THE -MORNING- OREGOMAN, MONDAY, SEPTE3IBER 11, 1916. SISTER OF FAMOUS "SIWASH AUTHOR" WHO HAS BEEN PUTTING PORTLAND COLLEGE GIRLS THROUGH NATION-WIDE RELIGIO-MENTAL INVESTIGATION. COLLEGE GIRLS IS TOPIC OF SURVEY l-.".4iv'.''.,f-'MuM-ninn i-ht i f w mini i FOR HUGHES BODIES Authority to Be Forwarded 'at Once for About 30 Al liances in Oregon. S2r ' K If' rNLY R. Louise Fitch Makes Inquiry to Find Their View of Religion. MEMBERSHIP IS OVER 5000, OREGON CO-EDS QUIZZED 16 CHARTERS COMING Organization Is Development of Plan Started in 1908 to Work for Re-election of Governor Irrespective of Party. A telegram received yesterday by T. B. Neuhausen. vice-chairman of the Oregon Republican State Central Com mittee, from headquarters of the Na tional Hughes Alliance in New York City, announced that charters for about 30 branches in Oregon of the Hughes Alliance that had been formed up to September 7 will be forwarded at once and should arrive here this week. The charters are being- sent out by the president of the National Hughes Alliance, Cameron Forbes, ex-Governor-tieneral of the Philippine Islands, and by Miss Frances A. Keller, National chairman of the women's committee. Additional charters will be sent out as fast as new branches of the Al liance are formed here and the names of the charter members forwarded to New York. The work of forming these new branches Is progressing very rap idly. Although Walter L- Tooze, Sr.. of Salem, and A. A. Courteney. of Port land, organizers for the Alliance in Oregon, have been in the field only a little more than two weeks, they al ready have formed 42 strong branch Alliances in as many towns of the state. Mr. Neuhausen is much pleased at the enthusiasm with which their mission has been received. OrsaniRrra Are Bnsy, Southwestern Oregon is being organ ized this week by Mr. Tooze under the following itinerary: Sunday, September 10, Grants Pass; Monday, September 11, Gold Hill; Tues day, September 12, Central Point; Wednesday and Thursday. September 13 and 14, Medford; Friday, September 15, Ashland. Mr. Courteney, who is working in Eastern Oregon, will form a branch Hughes Alliance today at Baker, with the assistance of Frank B. Mitchell, of that town, second vice-president of the Oregon State Branch of the Hughes Alliance. Mr. Courteney will return to Port land from Baker in time to address a meeting of Republicans in Library Hall Tuesday night. He will discuss or ganization work and will relate some of the incidents in his work of or ganizing branch Alliances. Reception Warm Everywhere. Both Mr. Courteney and Mr. Tooze have been enthusiastically received in every one of the 42 towns where they have formed Alliances. Though only 25 signers of the char ter roll are required to form a branch Hughes Alliance, 302 signed the char ter roll in Roseburg. The Eugene Hughes Alliance organized with 456 chaTter members. Corvallis started with 206 charter members. Among other towns to make a similar good showing were Lebanon, with 138 sign ers of the charter roll; Brownsville, with 113 signers; Albany, 129 signers; Cottage Grove, 102 signers; Silverton, 164 signers; Dallas, 136 signers; The Dalles. 125 signers; Newberg, 155 sign ers, and McMinnvllle. 178 signers. In most of these towns the organ izers worked only one day. and in some cases less than a day. Had they been able to devote more time to it, the charter rolls in many cases would have been doubled. Membership Exccedn 5O0O. Since the formation of these branch alliances many more members have Joined. The full membership of the Hughes Alliance In Oregon to date is more than 5000, and the membership is canstantly growing. Within . a short time Mr. Neuhausen plans to have a state conference in Portland of dele gates from the various branch alli ances, at which permanent officers of the state alliance will be elected and steps taken for a vigorous campaign. Contrary to general belief, the Huges Alliance is by no means a prod uct of the present campaign. It origin ated eight years ago. In 1908, as a state organization in New York, when Mr. Hughes was Governor of the state. The Hughes Alliance was the instru mentality in that state through which many men did practical and effective work for Mr. Hughes' re-election, with out distinction as to their accustomed political affiliations. The work of the alliance at that time was a striking demonstration of the way in which, at a time of crisis, ordinary party differ ences may be subordinated and the in dependent sentiment of the state made politically effective. Development Is Rapid. Shortly after Governor Hughes ar rived In New York this year, following his nomination for the Presidency by the Chicago convention and his Immedi ate resignation from the bench, sug gestions began to come from all parts fathe state that the Hughes Alliance of ,1908 should be reorganized to give the same kind of service to him in 1916 as when he was a candidate for re-election as Governor of New York in 1908. Then from various parts of the country came the suggestion- that the Hughes Alliance be also organized on a National scale. The result has been the formation of branches of the alliance in every state in the Union. In many states clubs al ready formed have become special branches. For instance, the Women's Roosevelt League in New York has be come a branch in New York City. Move Is Nonpartisan. The Hughes Alliance is a nonparti san organization and its members come from every party. A special provision of the constitution declares that, as the alliance is an organization of voters made tip of American citizens, no branches should be known or desig nated as representing citizens of any particular foreign extraction. "Straight American undiluted and 100 per cent," Is the basis of organization of the Huerhes Alliance. The chairman of the women's com mittee of the National Hughes Alliance is Miss Frances A. Kellor. There is under formation a committee of 1000 women drawn from every state in the Union. In the National alliance it has been necessary for the women to be organized as a separate committee, be cause the alliance is composed of vot ers, and women, as yet, have suffrage in only one-quarter of the states. In the 12 suffrage states the form of organization is as the states prefer, and the form selected by the State' Al liance of Oregon is a single organiza tion of men and women together. Son of Lord Hills Killed. LONDON', Sept. 10. The report of yesterday that John Waller Hills, Unionist member of the House of Lords for Dyrham, had been killed in action turns out to have been an error. It was a son of Mr. Hills who was killed. 9 2 1. P1M i & vi s i s s s "Z MISS R. LOUISE FITCH, SISTER OF" T MODERN PRAYER AIM Episcopalian Clergyman Fa vors Revision of Service. SIMPLICITY IS ADVOCATED Rev. Thomas Jenkins Declares Tbat Any Church Which Clings to Ancient Customs Is Des tined to Disappear. ' "If you are sick and want to die," counseled the Rev. Thomas Jenkins, rector of St. David's Episcopal Church, at yesterday morning's services, "I ad vise you to send for your priest and have him read the service for the sick. I'm sure it will finish you. Why. a doctor would never knowingly permit his patient to hear it. This startling statement was but one of the many pertinent flings that en livened the discourse, which was upon "Important Issues Before the Church, treating especially of the proposed re vision of the book of common prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America. "The church that does not adapt it self to the new needs and demands made upon it is destined to disappear," declared the rector, "while these Issues, If met bravely, will bring the church into a larger sphere of usefulness." The forging forward of the Episco pal Church was marked, step by step, in the rector's discourse, both in Europe and in America. "We are face to face with another revision of the prayer book," he said. "The Christian religion cannot live and thrive without adhering to its princi ples, and one of Its principles is that its service shall be common." With these words he began his plea for sim plicity in the revision of the book of common prayer. He spoke for the elimination of va rious portions that had "slipped In by accident and remained there by tolera tion." "We ought to have more freedom," he announced in referring to another section of the service. "Why not pray for the Mayor or the Governor? I have no doubt they need it. Why should we not be free to bring into the service those things that are current and vital in our lives?" As for the Ten Commandments, the Scriptures contain two versions. The attention of the congregation was di rected to the fact that these versions differed widely in the burden of pro visos that had been attached to various commandments. He pointed out that these provisions, these afterthoughts, dealt with a mode of life that has noth ing in common with the modern, for the most part, and were merely cumber some relics of another ag "Not the least blessing of revision." he said with satisfaction, "will be a restoration of the commandments as God gave them." , "The revision of the book of common prayer will be taken up at a conference of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America to be held in the near future. Sermon Thoughts T EVOLUTIONARY Elements of Xii Christianity" was the topic of a novel sermon delivered yesterday morning by Rev. William Graham Moore in his pulpit at the Mount Ta bor Presbyterian Church. "The history of the world is the story of revolution. It is a story of an al most continuous protest and struggle against opposition and wrong. Its pages are here and there illumined with those who have dared, to lead against the heavy hand of installed au thority," he said. "I claim that Jesus Christ was the greatest revolutionist of the age. Be cause of this truth he has always been popular with the masses and not the classes. Christianity is, therefore, rev olutionary, in that it destroys all re ligions that In any way fall short of the plan of God." Rev. Mr. Moore took the stand for the masses, saying that the people had begun to assert themselves, that the war in Europe and developments of problems Jn America merely were signs of the people struggling to come into their own heritage. "When the revolution of Christ is es tabllshed,' he said, '"there will be a universal brotherhood in which all men will stand in equality. When Jesus Christ was on earth it was thought that religion was only for a few, and the masses were held in servitude and slavery. But the religion of Jesus Christ Is the revolution of the world, and the people are coming into Just - JH f 8 'fit ? & j y HE LATE GEORGE FITCH, OF GALESBURG, ILL, IS PHOTOGRAPHED AT WORK. authority. Well ' may every King tremble!" A sermon on the senses was that of Rev. Thomas Anderson at Atkinson Me morial Congregational Church yester day morning. That senses were God given and should be valued as such was the general run of Rev. Mr. Anderson's interesting sermon. "Take heed of what ye hear," from the Gospel of Mark, 4:24, was his text and topic. Rev. Mr. Anderson advised his congregation to have heed of the development of their senses and souls, for in some ways the uncivilized Indian, he said, was better than the white man. "Christ desired his religion to be a sensible one," said the pastor, "and he wants us to cultivate "our senses that we may see, hear, take touch and have the best of life's possibilities." Mr. Anderson said that the movie fan who goes regularly to motion picture plays is apt to fill his mind with so many things and incidental matters that his memory may be deadened. "He-that loveth not. knoweth not God," I John. 4:8. was the text upon which Rev. E. Olln Eldrldge, pastor of the Mount Tabor Methodist Church, built his morning sermon yesterday. "A Crown Jewel Among Christian Races" was his topic. "The love of a great and rich nature Is worth having," he said. "The whole heart of a true friend Is more valuable than all material riches. God is love. The truth of that is mur mured In the song of the brook and the twittering of birds. It Is wafted to us on the bosom of the wind and is heard in the rustle of the forest glade. "The story of every man's life Is the story of his love for person, principle or thing. A man capable of a great attachment is capable of a great life. Our work is monotonous only when love for It has ceased. True love knows no eight-hour day." Gateway School to Open. GATEWAY, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) Gateway public schools open Monday with Mrs. Harriet Woolsey, of The Dalles, as principal. TOM BOnSO.V'S RECITAL AT HA SOXIC TEMPLE SEPTEMBER 18. A f if I - n if Tom DolMon. The announcement that Tom Dobson will give one more public recital here before returning East to fulfill his nu merous engagements has been hailed with delight by those who attended his first recital at the Hellig Theater last January. One prominent New York critic said of. Mr. Dobson: "There is only one Tom Dobson, and, though many may imitate, none can quite reach. the captivating heights or attain the real charm of delivery that this young artist is so wonderfully endowed with." No desirable theater being available, Mr. Dobson's coming recital will be given In the Masonic Temple and will take place next Monday evening, Sep tember 18, at 8:30. His programme will be made up of numbers, many of which have been requested, and others that have been among his successes the past season In New York. - . t ' ... . . , . ... V GRIEF? NO, STYLE Fashion Decrees That Milady Appear as Mourner. FACE EVEN MUST BE WHITE Evening Gown of Somber Bluck Is Only Way One Can Copy Modes In Paris, Where Xearly Afl Women Are Bereaved. No, all those young women are not in mournlnir. Neither are they widows. Just because there are a lot of them In black evening gowns, don't be alarmed. The truth Is that fashion has affected black aa her pet hobby In ball gowns- for the season. For some time It has been conven tional for the respectful mourner to adopt a costume of black, but now that particular color signifies dash and daring. Not every woman has the cour age to wear all black, for it is apt to make her look drab. "But why are there so many black fluffy evening dresses?" was asked the buyer in one of the leading Portland shops. "I really can't give you a good ex planation," said the buyer, "but there are a great many this year; in fact, they predominate." This is the accepted reason. Paris is the fashion center of the world. This year Paris Is steeped in mourn ing. Her boys have gone to war and many have not come back. Parte Chic Despite Moaning, Maidens of gay Paree who were wont to flash and sparkle In crimson and mandarin hues are weeping for their sweethearts and brothers. They haven't the heart to be gay and dashing on the surface, so they are smothering their grief in black dull, glistening or glossy. No matter how sad and pining she be. Dame Paris cannot be out of date. She must have fashion, and so If her raiment be somber, it certainly is not out of fashion and remains chic still. So creations have been made in Parts black stunning maline lace and satin gowns and they have been exported and copied In America, That is the rea son that the Portland miss Is to be a charming picture of Illy whltness and black. "But why the whltness?" ' "Well, can't you see the Paris maiden couldn't have happy rosy cheeks when all the while she was pining for that soldier suitor? She naturally grew quite pale." Face Must Be White. There you have it. If you would wear the black evening gown and surely you can't choose anything more striking leave off your rouge. You must be like a lily In all your elory of black. A florid woman with red cheeks will perhaps be allowed to sig nify that she has wept for her sweet heart until her' cheeks and nose have become quite red. Those black evening creations are almost, without an exception, of maline and net, or heavily draped in that fluffy stuff. It softens them and adds an air of mystery, they say. The gowns are low and sleeveless. But as if to affect modesty some have kimono-like sleeves of sheer fine lace. Here and there in the black gown is a glimmer of gold or silver cloth, and some with a satin body are embroidered in silver or gold. One throws defiance at the Initial motif of black and flaunts a whole under dress wide and flaring of cloth of gold, all shimmering and shiny, under ad rap ef Spanish lace. A number of stunning afternoon and tea gowns are shown in black, and one boudoir wrap Is a tempting creation of old-time black lace with not a sug gestion of color. BEE DELAYS BALL GAME Umpire Finney Is Target for Keen Sting of Insect. A -plain ordinary bumblebee delayed the second game of yesterday's double bill between Portland and San Fran cisco for two minutes. In the second Inning, Just as Noyes was winding up to pitch to Billy Speaa. Umpire Finney suddenly raised his left arm aloft and Jumped out from behind Backstop Roche with as much alacrity as though he were dodging a book agent. Tearing the mask off his face, Finney slapped himself behind the left ear several times until satisfied that what ever it was that was biting him was ready for a Coroner'e Jury. His attacker proved to be a bee. ys ic Will Students Have Serious Religious Be liefs, She Finds, and All Is Not Fun and Frolic With Them. Miss R. Louise Fitch, sister of the late George Fitch, author of the famous Siwash stories, has Just completed the Interesting experience of putting under the X-ray of religlo-mental investiga tion the college girls of Oregon? among whom are many Portland girls. Through a series of letters, 80 per cent of which were acknowledged and answered In some detail. Miss Fitch has found out: That college life does not crack the orthodoxy of college girls to the break ing point. That the average co-ed emerges from the university with a belief in "univer sal religion," developed to a higher power in some than In others. That dogma suffers under the college spotlight. That creed Is not foremost. That fun and frivolity are really a small part of the concern of the aver age college girl. And, last but not least, that the in fluence of a strong personality in the professor enters into the cosmos of the average college girl with a marked de gree of evidence. Search In at Ion-Wide. Miss Filch, whose home is at Gales burg, 111., and who Is president of the Delta Delta Delta woman's fraternity, has interviewed any number of Port land girls during the Summer while she has been at Eugene working on a spe cial thesis for the University of Colo rado dealing with college girls' life. Her Investigation has been nation-wide. Se has visited 70 Institutions as head of her fraternity and it was while in the visiting tour that she decided to write her thesis In connection with her work with the University of Colorado, where she has studied for her Ph. D. degree. Here Is what Miss Fitch said of Ore gon girls in particular and of college girls as a whole: "College life does not cause a girl to lose her religious sense. She broadens from a narrow, orthodox, childish be liever to a believer of the universal re ligion In its broadest sense, irrespective of creed or dogma. "I started out to find if college life has any effect on the religious experi ence of a girl. The general impression is that it is all fun and frivolity, but 1 find It Is quite different. She gives religious matters a greaj deal more thought than is generally Imagined. Eighty Per Cent Answered. "Many of the girls who responded are members of my fraternity. The replies are from girls in North, East, South and West. Eighty per cent answered. "In my thesis, I am also trying to establish whether there Is a difference In the religious experiences of girls In sectarian schools, where there is com pulsory chapel, from those of girls In our state universities, where there Is absolute freedom. My tabulations have not progressed far enough to answer this qnestion. "Often the religious experiences of girls of different classes in the same school are very marked, and. the Influ ence of such schools Is shown in let ters from girls of different classes. None of the girls knew I had written to others. "In certain schools the influence of some certain professor, with a strong personality, stands out. I And that during the different years, the same In fluence was exerted over members of various classes." Miss Fitch included In her investi gations girls of all possible religious denominations and those having no church . membership. WILD GOATS ARE ANGORAS Herd Sighted Huddled Under Glacial Shelf on Mount Hood. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept 10. (Spe cial.) For the past several weeks mountaineers who have made the ascent of Mount Hood have been con tradicting the statements of authorities on Northwestern natural history by re ports of having sighted wild sheep or goats high on the enowfields of the peak. A drove of the animals, near the sum mit of the snowpeak, huddled -under the shelf of a glacial precipice, was re cently seen by Hans and Paul Hoerlein, William Marshall. W. B. Arena and Ned Crawford. The mystery was explained yester day by P. H. Mohr, a young upper val ley homesteader who was In the city on business. "It's my herd of Angoras run wild." said Mr. Mohr. CLARKE BRIDGE PROPOSED Connection With Cowlitx County at Cresap's Ferry Discussed. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 10 (Spe cial.) The Commissioners of Clarke County today went to Cresap's ferry, where a conference was held with the Commissioners of Cowlitz County rela tive to the construction of a bridge across the north fork of the Lewis River, replacing a private ferry. Estimates made by County Engineer Schwarz put the cost of the bridge at $14,000. It will be 361 feet long and 109 feet In height, according to the plans. Provision for Its construction may be made in the 1917 county budget, now under consideration. Both coun ties plan to share the expense equally if the structure is built. CONTRACTOR IS IMPROVED S. Jf. Arnold, Recovering From Op eration, Is Still Very 111. The condition of S. N. Arnold, who is seriously 111 at St. Vincent's Hos pital, was said to be slightly improved yesterday .although he is not yet con sidered to be out of danger. Mr. Ar nold, who Is a member of the firm of Boyajohn-Arnold Company, contractors and consulting engineers, underwent a double mastoid operation a short time ago. The Injury which caused Mr. Arnold's Illness was sustained In Seattle sev eral weeks ago, while diving In a public bathing tank. An infection followed that necessitated the opera tion, which was performed by Dr. Ralph F. Davis. Read The Oregronlan classified ads. Opens Today at 9 o 'Clock Extraordinary Bargains in Women's Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Waists, House Dresses, Aprons, Petticoats, Kimonos, Un dermuslins, Gowns, Millinery, Middies; Girls' and Children's Wear of all Kinds; Men's, Wom en's and Children's Shoes. FREE Bulletin of Special Offerings in M. & F.'s Lower Price Down-Stairs Store at Each of Our Entrances and on Every Floor Take One. I AGIC M 49-lb. 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Bread Home-made, Whole Wheat, Graham, Rye, French and Poppyseed Twists (fresh daily) , loaf 10. Gluten Bread (guaranteed 40 per cent gluten), loaf 20. Trie Quality" Stoe of Portland LIQUOR FILM IS LIKED FLORA PARKER DE HAVEN STAR 131 STRAND OFFERING. Vaudeville Sill Attractive With Clean Comedy and Variety of Talent. A film favorite. Flora Parker de Haven, In the role of a little Salvation Army lass, delights Strand patrons in the new bill which opened yesterday. The picture story is "The Whirlpool of Destiny" and Is a strong "John Bar leycorn" recital, with talented Miss de Haven playins the part of rescuer to a man who cannot resist drink. The picture holds constant Interest. The vaudeville part of the bill offers four entertaining acts. Gillette and Hender, a musical twain, have unusually melodious voices and present their act In most attractive costumes and stage Betting Rosen's Juveniles, two clever kiddies with grown-up ability, have a dainty darffce number, with patriotic and pop ular songs. A pretentious scenic number is the headline act. It Is the Romig Musical Comedy Company, with four pretty maids in the chorus, a comedian with a sense of fun and a prima donna of striking beauty and charm. A black-face duo, which gathers laughs by the score. Is Hamilton and Deane. Both are live wires for fair. Madras School Term Begins. MADRAS. Or.. Sept. 10. (Special.) Madras Union High School and grade schools will open tomorrow. C C. Springer is principal of the high school, with Mrs. May Johnson and Miss Osee Jewell assistants. Miss Mary Harrison is principal of the grade schools with TRAIL Of the knowing traveler leads to HOTEL NORTONIA REASON: SF.RV1CF! X'ONOM V!! COALFOKIil! All contribute to your happi ness. 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Beaver, of Seattle, will preach the ordination sermon. Rev. Peringer has had charge of the local Baptist parish since last Spring, suc ceeding Rev. E. J. Judd. Lenses Will Break And when they do, re member that we can make repairs within an hour. If we made your glasses, you need only to telephone your name, and new lenses will be ready when you call. Main 182, A 4312. If you bought your glasses elsewhere, bring us the pieces and we will du plicate them exactly. This is the kind of serv ice you want. Why not get it? THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE Incorporated. 209-10-11 Corbett Bunlding.