,inr. ih... applause, for any others.
Vilr,n 'ronaervative Does The Oregonian approve base-
' manner of expressing radical opinions.
' The Democratic party stands more
: nearly united than it has ever stood In TRADING ox A misnomer.
recent years. Those who are Demo- one cahnot blame the voter who
crats from conviction are admirably faithfully peruses arguments favorable
suited with Wilson and those who are to single tax if he becomes bewildered.
Democrats with an eye to the spoils jn a circular known as the "Single-
' are not in th humor to reject spoils Tax Broacher" the voter is informed
, which are almost in their grasp. that Alanson M. Himes has returned
'? Why should any Progressive Demo- from Vancouver, B. C, with a large
crats vote for Roosevelt when their number of indorsements of single tax.
.own candidate and platform embody This man anri that man in the British
r all the essentials of progress as they Columbia city wrote for Mr. Himes
i-view it? They have seen the Dosses extolling the workings of single tax in
' treated with contumely at Baltimore, Vancouver. Yet today Mr. Alfred D.
.to their Kreat delight, and they re- Cridee. another single-tax writer, in-
'member with glee what Wilson did to forms the readers of The Oregonian
Jim Smith. When the choice between tnat What they call "single tax" in
'.Roosevelt and Wilson as progressive British Columbia is but a step toward
leaders is put before them, what bet- jt
Cter could they find than Wilson, they "What is proposed in Oregon," he
'ask. I says, "goes very little, if any. further
That many Republicans who votea tnan What the British Columbia Par-
"for Roosevelt at the primaries will nament is pledged to enact." In other
stay with their party at the election is words, British Columbia does not now
:to be Inferred from several circum- know single tax in practice. It may
.stances. Among these are the refusal ln tne future adopt a near-single-tax
of such men as La foiiette, cummins SVstem, and if it does the new system
and Borah to bolt. and the fact that I ,,-m be nearly, if not Quite, as radi
Kansas was four to one for Roosevelt eaj ag the one presented in Oregon.
. against Taft at the election of dele- yet Mr. Cridge's name is at the head
gates, but was only two to one at the of tj,e "Single-Tax. Broacher" as one
- nomination of electors. Een in these 0( publishers. There he offers as
days, when men are Deing jarrea loose evidence in behalf of the graduated
I from traditional political allegiances, sinele-tax measure practical observa
i party ties are still, strong with many tions of a system for which he now
1 and will hold them in line, ine ex- admits "single tax" is a misnomer,
j poeure of Roosevelt's fraudulent con- -while presenting in the Broacher let
t tests, the Standard Oil Company's ters from men living in Vancouver as
! campaign contribution, the Colonel's .rarument for adopting the graduated
I affiliation with trust magnates and de- single tax ln Oregon, he admits in The.
I posed bosses, win comDine to give sucn oregonian that British Columbia has
' men pause wnen jney are temptea to yet to go the distance tne graduated
i leap over party lines. , single tax would carry Oregon.
! That Roosevelt men seriously fear a ir Crldge'a statement that British
i stampede of Republicans to Wilson in Columbia exempts improvements is
i order to down the colonel is to be in- i correct as to form, but not as to sub-
j ferred from everal recent events. stance. British Columbia collects a
i Roosevelt men are being pulled off the tax on-.incomeo, no matter from what
i Renublican electoral ticket in notn ,.. thev are derived. If improve
Kansas and Pennsylvania. This ac- ments, such as a. business block, pro-
rtlon is due to political strategy rather vi,je an income for the owner, he is
than to any high moral purpose to toxed on that income. This is true
a-ive Taft a square deal or to make a even in the City of Vancouver. If
f clean-cut party fight. The Roosevelt there is any material difference be-
ART AND THE MILLIONAIRE.
The American millionaire is a bait
so tempting to the European bunco
man that it would be a marvel if he
were not snapped up. As a matter of
fact, he is snapped up. Millionaires
of either sex tire systematically gob
bled ln various aristocratic resorts, and
it is done so deftly that the victims
sometimes do not even suspect that
they have been swindled.
One of the most common and profit
able bunco games depends on the sale
of fraudulent "old masters" to wealthy
American "lovers of art." To satisfy
the discriminating taste of these con
noisseurs who have acquired their
knowledge of pictures in slaughter
houses and" shoe manufactories, a can
vas must be very old, very dirty and
labeled with a famous name. No work
from the brush of a living artist ever
interests them. It is only dead art
that they love, but their affection for
the corpse is so ardent that they spend
millions to prove it.
In reality it is only very rarely that
a genuine "old master" is for sale ln
Europe. From the number bought
and brought to the United States with
blare of trumpets one would sup
pose that Rembrandts and Titians are
as common on the Continent as cher
ries ln Heidelberg, but it is not so.
There are not many of them, compara
tively speaking, in any country, and
the genuine specimens are not for
sale.
There is said to be an organized
company. in Europe composed of shifty
swindlers and shady aristocrats who
make a- business of selling "antique"
pictures and furniture to wealthy
Americans. Their booty must be rich
indeed. They carry on a regular busi
ness, manufacturing artistic chairs,
Rembrandt pictures, Benvenuto Cellini
gems and disposing of them to our
gullible countrymen. In this way we
kill two birds with one Btone, gratify
ing our love of art and at the same
time ministering to the necessities of
Europe's impecunious nobles.
prizes they win. It is a school for the
mind, and not for the muscles. '
We are the last persona in the world
to decry wholesome sport and manly
exercise. What we object to is mak
ing a god of the biceps. It is no more
worthy for a band of students to adore
some beefy hero's muscle than it
would be to sing psalms of praise to
an epicure's stomach. One is as ab
normal as the other. The best thing
a student can learn in college is a
sense of values what is worth while
and what is not and the college for
him to select is the one which pays
most attention to this all-Important
power of discrimination among the
real goods and the shams which life
has to offer.
GOING TO COLLEGE.
As the leaves begin to fall, -the boys
and girls flock to the colleges. A few
go with melancholy in their hearts be
fitting "the saddest days of the year.
They have prepared to enter without
zeal or ambition and they look for
ward without pleasure to the four
years of study which lie before them
It is only the insistence of their par
ents which has kept them in the pre
paratory school long enough to finish
the course mora or less creditably.
Left to their own choice, they would
now turn to business or to what passes
for pleasure in the eyes of the young
and , foolish and tho college would
never be asked to admit them. Very
likely that would be a blessing to the
college, for the stupidly reluctant stu
dent forms the most difficult problem
which faculties have to handle, with
one exception.
The exception is the youth who goes
for "a good time." He cares nothing
for" study. Literature and history do
not interest him. The wonders of sci
ence are of no consequence as far as
he is concerned. His brain seethes
with that mixture of ignorance, folly
and rebellion which is queerly called
the college spirit." It might better
be called "the hoodlum spirit." He
knows nothing of the great battles be
tween the nations which have fixed the
course of the world's history, but he
can describe down to the last detail
every wrangle between the college
classes which Has happened for the
last fifty years. He could not tell a
solitary fact about the invention of the
steam engine, the dynamo or the wire
less telegraph. Once he learned
something about such events, because
he had to or fail to pass his examina
tions, but he forgot it all as soon as
he could, so that nothing might inter,
fere in his memory with the accounts
of student riots he had picked up from
silly companions. He thrills to re
member how some famous freshman
once placed a cow in the college bel
fry. His soul glows over the account
of an ever-memorable night when the
benches from the chapel were burned
on the campus to celebrate a football
victory.
Students of this kind are the pest
of the college. They enter witn
no rational purpose, stay four
years without accomplishing any
thing, unless they are expelled
sooner, and graduate with nothing
in their minds but ' the same mix
ture of folly and riot with which they
began. They learn only what they are
obliged to learn, and forget it as soon
as their credits are recorded. JSo re
bellion is stirred up but they have a
hand ln it The football team finds in
them its most zealous idolators, though
ihey are too indolent to play any man.
. .. . 1 1 -1 . 1 .!.
Iy game memseivee. v ne ii .u
letic teams or the glee club make a
triD "to advertise the college," stu
dents of this undesirable sort always
compose part of the escort and tne
advertising which the college receives
through them adds nothing to Its
glory.
Many colleges are making com
mendable efforts to sift out students
who seek to enter for anything under
the skies but an education. The
young man who wants to earn renown
as a professional athlete, the one who
merely seeks four years of riotous sen-
indulgence, the girl who is fascinated
by the college sororities and aspires
more eagerly to shine at class balls
than in hen- studies these "students
are not nearly so welcome at any good
college as they were a few years ago,
while some pitilessly exclude them. In
general it is pretty safe to say that the
college which does the best for its stu
dents Is the one which most rigorously
winnows the wheat from the chaff on
matriculation day. Large freshman
classes are not nearly so desirable as
well-chosen ones.
The best colleges have fixed a fairly
definite standard for the students'
qualifications. They announce frankly
that the hopeless ignoramus is not de
sired, no matter how much money his
father has. Nor do these progressive
colleges want to admit the vicious, the
idle, the rampant athletic maniac or
the society simpleton. They are fun
damentally workshops and they want
workers. The true college is the most
democratic place in the world because
it is the only community where there
are no idlers, and the true student is
the youth who enters college with a
resolute purpose to achieve some high
ambition through - hard study. The
glory of a college Is the intellectual
work its students do, not the athletic
A murder mystery strange as any in
fact or fiction is that which has caused
the arrest of Gibson, the New York
lawyer. He is accused of having stran
gled Mrs. Szabo by the use of Jiu jitsu
while she was boating with him on a
lake, and of having upset the boat
with the intention of creating the lm
presslon that she was drowned. Such
a combination of jiu jitsu with appar
ent drowning is rarely encountered
and the manner of the woman's death
would never have been discovered had
not the Austrian Consul's suspicions
been aroused by the fact that she left
a will bequeathing her property to her
mother In Austria, whom she knew to
have been dead for two years. Suspl
cion against Gibson is strengthened by
the fact that several other clients dis
appeared ' mysteriously, but he boldly
declares, as ' an. explanation of the
woman's death, that she struck her
throat on the-gunwale of the boat as
she fell, overboard. His nerve com
mands admiration, for he coolly pre
pared for arrest, talked frankly of the
case and generally bears himself like
an innocent marL
An Ashland (Or.) editor took his
life in his hands last week and jour
neyed all the way to Portland to learn
for himself the facts about the first
Roosevelt day in Oregon.. The result
Is a severe indictment' of unnamed
Portland newspapers for their misrep
resentations. "The only place they
told the . truth was in reporting the
speeches of the ex-President," he de
clares. "The Portland newspapers
are lending their best energies to color
and suppress facts about the popular
ity and candidacy of Roosevelt," this
great traveler and chronicler says fur
ther. It would be interesting to have
the Ashland testimony as to the num
ber of people at the railroad station
to greet the ex-President when he ar
rived on the morning of September 11.
The Oregonian said there were 2000 to
2600. Other and less enthusiastic tes
timony Is that the number ranged from
50 to 300. What has Ashland to say
about this or any other facts misrep
resented by one of Portland's newspapers?
How much in earnest is Bryan in
his support of Wilson is proved by
his subscription of J1000 to the cam
paign fund the first cash subscription
he has ever made and by his giving
up $15,000 worth of lecture contracts
to go on the stump at his own ex
pense. The Nebraskan's oratory will
be the more effective, since his hear
ers know that he seeks no office for
himself and is giving his time and
money to his party's cause. By this
action as well as by the splendid and
successful fight' against the bosses
which he made in the Baltimore con
vention Bryan Is proving himself a
far bigger man than he ever was as
a candidate. He shines the more by
contrast with the man who sacrificed
the esteem of his fellow-citizens to
aggrandize himself and who descend
ed from the position of Idol of his
party to become the idol of a mere
faction.
Stars and Starmakers
By Leone Casa Baer.
Last night the "Awakening- of
Helena Richie" Company headed by
Roselle Knott and with Mayo Methot
in the comnanv nlaved In Salem. To-
day the company stops in Portland for made that I reply to it. Tbe article
SIGN LANGUAGE! AND THE DEAF
Mistake la Made ia Relying; Solely on
Lip Method.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept 17. (To the
Editor.) My attention has been called
to an article in The Oregonian en
titled "Deaf Taught to Talk in Port
land Schools," and a request has been
four hours en route to Kelso, Wash.,
where it plays tonight then on to Cen-
contalns several statements llkejy to
mislead the public and I should like
tralia tomorrow night and from there Permission to correct some of them.
straight into' Seattle, where it plays
the Moore for a week.
e"
Dillon and King, after a season ex- I
tending over fifty weeks, a few of
Teaching the deaf to talk and read
the lips is right and proper, and it
is done in every well-regulated school.
Including the state school at Salem,
Or. The article says that by the
method employed In Portland the child
which were spent ln Portland . unaer can understand "perfectly" what Other
management of Keating & Flood, are people are saying by watching the
movements or the Hps. Ko, not -perfectly."
Some children can understand
a good deal, others comparatively lit
tie. but none "perfectly." Lip reading
is not hearing and never will De. ine
child may say he understands you.
closing this week in Oakland for
month's vacation. The engagement of
Will King and Miss Claire Starr, sou-
brette with the musical comedy com
pany, has been announced and the
wedding is to take place ln late Oc- but make a rigid test by requiring him
tober. to write out what you say, and often
you will find he does not understand.
Claud and Fannie Usher, who are at "At the BucKman bcnooi tne sign
the Orpheum for the second time in 'h "TMeh nS' nVtv imoosed
HTnn ohflrflrpn r-ftucrhr iisincr their
Spareribs, say this- is their farewell hands." This is a mistake and an in
tour in the celebrated vaudeville play- justice to the deaf child la the Port
let At the end of this season they land school. Without the sign lan
lntend to rest on their farm in the Kuage the deaf can never understand
" ' " , " " ,, . a sermon, a lecture or a debate. By
East and incidentally rehearse a new mBn, nt th. , !,,. the de.f
playlet written especially for them. can enjoy these, as well as hearing
They have been on the stage for six people, and the sign language is the
The ush-lonly means by which they can do It
years in "Fagan's Decision.
ers are man and wife. The husband
was born O'Shaughnessy and took his
wife's name at the marriage altar,
The exclusion of the' sign language
hurts the deaf , in other ways also.
Children limited to oral communica
tion cannot express their thoughts
freely for several years, and mental
Marjorle Rambeau, who a few years development is slow. Many children
. I whn Viatr- a f tan4 w4 nrol av or Vl rnl ft
ago was a Lyric ead.n 8 worn , is - e'eni to state schools and it
climbing considerably on the ladder of has lnvarlably been lound that they
theatrical success. Late in October she are far benln1 jn mental growth those
closes her engagement with the Willard who have been the same length of time
Mack Stock Conmany in Salt Lake ln schools using the combined system.
City, where she. has played all Sum- Most state schools use the combined
. . , rt vnrV system, which combines the best In
mer, and goes directly to New- York. mnwJg ThQse who shQW the
She makes that city merely a junction aptitude for speecn are taught by the
point in her journey, ior immeaiu oral method, but those who have lit
after she leaves for London, where she tie aptitude for speech are taught by
is to witness a performance of "Every such methods as will produce tne Dest
Woman," in which she is to play the results The alnvof the oral school is
title role for one of the American com- , ' , ' t p!lt tho -hilA
, . . . TIT Cn.,nA-A I ' "
panies sent out. oy xieuiy ... o.6. anJ malte nira a usefUl citizen
Miss Rambeau has. read the play, in There Is a college for the deaf in
fact is conversant with her part but Washington, D. C. Students from all
c... io. tj kAr in -his over I kinds of schools attend the college.
- - " - XT . , . ,j . v. . ...1 , V,
iu in ii puijra. . I, , K K, t 1oj -ho
just 48 hours after seeing the produc- valedictory or to iead his ciass. Why?
tion, to oegin renearsais in new There is a reason.
She is in the company that comes to Parents and teachers who advocate
the Pacific Coast the oral method alone mean well, but
are not fully informed. it is very
, , . u in I natural for parents to wish their chll-
Priscilla Knowles is taking a fling in Br,ok h thev shnuld under-
musical comedy show. In July .she Btand that very often the time spent in
ended her engagement witn tne isew teaching: speech could be better em
York Academy of Music Stock, and went ployed in developing the mind. Signs
to Atlantic City, for a rest one or neea not preveni emm mamma
those "much-needed rests" if we are " ::
to believe the story of her series of g.rowth Many of the best lip readers
unDroaen penormances covering iu use the sign language Ireely.
years with nary a stop. This is the Many deaf educated orally as they
way the Dramatic Mirror discusses grew older and understood things bet-
Prlscilla's venture and the reason it ter have expressed regrets at tne mis
I Imn m n a hi, thair nnrnT9 n tlrl TAflrrt
gives: . t aiiowlnEr them to use the
. ... . . i hikh iHiiieuaKe o. l doiiuui
Knowles concluded ner record engwmtui v,- -,k1t,1 svstom a-lvea the best
with the stock company at the New York The combined system gives tne Dest
Academy ot Music ln July that one or more all-around development for the deal
queries have not reached the Mirror con- child. About 80 per cent of the deaf
cerning her whereabouts and her plans m tnjg counti-y are ln schools using
And Manager William Fox says that his thJ corIlbined system. Speech and Hp
similar uirosu - - - j v,ii ,.
was the solicitude about tne popular actress is aisu uwiui. j no
thnh Mr. Fox has temDted her Irom ner the ODDOrtunlty to learn ootn.
resting place at Atlantic City and Induced OLOF HANSON,
her to make her first appearance In musical Pres. Nat Assn. for the Deaf.
comeay wun m vinsui -.n-
Girl from Brighton." at the Academy,
N. Nitts on Lost Books
By Iran Collins.
whose deep cerebral
people on plumb
Nescius Nitts,
crooks
Kept Punkindorfs
tenterhooks.
Eyed a crack in the floor, with delib
erate looks,
And nicotine drove three lone ants
from their nooks, ,
Then Nescius spake upon losing of
books.
I see by the paper that Theodore R.
Jest pawed up the landscape around
near and far.
A-findin' amid this late visit of hls'n,
A highly prized volume he carried
was missin'.
Which minds me as over the hlst'ry
1 run
How many great men never done what
he done.
When young Alexander, fef warlike
diversion.
Went over and cornered the realm of
the Persian,
I mind how he made himself strong
with the masses
With games and with banquets and
clinkln'- of glasses.
I don't recollect that he drawed down
his lip
And roared, "My new Homer Is stole
from my grip."
And yet Alexander ha run the whole
earth,
And there was J. Caesar, whose states
manlike worth
Prevailed on the people to gather
aroun'
Three times and attempt to hand over
the crown.
Which same he refused, but in spits
of his act
They made him dictator, end that is a
, . fact.
But "spose ln the forum, when Antony
come
To make the crown address, his voice
was struck dumb
By Caesar, a frownin' and makin' a
yell,
"Who . grafted my Hesiod from the
hotel?"
Then maybe the people would still
have been sot
Fer glvin' the crown but again maybe
not
member there e'er
anxious to give
I somehow don't
was a day
When people was
thiriKs away
To someone, who (after they'd sized
them to be
Of superman clay) out of perversity.
Instead of a-soarin witn naios ana
wings
Jest started a-sayin' pernickety
things.
Portland, September 19.
Half a Century Ago
The death at Olympia of Judge
Ralph Oregon Dunbar closed a useful
and honorable career. Judge Dunbar
was a product of the Oregon country,
a good man, a good lawyer, and a good
Judge. He had served continuously
for twenty-two years on the faupreme
bench of Washington and was, we be
lieve, the only remaining member of
the original tribunal elected wnen
Washington was made a state. Judge
Dunbar was educated in Oregon, and
belonged to a well-known Oregon fam
ily. Indeed, most of his activities prior
to his elevation to the bench were
identified with Oregon. He was one of
four or five Washington judges who
came from Oregon. His passing will
be noted with regret by friends and ac-
oualntances In a wide field, to whom
his name was & synonym of rectitude
and singular devotion to duty.
Humanity and common sense will
unite to- commend the court order
which obliges three 6turdy but inhu
man sons to support their aged moth
er. The ancient ureeics, wno wero im
Christians, compelled the son to pro
vide for his needy parents. We have
gained in many directions by forsak
ing 'the paganism of Socrates and So
lon, but in this particular we have
traveled like the crab. It is pleasant
to learn from Judge Cleeton that
Christian law Is not more barbarous
than the legislation of the Greeks.
The projected bridge at Vancouver
may entail more important conse
quences than are apparent Just yet. A
large and fertile area north or tne Co
lumbia naturally tributary to Portland
is cut off by the river. With ade
quate electric railroads it would pour
a large volume, of traffic into this city.
With the new bridge will come better
transportation. A network of electric
lines will cover Clark, Cowlitz and ad
joining counties and Portland will reap
a golden harvest
where she onened on Monday, a part hav- TAXATION
ing been written In expressly ror ner. it
Is probable that the old playhouse will be
crowded twice a day witn tne nosts m au.
mirers to whom Miss Knowles may lay
claim. , .
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Northern Neighbor Has Yet to Go aa
Far as Is Proposed In Oregon,
PORTLAND, Sept 19- tTo the"Edi-
tbr.) In his communication . to The
Oregonian. September 18, .C. E.
Whlsler threshes over some old
News at last of Warda Howard, a
one-time favorite in Portland stock.
She Is leading woman witn tne ttariem straw Weks his straw .man of sin
Opera House Stock. Kl ta a d use3 my name in vain sev
eral times. Anybody who will stop to
In Oakland Sydney Ayres is ending think a few minutes will realize that
his third week of Oroheum vaudeville, an aeate on the average is worth what
and leaves on Monday for Winnipeg, is asked for it because of the labor
T3v,o Tim-ll 1c Mr lvr' learllne- value in 11. OT mtu wit. s ..u....-
Ing business and you will soon find
this out. An agate is wortn no more
woman and is to be featured in the
act when it starts a-touring. Myrtle in London. with six millions of people,
Langf ord and Roy Clements, both mem- than in Portland with a quarter of a
bers of the Cathrine Countiss company million; but a piece of land is wortn
this Summer, are appearing in Mr.
Ayres' support. The sketch is "The
Call for the Wild," which everyone will
of course designate by a Jack London-
!sh title as the "Call of the Wild.'
After their Winnipeg engagement the
little company goes next to Calgary,
then follows Cosgrove, then Spokane,
more according to population around
it who do or who would like to make
use of it
All Mr. Whisler's prognostications
about the effect of a tax measure,
which while a decided step in the di
rection of the single tax Is not an ap
plication of the single tax. are mere
dreams of a nightmare. British Co
lumbia exempts improvements from
Proper solution of streetcar trouble
can be found only in fare-registering
scales at the door. Sifted down to
the matter of hauling the passenger,
the lissome, willowy woman should not
be charged as much as a mere bulbous
and bulging male.
The Bull Moosers show wisdom in
declining to nominate regular Repub
lican soreheads on a county ticket. A
defeated candidate has nothing but
grouch for capital.
Poe could use a piece of string as a
clew to murder mystery, so perhaps
local detectives can with a button
from a woman's coat find Portland's
latest murderer. .
Getting into her Fall clothes keeps
the old hen too busy to bother about
laying, so eggs are scarce and higher.
Peaches are moving out of the way
of grapes, and then will come the
greatest of all fruits, the Oregon apple.
Somebody Is hogging beer. Brew
ers declare consumption has increased
400 per cent more than population.
where Miss Mitchell will be given loads taxation, taxes natural resources at
of attention. She is a great favorite a hia-her rate than cultivated lands and
with theatergoers there folk who is going further at the next session of
, j . i. iiv k Parliament They call what tney nave
ZZ" "v..":: J- h. there now single tax. although but a
wiicii Bin? " """" " - " 1 utnn trvwarri it' h n rl what Is oroDosed in
L. Baker Spokane Stock one year ago. Oregon goes very little, if any, further
After a week's stay in Spokane they than what the British Columbia Par
come to Seattle, then to Portland, liament is pledged to enact; and lt has
,.i,io. kor-o in tho latter luirt of a strons habit of doing wnat it is
. I. 1. hfl.V UJCUCCU IV UU,
uciooer. riwu "".. - . , .
., . H I o anJ will rnQTrl tin a I ' . l J r, .
mruuKii v,i,m.- i--"- . (, -it inr-al revenues irom a tax
Christmas holidays ln Chicago. exclusively on land values. No 'evi
dence of ruin to farmers anywhere that
William "Billy" Dills has gone to this principle is extended. Tney llKe
New York, accompanied by Mrs. Will- 't and demand more,
iam Dills
Far East Mr. Dills has taken in sev- carrleg on extensive literary or. field
eral years. - work of any kind naturally employs,
" when possible, those in sympathy with
tsiuy single uiiiwu s """a rn its objects. I nave advocated tne prin
land way on his third visit with "The eiples of fundamental democracy and
Girl, the- Man and the Game." Only economic Justice since i8. lurnisnea
Billy Is leaving the Single out of his my time and energy ano limited means
. , j , , for nothing and boarded myself until
name, for he s married again. L,.hV thl iof thr. venr. Mv f,ihr
Remarkable bit of news or a bit of before me was r an jbolitionlst, and an
remarkable news is it that in the or oyer ha)f a centuryi including the
forthcoming musical comedy. "The Sjngie tax since ' Henry George. He
Heart Breakers" at the Hellig, open- died worth ?130. and never received a
ing September 26, the collection of cent for his long and active life of
chorus girls includes one from every humanitarianism, earning his living as
. , i j,,.ali o rfrrnn I a CtClH, BUI IUI, piUUllCOUCI U11U O.V
. countant
I s pose wnen tne press ageni gets into wiliiam Lloyd Garrison was as un
Washington or Oklahoma he changes tUstlv assailed because he published his
the copy to suit locality. But mebbe I "Liberator" and received a few dollars
not. to help along his work that rolled a
great stone out or. ine way oi numan
nntaia fnw mlir-h tslnrv rlM Jnmlfl
- rjaoy mine,, tne ousieino tares, of Nazareth receive when he acceoted
opens next Suday night, witn Ernest hospitality and ate the bread of char
From The Oregonian of September 20, 1862.
The regular biennial session of the
Oregon State Agricultural Society met
in Salem on Wednesday last. Prep
arations are being made with proper
energy and considerable expense for
the coming fair.
Warren's discovery Reports from
this new discovery still continue favorable-
Some BOO or 600 men are at
work in the district and the more
lucky ones are taking out gold at the
rate of from $600 to $1000 a day..
Legislative proceedings: Senate
Mr. Greenwood reported resolution
asking Congress for arms and muni
tions of war for the defense of the
state and for an ironclad gunboat at
the mouth of the Columbia River;
passed. House Bill to change the
name of Clatsop to Astor County was
engrossed and passed to third reading.
A bill to amend the corporation of
Jackson County was rejected.
Fire at St Helens Last night, at 10
o'clock some unknown scoundrel set
fire to my storehouse. ' The building is
an entire loss, with about 150 cords
of wood and 25 cords of oak staves.
The total loss is near $4000.
At the Willamette Theater last night
a Very large audience of ladles and
gentlemen were assembled to witness
the- wonderful and interesting per
formances of Martin the Wizard.
There, must have been 100 persons at
the concert in the Turnverein Hall last
night The music by the Aurora brass
band was excellent
The steamer Carrie Ladd brought
down quite a number of emigrants last
night, among whom was our fellow
townsman, Mr. A. Kaufman, who came
over the plains with a number of
friends.
Glendlnning in the cast
Next week Alice Fleming is to play
the role of the psychic Mrs. Brown ln
Seven Days" at the Baker a really
moving role, inasmuch as she "moves"
almost every stick of furniture on the
place before the comedy ends.
Inscriptions on Violins.
ityt How much did he earn? Joseph
iels contributes to tne tunas that
maintain several members of Parlia
ment in England. I am glad to be a
private in the ranks of the army of
Justice. AL.tHSl V. CKtlXiJU.
This Dote Visited Two Popes, :
. Our Dumb Animals.
It seems that the late Archbishop
Stoner, whose long residence in Rome
made him well known to English-
Romance In tne Tall Timber,
Fllegende Blatter.
"You can't Imagine how romantic it
is where we live! At night when every
one is asleep, sometimes I hear the
nightingale singing ln the woods. Then
I take my horn and accompany him for
hours."
Hazing days are near and the usual
reports of deaths are to be expected. -.
WtTD T A T T C Q C. "1ft T-f. Vl
rMltnrl Ta the 'f ollowine- sie-'n nrinted SDeaklnS Catholics the world over, en-!Ld".th-.5?ii0afh:,fiSr
2 ioyad the distinction of being the only
i- - - - . irnn. In 'rwenl voara at anv rate.
who was privileged to take a dog with
him, not to the Vatican only, but into
the private aDartments of the Pope.
The Archbishop was a true lover ot
dogs and had a Great Dane named
Beau, which was his Inseparable com
oanion.
The ArchbishOD was held ln high es
teem bv Pius IX. who. hearing of his
. .... . . I fnitr.fnnl,J fvfanri A,nrMM O. flPllrf
CIS, 1UCIO CMC 1.1 uo I . . .. ' . . .
to bee nun. jicui umgij, ma .iAt
violin, of any significance? "Antonio
Stradlvarlua Cremonefis Faciebat Anno,
1736." K. L. M.
The inscription alone has little signi
ficance. It is Intended to convey the
Information that the instrument Is a
copy of the Stradivarlus model made by
the most famous of Italian violin mak-
Stradivarlus copies.
He May Come to Yonr Door.
Washington (D. C.) Herald.
"What's ' the trouble?" "There's a
tramp at the door with a rickety auto
mobile. Wants to know if we can give
him a set of old tires." ,
visit to the Vatican. Archbisnop Stoner
took his dog with him, and into the
presence of the Pontiff, xne same ex
perience was repeated under Leo XIII,
and both Pontiffs developed so strong
a liking for the Great Dane as to ask
that he always accompany his master
when he came to Bee thenv
Special Features in
The Sunday
Oregonian
Life Aboard Battleships The
1000 men aboard a modern levia
than of the Navy make up a fru
gal household. Description of life
on board the battleship Delaware
is interesting and instructive.
More About Flirts -An admis
sion by a woman writer that those
of her sex love through their ears.
Unmasked This is a sequel to
"The Woman in Red" and is a
thrilling short story.
- Europe's Trust Problems Dif
ferent nations in Europe engaged
in controversies over monopolis
tic questions. Differences are
shown between German combines
and American trusts.
The Decline of Courtesy
French writer laments that olden
days of chivalry have gone to
stay, and points out that people's
manners are brusque.
The: Emigrant Maker An ac
count of a widow 's experiences in
America that is full of heart in
terest. More Angels of Mercy With
the passage of a new law, the
scope of the Red Cross Society
has been broadened. America' now
has the world's greatest reserve
corps of nurses. Full page, illus
trated with photos.
Why Was King Rogers Killed?
An account of the strange
career of an American adventurer
who met death in Africa at the
hands of British soldiers.
The Polo Girl Another bril
liant poster in colors which ;s
well worth cutting out and saving.