Morning Oregonian., January 13, 1917, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1917.
SOCIETY REFLECTS
BALLET'S SPLENDOR
ALEXANDER CASE IS
ENLIVENED BY TILT
DREAMY MUSIC AND PRETTY
GIRLS TRANSPORT AUDIENCE
Ballet Russe Passes From One Mood to Another Quickly, but Most Beau
tiful of All Is Wild Play Without Words.
Boys' Norfolk Suits
Portland Men, Well Groomed,
and Damsels, Vie With
. Matrons at Heilig.
VIVID HUES DECK BOXES
Uatsfs Stage Art Challenged
Audience With Stunning Ef
fects Balcony as Well
as Pit Sparkles.
In
BY GERTRUDE P. CORBETT.
Portland society duly paid homage to
the magnificent spectacle presented last
night at the Heilig Theater, when Serge
de Diaghileffs Ballet Russe opened its
all too short season. Motor after mo
tor car deposited beautifully gowned
women and their escorts. It was par-1
ticularly noticeable that the masculine j
element was unusually well represent-;
ed, and they formed a large propor
tion of the interested, appreciative, au
dience. The vivid blues, greens and oranges
of the famous artist. Leon Bakst, who
is responsible for the gorgeous scen
ery and costilmln of the ballet, were
reflected in the handsome wraps and
gowns of the much-impressed audience.
Sparkling and distingue appropriately
describes the assemblage at the open
ing of the ballet. Portland women
have rarely shown to such advantage
as in their stunning evening gowns,
their beautifully coiffed heads, topping
luxurious fur-trimmed wraps, jewels,
scintillating gowns, all bespoke an en
thralled audience.
Balcony and Pit Brilliant.
It was an audience unrivaled in so
cial Importance, smartness of attire and
thorough appreciation. Box parties
were the order of the evening, although
society proper did not confine them
selves to this particular viewpoint, the
balcony holding as distinctive an as
semblage as tne pit and boxes.
Another noticeable feature among
the audience was the appearance of
the little maids who will be future
belles of society, the special privilege
of attending a brilliant evening per
formance being granted the ad3 and
lassies who are devotees of interpre
tative or esthetic dancing. They were
allowed to don their smartest party
frocks and participate in the entertain-'
ment with their proud parents.
One of the boxes on tne lower tier
was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Winslow
B. Ayers and their guests. Colonel and
Mrs. Henry C. Cabell. Mrs. Frank Vin
cent Dumond, of New .York, and L.
Allen Lewis. Another box adjoining
was occupied by Mr. .and Mrs. William
MacMaster, Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Alvord and Mr. and Mrs. John Napier.
Mrs. C. E. Morey and Mrs. Steers, with
Miss Shirley Eastham and Gerald East
ham occupied one of the lower boxes.
Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Rockey. Dr. an4
Mrs. Eugene W. Rockey and Dr. and
Mrs. Paul Rockey viewed the perform
ance from a box.
Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Orlano Down
ing were hosts for a box party, their
c-uests being Mr. and Mrs. Coe A. Mc
Kenna. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar R. Menefee and
little daughter Dodo also were occu
pants of one of the upper boxes.
Mrs. Charles Dierke and party were
In one of the upper boxes.
Oay Throne In Pit.
Among those noticed In the pit of the
theater and the balcony were:
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Ruggles Corbett,
3rtrs. Paul E. Froelich, Mrs. James Mur
phy, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Hart, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Wessinger, Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Hart, Mr. and Mrs. Ches
ter Griffin Murphy, Miss Claire Wil
cox, J. E. W. Stephenson, Miss Cor
nelia Cook, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Colt. Mrs.
Stanley G. Jewett, Mrs. F. N. Pendle
ton and the Misses Pendleton, Mrs.
Harry L. Keats nnd Miss Mildred Keats,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Devereaux,
Miss Amzel Samuels. Miss Mabel Weid
ler. Spencer Biddle. Miss Alice Tucker,
Miss Sophie Lawrence. Miss Mabel Law-
rfnee, Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Burrell,
Judge and Mrs. Charles H. Carey, Miss
Evelyn Carey, Mrs. Richard Koehler,
Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph E. Williams, Mrs. John F. Logan
Miss Dorothy Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Al
Lundborg. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E.
Crumpacker, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B.
Pipe Dr. and Mrs. George A. Marshall,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris H. Whitehouse,
Jordan Zan, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford P.
Lowengart, Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Wer
nicke, Miss Katherine Hart, 'Ashley
Vantine. Mrs. E. A. de Schwenitz. Miss
Helen Honeyman. Mrs. E. T. Whitney,
Miss Loretta Hardy, Mrs. G. T.
Trommald, Miss Louise Poulsen, Hilmar
M. Papst, Mrs. John Hall and Miss
Marjorie Hall. G. Walter Gates and E.
C. hevlin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ladd
. orbetr. Jur. ana Mrs. iviranam
Smith, Mrs. Theodore B. Wilcox. Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Ainsworth, Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Kerr. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt Lewis,
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Tucker, Dr. and
Mrs. Frank Kistner. Mrs. Mary F. Daly,
Miss Irene Daly, William F. Daly and !
Mrs. John Francis Daly. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Davis,
Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hawley Hoffman,
Miss Mary Brownlie, Bishop Walter
Sumner, Ray Small. Mr. and Mrs. Kurt
Koehler, Mr. and Mrs. Irving L. Web
ster. Mrs. Mark Gill, Mrs. W. E.
Bchimpff. of Astoria: Miss Mantaret
Hewett, Mrs. Rogers MacVeagh, Fank
II. Ransom, Judge and Mrs. Thomas
Carrick Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Ehrman. Miss Emily and Mason Ehr
tnan, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Fleischner, Mr.
nd Mrs. William Heller Ehrman, Mrs.
Simon Selling, Miss Jacobs, Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Cronin. Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Cotton. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bernard, Mr.
and Mrs. John Plagemann. Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Cooke. Miss Kemna Kloster
nian. Mrs. Solomon Hirsch. the Misses
Hirsch, Mr and Mrs. J. Wesley Ladd,
Mrs. Guy W. Talbot and her mother.
Mrs. Wallace. Miss Camille Dosch, Mr.
and Mrs. W. U. Sanderson. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Klosterman. Mr. and Mrs. Asahel
Bush, and Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Plimpton,
of Salem: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burke,
E. V. Hauser, Mrs. Thomas Sharpe, of
Prineville, Mrs. Gilbert Durham, Miss
Dorothy Strowbridge. Curtis Bailey,
iUiss Louise Mesick and Mrs. Alice Bar
Tett, L. L. Pokorney, and his niece. Miss
Irene Pokorney Stein, of Chicago, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Hirsch, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Wilcox. Charles S. Holbrook,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Coleman, Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Morey, Mr. and Mrs.
Barry Eastham, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Leslie Warrens, Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Ames, Mr. and Mrs. Alma D. Katz. Dr.
and Mrs. Otis B. Wight, Dr. and Mrs.
Thomas Martin Joyce, Mrs. Burke Chan
ming and daughter Joan, Mr. and Mrs,
Felix Friedlander and little daughter,
Jane, Mrs. F. C. Malpas and Miss Ethel
Malpas, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Adams,
Albion L. Gile, Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Mackay. Miss Patsey Stewart, Mrs. F.
Pangle, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Simon. Miss
Helen Simon, Miss Dorothy Gilbert Mrs.
1. r. White. Mr. and Mrs. unaries nr.
Bere. Mrs. McKinley Mitchell. Mrs. C
B. Simmons, Mrs. H. E. Thomas, Miss
Wary. Frances Iaom, Mrs, Lea Arnett,
BY JOSEPH MACQUEEX.
IT IS
siut
nevi
T IS like a dream from Homer'a Ely-
m. that fabled land of bliss and
ever-ending delight, to listen to the
dreamy music of the Ballet Russe.
One moment -we drink in a feast of
nightingale songs, in which there are
whisperings of different -degrees of
fineness. Then the mood changes. We
fairly riot in brilliant tone pictures of
barbaric color, interpreted by music
from the best in Chopin, Tachalkowsky,
Borodine. Arensky, Rimeky-Korsakow,
Glinka and Glazounow. in which the
music of the wild Russian school pre
dominates. The music was played by a splendid
symphonic orchestra of about 50 pieces
directed by that eminent Frenchman
and big music authority. Monsieur
Pierre Monteux. The latter is a little
man, but he is a perfect dynamo of
aroused energy when occasion calls
for it.
The symphony orchestra is rich, es
pecially in strings and wood-wind. The
oboe player is an artist of pronounced
merit. His tone quality is superb, and
Mrs. F. M. Warren, Jr., and Miss Fran
ces Warren.
REVAIiLiES AXD BOIjM TO DAXCE
Bewitching Beauty to Appear in
Matinee Performance.
"Scheherazade," one of the three
numbers on the matinee programme of
Serge de Diaghileffs Ballet Russe at
the Heilig today, is considered the
masterpiece of Bakst's art. It's story
is the famous prelude of the Arabian
Nights, and Bakst's versatility and
daring are nowhere better exemplified
than in it, for he is not alone the
designer and adventurer in the color
ings and costumes, but he is, with M.
Foklne, co-author of the book. The
music is the ultra-modern Russian from
Rimsky-Horsakov and the ballet Is
brought into play in every episode.
Flore Revalles, whose bewitching
beauty won instantly last night in
"Cleopatre," will be seen in "Schehera
zade" this afternoon. Adolf Bolm, whose
'Prince Igor" last night brought him a
demonstration, will be co-star with
Revalles in the exotic presentation and
the celebrated harem scene, which has
been the sensation wherever the Rus
sian Ballet has given it.
In sharp contrast to "Scheherazade"
will be the two other numbers on the
matinee programme, "Les Papillons"
(Butterfly) and "The Phantom of the
Rose." These two ballets hava been
described as "elusive poetry and per
fume." "The Phantom of the Rose" is set to
music by Weber and in it Lopokova
and Nicolas Zverew will be seen as
stars. The familiar music of Weber's
Invitation to the Waltz" is the motive
around "which a story is woven. It is
the animation of a dream of a beauti
ful girl after her return from the ball.
The dream and Its shattering are told
by the dancers. . .
Tonight's programme will offer three
new numbers of which "L'Apres Medi
d'Un Faune" is celebrated. It is an
episode choreographic by Nljinsky, set
to music by Debussy and described as
an animated decoration by Bakst con
ceived within the rigid limits of an
antique bas relief, with its central
figure a faun.'
The carnaval of Schumann, with
Pierrot, Columbine, Harlequin and
Florestan. is another of tonight's "offer
ings. "Thamar." an amazing ballet in
one scene, after a poem by Lermontow
will be presented and Prince Igor, one
of last night's triumphs will be re
peated. RUSSIAN BALLET CHARMS
(Continued From Klrst Page.)
strangeness and the glory of it all,
quite upset the boasted mental equili
brium of not a few of Portland's con
noisseurs, near and admitted.
Brass and wind and string blended
in a triumphal orgy of music, and the
senses reeled and plunged only to
drown in vast seas of color.
The programme last night resolved
itself into four episodes, "Cleopatre,"
"Les Sylphides," "Prince Igor" and "La
Princess Enchantee," each an animated
episode.
"Cleopatre," considered by many the
greatest and the most terrible of the
Russian ballets, was told beautifully
by the dancers. Mile. Flora Revalles
was the Cleopatre. the queen whose
loveliness is imperishable and has sur
vived the centuries. Gorgeously
mounted, with incidental music by M.
A. Arensky, and amazing dances by
Michel Fokine. set like a jewel in the
marvelous colors of Bakst, this Cleo
patre will be memorable for always.
The hallowed resting place of age-old
glories of the Nile has been forced to
send us warm perfumed memories and
the queen and her court and the men
who adored her, king, and slave, come
before us as flesh and blood. The pic
ture is perfect In every essential.
Mile. Revalles is Cleopatre as we have
held her in our minds' eyes, subtle.
stately, warm with amorous ambitions,
with narrow-lidded eyes, and slender
body a-quiver through soft draperies.
Mile. Revalles is actress quite as much
as dancer. And she is marvelously
feminine and fascinating. In this epi
sode Mons. Adolf Bolm appears as
Amoun and Lydia Sokolova as his Be
loved. She is a priestess of the temple,
he is a warrior. For one fleeting mo
ment of Cleopatre's favor Amoun gives
his life. In a tremendously aramatic
story based on one of Gautiers exotic
tales, and told with music and dance
quivering from hands and feet and lips
and eyes of half a hundred folk. Scen-
ically it is magnificent.
Finale la Triumph.
Its final picture is a triumph of
pantomime by the young Mile. Sokolova
as Ta-or. In a vast, deserted hall
supported by massive columns, she falls
lifeless across the body of her faith
less lover, the while the royal gallery
carries the goreous Queen of the Nile
down the sacred stream.
"La Princess Encnantee" was a di
vertissement, pleasing and delightfully
personal, an intimate "close-up" of the
artistry of the lovely Lapokova and
Mons. Waslaw Nljinsky. - The latter is
of marvelous grace. He is slim and
light o' feet, and graceful, supple and
tender as a young girl, and yet su
perbly masculine. In his body dwells
the spirit of the drama, and it is im
possible to conceive of aught more
beautiful than his leaping dance.
Lopokova Is ethereal, far removed
from the earth earthy. She is spirttuelle
in the esthetic
She radiates vitality, its joyousness
and its indestructible loveliness.
"Les Sylphides," set to wonder music
by Chopin, and Schumann, proved bal
lets of rare beauty, dainty moonbeam
fantasies set to charming melodies. No
story is told and each of as wove one
to our own fancy.
"Prince Igor" depicts the lust of bat
tie, the exaltation of victory. It is i
wild, superbly barbaric colorful thing,
a series of native dances set to the
crashing music of the second act of
Boradine's opera. The mad frenzy of
the dancers is the last thing we saw
and heard, as the final curtain des
cended, the spirits of our dead ances
tors awakened and called us back to
the days when man and woman loved
and fought and sung and danced, and
because of ltCTtruly. lived.
Is even and steady. The orchestra Is a
real joy to hear.
Each of the four ballets is different
in lyrical and orchestral message. Thus
in "Cleopatre" the music is sensuous
and depicts love and then tragedy. In
"La Princess Enchantee" the music is
fragmentary and dainty. In "Les Syl
phides" the music is dreamy, with languor-like
sentiment. Fairies nit over
the stage and dance in bewildering
mazes of greens. . reds and blues, and
the music is In like mood.
But the gem of all- for wild, bar
baric atmosphere is the wild "Prince
Igor," in which Borodine has caught
the true near-savagery of the Tartar or
Cossack. His music makes our very
souls leap to action. The blood dances
faster and we Just manage to, breathe.
We are transported far from an age of
rubber tires and dollars to a wilder,
more primeval one thanks to Boro
dine's wonderful music, so finely played
by Monteux and his orchestra.
Not one word is spoken. Not one
note is sung. Only orchestra, color,
ballet dancing and girls, girls, girls.
(I
MARY ANN" CLEVER
Washington Undergraduates
Show Real Talent.
SCENERY IS ELABORATE
Technical Difficulties Are Over
come and Several Share Honors
for Noteworthy Work Music
Given for School Orchestra.
"Merely Mary Ann" was the play
staged by the class of February, 1917,
at Washington High School last night
before a large audience. With a good
sized cast and three changes of
scenery, not to speak of a large or
chestra, the play culminates a series of
studious efforts which have been un
dertaken in the high schools for the
Improvement of dramatic productiona
Although last night's effort was pre
tentious, the zeal of the participants
overcame most of the technical diffi
culties that beset amateur performers,
who acquitted themselves to the en
tire satisfaction of their audience. The
role of the composer. Lancelot, was
portrayed by Don T. Orput, of the high
school faculty, under whose direction
the whole affair was produced.
Memb.ers of the graduating class
handled the other parts, all of them
showing a sufficient realization of the
requirements, and entering into the
spirit of the piece. The character of
Mary Ann was represented by Dorlss
Sawtell, who gave a natural and spon
taneous interpretation throughout.
The lodging-housekeeper and her
daughter were played by Ruth Worden
and Beryl Vinson, who shared honors
with Bertelle Gerboth for their rendi
tion of character parts. Peter, the
friend of the composer, was played by
Howard P. Staub, whose acting' was
thorough and clean-cut.
The high school orchestra, under the
direction of Harold Bayley, gave selec
tions and Incidental music during the
evening. Others who took part last
night are as follows:
Xan?elot. a com poser, Don T. Orput: Pe
er, tn business, Howard P. Staub: Herr
Brahmaon. a musical publisher. William B.
Banks: Rev. SamueT Smedge. a country vi
car. Bprtelle Gerboth: O'Oorman, a Sunday
oumallst, Frank Normandln: Lord Tottlne--
ham, of the Automobile Club. Lyman Cooly:
Mrs. Leadbetter. a lodging-house keeper,
Ruth Worden: Rosie. her daughter. Beryl
Vinson: I-ady Chelmer, a poor peeress. Mu
riel McKinlay; Caroline. Countess of Fox-
ell. her friend. Klla Larsh; Oladys Foxweli.
Countess" daughter, Nell Richmond; Mary
Ann. merely. uoriss t-awteii; Dick, a canary;
Howard, a footman. Frank Normandln.
Manager's staff Charles Strube. business
manager; Arthur Kuhnhausen. Walter Phll-
ps. advertising managers: Bertelle H. Ger
both. stage manager: Marian Dickey, prop
erties: William Banks, electrician: Bernlce
irouse, candy sale.
The performance will be
repeated
tonight.
GOOD SERMONS DRAW
Bean McCollister Finds Visits Also
Attract Fcoplo to Church.
Dean McCollister. of St. Sto7-,hn'
Pro-Cathedral, who was the nrlnclnal
speaker yesterday at the meeting of the
ivortnern Convocation of the Episco
palian church, held in the Church of the
Good Shepherd, said' that he regarded
good preaching, personality in the
clergymen and pastoral visiting as the
secrets of better attendance at evening
services. A general discussion followed
tne aean s talk.
Rev. Thomas Jenkins SDOke of mis
sion work and its problems. Rev. Mr.
Terrill, of Astoria, discussed "Co-operation."
Bishop Sumner yesterday addressed
the women's auxiliaries at St. Matthew's
nurcn. i ne lilsnop will leave tonight
for San Francisco to give a series of
lectures at the divinity school there.
REV. W. MORSE TO STAY
Bellingliam Pastor Extends
Visit
and May Get Call Here.
Rev. Warren Morse, who is eunnlv
lng the pulpit of Atki nson Memnrlnl
Congregational Church, has decided to
remain in Portland, at least -for two
montns. and will continue as acting
pastor until tne end or February, when.
it is stated by some of the members
that in al probability he will be called.
Mr. Morse was pastor, of the Bellinar.
ham church for four years, and was
popular in the city and amonc the
clergy. He came to Portland with the
indorsement of the Ministerial Associa
tion or 5eillngham. His mornlnsr aer
mon will be on the subject "Enlarge
ment inrougn unristian Service." At
co o clock he will, speak on "The
nanas or a carpenter."
AFTER-THEATER DANCE.
Ballet Russe Crowds . Gather
Portland Hotel Tonight.
at
After-theater dancing was resumed
at the Portland Hotel last night in the
dining-room to care for the large
crowds from the Heilig, where the Im
perial Ballet Russe is the attraction.
There will be after-theater dancing
again tonight in the dining-room from
10:30 to midnight. Adv.
Great Britain has now prohibited the
Importation of all Jewelry other than
watches and watch cases except under
license.
Mr. Alderman's Reference to
"Lies" He Has Listened
To Stirs Audience.
APOLOGY IS APPLAUDED
Attorney, However, Refuses to Ac
cept It, Declaring That Super
intendent Has Sinned Away
His Day of Grace.
City School Superintendent Alderman
threw a. bomb into the Alexander pro
ceedings last night in the Courthouse
that furnished a briefly sensational fea
ture of a scries of long, tedious ses
sions. When Mrs. Alexander testified that
she had had a conversation with a cer
tain man whom she said Mr. Alderman
characterized as a "silly old fool," Mr.
Alderman took exception to the asser
tion. "What was that testimony?" asked
Mr. Alderman, who had been writing.
Thetestimony was repeated.
"I have listened to more lies to
night " said Mr. Alderman. He went
no further. Members of the Board of
Education and his attorney stopped
him.
Attorney Demands Apolosry.
A. E. Clark, attorney for Mrs. Alex
ander, after hisses, catcalls and cries
of 'coward" had died down, demanded
an apology. He was loudly applauded.
Mr. Alexander, husband of Mrs. Alex
ander, arose and shouted:
"Mr. Alderman, get up!"
Another burst of applause followed.
The examination of. Mrs. Alexander
continued after the excitement of the
moment had died down.
At the conclusion of the hearing Mr.
Alderman apologized, saying that he
had acted under extremely provoking
circumstances. He was applauded by
the 'crowd. Mrs. Alexander joining.
Mr. Clark refused to accept the apol
ogy. "Mr. Alderman has sinned away his
day of grace," said Mr. Clark. "I be
lieve he acts not with any feeling of
regret, but because he thinks it is ex
pedient. I refuse to accept the apol
ogy." There was some applause, but
It was less explosive than before.
Demotion Declared Surprise.
For more than two (hours Mrs. Alex
ander was questioned closely as to her
knowledge of the causes for her demo-
ion and the charges following her
fight in the Circuit Court to retain her
position. She said that her demotion
was a complete surprise, that she had
never dreamed of any criticism being
directed against either her or her work.
She said she had always had the sup
port of her teachers and that they had
always treated her with respect.
As to the assertion made by Mr.
Alderman that to his knowledge no
home-makers' course had existed in the
school prior to a year and a half ago,
Mrs. Alexander said that such a course
had been in the school since its removal
to the old Lincoln High School.
When asked if she ever received any
encouragement or advice from the su
perintendent as to her work, she an
swered in the negative,' adding that Mr.
Alderman always had told her to think
of the needs of the students first and
to act as she thought best. She said
that in that she considered she had the
confidence of Mr. Alderman.
School Viewed aa Show Place.
She said that her school had been
one of. the show places of the school
district and that whenever prominent
visitors came here Mr. Alderman al
ways took them to inspect the Benson
School. There was always commenda
tion from visitors as to methods used
and the efficiency and diversity of
courses offered, she satd.
The first intimation of her displace
ment she received. Mrs. Alexander said,
was July 19. when someone called her
on the telephone and said that the
School Board was trying to knife her"
and that they intended to "spring it on
her at the opening of the Fall term.
Mrs. Alexander made investigations.
She called on T. A. Grout and C. A.
Rice, getting from each the assertion
that she would have to see Mr. Alder
man. Mr. Alderman was then East attend
ing the National Education Association
convention. When he returned she
went to him Immediately. She said she
was received with the same gracious
smile and manner that he had always
exhibited.
I told him of the rumor." said Mrs.
Alexander, "and asked him if there
was any truth in it. He told me to
return in a few days and talk over
the matter.
Other Position Offered.
I went to see him at a time he
named. He told me that he had cabled
for Miss Lilian Tingle to take my
nine. He offered me any prtncipai-
hip that I wanted and lnsiructorunipB
in high schools."
Shu aald that Mr. Alderman toia ner
he was constrained to recommend ner
demotion as a result of an insistent de
mand from three members of the Board
that the Benson School be reorganizea.
She said she afterward discovered that
there was only one signature to tne
paper asking for such a reorganization
nH that was the name of Dr. Alan
Welch Smith, member or tne eoaru.
She said that Mrs. Mary uranam, a
Biotor of- Dr. Smith, ana airs. jl.. r
Sibbald. a friend of his, had been placed
in th Ron son School at the insistence
of Mr. Alderman. She did not consider
if,-,, nnhain oualinea to teacn ana
Mrs. Sibbald. she said, had no control
over her pupils.
It was over tne cnarge mat aira
Alexander had gone beyond her au
ihnritv In discharging Mrs. Bessie Dun
can that the unusual incident of last
night's session resulted.
Neighbor Arouse S.aplelon.
Tkfra. Duncan. Mrs Alexander said,
when elected to the night staff did not
think herself qualified when sne Dis
covered the nature of the work she
waa to nerform. Mrs. Alexander told
her to take work in the day school.
Kh aald Mrs. Duncan was well satis
fied with the arrangement until E.
Protzman. a neighbor, had aroused her
suspicions. He sent a postal inspector
to the school to find out who had re
addressed the letters to Mrs. Duncan
notifying her of her appointment. Mrs.
Alexander had sent tnem to mra. Jun
can's home. It was when Mrs. Alex
ander and Mr. Alderman were speak'
in ir of Mr. Protzman that Mrs. Alex
ander said Mr. Alderman had used the
exnreaslon. "He is a silly old xooi.
The hearing will be continued next
Tuesday night.
Audubon Society to Meet.
The Audubon Society will meet to
night in rooms 309 and 310. Y. M. C A.
building, and the principal part of the
programme will be devoted to talks by
three young men. w imam Brewster,
Jr.. Thomas McCamant and W. D.
Strong, who will tell how to feed birds
in Winter. A number of pictures also
will be shown. The meeting starts at
S o'clock.
Juveniles' Overcoats in clever, manly looking models;
ages 2 to 9 years. The price range runs from $3.50 to
$8.50.
Boys' Mackinaws, 8 to 20 years, $6.50
Juniors' Mackinaw Sets, $5 to $6.50
Second Floor
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BIRD SHOOTERS SOUGHT
CniUSTMAS GIFT AIRCCSS GET
THREE BOYS IXTO TROUBLE.
lVoniB Complain. 4p Parental and la
Received With C.rsea, According
to Bimuw Society Report.
Alrguns, received as Christmas pres
ents, have brought three boys who
live on Burrage street In the vicinity
of Holman and Ainsworth avenues, to
the attention of the Oregon Humane
Society and within the arms of the
Juvenile Court. Warrants for the ar
rest of the boys have been issued by
the court on complaint of the Humane
Society, charging them with ruthless
ly Injuring and killing birds which.
during the cold weather had been at
tracted to food nooks provided oy
Mrs. J. W. Shaver. 1226 Willamette
boulevard.
Hundreds of birds would come to the
food and the three boys, "according to
complaints, would shoot Into the flock
as they were feeding. Mrs. hnaver re
monstrated with the youths, to no avail.
Seventy-five or more birds were crip
pled or killed, whereupon Mrs. t-naver
remonstrated to the parents of the
youths, and they, according to A.
Cowperthwaite. president of the Hu
mane Society, turned upon Mrs. Shaver
with curses and language not fit to
Drint."
This Is the- crueiest ana most in
human case that has come to our at
tention.' said Mr. Cowperthwaite, "and
wo will prosecute It and other cases
like it. The parents are equally re
sponsible and we will prosecute them
likewise."
KIN OF SUICIDE FOUND
Funeral of Agnes T. Fair, Killed by
Car, Xot Yet Arranged.
Arrangements for the funeral of Ag
nes Thesla Fair, who committed suicido
Thursday by casting herself before an
Oregon City electric train, at the foot
of Spokane avenue, were not announced
definitely yesterday. It was decided,
however, to take the body to the Port
land Crematorium following the service.
Mrs. Harriet Chervin and Dr. Marie
Equi have assumed charge of the fu
neral preparations. Among Mrs. Fair's
effects was found a letter from W. P.
Dorgheity, of Oilfield. Cal., ex-husband
of Mrs. Fair. A telegram to Mr.
Dorgheity brought the response that
he would assume all expense of the
funeral. The body is at Finley's.
Man Faees Iilquor Charge.
William Gaskins. who was held to
answer to the Federal grand Jury on
a charge of selling liquor to the In
. $5
Today we feature stout, sturdy Nor
folk Suits, with extra knickers, for boys
of 6 to 18 years. These are splendid
Spring Suits, offered at a modest price.
Bring the boys in today.
Other Norfolk Suits are here in gener
ous variety, priced from 6.50 to $15.
Juveniles' Wool Suits are shown in"a
styles, in ages 2 to 9 years, priced from $3.95 upwards.
Boys' Overcoats, in heavy, stylish fabrics, are shown in all
ages from 10 to 18 years. Moderately priced from $8.50
upwards.
enoemn
or
Morrison at Touvth
dians at a preliminary hearing at
Klamath Falls, is being brought to
Portland to await the action of that
body, according to advices received
yesterday by Deputy United States
District Attorney Rankin.
Gaskins Is said to have been bring
ing liquor into the state and peddling
it among the Indians on the Klamath
reservation.
WIFE-DESERTER TO PAY
Josepli Snlrley Sentenced to Year
in Jail, but Paroled.
Joseph Shirley, who deserted his
wife, Frances, and child to go to
Chehalls last April, telling them be
wan through with them for good and
that a divorce would be welcomed by
him. was sentenced to a year In the
County Jail for non-support by Circuit
Judge Gantenbein yesterday and then
paroled on condition that he pay $20
a month to his wife for the support of
herself and child.
When arrested in Portland December
21 Shirley had 13tf and a quart bottle
of alcohol in his pockets.
Xcw Chopmlll Company Formed.
PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 12. fSpecial.)
A new corporation, to be known as
H. G. Blydensteln & Co.. has been
formed in Pendleton to conduct a chop
mill business and manufacture Blyden
stein's self-rising flour and dietary
flour. The company has purchased the
West End Chopmlll. F. A. Michael.
Georsre Peehler and H. fi. Blydenslein
u o t
. AVVLTAJ OAVAA
The favorite place for Fortlanders to entertain
their friends.
TODAY
Oregon Civic League Luncheon in Gold Room.
Grade Teachers' Assn. Luncheon in Assembly Hall.
THE ARCADIAN GARDENS
Business Men's Luncheon, 11:30 A. M. to 2
Table d'Hote $1.00 Dinner, 5:30 to 8 P. M.
A la carte service until midnight.
CffiLf. DANCING EVERY NIGHT. &iD
Music by the Royal Purple Orchestra. wjlpj
dL ,
You may
be famous
your cooking, or
just a "beginner"
In Either Case
R H Baking Powder
will help you.
Its goodness
recommends
it.
number of attractive
compose the company A good-sized
warehouse Is soon to be built adjoining
the mill.
Beware the Cold
Storage Egg! In his
work on food and dietetics
Doctor Robert Hutchison
says, "the absence of carbo
hydrates prevents eggs
from being- in any sense a
complete food. This refers
to the fresh egg the egg
- with a clean bill of health.
What would the Doctor
say of the modern cold
storage egg? At present
prices two eggs cost ten
cents and the egg is not
a complete foodl Some
thing must be eaten with it
to supply the needed carbo
hydrates. Two Shredded
Wheat Biscuits, with cream
or milk, make a complete,
perfect meal at a cost of
four or five cents. Made at
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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for