The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 08, 1902, PART THREE, Image 19

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Newspaper Page Textft - "r T THE SUNDAY OREGOmAN, PORTLAND, JU3sE 8, 1902. 10 "5 and a diminutive blonde beauty was re quested to step forward. "Have you ever done solo work?" asked the manager. "'Not In public sir," coyly replied the timid mite of femininity. After some "persuasion the young girl was induced to sing, a ballad with which she was familiar, and without hesitation, Mr. Xuders -was instructed to alter one of his prettiest chorus numbers and give tho solo part to Mr. Savage's "discov ery." The fortunate miss proved to be Ada Magdalene Erown, Just 17 years old, petite and very pretty, with a high so prano voice of phenomenal quality, and marvelous range. A -mixed chorus of 50 voices recently gave an enjoyable concert In connection with St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., and tho programme was: Chorus. "'Tls Thy Wedding Moraine." from "The Rose Maiden" Cowen Glee Club. Solos "Sins: Me to Rest" Allltsen "A Border Ballad" Cowen Chorus. "In Thla Hour of Soft Toned Splen dor" Pinsutl Glee Club. Violoncello eolo. "Lleder ohne "Worte".... Mendelssohn Chorus, "Down In a Dewy Dell"..Hnrj' Smart Women of the Glee Club. Folo, "Awake to Love" ., Hawley Chorus, "Sicilian Twilight" Florl Glee Club. Solo. "The Twp Grenadier" Schumann "'loloncello solo, "Romance"-.. Fischer Bolos- 'Tor All Eternity" Maacheronl "A May Morning" Dcnsa Chorus, "The Mystic Lake" Rhelnberger Glee Club. At the recent performance of "Lohen crln," at Covent Garden Theater, Jon don, England, a critic writes that the au dience hissed a portion of the slnclng of the chorus. The soloists included Madame Isordlca, who took the part of Elsa and Mr, Van Rooy that of Telramund, both familiar personations to American au diences. Pennarlnl, a German tenor, ap peared as Lohengrin, and an English, me diocrity, a Miss Lunn, struggled with the part of Ortrud. Mr. Lohs, the Ger man conductor, did what he could with the chorus and orchestra. Among the scores of fashionable women who made the tiers of boxes glisten with Jewels, the Ducheaj of Marlborough, formerly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, was particular ly noticeable. The Americans present in cluded Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierpont Mor gan, Jr., Mrs. George Cornwallls "West, formerly Lady Randolph Churchill. Coun tess Craven, formerly Miss Cornelia Mar tin, Mrs. Von Andre and Mrs. Alaire. The theater has been renovated and re upholstered. Electricity has been substi tuted for gas for lighting purposes, and the huge time-honored chandelier has given place to roof lights. A new and luxuriously fitted-up smoking-room has been added to the royal box. S. B. "Whitney, organist and choir di rector at the ritualistic Church of tho Advent, Boston, whose boy choir is cele brated all over this country, recently spoke on tho "Training of Boy Sopran os," in the chapel of Boston University. "Cathedral choirs in England have an exceptional advantage as to training in their daily services, but the climate has nothing to do with their excellence," said Mr. Whitney. "It is all in the train ing. If we had cathedrals in this coun try with services every day, we would have fully as good choirs as those in England." He then turned his atten tion to the public schools. The tendency there, he declared, Is to make all the boys sing alto. But many of these, he observed, could sing soprano, and there Is no more beautiful musical tone than a boy's soprano. He then explained how the soprano should be cultivated. Chil dren sing best in the higher registers, and it is easier for them, to let the tones fall step by step than to raise them. In his training, therefore, a boy should take the high notes first and sing down the scale, thus letting the bead tones quali fy the chest tones, rather than the chest tones qualify the head tones. Though, of course, some boys are endowed by naure with better natural voices than others, Mr. "Whitney declared that, the ordinary boy can be trained to get a beautiful tone. PUNISHED FOR AN INSULT. Mexican Cpern-IIouse Has Remained Tcnnntlesa for Seven. Years. For seven years one of the most beau tiful opera-houses on the North American continent, that at Guanajuato, Mexico, has been tenantless. Its original cost was 51,250.000, yet its stage has never been trodden by actor or musician. It has says the Chicago Chronicle, been, under a ban because of an insult offered to President Diaz. "When Mexico was lifting 'its head Just above revolts, riots and revolutions, two men stood prominently before the people as leaders. One was Diaz, the other Gonzales. It was arranged, therefore, so this story goes, that the presidency of the Mexican people should alternate be tween Diaz and Gonzales and the pro gramme was carried out until the time came when Diaz should have abdicated in favor of Gonzales' second term. At this particular time Diaz thought that any change might endanger results, 60 he said ,to Gonzales: "You go and take charge of the State of Guanajuato as its Governor. It is more important that you should be there than in the President's chair." Gonzales obeyed, but the people resent ed the nonfulfillment of the articles of the contract and they waited revenge. It came. Diaz, some ll'years ago, decided to tour his great republic He was received with ovations everywhere. On entering the City of Guanajuato, however, his car riage was stoned and he was insulted. The story further states that 100 men were shot partly to avenge the Insult, but ap parently Diaz has a memory. Gonzales died. Since then his people have had time to repent. Three years after the insult another Governor was elected over the State of Guanajuato, also a Gonzales and a warm personal triend of the President To fur nish a playhouse at the capital of .his state he raised the necessary $1,250,000 and the building was erected, but it could not be of any practical use until the President of the republic opened It. This Diaz has not yet done. But the President, while unforgiving, is, above all else, progressive. So it is claimed that at a very near date he will open the place officially and be giicn a reception unprecedented in the history of Mexico. It Is further stated that Ameri can Influence is largely responsible for the relenting. It is stated that the in fluence of this foreign capital has been brought to bear on the President. In the main this may be true, but should Diaz visit Guanajuato officially his presence there will be due largely to the man who is at present Governor and who bears the same name as the old Governor. Klngrdon Gould Excels Ilin Father. New York "World. New handicaps Issued by Secretary H. L. Herbert, of the National Polo Associa tion, credit Kingdon Gould, the 14-year-old son of George J. Gould, with being one of the best players in the country, and outclassing his father. Mr. Gould's handicap is 3 and Kingdon's is 4. Jay Gould, 13 years of age, has a handi cap of 3. Veteran players, men who have guided polo ponies In fierce contests for years in the best clubs, are not considered in King don Gould's class. August Belmont is handicapped at 3, Charles Carroll 3, Oli ver W. Bird 4, Stanley Mortimer 3, H. L. Page 3, Reginald Brooks 3, T. A. Have meyer B, J. "W. Appleton 3, C. H. Mackay 2, J. S. Stevens 4. Not a man on the team of the Country Club of Westchester is handicapped ,at more than 3, and this club contains- sev eral clever players. In the entire Squadron A no man is handicapped at more than 2. Having played only two years, the Gould boys have developed a proficiency at polo that will in time put them among the first few men In the country. INCLUDE EARLY MISSIONS A HTXT FOR LEWIS AST) CLARK CEXTEXXIAL. Summary of the First "Work Done for Christianity West of the Rockies. ALBANY, Or., May 20. (To the Editor.) In calling attention to the grand features of our approaching double Jubilee, the Lewis and Clark Centennial of 1903, it seems eminently proper that the early Christian work in Oregon should "have full share; the more so since the names of those noted explorers are given ear liest prominence. What-1 shall give of history is drawn from the most authentic sources obtainable. How many, many times since the begin ning of the Christian era has been re peated the Macedonian cry, "Come over and help us'7 And the call U still sounding with more and more earnestness, and over wider fields, as the millions in "the dark places of the earth," that "are full of the habitations of cruelty" are realizing the need of a divine Savior. One hundred years ago, -while the blessed light of the Gospel was shining along the Atlantic shores of North America, the Pacific shores of the same continent were wrapped in heathenish darkness. The first dawn of light seems to have been in 1S04-5, when the advent of Lewis and Clark brought to the red men the first news of the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven. It is stated that the men in terested some of the Indians in the relig ion of the Bible, and they desired to know more regarding It. These explorers prom ised that they would use their influence to have religious teachers sent to the Pa cific Coast. The Indians waited in vain for such instructors. After the furtrad crs came, about 1S11, some of them in structed the Indians further of the true God, so that previous to the arrival of the missionaries the Cayuses had learned ' to assemble on the Sabbath for worship. Anxious to get the Bible, "other traders and trappers had sold them cares, toiling them they were the Bible: but the Indians concluded that men who could get drunk and kill each other didn't love the true God." Captain Bonneville states that among the most pleasant scenes of his life were the hours he spent In 1E32-among the-Nez Perces while teaching tnem ui i.rttait ity, in answer to their earnest questions. Their desire for instruction became bo great that in 1832 a deputation of five Nez Perces, and other Indians, Journeyed east ward until they reached at. iouis. 'lmy found Captain Clark, the old explorer, then Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the whole Northwest, and made known their wants to him, but he did not make the facts public Having waited until they were wearied, one of them Is said to have uttered a lament, which was heard by a Christian man, and their request, thus known, was answered by two mis sionary societies; that of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In June, 1SC3. Rev. Jason Lee, of Canada, was ordained in New England, and ap pointed by the Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to superin tend their missions in Oregon. In March, 1S34, in company with his nephew. Rev. Daniel Lee, and two lay members, Cy rus Shepherd and P. L. Edwards, he crossed the continent, aided by the expedi tion of Captain Nathaniel Wyeth, who was intending to engage In the fur trade in Or egon. It was the purpose of these mis sionaries to engage in missionary work east of the Cascade Mountains, but Dr. John McLoughiln. superintendent of tjc Hudson's Bay Company, persuaded them to settle in the Willamette Valley. Having reached that valley In Septem ber of the same year, they soon erected a log cabin north of where Salem, Or., now stands. Here were soon gathered quite a number of Indian children. In a log schoolhouse, and called "The Oregon Mis sion Manual Labor School." Thus nearly 6S years ago was commenced the first regular Christian work on the North Pa cific Coast The missionaries also preached to the members of the Hudson's Bay Company and other whites in the region; and so great was the demand for education and Christian labor that Mr, Lee earnestly asked for more laborers. Accordingly, in 1536, Dr. Elijah White and wife, Mr. Alan son Beers, Mr. W. H. Wilson and three unmarried ladies, were sent by the way of Cape Horn, reaching Oregon in May, 1537. and in September following Rev. David Leslie and family, Rev. H. K. W. Perkins and Miss Margaret Smith ar rived. In 1S2S a new station was begun at The Dalles by Rev. D. Lee and Rov. Mr. Perkins. The call seemed so great that Rev. Ja son Lee the superintendent, returned East overland, to secure a large addition of laborers. As soon as he reached the Shawnee mission he received a letter which had been sent him by a special courier, informing him that his wife and infant son were dead. My mother, Mary R. Walker, who crossed the plains on horseback In 1S3S. with my father and other missionaries, and who kept a diary commencing the 10th of June of that year, on the Platte, wrote under date of July S: "One day has been a day of rejolcjng. A company of 14 from among the Hudson's Bay Com pany arrived. Among them were Rev. Jason Lee, from the Methodist Mission, and several boys who were going to be educated." Under date of July 29. at Fort Hall, she wrote: "On reaching the fort we received letters from missionary brethren, and the sad intelligence that Mr. Lee's wife and child were dead; and as an express agent goes to overtake Mr. Leo, we have still an opportunity to write home." Reaching the East, Rev Mr. Lee proceeded with bis work of urging a large reinforcement. In the face of opposition on account of the expense he succeeded In obtaining all that he re quested. Five missionaries, one physician, six mechanics, four farmers, one steward, one accountant, and four female tea"chers. SG adults in all, together with 17 children, were sent out in 1S39 by way of Cape Horn, and they arrived In Oregon in May, 1S40. More was now done for both Indians and whites than ever before. A mission was begun at Clatsop Under Mr. Parrish; another on Puget Sound, near Nlsqually, under Rev. J. P. Richmond. Rev. Mr. Wal ler was assigned to the Indians at the Willamette- settlement. Rev. Mr. Leslie to the whites at the same place; Rev. Mr. Hlnes to those at Oregon City and Tuala tin Plains. There was apparently a great awaken ing among the Indiana at The Dalles, and nearly the whole tribe (probably the Wascoes). 1000 in number, professed con version and were received into the church. In this connection It is Interesting to note that when a United Presbyterian church was organized at the Warm Springs Indian Agency, about 1S70, under the administration of Captain John Smith, of Linn County, an -agent who by 18 years of service endeared himself to his Indian wards, and whose faithful, honest official acts gave him the highest stand ing at Washington, and whose term of of fice only ended with his life, January IS, 18S4. The church organized through bis Influence was largely, if not wholly, com posed of some of the very Indians who professed conversion at The Dalles years before While I was at that agency. Billy Chinook, John Mission Fak-sympt and other Indians often told me about Lee and Perkins, speaking of them in terms of highest praise About the time the Methodist Episcopal church began work in Oregon the Ameri can Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions also laid plans for work in the same Teglon. At this time this society was supported by the Congregational, Presbyterian and Dutch and Associate I Reformed churches. la, 1834 tho Dutch, Reformed church, having resolved to sus- f tain a mission west of the Rocky Moun tains, requested the American Board to assume direction of it. The request was complied with, and' Rev. Samuel Parker, Rev. J. Dunbar and Mr. S. Allis left Ith aca, N. Y., in May to explore the coun try. They arrived at St. Louis too late to Join the annual caravan of furtraders. whose protection they needed in crossing the mountains. Messrs. Dunbar and Allis engaged In missionary work among the Pawnees. In April. 1S35, Mr. Parker was joined by Dr. Marcus Whitman, and they proceeded to St. Louis. From that place, under the protection of the Ameri can Fur Company, they traveled to Green River, a branch of the Colorado. Here various tribes of Indians from both sides of the Rocky Mountains were accustomed to annually meet the whites for trade, and the information here secured by Par ker and Whitman was such as in their opinion warranted the establishment of a mission. Dr. Whitman returned to make arrangements for it. while Mr. Parker went on to prepare the W3y, and. having explored the region of the Columbia River, he returned home in 1S37 by way of the Sandwich Islands and Cape Rrn. Dr. Whitman, In returning, took with isim two Nez Perces Indians. He reached his home at Rushvlile, N. Y., at a late hour Saturday night, and next morning made known his return by entering church with his two Indians, producing quite a sensa tion. Early in 1836 Dr. Whitman (having married), with Rev. H. H. Spalding and wife and W. H. Gray, proceeded across the continent. Several days before reach ing their Journey's end they were met by some Nez Perces Indians, whom Mr. Par ker had encouraged to expect missionaries about that time Rev. Mr. Spalding began work among the Nez Percts at Lapwal the last of November, 1837, and Dr. Whit man among the Cayuses at Walilatpu, near the present Walla Walla, December 10, 1836. The Indians seemed so desirous of relig ious instruction that Mr. Gray was sent East the next year by the mission to ask the board for more missionaries. In re sponse to this request my father. Rev. Elkanah Walker, and mother (already named). Rev. Cushing Eells and wife, Rev. A. B. Smith and wife and W H. Gray and wife were sent out. starting from New England In March and reach ing Whitman's mission August 29. 1S3S. These reinforcements were assigned as follows: W. H. Gray to help Rev. Mr. Spalding at Lapwai: Rev. A. B Sm'.th was first stationed with Dr. Whitman, but the next year (1838) he opened a new sta tion at Kamiah, CO mlle3 from Lapwal, among the Nez Perces, Messrs. Walker and Eells began a station in the Spring of 1839 among the Spokanes at Tshlma kaln, now called Walker's Prairie, six miles north of the Spokane River. The first few years of the mission were quite encouraging, but after a while the novelty wore off, and though at one time 0 children were gathered In the mission school, yet when Messrs. Walker and Eells with their faml le. abandoned the mission In the Spring of 1S48. on account of the Whitman massacre in the pre vious November, there was not one Spo. kane Indian that gave sufficient evidence of conversion as to be received Into ths church. But, true to the promise, God's word did not return to him void, for in later years many of these Indians were gathered into the fold. In 1S75 Rev. Mr Eells sat with 54 of them around the Lord's table. The mission among tho Cayuses was the most barren field of nil. These Indians were Insolent and turbu lent Not content with burning the mis sion grist mill some years before, thej committed the horrid massacre of Novem ber 29. 1817. wherein perished Dr. Whit man, his wife and 12 others For this massacre the tribe was nearly extermi nated by the war that followed, carried on by volunteers from the Willamette Val ley, many of whom left their farms near ly 300 miles away and endured the hard ships of a Winter campaign to serve out deserved vengeance. Years after the small remnant were settled upon the Uma tilla reservation, where they divided, re ligiously, some to tho Presbyterian church, some to the Catholic church. It is said that in 1S55 two or throe lodges, or about 45 persons, kept up regular family and public worship. The mipsion among the Nez Perces was the most promising of all. About 1S42 it is said that 2000 made a public confession of sin. and promised to serve God. For a number of rears after the mission was abandoned in 1S4S these Indians had no religious teachers. Years after Rev. Spald ing re-entered the mission work among these Indians, and during the last three years of his life, beginning in 1871, he baptized 604 Into the Presbyterian Church. During the Yakima war of 1S55-&6, a por tion of the Spokanes and the Nez Perces remained loyal to the whites, the direct fruitage of missionary teaching. During this war volunteers again made a Winter campaign, going from the Willamette Val ley as before, enduring the severest hard ships. How poor has been their reward. Most have fought their last battle, that with the grim conqueror of all. Many that remain are largely dependants. Con gress can give hundreds of thousands to the unfortunate of other lands, but our America neglects her own sons. For 'shame! Here in the Willamette Valley within tho religious centers formed in those irly years' have sprung up grand educa tional institutions. At Salem the Metho dists hav? Willamette University. At For est Grove the Congrcgationalists have Pa cific University, the Baptists have Mc Mlnnvllle College, the Presbyterians have Albany College, the Christians Monmouth College. At Walla Walla is Whitman Seminary. The students that have come out from these have had. during later years, a large part In shaping the moral and re ligious sentiment of this country and lay ing a sure foundation for better days to come. Of the leading missionaries and ministers that it was my privilege to listen to In those early years. I recall Rev. Hezcklah Johnson. Elder Fisher and Elder Chandler, of the Baptist Church: Revs. William Roberts, David Leslie, A. F. Waller and J. H. Wilbur, of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Revs. George H. Atkinson, P. B. Chamberlain, Thomas Condon. Harvey Clark, Horace Lyman and S. H. Marsh, of the Congregational Church; Elder McBrlde, of the Christian Church; Rev. Powers and Rev. Thomp son, of the Presbyterian Church, of As toria and Clatsop and Rev. Cornwall, of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Of the A, B C. F. M. missionaries besides my father and Rev. Eells I heard Dr. Whitman and Rev. H. H. Spalding, the two last being Presbyterians. Of the United Presbyterian Church I heard, in 1S4S-49, Rev. Wilson Blaln, in Oregon City. During the latter part of 119 Rev. Blaln as editor of the Oregon Spectator, came out In some strong editorials against the prevailing drunkenness. My sister, Mrs. A. B. Karr, of Hoqulam, Wash., in one letter to me says: "I re member a minister in Oregon City by the name of Blaln preaching on 'Woe to Him That Putteth the Bottle to His Neighbor's Lips,' which I have never forgotten." Of all the missionaries I have named, none now are living except Rev. Thomas Condon, of Eugene, geologist of the State University. But what a change since the first mis sions were established 64 years ago. Over wide areas where once was heard the wild yell of the savage, the howl of the wolf the cry of the bird of prey, Is now heard the hum of industry, the whistle of the engine and roar of the rushing trains, the chime of school and church bells, calling to study and to worship, prayer and praise. But what of the courageous spirits that made these blessings possible. We turn with admiration to Miss Ellen M. Stone, the rescued missionary. All honor to her: but Oregon, In the '30s was very much farther from New York, counting time, than is Bulgaria today. Were my mother and her sister missionaries any less heroic as they plodded, day by day, over trackless wastes and through rugged Rocky Mountain gorges, fearing each night to hear the war whoop of the thou sands of savages that swarmed the plains, spending years- of Unrequited service, only at last to crushed, with deepest de- PHONE OREGON NORTH 1076 This-SUNDAY Afternoon and Night, June 8, and MONDAY Night June . Last Two Performances of V POSITIVELY YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL STUART COMPANY THIS SEASON NEVER CHANGING PRICES Night 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c Matinee 10c, 15c, 25c CALVIN HEILIG Manager FRIDAY NIGHT and SATURDAY MATINEE Grand Revival of DAVID GARRICK'S COMEDT. THE COUNTRY GIRL Specially selected cast, including EVENING PRICES Lower floor, except last 3 rows, $1.50; last 3 rows, JL00. Balcony, first 3 rows. JL00: second 3 rows, 73c; last 6 rows, 50c Gal lery, reserved, 35c; balance, 25c Boxes and loges, $10.09. spalr as the news of the Whitman mas sacre fell as a stunning blow upon them? And more tragic than this was the fato of those who 60 cruelly died at the hands of a tribe they had so lovingly labored to Christianize. All these died in the faith, and from their heroic lives shall come more en during monuments than silver or gold can purchase, for in the coming years there will be a richer fruitage and all that was once Oregon will be wholly taken for 'Jcnuo. There was more than sentiment in the words our fathers and mothers sang, in those missionary days, and tears ill! the eyes as we recall them Tcs, my natlvo land, I love thee. All thy scenes. I love them well; Friend, connection?, happy country, Can I bid jou all farewell? Can I leave you? Can I leave you? Far In heathen lands to dwell? CYRUS H. WALKER. FLORAL ANNIVERSARY. W. C. T. V. Member Will Observe Birthday of Jennie Cnssidny. MONDAY, Juno 9. The anniversary ojC Jennlo Cassiday's birthday will be ob served by W. C. T. U. members through out the world. It will be observed in Ore gon; probably In every section where White RIbboncrs are found. At the world's W. C. T. U. convention In London, some years ago. Miss Frences E. Wlllard, for so many years the leader of this organization, said: "The reason for that great gathering of women was broader than any single White Ribbon principle; that they had come together because they would increase and steadily help In the evolution of the common Joy." In this she struck the keynote of the Flower Mission department, truly, as It has been said, "there are sermons In flowers," and no agent in our lands is a more potent factor for tho cultivation of the love of the beautiful, or one that has a more uplifting Influence upon tho inner life. Your voiceless lips, O flowers, are living preachers. Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book. To one who has been engaged in thl3 flower mission work for years the Joy and blessing which have followed its ministra tions are evident on every hand. It Is an old story, the story of the beginning of the work; yet ever of great interest, as it is not simply a local movement, or even a National one. but Is world-wide. To give in as few words as possible tho "evolution of the movement" In the W. C. T. U.. we would first have to go back to a young woman of Boston, living In tho suburb, going back and forth dally, car rying flowers, giving them to the children of the streets. Seeing their eagerness to obtain them, the seed-thought, which has since developed Into a great organization tree, was dropped in her mind, and the Boston Flower Mission was begun. It was written up for the New York Observer, and a copy of the paper fell into the hands of a Kentucky girl; a patient sufferer herself, onco a merry, light-hearted girl, now a confirmed In valid through an accident. The flower mission Idea took possession of this suf fering "shut in," and from the room of suffering the "silent fragrant messen gers" began to go forth to bless man kind. She could not gather, she could not distribute, but she had the rare abil ity; she could Inspire and guide others. In 1SS2 Miss Wlllard visited this "whito shrine of suffering," from whence such beautiful ministry was, emanating. Al ways ready to see the connection of a good movement with the temperance cause. Miss Wlllard was instantly Inter ested, and the result was. Miss Jennie Casslday, the confirmed invalid, was made National superintendent of a new department of the W. C T. U. work "The Flower Mission Department." For more than 10 years she carried It on, aided by telephone and the magnetism of consecrated personal endeavor. The life of Jennie Casslday should be told over and over; It was an example that "from the most difficult conditions wo can wring out the most celestial success; from the alembic of pain disUl the choic est character: from loneliness and con tradiction be lifted to high companionship and sweet serenity." This year the department has greatly widened; it not only sends out a. gift of a flower as a token of sympathy, but, In many localities, it Is the chief "relief bureau" of the place; it also turns Its at tention to "civic Improvements," to aid In bringing; aou.t "ljcauty everywhere''; '": 7iaMst wJieettreS- MR. RALPH STUART AND COMPANY IN A MOST MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION OF 1 J 1 Jf f SI fi-md Md I- 1ml 3 m i I . K m m l v 1 v 1 1 VlIi JL MARQUAM GRAND THEATER Friday and Saturday Evenings and MAXAGEMEXT OF 4 Norman Hackett, Munroe Salisbury, Seymour Stratton, Marion Ashworth, H. L. Davidson, Robert V. Ferguson, T. C. Hamilton, DeWitt Greenleaf, Oiga Flinck, Ellen Armond. SALE OF SEATS WILL OPEX WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK. At Baker's Theater This Week Subjects I Tuesday. June 10 "Cardinal Newman." ' ' Wednesday. June 11 "Tho Middle Ages." , , Thursday, June 12 "The Reformation." Friday, June 13 "Brains and Belief." Saturday, June 11 "America's Debt to the Catholic Church." Twcnty-flve cents admission to any lecture. enry Austin Adam THE THE THE Will deliver 5 also urges the Plngrce plan for vacant trtta rrA tnbAa o tf a IntnoAet In Vi s estry question. L. H. A. AbolUhinK Hello-Girls. A large ltem"In the cost of operating a telephone system, says the Toronto Globe, is the pay of the girls at the cen tral station who connect one subscriber's wire with another's. Many attempts have been made to dispense with this ex penditure by rendering the service at the exchange automatic. At least one method of doing so has been developed far enough to be in actual use at Fall River, Mass. Another, Invented by Ernest E. Faller, of Baltimore, is being exhibited at 26 Pine atreet, in New York, where the mechan ism necessary to serve 100 subscribers has been set up. On the wall beside each telephone is a box somewhat like that for calling dis trict messengers. A knob on this In ro tated until the number of the person to be called Is revealed through a hole, and thn a key Is turned. A few seconds later, when the mechanism of the exchange has connected the two wires. It automatically rings both subscribers' bells simultaneous ly. The first subscriber then tries to con verse, and if the second one takes dawn his 'phone inside of 60 seconds, there Is no interruption until they are through. But if the second subscriber does not re spond promptly, the first one's wire is automatically disconnected, or "cleared at the end of a minute. He may, how ever, repeat the call as many times as he likes. If the second man's wire Is already In service at the time of the call no con nection will be made, and the first man will ascertain that fact from the failure of his own bell to ring. When both re ceivers are hung up after a talk both wires are promptly cleared. The apparatus at the central station is too complicated for any one but an elec trician to understand fully. But one or two comparisons may be made. It is claimed for the Faller apparatus that it Is much more simple and compact than that In use In Fall River. Then, as compared with the manual system. It has the merit of reaulrlng fewer inside wires and "con tracts." A machine serving 100 subscrib ers is much longer than a section of the switchboard doing the same duty In the exchanges of this city, but several could be arranged, one above another. Inas much as luncheon and reading-rooms would not be required, an appreciable economy would probably be effected in the caso of rent. Then men who are taking fcoW q th9 Faller system say that H la GEORGE L. BAKER. Saturday Matinee, June GEORGE H. BItE XXAX. SATURDAY NIGHT Alexander Dumas' Emotional Play, FRHNCILLO Or Franclne's Love Problem. MATINEE PRICES Entire lower floor, S1.00. Balcony, first 6 rows. 75c; last 6 rows, 50c Gallery, reserved. 35c; balance, 25c. Boxes and loges, 57.50 CORNER THIRD AND YAMHILL STREETS s EMINENT SCHOLAR IMPRESSIVE ORATOR PROFOUND REASONER Lectures in Portland this week MaryC CONTRALTO PARSONS HALL TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 10 ASSISTED BY MR. DOM ZAN AND MALE QUARTETTE W. H. BOYER, DOM ZAN. HARRY HOGUE. V7. A. MONTGOMERY, Accompanist, EDGAR E. COURSEN. PATRONESSES: MRS. HOLT WILSON MRS. RICHARD NUKN MRS. SOL HIRSCH MRS. T. B. WILCOX MISS MAT FAILING T4-kfj-o. (tl AA On 1 ICKetSj vp 1 ,UU und suited to the needs of the largest cities. They legard it practicable to accommo date 100,000 subscribers by a single group of exchanges. Jndse Williams, Onr Mayor. PORTLAND, June 7. (To the Editor.) Nothing In the late election is so signifi cant of progress as the election of Judge Williams. The problem of popular ov ernment will have Its final solution In. the cities, and to help in working it out Is a fit climax to hl3 high career. But it should not he torgotten that per PHONE COLUMBIA 506 MANAGER. 9 . . -, . fj&y VMv ..4 CALVIN HEILIG Manager 13 and 14 In felicity of expression and in force of utterance Mr. Austin is one of the most noted orators of the day. An attract ive musical programme will precede each lec ture. Price of admis sion to any single lec ture of the course, 25c Miss ase MRS. HELEN LADD CORBETT MRS. J. WESLET LADD MISS LOIS STEERS MRS. PRESTON C. SMITH MRS. P. F. MOREY sale at Woodard. Clark at Graves Music Store Clarke & Co.'b, manent Improvement is of slow growth. Vices have their roots in human nature, and cannot be eradicated. How they may be abated and made subject to the law Is a question of tho widest scope, and mo3t difficult decision. It may be hoped that the good people of Portland will avoid the error of their friends in New York in censuring Mayor Low for not attempting the impracticable. Their unwavering sup port will Insure a great civic triumph, and make Portland a National landmark In 1805. G. Harris Trunk Co. for trunks and bags.