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KING SHOWS REGRET AT
DEATH OF AGED ACROBAT
Eafland'i Euler Sends Letter of Sympathy to Kelativiss of Henry Johnson.
Famooa Clouro Receives Gift From George V.
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From time to time we are enabled to offer our customers extra special values in furniture, as those who read and heed our ads. are able to
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SaleofChiffonieres
We are closing out three or four patterns of- Chiffoniers at prices
that would create a sensation if the readers of The Oregonian could
see the size, quality and general appearance of these pieces.
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HETRT JOH.NSO.V.
LONDON, Aug. SO. (Special.) Twice
within a few days. King- Oeorgs
has shown Interest In tha humble
lausrhtermakers of the circus ring. By
a lsuer to ths relatives of Henry John
son, a celebrated acrobat who haa Just
died at Grantham at the K of 10J. he
expressed sympathy with them in the
loea of one who had performed before
nur monarcha. A little later, he aent
fit as a present to James Doughty,
ears J. 2. the oldest clown still before
the public
Johnson was born In ISO and In tha
coarse of his youthful career with var
toua traveling shows, he covered the
greater part of the world, till he pene
trated to Pekln. Then he Joined a
Chinese Juggler named Mullaba and
the partnership continued for many
years, during which they performed
before King William IV. Queen Vic
toria. King Edward (when Prince of
Wales) the Kaiser and other European
rulers. On his hundredth birthday, he
received a letter of congratulation
written In King Edwards own hand.
The late King was also continually
kind to James Doughty, who Intend
to celebrate his ninety-second birthday
by performing with his dogs at a bene
fit performance at Brighton, the well
known South Coast resort. Years ago.
whea the harlequinade was tha prime
attraction of the London pantomime,
he was the principal figure In the per
formance at Covent Garden.
CONDITION OF PAUPER
WOMEN ALARMS BRITONS
What Happens to Wives of ths Unemployed Shown in Report of Royal
Commission Destitution Is Frightful. '
LONDON". Aug. SA 8poolal.-The Eng
tsvh unemployed problem aa it afreets
politicians today Is known In America
chiefly through the. men Involved in It.
That Is natural enough, for It is the
men who do the agitating, who march
to Hyde Park In long processions of
protest, who shako their lists and sing
'.tho "Marseillaise" before the club win
dow of Pan Mali.
But if there are men out of work,
there must be women unemployed aa well.
Why haven't we heard more about them?
jt while ago London was full of mlffer
abl men scrambling over each other
for casual labor that would keep (hem
from sxanrauon. "What wore their wives'
eolngT
There Is an honest attempt to answer
that staggering question in a Blue Book
Just Issued by the govsmment. This
ZUue Book ss one of the supplementary
reports of the Koyal Commission on the
poor lews and as the text of the evl
eeeg taken In the course of tnvesrtlga
tlons into "Some Industries Employing
Women Paupers." Hero ws have the
facta of the employment and unemploy
ment of woman In the cold text of the
printed pace. given, most of them, by
.unsentimental employers who didn't care
,ow bad conditions were so long as they
kept the business running and the bands
at work. It hi obvious that most of them
told the truth, for as tha Commission
suppressed all names, they were not only
unashamed but safe.
Tha Investigators Thomas Jones and
Mlas Constance Winiama. have issued
ths report with the chief purpose of
snowing t' "out relief. or home as
sstsncs to needy women, does not tend
to fores down wages In the Industries)
whera thsr work, chiefly because the
recipients of such relief are few in
number.
But the conclusions of the report era
trivial oesMs the conditions of the lower
grades cf female employment thus
brought to llghl.
The most pwrssrtent hnpressson ths in
nsllgators received was the wholesale
abundance of cheap female labor. Tims
and again an adei H.'fment for ten girls
at He a week brought aa army of fM
applicant. There seems in this locality.-
naively say a Jam manufacturer.
to be an endla atrcam of girls who
will work at any casual Job." Ths em
ployers avail ttemselves of this "end
less siresm' ever willing to step into
vacant pUcea. In a very human way.
They hire M girss, weod out 30 good ones,
and "fire" the rest. An American might
think taat scheme would effectually
rouse ambitions to learn a trade so ths
applicant wouldn't get kicked out ths
next time. But there Is absolutely no
chance to learn one. and ths inducement
everywhere la for unskilled and casual
labor.
This unwieldy surplus of female
labor Is useful to the employers in a
still more obvious way In England.
Tha wages are reduced to the lowest
minimum. In glue factories, for in
stance, women's pay is about 1 1-40 a
week, cigar making pays between 12.00
and Il.fttf. rag sorting about tha same,
sack making L7S. ths sweated cloth
ing trades pay a maximum of $2.6.
and so on. And these are not casual
employments. Uks washing clothes, or
charing: they are supposed to represent
regular and remunerative employment
What throws all these women on ths
cheep labor market? Ths most casual
American visitor to London will notice
isam the first thing. There sre women
la ths liquor saloons, women stagger
ling about ths streets. Besotted,
ragged, thoroughly degraded, they con
stitute a slum problem peculiar to
ia gland.
That is the women's side of ths un
annployed problem and It Is a far mors
a-svoltlas slds than ths man's,
r This Bias Book shews tha underlying
causes of their condition. Men are
encouraged to enter a trade and are
usually obliged to serve an apprentice
ship for It. Women enter as young
girls with no such responsibility or
compulsion affecting them. No train
ing Is available to stir their ambition
to anything- better they become as
good as tha common lot and then stop.
One of ths most illuminating features
of ths report is ths disclosure of the
workman's (and working woman's)
tradition that the proper wages for a
woman are 11.60 a week. Girls attain
to that level and then stick. For those
who would rise above It. there la at
first petty spite, then active Jealousy.
And among working girls, it is not
hard to hold everybody down to ths
mean average. '
Ths report Is very deer, on one point
the reason for the common disinclina
tion for steady and progressive work.
This la directly due to the way in which
the employers exploit the full labor mar
ket. The practice of hiring more than
twice as many girls aa are really needed
and discharging the unhappy majority of
them leads directly to the Ingrained
preference most of the girls show for
casual labor. Ths records prove that
nothing oould be more demoralizing
casual labor being tha first step to
wards ugly social evils whose curs is
debated by many learned societies. Ex
perts here are eonvlncsd thst by taking
deolsrre steps towards abolishing casual
labor, there would be a strong chance of
preventing the evils at ths start.
Ths main report of tha Poor Law Com
mission Issued lost year unanimously
condemned the existing poor law admin
istration In England. lock, stock snd
barrel. The mixed workhouse and ths
principles of US4. on which It was
founded, were declared to be pernicious
snd antiquated. The majority of the
commission suggested broader and vastly
mors modern forms of relief. But the
minority, led by Mrs. Beatrice Webb, ths
foremost woman economist of England,
put In a powerful plea that destitution
should not be relieved, but prevented.
The minority report attempted to deal
decisively and systematically with the
social antecedents of poverty, such as
casual labor and unemployment. But
nothing has yet been done. Ths commis
sion was appointed In 190&, In Balfour's
Premiership snd the poor law they so
bitterly denounced In still In force.
Nor will John Burns, president of ths
Local Government Board. In who de
partment workhouse reform lies, be
able to push the matter forward. In spits
of such reports as this, till the dispute
between Lords and Commons is settled
and a whole list of other iratters have
been cleared from the Parliamentary
track. It ehowa what a blind alley Brit
ish politics have been led into.
AERONAUT HAS BAD LUCK
Lone Ran of Poor Wee; Lhcr Hampers
Flacky Irteh Aviator.
DCBLIX. Aug. 10. (Special.) Tire
tricks of ths British Summer have
marred ths success of Harry Ferguson,
who deserves ths distinction of being
Ireland's first aviator. Ferguson is a
native of Newcastle. County Down,
whers he has been conduotlng his ex
periments. The young inventor picked
up all his knowledge of aviation and
aeronautics by himself and built and
equipped his own aeroplane. Is this
machine he recently flew the very cred
itable distance of three miles.
Ths managers of ths Newcastle
Sporting Carnival arranged an elabor
ate exhibition, but aa accident, to
gether with a run of unfavorable
weather, prevented Ferguson's prom
ised flights. He Is still In ths game,
however, and much Is sxpectsdi of him.
15 Chiffonieres
Closed $ -fl A50
Out at 1 il m
No. 21 Made of solid oak, hav
ing five drawers, straight front;
size of ease 16x33 inches, size of
French bevel plate mirror, oval,
20x12 inches. All drawers work
perfectly and are dust proof;
really a solid oak piece at the
price of common fir. Regular
$15.00 values, will close out at
$10.50
This $20 Chif-
foniere $
at Only
No. 42 Beantiful quarter-sawed oak
used in the construction; full serpen
tine front, like the cnt; large French
plate mirror, shaped in artistic man
ner, 16x20 inches; the case being 18x
34 inches in size. A very handsoina
piece and equal to a $25 chiffonier sold
in West Side department stores ; our
regular price is $20.00, but the lot will
be closed out at
$13.00
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These $1.50 Cobbler
Seat Dining QE
Chairs OeJ
"We make a specialty of selling chairs of all kinds
at prices far below those of any other house,
either on the "West or East .Sides. "Whether you
need a single chair or a complete set, Gevurtz
can save you money. We purchase enormous
quantities of chairs of every description, thereby
obtaining the manufacturers' lowest wholesale
price, which accounts for our ability to sell for
less than comparatively small dealers.
$25.00 Oak
Dressers
Are Going
at Only
$16
Made of soud oak, like the cut, except they have
cobbler seats; worth $1.50; entire lot will be sold
at, each -85
No phone or C. O. D. orders can be taken for
these chairs. '
$12
$17 Oak Library
Tables for Only
A few of these Library Tables left in stock will be
sold at the above low price; size is 24x48, in. Early
English finish; fitted with invisible drawer; legs are
5 inches in size. Also many other Library Tables
greatly reduced for August selling.
Solid Quarter-Sawed Oak, Waxed and
Polish Finish, Oval Mirrors.
No. 240 The above cut illustrates the
style of these Dressers. The two top
drawers have swell fronts; the mirror,
which is of best French plated is 22x28
inches in size; case is 20x40 inches; the
workmanship is of the best; in either
waxed or polish finish; the wood is of
best Eastern oak. Special price $16-00
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ELOQUENT CALIFORNIA LAWYER XTriT,0
FALLS OUT WITH TWO PARTNERS
D. M. Delmaa, Who Saved Thaw In Trial for Murder of Stanford White and Eeceived $4000 Fee for labors,
Believe, He Can Do Better Alone-Secretary of War Dickinson and General Edwards Prove Iteal Sports.
SAX FRANCISCO, Csi. Aug. ZU'
(Special) From New York comes
th lntM-tlns- fosslo that D. M.
Dslmas sad his two law partners hars
had a falling out and that a dissolu
tion of ths firm has been the result.
Charles A. Towns and Benjamin Spell-
man wars his partners.
n. T-lrmm In Ran Vrmil-
clsco has s-lven rise to a report that he
was shortly to resume his practice here.
This Is not true. He will Tery soon
return to ths East and take offices on
Nassau street above tne uiuik ui bum
meree.
Just why the eloquent California at-
V m falling Ollt With thS
brilliant Towns, of silver party fame.
and tne asiuie epeuuinD
dear. The rumor that Delmas was not
brlnrlnrr his proportion of paying cu-
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his San Francisco friends. All thst Del
mas win say on the subject Is that he
g-ava notlcs to his partners that ha
wished to retire, no uiu
for reasons best known to himself.
Aocordlns to his friends, Delmas has
made a good living- practicing In ths
metropolis and Is confident of doing
far better alone. While he did not suc
ceed In acquitting Harry Thaw, the
xamons Tcriaj. so 11.
nis soling as mi -..,
brilliancy a wide and lasting advertise
ment, the good eriecis oi wmun
still experiencing. Out of the Thaw ease
he got s 140.000 fee.
Much Interest attaches to the career
,ui. . 1. war with its
blending of romance snd tragedy. He
111 oonceais nis picasura - wug
minded of bis likeness to Napoleon and
he still continues to tone and modulate
his volos by accompanying practice at
ths piano.
Dickinson and Edwards Sports.
Pacific Mall officers say Secretary of
War Dickinson, General Edwards and
members of their party who left this
city several weeks ago for the Philip
pines and the Orient en route on a tour
of the world, had a world of sport while
crossing the Pacific on the liner Si
beria. One day after the swimming contests
in the big tank on deck had been Judged
by Dickinson and Edwards, a wager
was made that those two distinguished
personages did not dare to leap Into the
tank with their clothes and hats on. In
a moment, both men cleared the space
splendidly and made a clean dive. There
WM hearty cheer when both came up
with their hats still on.
General Edwards" cigarette was still
In his mouth while Secretary Dickin
son's eyeglasses still clung to the
bridge of his nose. A more rapid dive,
a quicker decision cannot be imagined,
says ons man who witnessed the epi
sode. The wager was made "n fun by sev
eral women and the denouement was a
surprise to them.
Wet through, and making a sight
long to be remembered, the two Ameri
can war officials clambered out of ths
tank and dashed for their cabins for a
change of clothing. Not since the time
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Loagworth did
the same stunt several years ago. has
a Pacific Ma liner witnessed such a
spectacle. The then AUce Roosevelt
Jumped Into the tank In ordinary attirs
and dared her sweetheart to follow. He
was In the water In a Jiffy.
Woodpecker Causes Trouble.
For years the woodpecker has been a
source of annoyance and expense to the
railroad companies of the state. The
telephone and electric power trans
mission companies aTS having the same
experience.
The bird bores so many holes in the
wooden poles supporting the wires as
to cause them to break. The life of
thousands of poles has been greatly
shortened on this aocount. . In Southern
California, the woodpecker has been
very active and no plan to combat his
destructlveness has been found.
A Stanford professor, who has made
a study of the woodpecker, tells the of
ficials that the bird bores holes to store
nuts, especially acorns. But he does
not eat the acorn, for as a rule, he is
not a vegetarian. After being stored In
the holes, the acorns begin to decay
and are attacked by magots. It is then
that the woodpeckers feast. It Is all
very Interesting, but does not help the
railroad people out of their trouble.
Incarceration Real Joke.
The Joke of the week In San Fran
cisco has been the incarceration. If It
oould be called that, of the three Cal
houn attorneys, who wers adjudged
guilty of contempt by Judge Lawler
and ordered to the oounty Jail for five
days. The whole affair was a farce,
save that the three men did really re
main within the -grounds of the county
Jail for almost that full period of time.
They even beat the time by being
sent to the Jail lata In the evening of
ths first day. They wers due at about
5 o'clock In the afternoon, but the two
deputies who had them In tow, report
ed by telephone that the automobile had
broken down. The party put in an ap
pearance at 9 o'clock that night and
there is more than a suspicion that they
stopped for dinner en route, at tho
Cliff House.
Meals, during the time they remained
as guests of the county, were served
from the St. Francis Hotel and con
tained the best on the market. The
three occupied one large room and were
allowed the liberty of the grounds every
day. In addition, they had fruits 3t
all kinds, cigars and cigarettes and
even candy and were allowed to see
visitors at wllL v Some of the most
prominent attorneys of the city calfed
upon them and the whole affair was
looked upon as a Joke.
It is doubted if it added to the dig
nity of Judge Lawlor or even to the
dignity of the attorneys who were con
cerned. But however that may be. it
furnished food for plenty of gossip. The
darly papers, naturally, gave mueu
space to tho event and the menus wers
published each day in detail, as were
the doings of the distinguished guests
at Ingleside.
The overwhelming victory of Hiram
W. Johnson at the polls last Tuesday
was startling. It was generally eon
ceded that Johnson would give the
other candidates a hard vote but at tho
same time it was thought that Curry
would run well ahead in San Francisco.
On the contrary, Johnson did some ro t
clngr on his own account in this neck
of the woods.
Johnson, in addition to being a reform
candidate and at outs with- the South
ern Pacific, or rather opposed to. rail
road policy. Is known far and wide as
the Insurgent candidate for Governor.
A newly patented English machine to sell
stamps automatically can be adjusted to
fit coins of any denomination.
Honored by Women
When a woman speaks of her
silent seoret suffering she
trusts you. Millions hsve be
stowed this msrk of confi
dence on Dr. R. V. Pierce,
of Buffalo, N. Y. Every
where there are women who
bear witness to the wonder
working, curing- power of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
which saves the suffering ttx
from pain, and successfully
grapples with woman's weak
nesses and itubbom ills.
IT MAKES WEAK WOHEN STRONd
IT TAKES SICK WOMEN WELL.
No woman's appeal wss ever misdirected or her con
fidence misplaced when she wrote for advice, to
. the Wosxd's DurRNSJUtY Medical Association, Dr.
. R. V. Pierce, President, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pimrvt'M Pleasant Palleta lodom mild aatorat towel movrmmnt eoos a day.
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