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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1908)
. " ' . . n-v mNTTlTIf -4 fAQ -- - ' - " : , THE SUNDAY; OREGOyiAX. rOKTIA.u, uuiutt . -t. - . : v" ' i 1 ' t 1 EVERY VDGATIDN HEW-UNION TO. TEACH WAITERS QUEEN IS A HEAL HELPMATE TO HER HXJSBAND flSKEO'TO HELP Subcommittees Are Named to Wage Campaign of Port land Country Club. Geneva Association Forms Lo cal Branch and Will In struct Its Members. J I " - . f - " I I I TT 7TT T$ 1TTT 11 -J Mason Mamlffl f ' I DEFENDS TIPPING SYSTEM The reason la mat not sufficient. Head of Portland Section Says Em ployes Are Paid but $25 a Month and Must Depend on Pub lic for Living Wage. With a perfected local organization, known as a section. Including a member ship already of 34. the International Gen eva Association, the world-wide affiliation of high-class waiters, has entered Port land and la proceeding to add to local caravansaries and (trills whatever metro politan airs and customs are lacking. It v as only a few weeks ago that Port land became of sufficient importance to be included In the list of cities having sec tions of the big International organisation. In the capitals of Europe, in the langorous Latin citt.-s of South America, the mod ernised cities of Northern Africa, In the big American cities, and Indeed in every metropolis of the world, where really first-clasa hotels are maintained, the or ganisation has a strong hold. And when l-ortland assumed metropolitan propor tions, the eyes of the waiters" union turned towards the West. Union Selects Its Members. As a result a representative of the Geneva Association came to Portland and organized a local section. W. B. Mart lln. superintendent of service in the Port land hotel, has been elect.d president of the local section. Joseph Witsener Is the organiser and he is still In the city com pleting the details and adding gradually to the membership. However, membership in the association Is not op.n to every one who serves or calls himself a waiter. Stringent require ments. In the way of experience, accom plishments, appearance and other details, are oheerved in selecting members. A regular school U maintained by the local section for Instructing waiters who have been fortunate enough to secure membership. Classes in deportment, con versation. In carriage and appearance are conducted to teach the most approved methods and standards of up-to-date service. At the Portland I have been con ducting such classes for several months." said Mr. Martlln. and. al though we have colored waiters there. I am convinced that they are as pro ficient and efficient as may be found. The reason colored waiters are there is that really high-class white waiters will not come to this Coast from the Ms? Eastern cities. the 'tips are Hoped to End Practice. "And in speaking of tips I wish you would give us a chance to reply to th. insinuations that are constantly v.-i . noria airalnst waiters. rv.-ltinn was organized prl marl I y far the purpose of bettering the conditions of Its members, and to do away with the tipping habit. We object. to it in a way. though, if you will only consider the matter a moment, you will see that It means a salary to us. Walters in lunch coun ters and the other cheapest classes of restaurants are paid salaries of from $10 to 1R a week, in addition to their meals. That is very good pay. but nothing la demanded by patrons of such places but that the food be placed before them. Consequently there are no requirements for a man to nil be fore he can hold a Job In one of those places. -On the other hand, waiters in the first-class hotels and giills are paid the muninfent sum of $25 a month. That does not include meals. In Portland, however, they are given $35 with meals. Hut to hold such a Job. a waiter must have traveled extensively, so that he may know the customs of flnst-class hotels, and he must wear either tuxedo or dress suit. Most of the first-class pla.es demand that a waiter be shaved each day. that hie nails be manicured dally, that he be possessed not only of manners of a gentleman but that he must be able to converse on most any subject at any time. Walters raid Low Wages. "These are only a few of the require ments. Others could be enumerated at length, but it is sufficient to say that to hold a Job in a tiist-claes hotel It Is absolutely Impossible for a waiter to t-lothe or feed his family, leaving out the idea of educating his children, the paltry $2S a month he receives. "It la recognized by the patrons r..riv all tirst-class hotels In country and abroad that 10 per cent of the amount of one s Dill is a legitimate Mnd nrooer tlD to hand the waiter. For instance, if one's bill Is $5. he gives the waiter 60 cents; if $2.50. the waiter is .unnosed to set 15 cents. Nor la that money wasted by the person elves lt Th waiter must know human na ture, and In all the big hotels In the wit he must be able to speak at least two languages. So. when a perfect etranger enters, the waiter will be able t tell Instantly what nationality ne is .r, imi about what he will want. The waiter must know how to prepare ..i..t ud what kind of a salad this particular guest will like. He must carve te guest's meat, must show him innumerable attentions and ciwimes that he is not paid for and is not sup posed to do by the hotel management. but the failure to oo wen a wuum cause the Immediate loss of the guest's patronage. System Accepted In East. "And an emertenced waiter will save a customer a great deal of money. He v. til succest thlnits that the customer mants and will surest that one portion of a certain order is sufficient, wnile tne guest. ho may not be acquainted with t im hotel, mav have ordered more. Most avntleint n appreciate the attentions that are shown tliein and there is no such talk In the teist about tipping as there )ir. m the West. "The reason of that is that in the big cities people are beginning to live almost exclusively in the hotels- Consequently they know the ways of hotels and know that It Is not only customary but light t. tip the waiter. In the West people I've at home mostly, and know little of hotel life. Consequently this talk about If the tipping system were abolished. .i.- h.,t-i or enll would of course have to pay more to the waiters. That would mean simply that they would raise the price of the b:ll of fare at least 50 per cent and the public would pay for It. So. K- nreaent SVStem. the DUbUC U actually getting the best of It." 1 t. . v - I--': . - L.;,',i.-,m- .tr..l,....,.! J.i.i ....a-fv-vfliliU mniininiililinsiast' . Wila fill u-rrB BEGIN WORK ON TUESDAY QIEE.N HELENA, OF ITALY. ROME Oct, $. (SpeciaL) Queen Helena of Italy Is a real help mate to her husband. She has recently taken lessons in bookbind ing and has now so perfected herself that she Is able to bind vol umes of any MzTand in any sort of binding, including sheepskin Ao cordnly King Victor Emmanuel has turned over ' ' conectlons of state papers for the royal archives, which hitherto ra mned unbound because the King would not trust them to ordinary workmen. The Queen is being paid for tier work like an ordinary rmpVo"e but the money, of course. 1. devoted to one of her many ciTaritlea. This also relieves the Italian government of a source of cons derable trouble. Heretofore bookbinders have been paid special rXi lo induce them not to divulge the contents of secret paper, The workmen have not always kept these secrets. The Queen Is i a oookmaker as well as a bookbinder. She has written and published several volumes of poems dealing with Montenegro folklore. JEWS HELP HOME RULE SEMITIC RESIDENTS OP DUBLIN AIDING THE IRISH. Resolutions Pledging Support to Cause Cause Fight in Which Many Are Hurt. rT-TiT.rv rw-t x. (Soecial. At a meet- The Ge- 1 Ing of the Judaeo Irish Home Rule As d BH. Isolation, held in the Manslon-House. a letter was read trom jonn neuinU..u. . on of this who For the Interest the Jewlsn people oi xu.... are taking In the Home Rule cause. John Dillon also wrote expressing sympathy with the object oi me ..."- - -- chairman. Jacob Eiyan. saio. " the long cherished desire of the Jewish people of Dublin to put themselves in closer relationship with the Irish people, with a view to bringing about the ardent desire of every true Irishman. A resolution was then proposed resolv ing to support such measures as would tend to secure for the Irish people a full grant of self-government, "such as is accepted Dy tne ii' -- party " to foster Irish industries, and in general to promote the welfare and pros perity of Ireland. There were some interruptions at the end of the hall and a man was ejected. Another man desired to propose an amendment, but the chairman "'ujd t accept It. The chairman put the resolu tion and there was a great outburst from the opposition, out ne ucvio.c- ...... motion carried. ,.., ,i When the audience was fight occurred, in which upwards of dozen persons took part. Some of the Jews, who were not in ejr the object of the meeting, proclaimed iheir views, with, the result that they were roughly handled by their coreUglon ,sts who were supported by a number of l-ntted Irish Leaguers. The Home Rule iews fought earnestly for the Irish cause and easily worsteq tneir hA Veen Intellectual face. a year and a half now he has been lead ing the passive reslsters, fighting the a-ovemment- endeavoring to arrange compromises, pulling strings In India and In England. He looks back over a curious career, this Gandhi, barrister of the Inner Temple, advocate of the Supreme Court of Natal, attorney of the Transvaal, and disciple of Tolstoi. It must be more than a dozen years ago that he went from Western India to Natal and tnoir tin the cause of the Indians In the rjarden Colony of South Africa.- The Indian lawyer Is proverbially keenwitted. But Gandhi seems to have mot his match In Mr. Smuts, the Trans vaal Colonial Secretary. The struggle has been very largely a personal one. That is to say. wihtout Gandhi there would have been no passive resistance and without Smuts there would have been no ground for passive resistance. The dispute Is this. Ww z or iui- the Asiatic law amendment act or dered the registration of Asiatics, with finger impressions. The Asiatics re fused to obey It. They Initiated the passive resistance movement. They went to prison. They beat Mr. Smuts. For Smuts found Uiat tne Jans oi me Transvaal would not accommodate 7000 Asiatics, and that, even If they would, the finances of the colony would not comfortably bear the expense or maintaining them there. So after months of threats and arguments, vol untary registration was devised. It was a moral victory for Gandhi. The Indians voluntarily gave their thumb lmDressions. as they did for Lord Mil ner. Some were allowed to register without thumb impressions. Now the point is this. The Indians say they accepted voluntary registra. tlon on the distinct promise tnat law of 1907 would be repealed. Smuts says that all he promised was subsequently to legalize the voluntary registration, He now proposes to do this under law But the Indians say that they have all along refused to accept law 2, and that therefore they will not now acknowledge the legalization of the certificates under It. Hence the bonfire outside the Fords- burg Mosque. The certificates to be le galized have been burnt. PERMITS m ASIATICS IN TRANSVAAIi IN RE VOLT AGAINST GOVERNMENT -Realstanc Against Lvf Compelling Registration With Finger-Print Impressions. tTx-v-Trq-nr-Rf. Oct. S. (Special) The Asiatics iA the Transvaal have defied the British authorities. Recent ly they congregated at the Fordsbury mosque. Just outride the city limit -n mad. a bonfire which signified revolt. The bonfire was made In i v-.rer'a Iron eooklng-pot. and the ma terlal which made the blaxe was some paraffin-soaked papers. To the S001 i.i. .t... thrnna-lne- the dusty open space beneath the Jerry-built minarets It meant much. It meant suffering, ruin and Jail. The Asiatics had come from all parts of South Africa to help light the bonfire. There were Indians race, from the Khyber to A.m'a Rridsre: Chinese from Canton and the Straits: and Colonlal-born In dians In Europeanlzed dress. And they made the bonfire of their registration certificates, their permits to be In the Transvaal, their trading .a hawklna- licenses. They came to the mosque as free men. They went away liable to arrest by the first ro iminin who ouestloned them. Like the tea party in Boston harbor, the. bonfire was the outward and visime sign of war. The Asiatics declared war against the Transvaal government, v-nt arrive war. Passive resistance war. They had refused to give finger Impressions, to take out registration certificates, to hold trading licensea, i.in th colony when ordered to rln an In fact, to do anything the gov .mment told them to do save go to rtrlann. No man reeognlzed this more clearly than M. K. Gandl.l. the acknowledged leader of something like 150.004 Asiatics in South Africa. Nervous strain was written over the slight fig MESSAGE FROM BEYOND Attempt to Communicate With Dead Ghost Clubman. LONDON. Sept 26. Sir Oliver Lodge dis claims certain sensational opinions which have been attributed to him with reference to alleged messages from the dead and states that he has mads no announcement beyond the simple one that "Our evidence is partly published and partly to be pub lished In the proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research." Sir Oliver defined his position In article In Harper's Magazine for August and apparently the evidence which has been submitted to the Society for Psych! cal Research and Is now being prepared for publication by Alice Johnson does not carry him further than the belief that it Is possible that discoveries of the first magnitude can be made by entirely sclen tlfio methods in the field of psychology. From this statement it seems fair deduce that Sir Oliver does not accept the alleged messages from the "dead recently published as ' roving anything beyond the realty of telepathy. An attempt shortly mill be made to enter Into communication with the spirit of the late Professor Chur ton Collins, who as a member of the Ghost Club had entered into a solemn compact to appear if possible to the sur viving members of the club after death. The secretary of the club said It was proposed to use certain portions of Profes sor Collins- diary that were unknown to anybody but the family and intimate friends as messages after gaining the communication. 'As the contents of portions of the diary referred to are practically secret," said the secretary, "we do not anticipate diffi culty from the usual source when such attempts are made, for we shall be able to tell at once whether the medium we em ploy has established communication. If we be successful In obtaining in this way duplicates of certain portions of the diary then we shall ask the professor for more details concerning his death. "Some of us, at least, believe with Sir Oliver Lodge that it Is possible to obtain spirit messages "rora the dead, and all of us look upon the coming experiment as an Interesting test, which, if not conclusive, will at least prove valuable la our re search work." Orders for Season Tickets Are Re ceived in Large Numbers and No Difficulty Is Expected in Selling S000. T-k'ts. Amt. Previously acknowledged 1080 MO0 Acme Mills Co 6 25 Kircnner A Hannt 174 Fourtn. a Robert J. Linden. Board of Trade building s xo W. K. Daniels. Yamhill, between Third and Fourth sts o -a E. McEldowner 2 10 Dr. A- C. Panton 2 10 airs. George W. Weldler. ' 61S Loveloy street .... 3 '. P. Fones. police officer 1 o C. R. Fones, City Eng. Dep. ... 1 6 B. H. Oruber. Board z Trade building 1 o . B. Graham 89 East Sixteenth street 1 5 E. G." Williams. 392 Scbuyler st. 1 6 R.' R. Hogs, Wells-Fargo bldg. . 1 5 L. J. Hicks. 14a second st... z iu Portland Tool Works 1 5 ohn J. Gammle. Honeyxnan Hardware Company z 10 P. S. Malcolm 2 10 W. B. Oiafke & Co 2 10 W. C- Knighton, Commercial Club bldg 1 o L. E. Carter, Portland Trust Company of Oregon 1 o Totals 1121 ZS605 Subcommittees were appointed yester day to inaugurate an active soliciting campaign for raising the guarantee fund for the 1909 meet of the Portland Country Club Livestock Association the Na tional Pacific Show by the sale of 6000 season tickets. , The committees will canvass Portland thoroughly, every line of business being represented among their members. No tices have been sent by Chairman J. W. Bailey to those who have been appointed on the committees, and subscription blanks liberally supplied. Offices of the special -committee have been opened in the publicity department of Portland commer cial Club. Meet Daily at Noon. A meeting of the entire committee and also the subcommittees will be held In the Convention hall of the club Tuesday at 12:15 o'clock. Meeting will be held daily at noon during the remainder of the week. Following are the members or tne sub committees who were appointed: Automobile Club Dr. C. B. Brown, R. D. Inman, Lewis Kussall. 1.1 very men Warrens. tl . Grocers L.. rj. semci, wi jveuaucr. Druggists v Ullam if . "Anderson Bros, and William O. Flledner, Hunt Club A. M. i.ronin. Milling interests Walter A. Goss. Printers S. M. Luders, J. D. M. Abbott, John M. Mann. City employes a. u. oigior, jm. " George L. Baker. ' Clothiers Ben Selling, R. M. Gray, A. B. 8tMeatCntereet Alex Friedman. Milton J. Jones. C. S. Kudeen. Insurance men a ' numiwu. Saddlers George Lawrence, Jr. ,. Creameries George M. Brown. J. W. Bailey, s&SSaatHT W"coe. A. C. Smith. Byron EL Miller. A. w. Moor.. j, Dentists G. H. Nottage. Jean Kline. N. R. Cox. William A. Cummlng. Jewelers sno ooucuui y. -", Driving Club Paul S. Dick, A. C. Lonrolre, Emmett Drake. Stockmen or state ur. c.- uiakimitha A. C. Lohmire. Union Stockyards O. M. Rummer Implement dealers John S. Beau, Kewbealn. Robert L. Darrow. East bios reuuHsrw . . sistants. . . .. . tj nevers, Advertisers C C Chapman, George K1Rwars and allied Interests S. John D. Mann, Henry Melster. Many Orders Sent In. t ott... from all sections of the Pacific Northwest, inclosing subscriptions to next year's meet, are being received by The Oregonian. Already considerably more than 1000 tickets have been sold and those who are Interested in the big enterprise confident mat nuw uc.oi n... easily disposed of. It Is a matter In wnicn the entire state ana v., Interested, it Is contended, and the people are beginning to realize Its Importance. A total of 11Z1 season i.n;icii. COSTLIEST PIMO IN THE WORLD NOW CONCEDED BT v PIANO TUNERS, DEALERS, AND ARTISTS THE WORLD OYER TO BE THE MOST WONDERFUL PIANO EVER MADE . v The word " factory can hardly be applied to the place in which is made this wonderful piano "atolier" would be more appropriate. There is entire lack of that commercialism that : one expects when going through a place of that kind-that is, through the ordinary piano fa. tory Time, that expensive thing in piano-making, is never considered by the Mason & Hamlin .... artisans What many manufacturers call "foolishness" is regarded by these men as of . the most serious import. There is no question that more time is expended in the construction of, or, more properly speaking, in creating, one of these works of art. than upon any piano made in the world. Two years are required to construct a Mason & Hamlin piano, no others requiring more., than. ..: six months. It has created a tremendous sensation in the piano trade and among musicians. The soundboard construction (which the Scientific American, as well as all piano-makers, con-. i w., a .omarlroMo and inrffinlOUS lnven- fess is imperfect in every piano maae;, is now pen- j- o . . . . tion of Richard W. Gertz, which is embodied in these 'wonderful mstruments. This settles all dispute as to which is the best. piano. ' . - Did you- ever stop to wonder why a violin improves with use while a p ia n o deteriorates- . from the time it leaves the factory! Yes, every piano deteriorates from the date of its cample- .. tion except the Mason & Hamlin. Don't expect o . buy a Mason & Hamlin as cheap as jou can any other make. If you are really, interested; in. securing absolutely the finest piano, ever, created, PRICE BEING NO OBJECT, write'f or literature pertaining to the eons true tion or these wonderful pianos. ;. ; ,;c ' Read carefully the reasons why all piano are -defective; and how these defects have been overcome in the Mason & Hamlin construction, Then examine the pianos yourself. ; . . One trial will make you as enthusiastic over it as every piano-dealer, tuner and musician . today. ! ' - : . - - . - ' The five Mason & Hamlin pianos that just' arrived were ordered overfive months a go, -they ? being very hard to secure. We were promised only five for this year. A carload of any other makes of pianos could be secured in 10 hours' notice. Mason & Hamlin pianos will never be given to the crowned heads of Europe for their 'worth- -less testimonials, nor will pianists be paid for exploiting them. Harold Bauer, Gabrow c Ganz and others who own them will play no other pianos, although they could earn thousands; of dollars for doing so. They consider their artistic reputation more valuable than money. Th TO 7 m 1 m e vvuey Three Floors in Phoenix Building. B. AH G en jo. Entrance 304 Oak Street. Edward Mar sell and ea rs rs. W. Arata, year's meet has Deen soio, "e-"" the sum of 50o. That amount Includes the iXcriptions received by The Orego nian yesterday. MUCH PRE-SEASON HUNTING China Pheasants Scarce Because Game Wardens Have Been JJax. that China pheasants are scarcer and wilder In this part of the state this year than ever before at the beginning .asnn. And there is only ALBANY. Or., Oct. 3. Speclal.)It v,,. nn vnrvln ? ODiniuu wi. " " " condition Illegal of an open season. one cause for this pre-season hunting. This Spring there . were as many young birds as usual, according to re ports of farmers in all parts pf Linn County. But now hunters who have been in the fields the first days of the open season assert that they never ex perienced such poor hunting so early In the season. The man who bagged the limit even on the opening day was very lucky. Besides being scarce, the birds were very wild, indicating that they had heard the sound of shotguns prior to the opening of the season. In this connection, hunters are argu ing for a repeal of the present hunt- lng license law, averring tnat mo Game Wardens made no effort to catch violators of the law this season. In former years, when the Wardens were forced to depend on a half of the fine for their pay. there were frequent ar rests. But now, when the state game fund is running over with money to pay Deputy Wardens, their salaries are secure, and they do not have to work.. This theory of the .situation has been advanced by many hunters he past few days. Reblndlna- Popular Novels Kansas City Journal. Most of the regular seekers at the pub lic circulating libraries for the latest thing out in popular fiction rarely get a chance to make up their minds whether the binding of one of their favorite stories Is appropriately designed to fit the author's work. In fact, in the case of the writer for whose latest there is sure to be a redhot demand readers never see the binding. That is because it Is re moved before being placed In circulation. The original binding is returned to the publishers and another substituted. Hence the Incurable follower of the pop ular novelists who is lucky enough to get the first lien on the latest of Mrs. Wharton or Mrs. Ward or Robert W. Chambers gets the book with a plain but serviceable dark colored cloth cover with black leather back. This is the j.ti-nn.' hlndine" which wooiq nave 10 be put on shortly after the addition- of the book to the library, so considerable , wear and tear is saved by applying The'-' treatment on niirB " ' "' ' ' - " Marvelous Cures ; Being Performed by, ; wo The Chinese Physician DAY WE WILL GIVE YOU a TriTOvnn rrn A OU.I MONDAY ALL AS WE DON'T CLOSE, YOU KNOW The past week's heavy suit business broke up a great many linesand left us one each of a great many different lines of suits. Let them go for Monday specials. Sixteen suits, one ot a Kina, DroKen uucs, uulu miv. up to 42; to close them out we offer them for. . . : .J. . ., 22 suits, one of a kind, broken sizes, both misses' and ladies', sizes up to 46; close out at $16.75. Great values. COATS About 70 coats, odd and various sizes, colors and styles. A lot of hare-ains in these. For misses and ladies. 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He also treats all ! private diseases of men and-women, s; A Sure Cancer Cure received from Pektn, China, has been -- . successful in treating many cases that., were pronounced incurable by. leading r specialists.'' - ' Hundreds of bona fide Teati- . monials from grateful Patients - Write for symptom blank and book, " . Inclose four cents in stamps. . , .., . CONSULTATION FREE. ' ' THE C. GEE WO CHINESE ; MEDICINE CO. . t? 1 65 First St, corner Morrison PORTLAND, OREGON J -A, Tke Perry Madison 8t Seattle , r : :-. Wuhlngtoa Absolutely Fire-Proof . , ' . , Earopesa Piss - - .v.j..r The BlfiheH Grsde Erery Modern CoaTeelenoe.. . Centrally located and commanding- a vlew.o OIvotdIcs. Cascade Mountains. Mt Rminler nd, . Put Sound. J.8.McTERNAN.Manas