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T1TE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TORTLAXD. JANUARY 14, 1912. 12 1 OLD CHINESE LOOK WITH SADNESS ON PASSING OF ANCIENT CUSTOMS Last Celebration of New Tear Will Be Tinged With Pan That It Can Never Be Again Splendor and Pomp to Be Greater Than Before, but Much of Religion Element Will Be Lacking. F y. r ..... .. ML...-'-- ' '.r ;V',.:. '' - , -' r- f- t ! 5 A, o;'". ij ' f 1 v'" :i- J J. -'jj- '-- -Tv ' . - - w A . . 5 - ."K'V. -;;-:H 1 1- '-.""'4 1 4 ; r ' '. " ' JONFL'CIUS had I only 73 of thr V-i True WoM. Si ST ROPERT POPLE. 100O disciples; hem reachfMl the True Word. So lire we; few mow on what rocks we re going and where the empire and the republic axe likely to bring- us. Aa for me. I am an old man. and I hare not been back to China for S5 year, and I may be wronn, but It eeema to me that with a cbange of a-overnment. the old cua totne that were Deautlful i Jut aa with you Americana when a repub lloan oernmnt cornea. We are a re public they ay now. and It may be for the better, but the old cuetoma they are loet." The eyea of the aray-halred Chinese merchant arcw aober a he looked acroes Second etrret la where a red. white and blue flan of the baby re public fluttered In the breeae, outside the door of a Jopshouse. "Now. no more New Year." he ad.lcd. adly. The old man pleated the elreve of the eilk ahlrt he wore, between his tlna-era, trxclns; the embroidered draaona on the arms, and the centered dragon bead upon the bosom of the ahlrt. "Tea, the beautiful thina-a. when we become clrlllaed. they all (to away. The old cuetoma. the manners of two. three thousand years, that were ours before your civilisation ever started all chana-ed In a minute because we have become a civilised nation. That Is not civilisation; that la not the result of a Ions; aeries of events; It la taking someone else's trousers to fit our legs. The trousers are too short and we look bad. alldaood Joys ReealleeV -It Is like a bamboo shoot: Spring, Summer. Winter comes and the shoot grows: then another Spring and an other Summer and It Is cut down and dragged out and rice la planted there. It la like a fish thrown on the land; If he comes to change Into a land ani mal, he lives: If he does not, he dies. When I waa a little boy. and the New Year meant that I would get many little paper envelopes with money in them. I waa glad. Then I grew a man and gave paper envelopea with money In them on the New Year to little boys I knew. Now I am an old man, and they will change It all In a year. One more time I wl'.l give the little Sings and the little Iees their New Year preeenta-i-then the New Year will be all changed." Quon Juol Hl was right. When the feasts of the tongs end the cele bration of the New Year, toward the latter part of February, the last of the New Tear celebrations will be over. With new rulers come new customs, and the young Chinese, freed from the domination of the empire and the-.r an cestors, have begun with a ruthless hand to tear down the fabric of the time-honored customs of the race, tak ing In Its stead the made-to-oruer civilisation of the Western continent. "All-the-same-Amerlcan" has been taken as a atandard of what la best, and the most of the Century-built fa brie of National life has been thrown Into the discard. OI4 Mfi'i Os Reejsieei Craaited. Pr. Sun Tat Sen. provisional presi dent of the new republic Issued re cently an edict In which he made Jan uary 1. 111. the first day of the Chi nese New Year, and changed to the Gregorian calendar as the National standard. But In Portland, and prob ably ail ovar the United States, as well as in China. February IT. 112. celebrated aa the New Year, with the ckl customs. One more celebration be fore the change the old men asked for, and It was granted. The younger spirits will observe the new calendar, but the older will for the last time keep the 4S0-yer-old anniversary Just as they have in past years. Portlands Chong Hwa, comprising the representatives of the 400 odd business houses In the two Chinatowns, will be formally called a week or two before February 17 to decide upon the celebration, but the feeling of both old and young Is for the last celebration, and It is likely that the merchants' as aoclatlon will sanction It. Fireworks and a general bustle to buy all the things necessary for the proper celebration of the New Tesr will mark the night of February IS. Candy, grapefruits, cakes of Chinese manufacture, will be bought, lanterns will be hung before the stores, and the inno Chinese will prepare for the breaking of the great day. Rellgioa (iradaally Disss. In the homes of the Chinese, the New Tear's arrival will find the entire fam ily gathered about the table for the family feast that opens the celebra tion. All night the people will be up and about, after 1 o'clock In the morn ing leaving their homea and going to the Joss bouses to worship for an hour or more. The worship of the Josses will not be so extensive this year as before, beoause of the gradual wean tng away of the people from the re ligion, but enough of those caring for old customs will be found to keep filled the houses of the Josses. When punk sticks and prayers and fluting have propitiated the Josses, the Chinese merchants and laborers, each bearing a bundle of red paper cards J3 will be t on which his name Is written, will visit the stores. Presenting his card aa Introduction and uttering the con ventional words of New Year greeting, each will introduce hlmBolf, sup a friendly cup of tea or bowl of wine and depart, to go further on the rounds, which sometimes take several hours. Before the picture of Gar Goon, placed on a table In the store, the heaps of candled frulta, ornaments and candy for the delectation of visitors are placed, and the representation of the largely mythical divinity will be bowed to by the entering visitor. On the streets, the children, each togged out In a new dress, gaudy and brave with embroidery, will demand the wrapped -up coins that their elders will give as a gift of the New Tear. All the cares of the year will be laid aside for the time and the pleasure of the moment made the most of. What will be done to celebrate the dawning of ISIS Is a matter of conjec ture to the old-time Chinese, whose little world has so fallen about their ears In the past twelvemonth that they are not sure of the ground on which their National entity Is built. With the home empire startled Into a re public In o days, with a grudging Gum Jul festival allowed the Joss wor shipers only after many deaths had scared the superstitious, and with the same Josses desecrated, they think, by the hands of the younger republican men, the bent old man with the silk coat, the padded slippers-and the dang ling queue is at a loss. All the forms and ceremonies of the old life have lost their meaning to the younger generation, which is Impress ing Its activity on the race, and they have given up for modern civilisation with pegtop trousers and bonbonnleres "many things that are beautiful and old." as the old man said. HOSPITAL FEEDS MANY DURING "SILVER THAW" St. Vincent 'i Cares for From 300 to 600 Hungry Men Every Day of Storm. Portland Epworth League to Hold Third Quarterly Rally. ST. VINCENTS HOSPITAL, fed from 100 to (00 men a day during the recent "silver thaw." The long tables on the first floor were spread three times a day for the city's hungry and destitute. Before the cold snap began from 30 to 40 men appeared at the hospital each day asking for food. But with the coming of the cold weather tljo number rapidly Increased until, when the cold was at Its worst, too men applied for food In one day. "The hospital alwaya keeps open house for those In absolute need." said Rev. E- V. O'Kara. of St. Mary's Ca thedral, yesterday. "If these men had not been fed during the cold snap hundreds of them would have been driven by hunger to find something to eat. and might have gone about the city holding up people.- A few of them worked to pay for their meals, but the majority did not." The third quarterly rally of the Port land District Epworth League will be held next Friday night at Woodstock Methodist Eplacopal Church, beginning at o'clock. Mrs. Iena Sweetland. third vice-president, will have charge of the first hour's programme. At S o'clock a social session will be held. In charge of Woodstock Chapter. Miss Mary Hepburn, a deaconess, will be the chief speaker of the evening. She will tell about the mercy and help depart ment work, with special references to the aid of sick and the administration of attention to the needy. Mrs. Sweet land, who Is a member of 1-Aurelwood Chapter, will explain how to organise an Ideal mercy and help department In a local chapter so that the needs of any community may be attended to by the young people. Delegations from every chapter In Portland will be pres ent. The Catholic Women's League will give a ball and card party at the new Multnomah Hotel on the evening of February II. The Knights of Columbus are co-operating with them In the ar rangements. Miss Jessie Fowler, general field worker of the Women's Home Mission ary oolety of the Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly superintendent of the Mercy Home In Chicago, will lecture at the Taylor-street Methodist Church 1 on the evening of January 17. All wo men of Portland Methodist churches have been invited. e Numerous incidents are told by the workers In the Travelers' Aid Depart ment of the T. W. C A. of the manner In which girls, especially foreigners, have been assisted. Mrs. Lola G. Bald win. In speaking of some of these girls, said: "One Tudlth, a Swedish Finn, came to Portland one Friday night, expecting to go on, to Marshfield. She arrived too late for the train which connecta with the stage at Drain, and there was no Sunday stage. So I persuaded her to wait in Portland until Sunday night, rather than in Drain, where there would be no one to look after her. "She could speak a little English, and got along well, but dreaded the stage trip. She did not have money enough for the boat, and barely enough for the stage fare. We did not charge her for her reom and board while here. "Sunday night I started with her to the depot, but found she was so wor ried she was almost sick, so I asked her If she would like me to lend her the money she needed to buy a boat ticket. She was so delighted that her whole appearance changed. She assured me her sister would send me the money 'right away.' So I brought her back to the association and kept her until Tues day night, and put her aboard the steamer, a happy girl. Her sister sent sufficient money to cover all the ex pense of her stay, as well as of her ticket. "Mary Smith. 17 years old. from Toronto, Canada, arrived in Portland one Sunday night. She telegraphed from Chicago to her mother, saying she would arrive Monday morning at 8, but took a shorter route, arriving Sunday night. The mother could not be found, and the girl did not have her street address. A boy friend who was on the same train asked a policeman for a hotel, and was referred to the Young Women's Christian Association. "Mary said her father and mother had a real estate office, but only for. two months. All real estate offices listed in city or telephone directories were visited or called up on the telephone by department workers. They found Mrs. Smith waa known at the Post office, as she called there for her mall, but the real estate offices gave no clew to her whereabouts. Gas and eleo trio light offices were visited, in the hope that a contract might have been signed by Mrs. Smith. There was none. Then the newspapers were resorted to. and an advertisement inserted which brought the mother to the Young Wom en's Christian Association the same morning. She had been sick, and un able to call for her mail, so had not received either Mary's letters or the telegram." Arrangements have been completed for a reception to be given next Wed nesday In Columbus Hall, on Morris street. In St. Mary's parish in Alblna, for the benefit of orphans. The recep tion will be held between 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock In the hall. The entertainment will consist of cards, a musical pro gramme and luncheon. Proceeds will go for the relief of orphans In the parish. The reception committee for the affair is composed of Mrs. I. F. Mahoney, Mrs. W. Lillis, Mrs. L. Walsh, Mrs. Joseph Noonan, Mrs. C. I. Smith, Mrs. A. Mompler, Mrs. James Lacey, Mrs. A. Marpert. Mrs. William Bailey, Mrs. H. Atlehoff, Mrs. J. C. Hayes, Mrs. W. J. Moran, Mrs. R. Case, Mrs. E. Wells. Mrs. F. Wascher, Mrs. E. Mc Entee. Mrs. N. L. Miller, Mrs. E. Scott, Mrs. H. L. Cox, W V. Miller, Mrs. J. Stokan, Mrs. J. Shannon, Mrs. J. C Costello, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. W. Graham. Mrs. B. Morits, Mrs. James Kirby, Miss Mary Chambers, Miss Alta Cox, Miss Frances Brady, Miss Genevieve Ward and Miss Crotello. m m The annual reunion of the Dominican Choral Society of the Holy Rosary Church, at East Third street and Union avenue, was held in the parlors of the church Sunday. Dinner was served. J. Teuscher and J. Bell assisted with the music and Frank Motter delivered an address. W. Darby presided at the piano. Very Rev. A. S. Lawler, O. P., thanked the society in behalf of the parish for Its services. He spoke of the services of the members of the so ciety who have retired and welcomed the new members. Those who attended the reunion were: Rev. A. S. Lawler, O. P.; Rev. C. V. Lamb, O. P.: Rev. G. L. Sturla, O. P.: Rev. F. Schmidt, O. P.; Brother Joseph, O. P.: E. J. Al etock. J. Tauscher, J. Bell, J. H. Cass. Frank Motter. K. J. Atklnaon. D. A. Morris. J. E. Malley. T. W. Sullivan, H. Sullivan, S. Charrette. F. Mahan. F. E. Fitsgerald, W. A. Darby, J. Darby. A. J. King. A. J. Kennedy, L. J. Schrubb. Officers elected for the ensuing year are: President, T. J. Sullivan; vice president, W. A. Darby: secretary. F. E. Fitzgerald: treasurer, Kev. V. LamD, O. P. The society Is the musical organization of the parish. - John P. Clum. lecturer of the pub licity department of the Southern Pa cific Company, will lecture at the Tay lor-street Methodist Church on the evening of January 17 on "California and the Pacific Coast." Motion pictures and lantern slides showing the Cali fornia pigeon, alligator and ostrich farms will be a part of the programme. Views of Portland. the Willamette. I'mpqua and Rogue river valleys, and the Inland Empire also will be shown. B. P. Stout, one of the leaders of the Gipsy Smith movement In San Fran cisco, wrote last week that the evan gelist Is drawing the largest audiences brought together for religious services In San Francisco for a quarter of a century. He said that 100 had been converted when he wrote. The meet ings will close January 22. J. W. McDougall. district superin tendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is Just recovering from a se vere attack of the grippe. . , Dr. Clarence True Wilson returned to Portland Thursday from a two weeks' temperance campaign in Montana. m Evangelistic meetings are to be held at the Woodlawn Methodist Episcopal Church for two weeks, beginning to night. W. J. Douglas, pastor of the church, will be In charge. Dr. J. H. Cudlipp, of Grace Methodist Church reports 28 new members re ceived into the church last Sunday. He says this makes S? new members since the last Oregon conference. e East Side Baptist Church young peo ple will hold a rally and social Tues day night, January 16. Officers will be elected. Grace Montavllla Baptist Church will hold its annual roll-call Thursday night January 18.- The financial system in use at the First Presbyterian Church will be dis cussed at a meeting of the congrega tion to be held next Thursday night. The funds are now raised by subscp- tlons and pew rentals. A trustee will be elected. Samuel Mendelssohn will speak at the First Christian Church at 3 P. M. and 7:20 P. M. January 1, on "The Jew in Prophecy." The Luther Leaguers or St. James Lutheran Church held a social and business meeting at the church last Tuesday evening, which was largely attended. The Young Ladies' Guild and the Young Men's Club engaged In an Interesting debate. Refreshments were served. Breagker Holds Revival at fmm Diego. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Jan. 13. (Special.) Dr. J. Wbitcomb Brougher, pastor of the Temple Baptist Church, Los Ange- We Will Loan You, if Living in Portland, 9 A SPLENDID, BEST-MODEL !P(f VC1 1J:,.r--7.'--A for thirt' days. No charge; no obligation. We will deliver the machine at your home and bring it back to the store in thirty days at ova- expense. To take advantage of this splendid offer it is only necessary for you to buy outright a dozen records, and you may select them from the whole Victor catalogue. These records remain your property and are not returnable. The Victrola, if not wanted, we will bring back to the store (without even a charge for hauling) at the end of the thirty days. For its use we do not charge a cent. .' This offer was printed last Sunday and is limited to the lending of one hundred machines, and the offer will absolutely end next Saturday evening in any case. It is the most liberal offer that has ever been made by any talking machine dealer in the "West. A Victrola is the best entertainer any home can own. It not only brings to its owner the music one best loves, but the records are made by the artist whom the world concedes has rendered the composition most perfectly. Victrolas are made in many models, selling at $15, $25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150, $200 and up to $400. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week and this offer ends. It will end earlier if the hundred Victrolas are taken before the 20th inst. Tomorrow is the sure day. We have built the finest hearing rooms in the city on the main floor of our new store (corner Seventh and Morrison streets), where records may be heard to your heart's content; and the surroundings have been made up to The Wiley B. Allen Co. and Victor standard. Come in and hear your favorite selection on the various styles. If you can't call and personally select the machine and records you would like sent to your home on approval, phone Main 6830. All Styles of Victrolas May Be Purchased on Easy Payments Victor Talking Machines and All the Records NEW LOCATION CORNER SEVENTH AND MORRISON STREETS les. closed an 11 days' evangelistic meeting here last night In the First Baptist Church. "It Is the common opinion that these meetings have been the most remarkable religious services ever held here," said Rev. W. H. Geist weil, pastor of the First Baptist Church, tonight. "From the very first . i ..- nt ttie church uay .uuiouw-t vw. - could not accommodate the people, the lecture-room Demg imo ing. The interest manifested has been great, and over 300 persons have mani fested a desire to live the Christian life. "Dr. Brougher has been the sensa tion of the hour. His sparkling wit, his keen knowledge of human nature, his grip upon the fundamentals of his faith, his intense earnestness, his ear lessness have completely captured the people of San Diego. "This is the first series of meetings Dr. Brougher has conducted since he left Portland, Or, two years ago; his great work in Lob Angeles keeping him close to his own task, but the present series of services has again proved that he Is as great an evangelist as he is a preacher. Indeed he has a rare com bination In his makeup the magnetism of Gipsy Smith, the boldness and force of Billy Sunday, and culture out rivaling either." VETERANS ARE INSTALLED Women of Gordon Granger Post Also Name New Officers. Gordon Granger Post and the Wom en's Relief Corps Jointly Installed offi cers for 181 at Green's Hall, Wood lawn. January 5. Assistant Adjutant General Wil'.iama and T. B. McDevitt presided. Installation was as follows: Commander, W. H. Murphy; senior vice, John Gatchet; Junior vice, E. L. John son: quartermaster, J. M. Blair; sur geon. J. T. McHolland; chaplain, J. R. Clark; officer of the day, Charles S. El wood; officer of the guard. J. J. Hughes; patriotic Instructor, Edwin E. Covey; adjutant, H. C. Dutton; quartermaster-sergeant. A. M. Robison; sergeant-major, Mark Langley. Mrs. Mary Chamberlain past depart ment president. Installed the officers of the Corps, ass.sted by Mrs. Edith Owen: President, OUie Wheeler; senior vice-president, Helen J. Holbes; Junior vice-president, Mary E. Carson: secre tary, Nellie Green; treasurer, Rebecca E. Gray; chaplain, Emma Murphy; con ductor, Annie Padrlck; guard. Martha Barber; patriotic Instructor, Anna Pat ten: press correspondent, Maud Wllley; musician, Perris Thornton; assistant conductor, Edith Ewen; assistant guard. Vera Murell; color-bearers. No. 1, Elvis Roadruck; No. 2, Mrs. C. Circle; No. i, Irene Stout; No. 4. Hilda Slater. List of Well Known Pianos Now on sale in our exchange depart ment Steinway grands and uprights, Everett grand A. B. Chase grand Es tey grand Kranich & Bach grand. Stock grand Chickering grand Chase, Lud wig, Knabe, Conover, Kroeger, Pack ard, Kingsbury, Kimball, Lester and other upright pianos all in A-l con dition, many look new all for sale at a tempting price. All marked In plain figures Sherman, Ciay & Co., Morri son at Sixth. FIELD PEAS TAKE WELL O.-W. & MVS DISTRIBUTION OP SEEDS IS TELLING. Farmers Report Arid Acres Are Made Thriving TJnder Plan. Alfalfa Also Profitable. Efforts of the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany to introduce field peas and al falfa in the semi-arid districts of Eastern Oregon have met with such success that R. B. Miller, traffic man ager, under whose direction the ex periments were conducted, is contem plating supplemental seed distributions In various parts of the state. Recently Mr. Miller wrote to farmers among whom field pea and alfalfa seed was distributed on the trip of the dem onstration train in the Spring of 1910 to learn from them the results of their tests. The replies were most gratify ing. ' J. K. Fisher, of Haines, said that he planted the field pea seeds in March, 1910, and that he reaped more than 400 pounds of peas from less than an acre of land devoted to that pur pose. He gave to his neighbors all but sufficient seed from this yield to plant another acre last Spring. He turned hogs into the acre patch in the middle of the Summer and writes that he never saw hogs fatten as quickly as those did. In planting, he reports that he set his grain drill wide open and deep. R. H. King, of Grass Valley, reports that he had good luck with his alfalfa and expects to devote considerable acre age to that product In the future. Charles W. Martin, of Olex, Or., writes: "I regard growing of peas In this county both practical and re munerative, not only as a forage and pasture crop, but for harvesting for seed. It not only pays the farmer, but I am satisfied from my limited experi ence that It enriches the soil." Clark Benson, of Haines, said that peas do well on his sub-irrigated land. Hogs thrive on the peas. Fred E. Wells, of Hermiston, planted alfalfa on lowlands and watered it for five or six weeks. He -cut one ton of hay June S, three-fourths of a ton July 5, the same quantity August 4 and a half ton September 15 a total of three tons from a small package of seed. He fed the alfalfa to a cow and Increased her supply of milk materially. He thinks alfalfa can be raised to ad vantage on the lowlands of Eastern Oregon. G. W. Marvel, of Olex, fed peas to pigs and profited thereby. W. T. Sell eds, of Hermiston, planted five pounds of alfalfa seed on a quarter acre of deep, sandy land and cut three crops the first year. W. J. Townley, of Union, had success with his peas and will con tinue to grow them. Davis Brothers, of North Powder, planted 60 pounds of peas May 10 and reaped 37 sacks. They declare peas a profitable crop to any farmer that grows hogs and expresses the opinion that not enough Oregon farmers are in , the hog-growing business. A. V. Swift, of Baker, planted pe seed on dry upland that never had been Irrigated and that could not be irri gated under any condition. He obtained a splendid stand from which he saved the seed. It improved the soil and the following year he was able to grow a bigger crop there. One-fifth of an acre of poor soil that never yielded anything but rye returned 550 pounds of peas. 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