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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1921)
lft TOE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, MARCTT 14, 1921 FUEL PRICES 10 B00SI CUT C DEMAND A NEW BILLS AT THE THEATERS Dealers Would Avoid Rush as Winter Opens. COAL WILL DROP APRIL 1 Cord wood Is Expected to Be Lower Because of Increased Labor Supply in Woods. Fuel rates In Portland probably will drop by April 1 through an ef fort of local dealers to stimulate early buying of winter supplies of coal, notwithstanding the fact that prices at the mine remain practically the same and railroad rates show little indication of reduction in the near future. The action is contemplated to cre ate a more even demand for the product and to avoid an excessively heavy demand at the beginning of the winter season, with a possible fuel shortage and increase in price at that time. Definite decision was reached on assurance last week from railroad authorities that no cut in coal rates could be looked for dur ing the summer. The dealers also hope the mines will meet them half way and announce similar cuts, al lowing permanent reduction in coal prices and possibly further cuts. General fear has been expressed by the dealers that consumers would postpone their fuel buying till late fall In hopes of lower prices and that a general rush at that time would overtax fuel carriers and other facilities and result in a vir tual fuel famine for a short time at least. Coal Cat SI Per Ton. Announcement of a cut of ?1 a ton on all grades of coal was made yes terday by A. H. Edlefsen, manager of the Edlefsen Fuel company. The cut will be effective April 1. "The reduction is made," said Mr. Edlefsen, "in the face of the an nouncement from H. E, Lounsbury, general freight agent of the O.-W. R. & X. company, that we can expect no reduction in the rates on coal in the near future. Neither has there been any reduction at the mine. . "We are taking the step to open the market and encourage early buy ing of winter fuel. Otherwise many are liable to postpone buying of fuel until a time when roads are rushed with orders and a fuel shortage will result." The cut In coal nrlroe will K main tained for a month at least. After ! net sealing wax on their tongues. It Slay 1 the price will depend on the Is a sensational and entertaining mys eituation relative to purchase at the 1 tery. mine. The cut of tl per ton follows' Opening the bill are Alfred Farrell 60-cent cut several weeks ago. and Carley. a man and a maid who Cordvtood lilht n comhine flat bits of colored cloth In lordwood Likely to Drop. I tchwork arrangement that re Prospects for cordwood indicate a Euls in pictures, reduction of at least J a cord when I p s. This show closes with a Luc Beaaua opens, accoraing to Mr. Edlefsen. No price for the winter Orpheum. BT LEONE CASS BAER. PAUL REVERE, from the land of rolled oats and Annie Laurie, is Charles Irwin who saves four girls and one of the headline acts on the new Orpheum bilL Bobby O'Neill, who is the joker in the "Four Queens and the Joker" slice of musical comedy was taken to the hospital yesterday tc be operated on for acute appendi citis and Charlie Irwin stepped in on half an hour's notice and saved the act. Some of the Joker's Jokes he knew by heart and those he didn know be read off a paper with orig inal and keen conversational foot notes of his own. Occasionally we had difficulty remembering that he was a substitute. The four girls are a re markabiy clever and versatile group, and their mental' acrobatics filled i amusingly whenever a gap seeme Imminent. The girls are youthful and good looking, and they dance and chatter smartly". The poker game of the five was a comedy classic. Later Mr. Irwin came back in his own monologue. He has an extensive vocabulary and It is his own, and no the written words of another as are most monologues. In fact Charles wanders far and wide from what he originally sets out to talk about, and from Scotland to Scotch. He essays a verse or two. and bits of song and hi half sentences, leaving the rest to one's imagination, flatter the audi ence and bring quick understanding. A show stoDDer was Jean leu, youthful and charming girl who sing; American sones in a rare sweet so prano. Her smile is lnfectuous and genuine and she enters Joyously into the moods of her songs, bne alter nates with Fradkin a splendid violin ist who delighted us with a group of beloved selections. The audience was loath to allow Fradkin and the young vo.alist to go. and finally Fradkin took the pianist's place and played for Miss Tell to sing. The oirering i of artistic value and was warmly re cei ved. Another singer who held his hear ers was Charles D. Keating who has an appealing light baritone voice, Me appears with James McClay, a contra tenor, in a mediocre skit of poor, even maudlin, comedy and weak character izations. Keating is supposed to be rough-neck Huck Finn and McClay I; Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain would turn over if he heard the baby talk Me Clay puts in Tom's mouth. It remain true, however, that dealing ana aac Clay singing straight or with a pian ist and not attempting cnaracter studies would be a riot for they cer tainly have harmony and vocal appeal. Marie Holly, a clever ingenue type. is the central idea in an unusua sketch called "Moonlight" in three PDisodes. Miss Holly is a conscious less little flirt who meets her water- loo and the path to her downraii makes an engaging story. Anna Hill as her youthful sister is diverting in her portrayal. Defiance of one of nature's pet theories that fire will burn seems turned to denial in the fire-eating en- actment Dut on by the two Nagyfys, who eat flames and rub sputtering vu. has ueca esiauns nea as yet, as much of the cut is still in the woods and inaccessible at present. A great deal of cordwood has been cut for the Portland market, however, and Mr. Edlefsen expects a substantial reduction. An abundant supply of labor through the shutting down of mills has enabled men to have their cord wood cut at a cheaper rate than at any time for several years. Large wood-cutting crews have been at work in some sections. Wednesday matinee. who takes a big fancy to the little maid and wants to keep her. In act two they have a picnic supper in an arbor in Central park, and the widow passes by and starts gossip .in the boarding house. Then we learn that the little maid has joined a Broadway musical show and is dancing in the chorus. The boarding house folk and the hero believe she is on the road to perdition, but it so happens that she isn't. Contrary to the usual and ex pected, she is promoted on her own merits into a big role in the musical comedy and the manager turns out to be a capital man and not bent on wrecking her life. On the contrary, he is interested in the role she plays In his show and when the country mouse convinces her hero of the truth the play ends happily. The boarding house dining room is . especially natural in its atmosphere, 1 and so is the last scene, a social eve ning in the-dreary parlor. The arbor in the park is especially pretty and the moonlight effect quite real. Leona Powers scored definitely in the role of the girl. Her youth and personal charm are apparent con stantly in the role and she plays with a delightful freedom from artificial restraints. In the park scene she danced a spirited and graceful series of steps which she said she was prac ticing for the chorus. The dance was so clever and so unexpected, and Miss Powers looked so very charming in ' the soft moonlight with the orchestra crooning an accompaniment as if it were a band away off in the trees somewhere, that the delighted audi ence demanded an encore, to which the dancer graciously responded. belmer Jackson plays the handsome Hairbreadth Harry who rescues the efficient and self-reliant little hero ine, and played the role, as Mr. Jack son invariably plays, with vigor and naturalness. i r The cast: Napoleon Oibbs Sclmrr Jackson Count GlonHIl Murray V. Bernard Timothy O'Brien William Lea Washington Irving Kennedy Dr. Hubbard I.eo Lindhard Park policeman BroUerick O'Farrell Penelope Penn Leona Powers Mrs. De MhiIIv I.or Roarers Miss McMaatera Shirley Wayberry Mra Smith Emily Macpherson Miss Sadie Clarence Mayo ilethot WLUE EL C OF Pastor Tefls of Distressing Experiences. UNHAPPY WEEK IS PASSED Rev. Thomas Jenkins, Pastor of St. David's Episcopal Sees Sad Lack of Obedience. J finds the essence of religion to be the experience of the indwelling Christ; and the moral or practical , which he avowed stresses not belief j at all but service, not creed, but conduct. "Each of these ideas of Christian ity has its value; each its danger if carried to extremes," said Dr. Bow man. "There should b. in the church universal a greater tolerance for those whose religion is temperamentally different from ours. The best relig ion for a man is that perfect circle of blended elements which narrow temperaments str've to square. There Ishould be a proper reverence for the faith of our fathers, an eagerness to scrutinize our beliefs that we may eliminate the temporary elements and conserve the eternal; also a con sciousness of Christ dwelling within us; and an expression of that expe rience in constant brotherly service. These should all unite in an unbrok en circle with the person . of Jesus Christ in the center. The life that is Christ-centered, the church that is Christ-nucleated, will be marked by those traits which will make them of eternal value." rem SOCIETY Baker. BY LEONE CASS BAER. SIMPLY and with unfailing appeal the story of the good girl adrift in the- big, wicked city is being un folded at the Baker theater. The piece is called "39 East," and Rachel Crothers, one of the best known among women playwrights. has woven an interesting story. It calls to mind-Edgar Selwyn's successful play of a few seasons ago, "The Country Boy." and' might be regarded as a companion piece, with the dif ference that in Mr. Selwyn's play it ; is a boy who is adrift in New York MT?? T r rnrvni!Tit.t. ana in .uiss tromers piay it is a RS. U D. GRINDSTAFF and her rirl wno is alone and friendlees in sister. Mrs. Georca D. Krhaiir tb . hie- -itv Another similari-ty is that both 1 playe have a boarding house back similar af- 1 &roun. with a common dining room fairs at which different groups of so- eUncr actually or ln a conVersa ciety matrons are entertained. On tional gathering together of what Friday Mrs. Schalk and Mrs. Grind- ; has one before. Similarity, too, is staff will dispense hospitality at an- I ound ln the manifold twists of senti ther bridge afternoon. Last Friday t ment, and several of the general they gave a delightful three-table situations call the other play to bridge and informal tea. These small memory. Which is not, of course, and informal gatherings are quite to be held against any author of mase stories for innocence is abroad in the I playwriting world) quite as much as it is abroad elsewhere. The story is of slender lines, but is padded out by dialogue and situa tions to make it cover three inter- Hippodrome. TJACKED houses greeted the open- X ing presentation of the Hippo drome bill yesterday with Maleta Bonconl. European violin virtuoso. featuring as headliner. Pleasing num bers were presented and Miss Bon conl responded to several encores. The 20th century Indian, featuring Rainbow and Mowhak, adds a new touch to the modern conception of the tolid Indian for Mowhak proves him self a mirth provoker as well as play ing the more sedate role of chieftain. A one-legged man would seem doomed in vaudeville, at least musical revue and dancing numbers, yet Jack Martin in "moments from musical hows," manages the most intricate teps with his crutch,. The number is well supported by the two women members of the trio in pleasing eye ing costumes. The three harmonicas really yield he stage to one harmonica for few. especially the youngsters, can keep heir eyes off Joe. Songs, .jokes, ana mixture of most everything Keep he audience much engrossed. A livelv clown, matched with a clever acrobat, features the Les Arados team. The audience is pre pared for almost anything when the j "During the five busy years I have been in this city. I never have had such an experience as in the week just passed, witnessing sickness, un happiness in many homes in this sec tion, and human discord -generally. It seems to me that outside the homes of these people there should be this sign: 'I want my own way.' "Certian children were taken be fore the juvenile court, so that their future might be determined. In that court, one could note examples of young people who declined to obey any parental discipline or any author ity other than their own way. Often I sit in my study until 1 a. m., and past my window come the voices of boys and girls after midnight. What are these children doing at that hour? Should not the girls have the chaper- onage of their mothers, and the boys Women's Activities The eighth annual conference of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion of Oregon will be held in the halls of the house of renresentatlves at Salem March IS and 19. Mrs. John A. Keating of Portland, state regent, will preside. The conference will be attended by the vice-president-general of Oregon, Mrs. Isaac Lee Pat terson; Mrs. Henry McCleary, vice-president-general from Washington, and the past v'ce-president-general from Washington, Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary, also Mrs. George H. Goble, regent of Washington. Hostesses for the occasion will be Chcmeketa chapter of Salem and Polk chapter of Dallas. The programme will include a ban quet for the state board at the Ma- the authority and presence of their I rion hotel Thursday evening and the Dr. W, opening session will be called to or der at 9:30 Friday morning. At 12:30 the auxiliaries of the patriotic socle ties of Salem will entertain at lunch eon. The regular business eession will be held each day and much Ume will be given over to the reports of officers and committees. The main social event of the conference will be a reception given Friday evening in the house of representatives. The masquerade ball held In the Holman school auditorium March 4 was a most delightful social event. More than 250 people were present and the costumes were very pictur esque. The prize for the best-dressed lady was won by an eighth-grade girl. Miss Bernice Truesdale, who was dressed as a golden butterfly. The other prize-winners were Harold Day, representing his Satanic majesty: Miss R. C. Cook, as a charming colonial dame; John Grimes, an eighth-grade boy as Uncle Sam, and Miss Frances Lansing as a chicken. Russell Percy won the comic prize as a Swede. There were so many children in costume that the dance committee de- DEBATED j cided to give some special prizes just to tne children. In the children's .n ..h u : .. . T TT I....... I - ,1 T I ...... i 1 . " j,ijc-nuiiicio wore UBUnt fathers? "An experienced authority whose judgment must be respected says he doubts if the possession of the huge, colossal fortunes left in this country. by inheritance, serve any good end, and questions the effect on the lives of those wallowing in such fortunes. God is not mocked. If we place anything in our hearts but God, we get sick we suffer.' So reasoned Rev. Thomas Jenkins. rector of St. David's Episcopal church preaching there yesterday morning. "Our critics say that they can live without God and the church, and that the church is sick," proceeded the preacher. "The trouble Is that it is our opponents -who are sick, because they will not apply the healing, spir itual message left by God through his church. Our opponents complain that they do not find amusement in the church, and that the laws that the church teaches are too hard to fulfill or to live up to. "Hard? Yes, if we try to walk the way of life, alone. We should take God with us. LIFE'S OBJECT IS represented a ballet Each Person's Destiny. Dr. W. B. Hinson, pastor of East Side Baptist church, pointed out his sermon yesterday on "Is Life Worth While?" how disappointing the record, no longer. than one's fin ger, which is the only history of 20 centuries, during which 40 genera- tions lived and loved and hated and achieved and died. A representative life gives hint and prophecy concerning all lives." said Dr. Hinson. "The difference is thrill when be I not all in the capacity of the varied persons, but is largely a difference of sister, ifrs. George D. Srhalk. will entertain at a bridge party on Tuesday for a coterie of friends. This is one of a series of clown finishes his safe-blowing prep aration. but the acrobat, in the shape of the devil, brings comes, at that. The film offering is "The Off-Shore arena and scope and opportunity and Pirate," in which Viola Jjana piays staging. For as Jacob toiled because he loved, and as David walled o er his lost child, even so did many thou sands of the mute millions whose lives lie silent in the brief limits of this insufficient record. "Yet the disappointment is lessened as we notice the presence of a pur pose running through those lives, and tho nart of a rich heiress who is kid naped by a pretended pirate. She bribes her captor's own men to over come him, which tfiey do In a thrill ing fight. But she has recognized the uMnarver hv the monogram 'on his cigarettes, and has anything but hos tile feelings towards him. The filn de a decided hit with the specta- j so redeeming them from the incon- tors. dancer; Charles Hoagan, a Spanish cavalier, and little 4-year-old Phyllis Brooks, who was a tiny Chinese maid en. Nels Nelson was an organ grind er. The next community dance will be held at the schoolhouse next Fri day night. Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock the regular monthly meeting of the Hol man Parent-Teacher association will be held. A prominent speaker will address the association in the inter est of the home products campaign. The Alberta Forward club held Its meeting last week at the home of Mrs. Ralph Pogue, 1068 East Twenty- sixth street North. Covers were laid for 16. Roll call was answered bv quotations from nature. Next meet ing will be held at the home of Mrs. B. M. Hurst, 1007 East Twenty-first street jsortn, Thursday, March 24. The Canteen club hold its regular monthly luncheon at the Haselwood Wednesday, March 2. The club voted unanimously to indorse the soldiers' bonus bill. There will be a special JASCHA HEIFETZ RECORDS (SEE VICTOR AD, PAGE 2) ON SALE IN THE PHONOGRAPH SHOP, SIXTH FLOOR Top O' the News Belongs to This Easter Sale of 1000 NEW SHIRTS About Hall the Former Price 3 SHIRTS FOR $7.50 if Mk' popular this season and prove such successful festivities that they seem to be favored far more than are the large card afternoons. Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Johnson have as their house guests Miss Margaret Rogers and Miss Miriam Rowley of Winnipeg, for whom social honors have been planned. Society is planning to welcome Mrs. Henry E. Jones and her daughters, Mrs. Frank V. du Mond and Mrs. Will lam D. Washburn, who will arrive here soon from California, where they passed the winter. Mrs. Charles Thornton Ladd has re turned from a visit of several weeks in southern California. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Hickox returned Wednesday from southern California, where they have been motoring for the past two months. m m Mrs. Charles Scadding. who has been visiting Mrs. W. J. Burns, has re turned to San Diego, CaL Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ayer, who have been passing several weeks in Cali fornia, recently were honored at a dinner at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles. Mrs. S. E. Beard and daughter, Mrs. George Caderlll. returned this week after a four months' stay in San Diego, CaL Mrs. Alice Hays and Mr. and Mrs. It. M. Townsend are visiting Mrs. Willard Bond of Pendleton, i Mrs. E. Jean Campbell was hostess t a recent dinner at Campbell-Hill hotel, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Mark Fkinner. Harry and Florence Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McLean, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Seagrave, T. Ashton, Fred erick Greenwood and his mother, Mrs. W. B. Greenwood: E. A. Hannah, Mr. and Mrs. George Barton and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wright. Thursday night Utopia Rebekah lodge No. 62 conferred the degree upon 13 candidates. The degree staff did excellent work under directions of the captain. Mrs. Jennie Kistler. A committee was appointed to meet with committees from the subordinate and other Rebekah lodges to arrange for the anniversary of the order on April 26. The United Artisans, Oregon assem bly No. 1. will give a hard-time party at the W O. W. hall on Eleventh etreet Thursday night. Prizes will be .warded. The girls of the lunchroom at the Lipman, Wolfe & Co. store and their friends gave a pleasant surprise party for Miss Bertha Loncteaux. 157 West Wlnchell street. Friday night. Miss Loncteaux, who Is popular with her eircle of acquaintances, was presented .with a pretty cut glass vase full of Lyric, " I TEN DILLON wno nas mauc writ j n ! X audiences laugh for nearly four seasons, received a big welcome on his appearance yesterday in "The Rah-Rah Boys." the last show in which the popular Irish comedian and producer will play here. Theater goers who have been entertained by Dillon's funmaking paJd him a tribute In applause which he will remember next week when he leaves the stage for a rest on bis farm in southern California. Frank O'Rourke, leading man, and Flov Ward, character woman and bai led mistress, who close their engage- esting aots. The first of these takes ments here Saturday, also came in for place in the dininj room of Mrs. De Mailly's boarding house. One by one the "boarders trail in to their break fast and we are given insights of their characters and callings. There is the Italian count (Murray Bernard), a mysterious dreamer, and there is Timothy O'Brien (William Lee), an American by way of Erin, whose laughter punctuates the chat ter. There is a doctor (Leo Lind hard). and a southern widow (Emily MacPherson), of uncertain age, who prattles of her past grandeur and features a babyish helplessness which makes her a target for the other a generous share of plaudits yester day. Dot Posty. pretty soubrette, made her debut as a member of the Lyric cast yesterday and scored a decided hit, singing "I Could Be Happy With One Little Boy." "The Rah-Rah Boys" Is a lively farce based on a football game. Just before the game two star players on one of the teams are injured and Mike and Ike are persuaded to appear in their places. The substitute gridiron warriors are carried in after the bat tle looking like men who have in- pose which pervades those lives dis appears when we perceive how the dominant purpose governing them was the will of Almighty God. "And so there comes to us, we men who are living the ordinary life of mortals, the realization that we are not living a vain or unregarded life." sequential and unimportant. "And the disappointment wh eh de creased with the discovery of the Dur- meeting of the club at the Washing ton-street nazeiwood Saturday. March 26, at I o clock. On Thursday, March 10, Mrs. Har. vey G. Parker was hostess to an all- day meeting of chapter F. P. E O After a delicious luncheon the chan ter proceeded to the election of the following officers: President, Miss Marthine Grimsby; vice-president, Mrs. Grace Brown; recording secre tary, Mrs. Georgle Pfont; correspond ing secretary, Mrs. Ethel S. Harvey; treasurer, Mrs. Ada C. Webster; chap lain. Mrs. Delia Seeberger; guard, Mrs. Helen Ridley; organist. Miss Bessie Mickey; delegates to state meeting. Miss Grimsby and Mrs. Bronn. with Miss Mickey and Miss Copeland as alternates. Men Rightly Expect to get shirts this spring for less than they have been paying in past seasons, but the shirts in this sale will far surpass in quality and in value anything they could expect to get at anywhere near the price. For $2.65 You Can buy, for the first time, these shirts of high-grade woven striped madras, silk striped madras and crys tal cloth. Handsome new pin-striped patterns in va rious colors and combinations and plain shades with white silk stripes. Fast colors. All are in the desira ble French-cuff style for spring and summer style. Sizes 14 to 17 Inclusive Meier & Frank's: Main Klo Jr. (Mail Orders Filled.) suited & pack of wolves. Mike and is tbe P"0ies5ion, oui men pi an a 0.10 hiiiftn. Z:. .t J7r ,,7 .:' Ike also find time to try the detective (ilavo Methot), and there latiillartv (Iora Rogers), who. in this play, happens to be a wholesome, to be stage money. level-headed woman. 1 Frank O'Rourke sings "Underneath There is the vinegary spinster I Hawaiian Skies' for his farewell num (Shirley Mayberry), who is a pessi-I ber and puts it over in winning style, mist besides, and there is the Ebon i Will Rader, who is playing a French-' Washington (Irving Kennedy), who man this week, sings "Spanish Lou" waits on the tables. There are also j and Clarence Wurdig is well received the heroine and the hero. The hero- in "My Dixie Rose." "The Bubbles" is ine is a little maid from the coun try, the daughter of the village par son, and she has come to New York to obtain a place in the church choir. She has not found a position and owes the landlady for a fortnight's rent when the play opens. The hero is just a nice, likable chap a pleasing song number by Dorothy Raymond, assisted by Don Smith, Clare Heath and "Duke" Gilkison. The Rosebud chorus appears to good ad vantage In dainty new costumes and an attractive stage setting Is pro vided by Tommy Castle and his confederates. flowers. The programme consisted of music, dancing and refreshments. Among those present were: Mildred Morgan. Flora Buttrick. Edna Hermo. Grace Abdill. Ethel Boyce. Merrill Van. Esther Vanderwal, Victor Lewis. Edward Gardner, Albert Glahn, Ervin Baldwin, Bernard Prenty, George Stanley, Fred Lewis and Ross Casler. POLICE ISSUE BULLETIN EDITOR KAMED TO SUPER VISE NEW PUBLICATION. Whole Force Will Be Advised About Work of Other Shift in De partment Activities. Portland's police department, be ginning this morning. Is to have an editon He is Lee Ackerman, police Inspector who recently returned from Ber':eley, Cal., where he studied the Vollmer police system. Under orders issued yesterday by Chief Jenkins, every relief and every department of the police bureau is to publish a daily paper, known as the Police Bulletin. Inspector Ackerman is to be editor In chief, while asso ciate editors will be selected by tbe commanding officers of the various reliefs. Chief Jenkins has ordered that all police news. Including all arrests. In vestigations and other Information of a valuable character, shall be pub lished by each relief In Its Police Bulletin and turned over to the suc ceeding relief. The circulation of the Police Bulletin is to be limited, but five copies of each issue being printed daily. Chief Jenkins expressed the be lief that these bulletins will serve to Increase the efficiency of the police bureau to a considerable extent. At present one division of the police bu reau may not know of any important investigation being conducted by an other division. The chief believes that If every member of the bureau Knows of all investigations and of all other matters of importance in its daily work, it will be certain to result in greatly improved service to the public PORTLAND HELD 3OT PAGAX Presence of Bad Force Does Sfot Make All Forces So, Says Pastor. "Is Portland Semi-Pagan?" was one of the topics discussed by Rev. W. T. McElveen at evening services at First Congregational church. "In every city the world over there are forces which make for education, culture and religion, and there are forces which make for crudity, vul garity and paganism," said Dr. Mc Elveen. "Portland is rich in moral aspiration and social service, but In Portland, as in every large city, sel fishness manifests itself in many de structive and odious ways. There are men and women of light and leading who dream of making Portland a busier and better city. There, also, are men and women who are a curse to society. Every city is a magnet that draws to itself all sorts and con ditions of people. And in a big city like Portland men and women who are inclined to be morally wild lose the eocial restraints of the villages from which they came. "Then, too, after a great war there Is apt to be a moral slump. It was so after the civil war. Christian civ ilization came very near to collapse during the recent war. And after the recent war there was a reaction from the high ideals for which we fought. But Portland isn't Pagan or even semi-Pagan, though there are some Pagans in Portland. PREACHER URGES TOLERANCE Best Religion Declared Blended of Various Elements. Dr. Harold Leonard Bowman, pas tor of First Presbyterian church. chose for his theme yesterday morning, The Squared Circle of Re llgion." He dealt with four different attitudes toward Christianity. The first, tho traditional conception "bows to the authority of the past," he de clared. The other conceptions of religion which Dr. Bowman mentioned were the rational, which, he said, scorns authority and demands the submis sion of all belief to the test of rea son: the myRtical. which he declared, m j Ths Quality" Sto&b or Portland 1 nK. iiM. The Tuesday Afternoon club its regular meeting at the home of fMrs. Will II. Bard. Following tne business cession the following pro gramme was given: "Coniston." Ohurchiin bv Mrs. C. E. Fuller, and I "Mr. Crewe's Career" (Churchill), by Mrs. F. C. Whltten, both touching on held "big business," a subdivision of the year's study. Sewing materials for the rescue homes were given out amnnir tha members. Guefits were Mrs. A. L. George and Mrs. Lester ! 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