rllE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 23, 1010.
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HIBERNIAN CONVENTION PROMISES
20,000 VISITORS TO PORTLAND IN JULY
Advertising Campaign Being Carried on by Local Committee for July Conference Here Will Mean Big Boost for
City and Oregon Country, Says E. H. Deery, Secretary of Committee.
Editorial from THE NEW YORK MUSICAL COURIER EXTRA, January, 1910.
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P. K. Sullivan.
E. If. Deery.
PORTLAND probably never received
more extensive advertising since
the Lewis and Clark Fair than is
now. being- given. by the local arrange
ment committee of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, which holds its National
convention here July. 19 to 24, accord
ing to K. H. Deery, secretary of the
committee.
The National Hibernian, published In
Washington, D. C, which has a circu
lation of 500,000 copies, contains sev
eral columns on the forthcoming con
vention in each month's issue. This
publication circulates over the United
States, Canada, Mexico and Ireland. A
standing display advertisement Is
maintained in the publication and many
Inquiries have been received from over
the country and some foreign nations,
asking for Information about Oregon,
the climate possibilities, et cetera.
It Is expected that fully ,20,000 visi
tors will attend the convention. The
entertainment of the guests is the big
problem of the local committee and
quite naturally the securing of funds
with which to make the entertainment
a success comes in for serious consid
eration. Last week, commencing Thurs
day, a committee composed of Rev.
Edward Donnelly, : P. E. Sullivan and
E. H. Deery, started a canvass of the
business men and property-owners of
the city, soliciting contributions to the
entertainment fund. They were every
where accorded courteous hearing and
a material start was made to ward rais
ing the money, which they were unable
to raise within their own ranks.
We believe that this convention will
redound to the greatest good of Port
land and Oregon In general. Hundreds
will come here and locate as a result,
while many hundreds more will be at
tracted here permanently by the re
ports brought back by those attending,"
said Secretary Deery.
One of the articles In the current
Issue of the Hibernian Is from the pen
of J. Hennessy Murphy, well known In
Portland. It is under the caption: "The
Storied Land. Where Rolls the Ore
gon." The article is full of Oregon
lore and, descriptive paragraphs. No
better booster article could be written
and that such advertising is having its
effect is evidenced by the large num
ber of inquiries being received.
The National secretary, James T. Mc
Glnnis, also wrote an appealing letter
for a large attendance at the National
convention. In which he assures pros
pective visitors that it will be the most
profitable trip of their lives. A spe
cial rate on all railroads is being ar
ranged and the cost of coming here
will be reduced to the minimum.
"TOASTMASTER" IS GIVEN BY STUDENTS
Members of Eukrineon and Phrenodiken Societies Entertain Large Audiences.
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THE "Toastmaster" was successfully
given Friday night in the Wash
ington High School auditorium by the
Eukrineon and Phrenodiken debating
societies. A large and pleasurably
excited audience thronged to the as
sembly to view the presentation by the
youthful players. A unique feature of
the decorations was formed by many
pennants, representing schools and colleges-
all over the United States.
' The "Toastmaster" Is a college com
edy In three acts. It Is full of school
spirit and is admirably suited for a
school play. The young players took
up that spirit so well that the college
atmosphere was vividly Impressed on
the ' audience.
The play has to' do with the kid
naping of the "toastnraster" for the
prospective sophomores' banquet. There
is a plot, to make it interesting, that
Involves the co-eds. and many sidelights
are thrown on college life. Bessie Mc
Gaw, as Cynthia, and Monty Cheno
weth, as Billy, were "excellent In their
respective leading roles. Milo Blair
was the Toastmaster. Charles Towle
was a forceful Bob. Ethel Rittenger,
as Buzzer, the child of naughty
pranks, kept the audience in a good
humor, and there were other comedy
touches in the parts of Professor Reed,
played by Blaine Ackley, and the pro
fessor's deaf wife, played by Gertrude
Speer. Leland James and Alfred Lo
max played the parts of the scheming
freshmen with true 'School spirit. Doro
thy Densmore was the hired girl. Lyle
Baldwin made a good stuttering suitor
for the hand of Cynthia. Raymond
Slngletary was an excellent Jim.
The parts of tiie five co-eds were
played by Lillian Downing, Maude Her
man. Lucia Macklin. Earleen Smith and
Edith Nordeen. The whole cast did
well.
Portland High School Notes
Lincoln.
REGULAR exercises at the Lincoln
High School closed Friday afternoon
until the opening of the new term. Feb
ruary 7. Next week Is devoted to exam
inations. The schedule Is announced as
follows: Monday forenoon, English; Tues
day foreneon, science; afternoon, book
keeping; Wednesday forenoon, Latin end
shorthand; afternoon, German; Thursday
forenoon, history; afternoon, science of
commerce; Friday forenoon, mathemat
ics. All morning examinations are held
between 9 and 11, all afternoon exam
inations between 1 end 3. A large pro
portion of the students will enjoy vaca
tlon, aw all whose grades are 90 per cent
and above are promoted without exam
ination. The student 'managers of the Cardinal
have long been canvassing the question
of advancing the subscription price of
the Cardinal from 25 cents to 35 cents a
term. Monday morning they referred
the question to the student body, with
the result that the requested Increase was
granted by a nearly unanimous vote of
593 to 26.
The hnvrf TCIKIa n. .-l.
pother members of the Interscholastic
nioio league Tuesday evening in a ban
quet at the Y. M. C. A, This, league is a
somewhat unusual feature of high school
life. It is composed of Bibie clubs con
nected with the various secondary schools
of the city. Mr. Perkins, of the T. M.
C. A., supervises the league. Among
various activities of the league is a ban
quet held on the third Tueiay of each
month at the Y. M. C. A. At the gath
ering last Tuesday the Jefferson. Wash
ington and Lincoln high schools and
Behnke-Walker Business College were
represented. After the dinner Edward
Anderson, of the Lincoln High School, as
toastmaster. Introduced speakers, among
them Marvin Howes, who gave a review
of work of the Lincoln High School Club.
Aside from the feasting and speaking a
further order of business was the election
of officers for the league. The Lincoln
men, among those chosen, were Edward
Anderson, president, and Ivan Gulovson
treasurer. Active measures were taken
toward the formation of an interscholastic
debating league.
The interscholastic basketball season
opens with the game between Portland
Academy and Lincoln High School Fri
day at 3:15 P. M., at the Portland Acad
emy gymnasium.
The baseball schedule was arranged at
the Interscholastic League meeting Fri
day. Lincoln games are as follows:
Friday, April 22. Lincoln vs. Washington;
Friday, April 29, Jefferson vs. Lincoln;
Friday, May 6, Portland Academy vs.
Lincoln, and Friday, May 13, Lincoln vs!
Columbia.
With the close of the term 'many festivi
ties attend the graduation of the February
class. Friday was class day. The
seniors, enjoying a holiday by a time
honored custom, celebrated the occasion
with a party at Denny's Hall. They spent
the afternoon in dancing and games. In
the. evening they made up a theater party
to attend the "Toastmaster," presented
by the Eukrineon and Phrenodiken so
cieties at the Washington High School.
The Tologeions give a banquet at the
Nortonia Saturday night, in honor of
their graduating members. The Philo
lexlans entertain n honor of their senior
members Friday afternoon, February 4,
at the Auditorium. The committee In
charge is composed of Lucy Shearer, Le
lah Baker and Katherine Tyler.
Cards are out for. a dancing party at
Christensen's Hall, given by the June
class to the February class. The commit
tee on arrangements is composed of
Frank Dudley, Willard Houston, Mar
guerite Getz, Caroline Wurtenberger and
Janet Morris.
The Philolexian Society was the only
one to hold a regular meeting Friday. It
met at the Art Museum, where it pro
ceeded with its art. studies. Elah Baker
gave a talk on the life of Raphael. Ro
maine Elliot followed with a discussion
of Raphael's art.
The Adelphlans elected officers for the
ensuing term. Esther Olson will preside,
Armond Strohecher will act as vice
president, Leva Jackson as secretary,
Frances Healy as treasurer, Helen Mat
teson as sergeant-at-arms, Ruth Turner
as editor.
Washington.
THE approaching end of the Fall
term Is accompanied by the usual
bustle.
Principal Herdman called an assem
bly Friday morning to warn the stu
dents that If they wish places In school
the coming term they must report
promptly on the first day.:
A committee of three from the stu
dent body .and three from the faculty
has been appointed to work out the de
tails of the student body plan.
The Washington High School Glee
Club sang Thursday for the East Side
Business Men's Club.
The Nekahnl took up the study of
Myra Kelly. A sketch of her life was
given by Esther Campbell. A sketch
from "Little Citizens" was read by La
vlna Frazier. Grace Grlswold read a
report on slum conditions in New York.
This was the final programme for the
term.
The Phelathea gave a fine pro
gramme last Tuesday. A solo was sung
by Miss Wold. Rev. Mr. Thompson de
livered an address. "College Gossip"
was given by the following girls: Alma
and Edna Randelln, Mae Buckley, Floyd
Woods, Eleanor Fransen, Edna Doyle
and Alice Easterbrook.
OFFICERS IN OPIUM CASE
French Army and Naval Men Tan
gled in Brest Scandal.
PARIS. Jan. 22. (Special.) Al
though the preliminary inquiry con
cerning the opium Jens In Brest has
been concluded for some time, the pub
lic prosecutor's department has not yet
decided what further steps are to be
taken. What is punishable by French
law Is the Illegal possession of opium,
and this has caused the legal authori
ties at Brest a considerable amount of
embarrassment.
At the outset their Intention was to
MEMBERS OF THE CAST THAT TOOK PART IN "THE TOASTMASTER, ' PRESENTED AT WASH
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Pnoto by Lloyd Gllnes and Lloyd Robinson, of the Washington High School Camera Club.
Top Row Raymond Slngletary, Blaln Ackley, Lillian Dawning, Leland Jamn, Lyle Baldwin, Maude Herman,
brrtrude spner, Alfred Umu. Middle Row Montford Chenoweth, Kdlth Nordeen, Charles Fowler, Lucia
Macklin, Milo Blair, Brnie MeGaw. Bottom Row Ethel Pettenger, Earlnu Smith, Dorothy Densmore.
A new epoch will be dated in the history of the high
grade piano trade of the United States from January 6, last
Thursday night, when the great Busoni, prince of pianists,
appeared at the New'York Philharmonic concert and made a
tremendous, impression on a large audience, which was fol
lowed on Friday afternoon with the same performance, at
Carnegie Hall, by the playing of Beethoven's Emperor Con
certo on a Chickering grand piano.
Chickering & Sons have not been in the concert field for
a number of years, the house having determined to pay a close
and strict attention to the development of its instruments on
r new and highly developed lines in a quiet and undemonstra
tive manner, nothing of the scheme having been presented to
the pianistic or piano trade world, with the intention of com
ing at the proper psychological moment before the musical
world with the highest type of its famous product, running
along on Chickering lines as they have been known to the
artistic world for a time approaching a hundred years. '
The grand piano which Busoni played was at once ac
knowledged as a superb specimen, and after the performance
of the concerto, notwithstanding the rule of the Philharmonic
that there can be no encores, Busoni had to play again, this
time the formidable A flat Polonaise of Chopin.
To show what kind of an impression this Chickering grand
made regarding the first principles of piano construction that
is, tone and tone quality we quote a few lines from some of
i the criticisms.
The New York Times says, among other things :
"The rhythmical incisiveness and glitter of the last move
ment under his hands stirred the audience deeply. The per
formance of the Beethoven concerto had dignity of style and
continence of expression."
The Sun Says:
"His tone is far more liquid and his playing has a conse
quence more transparent and warm than it used to be. His
delivery of the running passages, for example, had a lovely
fluency and delicacy which were not found in similar passages
in his earlier days. There was a lovely range of refined tints
eminently suited to a chaste and unforced delineation of
Busoni's thought."
The Herald says:
"His playing of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto was mas
terly in its dignity and musical poise. The slow movement
was given with poetry and the finale with a great sweep that
roused the audience. There was prolonged applause.
He chose Chopin's A flat Polonaise and made it in
teresting by a brilliant and individual performance."
The Staats-Zeitung says :
"Busoni interested us especially as master of tone, which
doesn't mean that" the other impressions were less important.
He was called ten times and gave the Chopin Polonaise."
The American says:
"He played Beethoven's familiar and ever -welcome
Emperor Concerto with taste, delicacy and technical resource
fulness." The Press says:
"His passage work was astonishingly crisp and trans
parent. There was beautiful repose in his performance of the
concerto and most refined attention to phrasing and great
rhythmical precision and force." "
! These are not the criticisms in full; they are merely ex
tracts which apply to the piano which must have aided him in
producing those effects so wonderfully. Without a magnifi
cent grand piano, fit in action and in the capacity to respond
to the great demands of such a great artist as Busoni, thesa
effects could not have been produced. It was, in fact, a
Busoni - Chickering demonstration; Busoni, the artist, and
Chickering, the art work, combining in making this remark
able demonstration at the Philharmonic concert in this city.
This is the new epoch this Chickering grand piano be
cause it does away with a lot of trade 'talk and gossip that
has been indulged in for some years past and recently, too,
regarding the standard quality of the Chickering instruments
and the possibility of a depreciation of values and the passion
ate appeal that a great instrument like the Chickering should
possibly fall out of its grade and the reluctant, and at the same
time, apparently generous patronage that is given to a piano
which has a great universal reputation all over the world and
might for one reason or the other not maintain its character.
As this instrument at once confounds all these claims and
assertions; as this instrument at once demonstrates that tho
Chickerings have not only maintained their standard among
the highest-grade pianos ever made; but as this instrument,
on the other hand, proclaims through its quality and the man
ner in which it met all the requirements of such a stupendous
player as Busoni ; that its grade not only has been reserved
and preserved, but that it has moved along in the highest de
velopment of piano construction of the present day and stands
out as one of the great factors that can be applied to the high
est demands of the highest artistic ideals of piano playing be
fore the public this makes the epoch.
It is the same old story, because it is the same old rela
tive story. When we mention pianos of the highest type, we
continue to mention the Chickering; this piano proves it, not
only this piano, but other Chickering grand pianos that have
recently been heard by musical authorities. This simply en
dorsed it before the public through the most difficult of all
media a pianist like Busoni, to whom the question of the
piano is entirely lost sight of while he plays and who insists
upon expressing objectively what he believes to be the inten
tion and purpose of the masters without reserve, demanding
from the piano every possible resource, from the very softest
triple pianissimo to the most violent concussive triple forte
passages and chords. His playing of the A flat Polonaise of
Chopin drafted every possible power than can be concentrated
in a grand piano of the modern day and made it a triumphant
exhibition of what Chickering & Sons are capable of producing
in all . shades of piano expression through their instruments.
We are, therefore,' now presented with this fact, that the
piano manufacturers of the United States and of Europe, too,
must seek still higher ideals; they cannot be satisfied with
what they are making today, in view of the fact that Chicker
ing & Sons., have not stopped in their progressive march
towards the culmination of grand piano manufacturing. It
means that we are in the same condition, with the exception
of the newer candidates who have been added to the list, but
those firms who are making grand pianos today for public use
must make them with every consideration of that important
fact, that this old house of Chickering & Sons, with nearly a
century behind it of history of the highest grade of manufac
turing in piano art, is still in the same line of competition ; it
is still going forward to represent the progressive spirit of
artistic piano production as its history in the past has always
demonstrated it.
The above editorial from the acknowledged greatest authority
on matters musical in America, comes with tremendous signif
icanceespecially at this time when various manufacturers are
making all kinds of claims in an endeavor to bring prestige to their
product. It settles decisively, and most conclusively, the question
of piano leadership today. It stamps the time-honored Chickering
& Sons Instruments as SUPREME the final word in American
piano making. Chickering Grands and Uprights (purchasable on
monthly payments if, desired) are sold throughout the West
exclusively by
prosecute certain women in whose
rooms opium and smoking utensils
were found and seized. But it appears
that in the course of the domiciliary
searches several officers of the navy
and colonial Infantry gave the police to
understand that the rooms in which the
opium and pipes were found were
rented by them and hot by the women,
who were the supposed tenants. In
conformity of French law these offi
cers should also be sent before the
tribunal, since, according to their own
declarations, they were the real "pos
sessors" of the opium.
It is the decision ' of this delicate
point which Is causing all the delay in
bringing the affair to an end.
G0MPERS' PROOF ASKED
Wickersham Heeds Request to Probe
Steel Corporation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. The petition
of the American Federation of Labor,
asking for an investigation of the opera
tions of the United States Steel Corpor
ation, has been referred by President
Taft to the Department of Justice.
Attorney-General Wickersham has writ
ten to President Gompers asking for posi
tive information on- which allocations are
CHICAGO DANGER THIEF
AMERICAX WOMAN ARRESTED
v IV PARIS FOR CRIME.
With Englishman She Made Practice
of Robbing Xewly-Made, Friends
When They Were Drugged.
PARIS, Jan. 22. (Special.) A re
markable case of theft. In which an
Englishman and an American woman
figured, came before the Tenth Cor
rectional Tribunal. The male prisoner,
who was formerly a valet, appeared in
ourt with an astrachan coat, .while
the American woman, who Is supposed
to be a dancer from Chicago, wore an
expensive ermine stole.
On November 10, a young woman of
the "half world" was at the Folies
Bergeres, when she was accosted by a
man in evening dress. He treated her
to refreshment, and then introduced
her to his companion, the American
woman. Friendly, relations were
quickly established, and the trio decid
ed to proceed to the flat of the demi
mondalne, and wind up the evening In
drinking champagne. When the hos
tess returned from the cellar she was
surprised to find that Tier visitors had
made an inspection of her flat. The
Englishman suggested that 'they
should drink another bottle. The host
ess at first refused, but finally re-entered
the cellar, the American woman
accompanying her.
She returned with another bottle of
champagne, which was drunk, and the
couple went away. The suspicion now
forced itself upon her that her visitors
were not quite "comme 11 faut," and
she entered her bedroom and discov
ered that the case in which she kept
her jewels was open, and that jewels
worth $1000 had disappeared. She ran
after her visitors, ana found them in
the Rue Pigalle. The thieves were ar
rested, the stolen jewels, with the ex
ception of a turquoise ring, being
found In one of the ' Englishman's
gloves.- 1 ' '
The story of the theft published in
the newspapers caught the eye of a
woman named Comparois, whose, busi
ness ' it Is to introduce New York
fashion in Paris. She identified the
thieves as a couple who had attempted
to rob her in similar circumstances.
The prisoners were found guilty, sen
tenced to four years imprisonment,
and forbidden to reside in France for
five years after the expiration of their
sentence.
Battering Waves Shake Chicago.
CHICAGO. Jan. 22. Residents of
Lake avenue, in the viclriiiy of Forty
sixth and Forty-seventh streets were
convinced last night that Chicago was
eXDerlencin c n rnnHnnnna unrthnnakA.
Tables In the flat buildings jarred, dra
peries and curtains fluttered, and pic
tures on the walls were disturbed. Even
the ground shook. Investigation
showed that the Ice had gone out in
severalplaces along the shore, and
waves were pounding upon the land,
the frozen ground transmitting the vibrations.
The Argentine Minister of Finance hat
prohibited the importation of kettles and
similar kitchen utensils which may be In
jurious to health because of the amount of
lfcad used In manufacturing them.
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