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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POKLAOT, DECEMBER .28,, 1Q02,
DK. LCRENZ' G-"REAT TOUR OF
IT-HAS NO PARALLEL IN THE MEDICAL AND
SURGICAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
rpc rrBW YORK, Dec. 20Lr-A -whirling
jVj sleet, stinging his ears and whlten
lng his great beard, greeted Dr.
Adolf Lorenz, the famous Austrian sur
, geonon the occasion of his second visit
to Vthis city. It gave him only a dim
view of the metropolis, less satisfactory,
perhaps, than the first, -when he hurried
through to Chicago to operate upon Leo- j
:llta Armour, the crippled child of the mil
lionaire. "Within 24 hours after the Armour opera
tion the physician who had slipped so
quietly across the continent was famous
in every city, town, village and hamlet
in the .country, and the wires were bur
dened -with Irresistible appeals from surr
geons, physicians, humanitarians, staffs
of 'hundreds of hospitals and parents of
crippled children, begging him to visit
and Instruct them. This decided Dr. Lo
renz upon a campaign of mercy that has
no parallel in the medical and surgical
history of the world. His physical ap
pearance excited Instant attention as ho
debarked from the train at Jersey City,
where he was greeted by Dr. Newton M.
Shaffer, professor of orthopedic surgery
in Cornell University Medical College, and
Dr. Dexter D. Ashley, of the Post-Graduate
Hospital, while in the New York
ferry-house, to which the party immedi
ately repaired, were Dr. "Virgil P. Glb
ney, eurgeon-In-chlef of the Hospital for
the Crippled and Ruptured, and Dr. WIs
ner R. Townsend, professor of orthopedic
surgery in the Polyclinic Hospital.
A Striking Figure.
Envelooed in a fur-trimmed great coat,
the leader In bloodless surgery was a
striking figure as he stood in the woman's
cabin. The masslveness of his head, set
on hroad shoulders, was emphasized by
his silky beard. His blue eyes shone
kindly, but keen, while all his features
were delicately shaped. He spoke good
English, but with a twang, and his bear
ing was that of a man alert and vigor
ous, of strong mental and physical
strength, and with confidence in himself.
The whirlwind tour of the country,
stopping at numerous points and leaving
evidences of his wonderful skill, had not
wearied him, although while In Phila
delphia an extraordinary case had weak
ened one of his wrists. Throughout his
rapid flight his main desire was to In
struct the largest number of physicians
he could reach In each city which he
visited, and scores of children regarded
as life-cripples, through his great skill
are today sound In limb and body, while
homes have been made happy and bene
dictions arise whenever his name is
spoken.
Dr. Lorenz worked night and day to
make others as capable as himself and
had he regarded his own skill and hi3
own discoveries solely from the viewpoint
of the money-making business man he
would have prollted to the extent of
millions. In only instances, where par
ents were able to pay, did he accept fees
for his services, and he accepted these
because it enabled him to travel and work
for nothing in all sections of the coun
try. During the second week in October ho
operated on the Armour child, and the
following oay he held a clinic In a Chi
cago hospital which was attended by
many physicians and surgeons. He op
erated on nine cases. Daily he gavo
successful demonstrations of bloodless
surgery In congenital hip dislocations. 25
cases being treated at the county hos
pital, and then he started for the Pa
cific Slope, stopping at Denver and treat
in? six cases, all but one of which were
successful. Two cases were treated at
Pueblo, and the beneficent results of his
teachings were exemplified two days later
when a lecal physician successfully treat
ed a child suffering with congenital dislor
cation of the hip.
Three days later found him in San Fran
cisco, where he remained for one week,
operating, curing and teaching, and hold
ing, free clinics dally. Twenty-flve little
patients were operated on, their deformed
limbs being, straightened and placed In
plaster casts. In that city, for the first
time In this country, he displayed the
wondera of bloodless surgery when applied
to clubfeet.
! In Los Ansreles.
Five days were spent at Los Angeles,
where he operated successfully on eight
cases, two of them being double disloca
tions of the hip; the patients ranging In
years from 3 to 8. Parents came from all
parts of California with their crippled
children, and' had he consented to remain
his time would have been fully employed
for six months. Two hundred physicians
attended the clinics, and since then resi
dent physicians have profited by Dr. Lor
enz's Instructions and have accomplished
successful operations. As a result of his
visit to Los Angeles, a free hospital for
children affected with congenital hip dis
location will be established.
Returning East, Dr. Lorenz traveled by
tho Southern route, passing through New
Orleans, where his presence was unknown
until after he had departed for St. Louis,
much to tho chagrin of hundreds of phy
sicians. The first day of his stay in St.
Louis he examined and advised in fully
100 cases called to his attention, and he
conducted seven operations. Then he vis
ite? Washington, Baltimore and Phllar
delphla, conducting a number of opera
tions, which were witnessed by scores of
surgeons and physicians, and by many
students. His successes in those cities
have recently been given full attention.
While conducting a private operation in
Philadelphia, his patient being, a 5-year-old
girl, Dr. Lorenz sprained his right
wrist, and the Injury has .since given him
much pain and Inconvenience.
( This casp was an exceedingly difficult
one, requiring both forceful and at the
same time delicate manipulation, extend
ing for half an hour"Snd more befor.e
the head of the thigh bone was success
fully placed in its socket in the- hip bone.
This required him to be more cautious in
subsequent operations.
After reaching this city Dr. Lorenz
placed himself at the service of the local
surgeons, and while exchanging courtesies
Dr. Lorenz expressed favorable impres
sions of the medical fraternity.
our surgeons are the same as our surgeons-In
their knowledge," said he. "After
all. surgery, like dentistry, is entirely
technical. And In things technical Amer
ica always leads the world. Your surgeons
have originated much, and what ,they have
not originated they have greatly im
proved. I have 6hly to demonstrate my
bloodless method to my colleagues of
America, and they are very quick to ap
preciate It, thoroughly to understand, to
do it"
Praised the Hospitals.
He also spoke In most complimentary
terms of American hospitals. "Your hos
pitals are perfectly equipped," said he.
"There has been some talk of establishing
a hospital for my operation. That would
be entirely unnecessary. I cannot know
whether you havo enough hospitals, but
such as I have seen are perfectly equipped
for any operation. - And your colleges are
quite tho equals of any Institution of "ours;
indeed, are superior in demonstrating
physiology, particularly."
The first patient operated on in this city
was Gertrude 'McPherson, a beautiful,
curly-headed, blue-eyed girl of 12, under
treatment in Dr. Carter's private hospital.
She was born with her left hip dislocated,
but the deformity was not noticed by the
parents until she began to walk. For two
weeks she had been under preparatory
treatment for the relaxation of the mus
cles arid ligaments .that were holding her
thigh bone in a false position. The case
was a serious one, but after Dr. Lorenz
had ma'de a careful examination with an
X-ray he evinced a willingness to pro-;
ceed.
Little Gertrude, who Is remarkably In
telligent for her years, and of lovable
disposition, hafd been told that perhaps
her age would prevent the much-desired
operation,, and when Dr, Lorenz re
marked, "There is enough laxity In the
Joint to permit of a successful operation
despite her age,"" her eyes filled with
tears, and she threw her arms around
the great surgeon's neck and gave him a
hearty hug and kiss, and then submitted
readily to the preliminary work.
MbscIcb Like a Blacksmith.
Dr. Lorenz hurried Into too operating
room, and removing his coat, vest and
shirt, and rolling up the sleeves of his un
dershirt, displaying muscles like a black
smith, he enveloped himself in a long
white apron. The patient was then placed
on the operating table, chloroform hav
ing been used in rendering her unconr
sclous, and within 15 minutes the actual
reduction of the dislocation had been ac
complished, so well hadthe preparatory
treatment been carried out.
With her body on tue table, ana his as
sistants holding it firm, Dr. Lorenz
grasped the left leg with both hands and
raised it high in the air, then bent it
6low"ly upward until the limb was almost
parallel with the trunk. As the thigh was
bent upward, the knee was bent hack
ward, and the tendons at the back of the
knee had also to be stretched. The blood
less operation seemed cruel, so great was
the strength of the surgeon exerted, the
leg being drawn back and pulled so far to
the rear that It seemed as If the akin
would burst under the strain.
Then began the wonderful twisting and
manipulation that is the most essential
part of the Lorenz method of bloodless
surgery. The surgeon turned .and twisted
and pushed and pulled the limb in every
direction, while the deep marks in the
child's tender flesh, where the .powerful
hands grasped the limb, and. the play of
the mighty muscles of the operator's
arms, showed the enormous strength he
was exerting.
This twisting and pulling lasted for per
haps five minutes, and when Dr. Lorenz
relaxed his grip the limb fell limp anfl
hung-from the hip as though every muscle
and ligament -had been torn from its fas
tenings. After this began the real work of re
ducing .the dislocation. Using the thigh
bone as a lever, he sought by extending it
outwardly at right angles to force the
projecting head of the femur Into the
socket in the lower and anterior surface
of the pelvis. This work called for the
most vigorous work yet used, and it took
the united efforts of two assistants to hold
the body on the table while Lorenz was
exerting every fiber of his massive, mus
cles to make the bone slip down fhto Its
proper position.
Finally, -there was & noticeable Jerk or
slip, and the 'operation was accomplished.
Then he slipped the head out of the. socket
by bending the leg back toward its mate,
but the moment the thigh was bent out
ward from the body the head slipped back
to the socket again.
"This is the secret of success in this
operation," said Dr". Lorenz. "The leg
must be kept In the position of abduction
until the muscles and ligaments' have be
come accustomed to holding the Joint in
the proper place."
The body of the unconscious girl was
then placed on another .table, where the
work of putting in place tha plaster Jacket
that will hold the leg in position until the
Joint will remain In place without as
sistance was begun. First, a. sleeve of
woven, elastic stockinet was drawn over
the leg and pelvis. Then the assistants
placed, cotton wadding all over the bony
protuberances, that there might be no
chafing when the plaster was applied.
Over the cotton wadding a smooth, firm
bandage of muslin was wound, and then
the device for keeping the skin clean un
der the plaster cast was Inserted. This
consisted simply of a strip of linen placed
lengthwise under the stockinet bandage,
so that It can be drawn over any part of
the skin, and by means of which a thor
ough washing and stimulation of the epi
dermis can be maintained.
Last of all came the application of the
plaster cast, in which the leg will be held
rigidly at a sharp angle until the new
Joint 13 completed. This Is made by the
application of layer after layer of sur
geon's gauze, cut Into small strips, rolled
In finely pulverized gypsum, and Just be
fore application immersed in water.
Taking a roll of plaster bandage in his
hands, Dr. Mueller first laid it in longi
tudinal strips along the leg from knee to
hip bone. Then around both, hips and up
and down he went, using scissors to cut
and trim the edges until all possibility of
friction was avoided. The plaster hard
ened rapidly, and by the time It was done,
Gertrude, who was regaining conscious
ness, could be stood upright on the floor
to measure the length of the limbs and
determine the height of the shoe she must
wear until the plaster is removed.
"I have named my method of reducing
dislocations of the hip the 'functional
weight-bearing method,' " said Dr. Lor
enz,. "because the new socket is formed
on the old one deepened by the exercise of
tho Joint's proper function, while the
weight of the body Is borne upon It. Now,
this little gtrl must keep this plaster cast
on for at least nine months. When it Is
taken oft she will not be able for a long
time to straighten her leg, but by proper
after-treatment she will in three or four
years have both legs straight and strong."
And while Dr. Lorenz remains In tho
city he Is the speclar guest of such men
as Dr. Virgil P. Glbney, Dr. Reginald
Sayre and Dr. Newton M. Shaffer. Nearly
every day during his stay he will operate
without cost on the poor of the city. His
first public clinic was given at the Hos
pital for the Ruptured and the Crippled.
PHtJSICAL CULTURE FO"R COWALESCENTS
PROFESSOR BARKER DESCRIBES EXERCISES
CONDUCIVE TO THE RETURN OF HEALTH
HAVE you been sick, and are you con
valescing? Do you speedily want to
regain your wonted health? Then,
practice physical culture for the sick.
Physical exercise for a man not yet out
of bed, even though recovery from a pro
longed illness has set In? Certainly; why
not? Do not persons who are not sick
abed take physical culture In order to se
cure better health, which Is another way
of saying more strength? And as com
paratively well men are made healthier
by proper exercises, doesn't it stand to
reason that exercises devised especially
for convalescents will materially aid you
In getting on your feet once more, and
the more quickly land you in your office?
What made you sick? Bad blood. Your
doctor has been giving you various medi
cines, until now your blood has been re
lieved of much of the impurities that
caused your illness. But during all the
weeks or days that you have been lying
between sheets, your blood has moved
sluggishly through veins and arteries, for
your body has been at rest, and it takes
action to make the blood havo even a nor
mal flow. Sluggish blood, In medicine and
physiology, is synonymous with the term
impure blood; and when a physician says
of a man that his blood pulsates vigorous
ly, it Is another way of stating that the
man's blood is pure and healthy and Its
possessor in prime physical condition.
Of necessity, your blood has become
sluggish while you languished In your
illness; but now that the fever, or what
not, has left you and the doctor declares
that you are on the high road to recov
ery it Is incumbent upon you to 'stir the
blood, in order that it may gradually
bound through your body as was Its wont,
and thus, purified by its own rapid flow,
furnish strengthening food to the tissues
that have been wasted by disease and dis
use. And you can do this expeditiously
and without any danger of overexertion,
if you'll take the physical culture exer
cises herein described.
Of course, you must-remember that you
have been sick, in a sense are still sick,
and you must be careful of whatever
strength you have left. In other words,
you must be extremely cautious not to
overdo any of the exercises. If, when you
begin, you find that you are tired after ex
ercising Just one of the -gentler exercises
once, stop short right there. Do not
think of exercising again until the next
proscribed time for exercise comes
around. Then If you are fagged after the
second performance of an exercise, stop
and He down again. Likewise, when first
starting, do the exercises with as little
exertion as possible, and, as you And
yourself becoming stronger, commensu
rately Increase the energy that you put
into them.
Do not be discouraged if you discover
that you are able to do an exercise only
once or twice before tiring. Even such
seemingly insignificant exertion will be of
great benefit. One single physical culture
movement, directed at blood that has been ,
sluggish for weeks, will produce results
almost as speedily as does three fingers
of whisky on the mind and legs of a vcr-
dant youth, who has begun to acquire the j
questionable accomplishments of his el
ders. Just one performance of an exer
cise will send a sick man's blood pounding
along more rapidly will quicken his I
breathing. Quickened breathing means
more oxygen for the blood as it flows
through the lungs, and the more oxygen
from the air one can get Into the system
the sooner will health be recovered. For
oxygen Is nature's universal elixir, a pan
acea for all ills.
In order to get this highly necessary
supply of oxygen you should see to It
that the sickroom, which should be thor
oughly ventilated at all times. Is given a j
oounuzui suppiy oi new air lmmeaiaieiy
prior to beginning the exercises. Physical
culture taken In a room redolent with tho
contents of many medicine bottles is
worse than no exercise.
The proper time to exercise? Either an
hour before or an hopr after each meal.
An hour before will give the blood plenty
of time to quiet down and be ready to
rush to the stomach to take up the task
of digestion. An hour after will not inter
fere with the process of digestion by dis
tributing the blood to the various parts
of the body being exercised. This rule
should be rigidly observed, for, above all
things, a convalescent needs to assimilate
food properly so that he will get all
possible' strength therefrom.
Also, In order to reap the best possible
resits, you should approach the exercises
in a spirit of pleasure,, and not with the
idea that they are drudgery. Recall your
former healthy state. Say to yourself: "I
wonder if I can do this or that as I used
to;" and then take a curious delight in
trying to do it. If you can't execute the
thing off-hand, don't let that give you the
"blues." Be cheerful In the thought that, j
maybe, you can do It all right next time.
Perhaps you can't, but if you'll keep on
cheerfully striving you'll be able to do .
It pretty soon. In short. If you want to ;
derive all the good that there is In ex- ,
erclslng, be happily interested while In
dulging in It
And now to the exercises, constantly
bearing in mind that you must stop the
. POSITIONS WHICH
CONVALESCENTS MAY TAKE
FOR EXERCISE
II Restores appetite and promotes digestion.
III Builds up muscles of the legs, arms and chest.
V Strengthens weakened abdominal linings.
VI Develops the back and hip muscles.
second you feel tired, even though you
have scarcely begun one exercise.
Exercise I It is a- well-known physio
logical fact that when a healthy man lies
down his lungs do not take In as much air
as when he stands. Another axiom in
physiology is that a sick person uses only
about one-half of his lungs, often only
one-third. Therefore, when you find your
self convalescing, the first thing you
should do Is to develop your power of
lung expansion, which illness has les.
sened. You should send fresh air to all
the different parts of the lungs, and you
can do It In this way:
Lie fiat on your back in bed, with your
body relaxed" and at entire ease. Inhale
all that you can, hold your breath as
long as you can without becoming dizzy,
and all the while tap gently over your
chest with lightly clenched hands. The
tapping will loosen and make more pli
able the lung tissues and thereby cause
air to creep more easily throughout the
lungs.
Exercise II This exercise is splendid for
stomach and abdomen. If your sickness
has left you without relish for food It
will give you a good appetite. If your
appetite is well nigh voracious, as is fre
quently the case with convalescents, It
will aid your sorrowfully overloaded stom
ach to digest Its burden and will prevent
all the Inconvenience that Indigestion In
variably brings In its train.
Get your wife, nurse, sweetheart,
mother or daughter to place two pillows
back of your head and shoulders. With
legs straightened out, lie perfectly com
fortable. With thumbs. Interlocked and
the fingers of the right hand resting on
those of the left, stretch your arms be
hind your head. Then draw the arms for
ward, and, as you do so, sit up straight.
At first bring the hands only to the
knees, but as you gain strength try to
reach the toes with the finger tips. At
first, also, hold on to the knee caps as
you gradually He dowm When stronger
you can try sitting up with the arms
folded on your chest, and descend while
in tho same position, and you can also
discard the pillows. If you are very weak,
you can do this exercise by drawing up
the -knees and, clasping the hands under
them, pull yourself up to a sitting pos
ture. For a variation of this exercise, and for
strengthening the side muscles of the
abdomen, instead of the front and back
muscles, as in the original exercise, hold
your outstretched arms straight in front
of your body on a' level with the shoul
ders and have the palms touching. Grad
ually describe the biggest possible arc
that you can with your arms, always
keeping them on a level with the shoul
ders. As you do so the body will be
twisted sidewlse at the abdomen. As you
become stronger twist the body of your
own accord and keep the arms folded over
the. chest If you find that it is too hard
work to do the exercise with the arms
outstretched, turn the body sidewlse while
holding to the sides of the bed with the
hands. j
Exercise III Lie flat on your back, body
comfortable and relaxed. Draw up the
knees, keeping them" together, to the point
where they can be reached without undue
exertion by the hands. Also see that the
feet are flat on the bed. Then gradually
let the knees fall apart as far as they
will. Place the flat of the hands on the
outside of the knees, and, with the legs
entirely relaxed and offering no resist
ance, except their own weight, push them
together. As your accustomed vigor re
turns, resist with the knees while the
hands are pushing them together. Exhale
as tho knees are brought together, and In
hale as the legs fall apart This exercise
is good for all the muscles along the in
side of the arm, for many of the chest
muscles, and for the outside of the legs
between the knees and hips.
In order to bring into play the muscles
of the Inside of the leg, the outside of the
I arm, and the shoulders, place the palms
I of the hands on the Inside of each drawn-
up knee. Pressing only with the palms and
resisting with the legs, press the legs
apart Inhale as the legs fall apart, and
exhale as they are coming together in spite
of resistance by the hands.
Exercise IV Lie flat in bed on your
back, with the body at perfect ease. Raise
the arms straight up from the shoulders,
at the same time raising the shoulders as
much as you can. Imagine that you are
stretching arms and shoulders In order to
grasp a thousand-dollar gold certificate
Just suspended above your normal reach.
This exercise is splendid for the shoulders
and the side walls of the chest.
Exercise V Lie flat on your back, hands
under the hips and legs together all the
way to tho toes. Then raise the legs oft
the bed as high as you possibly can. Do
not bend the legs. Perhaps at first you
will be able to raise the legs scarcely a
foot, but even that will be of benefit; and
after a while you will find that you can
make a right angle with your body. This
is excellent exercise for the abdominal
muscles, from the groin up, and It
strengthens weakened stomach and ab
dominal linings. It also prevents constipa
tion, which often causes a convalescent to
relapse.
Exercise VI While lying flat on your
back, draw up the feet close to the hips.
Place the hands, palms downward, firmly
by the sides of the body at tho hips. First,
try to raise the hips from the bed, and
later on, on the same supports, raise up
all of the body except shoulders and head.
As more strength returns, execute these
two exercises with the arms folded over
the chest. And when you are well and
strong, you can raise the entire body on
tho feet and tho back of the head. ,
When Just the hips are raised the mus
cles in the back of tho hips and the
small of the back are brought Into play.
When all of tho body, except the head and
shoulders. Is clear of tho bed, the hack Is
exercised up to the shoulders; and when
the body rests on the back of tho head
and feet only, every back muscle all tho
way to the neck is actively engaged.
Exercise VII This, the last cvercise to
be described, is for the upbuilding of the
various front, back and side muscles of
the neck. Lie on the back of your head
and the flat of your back, with legs touch
ing and arms at your sides. Move tho
head first to one side and then to tho
other, as far as possible, every time seeing
to It that one ear is completely burled in
the pillow. Raise the head from the pil
low as far as possible and look at the cell
ing. Hold for a moment, then let tho
head fall back. Next, press the head back
hard into tho pillow and hold for a mo
ment, and, lastly, with the head on its
back, look behind as far as you can.
All of these exercises are as efficacious
for convalescent women and children as
for men. ANTHONY BARKER.
(Copyright, 1902.)
TRIBUTE BLJ A SAM F"RAN CISCO RABB I
Estimate of the Late Solomon Hirsch by Dr, Jacob Voorsangcr.
TO THE Emanii-el, the leading Jew
ish paper of the Pacific Coast, Dr.
Jacob Voorsanger, Its editor, con
tributes the following signed article on
the death of Solomon Hirsch:
"Our pen, these pact few months, has
often grown heavy with grief; for the
Western pioneers or Israel are rapidly
being lngathered, and sometimes we
stand aghast at the gaping breaches in
the ranks of our strong men. Last Mon
day another such death occurred, and we
feel again, with much affliction of heart
and spirit, that wo are In a reconstruc
tion period, and must look for men to
take the empty chairs of them who coun
seled amongst the elders of our people.
Solomon Hirsch, of Portland, Or., is no
more! That honored name stood for sd
much wholesome sentiment, for such
noble conceptions of civic and religious
vlrture, for such manly excellences, com
mercial honor and domestic grace, that
the sense of mourning, at the mere no
tice of his translation, becomes a per
eonal one, and It must seem as If all
Israel on the West Coast must stand at
the bier of this noble representative of
the people and cry out in pain that 'a
prince and a great man hath fallen In
jeraei this day!' Indeed, If we refer to
our most honored friend as one of the
princes -and great men of American
Israel, wc muuic in uu luie puruseoiugy,
nor In the flattering compliments of
neighborly condolence. We know the
facts of his life and we know whereof we
speak. "He looked like a prince. 'His soul
was In harmony with his handsome, dis
tinguished appearance. One might not be
far amlse and use that noble face of Sol
omon Hirsch as a type for the princely
chief of Judah, who stood with the tribes
men of the desert and digged wells of
water as sign of territorial conquest His
.personality was impressive, inspiring con
fidence and high esteem. It was an honor
to know him, a delight to be In hip com
nany He "was a man of high alms, high
Ideas" and no evil thought could lurk In
the royal -mould In which God had cast
Mlm And we wish to Impress upon the
voung men .of our people the important
fact that this gentleman, this American
fllDlomat, this merchant prince, this emi
nent, sagacious leader of the Republican
nartv in Oregon, was, above all his dis
tinctions and titles, a pious. God-fearing
j w whose services as the Parnass of
nur sister congregation in Portland gave
y,im ereat .happiness, and whose mlnis
5ini in the cause of Israel evinced
9vrtkorical flame of faith burning
b tehthr J ' Solomon- Hirsch
was one of the noblest type of the Jew
It ever was our happiness to know. Alas,
that such men must file! With the elegist
of the Talmud, we feel like complaining,
'Alas, for my lord and alas for his glory
departed!'
"Like most of us In America, he rose
from the ranks. A-self-made man In the
finest sense of the word, he wras gifted
with a mind equal to the possibilities be
fore him. A German lad, from one of
the Bavarian villages, he belonged to the
same stock that have made both the his
tory of Israel and of commerce. Industry
and finance in the United States. But,
as peculiarly as he was gifted, so pecu
liarly was he placed. He came to the
broad expanse of the West, to the young
country of the Pacific where men were
needed, and he had the soul of a man.
He helped to build up one of the great
commercial houses of the Northwest, he
and his partners, among them his father-in-law,
Jacob Mayer, God bless his old
age. But commerce, In all Its ramifica
tions, in all Its honorable enterprise, was '
not the goal of his ambition. This man '
had a singularly honorable pride of ren- j
dering every possible service to the com- i
monwealth. contributing no mere tax- j
payer's liberality, nor the Influence of the I
great commercial house of which he was j
the chief for so many years, but the ser- !
vice of honorable alms for the purifica
tion of politics, sb that the broad states- '
manship of its officials might develop the j
wonderfully rich resources of the State of J
Oregon. If we say, then, that Solomon i
Hirsch was one of the eminent politicians j
of America, we use the word in Its
highest sense. He, the Jew, became the '
leader of his party in Oregon. For years j
he swayed the destiny, of his state. Upon j
his decision rested the political fate of men.
The leaders of the state listened to him
as to one whose word was subject to no
dispute. He stood In the warfare of po
litical factions like a towering rock, like
a signal service station, from which
came the flashes that directed the cam
paign. And, since he was necessarily In
the midst of the turmoil, and of needs
must make friends and enemies, it re
mains to be said that his life was always
pure; that friend nor foe ever suspected
the high character of his patriotism, and
that in every political faction his name
was synonymous with the noblest motives
and absolute political purity. To mention
the name of Solomon Hirsch In Oregon
was to name Its foremost citizen, held
In the highest veneration, because in the
Very midst of political warfare It stood
for the highest conception of political
! honor, for unimpeachable integrity, for
Inflexible convictions of social purity and
for the bitterest enmity to corruption and
faithlessness. He was a master of politi
cal craft, but he was a pure man and as
such his name will ever be honored.
"When President Harrison, in 1SS9, ap
pointed him Minister to Turkey, he went
rather reluctantly. His vast business in
terests, his political responsibilities, above
all his happy association with the gra
cious lady who was his wife and the
mother of his children, inclined him to re
fuse the honor of the aDpointment. But
Solomon Hirsch never was deaf to the
call of duty. He went to Constantinople
and became distinguished for his sagac
ious diplomacy and his dignified represen
tation of his Government He remained
as long as his sense or duty demanded,
and then returned to the Pacific Coast
to take up his old life amongst the peo
ple he knew best and who knew him best
But one incident, occurring only lately,
may testify to the great esteem in which
he was held. He bad never become a Ma
son. In the transitions of his busy life
there had been little time for social func
tions. Among the oldest prerogatives of
a "grand master of Masons, very rarely
conferred or exercised, is the right of con
ferring the degree of Masonry without the
usual scrutiny of the candidate by se
cret ballot In the history of' Masonry in
the State of Oregon that prerogative was
exercised only once, in the case of Solo
mon Hirsch and Cyrus A. Dolph, who to
gether, only last year, were so distin
guished by the grand master of Masons
in the State of Oregon, arid who "were, to
use the language of the craft made Ma
sons at sight The honor may be some
what inexplicable to the profane. Masons
will understand that this compliment was
a recognition of the honor, the probity,
the character, the decent, life, the high
principles of this brave, good -man, whose
untimely death is so deeply deplored, and
there is every reason to believe that, had
his life been prolonged, the highest and
noblest ambition of his life would have
been realized; he would have been called
to a peat in the Senate of the United
States. Both his services and his distin
guished abilities entitled him to that
signal reward from the State of Oregon.
"Our pen lingers In Inditing a most of
fectlonate good-bye to this noble man,
this most loyal gentleman. May his mem
ory long endure. Whatever comfort his
widow and children may derive from the
universal appreciation of their husband
and father. Is offered them with, swelling
hearts and most generous affection. God
rest him. Beneath the pines of Oregon his
dust reposes, out his name is enrolled
amongst tjiose of the great Jews of all
times. For he was a. great man, and ex
ceeding his greatness was his truth.
Therefore he is blessed.
"JACOB VOORSANGER."
In Memory of Father Pront.
Denis Florence McCarthy.
In deep dejection, but with affection,
I often think of those pletsant times;
In the days or "Frazer," re I touched a razor.
How I read and reveled in1 thy racy rhymes;
When in wine and wosstil, we to thee were
va3sall.
r
Of "Water Grass Hill," oh, renowned "P. P."
May the bells of Shandon
Toll Withe and bland on i
The pleasant waters of thf memory!
Full many a ditty, both -wise and witty,
In this social city have I eard since then
(With the glass beforo ne, how the dreams
come o'er me !
Of those attic sappers and those vanished
men!)
i
But no eonc hath wokei, whether scng or
spoken, j '
Or hath left a token of sujh Joy In me,
As "the bells of Shandon I
That sound so grand on 1
The pleasant waters-of thl River Lee."
The sons melodtous, which a new harmo
, nious j
"Young Ireland" wreathii round Us rebel
sword, j "
"With their deep vibrations land aspirations,
Fling a glorious madness o'ir the festive board!
But to me seems sweeter.j with a tone com
pleter, i
The melodious meter that ie owo to thee
Of the bells ot Shandon
That sound so grand on
The pleasant waters of the River Lee.
There's a grave that rises Ion thy sward, de
vizes, t J
"Where Moore lies' sleeping nrom his land afar;
And a white stone nashci o'er Goldsmith's
ashes - '
In the quiet cloisters by Temple Bar;
So where'e'r thou sleepest. With a' love that's
deepest.
Shall thy land remember tly sweet , song and
thee.
While the bells of Shandon. J
Shall sound so crand on
The pleasant water of the nver Lee.
GECXRGE AIDE'S FABLE IH SLANG
Of trie Successful Tobias and Some of His Happy New Years
Only In Season and la Tidewater.
We are. told that one cln catch salmon
trout at any time, In anf waters. . Now,
section 23 of the Genera Xaws of Ore
gon (1301), says we can latch them, and
section 29 says we cannjt, or I miscon
strued them. The point ve want to know
is tthls: Can we catch lalmon trout In
any waters of this state the year around.
or only in season? I C. E. H.
ONCE there was a Financial Heavy
weight, the Milestones of whose
busy X.Ife were strung back across
the Valley of Tribulation Into the Green
Fields of Childhood.
Like most of our Aristocrats, he got his
Start out among.the Corn Rows.
His Youth was spent very happily, but
he did not get on to tho Fact until Tears
later. He used to work 14 Hours per for
his Board and Clothes, and his only Dis
sipation "was to take in the Swiss Bell
Ringers once every Season.
At the Close of every Year he was per
mitted to' attend a Watch Meeting at the
Mount Zlon Church. The Watch Meeting
is a form of Gaiety Invented a long time
ago by some one who was not feeling well
at" the' Time.
The Bunch was supposed to sit for three'
or four Hours on the hard Benches medi
tating on all the low-down, ornery Things
they had done during the Old Year. Some
of them had to hurry in order to crowd
this Line of Meditation into a brief four
Hours.
J , Now and then a local High Guy with
Throat Whiskers would arise and talk
for a short time on the Subject of Death
and wonder how many of those present
Would be taken In by the Grim Reaper
during the New Year.
Just at. Midnight the Sexton would Toll
the Bell so as to cheer every one up. Then,
each of the Merrymakers would go home
and eat a piece of Mince Pie and a Bell
flower Apple and retreat to the feathers,
feeling a little Ashamed for having
stayed up so Late.
Later On, after Tobias moved into Town
and began to wear Store Clothes and
Stand-Up Collars and put Oil on his Hair,
he encountered another kind of New
Year's Day.
The Era was that of the Open House.
All the Women received and the Men went
over the entire Circuit and traded job
printed Cards for something to Eat and
Drink.
This made it Fine for those who were
not ordinarily invited into the Best
Homes.
The Men roamed about in Flocks, and
usually they had a. Hard Plni3h, for It.
was customary in those good old Days
o Democratic Simplicity for every True
Gentleman to take a Drink when it was
proffered by the Hand of Lovoly Woman.
And Lovely Woman seemed to regard
it as her Assignment to put all of the
Nice Young Fellows to the Bad.
It was customary to mix Tea, Coffeo,
Sherbet, Lemonade, Eggnogg, Artillery
Punch, Flzzerine and Straight Goods un
til the Happy New Year looked like a
scrambled Rainbow and the last Caller
was Sozzled.
Tobe Used to go out every New Year's J
Day to meet the Good-Lookers and fuss
around with them, for those were hl3
i Salad Days. Ho made it a" Combination
Salad and philandered with about Seven i
I before he took the Big Risk and bought ;
a Home with a Mortgage Attachment and
settled down.
Then the Happy New Year began to
have an entirely new Meaning.
He drew a Red Mark ground January 1,
for that was the Day when he had to
make the Books balance and take up some
big Note that was hanging over him like
a Storm Cloud.
His usual Plan for celebrating the
Happy New Year was to sit in his Office
figuring on how to trim the Pay-Roil and
sneak up Selling Prices and keep put of
tho Sheriff's Hands for another Twelve
Months.
But the Time came when Tobias could
i take out a Pencil on December 31 and
compute a Net Profit big enough to fill a
Furniture Van.
To all Intents and Purposes he had
come to the High Ground where he could
afford to sit down for a while and enjoy
the Scenery.
He certainly possessed all the Accesso
ries of a Happy New Year.
He had a Bank Roll and a House on
the Boulevard, and aT Wife who was slow
ly but surely worming her Way into So
ciety. He had a Son attending a high-priced
University and gradually accumulating an
Oxford Accent, while his Daughter was
at a School' which used the French Novel
as a Text-Book.
So. after all these Years of Struggling,
Tobias knew what It was to have a genu-
! lnely Happy New Year.
' For when the Children came Home for
the Holiday Vacation the busy Mrs. Tobias
gave a big Dancing Party on New Year's
Eve, to say nothing of a couple of Lunch
eons and a Formal Dinner.
At these glittering Functions the Fam
ily did what it could to keep Tobias in
the Background, for while he was a Cork
er when It came to doing a Fountain Pen
Specialty with a Check-Book, he was a
Frosted Turnip wnen chucked Into a Suit
costing $100 and put down In a Marie An
toinette. Apartment with a lot of Chaun
ceys who had been educated in the East.
He celebrated the Glad New Year by
standing around in Doorways and looking
mburnfully at the Lightweights who were
doing the Cotillion and each of them hav
ing the Time of his Life.
He saw his Wife hobnobbing with a
Human Pickerel whose only excuse for
being on Earth was that he looked well
In Evening Clothes.
Daughter was dancing with a lovely
Specimen of tho night-blooming Rounder,
and Son was passing the Cigarettes. And
no one was paying any Attention to the
Provider. ,
So he made a quiet Retreat to his own
Room and had a Glass of Milk sent up,
and rejid Uie Market Report, and man
aged to put In a Pleasant Evening after
all seeing the Old One out and the New
One in.
Moral:. One New Year is just, about a3
Happy as another.
(Copyright, 1002.) 4
Bcnedlcnm Domino.
Susan Coolldse.
Thank God for Life! Life Is not sweet always;
Hands may be heavy-laden, hearts care-full;
TJnwolcomo nights follow unwelcome days.
And dreams divine end In awakenings dull;
Still, It Is Life and Life Is cause for praise.
This ache, this restle2siKss, this quickening
sting
Prove me no torpid and Inanimate thine
Prove me of Him who Is of Life the spring;
I am alive and that Is beautiful!
Thank God for Love! tho Love may hurt and
wound;
Tho aet with sharpest thorns Its rose may be;
Roses are not of Winter, all attuned
Must be the earth, filled with soft stir, and
freo
And warm, ere dawns the rose- -upon its tree.
Fresh currents through my frozen pulses run;
My heart has tasted Summer, tasted sun;
And I can thank Thee. Lord, although not one
" Of all the many roses blooms for me!
Thank God for Death! Bright thing with
dreary name:
We wrong with .mournful flowers her pure
still brow;
We heap her with reproaches and with blame;
Her sweetness and her fitness disallow.
And question bitterly the why and how.
But calmly, 'mid our clamor and surmise.
She touches each In turn and each grows wise,
Taught by the light In those mysterious eyea
I shall be glad, and I am thankful now I