'1 THE SUXDXY OKEGOKIiK, PORTllT), JUNE If, 195. 27- Norelli Substitutes for Melba PORTLAND PRIMA DONNA MAKES BRILLIANT APPEARANCE IN "RIGOLETTO" AT CO VENT GARDEN, LONDON pORD has Just been received by J letter irom Lonaon, i-nglana, that Madame Jennie Xorelll recently "sang the part of "Gllda" In the opera "Rigoletto" at the Covent Garden Theater, in that city. at a moment's notice, and -without an orchestral rehearsal, substituting or the great Melba. Madame Norelll In .pri vate life Is the wife of Dr. Ernest Bar ton, of this -city, and Is esteemed here as a soprano who made such brilliant promise as a concert singer and church soloist that her reappearance in Portland is eagerly looked for. It Is hoped that she may do so during the period of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. It is well known that the Covent Gar den Theater, London, Is to England what the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, is to this country, and therefore a singer who appears at Covent Garden in grand opera must be an artist in the highest sense of the word. May 0, Melba was announced to appear as "Gllda," but she became sick, and the management was in depair. Who would take Melba's place at such short notice? Without any pre vious rehearsal with the singers or orch estra (only musicians will be able to appreciate what this means) Madame Xo relll accepted the engagement. Letters received say that when she finished her first air. ' Caro ome." she received a perfect ovation. The Morning Leader. London, said: "The indisposition of Madame Melba made it necessary to find another 'Gllda,' and the part was undertaken by Mad ame Jennie Norelll, a Swedish soprano, who Is not quite a stranger to London. ICorelH, under the circumstances, came creditably through the ordeal, and both her singing and act ing are decidedly attractive. The Lon don Dally Mall: "In place of the Aus tralian prima donna, an efficient substi tute was found in Madame Norelll, whose light and well modulated soprano voice eminently suited the music of '.Gllda. The other singers in the cast were Scvellhac, Constantino and Gillbcrt. SIgnor Mancl- nelll conducted." The London Evening Standard: "Madame Korelll has a beau tiful soprano voice of extended compass, and she gave a delightful interpretation. She sings not only with clearness and ease, but with decided dramatic percep tion, and her success was, a arand one. MUSIC AT EUGENE. Attractive Programmes for Com mencement Time. Music will form an important part In the commencement exercises at the Uni versity of Oregon, commencing today and lasting until Wednesday, inclusive, and Professor Irving M. Glen has prepared a programme in honor of the event. The soloists will be Miss Stlnson, soprano; Miss Whiteside, piano, and Professor Glen, baritone. Today, Baccalaureate Sunday, Dr. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, this city, preaches, and the music will be rendered by a se lect choir of 40 voices, accompanied by an orchestra of 20 pieces under Professor Glen 8 direction. Besides the choral num bors. there will be a solo. "Agnus Del" (Bizet), sung by Professor Glen, and two orchestral numbers. "Prelude and Proces sional" (TobanI), and postlude, "Corona' tlon March" (Krctschmar). Tomorrow. Monday, evening, the faculty of the University of Oregon School ot Music will give a concert, and the pro gramme will be: Qua! Voce. scene and duet from "II Trova tore (Verdi): "Grille!" (Schumann): "Wld munir (Schumann-Liszt): cavalier song. "Ptvords out lor Charlie" and "NottlnRham Hunt" (Frederick Field Ballard): "Gipsy Sons." Op. 55. Jfos. 2. 3. C. 7 (Dvorak): Ballade. A flat. Op. 47 (Chopin); "Without Rooftre." from "II Gust-nay" (Gorn2): Serenade." from "Faust" (Gounod); "The Norse Maiden's Lament" (Heckscher): "L Amour" (Goddard); "Valnka's Sons" Von Etutzman): "To a Wild nose." "To a Water Lily." "In Autumn." and "Shadow Dance" CMncDowell). Tuesday evening there is tho annual competition for the Falling and Beekman awards, and tho musical programme will consist of selections by tho orchestra. and. solos, "Impromptu." op. 66 (Chopin). Miss Whiteside; and "Creole Love Song" (Dudley Buck), Professor Glen. Wcdnes day morning the formal commencement exercises will be held, the musical nun hers being orchestral. "Elizabeth's Pray er," from "Tannhauser," with Miss Stln- fon as soloist. The orchestra will consist of Eugene musicians, with the asslst njjr of others from this clay and points in ine wiuameiie aey. DOMAIN OF MUSIC. Lauren Peas. tcner noltlst at the F1rt rreehj'trrlan Chun. wJM raxlsn that posltlen at the end ef te present Faaji. Professor Irvine M. Glen, of TCucene. for the third consecutive buhi has Iwn eni-SRd to direct lite itioiic at the Ashland Chautau c,ua. Mies Myrtle Le has Jwn encased a? tht poprMM t-ole4M at M&nntoHtfc CeMece com rncnewwent exere. William Wallace Gta.- ham will play vtolln juries. Law-en Pease, tenor mWM at the First Presbyterian ChurHi; Sirs. Walter Iteea and M!fl Una Ltnohnn will le th setoiMs at the THTMnncenent eserrts June 21, at Pacific X'nlverwty. Forest Grove. Harold V. MHllpan. the present orcanlst of Calvary Preset el an Church, has heen ap pointed choir director and organist fee the next eron. The new raprano ju-ieist is Mrs. Pusle Garnbell-Whltohttrst. The new Exposition sonc "When We G on the Trail," by Nat Mayweed and pub llehed in this city by Grave &. in bcni Ine a popular favorite and In belnc already whistled by boys alone the Trail. The melody la a catehlnr one. Miss Kathleen Lawler left lst Monday for Gray's River. Wash., where rtie wJH orcanlz a Summer clafs In music. Miss Agnes Watt will eubstttute for ill Lawler today and next Sunday at the Cathedral ot the Immaculate Conception. Miss Edwins. Masttck has accepted the per manent position as eoto soprano In the choir of the First Unitarian Society. The church Is to be congratulated on having among its own members a wnjjer of o rare quality o; voice and fine musical perception and tattc Edgar E. Coursen. will play the following or gan programme at the First Presbyterian Church at 7:30 o'clock tonight: (a) "Fugue In B Minor" (Bach); (b) "March and Chorus from -Tannheuser" (Wagner); e) "Tho Ques tion (Wolstenholme); (d) "The Answer" (Wolstenholme). Mies Margaret Fallemus has returned to Portland from California, where she has been devoting the greater part of her time to the rtudy of the violin and viola. Miss Fallenlua is a very talented girt and n violinist of un usual ability, and although only IS years old. her concert work has already been received with marked success. A wealthy Warsaw music-lover. Mlxclelaw von Weasel, has donated his entire fortune, amounting to more than J 050. 000. to the War saw Philharmonic Society. Thus the orches-' tra, Is now guaranteed for all time, and Is happily in the position to follow high artlotic Ideals, practically regardless ot the financial outcome of lta undertaking. The concert recently given In Oregon, City by Miss Veda M. Williams, jjlanlete: ofthls eity, was a very vuccesstul affair. She 'was assisted by Miss Imogen Harding, Kathryn IVarde Pope. Ml-ts Mary Conyera, Miss Dorothy Cross and Stuart McGulre. Miss Williams ex peels to Kudy piano In Chicago the coming 3 ear, and this concert wa given as a rareweu The next oratorio festival under the direc tion of William H. Borer at Festival Hall. Xewis and Clark Exposition, will take place about the middle of next month, when be wJU present "Beautiful Willamette." by A PORTLAND PRIMA DONNA til "beglnalnc at the bcttosa." He began long- became the bride of Orey J. Short, at the top. With the highest and meat com- Miss Furlong Is a daughter of Robert plicated forma ef music ho started upon his pnrlonsr. the Commissioner of Educatloa career, and through years oa ytara of good California, to tho Portland Expo and evil fortune, through trial and failure. bouadlesa trouble and lscesaant toll, through "l Tl, wi t- sju. Onrnell. latenigent prals and fierca atora. or de- Among the June brides i? Cornells nuadaUen. he never for an Instant lowered Curtis, a niece Of Senator Stewart. She hl9 standard aor abandoned tlx faith. was married to Dr. KnowJfcS. Profetsor G. B. Lanlpertl. the renowned San Francisco BttlldlBff Fast. the FruwUn capluL LaaperU la sow 6S building boom Is again on In San Fran- yeara old. and durlsr a period of more than cisco. Last month showed a record num- 40 years he has been constantly active a & "bcr of permits calling for an expenditure vocal instructor. BU pupllf. numbering fr neVcr before attained here. Tho bulldlns; Into the hundreds, are scattered all over the ODratons for june -prill be greater than LarS c? SSS Pilous month. At the same ttoe mer rival ot PatU. who sang at tb Scala xne mcscajea wearxnga 4C" "c Z In Milan with enormous success, but who was state oi dusiucs. jo- iuo " .Xf"-JZi lost to the stage through a wealthy marriage: closed they reached the slim of J-0,S35.SJe Amalta Fowa. the Italian, whose brilliant we- whlch Is about 17 per- cent greater than, cetees In Italy. Spain. France and Portugal iey were In the corresponding month are atlll fresh In the memories of older opera- f v.ar xhe buslnes men have SSinriaS taken up the cry of Puttln5 an d to Haatrlltelrcn- Huntington, an American the war. At first It gave a certain stimu- rvmtt-i,!?n -K-ho won trtumnhs on tee staxe i ins to uie unentai iraae. out u wxm- two decades ago; Fan ce 111. Mortnl. Madame I percd and restricted commerce In a num rmricn. the successful Kew Toric teacher. I v.- nr Thn feellntr eslsta here that and scores of others. Mortal, the tenor, and I the cJose Qf lhQ r will be followed by a. )7 re.oVuk and exj.on of the Far Eastern trade MADAME JEXXEE ORELLI. Father Dominic, of Mount Angel, one of the most esteemed musicians and composers in the Pacific Northwest: "Stabat Mater." by Roesinl. and "The Festival Te Deum," by the late Elr Arthur Sullivan. Musical programme this momiag at the Flrsi Unitarian Church, under the direction of Mrs. Frank J. Haley: Prelude. Melodle" (F. E. Gladstone): "Gloria" (Boyce); anthem. "Break Forth Into Joy" (Rogers): response (Schnecker); oSTertory. contralto and baritone duet. "Rejoice In the Lord" (Schnecker): "Nunc Dlmlttls" (Barnby): pwtlude. "March of the Philistines" (Hegall). Mrs. Raley has been engaged as choir director and Ralph W. Hoyt as organist ot this oburch next reason. To celebrate the fCxth anniversary of Pro fessor August WllheJmJ's WrthSsy, It is pro posed to organize September 21 a fete at Usingben, near Wiesbaden, where the famous violinist and teacher was bom on that day In IS45. It ! believed that many of his friends; pupils and admirers would be pleased to eon tribute toward the fund for erecting a tablet, with bust. In tho wall of the houe waere WilhelmJ firm f&w the light. It was WllhelmJ who led the firrt violins when the "Rlns" was originally produced at Bayreuth In 1S7C and ho fulfilled a like duty at the Waxner Festival, held In the following year at the Albert Hall, when Dr. Hans Rlchtcr made hi nrst appearance in England. Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer will sine "The Star- Spangled Banner" at the flag-day exercises at the Exposition, under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mm Bauer received a letter of thanks from Calr man Richard W. Montague for her singiajt at tne recent Democratic rally at the Arm it Last Thursday erenlag at the Temple Beth Israel, on the occasion of the confirms tlon of 14 children, a class of children under Mrs. Bauer's direction emg with excellent effect ine anthem. "Thr War not Mine. Oh. Lord." Mr?. Bauer purpose te giro a pupils' Invita tion muMeaie about the last week of the present month. What do Portland chwrrh choir r.eD think or this picture of musical New Jersey, taken from the New York TJraes? "At a recent meeting of the Newark. N. J., dis trict of the "Women's Foreign Missionary So ciety. Pastor Jackson said: 'One reason why we do not progress more la because we do not hear eaeh other's heart beat. Our work Is not constructed as It should be, "When people are brought to church simply to hear ine cnoir much harm is done. Mrs. Jackron played recently In Newark, and when the sermon was being preached the choir mem bers were reading a 5-cent magazine. Think of It! It Is net an uncommon thing for a church organist te go out during the sermon to get a drink ot whisky. " Walter Damrosch. director of the New Tork Kyrophony Orchestra, has been fined by President Weber, ef the American Fed eration of Musicians. Damrosch was ac cused of having hired five musicians who had arrived from France and were earnestly seeking places where they might earn a Jiv ing. Mr. Damrosch needed such players, and he engaged them. But Mr. Damroscli failed to Inquire whether they had beeerae members of the Musicians Vnlen. There fore lie was hauled befor the union tri bunal. Against the charge Mr. Damrosch could make no defense other than his need. the need of the five musicians, and the somewhat vague Impression that In this country uch things might be done without running counter to the law of the constitu tional rights of othem. But President Weber imposed a fine of $1000. And. as Mr. Dam rosch wished to continue the work of his orchestra, he paid tho fine. An Invitation recital wll be held At the hone of Mrs. Edward AMen Beats. Tuesday evea Ing. The programme: Piano duet, "II Tror atore." (Melnotte). Misses Georgia Lewis and Frances Bingham: oong. "My Heart Irres You. Too" -(Roma). Mr. Hanson: oong. 'Good Night. Little Girl" (Macy). Miss There Smith; piano wlo. "Sonailne" (Kuhlan), Mlf Irene Ray; song, "Mignon" (D'Hardelet). M!s Charlotte Daly; vocal duet. "O Wert Thou In the Cauld Blast"? (Mendelssohn). Sidney Has. muscen and Foss Lewis; song. "My Heart s Singing" (Sans Souet). Miss Lenna Wende roth; ronr. "Genevieve" (Tucker-Adams). J. (YTVinnell: nla.no 1(V "Arlecuine" I Cham I nade). Miss Frances Bingham; vocal rto. "Ar. rerer- Song" tDe Koven), Sidney Rasmus- sen; vocal duet. "The Fishermen (Kuckea). Mioses Charlotte Daly and Frances Bingham; vocal evte, "Mona" (Adams). Fo Lewis; pi ano solo, selected. Miss Georgia Lewis. Foreigners again captured the honors of this year's music season In Berlin, and among the artists who wen special ; 1st Ine tlon were two girls, one .American and one French, each 19 years eld Miss Myrtle Elvyn. of Texas, and Mile. Germatne Schalt- ter, of Tarts, both of whom will shortly be heard as concert soloists In tho United States. Miss Elvyn. who Is a native of Texas, was a "child wonder" pianist developed by Carl Welfsohn. of Chicago, who has rpent the past three years In Berlin perfecting her technlQue under guidance oi ieopoia uoaow- sky. the Russian virtuoso, who la proud of his American citizenship and long rcsldesco In the United States. Miss Elvyn. who is an excentlonallr nretty girt of the typical American blonde type, hat Just completed a tour of Belgium and Holland, and her debut In Berlin last December won warm prair from Berlin's exacting critics. She also played with great success before the vener able Grand Duke ef Baden. Miss Marie Skldmore Conner, an aooern pllshed musician who claims Portland as her home, baa arrived here irea wesjeyan vo lege, Macon. Ga, where for the past five ream ehe has been In .-charge of the vieitn classes and wlH for the next throe months make her home with her sister, irrst Herbert H. "Wild, 38S Thirteenth acreet. Miss Conner, who ta an accomplished vtoUntste, gradtmted tram the New England Conservatory ef M&sic in two coarsen, the artists and the teachers". She studied cornet with Claus. plane wkh Carl Stasmy. directing with Chadwlek. the ory with Elson. harmony with tioetschlcs and viola with Cutter. Mist Conner ha also played under the batons ot Sous. Innts mad Damrcach. end has been a soloist at dlCcr , ent cxpoelttaaa. An eminent auaCcal author ity In the East recently said ef Miss Conner: "She Is one of the few women la the United States who can perfectly read an opera score at iMchL" Miss Conner has Just accepted charge of the violin sad theoretical music departments at Belmont College. Nashville. Tc&n.. one of the leading society schools of the South. An eminent musical - critic suggests that both "Cavallerla Rustlcana" and "Faust" are pasting the zenith ot their popularity. Ten years hence, he predicts, they will not stand so high on a popular list. "Lohen grin." ho believes, will replace them. "Tannhauser" may even crowd them. Musi cal prophecy, especially when It has to do with audiences I and operas. Is a perilous diversion. A favorite singer, like Caruso, may bring the seemingly dead to life snd popularity. There are signs everywhere that the world no longer takes "Faust" as. a great masterpiece. "Cavallerla Rustlcana' It never took so. It has loved It for the warm red blood In Its broadest melody or Its shortest phraae. and It may continue to love It for that, longer than the operatic wiseacres anticipate. "Lohengrin." then, will be the popular opera of the next decade, especially with English-speaking folk, who love the sugary sentiment that colors and thickens ro much of Its music. Hut for our part we should rather "put ur money" on "Tannhauser." Play simple aim today and perhaps tomorrow or next year or eome ether time you can play something a Hit! belles. You must lead the people by slow degree and as If by the hand from fatberatea depths of Ignorance. Theodore Thomas was a musical democrat. He had a feeling that the theory of begin nlsg at the bottom was the rotten fruits ot the Idea that some men are specially gifted to feel and- to understand, and the ren. poor things, are Inferior, and the gifted truly must be very patient with them and jwow them tho way to the wrowfx apprehenuoa. Few men have had a better understanding of thel felloe-, and he probably knew well enough that the dlfrereneo between mind and mind is usually Inflnltesdmal. H tolerated noo of first Italian production of Gounod's "Faust." at thm Seals, in Milan. W. L. Hu&haro. Chicago, one of America's greatest musical critics, la a pupil ot Lamperii. In arxulnr that women should write songs. an Eastern correspondent says: "Nine-tenths of the song-writers today are the male sex. They are roreraeo. a&soiuteur dt ir. commercial 'value of a song; It Is for this reacoa that the advancement is alow. A woman will spend more tltme In the production of a soar than a man. She has more time to spend. A woman's thoughts are sweeter; they are rarely cynical; they are .replete witn use rich experiences of a lovely life, and not crowded with the sordldneso ot a. workaday world; they have tho tenderness ot woman hood and net the callousness of the streets. Her thoughts are the thoughts she might glvs the baby la the cradle without barm to it. and not the thoughts which only a grown child of the slums might understand. Tho thoughts will produce pure, limpid music simple, sweet and beneficial. Why should the people's songs bo written by men who have rarely been among the people? Wo are gov erned more or less by necessity. For in stance, a ringer who wants to sing a better class of songs cannot, today get any of rucb a class to sing; and so tho'wrlter of the bet ter class ot eonr may find It hard to get one on the market. But patlence.such as a woman has. will win out." Experience, however." tells that song-wrltlsg Is not a matter of ex. It Is a gift. "It must bo an exalted position to bo the first great composer of his race that the world has ever possessed." says L. C Elson. In an -article on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor In the Musician. During Mr. Colerldge-Taylor'a recent visit to America. Mr. Elson had an opportunity to speak with the former on many colnis of general music air. Coleridge-Tay lor was at that time Immersed In editing tho "Twenty-fcur Negro Melodies" for Dltson's Musicians' Library, and was naturally most eloquent upon that topic He considered that all the best works of his teacher. Dr. Stanford. had been Inspired by the melodies ot his na tive Ireland. Ho paid great tribute to the works of Stanford and Parry, and expressed astonishment that inters were so little known In America. "In England." Mr. Coleridge- Taylor went on. "there- are some who hold Parry to be the rival of Brahms." He bad Investigated the Indian music Axnewbat, but was not eclte sure of his ground on that subject. Ho wished greatly to hear tho "Indian Suite." by MacDowell. for. although h had studied It thoroughly from the score. he was not sure that he had caught the com- rosers full Intention. His views on women in music chimed In exactly with what had been said to Mr. Elton by Relnecke and Svcnd- en that most women develop more quickly than men. in music up to a certain point. and then thej stop. This Is a selected poem on "An Old Cre mona: It was long ago, bat I hear It yet. Like an old love song thro the changing year. And It brings a tingle of sweet regret As I fancy Its throbhtngs. Its doubts and fears. It had a soul, for I've heard It speak In passionate pleadings as soft and clear As the voice of a lover whoso low tones see His tale to tell In his loved one's ear. It told of the sea. of pebbled beach. The laughter and moan ot the restless wave: , It told ot desolate souls that reach Far out for the hope that strained hearts crave; it told of the men who go down in ships. Determined and grim, the spoil to find. And ot tireless watching till daydawn slips. Of anxious eyes left far behind. A faded link In the chain of years. Treasured and fondled with tender care. It whispers a name thro the mist of tears Of the long ago of a player fair. And out from the mist fond memory gives One thought that over my fancy creeps: I know Its soul, like the playersc-llves. And llko the plsyets It only sleeps! i of the Pacific States. CALIFORNIANS WHO WILL VISIT T$E FAIR BELASGO PHONE .MAIN 311 (Fermerly Columbia Theater) Belasce, Mayer & Co., Praps. MATINEE TODAY AND TONIGHT Last two performances of Clyde Fitch's Great Society Drama THE CLIMBERS Thomas Kelser has gono to Portland from Lo nil burr. B. D. Humphrey and family have gone from Pomona to Portland. F. A. Mclyneaux. of Pomona, Is planning- to leave eooa for Portland. Mr. John F. Fraud?, of Los Angeles. Is a visitor to tha Exposition. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rasp have gone from Hollywood for a visit to Portland. Mr. and Mrr. C C. Cannoa have gono from Redlands to the Exposition City. Chauncey Blssell. of Redlands. Is at Port land for the term of the Exposition. Amos Melnlnger. of Mount Eden, departed for Portland the first of the week. Hans Kennedy left La Jolla. for the North. where ho will attend the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Mrs. E. W. Matthews. Mrs. A. K. "Wilder and Mr. and Mrs Byrun have gone from Po mona to 'Portland. Mr. and Mr. F. W. Dice and Frank Dorner have gono from Santa tonlca to Portland to spena tne summer. "Will Hancock 'has gone from Rlversld to Northern Oregon, where It Is his Intention to make a oermanent home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Scrlpps. of Brae Mar. leave for Portland at an early date, whero they plan to spend several weeks. Mrs. J. F. Corcett and children have gone from Huntington Beach to Portland, where they will remain durlnz the Summer. Andrew "Wood and Fred Griswold. of San Diego, are en route to Portland awheel. At last accounts they bad passed Stockton. William Stout, of Downey, has gone to Portland and will visit his brother at Cascade Locks and other relatives In Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Dutton, of Troplco. have departed for Portland to epend three months visiting relatives and atteadlsx the Fair. Miss Clella. Scott, of Saratoga. In company with her sister, has gone to Portland to spsnd the Summer wlth her sister and attend the Expedition. Mies Anna Johnson and Nels Stone, who were married at Casa Blanca Thursday eve ning, have gone to Portland, whero they will pass the Summer. A pretty wedding took place In Los Angeles Thursday evening. Jane 1. at the Grand Pa cific Hotel, when Mian Rose Syvertsen was married to H. C Brown. They ars honey moon tripping to Portland. Major Feclger Is leaving San Francisco for Portland on an Insnectlon tour, accom panied by his daughter. Miss Feblger. who will be tha guest of friends in Portland and at Vancouver Barracks for several weeks or month. Miss Kitty Johnson, of Vancouver, will entertain Miss Feblger. n will also sev eral other of her Army friends etatloned at that post. An Interesting pleasure party Is being formed at Pasadena to pay an early visit to Portland and the Fair. Among those who make up the party are Dr. F. C E. Mattlson and Mlsa Bessie Mattlson, Mr. and MUs Brewer, who will have with them their niece. Miss Kate Fowler, and her guest. Ml Jane Rowland: Mrs. Edward Bralnard and her son. Eddie Bralnard; Dr. and Mrs. Becket and two eons, of Los Angeles: Mrs. Flora Good- all Bland. MIm Bland. Miss Serena Bland. Miss Claire Luckey and James McBrlde. COMMENCING MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE 12 : Are You First Stock. Production J in Portland I The 'Funniest Farce Ever Written A Mason? REGULAR MATINEES SATURDAY. AND SUNDAY PRICES EVEXIXGS, 13c TO 75c. MATIXEES, 15c TO 30c NEXT WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER : Oregonians in Southern California dTy TO 1BUILT) CTVRLlN ES William Barclay Parsons, Subway Engineer, Will Tell San Francisco What to Do About Street Railways. SAN FRANCISCO. June 7 A compre hensive system of street railways Is be- ins quleUy planned In this city. The pres ent accommodations are entirely Inade quate and are retarding the growth of the town. Moreover, the company which con trols the entire Fystem docs not feel In clined to make the changes which the citizens bellevo to be neqessary. The con dition has been, reached where municipal ownership Is dally training new support ers. One line, the Geary-street road, has already passed Into the hands ot the city, and now a general demand has been made that the United Railroads Company eith er change the Sutter-street lino Into an electric, with underground wires, from the present obsolcto combination of cable and horse, or else surrender tho franchise. Tho company says that It will be Impossi ble to build an electric line with under ground wires, because of the cost, and the answer Is, "Then lot the city build It." Sutter street is one of the most-used thoroughfares In San Francisco, extend ing from the retail shopping section out into the residence districts. The Merchants' Association has not been Idle and has just announced that it has completed arrangements -with William Barclay Parsons, the man who built the New Tork subway and who has been ap pointed consulting engineer on the Pan ama Canal Board, by which he will come to San Francisco in August and make a thorough examination of street railway conditions in the city. Parsons will out line a system of lines for the city calcu lated to offer a remedy for the present congesUon of traffic This report will be turned over to the city authorlUes by tho merchants. Tho result will be that the United Railroads Company will bo forced to make the Improvements which the peo ple desire or else the agitation for mu nicipal ownership will take on such strength that the company will be un able to resist it. It Is thought that Par sons will recommend either a subway or an elevated line for rapid transit pur poses. An elevated has at various Umes beon suggested for San Francisco, but there was never the demand for It as at present. The prevailing conditions are such that one or two -of the most Impor tant lines must double the service or else San Francisco will face the same condl tlons that confronted New York and Chi cago. Estate of rctcr Kimbcrly. A lively contest 1b looked for over the estate of the late Peter L. Kimbcrly, the wealth. California mining man who died this week In Chicago. Kimbcrly s wealth Is estimated at $16.fO5.0. consisting large ly of gold mines in this state and coal de posits near Lake Superior. News has come from Chicago that all will not be smooth In the distribution of the estate. It seems that the friends of Kimbcrly were not aware of his associations, and a woman has appeared with whom he was ! on friendly terms. She has announced her intention of CghUng for the bulk of the estate, to which she claims she Is en titled. Kimbcrly was 68 years of age. but ud to the last he maintained his friend ship with Mrs. Elizabeth Asoy. She Is a divorced woman whose husband is at present In the Philippines. She met Kim bcrly several years ago, ana since tnen has lived in eleraaUr furnished asarU ments. Kimberly's will has not yet been found, but cither way there wlllbe a contest. Mrs. Asay saya she Is cntitiea to the bulk of the property, while the heirs of Kimbcrly will fight any bequest that may have been made to her. Standard Oil In California. Three Federal examiners aro now In the oil fields of California, completing the Investigation set on foot by James II. Garfield, of the Bureau of Corporations. Thev are: X.uther Conant, Charles Earle and Edgar Smith, and they arts dlrecUng their attenUon specially to tiro abuses ot which the producers complain. The men are at the nrcsent time in the Kern re gion and will later go to the Santa, Maria fields. They are paying particular atten Mrs. Mary and Miss Frances Norden. of rortland. are in Lof Anseies. If. P. Nadean. of Portland, has been spend las several days at "Woodland. Frank E. Dooley. of Portland, as In San . Diego for a few days durlnx: tn week. Mlu Helen and Mies Eva Powell, ot Oak land, are entertaining Mrs. George Gerllnyer (nee nazard). of Portland. MIret Frances A. Norden and brother. B. I. Nordon. territory depnty of Portland, spent the week In Los Ancelea attending the Na tional Convention of the Knights ot Columbus. "Mrs. Pierre Olney was hostesn at a pretty luncheon at Oakland, the half-dozen tmesis belnr Mr. George M. Shaw. Mr. F. T. Mc- Menry. Mrs. W. S. Baxter, Mrs. Florence V.'elia. Mrs. J. R. Scupham and Mrs. T. H. Gaytes. Mrs. Olney Is a recent acquisition to Oakland society, having come to that ctiy from Portland. An Airship Prediction. Kansas City Times. A Kansas City man. now SO years old. was discussing railroads with i friend the other night. T remember.' he said, "when railroads used planks with? strips of iron nailed on them for rails. The first road of that kind ever saw was back In Ohio about sixty-five years ago. The wood rails used to warp after the cars had run over tinn tn th. marketlncr of the nroduct. The them a while, and for that reason peo- - - i . ... . . . . ..- . . railroads of the state have always bcn pie preaiciea ireeiy mat ine rauroaa accused of Joining hands with the Stand- would never amount to much, x re ard OH people to squeeze: tho wellowner. j member a certain optimist, however. It is this phase of the subject, together J who predicted that the railroad would with the arbitrary flxlnc of nrices. wnicn I no a grana success evemuauy. jreopio will oeunv the attention of the exam- laughed at him. but he" stuck to his be- iners tho greater part of the time. I belief. 'Friends. T remember hearinr Tn mnnrx-iinn with the marketing of the I him say once, 'some day they'll find a products of the state. G. Harold Powell rail that won't warp, and then railroad has come to California on an unusual i trains wm raaxo as mucn as ien mites mission. He as an extert In the Depart- I an hour easily.' My! how they roared. mnt of Agriculture at Washington; and I Now. I want to make a prediction that will show the orchardists of California I will be laughed at. I say that in how to rave S250.CCO a year by Improving twenty years airsnips win oe nying the method of ahlpplng their fruit. It all over the civilized world carrying seems that the amount of fruit spoiled on rassengers and freight. Laugh at that the way across the continent every year reaches the sum of a quarter of a million dollars. Powell says there is no reason for any loss. Ho has Instructed, the phlp pcrs to kre the can before putting the fruit In them and to maintain a higher temperature than Is now done. He will remain on the Coast, superintending the fruit shipments all through the present season. Ferris llartman, the veteran actor of San Francisco, and well-known through out the Coast, has resigned as stage man ager of the Tlvoll Opera-House here, llartman has been with the Tivoli people for nearly 20 year-. He is a comedian without a voice, and while he has always been a success on the Pacific Coast, be was unable to make It go in New York, where he tried it some seven years ago. Ho will embark on some enterprise of his own. but has not yet divulged its nature. Oakland Coming to Fair. There Is to be a general exodus from Oakland to Portland In the last part of I this month. A great number of society people had planned to go. so they decided to "do the Fair" together. Among those who will be'of the party are Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Brown. Miss Katherine Brown, I Mr. and Mrs. Lou Crcllln and family, ! Charles Holt and daughters. Benjamin Reed. Miss Bessie Reed and Miss LUlIe Reed. The wedding of the week of widest In terest was that of Earl Cummin ga. tho well-known sculptor. His bride was Miss Lupe Riras. the daughter of a former Mexican Consul to this dry. cummings Is -professor of sculpture at the Hopkins Institute of Art and has done work which has spread his fame beyond 'thej borders of Callfomla. ' At Saa Rafael talc wak Miss Amy For- predlctlon if you will. I probably won't live to see those airships, but the prediction will come true. Mark my words." ; The Exposition's Amusement Feature ; I Beautiful Orient! ....AND.... il Streets of Cairo! ON THE TRAIL A falthfal and vivid wares ea latloa or life la the lar East, the alsterlcnl aid jitctHrcsqae nt recta ot Ike aacteat City ef Cairo, with Its MOSQUES, TEK n.ES, BAZAARS aast THEA TERS revradecrd la all the srer sreoRa spleader ef the Orlcat; QAA Strange and la- Jj tercsting Natives 1 15 Beautiful Oriental Dancing Girls Camels. Preascdarlea, Deakeya aad Sacred Native Aalaaalc lOc ADMISSION lOc EMPIRE THEATER TWELFTH AND MORRISON STREETS. MILTON W. SEAMAN, Res. Manager Matinee Every Day at 2:15. Evening Performance at 8:15. THE POPULAR EMPIRE STOCK COMPANY PLAYED TO 12,000 PEOPLE LAST WEEK New Bill Will Start This Afternoon, Sunday, June 11, The Great Three-Act Comedy Drama A SECRET FOE Riled With Thrilling Heartlnterestand Charming Comedy Scenes ADMISSION ALWAYS 10 Cents EMPIRE THEATER SPECIAL FIVE NIGHTS, BEGINNING TUESDAY, JUNE 20 JATTN'EE SATURDAY MRS. FISKE And THE MANHATTAN COMPANY Preseatlar LEAH KLESCHNA By C. M. S. Md.EL.LAN. Prices $2, $1.50, $1, 75c50c. Seats on SaleThurs., June 15 Mall orders, accompanied by remittance, may be seat now. Sasar Ssasen Ailractiias GRAND SUNDAY, 2 fa 11 P. IS. PROQRAiMME FOR WEEK OF JUNE I2 Herbert Ohelsey & Co., Up-to-Date Playlet. Florilla Sanford, "World-Famed Cornettlst. The Eegora Trio, Acrobatic Contortionist. The Star Trio, Presenting "Our Uncle." Dan The KeHys Bessie 2 Sketch Team. ' 9 Mr. Joe Sonner, Bert White. Monologlst. "By the Dear Old Delaware The Grandiscope, "The Wedding" "The Policeman and Negro." General Admission, 10c. Evenings, Sundays and Holidays, Front Seats iower Floor, 20c Dally Matinees, 10c. WEEK OF JUNE-12 THE STAR - tWaVlXxVlH. CENTURY VATJDEVTLLE. ' Today Continuous 2 to 1 1 P. M. Exra Special Attractions Ist Opportonltr to See tha THREE SENSATIONAL JUGGUNG JORDAN'S. The Tcatore of Features THE DE MOTHS. Whirlwind. Dancers. KCSSEXI. & 0NEII, High-Class Comedy Sketch Art I Is. HERB BELT. Klajr ot GersB&a Comedians. CLAUDE FEE LEY NoTelty Acrobat aad Tumbler. MADAME LLOYD. Prima Donna. HARRY "WALTON". Chinese Impersoaatcr RICHARD BURTON The EsKlish Baritone. Slagta; "Always In the Way." THE STAROSCOPE ShowhftT Xatest "Japanese Outpost" War pictures. ADMISSION IOC Reserved Front Hows. Evenings, 20c; Jlatinees. 10c to Any Scat. ffMkJwc 19-IWITEISaIT IEEX WPASULELED HEC5M TlESIEH&fiHS WLL NOTICE TO PUPILS Rose Desirea to announce that ane hzs moved from 2It Thirteenth street. Pupil will be received hereafter at 718 East Burnstde St . Phone East 2250. Lewis Clark Observatory XAWTHOKNE TXXXACX PORTLAND HEIGHTS Kenr ea. Tsie FortUsd Heights car aad st c at HswUmtb Terrs.ce, est block treat car Mm. Tffe cltasktag. Xectrtc lTitor. ytasL maxnMeestt -view .Is Asirle 3 V,tll Vet ot yewtrfitl stafc&Uffcc Srasa t ot terror. 0t J A. X. la P. 1L AMsTTsWOK. M ODO. Seethe Girl in Blue MOW DANCING At 860 Upshur Street Bet. 2Sth" and 26th Sts. Pennyroyal pills .Z-v ttrfe! aMt Otaly Sea nine. PV.7kVSArC. llriUW. LaJtw.M tor CM MJH KSTKK'S ENG Uk RED t OeM snonle inX Mm rft. Taka a outer. XefWa HinrM Blsjtl sail u4 ReKr r UAm" to Mur, r r- llW Hi l.li ... - nfc. ,l t tTsasaw Mssfw. Jlaeti.a itim, PKLjW Pi.