The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 19, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Image 38

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXI AX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, 190S. GREAT BASSO WILL SING IN PORTLAND Herbert Witherspooa Will Be Heard at the Heilig January 29. LEATHER GOODS CUT GLASS TOILET GOODS LOWNEVS CANDIES WONDERFUL CLEARANCE REDUCTIONS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK YflJ FJCN'T HAVE TO takevour Prescription to the Druggist whose w J-v-rii A t i A v-r riame is printed on the blank; take it to any drug store the best drug store bring it to this drug store. There will be no mistakes, no substituting; you will get just what the doctor ordered every time. Our drugs are always fresh, and you will save about twenty-five per cent on the price. Your doctor knows us ask him about our Prescription Department. V -4 " THE co ruins of Herbert . Witherspoon to this city will Introduce to Port land a singer who is considered to day a bat's singer of more than ordinary worth. At the present time, when so -many singers offer Incomplete equipment and defective musical organization for the interest of the public not always discriniT inat'ive. it is a delight to present one who knows his art and possesses tem perament. ' Herbert Witherspoon Is perhaps more ef a cosmopolitan in art than any . other Amarlcan singer. His recital ' of . songs will demonstrate this fact, and also that a son?- recital Is worth -while. He Is a singer who has a well-defined knowledge of the value of consonants and their use in rounding out phrases, and the produc tion of fine declamatory effects. His diction Is perfect and his enunciation cjear and distinct. Every word he sings is perfectly understood, whether It be In English, German or French. He possesses tine dramatic instinct, thorough mastery of . the effect of the various tone colors and his facial ex pression clearly Indicates the thought and emotion conveyed by the composer. He knows how to color his voice to meet the sentiment' of the poem, and he neither underestimates nor exaggerates that sentiment.. Mr. Witherspoon Is a fine programme maker and he sings best those songs which most deserve good singing. He is today tho leading basso contante of America, and - comes before- the public With a technical equipment which does credit to his mastery, but still more to himself, for It could have been ac quired only by . conscientious work, backed by genuine devotion to the art. It would he pleasing to hear a man sing, if he had nothing more than Mr. Witherspoon's voice and technique: this singer has more; he has exquisite taste, solid understanding, temperament and Imagination. This famous basso will be heard In a grand concert song recital at the Helllg Theater, on Wednesday even ing, January 19. under the direction of the Helllg Theater management. Mail orders will be received from this city beginning tomorrow. Monday, January 20. Address letters andmake checks and money orders payable to W.- T. Pangle, manager Helllg Theater. Inclose a self addressed envelope to help Insure safe return. These mail orders will be filled In order of their receipt and returned ' f v5Y iY v w k , HERBERT WITHERSPOON, THE GREAT AMERICAN BASSO. before the regular box-office sale opens i Great Western Lyceum Bureau wa ln at theater on January 27. Phone Heiltg j deed fortunate in securing: such a very Theater for any information desired. The I excellent singer for their patrons. BULGARIAN IS TRAMPING AROUND THE WORLD AFTER facing Innumerable dangers for more than four years, aeelng two companions killed In cold blood by a mob In Morocco, traversing many of the countries of Europe, Africa and Asia at 61 years years of age, braving hunger and cold on perilous mountain passes and across deserts, and always afoot, H. J. M. Nlkoloff, a Bulgarian, ' lias arrived In Portland as his lnter ' mediate stop on what Is considered by many, one of the longest tramping trips the world has ever seen. He reached the United States on the Jap anese liner Tonga Maru. Nlkoloff does, not expect to return to his native country before 1915, but when he does return he will be tho only man In Bulgaria who will hold the record for knowing the habits and , customs of all the peoples of tho earth, : for there will be few countries, civil ized or otherwise, that .Nlkoloff will -not have passed through In the -course of his tremendous Journey. Crowned heads, and many of them, have written their autographs In a big book carried by Mr. Nlkoloff for that purpose; and the great seals of many countries appear in the volume to cer tify that the wanderer has In fact vis ; ited those places that he claims to have visited. The Bulgarian will re main In Portland for a couple of weeks and then start Eastward. When he arrives in Washington the signature of President Roosevelt will be asked for the big book of the traveler. After exhausting the possibilities of the United States he will go to South America. Nlkoloff is not only a student of hu man nature and of manners and cus toms, but he Is also an enthusiastic seeker after new and rare forms of plant life. His scientific attainments are great, it Is said. He is a well educated man .nd speaks several lan guages, among which, however, Eng lish is not numbered. When Mr. Nlkoloff started on his long Journey he had as a companion 1. tephanoff. Later Albert Berto, an Italian, joined 'the couple. It was In Morocco on Maroh T, 1906, that both these men were killed. The travelers had been 'gunsts of the Sultan of Mo rocco, as Indorsements In the big auto--graph volume show, and therefore be- I li "''iiii-i i ii '""nrnnmniiiii iistmiii ' rn ,j f J. M. Mlkoloff, the Bulgarian Globetrotter, Now in Portland ' a... ...... ....,. .... lieved that it was all right te appear on the streets in European costume in a country where native Mohammedan dress is the universal custom. But when Berto and Stephanoff so ap peared, a mob set upon them and, in tl)e words of Nikoloff. "literally cut the two men to pieces with knives." After this Nickoloff was given a pass port signed by the Sultan In person allowing his safe conduct anywhere in Morocco. Through an interpreter Nickoloff re lated to a reporter many thrilling in cidents of bis journeyings through va rious countries. He, is a small, wiry man, , inured to all sorts of hardships; wears a long, brown beard, and his ex periences would fill a book. Nikoloff travels practically without funds, living simply and making money as he can. He belongs to the Bulga rian revolutionary party. ECONOMY IN THE HOUSEHOLD Many Housekeepers Are Studying the Possibilities of the Haybox or Fire less Cooker. BY LILIAN TINGLE. . FOR some time past many queries have reached me In regard to the hay box or flreless cooker de scribed in former articles. From these I -judge that many housekeepers are willing to give the method a trial, but are hesitating about taking the first stops. To such I would say that with a gen eral knowledge of the nature of food materials and of the principles of or dinary cookery, more can bo learned about the possibilities of this method in a week by experiments with a com mon box llnod with newspapers and packed with hay or excelsior, than by a year's reading of preliminary In structions. Use a double boiler or set your covered cooking pail in a larger pall tilled with water in dealing with less than two quarts of material. Have well-fitting covers and see that The food is at boiling point and the water in the outer vessel also, if the double boiler or pail, is used, and allow plenty of time for your experi ments: for tough meats and hard beans may often require a second or even a third reheating and period of seclusion in the hay box. But ven with several roheatlngs. much' less fuel, time, and trouble will bo necessary, and the re sults will often be superior to thosa obtained by the more usual method. In regard to the material for packing I can only repeat that I do not know what is absolutely the best of the ma terials most easily obtainable by the housewife. One woman I know gets .good results by having numerous stout denim bags filled, rather loosely, with sawdust, the bottom, top and sides of her box being lined with fitted. cush ions of this material. Tho loose cush ions are used to pile around the cook ing vessel and permit' the use ot those of various shapes and sizes. . The cooking vessel should, of coutse. be clean outside, so as not to eoil the cushions. If you have any doubt about this, wrap your pail or roaster In paper before sacking It away. An other method is to make asbestos lined cylindrical nests exactly fitting your cooking pall, each with its fitted top cushion if you have several com partments in your box.. These small padded lid cushions should be supple mented by padding attached to the lid of the box itself. Their object is to enable you to- use each "nest" without disturbing the contents of the other. Several other questions will be an swered If I tell in detail the culinary history of a tough elderly "chicken" which recently made a successful ap pearance on my own table. It had evidently.been an athletic bird a track racer, propably, judging from the bard, well-developed leg muscles; a fine, meaty creature, but one that promised hard chewing. It was - jointed, not without difficulty, and divided into pieces for. a fricassee.. Next the pieces were browned slightly in a little bacon fat, the inside' of a double boiler be ing used for this purpose. When each piece had been treated in this way (it only took a few minutes) they were all piled back into the boiler, the juice of an orange was squeezed over, them, salt and other seasonings added, with hot water to fill up the pan. In regard to the seasonings some is sure to ask what they were, they included a tiny bit of bay leaf, a little mace, some pepper, a few grains of poultry spice and a tiny onion; different flavoring might be given to suit other tastes. The acid of the orange juica helped to soften the bird's tough connective tis sue; lemon juice might be preferred by some people. - In many French dishes sour wine is used tor the sauce purpose. After two or three minutes boiling, the pot was placed in the outer vessel, which also contained boiling water, the whole was wrapped quickly In a newspaper, and put into a hay box of most primitive construction. This was . done along with breakfast preparations. At dinner time, in tho evening, the pot, still quite warm, was lifted to the gas stove and again brought to boiling point, boiling for perhaps two minutes before going back to its warm nest for the night. Next morning, part of the liquid was removed (this, with the feet, neck, etc, made' delicious cream of chicken soup later) and the remain der, was thickened for gravy and re ceived final Judgment as to seasoning. If a brown gravy had been preferred a little "kitchen bouquet," "burnt onion extract" or browning made from cara melized sugar might have been used. If I had possessed ' one of those pretty and useful fireproof casseroles the bird would have been transferred to that at this point. As it was, it went back, once more at boiling point, into the double boiler and remained in the hay box until dinner time of the second day. Then it was served in a border of rice (made by pressing hot boiled rice in a "border mould" and reversing on the serving platter) with a few brown bacon curls and a touch of parsley for its simple garnish. It was tender and not stringy or "boiled to rags." Not more than 15 minutes of gas had been used and the preparation had taken much less time and trouble than might appear from a written description. If the bird had not shown sufficient -tenderness of disposition on the second morning, I should have given It an other day in the hay box before finish ing off the gravy. The same general method would apply to any tough meat. Longer time both for cooking and "set ting" would be necessary If the meat were in larger pieces. Books Added to the Public Library BOOKS have been added to the Port land Public Library during the past week as follows: . BIOGRAPHY. Blake William Blake; by Arthur gym on. 1907. Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfel low; a sketch of hi life by C. J. Norton. 1907. NugentJamaica one hundred years ago; reprinted from a journal kept by Maria, -Lady Nugent, from 1801. to 1815. 1907. Piozzi Mrs. Thrale. afterward Mrs. P! ozzi; a sketch of her life and passages from her diaries, letters and other writings; ed. by L. B. Seeley. 1S1. v DESCRIPTION" AND TRAVEL. Conway No Man's Land; a history of Spitsbergen, from its discovery in 1596 to the beginning of the scientific exploration of the country. 1906. Dunn The shameless, diary of an ex plorer. 1907- Headlam Story of Oxford. 1907. Pares Russia and reform. l&OT. Portland City Directory. 1907-190S. Thompson Nlmrod's wife. 1907. - Thwaites Early western travels, v. 31 S2. 1907. FICTION. BufTum Smith of Bear City, and other frontier sketches. Cabell Gallantry; an eighteenth century dizain In ten comedies, with anafterpiece. Hard y J u de the obscure. Harker A romance of the nursery.- Harrison The far horizon; by Lucas Ma let, - pseud. . Jacobs Short cruises. James- Bachelor Betty. Kelly Wards of liberty. Martin Letltia; nursery corps, D." 8. A. Montresor The burning toreh. Moody The Pickwick ladle and other eel lectors' stortes. Page Under the crust. Wallace Ungava Bob, a winter's tale. White Arizona nights. Wlster Mother. FICTION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Bergh Matka maailman loppuun. Lew aid Jenny; roman von der Verfaa serin von "Clementine." FINE? ARTS. Barber Artificial soft paste porcelain; France. Italy, Spain and England. 1907. Barber Salt glazed stoneware ; Germany, Flanders, England and the United States. 1907. Barber Tin enameled pottery; majolica, delft and other stanniferous faience. 1907. Binstead Useful details in several styles. 190-7. Kellaway How to lay oat suburban home grounds. 1907. Macklln Brasses of England. 4907. HISTORY. Griff is The Japanese nation In evolution; steps in the progress of a great people 1907. Haydnn The book of the V. C., a record of the deeds of heroism for which the Vic toria cross has been bestowed, from Kb Institution In 1&V7 to the present time. 1907. LITERATURE. Caesar Commentaries ; tr. by William Duncan. 1753. Corson Voice and spiritual education. 1V04. Nepos Twenty. lives; ed. by J. E. Barss; new ed. 1907- Bcott The psychology of public speaking. 1907. Tolstoi On Shakespeare; a critical essay. t07. PHILOSOPHY. Abbott Behind the scenes with the me diums. 1907. Hilty The steps of life; further essays on happiness. 1907- - RELIGION. Reisner Workable plans for wide-awake churches. 190Q. SCIENCE. Aaassis Three cruises of ' the " United OUR HOME MEDICAL BATTERY NO. 4 Price Complete $6 ,No liquids, no. acids, no repairs. . A little wonder "in power, complete, - wifti booklet of home treat ment of over 100 dis eases. , " There never was a more complete,' com pact and finely made Electric Battery made at this price. , . More inform ation cheerfully given at the Electrical Department, first floor. HEALTH AND BEADTY It's the ambition of every lady to put forth her best efforts and present a fine appearance. No one can be beautiful in poor health. You must have a clear,, clean skin. The Robinson Vapor Bath Cabinet Can prove every word. A limited number special . for a few days only, regular price $12.50, Each $8.95 A GOOD THING SPEARS FOR ITSELF A year ago about this time we arranged to have- an Op tical Department, up to date in every respect that is, AN HONEST DEAL A FAIR PRICE AND GOOD GOODS ' Our present trade in that de partment shows how -well this has been carried out, andwe invite your investigation Optical "' Department, second floor, ; : ; . Eyes tested, glasses 'fitted. N. !' B, We, carry, a large stock of Artificial Jyes. . BEDSIDE TABLES PRICE $4.50 A household necessity, well made, adjustable, and finely finished. Look well to your com forts and that of oth efi when sick. Many etjier styles, at prices THE FACTIS PAD NEW YORK ELASTIC TRUSS '' Sent to any address on receipt of price. We guarantee you perfect satisfaction, or your money back. Single Trim Price $2.50 Double Trnas Price. $3.50 i - Send your body measure to the Surgical Dep't CONTINUED SALE OF WOOD TO BORN - About 5000 handsome Glove, Necktie, Hand kerchief, Collar and Cuff and Jewel Boxes that must be sold before inventory. . Regular Price 25c, Now 15c Regular Price 35c, Now 22c Regular 20c, Now 2 for 25c Lessons free with outfits. No limit to num ber of lessons. . . ... . STATIONERY SPECIALS All Bridge and 500 Sets, 25 Per Cent Off Stylographic Pens, reg. Cf $1.00, special . . UC A' few boxes of Fancy Stationery at prices too low to mention. Picture Albums, reg. $6 39 PA and $7, special Pee)U HERE IS A BARGAIN-BOO BEAU TIFUL PASTEL PICTURES Size 16x19 inches; in marines and landscapes; framed in two-inch oval gilt frames with four hand-mounted ornaments in gold burnishes; reg ular price $3.75. To close them out quick we have marked these Pictures for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday only at : K cO SPECIAL-SALAD BOWL-SALE On Monday morning at 9 o'clock we will place on sale in the Gift Room (third floor) a limited number of SALAD BOWLS of fine china; beautiful colorings and patterns, seal-, loped and festooned edges. These are the best val ues we have ever offered in this department. While they last, regular yalues to $4.00, m n OQ your choice ;. . ... ... .,.-. .P" A VICTOR TALKING MACHINE $12.10 Including Six Good Victor Records . . (Your own selection) - $1.00 CASH $1.00 WEEKLY t If yon are not a proud possessor of a machine, remember that we Bell them on easy terms. " EDISON PHONOGRAPHS $12.00 to $65.00 VICTOR TALT3NG MACHINES TO. $500.00 Open every evening till 9 o 'clock. Saturday till 11 P. M. USEFUL HOMEOPATHIC SPECIALTIES "Woodlark" Homeopathic Worm Powders. Pleasant tasting preparation not requiring a cathartic. "Woodlark" Homeopathic Teething ff Powders . . . . . . . . O vC Also pleasing to the taste. Of value during the teeth - y ing period of infants. IWoodlark'' Homeopathic Tablets 5- for la grippe In 2 vials. Contains no quinine, calomel or morphine. "Woodlark" Homeopathic Croup and Cough Syrup. Of true value in all stages of croup, whooping cough, ' ,' .. .. hoarseness, etc. , SOc Woodard, Clarke 8 Co., 4th .and Wash ington PURE DRUGS RUBBER GOODS Woodard, Clarke & Co., 4tli and Washington PICTURE FRAMING PURE DRUGS States coairt and geodetic urvey teatner Blake, in the Gult of Mexico. Caribbean sea and along the Atlantic coast of the United states. 2 v. 1888. Bullen Our heritage of the sea. 1907. Hann Handbook of climatology: tr. by B. D. Ward 1903. . New Jersey Geological ' survey Glacial geology of New Jersey; by R. D. Salisbury. 1902. Slillman Engineering chemistry: a man nal or quantitative chemical analysis. Ed. 3. 1905. Wallace Inland life; or. The phenomena and causes of Insular faunas and floras. Ed. t. rev. 1902. SOCIOLOGY. 5-10. 189S- Dlrect legislation record. 190:;. . Forney Proportional representation: a means for the Improvement of. municipal government. 1900. Howard The cause and extent of the re cent Industrial progress ot Germany. 1907. Prendergaat tJredit and its uses. J906. Pyle The story of Sir Launcelot and his companions. 1907. . . tSEFTI, ARTS. Btackall Up-to-date airbrake catechism; a comnlata study- of the airbralt and ala- nal equipment, including the very latest devices. Ed. 21. 1907. B runner Manufacture of lubricants, shoe polishes and leather dressings. Ed. 6, en larged. 1906. Gerhard! Electricity meters; their con struction and management; a practical man ual for central station engineers, distribu tion engineers and students. 1906. Griffin An elementary -text-book on ma chine design. 1904. Hasen Clean water and how to gat It. 1807. Maszotto Wireless telegraphy; tr. by S. R. Bottone. 1906. Southworth. comp. One hundred and one candles. Rev. ed. 1906. Talbot Tests of reinforced concrete beams. 1907. Laborers carnlng German. , LONDON. Jan. 1L The heads of a Lon don firm of fire extinguisher manufac turers, doing: extensive business with Germany, have decided that all their nu merous staff of clerks, from the office boy upwards, must acquire a knowledge of German. Tuition la provided In the office, and while- one-half of tho staff is receiving an hour's Instruction In Ger man, the other half Is busy at work. At the conclusion of the first hour's study the second half of the staff quits work for an hour's Instruction. The clerks, old and young, are enthusiastically learn ing: their lessons. NO PROFIT IN VESSELS Many Builders Face Necessity of Shutting Down Plants. LON'PON, Jan. 18. (Special.-Shipbuild-ers of every degree concur in the state ment that trade was never less satisfac tory than at present. .The Industry Is, they say, deadlocked, and until some thing Is done to remove the causes of this, things must go from bad to worse. The fact of most Importance is that new ships are too dear.- All the work tot regular services or Fpecial services there is to do" tselther on the stocks or In the market, and it Is nothing, like what Is needed to keep the Industry in any thing like full employment. Ordinary cargo freights will not stand the prices that are asked for new ves sels, and the natural consequence Ss that there is no money for investment in ship ping property of this kind. It is the mis fortune of the shipbuilder that the enormous capital he has fixed in plant muBt lie idle because, through causes which are remote from shipping, materi al is too dear and wages are too high. While challng under both disadvantages, the employers are particularly displeased with the attitude of the men who, on the northeast Coast and on the Clyde, are making it extremely difficult to deal with them at Rill. In fact, some employ ers incline to the view that the only cure for the position which district committees are creating is a widespread, stoppage of work. PHOTO CAIJ5J.DARS HALF PRICK. lOo up. Kiser. 28 Aider St.