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THE SUNDAY OEEGOXIAX. PORTLAND. JANUARY 12, 1913.
takable bead necklaces which they or
der by the dozen to "go" with each
different colored gown In their ward
robes. This passion for sham jewels is
due to the anxiety so many women
have experienced for the safety of
priceless heirlooms, lest they fall into
the hands of the clever jewel thief who
of late has been particularly busy.
One well-known Countess boasts that
she went to court last year wearing
sham stones, and says that her "gems"
caused far more sensation among ber
friends and in the press than the real
ones ever occasioned. She add that she
intends to go again to the court of St.
James' decorated with the same "treas
ures." "Life," she adds, "is far toe
short to be made 111 with anxiety over
the heirlooms of any house on the face
of the earth."
Weddimg Presents In Disfavor.
A revolt against the wedding present
habit, which came strangely enough
from a bridegroom-elect, has started in
England. Arthur M. Samuel, the Lord
Mayor of Norwich, raised the battle
cry of "no presents" just before he
was married to Miss Phoebe Fletcher.
As he also moves in fashionable London
society, his protest against what he
called "this very expensive custom"
has been re-echoed all over the land,
and proofs are not wanting that soma
careful folk have applied his Injunc
tion to the dispensation of New Yea
gifts. .
Mr. Samuel explained his attitude
thus: -
"The custom of giving wedding pre
ents Is outgrowing reasonable dimen
sions. It is a tax upon the resource
of one's friends, and the ' imposition
should cease. One does not estimate
the strength of a person's friendship
by the value of his or her gifts. But
people not infrequently hesitate to ask
their friends to a wedding because the
Invitation will at once be regarded by
the recipient as involving the giving
of a present. The parties about to be
married simply desire their friends to
assist in celebrating a joyous occasion
for true friendship's sake, and not for
the value and quantity of the presents
they may get out of them. If they
must be given at all, they should be
given by bride and bridegroom tothelr
friends to signalize the happy union,
ratber than the other way about. I
did that to some extent myself."
"WIDOW" STORY IN PICTURES TO BE PRESENTED
Celebrated Series of Pen Drawings Adding to Fame of Charles Dana Gibson as Greatest and Most Popular Artist in the United States Secured and Will Appear in The Oregonian Each "Week.
- Twenty-Four Chapters in Series.
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WIDOW AND HER FRIENDS"
was one of the most popular
series of pictures ever drawn
by Charles Dana Gibson that Life,
which for years had the exclusive
right to publlHh his work, ever ran.
This celebrated picture-story greatly
augmented the already famous Gibson
"craze." It helped very materially to
give Gibson the fame he enjoys today
as America's greatest and most popu
lar artist. By special arrangement The
Oregonian Is able to present weekly the
pictures of the series, commencing Jan
uary 19.
The titles of the widow pictures are:
"She Contemplates the Cloister."
"She Decides to Die In Spite of Dr.
Bottles."
"She Finds That Exercise Does Not
Improve Her Spirits."
"Miss Babbles, the Authoress, Calls
and Reads Aloud."
"She Finds Some Consolation in Her
Mirror."
"A Quiet Dinner With Dr. Bottles:
After Which He Reads Aloud Miss Bab
bles' Latest Work."
"A Message From the Outside World."
"Some Think That She Has Remained
in Retirement Too Long: Others Are
Surprised That She Is About So Soon."
"She is the Subject of More Hostile
Criticism."
"Mrs. Dlggs Is Alarmed at What She
Considers to Be a Snare That Threat
ens the Safety of Her Only Child. Mr.
Dlggs Does Not Share His Wife's
Anxiety."
"She Looks for Relief Among Some
of the Old Ones."
"She Longs for Seclusion, and De
cides to Leave Town for a Milder Cli
mate." "While Preparing for the Journey
She Comes Across Some Old Things
That Recall Other Days."
"The Day After Arriving at Her
Journey's End."
"She Goes Into Colors."
"They Go Fishing."
"Falling to Find Rest and Quiet in
the Country, She Decides to Return
Home."
"Mr. Waddles Arrives Late and Finds
Her Card Filled."
"She Becomes a Trained Nurse."
"They Take a Morning Run."
"Miss Babbles Brings a Copy of a
Morning Paper and Expresses Her In
dignation and Sympathy Over a Scur
rilous Article."
"Meanwhile Other Friends Are Call
ing Upon the Editor."
"They All Go Skating."
"She Goes to a Fancy Dress Ball as
Juliet."
"She Is Disturbed by a Vision Which
Appears to Be Herself."
"And Here, Winning New Friends
and Not Losing the Old Ones, We Leave
Her."
ST. LOUIS BRIDEELECT CAUSES HER
ENGLISH HOME TO BE OVERHAULED
Sir Wilfred Peek Fixes Up Mansion for Miss Thornburgh Lady Leigh Spends $15,000 on Orchids Fancy Ball
Costumes Are Issue White Elephant Tea Parties Cause Merriment.
LONDON. Jan. 11. (Special.) Sir
Wilfred Peek, the wealthy young
Baronet, whose marriage with Miss
lJdwlna Thornburgh, of St. Louis, will
take . place in a few days, appears to
be anticipating events in the way of
housing accommodations.
British matrons regard his mansion
near Lyme Regis, in Devonshire, as one
of the most eligible of its kind in the
country, but of course It lacks many
of the features that appeal to the
American housewife.
When Miss Thornburgh visited "Rons
don" the name by which the mansion
is known during this Summer she
threw out some hints suggesting alter
ations that would in her opinion trans
form the place into an ideal residence.
The beating arrangements she thought
were entirely out of date In what she
considered should be a smartly
equipped building.
Like an obedient lover the young
Baronet went straight away and in
structed a London firm of electrical
engineers to clear out all gas stoves
and fittings and provide forthwith an
electrical Installation for heating pur
poses. The scheme of decoration, too. is
undergoing a change so as to bring it
nearer to American tastes and ideas.
Altogether the alterations when com
pleted will cost some thousands of
dollars and will cause "Rousdon" to
be the nearest approach In England to ,
what an American residence is like.
Orchid Growing Is Hobby.
A couple of visits paid to Rushton
Hall, now the historic residence of
James Van Alen, has ca-used Lady Leigh
to embark upon the somewhat expen
sive hobby of orchid growing a horti
cultural industry which has already
made Mr. Van Alen's name a household
word in England.
Lady Leigh, who was before her mar
riage a Miss Beckwith, of New York,
has for some time attracted attention
as an enthusiastic gardener, but sho
considered the cultivation of orchids
an Industry entirely beyond her ca
pacity. A few hints from J. Car
mlchael, the orchid expert at Rushton
Hall, and a word or two of encourage
ment from Mr. Van Alen, decided her
In her resolution to emulate him In
his achievements as one of the cham
pion orchid producers of England.
Her experiment, whether it proves
successful or otherwise, will cost her
in the way of Initial outlay something
like $15,000, as the rare variety which
she fancies is expensive to procure.
Her friends are watching with some
anxiety whether she will succeed in
commanding equal prominence with
Captain Holford, the King's Equerry;
James Van Alen, and Joseph Chamber
lain. M. P., whose, reputations are inter
national among orchid students and ex
perts. No bride of the season has entered ,on
matrimonial responsibilities with a
lighter dowry than Miss Iris Fitz
george, and this in spite of the fact
that she can claim relationship with
the English royal family.
A granddaughter of the late Duke
of Cambridge, it cannot be said that she
was born with the proverbial silver
spoon In ber mouth, for her father, the
late Colonel Fitzgeorge, had a su
preme struggle with adversity in en
deavoring to make ends meet on the
emoluments received from his military
appointment.
The struggle reached its ciimax when
his wife was obliged to start out as a
beauty specialist, after her attrac
tions as an actress had ceased to sup
plement the family income. Ten years
ago she was practicing the beauty busi
ness openly and with an energy that
completely obscured many of the insti
tutions that flourished at the time.
She made no secret about it and openly
declared that she was obliged to do
something as she found her husband's
Income insufficient to defray household
expenses.
She prospered In her.new profession.
but ultimately abandoned it" on the
advice of the late King Edward, who
agreed to make provision for the edu
cation of the children.
Friendships are being broken fast
and surely over fancy ball costumes, in
which the rivalry is bitter and fierce.
The other night at one of these great
dances two "dearest enemies" met in
the cloak-room to discover that each
was wearing an identically similar cos
tume. There was a scene when much
unparliamentary language was used. It
ended by one saying she would not per
mit her friends to see her "dead" in a
gown similar to anybody else's. Fi
nally she disappeared and returned in
ordinary evening dress.
. Fancy dress balls are to continue to
be the rage right through next season.
They arouse extraordinary interest, and
people men as well as women rush
from one end of London to the other,
and indeed to Paris and Berlin If it is
necessary, to get some trifle essential
to complete the costume, for no pains
are too great and no check too large
to expend in order to make the dress
correct in every detail.
Ideas are guarded with the utmost
precaution from the moment of incep
tion to that of materialization. But it
seems there are often traitors in the
camp, and several times lately theft of
novel notions for costumes have taken
place, followed by far greater "ruc
tions" than even those mentioned.
Everyone wants to be original. Tou
may make yourself as hideous as you
like and win a first prize because your
array is unique, while the most gor
geous, but hackneyed, costume will
scarcely gain a passing glance. I hear
it was Maxime Elliott who originated
the Blue Beard tableau in which Lord
Allngton was the Monster at the Pan
tomime Ball,
, The latest of the social festivities Is
defined as a "White Elephant Tea." Its
object Is to get together all the useless
and superfluous presents people have
received as Christmas and New Tear
presents, so that they may be exhibited
for the amusement of those invited, and
finally sold to any of the party who
care to make purchases, or else passed
on to hospitals or other charitable in
stitutions, the proceeds of sales also
going to the same object. These fes
tivities cause much merriment so lu
dicrous are some of the fWhite Ele
phants" and so absolutely incongruous
for use by those to whom tbey have
been presented.
At a party of this kind which took
place the other day. Prince Maurice of
Battenberg, the Queen of Spain's broth
er, produced some amazing gifts. One
was a hood to sleep In, the gift of an
old servant who knew that the prince
as a child suffered from neuralgia.
A hostess who has Issued invitations
for a "White Elephant" tea party is of
fering a prize to the guest who brings
the funniest collection. Such parties
will be going on right through the hol
idays. Sham Jewelry la Crase.
All London from Buckingham Palace
to Whitechapel has gone crazy over
sham jewelry and everybody wears It
from Queen Mary downwards. Some of
it Is, of course, exceedingly pretty, both
designs and settings being dainty. Her
Majesty purchased many effective
trifles, especially earrings, of this kind
for Christmas and New Year presents.
Some have enamel inset, but several
have stones and are such palpable imi
tations that they would not deceive the
most innocent in jewel lore. The truth
Is, this jewelry .is merely pretty and
often artistic rubbish. All the grande
dames of the moment who go to fancy
balls are laden with spurious precious
stones. Cultured connoisseurs in every
thing beautiful wear the most unmis
BIGGEST POWER PLANT
IN WORLD PROPOSED
Continued From Page 2.
deep will be excavated in solid rock on
the Washington shore for a distance
of IK miles to Big Eddy, where a fall
of 74 feet can be secured at low water.
For a short time during high water
this fall will be reduced to about S3
feet. A minimum head of 42 feet can
be depended upon at all times, except
when floods exceed 1,000,000 cubic feet
per second, or about two months in 33
years. To utilize the fluctuation of
head water during floods, an immense
wall in some places 50 feet or more
In height must be constructed on the
lower side of this canal, and a low
wall in some places on the upper side
is required to keep the water from
flooding the railroad tracks. About six
miles of railroad on both banks of the
stream will have to be elevated. The
back water from the dam will com
pletely drown out Celilo Falls, also
6V4 miles of the Celilo . Canal, thut
making it superfluous.
Comparisons Favor Columbia.
The drainage area of the Columbia,
at The Dalles, is 236,800 square miles,
and at its mouth 259,000 square miles,
In comparison with 135,000 square miles
for the Mississippi River at Quincy,
111., and 1,253,000 square miles at Its
mouth.
The Columbia River at The Dalles has
a mean annual flow of 235.000 second
feet, in comparison with about 73,000
near Keokuk, 222,000 at Niagara, 664,000
flow of the WSUamette River near Ore
gon City.
The most difficult features to be en
countered In this proposed power proj
ect will be to construct a dam approxi
mately 150 feet in height across the
narrow gorge at the head of Five-Mile
Rapids, and to regulate the extreme
floods so as not to affect materially
high water conditions In the Columbia
above the dam. It is proposed to ac
complish this task by constructing at
by-pass approximately 1400 feet in.
width through solid rock around the
proposed dam site, through which the
stream at all stages will be diverted.
Across this artificial channel will be
located 12 sections of a removable dam
about 70 feet in height of the type
which it is proposed to use as an emer
gency dam in the Panama Canal. This
will consist of wickets or steel beams
which will be dropped from an over
head support to nearly a vertical posi
tion, fitting into a concrete shoulder
at the bottom of the channel. Down
the face of these beams will be rolled
a steel curtain. This will be roliecl
back and the wickets hoisted entirely
out of the water by means of a cabl
attached to the lower end, and all ob
structlon to the water removed during
floods.
Research Covers .10 Yearn.
' Mr. Lewis has devoted much time tf
research work In gathering informal
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION, COLUMBIA POWER PROJECT t
5
Location At Big Eddy, three miles above The Dalles, 90 miles by
rail from Portland. .
Power Possibilities 300,000 continuous electrical horsepower; 536.000
horsepower available eight months. '
Market 240,000 horsepower for fertilizer works, balance for iron and
steel Industry, wood distillation plants, aluminum, carborundum,
carbide, alkali works, electro-chemical Industries, woolen mills,
pulp and paper mills, light, heat, and power In wholesale blocks,
to encourage new industries, and without competition in retail
business of local power companies.
Dam Present channel of Columbia to be closed by dam 300 feet long,
approximately 120 feet high, and new channel excavated In
solid rock 1200 feet wide and water surface regulated by re
movable dam, sections 100 feet long, 72 feet high. - Location 14
miles above po.ver-house.
Power-house Oregon or Washington side; planned for Washington
side, at Big Eddy, 1200 feet long, about 200 feet high above
. foundations, contains 21 turbines, supplied by canal 300 feet
-wide, .20 feet deep, IVt mites long from pool above dam.
Head of Water One-half height of Niagara Falls at low water,
74 feet 12 feet approximately at high water. Natural fall at
low water in river 10 feet, with fluctuation of 95 feet at pro
posed dam site.
Water Available Minimum, 60,000 second-feet, maximum 1,390,000,
mean flow 235,000 second-feet Drainage area at The Dalles,
236,800 square miles. Stream flow records for 33 years avall-
able. .......
Turbines Runner 18 feet in diameter, shaft of steel 30 Inches in di
ameter, 60 feet long, supporting generator on top approxi
mately 36 feet In diameter, maximum capacity 32,000 horsepow
er, all revolving 80 revolutions per minute on one oil bearing.
Maximum water capacity of each, 6000 second-feet or equal to
entire low water flow of Willamette River at Oregon City.
Cost 823,076,000 or $77 per horsepower for 300,000 horsepower. Cost
of low tension power at station, $6.89 per horsepower 'per an
num. Cost of power by steam from waste sawdust, about 0.5
to 0.7 cents per kilowatt hour or $33 to $46 per horsepower
year. Minimum price at Niagara for large blocks $9.00, aver
' age about $15.00.
Transportation Competing transcontinental railways at powerhouse
with navigable water from same to Pacific Ocean and for many
miles inland.
Raw Products Abundant and accessible for many different Indus
tries. Air, 20,000,000 tons of nitrogen over one square mile of
earth's surface, or enough to supply fertilizer for the world for
50 years. Timber, iron, lime, salt and other products accessible
because of rail and water transportation.
Markets for Manufactured Produots The world, as plant is at the
gateway to the Inland Empire, with water outlet to the Pacific.
With public docks at Portland, and Panama Canal completed,
hipping facilities will be available for industries seeking world
markets.
at the mouth of the Mississippi and
115,800 for the Nile.
A 33-year record shows the low water
flow of the Columbia at The Dalles to
be 50,000 second feet during the Win
ter months. The maximum flow Is
1,390,000 for the Columbia.
Under these conditions of water and
head, 330.000 turbine horsepower or
300,000 delivered electrical horsepower
can be depended upon, except for flood
stages, over 1,000,000 second feet. It is
believed that this slight difficulty
can be overcome by Improve
ments in turbine design or other modi
fications on final design. This project,
if constructed, will be by far the larg
est water power project in the world.
23,076,000 Possible Cost.
It is claimed that the power plant at
RJukan, Norway, of 140.000 horsepower
is the largest completed development
under one roof.
It has been estimated that the Co
lumbia River power plant can be con
structed for $23,076,000, or $77 per
horsepower on the basis of 300,000 de
livered horsepower, or only 62 per cent
of the Keokuk cost. The estimated
cost of power delivered at the low ten
sion busbars of the generating sta
tion Is $6.89 per horsepower per annum
for continuous 247hour power through
out the year.
To inclose the 21 turbines which it
is proposed to install near The Dalles,
will require a power-house 1200 feet
in length and approximately 200 feet
in height from the foundations. One
of these turbines will be maintained
for emergency use.
To give some Idea as to the magni
tude of these turbines, it can be said
that each turbine can pass 5000 second
feet of water at maximum flow, which
is about enual to the entire low water,
tion on this project. He believes flrnw
ly in the feasibility and the economio
success of the undertaking. Many en
gineers who have studied the plan at
his . suggestion are convinced of its
Worth.
Much of the Information he now has
on hand is based on research work cov
ering a period of more than 30 years.
He has had the assistance in this work;
of L. F. Harza, of Portland, and his
associates.
To complete the preliminary devel-t
opment, including diamond drill sound.
Ings at the proposed dam site, would
require an expenditure of approximate
ly $50,000, and this sum he will ask the
Legislature to appropriate.
a
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stood Xow at 250 Miles Distance.
LONDON. Jan. 11. (Special.) M
press message from Berlin states that
a notable step forward has been made
by the Germans in the efforts to trans
mit wireless telephone messages. Ex
periments have been made daily for
the past few weeks between th Knt.m
Central wireless telegraphy station and
Berlin, and, according to report, they;
have Been crowned with success.
T f I- a ff rmi- rl that nn ..!.. ..
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wanuui uiuicuixy oetween tne above
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miles apart, but wireless telephone
messages can be clearly understood at
a distance of 250 miles.
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