THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, APRIL. 21, 1912.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS IN
CITIES IS DEEP PROBLEM
With Ban on Public DancehalL Necessity of Providing Some Substitute Is
Urged by Correspondent, Who Points Out Conditions.
bt ceoR'-.f: a thacher.
IN The DruonUu of recent date the
ol.l saw was quoted In defense of
certain styles of dam-inn "To the
pure all things are pure. In the same
paper a flippant person remarked, "To
th pure almost everything's rotten."
That from the observers. But per
haps the point of view of the Individual
being; amused la worth as much as the
aggressively moral one. For Instance
a bibulous brother trying; to get his
friend to go home said. "LMck. come on:
don't you know when you've got
enough?" To which Dick replied:
'Ueorcle, I don't know anything when
I've got enough." If that's the point
of view of the careless seeker for recre
ation on the city's streets, then that
would seem to be the proper way of
approaching the subject. iae police
believe It to be true. If anyone has any
doubt on the subject he might find it
illuminating to Tistt the police head
quarters before roll rail of the night
relief and listen to the occasional Im
promptu experience meeting. Then
there is the docket of the Municipal
Court, where the. rareless seeker for
amusement Is registered as vagrant
after hours, or disorderly. In ltlO
there were more than 6000 men so reg
istered who had spent their evening at
the "poor man's club" and "didn't know
anything" and so had to depend on
their friends, the policemen, to see that
they did -not injure themselves or the
public. Then the police Judge. In a
fatherly way. fined them nearly $4
apiece on an average and so the city
treasury was some JlK.Ooi) richer.
Then the records show that other
amusement seekers who have been In
discreet In attending the public dance
hail, have gone to the different "refuge
homes" and reformatories and taken
the time of the courts and a small army
of public servants to look after them
because they "don't know anything."
Take the disorderly women, of whom
there are enough In I'ortland to make
s regiment nearly full quota, and
enough non-prof esslonals to make an
other regiment, fighting strength, all
In the bioom of youth, but with an ex
pectation of life of only 10 years or
less, as un Insurance company would
put It. Consider the many regiments
of men friends of the women of the
under-world who likewise "don't know
anything." and make a will guess as
In the loss of health, lack or ability to
work, financial expense, not to mention
disease spread among their families,
who trui-t the men who "don't know
anything."
That seems to Justify the position
that recreation is a matter of public
concern because where amusements
become vicious the public has to pay
the bills In the form of taxes to the
tune of many hundreds of thousands
f dollars.
A enril, A re Dlrtr-aaaed.
Shall the city take charge of the
amusements of the people? It does try
to forbid by law vicious amusements.
nd It does to a remarkable extent try
to offer sensible amusements which
will meet the demand of the Individual
that he shall be happy tn some way
for at least a part of the time. It's
natural to think that the public does
enough, but after all perhaps that de
pends on the results and upon the
niieMtton of nubile resoonslbllitv. Do
we grasp the meaning of the relation
ship between men. when we permit the
amusements of young people especially
to be furnished by the keeper of the
public dance hall and pool room?
That Inquiry becomes very pertinent
when we remember that tn many per
son the Impulses of childhood persist
in youth and even In adult age.
Havelock Kills remarks. "The child
Is naturally, by his organisation, nearer
to the animal, to the savage, to the
criminal, than the adult. The child
lives In the present: the emotion or de
sire of the moment Is large enough to
blot out for him the whole world: he
las no foresight, and la the easier
riven up to his instincts and passions."
It Is easy to understand how re
formers like Alias Jane Addams have
romw tn believe that recreation Is a
public duty, but it is striking when the
officers of the recreation department
of Kansas City sar that public dance
halls should be replsced by recreation
centers, where the commercial element
does not enter.
The Chicago Vice Commission also
speaks In no uncertain voice. "The af
fording of proper amusements for
oung people In the City of Chicago Is
one of the chief duties of the munici
pality and private Individuals. The
amusements of one's leisure hours have
more to do with character building
than work or any other external Influ
ence, because amusement Is a matter
of choice. It should. therefore. be
possible for all young people to have
n opportunity for proper amusement.
The Investigations of dance halls, cheap
theaters, amusement parks and lake
steamers show that these places are
surrounded by vicious dangers and
temptations, which result in sending
many young girls Into lives of Immor
ality." Mlaafloa fa Portlaad Surveyed.
The ";v of Portland has provided
means fr recreation for the public
mite extensively In a general way.
There are iuo acres of parks and a
number of children's playgrounds,
which are overseen by competent per
sons. The swimming pool In the Sell
wood Park was patronised by 20.000
persons last season. This amusement Is
entirely free.
This year $6000. will be spent for
music In the City Park. It Is expected
that there will be four of five concerts
a week. The o in the park la a
never-falling source of pleasure to
thousands.
The library association of Portland
combines the Idea of recreation with
instruction and plans to do so In In
creasing measure in the future. At
present there are five branch libraries
in different sections of the city and
nine rub-branches. At five of these
stories are told to children each week.
11. ih boys and girls' clubs are en
couraged and rooms are given them In
which to meet. List year a May danee
was held at the Albina branch. Miss
Harriet Wood Is at the head of the
t hilil'en's department and gives her at
tention to the development of the work.
The possibilities in that direction are
indicated by an article by Sydney Reld
in the Independent of January 4. 1912,
describing the "Children's Wonder
House" in Brooklyn. The children's
curiosity In mechanics and natural his
tory has been stimulated and gratified
by competent teachers with the result
that many children have learned that
work Itself may become more fascin
ating tnan plsy. In Portland there is
much material in the City Hall and the
Historical Society's rooms which could
be used In that form of recreation. The
small park In the Lewis and Clark fair
grounds also offers some material.
Library Facilities Provided.
The plans of the library association
also provide for many public meeting
places. The present East Side library
has un auditorium seating 300 people.
The new Albina branch, for which the
contract has been let. will have an au
ditorium seating about 40 persons.
The new North Albina branch will have
an auditorium of about the size of tho
Kast Side branch. The new central
library building will have an auditor-
cases the abnormal peculiarities 1 of
criminals.
Of course among all the defectives
there are different grades. The worst
are Instinctive criminals; those who are
nearer normal become occasional crim
inals If circumstances are favorable.
Then, too. In youth a thoroughly bad
environment may make a delinquent of
a chrld. who under other circumstances
would have been a respectable citizen.
Neglected children ln sufficient num
bers msy take the race backwards if
they propagate tlielr kind. That brings
tne
city to guard the young whoso circum
stances are not very tavorauie. is it
a duty or Is It self-protection? For
the hopelessly abnormal there Is no
hope; but for a large class F.nrlco
Kerrl estimates It to be one-hnlf, about,
of the delinquents everything de
pends upon surroundings and traln-
I Ing. They will never b- remarkable
for good qualities, but they may pass
In the crowd if the crowd guards
them In youth. That seems to be the
problem of the modern city In looking
out to an extent for the amusements
of young people.
Meeting Places Larking.
The rortiand City Council has taken
several Important steps In closing Im
moral places of amusement, but the
problem Is not settled finally until
shme constructive work has been done.
A large number of women's clubs, want
to assist in the fork, but at present
there arc no places where young peo
ple may meet. The lonely girl earn
ing her living and constitutionally
lacking in the aggressive, adventurous
spirit of her brothers, the girl of for
eign parentage. and the girl with
slightly abnormal faculties, are at a
terrific disadvantage. The same thing
might be said of many lonely boys, but
It is not often done.
Ferrl makes one very significant re
mark In his Criminal Sociology, which
Is that In many young persons the
moral sense may be almost normal, but
foresight is entirely lacking Fore
sight and youth don't often travel to
gether and remembering that pooie
ty's duty In ".he matter of the amuse
ments of the young will probably come
some day to be regarded In a truly
family spirit.
luni afinrp from GOO to 800 nerSOnS.
as well as a small one accommodating ' back the question of the duty of
Jort. not to mention various study
rooms.
The new public auditorium will be
an Immense affair and if T. B. Wilcox's
Ideas are followed It will have smaller
meeting places for the public All of
these places are provided by public
taxation and the exact use to which
they are put will depend, of course,
upon the public wishes.
Then there are In, Portland S4 public
school buildings of which number I
have assembly-rooms. These buildings
cost many millions of dollars and
though they are used outside of school
hours for various social gatherings
with the consent of the School Board,
as the law permits, they cannot be
used for dancing.
On that matter the law is explicit
and prohibits dancing In all public
school houaea In the state. The law
also provide that desks attached to
the floor cannot be removed for any
purpose except to be repaired.
In the assembly rooms tn the three
high schools In I'ortland the seats are
attached to the. floor, but In tne re
maining 23 assembly rooms movable
benches are used and these, rooms could
be easily used for dancing If the law
were amended. It Is a question, of
course whether a majority of the
voters would favor such a use of the
schoolhouses.
Ianclng Is conducted In some, of the
schools of New York City with good
results as compared to public dance
halls. The experiment has been tried
in the. East Boston High School since
IK-tober 2. Within three weeks 14
clubs wer organized, which have
continued with increasing attendance.
Two orchestras and a drum corps have
been organized. The girls Folk-Dancing
Class of 70 Is very successful. The
Woman's Municipal Laague has taken
charge of the work and planned to
give, the young people who did not go
to school the benefit of the use of
the school building, but the high school
teachers begged for one club of girls
who attended school. Miss May Kol
lett. In a paper read before the Play
grounds Association, says: "We have
planned two entertainments a montli
for the older people, or rather for old
and young together. These take the
form of stereoptlcon lectures, concerts,
readings, or entertainments by the
members of our own clubs. One night
the parents came to meet the leaders
and teachers, and had a pleasant social
hour mhlle the young people danced.
The girls' Folk-Dancing Class gave a
dance one evening to m-hlch they In
vited their young men friends, and to
see these ISO young men and women
thoroughly enjoying themselves In an
orderly, perfectly well-behaved way
mas an inspiration to work for the
opening of the school buildings for
neighborhood use. You will be Inter
ested to hear also of the demands we
have had which we have not been able
to meet; for a home-making class, for
a young married women's literary
lub, for a domestic servants' club,
for a printing class, for a girls'
orchestra and a debating club.
test Proves Obstacle.
In Portland, as elsewhere, the cost
of providing meeting places for young
people who desire recreation Is one
of the greatest obstacles In the way of
the social service council, which Is com
posed of the representatives: of 29
associations. Dancing Is prohibited In
the school buildings and even for other
purposes the matter rests entirely with
the school board. The library auditor
iums cannot be uaed for dancing be
cause the mivsic would disturb the
readers In the reference and circulat
ing departments. As for the churches
and chapels, aside from the question
whether they were Intended for "Saints'
Keets" or not. It would doubtless raise
a storm even to hint at their use as
social centers, and the man who would
propose dancing would doubtless learn
something Instructive as to his neigh
bors opinion of his sanity.
This practically completes the "vic
ious circle." The public dance hall has
been decided by the City Council to be
a public nuisance, because It tends to
make delinquents of the girls and
young men who attend. It's a com
mercial proposition first of all. and the
social feature Is merely the bait- Other
cities have had the same experience
and have come to the same conclusion.
Hut when It comet- to providing a sub
stitute the difficulties are enormous.
Those who have considered the matter
somewhat casually feel that young
people who want to dance ought to be
able to Join clubs or organise clubs.
There are a number of halls In differ
ent parts of the city where club
dance are held several times a week,
and to call them exclusive In any sense
of the word Is rather laughable.
And yet here Is the crux of the
whole problem. The young people who
become delinquents In the commercial
public dance and so drift into the hands
of the police and become Inmates of
"homes" and reformatories are the very
ones who lack the Initiative and force
to organise. The social Instinct is
strong, but in gratifying It they simply
drift, and the devil often gets them
with the aid of the procurer, the prosti
tute and the dive-keeper who combine
amusement with business.
lew !Vot Always Bread.
It opens a rather fascinating field
to Investigate the reasons for this
fact.
I IS WOMEN
RURAL LIFE
Organization Forms to Give
Social Service to Peo
ple of Land.
Ms.
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TOWN AND COUNTRY UNITE
NEW YORK'S NEW SPORT
Motor Cars I "hc in ft on Frozen Hud
s.on Create Excitement.
New York Tribune.
Thousands of persons. In peril of
their lives, swarmed near the finish
line of the first great race on the ice
at Irvlngton-on-the-Hudson a few days
ago to watch the swaying cars loom
out of a snowcloud up the river, roar
past, and vanish in another snow
cloud to the south
Enthusiasts grew so enthusiastic
over the sight that they vowed a great
vow to do all in their power to bring
about an International race on the
river before the Ice broke up a race
that would rival in brilliancy the
world-renowned Vandcrbilt cup and
Savannah races. The speed contests on
the level beaches of Florida were like
the motor show at the Garden, com
pared to these Ice races, they said.
Fred Koenlg, driving his monster
Mercedes until his hands were nearly
frozen to the steering wheel. was vic
tor In the race, which was six miles In
length. It was figured that his average
speed over the Ice was In the neigh
borhood of 65 miles an hour. Remem
bering the times when he was forced to
slow down In taking tne slippery
curves, it is safe to say that on the
straight stretches he reached a speed
seldom equaled In the races wnere rec
ords are broken. Not far behind him
came Carl Mulhall in a Hudson, and a
National car held down the third place,
under the guidance of Frank Free.
It was opposite the home of John D.
Arch bold, the new president of the
Standard Oil Company, that the start
Ing line was laid. Growling and snort
ing. the big cars were led up to the
tape. It was seen that the fore-wheels
of Mulhall's car were a trlflo uncertain
on the smooth surface, and time was
taken out until chains could be put on.
them. This accomplished, the starter
raised his pistol. At Its crack the ma
chines leaped forward, the dry snow
flying from their tires like dust from
horses' hoofs. Tarrytown was left be
hind in less than a minute.
The curves called forth all the skill
of the drivers. The skidding machines
raised a blinding cloud of snow that
blocked tho vision of the spectators
long the course, and covered the flying
cars with a thick frosty blanket, sev
eral of the contestants were compelled
to stop altogether once or twice on the
Journey to wipe the Ice crust from their
goggles and clear the radiators or tne
snow kicked up by the men In front.
Fires of railroad ties, which tne on
lookers had started at frequent Inter
vals with a view to. fighting off the
chill blasts of the freshening wind,
helped the drivers materially In stick
ing to the course. As the cars spread
out near the finish, the cheering of the
crowds that hovered dangerously near
the right of way could be heard easily
bove the roar of tne engines.
Koenig. coming to a stop almost op
posite the home of Miss Helen Gould,
was Immediately surrounded by an ad
miring throng, which nearly had to
help him remove his cramped hands
from the wheel.
BUYING VOTE AT AUCTION
In an Ohio Town the Sheriff Didn't
I nterfere.
Good people whose mental habits
Instinctively save them from the pit
can't understand and so are lacking In
charity. They make the blunder of as
suming that all human beings are as
morally responsible as they are. This
Is the theory on which criminals "re
punished. And yet all Intelligent per
sons agree that the race Is In the pro
cess of evolution or development, and
consequently admit that there are fre
quently reversions to an older type, or
"throw-backs." Of course these in
dividuals have the physical and psy
chical characteristics of a .lower race.
In our society they are abnormal In
every way.
The Investigationa of Kombroso. En
rico Ferrl, Havelock Kills and other
students of criminal psychology show
with an amazing wealth of detail that
these abnormal persons are unable to
regard life as the better portion of so
ciety does. Dr. Hart, who has recently
written a work tn the preventive treat
ment of neglected children, published
by the Sage Foundation, takes much
the game ground.
Briefly, the abnormal ones who be
come the criminals of civilization,
show pronounced differences In cranial
measurements. In the form of the brain
and in the texture of the brain tissue.
They lack sensitiveness In the
motor reflexes and they lack sensi
tiveness to pain hence their cruelty.
They also show constant psychic pe
culiarities In their use of slang. In
their handwriting and In their Ideas of
art.
It is a commonplace that our worst
criminals show these characteristics in
their worst form. They seem to be a
combination of rhlld and devil. Ellis
remarks, "the whole art of crime lies
In the endeavor to avoid the necessity
of labor. This constitutional laziness
Is. therefore, one of the chief organic
bases of crime."
It Is often recorded that there Is a
much larger number of male criminals
than female, but the criminologists
agree that the prostitute has In many '
A. Z. Blair in McClure's Magazine.
In the late 80's, when I began to
take a more Inlluentlal part in Adams
County (Ohio! politics, "money lights"
were at their height. The lack of an
Australian ballot made the practice of
vote buying as much a matter of fact
transaction as the trade In any mer
chandise. I remember, about 188'J.
standing before the courthouse in West
I'nlon. the county seat, and seeing a
voter auctioned off to the highest bid
der of the two precinct leaders, like a
horse or a dog. The price finally bid
was thirty-odd dollars. Tho successful
bidder took his man to the polls, cast
his vote, brought him back, and stood
him again on the auction block. Then
he peeled the money from his bank
roll and paid him.
"I want you all to see," he mid to
the crowd, "that when I promise to do
a thing I do Just what 1 promise."
There were about 100 men around
the auction block including the pros
ecuting attorney, the sheriff of the
county and the Mayor and marshal of
West Union. The practice was set
so hard and fast in custom that men
paid no attention to It. At every elec
tion, it was the commonest of sights to
see men paid on after they voted. Some
of them would take money only from
their own party: some would linger
about the polls all day, and get the
party leaders to bid for their vote. And
the Introduction of the Australian bal
lot. In 1890. virtually made no change.
Election officials about the ballot box
watched the vote sellers to see that
they delivered the votes they were paid
for.
Etablilinient of Libraries. JYedtng
of School 'Children and Open ins
of lecture Courses Are Means
Employed Through Land,
BY TIMOTHY J. O'CONNOR.
DUBLIN. April 16. ( Special.) Tho
reproach leveled against Irishwomen
of being lacking In public spirit can
no longer be Justified In view of the
many and varied forms of activity in
wbich they are now engaging.
Foremost among these movements is
that of "The United Irishwomen." The
society has been formed with the ob
ject of drawing together the women of
Ireland without regard to politics, class
or religion. In the endeavor to better
the conditions of rural life. It Is In
tended to organize the women of all
classes in Ireland for social service.
They will strive for a higher stand
ard of material comfort and a social ex
istence in harmony with the intellect
ual and ethical outlook of our people.
Organisation Well Timed.
The new organization, which has al
ready met with a ready response, has
just come at the psychological moment.
The Irish mind Is at present In a keenly
receptive mood to receive such a move
ment. A few years ago It would have
been premature. To live well one must
first be enabled to live at all. The
conditions of rural life in Ireland were
such that only the bare necessities
could be thought of. Decorative ad
Juncts and social amenities were out
of the question.
Then, during the agrarian war, when
fierce struggle and bitter hatred pre
vailed, it was impossible for- any
friendly co-opcratlon to take place be
tween the two sides to the struggle.
Now that the country has emerged
from this painful ordeal, and Is -beginning
to settle down to the new condi
tions, there is at least a chance of
drawing together the different classes,
and in this ncblc work of peace and
reconciliation and the building up of
the national fabric Irish women are
playing a notable part.
ToWDswoinea Aid Move.
The organization aims primarily at
the betterment of rural life, but towns
women as well as countrywomen have
been enlisted in Its service. The head
quarters of the association are in Dub
lin, and a staff of organizers has been
appointed to propagate It through the
country. Over 20 branches have al
ready been organized in widely sepa
rated parts of the country. Kach of
these branches has undertaken some
definite work in Its locality. In one
Place It is an Industry, in another a
library or village hall. In another the
feeding of school children, or a course
of lectures on health and hygiene, or
cooking and dressmaking.
Kach branch knows . best the needs
of Its district. They are interested in
all desirable work In rural Ireland, and
they co-operate with any existing so
rletiea or organizations which are
working for the same needs, only keep
ing the branch as a branch free from
party politics or hostility to the re
ligious belief of any Irish man or woman.
FILMS AT UFE'S PERIL
Adventurers Risk Death to fiet Re
alistic Motion Pictures.
P. II. lliddleton In Technical World.
If figures mean anything, the. moving
picture show is the most popular of all
our National amusements, not except
ing baseball, which undoubtedly thor
oughly deserves Its title as the Na
tional sport of America. But the calico
comedy and drama daily entertains
more persons than any other form of
public diversion over devised. Already
this Infant Industry has $r0,000,000 In
vested In It, although only eight years
have elapsed since a second-rate thea
ter gave the first film exhibition In
New York.
Today there are more than SOO
houses In the metropolis alone devoted
wholly or principally to moving pic
tures. In the entiie country there are
li.any thousands of gaudy little thea
ters, marvelous with tiles, gilding,
marble, costly mirrors and Ingenious
trick electric signs.
There are scores of picture compa
nies employing staffs of authors, actors
and scene painters to give them the
proper settings and all the parapher
nalia, human and otherwise, of the
regular theater. In every city, and
town throughout the United States ex
hibitors eagerly await the latest crea
tions of the moving picture studio. And
the printing of and dispatching lo the
our corners of the continent of the
latest films Is a business In Itself, re-
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sembllng nothing so much as the pre
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The business has extended even to
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day In New York the combined length
of the films reeled off would reach
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hibited dally in all the American pic
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globe.
With the enormous growth of the
moving ptcture business there has come
Into existence a class of adventurers
who almost daily risk life and limb to
obtain realistic effects for moving pic
ture companies. One ofc the most dar
ing of these Is B. B. Dobbs, who recent
ly fitted up a, small schooner and left
tor Alaska In order to portray in mov
ing pictures the birth or death of a
new island. It appears that the Bogos
lof group in the past year or so have
been arising from and subsiding Into
the Bering Sea. A moving picture syn
dicate has offered Dobbs $250,000 if he
gets the film.
WHIPPED 0N A CROSS
Prisoners Got C'at-o'-N'lne Tails in
"Knfightcned' Delaware.
Wilmington (Del.) Corn Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
With arms tied to the extended arms
of a cross and with backs bared to the
zero gale, two men were mercilessly
1 ashed In the courtyard of the County
Workhouse here as part payment of
the toll the state exacts for their
crimes.
John Brewington received 40 laahes
with a cat-n'-nlne-tails. in addition to
which he will serve two years In
state's prison for highway robbery.
Arthur Johnson, received 20 lashes and
will serve one year for larceny.
The men suffered frightfully from
the cold and from the blood-letting
lashes, and staggered, semi-conscious,
back to their cells. The whipping, as
are all Delaware whippings, were pub
lic, and a morbid crowd stood against
the prison walls and saw the heavy
leather strap with Its nine thongs cut
deep into the quivering flesh of the
wretched men.
The men were to have been lashed
early but the two degrees below zero
chilled Warden Crawford himself to
such an extent that ho postponed the
whipping until the day warmed.
In the afternoon, when a four-degree
rise in the temperature was noted, the
warden put on a furlined coat and or
dered the men out. ' Kach man wore a
heavy blanket about his neck and
hanging down across his chest, but
his back was nude.
The prisoners' hands were encased
in gloves as" their extended arms were
lashed to the cross, but the winds bit
and the snow pelted against their
naked backs.
Brewington was whipped first. The
back, blue from the cold, shivered and
shook as the first blow of the strap
fell, straight down, and livid welts
showed on his quivering skin. Then, by
moving his position. Warden Craw
ford made the strap strike at an angle.
Ten blows thus, and the angle was
changed, until, when the 40 cruel
blows had landed, a perfect grill of
embossed flesh, torn and bruised
showed across the wretch's back?
Not a sound did Brewington utter,
though his lips were bleeding from
the bites he gave as the scourge
.swished through the air and he stiff
ened himself for the coming pain.
His arms were freed and he stag
gered back from the cross. Guards
seized hint. Without washing away the
blood. they drew a heavy, coarse
woolen iinilersliirt over his body and
pushed him, half frozen, back to his
cell.
Johnson, nude to the waist, stood by
all the while, shivering with cold and
fright: involuntarily he braced him
self as each blow landed on Brewing
ton's shoulders, as if he could feci the
ain himself.
n Francisco. April 10. Arrived Steam
ers I'matlllA, from Victoria; Rose City, from
Portland; U. C. Llndsuer. from Grays Har
bor: Nehalem, from Astoria; Roanoke, from
Portland: Tamplco. from Everett: Ulna
Brea, from Talara Bay. Sailed Meamers
Klnrra. for Honolulu: Wellington, for Na
ralmo: tieorae W. Elder, for Astoria; Bear,
for Portland; bark tftar of Zealand, fur
l.orlnr: scliuoner MthK Nelnon. tor Kodiak;
ship Tacoiua, for Uruttol Bay.
GLENELYN Have jou jiuchased your lot in GLENELYN yet?
Ik'autiful view lnts oil the Wes-t Side, overlooking the Tualatin Val
ley, willi fine view of Mt. Hood, bearing; fruit trees and grapes, inside
the tliree-mile circle, and lies between two carlines; 20 minutes to
business renter; no bridges to contend with, no delays. Walks and
water included in price.
The way to make money is by buying real estate. The way to buy
real estate to make money is to purchase close-in, in advance of im
provements and growth of the city,
i
GLENELYN fills all the requirements. We are building: several nice
bungalows in GLENELYN. AVe are selling; them on easy payments. If
we cannot suit -you in a bungalow already completed, we will build
for hi according; to your desires.
A NEW 5-R00M BUNGALOW IN GLENELYN, on oOx 100-foot lot,,
fruit and fine view of the valley $1800, including improvements.
Small cash payment, balance like rent. -Lots from $.'lf0 to $500. until
Jlay 1st only. Easy terms.
What have you to show for the money paid to your landlord! Noth
ing more than a roof over your head during the period of your occu
pancy. If you had bought your home on our easy-payment plan, yoti
might now be the owner of the property, instead of still paying a
heavy premium on the other man's investment with which he buys
more property to rent. Own your own home. Be your own landlord.
Come in and let us explain our easy-payment plan.'
Provident Trust Company
201-2-3 Board of Trado Bldg.
When Our Remaining Fine Pianola Pianos Are Sold We'll
" " Never Again Have Them for Sale.
A previously announced, our remain
ing "Pianola Pianos are offered irf this
final closing-out sale which is now
under way.
We can make no lower prices than
the reduced prices that were announced
last week. But In order to dispose of
every- Pianola Piano this month we- are
furnishing free J100 worth of Metro
style and Themodist music with eacli
Pianola Piano sold during this final
closing-out sale.
The sacrifice sale of Pianola Pianos
is in strict accordance with agreements
and stipulations reached in the honor
able United States Court.
It is no doubt the most revolutionary
event that has ever happened in the
history of the music trade. While this
great and complete assortment of
Pianola Pianos is, still here every
Pianola Piano purchaser will reap a
rich harvest. Kllers Music House
throughout its entire history has main
tained its right to make its own low
price in selling to its customers.
But on account of legal protection
which the contract-price system at the
present time enjoys, we are to cut the
alleged established prices of Pianola
Pianos only by advertising them as
"secend-hand."
But come and see. Compare the
Pianola Pianos in this sale with any
of the latest design and type. They
will not suffer by comparison.
Our prices, however, are nearly one
half of that which representatives of
the combine endeavoring to secure
for instruments tinder the contract-price-protecting
system.
Kvery Weber Pianola Piano is to be
sold at reduced price as statod, namely
;320 and
Every Steck Pianola Piano is to be
sold at reduced price as stated, namely
J2S5 and $245.
Every Wheelock Pianola Piano is to
b-j sold at reduced prices a.s stated,
namely $255 and $J-1.).
livery Stuyvesant Pianola Piano ia to
he sold at reduced prices, namely $-15
and $)S3.
With each instrument sold we now
give fre", in addition tq the immense
.saving made possible during the sale,
an actual $100 worth of Metrostylo and
Themodist music rolls. It is undoubt
edly safe to say that this will be the
last opportunity for any one to secure
one of these cont ract-protected-price
Pianola Pianos at such reduced prices.
$ a montli will buy a Stuyvesant
Pianola Piano.
$8 a month will buy a Wheelock
Pianola Piano.
$10 a month will buy a iteck Pianola
Pifino.
$12 a 'month will buy a Weber Pianola
Piano.
.See also some really used Pianola
Pianos which were received by us in
part payment for new Autopianos.
Player Pianos de Luxe, and the fine,
beautiful new Ohickering Player Pianos.
These used Pianola pianos are some
of thent old "65-note" styles; such in
struments will lie sold for the value of
the piano itself without regard to the
Piarola actioiveontained in same. Thus
we have some used Stuyvesant Player
Pianos, in goo"J. playable order, using
the fi5-note roll, In cases of mahogany,
and also in oak cases, for $2!i, and sev
eral for only $26."i, and three of them
at $2-:0. "'
We have several later designs of
Stuyvesant Pianola Pianos for $315 and
$:u-,.
Tht-e Stuyvesant Pianola Pianos mav
be had on payment of $ii a month.
Tins sale, then, is the last opportu
nity fur any one to secure one of these'
contract - protected - priced Pianola
Pianos at reductions ranging from $.120
to $18.", according to style and design,
with $100 worth of music rolls free as
an additional inducement. Call at once.
Kllers tlldg.. Abler street, at Seventh.
Also see t!ie beauties displayed In our
Seventh-street show window, lillcra
Music House,