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Sydney Ayres, New Leading Man of the Baker Stock Company, Accounted Yonngest Star on the American Stage.
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S YD NET AYRES, the young' romantio
actor. whose work In support of E.
H. Sothern. Lewis Morrinon, Henry
Miller. Julia Arthur and Virginia Harned.
lias made him prominent in all dramatic
circles. Is to be the new leading man of
the Baker Stock. Company, scheduled to
open the Bungalow Theater September .
ffhe new leading man Is highly Intellec
tual, and of distinguished personality,
coming of good old American stock. He is
a nephew of the greet editor and founder
of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley.
Mr. Ayres professional career began at
the age of 12, when he appeared as Little
Lord Fauntleroy. By close study and at
tention he worked himself up to the posi
tion of leading man, star and author. Fol
lowing his engagement four years ago In
support of Nance O'Neil, New York was
urprised to read of the opening of a new
theater by a new star in a new and
original play of western life, entitled
Texas." As David Belasco opened the
doors of his beautiful playhouse in New
York on the first night with David
Warfleld In "The Music Master," Klaw Sc
Erlanger opened their magnificent theater.
The Liberty, with Sydney Ayres in
"Texas," a successful play now In Us fifth
year.
New York had one big success In "The
Virginian" with Dustin Farnum as its
tar. and welcomed another with Sydney
Ayres in "Texas." At the same theater
a year later, when Klaw & Erlanger were
casting about for a type to play the
southern part of Lew Cameron "The
Clansman" In . Thomas Dixon. Jr.'s play
of that title, Mr. Ayres was selected, and
met with another success playing ths
leader of the Ku KIux Klan for over a
year. Last August William A. Brady
offered him the beautiful part of Sunlocka
in Hall Caine's play, "The Bondsman,"
supporting Wilton Lackaye. For 42 weeks
Mr. Ayres appeared last season in all the
principal cities in America in this char
acter, and those of Portland who attended
the Heillg Theater to witness this per
formance, will, without Introduction, re
call the finished work of Mr. Ayres as
Micheal Sunlocks. It was during this en
gagement that Mr. Ayres and Mr. Baker
met. and arrangements were made for Mr.
Avres' return to Portland.
The American stage Introduces many
vounr actors of ability who. under the
proper stage direction, usually reach
Psychical Research: Ought We to
Some Practical Thoughts on the Great Mystery Suggested by
BY GEORGE A. THACHER.
THE recent editorial in The Ore
gonlan on psychic research is of
peculiar Interest to psychical re
searchers, as well as to others. The
general trend of It suggests some bits
In Plato's dialogue between Socrates
and Meno. Socrates remarks: Then
he who does not know still has true
notions of that which he does not
know?"
Meno He has.
Socrates And at present these no
tions are Just waking up in him, as In
a dream; but if he were frequently
asked the same questions. In differ
ent forms, he would know as well as
any one at last?
Meno I dare say.
Socrates And if the truth of all
things always existed In the soul, then
the soul Is Immortal. Wherefore be
of good cheer, and try to recollect
what you do not know, or rather do
not remember.
Meno I feel, somehow, that I like
what you are saying.
Socrates And .1, Meno, like what I
am saying. Some things I have said
of which I am not altogether con
fident. But that we shall be better
and braver and less helpless If we think
that we ought to Inquire than we
should have been if we Indulged in
the Idle fancy that there was no
knowing and no use In searching af
ter what we know not; that is a theme
upon which I am ready to fight. In
word and deed, to the utmost of my
power.
It promises something when we think
that we ought to Inquire.
That's what the psychical research
ers have been contending for a calm
and scientific Inquiry, entirely removed
from the emotional claims of spirit
ualism, or the prejudices of profes
sional psychologists, even as promi
nent as Dr. Scripture and Professor
Muensterberg. Perhaps the most re
markable thing about this research Is
that there is no lack of testimony, but
that there Is a profound unwllllng-
. ness to inquire what it means. There's
a saying that facts are Btubborn
things. And yet a fact weighs noth
ing with an individual until he ac
cepts it. If he can't assimilate it; If
he can't attach It to some Inclination
THREATS TO KILL HIS AFFINITY
LAND PENDLETON MAN IN JAIL
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George Pedelty Accusses Mrs. E. B. Sabie of Deserting Him After Hus
band Had Contracted to Eelease Woman.
GEORGE PEDELTY. a Pendleton man
who is suffering from what is be
lieved to be the severest attack of
misplaced affection on record, spent Fri
day night pacing a cell at the City Jail,
one minute begging for one more glimpse
... vi. .,,,, Mm. E. B. Sable, of Port
land, and the next declaring he would kill
the woman and her husband the minute
he was released from Jail.
"All I want in this world Is that
woman. She belongs to me by right, and
lier husband has no claim upon her. Ha
promised to go away and leave us, and
now that he hasn't gone I will kill him.
Pedelty said to Captain of Police Slover.
The man was arrested by Patrolman
LIIUs while pursuing the woman and vow
ing he would choke her to death. Her
refusal to go away with him and abandon
her husband and children brought on the
scene which would have ended in a trag
edy. the police belve, had the maddened
lover been possessed of a revolver. Only
the woman's ability to run saved her from
being choked to death, as Pedelty is of
powerful physique and seemed thoroughly
In earnest about making good his threats
against the woman's life.
When arrested the man had to be hand
cuffed, and on the way to the police
station he tried to break the steel links
of the cuffs, saying he was going back
to see Mrs. Sable. The officer told him
that unless he behaved himself he would
get hurt.
"You can't frighten me where she is
concerned. I am willing to die for one
glimpse of her," was Pedelty'a extrava
gant reply.
It was thought at first the man was
crasy. but he seemed - entirely rational
on all subjects except that of his affec
tion for the woman. Accordingly he was
marked down-on a charge of threatening
to kill, and the question of his sanity will
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certain amount of reputation, but going i
reftiUr over the stage career of Mr.
Ayres, he is acknowledged to be at the I
or pet prejudice, he simply denies it.
For him It does not exist as a fact.
It's a vagary, a dream, the product of
a diseased imagination; It does not
lead anywhere and for practical pur
poses is a lie
Why is It so about facts which In
dicate survival of physical death? Fe
lix Adler says that the general at
titude toward death Is one of studied
neglect; that It is agreed that those
who go shall make no outcry to dis
turb those who remain. There may be
two reasons for the lack of interest.
Most of us don't care Intensely about
the future. Tomorrow and next week
have an Interest, and next year has a
vague appeal for us, but how many
think of what they want to do ten
years ahead?
Then. too. it might be highly Incon
venient to know that we are going to
continue to live. Once acepted as a
fact, we could not escape all sense of
responsibility. We should preach to
ourselves a bit occasionally. Now we
leave It mostly to the pulpit and es
teem It a service to God because we
voluntarily go where the minister can
get a chance at us once a week or
less. '
Of course It Is soothing when we
stand by the open grave of our dear
est ones and can do nothing but drop
a few flowers on the coffin to be
comforted with the opinion that there
Is a beautiful life hereafter. "We al
most wonder If it isn't true for a few
weeks. But Just think what It would
mean if It were true and that the in
telligences of our friends could come
back and watch us? Think of the
espionage!
After all there is some reason for
not inquiring. If there is a future life,
we shall have it; if not, we shall be
snuffed out. So why bother? F. C S.
Schiller, whose philosophical works are
highly commended by William James,
says that he had a friend who lost
his wife, and that he got a good deal
of comfort out of automatic writings
purporting to come from her. After a
time, however, he became Interested
in a young woman and the writings
did not approve of his plans to get
married again. What could the poor
man do? Manifestly there was noth
ing but to adopt the opinion that the
writings were the work of his sublimi
nal self; that there probably was no
such thing as communication with the
dead, and finally to forget the past
and get married again.
On a par with that reasoning Is Dr.
Scripture's assertion in the Independent
that if telepathy and prevision were facts
he could get a million or more over night
not be brought up. Inasmuch as affection
does not come under that head and Pedel
ty plainly has nothing more than an exag
gerated attack of the regulation form.
It was learned that Pedelty Mrs. Sable
and her husband have been living in a
tent at Marion and Mason streets, in Al
blna. The men have been engaged In
trading horses and doing odd Jobs. Sable
has been away much of the time.
"I have been providing the money for
Sabie. Mrs. Sable and their children." said
the love-stricken man. "Sabie wouldn't
provide decently for his family, and said
he would leave his wife to me. I have
been providing for them the best I knew
how. I have always lived in an adjoining
tent by myself. Mrs. Sabie is a good
woman to this day. This has been going
on for several months. Her husband
came back and she seemed glad to see
him. I said I would kill them both, and
I will do It yet. He is not fit to speak
to that woman. She belongs to me."
Sabie said the fellow was lying. "We
took him In when he was in need." the
husband said. "He did nothing towards
the support of my family. Instead I have
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ately in love with my wife. When we
found tnat out ana oeciaea to get ria oi
him he became desperate. That's the
long and short of the matter."
This statement was confirmed by the
woman in the case. She is 35 years old.
not pretty, rather small, and decidedly
slender. There are two children, both
neat, healthful and Intelligent youngsters.
Neighbors called the police when Ped-
1 ... nut vtth thft Q n n m 1 n in m a.t
that he was going to kill Mrs. Sable
ana ner nusoana. no pursuea ner ior
several blocks, but she managed to keep
out of his way until Llllis arrived.
D.H.I , annAQVAH Kai-a MnnUtnal
Judge Van Zante yesterday, and. through
an attorney, asked a continuance until
August 17, which was granted,
SOON APPEAR IN PORTLAND.
age of 27 years, the youngest star and
leading man of prominence on the Ameri-
can stage.
Inquire About It?
Our Old Friend Plato.
to exploit them commercially. Professor
Muensterberg ridicules the idea of spirits
performing as they are claimed to do.
What shall be said of a learned psy
chologist who says he does not believe
In the existence of eptrits and Is sure
that spiritualism is false because spirits
would never behave in the manner rep
resented? And yet Socrates was probably right
v. vn MM- t.'a shall hA. hetter and
braver and less helpless if we think that
we ought to inquire.' mere are several
results which would be attained besides
that of scientific certainty. If there is
a continuity of the individual life, old
age becomes the most important stage
of earthly existence. Elderly people
would live in a state of activity and In
terest which would He .of enormous
benefit to the race, not to mention the
saving them from lagging superfluous on
the stage. Life would literally mean
something besides gratifying various de
sires for pleasure and glory. The sur
vival after physical life would indicate
that the metaphysics of evolution applied
to spiritual existence as well as to the
material, and that the Deity Is an entity
to be recognized as a scientific fact. The
argument for or against the existence
of God from the abstract metaphysical to
the argument from design of the world,
would pale into Insignificance compared
with the proof that our physical- bodies
are the temporary abodes of spiritual in
telligences. Proof of survival would
firmly establish faith in the rationality of
things. Pessimism would become but a
name for gross Ignorance, and the half
of the world that disbelieves In another
life could not long resist scientific proof.
The Christian eschatology Judgment and
rewards and punishments would doubt
less give place to the more humanely rea
sonable Idea that a man was the same
after death as before, and that if he was
destined to enjoy continued happiness it
must of necessity result from the fact
that he had developed the possibilities of
it in his own soul. It would seem that
the certainty of the continuity of life
would inevitably establish the continuity
of spiritual character. Anything else
would be absurd. The theory of punish
ment, too, would doubtless have to be
changed.
To all who have outgrown the Idea of
a burning lake for beings not material,
the alternative Is some form of mental
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suffering.- Again the certainty of con
tinuity would Indicate that memory end
fixed habits of thought might furnish a
punishment rather surpassing the fumes
of brimstone. The possibilities of growth
and change and development would nat
urally come to be regarded as depending
a good deal on the Individual and very
little on his previous subscription to some
creed or dogma. . In short, the certainty
of continued life would work a revolution
in all the ideas connected with the future
and indirectly with the, present.
The expression of opinion by Sir Oliver
Lodge that messages have been received
from the dead raises an interesting ques
tion. Why is it that the evidence on
which he bases his opinion is not faailliar
to all thoughtful people? Is it because
people generally don't want to know
about the future? The proceedings of the
Societies for Psychical Research are not
expensive publications. Of course not all
testimony is printed, but a great mass
of it is. To be sure, it is not very thrilling
sort of literature, but it compares very
well with Romanies' "Darwin and After
Darwin," or with "The Origin of Species."
Supposing, for instance, that one person
In every thousand in Portland would like
to examine the testimony on the subject
and made known their wants- at the
public library. There is probably no doubt
that the book committee would buy the
proceedings and place them in the circu
lating department where they could be
taken out and studied at leisure. That is
the purpose of the library to serve the
wants of the people. There is a convenient
order card system at the desk- in the
circulating department Intended to secure
an expression of the desires of the public
But probably the public thinks that there
are other subjects of greater Interest and
more importance.
Possibly Socrates ,w;as wrong when he
said: "But that we shall be better and
braver and less helpless if we think that
we ought to inquire, than we should have
been if we Indulged In the idle faflcy
that there was no knowing and no use in
searching after what we know not; that la
a theme upon which I am ready to fight.
In word and deed, to the utmost of my
power."
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Sir TV. S. Gilbert, Author of Pina
fore, Displays Keen Wit.
LONDON, Aug. 14. (Special.) Sir
W. S. Gilbert, the famous liberettist,
has a perfect horror of music hall jokes
and songs, and his temper which was
always a little short, has become very
uncertain with advancing years. Sir
William has always insisted on being
present at the earlier rehearsals when
ever the management of the Savoy
Theater have revived any of the old
Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The other
afternoon Sir William was superintend
ing a rehearsal of "H. M. S. Pinafore,"
trying hard to impress the chorus
with a full sense of the refinement of
that delightful opera. Suddenly during
a lull one of the gentlemen of the
chorus who was rather bored with the
constant repetitions and who had noth
ing particular to do at the moment, be
gan singing softly to himself the latest
music hall ditty, "Put Me Among the
Girls."
Sir William. In his most magisterial
manner, turned upon the unfortunate
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