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TITE SrORKTOG OREfiOIAIT, MOTTO AT. . DECEMBER 21, 1914.
SKATING
ASTOUNDS
EASTERN MAN HERE
Guilds Lake Changes Mind of
Stranger, Who Thought He
Had Reached Tropiqs.
BARE WINTER SCENES IN PORTLAND MADE POSSIBLE BY RECENT COLD SNAP, WHICH PROMISES j
TO CONTINUE FEW DAYS. - '
TICKLING CHILL MISSED
Crowd s Knjoying Sport on Icy Sur
face Remind Tourist of Home and
Kxpertncss of Gliders Amazes .
Him Boys Are Amusing.
The stranger from the North 'was
surprised yesterday afternoon when he
saw a young: man wearing- a "stocking
cap," carrying a pair of skates over til's
arm, and running- for a streetcar.
"I thought I was in the tropics," he
muttered. He sniffed the air vigor
ously, but cian't feel the tickling in the
' nose that goes with extremely cold
weather.
Looking again uewn the Btreet he
saw another man -with skates. Then
came another, and later a group of
pretty girls appeared, each carrying a
pair of skates. It reminded the
stranger of W inter in his own country,
though he was overcoatless and. didn't
feel cold.
"Where do you do it?" he Inquired
when two boys came down the street
with skates.
"Guild's lake," was the answer. "Get
off the car at the Forestry building and
walk down Cornell road until you come
to it.
Stranger Drawn to Scene.
The stranger looked at his watch and
decided he had time. So he-' boarded
the proper car, rode out to Twenty-sixth
and Thurman streets, and alighted.
Kiht away he saw. more persoiTS
- with skates, all of whom were huddled
up in overcoats and sweaters and heavy
eloves. The stranger was surprised,
lie didn't fee! cold at all.
"I wonder if Uiey can really skate?"
he soliloquized. I'll bet they haven't
had any skating here for years."
The stranger rounded a turn in Cor
nell road and the lake, nearly a mile
away, suddenly burst into view. It
covered a vast stretch of ground and
was thickly dotted with moving figures.
The stranger quickened his pace. He
could smell the ice.
"Yes, Guild's Lake is the best," volun
teered a voluable one. "I've tried all
the others and the ice is better here.
Smith's Lake 1b pretty good and there's
fair ice on all the other lakes around
Columbia Slough. Looks like there's
more than a thousand on this lake.
Down here it's all right except the
Northern Pacific trains come by and the
cinders settle on the ice and it grinds
your skates dull.
Non-Skaters. Dot Shore.
Eventually the pair arrived at the
lake. The shore was dotted with per
sons who weren't skating, because
they couldn't or because they had fdr
gotten how or because they didn't have
any skates or because they were too
fat, or for other reasons.
In a lagoon 10 or 15 boys were play
ing "shinny" with an old tin can. Fur
ther on, right at the edge of the ice,
two men with a. girl between them
were trying to show oer how to stand
up on skates. She saiik weakly to
the ice, and patiently they half dragged,
half carried her along-.
The stranger remembered his rubber
heels and walked out on the ice. As
far as he could see there were skaters.
It lookd more than half a. mile to the
other shore, but some had jKateti over
there, and many were gilding about
In both arms of the lake.
Crowd Remtndfnl nt Eaat.
The crowd was just such is he would
expect to see in his own state, including-
small boys, who chased one an
other over the lake and furnished most
of the comedy for the crowds when
they fell and slid on their necks.
There were lots of persons who
couldn't skate, decided the stranger,
but not nearly as many as one would
expect to find in a "tropical" clioiate.
Pretty soon the sin went down, and
the stranger without an overcoat on
the ice began to get chilly, so he
walked back to the carllne. rode to
his hotel and met a man whom he had
a vague-recollection of meeting- tha
night before, and told him what ne
had seen.
' I thought I was going to pick
oranges here, but I guess I'll go skat
ing tomorrow instead," the stranger
aid
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1 THE ICEBOAT WHICH ATTRACTED MUCH ATTENIOJf OX GUILD'S LAKE. 2 A GAME OF "SHINNY."
3 THE OTHER. SEX WAS WELL REPRESENTED.. A SLEDDING . WAS ALSO POPULAR.
PUPILS FORM MUTS CLUB
Society at Shattuck School Will Aid
Destitute Children.
The pupils or the Shattuck School
have organized a Muts Society for the
benefit of destitute children. This or
ganization was perfected last week.
It has been a custom for the children
to buy the teachers a Christmas present,
but the teachers announced that, ow
ing to -the great necessity to provide
for the poor, the money will be turned
over to some charitable institution.
An elaborate Christmas entertain
ment has been arranged by the pupils
of the school. There will be four play
lets staged. Wednesday, December 23.
In which the pupils will take part. The
following are the plays to be given:
"The Forum," scene from "Julius Cae
sar": "The Birds' Christmas Carol."
"The Snow Witch," a Russian folk play,
1 and Dickens' "Christmas Carol." Miss
Conner. Miss Himes and Miss Cartmell
are the teachers who have charge of
directing the plays.
MURDER INQUIRY SHIFTED
Grand Jury Instead of Court to In-
vestigate Hotel Case.
The preliminary hearing of Theodore
M. Elllnger in the Municipal Court on
a second-degree charge of murder,
acheduled for this morning, will be
waived by his attorneys and the case
-will come before the grand jury at 9:30
o'clock this morning.
In the language of the Coroner's Jury
that sat on the case, Ellinger "escorted"
Thomas Russell, an aged man, from the
rooming-house where KUlnger was
night clerk, a week ago. Russell fell or
was shoved to the pavement, sustain
ing a fractured skull, from which he
died thej next day without regaining
consciousness.
Bishop Cooke to Speak.
Bishop R. J. Cooke will attend a
meeting at 10:30 o'clock this morning
of the Methodist preachers of Portland
at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church. It is planned to give the full
time of the meeting to the bishop, who
will report his observations on his re
cent official visit in the East. The
Rev. A. R. MacLean, who was to have
read a paper on "A Twentieth Century
Study of John Wesley." has been ill. (sign of the Cross'
and will not be able to take his place j early this morning.
NEW IVIES BRIGHT
Dog Hero of "The Barrier of
Flames" at Sunset.
PEOPLE'S CHANGES TODAY
'False Colors," Stagc-Iilfe Film, at
Star, Cathrine Count! ss, Majestic
Feature, Shows at National
and Columbia Groat.
There is something better than an
animal show at the Sunset Theater, in
"The Barrier of Flames." The hero Is
a dog, a big Scotch collie. The hero
ine is a little curly-haired girl, Helen
Badgley. Together they are making
one of the most attractive pictures that
has been at the Sunset for a long time.
The dog. realizing his little mis
tress' danger in a burning building,
goes ui' the ladder, through the flames,
and leads the firemen to the baby.
Sunset patrons yesterday were de
lighted with the offering. Two other
dramas of merit are "In the Conserva
tory," a snappy detective play featur
ing Boyd - Marshall and Mayre Hall,
and "The Silent Way." the story of
how an Indian abducted a white girl
for her own good.
A Keystone comedy, "Fatty's Magic
Pants," and the Mutual Weekly -conclude
the offering.
CATHRIXE ' COUXTISS FILMED
Portland Favorite-In "The Idler,"
Feature at Majestic. .
That "Satan finds mischief still for
idle hands to do" is portrayed in-"The
Idler," another of the William Fox at
tractions at the Majestic Theater.
The fact that Cathrine Countiss, a
Portland favorite, is appearing in one
of the leading roles makes the picture
particularly interesting in Portland
The story is centered about two
women and one man on one side and
two men and one woman on the other.
How the good woman, portrayed by
Miss Countiss, shames the two men
for allowing the evil sides of their na
tures to get the better of them, makes
the climax of the play intensely human.
Claire Whitney and Stewart Holmes
also appear in the play.
Sidney Drew, the Vitagraph come
dian, is In "Who's Who in Hogg's Hol
low," and the Hearst-Selig News Pic
torial shows interesting bits of current
news. '
on the programme.
SNOW DELAYS GREAT FILM
"Sign of the Cross," Big Feature,
to Be at Peoples Today.
Snow in the Cascade Mountains
caused disappointment to the many
persons who had expected to see the
picturized version of Wilson Barrett's
sublime drama, "The Sign, of the
Cross," described by the critics as prob
ably the grandest photo spectacle ever
produced, at the Peoples Theater yes
terday. Late Saturday night word was re
ceived by John F. Cordray, manager
of the Peoples Amusement Company,
from the Paramount picture booking
office in Seattle, that "The Sign of the
Cross" film could not arrive in time
for Sunday's performance because of
railroad delays.
"False Colors," the .Paramount pic
ture billed to open at the Star Theater
yesterday, was transferred to the Peo
ples by Mr. Cordray. However, "The
will arrive here
It will be the at
traction at the Peoples, beginning to
day, through Christmas week. A story
of the early days of Christianity in the
time of Nero, played by a cast of 600
persons, headed by William Farnum, it
is especially fitted for Christmas.
OltlEXTAIj ROMANCE THRILLS
"The aiarked Woman" at Columbia
Is Great Production.
Barbara Tenannt. a beautiful and tal
ented actress, is featured in a Shubert
film. "The . Marked Woman," at the
Columbia. ,
It is a story of the Boxer uprising in
China in 1900.. The heroine is a Rus
sian girl and the hero is ap American
naval Lieutenant, who rescues her from
the castle of a Boxer Prince. The fea
ture of the story, is the stirring capture
of the castle by Lieutenant Dare and
his dauntless bluejackets, who scale
real walls and perform marvelous feats.
The role of Olga, the Russian girl, is
taken by Miss Tennant.- Olga, a Nihil
ist, falls into the hands of the Russian
Ambassalor and barely escapes being
sentenced to Siberia. She meets Lieu
tenant Dare, who rescues her from
death. Then she falls into the hands
of a powerful Prince, whom she is
forced to marry to save the life of
Lieutenant Dare. After years Lieu
tenant Dare learns of the whereabouts
of Olga and heads the attack upon the
castle of the Boxer Prince. In the
fight Olga's child and her Boxer hus
band are slain and the lovers are" re
united. :
PLAY'S MORAL HIGH
Baker Offers Strong Feature
' for Holiday Week.
STAGE PICTURE REMARKABLE
Star to Show "False Colors" Fea
; taring Three Noted Thespians.
"False Colors," ' an absorbing four
act Paramount picture of stage life,
with Lois Weber, Adeie Farrington
and Phillips Smaliey in the star roles,
which was to have opened a-four-day
run at the Star Theater yesterday,- was
transferred for the one day only to the
Peoples, when the film of "The Sign of
the Cross" was delayed by snow storms.
A good bill of drama and comedy at
tractions was run in its place at the
Star. "False Colors" will be trans
ferred back to the Star today and will
run today, Tuesday and Wednesday.. .
It isn't often that one has a chance
of seeing three such - accomplished
actors as Phillips Smaliey. Lois Weber
and Adeie Farrington in one photoplay.
The result in "False Colors," a. photo
play of many strong situations, is dis
tinctly satisfying.
Two "sets" In "False Colors" depict
opening nights of a new play in a
Broadway theater. In the first one it
is Lloyd Phillips who stars, in the sec
ond, 19 years later, the applause is for
his daughter, whom he- had lost long
before. - -'
FASCINATOR
AT
NATIONAL
"The Greyhound," Showing - Types
of People, Is Gripping Film.
. For variety of types of people, per
haps few pictures ever shown in the
city have more than "The Greyhound"
at the National Theater. There are at
least five types, each forceful and dis
tinct in characterization. From the
"greyhound" himself to the deserted
wife and the man who befriends ner.
every character is symbolic of some
phase of life.
The picture created a profound stir
in the National all day yesterday.
There are only a. few touches of humor
to lighten the production. They are
subtle. The drama itself is subtle.
Every action Is guided by an under
surface motive. Treachery and deceit
appear throughout the play on one
side, and they are offset by tenacious
love and trust on the other. -
The picture is more than interesting;
it is fascinating. A Keystone comedy
completes the bill.
Released Foe Accuces French.
BERLIN, Dec 20. (By Wireless to
Sayvilie. N. T.) The German War Of
fice announces that a German L'euten
ant aviator who has keen liberated
from captivity by . the French says
under oath that the French repeatudly
fettered him and that similar treat
ment is meted, out to other officers.
FINE ROLES INTERPRETED
Story of "Leah Kleshna" Is or Girl
Brought Up to Life of Crime
Who Sees Light and Wins
Reward of Virtue.,
"LEAH KLESHNA." I
CAST: I
Paul Sylcain Robert decider f
Klehna. ........... .Brandon Evans' x
Schram Clarke Sllvernail
Gen. Berton William Lloyd
Raoul Bertori William H. Powell I
Valentine Favre Walter Gilbert 2
Anton Pfaff. ..... .Clinton Lancaster f
Johann Walter Gilbert
. Relchman Walter Siegfried I
Herr LInder .......... William Lloyd I
Baptists ......Walter Siegfried
Sergeant; Clifton Lancaster t
Madam Berton. 1 .. .Florence Roberts T
Claire Mary Ed sett Baker i
Sophie Chaponnlere. .. .Eileen Wilson
Charlotte Florence Roberts t
Frieda..' Eileen Wilson
Leah Kleshna Irene Oshier i
j .' ' .... BY LEONE CASS BAER.
Contrary toHhe nice little rule laid
down by the first managers of stock
theaters In the time of Adam, . to put
on the weakest or least interesting in
a season of plays during the Christmas
week, because business is duller and
the actors have extra matinees and no
more inclination to work than others.
Manager Baker has gone. He picked
put one of the strongest and best
plays in the liBt and is giving it to the
Christmas week patrons.
The play is "Leah Kleshna," which
Was one of the big successes of Mrs.
Fiske,. and one of the forerunners of
criminology plays.
A somber role throughout is Leah,
with only two quick flashes of humor,
and that humor is' of the sardonic.
Leah is the only child of a notorious
thief, Kleshna. He has taught the
motherless girl since her tenderest
years the art of which he is master
and of which " he is proud. She haa
known no other men save her father's
accomplices and no other life than the
one he offers. A face in her memory
haunts her. the face of a man who
rowed her and a boatload of people
to safety In. a wreck. She sees his
portrait in a shop window and buys it.
Heri father and Schram, his pal, who
acts as Kleshna's servant, discover that
Leah is growing dissatisfied with her
life.- They are to make one great haul
and then plan to quit.
' Leah Is- sent to rob Paul- Sylvaln
Of jewels he is to give to his betrothed.
Sylvain is a member of the Chamber
of Deputies and his fiancee is the
daughter of General Berton, of the
French army. Leah enters the rooms
after midnight and. with the jewels in
her hands, is confronted by Sylvaln.
She recognizes him as the original of
the portrait. The scene between them
is a tremendous sermon on the right
of the under dog. Leah sees the light,
looks up and is a thief no more. Her
regeneration is quick and genuine. But
her evil past follows. We see her, at
the last, working in the lettuce fields
with- the peasants. To her here comes
Sylvain. jilted by Mademoiselle Berton,
and asking Leah' to walk with him
always "in the light, looking upward."
Irene Oshier plays Leah in a subdued
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key, bursting into fiery, denunciatory
speeches and lending the character a
finn vleror and aDDeaL Robert Gleck-
ler has a. lovable role, that of the noble
Sylvaln. To the part Glecker brings a
personal charm and quiet method that
casts a spell.
Brandon Evans has the best and big
gest role of his career with the Baker
Players that of the hot-headed,
scheming thief. Kleshna. and . Mr.
Bvans plays it most convincingly.
Clarke Sllvernail. an excellent portray
er of character, is admirable as Schram.
William Lloyd, who was given an ova
tinn nn vl retiirnlne. is excellent as
General Berton, and Wlllianj F. Pow
ell adds another line learner to ni
big collection as the dissolute young
Berton. Walter Gilbert, as a young
journalist, and Eileen Wilson, as his
fiancee, add a sparkle of comedy,
Mary Edgett" Baker is the betrothed
of Sylvain, not much of a role, but one
Miss Baker gives excellent accounting
for. and Florence Roberts is the in
valid Madame Berton. The play is
beautifully put on.
CUPID IN CHANGE VISIT
D1TCHBURX WEDDING FOLLOWS
SCDDEX MEETING OF STUDENTS.
Portland Frlenda Learn That Young
Connie Afftanoed Here Two 1'eara
Ago Disregard Parents' "Nay."
Their friends in Portland have just
learned of the romantic circumstances
under which John Ditchburn, Jr., son of
the Portland attorney of the same name
and a student at Princeton, and Miss
Helen M. Ketcham. of Mendota, Mo.,
were married in Chicago December 8.
The romance began two years ago,
when Miss Ketcham was a student at
St. Helen's Hall, but the young woman's
family objected to a wedding because
of the youth of herself and fiance.
Toung John Ditchburn and Miss
Ketcham had not seen each other in
nearly two years. There was a chance
meeting in Chicago, and. withouut ac
quainting either of their families of
their intentions, they were married.
The bride is a daughter of William
E. Ketcham, of Mendota, Mo., who is
at the head of large coal mining prop
erties. She is a niece of Mrs. Edward
O. Burden, of Portland, and Mrs. Charles
H. Farrell, of Seattle, and a grand
daughter of Mrs. F. H. Ketcham, of
Seattle. Frank H. Ketcham, her grand
father, passed away a few months ago
in Seattle, where he had lately taken
up his residence, coming from Burling
ton, la.
The sister of the bridegroom is well
known as Ann Swinburne, light opera
star.
St. Paul Has Snow.
ST. PAUL, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Two Inches of snow fell here this
morning, the first for some years.
The thermometer dropped to 19 above
Thursday morning, freezing the lakes
and sloughs, affording fine skating.
This is the coldest period experienced
here for five years.