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8 THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAJf, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 10, 1912. FLOWER LOVERS TO HAVE EXHIBIT AT ARMORY THIS MONHT v , .- . "" November 15 and 16 Is Date Set for Portland Floriculturists to Take First Step in Making Annual Show an Affair of National Attraction. h M-rv l ,-;;Vf - 4 '- . ; ''! S .A 7 V y a j r? i&& n d . vv ,r- . ' 1 TV - . i at rf-EEPINo pe v. uh me growing In. W terest of Portland citizens In flowers not only the typical roses of the city, but flowers of all kinds different associations have sprung up in Portland, some devoted to one spe cies of flowers, some to others, until the specialized' floral interests have converged toward an organization aim ing at the recognition of all flowers. The Portland Kose Society was one of the pioneers In the formation into organization of groups of flower-lovers. Other organizations devoted to other flowers arose, not the least among which was the Oregon Sweet Pea So ciety, which found its birth some three years ago at a little local exhibition by some of the school children at Wood stock. A year later its first preten tious show was held in the Selling building. Experiment StaKe. Pasaed. 'This society has now passed its ex perimental stage," said Captain George Pope, ex-president of the association and one of the foremost of sweet pea amateurs in the city, speaking of the growth and future prospects of the so ciety. "The display at the Multnomah County Courthouse during the Elks' convention was a revelation to Eastern and Middle Western visitors, and even Californians were surprised to see the extent of the varieties grown in Ore gon. California is practically the seed producing country for the sweet peas for the whole world, since the climate there is eminently suited for such pro duction. But the past season in our neighboring state was as bad from a seed-producing point of view as it was In Oregon and as a result many of the shy seeding varieties will be scarce. 'On the whole, I prefer our Oregon grown seeds, as they give a greater percentage of living plants, but Oregon seed has to be hand-picked, and this would be a drawback to growing seed for commercial purposes. Still, it is possible for it to be done, and perhaps someone will discover a way. "Three years ago I discovered a new Spencer of a superb pink variety In cluster of white Spencers. All of the seeds had been carefully examined and were of regulation color, j et this single plant was distinguishable from the very beginning by its robustness of growth and other habits. The flowers were of advanced Spencer form and the color the exact shade of a Caroline Testout rose. For two seasons this variety has been thoroughly tested and tried in the trial grounds at Woodstock and there has been no sign of differentia tion or sprouting back. Others Betas Tested. " 'Multnomah Spencer' is the name 1 have selected for this newly discovered variety. I am testing out four other new varieties, but shall not name them until they have stood two more years' trial. One is a pure' white and the others are striated white and pink. "I know that there are ways in which cross pollenization can be effected, but I believe that there is little need lor these processes. I think that the hum- ming oi.u uiiu me uee are responsible for nine-tenths of all our new varie ties, both in Oregon and in California, where, it Is to be remembered, that the original 'Countess Spencer' came onto the market only in 1904, while we now have 60 fast types. This goes to show that interest in sweet pea culture must be very intensive. In production of new distinct varieties, America stands first in Spencer types, but is second in the grandiflora class. In which England and India excel." While flower lovers like Captain Pope, laboring with this or that variety of flowers, are gradually lifting the standard of floral culture in this dis trict, and in many cases making floral history in the discovery of new species, the exhibits and shows in which the progress of their art has been exem plified has heretofore been held inde pendent of one another. The first in- ication of a move toward a general display of Portland's production of flowers of all kinds has been reserved for this year in the first annual Fall i flower show, which will be given at the Portland Armory November 15 and 16 by the Portland Floral Society, un der the auspices of the . Friilt and Flower Mission. Enthusiasm Is Shown. Here the art that has gone into the production of new species of some fa vorite flower and the enthusiasm that has manifested itself In the sweet pea show, the rose show, chrysanthemum show and many smaller exhibits, will be combined to produce a general ex hibit of cut flowers greater in scope than has ever before been attempted on the Pacific Coast. Those who are putting their efforts into the movement are to receive prac- tlcally no return for it beyond the sat isfaction of having added a new ele ment to the artistic life of Portland and at the same time having helped a useful movement in the city. The names of the leading florists in the city are to be found In the list of the committees in charge of preparations for the show and the best known ama teurs In Portland, as well, will be among those who exhibit. Varieties to Be Entered. Chrysanthemums, carnations, cut roses, violets, orchids and scores of other varieties of bloBsoms will be en tered in the show. Nursery stock, bulbs and seeds, skillful floral arrange ments will have their place In the ex hibit. Further than this the display will go. Landscape gardeners will ex hibit their skill In plans and drawings entered to compete for prizes. It will not be a show devoted to one species of flower alone, but will take the form of a display of and a tribute to the whole floral resource of Oregon. A natural outgrowth of the gradual development of interest in diversified floral activities, the show will be this year in an experimental stage, but It is the belief of those who are prepar ing it that it will become an annual feature of more than local interest to flower lovers, and to those who strive to cultivate and Increase the wealth and variety of flowers In the gardens of the city. EXHIBITS FROM THREE COUNTIES ARE DESIRED FOR 1915 EXPOSITION Pacific Union Club Members Distressed by Extra Assessments Coryell Collection of Orchids Takes Higher Rank. Sir Thomas Lipton to Be Entertained Fittingly at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Cl.. Nov. 9. (Special.) President C C. Moore and his confreres of the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1916 are anxious ly awaiting word from countries like Germany. Great Britain and Russia that they will agree to exhibit at the fair. Japan. China. France and 12 other foreign countries already have agreed formally to exhibit, but the di rectors of the fair would like to bear from the three countries named. There is plenty of time as yet. but the directors realize the value the boosting effect this favorable action of these powers will have. The strong lo cal colonies of these countries are co operating with the Exposition manage ment to expedite matters in this direc tion. No great concern Is being felt over Great Britain and Germany, but It is feared that Russia will be hard to whip into line. Owing to the stand taken by the United States in the matter of passports to Jewish people who are American citizens, there is some feel ing in Russia. Influential men have interested themselves in behalf of the Exposition, and it is hoped that in a few weeks some favorable action will be taken by Great Britain, Russia and Germany. A number of members of the exclu sive Pacific Union Club of San Fran cisco are fretting over the prospects of more assessments. Just mention an as sessment to a Pacific Union Club mem ber, and there will be a row on. These bothersome financial things have been coming pretty regularly of lote. Last year each member had to pay $65 extra to take care of the Interest on a $900. 000 bonded debt and sinking fund. Now word comes that She city 4i thori tes are contemplating 4lgttng tun nel under the California street hill. This will necessitate as assessment of (25,000 on the Pacific Colon Club as lis share, for the lastltntlm owns the improved businesa property at tlie northwest corner of Stockton and Post streets, its home befor the big fire. . Little worry is being felt for the ex clusive social club, however. It owns the clubhouse on Nob Hill, which prob ably is one of the finest in the land, as well aa the Stockton street corner. Buying the Nob Hill place, improving it and putting a structure on the Stockton street property is what caused the $900,000 debt in the shape of bonds. In the course of a few years the club expects to sell the Stockton street property and get on its feet again. Records have been discovered to prove that the first municipal election held in San Francisco tooktplaoe Tues day, September 15, 1846. The affair has been described as a genuine go-as-you-please election, and the result was accepted with satisfaction by all par ties concerned. At that time the vil lage was known as Yerba Buena, and boasted of a population oi about zuu. It was on July 8, 1848, that Terba Buena passed forever from Mexican rule to American. J. B. Coryell, the well-known Ban Mateo orchid collector, baa received a consignment of hybrid plants from England. This importation brings Coryell's collection into perhaps the seventh best in the world, and second in the United States. Mrs. George B. Wilson, of Philadelphia is conceded the prise collection in the country, but her honor is closely rivaled by Coryell. There are now about 17,000 plants in the Coryell hothouses, the most .valu able of which is a $10,000 white gigas pretty. It has been estimated that in one week one can pick a bouquet of orchids from the Coryell gardens worth from $1000 to $2500. Mrs. Whltelaw Reid, wife of the American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, will visit San Francisco in the near future to attend the dedica tion of new buildings at St. Luke's Hospital, made possible by money do nated by Mrs. Reid and Mrs. Louis F. Monteagle. The two women donated $1,000,000 for the purpose of enlarging St. Luke's Hospital, and thus enabled it to keep abreast with the progress made by other similar institutions. Sir Thomas Lipton, distinguished British yachtsman, will visit San Francisco in the near future, and elabo rate preparations are being mad for his entertainment in army and club circles. Sir Thomas Lipton Is famed In New Tork, London and Paris society, as a Jolly good fellow, aside from his prominence aa the challenger for the international cup race, and the San Francisco smart set is anticipating his visit with a great deal of pleasure. SERVANT STAND WORRIES China Proposes Stricter Regime) for Domestic Help. PEKIN, Nov. 9. (Special.) There Is a servant problem In China as every where else, greatly perturbing to the foreign resident, and If very soon do mestics are put under stricter regime they will have themselves to blame, al though the honest and trustworthy will have no cause to complain of the sys tem proposed. Among the ingenious jokes common with Chinese servants are those of lending testimonials to each other, "squeezing" of junior domestics by seniors who have introduced them, with the result that the former seek to reimburse themselves at the ex pense of their employers for the por tion of wages they have thus volun tarily parted with, and boycotting an employer who has dismissed an Incor rigible. The testimonial dodge leaves the em ployer quite unsatisfied whether be has engaged a genuine, honest servant or a criminal. All this is very distress ing to the foreigner, and an agitation has now been set on foot for estab lishing a system of official registration of servants. Singapore has pronounced in favor of the system by 88 per cent of employers, and those living higher up the coast at Shanghai in particular are furthering the idea among themselves. CHINA HAS SUFFRAGISTS Women Organize Under Jfew Re public and Adopt Militant Tactics. PEKIN, Nov. 9. (Special.) China's approach to Western way 8 is unmis takable. She has now her suffragists, claiming the right to vote, said to num ber nearly 1000 strong. At a recent meeting of the Tungmen-hul at Its headquarters a body of viragoes forced their way into the hall and indulged in all sorts of outrages, claiming the recognition by the party of their polit ical rights and yelling that they would not otherwise recognize the amalgama tion of the parties that has now been effected. The chairman, Sung-Chiao-Jen, was on the verge of being assaulted when be refused to listen to their claims, and ordered them out of the hall. Order was finally restored, but not before some window panes had been broken and upholstery damaged. The Chinese women suffragists are showing wonderful activity, and are even said to be going to hold a mass meeting by way of demonstration. The general belief la that they will not be easily silenced. The truth is that China has persist ently and methodically neglected ber womankind. Even now the Chinese woman lives a life of drudgery and semi-slavery. All this can be put down in a large degree to the lack of female education. Some very surprising fig ures have been published by the Com missioner of Education at Canton. In that city, while 40 per cent of the boys between the ages of 7 and 10 attend school, only 13 per cent of the girls of similar age attend, indeed, ten years ago there was no school for girls what ever. The reason for this lamentable state of things is discreditable to the male sex. For years the one regular and ortho dox way of admission into official em ployment was by competitive examlna tion, and the educational system of China was devised solely with a view to those examinations, for which, of course, women were not admissible. Having no entree to official depart ments, it was thought until quite recent years that women had no need of any education at all, and as a consequence they remain miserably subservient. Now universal education is talked of. The advisory council to the education de partment has adopted the programme, and it will be a feather in the cap of the new republic if it pursues the idea to fulfilment. Letters on life" to the american women CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Storm Destroys Churchyard. MADRID. Nov. 9. (Special.) Ter rible scenes -have been witnessed at the little seaside village of Premia del Mar. The recent torrential rainfall has de stroyed the churchyard, washing 150 corpses Into the sea. Twenty coffins floating in the sea were saved by fish ermen of the village. There have been distressing scenes among the relatives of those burled In toe churchyarcj. is a sham politeness within the reach of all who like to Indulge in It. A well-known clubman was in the habit, every New Year day, of address ing a lot of envelopes to his many friends and acquaintances. It was his servant's duty to place the card in the envelopes and deliver them. VUltlnar Cards Are Stupid. Last year he addressed the envelopes and gave them to a new servant, with instructions to place cards in them and take them to the people to whom they were addressed. Returning from his club in the eve ning be asked of his man: "You did not forget to deliver those cards?" "Oh, no, monsieur," he replied, "only one card still remains undelivered, the queen of spades, because you only gave me 51 envelopes, monsieur." The practice of having visiting cards is so stupid that it is not surprising the poor devil did not know what he was Intended to do. Woman as Coquette PEOPLE are apt, too often, to com pare the coquette and the flirt. A woman has the right I might al most say it is her duty to be a co quette. . To lay oneself out to please every body is coquetry; to dedicate oneself to pleasing one particular person is the act of a flirt. Nothing is so delightful or makes life more cheerful for others than the Innocent coquetry of a woman or girl. If the sky is a little overcast her pres ence brightens the surroundings. The minister with brows drawn by care; the merchant whose business is awry; the comedian who has failed to attain success; the clubman who has lost at cards; all these return dispirited to their homes tired of life, anxiously wondering what the morrow might bring forth; but if they find on the threshold awaiting them a smiling co quette, who uses all the power of her feminine charms to efface anxieties. she soon brings back the smile to the puckered lips and the worried spirits take back their energy and courage. forgetting the battles of life in the cheerful and delicious atmosphere she diffused. Too Many Lose Husband's Love. There are a great many women who sacrifice the love of their husbands be cause they are not coquettes. Just as there are many others who lose their husband's love because they go to the other extreme and overdo It. But one must not confuse the two. Those who are not sufficiently coquettish are women who neglect themselves, or who do not observe certain modesties from which no married woman should ever depart Those who overdo the art of co quetry are flirts, and these are dan gerous and the flirts with whom men are apt to trifle so lightly in certain classes of society are a real danger. But how often it is that I have seen young flirts fade away into old maids! And one easily understands the reason.' What confidence could one of them possibly inspire in a young man seek ing to establish a home? None what ever! A Flirt Only to Play With. He might amuse himself with a flirt, but It is a gentle young coquette who will be altogether his own that he will marry. As for a married woman s flirtations, thev are alwavs culDables they never fall to bring disastrous results in their train, and particularly so m trance, where flirtation has crept in during re cent years; and as habits and manners are not the same in our country as they are elsewhere, the consequences are much more serious. In America husbands have confidence in tneir wives, and very probably they have reason, but in France husbands are suspicious, and perhaps they are not altogether wrong In being so. The French woman was iormeny a coquette; she was not a flirt, but she has seized upon the habit with sur prising recklessness and often finds she has made of it a two-edged sword, with which, as often as not, she wounds herself. Witness, for example, the duel that was lately -fought between the Count de X- , who was the husband of the mnt nhirmlnE and the most innocent woman, but, nevertheless, one of the greatest flirts and Monsieur P. a young man 20 years old, who was killed by his opponent's sword, the lat ter having accused him of paying at tention to the young Countess. She well knows how false the accu sation was and she Is In despair at be ing the cause of a, man's death. She wants now to enter a convent, hut will that give life back to the unfortunate boy who was slain or will It ever glvo back peace of mlrd to the husband who slew him? BABY'S HAIR CAME OUT IN BUNCHES Layer of Scales on Top of Head. Crust Thick and Yellow. Almost Bald. Itched and Burned Badly. Cross and Fretful. CuticuraSoap and Ointment Effected Cure. 510 East Washington St., Portland, Or. "When my brother was one month old a layer of scales or scabs began to form on the top of his head. The trouble began as a rash. The scales in created until several layers thick. The crust was thick and yellow and looked to be all in one piece but came off iu large scales. Bis hair came out In bunches and baby became almost bald. Bis scalp itched and burned so badly as to make him cross and fretful. "We used every remedy recommended by our friends without success. Then we started with the sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment, washing his head good with the Cuticura Soap and then applying the Cuticura Ointment. Before they were Used up we could see an improvement In his condition and bought some more. The scales loosened and came off easily. In about two months after we started to use Cuticura Soap and Ointment the scales bad entirely disappeared and his hair started to come in thickly. Cuticura Soap and Ointmont effected a complete cure." (Signed) Miss Ella Ehrlich. Mar. 11. 1912. Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are sold throughout the world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. 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