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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1913)
9 THE SUJfDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. - APRIL. 13, 1913. I . : : 1 MABEL WILBER'S GOWNS ENVY OF ALL FAIR SEX rudaating Sonia In "The Merry Widow," Coming to the Eeilig, Got Her Dresses in Paris, and Greatly Admired Are They hy Audiences. i I 4 ii i 1 I I II . . jF. i I f S v. A ) ; CCV- ' :: ' - J V x i " I v ;: - ' r iv s i LN-" ! 1 1 cently from Pasadena. CU responded In behalf of the new members. The Kb ,rrHnt rooms of the church were elaborately decorated In green and yellow. - The second Question-answering ser vice will be held at Centenary Church. Fjut Ninth and Pine streets tonignt. This type of service has aroused such Interest that it is likely to De con tinued at Intervals. Dr. Trimble says that more questions have been depos ited in the box than he can find time during; one service to answer. The most pertinent ana proxitabie 01 tnese wui be selected. These are samples: Is conversion lnstantaneons or gradual? Are babies Christians? Is there a per sonal devil? I have been engaged two years; is it time we were married? etc The current interest theme at the 7:45 P. M. service will be "Who should be the next Mayor of Portland?" v m At the meeting; of the Oregon Pres bytery of the United Presbyterian Church In Kenton, Thursday. Rev. S. Earl DuBois., pastor of the Grand Ave nue United Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Frank E. Findlay, pastor 01 tne First United Presbyterian Church, were elected delegates to the General As sembly to be held at Atlanta, Ga., Ma; li L E. Hamilton, of Albany, ana J Brown, of the Willamette Congrega tion, were chosen lay delegates to tne MABEL WILBER, WHO IS OBiIA IX "THE MERRY WIDOW." WHEN- Miss Mabel Wllber, the fascinating Sonia, the title role of Henry W. Savage's enormous all-star revival of The Merry Widow," steps on the stage at the Heilig The ater. Eleventh and Morrison streets, Sunday night. April 20. a gasp of ad miration, and even perhaps of envy will be forced Involuntarily from every woman in the audience, as their eyes grasp the beauty and magnificence of Miss Wllber's gowns. Perhaps no play which ever visited Portland has been costumed so mag nificently as "The Merry Widow." Even Mr. Savage with all his tremendous expenditures In the past, has never be fore paid such prices for gowns as he did when the frocks for the present tour of "The Merry Widow"' were or dered. To Miss Wllber. herself, belongs the credit of the artistic triumph, for not only did she design and order each ot the gowns which she, herself, wears, but also the II which the Maxim girls wear in the last act and which cost in Paris from 1500 to 1800 each. Mr. Savage did not send "The Merry Widow" on tour last year, and as consequence Miss Wllber passed the Winter in Paris, cultivating her voice. Shortly before she was ready to sail for America, Mr. Savage asked her to go to the four leading dressmakers of the K"y French capital, and from each order four of the Maxim girls dresses, and from whom she pleased, those that h. herself, was to wear. "Never mind the expense,"" protested Savage. "it them coraDetlng against each other." And with the stimulus of the producer's letter behind them, some reallv wonderful gowns were evolved. On Sunday night. Miss Wllber will not only sing in the 6000th perform ance of "The Merry Widow- in jvmer lea. to celebrate which, incidentally. every woman in the audience will be given an appropriate souvenir, but she will have sung her own part consider ably more than 2000 times. The en gagement is for four nights, with matinee on Wednesday. PRESBYTERIANS HAVE BIG MEETING AND DINNER Gala Event Held at First Church Returned Indian Missionary to Speak at First United Presbyterian Church. THE First Presbyterian Church held its annual business meeting and dinner for the congregation Thursday night, over 400 people being present. The following officers were elected: Elders F. E. Cooper. John S. Bradley. Fletcher Linn. II. C. Ewlng and Dr. George M. Wells. Deacons C. F. Wright, R. I. Ringer. Andrew Chrys tU, W. B. Wells. T. L. Thomas and Dr. A. 8. Nichols. Trustees W. W. ' Cotton. H. C Campbell. F. L Fuller. W. 1 R. MacXensie. D. A. Pattullo. Frank Robertson and Dr. S. A. Brown. Sun day school superintendent James F. Ewlng. The treasurer's report showed expen ditures as follows: Church house building fund. I45.S00: Congregational expenses. 121.300: benevolences. Includ .Jng the salaries of seven home and for eign missionaries of the church. 1.100. The session reported an increase oi 44t members during the year, a loss by removal of 10. leaving a net gain ot t$. The total membership Is 1S71. . The Board of Deacons reported, after All disbursements for relief fund, a bal ance on hand of . No department of the church has shown a greater growth than the Sun day school, which has an enrollment of l&e. Attendance for the last three months has averaged 770. High water mark was reached last Sunday with S4S. This is an increase in attendance over last year of SO per cent. The Woman's Missionary Society re ported great advance in all lines of Its work. Besides sustaining the seven Home and Foreign Missionaries, two special gifts of 11000 each have been made, bringing their total disburse ments for all missionary canses up to 14400. This society Is busily engaged Jn getting ready to do Its part in the entertainment of the Woman's North Paciflo Board, which will hold its silver anniversary In the First Presbyterian Church house this month. The Gloria and Fidelity Chapters of the Westminster Guild, each reported a substantial Increase in membership and attendance, as well as an interesting an instructive course of study in mis- h .slons. . . ' . .. The Women s Association nas neia regular monthly meetings, consisting of all-day sewing for the needy, with a luncheon at noon followed by a brief musical programme and social hoar. This organization occupies a large place in the social life ot the women of the chare h. The San Grael Christian Endeavor Society held a meeting every Sunday nlrht during the past year, wun average attendance of S4. In addition to its own prayer meetings, socials and entertainments, work has been cameo on at the county farm and the Men's Resort, where the young people assist the pastor in charge, as ushers, and i furnish the mustc The Toung People's Circle, composed jxusmhexs ol high school age, report-. ed. through its president. George Mac kenzie, an attendance of from 40 to 60 each Sunday at the regular prayer meeting. Several social gatherings and entertainments for young people were held. This organization nas met witn an enthusiastic response among those for whom it is Intended. The Men's Resort, a mission for men at the corner of Fourth and Burnside streets, has done a helpful work this year. One hundred and seventy-three gospel meetings have been held with an average attendance of $4. Beds for 2645 and baths tor 825 have been fur nlshed. Men have been given meals, work has been supplied and a helpful service done generally for men who have become stranded. Miss Valentine Prichard reported on the work ot the People's Institute, which is conducting a social work here. The Dastors assistant read his report t the Church House activities for the four months nast. in which time 205 meetings, aside from religious serv ices, have been held. Including lectures. banquets and entertainments with total attendance of 12,400. In the same oertod the various religious services showed an attendance of 46,600, mak ins a total of 59.000 for the four months. Future plans were discussed Reports were heard from the finance and nominating committees after which the pastor. Rev. John H. Boyd, spoke briefly of the successes of the year just closed, and of his vision tor the future of the church. Mrs. Alice Reed McClure will deliver a missionary address in the First United Presbyterian Church, Sixth and Moot s-omcrv streets, tomorrow night at o'clock. Mrs. McClure accompanied her rusband to India in 189f under the aus Dices of the United Presbyterian Church, and began a missionary career full of promise. Her husband did in the field, but she was able to contlnu the work with success. She is deliver Ing addresses on her Western itinerary and everywhere receives a coraiai woi. come. There will be a musical programme by the choir of Mount Tabor Methodist KMsconal Church. Sixty-first and East Stark streets, under the subject ot -Heaven." tonight. As this is a pro cramme ot special Interest, all elder! persons who will communicate with the pastor. Rev. C 1 Hmllton. Tabor SSS1. will be taken by automobile to and from the service. The Brotherhood and tne Aid Soci tv of St. James LAitheran Church gav a reception to the new members of the Church last Wednesday night. About 200 were in attendance. Miss Uneha and Miss Myrtle Hansen gave some vocal numbers and Mr. Bullock recited some original verses. The preslden of the Brotherhood. A. P. Gram, pre sided and called upon representative of the various societies or the enure J for words of welcoxna, illiaJDlcrclta re-4 Assembly. Mr. DuBois was re-elected clerk for the ensuing year, and was selected to attend the committee on missions, which will meet May 7. In Washington, D. C. Rev. J. A. Schmeer was chosen moderator for the ensuing year. r-ommenrine: tonight. Rev. James Hardy Bennett, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will deliver sermons for ten successive Sundays on "The Passion of Jesus." All are cordially invited to visit the Rescue Home of the Salvation Army, which is In charge of Adjutant Line man. The Peninsula Avenue Lutheran Church, after having been thoroughly repaired, renovated and neatly refur nished will be reopened and dediciated today. The dedicatory services will begin at 10:45 A. M. in German. The sermon will be preached by Rev. E. Berthold. of Cornelius. The address will be delivered by the first pastor of the church. Rev. C. Buechler. of Port land. The afternoon services will be held at 2:30 with a sermon In German, by Rev. A. Kra'use, of St. Paul's Church, city. The evening services will be at 7:30 In English, with a sermon by the pastor. CHARLES T. M'PHERSON KNOWS NOT BIRTHPLACE Pastor of Trinity Methodist Born En Eoute From Tennessee to Texas in 1870 How He First Learned to Bead Is Mystery. Amo: of is MONO the ministers of the gospel ot whom Portland may be proud the Rev. Charles T. McPherson, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, 368 Hemlock street, who has lived in Oregon tor 13 years and who has built or reorganized as many churches In that time, and in addition assisted the Toung Men's Christian As sociation to raise funds for the build ing it now occupies. Mr. McPherson came to Oregon from Walla Walla, where he had been pastor of the First Methodist Church. South, and changed to Methodist Episcopal, Joining the Oregon conference. His first appointment was to Duua two churches, one at Seaside and another at Astoria. Thence he went to Junction City, where he remained one year and lifted a mortgage on the Methodist Episcopal Church there. His next charge was re-estaDiisning the University Park Church on the Peninsula, and from there he went to Canby and transformed the Methodist Episcopal Church in that town after working a year. Marshneld needed his services, and he promptly repaired the Marshneld church, built a parsonage and built the Methodist Episcopal Church at North Bend, at the time the finest church in Coos County. Medford Call Heard. From Coos Bay he went to Medford, and there he straightened out the troubles of the First Methodist Episco pal Church in a year, and the next year found him building a church at Esta cada. Also he helped build two small churches in the surrounding mountains. He was then ready to come to Portland. Art-Win in Portland. Mr. McPherson straightened out the financial troubles of the Clark M. JS. cnurcn ana or ganised the Epworth Church, also building a parsonage, one of the finest in the city. At this time he was de feated for Councilman-at-Large on the Republican ticket. His next work was to save a rinity Methodist Episcopal Church, and be ing successful, was appointed pastor, which position he now holds. His first achievement in this church was to en gineer a contest which won a $2760 organ offered by 30 Portland merchants to the Portland churches. New Kdlflce Proposed. Believing that the congregation would be increased and the work or the church enlarged if he got another loca tion, he is now raising funds to erect new Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church at Twenty-fifth and Ivon streets. Mr. McPherson's life has been un usual and. therefore. Interesting from the start. He does not know his birth place, but is told that he was born while his parents were en route from Tennessee to Texas, In 1870. His father was a Scotch farmer, and went to live near Greenville, Tex., when Mr. Mc Pherson was a child. Both parents aiea when he was an infant, and how he has made his way is not remembered distinctly by Mr. McPherson, except that he was assisted by irienas. How he first learned to read is an other mystery to him. He attended Greenville school after he had learned to read, and passed much time in reaa- ' r- f r i ; ite0t,: Rev. Charles T. TdcPhersoa, Port land Pastor, Who Does Not Know Birthplace. lng when not working. He took scholarship prizes and several In school athletics. When 18 years old he went to Alabama and was licensed to preach. becoming known as the "boy preacher. Finishing high school, he went to Blount College in Alabama, working his way as Janitor, and taking a prise for scholarship. He taught one year and then went to Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., where he worked his way through and took additional scholarship prizes. Then he continued preaching. In 1901 he married Miss Anna D. Atwood. vocal instructor and president Of the Epworth League at Willamette University, Salem. His first act of chivalry was to have his medals melted into rings for his wife. The couple have two children. Good Things in Market ASPARAGUS, shad and strawberries suggest "real Spring" menus, and all are in the market now, though as yet they come from the South. Call fornla asparagus sells at 8 to 10 cents a pound and is welcomed by those who "Just can't wait" until the super-excellent Oregon asparagus comes in. Other early vegetables are becoming more olentlful and a little lower in orice. There are mustard greens, spinach, dandelion and field salad, for "Spring fever"; early Oergon caun flower. Bermuda potatoes, green peas, Won beans, hothouse cucumbers and tomatoes. None of them can be de scribed as "cheap" at present, but they are lower in price than they were, and very attractive in appearance. Rhubarb now costs about 7 cents a TOUNG WOMAN IS SECRETARY TO PORTLAND'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. ' , . - . "X - AY i-tx " Y v tVi -7x1 I K ' A t 1 " ' MRS. MAT E. JTEXSON. The first woman to serve as secretary to Mayor Rushlight during his administration is Mrs. May E. Nelson, who has taken the Place of George McCord. who resigned to take up work as campaign manager fVr tho Mayor. Mrs. Nelson is well known in Portland. She has been a stenographer in the office of Waldemar Seton for the last five years. She lives at 406 Vs Park street . Y' Julia Culp Holland's Greatest Artiste To Be Heard at Heilig Theater Next Saturday Evening, Assisted by Coenraad V. Bos ThaEminent Dutch Pianist Who writes as follows of the il5tm2miilut Piano Mason & Hamlin Co., Gentlemen: v I take this opportunity. to thank you for the beautiful Mason & Hamlin Grand Piano which you sent me for my use this week in accompanying Dr. Ludwig Wullner. I have played many pianos and Dr. Wullner agrees with me that the Mason & Hamlin Piano is the best piano in every respect made today. The tone quality is wonderful. I have never played a piano with such a singing and poetical tone. With kindest regards from Dr. Wullner, as well as myself, I remain. Very sincerely yours, (Signed) Coenraad V. Bos. Madame Culp uses exclusively the Mason & Hamlin Piano, because she loves ibeauties and believes fully-that it is the very best piano the world has yet known. Mason & Hamlin Pianos are shown only at our stores. The Best Place to Buy a Victrola General Western Representatives MORRISON STREET AT BROADWAY The Best Place to Buy a Piano pound and is a useful and wholesome "stop-gap" between the apples we are beginning to tire of and the berries we are beginning to hope for. Apples are still plentiful and wonderfully good for this season at 10 to 25 cents a dozen. Oranges cost u to v dozen and grapefruit 7H to each. Red bananas are to be had tnis week, as well as tne onuu, j 'poultry seems unchanged in price and rather scarce as is usual at this eaaoii few turkeys are to do cents a pound, liens sen i v cents according to age and quality, and broilers and fryers cost S5 to 40 cents. x... ..lama re nrominent In the nsn displays at 12 cents a dosen, Colum bia tlver smeii m --- still to be had at IH cents a pound Halibut Is a little higher this week at 11 to 16 cents a pourm. In the market again at about 10 cents. and California chlnook salmon aw cents a pound. The fish list also in cludes salmon trout at 85 oents. catfish at 17V4 cents, white flsh at 15 cents, shad, black cod. ling cod and flounder about 10 cents a pound. Hard clams are selling at 6 cents and mussels at 7 cents a pound. Crabs are still good at 10 to 20 cents eacn. ,-.... i. oiio-htiv lower this week. the very best quality .selling at 80 In stead of 30 cents a run. Jj eggs sell at m v ... OPERA TRAINS MAKE TIME Trip From Pendleton to Pocatello Averages S3 Miles an Hour. i new record for speed between Pen dleton and Pocatello was made Tues day night when the O.-W. K. & . com pany and Oregon Short Line hauled the nhlcago Grand Opera Company's spe cial trains between those two points a distance of 506 miles in la nours in mlBlltPL This was an average rate of about SS miles an hour and two nours for the entire distance than the sched ule of No. 18. the Portland-Chicago limited train. The trains consisted of 11 baggage . n .tunAard sleeping cars, one ,t.t .ml two dining cars. They were handled from Spokane into Den- , the O.-W. R. & N.. Oregon ev.. T.ir. and Union Pacific. The hHiile called for a stop at Butte, but that city was eliminated from the itinerary when the company arrived in Portland. F. A. Love, of the general passenger office in Portland, had charge oi me iram. NEWPORT MAYOR RESIGNS Action Taken at Meeting of Council and Canses Snrpriee. v-rwpftTtT Or.. April 12. (Special.) Taking the City Council of Newport by surprise. Mayor George Wilcox ten dered his resignation to the body at the i.. nnnthiv meeting held this week. The action came at the end of a searton at wnlcn memoers oi s-vionfii evnreBsed different opinions re- rardinr the grade llnev for Agnes street. . air xrnifnr was serving his second term as Mayor when he tendered his resignation. He was eieciea to m i IS OREGON ENGINEERS INVITE MIRROR OF PRESS. In .uj-ill m tho prohibiaonOlcket, Society's Excursion to Eugene May Will Be Gi-wen as Compli ment to University. Inaugurating an effort to bring the engineer into closer touch with politi cal and social affairs, the Oregon So ciety of Engineers Thursday even ing established tne unique preccucui of Inviting criticism of themselves by the press. Following this meeting President W. H. Graves says other ele ments of the community will be urged to come before the society and noia up for Its gaze a mirror, that the en gineers may see themselves as. an others see them. These meetings may cover a considerable period, and are designed to reveal the means whereby the engineer may enter upon a Droaa er variety of public duties, such as TEACHER BUILDS TIP MODEL RURAL SCHOOL. (( f4x v ' f -r , 3 ' - r - r , v " y J Mrs. E. L. Stowe. BRIDGEPORT, Or, April 12. (Special.) With every pupil en tered in the Polk .County spelling contest, a teachers-parents' club formed and a community spirit aroused for the continual better ment of school conditions, the Guthrie School, near this place, has become a typical modern rural school. Mrs. E. L. Stowe, the teacher, i has introduced new methods that are bringing results in that vi cinity. Last Spring all the stu dents were given unusual en couragement in the school fair work, and this year, after a handsome priae was given the school for the second best display at the county fair, the planting season is being met with vim and energy. members ot some other profession find opening to them in civic and political problems. Marshall N. Dana was the principal speaker for the press at the initial mirror" meeting. His survey of the field was calculated to make the en gineer feel less aversion to wholesome. accurate publicity. He pleaded with the members of the profession to get in closer touch with the press, and recognize that proper publicity was for community benefit nad progress. Warning his hearers that the press was the most powerful medium for education to be found In the field of modern endeavor, and that the en gineer should study how to profit by this agency, the speaker recited a num ber of instances where good oppor tunities were passed to do effective public work. W. D. B. Dodson followed the first speaker with an exhortation for the engineer to join all professional work ers in the effort to interest the masses of the people in constructive news. He pointed out that the public at large was becoming more and more the master in great engineering enter prises, and that the engineer should feel It a business duty to get closer to the public and assist in satisfying the public of the business aspects of the great development problems facing the West. Mr. Scott, of the Pacific Engineer and Builder, was the third speaker. H. L. Vorse, X H. Morton. President Graves, W. H. Crawford, Henry Blood and 'other members of the society joined the discussion. H. L, Vorse was named by President Graves the society's committeeman to in vite co-operation of all local organ isations in a great excursion to Eu gene on May 17, as a compliment to the University of Oregon, and to intro duce the people of Portland to the workings of the institution. Chairman Vorse estimates from his preliminary efforts that from 500 to 1000 persons will avail themselves of the oppor tunity to make this trip. All local societies wlll.be urged to join, and also the Oregon Agricultural College. EQUALITY LEAGUE TO MEET Portland Body Appeals to Women to Aid National Association. A public meeting to be held in Ellers hall Thursday, April 17, at 2:30 P. M., has been arranged by the Political Equality League, at which an address on "Our Public Schools" will be given by E. L. Mills. The league has extended an Invitation to the public to attend the meeting. The league has made an appeal to the suffragists of Oregon to respond to the call ot the National Suffrage Asso ciation for funds to carry on Its work in other sections of the country, point ing out that Oregon women were as sisted financially by the National body In the recent campaign for the exten sion of suffrage to women of this state. The policy of the local league to maintain its loyalty to the Natonal body and to make Its meetings centers of education, has received the indorse ment of leading women of Portland. The address of Mr. Mills was ar ranged in view of the coming election of a member df the Board of Education, as he has made a study of educational work. New York has 7.10 hotels, with accommo dations for 350.000. This l exclusive of charitable Institutions. It
