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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1910)
8 THE SUXDAT OnEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 25, 1910. LONDON ENJOYS VISIT OF AMERICAN SAILORS Blnejacketa Win Favor by Splendid Physique and Amuse by their Frank Criticisms American Football Hade Popular. j 1 ... .;.. "I J : -. . -. :s .. -.- - - :. : , . , ' . ' ,- ;' ! '. if'-'- " .-.-. V i J -- - v.. - J T AUCRICAI SAILORS IX LOXDOX REDI.G-ROOX. LONDON'. !. 5C-Cpcla!. Amr-Ir-aa MoJackrtt htlonsMna to tha bat tlnhtp fWC aMi to tlis iralrtr of ths metropolis during; the strenuous period of the general flection. Funny incldente were continually oe rurrfna. A sailor offered to buy the basket of flowers of one of the flower srlrls la Piccadilly Cirrus. "If Mamie, ye ll come back to the Mates with me. Ouess ye ll make the sjals there look sick some." he explained. "Mamie" tossed her head and glared. "My old man feeds himself on jrreen stuff like you every morning." she retorted. "Op It. nan!" s Some of their opinions of London In stitutions and Hrtttshers In ireneral. t-.avs been affording amusement to "Lon don people. One bluejacket said that tjcklnirhani Palace was no residence fr a Kin, as It looked more like a soldiers barracks. One and all are sur prised at the presence of barmaids la the saloons, and note with a stah the absence of sjood German beer, and the habit of customers In staying; to chat over their drinks. Some of them think that the Prime Minister's house la TtownlnsT street mlirht well be "a more faacy looking residence." Fine riijlqae Attracts. Britishers, on their part, have been struck by the fine physique of the men. by their "odd little white duck hsta with floppy brims" and by the cosmo politan character of the crews. Boatmen around tlravesend where em of the battleships are anchored are a little critical. "Haw them on the quarter dark smoking pipes," srrunted one. "A man would set IS years fur ttjat In our navy." Plenty of hospitality was offered and enjoyed by the officers and men of the American battleship fleet. alike in lxindon and the shore towns off which the battleships are moored. American societies In the metropolis have natur ally been to the front la a-lvlna; the bluejackets a a-ood time, am i the read-Int-riKim of the Wiener Aa-ency la the 8 trend has been dally filled with sail era, scanning: the American papers, writing home letters, snd fretting point ers as to the sights of London and the best way to see them. Then, true to Its traditional hospitality, the City Cor poration Immediately on the arrival of the American ships, made arrangements to banquet the officers and men at the Oulldhall. One of the real sensations of the vltflt, to London folk, was the exciting game of genuine American football played at the Crystal Palace between the crews of the Idaho and Vermont The vast aeatlng capacity of the Crys tal Palace ground, accommodating Just under 100.000 "fans" was taxed to the utmost with Englishmen anxious to get a look at the husky. American game. When the two teams trotted out In their smsrt Government football clothes, there was a great shout of laughter from the crowd. "Who stuffed your trousers?" they yelled. "1 say, were you born with those shoulders?" "Hey. doff the rubber lid." etc etc.. for protections like head guards, padded trousers and shoulder pads are an amazing and novel eight on this side of the wster. Shin guards elicited like comments and the appearance of the nose guards when the teams lined up for the klckoff nesrly precipitated a riot.- "Look at the softies." shouted a Britisher, but he was drowned In a cheer from the Vermont bluejackets oa the side lines. Here was another funny thing cheering to time with a leader to beat It.- No true Brltnn would allow Ms emotions to be regulated this way. Crowd Chcrrs Scrimmage. But all this was forgotten when the scrimmage began, and the crowd was on its feet most of the game cheering wildly. Such smashing sport, such nerve-tlnrling running and dodging, such thrilling tackling. Interfering and plunging they had never aeen before. They had heard of the game as brutal, but under the new rules of open play and short periods. Its vigorous tactics and spertscular features set them crasy with delight. The high-twisting spiral punts were watched breathlessly and as the runner nipped the ball In handy style, eluded the two plunging ends and was off down the field, twining, leaping and dodging this way and that, and was finally slammed to earth by a clean, headlong tackle, this British crowd. In a voice that could be heard for miles around, proclaimed Its tumultuous ap proval of American football as a pop ular sport. DEFENDS SINGLE TAX PLAN A-fred D. Cridje Asserts That Thorough Information Was Given Voters on Purport of County Tax Measure. PORTLAND, r-ec. Is. To the Editor) For smislng yet pathetic, utter Inability to look at ll.e slng tsx as a mere creation of man and not some tast cyclone of Nature, the communi cation of W. A. Cuslck In The Ore gnnlsa certainly la the limit. More mls etatements. mlst-onceptlons and ahaurdl ties could nut very well be crowded Into the same space. The statement that the tax amend ment was carried under false pretenses as a measure abolishing the poll fax I not sustained by the facts. No meas ures ever before the people of any state had such thorough and explicit In formation given concerning It as Una one did. Not only was It well stated la the pamphlet eent to every voter, but other literature, plainly setting forth whst It would accomplish and what It would change waa sent by private tcneans all over the state to every reg istered voter. Again and araln It commented on. supported or attacked Tbv the local papers and In no Instance was the poll tax provisions of It made a leading Issue. It wss repeatedly and continuously supported In tarlous ways avowedly because it would permit the counties to leslslate on matters of tax ation to suit the people of any county, thereby affordtng an opportuunlty If and when desired to try out any system of taxation that mlcht be thought bet ter than the present. To say that It was carried under a mtjpprehrnlon. that It abolished the poll tax and noth ing else. Is to assert that the vast ma jority of the people of Oregon can not read, write or understand the plainest language. Friend Cuslck Is badly off on the as sertions, made without one solitary fact to support them, that It would Increase the taxes on the farmers, relieve rail roads from taxation, exempt bankers, etc. The farmers do not own IS per cent of the land values of Oregon. See the last assessment rolls. The farmers do not have the most of their capital ' Invested In lands, but In Improvements. The farmers sre now taxed on their cultivated lands over a hundred mil lions more than uncultivated lands of like area and situation are taxed. The the figures of any real estate firm or institution where experts are In evi dence. In no county In Oregon do the farmers own the lands of tlist county, nor half or them, measured In dollars. In no county In the stste would the ex emption of Improvements snd persons! property from taxation Increase the taxation of land values by more than $0 per cent, and In some It would In crease land value taxea hut 2S per cent. With the cultivated field taxed no higher than the uncultivated land of equal fertility and sltustlon with build ings, live stock and personal property exempted entirely, there are few farm ers who would hsve any Increase In taxation, and very many would enjoy considerable reduction. Railroads are mainly land values. Their franchises giving them exclusive privileges over contln-ious strip of Isnd between snipping renters and ports, combined with waterfront lands of Immrhse commercial value, make these strips of Isnd worth msny times more valusble then equal areas of the finest farming lands, single blocks of land In Portland owned by the railroad companies sre worth more, even ac cording to assessors, than all the culti vated lands in some counties of the state. The rails, ties, depots and roll ing stock of a railroad are a mere trifle compared with the value of this con tinuous strip. If Krlrnd Custck has any doubts about It let him try to secure such a right of war with terminal privileges st deep water between Port land and San Francisco. When secured he will find that stigh right-of-way and holdings necessary to ita operation, without a splinter or a nail upon It, w-tll be wortb more than all the actual ly cultivated or used farm land In Ore gon, if improvement values are not con sidered. No banker but who operates on se curities based on land values. If you tax him oa these securities you simply Increase Interest to the borrower. These securities are not taxed In Ore gon to any great extent. They cannot be In their very nature, and all stu dents of taxation admit the u surdity and futility of attempt! so. Only fools, widows and As. however, expience has shown that when only land values are taxed the assessing authorities are compelled to aMaeaa business blocks of land, especial ly unimproved holdings, at much higher figures, the tax rate is held about level, and the poor man, holding a lot worth a few hundred dollars, whether lm proved or unimproved, hss the same or less taxes to pay. This has been ino case in Vancouver, B. C. Friend Cuslck assumes that In some way the single tax on land values la to be forced on Oregon. If any of the calamities follow Its adoption It will speedily become discredited, and th,e county or counties adopting It will re turn to the present system with pleas ure. There is nothing but the merits of a lnnd value tax system that coerce It upon any community. In this way It has extended In New Zealand. New South Wales. British Columbia, from city to city In Oermany to a limited extent, and Is depended upon to extend In Oregon. Nor Is FYlend Cuslck correct in as suming tlist it Is voted by non-property owners. In New South Wales It Is about to be adopted In the largest city in the world south of the equator, and in no locality there are non-property owners allowed to vote on the matter. The same rule applies In New Zealand. Indeed. It appears as If the non-prop erty owner was more of a load to the carrying of the new system Into effect In this country than the property owner. Vancouver. B. C. is growing faster than any city on the Coast, yet It does not tax Improvements or personal prop erty. With hundreds of civilised cities putting this new system of taxation Into effect, and with agricultural com munities continually voting for Its ex tension to local Institutions and reve nues In Australia, with TOO cities and towns of Great Britain humbly petl tlonlng Parliament to allow them to tax land values exclusive of improve ments, and the triumphant Liberal party pledged to allow It, there is noth ing wrong with Friend Cuslck s logic, farts and philosophy. The actual figures of any assess ment roll In Oregon do not bear him out to the slightest degree. Ills as sumption of higher cost of living be cause producers are taxed less and Idlers more by the taxation of values of land Instead of taxing the products of labor snd capital. Is equivalent to saying that if you take a load off a man's bark he will be weighed down by the all pressure. Friend Cualrk should get some facts together and then he would not make so msny foolish assertions. The peo ple will be given every opportunity possible to learn the truth, and to com pare the figures. ALFRED D. CRIDGE. GUARD TO MEET IN ALBANY Convention In w Armory Will Bo Largely Attended. Albany's new $?J8,000 Armory, for use of the National guard company stationed at that place, is to be opened formally January 1 by the National Guard Association convention. Orders have been Issued from guard head quarters designating the new Armory as the meeting place for this year. The convention promises to be the largest In point of attendance ever held. Requests for transportation have been received at headquarters from nearly every commissioned offi cer of the state military service. The programme of this year is to be an unusually strong one and aside from talks along technical lines by guard officers there will be Important and Instructive lectures by officers of the regular establishment. Including Cap tain F. K. Laoey, Jr., of the First In fantry, and Colonel G. N. Whistler, Coast Artillery Corps. ROMAN PEOPLE WORSHIP IMAGE CHRISTMAS MORN Pretty Story Surrounds Origin of Bambino, Carved From Tree Taken From Mount of Olives Procession Greets Appearance. rhllomath Woman Did". PHILOMATH. Or., Ier. 14 (Special.) Mrs. O. V. White died yesterday. The funeral services were beld at the fam ily residence. ROME Dec (Special.) All Christ mas festivals In Rome are connected In one way or another with the Church; they are held in the churches or private chapels, sind It la safe to say that there is not a family in the Eternal City which does not go to the church for entertain ment on Christmas du. Some of the ceremonies are indigenous to Rome, the most Important and charac teristic being that of the procession of the Santo Bambino (Holy Child) In the church of the Ara Cooli, early Christmas morning. Eoth Church and image have a most remarkftble history. The oeginnlnss of tl:e church go back to the reign uf Elupcror Octnvlus Augus tus, 3 R C. The story tells how one day Caesar was ascending the Capltollne j matron with a child In her arms appeared In a vision to him, ordering him to respect the spot, as her divine Son would one day rule over It- The Emperor, impressed by the apparition, erected an altar there, with the Inscription, "Haec Ara Fill! Dei," which afterwards developed Into, and gave the present Ara Coeli church its name. The origin of the Bambino is accounted for as still more miraculous. It is a figure about It Inches high, carved from wood taken from a tree of the Mount of Olives. The story relates how it was the work of a Franciscan inonk who grieved exceedingly that he had no colors to paint it with. However, one morning he awoke to find that celestial brushes had done the work for him, and the Bam bino had two beautiful blue eyes and delicately tinted cheeks and body. Although the people of Jerusalem wished to keep the so-called miraculous Image, the monk decided to present it to i the Ara Coell Church in Rome, and start ed courageously on Ills pious pilgrimage. I full of hope and true, but near the port : of Leghorn such a hurricane arose that everything, even the case containing the Bambino, was thrown overboard to save the lives of the human beings, who, in fart, all arrived on land. They considered their preservation a miracle due to the Image, and they set off to try and find the case containing it. Thai they es41y did, but as they ap proached, it ever eluded them floating. and drawing thera far out to sea. Re turning disappointed, the monk was sent alone and quite easily recovered the sa cred box. Thus in a glamor of mystery and miracle the effigy of the Holy Child waa domiciled at the Ara Coell, where it has been ever since, performing miracles. the neonlA aver, and snreadlng the fame of religion and the Church. I The only time in the year that unbe- llevers, as well as .the faithful, are al lowed freely to see this so-called miracle worker la on Christmas morning, when the clergy of the Basilica carry the Image, dressed In silk, and hung with all the priceless Jewels presented by grate ful hearts who have been recipients of xv 5sr" th: 2 .vpi A j Santo Bambino or Holy Child, T Wklrh Is Carried la Proetsiios I at Christmas 'lime la Rome. "J some mercy, about the church in proces sion. First come acolytes, carrying the cross and incense, followed by priests, bishops, archbishops and even Cardinals, one of whom holds the Bambino aloft, while those gathered for the occasion fall on their knees reverently, feeling that Christ himself Is passing by on this, bis own day. 1800 PRINTERS EAGER FOR TRADE EDUCATION Typographical Union's Printing Course Is Success, Promoters Say, and Skill of Craftsmen Has Been Greatly Increased. The International Typographical Union is the oldest American labor or ganization, and its activities are of un usual interest to sociologists. This union has developed and maintains a home for aged members and a tuber culosis sanitarium which has cost more than $900,000; last year It spent more than $100,000 in pensions to aged mem bers; it also has the usual strike and burial benefits. The receipt of a band itter ab- ng to do J orphans j f SOUTHERN GIRL, NATIVE OF TENNESSEE, PLATS LEADING ROLE IN "HONEYMOON TRAIL." it 1 1 ... .. .t ; a t '. 'f 7 i La. " - 1 ! " " v A. . . .-My ' ... ii ip- lm susiaweti ' taxes the farmer rys on his lands are submit to taxation of bonds, money, not as much as the taxes paid by city and town lots. It Is sheer folly for any man to assert IVt a tax on land values will Increase the burdens of the farm ers. It is not only absolutely Impos sible, but experience has demonstrated that It is silly to continue to claim It. The figure of the assessment rolls do not sustain Friend Cuslck. neither da notes, mortgages and notes of hand. Very wealthy men dealing In any of these shadows of real wealth either pass the tax on to the borrower or user, or evade It all together. The Improvements of Multnomah County are as one out of four of Its land values, and if exempted would In crease taxes ma land values one-third. ARLI.VK BOLLI-XG. Arline Boiling, prima donna in the musical comedy success, the "Honeymoon Trail." Is a Southern girl, a native of Nashville, Tenn. Her father is Professor Dl Campi. for many years one of the best known American vocal Instructors. When Miss Bolting was a girl her family moved to Chicago, where her father has been for the past IS years vocal-Instructor In the Buh College Conservatory. Miss Boiling studied with her father and completed her musical education In Berlin, f lie Is the possessor of a mexxo soprano of remarkable range and clarity. Miss Boiling is also one-of the finest women swim mers In America and has won many trophies In this particular sport. Last Summer she wss featured in the Summer run of "The Girl in the Kimono" at the Zelgfeld Theater, Chicago. "Honeymoon Trail" will open a seven nights' engagement at the Helllg. commencing Saturday, December SI. with special matinees Sunday and Monday and regular special matinee Saturday, January 7. some booklet reminds us that In addi tion to all this, the union is doing what ao many are talking about con ducting a trade school. In order to reach more than 50,000 members of the union, instruction is necessarily given by correspondence. The booklet glvea a few of many- ex pressions of approval from students who are taking or have taken the les sons. This system of education is pop ularly known as the "I. T. U. Course." and its methods mark a departure from other systems of typographic ed ucation. The old plan was to study specimens of work by accomplished compositors, the students following thera as much as possible, which tended to develop copyists rather than crea tors. Decorative typography must neces sarily follow artistic lines, so the pro moters of the I. T. U. Course went to the art schools and ferreted out the principles of design and color harmony which underlie good typography. The student is first taught these principles, and then aided in applying them to every-day work. This not only enables the compositor to perform his daily labor with greater ease and more sat isfaction, but develops any artistic tal ent he may possess. The Instructors are printers, of couiye, and this is an important feature. Professor Sargent, of the art department of the University of Chicago, after a thorough Inspection. Indorsed the course. In answer to a question, the professor said he could not give students ' as good service as the course Instructors, for the reason that he la not a printer. It la claimed that one of the important reasons for the success of this course is that it was prepared for printers by print ers. This subordination of the peda gogue to the mechanlo or artisan is a moot and Interesting question In the organization of trade sections of any description. The commission having the union's venture in charge claims that it has achieved suceess, and points to an en rollment of nearly 1S00 students in 80 months as proof. Some of these stu dents give their opinion of the course in the booklet before us. Among them are two men more than 60 years old. one of whom has secured the best job he ever bad, as a result of taking the course: the other who has had little op portunity to become proficient in the better-paying class of printing, says the course has taught him more of the right kind of stuff than he had learned In many years. A young man of 20 Jubilantly tells that his salary has been raised $6 a week, and he is expecting more. An English-bred student de clares that the course beats the seven year apprenticeship that Is required of British printers. A New Yorker, who complains of having been "railroaded" through his apprenticeship, says that at Jl years of age he found in the L T. TJ. course all that he could have learned In the office, and more. There is also young printer who has become an ad. writer and designer, who is sure the Instruction given has enabled him to hold his new job. An ad. compositor on a daily newspaper says he had learned many things during the course which be had never heard of before, while a Wisconsin printer says the quality of his work has improved 100 per cent. All this is In keeping with the pur pose of typographical unions, which spend from $8000 to $10,000 a year so that printers may receive this informa tion at less than cost. The skill of its members has always been an important asset of the typographical union. The specialization of work which now pre vails in industry has practically abol ished the apprenticeship system. These and other things have a tendency to depreciate the SKill of individual print ers, thereby weakening the power of the union. It met the situation In a businesslike way, and In doing so, not only supplied the need of an appren ticeship system, but Is imparting knowledge that cannot well be given in printing office. 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