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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1913)
ttx 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAJf, FRIDAY, AUGUST - 22, 1913. DEALERS DECLARED AGENTS OF BUYERS X-RAY GOWN VANISHES AS POLICE SHADOW IT Portland Women Take No Liberties With Mayor Albee's Transparency Order Dark Creation Makes Startling Change When Struck by Light. Cigarette Coupons Miss Clara Southwick Tells Local League Demands Will Be Granted. Double Value During September LABELED PRODUCTS URGED 4 "4 &1 Healthful Goods and Improved Con ditions Surrounding " Sweatshop Workers Held Besnlt of Snp porting Approved Finn. "The merchant In reality Is only your agent. He will get what we demand and the manufacturer will supply htm. The betterment of working; conditions for women lies In the hands of the consumers." This was the gist of the address given yesterday by Miss Clara Southwick at the open meeting of the Consumers' League held In the audi torium of the Toung Women's Chris tian Association. Miss Southwick Is assistant secre tary of the Massachusetts organisa tion, and Is conversant with the condi tions that govern the working women In all parts of the country. The Portland women were urged to demand the goods bearing the Con sumers' League label, which is a guar antee that all articles so designated are "made ' under clean and healthful conditions." The league Interprets the word "healthful" broadly, including in Its scope fire protection, general tan: tation. clean windows and shaded elec tric lights for the benent of the eye sight of the women workers, and other measures for the general betterment of conditions. The principal effort of the league has been directed toward the manufacture ers of stitched garments. On the theory that there are great disease-spreading dangers in the sweat shops and that they have a depressing influence on the wage scale, the league members took up the work of inspecting the factories, and have adopted a label which they Issue only to those places that come ud to their requirements. Factories using the label are being added to the list every month, and by persistent de mand for the labeled garments. Miss Southwick said that great good could soon be accomplished. She said the factory workers would be better paid and receive better treat ment and the purchaser would be as sured that the articles bought were made under sanitary conditions, and by the use of a large amount of these labeled goods the manufacturer would come In for his share of the general good. "The consumer must pay the manu facturer for taking an interest in this movement. The league advertises those who use their labels," said Miss South wick, "and not only are we Interested In factories, but we are making lists of the merchant tailors who bave com piled with our rules and of the bakeries that have sanitary establishments." Miss South wick's talk was heard by a representative gathering of promi nent women, who have taken an Inter est In the raising of the standard of the surroundings of women who work In Portland. Mrs. Henry Russell Talbott, president of the Consumers' League, presided and extended the welcome of the local organisation to the guest, A notable engagement announced this week Is that of Emanuel May, capitalist and clubman, to Miss Flor ence Taubenheimer, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taubenheimer. prominent residents of this city. The news was made known at a reception given on Wednesday by Miss Mabel Taubenheimer lrvher sister's honor. Mr. May and Miss Taubenheimer will re ceive all day Sunday at the Tauben heimer residence, 914 Jackson street. The bride-elect Is exceptionally gifted, being an artist of unusual talent and an accomplished musician. She has traveled extensively and is Immensely popular socially. Mr. May Is well known in the business world, where he has been connected wtih many of the largest concerns In Portland. He Is a charter member of the Commercial Club and makes his home at the Hotel Mallory. The wedding wll be an event of the near future and will be followed by a trip abroad. Mss Leonora Hansen and Miss Anne Taylor, who are passing the Summer at Gearhart. are entertaining several of their friends at house parties. Their guests this week are Miss Ruby Ham merstrom. of Astoria; Miss Beatrice Lilley and Miss Amy McMicken, of Portland. On Wednesday Miss Taylor was hostess at a luncheon at Hotel Gearhart. Covers were laid for Miss Ada Kendall, Miss Ruby Hammerstrom, Miss Beatrice Locke. Miss Florence Kendall, -Miss Anne McMicken, Miss Beatrice Lilley, Miss Leanore Hansen, Miss Gretchen Taylor and Miss Anne Taylor. Mrs. O. W. Taylor chaperoned the party. On Wednesday evening Miss Hansen pave a supper party for several of her college friends, all of whom are mem bers of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Mrs. W. E. Stewart entertained at a prettily-appointed luncheon yesterday. Coreopsis and ferns adorned the table. Mrs. F. S. Clark, of Kalispell. Mont was honored guest. Covers were laid for Mrs. Clark, Miss Dunn.- of Salt .Lake:Mra. W. F. McKenney. Mrs. J. Buckingham, Mrs. K. C Bangs and the hostess. In A party of Portland girls that left this week for Oakland. CaL, to enter Mills College were Miss Dorothy Dow nard. Miss Alice Wilhelm,' Miss Harriet Poihemus and Miss Edna Schoenwald. A large number of friends assembled at the depot to bid the girls good-bye. Mrs. T. N. Ford, of Olympta. Wash., Is passing a fortnight at the Hotel Moore, Seaside, where she is the guest of Mrs. Ford Warren. Miss Mary Bil lings and Miss Amy Klum, of Port land, were recent visitors at the War ren cottage. Rev. Henry R. Talbot and Mrs. Tal bot will leave for the Fast on Septem ber 7. They will visit friends in Bos ton and in October will go to New Tork to attend the general convention of the Episcopal churches. Mrs. T. J. Armstrong left yesterday for a visit to Nova Scotia. She Is trav eling by way of the Canadian Paclflo route. Miss Luna E. Bigelow, lecturer for the good roads office In the Depart ment of Agriculture of Washington, D. C is at the Hotel Portland. Miss Georgia Bilyeu will leave tomor row for the Sound, where she will visit friends for a fortnight. Mrs. Lawrence Schwartz will be at home to her friends on Sunday at the residence of her mother. Mrs. Julius Goldsmith. On Tuesday Mrs, Schwartz j s ' h i x ? 5 s ' i.nii j i l1 ,1 -Wi i f ' , . ) .m-m..MM,,ru rtm.M i i V -J .?. t-i V0.. s ":fi ; t. . . jr. ". LATEST CREATION FROM PABIS WHEN SEEN IX RIGHT LIGHT. YTS a bear. It's a bear. It's a bearl" JL At this moment the policeman woke up. 'Cause, what d'ye think? Just look who was going by! Twas an X-ray gown the X-rayiest thing that ever gowned along Broad way In the metropolis of Portland. But the X-ray gown vanished as the patrolman shadowed it. Mayor Albee s order to fouce uniei Clark Monday was observed, although no arrests were made. Say." said a feminine voice over the telephone, "how far does this low-neck order go?" It was the Mayor's secretary, Wil liam H. Warren, at one end of the tele phone. Warren has a wife and a happy home. "How faiT" he repeated. "Why, why. - it don't apply to low necks at all, as I understand It. It merely has to do with transparent gowns." Transparent?" he answered the next telephone questioner, "Why, transpar ent is derived from two Latin words trans, meaning across, and paro, which I believe means to peel apples and po tatoesanyway, transparent means something you can see right through, like Bryan's lekture platform or Mex ico's next move, or Harry Thaw's '' Central cut off about that time. The next woman who called up the Mayor's office congratulated Hizzoner on his stand "agin the tarnation gowns." f "It's the best thing you ever did," she added- Outside of all this: The -order of the Mayor was taken seriously by the po lice and both day and night reliefs were on the lookout all the time yes terday for objectionable gowns. It's a bear, when you see It. One of the latest X-ray creations just imported from Paris appears no different from the usual garment worn by fashionable women, but immediately the rays of a strong light strike it the transformation is startling. Various cities have enforced an ordi nance against wearing modifications of this gown, which seem to be finding favor, and other communities compel the wearers to walk on the shady side of the street. The Simon pure X-ray gown Is made of black lace and Is worn over black silk knickerbockers and black silk stockings. and children frill leave for Buffalo, Mrs. Katherlne A. Daly Is enjoying an outing at the seashore. She was entertained recently at a motor trip to Cannon Beach. Mrs. Oliver Is now In New York se lecting the last Word in millinery for her shop. 423 Alder street. OUo MeUchan Improving. Otto Metschan, of the Imperial Hotel family, who was operated on at the Good Samaritan Hospital yesterday for appendicitis, was restlngg easy last PROMINENT CONSUMERS' LEAGUE WORKER AND LABEL SHE ADVOCATES. Co3 TzmersuZe&j've. j I "aJ k' ,.r - ' I ."V- : night, and reports were most favorable for his recovery at an early date. The surgeons In charge of the operation were Dra, Homer L, Keeny and Paul Rockey. Mr. Metsohan developed symptoms of appendicitis at his home Sunday night and on Wednesday It was apparent that an operation was necessary. He Is attended at the hos pital by several members of the family. FRIARS AGAIN SUE EDITOR J. E. Hosmcr, of Sllverton, Defend ant In Libel Litigation. SALEM. Or, Aug. 21 (Special.) A libel suit was filed today with Justice of the Peace Webster against J. E. Hosmer, proprietor of the Sllverton Journal. The complainants are friars of the convent at Mount Angei. Mr. Hosmer. who was sued recently By the friars for 130.000 for alleged defamation of the convent by declaring In his paper that a- nun had fled from the institution because of conditions there, is charged with having published the same libel in pamphlet form. It is related that the story la entitled "The Escaped Nun from Mount Angel Con vent." - - 4 It 13 declared that the entire story is untrue and is a serious reflection upon the institution. Justice Web ster announced that Hosmer would have his preliminary hearing tomorrow. GRAIN S0LDAT LEWISTON Pool, Comprising 13,000 Bushels, Goes at Satisfactory Price. LEWIPTOX, Idaho, Aug. 21. (Spe cial.) The grain pool, comprising 13, 000 bushels of wheat, was purchased to day by the Pacific Coast Elevator Com pany, of Portland, through Its local agent, Robert AbeL The price re ceived la said to be satisfactory. The wheat was of several varieties and or a high quality. This Is the first Indication of the opening of the Lewis ton market to grain sales of any large quantities. In today's pool are many of Lewlston'S most prominent farmers. Penfield Champion Kly-Flsher. WAHKIACUS. Wash, Aug. 21. (Special.) Fred S. Penfield still carries the "medal" for fly fishing the Klick itat River for this year. Today he landed a six-pound Rainbow. An hour later he had the catch in the hands of Conductor Russell of the ' Goldendale Branch, with instruction to dispatch to Portland friends, who no doubt will sit down this evening to.thelr first feast of Klickitat Rainbow rout. 1W 75 ' ClGAROTl The be coupons pactea in ull jlill "iiLiJ.iu. i and OliAK Cigarettes are of doable value daring September. In a 48-pajr free catalogue are pictured and have ' a These coupons double value only when redeemed over the counter in our Premiur Store 381 Alder St, c W. Park St., Portland, dt the month of September. j No coupons can be mailed to ; in is store, iuc cuuuua nui so . assorted. Most of the articles are carried in stock. Bring in your coupons and take away your present. v Start saving your coupons now. , Redeem them any time in September. described the hundreds of useful presents for which these coupons can be exchanged. The double value of the coupons daring' September means simply this : . 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NEW THRILLS GIVEN BY GREAT RINGLING CIRCUS "Joan of Arc" Spectacle and Thrillers of All Sorts Are Seen ly Thou sands of Fortlanders. BT LEONB CASS BXER. A WAX DacK in my cnuanooo. x reaa a story of a bunch of poor little human misfits who bad a grand and noble fairy In high-heel shoes and drop earrings swoop down on- them on circus day and carry them off bodily to sea the wonderful doings. Always since t.len I've dreamed of the day that Id go and be a correct Imitation of the aforesaid fairy. Z, too, would take some Uttle misfits to the circus. But my dream has received a Jolt, and I've come to the saa conclusion in the poor little newsboys and mothers of seven gro only to circuses by the nhllanthroDio route when It's a prop erly advertised and prearranged affair. ewslea Fall't Flock. Anyway, It's only In print that they do it. Yesterday afternoon the city editor thrust three tickets into my hand and said: "Go out and get the Rlngllng circus story. Take some kids along." "W'lth visions of all the poor little boys and girls who would come flocklne when I waved tne magic tickets and with an Inward sigh to think of the tear-filled eyes that would witch me choose. I stood on the cor ner of Sixth and Alder, the Rlalto of the newsboys of Portland, and like old Diogenes in his search for an honest man. my searcn, too, waa vain, not a newsle flocked. All the little pluto crats had already gone to the great big tent gone early and would prob ably stay late. Those who hadn't bled themselves to the big gray tent In fiction it's white frankly refused my supplication to go along with me, be cause they were going at 'night with their families. Growiin There la Knasberm. Jokesters to the contrary, notwith standing, the day la still young when the children of the family serve as excuse;! for going to the circus. For every child at the big Rlngling show yesterday there was an escort of fond parents, an aunt or two, and the really lucky ones had a pair of grand mas and grandpas along'ln the body guard. And what a great big fine old show it is, this "potpourri of phenome nal performances by artists of skill and diversified talents," the "astound ing and unprecedented exhibitions of animal education," the "dashingly, dar. lnc riding reviews," and the "congress of the world's most Illustrious clowns." Every blessed animal and hair-raising feat proclaimed on the lithographs was to be seen inside. ' And the greatest traveling soo in the world, the million dollar menagerie Is there. I saw it all myself. There's the blood-sweating behemoth, and Sadie, a modest hippo potamus, which, beside the dosen seals, is the only animal havir)g a private bath in connection with her suite. Sacrilegious simians have great big cage to themselves, and two huge gorillas and a couple of apes provide mental stimulus for the bromide to spring his inevitable "and to think we descended from that." Lions of all. sizes and accents of temperament, tigers enough to provide skins for a dosen novels by Eleanor Glynn, soft-nosed bears, 16 camels, each able to go two months without a drink, and enough elephants to form a sort of paneling clear across one side of the big animal tent. Two baby lions, great tawny, sleepy-eyed fel lows, and a baby seal, who, like a regular child of the stage, sat dejected and alone, ministered unto by relatives, while father and mother seal went out to work, and two baby elephants, who threw gobs of dust and wickedly de fied their mother's scoldings, brought shrieks of delight from the children, always quickest to recognize youth. The animal tent is clean, and it's a perfect Joy to tramp about its aisles. All the animals look happy and as If they liked being there. Palm Leafs oa the Job. Inside the main tent the great show was In full swing. I counted 14.00 people. Every one of them bad a palm leaf fan, and between fans ordered io cream cones, lemonade pink, of course, or it wouldn't be circus. If you wanted to be a real devil you could bave pop. Think of all the best shows you ever saw and then know that Ringlings goes 'em one better. Why, the Parisian spectacle. Joan of Arc. with its mag nificent staging, gorgeous trappings, graceful ballet. In which 200 charac ters take part. Is of hlppodromish qual ity, and- we'd never get to see it if managers like the Ringlings didn't take pity and fetch it to us at so much per fetch. There "are three rings and two stages, with the stages sandwiched in between the rings. And rings and stages are full every minute. Really it's too much for the money. You can't see it alL Blephanta Rave Tango. The elephants bave a vaudeville act and sv tango that has some tang. There are the "absolutely fearless acrobats," who "defy the laws of gravitation," and fly like winged birds across the arena, or are tossed nonchalently about like the family handkerchief! There's double-somersaulters and triple, and maybe a quadruple or two. There's equestriennes, and lovely ladies with bare backs who ride bareback. The programme reads like a city directory, and every one of the artists Is rignt fully given credit for his or ' her thrilling contributions. One exhibi tion that is truly astounding is the "brewery" act, in which three beautiful horses leap over, under and through huge barrels. John Agio, who- has a sense of humor and a wonderful way with horses, is the equestrian director. There are two strong men who let a motor full of huskies ride over a rail held up by the strong one's bodies. "Perilous pursuits" in the air and on the ground keep the senses strained and the emotions delightfully keyed. After you've had four or five solid hours of It, the races begin, and wltn the exit of the charioteers in a swirl of good old sawdust, the glad, tired, seat-weary, happy orowd drags ltselr to its reluctant feet. Oh, yez! Oh, yez! Oh, yez! Come on Into the circus. N It's surely great. LOGANBERRIES SENT EAST Carload of Dried Fruit, Valued at $10,000, Is Sold. SALEM, Or, Aug. 21. (Special.) The first carload of dried loganberries sent, out of the state was shipped to a commission merchant- in Chicago today by the Salem Fruit Union. The fruit was shipped from Brooks, weighs 40, 000 pounds, and is valued at 110,000. It Is believed by the consignee that a big demand for the fruit can be created in the East, and that in a few years the dried article will be almost as popular as dried prunes. The union will ship three carloads of the fruit to Chicago the latter part of this week. Small quantities of dried loganber ries have been shipped East for several years, but never until this year has an Eastern commission merchant thought there waa a chance of selling as large a quantity as a carload. STATION NAMES CHANGED Adams, on Oregon Electric, Xow It Nlles, and Roby I Talbot. SALEM, Or. Aug. 21. (Special.) At the suggestion of the State Railway Commission, the Oregon Electric Rail road has changed the name of a sta tion between here and Portland from Adams to Niles. The change was asked because there is an Adams station on the O.-W. R. & N. The name of a station south of Sa lem on the Oregon Electric Railroad has been changed from Roby to Talbot. This change was made because of the similarity to Ruby, a station on the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany's line. Martin Arrested In Seattle. SEATTLE, Aug. 21. (Special.) Bert Martin, 24 years old, was arrested on a Federal 'warrant charged with viola tion of the Mann act for bringing Lulu Daly, wanted in Portland as a witness in the Von Klein case, from Portland to Seattle for alleged Immoral purposes. The arrests were made after the arrival here of Deputy District Attorney Mc Guire, of Portland, who came in search of the woman. More than 200 American windmills are la operation In Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey. Corn Bread and Johnny Cake all cornmeal or flour cakes are always light, tasty and deli cious when raised with Rumford Baking Powder. The secret is that Rumford raises at just the rght time and in just the right manner to produce that delicate and even texture sought lor by all professional cookf. I IVV THE WHOLESOME