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More Serious Town Than Port
land Would Die Tickled.
Little Ones Ask City to Make
Playground of Insanitary
Marquam Gulch.
LIPS ARE CRACKED ANYWAY
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SORDID CONDITIONS
LETTERS DESCRIBE EVILS
Bhattuck School Pupils Begin Cairl
paign to Have Disease-Breeding
Spot Made to Serve the
Xeeds of Community.
The school children of South Port
land are manifesting an active Interest
in the playground campaign for that
section, and are doing their best to
etir a sentiment against Marquam
Gulch, which at present constitutes the
only playground, for children of the
district. The children of Shattuck
School have written themes on the
subject, and as a last effort to inter
est people have sent letters to Mayor
Albee and the other Commissioners,
and the newspapers.
Many of the children have been born
in the neighborhood of the gulch, and
many have played in it from infancy
up until the time they were taught at
school, that it was dangerous and un
wholesome. Many of the children
have attended the mass meetings un
der the auspices of the South Portland
Improvement Society.
"We would like for you to improve
Marquam Gulch," writes a little fellow
from Shattuck School, "because it is
not a healthy place, for from it chil
dren catch disease and some die, while
others are quarantined." The letters
are written by -the pupils of the
Eighth B grade of the Shattuck to the
Commissioners and the editors asking
them for assistance in obtaining for
the little folk of South Portland some
sort of playground, and to rid them of
Marquam Gulch dangers. '
Sanitation Knowledge Shown.
In most of the letters the children
show a knowledge not only of mu
nicipal government, but of the popu
lation and tax rates of the city. More
over most of them show primary stage
of the knowledge of sanitation and
above all a dread for the gulch which
they term "dangerous and disease
spreading." Mike Sholkoff writes In part: "In
South Portland there are many chil
dren killed every year. The children
pick things out of the dumps and sell
them to the Junk man for 5 and 10
cents, and then have to pay hundreds
of dollars for doctor bills. A play
ground would cost about $60,000. but
that isn't much when it saves many
children's lives. Portland is the sec
ond cleanest city, but if the gulch
were gone it could come first."
"Honorable Mayor and Commission
ers," writes Harold Johnson, "I think
that South Portland should have a
playground for. the following reasons:
There is no place for us children to
play except in the streets and you
know that isn't 'safety first." Just
about the time that we have- a good
game going the cop comes along ana
chases us away. If you can't give u
a playground take away the cops. It
wasn't so bad while the cops walked,
but ypu can't tell one Ford from an
other until a cop jumps out. Just
think If you were a boy how mucn
better it would be to have a play
ground than to play In the streets. I
am willing to work for It."
Gulch Alwan Insanitary.
Pictures have been taken by Phillip
R. Epstein, who writes a letter in
.which he says: "I was born one
one block from Marquam Gulch and
have always seen it very dirty and in
sanitary. People seem nt to realize
what it means to have small children
wandering about in such a playground,
even the little ones who do not go to
school. The children are always going
through the dumps and taking things
home. The cost of making the gulch
Into a playground, as I understand it,
would take about 25 cents from each
taxpayer, a small sum compared to
the lives It would save. For 13 years
I have seen this filthy gulch. How
happy we children would be if we
only had a playground. Just think of
mothers' sadness turned into glad
ness !"
"When Mr. Hughes was here." writes
little Miss Rosie Dubinsky. "he said
Portland was a beautiful city, but if
he had seen this part, I don't think
he would have said it. I know you
want it to be beautiful. You know
we have no place but the streets to
play in. One day I was walking down
First street when I saw a little girl
about 8 years old playing In the street.
I went into a store, and when I came
out I saw the little girl right under
the car screaming. A man came up
with a machine and took the little
girl to the hospital, but she did not
live.
Playground Is Asked.
"If you help build that playground
you will save many lives. For this is
not the only accident that has hap
pened. Also many of those children
who play in the gulch get diseases and
are quarantined with scarlet fever and
other things. How I shiver when I
see that Bign! When I pass the gulch
I note a very bad odor, that is not
healthy, and I hope you will change it."
Billy Smokoon writes of the sadness
In many homes as the result of dis
ease traced to articles brought by
children from the gulch and of the
need of a playground before the chil
dren of South Portland will be able to
be at their best. He begs not only the
Commissioners, but voters to consider
the question. ,
Hyman Solko calls the gulch an
"outrage" and compares it with the
beauties of the Columbia Highway.
"It is the duty of all to help give
South Portland cniidren a playground,
he says.
A brief letter that comes to the
point at once is by Theodore Meeve,
who writes: "The people of South
. Portland want Marquam Gulch to be
turned into a playground. They want
to have a playground so that their
children will not have to play on the
streets and get run over by automo
biles, streetcars and wagons.
"Children living near Marquam Gulch
have no yard to play In, so they play
In that place, and get diseases. There
may be some small children playing
In the gulch and they may fall down
and get hurt very badly. And if you
will help us make Marquam Gulch
Into a playground we would be very
glad."
Occupant Spilled ; Auto Goes On
Charles Leipell fell out of an auto
mobile at Union avenue and Killings
worth street last night, and Patrolmen
Riley and Griffith arrested him on a
charge of drunkenness before he bad
recovered his balance. He was bruised
about the face. The police say Leipel
was one of a party driving rapidly and
that the others went on without stop
ping.
"By the birth of a boy to the wife of her
Hon. William r . mnBara, wrs. Amelia an.
Wlnfrard. age S7. of Pottstown. Pa., be
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Frontier Festivity in Barn Is
to Be Staged.
C'YADS TO BE PLAYED, TOO
Characters Immortalized by Itret
Harte to Have One More Night
of Gaiety for Benefit of
Junior Sewing-Room.
A frontier dance in a barn!
Society maids and matrons and all
the beaux of swelldom, appearing in
costumes that will make them seem to
have stepped right out of the pages of
Bret Harte's own stories!
That's the programme as outlined by
the Junior League for their benefit
party for next Thursday night, when
Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett's barn, Broad
way and Jefferson street, will be the
scene of the festivity.
In all probality there will be among
those present the "Millionaire of Rough
and Ready," the "Argonauts of North
Liberty." the "Sappho of Green Springs,"
the "Two Men of Sandy Bar" and the
Three Partners."
Cowboys, ranchers, miners, Indians
and all the early pioneer-day charac
ters that come to the minds of the so
ciety folk will be represented.
The greatest secrecy Is observed so
that no one shall know how anyone
else is to be dressed. It hasn't been
determined yet whether or not "The
LASSIES MAY DECIDE
FATE ON HALLOWEEN
While Some of Superstitions of Pagan Times Have Been Dissipated, Jollity
of Occasion Has Suffered No Whit in Modern Days.
THE time of revelry, the night of
spooks and witches. Halloween,
will soon be here. For ever so
many years, no two persons quite agree
on the date of its beginning. October
31 has been cele
brated as the eve
of All Saint's or All
Hallow's Day.
Modern shop win
dows are filled with
the decorations and
favors that are in
reality a relic of
mediaeval supersti
tion, or of pagan
times. The saints
have little to do
with the case. The
games and pranks
and customs of
many years were witches Also Koam.
made strenuous for
a long time, and practical Jokes, and.
in fact, great destruction of property
found favor. Authority and common
sense have put many of these to flight,
but the merry little god of love is not
banished, and all the charms ana
graces and antics that attract his no
tice continue in popularity.
Looking in a mirror or in a fairy
pool of water, a fountain, for instance.
is sure to be rewarded by tne signt or
one's best beloved. There are certain
charms given by the witches ages ago
that are bound to work today, say the
wise ones.
Ducking the face in a tub of water
to bite the bobbing and elusive red
apple is a marvel
ous .Halloween
sport. Hat an ap
ple and throw the
long curling peel
over the shoulder.
The letter it forms
is said to indicate
the initial of your
s w e e t h eart. Al
monds, walnuts and
Sport for Any Eve. raisins are.. favor
ite Halloween refreshments that have
a linking with the old traditions.
Above all things, one must make a
wish on Halloween. If a sweet maid
wishes for a stalwart beau, perchance
across the moors will come "young
Porphyro, with heart on fire." Per
chance he will "speak, kneel, touch,
kiss in sooth, such things have been."
In some parts of the British Isles
Beau or smart Met and I'opular Belle. Cowboy and Cowgirl, to Kope in Money
for Junior League at Oance In the Corhrtt Ilnrn.
Luck of Roaring Camp" will be 'mper
sonated, but it is sure that luck will i
attend the project for the Junior
League Is one of the most practical,
worth-while of all the philanthropic or
ganizations in Portland.
Many attractions will be found in
the way of concessions, at which will
be dispensed soft drinks, candies, ices
and cakes. Jitney dances will occupy
the Interest of many of the company
and every nlckal that is gathered in
will go toward maintaining the sewing
room that will give employment to de
serving womtn this Winter.
If "the heathen Chinee" is there, and
'tis rumored he will be. he will grab
some of the dimes of the unsuspecting
guests and these dimes will be used
for charity work, for which the league
has made a name In Portland.
"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" may
play a harmless game of cards if they
don't want to dance, but It is almost
a safe bet that they will be watching
the others and spending their money
on ices for the fair sex. The school
marm and the "lady who takes in
washing" will be present and the vil
lage belle will vie with the postmistress
for honors and popularity.
Miss Isabella Gauld is president of
the Junior League. Mrs. Henry Ladd
Corbett is chairman of the committee
and among her assistants are Miss
Cornelia Cook and Miss Helen Ladd. A
score of the young society belles will
assist in the gaily decorated booths.
Halloween was known
Night." And in
these districts, woe
be unto the house
keeper who left the
larder unlocked
and the supply of
almonds or- wal
nuts within reach.
Bobby Burns in
"Halloween" says:
The old guldwife's
well hoordlt nlt
Are round and round
divided.
And mony lads and
Ia8Biea' fates
Are there that night
decided.
Maiden 1Vlnh tn
iirklo Mirror.
The name) of the
festival is said to
be derived from
halig, an Anglo-Saxon word, similar to
the German "heilig," meaning holy,
nearly equivalent to the Latin "sanc
tus." It took its origin from the convert
sion in the "seventh century of the
Parthenon at Rome Into a Christian
place of worship. The feast was celav
brated at first May 1. but later was
changed to November 1. and all-saints'
eve. or Halloween, as we now have it.
was evolved.
It was believed that the spirits
walked forth . that night and that
ghosts were every
where. It was
thought that even
the spirits of the
living could de
tach themselves
from the body and
roam abroad and see
the hearts of friends
and enemifs. Allied
to these supersti
tions on the Con
tinent were the
witch festivals' of
the G e r ma n s,
known as "Wal
purgis." A Night for Kaldn. But regardless of
the cause and history. Halloween is the
time for merry parties, for games, and
good-natured Jollity. Witches may fly
across the sky, goblins may get un
faithful swains and bad luck may come
to maidens who flirt with other girls'
sweethearts, but no matter what hap
pens, strenuous Jokes are out of date
and merriment and frivolity will reign
supreme a week from tomorrow eight.
as "Nutcrack
Mil! far fi t
BAKER STAGE TURNS
Playgoers Will See New Re
volving Scene Changes.
TICKET LINE NOW WAITS
Advance Guard of Season Seat Pur
chasers Keep Vigil Leutlin;-
Woman of Alcazar Players
Arrives in Portland.
MEMBERS OF ALCAZAR STOCK
COMPANY.
Miss Ruth Gates, leading woman.
Ruth Lechler.
Lora Rogers.
Margaret Miles Shelby.
George Webster.
Will Lloyd.
Albert McGovern. Leading man.
Charles Compton.
George Taylor.
Harold Horland.
Walter Gilbert, director.
With the approaching commencement
of the new season of the Alcazar Play
ers "In stock" at the Baker Theater,
starting next Sunday in the attraction
"On Trial, playgoers will see an Inter
esting innovation stage scenes swung
around on a revolving stage, giving
auditors the effect of looking, now and
then on a series of animated scenes,
changing with the mental and material
action of the play.
So much for tne influence of the
"movies." and the willingness of the
legitimate to co-operate.
There is much popular interest
aroused over the beginning of the stock
season at the Baker. Karly yesterday
morning tne advance guard or waiting
party of ' the ticket buyers began to
stand in line outside the box-ofl'ice, to
be in readiness to buy the first season
tickets when the sale is commenced to
morrow morning. These advance guards
have to hold places in line continuously
and. will be relieved at Intervals by
friends who will supply coffee, sand
wiches, etc.
"Say, have you heard anything about
the leading woman? What's she like?
What about the leading man?"
These and similar questions are be
ginning to be talked about by waiting
ticket buyers and their friends.
As a matter of fact. Miss Ruth Gates,
the leading woman, and. Albert McGov
ern, the leading man. are now prac
tically Portland people and will soon
be well known. Miss Gates arrived yes
terday and is at the Hotel Benson. Mr.
McGovern is expected this morning
from Chicago. Miss Gates, who comes
from New York, has pleasant person
allty and good looks to recommend her
"On Trial" is one of the big successes
in New lork City the past two seasons.
It has a famous courtroom scene, with
a climax that comes from 'a telephone
message.
Shots Fired; Pistol Left.
Two shots were fired Just outside the
home of Mrs. L. Dickey. 76 West Port
land boulevard, last night by a prowler,
who afterward hung his revolver on a
nail on the side of the house. The re
volver has been turned over to the po
lice, who are inclined to believe that
the shooting was done by one of the
residents of the place.
The first shot was fired in the yard
at 7 P. M. Later in the night a. shot
was fired outside the bedroom window
of a member of the household, who was
going to bed. The smoke filled the bed
room, and the gun was found when the
family ran outside.
Living, Chuckling Demonstration of
Adjective Funny In Its Super
lative Degree Is . Seen in
Orpheum Comedy Dill.
Funny: a. That which is droll: comical;
laughable; an'ualng. oin v ebater.
Thus speaks the late Mr. Webster.
citing no examples. for a living.
breathing, cnuckllng. laughing, shout
ing demonstration of the adjective
funny" in its superlative degree, see
this week's new Orpheum bill, which
opened at the Heilig Theater yesterday
for four days.
Those four days would be the death
of any less serious town. The whole
population would cram the showhouse
to see. laugh, and die tickled. As it
s. Portland may pull through. But no
pulsating juman can alt through the
programme without cracking his lips.
Y'simplygottalaugh!
"The Bride Shop" Is Apex.
The merry apex of a bill that is all
fun and good as gold is Andrew Tombes
In "The Bride Shop." Andrew's name
s the only doleful tJlng in the act.
He would be a farce comedy by hl
lonesome. Andrew, though, is destined
to live an active life.
He first comes up-Btage to take the
management of the "Bride Shop." an
exclusive lingerie establishment, mak
ing a specialty of bride's trousseaus.
Along comes Kllen Boyle, as Angelina
Stokes, with her haughty mother and
her fiance. Basil Lynn as Baron foiyaor
von Matfeld. to get a nice fashionable
trousseau for Angelina.
One of the er-exhilaratlng hits of this
act is a-a-a. well, a-er-shhh! a lingerie
show, on living models! Light models
and all the very latest New York sur
prises in lingerie.
The Baron is an Englishman who got
ast the censor, sowehow. without be
ing deleted. He is the best rendition of
the part seen here in many a day, too.
The encounters between him and An
drew areTea! comedy no slapstick and
none needed. The repartee is sparkling.
When Andrew finally got the Baron s
girl and her trousseau. Andrew, the
Baron and Miss Boyle, the lair Ange
lina, had to respond to seven or eight
calls to keep the enthusiastic audience
from pulling down the curtain.
Composer Slnsja Own Sonsja. .
Krnest K. Ball, composer of "Mother
Machree." "Love Me and the World Is
Mine. "Till the bands of the Desert
Grow Cold." i'A Little Bit of Heaven
Called Ireland" and other popular
songs, received a tremendous welcome
in renditions of his own songs, lie has
splendid tenor voice, and is a wizard
with the piano.
For one of his encores Ball sang
"The Story of Old Glory," one of his
recent compositions that hasn't yet
been printed. He was recalled again
and again.
Jule Bernard and Florence scartn
appeared in the comedy dialogue. "The
lale of an Overcoat," an exceptionally
clever skit, of which Miss Scarth is
also the author. The action is lively
and thoroughly amusing.
"Remnants' la Mirthful Hit.
Still another mirthful hit in a pro
gramme full of chuckles was "Rem
nants." a homespun comedy by Leslie
Bond. Elizabeth Shirley acts the part
of the manager of the woman's hosiery
department of a big department store,
and Raymond Bond is the slocking
salesman who tries to sell her an ordet
against her will. "I'm a pretty good
talker, says Raymond and he Is.
Maud Lambert, musical comedy star.
appeared to advantage in comedy song
selections and even more so when she
sang as an encore, with fine feeling.
You re the Best Little Mother That
God Ever Made," one of Ernest R. Ball's
songs.
The Geralds, gypsy serenaders, gave
a remarkable and hugely entertaining
exhibition of musical gymnastics when
they played 34 mandolins all at one
time, and performed other unusual
stunts with musical instruments.
And last on the programme, but cer
tainly not least, was a charming comedy
acrobatic act. DeWltt, Burns and lor
rence. in "The Awakening of the Toys."
with Jack-ln-the-Box. the Wooden Sol
dier, a Pierrot Doll and other favorite
toys.
ALEXANDER TRIAL RESUMES
School Teachers Show Interest in Case
of Former PrincipaL
Trial of Mrs. Alevia Alexander, for
mer principal of the Benson Polytechnic
School for Girls, on rhnrffs of tncom-
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petence and dishonesty brought by
Superintendent L. A. Alderman, will be
resumed tonight in the rooms of the
Board of Kducatlon on the' third floor
of the Courthouse.
Robert F. SlaKuire, counsel for Mr.
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