PACIFIC UNIVERSITY'S GLEE CLUB
ONE OF THE BEST IN ITS HISTORY
In Addition to College Orchestra of Twelve Pieces, Mala Quartet and Six Soloists, There Will Be Several New
Features to Programme on Tour, of Which Dates Are Set.
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Grove, Or., Dec 7. (Special.) Pa
cific University will have a much
stronger glee club this year than ever
has represeneed the college. For the
past two months Professor Frank T.
Chapman, director of the club, has
been working hard to put out the best
programme possible and it bids fair to
equal ''s expectations.
In addition to the. college orchestra of
12 pieces, the male quartet and the six
MASKED SINGER OF RARE GIFTS IS
NEW YORK'S VAUDEVILLE SENSATION
Artist Believed to Have Broken Engagement With Metropolitan Opera-House Sets All Gotham . Agog Mary
Garden Makes Other Operatic Stars Stand Aghast Cold Lends Artistic Enchantment to Caruso's Voice.
BY EM1L1E FRANCES BAUER.
jyiEW YORK, Dec. 7. (Special.) It
iJ Is an assured fact that the
Metropolitan Opera-house will be
filled to capacity at every performance
this season, as the house is .sold out by
subscription, but for the benefit of the
general public two series will go into
effect soon, one on Saturday nights and
a series of matinee performances. This
week the bills included "The Girl of
the Golden West" with Mme. Destinn.
Caruso and Amato under direction of
Polacco. Wednesday Slezak sang the
role of Manrico in "II Trovatore" and
Mme. Homer sang the part of the gipsy
mother. Slezak enjoyed a veritable
triumph, as his voice is in the best
possible condition this season and he
Is an artist of unusual distinction.
Amato, as Count di Luna, and Mme.
Rappold, as Lenora, made a quartet of
singers able to hold the public interest
even in a work timeworn, as is this
Verdi opera.
The great acheivement of the week,
however, was the presentation of "Par
sifal" on Thanksgiving day, when the
opera-house was almost completely
filled to hear this great work, which
Is only given as a special performance.
When such a house is present upon
an occasion of this sort it means that
the sheet is put forth entirely clean,
that is without the advance sale of
subscribers, and the attitude of the
audience upon occasions like this is
significant, especially taking into con
sideration that this represents an au
dience Interested specifically in this
one work.
Fremstad Plays Knndrr
Mme. Fremstad sang the role of
Kundrj" with wonderful effect, espe
cially in the second act, where she
made the psychology of the role stand
for all it sisnifles. Burrian was in
the title role. Herbert Witherspoon
sang GurnemanT and Herman Weil !
sang the role of Amfortas for the first j
time in this country., Otto Goritz was.
as usual. Klingsor and William Hin
shaw, one of the tinest baritone voices
of the company, sang the -part of Ti
ttirel. Alfred Hertz conducted. The
evening performance on Thanksgiving
of "La Boheme" was made attractive
by Carusos presence in the role of
Rodolfo to Mile. Bori's MimL She Is
a very charming artist and a most ap
pealing Mlmi. especially in the death
scene, where Bhe left few dry eyes in
the house, and -Caruso was more than
superb in his impersonation of this
role than ever, because, having a slight
cold, he tempered the volume and pow
er of his voice to the very great ad
vantage of the artistic side.
Around the holiday time the patrons
of the Metropolitan are sure of "Han
sel und Gretel," which has como to
be, the Christmas offering for the chil
dren. Many the child who feels that
Its Christmas gifts have not been com
plete unless they have included a
ticket for "Hansel und Gretel." This
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in j i ajwniiht liriiiiiiiifaiiiffliHi
soloists which will accompany the
troupe, .there will be several new fea
tures this year, namely, a feminine
quartet, a mixed double quartet and a
reader.. The soloists will be Miss
Goldie Peterson, dramatic soprano;
Miss Margaret
Lowell, violiniste;
McNeill, tenor: Fred
and Edward Living
and Master . Harmon
Charles lachlan
Fowler, baritone,
stone, cornetist.
Marbold Chapman, the 10-year-old son
of Professor Chapman, who will appear
was given In the regular repertory for
the patrons Saturday afternoon, but
it is certain to be offered four or five
times during the holiday period.
This time it was giver, admirably
with Bella Alten and Marie Mattfield,
as usual, in the title roles and Albert
Reiss Indescribably funny as the witch.
The second offering on the same bill
was "Pagliacci" with Caruso, Scotti,
and Mille. Bori as Nedda, all of these
artists sensationally successful in their
impersonations. Alfred Hertz con
ducted the first opera and Giorgio Pol
acco the second. The principal work
next week will be "Die Meistersinger"
with Hertz as conductor.
Mary Garden la Sennatfon.
In musical circles there were two
sensations this week, one when Mary
Garden and Ysaye gave a Joint recitai
in Carnegie Hall, and the recital of
Titta Ruffo, the new Italian baritone
imported by Mr. Dippel. Miss Garden
always does things at which all artists
would stand aghast. For instance, she
was on the Carnegie Hall stage within
21 hours after landing in New York.
Miss Garden's appearance on the pro
gramme with Ysaye and the repertory
she offered should be a convincing ar
gument to her management that the
great artist should be spared the hu
miliation of a cheap concert company.
which those who go to hear her
are compelled to sit through inferior
numbers by people who cannot possibly
interest the same class of concert
goers who are interested in Miss Gar
den. Miss Garden Is first and' foremost an
opera singer and as such she is su
preme, but she brings to her smallest
number a sense of the dramatic context
of the song which in Itself is the ker
nel, the soul of it. and her offerings
on Tuesday, as well as her singing,
were thoroughly In keeping with the
presence and programme numbers of
Ysaye than whom there is none' more
dignified In the world of musicians.
The slmter's chief numbers were the
aria, "The Death of Marguerite." from
Boito's "Mefistofele." which she sang
in Italian with a voice that was lovely
in golden quality and at the close she
sang with very great feeling and
beauty of voice Gounod's "Ave Maria"
with Ysaye's obligato and an accom
paniment of piano, organ and harp.
That this was received with frantic
excitement need not be told. A repe
tition was demanded and the aduience
did not disperse for at least 20 min
utes after the close of the programme.
Ysaye Shares Triumph.
Ysaye, too, had his share of the tri
umphs and he does eacli time he ap
pears. He is scheduled for a very
great number of New York appear
ances, and certain It Is that New York
will not suffer from a lack of violin
ists this season, because In addition
to this great Belgian artist. Fritz
Kreisler will make two appearances
this week with the Boston Symphony j
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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 8, 1912.
in a difficult violin number as a nov
elty on the programme.
The manager has announced the fol
lowing dates: The Initial concert at
Forest Grove on Next Tuesday, the
10th: December 17, Chehalis; 18, Kelso
19, Kalama; 20, Astoria; 21, Rainier; 23,
Odell, and possibly Hood River In the
afternoon of the same date. It is likely
that one or two more dates will be ar
ranged before the club begins the
scheduled tour.
Orchestra, and there are several re
citals yet to come from Elman and
Zimballst, but Kreisler will make no
appearances anywnere except ex
clusively as soloist with the -Boston
Symphony Orchestra for which he- came
to America.
Titta Ruffo, who made his first ap
pearance in New York last week In
"Hamlet" by Ambrolse Thomas, fol
lowed that success with one equally
significant in concert. Ruffo is des
tined for one of the most sensational
successes achieved since Caruso came
upon . the American public, and the
newcomer has many of the elements
which attracted this public to the tenor.
Ruffo's voice may be designated as a
baritone-tenor in quality, just as we
may speak of a bass-baritone. There
is a baritone quality in his ringing,
splendid and electrifying high tones, in
the same proportion as there is a feel
ing of the tenor in the lower range in
which the baritone quality Is not un
alloyed, and the low tones do not seem
' to have the same ease in production.
Taken from every side, however, there
is little need to carp at anything
an art so great, so compelling and so
unique as that of Ruffo, who certainly
must be regarded as one of the great-
ests "finds" that Mr. Dippel need care
to father.
Masked Singer Attracts.
New York is guessing. Who Is the
remarkably well-trained singer appear
ing -now in vaudeville at Proctor's
Fifth Avenue Theater? Brought for
ward under the name of Mme ? and
with a mask across her eyes, a mask
just large enough to prevent even that
public which believes that It knows
the faces of the artists of the operatic
stage. She sings four or five num
bers. This has not been done for the
purpose of making a sensational at
traction out of the singer, who be it
said at this moment, has a warm, clear,
light soprano voice of splendid qual
ity and a mezzo-voce not heard often
except in the greatest artists, but it
is said that she was engaged for the
Metropolitan and for personal reasons
she preferred to withdraw, and hav
ing some curiosity as to whether she
could attract in vaudeville in a purely
legitimate manner, she refused to div
ulge her identity, so that it should not
interfere with her operatic career
abroad. .
One of the most interesting- person
alities of the stage this season is Anne
Swinburne, whose success in Lehar's
"Count of Luxembourg" has not been
short of sensational. But Miss Swin
burne Is not by any means confining
herself to the theater, she has a much
greater desire to be identified with
musical life than with the stage and
it is not unlikely that if she does not
?o into grand opera at the close of hei
connection with the present operetta
that she will devote herself to concert
work. As it is now she will appear in
me of the important concerts of the
season December 11 In conjunction withi
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Only Three Weeks Until Christmas
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The Home of Good Furniture Cor. Morrison
Mischa Elman, and she will give her
own song recital later. Her voice is
one of the most beautiful ever heard
in light opera, and the charm of hei
personality Is extraordinary.
One of the most astounding produc
tions was made this week that ha
ever been recorded In the theatrical
world, when David Belasco answered
the accusation of having pilfered the
plot and lines of "The Woman" from
a play called "Tainted Philanthropy'
by Abraham Goldknopf, by producing
the work for the benefit of judge and
jury at the Belasco Theater Tuesday
afternoon.
"The Woman," which, according to
the aspiring playwright, had been ta
ken from his play which had been re
turned to him, was produced in the
morning in the presence of the court
officials before whom the case was
laid in this manner. In the afternoon
the play by Goldknopf was presented
with every stage accessory and by an
admirable company of actors. Perhaps
Mr. Belasco could have offered no
greater revenge because it -proved to
be a huge laugh from beginning to
end. Not a vestige of understanding
of the first principle of play writing
entered, and one situation Intended to
be serious, was funnier than the other.
Howls of laughter convulsed judge,
jury and such of the Invited guests as
were permitted to witness this singular
event. At the close there were loud
calls for the author, but needless to
say he did not respond. The case went
to the court later In the week.
Mme. Slmone Cbnrmlne.
Mme. Simone. one of the most charm
ing of the foreign actresses who have
visited America, opened In a new play
on Monday night. Mme. Simone has a
delightful little accent that adds
greatly to the charm of her otherwise
remarkable diction and it Is small won
der that Louis N. Parker was attracted
to the pleasant mission of writing a
play for the actress.
The play called "The Paper Chase"
has to do with the theft of a manu
script and the search and chase for
the recovery of the same. The paper
was supposed to ' have been a scandal
against Marie Antoinette, written by
Richelieu and Intended for distribu
tion through a club of revolutionists.
Bettlna, Baroness of Schonberg. enacted
by Mme. Simone, replaced the original
document involved for a satire upon
Richelieu, which by his order had been
published and sent about broadcast.
Mme. Simone was so pleased with the
play that she has requested it In a
French translation for her use In Paris.
In her support are Edgar Kent, as
Richelieu, Julian IEstrange. Pauline
Frederick and other capable players.
Western Playwright Succeeds.
Shall the stage become a battle
ground for suffrage, astrology, etc.. Is
the question awakened by the first
performance Monday night at the Har
ris Theater of "Mere Man," by Augus
tus Thomas. The first act was full of
interest and charm, although It In
volved not much outside of the ques
tion of property rights in a pair of
gloves between mistress and maid, but
when the story is worked out- through
the medium of a young woman who has
set up an establishment as fortune tel
ler and writer of horoscopes, it was
asking too much of the Imagination.
But Augustus Thomas is always inter
estlng, always clever. Chrystal Heme
Is appealing as the young woman hor
oscoplst and Frances Bourke was ex
cellent as the Irish maid.
A decided success must be recorded
for the Western playwright, Frank
Mandel, whose "Our wives seems to
be on for an indefinite run, and his
"Miss Princess," with Una Abarbanell
in the title role is as firmly settled
in Chicago as "Our Wives" is estab
lished at the Gaiety Theater on Broad
way. It is understood that another of
his plays has been accepted and will
have an early production.
MAPS OF HEAVEN- MADE
Celestial Chart Nearlng Completion
After Quarter Century.
LONDON, Dec. 7. (Special.) The As
tronomer Royal announced at the Au
thors' Club on Monday that the great
mao of the heavens is almost completed.
This clestlal chart has been a quarter of
a century in the making, and some 20
observatories around the globe have
been co-operating. Each observatory
has taken 2000 photographs of the stel
lar xone allotted to it, and the complete
set of plates will contain every star in
the firmament down to the 17th magni
tude. This will give the amateur of
leisure who Invests in the map not less
than 100,000,000 stars to play with.
On the Greenwich plates alone, which
cover the comparatively empty zone ex
tending- 35 degrees from the North Pole.
nearly 700,000 stars are shown with an
exposure of 40 minutes, compared with
180,000 recorded with six minutes' ex
posure and barely 300 visible to the
naked eve. There will be 20,000 plates
altogether, so that if each complete
copy were sold lor xduvu tnere would
be'4, big loss on the transaction.
making this store the most
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MRS. MARION WENT WORTH'S DIVORCE
White-Haired Woman Found Guilty of Hotel Theft Refuses tj Accept Liberty on Probation and Tells Pitiful
- Story Los Angeles Citizens Tired of Petty Ways of Present Administration.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7. (Special.)
Two former Portland preachers
took decided issue with Mrs. Ma
rion Craig Wentworth, the suffragist
worker and dramatic reader, well
known here, in Portland and other
cities on the Coast, who divorced her
husband In Boston that he might marry
another woman whom he loved better,
a friend of hers, because, as she ex
plained, "it was the only Christian
thing to do." Mrs. Wentworth No. 1
speaks endearingly of both. In a sym
posium of comments on Mrs. Went
worth's renunciation of her husband
and the seeming self-sacrifice it in
volved the following statement was
made by Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher:
"Whether or not a woman is justi
fied in divorcing her husband when she
learns that he Is in love with another
depends to a great extent on existing
facts. If her act is one of self-sacrifice,
and she secures the divorce in
order that the husband may marry the
other woman, the husband is the one
who should be criticised if he allows
his wife to do it."
Dr. Charles Edward Locke, also a
former pastor of a Portland church,
said: "It is all this silly nonsense con
cerning divorce that causes marriage
to be regarded so lightly and makes
divorce so cheap and so easy. Mrs.
Wentworth had no scriptural right, or
no legal right, as far as I know, to di
vorce. Such causes as .this advanced
for divorce only urge the necessity for
a uniform National divorce law."
According to the dispatches the first
Mrs. Wentworth said: "I love Mr.
Wentworth today as fervently as ever
I did. He Is my dearest friend and
comrade. Why shouldn't he be? I shall
always look up to him. And Miss Chap
man, his new wife, is one of my dear
est friends. I felt it was my duty to
them, to him, to mychild and to my
self. Miss Chapman was often at our
home. We both thought a lot of her.
I noticed Mr. Wentworth's deep attach
ment for her about two years ago. I
thought it all over carefully. I dis
cussed it with Mr. Wentworth. He was
frank with me and I with him. . Miss
Chapman figured In some of these con
ferences. - She was honorable In her
stand They admitted their love for
each other. Miss Chapman said she
would go away from us. She said she
was willing to go to the end of the
world, but what sense would there have
been in that? There was love between
them. What good would it have been
to separate them there, when I, the
most concerned, knew it as wen as
they? You" cannot deny love. Love is
a thine- to be cultivated. I mean true
love and not the imaginary kind. It
must seek its mate. , I told them what
I was going to do. A year ago last
May I took Brandon with me and went
West. I resided in Reno, Nev., a year.
Last year I was granted an absolute
divorce and the custody of Brandon,
who is everything to me because he is
Mr. Wentworth's son and my son.
Mrs. Amy Snyder, formerly of Port
land, produced a sensation in Judge
Conley's court this week when she at
first refused to accept probation after
having been found guilty of grand lar
ceny, and her story won sympathy from
spectators, judge and court attaches.
"You are a strange woman," said the
judge when she said she would not ac
cept her liberty on probation.
"Stranger" echoed the defendant "My
reputation has been, taken from me by
the jury's conviction. What difference
will it make now if I go to the peni
tentiary?" Judge Conley asked her again, even
urged her, to take probation, and ex
plained that there were circumstances
in her case which warranted clemency.
The gray-haired' woman, her face
seamed by trouble, wept silently while
the judge spoke kindly. Then, in a
moment, there came a torrent of speech
from her lips that stands unequaled in
the history of the local criminal court.
- "Five years ago I married a man
whom I later found was a drunkard."
she began in a low voice. "I stuck to
him through thick and thin until, for
the sake of my daughter's purity. 1
was obliged to Ilee our little home in
Portland. I came here after having
taken a position with a firm to travel.
The firm refused to pay me and I ar
rived here stranded. Then it was that
I got a place at the Rosslyn Hotel
Before this I had slaved nignt and day
to. raise my daughter so that she might
marry a good man. That came to pass,
although it now seems to me a dream.
for I had to hide for months tne tact
that the attractive clothing, the other
things that a girl needs to place her
on a footing where a good man will
seek her hand as his bride, came from
the earnings that my willingness to-
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and Second Sts. One Year
lean over a washtUD brought to my
scant purse. I have been a good wom
an. I never transgressed the laws of
God or man. I did not take the money
I am charged with stealing from the
room of that young man at the Ross
lyn Hotel. Circumstantial evidence has
placed me in the position I now find
myself."
High-pitched and so piercing that
spectators near the rail behind the de
fendant shrank back, the voice of Mrs.
Snyder rang through the courtroom.
As she paused Judge Conley repeated
his question as to her willingness to
accept probation.-- An attorney,- who
took up Mrs. Snyder's case out of sym
pathy, hurried to his client's side. "Ac
cept this chance," he urged. . But the
woman remained resolute. 1'11 con
tinue the case for a few days," said the
judge, plainly affected by the woman's
recital. But after a few minutes' pri
vate conversation with .her the attor
ney persuaded .her to accept the clem
ency the court offered. . '
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It is to be hoped that Portland and
the other big cities of the Northwest
will not suffer the Internal complicated
diseases that are afflicting Los Angeles
under the administration of govern
ment by so-called "reform," or "good
government" parties, for Los Angeles
is rea.ly in serious 'danger from an
overdose of the remedy that was sup
posed to. cure the complaint.
- Leading citizens are seriously consid
ering the advisability of organizing a
citizens' committee to take the man
agement of the city out of the hands
of the elected officials and running It
themselves.
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The Board of Public Utilities was re
sponsible for the agitation regarding
guards for women's hatpins, smoking
on streetcars and early closing hours
for shoppers. These projects were sub
mitted to the City Council with all the
formalities of weighty subjects and oc
cupied considerable time in the cham
ber of the city fathers until one of
them woke up with a start and sug
Sested that the Board of Public Utilities
.night better occupy Itself with the
question of how to reduce the streetcar
jLsckades that daily tie up the principal
business streets of the city and how to
iiandle traffic between the harbor and
the city.
In, contrast with the laborious petti
ness of the work by officials at the
Jity Hall, the work of 'women in their
clubs is remarkably noticeable. And
yrominent in the work of women's clubs
is that of the Friday Morning Club,
one of the largest women's clubs In the
country, which this week launched a
movement, the slogan of which is "A
city without a tenement."
A complement of. this slogan, mem
bers point out. is a city spotlessly clean
in every nook'and corner. It is an am
bitious project that had its inception
in the statement by a recent speaker
to the effect that laws should be passed
which shall forever prevent such crowd
ing in this city and the protection of
the individual from the excessive
crowding, either in cars, which was
proclaimed "in the last analysis im
CLEAN YOUR LIVER AND 30 FEET
OF BOWELS WITH "SYRUP OF FIGS"
More Effective Than Calomel, Castor Oil or Salts; Gently
Cleanses the Stomach, Liver and Bowels Without
Nausea or Griping Children Dearly Love It. .
Tou know when your liver Is bad,
when your bowels are sluggish. You
feel a certain dullness and depression,
perhaps the approach of a headache,
your stomach gets sour and full of
gas. tongue coated, breath foul, or you
have indigestion. You say. "1 am
bilious or constipated and I must take
something tonight."
Most people shrink from a physic
they think o castor oil, calomel, salts
or cathartic pills.
It's different with Srup of Figs.
Its effect is as that of fruit; of eating
coarse food; of exercise Take a tea
spoonful of delicious Hyrup of Figs
tonight and you won't realize you have
taken anything until morning, when
all the tlogged-up waste, matter,
sour bile and constipation poisons
move on and out of your system, with
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moral, or in the homes, which breeds
criminality." So Impressed were the
club women with the arguments pre
sented by this speaker that several of
them contributed time and money and
established an elderly couple, taken
from the crowded districts, on a small
pint of ground on the outskirts of the
city on whtch a small house was built.
This couple has made good In every
way. They have prospered, are content
and happy. And now the club Intends
to spread the propaganda, enlisting all
the individual assistance they can com
mand. 'The women are' busily engaged In
"intensive farming" in tlfeir back yards,
so that they may the better teach their
proteges how to make the most out of
the small pieces of land on which they
are to find homes.
.The club does not propose, however,
to confine its efforts to building homes
alone. It feels that women could be of
much value in actual municipal house
keeping. Some time ago a citizens'
committee was appointed to make a
special Investigation. Mrs. O. P. Clark,
Mrs. A. N. ' Davidson, of the Friday
Morning Club(. and Mrs. Johanna von
Wagner, expert Inspector for the city
housing committee, were among its
members. They learned many things,
but they have never been called upon .
to make a report.
"I suggested that If the city would
provide a small, portable Incinerator .
and an adequate working fund," said
Mrs. Clark In discussing the work
planned, "we would provide a woman
who would take charge of the city
yards and back alleys, seeing that they
were kept spick and span."
The club now has a small fund on
hand for building model homes, raised
by private subscription and entertain
ment. The present committee, which
has just been appointed, will follow up
the work already inaugurated, but
along different lines. Instead of plan
ning to build in a village form, the
houses will be scattered in different
localities, and may be erected whenever
a lot or extra funds become available.
GUARD FOR JEWELS URGED
Magician Suggests Device to Pro-
tect Sliops From Armed Robbers.
LONDON, Dec. 7. (Special.) J. N.
Maskelyne, the magician of St. George's
Hall, comes forward today with some
hints for those London shopkeepers
who are suffering- from apprehension
lest they may be visited by armed rob
bers. It is well known that recent r
events have caused a feeling of de
cided nervousness among jewelers es
pecially. Mr. Maskelyne suggests the fitting
of a secret bolt to the shop door which
could be shot or released by""the shop
assistant whenever it appeared neces
sary. This would prevent a thief from
escaping or an accomplice from enter
ing the shop. He also advises the erec
tion of- a powerful gong outside the
shop, which could be set ringing by
merely touching a button
out gripe, nausea or weakness. Noth
ing else cleanses and regulates your
sour, disordered stomach, torpid liver
and thirty feet of waste-clogged bowels
like gentle, effective Syrup of Figs.
Don't think you are drugging yourself.
Being composed entirely of luscious
figs, senna and aromatic, it can not
cause Injury.
If your -child is cross, sick and
feverish, or its little stomach- sour,
tungue coated, give Syrup of Figs at
once. It's really all that is needed to
make children well and happy again.
They dearly love Us pleasant taste.
Ask your druggist for the full name,
"Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna,"
and look on the label for the name
California Fig Syrup Company. That,
and that only. Is the genuine. Kefus
any other fig syrup substitute wit
contempt.