TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 4, . 1910.
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OLL EXPERIENCE AND PROMPTNESS
TO OPERA STARS THAN FOOTLIGHTS
Mutant Gerrille-Reache Joins Ranks of Operatic Mothers Like Mary Anderson and Madame Schnmann-Heink,
While Little Cousin of Mrs. Oliver Harriman Starts Footlight Career by Dancing Before Society's "400."
Have Made the Wise Dental Co. the Largest
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Fourteen Expert Specialists.
Ko vexatious delays.
Best ventilated offices in city.
Unequalled skill in every department.
Gentle' treatment by experts in painless
work. '.
Thoro.ugh sterilization of all instruments.
All work guaranteed for 15 years.
Every modern appliance to produce perfect
work.
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OUR PRICES REASONABLE
All err work is guaranteed 15 years, and bainf a corporation In
sures onr EOtrsntee. It mean's exactly as stated. Best work ob
tainable at ysry modest prices.
Good Rubber Plate, each ....S5.00
The Best Red Rubber Plcs, each; .' S7.50
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22-Karat Brid?e Teeth, guaranteed, each S4.0O
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Painle!t Extracting $ .50
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or changing conditions. This is but
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WE AIM TO SAVE TEETH
No work is allowed to leave this office unless it is
perfect in every respect. When desired Dr. W. A.
Wise will inspect the work. Our fifteen years'
guarantee goes with all work. Non-residents
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THIRD AND WASHINGTON
Phone A(and M. 2029.
dlrong- demand for brcarintuffa has arised
In Manchuria Itself. The flour at first
came from America, but, owing- to the
hirh price a! the American article In
and the Increased production of the
Shanghai anil Manchurian mill, the im
port practically ceased.
The present annual production of wheat
is about 10,000.000 bushels, which, even
with the primitive methods of native cul
tivation, might easily be Increased to
306,000,000 buetiel?. Nature is particularly
favorable to the production of wheat, the
conditions being- as suitable as those ob
taining in theMlsslssippI Valley.
Native wheats are chiefly of the beard
ed and smooth-chaff type, but the Cana
dian Club type is also seen. Yet millet
and maize are far more extensively
grown, as those foods are better adapted
to the requirement of the Chinese family.
CORPORATIONS OF GOTHAM RENEW
FIGHT AGAINST FRANCHISE TAX
Adverse Decision on Former Suit Does Not Discourage Litigation City Foils Horseshoers' Extortion Scheme.
Quarrels Between Unions Cause Building Strikes Shuberts Foil Ticket Speculators.
lETW YORK. rro. 3. ( Special.)
Madame -r ille-Roa- he has joined
tr.e ranks of opersti. mothers. P-
slbly Mary Oarden. nho Is ronfmplatlng
matrimony, will he an ooratlc rapther
"me day. I.jit year Mss 2ardrn ex
pressed the opinUm that v woman could
a rood mother and a r-x! opera slnp-
r. J.ouia MnnT. ho if vern! llmt-s
a mother, took t.i:e aith Mjry and
:adke and the piulifio Scl-.unsann-llelnk
Joined Madame H'mer In defense
of motherhood This year Ijpkowsks,
who had to aet special permission from
the Cur to ave RiiF.xIa because her
hnsband would not indorse her applica
tion for permission to le.ive the conntrv.
hai broucht her little stil to America.
liervllle-Raarhe. who I. as present.! a
healthy Infant to Ti:- husbard. Doctor
Ilambaud. of Nw Yok. is qnlte In the
faahlon. Her admlrrs will he Interested
to learn whether the car of moti.er
bood have affected her murnlftcent con
tralto voice.
Pylrla Bromley Is pretty and Just IS
years old. She should prore attractive
In the field of danclnc even though she
follows In the :lo.id ft dancers which
haa filled the prnfelrma! st.tn and the
parlors of society for s-v.-r.tl years past.
Miss Bromley IS the dtusrter of a .Vew
Vorh business maa and a cousin cf Mrs.
Oliver Harriman. he has taken np
dancing as a congenial occupation fur the
purpose, of earnlnc her llvlnc. At pres
ent she la dancjnc only In the parlors of
the ".
Mlsa Eugenia W. Kttzslmmons. of Far
Kocitaway. N. T.. Is mmi to nlav Mrs.
King for the woman's pool championship.
Miss Fltsstmmcns la an expert pool
player and is only mailing to obtain her
parents permission to challenge Mrs.
King. Mis FtiXflrrmons Is also an ex
cellent tennis and coif player. She can
drive an automobile and ran handle the
tiller of a raoht. She has never played
pool In public.
r"ew women have so little vanity that
they are willing to trade on their weight.
One of the exceptions la Mrs. Stuart
Rotwon. She Is extremety fat and It ts
not easy to find a good part for her In
current comedy. Usually the. dramatist
baa to nan around Mrs. Roheon with a
tap measure and Mock oat spaces on
me aiaa-e into wntcn she can fit.
ertouelr hampers him In his Insnlred
. work. Mrs- Roheon resents being treated
I ke en of the stage properties and
adapted to the plot according to her
physical proportion but si n m
stand It. When Edgar Seiwyn wrote
Toa Countnr Boy he put In the part
cf a landlady m a theatrical bcardtoc--bouse,
which exactly sulu Mrs. Robaon
and she has the satixfaction every night
of seeing the audience in tears when she
rexponds to an encore. They are tears
of laughter, howeier.
Louisa t. Jones Is one of the three
women elected on the Pemocratlo ticket
to be members of the Colorado Legisla
ture. The other two were Aim. Tj.rf.rtv
This I member of the last Legislature, and
Louise M. Klrwln. These three Demo
cratic women are all from Denver. Agnea
Riddle, a Republican was elected from
Adams. Arapahoe and Ellis rountte.
Mr. Alfred Wagstaff. Jr.. gained some
fame when she was Blanch Le Roy
Shoemaker by publishing bocks of origi
nal verse. Now Mrs. Wagstaff baa ren-
MANCHURIA WHEAT GROWN
Area Vnder Cultivation Increased
With Chinese Consumption.
MUKDEN. Dec". J. (Special.)-Owing
largely to a noticeable growth In the
consumption of wheat among the Chi
nese through the Celestial Empire, more
and mora land In Manchuria la now being:
used to keep up the supply.
6lD.ce, the ul-Japans war. too, a
BT LLOYD F. LO N'CRGAN.
NEW YORK. Dec. 3. (Special.)
The city officials are greatly concerned
over the apparent Intention of the big;
corporations to renew their fight to
avoid paying franchise taxes. With
another ions legal fight in prospect.
the chances are that many contemplat
ed municipal improvements will have
to be either curtailed or abandoned en-
Irely.
The Corporation Counsel makes the
official announcement that already 109
writs of certiorari have been sued out
by the bis; railroad, gas, electric and
ther corporations, to review the as
sessments levied against them this
ear. These same corporations have
been contesting- the special franchise
taxes assessed against them since 1901,
and compromises covering the amounts
harged since that time, were only
reached a few months ago. When
their checks were sent In. it was be
lieved that a basis for future agree
ments had been reached, but this does
cot seem to be the case. The amount
Involved Is many millions.
Corporation Counsel Watson admit
that he Is powerless to prevent these
cases from dragging; their way through
one court after the other. In some
of the recent test cases, the right of
the city to collect on these special
franchises was affirmed by the United
States Supreme Court, but apparently
each assessment Is an entirely new
action, and can be fought' with enthu
siasm from the start If the corporation
haa the money and the Inclination to
go into court.
Corporations Fight, Poor Men Pay.
Fully 30 of these cases Involve ob
jection to assessed valuations In excess
of $1,000,000. The New . York Edison
Company, which I the electrical mo
nopoly of the city, heads the list with
33S.000.000, although the various teas
companies combined, (and they are
really all one), are jointly interested
to the extent of 340.000,000. .
The receiver of the Metropolitan
Street Railway object to paying on
$:o,:S5.000. while the Manhattan "L."
which controls several lines, thinks
that 3:0.000.000 is too high. Other
traction lines and the New York Cen
tral Railroad also flg-ure largely in
the totals.
Whether the city will be able to
collect the full amounts levied, or be
compelled to accept another compro
mise, is a matter that only the courts
can determine.
In the meantime the little wage
earner, who owns a small house in the
suburbs. Is not worried over the mat
ter at all. He can either pay the tax
that is assessed against his property,
or It will be sold by the city. He can
take his choice.
Fire Commissioner Waldo, who la
reallyone of our most satisfactory of- to do with the quarrel, struck; out of
flclals, has just demonstrated that he
knows how to handle an embarrassing
question with credit to himself and to
the city.
Of course in his department there
Is constant need of having- horses shod.
Up to date this work has been done
In private shops. When Mr. Waldo
looked over the matter a while ago,
he found that the Brooklyn & Queens
Blacksmiths' Association, which con
trols matters in those two boroughs,
was charging 3S to shoe a horse. This
seemed to him to be unreasonable, par
ticularly as In Manhattan It was only
$5.50. So the Commissioner asked for
a reduction. The blacksmiths listened
to him, laughed, and, to show their
strength, announced that the rate
would be raised -to 38.50. -Then Comp
troller Prendera-ast added his protest,
with the result that the Insolent
blacksmiths boosted the rate to $7.
And all the time the horses had to
be shod. j
There were no screams from Waldo,
and no verbal fireworks. But he
quietly made his arrangements, and
has secured 10 portable blacksmith
shops. These will have their regular
stations and be moved around the city,
drawn by horses, to any engine-house
that needs their services. Union labor
only will be employed, and the men,
who are to be appointed through civil
service, will receive union pay for
union hourr.
Incidentally, It might be added that
It Is estimated that the city will save
fully 365.000 a year through the re
form. Also there Is sorrow In the
ranks - of the Brooklyn & Queens
Blacksmiths' Association.
Building: Strike Fizzles Out.
The proposed building strike, which
was to Involve 100.000 men In Manhat
tan, has apparently simmered out. One
reason is that this Is the dull time of
year, and that the workers realize tnat
there Is not nearly eno'ugh work to go
around. The fact that the whole thing
la absurd does not seem to strike any
one. The different unions are very jealous
over their right to do certain kinds
of labor, and a minor squabble led to
the present trouble. On a certain
piece, of construction work. It was'
necessary to attach metal cornices and
hollow metal doors to the building.
The carpenters claimed the right to
do It, so did the sheet metal workers.
The bosses, after a careful considera
tion, decided that the carpenters had
the call. Then the sheet metal work
ers walked out. declining to work with
the carpenters. If It had been the
other way. the carpenters would have
walked out. So the employers stood
to lose, no matter how they decided.
On other jobs the sheet metal work
ers declined to labor alongside the
carpenters, and finally "the employers
locked all of that trade out. Where
upon other unions, which, had nothing;
sympathy.
One of the biggest contractors in New
York. In discussing the case today, said:
"Half of the" building troubles are
caused by trifles. Two unions claim the
same piece of work and the one that
does not get it quits. In the present
case the employers do not care whether
the carpenters or the sheet metal work
ers have that particular Job. The
proper thing to do would be to have a
committee of experts pass upon such
mooted points, with the proviso that
their decision should be final. I 'be
lieve that the average employer would
be willing to have the unions name the
committee and agree to abide by its
decisions. The trouble is that the men
would never consent. For some unex
plained reason, they would rather fight
It out, and cost money to everyone."
Shuberts Outwit Speculators.
After a test of several weeks, the
Shuberts seem to be justified In their
assertion that they have solved the
speculator evil. Under their present
system no tickets are sold through the
hotel agencies, and the only place to
get them Is at the box offices. The re
sult Is that, although the bulk of their
houses are playing to capacity, there
have been no "kicks" from patron that
they were discriminated against.
The scheme of making each box office
a sales office for all others under the
Shubert management has also been suc
cessful. The advantage is that. If a
patron goes to, say, the Maxine Elliott
Theater, and finds that everything is
sold out, for a certain performance, he
can scan the list of other attractions
and buy his seats for somewhere else
without leaving the first theater.
Which is a great advantage to a busy
man who does not want to waste time
traveling all over town.
Although . the speculators are in evi
dence in front of some of the Klaw &
Erlanger theater"", they are most of
fensive and in larfst numbers outside
the Metropolitan Opera House. The
management declares that all except a
very few seats are subscribed for the
entire season, but the fact remains that
the speculators always have the coveted
pasteboards, which they hold for fancy
prices.
Perhaps the day will come when pat
rons can buy tickets everywhere at box
office prices, but the only present indi
cation of that is the Shubert innovation,
which really seems to be 'on the level.
Flatbnsh Has Freak Robbery.
Flatbush is a suburban section of
Brooklyn, thickly populated, but ex
tremely rural 1n Its ways. Also it i
the location of some of the strangest
news stories "that ever puszled a . city
editor.
For example, the other day there was
a robbery that could not have occurred
anywhere except in Flatbush. It was
reported by the Rev. John T. Woods,
pastor of the Church of the Holy Cross.
Forty young; women parishioners held
a meeting in the parochial school and
then adjourned to the church. They left
their coats and wraps, in the school.
When they returned, they found that a
thief had appeared during their absence
and stolen the plumes and ribbons from
each and every hat. It was estimated
that he had secured 50 ostrich plumes, a
dozen yards of ribbon, a bushel or so of
artificial flowers and a large quantlty
of lace. None of the hats were taken,
for some unexplained reason.
The police "are working on the case." .
Flatbush. by the way, Is the place that
first had police dogs, it being seriously
Intended to hunt down criminals with
up-to-date Simon Legree methods. The
experiment was not a success, and the
belief is that the dogs have been dis
missed from the force in disgrace.
Why Judge Does Not Marry.
There has always been more or less
comment among ine inenas 01 Du-jreiue
Court Justice Aspinall as to why he has
never married. For the jurist is a man
of wealth, of an old family and admit
tedly the best looking man on the local
bench.
But Justice Aspinall revealed the se
cret himself the other day. In deciding
a separation case that came before him,
he remarked in open court:
"If bachelors, contemplating matri
mony, would only come down here and
sit for a month on the bench, they would
change their minds and go out and play
football."
There - are about 30 members of the
Supreme tjourt in tne metropolitan dis
trict. The majority of them are mar
ried, but the peculiar fact remains, that
none of them have taken wives since '
they were elevated to the bench. Sev
eral of them are bachelors and there
are a few widowers. Up to dato they
have all kept out of the divorce court,
but for some reason they have also
dodged the marriage license clerk's of- -flee.
Undoubtedly "there is a reason, and
the chances are that "Handsome Joe"
Aspinall has stated it.
The Lost Girl.
Nw York Times.
I 'member when they out my curlr, not very
Because they looked just like a girl's, and
I'm a boy. you know;
I used to wear 'em awful long, and oaca
my pa. he said.
It's time I had my curia cut off and wore
short hair Instead; -Because
I'm big enough for that; and then
they took the shears
And snipped my curls off one by one right
close ud to my ears.
But every time a curl came off. my mother,
she Just hid
Her face a little bit and cried. I wonder
why she did!
Ana after 'while she picked one up and held
It In her hand
With something- shining In her eyes I didn't
understand;
She petted It at If it were a little boy or
girl.
And acted fond of It when it was nothing
but a curl.
And after "while they're all cut off and
down there on the floor. j -
And I looked much more like a boy than I
had been before.
But there was something; In her eyaa she
trie.,! and tried and tried
To brush away, but still it came. I wonder
why ahe cried T
And after 'while I'm all trimmed off, and
then my pa, he said.
I'm not a baby any more, but Tm a boy
nsesn.
And he is awful proud of me. and then my
ma. she smiled
And said we found a boy that day and lost
a little child;
So I said I would hunt for bim and bring
him back, bat then -. '
She said she was afraid that be would not
come back araln;
And picked the curia I had all up from off
the floor and bid L
Them In her bureau drawer and cried. I