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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 2, 1906.
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Thanksgiving Day Marks Opening of Season
White House Family Gives Thanks for Safe Return of President and Wife, and the Longworths Trom Foreign
Travel Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks Reopen House in Capital Gossip of Washington.
WASHINGTON. . Dec. 1. The 20th
century manner of celebrating
Thanksgiving- day Is purely Ameri
can, but the -spirit of the festival Is none
the lera identical with the Roman feasts
of Ceres, the Greek festival of Demeter,
the feast of the ingathering of the ancient
Hebrews, and . similar observances by
Egyptians.' Babylonians. Hindoos and Chi
nese. The harvest of Thanksgiving is
therefore a universal expression of the
time spirit that unites the past and pres
ent, the civilized and savage, in bonds of
brotherhood.
In "Washington it has long been recog
nized as the day when official and resi
dent hostesses proclaim their readiness
for the Winter season of entertaining,
and those without a rooftree of their own
are generally invited to share for the
nonce the hospitality of a more fortunate
irienu s jiome. y curing ine early part ot
the week all incoming trains were laden
with returning householders. Some, like
the President and his wife, who are Just
back from Panama and Porto Rlco.fmd
Senator and Mrs. Foraker. who attended
the New York horse show, have been
here before this Autumn, while others,
conspicuously those of the Congressional
set, are gathering for the fir.-t time since
the adjournment of congress and the
Summer scatteration.
Especial thanksgiving was due from the
White House family, since the heads of
the house have been safely brought home
from a trip to semi-foreign regions, and
the eldest daughter and her husband are
also "right side up with care" in Wash
ington, after being several times during
the Summer exposed to perils tif travel
by land and sea. Besides, the usual fam
ily party, there were invited to the Presi
dent's table on Thanksgiving day a few
Intimate friends, who, like the retiring
Attorney-General, have no family affilia
tions in the city.
The Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbands,
who within, the week, reopened their capi
tal city home, have with them for the
Winter their only daughter, Mrs. Tim
nions. and the latter's husband. Lieuten
ant Timmons. U. S. N. . Several of their
other children. arrived for the holiday re'
union and hope to return again for
Christmas, accompanied by their respec
tive families. The latest addition to this
group is Mrs. Frederick Fairbanks, whose
runaway Tnarriage- to the Vice-President's
youngest son stirred society ir. Washing
ton and the Middle West a brief six
weeks ago.
Cardta are out for the season's llrat state
dinner at the White House, to he given
December 13. in honor of the Cabinet of
ficers' and their wives. Two clays later
Mr. aud Mrs. Fairbanks will inaugurate
their official entertaining by dining Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. On Thursday,
December 20. Secretary of State and Mrs.
Root will give the Ijrst of a series of din
ners which members of the Cabinet will
give in honor of the President and his
wife on alternate Thursday evenings un
til the beginning of Lent. As the Cabinet
now numbers nine, there . will not be
enough Thursdays to go around, which
leaves at least two state dinners to be
Riven as Post-Easter affairs, thus adding
to the social importance of the Spring
reason.
Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Shaw will change their usual mode of en
tertaining by giving a tea December 10,
when they will present their- second
daughter. Miss Erma, to official society.
The affair will he. given at the Arlington
Hotel, where the family will remain until
the retirement of the Secretary in Febru
ary. The. elder Mies Shaw was not for
mally presented, owing to the death of an
Dazzling Display at New York's Horse Show
Gowns of IteHutiftil Women and Sparkling Jewels Attract as Much Attention as Equine Aristocracy. -
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. (Special .Corre
spondence.) The week in theatrical
circles was brilliant not only because
of the opening of a number of magnificent
plays, but the Horse Show contributes
many theater parties whose gowns vie in
attractiveness with those on the stage.
Just a word for the Horse Show, which
opened Monday and was only less brilliant
than last year in so far as Prince Louis of
Battenberg was not present. It is one of
the most impressive scenes that one can
well conceive, and while it may sound
sacrilegious to say so, the horses are al
most as beautiful and as distinguished
looking, because they are in the first place
the handsomest specimens of equines in
the world, and it is positively astonishing
to note 'the actual refinement just as
clearly defined in the animal as in a hu
man being.
Madison Garden covers an entire block,
with the exception of the corner known
as the Garden Theater, where "Mine.
Butterfly" is now playing to -sold-out
houses every night. The center of the
house, of course, Is given up to the ring$
while the galleries in amphitheater hold
the boxes and the seats. Against the
draped background of orange and black
the evening costumes of the women stood
out strikingly, although the house is so
extremely large that there is no possibility
of seeing details except at close range.
There was not a single empty box, and
these were filled with people known wher
ever society is mentioned. The prevailing
colors seemed to be turquoise blue and
gray, but white predominated. The jewel
display was something positively dazzling.
Among the entries of note were the
horses of C. W. Watson, of Baltimore,
who had the largest number; Reginald
Vanderbllt was second, and Judge W...H:
Moore third. " Then came the Elsinore
Farm and Alfred Vanderbllt's Oakland
Farm. Eben D. Jordan, of Boston, had a
fine showing, and Miss Giulia Morosini
appeared in the harness class with her
brown mare "Glorious." She was gowned
In mauve with a large picture hat to
match, and being very popular. Jri society
there was distinct disappointment when
Alfred Vanderbilt's "Rustling Silk" took
the ribbon against her. Miss Hooley,
of Moorestown. rode in a saddle class, and
Miss Beaver Webb, a very young miss,
rode in the pony class, and made an
attractive picture in her black habit
astride, her long brown curls hanging
from under her -derby.' She received a
red ribbon. I The greatest interest was
manifested in the Arab Beaming Star,, ex
hibited by John H. Thompson, and Im
ported in the interest and through the en
ergy of Homer - Davenport.
A personal letter from David. Bispham
states that the opening performance of
the "Vicar of Wakefield" in London pro
duced November 12. wa an instantaneous
success. Mr. Bispham, to whom the part
bad appealed for many years. Induced
Liza Lehmann, famed for her Persian
Garden Cycle, to write a romantic opera
around the well-known story. There is
a strange coincidence in the materializa
tion of this dream, which began in the
very earliest days of Bispliam's career.
His period of study is one of the most re
markable in the history of any artist, and
if one could persuade all students to work
as he did there would be fower diaannolnt-
uncle, which occurred about the time her
debut was planned. However, she enjoyed
two seasons here before going abroad to
continue her studies with her sister, to
whom society has ever been more attrac
tive than books. Indeed, so different are
the inclinations of the two girls that one
might be called the "Shaw bookworm"
and the other "the butterfly."
If the appointment of Attorney-General
Moody to a seat in the United States Su
preme Court is confirmed by -the Senate
during the early days ot Congress, the
change in the Cabinet, announced by
President Roosevelt before his depart
ure for Panama, will take place by Jan
uary 1. and Mrs. Victor Metcalf, wife of
the only representative of the Pacific
Coast in the Cabinet, will go up four
points as an official hostess.
In anticipation of their early appear
ance ae members of the innermost circle
of officialdom, the newly appointed Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor and Mrs.
Oscar Straus have taken a large resi
dence on Sixteenth street, and expect
to be established therein by the middle of
December. This is taken as an Indication
of much hospitality to follow, as there are
no young people to share the home with
Mr. and Mrs. Straus. The latter, by the
way, are the first representatives of the
Jewish race to accept a position in a Pres
ident's Cabinet circle, though others, no
tably Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Seligman, i
New York, have been offered such a po
sition. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Long-worth,
who, as everybody knows, have been
traveling almost continuously since
their marriage nearly a year ago. re
turned to Washington in time for Mrs.
Longworth to spend ner first Thanks
giving day as a matron, with her
father at the White House, the week
end afterward being occupied with
housewifely duties performed with the
laudable ambition to get settled for the
season before Congress convenes. Tiiis
task was no small undertaking, as her
home here has been in charge of care
takers more than half the time since
she took possession and installed there
in the most wonderful collection of gifts
ever received by an American bride.
Another, the result of their long ab
sence' from town. Is that quite half the
entertaining in their honor as. bride
and groom, is yet due, and at the rate
invitations have begun to pour in upon
them, they will not have an evening
alone by their own fireside between
now and Christmas. After that comes
the-rush of the formal season - when
"Mrs. Alice" will he expected to take
her part as a Congressional hostess,
thus continuing the good work she did
for Mr. Longworth In the recent cam
paign. She will have a regular day
"at home." and be subject to the neces
sity of returning calls Just like any
other wife of a Congressman. There
will be no "first" calls for her to
make, however,- as Mrs. Fairbanks and
the wives of Ambassadors and Foreign
Ministers and all others to- whom she
would owe . precedence, were Invited
to her marriage, and therefore are
obliged to make a wedding; call iipon
her as soon as convenient. '
Less fortunate in point of exemption
from returning en 1 Is is her friend, Mrs.
W. Munay Crane, who, as Miss Jose
phine Porter Boarflman. was a " mem
ber pf the now famous Taft parly, and
whose marriage to the junior Senator
from Massachusetts, like that of Mr.
and Mrs. Longworth, was the., eulnit
nation of a romance begun under- the
sunny skies of the Orient. The Crane
Boardman wedding was a warm weath
ments among those who take music as
their lifework. Bispham studied with
teachers of many nationalities so that he
would become versatile and easy. Among
these was Herman Vezin, the American
actor associated with the British stage
for years, and who played the part of the
Vicar of Wakefield In that version known
as "'Olivia." with Ellen Terry In- the title
role, which she later played so often
with Henry. Irving. Whether It was
his admiration for the man or ; for the
role it would not be easy to say. at all
events every time Bispham saw the
production he admired tho character
the more, never thinking that he ljim
self would one day have an opera writ
ten on the same subject. At this junc
ture it may be interesting to note that
Vezin was one of the vital Influences
In Bispham's life, since the singer lookB
upon him as his teacher, and it may
be that subconsciously he was prepar
ing himself for a part with which he
may be expected to crown one of the
most notable and distinguished careers
in American art.
The production was an instantaneous
success, according to tho press dis
patches received in New York, and the
criticisms from London just received.
The nature of thS success may be un
derstood from. Bispham's remarks as
follows:
"The Vicar of Wakefield," produced
here last night, was an Instantaneous suc
cessthat is if the old-fashioned emotions
are to be trusted. I held that a simple-heart-interest
would be a power still, and
I was proven to be right in my judg
ment. If repeated encores and many cur
tain calls, and ' laughter and close at
tention and tears and cheers mean what
they used to mean, then the piece went
home!
After all was over there was no deny
ing the demand to see llza Lehman and
to have a speech from me. So again the
audience had their way, and the stalls
and boxes as well as the pit and gallery
departed happy."
The cast was as follows:
Dr. Primrose David Bispham
Mrs. Primrose Mrs. Theodore Wright
Olivia in London, Miss. Isabel Jay
Violette Londa
Snp'nia Edith Clegs
Mow Arthur Eldred
Dick (with song) Master Gordon Travis
Bill .Elfin Arthur
Mr. Burchell Richard Temple
Squire Thornhill Walter Hyde
Jenslnson c. Oram Lander
Farmer Williams Powis Finder
Lady Blarney Mme. Amy Martin
Miss Skeggs Valerie de Lacy
The Gipsy Bella Wallis
Three plays for which the public has
been waiting with eagerness were pre-,
sented on Monday night. These were
"The Daughters of Men." by Charles
Klein: "The New York Idea." by Lang
don Mitchell, for Mrs. Fisk, and "Sir
Anthony," by Haddon. Chambers. "The
Daughters of Men" at first judgment
seemed to be a worthy successor of
"The, Lion and the Mouse." This It is
from the standpoint of Mr. Klein's pur
pose in writing, which, while beautiful
in spirit, is clearly the work of an en
thusiast, if not a fanatic. Mr. Klein
has taken as his theory the brotherhood
of men, and arrays the forces of cap
ital and labor against one another.
Frofn any standpoint, 'one must feel the
Immensity of the question, as well as
the immensity of the workmanship.
Mr. Klein's wonderful genius in stage
craft enables him to handle such sub
jects which live only through human
Interest, and which would hardly lend
themselves to tfce " stage through an
er affair, celebrated at the Summer
home of the bride's parents in the
North. Washlngtonians are, therefore,
just now being given an opportunity
to fete the couple as a wedded pair,
with the result that if present plans
are not interrupted events in their
honor will be an everyday occurrence
after the coming of Congress.
In other ways, Mrs. Crane's position
in Washington society is unique. As
a new Senator's wife, she would have
certain recognized responsibilities as
to whom she must or need not call on,
but it is as a Senator's new wife that
she comes to the city -where most of
the mature years 6i her life have been
spent and with whose official society
(she has been identified since making
her debut. To be really "official" she
now will have to call first on many
former friends. In other cases, she
must wait until the spirit moves them
to call on her and on the whole will
find her visiting list longer by hun
dreds of names than she ever dreamed
of in her girlhood philosophy.
"All the world's a stage.
And all the people are but actors."
So wrote one William Shakespeare more
than 400 years ago. since when there
has been none to gainsay the statement.
However, it has remained for the Sec
retary of the Navy. Charles J. Bona
parte, to witness before the footlights of
a professional stage the reincarnation of
a member of his family, whose life was
stranger than most fiction, and Inter
woven with the history of two continents.
That radiant belle of yesterday was
Betsy Patterson, the paternal grand
mother of Mr. Roosevelt's Secretary of
the Navy, whose marriage to Jerome
Bonaparte, brother of the great Napol
eon, was as tragic as it was romantic. As
"Glorious Betsy" she walks and talks
on the stage today impersonated by Miss
Mary Mannerlng. and was recognized
through family tradition as to her wit.
prftle and (rather daring independence by
her no less distinguished grandson.
In writing "Glorious Betsy." Rida John
son Young does not go into the seamy
side of Betsy's life, but deals with the
days when her name was the toast of
every gathering from Maryland to Louisi
ana. It takes one back to the Old White
Sulphur Springs .of Virginia, when that
resort was the rebdezvous for the best in
wealth and beauty and culture of the
time in America. The first night of the
story's presentation here Secretary Bona
parte entertained enough friends to fill
two boxes at the theater In which it was
given.
Matrimonially speaking, the event of the
week was the marriage on Tuesday of
Miss Alice Langhorne to Stanley Wash
burn, of Minnesota. 9t. John's Episcopal
Church, where the ceremony took place,
is noted for the number of prominent
youns women who have been launched
upon the matrimonial sea within its walls,
but rarely has there been a more heau(i-.
ful setting for the service, or a more
attractive young bride than Miss Lang
home, who. like her cpusin, Mrs. Nannie
Langhorne Shaw-Astor. of England and
America. Is one of three handsome sis
ters. Bishop Satterlee officiated, assisted
by Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of
the church, and after . the ceremony a
reception was held at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Langhorne. Later In the evening the
young couple started on their wedding
journey, which will include a visit to the
bride's sister and brother-in-law. Cap
tain and Mrs. Powell Clayton. Jr., who
are now stationed in Cuba, and end at
their future home in Minneapolis. Minn.
GRACE PORTER HOPKINS.
ordinary playwright's hands. The hero
is John Stedman, who is filled with the
ideas of ideal socialism, but he is not
in any sense an anarchist, nor does he
sympathize with this type. His love
affair is the point of supreme interest
because the girl is the Rister of the
aggravated type of capitalist who can
not gain the consent of her wealthy
family to her marriage. The affairs of
the heart are further involved with
politics in so far as Louise Stolbeck,
a daughter of the people, the child of
an illiterate member of a "Federated
Brotherhood." anarchistic to the last
degree, is violently in love with the
hero, who is accused by the brother
hood of pleading on the wrong side to
settle the great strike on account of
bis love for Miss Crosby, who is the
supposed bribe extended by her family.
This, of course, gives a wide oppor
tunity for the actors, many of whom
make the best of their opportunities.
Effie Shannon in the part of Grace
Crosby presented rare subtleties In a
combination of power and delicacy,
while Dorothy Donnelly was a very
striking contrast and equally artistic.
She carried her audience in the hys
terical anb melodramatic moment,
which, all things considered, was prob
ably a necessary stroke. Herbert Kel
cey appeared In a role totally different
from those parts in which we have
known him. but there was. as always,
that deep human stroke in everything
he does and says, in fact, in his very
appearance. His share in the unravel
ing of the problem was in the part of the
senior partner of the ' "federated" com
panies, who, notwithstanding the fact that
he is an "old business man. still pleads
for and is swayed by a "little sentiment."
Orrin Johnson made a very' attractive
hero, one which well warranted the af
fection of both girls as well as the
"matinee girls."
The cast was as follows:
John Stedman ...... 4 ........ Orrln Jonnsop
Richard Milbank Herbert Kelcey
Mathew Crosby Lynn Pratt
Reginald Crosby George Parsons
James Thedford ............. Edwin Brandt
James Burress Ralph Delmore
Louis Stolbeck Carl Ahrendt
Oscar Lackett E. W. Morrison
Patrick McCarthy George W. Deyo
Martin Joseph Adelman
Parker J. H. Howland
Grace Crosby Effie Shannon
Louise Stolbeck Dorothy Donnelly
Mrs. Reginald Crosby Grace Filltlns
Paxton Kate McLaurln
Butler ; Frank Brownlee
"The Daughters of Men" Is playing
at the New Astor Theater.
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At the Lyric Theater Mrs. Fiske is be
ing presented for the first time in comedy
and yet the play itself, "The New York
Idea," can hardly be called a comedy,
dealing as It does with the divorce theme.
The play is certainly brilliant in dia
logue and comical almost to the point
of farce at many moments. In a word,
it is a good entertainment for those who
will take it from the surface .and only
for the sake of its brilliant dialogue and
Its comical situation, and just why New
York should have teen made to carry the
burden of the name is not evident, since
divorce is not quite so popular In New
York as elsewhere. . The' story is woven
around John Karslake and his divorcee,
Mrs. Cynthia Karslake. who, after a few
months of freedom, is on the point of
contracting marriage with Philip Fllli
more, a Supreme Court Judge, who has
also passed through the divorce courts.
His former wife, Mrs. Vida Fillimore. is
also ready to marry again, and that
comical situations abound may be easily
surmised in the fact that all these people
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meet in the home of the Judge, and Mrs.
Vida straightway decides to capture Mr.
Karslake. The play, while interesting
and extremely -well acted, is not the sort
of thing that leaves agreeable . impres
sions behind unless as stated before It
be taken purely and solely as comedy and
from the comical standpoint. Mrs. Fisk
has in her support John Mason. George
Arllss, Marion Lea and a very well bal
anced company.
. The opera season opens with bril
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attractions is Geraldine Farrar, who is
a well-known figure in the opera
houses of Germany, and who succeed
ed in attracting considerable attention
from the Crown Prince; which resulted
in- disagreeable notoriety. Outside of
her talent, she is of extraordinary
beauty. She will be seen as Madame
Butterfly in the Italian version to be
presented at the Metropolitan Opera
House this season. It will be a diffi
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a river where a bridge is open. My car would stop Itself, even if the leverman was asleep.
I know this whole system to be a success, because I have tried it for two years. During that time
millionaires have tried to get control of my system, 'but I woald not let them, bcause I preferred to
protect my own and small stockholders' Investments.
Charles T. Yerkes offered me $100,000 if I would throw my invention on the scrap-pile and forget it.
He did not want to be. compelled to change his old cable system.
Tom Johnson, of Cleveland.' offered to furnish 200,00J for my patent rights for over eighty miles
an hour.
Wall street capitalists have made five different attempts to gain control over the Leffler Electrie
System, and Wall street generally knows a good thing when they see it. I could not afford to let these
big moneyed Interests get control. I preferred to go to the small Investors, to the people who want to
make small, but safe and sure Investments. I have therefore bound myself to this company, and to every
stockholder, that I will personally see to it that every man and woman who makes an investment in this
company will get a square deal. This is a square deal from start to finish.
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the same lever. Snow, Ice, sleet, rain,
grease, dirt and such substances do not
afTect the power or control of the car or
train.
The Business Will Be Immense.
Because before long we will be putting
my system on all the standard, street and
Interurban railways. Just' think what an
immense business that will be. One com
pany alone now employs 12.000 men to
make the present electric railway equip
ments and cars. Another firm employs
nearly as any more. There are also thou
sands of men employed making standard
locomotives and equipments. All of these
will be back numbers, and will have to
go out of business because this Leffler
electric system will take their place and
will employ thousands more.
Investigate Us Carefully.
Come and see this most remarkable in
vention cf the twentieth century.
This is such an opportunity as does not
come to any one once in a hundred years,
to get in on the ground floor on a propor
sition bound to make millions. It is the
next great forward step in the railroad
world. It means the ultimate changing
of every present steam and street railroad
over to the Ieffler system, not only be
cause it can run faster, but it saves about
half in operating expenses and thousands
of lives.
It means faster and cheaper travel and
greater profits to the railroad managers
and .stockholders.
I cannot describe the system fully here.
I have done this In a booklet, which I
will send you free for the asking. If you
can't tae but ten shares get the booklet
and learn fully all the wonders of this
simplest, most perfect system ever de
vised. It will set you to wondering that
some one did not think of this marvelous
idea before.
When I send you the booklet I will also
send you the reports of some of the ablest
electrical engineers In this country, who
have carefully examined the system. They
fullv Indorse it.
We have received requests from no less
than seven different responsible parties with
in the past two weeks for estimates for put
tins; In my system on new roads abont to
be constructed.
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Shrewd Investments Make
Fortunes.
This Is Your Chance Act Wisely
and Quickly.
Don't let this opportunity slip 6y. As
soon as the world learns what a simple,
money-saving and money-earning system
this Is the money-making Instincts of the
railway- managers will force them to
adopt It. This will mean millions for the
stockholders. The profits and dividends
can't help but be something wonderful.
Great fortunes are made nowadays by
people who make Judicious investment of
their savings and earnings.
Saving money doesn't make you rich.
It is making the money work for you
while you are working that brings wealth.
Invest your savings in something sure to
bring the greatest returns. Bankers get
rich by doing that with the money you
deposit with them, and they pay you only
3 or 4 per cent for the use of your raonly.
Why not do as the banker does and get
all the profits yourself?
Here is such an opportunity as may
never come your way again. Such great
a: Willi
LEFFLER
This Leffler Electric Train Will Run 80 to
Fleidner Building, 10th and
the Henry W. Savage Company now at
the Garden Theater, where seats are
sold out until Christmas time at least.
Mea culpa I Mea culpa t It Is im
possible to conceive why the writer
mistook the "Measure of a Man," by
Miss Cora Maynard, which was with
drawn last week as stated in the letter
for the new play of Charles Klein, "The
Daughters of Men," which only opened
Monday night at the' new Astor, and
which enjoyed a tremendous success.
It is probable that "business" will nev
er stand for an excuse, but it is an
honest fact that it is simply not pos
sible to remember what one has seen
and heard in a season like this one.
See a play Monday night, run in for
a few minutes to the next theater, also
a "first night," drop In to see each one
of the three casts playing "Madame
Butterfly;" in order to be fair to all.
stop up at Carnegie Hail to hear the
Boston Symphony orchestra, at the
same time there is a. chamber music
' Hi! i if
at Midnight, Saturday, Dec. 8th
things as this do not come more tnan
once in a century. It is up to you to act
carefully, wisely and intelligently. Inves
tigate every claim I make. Go into it
thoroughly. Find out for yourself that I.
have the greatest railway system ever
devised, and don't invest one cent unless
you are perfectly satisfied I have just
what I claim to have. Ask all the ques
tions you want to and I will answer every
question honestly and squarely.
I honestly believe this stock will ad
vance 100 per cent or more within a year.
If you want to share in these enormous
profits It will be necessary for you to act
NOW. This stock will never be lower,
and Is sure to advance at least 15 per
cent within the next few days. It is on
the ground floor now. but never will be
again. Be wise in time. Remember, this
Is no untried experiment! I have the car
and system to show you. I want you to
call and investigate it thoroughly. I will
be glad to show everything about It to
you at anv time. Everything is and will
be thoroughly covered by patents, and
the patents are under the absolute control
of this company.
I honestly believe that a very little
money invested in this stock now. at the
present bottom price will In a very short
time vield such an income as will make
you independent for life. It is the chance
of a centuryj If you miss it you wlU
regret It all your life.
About the Stock.
This companv Is not loaded down with
a lot of watered stock. Neither is it a
promoter's company. It is a straight,
square deal, directly between you and
the company. There is absolutely no
freeze-out scheme mixed up in a tangle of
preferred and common stock, nor is there
any other stvle of hocus-pocus. Every
share of stock stands exactly on a level
with every other share.
Onlv a small portion of this stock Is be
ing sold below par. If you desire to get
in on the ground floor It will be necessary
for you to act at once. Remember, this
is no untried experiment. We have a car
all made and on exhibition which will
show anyone exactly what our system Is.
Come and see for yourself exactly what
we have got. You will find it a marvel
of simplicity and practicability. Tou will
not question when you see It that this
company will become the owner of one of
trie greatest electrical manufacturing
plants In the world. The company has
something so much better and so much
further in advance of anything else ever
heard of that It is bound to make millions
for its stockholders.
Call, write or telegraph at once.
Be Quick and Get a Sure Life
Income.
For every 10 shares, 940 cash.
For every loo shares. $400 cash.
Any other number of snares np to 5000
shares, at tbe same rate.
Our Easy Monthly Payment Plan.
For every 10 shares. 98 cash and six
monthly payments S.5.A0 each. Total $41.
For every 100 shares, $62 cash and six
monthly payments $68 each. Total, $410.
Any other number of shares, up to 5000,
at the same rate.
Par value of all shares. $10 per share.
Not more than 5000 shares to any one
person.
All remittances must be made in either
postoffice money order, registered letter,
express money order or draft.
If you let this opportunity get by with-,
out taking all the stock you can possibly
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ELECTRIC SYSTEM, (Inc.), CHICAGO
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Washington Streets, Portland,
concert in one place, a song recital in
another and what not would be impos
sible to say. At all of these places the
critic is supposed to remain through
out, and should he take the word of the
programme tlat the last number will
be-a Liszt Rhapsodie and the artist de
cides to muke it a Strauss Waltz, the
probability is the poor offenCer will
hear his renders say, "Now, what do
you think of a critic that does not
know a Liszt Rhapsodie from a Strauss
Waltz!"
At the same time could one be sur
prised if. at the end of such a day, a
critic could not tell a Bach Fugue from
a Debussy vagary?
EMILIK FRANCES BAUER.
Wireless From Dr. Slork.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Dec. 1. When
th Mallory steamer Concho. New York
to Galveston, was 115 miles off Southwest
Pass last night, her wireless cTjierator
buy vou will soon be in the position of
the man who refused to buy Bell Tele
phone stock when it could be had for
small money and later saw it sell for SO
times what he could have bought it for.
I am at the office every day from ! A.
M. to P. M. Next Saturday night until
9 P. M.
If you can't call, write for booklet and
engineers' reports.
Points to Remember About the
Leffler System Taking the
Place of Present
Steam Railways.
It does away entirely with locomo
tives, neavy motor cars, electric en
gines and all other similar heavy and
expensive niar-hines.
A speed of S to 200 miles an hour
can be regularlv reached and main
tained for any distance.
Runs Winter and Summer alike. Not
affected by ice. snow, grouse, dirt,
sleet, rain or any other weather con
dition. Less than one-quarter of the fuel is
needed.
Trains can be started and stopped
quicker than by any other system and
without discomfort to passengers.
Power houses can be placed 1500 miles
apart.
No brakes are required. The stop
ping is done by reversing the current.
There is no flattening of the wheels
and consequent jogging of the cars.
Wheels do not grind on the rails to
start trains, hence no holes and de
pressions are made.
It is easier on the roadbed and car.
and practically no repairs will bo
needed. v
Points to Remember About
This System for Street
Railways.
There are no overhead wires, no
third rail, no slot in the street, -no un
derground trolley, no obstructions In
the street.
Can be run faster, safer, easier and
more comfortably than any other sys
theni known.
It is cheaper to operate, uses a half
less fuel at power-house, is cleaner,
surer and quicker in operation than
anv other.
Cannot be stopped by sleet or snow
storms, rain, ice. grease, dirt or any
other similar obstructions on the track.
It car, not produce electrolysis on wa
ter pipes or conduits in the streets,
which is now such a heavy expense to
cities under the trolley.
It cannot interfere with any other
electric wires, requires less current
than other systems, and develops
greater power.
It is all controlled by one lever, and
is always under the most absolute con
trol, ahyw'here and under all condi
tions. It is noiseless, since there are no
gca rings, motors or other machinery
to grind, squeak or rattle.
There are no "burn-outs" of motors,
because there are no motors to burn
out. It is impossible for man or beast to
gjt a shock from an electric current.
Oregon
flashed In the news of the birth aboard
that vessel of a son to Mr. and Mrs. John
Trlppet. who are en route to San Fran
cisco via Galveston.
The baby was named Concho Light
Trippet, in honor of the vessel and the at
tending physician.
Cubans Turn Magoon Down.
HAVANA. Dec. 1. The prominent lead
ers of the Moderate party met today, and
it was decided unanimously that the Cu
ban .Senators and Deputies should refuse
to resign should Governor Magoon request
it at a conference tomorrow.
1. Agent
Increases Stock, $150,000,000.
MADISON", Wis.. Dec. l.-The Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, today
filed with the Secretary of State articles
increasing the company's capital stork
Sl.jO.flno. mm. For so doing the company
uaid SldO.'JlU.
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