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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1908)
A Delightful Yard Where Children Reign Supreme STEINS IMPORTED DIRECT FROM GERMANY' AND AUSTRIA SPECIALLY PRICED Irvingtcm Children Find the Grounds of William F. Woodward's Eesidence the Most Fascinating Place in the City. I : : (Mt ""Ji " : T1 P " I We beg to announce the arrival of New Fall Styles in "CROSS" if" s. .4 ' s W,i l 4 v ; - I ; t . uTOEiATMKS rKrejmrr tree ' i' r the STEPS " i p v'f "i - VJ i wise be in the way. This pipe is about the heieht of the turning bar and the children utilize it as such. Tiny swings. too. hang from here, so that even mere babes have their fun. A faucet is placed thoughtfully near for thirsty throats and. in fact, every possible need of the merry invaders of this Inviting spot has been anticipated. Altogether, it is wonderfully fascinat ing, and to watch the children at their fearless play inspires the longing that must have filled the great heart of Eu gene Field when he wrote: "Helgh-ho. but the years go by I would to God that a child were I!" Seamen's Mission Ends Its Tenth Year Otrbratloa at I'loar of Decade of Work 1 AIbo Fnrewell to the Chaplain, Rev. A. E. Bernaya. tfOlLY CHUIE-rULL BT MAIllON COOK. OVER In lrvlngton you have doubtless een many things. You have admired tho shaded streets with boulevard trees almost meeting overhead, the blocks of parlous homes arguing for comfort as well as taste, lawns with a nap like mil liner's velvet, well-kept vines and flowers growing apace, the tennis courts and artistic clubhouse, and various other at tractions patent to the Interested observer. Tliere Is one more, however, whose glo ries you have not tasted. But that Is be cause your family KiMe oears record that you are no longer a child and hence have been, more or less lightly, banished from the Kingdom of Flay. This is the yard of William F. Woodward, which lrvlngton children will tell you Is the most fascinating place In the cltv. A certain "hatch-1 of them has rollicked here all Summer with truly Kooseveltian strenuousness. and clearly nothing short of Wtnter's persuasive downpour will Induce them to abandon Its charms. nd can you blame them? Here they find all that appeals to their Joyous ac tivity. Mr. Woodward's one aim has been to please the children, and to this end he has spared neither pains nor expense, and just how well he has succeeded only the popularity of this unique playground can testify. It is a veritable out-of-door gymnasium, with such alluring side-attractions as only nature can give. Utile swings, big swings, a wooden swing with easy seats, an inviting hammock under a clump of willows, a huge "teeter-totter" board, trapese rings, turning bars, a sand-pile, playhouse, and most alluring of all a really-truly "shoot-the-chutes" such as no other yard can boast. To all these add the tempting surroundings of an ideal setting of shade trees, lawn and flowers, and an occasional fruit tree. Could a child-heart ask more? There may be more: I do not know. Were I a child. I should probably find numerous other delights, unrevcaled to us "grown-ups." Apropos of this. I know that little Mary Woodward true to her name once had a woolly lamb that gam boled and frisked on the green, and so doubtless there have been and are other Joys known only to the elect. The happy shouts and screams of laughter from the "shoot-the-chutes" argues for its high place In favor. This i! some nine feet high, the chute being 22 feet long and 30 Inches wide. Its groove of galvanized Iron being Just concave enough to Insure the safety of the chil dren in their wild flight downward. They go any way head first, feet first, on their backs or stomachs, doubled up or flat like a toboggan, just as It happens, but the rule Is strictly one at a time and accidents are unknown. I know the Joy of this "shoot-the-chutes." for I i. ad two rides down my self! Hence I can sp?ak from thrilling experience. The same can be said of the "teeter-totter." which I sampled. This Is a splendidly big one made from a 24 foot spruce board, and can accommodate practically any number. The turning bar tempted me also, but I refrained. This Is arranged for two pos sible heights on the poles six feet for big people and three and one-half for the children. For their convenience and to avoid tumbles It is usually kept at the latter height. There Is a large sleeping-tent also in the yard, and its guy-ropes have been fastened to a pipe run through posts, thus avoiding the stakes that -would other- Grand Concert by Metropolitan Opera House Stars Artists Who Are on a Three Weeks' Tour Before the Season Opens in New York Will Singula Portland Octoher 7. THE concert devoted to grand opera that will open the Portland musical season October 1 under the direction tois Steers Wynn Coman premises to a most brilliant event. The famous p Topolltan Opera-House. of New York, ar h has been the scene of such nota n rlumphs In modern grand opera, haa Valued its stars a brief three weeks' ?V before the opening of the grand a season In New York, when their tT .noe Is required in the metropolis. d, ir Western tour will b- under the dl on of the two young women who brought so many distinstuieJied art- to Portland In the past few years. opportunity to enjoy the grand. Im . sloned arias, duets, trios and quartets -he world's great operas will be ap Uated by all muelc-lovers. a programme will embrace numbers Jrreat beauty and difimatic power. aong the great quartets will be the rmlng and piquant "Spinning Song" Vmti "Martha." which represents the two I sgulse.i court ladies In the peasant's borne trying their luck for the tlrst time a; the spinning-wheel, under the direction of their perplexed, love-entangled mas ters -certainly one of the most delightful scene, in the whole realm of comic opera, c'ontrasting with tills is the wild. Impassioned beauty and terror of the last a. t of "II Trovatore." in which tragedy mingled with loyalty to love finds such marvelous expression in music These two great quartets occupy the heights of art In the schoole to which they belong. Madame Marie Ranpold. the soprano, will give by way of solo a charming French chanson by Del Acqua. overflow ing with quaint reminiscences of Pro vince. And the rich, luscious contralto tenea of Madame Josephine Jacoby will fe heard In the gavotte from "Mtgnon." Atr.broae Thomas masterpiece, so full of French grace and vivacity. The art of coquetry, with its flavor of Spanish passion, so admirably exemplified In the opera of "Carmen." will also probably find a place on the programme. In the tenor solo by Slgnor RiccarJo Martin, who will give the famous "Mower Bong" Although It is possible that an aria from "Paaiisccl;" In ahlch the farci cal and the tragic find such strange Tuoion. may be substitute,!. Campaxarl, tte world-famous baritone. T o t . " ' ' HE first lustrum of the Seamen's In- evening In their hall at Front and Fland ers streets, the decoration of the' rooms fully sustaining the record for good taste so long established by the women of the mission. The society haa decided upon inaugur ating an Institute at Vancouver, British Columbia, and has selected, owing to his aptitude and special knowledge. Rev. A. B. Bernays for that important work. Tuesday evening's meeting, therefore, co incided not only with the tenth anni versary of the mission but partook of the nature of a farewell demonstration in honor of the popular Portland chaplain. The chair was taken by Mr. W. J. Burns, who. In his usual concise manner, reiterated the interest he took In the mis sion and his good wishes for Its success, letters and telegrams expressing regrets for absence were read from the Governor, the Mayor, Bishop Scadding. Consul Ced erbergh, Robert Livingstone; also Dr. Foulkes and others: and it was also a matter of disappointment that an en gagement In the country prevented the presence of Consul TLaldlaw so i long a friend of the Institute. George Taylor .addressed the meeting and what was even more eloquent than his words was the as surance he gave of a very handsome do nation from the Hamburg-American Steamship Company. Figures and statistics are not. as a rule, very Interesting features at meetings of this kind." but the treasurer of the so ciety. R. W. Hastings, contrived to In ject a touch of romance into the prosaic details of a financial statement, and showed there was quite a little balance stowed away in the stocking of the Insti tute. He also threw some light on the genesis of a certain new and beautiful pi ano which adorned the platform for the first time and about which there hung considerable mystery. It would seem that a few of the women had come together and with srjerecy had managed to raise sufficient money to secure the instrument in question. Whether there was something more than a- mystery attactied to tne piano, the treasurer did not state, but there it was. Mr. Hodges, the next speaker, sprang a very pleasant surprise on the audience bv Intimating that a few friends of tie fW. ENGLISH f l . 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He spoke of the many people who had passed through that hall during the last year, of the various changes that had occurred and dwelt most feelingly on the pleasant relations that had ever existed between him and the friends and workers of the institute. When it is stated that the musical programme was under the direction of Miss Hoben and the distribution of the refreshments and good things de livered over to the lady workers of the mission, enough has been said to Indicate that both were of the very best. WORKMEN GET EDUCATION Busy at Trades During Day and Go to College at Sight. LONDON. Oct. 3. (Special. 1 Tailors who know Latin, bricklayers who under stand geology .-carpenters well acquainted" with modern history and mathematics are no rarities of the Working Men's Col legs at Crowndale road, St. Pancras. It is the college where Ruskin taught an art class and with which Charles Ktngsiey and Thomas Highes were intimately con nected. Within a week the new term will onen and there will be 1200 working men studying, not merely shorthand and bookkeeping, but the classics and ad vanced mathematics. Mr. Duchesne, the superintendent, yes terday gave details of some of the stu dents. "We have a carpenter," he said, "who, engaged at his bench In the day, has studied geology at night. He Is now one of the finest field geologists It Is pos slble- to discover. We have a working compositor who has taken up Latin Oreek and Italian. He has got on so well built into the masonry during the repair of the tower of Little Sampford Church near Saffron Walden. It is rather a smart thing in black felt and ornamented with gold lace. The tower was built In 1450 and local antiquaries think that some surly stone mason goaded to madness, by the pleas antries of a 15th century youth, snatched the humorist's hat and walled It up In the tower. The hat Is now in the Saffron Walden Museum. work In Portland and in the East had I that he has now started reading Dante In perfected a plan, which had been in con- 1 the original. templation for several months, to acquire t 3f!.E RAFRILD, OXE OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE COM PA XV. will give a highly dramatic aria from "The Parber of Seville." In which ehe genius of Rossini achieved such a notable triumph. The beautiful trio from Gou nod's "Faust." by Madame Rappold and Signors Martin and Campanari, will also be one of the great numbers on this highly interesting programme, which is to be given at the Heillg Wednesday evening, October J. - commodious building well located for the purposes of the Institute. As this, however, will have to be remodeled, it will be some months before the premises can be occupied. He then passed on to speak in the highest terms of praise of the present chaplain. Mr. Bernays, so soon to leave Portland for his new duties. He testified as one who knew whereof he spoke, to the faithfulness to duty, the ability, the disinterested kindness which had ever, distinguished the chaplain's ca reer since his taking over the mission in Portland, and it was quite evident that In these well-deserved encomiums Mr. Hodges was giving expression to the sense of the whole audience. Mr. Ber nays In reply remarked that the occa sion reminded him somewhat of the funeral" where the mourners, seated round the room, were Invited by the We have a tailor who is studying the higher mathematics and a green grocer who is studying Greek and Latin so that he may read authors in the original There Is a warehouseman of 40 who Is studying French literature. All these men and many others are working at their trade all day. many of them for long hours, and studying here certain evenings each week. Not content with this many of them ask for borne work." FIND MEDIAEVAL HAT Fifteenth Century Boy Has Head piece Walled Vp In Toner. 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