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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 14, 1908.
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THOSE: who have followed the career
of Howard Russell since he first
"joined on" with the Baker players
feel toward him as though he were a
Portland' product. They have watched
the youtig actor develop year after year
and have grown very fond of him. Lately
' It appears that he possesses versatility
beyond the mere acting of parts, and Is
a writer as well. He has built a play,
pronounced by those who have seen it
an excellent piece of dramatic literature.
Its first production will be given this aft
ernoon at the Baker, and It is needless
to say. will be watched with keen inter
est. Mr. Russell's many friends hope
and believe that "The Swindler" will
prove all that Is expected of It.
As last week, the Hcillg will continue
dark, so far as traveling attractions are
concerned, the dreariness being scheduled
to continue until the very last of the
month, when W illiam Collier and his new
farce, "Caught In the Rain," will dis
port. A big event at the close of the sea
son will be Robert Mantell's week ot
classic repertoire. May Robson is also
coming in "The Rejuvenation of Aunt
, Mary" and then the blinds go up until
September.
; The Armstrong 'Company will offer a
'. new musical show, "General Mix-up," at
' the Star this afternoon and through the
; week. The Lyric will continue this aft-
ernoon in "Held by the Enemy," but will
change to "Capital Against Labor" tomor-
; row night. The Blunkall-Atwood Com
' pany has already met with great success
, here and is firmly established In local
favor. At the Oaks, the sympony con
certs under the direction of Herr Walde
mar Lind are attracting appreciative aud
j lences and setting an absolutely new pace
In the matter of park music. This feature
will be a strong attraction for this aft
ernoon. Tonight at the same place the
! Allen Curtis Company will produce "The
' Jolly Widow."
' The usual vaudeville offerings at the
Orand and Marquam today, changing to
; morrow afternoon.
'THE SWINDLER" AT BAKER
llrst Performance of Howard Rus
sell's New Play.
The first performance on .any stage of
Howard Russell's new play, "The Swin
dler," will be given by the Baker Stock
Company, of which he has been a popu
lar member since its beginning, at the
matinee today, and the play, which is
eald to be a highly interesting one, will
continue to be the attraction all week.
It Is a society story, with scenes laid In
New York. The first act shows the In
terior of the large piano establishment
of John Elliott, late in the afternoon.
Here the principal characters are intro
duced. Arthur Starlnger Is a handsome,
well-bred young society man. In love
with Elliott's niece, the beautiful Helen
Ainfley. Elliott also has a son, who is
a worthless sort of cub, and a very
charming daughter.
i As the plot develops. Staringer turns
out to be a cold-blooded adventurer, and
Induces young Elliott to forge his
father's name to a large check, which
brings about serious complications, be
cause of the effort to shield him and the
family from disgrace. Staringer's love
for Helen meanwhile has been bringing
about a great change In the man, which
reveals Itself later on, and places his
character In a different light.
Of course the play is along the order
of "Raffles," "A Social Highwayman"
and others of like class, but has a happy
ending and leaves the audience with a
feeling of complete satisfaction that
everything came out for the best. The
Baker Company is cast as follows:
Arthur Starlnifer George Alison
y?oru Stanley ...Donald Bowles
John Elliott Alexander Dale
William Elliott Jamn Rleason
Henry Altman William Oleason
Xerton William Wolbert
John K. B. Bradbury
-Serfceant of Police Earl D. Dwlre
"Buddy" EUlaton Mamie Haslam
"Williams R. E. Bradbury
Bradley Charles Lewis
Stenographer Ruth Lochltr
Janitor Walter Renfort
Bank messenger Nell McKlnnon
Helen Ainsley . . . . lzetta Jewel
Bert Elliott , Louise Kent
Bessie Hill Marihel Seymour
Airs. Brady Mlna. Crollus Gleaon
Mrs. Elllston - Lucile Webster
"GENERAL MIX-UP" AT STAR
Musical Comedy and Vaudeville Fea-
' tures on Xew Bill.
"General Mix-Up" will be In command
of the fun forces at the Star Theater
this week. "General Mix-Up" is a mus
ical comedy with a military background,
which the Armstrong company will play
all week, starting this afternoon. Any
one who cannot laugh at this entertain
ment should lose no time In consulting
a physician, as there must be something
wrong.
Besides the musical comedy Itself, there
will be vaudeville specialties thrown in
for good measure. The special supple
mental vaudeville feature will be Black
and Miller, who are comedy knockabout
artists, who come to Portland with the
highest testimonials from an admiring
and enthusiastic public.
Those who have not yet visited the
Star Theater since it became the home
of musical comedy may rest assured that
it is a treat to see the attractions which
the Armstrong company are playing.
The company is blessed with comedians
who know their business and understand
the gentle art of making the public
laugh. To these may be added a bunch
of as pretty, vivacious and charming
chorus girls as ever escaped from Broad
way to visit the Coast.
"General Mix-Up" is thoroughly mili
tary and there are enough jokes on the
army to make even an enemy laugh. The
way the musical comedy deals with mil
Stary life is amusing at all times, and
never offensive. There will be a gener
ous supply of songs interspersed and
these will strengthen an already . strong
show.
There are three performances every day
at the Star Theater. A matinee is given
and the night performances , begin
promptly at 7:30 and 9:15 o'clock.
'CAPITAIi AGAINST
IiABOR
Blunkall-Atwood Company in Indus
trial Drama at Lyric.
The third week of the engagement of
the justly popular Blunkall-Atwood stock
company at the Lyric will be devoted to
the powerful Industrial drama, "Capital
Against Labor." The play is one that
is bound to arouse a great deal of discus
sion, treating as it does of the most vital
question now before the American peo
ple, the labor problem.
Some of the situations are realistic In
the extreme, the plot moves swiftly to a
final climax of wonderful power. The
characters are all drawn closely to life
and may be accepted as typical of the
men and women who are today leading
in the industrial movements of the coun
try. The romantic element is not sacri
ficed in any degree and a charming love
story, in fact, two of them, as well as
a vein of delicious humor add to the at
tractiveness of the drama a final touch.
The Blunkall-Atwood Company has so
firmly established itself here during its
brief stay that it is now a fixed theat
rical institution. Its work will stand
comparison with the very best acting or
ganizations and as a popular price com
pany it has no equal. The individual
members have been selected with much
care for their respective fitness for the
roles that are entrusted to them. The
leading people, Erwln L. Blunkall and
Lyllian Atwood, rank at the head of the
BAKER STOCK COMPANY WILL
GIVE PLAY BY YOUNG AUTHOR
"The Swindler," hy Howard Knssell, Will Be Presented In Its Initial
Production at Today's Matinee.
THE Baker Stock Company will give
the initial performance on any
stage this afternoon of Howard
Russell's new play, "The Swindler," and
great Interest Is taken in the success of
this ambitious young actor's first produc
tion. Earlier in the season Mr. Russell
announced the production of a play, but
the event was indefinitely postponed and
he went to work with new seal and ambi
tion to get another play ready before the
close of the season. He worked night and
day, with the result that 'The Swindler"
Is now ready to present today, end it will
continue all week.
Few playwriters outside of New York
ever have had a better company to pre
sent their first effort. Mr. Russell has
been a member, and a popular one, of
the Baker company from its very begin
ning, and every one takes more than
casual Interest in the success of his play.
Nothing has been left undone to make it
go, and from the way it has been re
hearsed rnere is every reason to believe
that it is going to receive the sincere ad
miration and applause of Portland theater-goers
from the standpoint of its merits
alone, regardless of the great friendship
the public may have for its young au
thor. A -sketch of "The Swindler" will be
found in another column. It is practically
the flrs't time a play written by a pro
fessional for strictly professional pur
poses has ever been given its premier pro
duction in this city. If it is a success, it
will no doubt be offered to stock compa
nies all over the country. As Mr. Rus
sell and the Baker company are favor
ably known from one end of the land to
profession. Gracie Plaisted, the delight
ful ingenue, has a reputation for artis
tic merit as wide as the country. Charles
Schad is a comedian who has won a fine
reputation and so with the entire persoii
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WILLIAM COLLIER IS COMING
Favorite American Comedian Will
Present "Caught in the Rain."
Charls Frohmam will present William
Collier, the funniest comedian in Amer
ica, in "Caught in the Rain," acknowl
edged the best farce comedy in years,
at the Heilig theater, 14th and Wash
ington streets, Friday and Saturday
nights, June 26-27, with a matinee
Saturday. The play was written by
Mr. Collier and Grant Stewart, and ran
an entire season at the Garrick theater
in New York. Great as was Mr. Col
lier's success in "The Dictator" and "On
the Quiet," it has been even greater in
"Caught in the Rain."
Charles Frohman has surrounded Mr.
Collier with a company of exceptional
merit. It Includes Albert Perry, John
Saville, Reginald Mason, William H.
Post, Charles Poore, Thomas Beaure
gard, Thomas Martin, John Adams,
Emmett N. Whitney, Ah Sam. Ellen
Mortimer, Helena Collier-Garrick, Jane
Laurel and Anne Bradley.
"Th Henrietta" Xext Week.
One of the best known and most
popular plays on the stage is "The
Henrietta," which the Baker Stock
Company will present for the week
following Mr. Russel's play "The
Swindler." "The Henrietta" will open
next Sunday, and it will be the closing
bill for several members of the com
pany this season. There is to be only
one more week following it before the
season ends, and that last week will
be devoted to a musical Hoyt farce.
Robert Mantell Coming.
The celebrated and distinguished actor,
Robert Mantell, supported by an excel
lent company of players, will present a
Shakespearian repertoire of plays at the
Hellig Theater, Fourteenth and Wash
ington streets, beginning Monday even
ing, June 29, and continuing throughout
the week.
PANTAGES SHOW AJ MAKQCAM
Fine New Bill Promised for the
Week .Opening Tomorrow.
The stellar bill at the Marquam
Grand theater last week, when the
Pantages circuit presented Robert Fitz
simmons and his charming wife, will
be equalled if not surpassed during the
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Howard Russell, Actor and Play
wright. the other, more than passing attention
will be paid it. If it fails to come up to
expectations, it will not be from lack of
knowledge of the art of stagecraft or of
exceedingly hard and earnest work on the
part of the author.
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coming week, when, commencing to
morrow afternoon, an entire new pro
gramme will be offered.
The act which will undoubtedly
prove the hit of the season is the spe
cialty known as "The Ten Colored
Knights." This act is a decided nov
elty in vaudeville lines, for it' com
prises a troupe of ten colored singers,
dancers and monologuists, all of whom
have scored successfully in various
minstrel troupes. These men have an
act absolutely new and should be seen
to be appreciated, for all the advance
press notices speak of their return in
the highest praise.
Next week's bill. In reality, has two
top line attractions, for in addition to
the colored knights. Monsieur Torcat
and his trained rooster specialty is one
of the most costly vaudeville turns on
the stage today. In this unique pro-
COOL DISHES TO TEMPT JADED
APPETITES ON SUMMER DAYS
Lilian Tingle Tells Housewives Many Ways in Which Ice Cream Freez
ers May Be' Called Into Service.
BT LILLIAN TINGLE.
THE family ice cream freezer and the
' boy small or large who ja usually
inviegled into cracking the ice and
turningethe crank, have had a compara
tively easy time of It so far this year.
But with the promise of "real warm
weather" ahead of us, the wise housekeep
er will see to it that both of these useful
articles are in good working order and are
kept actively and beniflcially employed
In the making of various cool dainties.
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During the coming months, most people
will agree with the proverb-maker who
says: "Better is a dinner of herbs (if the
salad dressing is well made) and a frozen
dessert, than much stalled ox and many
hot puddings and pies."
Everyone knows how to make ordinary
ice cream In an ordinary freezer, but not
so many people realize that there are a
large number of acceptable frozen dishes
parfaits, mousses, souffles and puddings,
both rich and plain, that can be made
without stirring and are. therefore, useful
where a crank freezer Is not available or
convenient.
A pail of Ice and salt; a mold, or even a
baking powder or coffee can with a well
fitting lid, and a certain amount of fore
thought, are the chief requisites, apart
from the actual ingredients of the dish to
be frozen. Usually, though not inva
riably, whipped cream or egg white Is
folded into such dishes; or a little gela
tine is added to give "body" to the com
pound and prevent too speedy melting.
The prepared mixture is placed in the
mold and covered, first with paraffins
paper, then with the lid. If there are any
doubts as to the tightness of the latter,
a strip of muslin may be dipped in melt
ed fat and wrapped round the outside.
You then bury the mold in a pail filled
with equal parts of ice and salt, and set
it aside, to freeze undisturbed, for two
to four hours, according to size and the
nature of the material. You have no
more responsibility in the matter until
the time comes for unmolding and serv
ing. If you have a "hay box" or "flreless
cooker," with a large-size cooking pail
for soups and pot roasts, you can utilize
this very conveniently and with excellent
results, since the packing of non-conducting
material, planned to keep in heat, will
also serve to keep it out. In fact, it is
perfectly possible, with a well-made hay
box to cook soup in one compartment and
freeze a mousse in the other. For the
same reason, the hay box is. In the ab
sence of ice or a refrigerator, the very
best place in which to deposit a brick of
ice cream which may have to wait a while
before serving. If you have no hay box,
you can make these unstirred creams all
the same, but a little more ice will be
needed.
Equal parts of ice and salt are used In
order to hasten the freezing. Three to,
one is a better proportion for crank
freezers where a smooth cream is re
quired, though two to- one is used for
"frappes" and "granites." where a gran
ular texture is desired. A mousse or par
fait is kept from being granular, in spite
of the large proportion of salt, by the use
of the whipped cream or egg white al
ready mentioned. Here are a few typi
cal recipes wfelch can be varied consid
erably as to flavor -and style of decoration
and service.
Mousse To one pint double cream take
three-fourths cup powdered sugar (or one
cup, if liked quite sweet or where a rath
er acid fruit juice is used), one-quarter
teaspoon salt and one cup fruit Juice
(such as grape, strawberry, raspberry or
cherry juice) or one cup sherry, if ap
proved. Beat until firm, turn into a
auction Monsieur Torcat is assisted by
Mile. Flor d'Aliza, a cultured, attrac
tive and vlvaoious little comedienne,
who has scored innumerable hits be
fore the footlights of Paris and other
European centers. This act has but
recently been imported from Europe
and has scored decisively wherever
presented in this country during the
short period Torcat and hs assistant
have toured the United States.
In addition to the topliners the Mar
quam will present one of the very best
Hebrew comedians now before the
American public. This is Joe Morris,
who has earned fame from Maine to
California as one of the most pleasing
entertainers in vaudeville. His act is
high-class and utterly free from the
vulgar or coarse impersonations usu
ally prevalent In roles of this char
acter.
Mme. Johanna Kristoffy, is an oper
atic prima donna, said to possess a
marvelous voice. Carl Berch and Com
pany will present a comedy sketch.
Jean Wilson will render a new illus
trated song, and the biograph will pre
sent the latest In moving picture films,
Today will mark the last opportunity
of seeing Bob Fitzsimmons.
TRAINED BIRDS AT THE GRAND
Well-Balanced Bill Offered for the
Week Opening Tomorrow'.
When it comes to selecting acts for
the Grand, Sullivan & Consldine spare no
expense. This accounts for the many
superior vaudeville attractions which are
given at this home of pleasure. The new
programme, which begins Monday after
noon, will be up to the well recognized
chilled mold and pack in Ice and salt, as
described, for three hours.
Raspberry, strawberry or peach pulp is
often used instead of strained Juice. The
juice of half a lemon, added to each cup
of Juice or pulp, greatly Improves the
flavor. A little gelatine, one teaspoonful
to the quantity given above, may be used,
in which case the mixture is put together
exactly like a Bavarian cream. Do not
use too much gelatine, in the hope of
hastening matters, or the mixture will not
freeze well. Such a cream may also be
flavored with chocolate or caramelized
i navorea witn cnocoiaie or caramenzea
I sugar instead of fruit, or half a cup of
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standard of this theater, and will con
tain acts which will delight both young
and old.
Trained hirda ira always popular ana
one of the largest troupes of educated
feathered creatures are under the direc
tion of Marzlla. The Marzella birds are
known wherever there is a first-class
vaudeville theater in the Bast or Europe.
They have been secured at an immense
salary to visit the facinc uoasi, am
head the programme at the Grand. This
act every child should w-itness. The spe
cial added attraction will be as good as
the headliner. It will xbe the Webb Ro
malo troupe of novelty equilibrists and
acrobats. The troupe consists of three
men and a woman.
"Out All Night" could not be the title
of anything but a comedy sketch. Hutch
inson and Balnbridge will produce it.
Those who have seen "Out All Night"
declare that it is one of the funniest
sketches they ever saw. and that it lives
iiD to the title. Another acrobatic spe
cialty will be that of Marzello and his
wife, who are comedy gymnasts and ex
perts on the bar, as well as performing
some tumbling feats of daring and skill.
Those eccentric singing and talking
comedians, Fitzgerald and Wilson, will
occupy the stage for several raynutes to
the entire satisfaction of all who enjoy
fun. Bert and Lottie Walton will show
how to be graceful on roller skates, and
all who are interested in this fad will
want to see what they can do. They
also sing and dance and do acrobatic
whirls. Fred G. Bauer will render
the latest illustrated song In his rep
ertoire and F. F. Montressa will ex
hibit something new in the way of
motion wave pictures.
Today will be the last of the present
big bill, which is headed by the Glee
sons and Houlihan, the premier danc
ing act.
"JOLLY WIDOW" AT THE OAKS
Allen-Curtis Company in Latest Mu
sical Burlesque.
The stellar event at .the Oaks this week
will be the Allen Curtis musical comedy
company in the breezy and tuneful hodge
podge, "The Jolly Widow." The success
which this brilliant company has attained
since coming here has been something
phenomenal .and the! big airdome at The
Oaks is crowded to its capacity at every
performance. The prospects for the com
ing week are more flattering than ever
and if "The Girl" was a hit, "The Jolly
Widow" will be a scream. There isn't
enough plot to bother about. For in Sum
mertime, plots are like clothes, the less
of them the better. In this instance the
play has no more plot than the most of
the Weber-Fieldian musical farces. It is
simply a whirl of tuneful music, grace
ful dancing, pretty girls in stunning cos
tumes and hilarious fun-making.
Allen Curtis, the distinguished com
edian, plays the Hebrew character and
being one of the greatest exponents of
this line of acting in America, he will do
full Justice to the part. Arthur Clamage
will have the Putch. and Albert Leonard
the Irish comedy parts. Herbert Lind
ley will play Klondike Mike, Violet Mc
Court, the prima donna, will have the title
role, while that winsome soubrette, Wini
fred Green, will continue to delight the
patrons. The dashing chorus will be at its
best. And among tho new song hits that
will be introduced will be "I Want to
he a Jolly Widow," "I'd like to Find the
Man That Wrote the Merry Widow
Waltz." "In Monkey Land," "Carissima"
and others. It will be a great show.
"Held by the Enemy" Today.
There will be a matinee performance of
"Held by the Enemy" at the Lyric this
afternoon, and tonight the run of the
piece will end. The Blunkall-Atwood
company has scored a great success in
thiB bill and no theatergoer can afford to
miss it.
clear strong coffee may take the place of
the juice. A little vanilla is an improve
ment to all these flavors, and shredded
almonds or other nuts would be a suitable
addition or garnish for the first two
named.
For parfaits, generally speaking,
whipped egg white is used as well as
cream. These tend to freeze less readily
than a mousse, and need to stand at least
four hours. They are delicious, but do
not slip from the mold very easily, for
which reason they are often served with
an outer coating or mold-lining of sher
bet or jelly, or they may be frozen aod
6erved in small paper cases.
White parfait (Used alone or as a foun
dation, with different flavors and trim
mings). Boil one cup sugar and one-third
cup water to a thread: .pour upon the
beaten whites of two eggs, beat as for
white frosting. When cold fold in one
pint cream, beaten stiff, and one teaspoon
vanilla. Pack in molds and freeze four
hours.
Sunshine parfait is another useful foun-
AT THE MARQUAM.
dation. In this four to six egg yolks are
substituted for the two whites. You pour
on the syrup as above and then cook the
mixture In a double boiler until thick,
before beating, cooling, and adding the
cream. Maple syrup Instead of sugar
syrup gives a delicious mixture. Six or
eight egg yolks are often vued for this.
A little unfrozen, whipped cream can be
reserved for a garnish.
A good "Biscuit Tortoni" is made from
sunshine parfait with the addition of half
a cup each of nuvaroon and lady linger
or sponge cake crumbs, sifted. Pack the
mixture m individual paper cases, sprinkle
with chopped nuts, cover with paraffins
paper, enclose in a tin box or mold and
freeze four hours.
These parfaits are extremely rich: as
a atrast, take the following plain frozen
pudding: Take one quart rich milk, two
tablespoons of rice and sugar to taste.
Cook until thick and creamy in the oven
or flreless cooker. When cold flavor and
pack in ice and salt for three hours.
Serve with fruit sauce or whipped cream.
Nothing could be simpler; but it is very
nice. Make It rather sweeter than if It
were to be eaten hot. A whipped eag.
white, folded Into the cold mixture, makes
it lighter for freezing, and. ot course,
many different "trimmings" can be used.
Ihe Chaperon" by St.
Helens Hall Girls
N EVENT looked forward to with
r much pleasure by everyone Inter
ested in St. Helen's Hall, is the play
given annually by the oratory" class.
This season Miss Carter presented her
girls In a three-act comedy, "The
Chaperon," which was splendidly
staged.
The plot was appropriate, as it In
troduced various incidents in boarding-school
life. Everyone taking part
deserves great credit for the true,
girlish spirit with which she portrayed
the character. Those to be especially
praised are: Rowena Berry, V'ieve
Cecil, May Walther, Hazel Kennedy.
Lucy Powell and Emily Beatty carried
out the comedy element capitally anil
deserved well the applause which
greeted them. The self-denying char
acter of the Gypsy was effectively
held throughout the play by Dorothy
Huber. The picturesque part of Jill
was charmingly taken by Marguerite
Gaffney. Nina Darroch, the French
madamolselle, showed considerable
talent; and the Chaperon, Constance
Guerrier, made her part delightful to
the audience, in spite of the fact that
they found it difficult to hear her. She
was not alone in this, however, sev
eral of the cast kept their voices to
themselves.
The marked finish in stage business
and in the forming of stage pictures,
which is seldom seen in amateur per
formances, showed that the girls had
not only been carefully coached, hut
that their oratorical training at St.
Helen's Hall has given them an ease
and naturalness of manner which in
stage life, as in real life, is most de
lightful. Following is the cast:
Joyce Dynecourt, the chaperon
.- Constance Ourrrlt-r
Mollie Howard May Yv'althtn
Anna Dayton..... Holen Whit's
Judith Gray Margaret Waliat5
Lillian Gaddia Hildrutli Huniasoa
Suzanne Horton Rowena .Berry
Phyllis Reynolds Hazel Kennedy
Mtfle Morons', principal of C'randon Hall
'. Alta Ili:ig
Mile Jeanne, the French teacher
Nina Dai'iot-li
Mrs. Dynecourt Vleve recti
Nora, her maid Lucy Powell
Gyp. the Incorrigible Emily Beatty
Miriam, the gypey Dorothy Huber
"Jill," child of unknown parentaKe
'. Marguerite Gaffne
IS FRIEND OF AMERICA
Son of 1.1 Hung Chang Progrcsslv
of Pronounced Type.
LONDON. June 13. (Special.) Li Cliing
Fong, the adopted son of Li Hung Chang,
is undoubtedly the most talked-of man in
London today, perhaps more because ot
the fame of his father than because ol
any achievement of his own. He is one
of the richest men in the world and al
though he does not even know himself
how much he is worth, it is generally be
lieved that his fortune is not less than
$30,000,000 and his annual income over
$3,500,000.
He likes London very much, although
he says he would prefer to live in the
United States, where he thinks his coun
trymen need him more and where he
could do more to overcome the general
prejudice against them. He has a very
vivid recollection of the States, for hfl
accompanied Li Hung Chang on his
famous tour of the world, which included
a trip from New York to San Francisco.
This is not his first post in London (ho
Is Ch'nes Ambassador now). Eighteen
years ago he served as first secretary to
the Chinese Legation and at that timn
he astounded the diplomatic world by
his mastery of English which he had been
taught at home by his father's physician,
William Petrlck, an American who also
is responsible for his modern political
views.
Baron Li is a man of great culture, very
well versed in European literature and
western science. Although his father was
a reactionary, he is progressive of the
most pronounced type and his love of
liberty is one of the reasons why he says
he would prefer to live in America.
LIKE BOLT FROM BLAC
Czar Punishes High Officials for
Killing Political Prisoners.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 13. (Special.)
A decree of the Czar's, sentencing the
Governor and Vice-Governor of Astrak
han prison to eight years penal servitude
in the mines of Siberia, has struck terror
into the ranks of the Russian officialdom,
for the two men had done nothing be
yond torturing a few prisoners, some of
whom unfortunately had the bad taste
to die and to torture prisoners lias hith
erto never been considered a crime in
Russia.
It all happened because a political pris
oner, who had spent some weeks in the
prison, succeeded in informing Czar Nich
olas of what he had seen in the prison.
He told of political prisoners having been
beaten, kicked and tut all over the body
with swords, revolvers, bricks and pad
locks and described an instrument of tor
ture Invented by the Governor and recom
mended by tile prison doctor, called the
"Bulgarian Bladder." It consists of a
length of cloth tilled with sand, blows
from which cause terrible internal injuries
without leaving any outward marks.
Three prisoners died as a result, of ter
rible beatings administered with this in
strument and the doctor certified thai
they died from natural causes.
Curiosity for Americans.
PORTLAND, June 12. (To the Editor.)
In illustrating the recently opened
"Franco-British Exposition" in London,
the London Graphic publishes a photo
graph of one of the curiosities, which
should prove of intense interest tJk all
Americans, namely the little Irish cot
tage, in which the Graphic states "Pres
ident McKlnley spent his boyhood days."
We may now look for pictures of the
Dutch stork, which inspired President
Roosevelt with his race suicide doctrines,
during his boyhood days among the dikes
and windmills of Holland.
H. E. M.
Sanan shoes fit the feet. Rosenthal's.