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THE 3IOKXIXG OllEGOMAX, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1919.
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a general air of stuffiness, due to its
being ventilated only on ceremonious
occasions. 'It has been practically
abolished in modern home designing,
in favor of the more cheerful "living
rocji," or its equivalent. If the new
institution is to draw trade it must not
be a "parlor," at least of the old
fashioned kind. The contest is an in
teresting one. The successful com
petitor undoubtedly will deserve his
five dollars if he provide a word
which meets the conditions, and which
will catch the fancy of a gregarious
and a bibulous people.
THE PORT STANDS HIGH.
The most impressive result of the
election Tuesday as it concerned Port
land alone was the emphatic approval
given the bond issue of $1,000,000 to
be used in developing the commerce
of the port. The figures yes 14,722,
no 6540 not only reveal a confidence
in the port and its management, but
are an answer to those fault-finders
who continually tell us what should
not have been done and to those others
who insist that the proper location for
the Port of Portland is 100 miles down
the -river.
There is, it is thus indicated, a wide
spread conviction in Portland that
docks and equipment and harbor fa
cilities and channel depth justify active
competition for the commerce of the
I'acific. It is believed that there Is
no reason why Portland should not
occupy a first place among the ports
of the country. There is a common
understanding as well as an expert
understanding that no reason exists
why commercial supremacy should not
be restored. The commission has now
been equipped to do that thing. The
money is placed in its hands with few
restraints. It has been entrusted with
$1,000,000 to expend as it deems best
in getting the business. The vote on
this measure demonstrated that the
Portland public has spirit and enter
prise. The several decisions as to measures
and charter amendments on the city
ballot were as they should have been
with one exception. If a mistake was
made it was in denying city employes
salaries and wages commensurate with
those paid in private employment. To
grant just increases it was necessary
that authority be given the council to
levy an additional annual tax of two
mills. That authority was denied. The
title of the amendment was, perhaps,
unfortunately expressed, for it gave
prominence to the prospective enlarge
ment of the police force and to en
largement already made in the fire
department by installation of the two
platoon system. In fact, the increase
in taxes, had it been authorized, would
have gone in far greater part to labor
ers and minor employes, long in the
city service, .who are rearing fam
ilies and struggling hard against the
mounting cost of food and clothing.
The defeat of this tax increase will
. forco a hard problem upon the city
council. Unless some drastic econo
mies can be devised there will be in
sufficient funds to continue the two
platoon system which previously was
indorsed by vote of the people, and
difficulty will be found in keeping in
the city service competent employes
in a variety of capacities.
There will be no grief over loss of
the proposal to remodel the city hall.
It is even intimated that had the
bonds been voted the council would
not have availed itself of the authority
granted. The police substations and
the police telephone system can wait
without serious inconvenience. The
expenditure of more than $1,000,000
for improvement of parks and acquisi
tion of new parks and playgrounds
ought to put Portland on a plane with
the most enterprising city of its class
as regards those embellishments and
conveniences, and there Is a ' small
crumb of comfort to the firemen, who
now face a shaky two-platoon system,
in the assurance that dilapidated fire
stations will be rebuilt or made
habitable.
"Withal, it was a satisfactory and
encouraging election in Portland.
A CALL TO CIVIC PRIDK.
Civic prtde must come to the front
for. the Victory Rose Festival. Port
land's far-famed flower fete, which
this year holds a dual identity by
being a tribute to the men who offered
their all to their country.
Hard work has been done by the
directors of this year's festival and by
their finance committee to gather the
necessary money to hold the festival
in manner designed to reflect contin
ued glory of the city and the state.
The hard work has been productive
of money, for the city has responded
well, but many have grown weary of
giving. The war has been a drain on
the financial resources of all, but the
festival offers the opportunity to
bring a golden shower to the coffers
of all.
A contribution to the "Victory Rose
Festival is a legitimate business in
vestment and with the eve of the festi
val in view an appeal Is being made
to Portland. Fifteen thousand dollars
is needed to carry through the pro
gramme. It is the duty of public
spirited men and women to respond
immediately. It is an eleventh-hour
drive to keep Portland foremost in
civic endeavors.
From Skagway to London .the world
knows Portland for its roses. It
knows Portland as the city with open
gates, the city with the 100 per cent
war record; the city of freshwater
harbor and .great shipping advantagoe.
It remains for the people of Port
land to say if this record shall be
kept intact.
IHE SOCRCE OF BOMB THROWERS.
One need not agree with Secretary
Morrison of the Federation of Labor
as to the ultimate responsibility for
unrestricted immigration in order to
agree with him that it is the source
of dynamiters and bomb throwers.
They have some American-horn lead
ers like Haywood, Debs and Mooney,
but these anarchist demagogues would
find poor material to work on but for
the jindigested millions of aliens whose
sole idea of freedom is destruction of
all that exists and erection on its ruins
of a communist Utopia on the bol
shevlst plan.
The present congress has been named
the reconstruction congress, and it
should reconstruct the immigration
laws as an important part of its work.
Men are carefully selected for admis
sion to the army and navy, they must
pass a fairly stiff examination for ad
mission to the universities, but any
able-bodied man who can read a few
lines in some language is admitted to
our industries and to citizenship,
though his head may be stuffed with
bolshevism and though he may use
his able body to make and plant
bombs. Nor after he is admitted is
anything done to make him an Amerl
can. The plain truth is that a band
of foreigners is trying to terrorize the
United States.
Vv'e need immigrants, and shall need
many more during the next few years,
but we also need laws which will care
fully select them, will shut out all
votaries .of Karl Marx and Lenine and
will compel those who are admitted
to go to school, to learn what democ
racy is and to practice It. The army
transports would be well employed if
on their return trips to Europe they
took several thousand ot the immi
grants who are already in America.
Much has been said lately to the effect
that labor is not a commodity, but
consists of human beings. That rule
should be applied to imported labor,
for much of it Is composed of most
undesirable human being?, who talk
all the latest patter about capitalism
and the proletariat and whose fingers
itch to handle explosives.
which it will try to atone after a while
by a sudden feverish resumption when
middle age has sounded its alarm.
It is obviously so much easier to
keep fit than to "come back" after
ground has been lost that it would
seem that. the propaganda of the future
ought to be addressed to those between
school and army age and middle life.
rather than to those at either end of
the string. The tendency in schools
with their interclass and interfrater-
nity activities is to broaden greatly the
opportunity for physical development
of every student. lr. Sargt-nt would
make gymnasium exercise compulsory
instead of optional. As a matter of
fact nn increasing number of schools
are already doing this. But the stu
dent faces his critical period after he
leaves school and becomes engrossed
with the task of "getting ahead in the
world." Bo with the young soldier just
returning to civil life.
The ancients were right in teaching
the sacredness of the body and the
duty of preserving health. Something
akin to this philosophy is needed now
And a good deal of resolution is needed.
too, to keep from relapsing into shift
less ways. Physical exercise in mod
eration, and avoidance of prolonged
strain, will mean a great deal to health
later on. But excesses are by all means
to be avoided. The medical writer.
who believes that Colonel Roosevelt's
life may have been shortened by a too
strenuous regimen, also calls attention
to the'deaths in recent years of other
men once noted for physical prowess
which also convey a moral. There
were Mitchell, former aspirant for
'championship pugilistic honors, at. 69
Sheridan, champion shotputter, at 5S
Fitzsimmons at about the same age,
and Frank Gotch at 40. Gotch was an
especially conspicuous example of one
"whose marvelous physiTtie should
have challenged the grim reaper for
many years."
The indicated answer to the problem
of maintaining efficient, happy and
reasonably long life Is universal physi
cal training and formation of correct
habits in early life, maintenance of such
good habits afterward, and, finally,
avoidance of too strenuous effort in
middle age. The error last suggested
will be committed less often if the first
two precepts are consistently observed.
ANCIENT TREASURES OF 1EARMXO,
Plans already laid by eminent
scholars to go to Constantinople as
soon, as peace is made, in quest of the
treasures of learning which it is sup
posed the cellars of the mosque of St
Sophia cohlain, will have the good
wishes of f ll who have reverence for
learning, but we shall expect too much
If we count on a revival of intellec
tuality such as nearly coincides with
the capture of Constantinople by the
Turks in 1453. The spread of interest
in learningfor its own sake which
followed the Dark Ages, and which is
known to us as the renaissance, was
one of the most momentous develop
ments In history since the beginning
of the Christian era.
Nevertheless the importance of the
victory of the- Turks in the general
movement probably has been greatly
exaggerated by writers of text books.
Those who have assumed that the
flight of many medieval scholars from
Constantinople upon the arrival of
Turks was chiefly responsible for the
founding of universities and libraries
throughout Europe ignore the in
fluences which had led those scholars
to assemble at Constantinople in the
first instance. The Renaissance was
fairly under way prior-to 1453. The
rumblings of intellectual discontent
had been heard in the world for al
most a century.
Only the excessively optimistic will
look for a second renaissance as the
result of the delving of our anti
quarians Into the crypts to which they
ally's aid they hoped to destroy Rus
sian power 1n the Balkan peninsula
and to become supreme there. Ger
many had the ulterior purpose to make I
Austria a vassal and to use it as a
bridge for advance through the Bal
kans into Asia and Egypt, for the
appetite of that country had so grown
that single provinces could not satisfy
it: it hungered for whole empires.
Austria would be a meal, to be followed
by Turkey and Russia.. Nor had the
polyglot empire inspired the loyalty
requited to resist absorption: it had
no inherent cohesive power. Hence the
Hapsburg empire was doomed, whether
it won or lost the war.
The tyranny of the Hapsburgs, nar
row, selfish and stupid, was the cause
of their downfall. By giving their
many peoples freedom and equality.
one race with another, by federalizing
their empire, they might gradually
have blotted out racial antagonism
without extinguishing differences of
language and custom. Switzerland in
cludes people of three nationalities and
languages, but all are equally devoted
to the republic. The United States
gives equal rights to immigrants of all
nations and is molding them Into one.
Austria chose to accentuate racial di
visions and to intensify antagonism by
treating all other races as inferior to
the Germans and' Magyars. It thus
insured that when it encountered a
force greater than that which held it
together, It would fall apart through
desertion of those whom it had held
only by force. The Hapsburgs Je
pritcd themselves of the services of
the ablest men among the Bubject
races. Austria gave no inspiration to
loyal service among the ruling races,
for they patterned after their master
and were greedy, narrow and stupid.
Native Austrian generals and states
men have been noted for their incom
petence and failures, and the empire
was so poor in ablo men willing to
serve it that most of the great aristo
cratic families are descended from for
eign adventurers who exchanged their
talents for estates and fame. Hapsburg
methods repelled men of brains and
character.
The reduction of Austria to approxi
mately the area which originally held
the eastern marches is the inevitable
consequence of Hapsburg policy. The
empire would not have survived as
long as it did if other nations had not
feared the convulsion which would
accompany its dissolution. When that
convulsion came, the disjointed struc
ture fell in pieces.
Stars and Starmakers.
y Lrsse Caaa Birr.
to
X ULIUS T ANNEX is going
fcl presenting an act in make-up.
One main cause of the Egyptian in
surrection appears to have been that
British rule made the people so pros
perous that they had time to talk
politics. When Ismail Pasha ran the
country, he kept them so busy working
and paying taxes that they had no
time for anything else.
Just when Herbert Hoover tells us
that the grain crop is ample. Forester
Cecil warns us that we must plant a
new tree crop lest the next generation
go without lumber. 1 he life of na
tions is like that of men, just one
thing after another.
Twenty-two per cent ot the voters
of Portland passed several million
dollars' worth of bonds. If 22 percent
of the legislature, ID. 8 members, voted
crbout $9,000,000 out of the state treas
ury, what a howl would go up from
the people!
Some one Is blaming the professors
in many university socialist clubs for
the bomb outrages. That is wrong.
The professor always is sincere and
highminded. a little too much of the
latter, perhaps.
"Foreigners" are said to be insti
gators and participants in the bomb
will now have access. The Turks have outrages, and America continues to be
try
Ho
is also to be aided and ' abetted by
a map and a cue to point the reason
why a fellow doing a monologue gets
the laugh. The act was written by J.
Harry Connor, and the title of It is to
be "The Psychology of Monologlng."
That idea of having a map and a cue
for folk in the audienc.fi to know why
they laugh appeals to me. I'm In favor
of It for all monologues and most
sketches.
My idea of nothing to kill myself
over would be because my hair didn't
fit, and yet that's .Just what Sarah
Bernhardt a understudy did in Paris
last week. She was Mmc. Blanche
Dufrene, a well-known actress, who
held the lead in "La Danie aux
Camelias" running at the Theatre
Sarah Bernhardt, and she committed
suicide by hanging herself from a cur
tain rod In her dressing room Just
prior to the commencement of the
piece. The audience had to te ais
missed and the house has been closed.
Mmc. Dufrene often acted as under
study of Sarah Bernhardt. The cause
of her suicide was depression and acute
melancholia. She was liottced to be
very Irritable during the day of her
suicide because a wig she was to wear
in a new play displeased her,
Mile. Dazle is opening a new school
of dancing in Carnegie hall. New York.
Beatrice Kaufman, whose husband it
dramatic editor of the times, is the pub
licity promoter of tho enterprise. Dazie
is a toe dancer.
Opening dates for the Orphcum cir
cuit have been set for next season. Ours
opens August 31.
Clark Silvernail. who used to be
Baker juvenile, now has a company
of his own, called the Silvernail Play
ers, working at the theater Albert I,
in Tarls. Beverly Sitgreavcs is the
leading woman.
Eugene G. O'Neil, son of James O'NeM,
has completed a three-act play. "Be
yond tho Horizon." He is already well
known for his playlets. The new piece
will be produced this fall.
e
Frank Bacon has sold the boo' rights
to "Lightnin'"" to Harper & Grothcrs
company, tho publishers. The novelixa
tion will be rflade by a woman writer.
Bayard- Vciller, playwright. Is back
in the east after a California sojourn
of months. He is floating a friendly
project for publication of 1000 special
edition copies of the works of the late
Charles E. Van Loan at $25 each.
The popular short-story writer left
very little to his family. Subscriptions
may be sent to Veiller at the Lambs
club in New York. t
e -
The seven-months' old baby son of
Crane Wllber, leading man with the
Wilkes Players in-Salt Lake City, died
last week.
Jessie Bonslclle has tried out in her
Mid-West stock company the new piece
by Frances Nordstrom which has been
accepted by William A. Brady for Grace
George next season.
It is called "The Ruined Lady." but
the stock company used the title "Ann's
Adventure.
Just prior to sailing for the other
side Mr. and Mrs. Brady had Miss Bon
stelle put the piece on for one night
in Poughkeepsie
Those Who Come and Go.
In Other Days.
WANTED A NEW WORD.
Responses far out of proportion to
the pecuniary reward promised have
followed a recent announcement that
the managers of the city life exhibit
of the Methodist centenary celebration
at Columbus. O., would pay $3 to the
person pioviding "a word which will
do as the name of the substitute for
the saloon." Such a substitute is to be
rne of the novelties of the exposition.
Celebration headquarters have been
deluged with suggestions. It is said
that all parts of the United States arc
represented by the competitors.
But new words, which have a way
of coining themselves on occasion, do
not corns when bidden. The committee
lets it be known that among the sev
cial thousand offered there are few if
any promising candidates. It expressly
culls for a "coined word, represent
ing an entirely new start, a word
which will be "as new as tho new era
to be ushered in with prohibition."
This bars (no pun Intended) a vast
number of obvious candidates. There
is nothing new, for example, about
"The Oasis." The saloons already had
appropriated it. For that matter, the
s;i loons had overworked the term
"enfe." although they seldom dis
pensed cofte and they have been dis
guising themselves aa "buffets" for
more than a generation. The prohihi
tionists are not first in the quest for
a word conveying the idea of liquor
Icssness. The committee rejects "noolas,"
which is made by reversing the lerters
of "taloon." The saloon has met with
reverse all right enough, but the drys
want a word that won't mean saloon
even when viewed in a plato glass
mirror. "Sofateria" seems to have
friends among the judges, but it is
l obbed of novelty by "cafeteria," which
already has won a place in the lan
guage and presently will get into the
dictionaries.
Meanwhile we so on calling the in
stitution a "soft dVink parlor." al
though it is not clear why parlor
should have been picked on. The par
lor brings up memories of haircloth
' sofas, marble-topped center tables and
MODERATE EXERCISE.
One of the reasons why men in
middle life often succumb to strain,
it is pointed out by a writer in North
west Medicine, is that in the effort to
overcome the results of too close ap
plication to work" they add physical
exercise to their already oppressive
daily labors. The writer by no means
deprecates exercise as a means of re
storing bodily vigor, but makes the
point that these men "get up an hour
earlier in the morning or exercise an
hour at night or give up to gymnastics
the noon hour, which might with ad
vantage be devoted to rest." The re
sult might be entirely different if reg
ular work were cut down and exercise
taken in the time thus saved. The
fault is with the usual practice of
adding exercise to daily labor rather
than substituting exercise for part of
tho labor.
The warning thus given will be
heeded with profit to themselves by
men who, having neglected exercise
too long, try to atone for their orais-
sions by too sudden return to the
strenuous life. There is another story
to be told when they establish correct
habits in early life and continue them
always with regard for -moderation.
through life. In this respect there is
evidence that we are already Improv
ing. The present generation of middle
aged men consists of the students of
thirty or forty years ago who paid less
attention than students now do to
systematic physical development. Dr.
Dudley A. Sargent, who for nearly
half a century was director of Hem
enway gymnasium at Harvard uni
versity, has been making comparisons
of the records of a generation ago
with those of the present, and these
show that the average young man of
today has a far better start in life
than had his father.
Specifically, it is shown that in the
'SOs the average Harvard student was
67.7 inches tall and weighed 133.2
pounds. His present height is 68.7
inches and his weight 141.6 pounds,
He id at least 25 per cent stronger
than he used to be. The improvement
noted at this university is supple
mented, as records of the surgeon
general of the army show, by a vast
gain by the young men who served in
the army during the war. The millions
of pounds of added weight taken on by
these young men do not tell the whole
story. Their added strength has not
been measured, but it is known to be
large.
So the present generation of young
men has a distinct advantage over its
fathers at the start. WhetKer the ad
vantage will be maintained will de
pend in considerable degree upon
whether it preserves the habit of exer
cise formed m school and army, o
whether it lapses into carelessness, for
had too little respect for scholarship
to lead lis to suppose that their vaults
will contain many parchments that
in even a fair state or preserva
tion. Yet one of them comparable to
he lost books of Livy would be worth
good deal, and it may be that
ncient productions will be unearthed
that will divert the current of our
houghts from more recent calamities.
The past century has been a golden
ra of scientific progress, but in the
humanities we still have much to
learn from the philosophers of very
olden times.
the asylum of the scum that is not
allowed to exist where it breeds.
There was a reign of terror at
tempted in Washington one night, in
April, 1S65. The leaders were hanged.
That will be the fate of present terror
ists, if not shot in the taking.
That election-day weather would
have assured success of a republican
ticket, top to bottom, but as only
finances were Involved the taxpayer
let the other fellow do it.
THE DISSOLUTION OF AGSTRIA.
The shrinkage in the size of Austria
which will result from the terms dic
tated by the allies is a striking example
of democracy's destructive effect on
autocratic empires. From a petty
duchy established to guard the eastern
frontier of the once holy Roman em
pire, Austria grew and swelled in the
course of centuries to a great power.
By any means, war, conspiracy, matri
mony or forgery, the-Hapsburgs added
the adjoining provinces and kingdoms
to their dominions, but all these terri
tories were joined, not united as France
was united under the bourbons. The
Hapsburgs had a genius for conquest
and acquisition, but none for assimila
tion and reconciliation. Hence the
conquered provinces remained a series
of outer coverings on the kernel of the
monarchy. Worse still, they showed
an aversion tor the kernel, and under
the impact bf disastrous war they fell
off and exposed the native insignifi
cance of the dual monarchies reduced
to two small republics. Of an empire
of 50,000,000 people there remain only
an Austria of fix to seven millions and
a Hungary ot perhaps ten millions.
When free to choose, two-thirds of the
population renounce all connection
with their German and Magyar rulers.
Only force aided by cunning could
have formed such a discordant aggre
gation of peoples. Only force could
have held two-thirds of the population
in subjection to ono-third. -Its nature
demanded that it should continue to
expand in order that it might survive.
Having severed nations, it encountered
constant efforts of the free halves to
emancipate the subject halves, and
must meet these efforts by -striving to
conquer the free halves. Yet further
acquisitions were a source of danger.
for they disturbed the balance between
dominant and subject peoples. On the
other hand, emancipation of large parts
of the subject peoples from the Haps
burg yoke was a constant menace, for
they acquired power to rescue tlielr
racial brethren. Thus it became neces
sary for Austria to subdue Italy, Serbia
and Roumania lest they destroy the
empire. Italy being too strong and too
well supported morally by other na
tions to make conquest feasible, it was
dragged into an alliance, but Austria
only waited for a favorable moment to
attack tho otbor two nations.
The power of Prussia destroyed hope
of further expansion northward or
westward and that of Russia blocked I
the way to the northeast, hence neces
sity compelled the Hapsburgs to reach
out toward the southeast. There, too,
they would come in conflict with Rus
sia, but their ambition agreed with the
designs of Germany, and with their
Lloyd, George will lose his govern
ment if h 'succeeds in ameliorating
the peace terms. Great Britain's man
loss is too heavy in nearly every home
to stand concession.
The story of brutality on the bark-entine-
Puako brings back memories
of the old sea stories over which the
old men of these days gloated in their
boyhood.
Hope the bombers stay away until
Mayor Baker returns. The "force" has
enough to do with tho moral broom
and scrub brush just now in averting
the possible wrath.
Professor Tufts ot the University of
Chicago says the wife must make the
home more attractive to offset prohi
bition. Wonder if the "Prof." is mar
ried ?
If these latest bomb plots can be
stucj on Bill Haywood there will bo
great joy . in the triumph of justice,
mighty slow Tjf movement, but mighty
Bure.
When bolshevist strikers order a
premier to resign, as in the case of
Premier Norrls of Manitoba, It is the
right time for him to stay on the job.
Judging by the way congress is start
ing on railroad bills, Director-General
Hines will soon have little left to do
except run trains and lose money.
thf
iocs
St. Helens, which celebrates
Fourth as often as it comes and d
it to great advantage, too. will have a
warship from Bremerton this year.
Every fellow in the Ad club is an
original originality, and with hundreds
of them here Portland will witness the
u-ni-que incomparable.
In seven months the teachers will
get "the raise," if they live. There's
nothing like hope, unless it's more
hope.
What has become of the Kadiators,
who came down from Eugene years
agone and showed us the proper caper?
A small sum is needed to assure the
Rose Festival about a dime apiece
from half of us. Let all loosen.
If the council ot four today makes
reply to Germany it should be sent by
a man named l-och.
Thn Atlanta telephone strike shows
that Czar Burleson still runs true to
form.
Barney Bernard is to star alone next
season. He has been co-starring with
Alexander Carr. Bernard's show for
next season is being written by Mon
tague Glass, who has been co-author
of all of the "Potash and Pcrlmutter
shows, having organized the characters
in short stories.
Bernard was due to appear in the new
play this season, having been arranged
for him to leave the east of "Friendly
Enemies" after the Chicago run. Mr.
Glass was assigned abroad, on the peace
conference, leading to the playing be
ing held over until next season.
A San Francisco bit of gossip says
that when the Oakland Hippodrome is
completed some time in September, W.
W. Ely, Hip manager at Portland, will
be in charge of the Oakland houses
Other managers affected by the change
and moved will be Nick Pierong, from
Tacoma to Portland; Lew NewcomJb,
from the Casino In San Francisco, to
Tacoma; A. L. Bernstein, present assist
ant manager at Clunes Auditorium,
slated for Casino manager in San Fran
cisco. Marjorie Rambeau opens an engage
ment of five weeks as stock star at
the Curran in San Francisco, beginning
June Z9.
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It Is reported by Chicago gossip that
Francine Larrimore, co-star in "Scan
dal," is to marry young Townsend
Netcher, prominent young loophound
and owner of the Boston store, one of
Chicago's great department stores.
A blazing engagement ring on Miss
Larrimore's finger started the gossip,
and to intimate friends Miss Larrimore
admitted the talk was based on soma
sort of fact.
Netcher left recently for Calfornia
and Miss Larrimore has been pestering
Walter Hast to send "Scandal'' to the
Pacific coast for a run befbre taking
the show to New York. .
Corine Barker. Portland girl, whose
beauty in "Remnant," "On With the
Dance" and "Shirley Kaye" brought her
prominently before the public, has been
slated to play the female lead of the
first Hobart Henley picture.
Mr. Hsnley announces that he will be
prepared to "shoot" the first scenes
next week and meantime he is busy
completing the rest of th cast for his
first Independent production.
John Cumberland, the leading man.
and Miss- Barker head the cast in the
first of the four special productions Mr.
Henley has agreed to make for the In
dependent Sales corporation. Picture
making 'is not new to either of thtse
players. Mr. Cumberland played the
well-remembered husband in "Nearly
Married" with Madge Kerfhedy. Miss
Barker has appeared in several film
productions, her most recent picture
being "One Week of Life." Thi3 was
shownv recently in Portland and th
critics commented favorably on Miss
Barker's work.
The title of Mr. Henley's first picture
has not been made public other than
statement saying it is the scenariolsee
version of one of the most popular
works of a well-known writer. Thii
writer is eaid to be Edna Ferbcr.
Though the Florida country abounds
In game turkey, deer and bear, with
an occasional 'gator Dr. M. Sample of
Haines City, Fla., who- arrived at tho
Seward vesterday. confesses that he
never shot anything larger than a rab
bit, and that his score is one hope
lessly scrambled bunny. Dr. Sample.
accompanied by Mrs. Sample, ts now
on a tour of the United States, which
will be completed at New York about
September 1. At Haines City he grows
oranges, and during his recent visit
to Los Angeles he paid the far famed
California groves the scrutiny of an
expert- "Prettier oranges," commented
Dr. Sample, "with a clecpct tinge of
red. But. say. they can't compare with
the Florida product in fineness and
flavor. Government analysis shows our
oranges to possess SJ 1-S per cent
more of juice, and we grow only the
thin-skinned variety."
More Chinook salmon,, and larger
passed over the Oregon City falls of
the Willamette during the past month
or so, on their way to me span mine
grounds ot the upper river, than in any
previous season of recent years, ac
cording to the first-hand observations
of F. M. Brown, secretary of the Ore
gon fish and game commission, who
has been watching tho course of the
run at the fish ladders. "An immense
tonnage of ChlnooK was taken by hook
and line," said Mr. Brown yesterday.
"On a single Sunday I counted 600
boats from Oregon City down to the
dead-line below Jennings' Lodge. The
fish were running well, and a con
servative estimate of tho salmon
caught that day alone would be from
18(0 to 2000 fish. The run is dwindling
rapidly now, though fish are still be
ing caught at tho falls. But the jai-k-salmon
are on their way. and batt-fish-ermen
are beginning to make pood
catchea of these nondescript relatives
of the regal Chinook."
H. C. Swetland, banker of Chicago
and Ashland. III., with Mrs. Swetland.
Is registered at the Perkins. Back in
the corn country Mr. Swctlar.a ts some
what renowned as a breeder of rinc
livestock, and on his present visit con
fesses to an admiring Interest in the
ranching progress of tho west. When
last he visited the coast the country
was. yet in the "wild and woolly pe
riod of growth. That was In 1883. "I
am pleasantly Kurprised." said Mr. Swet
land. "by my observations on mis De
lated visit. I had heard, of course,
but a fellow must see for himself to
appreciate the strides thl3 country
has taken.
Alex Sparrow, whose job is to watch
the precincts of Crater Lake, as a mem
ber of the national parks staff, is a
recent arrival at tho Imperial. The
cerulean blue of the celebrated pond
on the mountain top is an everyday
tone to Mr. Sparrow, and the ozone
of the hills, fresh with snow and
balsam, is a fillip to life that he no
longer regards as out of the ordinary.
"The lucky stiff." observed another
guest, as he glanced at Mr. Sparrow's
chirography with its story told in one
line. - .
The vigor tf the Pose Festival rush
is already manifest in the patronage
barometers of the hotels. Several of
the downtown hostelerles have reser
vations booked for the entire week,
while all admit that demands for rooms
are sweeping In with constantly in-
crtating volume. From these indica
tions the clerks predict that the fes
tival crowds next week will make
previous assemblies in honor of the
Portland flowers look like rallies of
the populist party.
The bigger the bear and the gruffer
his growl, the keener is the pleasure
of Marion Jack of Pendleton, who
would rather hunt bruin than run for
president, and whose tally runs into
the dozens. Mr. Jack left his Umatilla
wheat ranch to Its own devices yes
terday, when he came to Portland as
a member of the state game and fish
commission, to attend the special r.eet
ing of Inquiry called by Governor Ol
cott for Friday morning. He Is regis
tered at the Imperial.
Twr(r.H Years As.
Frem The Orsonlsn of Jans 5. 191.
Denver. The strike at Cripple Creek
was stttlod yestrrdny at a conference
between C.ovcrnor Waite. J. J. Hagcr
man and David II. Moffat.
Jubilee exercises of the east sida
Y. M. C A. were held last nisht in the
Centenary church, with a big chowd In
at tendance.
The Willamette continued to rie
raoidly yestrrday and at 7 P. M
reached the 31-3 foot mark on the gov
ernment gauge, a rise of nine-tenths oi
a root in .4 hours.
. i
Tteturns from the election are coming
in from over the state with unprece
dented t-lowness, but leave no doubt ot
the triumph of the republican ticket.
Fifty Years Aire..
Krom The Or(onitn of Juno C. 1S6J.
Washington. The standing army ia
decreasing at the rate of 1000 mon per
month, so it will be necessary to -cruit
231 men per week in order to
keep it up to full strength.
Members of Multnomah, No. 2, Willa
mette, No. 1. and Protection, No. 4. en
gine companies, at meetings held Jasl
night, voted to participate in tho
Fourth of July parade.
We learn that crvps in the John Day
valley have suffered lately from
drouth.
More Truth Than Poetry.
tlj Jmnri J. Montague.
"I recall the time when there wasn't
anything on wheels that could set the
pace lor him," reminisced Phil Met
schan Jr., as he traced the signature
ot Dr. G. S. Wright of McMinnville, on
the Imperial's crowded register. "In
those days. Doc was a Salem boy. and
he was famous as a bicycle rider and
racer." Dr. Wright is McMinnville's
talented tooth-tinker nowadays, and
once represented his homo district in
the senate chamber of the Oregon
legislature.
Ed Burke, who used to pilot the
"black maris" from police headquarters
to hundreds of dramatic centers fires,
shootings, riot calls and family clashes
left the service some months ago to
become a city salesman for Armour &
Co. But the virus of gasoline was too
strongly circulated in his system, and
the old tasks tugged at him. So Burke
has opened a garage of his own on Mil
lard avenue and is again grease
grimed and utterly content.
LINKS TO LENINK.
(CoDyrlcht. inii. by Bll svnd rnt'. Tne V
(Lenine Plans World Mastery.
Headline.
So, Herr Lenine (I'll have to call you
llerr.
1 do not know the Russian word for
MiFter.
And If I did. I hardly think I'd care
To rifk my throat on such a larynx
twister)
So, Herr Lenine. as I observed before.
Like Attila, you dream of domination.'
You hop a. vvtiilo to bathe the world in
gore
And finish as the boss of all creation.
But Nick, it can't be dons.
You've got no chance to be a second
Hun.
When Attila went out to treat 'em
rough
The world believed that kings were
God's anointed;
The populace expected cave man stuff
And rulers seldom left 'cm disap
pointed. They dotted their hats to monarchs all
their lives,
it mattered not who happened to bo
reigning.
When kings stepped 'round to confiscate
their wives
They married new ones, calmly un
complaining. "She burden of their song
r.an ever thus, "The king can do no
wrong!"
But nowadays, when potentates de
clare That 'round their thrones their sub
jects ought to rally.
Tho people take 'cm by the heels and
hair
And toss 'em rudely In the nearest
alley.
No longer at a ruler's lightest nod
The peasants shout and courtier
wax ecstatic.
Though, Herr Lenine. we know you
think it odd.
This world of ours has all gone dem
ocratic. And you arrived too late
To gain the title of Lenino the Great.
Tucrt I.nrV.
When the suffrage amendment is final
ly enacted certain ladies are going to
have an extremely hard time finding
another excuse for violating the stat
utes.
Add Horrors of War.
Strange how a world struggle cal
louses people. There are thos-e among
us who take only the merest passing
interest in the result of the Willard
Dcmpscy fight.
so
It's a Beaut. Too.
Why not send James Hamilton Lewis
over to treat with Lenine? He carries
a perfectly good passport on his face.
WHY FARM HELPERS ARE SCARCE
Co-partner in one of the most famous
gold mines of this terrestrial sphere
is John H. Wourms of the Hercules
mine at Wallace, Idaho, who is at the
Portland while visiting with Portland
friends for a few days. The Hercules
Is of the same financial family as the
Portland Hotel, for Jerome, Eugene and
Harry L. Day, principal stockholders in
the big Wallace mine, are also the own
ers ot the hostelry at Sixth and Mor
rison streets.
Touring tho Pacific northwest ana
keenly enthusiastic over clime and
scenery, is A. M. Weir of ciiton.
W. Va., now tarrying at the Hotel Ben
son, accompanied by Mrs. vvcir. Mr.
Weir is president of the Phillips Tin
plate works, a large Ohio industry
which turns out stacks of pieplatcs for
the ultimate transformation of the Ore
gon berry crop.
F. B. Waite. wh) used to sell town
lots and suburban property down at
Sutherlin, paid a business visit to Port
lsnd yesterday and Is staying at te
Imperial.
C. J. Shedds merely dittos his nam-
when he registers at the Perkins.
hails from Shedds. Or., where tho fam
ily lent the town its water-proof
moniker.
One Telia of Conditions That Caused
Him to Come to City.
ror.TLAND, June 4. (To the Edi
tor.) In answer to "Practical Farmer"
I would like to say a few things.
Being a worker I went three years
ago on a farm and, as "Practical
Farmer" says, it was a modern farm:
had a very nice house with hot and
cold water, dining room, parlor and
everything which goes to make a real
home.
The farmer's wife was very anxious
to make everything comfortable and
dinner was good and served promptly.
I never had any complaint about the
food, but here is where my farmer
failed.
I was given a bunkhouse to sleep
in. It was damp and lightless. Tho
sun could never shine into it and they
would store almost anything in it. At
fruit picking time it was converted
into a packing house. If any farm
r' helper is sweet tempered enough
to stand for these things I would lik
to hear from him. This comfortable
home did not do much to make me com
fortable. I was invited only once to
the parlor to hear some music.
The work was plentiful also, but if
I had been given Sunday I would not
have complained. I an not afraid of
work, but the idea of working from
6 A. St. to 8 P. M.. which was the time
we were through milking, for ssven
days a week did not mvke me feel very
happy. Never a chance to .read or go
around and make friends.
So, after five months. I got tired and
quit and came to town, not that my
mind is centered on pleasure. In fact
I never went to a movie and have had
but one Joyride since I came here some
20 months ago. The job I hold now
requires a good deal of backbone and
sweat, but I can make myself com
fortable. Let the farmers consider their help-
Hojers as men and not as tramps ana
trouble In securing good. M-ady men.
P PETREQLIN.
Mrs. Harry Turner and daughter.
Miss Frnaces Turner, of Butte, Mont,
are visiting in Portland at present aud
are registered at the Portland.
J. E. Somcrville. retired druggist, of
Pendleton, accompanied by his daugh
ter. Miss Evelyn, is at the Imperial
during a brief visit to Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Buffington of Pen
dleton are at the Oregon for a few days,
down from their broad acres in the
Umatilla country.
B. F. Brock, retired timberman of
Stella, Wash., is among recant arrivals
at the Imperial.
H. McKlel, whose store is the shop
ping rendezvous of Clatskanie, is reg
istered at the Oregon.
i.om-:lif.ss.
Thoualesnes Harts Art.
Washington (D. C.) Star.
"Which are the pictures in your gal
lery that you value most highly?"
"I dunno," replied Mr. Cumrox.
"Mother an' the girls told the man to
go round and takf off the price marks
I had put on 'em before 1 had time to
learn 'em by ncarl.
To mingle with a merry crowd where
voices ring and sing.
To listen to the tumult loud and heed
each passing thing;
To laugh and smile and pas3 the Jest
to keep the spirits gay.
To bo among the roisterers best in
frolic's swing and sway;
To give a band in glad applause when
others strive to please;
To be a "kindred spirit" to the vary
least of these:
To wear so well the social mask that
you suspicion cheat.
And none e'er guess your loneliness
is loneliness complete!
GRACE E. HALL.
Oar Country la Criticised.
Cartoons Magasine.
A Frenchman who had traveled a
good deal In the United States being
asked how he liked the country,
answered:
"Oh. I like see conlre ver mooch:
mais it ess ver fonny. In my contree
sere Is one religion and great many
soup, mais in asis contree. eere is onlee
one soup and ver many religion'. Cest
drole."