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NOT BEADY FOB NOVELTY.
At the meeting: of the National
Municipal League last November, the
president of that organization, Wil
liam Dudley Foulke, expressed skepti
cism as to the advisability of general
adoption by cities of tire manager
system. We do not know that Mr.
Foulke's opinions found their way to
Seattle in the campaign preceding
the charter election Just closed, but
doubtless the defeat of the plan there
by a vote of nearly two to one was
due to recognition of the same prob
abilities that Mr. Foulke forsees. The
following is an extract from his re
marks: I think I can ee the man who ha been
our Mayor for a great many year although
we now have got him out. I think we
know exactly how Doc Zimmerman, .would
act If the City Manager plan were put on
In the City of Richmond. He would lay hi
plana for the place before the election
the place, not of Mayor, but of City Man
ager, and he would have his alate of five
Commissioners who would go In and vote
far him. and he would get men who were
ttersonally popular and knew how to pull
the ropes. His skill as a politician Is much
better than that of the men who would op
pose him. Ha would have his five men
who would vote for him. and the Issue before
election would be: "Are we to have Doo
Zimmerman for Manager or are we not?"
This Is the opinion of one who is
not opposed to the manager sys
tem in. principle, but believes that it
is the kind of reform that should not
be hurried and that cities must first
learn how to abolish political Ideas in
municipal government before they
take the city manager plan.
It was proposed In Seattle to Jump
from the old councilmanic form of
city government, where political ma
nipulation has long prevailed, to what
is yet an experimental form of mu
nicipal government in this country.
Whereas more than 300 cities have
the commission form of government,
and there is a record of more than
ten years on which to form a concep
tion of its worth, only fourteen cities
have adopted the manager, plan and
none has operated under it more than
two years. True, Staunton, Va, placed
its affairs under an appointive exec
utive in 1909, but he is responsible
to a Mayor and Council of the old,
long-ballot type. The commission
manager system is but two years old
and is confined exclusively to cities
of fewer than 60,000 inhabitants, with
one exception. Dayton, O., the largest
city to adopt it, is less than, one-half
as large as Seattle.
Were Seattle to adopt the new char
ter it is probable, almost certain, that
the first manager would be a local
politician. Where could it turn to ac
quire the services of' an expert in all
branches of municipal administration
in a city of 250,000 or more inhabi
tants? Moreover, in every large city
there is as yet active opposition to the
employment of other than citizens' in
municipal capacities. In Portland,
recently, charter amendments to per
mit the employment of other than
Portland citizens as City Engineer
and Park Superintendent were over
, whelmingly defeated. Wherever this
sentiment predominates the ambition
of the local politician is likely to be
formidable In choice of a city man
ager. We can readily agree with Mr.
Foulke as to the need of going slowly
In adopting the manager system,
but for reasons In addition to those
lie gives. Its general adoption would
create a new profession with a
dearth of men equipped to fill the
posts it would create. As cities are
now conducted the draft of the larger
cities would be upon the smaller
cities for managers. There would be
no Intermediate positions in each city
offering a choice of material. Munici
pal service is not yet a profession.
Promotion, step by step, is not pos
sible as it is in the large private cor
poration. The Portland or Seattle
man ambitious to become manager
of either city would under the pres
ent order have to seek a Job as man
ager in some place like Hickory,
North Carolina, and establish a rep
utation. This, of course, unless he
had political strength in his own city
and could get in by political means.
If municipal service in all its grades
were a recognized profession and one
that gave encouragement to those who
embrace it the manager system would
on its face be more acceptable. But
even so, elimination of politics and
favoritism would have to be assured.
The city which has long seen Its best
,ml!nai nnslMnna monetised with
out resrard to fitness of the appncaTJ
is not likely to create a new high
salaried Job to be given out in the
same way. We fancy the Seattle voters
had past nistory in muia wuen mcy
TOted Tuesday.
MODERN GIRLS.
We wish Miss Mabel Bayot had
followed the furrow to the end after
putting her hand to the plow. To be
sure, she walked fifty miles out of the
seventy that lie between Corvallls and
Newport, but at that point she lnglor
iously took the train, while her more
robust companions went on to victory
and fame. There were three women in
the party, all agricultural students at
CorvalHs. They started out to walk
Tvrn-nniH and two of them nerse-
vered to the end. The third did pretty
well, but ner acnievemeni mna ouuic
tkinir mYnr rrf the hitrhest oerfectlon.
Far remote are these energetic
women from the type oi man ana
weary sister that was so common in
t a r a Ufa naif a. eenturv aaro.
Do you remember, gentle reader,
Helen Mar, the pallid heroine of The
Scottish Chiefs? Her most marked
characteristic was the ability to faint
away. Always at any particularly in
teresting moment you could count
upon her to swoon into somebody's
arms. The more her help was needed
M ttiA mnrA certain was she
to fade into ladylike unconsciousness.
Helen spoiled The Scottish Chiefs for
boys' reading, but she ira a great
comfort to our Victorian aunts and
grandmothers. Now everybody hisses
at her and her elegant swoons.
The modern woman does not faint
away. She Is equal to every occa
ion, both In mind and muscle. When
she is needed she is on the spot with
the goods' and the hero need not use
his arms to keep her from falling
upon the dank and grimy earth. .She
Is as capable as he is of meeting the
crisis. Her nerves have disappeared
with her ignorance and general in
sipidity. We hope more Corvallls
girls will set out upon long tramps
and all of them go through to the des
tination they start for. t
DEMOCRATIC LIGHTS.
Is the Republican party the party
of Barnes, Fpraker, Cannon and Pen
mu9 Tii.nmiwratie cress tells us
so with everlasting iteration. The
purpose is plain.
But th statement is not true. For
io ritsr-rodlted and beaten in
Ohio; Cannon is discredited and beat
on in Tiiinnk' Punrosa Is discredited.
and, though he has contrived, by the
aid of his powerful political machine,
to get the Republican nomination for
Senator, he is likely to be Deaten in
la- RarnM still rules the
Republican organization in New York,
but his tenure is insecure.
SnnnniA that It were all true, as
i i Ta ppnrnsA worse than Jim
Guffey, ally of Standard Oil and pro
prietor of the Pennsylvania uemoc-
Is Foraker worse tnanxom xug
gart, proprietor of the Democratic
party in Indiana, ana owner mau
irrut rrinph Lfck trambllng re
sort? Or of Roger Sullivan, propri
etor of the Democratic macnjiie w
mi ic niri.timn nnlitical boss, and
lUiuuui v.w ..... . -
...ii -matmatn. and also the lead
ing Democratic candidate for Senator
from Illinois?
Is Barnes, the New Tork boss,
worse than Murphy, the New York
boss? '
What is the Democratic party do
ing to get rid of its undesirables?
The Republican party has done much.
It will do more.
MORE NOX-PARnSAJTSHTP.
I am aware that during my absence my
enemies will have opportunity to misrepre
sent my work and the result I have accom
plished. Some members of my own party
will unjustly attack me because I have been
unable to agree with the views of the Presi
dent in favor of repeal of the free tolls pro
vision of the Panama Canal act. It was
with great regret that I found myself under
the necessity of disagreeing with the man
who occupies the position that makes him
the head of the party of which I am a
member. Nevertheless, I place my duty to
the country far above any allegiance to
party. Moreover, I do not believe that the
repeal of the canal tolls provision could
properly bo made a party measure. From a
statement by Senator Chamberlain.
The Oregonian does not suppose
that Senator Chamberlain meant to
say that President Wilson put duty to
party above duty to country in his
advocacy of the bill's' repeal. But
clearly, if Chamberlain did bis duty by
his country, Wilson did not There is
no other inference.
Yet it is a curious fact that Senator
Chamberlain in his break with the
President stood by the Baltimore plat
form and President Wilson repudiated
it. Evidently the President was actu
ated by some motive other than duty
to party.
In our dilemma our only alternative
Is to assume that President Wilson
did his duty to his country by de
manding tolls repeal, and Senator
Chamberlain did his duty to his coun
try by resisting President Wilson in
doing his duty to his country. Same
country, too.
Our conjecture is that his very
pretty play in words, containing a
gentle defiance of those Democrats
who have been criticising him, is pre
liminary to another humbug Cham
berlain campaign of non-partisanship.
FORGET THE PAST; IiOOK TO THE
Pl'TTJRE.
Colonel Roosevelt's criticisms of the
Wilson Administration will receive
hearty indorsement from those mil
lions of patriotic Americans who are
dissatisfied with Mr. Wilson's policies
and their disastrous effects on the in
ternal prosperity and the external in
terests, prestige and power of the
Nation. His strictures on the tariff
policy of the Democrats accord with
the opinions of Republicans and Pro
gressives alike. So does his condem
nation nt Democratic foreien policy.
if the practice of vacillation and
yielding and of chasing the ram bow
of universal peace can be dignified
hv that name. The Administration
has betrayed the inherent weakness
of a party which still maintains tnai
this Nation is composed of forty-eight
unlta not una unit, and which1 is
afraid of power exercised by the Na
tional Government.
K1n-A f!olonel Roosevelt so effect
ively voices the sentiments of both his
former party and his present party, it
is cause for regret that ne aoes not
concentrate his mind on the present
and the future instead of the past;
that he does not apply his energies to
combining these parties into an ef
fective political fighting force for ex
pulsion of the incompetent party irom
nower. . When he wrangles with Sen
ator Penrose about the events of 1912,
he is thrashing old straw, xne peo
ple are concerned now not with the
nnestlnn who was responsible for the
split of 1912, not with the question
who was right and who was wrong in
that year, but with the question of
supplanting the present Administra
tion of incompetents with a Doay oi
"coTirpeteatawho will restore and
ma!ntairirjrosDelTtT-a4ome and who
will uphold the interests, nonor
dignity of the Nation aoroaa.
Rnnhilrana and Progressives are
of one mind on the tariff, on foreign
policy, on efficient exercise or tne
National power. They are substan
tially agreed on legislation against the
trusts, though the Republicans are
not disposed to go to such lengths as
Colonel Roosevelt proposes in bureau
cratic control of business. They can
not gain the opportunity to put tneir
TM-infinips In effect so long as they
remain divided into two parties; they
thereby only prolong tne reign oi
Democracy, which they unite in con
demning. Persistence in fighting
over again their old quarrels will be
,vi hv th vast bodv of independent
evidence of their incapacity
to rule; the best evidence or capacity
which they can give is to iorgei oia
quarrels and work together for the
nttainment of those ends on which
they are agreed.
ta nut to tai mat uoionei Roose
velt should cease his opposition to the
...liwtinn of Senator Penrose in -enn-
sylvanla and to the supremacy of
ik.mon bjium in rvew xoric. iei
him t-iTht them and extinguish them
it v. .in - No tears over their fate
would be shed by the great body of
Republicans in the country at large,
for love of bosses is limited to their
own states. Neither of them is big
enough, ia the eyes of the Nation to
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1914,
be upheld politically at the price of
continued Democratic misrule. u.ney
are generally regarded as survivors
of the old, bad system typified by
their predecessors, Piatt and Quay,
and the Republican party would
gladly be rid of them. But those
are local fights, to be fought out in
two states, and they should not ob
struct the realignment under one
banner of the adherents of Republican
principles in the country at large.
Colonel Roosevelt surely must
realize by this time that he cannot
get anywhere with his Progressive
party as a separate political organiza
tion. The most he can accomplish is
that which, as a patriotic citizen, he
must least desire prolpnged Demo
cratic control. He cannot be blind to
the fact that, with or without him,
the Progressive voters are returning
to the Republican party.
His immediate aim the elimination
of the bosses, Barnes, Penrose and
their kind would be far sooner at
tained if the Republican party of
nihr states than New York and
Pennsylvania were lined up with him
than if he carried on tne ngni irum
without, with greatly diminished
nini noT-m1tttnor those men to iig-
ure as representatives of Republican
ism in a contest witn anosuie jiimj-
ANOTHER NEW CUM.
It may be that we will be able anon
iikfiiH nch feeble sareguarau
against mishap as speed ordinances,
sane Fourth observance, nanger .ois-
..iinnivi anil other Durely pre
cautionary arrangements of that sort.
Accidents, it appears, are purely psy
chological, much the same as is the
present slackness in business and in
dustry. The discovery of this latest
important fact does not emanate from
the White House but from the thought
dome of an inspired person of Hindu
persuasion who is now in our midst
for the purpose of propagating a new
cult which he has devised.
At this late date the new cult must
offer something of a special induce
ment in order to draw well. The old
fields have been pretty thoroughly ex.
plotted by self-appointed saviors of the
race. Offer of mere salvation does
not suffice. So the new inducement
proffered by this Hindu person should
appeal strongly to patrons of life and
accident insurance companies. Why
pay on a large policy when a firm be
lieJ in the mysterious tenets of the
latest cult from India will serve the
same purpose? It is' not surprising
that the new faith already has con
siderable of a following when it offers
immunity from those terrifying acci
dents which occur from time to time.
As pointing to the efficacy of faith
in warding off mishaps the founder of
the new cult, one Mozumdar, relates of
a . close call he once had and which
inspired him to fresh zeal and conri
dence. A feeble-minded wretch pointed
an "unloaded" gun at his head and
ivj v.a with thn Inevitable
explosion. But was Mozumdar harmed ?
He narrates tnai tne ounei pttcu
through his sleeve ana aia no uwm
tv.o- y,rt hnr a tailor mieht repair.
He attributes his escape to the newly
found principles which nave Deen re
vealed to him. Now the point is that
he sees no relationship between the
fact of his escape and tne Daa marts
manship of the marksman who pointed
at his head ana nit nis sieeve. iic"i
workers never do see the flaws in their
wonder-tales.
GARFIELD'S ASSASSINATION.
T.m.. a rtorfipld had very little
opportunity to show what kind of a
President he could be, ior ne was aa
eanotaii fniir month after his in
auguration. The fatal shot was fired
by Guiteau July z, issi. sui ourmg
of the White House,
brief as it was. President Garfield
could not help exhibiting those ster-nno-
traits of character which had
won for him the confidence of the
American people. One in particular
mi vtrr rie&rlv. That was the
steadfast determination "to live up to
his convictions." in issu, aiter ma
election as Senator from Ohio, he said
in a speech: "It has been the plan of
my life to follow my convictions at
whatever cost to myself. I nave rep
,., fnr manv vpars a district in
Congress whose approbation I greatly
. . a ... 1 1 1 w.An t-VlA
desired, dui x aesireu ami mi7 w.w
approbation of one person, and his
T,omo. to Oarfield. He ia the only man
I am compelled to sleep with, eat
with, live with ana aie wim, uu u
ii n hsvn his approbation I
should have had bad companionship."
This inflexible determination iu uo
up to his principles ultimately caused
Garfield's assassination, for it brought
him into conflict witn parry dobb
like Roscoe Conkling, who were deter
mined to rule or ruin without much
regard to conscience.
The strife between uarrieia ana inr
n.wir, faction naturally passed on
among the fringe of office-seekers
who harass every new i-resiaenv.
aDDointments nat
urally shared Conkllng's resentment.
One in particular, wuueau, wuu
nHav.ri tn h Consul to Marseilles,
took his rejection deeply to heart. His
private wrongs, as he brooded over
them, grew to be the wrongs of the
.,.( wis naturally feeble mind be
came completely unbalanced and in
fanatical desperation ne muraerea mo
x ii Th loss to the American
people was beyond all estimate, if we
may venture to construct
blighted future from his past. His
ambitions and his achievements were
typical of the best there is in the
Ideals of America. He was born in a
log cabin and his boyhood was passed
In the poverty of the backwoods. His
r was a narawornius iwno 7 "
. . j . . . fc. -ntotp v or k to rnc
forests to make a home-for himself
by the toil of his hands, wis rao,-"ctr
a woman of French descent, was left
ij i rr-o Tom pa was two years
a VVAUUW u . -
old. In her bereavement she displayed
those heroic qualities wmcn wo -
t- mothers of ereat men.
Thomas, the first child of the family,
was nine years oia. ..mw.
-i it vim cnilt rails and fence in
the wheat field. "She carded and
spun the wool or ner sneev. wvyc
into cloth and made garments for her
children." From such a mother James
Garfield learned to aspire to great
ness He dreamed at her knee of the
mighty world of thought, beauty and
achievement which lay beyond their
cabin walls. Be would read books,
he would think the thoughts of
heroes he would climb to fame. With
the generous ardor of gifted youth he
set out to secure an education.
The college which he entered after
passing through the lower schools
would count for little among the vast
and opulent seats of learning to which
our youth resort today. It was one
of those primitive Institutions which
he himseir afterward described as "a
log in the wilderness with a boy at
one end and a great teacher at the
other." But we dare say .Garfield
from his college course than
many a young man obtains from our
colossal universities. He entered with
high Ideals and eager ambition. The
world of knowledge was full of ro
mantic charm to him. Nothing was
stale. He had no fashionable world
weariness to kill his energies. He
went to college to study and the books
he read, the teachers he heard and
the companions he associated with
formed him to greatness. The classics
meant much to a boy like James Gar
field, for he sincerely believed that in
his own life he could imitate the men
of whom he read in Plutarch and
Llvy. He received at college a crea
tive Impulse which never failed
through all the rest of his career.
In his younger days Garfield was
both a preacher and a teacher and to
the end there was more of the mis
sionary than the politician in his
makeup. , He became a good soldier
without ceasing to be a good Chris
tian and won the votes of his country
men without sacrificing a solitary
principle or staining his conscience
with a dishonorable compromise. At
a time when corruption had already
begun to eat into the Nation he stood
like a rock for the old American mor
ality. He paid for his integrity with
his life, but he won the crown of a
great patriot and a good man.
The "poison needle" flourished
banefully for a while last Winter and
then collapsed. Frightful tales were
heard of its activity but they were not
believed by the Judicious and they soon
wilted away. Now they are freshen
ing up again. "A singularly thrifty one
floats in from California's Long Beach,
where a blooming damsel has been
"poison needled" by a fiendish Japan,
ese. The story must be true, for a
doctor "has found the mark of the
needle upon her body." Naturally it
could have been made in no other
way.
t mnH h nathetio if the Princess
Rospigliosi's father and mother back
In Cincinnati could not pronounce ner
new name. Theirs is Stallo, which
trin msIIv iinon the American tongue.
The old people made their money in
the united States witn tne neip oi
AmpHi-nn workinemen and American
institutions. The daughter will spend
it in Europe with the help of a ram
shackle Italian Prince. When the
mnnv Is eone she will come back
home, get a divorce and take in wash
ing for a living.
Tv,ft mill' who averred that "women
can't reason" must have traveled in
Spain and stayed a good while in
ivriii-M Th women of that city have
broken into the bakeries and stores
and bestrewed the streets with pota
toes and bread because prices are xoo
hirh Prin rls when suDPlies are
scarce. Destroying food does not make
it more plentiful and can hardly make
it cheaper. The angry dames would
have been wiser if they had. spaded
and planted some vacanj: lets.
ordinance against
roller towels and common drinking
cups is good as far as it goes. Let
these abominations sink to Tartarus,
the quicker the better. But we snau
ho lannnolnted if the spoonles3 sugar-
bowl does not sink with them. Would
It not be lovely to behold writhing on
the rack the wretch who dips sugar
with his own contaminated spoon and
hacks at the butter with his reeking
knife? '
tvo nniir inrte-p. who fined himself
kragiinir the law climbed almost
to the summit of the heights of fame
and then slid ignobly down, ir ne nau
tho rin t should have chanted
a paeon to his glory. But he did not.
He had no sooner imposea 11. upon
himself than he remitted it. This is
playing Brutus with a pasteboard
sword.
coo,Mn'a nnHoo 1ud?e fined him
self following an altercation with the
chief of police and then remitted the
n nanHinr eood behavior. He
should be careful or he may find it
necessary to slap himself on tne wrist.
fv vra Cruz incident is likened
to comic opera so far as the diplo
n,tk t,viosa of it ia concerned. Our
present diplomacy would be a knock
out if set to lively music.
Tn th matter of alleged flirting, a
citizen who knows he is falsely ac
cused cannot see a Joke in it. although
the humor is visible to his friends.
trust that the departure of the
t.t i (ntia for Honolulu and the
nrdpr abolishing liauor in the Navy.
were purely a comciaence.
So the income was short of expec
tations. How these pretty little high
brow theories do fall short in this
world of harsh facts.
ThA Naw is "dry." but it is a safe
guess that once in action a Dewey will
tell a Grldley to serve today when
ever he's ready.
Although slightly disabled, Teddy
la Btlll able to make himself heard
somewhat above a whisper.
T,a. Santa Pa Evstpm starts the re
vival by increasing working hours.
Now watch the stampeae.
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Suffrage is a state issue, President
Wilson tells the ladies. So is Califor
nia alien land ownership. '
Roosevelt arraigns the Democratic
partv as "inadequate." That's putting
it rather mildly.
Nature has leaped in where the
Democrats failed and is bringing us
better times.
Another Prince has wedded an
American heiress and his future is
now assured.
The flag is to be saluted at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition grounds
July 4. .
Lightning split open the steeple of a
Kansas church. What's the moral?
Be careful what you eat. Another
shipload of Chinese eggs is due. ;
The state will stay the hand that
would disfigure "Jump-Off Joe."
Oregon will lose on prunes, with
bhance to recoup on potatoes.
That Huerta-about-to-flee antique
has J ust been sprung again.
Mediation has proved to be as fruit
less as watchful waiting.
Astoria is the place and the rest of
the week is the time. -
Even the thermometer is going up.
Stars and Starmakers
BI LF.OXE CASS BAEB.
A Portland-born actress, Mlnnette
Barrett . has Just been given a verdict
of 11250, in the New York courts
against Archie Selwyn, producer, or
"Within the Law." Minnette alleged
that she was sure she had been en
gaged to create the role of Aggrt in
the original production.
Back in the Summer of 1912, Miss
Barrett declared, she was given a con
tract. Just a verbal one, to play Aggie
in the now famous play. Her agree
ment was with Mr. Selwyn. and he
promised her $125 a week and guaran
teed her. at least ten weeks, she as
serted. Mis Barrett hugged Aggie to
her bosom and studied that young
lady's eccentricities for some days. She
even rehearsed for the "victim of so
ciety" parts, only to receive a letter
from the offices of Mr. Selwyn, that
through the good offices of his partner
in the production. A H. Woods, he
had secured Florence Nash for the part,
and Miss Barrett could consider her
self disengaged.
Mr. Selwyn added the consoling in
formation that he originally had Miss
Nash in mind for Aggie, but a contract
with George W. Lederer had apparently
precluded securing her services.
At the last moment Mr. Lederer was
induced to release the actress and she
was given first choice. Miss Barrett
was not satisfied with apologies. She
wanted to play Aggie. She also wanted
that ten weeks' work. She told the
Jury she had played Just such roles
with Joseph Jefferson and had been
Robert Edeson'a leading woman.
The 12 citizens sympathized with her
lack of fortune and after some minutes
of discussion returned a verdict for the
full amount, with a little interest and
court costs thrown in for good meas-
ure- ...
,..-1 M..nt Thaw, with her
dancing partner Jack Clifford, are
making a round oi tne cu.u
restaurants in Paris, where she exploits
impromptu tangoes and hesitations.
She has been sued by Paul Polret for
non tm-Ioa of a town she claims
she never ordered, and which she says
she has never even seen.
...
Any act-ess, pianist vocalist or
writer, or dancer or devotee of any
r th. flno arts ' hasn't a chance
in the world without nerves accord
ing to Nat Goodwin's lateBt wne, wu
w-i m n Ai-trpsa Is privileged to
rush into print with opinions. Mrs.
Goodwin, is professionally Margaret
. j TO-,pn ih married Nat. and
juoreiuuu. " . .
until this season she was Marjorie. but
a few changes of names are noinmg
the Goodwin family so now she writes
it Margaret. To prove her assertion
that you can't amount xo mucn n.
ara not nervous Miss Moreland cites
herself as an instance.
"I suffer from nerves, ana im bim
. .. n.ri. Moreland "I wouldn't
oi 11 -
want to be serene all the time. ur
course, I always make an enort to con
hacause I know that
the minute my nerves get away from
me my conception of tne pan i
playing, and my lines will go with
them." . . .
n.-irnnn Miss Moreland gives an
example of the genius who lets her
or his nerves get tne neat ui-uo.
him.
Take a violin, for Instance. Let the trlnea
of the instrument become loose and then
, .v. k across them. The result Is
a series of meaningless noises, with abso
lutely no effeot. Tighten tne ainus. -,..
that tha instrument
VOU Kcl liio "
has to offer. You now have an Illustration
of the nervous person with comro..
you tighten the strings too much you get
a series of squeaks and squeals, the strings,
perhaps, snap and the violin is
Many women fool themselves Into believ
ing that they are possessed of that atrange
thing termed "temperament." and commit
all sorts of foolish things In its name, worn
themselves np Ifto a highly nervous con
dition and render themselves useless to
themselves as well as the rest of the world.
I am far from an admirer of this sort of
thing." But I do not approve of the person
who la all poise, who Is serenity personified
under all conditions. The true artist In
every Instance has never been of this. type.
...
Scott Cooper, who plays old Hard
castle in "The Road to Happiness,"
now at the Heillg, is an old Alcozar
(San Francisco) stock, favorite.
.
Sarah Bernhardt's world tour will
begin in October, and will consume 26
months. Her manager. "Mon Fils," so
she always addresses him. says she
looks younger and stronger than he
has ever seen her. That knee "de
diable." as she phrases it, still lm
pendes her walking, and causes her
considerable pain, but otherwise the
perennial one is in no respect of feeling
or appearance past B0.
...
The embalmed body of Mme. Nordlca,
the famous American prima donna, ar
rived In London June 20 for cremation.
Her ashes will be placed in a solid
bronze casket and afterward placed
within a sarcophagus and brought to
America for Interment.
Early next month Fred Stone, the
comedian, will go to Oklahoma City,
where the cowboys of that vicinity are
holding a "stampede," at which cash
prizes will be given In contests for
riding, roping, and shooting.
Mr. Stone might easily qualify in all
contests, but he is entering only the
roping steer and fancy rope throwing
events. A year ago at Cheyenne he
won the first prize for fancy roping.
Immediately after the games Mr.
Stone will return to New York and be
gin rehearsals of the new Montgomery
and Stone production.
.
By underground there comes an ink
ling that Oliver Morosco plans another
coup which is likely to work to the
discomfiture of Hartley Manners and
Laurette Taylor, author and original
star, respectively of "Peg o' My
Heart" That there is no love lost be
tween the management and Mr. and
Mrs. Manners is easily deduced from
Mr. Morosco's sudden decision to pre
sent "Peg" in Chicago, with Peggy
O'Nell in the title role, although that
city had been reserved to Miss Tay
lor. His latest strategic move, if the un
derground information is correct, is to
beat Mr. Manners and Miss Taylor to
a London production. Mr. Manners and
his wife are at present abroad, and it
may be that since the controversy
with 'Mr. Morosco reached the exciting
stage they have threatened to produce
the piece themselves in London. What
ever may be the reason behind the
tactics, T. Daniel Frawley, Mr. Moros
co's director, sailed on Monday for
London to begin preparations for a
production there. '
London, too. it will be recalled, was
one of the cities reserved to Miss Tay
lor for her appearance in ."Peg.".
COLOMBIA'S RIGHTS IN WAR
Treaty Would Permit Vlolaio of the
Canal's Neutrality.
PORTLAND, July 1. (To ths Edi
tor.) In The Orei-onlan there la
statement by Mr. F. B. Loomls, for
merly Assistant Secretary of State,
that "Mr. Bryan is seriously propos
ing to allow Colombia the use of
the canal In time of war, even should
she be at war with us." Now does
not a war between two nations abro
gate treaty? If Colombia should de
clare war against the United States,
what would be the effect of such stip
ulation? INQUIRER.
Mr. I.oomis evidently alluded to sec
tion 1, article of the treaty, which reads:
The Republic of Colombia ehall Be at no.
erty at all times to transport through the
itmmmr,tn fan. lta trooDS. materials of
war and ships of war. even In cas. of war
between Colombia and anothor country,
without paying any charges to the United
States. -
It is quite true that war between
the United States and Colombia would
abrogate the treaty, but it is neverthe
less open to the interpretation put
upon it by Mr. Loomls and could be
cited by Colombia to any third power
which might accuse that country
of violating the neutrality of the canal
as established by the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, in case Colombia should seize
the canal In war and should oontlnue
to receive the rights granted by the
section quoted.
Two Word Mispronounced.
GILBERT, Or.. June 80. (To the
Editor.) I think your appeal for re
form In pronunciation of our mother
tongue quite timely. The decline in
pronunciation seems to have kept
step with that In spelling. Correctly
pronouncing, off-hand, the two words,
automobile and chauffeur, ought to
constitute the shibboleth entitling one
to membership in the suppositious so
ciety of Good Pronouncers. Not that
the mastery of those two murdered
words would imply the mastery of all;
but the fact that I cannot recall ever
having heard the first word pro
nounced according to the dictionary
argues, negatively, in his favor.
If one can forget that there is a city
named Mobile and will look up the
word mobile and prefix auto, it almost
wiP be superfluous to look up the
wora formed by combining them.
When one begins investigating
doubtful words it will soon become
apparent that their name Is legion;
but he will experience genuine satis
faction on being set right.
W. B. EMERSON.
Art School of High Standard.
PORTLAND, July 1. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian answers a ques
tion asked by "G. W. M." about art
schools. A year and a half ago. Will
iam M. R. French, whose recent death
has Just ended his 35 years' director
ship of the Chicago Art Institute, spent
a day at the Art Museum and from
his cordial Interest In our work, I feel
sure that had he been anked by an
Oregonian about art schools, he would
not have omitted mentioning the School
of the Portland Art Association. There
Is also an excellent school devoted
wholly to art Instruction In Berkeley.
Cal. Not only has our Portland school
sent students to the Art Institute, Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn and the Art Stu
dents' League, of New York, but among
the 400-odd students It has registered
during the five years of its existence,
a number have previously worked In
the large schools. Considering tho con
ditions of the Far West, it is, perhaps,
not surprising that the warmest com
mendations of our work come from
Eastern visitors.
ANNA B. CROCKER, Curator.
Sale of Receipts and Medicines.
DALLAS, Or, June 30. (To the Edi
tor.) I have poetry and prose gath
ered. Is there any law keeping me from
having it printed in book form and
selling it? Also I have receipts, such
as cooking, tollet-and medicine I hava
collected and some tested ones of my
own. Would I be allowed to have them
all printed in book and sell or would
I have to have copyright?
Can one mix and sell any medicine
or toilet article without a patent?
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Copyrights and patents are solely
for the benefit of the originator. He
does not have to have either in order
to market printed matter or com
pounds. Care should be taken not to use
material or formulas copyrighted or
patented by others, and due observance
should be given to state and Federal
drug acts concerning branding and
use of narcotics or adulterants.
Lenta In School District No. 1.
i LENTS, Or., July 1. (To the Editor.)
Does the new school law compel
School District No. 1 to relinquish that
portion of the district outside the city
limits? SUBSCRIBER.
No. There are now two school build
ings, the Weston and Multnomah
schools, and considerable strips of ter
ritory located within School District
No. 1 yet without the City of Port
land. Recently the Sylvan School was
lost to the district because the Su
preme Court ruled that the territory
had been illegally annexed to the City
of Portland. 'When it had been annexed
to the city it nominally became a part
of the school district which embraces
all of Portland and certain adjacent
territory.
Cheap Labor at Home.
ST. HELENS, Or., June 30. (To the
Editor.) The "poor farmer" is once
more getting his share of sympathy.
The low tariff, by bringing Australian
meats and cheese into the country, is
taking the money out. Possibly the
farmer deserves our sympathy and aid.
But let ua look for a moment at an
other phase of the same question. We
have a situation in Columbia County
approaching this question. We ara
spending half a million dollars on our
highways this Summer, and it is safe
to say that at least $150,000 of this
will go to Italy and Greece.
Puzzle: Where Is the cheap labor
that Americans are competing with?
SUBSCRIBER.
Sale for Butterflies.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June SO. (To the
Editor.) Do you know of anyone who
would like to purchase butterflies?
How much should be paid for them?
Where do the purchasers live?
READER,
Prices and possibility of sale of but
terflies would depend upon their va
riety and preservation. Write to or
oonsult the biological department of
your state university.
Prices Paid for Manuscript.
PORTLAND, July 1. (To the Editor.)
Kindly tell me about what are tha
regular rates paid by magazines for
articles on general subjects. B. G. C.
Prices paid vary among different
magazines and are also governed by the
reputation of the writer. There is no
general fixed Tate.
Black and White,
PORTLAND, July 1. (To the Ed
itor.) Is black or white a color?
R. H.
Black Is a color. A black horse has
a color as much as a bay one. White
is not strictly a color, but a composi
tion of all -the colors.
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oregonian of July t,
Salam, July 1. The Supreme Court
today decided that tha city of Gaat
Portland hat full power to improve
streets and to make conlracta.
Independence, July 1 Judr Will
iam Dawson, of Monmouth, died Bun
day evening.
Salem, July 1. This it the first day
f I h . at a t aih.r maetlns. Tha
department of superintendents this
afternoon elected in following oiu
cers: President. W. A. WetselL of
Multnomah; vice-president, T. V.
Hutchinson, of Douglas; secretary. F.
Klgler, of Oregon City. At tha opening
exercises Rev. W. Rollln offered prayer.
Professor A. fl. Starr, of Willamette
University, delivered an address of
welcome; Professor Herbert Klttrldge,
of Baker City, responded. I"rofeasor
Parvin and chorus sang, and Colonel
L F. Copoland. of Harrlsburg, Pa, da
llvered a lecture.
Salem, July 1. George O. Bingham,
was elected chief of the fire depart
ment by a vote of TS, to tl for T. A.
Howard. A J. Basey was elected as
sistant chief.
Independence, July 1. E. P. Pant
land, editor of the West Side, and wife
departed for Spokane Falls today.
San Franolaoo, July 1. F. M. Wll
klns and wife, of Eugene, have left for
Oregon.
Mayor Stewart, of East Portland, de
livered his message to the Counoll last
evening.
The East Portland Water Company
having failed to appoint members of
the commission on rates, the Council
elected H. Clay Myers and Cyrus Buck
man. Ground for a new woolen factory at
Mllwaukle has been broken on the
premises owned by C. Bonnet
Mount Hood will not be Illuminated
on the Fourth of July this year, but
about the 10th a party of Portlandara
will go on a trip to St. Helens or
Adams
Hon. Ira G. Holtt, state superintend
ent of publlo instruction of California,
and wife visited the Portland schools
yesterday, In company with Professors
Burnham, Pratt and Crawford and City
Superintendent Sabin.
Walter H. Peart, manager of the
domestic department at the Farmers'
and Mechanics' store, was married last
night to Mlsa Lou Ward, daughter of
Hon. John P. Ward, mercantile ap
praiser. S. M. Graham, or Marshland, Colum
bia County, has 11 ecres of land on
which he cut six tons of hay to ths
acre.
Joseph Holladay Is the highest bid
der for the purchase of the First street
horxecar line at the sale of the Ban
Holladay estate, and he proposes to
make It a cable road.
wnen Lnninnnn j uicim aunvn
the Police 000.101880 meeting to
order last evening, there were pres
ent, besides Commissioners i'rank and
Cardwell, Klcnara r-verains;, tn. recently-elected
Commissioner, and his
attorneys, Hon. George' 11. Williams
and ex-Judgs Watson. District Attor
ney McGinn and Chief of pollcs Tar
rlsh were also In the rooms. Judge
. . - . t -A r. rvanKnr'i r ja r 1 1 -
Wai.UH iirKitntM a. - - -
flcate of election, but Mr. Simon said
his term naa not expireu, auu rmn.i
the attorneys to the courts. Tha at
torneys were given a hearing.
Edmund Smith, of Philadelphia, was
elected president of the O.-W. R. A N.
Company by the directors yeeterday,
and W. S. Ladd was elected vice-president.
Half a Century Ago
(From The Oregonian of July 2, UM.)
The Mountaineer of yesterday con
tains an account of another conflict be
tween a party of 14 packers and an
unknown number of Snake Indians.
The statement of the affair Is received
from one of the wounded men. ,J. M.
Greenatreet. Five trains were trav
eling In company and on Sunday made
camp at the Bridge Creek House and
placed a strong guard over the corral.
At daylight, Monday morning, as the
guard was turning out the horses t
graze, the Indians charged upon them
and attempted to stampede the animals.
The horses were driven back to the In
closure and an alarm gun fired, when
the whole party turned out to fight
with the Indians. The savages posted
themselves on a ridge overlooking the
house and for some five, hours rained
down a galling fire. The packers had
three rifles and one shotgun, and each
man was armed with a revlover, but the
Indians had greatly the advantage In
tho longer-range of their guns. The
Snake finally turned their fire on men
and horses indiscriminately, but without
fatal result so far as the men were
concerned. Six men were wounded a
follows: John Atterbury. J. M. Green
street, Henry A. Deauman. Louis Lam
bert, Albert Houston and August Ni
chols. All the wounded are likely M
recover. The Indians shot and killed
17 horses and wounded seven or eight
others. They ran and captured three
horses and captured all of the blankets
and a portion of the cargoes. 1 ester
day morning Mr. Strickland, agent of
the Canyon City Stage Company, left
The Dalles, accompanied by eight pri
vates of Cavalry, to look after the
Indians.
The Oregon Freedmen s Relief Asso
ciation formed at the meeting Wednes
day evening with a committee com
posed of George H. William. H. M . .
Corbett, D. Rutledge. C M. Carter. J. H.
Mitchell. G. Shindler, G. H. Aknon
and P. Wasserman. Henry W. Cor
bett Is treasurer and 8. Cornelius, sec
relary.
Marysvllle, Cal.. July 1. The dif
ferent lines of travel through this
state are Infested with gangs of high
waymen. Not long since the stage from
here to Downlvllle was stopped In day
llaht near Camptonvllle. and LanRton
& Co.'? express robbed of 11800. More
recently a like robbery was committed
on Whiting & Co.'s express near Oro
vnie in which they lost $1,00. Men
supposed to have been engaged In these
robberies are now on trial at Orovllle.
Last nlsrht a more extensive haul was
made of Well's. Fargo & Co', trras
ure and bullion. The stsges from lr
Klnia to Placervllle were stopped last
night about 10 o'clock by six men a
mile above the 13-mlle house on har
Sam's new grade. Jh. robbM. hel4
the driver. In check with shotguns,
while they took eiftht bags of bullion
Votlest-d.
Tne parson ci
Sheriff Roger, and party went n pur
suit and arrestee, i-v. -mile
house. The pther four had oft
for Cosumne. via Pleasant Valley
About 10 o'clock a courier from the
Somer.et House .t.ted that there had
been " flg"t between th. robber, and
the officers. In which two of the job
ber, wer. killed and another badly
wounded; also that Sheriff Staple, was
wounded.
A bill granting the widow ef Colonel
E D Baker, a pension of ISO a month
passed the United States Senat. lately.
Iu Oregon City at the EpIsi-opaJ
Church on the evening of the 37th.
ult. by F.ev. Bishop Scott. Captain F..
H. Baughman to Mis. LUsl. Tbomea.