THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, li08.
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MISS SHONTS' PEACOCK GOWN STIRS
WIVES OF MILLIONAIRES TO ENVY
Friends of Duchess de Chaulnes Declare Dress Gives Her Appearance of Princess From Arabian Nights.
MARQUAM GRAND
PORTLAND'S FAMOUS THEATER. PHONE MAIN 6 A 1020
THEATER
PHONES: MAIN 2. A 5360
GEO. L. BAKER, MANAGER
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NEW YORK, Feb. 22. (Special.) Miss
Shonts' peacock gown has set the tongues
of all the millionaires' wives In New
York a-wargtng. No bride of the "four
hundred" has included in her trousseau
a garment of such daring originality and
brilliancy of design. No costume has in
recent years developed such genius as
Mrs. Schumann-Whittlesey, whose pro
duction of hand-painted dresses has start
ed a vogue which bids fair to revolution
ize the art which Worth, of Paris, has
raised to enormout" dignity.
Wonderful are the color effects of the
peacock creation. Painted on transpar
ent white chiffon in au'ch a manner as to
give a hazy, elusive effect,, the ptacock
feathers gain a richness of appearance
when contrasted with the pale blue chif
fon underneath, which excites the admi
ration of womankind.
The gown is of the empire style, fash
ioned in simple lines, and sets off the
slender, perfect figure of the bride in an
eminently becoming manner. Miss Shonts
is a tall, statuesque blonde, with blue
eyes and pink and white complexion. She
has a magnificent crown of golden hair,
and is generally voted one of the most
beautiful brides of the Winter.
When clothed in the peacock gown she
appears, according to her friends, like a
Princess out of the ''Thousand and One
Nights."
Miss Shonts' trousseau, apart from the
dress mentioned, was replete with articles
rare and unique. A wide scarf of the
chiffon, made to be worn over the head
or draped about the shoulders, is painted
in the peacock design. There is nothing
stiff about these borders. The feathers
turn and curl in studied carelessness, giv
ing grace to every fold, and accent to
every shadow.
A dainty little vanity bag of, white silk
with gold cords is touched with miniature
feathers and Is to hang from her wrist.
Another stunning sown is also of white
chiffon, bordered with great sprays of La
France roses. This is made over pink
chiffon. The tcarf to match, bordered
with roses, is worn over the head in the
evening.
The gowns were mounted by Worth
and cost a. pretty penny by the time they
were finished. The painted chiffon at 1125
is only the beginning of the expense, as
Worth's charge for making the gowns,
with the underdresses of chiffon. Is be
tween $20) and $300. But. finished, they
are certainly dreams of beauty.
Instead of thick oil paint upon stiff
satin, or of water colors on chiffon
(which will rub oft and perish immedi
ately), the clfver artist has been able to
use the oil paints on any material, how
ever sheer, in such a way that the deli
cate wash effect of water colors Is given.
But the great advantage of the oil colors
Is that these gowns are waterproof and
even washable, and the designs them
selves, though indestructible, are as deli
cate and transparent as an opalescent
prinl
Paderewski Will Appear Tomorrow Night
World's Greatest Pianist Will Play Concert Programme at the Heilig.
PORTLAND society and music
lovers will be given one of the most
delightful treats of the season at
the Heilig Theater tomorrow evening in
the appearance of the world's greatest
pianist, Ignace Paderewski. in a grand
recital. The following excellent pro
gramme will be given:
Variations and Fugue (first time), Op. '-':;
paderewski
Fonata. Op. 2T, No. I, K flat Beethoven
'Ant dem Wasser eu Slnffen"; "Soiree de .
Vlenne." A major; Erkllnsc"'
Schubert-I.lszt
Norturne. F-aharp major. Opr. 15; Etudea
Noa. 10 and 5. Op. 10; Scherzo, B-flat
minor Chopin
Thant d'Amour StoJowKkl
Rhapaodle Hongrolse. No. 1:: latest
The recital will begin promptly at 8:30
o'clock, and everyone is earnestly re
quested to be seated before that time.
The general admission to the gallery will
be sold tomorrow night at the gallery
box office. Carriages at 10:13 o'clock.
Although it is taken for granted that
the farts of Paderewskl's life are fa
miliar to the public, a brief biography
may refresh fickle memories. The pian
ist was born November 6, 1SG0, in Kury
lowka. In Podalia, a province of Kussian
Poland. When he was 16 he made a con
cert tour In Russia, when his technique
was far from perfect. Miss Fanny Mor
ris Smith says: "During this journey he
played his own compositions and those
of other people; but, as he naively con
fessed, they were all his own, no matter
what he played, for he did not know the
music, and as he had little technique and
could not manage the difficult places, he
Improvised to fill up the gaps."
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It was Winter; he had only a thin over
coat; he often shivered from cold and
hunger. Discouraged, he 'went back to
Warsaw, determined to be a composer
rather than a. pianist. In 1879 he was
made professor in the Warsaw Conser
vator'. He went to Berlin, where he
studied composition with Kiel and Urban.
Then he went to Vienna in 1S84 and
studied the piano with Leschetitski. For
a short time he taught at the Strass
burg Conservatory; but he returned to
Leschetitski, and, as Dr. Alfred Nossig
assures us, he practiced, with Iron endur
ance, scales and again scales.
He made his debut In Vienna. He played
in Berlin and at Paris March, 11, 18S8.
then crossed the channel and gave his
first concert In London May 9, 1S90. He
disappointed expectation, but with the
next recital began the long series of
astounding triumphs. He then thought
of America.
. Paderewski made his first American
appearanuee at Carnegie Hall, Novem
ber 17. 1S91. .
Portland Chorus Rehearsals.
Renewed interest Is being felt In the re
hearsals for the concerts in which the
Portland Chorua will participate with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ar
mory about the middle of April. These
rehearsals) are held every Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock at Ellers Hall. Park
and Washington streets, and there is
still room for a few more tenors and
bassos, especially basses. It is hoped
that the chorus will reach 300 voices.
Every church choir in Portland, should
be represented In the chorus, which
ought to be large and good enough, and
worthy of the city.
ENGLISH STOCKS ON RISE
Movement Indicates Kecovery of the
Financial World.
LONDON, Feb. 2. (Special.) One of
the ' most striking developments of the
new year has been a f.ry welcome im
provement In gilt-edged stocks, which cul
minated In a rise of consols to 86. The re
markable nature of this recovery is shown
In the fact that on the last day of 1!H7
the closing quotation was only 83, so
that a few short weeks witnessed an ad
vance of over 1 per cent. or. if expressed
in the market valuation of that security,
an appreciation of nearly jeO.OOO.OuO.
It Is only necessary to point to the com
plete change which has taken place In
the monetary situation throughout the
financial world In the same period In or
der to arrive at the all-powerful cause of
this astounding improvement. Consols
under a 4 per cent bank rate present a
vastly different aspect to their appear
ance when that rate, a month ago, stood
at 7 per cent, but this explanation does
not exhaust the reasons for the rise.
The revenue returns lead the city to the
conclusion that the financial year 'will
leave the Chancellor 'of the Exchequer
with a surplus of at least 7,SOO,000 to 110.
000.000. which will go to swell the "old"
inking fund to be devoted to the extinc
tion of debt.
.Lombard street, which is greatly in
need of profitable investment for its over
abundant supply of capital, has absorbed
such large parcels of consols and similar
values that the stock market finds these
issues In unusually short supply, and this
state of affairs will become still more
accentuated when the Government broker
resumes sinking fund purchases. Need
less to say many securities of the world
at large follow the lead of consols and
show similar important advances.
HUSBANDS FOUND LACKING
Married Women Greatly Outnumber
Married Men In London.
LONDON. Feb. 15. There are some
surprising figures In a statistical ab
stract just published by the London
County Council, as the following- table
shows:
Unmarried men, 616.G24; women, 721.
938. Married men. 777,363; women. 793,097.
. Widowed men, 72,128: women. 197,
617. Total men, 1,466,115; women 1712
552. This shows curious preponderance
of married women over married men.
If Baby la Cutting Teeth
Be sure and uio that old well-tried remedy
Mra. Wlnalow'a Soothing Syrup, ror children
teething-. It soothes the child, aoftena tha
gums, allays pain, colic and diarrhoea.
PRESENT MANY AT COURT
Brides and Debutantes to Appear
Before Royalty,
LONDON, Feb. 22. (Special.) The
announcement of their majesties' first
court reminds one that quite a number
of notable debutantes and brides will
make their courtesy to the sovereign
this year. An interesting: presenta
tion will be that of the youngr daugh
ter of the Duke and Duchess of Port
land, Lady Victoria Cavendish
Bentlnck, god-daughter of Queen Vic
toria, who will celebrate her eightenth
birthday this month, and who prac
tically made her debut at the Welbeck
Abbey ball given in honor of the King
and Queen of Spain. The. second
daughter of the Countess of Airlle,
Lady Helen Ogilvy, Is not much over
17. but will probably be presented this
year, as her elder sister. Lady Kitty,
was married more than a year ago.
About the same age is the third
daughter of the Countess of Dundon
ald. Lady Marjorle Cochrane, and she,
too, will no doubt bt a debutante of
this season and b.e seen about with her
sister. Lady Jean Cochrane. Lady Cole
brooke's daughter, the Honorable
Mary, will be 18 in March, and is to be
presented shortly, and Lady Minto's
youngest daughter, Lady Violet, will
coAiMENGiNG Matinee Today, Feb, 23
Special Prices Matinees Sunday and Saturday
CLAY CLEMENT
And a Strong Supporting Cast of Carefully Selected Players Diiect From
New York, Will Present on
TODAY'S MATINEE. TONIGHT, MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS
THE BEACTLrTL COMEDY DKAMA
THE NEW DOMINION
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS
THE BELLS
FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY MATINEE AND SATURDAY NIGHTS
LONDON ASSURANCE
BACH PRODCCTION CARRIED COMPLETK.
Evening 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00.
Matinees 25c50c, 75c
THEATER
PHONE MAIN 117
MILTON W. SEAMAN, Mgr
Playing the STAIR-HAVL1N Eastern Road Attractions only
EMPIRE
All Nest Week teSf. & 23
i Matinees Wednesday and Saturday
Lee McClellan Presents Miss Ethel Tucker
in the New and Thrilling Western Melodrama
A-
ore
Strong CompanyStartling EffectsGreat Success Everywhere.
A Tale of Love and Vengeance in the Great Southwest.
Night Prices : 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c
Matinee, 10c, 20c
Next Attraction : NO MOTHER TO GUIDE HER
be another of the season's debutantes.
Miss Campbell the daughter of Cap
tain Walter Campbell. gTOom-in-wait-ing,
and of Mrs. Campbell, of Holly
Grove, Windsor, is also to make her
debut this year. though she was al
ready Introduced to society when the
Kaiser was staying at Windsor.
As for the brides who have still to
be presented on the marriage, there
are many of great interest. First and
foremost. Lady Lioreburn. a December
bride, who will naturally have the '
entree; Lady Cynthia Colvllle, daugh
ter of a cabinet minister Lady Con
stance Cairns, daughter of the Mistress
of the Kobes; the Duchess of
Bucclnuch: Lady Elelyn Collins, and
lady AUistjlr Innes-Ker. daughter
and daughter-in-law of the Dowager
Duchess of Roxburghe; the young
Lady Ronaldshay; Mrs. Dumaresq, R. '
N.. and elder daughter of &lr Charles ;
Dalrymplu; Lady Bernard Gordon j
Lennox, who was married at the close j
of lust Summer; Captain Stanley i
Clarke's wife, a daughter of Sir Alex- I
ander Balrd, of XTrie, and Mrs. Maurice I
Malcolm, of -Poltailoch.
young lawyer of this city, seeks elec
tion to the lower house of the Legisla
ture. He is opposed to statement No.
1. C. H. Stoughton. of Dufur, is a can
didate at the primary for the office of
PORTLAND'S FASHIONABLE POrCLAR-PRICE PLAYHOUSE
HOME OF THE INCOMPARABLE BAKER THEATER STOCK COMPANY.
MII7 r Commencing Matinee ? T J
Week today sundai lebruary 6d
Beautiful Dramatization
of George Barr McCutcheon's Popular
Norel
By Grace Hayward Augmented Cast, Elaborate Scenery and Cos
tumes, Magnificent Effects First Production of this Beautiful Play
' in Portland Stage Under Direction of William Dill3.
Evening Prices 25c, 35c, 50c. Matinee Prices 15c and 25c.
MATINEE SATURDAY.
NEXT WEEK
'ZAZA
LYRIC THEATER
KEATING & FLOOD, Proprietors
Both Phones : Main 4685 Home A 1026
Week commencing- Monday Eve., Feb. 24
P. R. Allen Presents
MISS VERNA FELTON AND THE
ALLEN STOCK COMPANY
IN DUMAS' MASTERPIECE
LLE
Matinees Tuesdays, Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays
Prices 10c and 20c
Every evening at 8:15. Prices 10c, 20c and 30c.
NOTE No Long Waits; Moving Pictures Between Acts.
Next Week-Ralph Stuart's Great Success "By Right of Sword"
County Commissioner, which he now
holds. R. H. Daniels Is after the office
of County Treasurer, now held by
M. Z. Donnell, who will not be a candi
date for re-election.
A Master Stroke.
(Kansas City Journal.)
"Is your daughter as smart as her old
dad?"
"Smart? Going to marry a Duke."
"Is that amart?"
"In this case, yes. Love match: gets
him for nothing."'
More Candidates In Wasco.
THE DALLES. Or., Feb. 22. Two
more candidates filed their declarations
of candidacy yesterday. S. W. Stark, a
HEILIG THEATER
TOMORROW EVENING
8:90 O'CLOCK,
Grand
Concert
Recital
The World's Greatest
Pianist
PADEREWSKI
Wcatern Tour, Direction
Great Western Lyceum and Mu
alcal Bureau.
Prices
$3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00
Gallery. General Admiwiloii. $1.00, on
sale Monday 'ight.
THE
STAR
PHONES:
MAIN
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Starting Sunday Matinee, Feb. 23
And Continuing All Week
THE R. E. FRENCH STOCK
COMPANY
Presents The Great Comedy Drama,
Adrift in The
World
IN FOUR ACTS
THE FIRST TIME IN PORTLAND
Matinees Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 2:30: prices,
10c and 20c. Every evening; at 8:15 sharp; prices, 15c, 2oc and 35c.
Seats may be reserved by either phone.
PAN
TAGE
WEEK OF JAN. 24 FOURTH & STARK STS.
BEST FAMILY THEATER
. A. JOHNSON, Resident Manager
ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE
STARS OF ALL. NATIONS
HERBERT
THE FROGMAN
Spectacular
Novelty.
FEURT AND
WINDOW
Operatic Vocalists.
JEAN WILSON
Pictured Ballad.
Double Feature,
MICKEY & NELSON
In their Big Eastern
Hit,
'.'Twisted and Tangled."
Burlesque and Comedy.
A Distinct Novelty,
COLBY S . MAY
' ' The Ventriloquist . and
the Doll."
JACK SYMONS
The Old-Time Min
strel. THREE
.GARDNERS
Singing and
Dancing.
THE BIOGRAPH
Newest Motion
Pictures.
PANT AGES ORCHESTRA, DIRECTION H. K. EVENSON
Matinees Every Day at 2:30 in the Afternoon.
Nights, 7:30 and 9 o 'Clock.
Prices: Upstairs, 15 Cents; Downstairs, 25 Cents; Boxes, 30 Cents.
Week Day Matinees, 23 Cents to Any Seat.
THE GRAND
Vaudeville de Luxe
Another Great Bill, Headed by
GILROY, HAYNES
S MONTGOMERY
In their Nautical Burletta, En
titled, "The Good Ship
99
ancy Lee
Introducing Singing and Com
edy Characters.
Special Added Attraction,
RAMZA S ARNO
European Eccentriques, present
ing an Act of Oddities.
JAMES R.VVAITE SCO.
"At Lighthouse Point."
DOlNNELY 8 ROTALI
Comic Opera Comedian and
Prima Donna, Character Songs
and Changes, and a Bit of Grand
Opera.
COBY 8 GARRON
'The Jockey and the Tout."
BROWN 8 SCHOMER
"The Boys with the Feet That
Talk."
THE PiOTTES
"The Italian and His Sweetheart."
20th Century Moving
Pictures
"The Hoosier Fighter."
TIME AND PRICES RE
MAIN THE SAME
EAST SIDE THEATER
387 Burnalde St.. Burktaardt Halt
"A FAMILY AFFAIR," a, corned?.
ADMISSION. 10c.