THE 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
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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.
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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.