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PCBUC OFFICE) A rjUVATK XiOSS.
All frugal and forehanded persona
who are laying by money for a rainy
day will doubtless sympathize with
Mr. Bryan' desire, to keep his little
nest egg Intact. Heretofore, Mr. Bry
an has been able to save something In
excess of $10,000 a year, and this sac
rifice of present desires for possible
old age needs has "been going on for
seventeen years. Mr. Bryan, there
fore, if we Interpret his statements
correctly, has accumulated only $170,
000 to guarantee him comfort and sus
tenance In his declining years. The
average citizen will at once recognize
the meagerness of comfort and depri
vation that one must undergo who has
accumulated so small a sum! Mr.
Bryan, heroically, is willing to forego
for four years the opportunity of ac
cumulating more, but the ruB comes
when he finds that the $12,000 salary
he receives as Secretary of State does
not meet the outgo expected of an of
ficial exemplar of Jeffersonian sim
plicity. There is one phase of the situation,
however, that strikes us as having
omewhat contradictory elements. Mr.
Bryan, apparently has discovered, con
trary to former beliefs, that dignity
and precedent require that the man
next to President of the United States
in honor and importance of office shall
bow to social customs and make out
ward show at the pace set by pre
,..decessors and other lights of official
dom. Yet he is unable or unwilling to
admit that the same precedents and
the same dignity must be maintained
away from the Nation's capital. Mr.
Bryan's urbane presence and gifts of
oratory are in themselves sufficient to
make him a valuable acquisition to a
lecture course, but when reinforced
by the glamor of high position, cer
tainly his services on the lecture plat
form are worth more than In preced
ing years.
In part his lecture tour is a method
of trading on office. It is an emolu
ment that is not sought or taken by
the premier - of any nation so far as
we are aware, and is one never derived
from exalted state by any other Secre
tary while in the employ of this Gov
ernment. Ethically there is not great
difference -between the Secretary of
State's lecturing for pay and the Sec
retary of the Treasury's taking charge
of a banking institution during the va
cation period. Prestige of office in
either instance is bound to be an aid
to profit for the employer if not for
the employed. Thus does Mr. Bryan
sacrifice one dignity of office that an
other dignitymay be maintained.
There are many public offices that
cannot be filled except at pecuniary
loss to the incumbent. Portfolios in
the Cabinet are such. Increase In the
pay of Cabinet officers, unless outside
reasonable -bounds, would doubtless
offer but temporary relief, for the
standards of show and entertainment
would rise with the salary as men able
and willing to supplement official re
muneration from private resources
were appointed to place. But it is
much to be doubted -that public opin
- ion will look kindly upon attempts to
husband such resources by the capi
talizing of public position. Mr. Bryan
ought to realize that public office is a
private loss.
SOOTAUSTS AXI THE I. W. W.
Tour Socialist ought not to com
plain of unfairness and misrepresen
tation. They are the weapons by
which he lives and thrives. Miscon
ceptions, misinterpretations, appeals to
passion and prejudice, all the adroit
and unscrupulous stimuli of unrest and
disorder, blatant assertion of rights
and equally violent resistance to the
demands of duty all these and many
rruore are his stock In trade. The end
justifies the means. The way to create
better conditions is to arouse dissatis
faction with present conditions. The
red flag for the man who knows what
he wants and dares to say so, and the
. American flag for the dull clod who is
content to struggle along under the
oppressive system of "capitalism"
which controls all government.
Because The Oregonian ventured to
inquire what your Socialist had ever
done for the flag, or law and order,
and free speech (except his own free
speech), Mr. Barzee complains of un
fairness and misrepresentation. Yet
. the question is not answered. Mr.
Barzee is an idealist and an honest
citizen. But he does not typify social
ism in the common form in which it
rears its ugly head from the soapbox,
nor in the Appeal to Reason, nor in
the vicious and seditious propaganda
spread through a thousand channels
to further the so-called socialistic
cause.
Mr. Barzee seeks to make a distinc
tion between "real socialists" and the
rest. But how dots he expect the pub
lic to differentiate? Is Leach, the
Bandon refugee, a real socialist, or is
he a dangerous and lawless agitator?
He is, or was, chairman of the Coos
County Socialist Committee, but he
Was also identified with the I. W. "W.'s
there; for he is charged with being an
I. W. W. in sympathy, in preaching
and in practice, and with having! de
clared that "the opposition to the I.
W. W. was from a mob of saloon
bums." It was a characteristic I. W.
W. utterance. When he is called to
account for what he says and does as
a noisy I. W. W., who urges direct ac
tion, he becomes a hornless Socialist,
who merely seeks peaceful revolution.
The Socialist who defends the I. V.
YV'.. sympathizes with the I. W. W. and
oo-operate3 with the I. W. W. and re
fuses to repudiate the I. "W. V. and all
Its works, sinks to the level of the
I. W. W.
UCE.NBE 18 AT AN EJ.O.
Opportunity has been given the I.
W. V. leaders and speakers in Port
land to show their good faith in a
purported campaign In behalf of cer
tain striking employes. This oppor
tunity has been""grossly abused. The
spirit of fairness shown by Mayor Al
bee seems to have been looked upon
by the disturbers as an indication of
weakness or of vacillating tempera
ment. Cautions that the bounds of de
cency must not be exceeded have been
ignored and have even seemed to en
courage excesses. The soapbox spout,
ers invited trouble and they have
trot it.
The Mayor has announced that
street speaking must cease. City and
county authorities are working in har
mony, and arrests are made as fast as
the order is violated. A decisive step
has thus been taken and all but a mea
ger proportion of the public will heart
ily indorse it. There ought not to be
and we believe there will be no falter
ing in the plans as outlined toy Mayor
and Sheriff.
Threats of Invasion by hordes of va
grants to maintain the right of "free
speech" guaranteed by the Constitu
tion they denounce will cause no
alarm. The ''free speech" graft of the
I. W. "W. is played out. When first
devised it brought contributions from
sincere believers. in personal and con
stitutional liberty, but even Socialist
leaders and publications now denounce
the so-called defense funds as merely
providing easy living for professional
agitators and loafers. The free speech
invasion of Grays Harbor failed. The
one that recently advanced on Denver
gained even less recognition. A de
termined front and an enforced in
vitation to break rock will turn back
the best army the noisy troubleseekers
can muster.
Free speech 1s a noble institution,
but so is the right held by the public
to be protected from the affront of
rasping vulgarity and seditious utter
ances. So also is the right to carry
on lawful business without boisterous
interference; so, too, is the right to
use the streets as avenues for traffic.
"Free speech" is not superior to any
of these, and when it degenerates to
license and does interfere with other
rights if is high time the license be
revoked. There is still free speech in
Portland, but its abuse will rightly no
longer be tolerated.
CSDEE FALSE COLORS.
We are assured that the initiative
measure under way to exempt $1600 in
taxed value on personal property and
improvements will not receive any sup
port or encouragement from the Fels
fund "nor suit the single-taxers exact
ly, or at least all of. them." Yet it
comes from single-tax sources and is
warmly indorsed by the one outspoken
single-tax newspaper in Oregon, the
Oregon City Courier.
Moreover, as the single-tax organ ex
plains the bill. It amounts almost to
single tax in Clackamas County, and
that county is, we take It, fairly rep
resentative as to property distribution
of the entire state. Single tax, with
out its socialistic concomitants, is the
exemption of all personal property and
improvements. The Clackamas . tax
rolls,-it is reported, show that 85 per
cent of the taxpayers would, under an
exemption of $1500, entirely escape
taxation except on land. .
Naturally the loss in revenue would
have to be made up some way, but
promise is given that "any intelligent
Assessor properly backed by the
County Commissioners can discover
valuable idle land and water power
sufficient to take up" the increased
burden on what is left of taxable prop
erty. But why should not the intelligent
Assessor and the supporting Commis
sioners get busy before these sources
of revenue are destroyed? If they
permit property to escape Just taxa
tion under present laws, what safety
has the public which now contributes
its just share of public revenues under
an exemption law? If assessing offi
cers do not do their full duty now, we
fancy they will foe more likely to raise
the rate than do their full duty then.
A promise of this kind Is empty. It
ought to be made good before the ex
emption is created. There would then
be less danger that taxes on all land
would be increased and added burdens
fall on the man who has little or no
improvements and personal property
to exempt. As a matter of fact, the
proposed law Is near-single tax and Its
promoters are offering the false hopes
and colored argument to divert atten
tion from its real purport.
LONGER IJLFE.
In thes'e days when there is so much
preacltfng about the duty of good
health and the possibility of long life
it is inspiring to remember the length
of days which people have reached in
other generations. Of course we shall
not go back to the antediluvians, for
their cases, as all admit, were excep
tional. We cannot hope to rival their
longevity, no matter how wisely we se
lect our breakfast foods nor how
sternly we refrain from the enervating
joys of the pipe and bottle. But there
Is no obvious reason why people today
should not live as long as the cele
brated Thomas Cam If they could only
recover the .secret of his hygienic
rules. Thomas died at the green old
age of 207 years. Like most miracu
lous personages he lived in the remote
past, though not so remote as Me
thusalem by any means. He was born
in England in the year 1381 when
Richard II was king and died in the
B5th year of Elizabeth's reign. His
birth and death are duly recorded in
the parish books of St. Leonard's
Church in Shoreditch, eo that there
can be no possible doubt about his
longevity unless there Is a mistake in
the records, or unless two men of the
same name have been confused, as
sometimes happens when antiquaries
are particularly eager to make out an
exciting story.
Another instance of astonishing lon
gevity in England was that of the
Countess of Desmond. This interesting
lady, who died at the age of 140, fell
far short of Cam, but for all that she
did very well. .In her girlhood she
danced with the Duke of Gloucester,
who afterward became Richard III by
the removal of his little nephews and
sundry other obstacles. Shakespeare
represents this man as a repulsive
hunchback, but there is some ground
to believe that it was- only his moral
frame, not his physical, ' that was de
formed. The Countess of Desmond
says that Richard was "the straightest
and- properest man she ever saw." But
every reader knows that Shakespeare
scorned historical accuracy almost as
contemptuously as: he did geography.
This fascinating Countess might have
lived many years beyond her 140 and
perhaps rivaled Thomas Cam himself
but for an unlucky accident. Like
Aunt Jemima she '.'dim.' a tree" one
day, not to throw corn "at our old
bobtail rooster," but to gather nuts.
From her lofty perch she slipped and
fell and her bruises brought .on a
fever from which her untimely de
mise ensued. Since Countesses are
not in the habit of climbing walnut
trees in these days we may eliminate
her accident from the modern causea
of premature death.
History abounds with accounts of
centenarians and many of the stories
are likely enough to be true. There
is no law of nature which fixes the
length of human life at three score
and ten years. . Everybody knows of
people who have lived past 90, per
haps well on toward a full century.
Science cannot tell us the precise se
cret of their longevity. It depends
partly, no doubt, upon heredity. Old
age Is a habit in some families, just
as early death is inbred in others. Sur
vival does not seem to depend so much
upon constitutional vigor as upon some
more subtle trait which has not yet
been deciphered. Nor does it depend
so much upon hygienic habits as one
might expect. Many centenarins have
been habitual drinkers and others have
used tobacco all their lives. Their
routine of life has commonly been
about the same as their neighbors
and yet by virtue of some physical or
mental singularity they have outlived
all their contemporaries. What can
the secret of it be? Would it not be
a good plan for some millionaire to
found a laboratory to investigate the
germ or serum that prolongs life be.
yond the Biblical period and carries
human beings on into their second or
third century? Why should we not
live as long as the antediluvians? Our
world Is a great deal more interesting
than theirs and life Is proportionately
more valuable.
1RIKIM ANN'S SECRET TOLD.
The New York Times has a state
ment from Dr. George G. Rambaud,
who is said to "represent the scientific
side of Dr. Friedmann's interests in
this country," wherein the ingredients
of the Friedmann tuberculosis cure
are given. Dr. Rambaud says it con
sists of turtle tubercle bacilli and
water that is all. The exact state
ment of Dr. Rambaud is:
The vacolne consists of a homogeneous
emulsion of live avlrulent tuberculosis ba
cilli in sterile distilled water. The germ
was isolated several years yigo from a turtle
and maintained ever since by transplanta
tion on culture media according to the usual
procedure. The vaccine is administered to
patient in dosea of from cubic centimeters
0.10 to cubic centimeters 0.30, at Intervals
of from four to eix weeks. Injections are
made Intravenously In the case of joint tu
berculosis and Intramuscularly In the case
of lung tuberculosis.
So it appears that the tremendous
secret discovered and kept by Dr.
Friedmann is simply a mixture of
germs of diseased' turtle and plain
water, blended in a proportion to
make it a clear emulsion.
Whether the illumination of the
mystery about the Cure will give it a
new standing in the medical world re
mains to be seen. It is said now that
the process is available to any physi
cian of repute. We suppose the effort
to sell the vaccine will continue, and
that Dr. Friedmann will lose nothing
not already lost by his belated frank
ness. Perhaps the turtle cure is a genuine
discovery. -Prh.aps the way has been
opened to real benefit for the world by
the very little accomplished by Dr.
Friedmann. But It will be long be
fore the public will forget the exploi
tation of the cure and the miserable
effort to capitalize into an undertak
ing of great profit the most destruc
tive disease that afflicts mankind.
EVOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Just how greatly changed the status
of the National Guard of the country
has become was emphasized striking
ly by the programme in the biennial
camp of instruction of the Third Ore
gon Infantry at Tillamook a few days
since. There was a maximum of bat
tle meneuvers . and field instruction
with a minimum of parades. Gilt and
epaulets were replaced by somber olive
drab, strutting dress parade by battle
exercises, regimental close order drills
gave way to normal attack, social
functions were supplanted by tactical
walks.
Semi-professional soldiers is the new
designation of the National Guards
men, and in the changed order of our
military policy they are taking the bus
iness of preparing themselves for war
most seriously. With the United
States Army as their model, the
Guardsmen of Oregon, as well as of
most other states, have attained a mil
itary efficience and state of prepared
ness which would make them of Im
mediate value in a field campaign.
Fifteen years ago the organized
militia was largely a sort of gathering
place for young men with a taste for
gilt and tinsel. It was the Spanish
American War that marked the change
after the militia provided skeletons
upon which excellent volunteer regi
ments were built. The evolution of the
National Guard since that time has
been swift and certain. Recognition
by the War Department and financial
support by the Government have fol
lowed within the past few years.
Slowly but jBurely the citizen soldiery
has overcome prejudices that arose in
the public mind previous to the new
order of things in its ranks. Finally
it has gained the respect and hearty
co-operation of the Regular Army.
Guardsmen and regulars now work to
gether in the maneuver field even as
they would work together in actual
service -ahead of volunteer forces that
might be required. It is from this af
filiation that the National Guard is
receiving its greatest stimiilus. Con
tact with the trained professional men
who devote their lives to military
science with- its immense scope and
vast requirements gives the command
ers of National Guard troops the mili
tary ideals towards which they are
constantly working.
A3 TO THE WIFE'S INCOME.
Mrs. Sinclair's contention, as noted
in her communication to The Orego
nian, that wives ought to be equal
partners in business with their hus
bands, is ethically sound, but there
are practical difficulties in the way
of executing it. Women have not as
a rule received much training in busi.
ness. When money is left to them
they are usually obliged to call upon
some male friend for advice as to in
vesting it. Too often they become a
prey to swindlers through sheer ig
norance of the commonest business
principles. There is a whole army of
tricksters who make their living by
taking advantage of women's childlike
inability to dispose of their own af
fairs. No doubt this deplorable state
of things will he remedied in time,
and then Mrs. Sinclair's ideas will
probably come into practice. In the
meantime it would be a misfortune to
the wife herself if she were permitted
to disarrange the conduct of her hus
band's business by unwise interfer
ence such as a partner might perpe
trate. Nor must we forget that many
women take great pride in their ignor.
ance of everyday matters. They be
lieve It adds to their charms to be
kittenish and doll-like, and they feel,
or pretend to feel, extreme repugnance
to anything like the possession of com.
mon sense in business. Such women
think At is pretty to shudder when
ever thejr husbands touch upon money
matters.
Their mental state is a relic of
"slave psychology," of course, but it
exists and must be reckoned with.
Until wives of this caliber have great
ly altered for the better it is idle to
talk of making them business part
ners with their husbands. They would
speedily ruin any business into which
they brought their lisps and giggles,
to say nothing of their rouge and false
curls, tout for all that a wife, be she
never so silly, is fairly entitled to an
allowance ' from her husband. It
merely tends to perpetuate her slav
ish mentality to compel her to beg for
the money she needs. The husband's
income ought to be divided into three
parts, one for the savings bank, one
for the wife and the household ex
penses, and the third, a comparatively
small fraction, for his own selfish
needs. A man who has a. good wife
does marvelous wisely if he turns all
his money over to her and spends upon
himself only what she doles out. The
beer counters and nickel-in-the-slot
machines would lose by this whole
some practice, but the man would gain
In self-respect and his family would
gain in comfort. Naturally women
have better heads than men for busi
ness, but their inborn capacity has
been so dwarfed by false education
that it is usually unreliable. When we
have better schools for girls we shall
be able to improve both upon the
economics and the Justice of our do.
mestio life. Mrs. Sinclair's letter,
however, is well worth perusal by both
husbands and wives.
A Portland traveler, Mr. C. P.
Chamberlain, has acquired enviable
fame by his opinions upon European
ruins and tables d'hote. The former
he disparages, the latter he likens to
eating out of a nosebag, thus getting
back at the European travelers who
accuse us of eating out of troughs.
Here, says Mr. Chamberlain, "you
see history in the making, but in Eu
rope you see only its sepulchred re
mains." This would sound funny to
Mrs. Pankhurst and the Kaiser if they
should read It, but we fear they never
will.
A boy of 16 was committed to the
Reform School from Hood River yes
terday for attempt to wreck a train
in revenge for being put off by a
brakeman. A boy of 16 is supposed
to have attained the age of reason
yet this one would deliberately kill
and injure many to get even for' a
fancied grievance. Treatment at the
Reform School may- show him the er
ror of his way, but not so effectively as
a sound thrashing, with promise of
repetition for the next break. .
Praise to the Hood River girls who
do not disdain to turn an honest penny
by packing cherries. We can Imagine
ho pleasanter task than to range the
lovely litue globes In crimson rows
with fairy layers of tissue paper be
tween. How could lily hands and
laughing eyes be better engaged? Hood
River has earned a great deal of glory
by its incomparable cherries and ap
ples, but we predict that from this
time forward it will be renowned for
its sensible girls.
The Colonel's luck never fails him
As he entered the Grand Canyon on
his hunting trip the other day he was
greeted by the most terrific electrical
storm seen for years and years. The
elements recognized their master and
welcomed, him with - all their thunder
and lightning. When Mr. Roosevelt
crosses the California line we shall
not be surprised to hear that he has
been greeted with an earthquake.
An automatic halrcuttlng machine
is suggested as a necessity for emanci
pation from the power of the barber.
The safety razor has already made
great Inroads on his business and the
proposed machine might prove his
finish. What should we do then for
offhand, expert opinions on baseball.
politics, religion, all the sports and
all the sciences?
The gray tall hat has come back to
London after a lapse of forty years.
It is made of felt and has a gray silver
band. It was the fashion in this coun
try in the '70s and two exquisites who
took their gray tall hats to England
expecting to cause a sensation were
surprised to find that the Prince of
Wales had made such hats "quite the
thing."
Vice-President Marshall says that a man
ought to be able to do a day's work in four
hours, but after he has been In Washington
longer he -will find that Congress can do a
day s work In four minutes. Hoston Tran
script.
Congress can also spin out a day's
work over four months.
Mrs. Grace Caukin, appointed Re
ceiver of a United States Land Office
in California, Is not the first woman
to be a land official, as the dispatches
state. Miss Anne Lang served a full
term in The Dalles Land Office years
ago.
Judge Morrow, of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, was 70 yes
terday and although privileged to re-
tire, feels good for many more years
of work.
The Richmond woman fined for
wearing a skirt slit to the knee with
nothing underneath is going to New
York, where everything goes. '
Texas man named Alswell acquitted
for shooting neighbor named Endwell.
All's well that ends well.
The Beavers are near the top and
the fan with a weak heart must be
careful.
So there's a shortage in the muzzle
supply. And the I. W. W. still in
town.
Another State Senator sent to Sing
Sing. Must make about a quorum.
A dog insists on following John D.
around. Is it muzzled?
Alfonso has inherited a half million.
Now for Paris Incog.
The final showdown in the Mexican
game approaches.
Senator Bacon re-elected. More
pork.
Also muzzle the agitators.
. Summer at last!
Stars and Starmakers
By Walter Jlay,
Margaret Anglin's Shakespearean
revival announced for this season is
really a "revival" for the actress. No
doubt a large portion of the public
has forgotten that Miss Anglin has
played Rosalind. Viola and Katherlne.
In her Australian tour a few years
ago she handled the stellar roles in
As You Like It," "Twelfth Night" and
The Taming of the Shrew." Her am
bition now is to add "Antony and Cleo
patra" to her repertory and of course
she will be the Egyptian queen.
e
Alice Lloyd will return to vaudeville
next season. This is a top-notch vaude
ville lure. As a "legitimate" actress she
was only a mediocre attraction even
when starred.
Joe Blrnes, poetic story-teller at the
Empress, Is one of a dozen stage folk
claimed by Sacramento, Cal., as Its own.
In a list published In the California
capital several years ago Florence
Roberts headed Sacramento's roll, May
belle Gilman was next and Joe Blrnes
was third. Blrnes was not born in
Sacramento, but went there as an In
fant with his parents. He attended the
Sacramento Institute, conducted by
the Christian Brothers, for several
years and it was there that he showed
his first talent for the stage. Blrnes
visited Portland for the first time in
the late 80's as a member of the Von
Hirsch Concert Company, which en
tertained in several Portland churches.
Blrnes was the slntrer and monoloalst.
Later the story-teller was seen here
with Murray and Mack. Then he
played here with the Stewart company
in "1492" and still later he visited this
city with "Humpty Dumpty " in which
he had a prominent role. Birnes also
has appeared here with the Primrose
minstrels arid Shillings' minstrels. For
10 years Blrnes was manager of the
Trocadero Four, an act in which he
shone before deciding to become a
"single" In vaudeville.
Charles Frohman's return from Eu
rope last week brings forth the an
nouncement that he will produce plays
this coming season by John Galworthy.
Richard Harding Davis, Alfred Sutro,
Augustus Thomas, Edward Sheldon and
Barrie.
Mr. Frohman- said he also hoped to
present Ethel Barrymore in "Tante.
His plans and the names of the plays
he has secured would take a column to
relate. He apparently ' expects a big
year.
Hedwig Reicher is now Just as fluent
in speaking English as she once was
In German, but It required patience
im etiuru una or ner most atrocious
mistakes, she relates, was In thinking
a 'hand maiden" was a manicurist.
and she read the lines in her play with
that understanding, too.
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Pauline Frederick, while not legally
separated as yet, has Issued a publio
manifesto that henceforth fame, not
love, will be her solace. Her husband
Is the architect Andrews.
Allan Dale, eccentric New York critic.
now in Paris, In a recent news letter
to the "states" as much as says that
tights are on "their last legs" in the
French capital. Not that hoop skirts
have corfie in for the ballet, but tights
have Just vanished.
The name of Erwin Connelly, author
of "A Strong Cup of Tea," played at
the Orpheum this week by Miss Jane
Connelly and company, will bring to
many a reminder of "Sweethearts,
the beautiful playlet which brought the
Connellys here twice before. "Jack'
Connelly, however, would probably stir
up memories of several years ago when
he was a matinee Idol in Portland stock.
Jack is not his name at all, but Erwin
did not meet with tavor in Western
stock circles at that time and so Jack
he became by popular choice. Mr. Con
nelly had closed a season of stock In
Salt Lake, where he had featured Vic
tory Bateman and organized a road
company headed for Portland and
other points. Just before it reached
here It stranded and Mr. and Mrs. Con
nelly came in for stock, keeping their
marriage a deep secret so that It would
not interfere with Mr. Connelly's pop
ularity. Mr. Connelly adapted "Sweet
hearts" from the story of that name by
Mrs. Connelly's great uncle. Sir Wil
liam Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan
fame.
Ellen Terry and James Carew are Just
as busy denying they are divorced, or
about to be, as someone else is active in
circulating the report.
Frank Elliott, recently here with
Blanche Bates, at the age of 60 may
draw a pension from the fund provided
by David Garrick In London. The re
quirement is that an actor before 40
years of age must appear in at least
three Drury Lane leading part suc
cesses. At 60 the pension becomes op
erative and is 360 pounds (about $1800)
yearly. He played leads for Mrs. Lang
try, Olga Nethersole and Ada Reeves.
Mr. Elliott is "the second man in the
last 10 years to be placed on the eligible
list.
Amelia Summers, recently here In
"Fine Feathers," has been engaged for
the principal female role in "The Elixir
of Youth," to open at the Cort Theater
in Chicago next month.
Cathrine Countiss is resting in Den
ver prior to' resuming her vaudeville
tour August 11 at Brighton Beach. She
Is at her bungalow, 170 South Grant
street, Denver. This is her description
of the servant situation in her state,
where women have long voted side by
side with their cooks: "At last we have
secured a hired girl and the domestic
outlook Is much brighter. Believe me,
the hired girl proposition in Denver has
female suffrage and free sugar beaten
to a frazzle. It is the great, throbbing,
palpitating topic of the hour. The hired
girl is the queen of this inter-mountain
kingdom and Is as Independent and
temperamental as Eva Tanguay. She
is a rare and precious specimen that
has to be hunted with extreme caution
and delicacy, and when captured alive
must be treated with tender and cour
teous consideration or she will fly the
coop."
It is promised that William Fiver
sham will bring his revival of "Julius
Caesar" to the Coast this coming year.
He is said to have adopted the revo
lutionary Max Reinhardt stage produc
tion for the play. The essential key
note of the Reinhardt production is an
appeal to the imagination. R. D. Mac
Lean, the tragic actor, will essay the
role of Brutus and Julie Opp will be
cast as the beautiful wife, of Brutus,
Portia,
FRIEDMANN SERUM IS DEFENDED
Professional Prejudice Held to Be Re-
sponsible for Its Condemnation.
PORTLAND, July 16. (To the Edi
tor.) Again the Friedmann treatment
has been killed, squelched forever, this
time by two eminent physicians ad
dressing some medical convention in
Washington,
Every doctor knows somebodv else
who knows someone who knows the
treatment is a failure. The fact that
he knows nothing at all about it him
self does not cut any figure.
vr. ferrand, as reported in The Ore.
gonian, states that it has been dem
onstrated an absolute failure. The
only trouble with Dr. Ferrand is that
he don't know what he is talking about.
Lately, In Providence, R. I., In the
presence or a number of the lonriins-
physlcians of the state, the Friedmann
vaccine was administered in the Rhode
island istate sanitarium. This, mind
you, in ine iace or all the adverse
criticism leveled, at the treatment by
men who know nothing at all about It.
, The patients who were treated by
Dr. Friedmann have almost all uni-
ivrmiy improved. Some, of course,
have gone backward, but that is to be
expected. Still, the medical profes
sion has chosen to take the
which have reacted unfavorably as
wier test ana nave ignored the bene
fits which they claim would have been
derived by any other treatment.
I have no quarrel with the doctors as
such. I do not believe there ia in any
other walk of life such conscientious,
self-secrif icing men as in the profes
sion of medicine. And again, there is
no Dody of men so prejudiced, so sin
gle-sighted and so bigoted, if you
piease, as tnese seir-same doctors.
lhey ask: "Why does Friedmann not
give his treatment to the world?" The
answer Is that such a disclosure la
simply an impossibility because the
specific has to do with living bacteria.
The treatment, consisting of a sort
of healing bacteria which is effective
for hardly two or three days and must
be constantly replenished and dally
controlled biologically, for the present
cannot be given freely to all doctors,
and can be supplied only under trust
worthy surveillance in special Insti
tutes under trained physicians.
The treatment is not a "secret" rem
edy at all. Dr. Friedmann has said
Plainly that it is a turtle tuberculosis
product, which contains every healing
element and has been entirely robbed
of Its poisonous qualities, and a phy
sician who Is even theoretically trained
knows what is to be understood by
that.
Dr. Calvin S. White, State Health Of
ficer, has joined the army of those
who judge in advance from the "hear
say of others. He has set out to pre
vent the organization of a Friedmann
institute in Oregon. Dr. White, who
has made a most efficient health offi
cer, is not. however, omnipotent when
It comes to tuberculosis.
The Attorney-General of Oregon last
week rendered his opinion that the
State Health Board had no authority
to prevent a Friedmann Institute from
being opened.
If such power were arbitrarily given
It would be a calamity. The Friedmann
treatment Is based on correct scien
tific principles, the results have been
mfJei2Ua' but tho treatment has met
with the opposition of the profession
through various unfortunate circum
stances, which, however, has nothing
to do with the treatment itself.
J mentloned in a former letter,
ir It does not cure all, if it cures half
or one in ten, Friedmann will have
given to the world an inestimable
boon, and if he profit therefrom, let
him, as the profit to one person saved
m P'asue would overbalance all
of Dr. Friedmann's gain from his dis
covery. CHARLES H. LEHMAN.
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SOCIALIST DEFENDS HIS PARTY
Denial Made of Participation In Unruly
Meeting by Mr. Barzee.
PORTLAND, July 16. (To the" Edi
tor.) The "call out the militia" edi
torial COmmfitlt ralatfv. T . .. 1 . . -
Leach and the Xlandon business men's
i repiete witn unfairness and mis
representation. It does not touch the
issue referred tn In tho ,-i,, o
.... , --- .i.oiui.twjia.
clalists believe in free speech and not
L" auuse or jt ana all real socialists
will practice that. That the Socialists
of the recent maaa maatina. .
those represented at the Baden Powell
.iibcl.uk is wen Known to everyone and
can be verified. At that time all So
cialists warmly criticised these anti
Socialist activities and the party in
Portland today stands opposed to such
actions.
As to militia in the cage of Dr. Leach
we have to say that Socialists oppose
war and class use of the militia: yet
they realize that we are living under
capitalism and must be governed by its
laws.
Since war is the business of this and
other nations, we Socialists do not pro
pose to play the sheep act and lay
down before an invasion of our quali
fied citizenship rights. Bandon people
will yet learn this.
What have the Socialists "ever done
for the flag?" I with thousands of oth
ers have helped to make Oregon since
its early statehood. Let The Oregonian
not defame the citizens of Oregon be
cause they stand for just execution of
its present laws and the betterment of
our condition by improved ones.
How can The Oregonian uphold mob
law? Your comparison of confiscation
by mob or by law is beneath the honor
of fair Journalism. Denounce It; restor
ation is not confiscation.., It Is because
the citizen has been robbed of his just
inheritance of wealth production that
ne is made a socialist and Is now de
manding his own. The public Is being
impressed with the validity and sin
cerity of the Socialist demand and jus
tice through the Socialist philosophy
will yet be established.
C W. BARZEE.
GIVE WIVES A SHARE OF INCOME
Glendale Woman Tnlcem Stand That Sex
Should Be Independent.
GLENDALE, Or., July 14. (To the
Editor.) In the magazine section of
The Oregonian of July 6 is an article
by a- housewife entitled, "Your Wife
Should Never Have to Ask for Money,"
In which the feelings of thousands of
housewives are expressed. It is so se
rious a matter I am wondering if you
would not write an editorial on the
subject. An editorial would be sure to
be read by the men and, being written
by a man. more heed would be Daid
to It
No wonder the divorce mills are busy
grinding out freedom for downtrodden
wives. A wife should be a helpmeet
for her husband, and if she Is such, is
it not humiliating to have to go with
out money or to go to him and ask for
it as a child would do? A proud-spirited
woman will go without, especially
if Bhe has stood by his side for years
and borne the burdens of life with him
Nearly always all the property that she
has helped make is in his name, and if
some should be left to her he selfishly
grabs that, too, and she Is left with
nothing but bitterness in her heart.
If you will only write something to
open the eyes of the men they need
it! I have read enough of your edi
torials to know you can do so if you
will. Many wives will rise up and bless
you for it. I cannot understand how
any man can object to a joint deed
The wife would then take more in
terest and would feel more like a part
ner, which she should be
MRS. MARY SINCLAIR.
Parable of m Hot Potato.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The jingoes who are continually say.
lng that Japan could take the Philip
pines in a week should reflect that,
while you may pick up a hot potato in
an Instant, it is impossible to hold it
long.
KEEP DOGS OFF CITY'S STREETS
It Is Not Enough, to Mnszle Them, Saya
Dos; Fancier.
PORTLAND. July 15 (To the Edi
tor.) Our ordinance on the dog ques
tion is about 40 years behind the
times. I do not believe under the pres
ent state of civilization and sanitation
a dog ought to be allowed to run at
large Inside the city limits under any
consideration or at any time.
What possible business has a dog on
the streets? If it is a hunting dos
there Is no hunting to be done on the
streets. If it is a watch dog its place
is in Its master's home. It Is not watch
ing his home running around the
streets. If it is only a pet dog, then
its place also js at home with other
household pets.
We are making a great to do about
sanitation and cleanness. We fine a
man $10 for spitting on the sidewalk
in the interests of health and cleanli
ness, yet, absurd as it may seem, we
give the dog full license for a small
payment, to befoul our streets, our
steps and porehes, and even the food
exposed for sale. Could anything con
ceivably be more absurd? Now we are
excited about dogs that bite, and our
Police Judge has issued the absurd
and illogical statement that a man has
a right to kill any dog that bites him.
Nature has given all animals a means
of defense, and a dog's defense is to
bite. If a mischievous boy pulls a
strange dog's tail or teases him and
is bitten, or a man offers to put his
hand on a strange dog and this dog
bites because he does not know
whether the man Is going to pet or
abuse him, is the dog to blame?
rt dog at any time ought to be al
lowed under any circumstances to run
at large in a city; and a vicious dog-,
if kept at all, ought to be muzzled at
all times or killed, but never ought
it to be killed until sufficient time
lias elapsed to show whether it is mad
or not. I suppose some will say I
am an anti-dog crank. I am not, nor
am I a dog crank. I am a lover of
dogs and all dumb animals. I am
getting to be an old man as you count
years, and I have kept a dog ever
since I was a boy, and have one now.
But he does not run at large in the
city. I have never understood that
rabies in dogs is more prevalent In July
and Auarust than in December or Jan
uary. The disease is not confined to
dogs, and Is Just as apt to be preva
lent In any month as July or August.
The old idea that Summer caused it
has long been shattered by medical
science. Therefore, if we allow dogs
to run at large at all, at the first sign
of It at any time of the year all dogs
ought to be muzzled and no unmuzzled
dog ought to be allowed to enter the
city from the outside. Then the rabios
will, like smallpox or any other sick
ness, soon die out. . There are dog
muzzles In the East and Europe that
are no cruelty to the dog, but the ones
now for sale In the city, whether leath
er straps or wire cages, I consider a
case of cruelty to animals. But I sup
pose they must be used until the real
thing is obtainable but, better still,
don't allow dogs at large at anv time
In the city. W. WELLS.
NEW GLACIAL AGE IS ABOUT DVB
Norseman Will Carve Up Glacier to
Stave Off Ice Famine.
Baltimore American.
A Norseman who has been reading
the reports of a threatened Ice famine
In some of the big cities along the At
lantic Coast of the United States Is pre
paring to carve up one of the glaciers
that are to be found at the river heads
of Norway and bring this frozen com
modity to the American market. There
Is no apparent reason why Norway gla
cier Ice should not be sold at a profit
in those cities where the retail price of
ice has been advanced to a figure far
beyond that which prevailed last year.
Off the coast of Newfoundland, less
than 1000 miles to the northward of
New York City, are floating icebergs
big enough to supply the needs of 20,
000,000 of people through the hottest of
Summers. The average man who buys
his ice in small blocks has doubtless
often wondered why these huge bergs
should not be blown up with dynamite
and towed down the coast in sections
for Summer consumption in the large
coastal cities of the United States. The
Norseman is proposing to do something
like this, only he will saw is bergs
Into small blocks and load them on
ships. Thus the transportation will be
more rapid and loss from melting less.
All Setter In This Home.
Forum.
Farmer Jones was tugging away with
all his strength at a barrel of cider,
trying to get it up the cellar steps. He
called at the top of his voice for help,
with no response. After much strug
gling Via accomplished the task, and Just
then the whole family put in an ap
pearance. "Where have you been?" Inquired the
farmer of his wife.
"I was setting the bread."
"And you?" addressing the eldest boy.
"Out in the shop, setting a saw."
"And you, Ezar?"
"Up In grandma's room, setting a
clock."
"And you, Cyrus?"
"Out in the barn, setting a hen."
"And you, Hiram?"
"Up in the garret, setting a trap."
"And now. Master Rufus, where Were
you, and what were you setting?" asked
the farmer of his youngest son.
"Out on the doorstep, setting still."
Strlna-ed the Beana.
GOLDENDALE. Wash., July 14. (To
the Editor.) Which one of the fol
lowing forms is correct?
(1 )The beans were strung, or (2)
The beans were stringed? "String" Is
used in the sense of removing the
strings from.
MIS3 ADRIA BONBEBRAKE.
Either is correct, but "stringed" is
the more commonly used In this con
nection and Is perhaps preferable.
Concentrated
Newspaper
Publicity
During a recent National con
vention of advertising men in
Baltimore, one advertising man
ager of wide experience dwelt
with much emphasis upon the
value of concentrated newspaper
publicity,
lie made a vivid impression.
He said that the newspapers
constituted the only real medium
through which a manufacturer
could create a demand for his
products in a particular locality.
Only the newspapers can
build up business locally, because
advertising in local newspapers
creates demand. There is a vast
difference between creating a
desire for a product and creat
ing actual demand. Demand
means sales over the counter.
If you are a manufacturer
and have a worthy article to
sell and seek to develop any
section, write to the Bureau of
Advertising, American Newspa
per Publishers Association,
World Building, New York.
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