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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 7, 190 Fashions of Long Ago 'Revived in Purses of Today Jingling Chatelaines of Our Grandmothers Have Reappeared Wrist Bags Are Also in Favor v -x j a y.-i- - -' '1 v- - V-i - I l&iPlf&S n 1 - -V - teT-gy.- V ft , L - r K7 5100 Flag's on the Globe - NEAREST GUESS,5087 Mrs. P. J. Smith, 21 N. 9TH ST. Those making the nert Fifteen Nearest Guesses will he notified Monday, hy mail. FOR the past two or three years the pocket book and the purse have claimed quite as much attention from Dame Fashion as any item accessory to the smart costume, and Indeed, this sea son the pocketbook, purse and wristbag have actually attained the importance of being a part of the feminine toilette. Previously the pocketbook or the purse was merely a pocketbook or a purse, with little variation !n the style, but with the Introduction of the big leather wrist bags a few seasons ago there began a flurry of fads and fashions in bags, pocketbooks and purses, and the present season finds us hard put to It to keep up with the latest wrinkle In the matter of ,what to carry our small change, handkerchief and powder-puff about in. Some quaint old fashions of a century or so ago are being revived In the new novelties, and even the Jingling and mus ically clanking chatellalne of our grand mothers has reappeared, very modestly, however, the size of the bag being re duced to a dainty little receptacle of woven links of silver or gold, and a simple little double chain upon which the bag Is held pendent from the hook that se cures the chatelaine to the belt, com pleting the affair, the dangling silver ar ray of silver glove-buttoners, vinaigrettes, etc., belng omitted. One of the season's chatellalne's is shown in No. 1. It la of silver links, dipped In gold and Inter woven, and In the center of the little lid stone being used in the setting of the chatellalne hook at the belt. The very latest wrinkle In pocketbooks Is shown In No. 2, which Is an Immense affair of hand-tooled leather, hand-tinted. In thistle design, and coming in dark greens, oaken brown and dark red. These great purses measure some 12 inches In length, and from 6 to 10 inches In depth, the larger the more swagger, and are equipped with soft straps of stitched leather in the same tint as that of the purse. The interior of the purse,- or pocketbook. Is fitted up with side pockets, compartments for small mirror, powder puff, handkerchief, cardcase and other feminine paraphernalia. These come only in tne most expensive leather, and hand tooled, with hand-tinting, so that a good is set a large amethyst, the twin to this ! ly consideration 1s asked, none being ob- 5 tainable under J30. and the more elab orate ones running as high as 510 and Another new and particularly smart pocketbook Is shown In No. 3, which Is woven of silver links. The bag portion is seven inches In depth and more than four Inches wide, with an overhanging ruffle nearly an Inch deep, and the draw string Is a tiny silver chain, ending in little balls of filagreed silver, with tas sels of silver fringe; These are to be had from $15 upward. The beaded purse is still popular, and Is seen In the popular handbag size, as well and Ice cream change intended to be car ried lnsldo .the handbag. Many pretty patterns in beadwork are on exhibit In the shops, and a new combination In the coloring is rose color and pink designs on a field of blue, . the- designs running more to the German patterns than to the In dian, as formerly. Some varieties of the beadwork purse are shown In Nos. 4, 5, and 6. No. 4 being the regulation hand bag size. No. 5 a small-change purse with silver lid, and No. 6 showing a new wrinkle In fastenings, a . ring of gold, through which Is slipped two little gold bars, holding the purse together at the top. ' " The hand-made, and most frequently home-made, wrist-bag Is still popular, and probably will remain In vogue for a long time, because of the Individuality one may put Into them by selecting the materials and' choosing the patterns by which one desires them made. Two styles of wristbag are shown in No. 7 and No. 8. No. 7 is made In the four piece pattern of golden brown satin, the seams embroider-stitched In' black, and the bag finished with a double, draw string of black silk cord. No. 8 Is made of ribbon In the popular Roman atrlpe, with a double drawstring of dark red silk tape. There Is no limit to the variety of color, combination and pattern In which the wristbag may be designed, and many of the smartly gowned girls and women have natty little wristbags to harmonize with every costume, many times made of the same material as the gown. Miss Dot Bernard, the dainty little act ress, has a large assortment of purses. pocketbooks and wristbags, and has per mitted The Oregonian's camera man to as in the tiny receptacle for car fare photograph some of them for this page. New York Is Not Heaven in Summer People Live in Apartments Packed Like Sardines While Teething Babies and Screeching Parrots Make the Nights Hideous. NEW YORK, July 1. (Special corre spondence.) If there is any Idea that the lateness, of the Summer has interfered with the business of the Summer resorts, it is a mistake. Just about the right day and date the heat of Summer set In, In deadly earnest, arid owing to the fact that New Yorkers were entirely unprepared, they were only too glad to scurry away, and leave heat, noise, etc., to those who are mercilessly tied up In the city. As a matter of fact, the heat is by far the lesser annoyance of a Summer spent In New York. No matter in what sec tion of the city one may happen to live in. you meet with the same experiences and these are not always calculated to make one happy on a hot Summer day or night. When people live as close to one another as sardines, closed windows, rep resenting the oil, life, if not a Joy, may be. at least, endurable; but when the windows are open, the probability is that one feels like a box of sardines with the oil removed. " And It does not make much difference in which apartment lives the man who snores, so Jong as you do not get to sleep first. We have all abused those "awful landlords" who refuse to give possession to a family who have, has had or may have children. Iet me put myself down, after due and unhappy ex perience, as saying that there is a hades all by Itself for the landlords who admit families with children. Houses in the country and large houses on Fifth ave nue and Seventy-second street were built for families with children, and they should be tolerated nowhere else. Until a plan can be devised by which children can teeth In a new, painless and im proved manner, they should not be ad mitted into the crowded sections where New Yorkers must live and keep their windows open. : After arriving at the belief that there is nothing in the entire world quite so oaa as a child who cries every half hour during the night, develops the family with a talking-machine. True, there are conditions which might mollify the hearer, but these conditions do not exist on a hot Summer night It Is too hot in the Summer time for such records as have been contributed by Melba or Caruso and Instead we are treated to scenes from the Bowery, barnyard fights and all the latest hits in vaudeville. These . Interesting effusions are accen tuated by wild shrieks from two or three handsome very handsome parrots, also inhabitants of what Is known as a "really well neighborhood." ; Just a word at this moment concern ing parrots, which may not be under stood by people out of the thickly populated districts. They are strongly affected by the weather and. when the atmosphere lies with muggy folds upon the suffering population of New York, these birds, even though they may not say much, are "dlvils to think," and they accentuate these thoughts with wild shrieks which are blood-curdling In their Intensity and In their intent. It would be interesting if these parrots saw fit to screech "Is it hot enough for you?" or some equally fitting remark, because in this way we might not know whether It was a conversation over the fire-escapes in the back court or some one talking over the telephone in the top apartment. But these wild, mad screeches at ran dom, which result In nothing except waking up the baby to its misery, are heartrending, to say the "least. But we cannot always hear the parrot, because that hoise, too, can be and frequently is deadened by the family who has a pianola, or the Janitpr's daughter at her practice, as she pounds out scales, the march from "Faust" or "The Last Rose of Summer," with involuntary variations that make Ravel, Strauss and Debussy sound like cold cream, soothing and quieting to him who not only longs for harmony, but also for sleep. AH this, to say nothing of., a musicals across the court, a energetic poker party on the floor below and the soft and sweet argument of a couple who never have agreed, somewhere within hearing range all this in New York's swellest residence Bection in the. Summer time. It must have been of this that Omar was dreaming when he wrote: "Oh Wilderness were Paradise enow.'" Next comes apartment-hunting whn we fly the evils that are for those we know naught of. . Henry W. Savage arrived in first class condition, after a trip abroad, which he made serve all purposes, such as vacation, booking new plays, new artists, renewing old contracts and ar ranging for a number of his produc tions abroad. Mr. Savage certainly en Joyed an enthusiastic home-comlnff, as he was met down the bay with a brass band. The tug carrying this or ganization and several members of the Savage forces, followed the KaUer Wllhelm all the way up the harbor Into Hoboken. It did not take Mr. Savage long to get into harness and put things in working order. The great impresario Is very enthusiastic over "The Merry Widow," of which he holds the American rights. It will not take long to establish the music firmly in this country, as already it is being whistled and sung by many who have heard it during its European furore. Mr. Savage confirmed the news con cerning his attitude to the young Americans abroad, and then he again reverted to "The Merry Widow," stat ins; that it urobabbi, wUl-bfi. given &t one of the Broadway theaters' instead of at the Garden. The costumes will arrive from Europe. early In July, and the scenery for the first two acts is already completed. Mr. Savage en gaged Franz Ziegler, who. directed the play In Vienna, to take charge in this country, but he has practically decided to make an entirely American produc tion, instead of engaging foreign sing ers, as 'he had intended In the first place. Mr. Savage also secured a new light opera by Edward German, en titled "Tom Jones," but makes no an nouncement of further intentions Just at present. In Germany, he also se cured the rights to a fantastic Oper etta by Strauss, which will probably be produced under the name of "Hugo's Honeymoon." Mr. Savage has planned to send "Madame Butterfly" on another tour to the Pacific Coast, and has engaged two new singers for the title role. One is Phoebe Strakosch and the other is Katharine Woolf, from the Staat The ater at Mainz. Rena Vivienne and Dora Fillipe will again appear in the title role, and Willy Schulcr, a tenor from Leesing's Theater In Berlin, will sing the role of Plnkerton. As assist ants to Walter Rothwell, of Vienna. Cornelius Dopper, of Amsterdam, and Guy Ambrose, an American, have .been engaged. Mr. Savage also arranged for a German translation of the "Prince of Pllsen,". which will be put on at the Central Theater Jn Leipslg under the direction of Dr. Herman Haller. It was in connection with this that Gustar ' Luders, the composer of the music, was abroad with Mr. Savage, and while there he was taken very ill with pneumonia. Mr. Savage reports him as Improving. George Marion, general stage direc tor for Mr. Savage, returned from abroad on the same boat with Mr. Savage. Mr. Marion expects to branch out for himself the coming season, but has not decided Just where, on Broad way, he will open headquarters. He will be very busy for a wnile staging "The Merry Widow," and while abroad he divided his time between London, Paris and Berlin, to find out. what was to be grained by close observation of methods on the. other side. "The foreign productions, especially those which are recognized successes, are marvels of beauty and models for their subtlety and stagecraft. In fact." said Mr. Marion, "there Is real style in stage management, Just as much as there is in the 'creations' of a Paris modiste." , Mr. Marlon does not seem to agree with Mr. Frohman on the subject of American actors, speaking of them as follows: "I want to say one thing for Amer- capable as any you will find in any country. Mr, Savage and I witnessed performances of 'The Merry Widow' in several countries, and at first be lieved It needed the foreign players, but after observing the fine success of the English., performance in London, we agreed instantly that the piece should not have a foreign cast. .It is staged beautifully, and I shall be sat isfied if we can duplicate the impres sion made by- George Edwarde's pro duction." ',- Speaking of returning from Europe, Hy Ellers, who arrived, had an interest ing homecoming, having been met by a brass band, this because he came on the Kaiser Wilhelm with Mr. Savage. He was met by A. H. Ellers, who is in New York, accompanied by Mrs. Ellers. Both gentlemen and Mrs. Ellers will leave for the Pacific Coast within a few days. . The. first arrival to be chronicled among the artists is that of De Pach mann, who landed last week. "June is my month for traveling," said the ec centrio pianist. "I come in June al ways, then the sea is like glass like a river. Four years agio I came in June, this year I arrive in June, next year I sail for home In June and that will be the last time on that awful ocean, the sight of which I hate." De Pachmann will open in Carnegie Hall, October 2, after which he will make an enormous tour. KMILIE FRAsN'CES BAUER. Hungarian Musician Will, Play an Instrument Famous in History EVERYONE has heard of the "pied piper of Hamlin" and the mythologi cal pipe with which he performed so many strange deeds, but very few in deed1 have heard of the queer historical musical device which more than a thous and years ago sent whole nations to war and caused hundreds to be executed. It Is called the tarogato, and has caused more suffering and ecstacy atthe same time than any other contrivance that ap peals to the human ear. Archaeologists in Austria have discov ered several specimens of the strange instrument and one has been received in Portland, Great diligence was necessary to secure.lt, though at present of course there is no danger attached to- the pos session of It as there was in medieval times. . The tarogato is a reed instrument of very prlmtive design. Who invented it or who first discovered the wonderful power of Its notes will never be known. for in very early times of history it was confiscated by rulers and any one having the instrument In his possession severely punished and often executed. It is first known In history when the hordes of northern barbarians swept down upon Southern Europe and over run the entire country, even including im perial Rome. Historians of that period tell of a strange sound by which the Northern warriors were .incited to deeds of great valor. It was first discovered among the Huns who, with the Fins, oc cupied the most conspicuous posltton in Eurppean history a thousand . or more years ago. During the time of Attila the strange instrument was ordered destroyed. Any person found with one in his, possession was subject to execution and his goods to confiscation. The great barbarian ruler issued the order for the reason, history says, that the peasants were n clted to ; resurrections by its music; that its peculiar notes affected them even more weirdly than their religion and they were driven to fanaticism bv its aadJj9QUJid -rujloQxejWAt--Af.-.Ui0Sfi 1 I The Youthful Musician Who Will for F4rst The Youthful Musician Play the "Tarogato" Time in Oregoo. times was constantly menaced by its music and Attila finally ordered it de stroyed. " - -But so strong was its hold upon the people that many refused to obey the or der, though none dared do so openly. They buried It In the ground, or con cealed . it in any place where officers could not find it. And secretly they played upon it, deep in a forest retreat, or sheltered, as they thought. In some mountain fastness. Often government officers were led to the place by Its wild strains and many were executed as a -result of their disobedience. At last the instrument disappeared and A CARLOAD OF THE WELL-KNOWN To Be Sold Immediately at a Tremen dous Sacrifice, and on Terms That Anyone Can Meet. We have just received a car of Bans Pianos from the factory, which have reached us with the cases somewhat marred. Owing to faulty bracing, the instruments became loosened from their firm posi tions in the car, and consequently are more or less scratched. The musical qualities have not been injured in any particular, and aside from the outside marring, each instrument is in perfect order. Honesty has ever been an absolute and invariable rule with this House. Many firms would put these pianos through a repair shop, fix them up and sell them in the regular way. We offer imperfect pianos, just as they are, with a concession for the damage, allowing the purchaser to buy with full knowledge of every condition. While we have reduced the matter of shipping pianos unboxed, by the "har ness" system, to a science, still, with hundreds of carloads coming constantly, it is not to be wondered that occasionally a car will arrive in poor order. In this particular case, the railroad company has shouldered part of the responsibility for the damage, and will share the loss with the factory. This loss shall be your gain. We don't want these pianos on our floors a day longer than necessary. We want to sell them at once, and we'll make a price low enough to decidedly more than com , pensate for the marring of the cases. And the cost of repairing the scratches will be but a small part of the money you'll save. This work we will do at actual cost, and when we've turned the instru ments out of our shop, they'll be as good as the day they left the factory. Baus Pianos Are Good Pianos We have handlsd Baus Pianos regularly for years. We have sold large numbers of them. They combine fine tone quality with careful finish, and in style are all that could be desired by the most critical. In the shipment are several different case designs, in burl walnut, mahogany and oak, in both fancy and plain styles. EVERY INSTRUMENT WILL BE SOLD WITH A FULL GUAR ANTEE AS TO MUSICAL EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY WE OFFER THESE PIANOS Made to sell in the regular way at $350 and $375 NOW FOR ONLY $185 $176 And correspondingly reduced figures, depending upon condition. . There are just sixteen of them. Some are but little marred; others considerably. The concession on each is fixed accordingly. Each one is a great bargain. They will be eagerly snapped up. If you are in terested in the piano question, see them. Look them over carefully. Try them for tone. Examine them in every particular. Consider the decided saving in .price, and we think you'll make up your mind in a hurry. We've had them brought to our salesrooms from the ware house, just as they have been taken out of the car. It's a rare chance. Be on hand first thing tomorrow. ; Terms Arranged to Suit THE HOUSE OF HIGHEST QUALITY rwrm or W -V7 !i. pi BIGGEST, BUSIEST AND BEST inoreliabils ty 353 Washington Street, Corner of Park In Europe. However, archaeologists In Hungary discovered one a dozen years ago and when the great national exposi tion was held in Budapest in 1S97 it oc cupied a conspicuous place among the historical and national relics. " Since then several others have been found, and one is in the possession of Nlklas Schllzonyi, leader of the Hungarian Hussar band at the Oaks. Hungarian musicians declare that the tarogato possesses the most beautiful notes of any reed instrument. If its sounds could be described, they might be said to be between those of an oboe and a clarionet. In Schllzonyl's band is a young man who has received special in struction in the use of this instrument and he will be the star performer in a concert to be given soon, when the instru ment will be heard In America, probably for the first time. The Oregonian's Easy Way To Secure a $25 Talking Machine or VIOLIN For Only . $16.65 By subscribing? to The Oregonlan for one year you can obtain a regular lib high-grade Talking Machine, six records of your selection included, or choice of a $25 Violin and complete outfit all for $25.65. Amo unt saved to subscriber is $11.95. This is the best combination offer, and the most popular ever made to Western newspaper readers. Open only to those subscribing for The Oregonlan. The conditions and terms are very liberal. Delivery is promptly made upon payment of $1.65 for the machine and 75 cents for a month's subscription. Thereafter 60 cents a week on the machine and 75 cents a month for the newspaper until the contract has been completed. 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