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Society Events at the National Capital
Changes in Official Life Cause a Corresponding: Stir in Social Circles.
WASHINGTON, June 27. (Special
Correspondence.) On "Washing
ton's official calendar lightning
changes are being chronicled. The Cab
inet officer of today is the Senator of to
morrow or vice versa, their places being
taken from the full rank of efficient men
in the various states. The Roosevelt Cab
inet has been almost completely changed
within the past two years, and only Sec
retaries Hay of the State Department and
"Wilson of the Iepartment of Agriculture
are left to represont the McKinley Cab
inet. All tills of oourse means a corres
ponding change in official hostesses. One
change makes many and is like the
dropping of a stone into water, it starts in
motion that which ceases only when the
limit Is reached.
The appointment of Hon. Philander C.
Knox to succeed the late Matthew S.
Quay as United States Senator from
Pennsylvania transplants one of the most
popular official homes from the Cabinet to
the Senatorial list, whllo social "Washing
ton congratulates itself that the Knox
family will not leave town altogether.
In less time than it takes to write It,
Secretary of the Navy Moody has been
asked to take ;the Attorney-Generalship
Just relinquished by Mr." Knox, and clerks
at the Department of Justice are showing
signs of palsy from dread lest time-honored
customs of the office be strenuously
upset by the incoming gentleman from the
East, who recently won renown with his
friend, Congressman Gillett, of Massa
chusetts, because of the extra half hour
they succeeded in having tacked to the
official day, after declaring against the
official recognition of clerks who have
passed the heyday of middle life.
Scarcely had Washington become accus
tomed to these changes before It was defi
nitely announced that Hon. George B.
Cortelyou would leave the Department of
Commerce and Labor to become chairman
of the Republican National Committee,
the position held through two Presiden
tial campaigns by the late Senator Hanna.
Anqther agreeable family the youngest in
the circle has thus been taken from the
President's Cabinet. In ita place will bo
that of Hon. Victor H. Metcalf, of Cali
fornia. Secretary-elect and Mrs. Metcalf are by
no means strangers in the city, since the
former has represented the Third Cali
fornia District In the 5Cth, 57th and 6Sth
Congresses to the date of his Cabinet ap
pointment. More than this, Mr. Metcalf
has represented the state of his adoption
on the Republican National Committee as
well as on several Congressional commit
tees of importance.
The Metcalfs come from a section It Is
thought best to please in an official way,
hence they were wined and dined from the
first. Duty became a pleasure as soon as
they were personally known, and during
the past season the Metcalfs have been
M THE DOMAIN OF MUSie
Concert-Reception at Mount Angel Pupils'
Commencement Recitals Musical Comment
One of the principal musical events of
the week was the reception and concert
tendered Right Rev. Aljbot Thomas, O. S.
B., at Mount Angel Abbey last Wednes
day afternoon, after the Impressive bene
diction ceremonies and banquet at the
Abbey.
The first number on the programme was
"Ad Wllllamettam," a cantata for solo
chorus and orchestra, and composed by
Rev. Father Dominic, O. S. B. Miss Kath
leen Lawler, Mrs. Walter Reed, J. W.
Belcher and Rev. F. Dominic sang the
solos, while E. O. Spltzner, solo violin; G.
Oechsle, flute; Mr. Boetgen, bass viol, and
Miss Hugglns, piano, furnished the ac
companiment. Repeated applause marked
the rendition of the cantata, which
seemed to strike a patriotic Oregonlan
chord. Governor George E. Chamberlain
delivered a short address, complimenting
the Institution on its fine buildings and
achievements, particularly in the educa
tional line. The address was well re
ceived. Mrs. Walter Reed then sang a
selected solo that merited the applause
given. Right Rev. E. J. O'Dea, of Seattle,
delivered an eloquont and appropriate ad
dress, saying among other things that the
wonderful achievements of the Benedic
tine Fathers at Mount Angel was but an
example of like achievements of the order
all over the world.
Mrs. Reed's rich contralto voice was
heard to good advantage when she sang
the "Four-Leaf Clover." The famous
verses of Ella HIgglnson were set to music
by Rev. F. Dominic and dedicated to
Abbot Thomas, Professor Spltzner playing
the violin obligato excellently.
Abbot Thomas' address was thoroughly
enjoyed by all. He is an excellent speaker
and English scholar, and those who once
hear him speak never fall to avail them
selves of opportunities to hear him again.
He dwelt on the relation between the re
ligions and the clergy, calling them the
right and left hands of the church. His
address received repeated storms of ap
plause. The singing of Miss Lawler, as well as
that of Mrs. Reed, was greatly appreci
ated. Miss Lawler's sweet soprano voice
was heard to fine advantage In the large
auditorium, on the fifth floor of the col
lege wing of the Abbey, and she was the
recipient of many c6mpllmonts.
DOMAIN OF MUSIC.
A reassuring feature of London's musical
activity is the enormous number or orchestral
concerts, says a correspondent. Mention must
first be made of the venerable Philharmonic
Society, organized in the year 18131 and includ
ing: In Its list of conductors the names of
Cherublni, Spohr. Weber, Mendelssohn, Wag.
ner. to say nothing of the latter-day celebrities.
Dr. Frederic Cowan at present conducts the
Philharmonic Society's eight annual concerts.
Though of recent origin, the Queen's Hall Sjm
phony Orehestra, so ably conducted by Henry
J. Wood, is the most potent factor for musical
goods In London today. This magnificent or
chestra gives Symphony coneerts Saturday and
Sunday afternoons throughout the season. Dur
ing the late Summer season, the season when
Londoners epeak of London as "empty," the
Queen's Hall Orchestra gave a series of prom
enade concerts nightly, Sundajs excepted, from
about the middle of August to the end of Octo
berconcerts of the highest excellence, at which
all the great symphonies, overtures, suites and
symphonic poems were to be heard for the
ludicrously low price of about eight cents jer
coneert, by subscriptions for a season ticket.
Then there arc the Blchter orchestral concerts,
for many years held in St. Jamea Hall, but
transferred to the Queen's Hall since Dr. Rich
ter took up his residence In England and began
to bring his Manchester orchestra to London.
Last eeason there was the Beethoven festival,
conducted by Felix "Welngartner, of Berlin; and
the Strauss festival, for which the Concertge
bou Orchestra, of Amsterdam, was brought to
London, conducted, for the greater part of the
festival, by Richard Strauss himself.
Commendable progress was noticed in the
violin playing of pupils at the recital given
last Tuesday night at the Unitarian Chapel,
under the able direction of "William Wal
lace Graham. Tho chapel was well filled
by an appreciative audience, who heartily
applauded the rendition of the various num
bers. The young musicians who took part
were: Grace Holden, Ada Williams, Viola
Vercler. Lenore Gregory, Julia Burke, Gaynl
Baldwin, .Pearl Vercler. Lillian Stcge. Miss
Eastabroofca, Miss Lcbkamp. Marcus: Ekr-
the center of a charming intellectual and
social coterie.
But changes are not confined to home
rule. Foreign diplomats in "Washington
have caught the fever and the entire list
has been changed In rank, if nothing else.
At the presont rate the secretary of lega
tion today may be charge d'affalrs to
morrow and minister plenipotentiary by
the middle of next week though he may
not hope to become "Monsieur IAmbas
sador" and personally represent his sover
eign without a subsequent change of post.
During the year the Russian Ambassa
dor has been congratulated over his acces
sion to the rapk of dean of the diplomatic
corps, an honor given only to the oldest
diplomat in point of service at this post.
Sir Mortimer Durand succeeded the late
Sir Michael Herbert as British Ambassa
dor, and an English woman took the place
of Sir Michael's American wife as hostess
of the most august embassy at the Amer
ican capital.
The season was marked by the arrival
of two other American women as mis
tresses of foreign official households, Ma
dame Jusserand, wife of the French Am
bassador, and Baroness Speck von Stern
burg, who had the entire German Em
bassy overhauled and put In readiness for
the elaborate social programme that made
Emperor "William's official Washington
residence the pride of "two nations and
which ended with the marriage of tho
Baroness sister. Miss Langham, of Ken
tucky, to Count Faramond of the French
Embassy, which I mentioned at the time.
Baron Ladllaus Hengelmucller von Hen
gervar has been raised from the rank of
Minister Plenipotentiary to the rank of
Ambassador, and given power personally
to represent Emperor Franz Joseph, of
Austro-Hungary.
Popular Interest in the Japanese con
tinues unchanged, and within the week
the Japanese Minister has been granted
two unheralded but significant Interviews
with the President Just here, it is in
teresting to note that Minister Taklhlra's
immediate predecessor, Jutaro Komura,
was transferred from here to St. Peters
burg at tho beginning of war rumors In
the Far East, when also the Corean Min
ister to'Washington was sent to the courts
of Berlin and "Vienna. Such transfers con
firm tho impression that other govern
ments regard Washington in the light of
a preparatory school for their diplomats,
and that the diplomats themselves con
sider It a post to be desired and a stepping-stone
to great opportunities in the
world of diplomacy. In short, if cognizant
of our methods and manners, they feel
prepared to beard other lions in their den.
Though opened and closed spasmodical
ly, the legation of the -Shah of Persia is in
teresting. In fact, so much was published
concerning the movements of the first
Minister accredited to this Government
before his arrival, a few years back, that
he refused to come to Washington, and so
oabled his sovereign after landing in New
York. Diplomatic complications were then
narrowly averted, for which reasons I re
sist the desire to mention the successor to
the popular General Isaac Khan, who is
scheduled to arrive shortly to represent
"His Imperial Majesty, the Shah." Ad
interim, all communications of state are
stedt Edwin Jacobs and A. Hoosly. Pearl
Vercler, a little girl about 7 jears old, who
learned tho Bach-Gounod number, "Ave
Maria," In one week, gav it a most Im
pressive rendering, and showed remarkable
purity of tone. Edwin Jacobs Is to be com
mended for his fine playing of tho Beeth
oven romanze In F major, op. 50, and if
he will continue his violin studies he will
be hoard to adantage before long. Dan
cla's "Sixth Air Varla," played by Arthur
Hoesly, was marked by pleasing talent, as
also wore the solos of Ada Williams and
Graco Holden. It vaa a treat to hear the
tone production and technique displayed In
Miss Lillian Stege's number by Wagner
WUhclmj. Miss Almee Newman made a
most capable accompanUte. Mr. Graham
Is to be congratulated on the flno violin
work he has shown since his arrival in
Portland.
"I am sorry to say It, but. from extended
observation, the average quartet choir takes
little heart Interest in tho church service,"
says J. Warren Andrews, choirmaster. New
York City. "There Is oftentimes an unwill
ingness to work beyond what bare neces
sity requires. Where service Is rendered so
grudgingly, is it to be wondered at that
that salaries go down instead of up Tho
first question I hear, in many Instances,
from tho choir applicant, even before ho
knows whether or not ho Is favorably con
sidered, or even considered at all. Is. 'How
much is there In it?' This mercenary spirit,
which takes not the slightest Interest in
the performance of It's labor beyond get
ting through the time and drawing the sal
ary, seems to permeate even the ranks of
the musician. Such a condition of things Is
killing to art, to say nothing of religion.
Now, I do not wish to be understood as
making this criticism general regarding the
quartet choir, but that such a condition can
and does exist in some cases. There are
as good men, and noUle, among sl&gers as
will bo found In other professions." Yes, Mr.
Andrews, people who sing In church quar
tets require salaries. They have to get back
the money they spent In years of tuition.
Preachers ond choirmasters are paid, and
well paid sometimes. Why not choir sing
ers? Eugene d'Albert announces in the Frank
furter Zeltung that German musical art at
present is passing through a crisis which
Is not only critical for the concerns of today,
but threatens the frultfulness of the fut
ure. He says: "With the exception of Rich
ard Strauss, Germany today contains only
three great composers. The fault is directly
due to the fact that Germany has become
the land of materialism within the last
few years. In former times we had artists
who lived solely for thoir ideals, thinking
little of material things; at the present tlm
matters have completely changed, the ar
tist, placing hjs ideal if he have one, after
his love for material things. How is this
evil to be remedied? First and above all
it Is necessary that all those who have not
an absolute confidence in the power of their
vocation give up the artistic career, for
every other career Is open to them and will
bring them In greater profits. The instruct
ors should speak In this way to their pupils,
and they should also stifle their personal
desire of making tbelr pupils appear In pub
lic. Instructors should spare no pains in
the formation of the vocation, for on this
the entire future of the artist depends, and
the pupils should be advised of tho dangers
and disillusions of the artistic career."
Rossini's "Stobat Mater" formed one of the
principal musical numbers given at the recent
Sunday afternoon park concert in Philadel
phia, Pa., by the Falrmount Park Band, as
sisted by vocalists. The programme: Over
ture, "MIgnon" (Thomas), a, march from
"Leonore" Symphony (Raff); b, sketch,
"Down South" (Myddleton); introduction to
"Parsifal" (Wagner); second Hungarian
Rhapsody (Liszt); "Stabat Mater" (Rossini);
Introduction Chorus Quartet, air, "Cujus
Animan"; tenor solo, Anthony D. McNIchol;
duet for soprano and alto, "Qui est Homo,"
Miss Sara Richards (soprano). Mtas Kathryne
Rosenkranz (alto); bass solo, "Pro Peccatis,"
Henry Hotz; . bass solo and chorus, "Ela
Mater." Henry Hotz (sololat); aolo quartet,
"Saneta Mater": alto solo, Cavatlna, "Fac ut
Portem," Miss Kathryne Rosenkranz; soprano
solo and chorus, "Inflammatus," Miss Sara
Richards (soprano); "Star-Spangled Banner."
One of the most Interesting features of the
Irish Celtic revival is the reappearance of
tho Irish bagpipes. There are two kinds of
Irish pipes the "war pipes" and the "union
pipes," the latter being a development of the
former and a much more perfect Instru
ment. The last record of the Irish pipes In
addressed to the Turkish Legation. And
thereby hangs a tale, unique in the annals
of diplomatic affairB.
Minister Cheklb Bey, though a resident
of Washington for 2 years. Is officially
unknown to President Roosevelt, and con
trary to rule, all official business must be
conducted through a secretary, all because
the wily Sultan has found it convenient to
"forget" to forward the proper credentials
to his Minister resident here.
When Chekib Bey first arrived President
McKinley was in Canton for the Summer,
and when the White House was again
open for official presentations, another
was In his place. Credentials made out In
the name of one Chief Executive could
obviously not be presented to another, so
the papers were sent back to Constanti
nople for correction, with tho result thai
Cheklb Bey is in a class unknown and is
propounding the question, When Is a diplo
mat not a diplomat?
Society In general and the Diplomatic
Corps in particular deplore the early de
parture of Senor Don Domingo Gana and
his handsome wife, who for the past sev
eral years have been members of the
Chilean Legation staff. Senor Gana's
father was formerly Chilean Minister to
this capital, and being returned here, was
for the son like a home-coming. Old ac
quaintances were renewed and new ones
made, only to become "ships that pass In
the night," as the young couple soon go to
the capital of Peru.
A new Minister from the Netherlands,
and one from Paraguay, are vying with
each other In getting their first calls made
before the cool breezes cease and tho early
season Is no more. The similar anxiety of
the season's brides Is as nothing com
pared with tho strenuous calling of new
diplomats of the day.
Hon, W. W. Russell, United States Min
ister to Colombia, is In town, the guest of
his family, while waiting for the govern
ment at Colon to decide to let bygones be
bygones, and renew diplomatic relations
with this country,
Tho most distinguished visitor of the
week Is Cardinal Satolll. who Is on a visit
of pleasure to his old hunUng-ground, not
withstanding rumors of a more signifi
cant reason for his coming here at this
time. Whllo in the city he Is being hand
somely entertained here and there, at the
White House and by the Secretary of
War, but he is making his headquarters
at the Papal Legation, over which he
once presided.
The building thus occupied Is on I street,
between Third and Fourth streets, and Is
one of a row of houses that could a tale
unfold concerning political intrigues and
social doings during a most eventful period
of our National life that prior and Just
subsequent to tho Civil War, when the
great men of both parties resided within
their walls.
The particular house now used by the
official representatives of Catholicism In
this country was originally built for and
presented to General Grant by a grateful
people, before he was elected to the Presi
dency. It was while a resident thore that
he was officially Informed of his nomina
tion to be standard-bearer for the Repub
lican party, -in 1S68.
GRACE PORTER HOPKINS.
battle was in the Irish brigade at Fontenoy.
It is curious that no attempt has been
made to revive them for the Irish Guards,
though, perhaps, such an introduction would
fall to favor them in the eyes of the Celtic
circle. The Irish war pipes differ only
slightly from the better-known Scotch pipes.
The union pipes havo a range of two oc
taves. The wind is supplied by a bellows
held under the right arm. the player being
In a sitting position. A recent authority
points out that the piper was looked upon
as an Important personage in tho Irish army,
and "his fall was regarded of an equal
loss as (hat of an officer." A remnant of
this feeling remains In the fact that al
though a bandsman of the British army
puts down his brass and becomes a com
batant in warfare, a piper remains a piper.
In addition to the Highland regiments and
the Seots Guards, some Goorkha regiments
use pipers and even wear tartan.
One of the most largely attended recitals
of the season was given last Thursday even
ing by the pupils of the Western Academy
of Music, Elocution and Dramatic Art, in
the academy hall. Mulkey building. The
programme was an interesting one, and,
though of considerable length, held the at
tention of the audience to the end. The
vocal work was extremely good In every par
ticular. Among the numbers excellently ren
dered was a solo by Miss Olga M. Johnson,
who has a rich mezzo-soprano voice. Tho
interpretation of Dudley Buck's "The Creolo
Love Song," by Ronald Bradbury, was ad
mirable. Ml&s Bertha Royal sang "The
Promise of Life" with much feeling. Gou
nod's "Spring Song" was well given by Miss
Eva Wells. Special mention is due Mlsa
Margery Rose, of the piano department.
Miss Rose combines a delicate touch with
flno teohnique, which makes her a pleasing
performer. Other enjoyable numbers were
given by the Academy Glee Club, Miss
Pearl Jordan, Mrs. J. C, Johnson, Miss Mln-,
nle M. Bode, and others. The piano solo,
"Valse Brllllante." by Mordaunt A. Good
nough, was enthusiastically received.
Who does not know those stirring English
sea songs, "Hearts of Oak," "Ben Bolt" and
"The Bay of Biscay"? The first was written
by David Garrick. who had a pretty wit for
turning a ballad, and was sung at Drury
Lane in 1760. The year 1756 was, indeed, a
"wonderful year." .It was the year of Pitt's
greatest triumphs, the year of Minden and
Quebec; when the British arms were covered
with glory by the Marquis of Granby, Lord
Hawke and General Wolfe.
Cpme. cheer up. my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,
To add something more to this wonderful year;
To honor we call you, not press you like
slaves.
For who are 60 free as the sons of the waves?
Boswell, Johnson's biographer, in the ac
count of his visit to Corsica, eays that the
Corsicans requested him to sing them an
English song, and he sang "Hearts of Oak."
"Never did I see men so delighted with a
ng," he write. "It was quite a Joyous
riot. I fanoled myself to be a reerultlng sea
officer. I fanpied all my chorus of Corsicans
aboard tho British fleet." This was In 1705,
or shortly aftor; Boswell published hla book
In 17GS.
The annual class recital of the students
of the Oregon Conservatory of Music, Sev
enth and Washington street?, took place last
Friday night In the Unitarian Chapel un
der the direction of L. H. Hurlburt-Ed-wards.
The chapel was crowded to tho
doors. Those who tool part In the enjoy
able programme were: Misses Vaughan, Yeo,
Rolfsen, Larson and Cleland, Elsie Smith,
Hazel Koontz. Marie Gingrich, Florence Wal
ton, Verda Wells. Lucy Metzger, Grace
Holden, Ada Williams, Florence Bonnell,
Arthur Tobey. Edgar Shearer, Nlta Plcken,
Edna Agler, Ella Phalon. Florence Fryer,
Ethel McConnell. Myrtle Hanson. Julia
Thurm and Gladys Chamberlain. All the
young people acquitted themselves well and
showed that they have been earnest and
faithful students. It Is but fair to add that
Ml'ss Florence Walton Is a pupil of the Gil
lespie School of Expression; that Miss Cle
land Is a pupil of Mrs. Ellen Kinsman
Mann, and that Misses Grace Holden and
Ada Williams are pupils cf William Wal
lace Graham.
Tho work of the New England Conserva
tory Club for the season Just closed has
been: October. '03. Bach and Beethoven;
November, Beethoven and Brahms; Decem
ber, "Messiah"; January, '04, "Golden Leg
end": February, miscellaneous; March, Bos
ton composers; and April, children's music.
The officers of the club: President, Mrs. Max
M. Shlllock; vice-president, Mrs. John H.
Hall; secretary, Mrs. Grace Watt Ross; treas
urer, Mrs. Rudolph F. Prael; and librarian.
Miss Agnes Watt.
The sixth week of Venice, with Duess and
the Metropolitan Opera-House Orchestra, at
Madison Square Garden, New York, began last
Sunday night, when, besides the usual pro
gramme of orchestral numbers, there were
three soloists Miss Maryon Martyn, an Eng
lish contralto; Arvld Aspland, a Swedish bari
tone, and Herr Anton Wejss, flugelbom solo
ist, with Zlehrers Band, In Vienna, who has
Juat arrived in this country. The programme:
March, "The Standard-Bearer" (Von Blon);
overture, "Tannhauser ((Wagner): Morceau.
"Lettre de Manon" (GUlet); "Andante and
Rondo Caprlccloso" (Mendelssohn); prelude.
(Rachmaninoff): aria. "Mon coeur s'ouvre a
ta votx," from "Samson and Delilah" (Ssdnt
Saens), Miss Maryon Martyn; "Fackoltanz"
In B flat (Meyerbeer); overture, "1812"
(Tschoikowsky), In commemoration of Na
poleon's Invasion of Russia; "The Promise of
Life" (Cowen), Miss Maryon Martyn; valse,
"Qn the Beautiful Blue Danube" (Strauss),
Edwyn E. Woodhams at the piano.
"The Roosevelt March," by H. Welcker,
and published by Adair Welcker. San Fran
cisco, Cal., has been received. It is a stir
ring, Joyous composition, and will make
many friends between now and November,
and afterward. It has already been played
by the "bands of the United State Military
Academy. West Pplnt. and the United
States Naval Academy at Annapolis,, Md.
William C. Carl, who played on the organ
In the First Presbyterian Church, this city,
last year, has engaged Alexander Gullmant
for two organ concerts in the First Presby
terian Church, New York, In October. Mr.
Carl sails for Europe shortly to complete ar
rangements regarding Mr. GuIJmant's tour,
aqd will visit tho distinguished French or
ganist at Mendon. v
Music programme this morning at the
First Unitarian Church, under the direction
of Mrs. Albert C Sheldon: Organ, "Ro
mance' (Lott); anthem, "Love Divine"
(Spence); "Gloria" ((Boyce); response
(Price); anthem. "Far From My Heavenly
Home" (Hamer); "Nunc Dlmlttlo" (Barn
by); postlude, "Cathedral Procession March"
(Van Eyker).
What promises to be one of the most pop
ular of tho new songs of the lighter prder
has just been finished by Miss Fannie Eliza
beth Law, a Cincinnati society girl be
longing to the Clifton set. It bears the eu
phonious title, "Song of the Jongo Tree,"
nnd will probably be published by the John
Church Co.
Miss Eula Bennett, soprano, substituted
tor threo Sundays as soprano soloist at the
First Congregational Church choir, during
the recent illness of Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer,
and did good work. p
William Ludwig. the famous Irish baritone.
Is having a successful London season. He Is
expected back In America toward the end of
next month.
Borham Church, Sussex, England, has a
chorister 85 years of age. He Joined the choir
when he was 10 years old.
Oregon's Exhibit at
St. Louis
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back is paneled with fine Oregon boards
that at once catch the eyo of the Eastern
mlllman.
The whole exhibit is covered with a
canopy of sugar pine cones, and Is also
rendered attractive with views of Oregon
mountains, rivers and falls.
Side by side with this display are Jars
of Oregon salmon, both chinook and steel
head, and stuffed game of every descrip
tion. A cage at the end contains a num
ber of Chinese rlngneck pheasants brought
directly from Oregon. Early In the sea
son the birds were very interesting, but
they havo begun to lose their feathers
now.
Big Log the Striking Feature.
Another section in the same building Is
occupied by photographs, and a supple
mentary exhibit on forestry, while In the
outside space Is a 30-foot section of an
Oregon fir, nine feet through at the butt.
This log is one of seven cut from the
same tree, and came from Blind Slough,
In Clatsop County. The tree stood 200 feet
to the first limb, and scaled 40,000 feet,
board measure. It Is the most Interesting
exhibit in tho forestry department, and
has done more for Oregon than any other
single piece of the state display. Right
beside It Is another good advertisement In
the shape of a 42-foot timber four feet
square that discounts anything else In the
timber line on the grounds.
On the main aisle of- tho Agricultural
Building, right In the center of the great
structure, Is located the Oregon agricul
tural exhibit. It Is noteworthy on account
of the fine collection of grains and grasses,
and has tho best timothy hay In the build
ing, and that's saying a good deal when
the whole world is represented. Every
line of Industry In agriculture Is repre
sented, Including hops, grain, dairying and
a dozen other branches. Preserved fruit
that makes vllstors' mouths wator on the
hot days just before mealtime completes
this part of the state participation.
Closely associated with this display,
though In another building, Is the horti
cultural display, consisting of nothing but
apples, prunes and non-edlblo fruits, all
other fruits being with the agricultural
exhibit
Prunes Are Served to All.
Every day In the Agricultural Building
demonstrations are made with Oregon
prunes, the culinary operations being un
der the supervision of Hon. Charles V.
Galloway, of Yamhill County, superintend
ent of the horticultural department.
These prunes are cooked without sugar
and are served cold to the crowds. The
first day they were placed before the vis
itors It took over five gallons an hour of
cooked fruit to meet the demands of the
hungry sightseers.
Taking it all In all. Oregon is well rep
resented In the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position, and has one of the best displays
on the grounds for the money expended.
Every effort is being made by the different
superintendents to advertise the state, and
to make known its advantages. That the
state will be benefited by her showing Is
beyond question.
BAND AT CITY PARK.
Free Concerts Begin This Afternoon
With Fine Programme.
Free park concerts will begin with a
matinee at the City Park this afternoon.
The bandstand In the park blocks will
be moved from It present position on a
south block to near the Custom-house,
The hours of the evening concerts have"
not been fixed. According to the plans of
the Park Board, under whose approval
the concerts are held, there will be four
evening concerts a wee with a Sunday
afternoon matinee at the City Park. C.
J. Brown, last year's leader, is again
at the head of the band, which this year
consists of 38 pieces.
Following Is the programme for tho
City Park concert at 2:30 this afternoon:
March "Metronome Prize" Heed
Waltzes "L'Estudlantlna" Waldteufel
Overture "Orpheus" Offenbach
Solo for comet "Columbia Polka"
- BenFVDriVcoli: R1,,na0n
(a) Idyl "A Musician Astray In the
Forest" Herman
(b) Intermezzo "The Gondoliers"... Powell
Intermission.
Grand selection from "Attlla" Verdi
(a) Entr acte and valse "Ballet Cop-
pelia" Dellbes
(b) An African Idyl "Tmbuetco"..GIebeI
Medley of popular airs "The Leader".. O'Hare
(a) Mlnuetto and gavotte "Paglloccl"
.V.Vi; v. Leoncavallo
(b) "Polish Dance No. 1" Scharwenka
Scenes from "The Yankee Consul" Robyn
Charles L. Brown, conductor.
FINE ST. LOUIS SERVICE.
New Sleeplng-Car Arrangement Made by the
O. B. & N, Low Rates.
St Louis Fair visitors will be interest
ed in knowing that the O. R. & N. has
inaugurated a dally through standard
sleeping car service to that city, passen
gers arriving there In the morning.
July 1, 2, 3. August 8, 9, 10, September 5
6, 7, October 3, 4, 5, the O. R. & N. wlli
sell So-day return trip tickets to St Louis
for 5G7.50; to Chicago, $72.50. Stopovers al
lowed going and returning. Particulars
of C. W. Stinger, city ticket agent Third
and Washington.
' The Denver & Rio oranao will run a
series of special personally conducted ex
cursions to St Louis dunng the World's
Fair. No change of cars Portland to St
Louis. Call at 024 Third street for particular
Among Portland's Beautiful "Roses
Appreciative Article in the July Sunset Magazine By Ger trucle Metcalfe,
The Sunset Magazine for July has done
a very handsome thing for Portland by
publishing four pages of artistic Illustra
tions which accomapny an article
"Among Portland's Roses," by Gertrude
Metcalfe. All tho pictures are high class
and are presented with special typograph
ical attractiveness. Mis3 Metcalfe's or
nate article follows:
Look to the blowing: Rose about us "Lo,
Laughing," she sas, "Into the world I blow.
At once the silken tassel of my Purse
Tear, and lt3 Treasure on the Garden throw."
Each Morn a thousand roses brines, you sjy;
Yes, but where lives Uie Rose of Yesterday?
Omar Khayyam.
n T is sometimes said that time In Port
1 land is reckoned only in terms of the
deluge. There Is, however, a certain
well-to-do Portland business man who
is known to rise at dawn on Summer
mornings to place parasols not umbrel
las, mind you! over his specimen roses
in order that they may not be scorched
by the sun. At such times his garden
appears to grow only gay Japanese sun
shades. Surely the solicitude of this
man alone Is answer enough to the
charge.
A short time ago a rosarlan whose
name Is a byword for rose-wisdom all
over America E. G. Hill, of Indiana
dropped into Portland at the tag-end of
a tour about the world. A visit to the
above-mentioned garden made him ex
claim in astonishment wary, conserva
tive though he is-.that he had not seen
elsewhere such extraordinary perfection
of roses, although he had traveled
through England and France when roses
were in their prime, and had come
through Southern California on his way
to Oregon. A hedge of La France roses
In this Portland garden, he declared, was
beyond anything he knew of, even In tho
motherland, France; and as for Caroline
Testout, the French florist who created
her, never had any such roses on his
place.
Photographs and measurements sent by
this Portland amateur, W. S. Slbson, to
Dean Hole, president of the National
Rose Society, of England, whoso "Book
About Roses" has made him the mentor
of two continents, won from him the ac
knowledgement that these Oregon roses
are equal to any of the prize beauties
of England; and this opinion has been
corroborated by all who havo visited the
Connecting the Man With the Word
How Famous Men Have Enriched the English Vocabulary.
THE Westminster Gazette calls at
tention to an undoubted fact when
it says that W. S. Gilbert "is one
of the small and select band of Individ
uals whose names have enriched the na
tional vocabulary." There Is no other
word In the language which expresses
quite the same meaning as "Gllbortlan."
Some of these people, however, were "se
lect" In rather an invidious sense.
Burke, for example, was an exception
ally odious criminal, who was executed
at Edinburgh In 1829 for smothering
many people so as to sell their corpses
for dissection. The word was taken up
very quickly. On the day of the execu
tion It appears in tne Times: "As soon
as the executioner proceeded to his duty,
the cries of 'Burke him, Burke him, give
him no rope,' were vociferated." In the
"Last Essays" Charles Lamb writes:
"Positively burking you under pretense
of cleansing," which seems to me the
most pointed use of the word after its
first fierce utterance.
Guillotine was the name of a French
doctor at whose suggestion this "national
razor" was first used In 1S39. "Cayenne,"
said a writer in the Graphic 20 years
ago, "Is so malarious that transporta
tion thither used to be styled 'the dry
guillotine.' "
Dr. Guillotine Is rather a shadowy fig
ure to us, but Dr. Thomas Bowdler
seems to be constantly In our midst
Bowdler, oddly enough, was the medical
enemy of France, the most antl-Bowdler
country In the world, and warned his
patients against it His nephew summed
up tho life-work of Bowdler as having
so "purified" Shakespeare and Gibbon
that neither of these authors could
"raise a blush on the cheek of modesjt
Innocence nor plant a pang In the heart
of the devout Christian." "We may
fairly Inquire," wrote Huxley In the
Nineteenth Century In 1SS6. "whether edi
torial bowdlerlslng has not prevailed over
historic truth."
Sometimes, however, the name Is that
of the victim rather than of tho offender.
Captain Boycott enriched the English
language by being the first Irish land
lord to be boycotted. In 1SS1 the Specta
tor had this comment on the English
climate: "Dame Nature arose . . . .
She boycotted London from Kew to Mile
End."
Like Thomas Bowdler in this one re
spect, James Granger gave a word to
the language by publishing a book. This
volume, which appeared in 1769, was a
"Biographical History of England," and
It contained blank leaves for engravings
or other Illustrations for tho text It
became a regular hobby to fill up
Grangers, and other books were dealt
with in the same fashion. A writer In
the Pall Mall Gazette gave a critical
force to the word In the sentence: "He
. . . proceeued to 'grangerize or Illus
trate it by the Insertion of his mass of
materials." Granger was In holy or
ders, and It was of him that Dr. John
son said with more than his usual blunt
ness: "The dog Is a Whig. I do not
like much to see a Whig in ariy dress,
but I hate to see a Whig In a parson's
gown." Granger seems to have been a
good Whig and a good churchman for
all that, and died from the effeBts of an
apoplectic fit which seized him while In
the act of administering the sacrament.
The word "hansom" hardly suggests
a human being, but there was once a
Mr. Hansom, an architect by profession,
who patented In 1834 a vehicle from
which the present hansom has been
evolved. Hansom got rid of his rights
to a company for 10,000, but not one
farthing of this money was ever paid to
him. The company got Into difficulties,
and Hansom took up the management
In 1839, for which service he received
200. the only money he ever made out
of his famous patent Disraeli pays a
graceful tribute to this species of cab in
"Lothalr:" "He hailed a cruising han
som. 'Tls the gondola of London," said
Lothalr.
Frledrich Anton Mesmer was the first
person to bring mesmerism Into notice
in Vienna about 1736. Two years later he
elaborated the theory In Paris. Orig
inally Mesmer professed to produce his
effects by real magnets. Braid, It Is in
teresting to note, was the first English
surgeon to study thl3 subject, and he
lent his own name to "braldlsm," a term
almost synonymous with hypnotism.
The northern pronunciation of Lord
Brougham's name became in London
Brum, and eventually lent its prestige
to a particular type of carriage. In 1856
Patmore wrote:
Briggs. Factotum, Footman, Butler, Groom,
Preserved the Tabblts, drove the brougham.
Lord Brougham's, life belongs to history,
but it Is worth no'tlng "that after his cele
brated defense of the Queen in 1820, the
peroration of which he told Macaulay he
had written over seven times, he was so
famous rose shows of London and the
smaller but no less wonderful rose
shows of Oregon.
Connoisseurs ascribe this perfection In
texture and tint of petal, fragrance, and
unusual size of flower In the hybrid per
petuals and hybrid teas, to the moist air,
kindly cloud-shadows, even Spring and
Summer temperature and riches of vege
table mould stored In the yellow clay
soil. Now this discovery Is yet very new
indeed, but the rose fever is doing its
worx, and Oregon has entered into com
pact with the wind, the sun, and the
mist, that Portland is to be known to all
men henceforth as the Rose City of
America.
"What mad riot of bloom Is foupi here
in June, or later, in the echo season of
October. These are the top notches of
rose beauty, but there are really four
good months of rose weather each year.
Look at that Fortune's Double Yellow,
sometimes called the Beauty of Glazen
wood. It Is only about eight years old,
yet the vine Is 18 feet high, covera a
space of 15 feet square, and had over 5000
roses on It June 5. It was grown by an
amateur, Frederick V. Holman, who has
done much to educate the people to an
appreciation of the possibilities of rose
culture In Oregon.
Looking down upon the street with the
proud, unabashed air of prize beauties
quite accustomed to be stared at by the
rabble, are decorous rows of Mervellle
de Lyons and Baroness Rothschilds. A
certain prim dignity rests upon them as
though they could never quite forget
their past honora at the rose shows.
Further back in the garden, where the
vision of the casual passer-by cannot
reach, there is less decorum, for into
this seclusion only the privileged guest
penetrates. Here golden-hearted roses
tumble over one another In most un
mannerly fashion In their efforts to catch
the brightest sunbeam.
- Was there ever such a mingling of
modesty and audacity? "What a bundle
of pretty contradictions Is here! Brav
Captain Christy blushes like a school girl
If you but look him Intently in the face.
Caroline Testout hangs her head as hum
bly as a country maiden in a cotton
dress, quite unconscious of her beauty
and worth. Her Majesty nearby holds
herself proudly erect, concerned with her
own self-importance, but the bourgeoisie
j uruunu cure not u. wmi jor me siucnaor
of ner presence, and, truth to tell, like
many another royal personage, she Is a
bit too stiff.
A rose garden Is Plato's republic In
miniature. Patrician and plebeian are
there sharply differentiated one from an
other, but they share alike, having all
things in common. Tea roses, the aristo
popular thot the "Brougham's Head" be
came a regular tavern sign. He was the
Queen's champion to the end of her life,
and he defended her memory after death.
McAdam. This great Inventor was born
at Ayr In 1756, and was descended from
the clan of the McGregors who were out
lawed under James II, of Scotland. The
grandson of the chief, Gregor McGregor,
settled In the lowlands and changed his
name to McAdam. His father died In
1770. After that he lived with an uncle,
who was a merchant In New York. He
stopped In the United States until the
end of the Revolutionary War, and made
a fortune as "agent for the sale of
prizes." Then he returned to Scotland
end purchased an estate. He began at his
own expense a long series of experiments
In the face of much prejudice. At last,
In 1S23, a committee of theHouse of Com
mons met to consider his petition and
adopted his views. Between 17S8-1SH he
had traveled over 30.000 miles of roads In
Great Britain in pursuit of his Investiga
tions. Thomas Hood, the poet, paid him
a memorable tribute In his well-known
"Ode to McAdam."
Lulgl GalvanI, born in Bologna In
1737, was a distinguished physiologist,
though he did not discover galvanism.
This valuable find was made by his wife,
the daughter of a medical professor.
Having observed that the Inanimate body
of a skinned frog with a scalpel lying on
the table produced In the frog a series
pf remarkable muscular convulsions, the
knife being In contact with an electric
machine, she Informed her husband of
the fact, and he Instituted a series of ex
periments, known now to every school
boy. SOCIETY NOTES
(Continued from Page 21.)
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The usual weekly hop wa3 postponed
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A reception was given to the Naval
officers of the battleships now in the Port
of Portland by the officers and ladles of
the post Among those present were:
Captain Cottman, commander of the Wy
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crats, mingle freely with the red rose3,
the peasants whose coarse habit, of
growth, aggressive thorns, and untamed
exuberance of color, mane their low lin
eage, and Duchesse de Brabant Is found
in company with Bessie Brown.
Symmetrical perfection of beauty may
win all, the prizes of the rose show, but
It cannot, after all, win the hearts of or
dinary humanity, prone to love roses as
they love people, quite as much for their
faults as for thejr virtues. A rose of
capricious beauty, like the Viscountess
Folkestone, with rumpled petals, now
wan, now pink, that are constantly fall
ing' Into rebellious disorder. Is more dear
to the uncultured rose lover than the
proud prize-winner of the garden, tho
all too perfect Baroness Rothschild.
"There are as many kinds of garden
ing as of poetry," says the Englishman
who, above all his countrymen, dealt In
naivete; and, Indeed, every man pre
sumptive who creates a garden ought to
have a bit of both tho poet and the
artist in hjs composition; then will he
be able to read the subtle affinities and
antipathies that roses have toward one
another. How Mrs. John Lalng clashes
with the whole tribe of pink roses! On
the other hand there Is the curious bond
of friendship that exists between La
France and General Jacqueminot. His
brilliant crimson warms La France to
the heart, heightened her glory to tender
moonshine pink.
There Is one garden in Portland whero
cream white molts Into shell pink, that
Into deep rose, which merges Into crim
son, while In the very heart of the gar
den one sees a vivid splash of Intense
scarlet. Glolre de Bourg la Relne; so
glowing Is its flame that all othor rose3
pale beside It. Its brightness fairly hurts
the eye. Away off to the outskirts,
Madame Alfred Carrlore, climbing sky
ward over a trellis, drops a shower of
snowy petals on the earth below, while
to the south are clambering La Marque
vines, the brilliant orange tints of "Will
iam Allen Richardson brightening the
mass of white bloom.
Interlacing boughs which cast out
sprawling green-leaved arms to the earth.
ma'ite a plcturesquo setting for every
garden. Glimmering shafts of sunlight
fall athwart tho trees, lighting up tho
thousand tender rose tints below. Fof
Portland Is a city of trees; bits of tho
primeval forest run down from tho can
yons Into the streets; all the homes are
vine-embowered; even the back doors
have alluring vistas and park-like
peaches. The streets of no other city
In America show quite the same luminous
green of sun-flecked shadows.
Annihilating all that's made
To a sreea thought In a green shade.
oming; Lieutenant Davidson, commander
of the Paul Jones; General Funston and
staff; Colonel Hutlonand staff, and a
number of other prominent officers and
ladles.
Lieutenant W. K. Wilson, Artillery
Corps, arrived Tuesday fi'om the East
where he has been on his wedding tour.
Mrs. Wilson stopped at Buffalo for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Raymond D. John
son. Mr. Wilson left Thursay to join
his battery for duty at Lako Washington.
Aberdeen. i
Miss Ora M. Rogers, of this plac6. and1"
Archey Campbell, of Portland, were mar'
rled Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock,
at the residence of James Carter, 'Rev.
C. H. McDermoth performing the cere
mony. The affair was very Informal, only
the family of tho bride being present
After a short honeymoon trip to Tacoma
and Seattle, they will take up their resi
dence In Portland, where the groom la
engaged in business.
The marriage of Miss Helen Waller, of
Cosmopolls. and Dr. I. R. Watkins, of this
place, was celebrated at the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. C. F. White, of
Cosmopolls, Thursday evening. Tho
ceremony was performed by Rev. H.
D. Crawford. Bride and groom are well
known and popular In Cosmopolls and
Aberdeen. They will make their home
in this city, where Dr. Watkins is prac
ticing his profession.
Mesdames R. F. and J. B. Dabnoy gave
a delightful reception Friday afternoon at
tho home of tho former, In honor of
their nelce. Miss Dabney, of Oakland,
Cal. The house was decorated with dif
ferent flowers in the various rooms. Tho
little Misses Dori3 Dabnoy and Dorothy
Bontyette attended the guests at the door.
Tho hostesses were assisted In receiving
by Mrs. G. M. Antrim and Mrs. Furtn.
Mrs. Alexander, Misses KcKlnlay, Mc
Dermoth and Carey poured coffee, and
Misses Ethel McDermoth, Elizabeth Glr
ton and Gertrude Bell served refresh
ments. Punch wa3 served by Mls3 Hazel
Whitney and Ethel Benjamin. A musical
programme was rendered.
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Dr. Isabel Sedgewlck entertained at her
home on Eighth and West B streets,
Wednesday evening. Games and refresh
ments made a pleasant evening.
Mrs. Burton E. Bowen entertained" a
number cf friends at her home on Sixth
and K streets last Thursday evening.
Games and music, with cards and re
freshments were the features.
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loss of their girlish forms
after marriage. The bearing
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