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! 10, 1915. 'A TIIE MORNING OREGONTAN. SATURDAY, APRIL' 6 GRAND OPERA WINS PORTLAND AUDIENCE Italian Company Delights With Fine Voices, Scenery and Orchestra. "AIDA" SUNG BEAUTIFULLY Opening of Season at Baker Theater Finds Great Audience ;. Miss Kath erinav Lynbrook 'Wonderful In Title Bole of Production. "A ID A." Italian Gfmnd Opera In Three Acta, by Verdi, and Presented at the Baker Theater. Alda Kathcrlna. LynbrooK Amneria Lulaa Cecchettl Radamea ... .JSusenlo De Folco Amonaaro Fillppo Benyan Ramphta OUnto Lombard! The King- Cmberto Bovere A mesaenger Aristide Nert BY JOSEPH MACQUEEN. m-ooi In ivcrr particular voices of principals and chorus, playing of the orchestra, fine scenery ana uu ihnt laud the capacity of the house, and abundance of applause crowned the opening performance 01 The Italian Grand upera. Thursday night at the Baker Theater. " th most onulent and glitter lng of the latter Verdi operas, received ... .dint presentation. It was reaiiy a notable pau-formance of Italian grand opera in America at popular prices, ana we would have to travel far to find Its equal. CamHlr Well Balanced. Mario Lambardl has succeeded again In bringing under his direction a tai ..tad .nrf well-balanced opera com pany. He has brought opera to our doors at a ''poor man s' price, yet there is nothing poor about the staging and singing of "Aida." Taking last night as an example and experiment, it looks to me that Mr. Baker should have no difficulty in giving us in Portland an opera season that will not only be a home event, but a red-letter one. The scenery and costumes are new and ornate, the former having been re cently received from Italy. The scen ery used in the first scene of act four is remarkable for its artistic beauty and skillful treatment of perspective. One bit of canvas is so skillfully painted that it represents a courtyard, with pillars emerging to the left, look ing so natural that one could almost swear that these columns projected. "Aid a" la Right Hands. Miss Katherina Lynbrook, dramatic soprano, is a young Nordica in tne making, and she is destined for starry heights In public estimation. She was . .iini- -Aida." and looked the bar- :" baric princess of Ethiopia to perfec tion. Verdi, in creating such a. roman tic part, clearly meant it to be played and sung by an artist of strong, com manding personality. Miss Lynbrook is made for such a stage character. Fine looking, dramatic by instinct, tall, regal, and the possessor of a sparkling dramatic soprano. Miss Lynbrook made "Aida" a star one. It is good to know that although she sang and acted the part of an Ethl- ' opian princess, and with facility used the Italian tongue, she Is one of our selves. She is an American girl, and belongs to New York. She has only been 16 months on the professional stage. She was educated in singing and - n it.iu onH n r.TiiHlv haji she succeeded in w'lnnlng recognition as an - artist that she was recently a coun singer in Germany, about the time that the war broke out. She at once hurried home . to America. Her singing is a treat, especially in the upper register. De Folco Brave Figure. Kadames. the successful and dashing Egyptian General, 13 the leading char acter in this opera. Much depends on him for its dramatic weight, and in this '-instance It is lucky that the Lambardl people have as its dramatic star tenor Kugecio de Folco, of Florence, said to he a descendant of the great Italian poet, Dante. De Folco is a, brave figure as Rad- ' ames. and he invests it with rare dig nity. His voice is clear and sparkling, ' and high-set Last night he sang the - high C in alt. in "Celeste Aida," and so much did the audience line nis rendition of this celebrated number that De Folco had to repeat It. His repetition was equally successful. De Folco and Lyn brook would make an Ideal Kadames and Aida, were he Just one bit taller but where is the mortal who can regu late his height? Riu lleaaen Audience. Lombard!, bass, made a powerful and Manly Kamphis. and it is a joy again to hear such a deep, sonorous voice in opera. Luisa Cccchctti, as Amncris, daughter of the King of Egypt, has a fine mezzo soprano voice which she uses with much skill. She looks the part of Amneris, and is an actress of much charm. Luigl Cecchettl Is orchestral conduc tor, and he handles the musical forces with skill and artistic success. Tonight, the opera is Verdi's "Tra lata." OPUi V ATTENTK1 Bl" SOCIETY Dress Appears Secondary Considera tion at Event. Without any apparent preparation or rnurh comment, society folk at the eleventh hour decided to attend the opening of the opera reason at the Baker Theater last night. The-house was filled with smartly-Mttired women and their attractive escorts, all intent on tho music and the artists. The fact that dress was a secondary consid eration left little or no time for dis cussion of anybody's gown or jewels. True, the lose parties, ono of which i n hv Hnch Hnmn Mnd the other by Mr. and Mrs. Wheelwright. cintillBtad from the midst of the lors of tho music for their festive ralnment. In both parties the afTalr was preceded by a dinner. Street at tire in most cases was evident, in , others pretty, simple- little dinner t frocks were In order and the boxes held a representative gathering of men . and women from the social ranks, who chose to devote their energies to the ' opera rather than bother to get into i evening clothes. Mr. and Mr. Wheelwright's guests -were Mr. and Mrs. John G. Edwards, Dr. and Mrs. Holt C. Wilson and Miss Sul livan, who is their house guest Mr. Hume's party included Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Alnsworth. Mr. and Mrs. J. Andre Fouilhoux. Miss Constance Piper en tertained a group of friends in one of the second boxes, and Mr. and Mrs. James Heilig and daughter also occu pied one of the -west boxes, another be ing held by Mrs. Rose Coursen-Keed and party. Among those in the pit of the theater were Dr. A. M. Cummins. Miss Shanna Gumming and Miss Leslie Smith; Mr. and Mrs. John Emerson Cronan, Mrs. R W. Schmeer. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Logan, Mrs. George L. Baker. Miss Dorothy Shoemaker and sister, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hart, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Chance, Dr. and Mrs. Alan Welch Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. S. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. George Kirkham Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Mears and Mrs. W. D. Washburn, of Minneapolis; Paul Deady. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Wells Gilbert, Mrs. C. B. Grelle and Mrs. W. B. Mackay. Mr. and Mrs. Hartrldge Whlpp, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. T. Bushong, Mrs. James H. Mur phy and Mrs. Paul B. Froehlich, August Berg, Mr. and Mrs. A. Heilbruner, Mrs. M. Leavenson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose M. Cronin", Mrs. Thomas Carrlck Burke, Frederick V. Hoiman. Dr. and Mrs. Wiley Woodruff, Edmuna Elton. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar coursen, Miss Geraldine Coursen. A. Montrazza, John T. Whalley, George A. Story, Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Murdo, unaries mug gins, Walter Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. M. Delahunt. Mr. Farrington and Mr. Page, of Astoria; Thad Vreeland, Mrs. Charles Kahn and Jacob Xahn, Dr. Kaipn Walker, Colonel and Mrs. K. li. ilont gomery, B. B. Beekman. Many of the singers had a large fol lowing of friends and relatives in the balconies, whose artistic souls were in attune with their brother artists In the beautiful opera, "Aida." At the close of the opera, merry, chatty little groups of friends supped at the grills, others adjourned to the homes of their hosts and had delicious suppers. 'FOLLIES' HIT HIGH SPOTS AT HEILIG Ziegfeld Gives Portland AH and More Than New York Stood for in Great Show. MILK CRITICS EflO MEET U'SPECTORS DISCUSS WORK AT FI-VAL BANQUET OF SESSION. Governor Speaks ' of State Problems. Vancouver, B. C Is Ckoaen and Officers Are Elected. A sumptuous banquet in the Eliza bethan room of the Imperial Hotel Thursday night brought the two-day convention of the Northwest Associa tion of Dairy and Milk Inspectors to a close. E. L. Thompson, president of the CloVerhill Dairy Farms, presided as tnastmaster. The speakers were Dr. D W. Mack, F. H. Bothell, assistant in market and milk Inspection lor me United States Department or Agricul ture. Tacoma office; A. N. Henderson, assistant milk inspector. Seattle; R. L. ssni.in owner of the Sabin dairy; O. M. Plummer, vice-president of the Union Stockyards: Robert Ireland, manager of the Portland pure aim company, Dr M. B. Marcellus, city health officer; Professor T. W. MacDonald. of Victoria, Livestock Commissioner of British Columbia; Dr. Wall, health officer of Tacoma; Mrs. Sarah . javans, jii. u. Calloway and others. Earlier in the day Governor Wlthy- combe told of the dairy conditions in Oreeon and their development, ur. 1. G Stickney discussed the problem that confronts the Health Bureau In con trolling the one and two-cow dairies in the city. Politics, be said, played a serious part in enforcing ordinances and presents a serious question to a health officer. Dr. Schrock. Deputy Dairy and Food Commissioner, spoke of the advantages gained by attending the national con vention of daij-y and food inspectors, laying stress on the educational fea tures, scientific and practical. Robert Ireland, manager of the Port land Pure Milk Company, talked on the city's milk supply In the future. He said that there is a milkman to every is houses and urged co-operation in the matter of distribution. He said that he believed that the future milk supply of cities would be either certlned or pasteurized. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: President, Pro fessor T. W. MacDonald, Victoria, B. C; first vice-president. Dr. Wall, city health orcicer ot Tacoma; second vice president. Dr. D. W. Mack, Portland; secretary and treasurer, A. N. Hender son, of Seattle Board of Health. Van couver, B. c. was selected lor the next meeting, which will be held in Feb ruary. GRESHAM FACULTY NAMED Elmer F. Goodwin Chosen Principal of New Union High No. 2. rim., v Rnnilwiii. -nrincinal of the Brownsville, Or., high school, was elected principal of Union High School No. 2, to be established at Gresham. at "a meeting of the directors of th i j :....;.. . ThnrcHav Afrs NplltA 11 II H I H uioim,. j ..v.... j M. Wade, of Portland, and Miss Vaughn members of the Union High School fac- UllV, 4L11U -. -i- - Struggles were re-elected, teachers. Election ot x i uitnoui principal separates the grammar school . Y. f-wrm thA hierh achool. -f Dl W 1 1 " ' ' E. fitubbs had been principal of both grammar ano niga anuvi. vwu .v . , . . . . .ftwirilM wilt Iwt . m 11. l.jl t lan v ' i- . . . apart it was considered necessary to have separate faculties. The new principal will begin his duties in the new building next Fall. , It will be completed in September. MULTNOMAH FETES 1800 Professional Entertainers Provide Amusement and Feast Follows. Thursday nighfa smoker at the Mult nomah Club was a gala affair. Eighteen hundred were present and the gather ing was most enthusiastic. The en tertainment committee, of which A. H. Allen is chairman, provided an excel lent programme. Local entertainers and a number of professionals from the theaters helped materially in amusing the vast throng. After the entertain- m had finished, sandwiches, "hot dogs." coffee and lemonade were served, followed by " RnioK.es. The assemblage was then escorted to the various departments of the club, each of which had prepared special numbers. Another gathering has been scheduled for next month, with the principal event being "amateurs' night." ROUMANIA PASSES GUNS Shells and Artillery on Way to Turks Through Neutral Slate. LONDON. April Considerable sup plies of ammunition and artillery are reaching Turkey through Rouraanla. according to the Daily Mail's Athens correspondent. The Roumanian Minister to Turkey is quoted by the correspondent as hav ing said that Germany refused to de liver certain gun parts ordered some time ago by Roumania unless Ron- mama consented to allow Turitisn shipments passage through Roumania. John Wesley Gaines Arrested. WASHINGTON, April . John Wes ley Gaines. ex-Representative from Tennessee and now secretary of the In ternational Boundary Commission, was served today with a warrant of arrest sworn out by a Washington haberdash er, who chareed that Gaines assaulted him in a Pennsylvania-avenue shop in a dispute over a fancy waistcoat. BEAUTY RARE; FUN GALORE New "Stuff," Gorgeous Girls, Bert Williams, Vera Michelena, Anna ' Pennington, Errol New York Cast for Sure in Fun Frolic BT LEONE CASS BAEB. It was the .New York cast all right, all right! A trio of those inevitables who "saw it In New York" sat behind me at the Heilig Thursday night and compared notes for the common people around who never get further East than Pendleton. A thin-voiced gent behind them leaned over and conversed loudly and blithely with the trio and we were taken on a personally conducted tour of observa tion of the "Ziegfeld Follies." Not one thing was missing, they agreed. Once or twice a new joke that had been slipped . in Since It left the metropolis surprised them into silence. But when they delightedly pointed out the very rooms they occupied -on. the painted picture of a grand hotel on Forty-second and Broadway, then I knew that Florenz Ziegfeld, Junior, had been on the level with Portland. For once a praise agent had told a string of truths. Flo had withheld nothing from us. And when I saw the beauty chorus I was more convinced that he had kept nothing whatever from us. It's a Real Leg-ttlmate Show. For the rest of the week I am strong for not uplifting the drama. With the tired business men and other hard working individuals I want to forget what the stage really needs or what the people want, and soak my eyes and ears and nose in the wonderful follies. You feel just as you do when royalty rides graciously past in its coach and four, when you gaze on the multitudin ous and manifold charms of the monu mental merry makers. Every girl Is a raving, tearing, smashing beauty and their talents are not all tied up in tneir twinkly toes and their gorgeous clothes. With his chorus as a plot, rio zieg feld goes on with the story. Bert Williams Is There. First of all there is Bert Williams, who gave us Sill, 1 cent and 1 mill's worth of art last night. I figured that out myself, so it may not be correct but anyway he gets Jiooo for one week's performance. Naturally he is superior to any of his imitators and wholly unlike most of m. He is quiet and slow-moving, a dyed-in-the-wool natural comedian. With Leon Errol, who is as delight fully companionable as bad company, and a rascally comedian with a never- failing fund of tricks, the Ebon Will iams has a couple of set-tos. Their comedy is convulsing in effect. That is, in the malnj the most fascinating thing about the follies after its spectacular scenic value has been noted. There's a real wit In its lines, a smoothness and humor in its jokes and lines that causes deep rumbles of laughter. It's more chortled than roared at, which is a good sign. Every word Errol, or Will lams, or that remarkably-funny Ed Wynn utters, gets its snort of apprecia tion. Scenic Marvels Many. We all fairly rolled in delight. There's neither plot nor sequence of anything in "The Follies." The acts are two, and each nas 3000 scenes. The' first is the reception-hall in Hades, witfo Vera Michelena, an alluring and lovely deviless, bored, to death and passing Judgment on various custom ens in the place. An eugenic couple, a show girl, September Morn chased by the law, and a dozen like evils are sent back to earth. Arthur Deagon doubles up and we doubled up watch ing him, first as Jennings Ryan yodel ing and. later as Satan's royal chef turnlna: one of the Ziegfeld Broilers honestly a live chicken on a spit. Ed Wynn as a joko King puts in much that is new since we saw him in vaudeville. Louise Meyers, who pounded her lit tle wooden heels on a Holland floor in Gaby Deslys" company and who carried away the show, does it again. She has a sweet, flute-like voice, she is ador ably pretty and has a dozen specialties. Anna Pennington is the dance spirit in carnate, a modern spirit with a beau tiful body and wicked eyes that laugh. She, too, has specialty after specialty. You can't describe the Follies as you would a reg'lar musical comedy, the sort we're used to. The Follies con tinues forever. It has marvelous tncKs of mechanism. The Follies is ultimate perfection. It's incomparable, and mere printer's ink cannot tell of its decora tive beauty and entertainment. It's colorful enchantment Aladdin's fairy palace come to life may be like it. It is worth staying away from six cihmx'H tn km this one. It will be repeated tonight, tomorrow night and at the matinee tomorrow. QUIT KIDD1N', WILSON TOLD Little Miss Tumulty Can't Believe It Is President Calling Her. w..-.,tivirrw An.il n "Miss STarv l.l 11.' 1 w-'. ' - Tumulty, eldest daughter of the Presi dent's secretary, was 13 years old re cently. The Tumulty teiepnone ran (4 anujuiM Mary was called. When she said "Hello." a voice on the other end of the re replied: xtmo i. p,a.iii0nt Wilson. I want to congratulate you on your birthday." you quit Ktaaing, earn wp 'you can't fool me." "Why. this is the President." the voice replied. "I trust you do not object to e calling you on tne pnone. i increiy anted to congratulate you." . . . . I... t... MHAawA1. an1 ImmcHia JUT. I II I 1 U 1 I T nfl,ca,c. a-uu ...... . ately assured his daughter that she was : being Kioaea, dui wh rvnuy . .i,K thA PriilMit nf the TTnited States, and then Miss Mary blushed. Weissman. who was recommended lor mercy, three months. Some of the defendants. It was al leged, were, doing business under the name Western Egg Yolk Company and others under the name of the Excelsior Baking Company, for the purpose of purchasing eggs which had been con demned and denatured in New York City and selling them to bakers in Jer sey City, N. J., in violation of the Fed eral food and drugs act. In practically every shipment of eggs there are certain to be at least a few that cannot pass the candling test and are therefore discarded by dealers. The law forbids their use for human food, but permits them to be denatured and sold for technical purposes, the chief outlet beinfr tanneries. The Western Egg Yolk Company, It was said, pur chased these denatured eggs, but in stead of selling them to tanneries, or finding other legitimate markets for them, removed the denaturing sub stance and sold them to certain New Jersey bakers for use in cheap cakes and other similar articles. DOUBLE TRAGEDY OUT PHONB CALL TO HOTEL CLERK RE VEALS DEATH. ROTTEN EGGS IN CAKE Government Sends beven tor Jail on Conspiracy Charge. WASHINGTON, D. C'Aprll 3. Seven of the men counected with the West ern . Egg Yolk Company and the Ex celsior Baking Company, of New Jer sey, who were convicted of conspiracy to violate the food and drugs act in the interstate shipment of rotten eggs, have been sentenced in the Federal Court at Trenton, N. J., to terms in prison ranging from three months to a year and a day. Hyman Lewis, Ber nard Edelberg, Samuel Edelberg and Morris tfladkus received the latter sen tence. Herman Zwlcker and Harry Lewites six months each, and Bcheir Husband of Errlna; Wife, In New York, Calls Up Employe of Hostelry, and Couple Are Found Dead. "PHILADELPHIA, April 4-"Ting-a- ling!" The room clerk at the Hotel Windsor picked up the phone. "Hello! Yes, this is the Windsor Ho tel, Philadelphia." It was a man in New York who wanted to know. "Are Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. St. Clair, of New York, registered with you?" The clerk looked at the book and returned to the phone. "Yes, ir," he said. "Well," came the excited voice from New York, "if you'll go to their room you'll find them dead. I'll be over there myself before midnight. Good-bye." The clerk ran up the stairs to room No. 26, on the second floor. The door was locked. He called the houseman. They broke in. In the bathtub, her fingers clinging to a towel, and the soap floating in the water, lay a young woman, dead. On the floor lay a man, dead. His flingers clutched a revolver. On the bureau lay a cent. Beside it was a note. It said: "I am Charles C. St. Clair, 156 East 61st street. New York city. Please no tify Mrs. Charles C. St. Clair, same address, 'phone 413 Plaza. I am sorry for the trouble I am causing you. Please take care of my cane. It is valuable." To this the man added a final, foul sentence and signed his name. Then he went to the ghastly business that had its discovery in the telephone call from New York. At 9:30 o'clock in the morning, St. Clair, who is the owner of the Mineola Garage, New York, mailed a letter. Doubtless this was the message to the man in New York, who, it is taken for granted by the police, is the husband of the young woman. They were married on October 23 last. This much ' was told by the inscription on her .wedding ring, the only piece of jewelry found in the room. St. Clair and the woman went to the hotel on Saturday. They brought sev eral bags, containing much expensive clothing. The woman was faultlessly 'gowned. They gave evidences of being the happiest of married couples. In the morgue, side by side, now lay the bodies that were living beings. The woman's forehead, it was found upon examination, was shattered by the ex plosion of the revolver, leaving no question but that the man held the weapqn against her brow and then fired. This being true, the police want to know from the man from New York if he has any Idea why the woman sub mitted to being murdered. Her posi tion in death indicated anything but a struggle. St. Clair, after killing the woman, turned the weapon toward himself, pushed the barrel into his mouth, then fired. THERE is scarcely anything of more account in this world than the appreciation of one's friends. Making for good, be the effort humble or great, appreciation is 'a tonic to one's existence. Deeply appreciative are we of the hearty and generous response made by our many friends to the invitation extended them to help us open the enlarged and improved Imperial Hotel Grill With our appreciation goes our sincere thanks, for we were surprised and pleased.. The Grill now includes two Wistaria Tea Rooms, which will prove an afternoon delight to our lady patrons. A la carte after theater service is now to be had, with musical entertainment, both instru mental and vocal, from 10 to 12 P. M.. the Grill remaining open until I A. M. The change in our prices will interest you. From now on we wish to see you often. Grill enlarged. Service bettered. Prices lowered. Club Breakfasts Luncheon 6 to 1 ! :30 -11 :30 lo 2. 40c and 50c 25c and upwards Including Refreshment Also a la Carle Service - Dinner, Weekdays and Sundays, 5:30 to 9 Imperial Chicken Dinner 50c Table d'Hole 75c Also a la Carte, Popular Prices Musical Entertainment, Both Instrumental and V ocal 6 to 8 P. M. 10 to 12 P. A. New Direct Entrance From Broadway m HETl, GREEN TALKS Advice to Girls Given by Rich New York Womn. SCORES HELPED BY WEALTH LIFE'S PRESSURE IS HIGH "CANXED" FOOD AND "CANSiED" AMUSEMENTS ARE DECRIED. St. Louts Archbishop In Lenten Sermon Criticises Modern Mode of Living. Many "Homeless" Today. ST. LOUIS, April 5. "Canned goods fed to the children in the daytime and canned amusements at night" is the reprehensible course of the average American family, according to Arch bishop Glennon's comments tm modern uigii-yresBitro living, uiauo ill nit? noonday Lenten service at the old Cathedral here. "Most of our business men are dying young," said the archbishop. "People say they are working too hard. No, it is not because of the amount of work. but it is the way they have approached work. They have reached out for work with such feverish- activity that the work becomes an infatuation, a pas sion.' "Then after the business man reaches home, the high pressure drives him out sgain to the theater, opera or moving pictures. He is incapable himself of dif fusing any joy. He lias to pay for being entertained, instead of entertaining himself. "His wife feeds the children canned goods during the day; they go out to get canned amusement m the evening. Is that enjoyment? No, it is not help ful, not even merciful. "It would be far- more helpful and merciful for them if they went to bed after supper." The archbishop deplored the "ma chine in everything." "We have machine politics, we talk about the great war machine in Europe. That war machine'is made up of human lives, thousands upon thousands of mangled corpses ; scattered over the fields." ' - The archbishop paraphrased Gold smith's lines to read: 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey. Where machinery accumulates, and men decay. ''The slave of the machiue Is the one who tends it. The mills of the gods grind slowly, but the modern mills of industry grind fast. They are grinding out human lives," he added. The archbishop gave as a, condition destructive of joyousness "the homeless condition of many people." He said that 'be supposed within a mile of the Cathedral there were not 10 homes in the old acceptance of the term. To one of the homeless ones the arch bishop recently had given a quarter. "I found out how he spent the quar ter. He spent 10 cents on the movies and 15 cents on tho saloon," the arch bishop said. - Jlobbers Beat Saloonman. Frank Banaln, saloonkeeper at Chap man and Jefferson streets, was set upon and robbed by three men who rushed on him as be was passing a DiacKsmitn shop near the saloon, beat him with some blunt instrument and severely wounded him. t, ,o.i,t mniintjln tn Montana. Gran ite Peat, with an altitude ot nearly 13.000 teet. is in the Bcartooth National forest. "A Girl Has Hard Time to Bo Decent on $6 a AVeek, but She Must Learn to Save Better Than She Does Xow," Says Advisor. NEW YORK, April 4. Mrs. Hetty Green, who recently celebrated her 85th birthday, has given some advice to young girls in an Interview. Reputed to be the richest woman In the world, she is living in a comfortable little room just off the butler's pantry in a brown stone house, in East 62d street, near Madison avenue. a A single cot, one straight-backed chair and a high old-fashioned bureau complete tho furnishings. The room is heated by a small oil stove when the heat which comes through the cur tained doorway is not sufficient for comfort. , , - "Why don't girls dress more sinjply? she asked her interviewer. "Why, a young girl is the prettiest thing in the world. It makes me sick to see her beauty spoiled by silly dressing and a make-up that screams for notice, no . - ..1 nam TV.TV Cirl matter iraeio b r should have pretty clothes, if she can ariora mem. xuv w - far is her ability to save the money she earns. That should be first "Suffrage may help a girl's wages. I sincerely hope it does. A girl has a hard time being decent on 6 a weeK. But she must learn to save better than she does now." "What do vou think suffrage will do for business women?" she was asked. "I have no Ideas on suffrage, she an swered. "That's not my business." Helping 88 Peraons Is Business. "I have 68 persons, including three widows and one old- maid, whom I am helping, and it does my soul good to make them happy. ,,, "My ideas of thrift ai e not entirely responsible for my way of dressing, Mrs. Green said, looking down at her simple gown. "I have to protect myself In some way from the public If every one knew who I was I'd need a squad of police around me to keep off the folks who wonld try to sell me gold b"lkreroember how I laughed over the . . . . . mBn .i' i n nrRident- violent eiioria ui . - ally discovered my identity when I used to cross over on tne lerrj ing from Jersey. He tried for a week to get me to take stock in a Western mining venture. Lots of people think because x nave mujicy I am necessarily 'easy,' but that again Is not my idea ot goou Quaker Simplicity Favored. "I just want to say this," Mrs. Green remarked: "I'm a Quaker, and I believe In simplicity. No one ever makes such of a success if continually hampered with luxuries. I'm not a bit supersti- W... T trnnur If God. IS tlOUS, UUfc X " " " " " with me, everything I do comes out right. I never go into anyiuiuis mim out a clear conscience in the matter. I think that's what the business world needs above everything else if it is to i,ethr, power in the country that it should become." .... Mrs. Green lauglied wnen wio ot . mn ttiaf hA was ill. "Look at me. I never felt better in my life." She leaned confidently toward her vis, itor as she spoke and her finger shook with a characteristic gesture. HOLLAND MENACE IS SEEN Germany Said to Be Preparing to ' Take Strip of Land. LONDON. April . A neutral corre spondent of the Times, who has been traveling in Germany, says that among the German people, especially those of military rank and caste, the opinion Is strong that if Germany does not take a strip of Holland during this war. the time will soon be ripe for her to take Flushing and the mouth of the Scheldt, with sufficient land on each side. "Dutch neutrality Is spoken of with the utmost contempt." says the corre snondent. "Germany is making prepara tions on the Dutch frontier, especially on both sides of LImburg Province, in view of a possible attack.' CHURCH PIANO IS STOLEN Arthur Conklin, Fugitive From Chalngan?, Accused of Theft. LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 9 Arthur Conklin, alias Arthur McDowell, who recently escaped from the city chain gang, was arrested late today by the police on a charge of -stealing a baby grand piano from the Second United Presbyterian Church here. According to the police, Conklin en gaged an auto truck, went to the church, informed the two truckmen that his father was "the parson" there and wanted "to get the songbox toted out." FEAR OF WIFE DECLARED Woman Threatened to "Shoot Up Home," Says Mate. ATLANTA, Ga., April 1. Eramett Hight, millionaire clubman, has filed suit for divorce. Hight alleges he was forced to leave home and go to hospital because his wife quarreled with him. One way she annoyed him, she al leges, was by getting a shotgun and carrying it about the house while he was confined to his bed, threatening to "shoot up" the house. At another time, he declared, she affected "two pistols." while on still another occa sion Hight says she stood over htm. stretched upon a bed ot illness, and waved a poker at him. The divorce suit is the culmination of long trouble between Hight and his wite. Some week's ago Mis. Hight filed a divorce suit, alleging her husband bad turned over the control of Hight' home to a pretty trained nurse em ployed to wait on Hight during his illness. Mrs. Hight was Induced to withdraw the suit, and she and her husband were reconciled. The trained nurse was dis charged. "Tho trained muse is responsible, said Mrs. Hight when told her husband had sued for divorce. "Otherwise he would not make such basulesa charges against me. I never threatened him." Turks Retreat In fcgypt. CAIRO, Egypt. April 9 The follow lng official statement was given out here today by the military authorities: "A small body of Turkish cavalry was i. .in I vnl v.itprilnv a few miles northeast of Kantara (on the rail road midway Between fort oaia a.iia Ismailia). A few shots wore exchangod and the enemy retreated. There were no casualties on either side. "All aeroplane reconnaisanres show there are no bodies of troops within reach." Cruel to Clunker. Judge. .... ... . t- 1 ,, J .1 A-M, 1.. 1..., "Id tM rsow mis, nam riMi.i.. cigar I smoke myself. Just try U, and tell me what you think of 1t." Butties lit the weed and took two puffs. "Ha! Hum!" he said, with a liht cough. "Fine! What are you trylna to do. Skinny break yourself of the smoking habit?" Joa Fans! "Go to the Game Tuesday in a Peoples Suit" (TJT The Peoples HU Clothing Com pany is the winner, hnvs? it is in a class hy itself, justlike Ty Cobb. Drop in today and meet the new manager. Most of the boys know Dick, and he is worth knowing. He is showing the nob biest line of new Spring suits that ever came to Portland. They are priced at $10, $15, $20 and $25, but they are worth more. You will admit it just like the rest of the fellows. Look "em over. Open tonight till 10 Peoples Clothing Co. "The Store of Personal Service" 104-106 THIRD ST., BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND STAKK R. J. (Dick) BELL AND, Mgr.