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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1917)
FRIDAY APRIL 27, 1917. 9 'DADDY LONG LEGS' WHOLLY PLEASING boulevard was thronged with automo-' T5f biles bearing; smelt fishers to the Sandy. When arrested and taken to the sta tion Mr. Buechell tried to enlist the aid STAIGE of friends in having the charge dropped and when all else failed went Monday morning to see Captain Circle and tried to get Officer Ervin "in bad" with his superiors. Mr. Buechell talked hard in court yesterday, but his fine was twice that of any other fine for speeding. Beautiful Play Is Marked by Lovely Sentiment -and Romance. Judge Stevenson has given notice that speeders will be dealt with sum marily hereafter in view of the ap proach of nice weather and the desire of every motorist to "step on the tail." "Motorists who are brought here can not expect hereafter to get a minimum fine," added the court. INTEREST WELL SUSTAINED MISSING WIFE IS SOUGHT TITE MORNING- OREGONIAN, - i ( r Artistry of Frances Carson in Kola of Judy Is Particularly Appealing Audience Gives Ovation to George Alison. DADDY lONGlEGS" Presented at the Heillg Theater. CAST. Jervls Pendleton. Georre Alison James McBrile.......roaald Foster Cyrus Wykoff ........ .Smith Davlns Abner Paraoaa. ... .B. T. Clark John Codman. .John Anthony Grlg-sB ..........J. C. Treroayne Walter Will Greiorr Mr. Prltchaird Eda Von Buelow Sirs. Pendletoa Gertrude Rivera Julia Pendleton. Gladys Wilson Sally McBrlde Ruth Tomllnson Mrs. Eemple. .... .Bessie Lea Lestlna. Maid............ Mary Stevens - Lady Trustee. ...Mrs. A. McDonald Carrie Olive Moor Mrs. Llppett. .......... ."ln Saville Fadle Kate Cecilia Sekllr Gladiola. ........... Helen McDonald Loretta. ............... May Bradley Mamie Mary Cook Freddie Perkins. . .Clarence Johnson Judy ...Frances Carson BT LEONE CASS BAER. Tt 1s pleasant to have "Da "My Long Legs." Jean Webster's beautiful play of sentiment and romance, with us again. Superlatives are really quite In order in any comment on it, both as a tory and in Its present stage version. So powerful Is Its appeal to the heart. so refreshing is its charm, so welcome Is Us simplicity, that all critical analy ses are wholly unnecessary, it not posi tively a crime. Critics there are, and legion, who will go right along- carping that plays such as "Daddy Long Legs" and "Peg o Mv Heart," with the story of Cin derella as their primal impulse, belong to a primitive stage day. If the stories are not well told, the opinion of the aforementioned carping ones would and does count for convincingness. On the contrary, if the Cinderella story Is sim Ily and beautifully expressed, and car ries force and conviction, the carpers' argument Is disclosed in all its elaring eophlstry. This is true in the instance of Daddy Long Legs." Story's Interest Sustained. A little Cinderella of the ashes, a forlorn slavey of an orphanage is the rierono of Jean Webster's story. Miss Webster brought fresh treatment to the familiar tale, its pathos never sink ing to pathos and its sentiment never straying across borders to become sen timentality. To this treatment, and the skillful stagecraft of Henry Miller, producer, is undoubtedly due the mar velous degree of interest which is sus tained constantly throughout the four big acts. Judy is the little slavey, in an or phanage. She is belabored continually by her taskmistress until one day when the trustees make their monthly visit her rebellious spirit is aroused and she makes known to them her opinion of the place, and they resent her indepen dence and plan dire punishment. Jervis Pendleton, one of the trustees, is touched by her pleading and decides to send her to college. She does not know who is her benefactor and his per tonality is shrouded in the whimsical title of "Daddy Long Legs," which she lias given him for the elongated shadow he makes upon the road as he departs. J'inally he falls in love. Judy refuses him. The curtain falls with her knowl edge that her "Daddy Long Legs" and the man she loves are one and the same. Frances Carson Is Artist. The play serves to brlnjr to our at tention the artistry of Frances Carson, whose voice is hauntingly lovely, and who invests the role of Judy with fragile beauty, a wistful tenderness and a. naturalness of method which makes her characterization particularly ap Xiealing. George Alison was criven s prolonged, and sincere ovation when he eppeared as "Daddy Long Legs." His confession in the third act was a splen did piece of work. Bessie Lea Lestina contributed a fine performance of a bristling, gossipy old jiurse. Gertrude Kivcrs (Mrs. Alison! rlays admirably the role of Mrs. Pen dleton, Gladys Wilson and Ruth Tonil Inson are charming as college girls and Eda Von Buelow scored as the mutual friend of Judy and her guardian. Oth ers, including four saucy, cunning chil dren in the orphanage, gave (rood ac countings in Important roles. "Daddv Long Legs" will be presented tonight. lumorrow nignt ana at a matinee to tnorrow. FESTIVAL MORAL IS SEEN Jliss Burke Tolls of Sweet Pea Fes- tival as Verdun Is Fought. A Rose Festival moral was pointed y Miss Kathleen Burke, the Scottish Ked Cross worker of international fame end a Portland visitor this week, who spoke to the Progressive Busi ness Men's Club Thursday at lunch eon. She eaid: "German guns were pounding Ver dun last Summer when I went to that stricken city with the consent of the French government. When 1 reached Verdun, it was the first day of the annual sweet pea festival, and .with little attention, to the German shells the people were paying tribute to their beautiful flowers. Even the soldiers "had entries." President Larlmore also pointed out yesterday that r-seburg Is to have its strawberry festival, and Vancouver, B. C, its war carnival. "Why, wear crepe?" he concluded. W03IAJT DISAPPEARS OJT TRIP FROM NEVADA TO OREGON, A. W. Williams Asks Aid In Search for Mrs. Williams. Thinking; She Baa Had Mental Lapse. Mrs. Mary M. Williams., of Fallon, Nev., is sought in this city by her hus band, A. W. Williams, who is regis tered at the Hotel Perkins. Recently Mr. Williams removed from Fallon to San Francisco. It was ar ranged that his wife was to follow him, after visiting her sister, Mrs. W. ' : I " : " . --. " . i . ' I t ' f I ; V i ' ' ' ' ' Mrs. Mary M. Williams, of Fallon, KeT Who Disappeared While on a Trip to Oregon and la Now Sooght In This City by Her Husband. D. West, at Medford. Or., for a time. On April 3 the husband was advised that Mrs. Williams had left Fallon for Medford. Continued silence alarmed the hus band and he telegraphed to Medford on April 11, receiving an answer that Mrs. Williams had not arrived. The husband began his search, has tening northward from San Francisco, and asking the aid of police in every city en route. No trace of his wife has been found. It is his intention to make Portland his headquarters in the quest. At the time of her departure from Fallon Mrs. Williams drew $1100 from the local bank, taking the currency with her. Several years ago, in San Francisco, she sustained a fractured skull, and since, her husband says, has been subject to occasional losses of memory. It Is his belief that she may have wandered from her destination during one of these attacks. Mrs. Williams is five feet six inches In height, weighs 147 pounds, has dark brown hair, considerably grayed, brown eyes and a small scar at the right of the upper lip. Information concerning her will be gratefully received by the husband, A. W. Williams, who may be addressed at Portland, care of the Ho tel Perkins. WAR SERMON IS INDORSED German Sympathizer's Refusal to Contribute Offset by Others. An outspoken sermon on the. war has not hurt the coffers of the Pilgrim Con gregational Church to any extent, not withstanding an anonymous letter in which the writer told the pastor. Rev. W. C. Kantner, that he had withheld $1 which he had intended putting in. the collection box on account of the ser mon. In the last few days, following Mr. Kantner's expose of the letter, he has received two letters, one enclosing to and another enclosing 2 to make up for the $1 withheld by the anonymous letter-writer. "I made public the fact that I had received an anonymous letter in which the writer said he withheld tl from the collection box on account of my ser mon," said Rev. Mr. Kantner. "I am pleased now to state that two other letters have come in with enclosures that more than made up the difference. "Strong Talk" Results in Speeder's Fine Going Up. F. M. Buechell First Tries tTse of Influence and Then Endeavors to Injure Arresting; Officer. LL the "strong talk" that he tried M to make to Captain Circle after his arrest on a. charge of speeding availed little for F. M. Buechell. He was fined $10 yesterday by Municipal Judge Stevenson for speeding on the Randv boulevard Sunday afternoon. Mr. Buechell Is a local optician and the possessor of a car that makes good ime. He likes to oemonsirate tne power of the car, for, according to Motorcycle Patrolman Ervin. who ar rested Buechell. he was passing every thing: on the, road Sunday when the ARMY Y. M. C. A. PLANNED Cost of Work for Rest ot 1917 Is Kstimated at $3,000,000. Plans to carry the work of the T. M. C. A. into all the Army camps to be established through the mobiliza tion of the American forces were out- lined by George D. McDill, of Chicago. executive secretary of the international committee of the association, at a. gath ering of representative business men of Portland at the X. M- C. A. building last night. He said the work is being- arranged to care for an army of upwards of a million men. This, he said, .would, re quire the erection of. 200 temporary buildings at mobilization points and, the employment of 3 000 experienced men. He estimated that it would cost ap proximately $3,000,000 to carry on the work for the remainder of 1917. Ballot Measures to Be Discussed. At the North Portland Branch Libra ry and at the Montavllla School meet ings will be held tonight at 8 o'clock, when speakers from the Reed College Civic League will present the facts about and arguments for and against six of the referred measures which will appear on the ballot June 4, among them the "constitutional harmony amendment, the tax classification amendment and the bill providing for Increasing the pay of legislators. After the presentation of the measures by the speakers the meeting will be given over to general discussion. The meet ing opens at 8 o'clock. All citizens are invited. Benson Alumni Plan Dance. The Benson School Alumni Associa tion will give & Jazz-step dance tonight at Royal Arcanum Hall. Thirteenth and Washington streets. On the committee are: Lois Humphreys, Herbert Miller, Lola Lank, Carl Zenger, Florence Ol son, Irvin Kafka, Thelma Hardy, El mer Peterson. Emily Baxter, Francis Gebbte, Marearet Willing and Robert Eowen, TART .9 A. M. ATURDAY HARP' 'And there's going to be some SHOE SELLING here selling that will make you forget that shoe prices are high. This store wants a large amount of CASH wants it NOW. This cash must be raised out of the stock no other way. Changing conditions of the shoe business demand this action. If there ever was a time when one needed to economize on the price of Shoes that time is now. Footwear has doubled in price within just a few months and is still going higher much higher. Shoes that a few months ago sold at $5 to $7 a pair are selling now at $10 to $15. There's not half enough leather in the country to make the shoes needed and the war has shut off our foreign supply entirely. You know what it means higher and still higher price. BUT In the Midst of These Conditions this store, on account of business conditions, finds itself in a position where it must sacrifice on the price of its goods goods that were bought before the sharp advances goods that have never been marked up in conformity with the market, because a reasonable profit was all it ever asked or expected. But every shoe in this great stock, with the quality of which you're all acquainted, is now priced at a splendid reduction. A price easy to pay. Thousands of pairs at far less than their wholesale cost today. Supply Your Needs Now Be Here Lot 1 Women's Pumps, Oxfords and Colonials p values $3.50 to $5, bro ken sizes .00 Lot 2 Women's $4 and $5 Shoes, Oxfords, Colon ials and Pumps. vEvery material, good styles, but broken lines $1 .80 Lot 3 Women's Shoes, Colonials, Pumps and Oxfords, Patents, Tans, Kid Suede Leathers ; values $3.50 to $6.00 old prices. Styles are all staple, but lines broken I II y if 1 V Lot 4 Women's Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps. Patent, Tan, Kid and Gunmetal, Button and Lace Styles, Kid or Cloth Tops. Values at the old prices $5 to $7 $30 Women's $5.50 and $6.00 Black Kid Boots, 8-inch tops, button or lace .... Women's $7 Black Boots, 8-inch tops.. Kid $CJ0 From Seattle Daily Times, Feb. 13th. Women's $7.50 and $8.00 Novelty Boots. White, tan, brown, and black. SSBSnSSBBSBBBSl Women's $9, $10 and $12 Novelty Boots. White, ivory and black with pleasing c o m b i nation patterns $yjo Women's $10.00 English Boots. White, tan and black, with colored suede tops $8 Lot 5 Men's $3.50 to $5.00 Shoes for dress or work, broken in sizes, but whole in quality.... $0.80 v ' i ( r $pd y gx Men's $7.50 and $8.00 a -n. - n ' i-v 4U Shoes, tan or black, Eng- JJ gZ ,4U Shoes, kid or calf stock J" "sn or broad toe lasts, . S Blucher or Lace J V i LOT 6 Men's Shoes and Oxfords OA in lace and button, patents, tans, SVc.oO kids and gunmetal leathers, $4.50 J to $6.00 old prices LOT 7 Men's "N ettleton and other makes in Shoes and Oxfords, old prices $6.00 and $7.00, but worth up to $10 today $4 By C. W. SHIVELY of The Shively Selling Service 292 Washington St, Bet Third and Fourth EXCHANGES must be made before 11 o'clock forenoons. No exchanges Saturday. LITTLE LEATHER WILL BE SEEN IN SHOES IN FUTURE Somber forecasts indicate that before another year has passed America vrlll be shod in cloth, paper and rubber. Shoes made of leather from sole to top will be rare. That is to say, of course, that they will be expensive, too. A few people, with much money, may still be able to afford them, but the rest of us will probably clothe our feet in shoes and half-shoes, pumps and slippers made of leather substitutes. In a joint report Issuing from the head quarters of shoe manufacturers and shoe merchants these "proved" substi tutes are plainly recommended. There is no subterfuge about the matter. Leather is scarce and other materials must take its place. Boles will be made of rubber and fiber; a new paper composition will form the uppers and the tops will be fashioned of cloth. Such is the plan. And since it is undoubtedly the prod uct of necessity, shoes of the new ma terials will very likely be with us be fore the advent of Easter. The pros pect, as some persons view it, is grave ly depressing, but most of us, on the other hand, will bo inclined to regard the change with equanimity. It may, to be sure, upset the routine in the numerous shoe-shining "parlors" abun dant throughout the country, but that will be quickly mended, and life will flow on rmoothly as before. And our feet, no doubt, will be as neat in ap pearance and as comfortable as they were in the days when leather was plentiful and cheap. ROADS RALLY HEAR John Hartman Tomorrow Will Explain Aid to Military. GOVERNOR ALSO TO SPEAK Whole State "Will Be Represented in Rally to Support Bond Issue. Oregon City Honor Guard to Attend 'With Delegation. "How Good Roads Saved Paris From the German Invasion," will be the sub ject of a timely lecture at the good roads rally at the Multnomah Hotel to morrow. The speaker will be John Hartman, of Seattle, who recently returned from France. While there he learned that the good roads system radiating out of Paris absolutely was responsible for the successful resistance offered by the French army under General Joffre to the invading horde of Germans under General Von Kluck. General Joffre commandeered every automobile in Paris and hastened the troops over the sdperb roads to the banks of the Meuse, where the German tide was turned back. All State to Be Represented. Mr. Hartman will tell this story with much dramatic detail at the good roads meeting tomorrow. Delegates will be present from all parts of Ore gon to gain new inspiration for the $6,000,000 bond issue which is to he voted on by the people at the June election. It Is to be presumed that all who at tend the meeting will ie, in lavor of the bonds, so it would seem that the dele gates would be wasting their ammuni tion by talking "good roads" to one another, but the idea really is to gain an Interchange of views, compare notes and to lay plans for the closing whirl wind campaign. In addition to Mr. Hartman, the prin cipal speakers will Include Governor Withycombe and the members of the State Highway Commission. The Gov ernor returned yesterday from La Grande, where he attended the big stockmen's meeting on Wednesday. Bruce Dennis, manager of the good roads campaign, reports that the Gov ernor made a powerful argument in favor of the bond issue as an incident to his speech to the stockmen. . "It is the best and most constructive piece of road legislation ever put before the people of any state," he reports the Governor as saying. "It should have the entire support of the people of Oregon. I hope that there will ndt be a single vote in Union County against it." Mr. Dennis says that the sentiment In ISastern Oregon for the bond issue is growing rapidly and Increasing in vol ume. That part of the state will have large representation at Saturday's ses sion. Senator C. A. Barrett, of Athena, has advised the local committee that he will be here with an enthusiastlo group of Umatilla County people. J. W. Brewer, manager of the Com mercial Club .at Th Dalles, will head a delegation of Wasco County citizens, who will tell of ther own plans for road development, under which they recently sold $260,000 worth of bonds. Honor Guard to Attend. The Clackamas County delegation will be accompanied by a group of the Girls Honor Guard of Oregon City, who plan to take an active part fn the pro ceedings. E. J. Adams, member of the State Highway Commission, has prepared an extended and convincing report in re ply to the arguments of the opponents of good roads in the voters pamphlet. He will present this report in detail at the Saturday meeting to, supply the friends with good roads with new am. munition with which to answsc th random shots of the opposition. It is probable that his address will be printed in pamphlet form for general circulation throughout the state. The recent utterances of Senator Chamberlain in favor of good roads as an essential step in adequate military preparedness also are being sent, in substance, throughout the state as a further argument in favor of the bond programme. WASHINGTON. April 28. Resolu tions of the Hawaiian Legislature pledging support to the President and Indorsing universal military service were presented to the House today by Delegate Kalanianaole. r Clothes Confidence Mathis Clothes are gar ments that will fill the re quirements of the serious minded dresser. They are styled right, fit right and are tailored correctly. They fit into the general scheme of pre paredness to meet every demand of the man of quality and good judg Twenty to Forty Dollars Sixth Street MsT M . Wff A ci Morrison Arkansas Druggists Always Praise This Medicine For fifteen years Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root has been sold by me and It has proven to bo a medicine of value to those in need of it. 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