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TITE STJXDAY OREGONAN. PORTLAND. JANUARY 7, 1912.
SUPPRESSION OF WILD NEW YEAR'S
ORGIES URGED BY SAN FRANCISCANS
Saloon Men acd Cifa Owners Oppow Movement Started fcy Puritan to Adopt Sane Celebration Anna Held and
Company Entertained t Gay Party at Press Club.
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SAX FRANCISCO. CaU Jan. .
(Special.) Will til wild spirit
with which San Francisco celebrat
ed In Sunday night New Yara be
curtailed In the future, or will the Bo
hemians be allowed to ramble about at
will on this one night in the year? It's
a question tl.at came up for consldera
tion thia year and although the protest
wat baaed oji the ground that New
Year's ere happened to fall on a Sun
day ulnat. H Is known there is much
more buck of the objections that have
been rained.
Generally speaking, there Is a protest
from a crrta'a c:a of residents who
areue that t.-.e rbtmi of San Francisco
is to be fuund In Just such celebrations
that are peculiar to the city. Naturally,
also, the cafe owners and saloon men
object to any curtailment of their prlv
llKea. because It would mean the loss
of thouaan-is of dollars to thero. No
one In the cafes makes much of a pre
tense of eatlnc on New Year eve. and
to bare anytr.lna- In front of you save
a bottle of wine is t Invite ridicule.
It Is Just for this reaaon and also be
of the night workers who figured on a
nice, quiet place In which to take their
meala.
one of the San Francisco morning pa
pers stirred up quite a bit of Interest
this last week by Interviewing the girls
of the Anna Held Company on the
stage door Johnnies. Some of the girls
turned over to the newspaper men notes
that they had received and while names
were not used In the paper, atlll for all
that. It made some Interesting reading.
The fair Anna herself permitted an In
terview to escape from her ruby lips
In which she told of the triale and trib
ulations of the woman In the theatrical
game, and how the girls are continually
annoyed by men who want to meet
them.
Some of the girls said the same thing,
but there were others who disagreed
with this theory and said that they got
along on the road without annoyances.
Miss Held was the center of marked
attention from friends. Charles Han
Ion, a prominent and wealthy attorney,
gave a party at the Press Club at which
Miss Held and all of the members of
her company were guests. There was
take-off akit on Miss Mela ana
cause of the roughness of aume of the penty. of music and the affair wound
people on the street that the move has up Wtn a rag dance. Even Anna Held
come about for a sane .w 1 ears eve. j0jne a the merriment and permitted
For Instance. M.maicer James Wood, ' n,rf lo be given a lesson In dancing
nt the t-t. Francis Hotel, estimated that
they would take In liO.Poe between
o'clock In the evening and aay 4 In the
morning. The same thing can be aaid
for the Palace Hotel. It was estimated
that Talt's Techau's Tavern and other
of the hlgh-clasa restaurants would
average around the $10,000 mark from
the standpoint of receipts. Oolog fur
ther down the line, tenderloin resorts
such aa bpldrr Kelly's, the Black Cat
and othera with alluring names, the
rtne bill will run to something like
the Texas Tommy by an expert from
the Barbary Coast, who was on hand
to do hi dance for the visitors..
It was all hours when the party broke
np and everybody seemed to have had
a great time. Later the French Club
gave a party to the Parisian actress
and members of the troupe and there
were Innumerable private stunts. When
the show broke up Jast Saturday night.
It Is said there were many with broken
hearts left behind. At all events, any
number of machines escorted the girls
admirers to tne
, i nninurr vi
-" " w"- -.' I , . I and their eratwnne aaroirers xo in.
rs also spend their money frttly fr I ,n tna, wm .waiting to
the laughing soup, aa some one has ,' ke tn,m to Lo Angllee.
characterized It: so altogether, there Is . ak.d. of the First Con-
a world of money spent that might pos.
slbly be spent better In other channel.
The merchants feel the difference, and
so It Is quite possible they are behind
the- movement to put on the lid.
Lo Angeles, by theway. started the
ball rolling this year. Of course, there
are no saloons open In ths South on a
Sundsy. and particularly on this Sun
day night. The police were further In
structed that there wasn't to be any
gathering of crowd on the streets and
from all accounts the celebration was
ne celebration at all. "
I don't believe there was a spot In
Ban Franrtsoo which the women did net
Invade. I'p on Powell street there la a
restaurant and hotel sacred to men.
Women have never been granted the
privilege of frequenting the place, but
an exception waa made last Sunday
night to the general rule. Women were
granted the right of going to the dining-room,
much to ths disgust of some
The Rev. Dr. Aked. of the First Con
gregatlonal Church, has started an An
anias club of hi own. A coup) ot
Sundays ago. he delivered a sermon on
th McNamaraa and the labor problem.
Reading th morning paper report of
the sermon, th San Francisco Labor
Council sent the reverend gentleman
a hot reply. He answered It letter
of protest by denying he had said what
two of th paper had printed. The
men who reported his sermon have
people In th congregation to support
their contention that they gave a fair
and truthful summary of bla address.
Newspaper men will hereafter else
Dr. Aked along with David Starr Jor
dan and some of the member of th
University of California faculty and
treat him accordingly. Most newspaper
men will not take a statement from
the college professors named unless a
la nresent. for they bav a hab-
I It of retorting that they were not
quoted correctly when called to ac
count foe their interviews.,
The '"eons of revolution." ss some
one ha happily styled them, the boy
who attend the revolving doora In th
big hotels, are Jlie first to feel serious
ly the effect of the crusade against
tipping. Two of them were complaining
the other day that since the chief of the
National Association of Commercial
Travelers Issued his edicts against tips,
commercial men, together with the gen
eral public, passing In or out of the
smooth-turning circular doora are not
handing out their 10 -cent pieces as of
old.
"They talk about the waitress In
Denver who recently bought a 1100
coat with tip of 1000 dimes she had
been able to save up in three years."
said one of these boys. "Why, I have
got as high a $385 In five and ten
cent tip In one year at tnla door. But
they are scarce these days, formerly
I could depend upon at least $1 a day
in tips, which with my 125 a month
salary. and board made a good wage.
The bloke who talked against tips
should attend to his own business and
let us boys make something decent."
Quite a scandal came up this last
week In local society circles when Cup
tain H. H. Norwood, known to his
friend aa "Skipper" Norwood, was
forced to resign from the Cosmo Club
due to a acandal about winning money
with cards that were marked. The Sklp
ter was exceedingly lucky In his play.
and finally one of the losers, becoming
suspicious, took one of the decks horn
with him. He had the card exammea
by an expert and discovered that they
had been marked. Of course. Captain
Norwood protested hie Innocence and
all that, but he resigned when nis res
ignation was Insisted upon and said
that he did so in order to avoid em
barrassment.
Men who returned from Sacramento
recently say that If United State Sen
ator Perkins were to die tomorrow.
there I no doubt that Governor John
on would send Francis J. Heney to
Washington in hi tead. But If there
had been a vacancy while th Leglsla-
lature waa still meeting, Heney
wouldn't have had a chance. His nam
waa hardly mentioned.
Among the Progressives, the name of
CurUs H. LIndley la being a good deal
discussed as a Senatorial possibility.
He Is widely known among the lawyers
of the state, having been president oi
the Bar Association, and he has built
up a competence In practicing mining
law. on which he Is a recognised au
thority. Like Heney. he was formerly
a Democrat, but his activities were not
prcnounced.
The standpatters talk a great deal
about Samuel M. Shortrldge. who Is a
recognized candidate for the high of
fice, and of former Governor James N.
Glllett, who i working Into a good law
practice In thl clty.
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL PLAN
MEETS COLD RECEPTION
Politldani Declare Citizen Are Not In Favor of Heavy Expenditure at
This Time Tax Scheme Promoted.
SEATTLE. Jan. . ISpedaL) If th
maneuvering of political candi
dates furnishes any criterion of
public sentiment. It la fair to aay that th
plan recently drawn at a coat of some
fSO.000 and Intended to guide th city
In It material development for decade
to come, do not stand high In popular
favor. Candidates declaration of pol
icy vary from platonlo admiration for
the scheme and their safekeeping 'in
an unofficial pigeonhole, where they
can be consulted If needed, to actlv
opposition.
The municipal plans, as they are
known, are the work of a commission
of ;1 men elected under the city char
ter from various public and semi-public
oricanlxationa in such a way that it
was supposed to represent all Interests.
The commission employed Virgil Bogue.
n engineer, and went at the work
with great enthuslaam. The result Is
embodied In a beautifully printed book
as big as a college annual, accompa
nied by numerous maps and plans In
colors, describing a city of over 1.000.
t00 population, covering several time
the present area of the city.
Ueavy Exeeadlfar Opposed.
Most of the commissioners are suf
ficiently Impressed with th validity of
the Idea embodied to be drawn Into
actlv advocacy of th plan, and po
litical meetings where thia question is
taken up frequently develop Into Joint
debate. Opposition arises from nu
merous causes, but th underlying
feeling seems to be that this is not th
time to commit the city to heavy ex
penditures. Jt Is felt that pressure for the Im
mediate realisation of parts of the
plans would be applied by property
owners whose holdings were marked
for future condemnation and that there
would be justice In their contention
that the city ought not to mark out
their property for public uae and at tbe
same time delay taking It over.
The plans are to b submitted to the
voter at th olty election early in
March. If adopted they acquire th
standing of a part of th city charter.
There Is some sentiment to the effect
that they ought to be simply advisory,
van If they are to be used In a gen
eral way as a municipal galde. What
the voter will do only the election can
tell, but the politician with their ear
to th ground seem to have sized up th
situation aa Indicated.
Stasia Tax Plaa Vs.
Aa amendment of decided tntereat
which will be submitted at th earn
time I that which proposes to exempt
from taxation for municipal purposea
personal property and real estate, fol
lowing within this limited scope th
single tax principles of Henry George
Councilman Austin E. Griffiths, who la
an attorney of standing, believes that
such aa amendment would be effective.
Lawyer disagree. To a non-technical
reader the state constitution seems to
ay aa plainly aa ita framera could put
It that "all" property must be equally
ta&ed In proportion to l:a value. Even
the sllcht exemption allowed In this
state. 1300 worth of personal property
to the head of a" family, was tntro
duoed aa an amendment to the consti
tution. The neighboring City of Everett re
cently authorized such an amendment
to Ita charter, which has been entirely
lanored by the County Assessor of Sno
homish County. Neither the City At
torney nor Prosecuting Attorney has
tsken any steps toward ita enforce
ment and the charter commission
which has Just completed framing a
new charter for that city refused to
Incorporate the single tax In Its re
port, but has submitted the question
to ths voters again as a separate prop
osition. Fire Flatter Retiree.
Th retirement of Gardner Kellogg
aa Or marshal, at the age of 71. marks
the end ot a career of unusual Interest.
Mr. lCaUogg entered th village fire ,
department when It waa first organ
ized In It;.. With hi brother volun
teers, many of whom are now the lead
er In th city life and actlvltle, h
fought th early fires with the primi
tive apparatus of those day.
In 1U the service was reorganized
and the volunteers, now In six com
panies, chose Mr. Kellogg Chief. After
tbe big Ore of lis the Council pro
vided for a paid department and ho
was again made Chief, which position
he held until 189. and again from 1895
to 1902. since which time ho has been
marshal.
Mayor Dllllng ha appointed Harry
W. Brtnghurat to aucceed Mr. Kellogg.
Mr. Brtnghurat was Chief from 1906
to 110. when he waa removed to make
way for an appointee of Mayor Hiram
C G11L Mr. Kellogg retirement was
honored by the department with a re
ception and the presentation of a gold
medal In recognition of his long serv
ice. ,
Chief of Police Bannlek haa gained
the disfavor of the small boys of Seat
tle by a reported order forbidding all
coasting. The edict went forth after
there had been a serious accident In
the Oreen Lak district.
M. F. Jonas, a resident of th uni
versity district, who haa appeared from
time to time in the role of philanthro
pist, has donated a valuable tract of
land at Ravenna as a site for a horn
for destitute women and children. The
gift Is contingent upon the raising ot
$10,000 toward construction. Tbe Vol
unteers of America already had more
than half this amount pledged and It
Is said ths gift will make It easy to
secure the remainder. The announce
ment of the donation was made at a
dinner given by Mr. Jones at the
Washington Annex to 60 workers con
nected with tbe various charities of the
olty. '
RECITAL PROVES PLEASING
Miss Ulldreth Humason Is Heard in
Elocutionary Programme.
At th homo of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bui
mason, of 19 North Twentieth street,
their daughter. Miss Hlldreth Humason.
waa presented In an oratory and elo
cution recital by Edna Will-Bush. Half
a hundred guests were In attendance,
and a programme consisting of read
ings by Miss Humason and Mrs. Bush,
together with musical contribution by
guests, waa given. "
Miss Humason ha taken up a career
a a reader, and her progress in her
ohosen work has been particularly rap
Id. She was heard In several recita
tion, tbe best liked of which, perhaps,
was a selection from "Ben Hur," whloh
she Interpreted with charming simplic
ity and naturalness In expression.
Mrs. ' Wtll-Bueh gave . Van Dyke'
"Last Word," bringing out the sweat
ness and real beauty of the story.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
EDITED BT LEOJig CAS BAJEITL
SOME refreshing news has Just been
received concerning- Isetta Jewel,
whom everybody In Portland re
gards ss personal property, henc "V
thlng about her movements, hope and
ambition will be hailed with delight
by host of her local admirers. Horace
Ptevens. at whose mining camp In
Northern California the charming
young actress and her mother spent a
ten day' vacation last Summer, has
Just returned from a trip East, bring
ing back with him some glad tiding
on th subject of th great suoces
Miss Jewel Is meeting wherever shs
v.- leadlna- woman In
James K. Hackett s company.
"My trip .asi reiatea iuibi
business at tbe National Capital. said
Mr. Stevens lat night, "th return
ticket calling for a route over the Chi
cago. Milwaukee Puget Sound road.
i -w . . MlniiMntL Much to
my delight the Hackett company waa
playing in Minneapolis wu.o n.
there, so I dcMd to atop over and
. . irt...l...lvln, Hlnnar with
IIM ' ' ' 7 .-r,'.."r,
Miss Jewel and her mother, and Inci
dentally, attend a perrormanc ox in
Grain of Dust at the Metropolitan
Opera-house there. They were both
tickled to death to see me. ana piiwi
me with all sorts of Inquiries about
. i l n 1 mnA mutual friends
In particular, and as I have been more
or leas connected with newspapers. I
guess that I cam in mdoj awuaw
of Information. Anyhow, I found It
i v. i nn.r the elrcamatanoea. to
hake any grain of dust or any other
t mm mv kleka In the
short time 1 had allotted for my stay.
so I bad to get an extension oi time,
as the lawyers say. No matter where
she Is, the moment Miss Jewel casts
her lamps on anyooay irom uregon, us
is a dead-gone 'Injun.' becaus she
i i. - .. ...nhnlv from thia state
aa ber long-lost brother, and I firmly
believe wouki oispiar w m .pirn
of alsterly Interest were she to taco
him on the Desert or eanara.
wnw ah took her outinar
down at my mining eamp last Summer
Just before her appearance at the Or
pheum. and, naturally, whenever two
old mining pards like us meet In dis
tant lands, we have to gather around
som campfire and hold a long pow
wow. For that reason I did not break
sway quit as soon as expected, and
am mighty glad of It, because It not.
only afforded me tbe opportunity for
having a nice visit with them, but also
taking th first alalga lid of my life.
Too see. It was sero weather at Minne
apolis, and Just about enough snow on
the ground to remind me of my little
log cabin down in the Sisktyous, so we
celebrated' th event by getting a good
cutter and all hands that Is, 'Queen
Pete,' 'Bill' and myself hitting the
high place around th country until
further order: so late. In fact, that we
were all much concerned lest the cur
tain should arise at th Hackett per
formance minus Its kernel to The
Grain of Dust-' We must have gene
fully 10 miles, circling Lake Harriet
In the course of our dandy ride, where
Mies Jewel and myself had our Initial
view of Iceboat sailing. Ton may Just
bet It was grand, too, watching these
fragile crafts, with their tremendous
press of canvass on runners, skimming
over the glassy surface like appara
tlons at a speed that baffles descrip
tion. "Tbe Hackett company has been do
ing an enormous business all this sea
son, and I understand Is about th only
road company that has made much
money thus far. It Is small wonder,
too, for It Is certainly a htgh-grada
organization. The cast Include James
K. Hackett. who takes the leading
male part of Frederick Norman; Ben
Johnson, aa William Tctlow: Charles
Stedman. as Jamea Galloway; Frank
Burbeck. as Edward Lockyer; Fraser
Coulter, as Isaac Burroughs; Vaughan
Trevor, as Clayton Fltzhugh; Fred A.
Sullivan, as Tlmson; Olive Harper
Thome, a Mrs. Clayton Fltzhugh;
Pauline L. NefT. as Josephine Bur
roughs, and Miss Jewel, as Dorothea
HallowelL the fascinating young sten
ographer, who operate aa a 'grain of
dust' In th eyes that mirror th soul
of the lawyer's affections.
The house was crowded to the doora
tbe night I attended, and from what I
learned, thia condition has prevailed
all the way through.
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The denunciation of "The Merchant i
of Venice" by Rabbi Mayer, of Kansas ,
City, as a wanton and wilful libel on J
the Jewleh race, brings Mr. Sothern'
briskly to the defense of Shakespeare. I
"Shylock." writes Mr. Sothern, "is no
more typical of the Jews than Macbeth
Is of th Scottish or Richard IU of the
English people. He was a Jew not
the Jews." Mr. Sothern discover that
Shylock was "a vile, horrible wretch."
and was so pictured by Shakespeare "to
show that persecution Is not to be en
dured even to the most lowly." In hi
article, Mr. Sothern, of oourse, refer j
THIS IS LOVEJOY STREET-NOB HILL DISTRICT
THE HEIGHTS ABOVE ARE NOW WESTOVER TERRACES
7400 Square Feet for $4000
Which Is 55c a Square Foot, and in Westover
Terraces There Are 15 Sites, Averaging this Size,
From Which to Choose!
Compare this with $1.30 and $1.60 per square foot now asked
on Cornell Road and with $1.00 to $1.75 at which ordinary inside
lots are held today in the best streets in Nob Hill district.
But don't imagine for a moment that these lots at $1.00 to $1.75
are high priced. I can prove that they are worth, at this
minute, every penny of the amount, and next year's buyers will
gladly pay probably 25 per cent more for them.
I simply quote these figures' here to give you an exact idea of
the extraordinary values now to be had in Westover Terraces
for a very short time.
Were I talking to you personally I would instance many indi
vidual (viewless) lots at these prices and give you exact locations
so that you could look them up.
Then when I show you Westover Terraces the fine level sites;
the. remarkably easy grades of the streets; the scientific terracing
of each site above its neighbor, and the view, expansive and inde
scribablewhy, you certainly will tell me, as I have been told by
almost every person who has seen the property, that it would be a
splendid proposition at double the present introductory prices.
First purchasers get best sites,
send you plats and full information.
Better phone or drop a line now and I'll
F. N. CLARK
Selling Agent Westover Terraces and Eastmoreland.
818-823 Spalding Building. Main 2113-A 7617
to Shakespeare aa "Th Bard." H fa
vor Shakespeare further In the cur
rant Munsey'a by entering; the noisy
madhouse of the Shakespeare-Bacon
controversy and bidding; tbe Baconians
be still.
...
Mra. Jackson Oeuroud (Amy Crocker,
of San Francisco) patron of the art of
terpslchore, known as the best first
nighter In New York, some time ama
teur actress, eto, returned from Europe
a fortnlg-ht ag-o and grave her first en
tertainment of the season at her home,
4 West Flfty-'xth street. New York.
Mra. Oouroud revealed to America for
the first time the fascinating- "TongTa"
dance of South America, which is al
ready "th rage' in Paris. Valeska
Suratt did her "turkey trot:" Nance
Gwynn Spanish dance; Lura Ouerlte
a French dance; Cathleen Clifford an
American dance; Baroness von Groyss
a Vienna dance, and Genla Agaxloff
a Russian dance. Mrs. Oouroud said
she hoped to get "everyone" soon to
dance the "Honolulu KulC which he
had 20 people do one night In Paris.
...
Mlkall Mordkln. tbe Russian apollo.
recently "discovered" the "future hope"
of the white race in a S-year-old baby,
whom he declared to be physical per-f-ctlon.
A newspaper got him to back
It up with photographs of himself and
the little one to Illustrate ths polnta
on which he based his Judgment. Now
everywhere the Immortal Mike travels
he ha to sneak down alleys when he
leaves his private car (this Itself
placed in Inaccessible parts of grimy
railroad yards) In order to escape the
army of fond parents who demand htm
to Inspeet their offspring.
. .
Rehearsals are now nnder way of the
special all-Scotch, company, which is
to present "Bunty Pulls the Strings'
on a tour which will embrace the Pa
cific Coast. The cast was selected in
London by Graham Moffat the author
of "Bunty." This little-known play, by
an unknown author. Jumped Into Imme
diate favor when It was first presented
at the Haymarket in London early
last Summer, and 1 (till on th board
there. Also It caught the popular
taat In bias New York, and every-1
body has a good word for both play
and player. Cyril Maud la the Lon
don produoer and the Shuberts are
sponsors for "Bunty" in America,
Jane Laurel, whose last name is Mal
colm, but who discards It for stage
purposes, will soon retire forever
from the footlights by marrying; Rob
ert Jordan, a wealthy Bostonlan. Miss
Laurel was in Portland last season
with John Drew, In "Smith," playing
th role of Mrs. Rosenberg, whose
baby dies while she Is attending- &
bridge party. She has been under the
management of Charles Frohman for
several years.
The engagement has Just been an
nounced and the wedding Is to be a
mart event at Grace Church In Bos
ton, where Mr. Jordan, the son of Ebon
D. Jordan, a dry-goods merchant, Is
prominent socially. Miss Laurel has
had no nrofe-'BionsI eneae-ements this
season since tbe death of Kyrle Bel
lew, with whom she was playlne In
"The Mollusc."
e .
Marguerite Clark, the captivating lit
tle actress, last seen here with De Wolf
Hopper In "Happyland" and who last
season appeared In the Eactern "Baby
Mine" company. Is to be a real star next
year, In a new play entitled "When All
the World Was Young." This Is to be
a William A. Bsady enterprise.
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