THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. AUGUST 15, 1909. --:
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COLLEGE GIRLS BUSY CHOOSING THEIR
OUTFITS FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR
Portland Stores Offer Many Novel Convenience for Traveling and New Ideas in Feminine Apparel
WTH the pproachlng opening of the
Fan terme of the "co-ed" colleges
end finishing schools, the Port
land girls whose names are enrolled on
the rosters of these Institutions In va
rious Eastern cities are In a flutter of
preparation. The college outfit and the
. things beet to take for the long railway
Journey, offer engrossing food for thought,
and those who are returning for their
second or third terms, as well as the
happy maid Just about to enter upon her
first, are busily conning over fashion and
household magazines, or Industriously
shopping In the local stores and outfitting
establishments.
Among the enticing things displayed
on local counters for the railway Journey
Is the attractive and extremely useful
little "air-pillow." shown in No. 7. which
tf slipped under the head or bark will
prevent many a racking ache. The air
cushion breaks the Jar of the thudding
rails, and when the air Is let out, it can
be folded up and slipped into one's grip
Into any comer. An advisable companion
piece to the air-pillow Is the little in
dividual drinking cup of rubber, which
can be rolled up and kept In the pocket
book. The rubber cup serves all the pur
poses of the folding cup of metal, with
its leather case, and is not so heavy or
awkward to carry about one's person.
One of the new things -In traveling
garments, is the "Pullman sleeper."
sketched in No. . It is of soft dark
silk.- 'and can be used as a dressing
gown and sleeping garment. With its at
tached hood to protect the hair from
cinders, it Is the ideal thing for the
berth, and Its convenience for wear to
and from the dressing room makes It
almost Indispensable. With this "sleeper"
go the little Turkish boudoir slippers
shown in No. S, which take very little
space, yet mean so much for comfort.
Lawn or gimp bags for the extra night
dress and extra blouses to be worn dur
ing the trip will keep them free from
dust and preserve their freshness.
Among the most popular of the new
showings for college girls Is the "middy
blouse," sketched in No. 6. of serge,
galatea or linen. This blouse is designed
for wear at- basketball, tennis or other
sports, as, well as for emergency service
in the dormitory when the bell has given
warning that only a few minutes are left
for dressing before breakfast. The blouse
must be slipped on over the head, but
the lacing down the front gives leeway
for an opening large enough so that the
blouse can be donned without rufflinR the
puffs and curls of the prevailing coiffure.
Separate blouses and dress, waists are
Important In the wardrobe of the college
girl, and some of the models being shown
for wear with the new flaring skirts of
brllliantlne. Panama cloth, serge, etc,
are sketched In No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4.
Practical blouses and shirtwaists in plenty
should be provided for use in school, as
well as a goodly number of. dainty
blouses and dress waists of fine linen
and embroidery or of lace and net, for
little social affairs.' Several pretty
aprons, for the protection of the skirt on
the occasion of the proverbial "spread."
are wise, and a folding umbrella, which
can be slipped in the suitcase or trunk
while traveling is another essential. '
A nuatnt and dainty little party gown
for the colfege girl is sketched in No. 10.
It Is of amethyst-colored "nun'sveillng.
with ribbons and bows of black velvet
Panels of heavy cream lace over the
shoulders and at the cuffs provide a
dressy touch, and the high back Is fin
ished with a double bow of black velvet,
with long streamers, edged with gold
fringe.
Of the smart new tailored models for
college girls, a particularly natty, affair In
Havana brown is sketched In No. 11.
The broad flaring collar of this model Is
the new "Tuxedo" style, so named be
cause of Its similarity to the masculine
collar of the dinner coat. Diamond
shaped buttons of Jet are used in the
trimming, and the cuffs and collar are
covered with a rich braid embroidery of
gold with red and brown blends.
The smart .little one-piece costume In
No. 18 is of turquoise blue chiffon broad
cloth, with buttons of Jet. and touches
of Oriental velvet in blue and black
blend at the collar, vest and belt.
No. 8 shows a pretty interpretation of
the new princess model In biscuit colored
novelty cloth, with a deep gimp of Jew
eled net, and trimmings of small Je
buttons.
Expect Taft to Spread Harmony in West
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Will William Back Insurgents? New Labor-Saver for Car Conductors What's Wrong With Police? Armour to
Move Into Marble Palace.
BT JONATHAN PALMER.
CHICAGO. Aug. 14. (Special.) Chi
cago feels flattered that President Taft
is to make this city his first stopping
place on his grand tour of the country,
beginning a month hence. Tet It Is a
bit Jealous of Portland and some of the
other Western cities which will have the
famous smile two days while Chicago
may bask In It only a few hours.
It Is hardly expected the President will
sound the "keynote" of his message to
the people here. According to advices
from Washington, that will not come
cntll Mr. Taft gets up to the capital of
Wissonsln. the home stamping ground of
Penator L Follette. the most rampant
Insurgent against the Aldrlch-Payne tar
iff. It Is supposed that Mr. La Follette's
fellngi are reflected more or less
markedly among the masses of the Badg
ers. Unless the political seers much
mistake his purpose. Mr. Taft will try. to
dissipate any soreness that may exist and
will sound a theme to be played upon
with variations clear out to the Coast and
back. v
Try to Win Back Insurgent.
Mr. Taft will then Invade- the Clapp
Nlson territory in Minnesota and the
Dolliver-Cummins province of Iowa, m
each of which there Is not any too great
satisfaction with what happened at
Washington. The Brown and Burkett
sentiment is to reckon with In Nebraska.
The President wiU tackle It In the very
hall where Mr. Bryan was cheered for 4
long minutes last July a year ago. By
the time he gets through with these four
ramps of insurgents, his friends affect to
believe he will have brought the political
leaders back to V1" reservation and will
have scattered party harmony where It
will do the most good against the day
of the next congressional election.
Present prospects are that the Preal
lnt will find the great agricultural
classes of the West In good humor on
account of bumper crops and pmfitab'e
prices. In that event. It Is expected the
psychology of his audiences will be much
In his favor to start with. It is not hard
to talk to people who have money in the
bank. However, there Is local feeling
here and there which is not likely to die
out. This Is said to be notably true In
the district of Representative Tawney of
Minnesota, chairman of the House -Appropriations
Committee. It is reported from
bis own territory that Mr. Tawney has a
stiff fight on his bands for re-election and
that any open boosting of his cause by
the President would be resented as an In
terference with the local situation. Any
how, the trip and Its message are awak
ening the liveliest Interest here.
Automatic Car Conductor Next.
With the simple, pleasant life that has
come to the streetcar conductor as an In
cident of the pay-aa-you-enter car, new
contrivances are coming along to make
his lot easier. Pretty soon it wiU be such
a diversion to preside over a Chicago
streetcar that the little matter of wages
wiU be thrust into the background as of
secondary Importance. The latest equip
ment is a cash register that does every
thing but say "Step lively." With this
device the conductor pulls this or that
lever and the register does bis problems
in arithmetic.
At the end of the run a slip of paper
taken from the register tells the man at
the company's strongbox everything he
needs to know. Here are some of the
data It furnishes: Number of the car.
the date, number of division the car runs
on, number of trips made since the last
reading, total amount of money taken in.
number of full fare passengers, trans
fers, half fares, passes, wholi number of
passengers for the run. grand total from
the setting of the register and the num-.
ber of the conductor In charge of the car.
The machine even goes Into details In
analysing the totals, recording each trip
separately and numbering them consecu
tively. Them Is no b undoing the thing. Every
conductor hss a key of his own -which
he always carries. There are 9999 of
these keys that can be used In a given
machine, but all are different. Mr.
Register absolutely refuses to go on the
Job or to perform In any way until the
conductor, at the beginning of his day's
work, unlocks it with his key. With the
Insertion of his key his number Is taken.
That little preliminary over, the register
is ready for business and all but calls
to the conductor to" get busy.
McCann Grafter or Martyr.
. On the heels of the resignation of Chief
.of Police George M. Snippy comes a re
newal of gossip that the Indictment of
Inspector McCann was brought about. by
his enemies In the West Side vice dis
trict, possibly abetted by disgruntled poli
ticians, to avert the possibility of his
succeeding to the head of the depart
ment. It has been pretty well, under
stood for some time that Mr. Shippy
would step down and out on accoant of
the condition of his health. Had he
done so before MoCann was Indicted,
strong pressure would have been brought
to bear on the- Mayor to make Mc
Cann Chief. What the real attitude of
Mayor Busse is toward McCann is not
known, but the indictment served to
eliminate McCann as a factor In the race
for the head of the department, w here
to r there Is much rejoicing in some West
Side circles.
The situation regarding McCann re
solves itself Into this dilemmathat he
Is either an Innocent and a very much
abused man. or he Is the greatest hypo
crite that ever wore a Chicago police
man's uniform. Through his work on
the West Side, he enlisted In his support
some of the most astute and most highly
respected friends of law and order in the
city. The public is slow to believe Mc:
Cann could be clever enough and traitor
ous enough to play simultaneously the
roles of reformer and of grafter and not
get caught at it- His enemies say he
,has been caught at it. but the Jury which
will try McCann has the final say on
that.
Tliat there is something radically
wrong. If not rotten, with the depart
ment admits of no argument. The tt
bomb explosions with the first conviction
yet to be procured goes far to establish
that fact. Another proof of it lies in
the fact that "more than 40 murder myste
ries in Chicago in the last 18 months re- ,
main unsolved. It is a commentary on
the department that some of these new
old crimes had been forgotten by the
police until Captain O'Brien of the de
tective forces went back over the books
and checked up. He was amazed at the
total that greeted his eyes.
Armour's "Place to Live In."
Another month and J. Ogden Armour,
the packing magnate, expects to be in
stalled with his wife and daughter. Miss
Lolita, in the W.000,000 white marble
palace which graces the eX)-acre estate
near Lake JJorest. Carrara marbles, im
ported statuary, draperies, rugs, tapes
tries and art works of all sorts are
coming by. carloads for the home which,
withqut question, will be the most costly
in the West, and possibly in the country,
unless Biltmore in Virginia be excepted.
There are something like 90 apartments
In the house.
Mr. and Mrs. Armour decline to make
fuss about their new home, saying it
is "Just a place to live in quite an or
dinary dwelling place," but they have
explored Europo pretty thoroughly In the
hunt for adornments suitable for the
mansion. Their last tour of the conti
nent was concluded only recently and
they are now putting the finishing
touches on the Interior with the treaures
they brought With them.
Miss Lolita will be of the debutante
class within a year or so and the house
will be quite in order for her coming
out party. Just now she Is more deeply
interested In her "horse show" ponies
than in the house in the woods.
Chicago's Face Turns Westward.
The Chicago Association of Commerce,
members of which recently visited Port
Jand. are taking a keener interest in the
development of American trade with the
Orient since the appointment of Charles
R. Crane as minister to China. The as
sociation has a large and Important com
mittee on foreign trade and it loses no
opportunity to hear from experts some
thing about trade conditions and possi
bilities in China and Japan. Much store
ia set by the visit here next month pf 100
Japanese captains of industry who are
coming to .see for themselves what the
merchants and manufacturers of this
country are doing and how tbey go
about it.
It is not unlikely that, when these gen
tlemen have come and gone, the associa
tion will return the compliment by
sending' a big squad of Chicago business
men over there. On a mission of this
sort the Illinois Manufacturers Associa
tion has been counting for a long time.
The two organizations may gfet together
and make up the better part of the pas
senger list of one of- the great trans
pacific steamers for a tour of inspection
of' the Orient. ,
Chicago wants to be li a position and
with it the whole Mississippi Valley to
take advantage of any benefits that will
flow from the completion of the Pana
ma Canal. And if the deep waterway
from the great lakes to the gulf ever
becomes a reality, this part of the coun
try wants to he forearmed for its part
of the commerce between the Occident
and the Orient.
All this Is of Interest to Portland and
Its sister oities of the Coast. The whole
trend of business thought here is that
in the not distant future Chicago must
turn Its face westward Instead of toward
New Tork and Eurone, so sure are the
horoscope-casters that the Pacific Coast
and the waters and nations beyond are
to swing the center of economic gravity
toward the setting sun. That the west
ward tendency of things is Inevitable
Is the opinion of such men as Walter D.
Moody, business manager of the Chicago
Association of Commerce, and Jonn J.
Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trust
A Savings Bank, and one of tbe leading
financiers of the country. The Immense
agricultural and mining wealth of the
West, they say, will draw the star of
empire in that direction irresistibly.
Long Distances by Trolley Car.
Recent expansion of lnterurban elec
tric systems was strikingly illustrated
this week when James B. Baggett, prin
cipal of the Lake Forest schools, re
turned from the East and told how he
made a trip from Chicago to Boston on
trolley cars. Reversing the direction,
he might have gone from Boston to
Kansas City and ever further West by
way of Chicago and St. Louis. Natural
ly the greatest development oi electric
lines between centers Is In the Eastern
States, where the rural population Is
larger than In the newer West. ' In the
last decade, however, the building of
lines In Illinois. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri
and other Western States has gone on
very rapidly. With the return of a
normal condition of business, there are
many projects for touching new terri
tory. These enterprises will Involve the
expenditure of many millions of dollars
and the employment of a vast amount
of labor.
As a rule the roadbeds and rails are
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furniture men fear July-and August, warm, dull months, but we have made them bustling, lively months by
giving the people unheard-of values in everything needed to furnish a home. We are still closing out our
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9x12 Axminster Rugs. .$18.50
9x12 Good Taps. Rugs.$13.50
9x12 All-Wool Rugs
9x12 Bokanay Rugs.
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This Bed Davoport, exactly like
illustration, golden oak frame,
covered with good grade of velour,
well upholstered, with good, high
tempefed steel springs and has
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This same Davenport, without
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Round 6-ft. Extension Table, like
cut, with heavy pedestal base,
finished in nice royal oak or early
English. , This table is good value
for the 'price; the size of top 44
inches, and 6 ft. when extended;
nothing equal to it for the money
elsewhere. Our special. .$8.50
Same Table with 44-inch square
top, special .'. .$8.00
This Iron Bed, exactly like illustra
tion, taken from the origiual bed, has
long, continuous post, and is one of
the best and neatest patterns ever
made by the manufacturer; height of
bed 62 inches. "We can furnish this
in cream-white, blue or green com
bination colors. Full or i sizes.'
Regular price $10.50. Our special for
this week onfy. ............ .$6.95
We have 72 of these
Chairs, exactly like
cut, in golden oak
wood, . saddle seat.
This is a very large
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nicely carved, with
7. spindles, 3 stretch
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making the chair
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special $1.15
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174 First Street
Yamhill
of such character as will permit a higrh
rate of speed 50 to 60 miles an hour.
On the level prairies of the Middle West
the cost of construction is comparative
ly small. Towns and villages of a few
hundred Inhabitants are reached, as
well as the intermediate farming
classes. Added to the passenger traf
fic Is an express and freight business,
the total of which is beginning to as
sume immense proportions.
It can hardly be said the electric lines
are solving the roads problem of Illi
nois, where the mud In Winter is
wheel ,deep, but they are a welcome
supplement to this means of communi
cation with market centers.
Congressman William B. McKinley, of
Champaign, 111., Is the lnterurban mag
nate of Illinois. He has dynamic faith
in the future of electric lines, and is
constantly adding to: his Investment in
them.
"Skinny" Madden Grasps at Straws.
Skinny" Madden is grasping at straws
to sav9 -himself from oblivion In union
labor, circles. Ever since his indictment
on a charge of conspiracy his Influence
has steadily waned. Several of the
stronger unions which were affiliated
with the Associated Building Trades, of
which he was the master, have gone
over to the Federation of Labor.
Madden has pleaded and begged for re
instatement as leader and has made all
sorts of promises to be good, but deaf
ears are turning to him. Finding that
cajolery would not work, he Is now re
sorting to bulldozing tactics, at which
he Is a genius. He has started a war
on the unions which deserted iim by
calling a strike on the plant of the
Corn Products Company at Argo.
Ostensibly the cause of the strike Is- a
Jurisdictional dispute, but those on the
i , . i frt. rAVAneA on the
Iiusiuo mow, . . -
structural Ironworkers and the steam-
fitters, who have repudiated me-madden
despotism. The "rule or ruin"
policy Is the last hope of "Skinny," and
his newly-made enemies are determined
they shall not be dominated by him or
his.
Room tor More Hotels.
Although the biennial 'grand conclave
of the Knights Templars does not meet
In Chicago until a year from this month,
reservations have been made at the
hotels from 26 states already. The Con
gress, Stratford, Grand Pacific, Palmer
House, Wellington. Great Northern and
New Brevoort all have made "book
ings." Ever, the La Salle and the Black
stone, which are now in course of con
struction, have reserved rooms- The in
dications are the gathering will be a
remarkably large one. Incidentally it
is demonstrated over again that no
limit can be set on the number of good
hotels which can be operated success
fully In a large city like Chicago or
York
It Is a safe bet that the new hotels
will o well filled from day to day, and
that the older ones will not suffer by
reason of the increase In facilities. In
this Chicago probably will duplicate the
experience of New York, only, on a
smaller scale.
As with the hotels, so It is with the
theattrs. The increasing number of
these in Chicago has not made it less
difficult to get good seats. Two new
theaters have been opened here within
a year,' two more will be ready for
business during the Winter season and
a fifth the most costly of all is to be
built as a sort of adjunct to the new
Blackstone Hotel. Managers are philo
sophically consoling themselves that
there will be room enough for all.
RELIGION 0F TENNYSON
Ho Knew, Though a Recluse, What
His Age Was Doing.
MILTON, Or., Aug. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) The Oregonian did a splendid work
in its portrayal of the genius, and Its
printing of the utterances of Lord Tenny
son, and that work awakens a suggestion
or two with the writer, to whom The
Oregonian has listened so often, with a
forbearance undeserved. The thought
uppermost to be presented Is that of the
perfect modernism of the poet. Tennyson
knew, though a recluse, what his age was
doing and saying. He shared the doubts
of his day, and well knew that to be free
from doubt and its struggles Is to be a
stagnant pool of indolence. But his faith
was stronger than his doubts.
Nothing worthy proving can be proven.
Nor yet disproven. Wherefore" be thou wise;
Cleave ever to the eunnter aide of doubt.
And cling to faith beyond tbe forms of faith.
Tennyson was grateful to science and
scientists for all they discovered, and
yet he never permitted the material
world to trespass upon the spiritual
fields. He was able to understand that
philosophy and theology could make up
faces at one. another, but he ever saw
science clasping the hand of a living
faith, and, if the latter cannot catch a
molecule, neither can science disturb a
conscience that ought to be awakened
from a harmful sleep; and if he heard
science affirming the uniformity of
nature's laws, he saw that nature's laws
are but the usual way God does things,
but If God cannot do things in an un
usual way for moral ends he is confined
a prisoner within his own universe.
But this Is assertion. Evidence? To
John Symonds he said: "I cannot pene
trate the brick. But I have far more
distinct notions of God, love, of such
emotions. To Wallace: "I think mat
ter more mysterious than spirit." H
wrote;
Speak to him thou, for he hears, and spirit
with spirit can meet
Closer Is he than breathing 'and nearer than
hands and feet.
He was not afraid of prayer and these
words are evidence that nature's laws
could not make him dumb before a
throne of Grace: '
Mora .things are wrought by prayer than this
"world dreams of. ,
Wherefore let thy voice rise like a fountain
for me night and day.
For what are men better than sheep or goats
That nourish a blind life within tbe .brain.
If, knowing God, they lift cot hands of
prayer '
Both for themselves and those who call them
friend?
For so the whole round earth to every way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
These words, taken from "The Passing
of Arthur," Indicate the thought of
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, with respect to
prayer.
Respecting a hereafter, he said if he
thought there Is none he would sink his
head in a chloroformed handkerchief and
done with it all. With reference to God
he said he was very sure of God and
he sorrowed over the fact that "Men
have generally taken him for the devil."
Ripened, the fruit of that noble life
fallen. Did he not say these wordsT
has, 1
God gives ue love. . Something to love
He lends us; but when love Is grown
To ripeness, that on which It throve
Falls off, and love Is left alone.
B. J. HOADLET.
The Roeker of Boats.
VPhlladelphla Telegraph.
The fool-killer said, and hla.nmlle was grim.
He liked the diver who couldn't swim;
But of all the guys beneath the ikies
The rocker of boats looked beat to him.
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