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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1912)
8 . ' THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. TORTLAND. APRIL 21, 1912. many Other attractive articles, all the work or the pupils, form a remarkable display of real merit. The metal work adapted from Egyptian motives is es pecially good. The training in color appreciation and In the ability to use colors well, as In selecting clothes, furnishing a house, etc., is particularly valuable for the girls. Course Is Comprehensive. The course Is comprehensive and is adapted as far as possible to the in dividual. Because a girl Is poor In "representation" and has "no talent for drawing," as the old-fashioned phrase went. It does not follow that she may not have appreciation or Inventive ability In connection with color and form. The modern art course recognizes this and alms to develop not only a sense of beauty, but also manual dex terity and pleasure In good workman ship and a thoughtful adaptation ot means to ends. ART WORK OF PORTLAND STUDENTS PLACED ON EXHIBITION AT MUSEUM OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PLAY "MARY JANE'S PA Teachers, Trying to Develop Creative Ability, Skill in Erecntion of Ideas Created and Training in Artistic Appre ciation Craftswork Particularly Interesting. Corvallis Opera-House to Be Rendezvous Next Saturday Night of Crowd Which Will Enjoy Production of Play Which Richard Carle Made Famous and in Which Max Figman Appeared Here Last Year. LONDON SOCIETY IS BUSY l fcaaWaty. . tmm. -M-jQi m mm J W iw i aj.i ttii Ms iiftOdfatiJMWPTW. mmJ AN exhibit f work accomplished ,by the public school children of Portland as a result of the courses In drawing and handwork Is now on view at the JJ us um or Art. Fifth and Tayic-r streets, and should prove uf interest to all parents. In many Instances, the work will be a revelation to those to whom "art I merely a sort of nynonym fur "pic ture." and who wonder how training In art tan be of practical value to the ordinary child who has his or her liv ing to earn. Art Is not put In the schoolroom tor the purpose of making a studio artist of the child, nor as an end. In itself, for the mere production of more or less beautiful and useful objects ti the result of a class lesson. Teacher Deflaea Aim. The aim of manual arts In the ele mentary schools Is defined as follows by M!ss Esther W. Wuest. general su pervisor uf drawing and handwork In the Cortland public schools: "First, development of creative abil ity: second, skill in the execution of Ideas created: third, training in artis tic appreciation. The result of the manual arts course on the part of the pupils should be the ability to plan and work out a problem in good form. The steps will Include the sketching of tbe object from form. Idea or memory; the drawing of exact patterns and the construction of the article Itself. The result should be the original idea of the pupil refined through proper traln-( ing. nucn art snouiu give me idmuj to think In terms of material and to execute the Idea." Deelgaa Reareeeat Tlansht. This means that the articles and de signs shown In the cases and on the wa'.ls of the Art Museum represent not mere copying on the pupils' part, but original thought and planning. The designs are developed from natural, geometric? or historic forms. In the Iift.i grade, for instance, design is combined with application to material. Deioratlve units are cut from paper. 1 1 - . mini ww lUm r ( .;. h $ X J i LRH ea r . () SaSaBBJBaBSBBBHKSBSSSBSSSSSSjaa Unique Functions Planned at Ren dezvous This Summer. LONDON'. April 20. (Special.) Much of the activity In London at the presen time Is concerned with arrangements for forthcoming functions, and the bust est woman of all Is Mrs. Oeorge Corn wallis-West. who is bent on making "Shakespeare's England" the finest ex hlbltlon of the Summer season. Her latest enterprise In this connec tion is to take steps to estsllsh a club In the grounds of Ear! s Court, which she Intends to make a society rendes- vous. It will be known as the Mermaid Tavern Club, and already many well- known people have applied for member ship. Including Mrs. John Astor. Lady Cunard. Lady Essex, Lord Barrymore the Duke of Rutland and the Earl of Essex. The season's subscription Is Axed 915. Mrs. West Is arranging the color scheme of the club's Interior, and the walls will be used to exhib't some of the rare old prints and picture lent for this purpose by newly-elected members. If they all turn up in the latest fash Ion revival the Elizabethan ruffle the scene will be Interesting enough to draw dally crowds of scoffing cockneys, This Elizabethan ruffle is taking the place of the fur varieties, now that the days are milder. Made of the new shot taffetas the favorite material of the season the new necklet is much nar rower than Its forerunner, and It makes pleasing addition alike to tailored costume or dress. Instead of the old ribbon fastening, the ends of the new neck accessory are brought together at the side under posies of Spring flowers. such as violets or snowdrops. The ruffle Is completed by a small handbag of the same material, made with the same frayed silk ruchlng round the edges. In quaint shapes, these bags are quite small and have cords of the taffetas by which to carry them. The cords, however, are comparatively short and are not worn over the shoulder. In stead, they are merely hung from the wrist or carried in the hand. The craze for shot taffetas Is finding expression In every article of feminine attire. Not only are women arraying themselves In taffeta gowns, tailored suits, lists, blouses and dress accessories general, but shoe manufacturers are also Joining In popularizing the fabric by utilizing It for fashionable footwear. and adapted to borders, corner designs and so forth, for curtains, table run ners, covers, mats, bags of all kinds an-' even candle shades. Htenclls are made from the original design and ap plied to suitable material. An Interesting exhibit Is a child s table with table ncarf and candle shades, all designed and carried out In ccordanre with the carefully guided nd developed will and taste of the child himself, thus developing liTventlve and creative faculties besides furnish ing a Joyous and wholesome occupation. Beginning this Spring, primary hand work is to be introduced Into the srrades, leading up to and culminating In the fifth-grade course already given. After the fifth grade the boys go 10 tha manual 'raining shop, while the girls contlnir In further manual art work. . The craft work of the high schools Is particularly Interesting, Including, as It does, stenciling, book-binding, metal and Jewelry work new this year and decorative "needle-weaving" ap plied to various materials. Portfolios, cookbooks, towels, table mnners, bags, paper knives, watch fobs, hat pins, belt and tie pins and "DAISY LETTER" AIDS 'PROS' American Countess Endows Home for Wornout Variety Performers. LONDON. April 20 It is not gener ally known that the Countess of Suf folk was chiefly responsible for the equipment of what has now become known as "The Old Pros' Paradise." This is a picturesque old mansion sit uated on the upper reaches of the Thames and acquired for the purpose of providing a home for old perform era on the variety stage who have fallen on x'evll times." The "Paradise" has been opened os tensibly under the auspices of the Mu sic Hall Benevolept Fund, but It Is understood that more than one Amer ican has had a hand In providing the "needful." which amounts to a very substantial sum. Those who know what a fascination the variety theater has for "Daisy Let ter." as the Countess Is known to her Intimate friends, will not be surprised to hear that she has dipped her hand deeply into her purse to make the old "pros" happy in their declining years. It Is well known by those In her set that she gives. In one way and an other, a big sum every year to phil antlirophy of this kind, but the outside public never hears of her benevolence. This openhandedness Is said to be such that If her powers of dealing with her fortune were not somewhat curtailed she would be in danger of Impoverish ing herself. -r- -zLTr 7S &: .. - -'A , I REGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis. April 20. (Spe cial.) The caste for "Mary Jane's Pa," which will be staged Saturday evening, April 27, at the Corvallis Opera-House, is composed of 15 college men and women hailing from Oregon, Washington, California, Kentucky and New Mexico. The play will be presented by Mask and Dagger, the dramatic society of Oregon Agricultural College, as their second semi-annual performance of the present college year. The leading roles will be played by H. I. Padghan, Santa Ana, Cal. ; Lydia Harris, San Diego, Cal.; Frances E. Neer, Pasadena, Cal.; Cuba Amlck, Lakevlew. Or.; Wilda Soleman, Salem; Wllford H. Belknap. Prlaevllle, Or.; Ruth Shepard, Roosevelt, Wash.; C. L. Hill, Berea. Ky. SOCIETY EVENT SENSATION Conntess of Craven Issues Invitation to 1000 Londoners. LONDON. April 20. (Special.) Side by side with the rapidly-moving drama In the political world, there Is consid erable activity behind the social scenes. where friendly rivalries for the pre mier place of political hostess for the government are hotly contested. Contrary to the usual rule, Lady Wlmborne has go far played a more or less self-effacing part, doubtless In or der to give her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frederick Guest, once Miss Phlpps, of Pittsburg, the best possible chance of distinguishing herself. As Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, formerly Miss Burns, of New York, now the wife of the popular Sec retary for the Colonies, contented her self with Tuesday afternoon at homes. f" ' V' ''" : doubtless feeling her position as a political hostess secure. It seemed at first that the rapid strides Mrs. "Fred dy" Guest was taking in the limelight luight land her into the coveted posi tion, especially as the Countess of Gra nard has been resting on her laurels. Suddenly, however, the Countess of Craven has sprung to the front, large ly through the co-operation of her par. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, who live next door to their daughter In Chesterfield Gardens. That part of the social world whose Interests are political have not hither to looked upon the Countess of Cra ven as a competitor for fame and pres tige in any but the purely social stakes. So when she Issued invitations to more than 1000 guests to a political recep tion a profound sensation was caused. As the attendance Included Prime Min ister and Mrs. Asquith, the American Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reld and a large sprinkling of the Diplo matic Corps, it was recognized on all sides that she achieved in a few hours what other ambitious women fail to bring about by means of many well planned receptions. DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST PROVED BY GOSPELS, SAYS PORTLAND PREACHER Rev. Walter B. Hinson Declarer Divinity of Nazarene Recognized by Alleged Associates. Vara I I. "Tbe ti!nnlnc of the gosptl ef Jnu Christ, tbe fcvn uf God." FROM a clergyman I have received a twofold objection to the deity of Jesus, with which I deal this morning. The first suggested the text, for In Ms objection he says the gospels or Mark. Matthew and Luke teach that Jesus was a man. and Just like other men. Mark he mentions first. So to Mark let the appeal be made. In the first chapter ot this gospel, and In the open Ing sentence, we are told It Is the "be ginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." One can hardly Im agine the deity of Jesus being more fitly or forcibly expressed than In that sentence. In the second chapter It Is stated that Jesus saw a man sick ot the palsy, and to the man he said. "Son. thy sins are forgiven thee." And the Jews murmured, saying. "Who can forgive sins save God alone?" And he, conscious of their murmuring, an . swered. "The Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins." And to show that he could do the double work of saving the soul and healing tha body, be said unto the man who was palsjed. "Take up thy bed. and walk." Here Is Jesus deliberately asserting of himself that he can do what God alone has power to do: he ran forgive sin. In the third chapter we find the Master healing the sick and casting out evil spirits; and the evil spirits say to him. "We know thou art the Son of God." Ad Instead of rebuking them for their blasphemy, he merely lays upon them the charge that they pub lish nought regarding hlx: but there Is his acceptance of the fact that he Is the Christ of God. Mlrarlea hw IMvaatty of Jeaaa. In the fourth chapter we see Jesus asleep in a boat. And a great atorm sweeps down from the hills and the affrighted disciples arouse him saying. "Master, carest thou not that we perish?" And ha arose and rebuked the winds and the waves.' And the Ulsclplea marvcltd wilb a great marvel. as well they might; for while man has achieved much, he still lacks the power to hush the fury of the tempest and allay the hurricane when It Is angered. In the fifth chapter the demoniac cries: "What have I to do with hee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God?" And Jairus' danghter Is raised from Tleath by the Master'a word of power: "Dam sel, I say unto thee arise." Thus does Christ display the Itfe-glvlng energy, which he said he possessed In common with His Father. In the sixth chapter he beholds a vast crowd of people surrounding him including S000 men. And the disciples say, "Send them away." But he, being moved with compassion, said. "Cause them to sit down." And they sat down upon the green grass, and be fed tOOO men. besides the women and the chil dren, with five loaves and two flshea. And when the meal was ended, they took up of the fragments that re mained. It baskets full. Here again la the outputtlng of the marvelous power of Jesus. In the seventh chapter a Syrophenlclan woman came to Christ, on behalf of her demon-possessed daughter, and he said. "Woman, know you not that I am sent to t"e house of Israel? And the dogs may not eat of the children's bread?" And with a faith that would not take "No" for an answer, she says, "Lord, even dogs eat 1 the crumbs that fall from the Master's table. I name myself a dog. and I name thee Lord." And he aald, "Woman, great is thy faith; thy daughter la healed." Teatlaaay mi Peter Add seed. In the eighth chapter Simon Peter, being asked what he thinks ot Jesus Christ replied, that he and his fellow disciples believed Christ to be the Son of God. And he did not rebuke them; In which he sinned. If he were not God. And In the ninth chapter he took three of his disciples up Into the moun tain and was transfigured before them; and Moses and Elijah talked with Illra; and God the Father iald: "Tlils Is my beloved Son; hear blra." In the 10th chapter. Bartlmeus. the blind man. cries, "Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me." And when the Savior asked what the blind man wanted, he, said, "Lord, that I may re ceive my sight." And the faith of Bartlmeus In the lordship of Jesus was so wonderfully honored that the man was blind no longer. In the 11th chapter of this gospel Jesus says, "Go Into the Village yon der and you will find a man who can be of service to me: and when you ap proach him and ak for the little favor, you will be sura to say this: The Lord hath need of him." And they went on their way and when they came to the man and said, "The Master has need of this colt." the humble disciple whose name Is unknown, said, "If the Lord has need ot anything of mine, all that is mine belongs to him." In the 12th chapter, when the scribes, those old-time enemies of Jesus, said, "You are only on a level with David," he replied. "Remember you not evhat David said. 'The Lord said unto my Lord, alt thou at my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' " And Jesus went on to say, "If I am the Son of David alone, how Is It that David calls me his Lord?" In the 13th chapter Jesus Christ tells how the day Is coming when man shall see the Son ot Man In the clouds of heaven and with the great glory of the ever-lasting kingdom about Him the Son of Man and the Lord of eternity! Then in the 14th chapter the scene change and the Savior stands before Calaphas the high priest, who said. "Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?" And under oath, Jesus said, "I am." Rous Crstarloi Convinced. In the loth chapter the Savior dies; and the Roman centurion declared. "This was the Son of God." And In the ltth chapter you find this man Mark who teaches nothing about the deity of Jesus according to my' critic saying. "So then, after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up Into heaven: and sat on the rlaht hand of God; and they went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord work ing with them." Mark does not teach the deity of Jesus? Why he teaches It In every chapter! Will you tell me what he does teach. If he does lot teach the deity of Jesus Christ? There he stands, this Master of mine. In Mark's great picture, as the Lord of the winds, of the waves and of all material things: the Lord of disease and the Lord of death: the God who forgives sin; and the God who a scenes unto the right hand of Jehovah, and yet Is still with the disciples as they live and labor on the earth. If this Is not the divine Son of God, give me some name to call him by! The second objection from this brother runs thus: "If Christ were God, more would have resulted from his visit to the world: for very little has come of It yet!" To the law and the testimony again! The historian. Lecky. In his "History of European Morals," says: "The three short years of the active life of Jesus have done more to regenerate and to soften man kind, than all tha disquisitions of all the philosophers and all the exhorta tions of all the moralists." Think of It! All the philosophers and all the moralists of all the ages shall do their work, and put it all together and Jesus Christ shall eclipse all they have done! And yet a man had the effrontery to say little has come of It. Great Character Show a. Simpson says there are two ways of Judging a life, namely, the dignity of the character possessed; and sec ondly, by the range of the Influence exerted. O, my Lord Christ, let me measure thee thus! The dignity of the character. Who will stand alongside him, that I may see how tall he Is? Will Moses? But Moses says, "A great er than I Is coming." Will David, or Isaiah, or Peter, or John, or Paul? Who will stand alongside Christ In point of character? Or who Is there that can stand alongside Christ and be found equal In moral grandeur? O, it Is a moral Indecency, as well as an Intellectual Inaccuracy, to name Christ In a list with names of any others who have ever lived. And in range of Influence! May I Judge him by that? Then I call the great thinker of Ger many, and hear him say, "The holiest anions the mighty" and the number of the mighty Is leirlon "and the mighti est among the holy" and multitudinous are the holy, "the holiest among the mighty, and mightiest among the holy,' Is Jesus, who with his nail-pierced hand has wrenched the gates of empire off their hinges and who still governs the world." Only little has come of it, said the critic! Well here they stand. Andrew and Peter and Philip and Nathaniel and Thomas and James and John and the holy band of the Apostles, and I say unto them, - "Little has come of Christ's life!" But what is the matter with the men! For suddenly they are caught up as in a gale of holy emotion, and with eyes aflama and countenancea tense with strong feel ing, they say; "Little, you say; why much has come of It!" And Paul the Apostle to the Gentiles appears. Tha man who formerly was a persecutor, but who on the Damascus Road said "Who art thou?" And Jesus aid. "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest!" And Saul answered, "What wilt thou have me to do. Lord?"- And the Lord told him. and then Paul went out to look on all the prizes of the whole world and declared they were dung, compared with the service of Christ. And look ing at position and advantage of every Kind, he said, "I am determined to know nothing save Christ and him crucified." And whether he approaches Rome, or Corinth, or Ephesus, the same cry Is ever on his lip, the cry in which the Christ Is supreme. Christ! I am Christ's, and 1st the name suf fice you. As for me. too. It always hath sufficed. So with no winning- words would 1 entlcs you, Paul has no honor, and no friend but Christ. Yea. without cbeer of sister or of daughter; Tea without stay of father or of son; Lone on the land, and homeless on tha water. Pass I in patience till the work 'Is dona. Then there were the early Christians. The Christiana -whom Nero in his am phitheater, at night, placed In barrels of tar; and setting them on Are, by the light of those human torches pursued his wild Iniquities. And there they hung, and blazed, and died. But there was little In that! And century after century went by, and always the great beacon lights of faith were biasing; and always the saintly chorus ascended the heavens; and always by the thousand, heroic men and gentle women testified even to the shedding of blood, that Jesus Christ was their Lord and their God. But there was little in it! And out of those dark ages, as we call them, comes a great volley of sound, that prefigures the song of the redeemed, and by the million the saints of God, who believed in Jesus Christ, rally round old Bernard as he sings: Jesus, the very thought of thee With sweetness nils tha breast; But sweter far thy face to see. And in thy presence rest. Jesus, our only Joy bo thou. As thou our prise wilt be; Jeuus, bo thou our glory now. And through eternity. And but little has come of it sayest thou, my friend? Why he came, my Lord Christ, and he so changed time that there Is not a calendar on the American continent 1 this morning but dates from the year of his birth. Our children gathered around the tables a few weeks ago, and their little eyes glistened as they saw the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree. But they had no Christmas tree 12 months before Jesus was born! "Preach." said somebody to me last week, "preach on Easter Sunday about the resurrection of Jesus." But there la no Easter where there is no Christ. And not only so. but he entered Into the realm of art, also, and if you destroy the pictures in the great galleries that have Christ enshrined in them, you will destroy the best part of that art In which the 20th century rejoices. And he entered Into music, and the great ora torios throb ' and thunder around his stable, his cross, and his throne. And he entered into literature, and the books that mention Jesus Christ are numbered by the million. He entered Into poetry, and Shakespeare and the Brownings and the Tennysons tell of the Son of man. Hrsnna Show Iaaplratloau And he entered Into the hymnology of the church, and you can find no name in the world so enshrined in hymnsas is the name of Christ. And he entered into the Bible, and there are more copies of It issued today than any other book In the world; and it Is all about Christ. He walks into the nursery, where the little children are being made ready for bed, and through the lips of Christian mothers he teaches the first prayer. And he walks Into the cemeteries, so that on the marble you have to read. "Come unto me and 1 will give you rest; of such is the kingdom of heaven; In my Father's house are many mansions." And every single word of those epitaphs was spoken by my Lord Christ. He stands In the death chamber by the side of the soul departing:, as the Christian friend reads: "1 go to prepare a place for you" the language of the Christ; and "when the body is brought into the church, the preacher rises and says, "O. death where is thy sting? O, grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God who glveth us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." And the hope of all the weary wjorld Is tha glorious appearing of the true God, and our Saviour. Jesus Christ. But little has come of it! Own Conversions Recalled. O. I thought this morning how in the days of the past five of us sat around the table In my little English home. How there Is one left here; and one over there in Canada. And the brother I idolized, went Into the eternities with his hand in the hand of Christ; and the father ever looming grandly in my Imagination was singing of the Christ, as he passed over Jordan; and the old mother, believing in the same Jesus, entered the kingdom. Maybe there is nothing in it! And maybe there has little come from it! But they did not think so: nor do I. For I am growing more and more to love a sentence in that book that says. "Ye are my witnesses." And that la what I am. a witness. You say little has come of it. Well, on a June night long years ago, I, for the first timu, heard him say to me, "I am thy Sav iour;" and I believed him. And my people, this morning I tried, in thought, to cut from my life all that has been imparted by Jesus Christ, during these 25 years since I was converted. O how he blessed my life, and dominated it, and possessed it. And I look at this life of mine swiftly moving toward eternity, and what have I apart from Christ? For whenever the moment comes when I hear the friends say, "He Is going," I shall reach out my hand for the hand that has got the scar In it, and I shall go to whatever future awaits me, in humble sincere trust in Jesus Christ, my Saviour, and my Lord, and my exceeding great reward.
