TTIE SUNDAY OltECOXIAy. PORTLAND. APKII It. 191?. '5
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nd the wicker furniture of a lovely
golden brown upholstered in Holland
blue linen. There's a table of wicker
that holds a charming afternoon tea
set done In conventional design in blue
and Jul: for the note of complimentary
color to give the room tone, there Is a
couple of cushions in orange red, the
color of our common sreranium that
does o much for us to brighten up the
common places where one needs a
sturdy brightness equal to that of Mrs.
tVIgg.
The conches on the porch are the san
itary ones that pull out to the width of
an ordinary bed when needed and the
r.. at tress Is a two-folr. that doubles up
and makes a day couch. Over this Is a
cvr of the blue taplstiolia and alto
gether It makes an ideal sun parlor as
VERSATILE FRENCH WOMAN STUDIES
SOCIAL CONDITIONS AMONG MOORS
POOLROOM IN BUNGALOW PLANNED
AS PLACE FOR DIVERSION AND PLAY
Even Books Should Be in Lljhter Vein Harmony of Color Preserved Sleeping Porch Peculiarly Adapted to
House of This Type of Const net ion Bedroom Artistic.
Mme. Camille Dugart, Pioneer Fair Feminine Balloonist, and Automobile Eacer, Undertakes Mission by Authority
of French Minister of Public Instruction Howard Gould May Wed Actress..
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Burbank Has Novelties
"Up His Sleeve"
.Wlsard Horticulturist Sella Commer
cial Knd of Business aad Korr Will
Be Free to Coat lane Interesting
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FY LAVr.A BALDWIX DOOLITTLE.
THE upPr floor of th Bungalow
honn last wk l lar more com.
modious than on would think.
Thera U a Urae bir.lard-room. a large
chamber, trunk rooms and closets. Dr.
:plnir porch and lavatory
The bll!lard-rtom Is done In mission
style, with built-in bookcases and a
built-in cut rack. The wood trim la
tctd nr stained brown and the wails
ire tinted a loeely olden brown. !l!it
and warm In color. The room ia carried
out In Autumn rotors and is a fine
lountlnf-rsotn. The billiard tab!e with
its areen top looks well aitainst the
a-clden brown walls. The windowa have
curtains on.y of sundour. the color
of the walla stencl!ed in three colors,
freen. brown and dull orange red. The
sash curtain run on square polea. made
f dr. and have specially designed rings.
Around the billiard table Is the usual
rubber mat. but stained brown with
Mexican dyes, which takes away the
gray note tat would have been an In
harmonlou note In the room. The
rvga are specially desiraed ones, hand
woven. In shades of tan witb borders
f brown, green and 'range red. same
a In the curtains, the light fixture
.are specially designed in square lines.
;tae glass, green with white llBlng. that
lives the best light for a billiard table.
The mounting Is w ought Iron and the
light are suspend J by Iron chain. All
the small hardware Is Iron. too. There
I a wrought ion lamp with green
shade on the reading table. The table
ha a brons leather mat with tooled
border in dull green and red.
Room Dealgaed for Play. '
The bookcases are bllcd with the lat
est novels, books on sport and on auu
Jecta of interest to the raambers of the
family, being meant to divert and
please, to while away the time, for tiil
is a playroom, and not meant for ae
rlous things, apart from the game of
billiards m-hlch some men do claim Is a
serious game when played well. There
Is a round table In Dutch style for a
game of card and four tralght-bac-ked
chairs, light enough to move about
easllv. besides the comfortable arm
chairs. Morris chair and Dutch rocker.
A tabourette Is a convenient thing to
move about to hold one'a books or any
of the contenta of the bachelor's cab
inet: and why this cabinet is called a
bachelor's cabinet Is more than I can
tail.
I do not see that the bachelor brother
or his guests use it more than the host
of the house. However, these cabinets
are very useful and artistic and can be
shut up. closing out of sight all the
contents and looking a very innocent
bit of furniture to the uninitiated. The
settee Is ample and big and has Span
ish leather curhions. same as the chairs.
A few small Turkish rugs furnish the
room and It really Is a very charming
place to be In.
The bedroom extends across the front
of the house and Is 11 by 1. It Is amply
lighted and ventilated and makes a
a .
charming room done in Kngllsh chintz
with a trellla pattern of small roses.
The ehlntr I ucd for over draping at
the windows on the bed for spread and
day pi:iow slips, covers the nhirtwaist
and skirt boxes Is In a four-fold screen
and Is used for the cushions on the
wicker furniture. This sounds like too
much, but the walls and ceiling are plain
tinted beige In color, and no difference
In color between wall and celling. The
ale of the room also warrants the use
of a quantity of small designed fabrics.
The rugs In hero are specially designed
and hand woven also. The furniture Is
cottage style and woodcraft combined.
Meeptng rorra la Koomy.
The sleeping porch Is 9 by .11 and
furnished for a day sitting-room. There
ai growing palms and flowt in brown
r i tic boxes and baskets that are lined
with xlno that protect the floor. The
floors are all hard wood. There are
string shades that roll up taut and war
rfnted not to rattle, at all the windowa
: d besides these are hangings of soft
taplatrolla that Is a weave like burlap.
These arc run on wooden rods with
brass rings and can be pushed back at
night out of the way.
The ceilings and walls are all of wood
In Its lightest finish and the hanging
tan stenciled In a big bold pattern in
Holland blue. The rug Is tan and blue
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. (Ppe
elal.) Luther Kurbank the wizard
northjultnrlst. has engaged In a
transaction so gigantic and unique in
Its character that a. story of more than
the real news Itself Is well worth while.
Hurbank, as recently announced in The
, Oregonlan. has sold the commercial
end .of Ms great business in the
handling of fruit, flower and plant
novelties to Rollo Hough, of Oakland,
and William Garner bralfh. cf San
l'aneIeo. who represent leading men
of the state, whose names are not an
nounced aa yet.
Burbank Is now carefree, as far as
l.ia market rreatlons are -concerned,
and I ahSftltltelv at llhArtv trfc tin nnth.
j Ing but produce new fruits and flow
I ers.
1 While the amount at which this busl-
ness transaction was made Is not
stated. It Is known to have Involved an
Immense sum. It ia not to be paid
down all at once: but from time to time,
as creations are produced, there will
be more money forthcoming.
Santa Roaa tirouads Heserved.
The transaction involved the Bur
bank experimental farm near Srbasta
pol, but not the home place and
grounds In Santa Rosa. Burbank will
also retain the experimental farm for
several year yet. but eventually It will
go Into the hands of tne purchasers.
For years Burbank has been endeav
oring to shift the pressing business
cares of the commercial end of his
work onto other shoulders, but has not
been able to make satisfactory ar
rangements. He Is now S3 year of age
and feels that the producing of new
plant creations Is about all he can at
tend to without having to bother about
sales to secure the necessary Income
wltn which to carry on his work. For
years this haa been a considerable
Item and Involving an expenditure of
over $10,000 annually.
Other 'oveItlea I Sleeve.
irhank explains that he has placed
himself In the same position as Thomas
A. Edison.
"As rapidly as Edison invents some
thing," said Burbank. "some company
purchases it and handles it. I am not
in a company, however. I would not
be bothered with that, as I want to be
free of all cares. I have enough novel
ties on. hand now to keep them going
for iO years and plenty more up my
sleeve. There Is an Immense amount of
work for me to do In the producing
line."
Atr.C'raft Honeymoon Planned.
Carrying with them three modern
flying machines. Mr, and Mrs. W. B.
At ater. of New Tor, are planning
an exciting finale to a six months'
honeymoon In a proposed flight over
Pekln and the Forbidden City. They
left for the Orient last Wednesday.
Atwater and his bride, who formerly
was the widow of the late United States
Senator Thomas C. t'latt, of New York,
since their quiet marriage, have been
spending most of their time traveling
In Southern California.
Prior to his marriage to Mrs. Piatt,
At, ater waa running a livery stable,
but at the same time evincing a strong
ambition to become an aviator. This
ambition was realized after his mar
riage to Mrs. Piatt, and particularly
slncj their arrival In California, where
Atwater received his final schooling in
aviation.
Bride Shons Kathnslastu.
"It adds to the Interest of one's
bridal party to occasionally soar in
the air," said Mrs. Atwater. "We are
taking with ua three machines, two
hydros and one aeroplane. For weeks
my husband and I have been looking
forward to a flight over Pekln. whica
we figure ought to be a most Interest
ing trip. We have planned also a flight
in the Philippines and possibly Aus
tralia, which we expect to visit before
we return to New York."
e marriage of the Atwaters in New
York last November was attended by
considerable secrecy and for a time was
persistently denied. Atwater, who Is
10 years of age, is much younger than
hi bride, who is experiencing her
fourth matrimonial affair.
Climate Favors Kxposltloa.
In between the receptions to state
delegations who are arriving to select
sitci fo:- their buildings, the Panama
Pacific Exposition directors find a lit
tle time for serious work.
One of their latest achievements Is to
set tite time of the exposition.
"Winter to Winter" Is the phrase that
has been officially adopted by the di
rectorate. From the Winter of 1915
to the Winter of 1J18. To be more
oxat-'.. the fair will open February 20,
lsl'i. and wtll run until December 4,
1915 -the longest period for any ex
position In history .
That a Winter exposition is possible
from a climatic standpoint, and there
fore from a tuainess standpoint, is one
of the strongest testimonials to the
possibilities of the Pacific Coast.
Precedents are Ignored because the
Coast Is unique in climate, and It wa
believed that In the exposition a new
precedent might be gloriously estab
lished. Former Editor Enthusiastic.
John Brisben Walker, former owner
and editor of the Cosmopolitan Maga
xlne and one of the best-known liter
ary men in this country, has been ap
pointed by President .Moore to be di
rector of exploitation for the exposi
tion. Director Walker has entered upon the
work with enthusiasm. He has to his
credit the Introduction of alfalfa into
Colorado upon a commercial scale. He
still holds more than 900 acres of the
original Berkeley farm, now a valuable
part of the City of Denver.
When he purchased the Cosmopolitan
It had less than CflOO circulation, but
by a series of bold and rapid strokes
he built it up to more than 300,000.
Forbidden Books.
Margaret Lynn, in the Atlantic.
Having books forbidden makes them
irresistibly alluring, adds the excite
ment of hazard to the reading of them.
Did you never sneak a book away to
read it. prudently sliding up the other
book on the shelf so that no betray
ing gap might show? DtJ you never, j
Tor instance, reaa rtomoia - unuer me
bed In the spare bedroom, dividing
your righteous condemnation of Tito
with your own conscientious scruples,
and your fear for Romola's safety with
shiver lest you -yourself be caught?
Did you never make your way through
"Vanity Fair" by cautious half-hour
snatches, fearful every moment lest
someone In authority should Interrupt?
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NEW YORK, April 13. (Special.)
Mademoiselle (amillo Dugast, one
of the most remarkable women In
France, is going to undertake to tame
the Moors. She has done all sorts of
daring things before and some of them
In Morocco. She is a pioneer woman
balloonist. She is the only woman who
ever ran an automobile In an Interna
tional cup race; she was a pioneer in
the field of motor-boatlnsr. Now she is
living in Saffi in Morocco, conducting a
mlnslon by authority of the Minister of
Public Instruction of France. She Is
studying the handicraft and social con
ditions of the people of. the south of
Morocco tribes which in some in
stances are hostile to her country,
a
Mayor Wilson, of Hunnewell, is in
control of the municipal situation. She
has fought the men to a finish and
beaten them. When she was elected
Mayor of the little town, the Counrll
men refused to work with her. She has
had thorn removed from office and now"
she is mistress of the situation. Mrs.
Wilson Is not only a good wife, but the
devoted mother of two boys, but she
SUCCESSFUL METROPOLITAN OPERA
SEASON OF 22 WEEKS NOW IS CLOSED
Crowded Houses Greet Nearly Every Performance Wagner Operas Lead Out of 146 Presentations With Total of
33 Many Novel Productions Are Witnessed During Season.
BY EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
NEW YORK. April IS. (Special.)
The Metropolitan Opera Company
Is closing the longest season of
grand opera that it has yet attempted
to give. Twenty-two weeks have been
filled and t may bo said that crowded
houses were the rule nearly every per
formance. The manner In which the operas were
divided is not without interest as it
shows that out of 146 performances
Wagner operas were In the lead with 33
presentations. Out of 34 different
operas Puccini followed with 25 and
Verdi with 22, fhe greatest number of
performances of any one opera goes to
"Pasrliaccl" with nine to its credit.
Humperdlnck had seven of each of his
operas "Haense.l and Gretel" and
"Koenigskinder" and Puccini's "La
Boheme" was sung eight times to
"Madam Butterfly" seven times and
"Alda" was sung seven times.
Verdi's operas were "Aida." Rigo
letto." "II Trovatore." "La -Travtata"
and "Otello." For the Desdemona of
the last named Mme. Alda Inimitable
in the role was brought back for four
performances and Renaud probably the
greatest RIgoletto now on the stage
was especially engaged for four of the
five performances while Amato sang
the last. "The Girl of the Golden
West" was given five times to the
capacity of the house including stand
ing capacity.
.Woo a Draw Interest.
The novelties of the season included
"Le Donne Curiose" Wolf-Ferrari),
sung five times. It made a fair if not
a sensational success. "Lubetanx"
(Ludwig Thuille) had five perform
ances and of this the same comment
may be made. "Versiegelt" (Leo Blech)
is very light, but also very eharmius
and Bts well into a double bill.
Much interest was manifested in the
first performance on any stage of
"Mona" the prlxo opera by Horatio W.
Parker and Brian Hooker which had
four performance. "Armide" (Paul
Pukas). which was brought forward- at
the close of last season, had three per
formances this season and Massenet's
"Manon" one of the loveliest of the
French works revived the first time in
three seasons was brought forward so
late that only three performances have
been possible, but with Miss Farrar
and Caruso in the principal roles and
Toscanlni at the baton it would have
been destined for a sensationally suc
cessful run.
The Italian operas given in addition
to the Verdi works mentioned were
Puccini's "La Boheme." "Madame But
terfly." "Tosca" and "The Girl." "La
Gloconda" ( Ponchlelli), "Lucia di Lam
mermoor" (Donizetti), "Le Donne Curi
.if
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finds time for her public as well as her
domestic duties.
Count Fe-stetics de Tolna, a well
known yachtsman, has been visiting
New York with his wife, who was Miss
Alice Wetherbee. of New York. When
the Count proposed for Miss Wether
bee's hand, the Paris agent of her mo
ther's banking house wrote to Mrs.
Wetherbee that the Count was a for
tune hunter. About that time the Boni
de Castcllane case was much in the pa
pers. Miss Wetherbee married the
Count and when her mother died she
found that she had been cut off with a
comparatively small part of her for
tune. She and her husband then sued
the mischief-making Paris banker for
damages, but they lost their suit. The
Count is well known as a member of
the Paris Jockey Club, which is one of
the fashionable clubs of the French
capital. He is also known as an ex
plorer. Mrs. Howard Gould is reported to be
ill, and it is rumored that In case of
her death Howard would be married to
Kathryn Hutchinson, a beautiful ac
tress. Mrs. Gould was an actress known
to the stage as Katherine Clemmons.
She traveled with Mr. Gould for a good
many years before bis family would
ose" (Wolf - Ferrari), "Cavalleria
Rusticana" (Mascagni) and Gluck'
"Orfeo Eurydlce" was given In Italian.
In German there was "Tristan und
Isolde," Lohengrin; "Die Walkure."
Tannhauser; "Die Goetterdaemmerung."
"Siegfried" "Parsifal." "Die Meister
slnge.r." "Das Rheingold." the two Hum.
perdinck operas "Versiegelt" (Blech),
Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" and
"Lobetana" (Thuille). In French was
given "Faust." Gluck's "Armide."
Dugss' "Ariane et Barbe-Bleue" and
Massenet's "Manon" and in English
"Mona" (Parker).
Crlsivold Is Liked.
This season brought for the first time
to the Metropolitan Mme. Matzenauer, a
really great contralto who made a deep
Impression and Putnam Griswold, an
American who deserves the distinction
of belnff one of the greatest of the
Wagnerian interpreters that America
has plven the stage, and It Is due Mr.
Griswold to go further and say that
he is one of the greatest Wagnerian
singers within remembrance of the
present day opera goers.
A successful newcomer was also
Hermann Well, a well schooled bari
tone, who sang Hans Sachs and Wotan
as also Telramund and Wolfram, the
two latter roles being more within his
scope.
A young American who made his
initial appeaiance in the smaller roles
was LamDert Murphy, but he is destined
to become a figure either at the Metro
politan or anywhere he may cast bis
lines. Helnrich Hensel. a German tenor,
made a few appearances as did Theo
dora Orridge, an English contralto.
At the vrry close of the season Mme.
Charles Cahlcr crossed the Atlantic
to sing two performances at the Metro
politan, where, she appeared Wednes
day evening as Azucena In "Trova
tore." Guest appearances are frequent
In Europe where distances are not
great, but they are rather hazardous
when a singer comes the distance that
Mme. Cahier did for two performances
as there is always the chance of an
artist not reaching her own level on
an opening appearance as was the case
Wednesday night. Mme Cahier is the
contralto of the Vienna, Opera-House
where she made her debut under
Mahler. She was formerly Mrs. Morris-Black,
well known on the concert
stage of this country. The singer wa
not on the stage many minutes before
It was obvious that she Is a highly
routined, well schooled artist and an
actress of keen emotional qualities and
of exceptional Interest. These quali
ties alone would have given her the
enviable position she holds in Europe,
principally in Vienna, Budapest and
throughout Germany. ' Extreme
nervousness no doubt caused an un
steadiness of voice, although later in
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consent to his marriage to her. H
has passed much time since his separa
tion from his wife with Miss Hutchin
son. They have been together in Scot
land and in Paris, where Miss Hutchin
son has been chaperoned by a married
friend. Howard is now on his yacht
in Southern waters and Miss Hutchin
son Is reported to be in Cuba.
Mildred Berger Is a Milwaukee girl
who came to New York sated with so
ciety and aftpr visiting her aunt, who
was at the Rltz-Carlton for the Winter,
decided to go on the stage. So Mildred
got a place In the chorus of the "Kiss
Waltz" company, which she was hold
ing when she met Albert H. Comba, 17.
and still a stndent, who became at once
enamored of her. . .Albert's father is a
rich New York stock broker. So they
expect to be married and Mildred will
leave the stage. .Albert's parents are
quoted as sayinsr that he is not en
gaffed and wfll not be married. Mil
dred is quite sure he will be.
Mrs. James B. Dul$e is the wife o!
the American tobacco millionaire, who
is now attracting attention in social
London on account of her beauty. She
was recently presented at court. She
Is the aunt of Miss Mary Duke, report
ed engaged to Prince Plgnatelli d'Ara
gon of Spain.
the evening it took on much beauty of
quality.
Trentinl in Fine Voice.
When Emma Trentinl was a member
of the Manhattan Opera Company she
was considered far out of the ordinary
as regards endurance and vivacity. No
one questions her endurance now, as
she returned to New York this week,
after 27 weeks of eight perrormancoa
weekly witb a voice as fresh as though
is were the first of the season. Victor
Herbert honored her return in his
"Naughty Marietta" by going himself
to the West End Theater in Harlem
to conduct a performance for her.
After the royal welcome for "Little
Trentini," thus she is still affection
ately remembered, there was much ap
plause for the new tenor who made his
first stage appearance In tho leading
role.
After his third repetition of "I Am
Falling in Love With Someone" there
was a well-defined impression that
when Thornton B. Urquhart will have
gained more stage experience he will
be a valuable .addition to the singing
actors. The young singer who has been
tenor in Dr. Park hurst's church for
several seasons will spend the Sum
mer in preparation for a stage career
and it Is not unlikely that he will have
the leading tenor, part in the new opera
which Victor Herbert and Otto Hauer
bach are to write this Summer for Mme.
Trentini. Both the composer and tho
librettist will go to Italy, as it is un
derstood that It will be written around
Mme. Trentinl in her own home.
One strong tendency in New York
nowadays is the theater which pre
sents unusual plays, plays which can
hardly be expected to make a wide ap
peal. The mostrinteresting prospect for
the literary person or for the lover of
the modern theater Is the forthcoming
presentation of a series of plays by
August Strindberg, the Swedish play
wright, less-known in America than his
tremendous personality and powerful
writings entitle him to be.
Strindberg was born in Stockholm,
January, of 1S49 and his childhood was
spent In the most abject poverty. His
plays will be mounted in the tiny the
ater known as the Berkeley Lyceum,
on Forty-fourth street.
Those Hat-Covered Eyes.
Judge.
"Times jiavt changed."
"They have. Indeed. In my day a.
young fellow looked into a girl's eyes
and told iier.-4.hat he loved her, but
now fie can't carry-out that programme
if she happens . to . have her hit on.
The prevailing -stylo of a woman's up
per story, therefore, makes an artistic
proposal strictly, an . indoor performance."-
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