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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MAY 13.
OF PRAISE
FOR 0REG0NIAN5
Governor Pardee Writes of
Splendid Work Done by
Beaver State.
GRATITUDE OF BAY CITY
Jefferson Myers, Who Has Just Re
turned From the South, Also
Tolls of the State"s
Timely Service.
Jefferson Myei. who went to San Fran
cisco to aid In tbe relief work as the per
sonal representative of Governor Cham
berlain, with F. TV. Leadbetter. returned
h()ine yesterday and speaks in glowing
terms of the measures taken by Orego
niana for the relief of the earthquake and
fire sufferers. He was in the City of San
Francisco three weeks and says that the.
Beaver State bas made a splendid show
ing in the work a! helping the thousands
who were rendered homeless and thrown
upon their own resources by the disaster.
Letter Frcan Governor Pardee.
Mr. Myers received yesterday the fol
lowing letter fitom Governor Pardee:
Oakland, CaJ., May 8. 1906. Hon. Jeffer
son Myers, Potrtljuid, 'Or. My Dear Sir:
I wish I had words at my command to
express to you, and through you to the
fJovernor and pegrple of Oregon, the deep
appreciation we tfeel for the great help
we received in out- hour of need from our
sister state.
The flames -vlrloh followed the great
earthquake had ntt ceased from destroy
ing the San Francisco homes and business
blocks when Ontgom's help and people be
gan to arrive to sjiccor our destitute and
distressed. And during the weeks that
elapsed since the ireat catastrophe, Ore
gon's physicians .nd nurses did much.
Very much, to mill later to the wants of
our sick and suffering, while Oregon's
food and shelter hi ive kept many of our
destitute from wanft and starvation.
Will you be kind enough to say to those'
who accompanied j ou here that while we
are still stunned ly the great calamity
that destroyed ou great city and Its
smaller neighbors, we recognize, and. so
well as we can. express our gratitude to
them for their in vol liable services to us.
Also kindly say o your Governor and
your people that Oregon will, if possible,
occupy a warmer spot in California's
heart than ever before. Verv truly yours,
(Signed.) GKO'.rtGE C. PARDEE.
; Goyernor of California.
Praise fer Oregon."
The followfjig letter was received by F.
V. Leadbetter. alBO special representative
of Governor Chamberlain in the Oregon
relief work:
Oakland May 10. 1S06. F. W. Leadbet
ter. Portland, Or tear Sir: During the
time of the Portlajid Exposition many
Callfornians visited Oregon and becom
ing acquainted with your people, came
home again with feelings of the greatest
friendship for them and your great state.
Little did we then think we would ever
have such proof of the friendship of Ore
gon and the Oregwnians for California and
the Callfornlans as your people rendered
us in the dark lays following the great
fire which rendered so many of San Kran
ciNCo's people homeless and destitute after
the 18th of April last.
We hardly knew ourselves how great
was our distress betore Oregon responded
WORDS
Empress of Stage Plays "Camille" in Barn
BERNHARDT is real.
She is the part she plays.
She played "Camille" at the
Armory yesterday afternoon and I
thoroughly believe tha in those most
uncomfortable, distracting, bare and
essentially untheatrical surroundings,
this great actress gave us an exhibi
tion of the very highest possible form
of dramatic art.
This seems simple when it Is Jotted
down In punctilious and bloodless
type. But every intelligent and sym
pathetic person who was present at
that wonderful performance will un
derstand the vast wealth of meaning
signified by a mere allusion to her at
tainments. Among the thousands of actor folk
we have seen In America, Sarah Bern
hardt will ptrobnbly go down In his
tory coupled with such a name as
Rachel. For 20 years she has been
practically in her prime, and age does
not appear to have any devastating
effect whatever. Her histrionic power
was at its zenith years ago, and today
It seems to be Just as forceful, perhaps
refined by time, and certainly rendered
more facile by an extensive experience.
F.m press of the Stage in a Barn.
She has temperament In a form that
amounts to genius. George Eliot de
fined genius as an immense capacity
for receiving discipline. Now, Bern
hardt has a marvelous soul with a
boundless capacity for absorbing every
factor in the realm of art. She has
seized the facts of life, the manifold
experiences to which flesh la heir, and
she dominates them absolutely In the
envelope of her own personality. She
gets right Into the part she Is por
traying ami lives it to the full. It was
unquestionably wonderful to me yester
day afternoon to see how entirely ob
, Ilvtoua she was to the meager and
disgraceful surroundings. Here was
the best actress alive today playing one
of the greatest roles tn all dramatlo
literature. It would be the public's
wish, and It la the public's right, that
he play In the ttnst theater any civ
ilized city possesses. Yet there was
I he supreme Empresa of the stage act
ing in a barn; the people straining
their ears to hear her accents, and be
ing compelled to rest content with
watching the maglo pantomime when
the wonderful Bernhardt voice could
nor be distinguished.
Madame Bernhardt Is able to lose
herself In the part, and Is superior to
surroundings. The conditions under
which she played yesterday were aug
mented In their horrors to on actor by
the fact that the company had to play
In the daylight, as there is no. way of
darkening: the Armory.
An incident showing how widespread Is
the power of Bernhardt over the publto
mind was. the collection of girls and wom
en and loiterers that crowded the side
walk watting to see the celebrity alight
from her carriage. Again, there was not
. person In the audience who did not rec
ognize Bernhardt when she first made her
entrance on the stage l won't call it
coming before the footlights, for there
ws only one little, measly row of sickly
gas Jets that looked for all the world
like diminutive Clirurtmas-tree candles).
You can almost see through the red bunt
ing draw-curtains that are run with a
wire and some strings, and many wr
Interested in peering hard to ascertain
how they were setting the scenes, and
what was the cause of the delayed cur-lalna.
to our cry for help with money, food, shel
ter and. best of all. with men and women
to succor our destitute and help our sick
and distressed. The debt of gratitude your
people have placed tis under can never be
repaid; and we hope the opportunity for
us to try to repay It will never occur. '
I had hoped to have the opportunity to
personally thank you for the great aid
you rendered us In our distress. But.
owing to my engrossment in the many
unexpected duties I had thrust upon me.
I could not do bo. But I hope you will ac
cept this written acknowledgment of our
appreciation of what you did for us until
such time as the opportunity shall pre
sent itself, which I hope will be soon, to
verbally assure you of the deep apprecia
tion we have for you.
Until I have the pleasure of a personal
meeting with you I am, verv truly yours,
(Signed.) GEORGE C. PARDEE.
Governor of California.
Statement of Mr. Myers.
"Oregon did a noble work in San Fran
cisco," said Mr. Myers. "The generosity
of the state and her people, as shown
by the work of the various relief com
mittees, not only placed the state promi
nently before the people of California,
but made known to the whole country
that Oregon is active in coming to the
aid of the suffering.
"One man who deserves special mention
in the Oregon relief work is F. W. Lead
better. His knowledge of the city and his
practical ideas of assistance were of
great help. His idea of placing tools In
the hands of laborers who had lost every
thing In the fire helped them to begin
life over again and got them away from
the bread lines. They forthwith became
self-supporting.
"Oregon doctors and nurses did splen
did work. Tributes to their help were
numerous, but perhaps tbe best one I
heard was from Major Kennedy and
Miss Thompson at the Presidio Hospital.
They stated that the Oregon nurses are
a fine lot of young women and conducted
themselves in a manner that was a credit
to their state.
"Mr. and Mrs. MacRae did helpful work
by opening headquarters aJid giving as
sistance wherever needed. As I was
closely associated with them most of the
time, I can speak from experience of
their splendid work of relief.
"The Southern Pacific Company's offi
cials helped the Oregon relief organiza
tions In every way and are entitled to
much credit. Officers of the Red Cross,
the Army officers. Governor Pardee and
the Mayors of San Francisco and Oak
land did everything they could to assist
the Oregon workers, and it is largely due
to their entire co-operation that the work
was so effective. We had no trouble to
contend with in reaching any part of the
city whenever It was necessary to do so.
Other Problems to Meet.
"The situation still presents difficulties.
There Is a large number of girls who
were formerly employed In offices and
stores,, but who are now absolutely with
out resources. For months they will need
assistance. Old men and women who are
not able to work or take care of them
selves unless given help will also need
aid for some time. Widows with children
must be given help for an indefinite
period. Others of the population are get
ting on their feet remarkably well."
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Benefit for Leonard Kelly's Parents.
The Commeial Telegraphers' Union Is
organizing a benefit performance for Fri
day evening, May 18, at the Hellig, the
proceeds of which will be given to the
parents of the late Leonard T. Kelly, who
were left destitute by his death. The full
Heilig orchestra will take part and many
well-known people are on the programme.
and the stage was small. There was no
chance for good scenic effects. There
was not space enough. All this la dis
tressing to the artists, and does not give
the public what- it is entitled to In the
way of a production. In fact, viewed as
a production, the Bernhardt performances
are a farce. The circumstances under
which the company plays will not permit
of even an average scenic investiture.
Thus It comes about that the question
arises in everybody's mind whether they
want to pay the price asked when In re
, allty they will only see Bernhardt not
even hear her satisfactorily, and be de
nied an adequate production.
By all means, yes.
I believe that seeing this great artist in
any of her big roles justifies any reason
able expenditure. It will be many moons
before the world sees another artist
greater than she, and there is no other
as great as she on the dramatic stage
today. We have come to know in Amer
ica that our David Belasco, for example,
can stage a piece better than any French
man in - existence, in fact, England and
America also excel France In the matter
of advanced stage Bettings. France is
not behind, rather ahead, of the other na
tions in stage business and maintaining
stage traditions In the working out of a
play. Therefore, we may with Justice ob
ject to the carelessness into which Bern-
hardt's company has fallen In the gen
era! putting on of the plays. Certainly
they all "feed" the atar with unerring
solicitude and artistic conscientiousness.
They are artists In their several lines of
Btage duties. But the management ad
mitted to me that they call this visiting
of towns like Portland "barn-atormtng,"
and they assuredly put on the plays in a
manner that carried out their Idea. When
the action of the play renders it neces
sary, it is most natural that the -leading
lady of the moment should turn her back
to the audience. But, in the performance
of "Camille." should a bulky roan keep
getting in front of the star, so that no
one could see her? Or should a table be
set for dinner. In a position as to com
pletely obscure the star from the eyes of
three-quarters of the audience?
Such slips as these are Inexcusable,
Frauds of the Management.
Once more. We are all aware of the
eccentricities of lovely Sarah her
pets, her rings, her Jewels, her fads,
her absolution from all the laws of
heaven and earth that govern ordinary
mortals and we like to hear about all
these things. They are interesting
Items about the most interesting of
personages. And it is impossible to
speak of Sarah except in hyperbole.
But right here creeps In a fraud. The
people who travel with Sarah and who
help her to paint a brilliant streak of
dramatic carmen across the American
continent . are prone to go beyond the
limit In telling of the suite and its
myriad accoutrements.-
They talk of seven cars hauling the
show. The facts are that there is a
tourist car and a private car, and the
scenery goes In the ordinary baggage
car. They talk of sixty-odd people In the
company when there are scarcely 20
with the show, including the dogs.
Mind you, this 20 Is ample for their
purposes, and we are not objecting to
the number. We are objecting to the
lies they tell about it. Bernhardt is
enough to draw any public on earth.
And anyone who goes to see her gets
his money's worth.
Her delineation of "Camilla" yester
day afternoon was perfectly matchless
in Its supreme perfection. She gives us
a "Camille" afflicted with heart dls-c-JiQa
wnauiupaniSli,fl gppp not (
GLEANING UP CITY
Portland Will Soon Be a Spot
less Town.
INITIATIVE MEMBERS ACT
Citizens Will Gather Rubbish Which
Will Furnish Material for Hun
dreds of Bonfires Next
Friday Night.
Hundreds of bonfires will blaze in
the streets of Portland Friday night
when the accumulated debris and rub
bish of the city will be burned. Friday
afternoon and night have been set
aside by the Initiative One Hundred
for a general cleaning up of the city,
and from the general interest that has
already been taken In the movement
It is believed that the plan of operation
will be carried out. In many of the
Eastern cities days are annually set
aside- for the cleaning up of streets,
lawns, backyards and vacant lots, and
wherever It has been tried it has In
variably been attended by success.
The Initiative One Hundred has re
quested that the Board of Education
dismiss the schools Friday afternoon
so that the pupils may take part In the
general cleaning up. The boys will be
expected to clean up their yards and
vacant-lots. The girls will be asked to
devote the afternoon to the planting
of shrubbery, flowers and the beauti
fying of their homes. Next year it is
probable that the Initiative One Hun
dred will Inaugurate a movement to
have all the business houses closed on
a day set aside for the cleaning and
beautifying of Portland.-
Men WiU Help at Night.
Friday nlgbt the men will be expect
ed to assist In' the work. The rubbish
and debris collected by individuals
will be piled in the streets next to the
curbing and will then either be btirned
or hauled outside the city limits. Vol
unteers will be called upon to watch
all bonfires so as to prevent a confla
gration. Neighbors will Join together
and pile' the rubbish in heaps which
will then be set afire.
It is hoped, that all the eyesores, such
as are seen in vacant lots and in back
yards, in the form of tin cans, broken
crockery, old ' stoves and broken articles
of furniture will be done away with and
that Saturday Portland wjll be a clean
city. Already certain men have agreed to
furnish wagons in which to carry off the
rubbish that cannot be burned. Mayor
Lane has notified Francis I. McKenna,
chairman of the initiative committee, that
the entire street-cleaning department will
assist in the work.
Teamsters Arc Asked to Work.
ATI teamsters and men with wagons,
who can spare the time, are requested to
donate their services for Friday after
noon and night. Not a few have already
agreed to take part in the work. The
wagons will collect the rubbish that can
not .be burned, provided It is piled in the
street along the curbing. This Is the plan
that has been followed out in other cities
Where hundreds pf teamsters donated
their services. The appointment of
committeemen In all of the wards will be
announced shortly and teamsters or others
who are desirous of taking part In the
work will be requested to report to them.
Organizations are now being formed in
graduate a cough from small begin
nings up to the hack that kills in the
end. She' gasps for breath when any
special excitement comes. In the final
death scene the excitement of Armand's
return kills her.' That death scene is
the most realistic, and yet the most
beautiful, scene that could be imagined.
Bernhardt has developed the character
from Its Very Inception, gradually, so
that- we understand just the predica
ment she Is In. At the curtain of the
first act when she murmurs the word,
, "l'amour! . l'amour!" we know that this
frail woman has at last discovered real
love. The irresistible tendernesses that
she lavishes on Armand prove her real
Joy. ' Then, when ' Armand's father
requires her to leave her beloved comes
the first supreme shock that brings on
the heart trouble. It is a noticeable
Improvement to rid this beautiful play
of Camille's hacking cough. Bern
hardt's 'Marguerite Gautier" is Just as
effective and far more artistic with
heart disease. I hope the dramatists
will adopt heart-failure hereafter as a
substitute for consumption on the
stage. "When Bernhardt hands over a
scrap of paper, saying it is a letter, and
that It contains a given set of sen
tences, you simply know that the
sentences are there. There Is no feign
ing about it. The situation is real as
life and twice as naturaL When she
cnokes up with, emotion she feels it
and you feel It. She does not get over
It any quicker than you could In real
life. When Armand comes back sud
denly she has an amazingly touching
scene. I have watched a score of ac
tresses of note do that scene, and I
admit that I never realized its possi
bilities before. Her little gasps are as
convincing as those of a child whose
feelings are hurt. And, when she can
pull herself together sufficiently, it is
heartrending to see her try to be cheer
ful before the man she loves. Her exit
as she knows she Is leaving him for
ever is one of the best exits I ever saw
from technical standpoint. I couldn't
keep the tears back. I thought of that
line, "Ah, Paris, what do we not give
you. and what do you give us back!"
There was that girl misguided from
the beginning, living the life before
her soul was awakened, and now when
her soul was awake, she had to sacri
fice her whole being! Bernhardt brina-8
home to your heart the eternal pity of
It. She fairly wrenches your Inner
most sympathy. It is so sad that It
becomes a tragedy.
The Death Scene.
There Is nothing left now but for
Camille to die. But when Armand finds
that she is all the world to him, and
that the conventionality of the world
Is nothing in reality, and he comes
back to her, finding Her in poverty and
sickness, she is too weak, too spiritual
ly broken to withstand the strain. The
instant she catches the first glimpse
of him she bursts out with a cry so
wild, so pitiful, so triumphant, so ap
pealing, so desperate, so fraught with
the meesagre of Intense suffering, that
you may hear that scream all the rest
of your life. I shall. She revives for
a little while under the soothing in
fluence of his presence. She insists
upon getting ready and going out to
attend her young friend's wedding.
Suddenly she collapses the excitement
has done its fatal work the string has
snapped: she gasps, clutches at any
thing, everything within reach in her
wandering efforts to regain air she
finds Armand's hand, and gently falls
to sleep in everlasting rest.
FREDERICK
WARDE
The eminent tragedian, writes the
following complimentary letter to
the Oregon Optical Company:
VICTORIA. B. C, April 27, 1906.
jDr. R. A Thompson.
Oreson Optical Co., Portland, Or.
My Dear Sir:
I have found the eyeglasses you provided
for me the most comfortable and effective
that I have ever worn. I believe you re
tained the description as to sire and
strength of vision, so please send me an
other set to above address that I may have
a ready substitute in case of loss or accident.
Yourti faithfully.
. . FREDERICK WARDE.
Mr. Warde has been wearing glasses
for many years, having been fitted by
the best oculists on both continents.
He states that never before has he had
glasses that gave him so much com
fort and satisfaction as those fitted by
the Oregon Optical Company.
Our glasses are producing optical
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Come to lis. We will please you as we
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ITS Fourth St., Y. M. C. A. Building.
nearly all of the precincts in the city,
which are known as "Civic Esthetic So
cieties." The societies are being organ
ized for the immediate purpose of looking
after the work of cleaning up teh city
Friday afternoon and night, but it is
planned to make them permanent.
SOUVENIRS AT THE BAKER
Friday Night Will Be Named In
Honor of Edgar Baume.
Beginning next Friday souvenir nights
will be given every week at the Baker
theater. The first evening will be called
"Baume night," and souvenir post cards,
bearing a portrait of Edgar Baume, the
leading man of the Baker Stock Com
pany, will be given to every one in the
audience.
On the following Monday and every Mon
day after that other souvenirs of like
character will be presented. Each will
show a member of the company in the
role which he or she assumes that week.
Next Monday will be "Lillian Lawrence
night," and so on through the rest of the
company.
PERSONALMENTION.
Rev. Clarence True Wilson, D. D.,
reached home last night, after an ab
sence of ten days in California, where
he was called by the death of his
father. rr. Wilson will preach at
Grace Church at both services today.
The debate on Woman's Suffrage be
tween Drs. Brougher and WiUon,
which was postponed from last even
ing because of Dr. Wilson's absence
from the city, will take place next
Friday night.
Arthur Bartholomow. formerly of
Portland, and an expert machinist in
the Government service, was in Port
land yesterday visiting some of his
old friends. For the last four years
Mr. Bartholomow has been stationed at
the Puget Sound Navy-Yard, but is now
on his way to Panama. Mr. Bartholo
mow assisted in the construction of
the torpedo-boats Davis and Fox and
the destroyer Goldsborough, which
were ' built in Portland about eight
years ago.
CHICAGO. May 12. (Special.) Orego
nians registered today as follows:
From Portland B. O. Wells, at the
Grace; Mrs. R. Eckerson. at the Briggs;
G. K. Burton, at the Great Northern;
D. S. Cohen, J. Simon, at the Palmer.
EXCURSION RATES EAST
The Canadian Pacific has announced
a very low round-trip rate to New
Haven, Conn., for the Knights of Co
lumbus convention. Tickets will be
limited to 90 days and good for stop
overs. Dates of sale May 24, 25 and 26.
For full particulars call on or address
F. K, Johnson, F. & P. A., Portland, Or.
WANTED BUILDING.
Responsible mercantile corporation
wants location in first-class down-town
district. Requirements, 25,000 feet of floor
space and basement of at least 6000
square feet, annual rental not to exceed
110.000. Address San Francisco, care Ore
gonian. Goll Goes to Join Bigelow.
MILWAUKEE. May 12. Henry G.
Goll, assistant cashier of the First Na
tional Bank, found guilty of mis
applying funds and making false en
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