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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1915)
1 PAGEANT OF PEACE STAGED AT SCHOOL CHARACTERS IN ELABORATE PEACE PAGEANT AT WOODMERE SCHOOL YESTERDAY. ISSoius your opportunity to buy Hart Schaffner & Jvlarx ready-clothes at 25 off More Than 200 Children in Striking Costumes Present Drama at Woodmere. Great BIG AUDIENCE PLEASED ice TITE MORNING OliEGONTAN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1915. A Sacrif Sale Horrors of War Shown and Hurling of War .From Throne and Banish ment From Earth Depicted bv Young Performers. Pageant of Teace" was rendered yesterday afternoon and last night to large audiences in the auditorium of the Woodmere school, more than 200 children in striking costumes takins part. It was the drama of war being overthrown, and displaced by peace and prosperity, supplied by the Na tional Kducational Association of the United States. This pageant was Wood mere's part in the children's parade during the Rose Festival, but the writ ten words were rendered at the per formances at the school. Act 1 depicts the horrors of war, and the characters are war, famine, pesti lence and crime. The burden bearers are women, children, farmers, carpen ters. scientists, teachers, writers, law yers and musicians, all placed under the iron heel of war. War entered and took his place on the throne on the stage and declared. "1 am war. All nations worship me. They spend their treasure to sup port me. They train their young men to serve me. I rule the world. I am war." Subjects Ordered to Kill. Then war commands his subjects to kill. kill. Act 2, shows the return of peace. The characters in this act are justice peace, wisdom and prosperity. Heroes and heroines of peace are explorers. nremen. policemen, nurses, coast guardsmen, bridge builders, miners and doctors, who have come with the reign of peace on the earth. Act 3. shows the judges of the in ternational court, where all interna tional questions are settled by arbi tration, showing 30 of the leading na tions of the earth attending this court. Act 4 shows Uncle Sam. Columbia and the 48 states of the Union, where peace and prosperity have held sway; and finally act 5 shows the nations of the world when at peace. War Hurled From Throne. War is hurled from his throne by Peace and banished forever from the earth. Girls enter representing the different nations of the earth, each with - the flag of a nation walking two by two Kngland with Germany, France with Austria, Russia with Japan. Greece with Turkey. Bulgaria with Servia, showing that peace has been restored on the earth and war dethroned never to return again. The performance closed with the singing of the anvil chorus, which was rendered with fine effect. . Kvery performer had an appropriate costume from the red colored attire of the trumpeters all the way through. War was dressed as a barbarian soldier of the first century. Peace was dressed in white. Anna Karagoilan Is Colombia Columbia was the character taken by Anna Karagozian, a beautiful Armenian young girl, who has been in this country for six years. Other characters were: Uncle Sam. Warren Clark; progress, Florence Noblet; heroes of peace, artist, William Schell hous: women, Verna Thornley, Majorie Smith; artisan. Edgar Chamberlain; mother. Ruth Parsons; writer, Clif ford Vaughn; wife. Beaulah Miller: son, Howard Kelleher; officer. Ward Kearns: trumpeter for peace, Glenn Wallace; justice, Millie Marcelle; peace, Arthur Hughes; wisdom, Theodore Turple; prosperity, Elsie Crawford: social service. Margaret Hughes and Robert Duncan: war, Kdwin Chamber lain; famine, Esther Baird ; pestilence, Ethel Wood; crime, Cecil Laird; trumpeter for war. Mel.n Sommer felt: those who pay the price of war, farmer, Fred Aru: wife, Eva Burdick; carpenter, Frank Sovince; mother, Net tie Snyder: teacher, Francis Johnson; dm.ghter. Bercia O'Neil; scientist, Car roll Knutson; woman with child, Orethen Merritt: musician, Albert Jjecreval: dancing girls, Perces Kara gozian and Ella Larson. It took several weeks of hard work to prepare the costumes, the work being done mainly by the teachers. Hisrh credit is given Miss Julia pooner. Miss Lora Foster, Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker and Mrs. Mayrie Hogue for the success of the rendition. Many in the audience expressed the hope that moving pictures might be made of the performance as a great object lesson of war and peace in contrast, and this may be done this week. WOMAN ON EUGENE BOARD Mrs. n. McMurphey Beats ex-Senator Bean for School Director. EUGENE. Or., June 22. (Special.) f. E. Shumway. a plumber, was elected member of the City Council last night iroin me second ward. The election was made by the Council to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Bogue. For three weeks the . -ouneumen nave sidestepped this is- .-ie, and tonight the Mayor forced a vote when another effort was made to postpone. Mrs. R. McMurphey was elected a member , of the Eugene School Board for live years. She defeated L. E. Bean. ex-State Senator from Lane County, two to one.' Her husband was a former member of the Board. The City Council named July 15 as w iison day. Vancouver Stores Damaged by I'ire VANCOUVER. Wash.. June 22. (Spe cial.) tire, which is supposed to have originated from defective wiring in the basement of the Westoff Clothing store, last night caused several thous and dollars' worth of damage before it was brought under control by the fire department. Between J1500 and f2000 worth of stock in the basement was destroyed in addition to the loss from smoke on the big stock in the store. Considerable damage was also sus tained by Bancroft & Bancroft, jewelers, ana by the Alice confection ery. , ' rM J 1 - ' - v.. -O- A- V 7 - -m y " - - ' , - I 1 c ,t-. I f. ' i 1 .w j - 4, ",WJi I : ' 7"' -T IV ilTF lii i M - i ; f if J w ma w A 'U - - ,b3 Ht if'' H' ; , )""'-" 'L,'' 1. Frank Clark Repreaientlnir Germany. S) Fred Am and Eva Burdick, Repreaentlnir the Farmer and Hl Wife. (3) Alex Smith. Representing Fine land. (4) Millie Marcelle and Arthur Hughes, Representing Justice and Peace. 45) Anna Karagoaian, Rrp reaenting Columbia. CUSS GIFT ABOLISHED XORMAL 8TIDEXTS GIVE flOO FOR LOAN Fl'SD INSTEAD. Registration Opening; Day of Summer Term Sets Record Girls Must Have Chaperons on Drives. MONMOUTH. Or.. June 22. (Special.) For the first time in the history of the Oregon Normal School a graduating class has abolished the class gift, and instead the June class has presented $100, to the school for use in starting a student loan fund. Under the plan financially disabled teachers who desire to enter the Normal may secure installments to meet cur rent expenses. After an influx of students to the Summer session of the Oregon Normal School since Saturday, the girls' dormi tory on the campus and the homes of this city are filled.. The session form ally opened this morning. Every county in Oregon, in addition to the states of California, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Nevada, is repre sented in the student body. School boards in the country districts common ly have allowed the expenses of their teachers to and from Monmouth for the ultimate good of rural instruction, while some have paid all expenses here. Student rules issued for the session provide that no woman shall ride or drive without a chaperon approved by President Ackerman, that student walk ing in most cases shall be limited to the city limits of Monmouth, and it is rec ommended that hours of study be main tained from 7:15 to 10:30 o'clock each evening. Assembly will be held daily, which all must attend. Today's enrollment is the highest for the opening of any session in the his tory of the Normal School. A delega tion of 50 Portland teachers is to ar rive shortly after the close of the school term in Portland. The ratio of men to women at the session is 1 to 12. aUwmB.uaJamMiitt'y5 Copyright Hart Schaffner & Mm of all Spring- and Summer weights. No reserves all sizes a beautiful run of fabrics. Come in and make your selections today at these prices $20 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $15.00 $25 Hart Schaffner 8c Marx Suits $18.75 $30 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $22.50 $35 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $26.25 All Blue. Black and Tuxedos Included Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison WILSON BAY IS PLANNED PORTLAND IS READY TO SHOW LOYALTY TO PRESIDENT. Display of Stars and Stripes at All Places Possible and Patriotic Con certs to Mark Tomorrow. J'ith band concerts and flag demon strations, Portland tomorrow will as sert its loyalty to President Wilson in the present crisis which be and the Nation face. Plans for the observance of the day were completed yesterday by the committee comprising: Emery Olmstead, Jacob Kanzler and Commis sioner W. L. Brewster. The principal feature of the celebra tion will be fla demonstrations. The committee has asked that flags be dis played from all buildings; that citi zens all wear small flags; that flags be given guests in the hotels, and that wherever possible decorations of flags be put up for the day. At noon a Presidential salute of 21 guns will be fired by the crew of the cruiser Boston in the lower harbor. In the evening three band concerts will be given. Municipal Park Band will play at Laurelhurst Park; the Po lice Band at South Parkway, and the Firemen's Band at Columbia Park. All three concerts will start at 8 o'clock and will be free to the public. The theaters have all been asked to run slides and special motion picture features appropriate for the day. A special request has been made that pictures of the President and the Ameri can flag be shown as often as. pos sible in all playhouses during the day. Arrangements have been made for a special display of flags at the Com mercial Club Building. Among the decorations will be a huge picture of President Wilson. Hotel managers have been asked to give small flags to all their guests. Arrangements have been made for the sale of flags in all the department stores. UNHAPPY WOMAN SUICIDE Jury l-Mnds Mrs. Eliza Cordell Xot Satisfied With Home Mfe. NEWPORT. Or., June 22. (Special.) Despondency and dislike of her home led Mrs. Eliza Cordell, 47. wife of John Cordell, of Eddyville, to take her life at 4 o'clock this morning, according to th. verdict of the Coroner's jury today. Mrs. Cordell shot herself in the heaj with a rifle. The report of the sho attracted her three children, who fonm her in the back yard. Mr. Cordell was at work at Chitwood The Cordelis came from Eastern Ore gon a few years ago and, lived at Chit wood, where Mr. Cordell worked untl last year, when they took up a homestead. Nine Marriage Licenses Issued. VANCOin'ER, Wash.. June 22. (Spe cial.) Stephen Warren, 32 years ol and colored, and Mrs. Aline Shea. 3: years old, both of Portland, were mar ried here today by W. S. T. Derr, Jus tice of the Peace. Warren gave his oc. cupation as a waiter. Eight other mar riage licenses were issued today, a: follows: George H. Tapfer, Vancouver and Lulu F. Weber, Lents, Or.; Charli Woods and Mrs. Margerie Davis, Port land; T. J. Bryan and Emma A. Grif fels. Brush Prairie; Willis Milligan au Mrs. May Higgins. Portland: R. H. Sic Williams, Portland, and Nora F. Hus ton, Lents, Or.; William M. Thompxoi and Olive M. Grisham, 17 years old Portland; Lester Holter, Bethel. 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