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ETHEL VOX WAXDROJT.
yw" NOTHER Portland girl has "ar
l rived," theatrically speaking. Ethel
Von Waldron, who Is spending a
. few weeks at the home of her parents,
! Mr. and Mrs. George. F. Jones, at their
' home on Mill street, is the latest of Ore
run's daughters to achieve a marked
atage success.
Time was, 'and only a very short time
ego, too, little more than a year when
Bliss Von Waldron was playing bits
with the Baker Company. The dlscern
,' ir.g ones saw splendid possibilities In the
: young actress and predicted great things
for her. but few of the most enthusiastic
' expected her to accomplish so much with
in such a short time.
It win be remembered that she was
promoted from the Baker to the Empire
during the engagement of the Seaman
Stock Company, in the Spring of 1S97,
where she played "second business" and
leads. Her success was so pronounced
that friends after seeing her In lead
ing roles, were more than ever convinced
that she rossessed real acting genius.
A year ago she was engaged as ingenue
of the Jessie Shirley Company, at Spo
kane, the leading stock organization be
tween Seattle and Winnipeg. In this com
pany, which contains some of the finest
stock actors in the country, her ability
was Immediately recognized, and within
a few weeks she was called upon to as
sume leading roles, during the absence of
Miss Shirley. She made a tremendous
hit in a number of trying parts and be
came a great favorite with Spokane
audiences. She is the idol of the theater
going public of the Washington city.
Miss Von Waldron is a pupil of Rose
Eytinge to whom she ascribes the
thoroughness of her preliminary training.
Although a mere girl. Just out of her
'teens, she has already accomplished as
much as most actresses aspire to in a
lifetime. She will return to Spokane for
next season, which will be her last in
stock, as she expects to go out In a New
York production the year after.
Evil of Tipping Makes Parisians Cringe,
Declares Miss Emilie Frances Bauer
American Woman Telia of Disagreeable Incident of Tour Abroad.
"Reduction Sale" in Paris "Doing" the Art Galleries.
' ) TTIE SUNDAY. OREGOyiAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 9, 1908. 3 -
i ANOTHER PORTLAND GIRL WNS I 1 - --
PRAISE FOR WORK ON STAGE ? - , T- -. ' . ' jpk
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PHONE MAIN 49 OR A 1149
PARIS. July 24. (Special Corres
pondence.) The longer one re
mains In Paris the better one can
. appreciate the cry. of Louise. "Paris!
, Paris!" There Is Indeed only one Paris.
whether we take this from one stand
! point or from another. To attempt
I to describe the fascinations of Paris,
'one would have to know individual
'tastes, as there are pleasures for alL
jls'ot least of the Joys of Paris Is the
! shopping season, for It must not be
f believed that "reduction sales" are ex
j elusive delights of America. Here the
1 season is In full blast and it is quite
as different from American sales as are
the rest of the customs of the country.
I It is not astonishing to see the entire
sidewalk blocked around the whole
i building of the largest and best known
shops in Paris. There are tables placed
In rows, and upon them is to be found
piles of nearly everything in the store.
Of course, the very finest goods are
not exposed in this manner, but what
Is there includes some very attractive
values.
But to the American eye. the bar
Fains are not the real attractions. The
Interest lies in watching -Paris shop.
Such sights are utterly inconceivable
in dignified, staid America, even at the
silk counter of a New York department
etore. There is no such thing as caste.
Far from it; the elegant madame Is
shoulder to shoulder with some burly
peasant whose great sack, into which
Ishe piles her purchases, she drags
'round with her much to the discom
fort of those who have known comfort
jst some former time. The windows
iwre made as attractive as possible, and
between those glued to the plate glass
hand the omnlum-gatherum around the
'tables there Is very little chance for
the wayfarer.
As to prices, very low and very high.
The lower things seem to be in Amer
ica, the higher they are here, and vice
'versa. Let no one be deceived on the
'matter of francs, because instead of
regarding them as quarters, which
they well might be. they are almost
treated as we treat nickels, and really
do not buy much more either in the
way of favors or anything 'else. It
may be that the Parisian can make
100 francs last a little while, but I
have not found the American who has
wrought this problem to a satisfactory
conclusion. These 20 centime tips that
you hear about are all right if you can
get out of hearing quick enough, but
otherwise not.
At the station the man who carried
your light grip while you struggled
with the heavy one cries out in a voice
that sounds as though it had been put
through a megaphone. "Oh. madame.
that was not worth my time. I have
16 wives and several children (or vice
versa) and madame looks as though
she could give more than 60 centime,
I paid 10 centimes to get Into the sta
tion." etc. etc, as long as you are
within hearing distance. If you have
been sufficiently indiscreet or hard
hearted to give 50 centimes, then you
must stand by it and pretend not to
understand one word of what is going
on around you. because if you waver
you are lost, the other B0 centimes
would be scorned and a franc Is ex
pected. I have discovered that In a certain
sense it is much easier not to under
stand the language, as when you do.
the begging class can talk to your
sympathies or to your pride. By the
begging class I do not mean those
poor, unfortunate, blear-eyed wretches
that Infest the highways and byways,
and remind one that In the midst of
life we are in misery, but those who
do nothing at all but chase up a cab
that you are about to enter and open
the door for you.' or who busy them
selves in other needless ways to make
you feel like a thief if you do not give
them a coupl. of coins for dolna- so.
Ask a man which corner to turn for a
certain number, and he never leaves
you until you have reached the number
at which rate a cab would have been
less expensive. If you drop a package
before you have time to pick it up
three or four will have scrambled for
it. Politeness? Not a bit. They know
that they can force a couple of sous.
It is this side of Paris that strikes
me as degrading and it is infinitely
worse than the waiter at the Waldorf-
Astoria, who turns op his nose at a
dollar bill. There is something in the
air which km the pleasure of giving
and receiving. There is no such thing
possible as a kindness or a oourtesy,
as the moment you have received some
thing you feel the disposition to throw
off obligation for the amount of a few
sous, and if you do not, you feel that
it was expected even if it was not.
This feeling becomes very disagreeable
as you go further up the scale and there
is no doubt that there have been hotel
officials who felt less embarrassment at
receiving a tip than I did at giving it.
It is a miserable system and one which
robs the people of the thing which can
best be described as self-respect. They
become cringing, obsequious people, and
it is very widespread, too, alarmingly so.
However, It was to describe the beautiful
side of Paris that I began this letter, so
I will not obtrude the seamier side
Every one does the galleries and
museums in his own manner. I doubt
that any one does them as I do. I first
pick out my gallery, and then go over
the same ground four or five days in
succession. It was thus I saw the Louvre,
and the same way the Luxembourg. The
latter place is decidedly too small to
carry to advantage the paintings there
exhibited.
In the room where the Impressionist
collection hangs, there is not one plctuce
properly displayed. It Is strange that
with such propensities for details such
an Important one should be overlooked at
a gallery of this size and Importance.
There are some pictures of great beauty
and ail of the modern school, but so badly
hung that the true lover of pictures can
hardly find true pleasure In this well-
known place. The last time I paid my
respects to the exquisite workmanship of
Louis-David, Bonnat, Benjamin Constant,
Gerome and many others I saw a picture
which would have been worthy the brush
of any of them. Before the portrait of
a Cardinal in glowing red robes, by Bon
nat, stood a young mother, and I could
pot quite make out whether she wished
to see the pictures and could not rid her
self of the 16-months-old child which she
carried on her arm. At any rate she
was losing no opportunity to educate the
blinking baby to whom she was pointing
out the beauties of the glowing red
gown and the wonderful Cardinal. In a
very excellent French she was calling
upon the infant to admire this and that
and her "N'est-ce-pas que e'est JoliT"
was as naive as the Infant's contempla
tion was calm but it was calm. It looked
very knowing and perfectly content.
The funniest thing to see at these gal
leries is two people struggling to talk
French to each other as they ask for
information and both turn to their own
party and explain In English what the
other said, but it is dangerous to Jump at
the conclusion that they are both Ameri
cans, because the chances are that one
is English and the other American and
the English do not like to be asked
whether they are Americans. Will any
body answer why It flatters an Ameri
can to be taken for English? It certainly
natters them to mistake them for .French
and I have not discovered yet what na
tionality does not imply a compliment
to their way of thinking. I know now.
however, that I never was so glad of
being an American, and I love to make
the Eagle screech.
No one need tell me that this trait is
what makes us unpopular. I know it la
UDDosea to be the case, but I think it Is ,
something else, something that will keep
for some later time.
Among the keen pleasures of Paris. Just
strolling around the streets and boule
vards has a Joy that can not be classified.
One wanders and one wonders, and one
gets lost and getting lost is quite as
delightful as finding oneself again. The
secret of this delight in wandering aim
lesslv is that when you start out to find
a definite point you keep thinking of
that all the time and many more beautl
ful and more interesting things are passed
almost without a thought, but when wan
dering aimlessly you always find your
self In the presence of something' of In
terest whether the home of your favorite
perfume or the establishments of Worth
or of Paquln, and then there is a statue
around the corner for everybody you
ever heard about, and let me whlspe;
for a lot of people you never heard about
and never would have heard about had
you not come to Europe.
But this must not be told aloud, as the
French people will forgive bad grammar,
bad pronunciation, bad anything es
pecially but why enumerate? They want
to know that you are up on the sub
ject of their history and their literature.
Speaking of bad grammar, however, I
am Just getting ready to go into Ger
many, and I wish earnestly that I could
trade off eome of my pronunciation for
somebody else's grammar. This is one
of my most recent discoveries the Eng
lish pronounce French worse than those
of any other nation, and the French
pronounce German as badly as the Eng
lish pronounce French.
The Cafe Chantant! This is the great
Parisian sight, even if one dare not call
It a pleasure but pleasure it is. of that
there is also no doubt. It Is too well
known to need repetition that Paris un
derstands the art of painting, of sugar
coating vice until it loses the horror,
and in this lies the greatest danger of
this wonderful city. There are all grades
of these houses and the Marigny Is the
highest class which does not mean that
it is any the more particular as far as
morals are concerned either on the stage
or in what goes on around the house.
The performance Is far beyond anything
that the vaudeville -stage of America has
ever shown as the same degree of art is
obvious here as everywhere else and no
matter how daring the costumes, and
they are daring beyond the power of pen
to describe, they are so wonderful In cut.
In color, and in fit, and the women are
so beautiful that one comes near for
getting the other side of it. The au
diences during the Summer are largely
American and these are undisguised in
astonishment of what Is allowed. There
Is no city in America where such un
disguised soliciting would be tolerated,
and the worst feature of It is that the
young American students in Paris take as
models for fashion the deml-mondalne
who are to be found at such resorts. In
this, however, there are long stories to
tell which might influence some parents
to keep their children at home or to send
them into the hands of responsible peo
ple in their own country If they must
leave home for study or for atmosphere.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
UNEARTH BUSJ OF NERO
Workmen Discover Valuable Work
of Art In France.
PARIS. Aug. 8. (Special) During the
excavations in the court of the old Roman
Theater of Vlenne, in the Isere Depart
ment, workmen rrom tirenoble have un
earthed a bust of a Roman Emperor in
marble, life size, the head wreathed with
a crown, to which is hung a double row of
large pearls. The nose is broken on the
right side. .
too many, and also that the poor peo
ple for whose benefit they are supposed
to be gotten up, do not receive a fair
share of the profits. All these and
more he aired in an Interpellation in
the Chamber of Deputies concluding
with the submission of a resolution to
the effect that no new lotteries should
be authorized until the house had
voted a bill for the settlement of the
whole question. M. Clemenceau. who
was in his wittiest vein, replied that
he agreed with some of M. Menard's
criticisms. He Baid that during the
past four years the ministry of the in
terior had been asked to authorize
lotteries exceeding a grand total of
120,000,000. Personally he had refused
permission for $6,250,000, and had
granted it for $787,600. He was not
inclined to grant any more permls-
' slons until the present lot had been
drawn for, but no special law was
needed.
"It Is not I who should complain If
I were freed from this care," M. Clem
enceau added, amid laughter. "Take
the lotteries from the minister of the
interior, and you will rid him of an
awful bother."
NO FRIEND OF LOTTERIES
Clemenceau Quite Willing The;
Should Be Abolished.
PARIS, Aug. 8. (Special.) Deputy
Anthlne Menard is unhappy about lot
teries. He considers that there axe far
Extracts from Eilers Piano Club Booklet.
We save 500 Club mem
bers who join in this co-op
erative buying $66,500
quite a sum. Will you be one
of the club members?
The most important gift that can be
bestowed upon a child one which carries
with it everv blessing contained in a token
of love is a New Scale $425 Eilers Piano
The Books of Eilers 500
Piano Club Are Now
Open
$292
Pay
for the New Scale $425
Model Eilers Piano to
Club Members. A Clan
Saving of Exactly 133.
J17 at Joining the uiud
(balance of $275 at $8 a month
with 8 per cent interest), ana as
soon as application is accepted we
send piano home, If within the city
it out of the city, we box and de
liver at the depot here or at our
store nearest you, for shipment
the Club member paying freight. A
fine stool goes with each piano.
Not knowing how many of the
five hundred pianos In this club
would be taken outside of the city,
we could not figure to deliver them
at your station the rates to dif
ferent points vary and all this ex
pense would have to be Included in
the total cost of five hundred .
pianos in order to divide by the
number in the club to get the club
price. At any rate, if you buy of
any one who delivers or pays the
freight, too pay it just the same,
because it is included in the cost
enough to make sure of being
enough. "When you pay the frelaht
yourself, you know Just what ltMs
costing you. We will tell you how
much If you will give us your near
est shipping point
You, with four hundred and ninety-nine
others, take five hundred
pianos at our store you co-operate
in quantity buying, each sharing the
savings allke; but there are no de
lays, no waiting until the entire five
hundred is taken before you get
yours we give it to you at once,
because we know the entire number
will all be subscribed for in a very
few days.
Each transaction is separate as
far as payments are concerned. If
you take time payments, you mere
ly give us our ordinary contract,
which we take from all customers
with the exception of club mem
bers, Free Life Insurance Clause be
ing; added to same.
Club Members can pay all cash,
or $17 cash and $8 a month, or $25
cash and $25 quarterly, or $67 cash
and balance in one and two years,
or an agreed amount cash and bal
ance the coming Fall. All time con
tracts are based on spot cash club
prices of $292; therefore must bear
8 per cent interest, not on the full
amount but on balance due from
the date of one payment to the next,
and so on.
Club members who take ad
vantage of our monthly payment
plan by paying $17 at first can pay
' balance at $8 per month or $2
weekly. Prompt payments are
necessary and should be remitted
or paid at office when due.
Call or write for any information
you would like Inquiries will re
ceive our personal and prompt at
tention. Let us tell you fully as to
how the Eilers piano Is made and
its many advantages. We are giv
ing you the fairest and best piano
proposition ever offered in the
West, and the saving. U positively
One Hundred and Thirty-three DoN
Inra. The club will soon fill write
today, or, better still, send In your
order, giving preference as to wood
desired, shipping directions, etc.. and
we will have our expert make a
selection for you, knowing our New
Scale $425 Bllers piano in your
home will sell another, and prob
ably three or four, to neighbors and
friends.
Very Important
We do mt collect from widows and orphans in case of death of
club raemDers an oi wnicn is explained in our jjoomei, sent t ree
on receipt or coupon.
EILERS PIANO
HOUSE
The House of Highest
Quality
353 Washington St,
Portland, Or.
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booklet and full particulars
of the Eilers Piano Club.
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BULLETIN NO. 10. 1
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The Tungsten Electric Incandescent Lamp
This new electric lamp was invented and first used in Ger
many and Austria. It is now being made in the United States
and has recently been placed on the market. It marks a revo
lution in Electric Lighting and brings the cost BELOW THE
COST OF GAS.
The lamp is similar in appearance to the ordinary incan
descent lamp, except that the light is whiter and more intense
and the bulb is frosted on the tip. It furnishes the same amount
' of light as the old lamp at about ONE-THIRD the cost for cur
rent. The first cost of the lamp itself is higher, but this is more
than made up in the saving in current in the first few weeks of
operation.
The following table shows the relative cost of operating a
200-candle-power Tungsten lamp and a 200-candle-power gas aro
lamp burning from three to 18 hours per day each day of the
month :
TABLE NO. 1.
200 C. P.
200 C. P. Tungsten
Hours Gas Arc Arc
Per Day Cost Cost
3 $ 2.39 $2.25
4 3.19 2.78
5 3.99 3.29
6 4.79 3.80
- 7 5.59 4.31
8 . 6.38 4.82
9 7.18 5.34
10 , .... 7.98 5.84
11 - 8.78 6.36
12 9.58 6.89
13 10.37 7.40
14 11.17 7.90
15 11.97 8.52
16 12.77 8.93
17 : 13.57 9.45
18 14.36 9.96
From the above it will be seen that all can now use the mod
era Electric Light, with its freedom from heat, odor, dirt and im
poverishment of the air, at less cost than gas.
These lamps can be had from dealers, who will furnish fix
tures, shades and wiring and install them so that a maximum of
light at a minimum of cost will be obtained.
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