TUB SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. AUGUST 21. !
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PEASANT MORRIS DANCES
ARE REVIVED IN ENGLAND
Old-Time Morris Dancer, A (fed 72, Is Teaching Younger Generation Again
This forgotten Art.
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GIKU A-"D BOTI ARB TAFOHT THE OLD DANCES WHICH ONCE)
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Inirti only n lrtnt. bat the whole
ttalnr 1 full of po.ilbllitlen, It la bo
free from mechanical contrivance and
ao pictorial In lta every at&go that
there la no exaggeration In aaylng; that
no other circus act ever began to ap
nrh thla attraction for excitement.
I The misplacement of an ounce of hla
! weight or misjudging; of the Incline a
fraction or an Inch can reauii in nom
ine; bat death. The audience seems to
realise this, for there I absolute silence
for a few seconds after the finish,
when the whole tremendous throng
bursts out with a roar of applause that
can be heard a mile.
Desperado, while he appreciates the
fact that there la great danger attached
to hie twlee-a-day flirtation with death,
seems to like It and Is so sure he Is go
ing to reach a ripe old age that he ha
recently taken unto himself a wife
a pretty girl of IS. who adores her
dare-devil hnebend and wishes to be
come a trapese artist with the show.
Desperado, however, has more care for
hie slender better half tfean he has for
himself.
"Tou'd likely break your neck." aald
he. "Stay on the ground, nty dear, ao
you can patch me up when I miss the
plank."
TRANSVAAL NEEDS LABOR
Banding la Active and Skilled Men
Are In Demand.
PRETORIA. Aug. 20. (Special.)
In the last 12 months or more there
has also been a continuous Improve
ment In the demand for skilled labor
In the Transvaal. The building trade la
very active, and the Inspector of white
labor expects that before long It may
be difficult to find enough skilled men
to meet requirements.
There may be a shortatA In the
atone-cuttlng. brick -laying, carpenter
ing, plastering and painting trades.
but only In respect to really compe
tent workmen. In the engineering
trades, mechanical and electrical. In
cluding the allied trades, such as fit
ters, turners and blacksmiths, employ
ment has of late been more easily ob
tained. On the other hand the Inspector
considers that the position of unskilled
white laborers haa been made worse,
owing to the Increased supply of col
ored workers.
In the first quarter of this year
seven Transvaal municipalities sanc
tioned new buildings of a total esti
mated valuo of. $2,006,000.
BRITISH SEAMEN BRANDED
Bailors Stamped on Body and Sent
to Sea In "Coffin Ships."
LONDON. Auguat SOt SpeclaL Mor
ria dances, which once formed ao
picturesque a mature of peasant lite
to England, are having a revival which
blda fair to be National. Several kindred
eplrtta have rescued about 30 of, the de
lightful flguree and have formed classes
to different parts of England for the In
struction of girls and boy a The revival
haa even secured official recognition, and
nnder the auspices of the Board pf Trade
a party of dancers have been sent to the
Brussels exhibition, there to be an at
traction in the British section.
Almost as ancient as the dances Is an
old-time Morris dancer, who has been dis
covered la one of the mean little streets
which form the dull and uninteresting
LAWdon suburb of Duiwich. He Is John
Hawtln. 72 years old. who went through
the steps of a Morris dance on the day
of the late King JJd ward's marriage. Al
though up to the tune of his recant dis
covery the veteran dancer had not
stepped a HottIb la 7 years, he can stm
execute the movements of many of the
most famous dancea with grace and pre
cision. The old man recently performed at the
Kensington Town Hall, and displayed
great Interest In the enterprise. His
wife a charming old soul with spotless
while hair prepared her giddy old part
ner' a duck trousera. white ruffled shirt
and colored sashes In which be appeared
at the entertainment. In days gone by
there used to be keen rivalry among
the men's sweethearts as to who would
aend forth her lover most gaily decorated
with colors: and this old woman inno
cently carrtee on the traditions of the
past.
In hla youth Hawtln belonged to a aet.
or rather slde' of Morris dancers in the
villag of Ourdlngton. Oxfordshire, where
a performance waa given every Whitsun
tide, after three weeks' hard practicing;
for the danoera were moat particular as
to the oorrectneaa of the etepa. They
were Introduced by a couple styled "the
Lord and Lady." the latter character be
ing taken by a working girl, who entered
the houses of the adjacent farmers, and
waa supposed to make herself generally
agreeable. At the "Lamb Ale," another
festival, they brought In a live lamb and
danced round It, the custom having evi
dently a religious and sacrificial origin.
Of the 10 Morris dances rescued from
oblivion, the most energetlo and compli
cated la known as "With Jockey to the
Fair." It waa in thla Item that old Haw
tln did a solo jig. wearing a silk hat.
with colored sashes across his body and
balls Jingling round hie calves.
Another great favorite la "Maid o the
Mill.- reminiscent of the days when a
farmer and his wife used to "ride tie"
that la to aay, -both on the aame horse.
"Baca pipes" Is a Jig danced to the old
tune of "Greensleeves,"' In which the per
former steps between two dong crossed
churchwarden pipes after the manner of
the Scottish sword dance. "Bean setting"
la a relic of an old ceremonial measure
performed by the priest at the Spring
festival.
Of all heae quaint games and dancea
that are so racy of the soil, perhaps none
Is more charming than "Old Roger's
dead." a children's game founded on the
: Idea that the soul of a person at his
death passes Into , hla possessions. Old
Roger's soul passes into one of his own
apple trees, and when an ancient dame
tries to steal an apple, the departed Roger
vents hla anger on the aged offender.
Bertdea appearing at the Brussels ex
hibition, some of the experts In these re
vived dances have performed at the
Shakespeare Festival Celebrations at
8tratford-on-Avon this Summer, and at
other festivals, proving that the whole
country is seeing the beauty In the old
steps.
DIVE FROM TENT DOME
IS CLIMAX OF DARING
Desperado, New Circus Thriller, Makes 80-Foot Plunge Twice Daily, With
Four-Inch Flank to Break His FalL
0XCE npon a time In the good old
days of our granddads, a five
legged boy. or woman so bearded that
her hirsute appendage resembled a
fur boa, constituted the great excite
ment in a circus. Those days, like the
year of the Big Wind, have passed and
the time has arrived when something
more startling than a Jumbo, a Wild
Man of Borneo or a Lilliputian Con
gress la necessary to rivet the atten
tion of American lovers of peanuts,
pink lemonade, sawdust equestrianism
and tent snows. The great circus of
the last few years had recourse to a
-thriller" to cap the climax of a long
list of ordinary and extraordinary ex
hibitions and their frantic efforts to
get something new haa resulted in a
veritable thriller famine, until now a
small needle In a moderate-elsed hay
stack looms up like a brick echoolhouse
compared with a novel tent sensation
capable of sending chUls up and down
the American spine.
Ten months ago. Barnum Bailey,
whose circus will play In Portland
Thursday and Friday, concluded that
the limit in "thriller" had been reached
and they were about to quit looking for
a new "dare-devil, death-defying, de
monlsh. disintegrating act" when one
of their European agents cabled to
them about Desperado. Investigation
proved that what had been suld of
him was true and hia consequent en
gagement for a tour of the United
States as the big sensation of this big
gest of all shows marks the high-water
stage In "thrillers.- perhaps for all
time.
Desperado's act la a "soul-stlrrlng.
brain-staggering, heart-stopping, blood,
chilling stunt." the like of which has
never been seen or heard of before and
will never be attempted by anyone else
than some hopeless lunatic. True. Steve
Brodle did an Annettekellerman from
Frooklvn bridge and Professor Mori
arty negotiated a high dive Into the
abyssmal depths of rock-atrewn Alps,
but neither of them ever repeated his
feat and neither allowed his fall and
possibly his neck to be broken by a
four-Inch plank. Desperado is ex
actly what the dress-snlted announcer
described him a "dare-devil death-defter."
Leaping head first from the
very pinnacle of the bulging big top.
he shoots through 2 feet of oxone
with not a thing between him and
eternity except the afore-mentioned
plank and a thla woolen sweater. The
crowds which have aet listening, laugh
ing, wondering and watching through
two boars of marvelous entertainment.
gasp and become silent as the fearless
youth begins hla descent. Hla aim la
to strike with hia cheat the wooden
Incline 80 feet below, shoot down It
and op In the air. finally landing in
the arms of a dozen attendants. Tt
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Mr. trancis Riditer
Will open a piano studio at 3:2
Falling street, and will take a lim
ited number of advanced pupils to
coach In piano, for the term begin
ning September 1st. Telephone
Woodlawn 17.
LONDON. Aug. 20. (Special.) A dep.
Ittatlon of seamen from all parts of the
country who had an interview with Mr.
Buxton, president of the Board of Trade
a few days ago, alleged among other
complaints, that seamen at Antwerp are
marked on the -ody with the stamp of
the Shipping Federation before being en
gaged on British ships. He also said
that "coffin ships" were being sent out.
"As a matter of fact," said Havelock
Wilson, secretary of the Seamen and
Firemen's Union, "every year for the
past three years 10.000 men of the port
of Antwerp have been branded on the
body before being engaged on British
ships. In addition to that, those re
sponsible for the branding have made
the men pay fees of from $2.50 to $25
foe the rls-ht of employment."
As to "coffin ships," Wilson said the
shipowners had made no overtures for
a conciliation board, and the shipping
federation was hostile. Ships were
bought for 1165,000 and Insured for $276,000,
he declared, and the first voyage of these
ships was their last.
ROME TO HAVE EXPOSITION
Kins Pfttfonlxea Exhibition of Fine
Arts to Be Held in 1911.
ROME, Aug. 20. (Special.) An In
ternational Exhibition of Fine Arts
will be held in Rome under the pat
ronage of the King of Italy from
March to October. 1911. The exhibition,
whloh la intended to celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the proclamation of the
United lsongaom wi twur. ,.,..
place In the grounds of the Villa
Borghese, and in close proximity to
the oelebrated Museo Papa Olulla.
Tq Italian Government and the peo
ple of Italy attach great Importance to
SUMMER PRICES SUNDAY MATINEES
FARQCET. SOe, PARQUET CPtCU. XSe BALCOXT. 3a GALLERY. 15c.
Phones Main 6 and A 1020.
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ADVANCED VV VAUDtVlLLt
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Zoning Monday Matinee, August 22
I TALLEST ACTOB W THK WORLD"
CAPT. GEORGE AUGER
AJiD HIS FLAYERS XX
bekx ressrB v xHE JACK ARTOIS DUO
KALMER AND BROWN ' H.rUmtal Bar Parrots.
presenting Cberacterlstlo Bongs and I1ARBY JESSIE
HAYWARD AND BAY WARD
THE BISON CITY FOUR p"ttorHdV?y- 8ao-
M""-B- H"r " - RICHARD aOCIS.
TEE BAMLINS
PALFREY AND BARTON I rhe Melody Man and the Maid in
A Thrill, a Imagh and -A Blfre." .
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DAILY MATTXEK XfiV SSo. Oc HeUday KsJuees-Ttgil. FrJce
CMiSlDIrlP
STAR THEATER
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TODAY! TODAY! TODAY!
The public is cordially
invited to attend the
regular performance at
the Star Theater today
to hear a special rep
ertoire on the Estey
Electric Pipe Organ in
stalled by Sherman,
Clay &" Company
thia exhibition, which, it la expected,
will be one of the moat magnificent
ever held in any country. - It will com
prise in addition to a complete display
ef Italian art. both ancient and mod
ern, representative collections of 'pic
tures, sculpture, drawings, and en
gravings from all the chief countries
in Europe. ..,,,
In addition to fine arts, an historical
section will be held In the Castle of
St. Angelo. presenting life in Rome
during the Middle Ages. This will In
clude records and relics of distinguish
ed foreigners who lived or worked In
Rome. . or who were otherwise asso-
i elated with it. -
An archeologicai seciiou
held in Diocletian's Baths, recently re
stored, where the results of the more
Important excavations in Rome will be
shown. Music folk songs and National
dances will also be represented at the
festival: but the central Idea of the
exhibition wfll be that of the fine arts.
BASEBALL.
RECBXATIOX PARK.
Cesser Tencha aad Twenty-foarTa Btreeta
OAKLAND .
vs.
PORTLAND
Aug. 17. 18. 19. 10. XI.
Cimfl Begla Weekdars at I: IS P. M.
Bandars X:M P. M.
Admission FUarhers. 2Se: Grandstand.
SOc; Bom I3 citra. Children. AiUacnsrs
lOc Grandstand 2&c
UUIEJ DAY FRIDAY
Boys Cadar 13 Free to Bleachers
Wednesday.
The New
PET
estic I neater
Fifth and Washington Streets
Was Packed to the Doors
Last Night Because the
SHOW WAS GREAT
Dont Fail ta Hear the Big Pipe Organ
for which Italy and all the great pow
ers are erecting special palaces.
ICE BLOCKS SPITZBERGEN
Zeppelin Expedition Steamer Almost
Crushed.
CHRISTIANIA, Aug. 20. News has
been received from Spitsbergen that there
have been unusual Ice difficulties this
year on the Western Coast. The steamer
Maine, having the Prince Helnrlch-Zep-
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Oaks
Portland's Perfect
Pleasure Part
LAST FEW DAYS
Weber's Prize
and of America
Do Not Fail to Hear the Famous Band and Miss
Mehaffey, the Talented Soprano.
Evening Concerts in Magnificent Auditorium, Protected From Pos
sible Inclement Weather.
Note these dates Monday, WAGNER NIGHT: Tuesday, afternoon,
SYMPHONY; evening, "BAG TIME"; Wednesday
evening, F ABE WELL.
Other entertainment on every hand 'Big Natato
rium, Giant Swing, Carrousel, Figure 8, Tickler,
Trained Fleas, Don Carlos' Dog and Monkey Hotel,
Magic Mirrors, the Old Mill, Shoot the Chutes,
Electric Photography, the Oaks Cafe and Grill, Ice
. Cream and Candy Booths, Dancing Pavilion, and
collection of Simians, including Baby Monkey. .
People's Amusement Company's
First-Run Licensed and Censored Pictures
Supplied by Amalgamated Firm Exchange
MAK IHEiAaajK. jot a paleface in the picture. Positively
Home of the most graphic and stupendous Indian
sbio three 3 Poem production ever exhibited in the
whole world, besides
, "d Under the Old Apple Tree
pipe oras pier br A Double Biograph Comedy and a Vita-.
rHaTrrarTer. T-Ph Bomance.
ARCADE THEATER .
TOMORROW
THE DUMB HALF-BREED,
Wonderful Western Romance.
eHORTV at the shore,
1000 Lautclis
ESTRANGEMENT, y
Domestic Love Story,
aad All Vsual Attractloas.
ODEON, TODAY
Beet and Blarajeet Show
5 BIG FKATCRES 5.
True ta Ilia Trust! Feature,
beeidea
a Comedies, 1 Romance, 1
Educational.
Curly .Center at tbe Helm! .
Ofi Joy
Today
BACK TO XATTRE.
A SHORT-LIVED
TKltMPH,
Comic.
THE ERICKS
Acrobatic Vaudeville.
HOW the sanRB
WAS CAPTURED.
Comedy Romance.
Blew Slaa-er, Musle and
Etxeeta. '
LYRIC
PLAYHOUSE
Seventh and Alder Streets
Last Times This Afternoon and
Tonlerht of
SEASIDE SOCIETY.
AU week commencing; Monday
Matinee, August 23.
EDW. ARMSTRONG PRESENTS
His Popular Musical Comedy
Company in A Sprightly
Spanish Musical
Comedy.
raqnita
With Ethel Davis in the Title
Role.
JEW MUSIC, GORCEOtS COS
TUMES. CLEVER CHORES.
Two performances, nightly 7:45
and 9:15. lBo and 26c
Matinees Dally at 2:15. Any seat
20c.
FRIDAY NIGHT, CHORTJS
GIRLS' CONTEST.
BUNGALOW
THEATER
TONIGHT
Richards & Pringle's
r-GEORGIA-i
MINSTRELS
FUN AND MUSIC
Prices $1.00, 75c, 50c, 25c
pelin Expedition on board, narrowly es
caped being caught in the ice.
If Is reported also that the Eastern
. ava ham fav nussej of ice. East
ern "Winter Ice used to appear at the
earnest at tne enq ot Auguat,
year it approached South Cape In July,,,
where it formed a belt 20 sea miles long
off the coast. Under these circumstances
some fears are felt lest the expeditions
now coasting in Spitsbergen waters
should be enclosed or hindered. .
THERE IS NO OTHER CIRCUS COMING to PORTLAND
THURSDAY hlP OLt Ofi
and FRIDAY iiUu. LO'LX
CIRCUS
SHOW GROUNDS, 25th AND RALEIGH
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Admission tickets and reserved seats will be on Sale circus days at
SHERMAN, CLAY & CO.'S PIANO HOUSE, Sixth and Morrison
streets, at exactly the same prices charged at the regular circus ticket
wagons on the show grounds.