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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JULY 2G, 1910. FUTURE PLAYGROUNDS! OF 3000 YEARS AGO ID PARKS ARE SEEN Desert of Sinai Unchanged by : Ages of Civilization. If 7"C City Officials Survey Sites in Various Sections. nuns f':-:V-t ARAB IS STATELY FIGURE REPORTS TO BE PREPARED Bona of Arid Land Iive Scanty Life. Food and Clothing Meager, w W. T. Ellis Writes. Council Will Probably Call Public Hearing; Before Final Action Is Determined. LIVE LIFE -nnp a ttv f ' i ) A k 1 IT'S NOT PREACHMENT I ! j iirilJiNl p - IT'S NOT PROPAGANDA But What Is It? ' m You MUST Know! jV i Daaiit a n H BY WILLIAM I T. ELI-IS. Copyright. 1919, by the New York Herald Company. Ali Rights Reserved.) Copyright, Canada, by the New Tork Herald Company.) THE SINAI UKSKILT. This is "back to nature" indeed far, far back, beyond the beginnings of written history. Life here on this desert and amid the Sinai mountains is practically as it was 3000 years before the days of Moses. The only notable change is the possession of firearms or swords by the wealthier men. Otherwise the people and .their life are as they were before the first pyramids were built, the first monu ments inscribed or the first cuneiform tablets written. 'Jhere is no other such human per sistence on earth as this. Within 24 hours from a steamship or express train, with ail that it represents of modern civilization, a man may find himself back in a form of life that was ancient before the first books of the Eible were written. Almost un touched by the progress of the cen turies, unknowing and uncaring con cerning the great nations and cities that have risen to power, the Bedouin preserve their own customs, and dress, and laws, and manner of life. Their flcheme of things has at least this merit it has outlasted all others. Arab Has Dignity. As I swing slowly along upon my camel there plods in front of me old Farhan, our guide, a, venerable Arab, whose face wears lines of dignity and kindliness and whose mien is that of a. sheikh. He is proud of his respon sible post as native leader of a group of foreigners, and with tact and skill he keeps the camel drivers up to the mark of our whims and, ways. Farhan is a stately figure, although his entire raiment would not bring1 50 cents on Baxter street. His outer gar ment is a black abeyeh, or abba, old and rusty, but still a mark of distinc tion. Beneath it, rather ragged, is his galibieh, a once white garment with flowing sleeves, gathered about the middle by a leather girdle. On his feet h w ears, or else carries on his arms, two miserable scraps of leather, or fish skin, looped over by two cords, which pass for sandals. On his head is a turban cloth. That is all. Under the burning sun or beneath the chilly moon this is all of Farhan's clothes or -covering. One understands anew the Mosaic law against keeping a man's cloak overnight. Farhan's bed on the march is the sand; his equipment only his garments, a water skin and a crooked stick. He typifies the consummate Arab art of doing without. He knows how to travel light through life. In worldly goods he 'is poor beyond the worst "fears of the poorest westerner, yet he is a gen tleman, stately in carriage and gracious iri speech beyond America's hope to match. He probably never bathes, for b is world is wcl I nigh waterless. He cannot read or write and he is more ignorant of book knowledge than any 10-year-old boy in the United States; yet he is wise with the wisdom of an old, old people. His skill in handling his fellow Kclouins in and dealing with foreicners is what New York em ployers pay high salaries for and do not always obtain. T'ood Ik Scarce. My cam el boy. Derwish, is another type of A rab. Of years he possesses something less than 12. Like hundreds of generations of his ancestors before hiin, Dorwish is thin and underfed. An Arab manages to live on a small por tion of wh:tt would be a white man's rations normally; he goes to bed hungry. ! On this trip Derwish promptly attaches himself as supernumerary to Mohammed, our cook, and kitchen scraps soon fill out his meager frame. I wonder how ! ma ny American boys know that by t-racking the discarded bone of a piece' of meat there may be found within a toothsome nnd nutritious morsel? All j Arab boys know this and all dogs. His ii a ys with the foreigners perceptibly j put flesh upon the face and body of; ler w ish. His raiment was even simpler than that of Farlian: a thin cotton chemise,, tli rough wh ich his figure showed, and another nondescript rag in which he m rapped his head when the sun was high and his body when he lay down on the sands or rock at night. As he walked .Jervish sang or persisted in talking Arabic to me. He gathered t-picy plants in the mountains for me to taste or smell and the f'owers of the trail. When 1 wanted to trot my camel Derwish was tirelessly ready to run ahead of it. The capacity and endur ance of this child argued for the suc cess of I-tedouin child training. Camel Taken Tumble. Once, when descending the steep side of a - mountain on my camel, with no other members of the party within hail, 1 had a chance to test Dorwish's re Mnireefulness. With a child's heedless ness he had persisted in walking on the upper sii'.o of the narrow trail, thus f orein g the beast to t he cd ge of the precipice, and the path was of slippery atones. Smiling rather grimly to my self at the possibilities of the situa tii'n. I was brought suddenly to a sense f the realities by the forward slipping of my saddle, owing to the steep descent and somebody's failure to fasten it by the usual rope under the tail. Keeling the suddJe slide, the camel gave one of his volcanic upheav als and went down to his f ore knees and 1 went over his nerk. Fortunately, at the moment the animal's head was turned inward and 1 did not go over the precipice. Alone on the mountain, we two set about the task of reconstruction and repairs. I may have added strength to the proceedings in the lifting, tugging and tightening, but it was the amaz ing skill of the hard little hands of this boy. not yet in his teens, that really achieved the result. We finished the descent of the mountain uneventfully, to be met at the bottom by Farhan, who, with one of the soldiers, usually came to my camel at any destination to give a sort of grandstand finish to the arrival. This time Farhan was told the story of our adventure. He was horror- stricken; his exclamations and motions of lamentation that anything should have beta lien the "Hodga" in his ab sence were a musingly extravagant Straightway on level ground, within a 1 ew hundred yards of the monastery he stopped the camel, re-examined th fastenings of the saddle and made all sorts of solicitous inquiries about my comfort, and then heaped tirades upon the guiltless head of little Derwish, the one member of the party who had really burn on me jou. On the forced march back to Tor, when I insisted upon taking the camel rope into my own hand, to regulate the speed and direction of the animal as I SCETE FROSI BIG FEATURE, "BOLSHEVISM OV TRI !.. WHICH WILL OPES TODAY AT THE STAR THE A TER. play, "The Admirable Crichton," which, however, will probably not be released under that title. Jeanie Macpherson who has really written a new play founded on Barrie'a work, wrote the scenario. Major Ian Hay Beith. the famous sol dier, author and lecturer, worked with Miss Macpherson and Mr. T3eMille in an advisory capacity, on the customs and manners of the English aristocracy. TODAY'S FILM FEATtRES. Columbia Marguerite Clark, "Girls." Majestic Mitchell Lewis, "Jacques of the Silver North"; Mitchell Lewis in person. Peoples Dorothy Gish, "N'ugget Nell." Star Robert Fraier, "Bolshe vism on Trial." Liberty Bill Hart, "Square Deal Saunderson." Circle Charles Ray, "The Girl Dodger." Sunset Mack Sennett special, "Yankee Doodle in Berlin"; Clo verio bathing girls In person. Globe Nazimova, "Out of the Fog." B OLSHEVISM on Trial" is the title of the special feature which John Stille, manager of th Star theater, has been abl to pro cure for the coming week. It will open today. Wholesome comedy and an Indis putable argument for sane thinking and living are the texts of "Bolshevism on Trial." It can not be called a "problem" play for it does not preach. It does, however, take a situation such as Is be ing upheld daily by agitators as ideal and carry it through to its logical end. One of the most famous summer hostelries of the American continent is the setting for a number of scenes from "Bolshevism on Trial," which was partly filmed at Palm Beach, Fla. Beautiful scenic pictures of the tropics and of southern waters feature In the play. - The plot concerns the success of a so cialistic colony which, like the little group of Emerson's friends at the fa mous Brook farm, gathers for com munistic life on a tropical island. A pretty love story between two of the radicals who simultaneously discover the fallacy and danger of some of their former views adds greatly to th in terest. Screen Gossip. Dorothy Dalton is in New Tork where she plans to rest a bit and then make another picture. A unique bureau for the purpose of assisting exhibitors to obtain better projection on the screen has been estab lished by the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Earl J. Dennison, well known nrojection expert and engineer. will be in charge of the New York Head quarters and will pay inspection visits to exchanges throughout the country. It is now definitely announced that Thomas Meighan will play the title role in Sir James Barrie's famous satirical The hardships and oppression to which film players are subjected was never more poignantly illustrated than in the case of the young boys who ap pear in the Brlggs cartoon comedies. These comedies, based on the stories that appear in the cartoons of Brlggs, of the Tribune, show boy-life as Briggs has Interpreted it In his draw ings, and the children who enact the motion pictures have to do many things which fill their young lives with sorrow and bitterness. For instance, a few days ago one of the hottest days of the season, the boys In the company were taken to Nepera Park, Tonkers. The poor little kiddies were forced to stay in the water for more than an hour just because a scene of boys in swim ming was wanted. m Norma and Constance Talmadge are spending a 10 days' vacation at the Paul Smith Camp, in the Adirondack moun tains. Constance has written to her mother that she "figures" on having a splendid rest she "has gained five pounds, walked seven miles, caught 11 fish, and 'escaped at least six pictures she would probably have had to see in town!" Both girls will return to their summer homes at Bayside, L. I., the last of July. The Edward Jose productions are be ing made in the same building where the Norma Talmadge and Constance Talmadge studios are located. The Bel gian producer-director has selected "Mothers of Men" for his first picture, with Claire Whitney and Lumsdcn Hare in the leading roles. "Mothers of Men" is a screen adaptation from the novel of the same name by Henry Wil liam Warner and De Wttte Kaplan. Mr. Jose recently directed Norma Talmadge in "By Right of Conquest," which is the picture to follow "The Way of & Woman." Charles and Mildred Chaplin are re ceiving condolences from folks in and out of the industry in all sections of the country, over the death of their son, two days after birth. Louis J. Oasnier has signed James W. Horne to direct serials for Pathe. The first release will be "The Third Eye," of which H. H. Van Loan is the author. pace in the Brunton studios has been leased by Fairbanks and the Mayflower companies. The leases run for a long term. pleased, Derwish, a tired little boy. was for part of the day taken on the after-deck of one of our native-ridden ships of the desert. His squirming dis comfort, as, without saddle or riding cloth, he maintained himself on the rear 12 inches of the sloping spine of the lumpy beast was more amusing to us than to him. Wriggle and twist as he did, he never complained, and as we drew near to camp he would insist upon eading my camel in state. That point touched his dignity. Arahn Circa t Talkers. Last sound heard at night and first in the morning is the hum of voices of the Arabs. Their one entertainment is conversation. Movies and vaudeville have never reached them. They have nowhere to go for amusement. Talk and songs are their commonest di version. What can these men of barren vet find to discuss so interminably? That question leads us straicrht into the heart of the preservation of Bedouin traditions and lore and customs of throughout the centuries and millen niums. The tales of the elders are transmitted at campfire conversations, with young and old listening. Legends of the mountains, stories of saints and heroes, narratives of battle all arc made familiar to the ears of every Arab, nd he in turn tells them over or sings them to himself, for the Arab impro vises songs upon every topic. Without a written literature these tribesmen of marvelous memory preserve history, re- igion, genealogy, professional, social and commercial codes, as well as jests. proverbs and fairy lore, all by oral transmission. It is understandable that family and tribal traditions would be paramount with the Bedouin in the conditions of their life, even as such things are negligible in the modern American family, with its rush and in dividualism and beguilements. The Arab mind holds little, but it holds that little fast. MORE OREGON BOYS COMING Camp Lewis Tetacliment Passes Through Montana Town.. AVON, Mont., July 25. (Special.) The following named officers and en listed men from the state of Oregon passed here today en route to Camp Lewis under command of Captain E. E Vaughn, L'nited States infantry, of Portland: Senior Grade Sergeant George C. Letson, motor transport corps, and Sergeant H. Josephs, company L 418th telegraph bureau, Portland; Private Russel B. McIonaId, Scio; Private Kurtunato Monteleon, 1 2 th infantry. Salem; Private Philip Wolf. Woodburn Private John W. Reed, 60th infantry, Leland; Private Fred Parker. Gresham; Private Victor A. Smith, company B, 130th engineers, Portland; Edward M. Vanness, company B, 1 27th engineers, Willamette; Private Jacob L. White, company D, 12th infantry, Langlois; Chauffeur John H. Law, Fossil; Private Paul H. Weeks. Heppner; Private Milton R, Wild, 220th military police company, Portland; Private Roy Moud Waelty, Elgin; Private Bertie Hanley, 16 th company, 20th engineers. Bend; Sergeant Ray Mitchell; 31st aero squad ron, Portland; Private William Wein- ert, Arlington; Cook John Balas, Port land; Private Alfred B. Wallace, Hood River; Corporal Guy H. Beisell, com pany B. 12th infantry, Eugene; Private James H. Lancaster, company C, 12th infantry, rra i n ; Private Frank Tomp kins, The Italics; Cook Lester Voshell, St. Helens, and Private William P. Bell, 20th engineers, Coquille. PORTLAND PASTOR CALLED C'pntralia Baptist Chnrc-h Invites Itcv. I". Burton. CEXTRALIA, Wash., July 23. (Spe cial.) The concreBatlon of the First Haptlst church last nlpht called Rev. K. Burton, a F'ortland minister, to the pastorate of the church to succeed Rev. Henry Van Knerelen. who recently ten dered his resignation. It is not yet known whether Rev. Mr. Burton will accept. Prior to coins to Portland Mr. Burton was pastor of a church at Corvallis, Or., for 4Vi years. Before that he was pastor at Aberdeen. Rev. Mr. Van Kns;c!en. who leaves next week for Idaho, will deliver his fare well sermon Sunday. Rev. C. F. Knoll Visits Centralia. CENT R ALI A, Wash'., July 25. (Spe cial.) Rev. C F. Knoll, pastor of the Lutheran churches in Centralia and ChehaliH, who entered the army as a chaplain about a year ago, visited here this week, returning 1o Fort rourlas, Utah, where he is stationed, Tuesday nicht after attending a Lutheran con vention in Kverett. Rev. Mr. Knoll ex pects to be released from service in a few weeks and will return to Washington. Editor Seeks Better Uealth. MARSH FIELD. Or., July 25. (Spe cial.) John Juza, editor of the Cold Beach Globe, will be removed from the Curry county Beat to some interior point, where it is hoped he will recover from heart trouble resulting from an attack of influenza last winter. Mr. Juza has been in charge of the Globe for the past two years and his late illness affected him about a month ago. Mr. Juza's parents reside in Portland. Bids for Gymnasium Advertised. CHEHALIS. Wash., July 25. (Spe cial.) The state board of control is ad vertising for bids for the erection of a gymnasium at the state training school for boys at Chehalis. The last legis lature appropriated J40.000 for this pur pose. Bids will be opened August 11. Erection nf a S , n m i I n , -j tra rnr. A H. the Euperintendent of the training eiiiuui is Men unuer way. State Hospital Inmate Escapes. SALEM. Or.. July 25. (Special.) ueorge UDeressei. who was committed to the state hospital from Multnomah county in 1917. escaped today while employed as a trusty at the institu tion farm. Oberessel is considered harmless. Proposed sites for future parks and playgrounds in Portland were surveyed yesterday by City Commissioner Pier, in charge of the park bureau, and Park Superintendent Keyser. sites In Alblna. St. Johns, Wood lawn. Alberta. Irying ton. Rose City Park, the central east side and Lents were viewed. To com plete the survey, proposed sites in Mon tavilla and the district between the Sandy boulevard and East Olisan street, beyond East Fiftieth street, will also be viewed. The city officials were accompanied by a committee composed of nan k-.i. latwr. Rev. John Dawson and W. H. Fowler, who represented the general commitee which campaigned in behalf of the successful measure which au thorized the expenditure of lr.oo.000 for Playground and park sltts. W. J. Hof mann and Charles H. Cheney, the lat ter consultant to the cltv nlinninF commission, were also In the party. In Albina the block houndeH k Williams and Vancouver avenues. Mor ris and Stanton streets, was viewed. Residents or this district are said to favor this site as a small park and playground, and although it 1. hereii of trees, it may receive consideration. Several sites In lower Albina near the Shaver school, have been suggested as playground sites, but were not viewed yesterday. St. John, site Visited. In St. Johns the committee inspected a tract of land of 23 acres within the car loop, which has been recommended to Commissioner Pier as a park and playground for the St. Johns dlRtrict. Another tract, known as the McKenna property, of more than 40 acres, east of the railroad cut. has also been sug gested, but residents of St. Johns who conferred with the committee yester day maintained that the 22-acre tract was favored by the majority of resi dents in that district. Approximately 17 acres now used as a playground supervised and main tained by the city has been suggested as suitable for the Alberta and Wood- awn district. The entrance to the park is at Eighteenth street and Kill ingsworth avenue and the tract is now under lease to the city for a period of three years. Mr. Cheney, who said that he was not officially acting as spokesman for the planning commission, but was on the trip to gather faots for the con sideration of the commission, favored the location of all playgrounds ad jacent to schools. In carrying out thin idea, he favored the acquisition of property directly south of the Vernon school. This site, however, did not meet with general approval of the members of the committee, who openly avowed that the present playground seemed to best serve the Alberta and Woodlawn districts. Irvlngrloit Offer Made. In Irvington the playground facili ties of the Irvington club were viewed. A portion of these facilities are now operated by the city, and it has been proposed that the city take over the remainder of the playground activi ties, leaving the clubhouse for the operation of the club itself. In Rose City Park the committee viewed a 40-acre tract known as the brickyard site," which was suggested as a proposed park and playground for the Rose City, Irvington and Beaumont districts. This site lies in about the center of Rose City Park district and is adjacent to both Irvington and Beau mont. Some talk has developed of locating a new high school in this district and. should this plan he worked out, the site would be even better suited, as It is the policy of the city to work in co-operation with the school board wherever possible in locating parks and play grounds adjacent to schools. Central Point Sought. The Buckman tract of about ten acres on East Twelfth and Davis streets, adjacent to the Benson Poly technic school, was recommended by a committee of business men as tho Kite for a playground and park for the cen tral east side. This property has been used as a baseball field for the ash ington high school and is said to be well adapted for playground purposes. Three blocks in what is known ns Hawthorne park, on East Twelfth trect, north of liawthorno avenue. were viewed by the committe as a pos sible site for the small park to be used as a breathing spot for the residents of this section. Other rites in this dis trict are to be viewed, according; to Commissioner Pier. In Lents the committee viewed the Mount Scott park, as well as a site ad jacent to the l.ents school. A portion of the latter tract is now used as a municipal playground, and but four Read The Oregonian classified ads. STARTS TODAY XO RAISE IN PRICES It is not inspired or projected by any person or group of persons as a moulder of public opinion. IT'S EITHER GUILTY or NOT GUILTY V acres will bo nersary tc equip a first clu9 playcrnund in this section. Jt is possible that both Mtes will receive favorable consideration. Commissioner I'icr taitt yestwrda y that he is planning to recommend the use of the pevon acres tn .front of the Franklin hirh school for a park. The use of this property "has been offered the cily by the school board for park purposes. Kollow in it h. complete investigation by Commissioner I'icr and a careful study rf the recommendations to bp made by the citizens' comnvttee and the city planning commission, a report will be formulated for submission to the city council. Before the city take any steps, it is likely that a public hear ing will be held. 731 LEAVE FOR SIBERIA Hclated Arrival- at Prcdio Will Hvt Another C'lianco. When the bisr white army transport pulls anchor in ;nldn Jato fodnv for a port somewhere along- the coast of Si beria it will carry as I assengers 731 re cruits who are toing to Siberia to re lieve men who have been there for nearly two years. Among" this bunch of happy fellows will bfe many Oregon and Washington boys and some Port land, lads who have enlisted at the Port land offices. Those who enlisted for Siberia and failed to arrive at San Francisco in time to leave on today's transport will have their opportunity a few weeks later, as there is another contingent of 4'U men now preparing for Siberia at the Presidio of San Francisco camp. Three eastern Oregon boys, passed through the Portland general army re cruiting offices yesterday, have asked for assignment to Siberian service. U. S. PARTY DUE AUGUST 7 Committee Named in Kntcrtain Chamber of Com nvcree Men. The Vnltcd Slates Chamber of Com merce partv will reach lortlanrl at 7:30 A. M. Thursday. Aufrust T. spending the day here and leaving at 11:30 P. M. for tVattle. according to word which hs been received at the Chamber or Com merce. A committee with Arthur C. Callam as chairman has been named to have charge of the entertainment of the visitors and is working out a .ro (cramrtw for the day. An automobile trip over the cily and up the Columbia hisrhway and k dinner at the Chamber of Commerce nr atnonjr the features tentatively planned. The rest of the programme will be made to fit in with the Huyers' week arrangements for that day. O. A. C. Graduates in Cliarse. O R KGO X A O R 1 C L-LT C R V U CO 1 .1 . K! K Corvallis. July 2.',. (Special. Two of tie best departments of vocational aurlculture in the northwest are xt Mood River and Cresham. believes V . S. Taylor, regional agent for the fed eral board of vocational education. Koth of these departments are in charge of Oregon Agricultural collece graduates R. V. tVrlght at Hood River nnd 1' P. Moffltt at ;rejhm How long does a pound of tea last? Depends on the tea. Fine tea has more cups of real tea-flavor to the pound than common tea. On the other hand, you drink more: it is so good. 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