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THE SUNDAY OREGOXlAy, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER S, 1913. MANY MILES DANCED BEFORE CURTAIN RISES ON PRODUCTION OF "JAPPY LAND" Great Enthusiasm Shown Among 600 Society Girls, Matrons and Men, Who Are in Strenuous Training. for Benefit Performances Thanksgiving Week for Baby Home. , . Gillespie, of Nebraska, will speak on "The Day of Judgment." This is the third of the series of lectures being given here. The purpose of these lec tures is to stir up a more general in terest in individual Bible study. The lectures are from an unsectarian stand point. All seats are free, and everyone is made welcome. Rev. Dr. John H. Boyd Is beginning a series of meditations on "Things Worth While" at the First Presbyterian Church. This evening the topic will be "A Life Spiritually Developed." Dr. Trimble is to speak on "Divine Healing" at 7:30 o'clock tonight at Cen tenary Church, East Ninth and Pine streets. This sermon has been sug gested by the series on Christian Sci ence which closed last Sunday. It is the purpose of the minister to set forth the New Testament teaching on this Question, which is troubling, perhaps, more people than any other phase of the Christian life. The morning ser mon on "Our Partnership With God" will have its bearing upon the evening theme. There will be a musical pro BOARDING SCHOOLS AS FOUND BY PORTLAND GIRLS ARE DESCRIBED Educational, Athletic and Social Activities Have for Them Keen Interest, and Each Is Loyal to Her Respective Institution. gramme in the evening. a-iam 1 rtnmir iirrrtirwi -Ttiiwui-i in m nmn i mi m mmubl an ir-m-nf L .p. - --- --r. -j- z?vy -r: 2 u Vlf ENTHUSIASM Is at a high pitch among the 600 society -grirla, r ma trons and men who are In strenu ous training: for the intricate dancing steps, difficult specialties and impres Blve chorus numbers of "Jappyland," the elaborate spectacular extravaganza which Is to be produced. Thanksgiving week at the Armory for the benefit of the Baby Home. At the Hotel Multnomah, where the rehearsals are being held, the mezza nine floor is gay with throngs of smart society folk every afternoon during in tervals of relaxation, and waiting . lim ousines, coupes and carriages are banked all along the curb before the front and Fourth-street entrances. In the assembly-room. where Director Coates and his assistant. Miss Gilmore. "IN SEARCH OF A WIFE" TOPIC OF DR. HINSON Religion of Mexico Discussed by Missionary Torced Home Because of War . Sermons for Today Are Announced. THE series of sermons on "The Home," preached by Dr. Hinson in the White Temple, are increas ing In interest. Tonight the theme will be "In Search of a Wife." There will be appropriate singing, Mrs. Welnstein, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mr. McGuire and Mr. Hoose being heard in tolos. This morning the pastor will preach on the "Unused Power in the Church," or the "Fearful Waste of Lite." These services commence at 11 o'clock and 7:80 o'clock. . The ordinance of believers' baptism again will be administered today. Twenty-four new . members were re ceived into this church last Sunday and five offered themselves for baptism at Thursday night's service. Between 1100 and 1200 members have been added to the White Temple during the three years and a half of the present pas torate, a gain of considerably over 100 per cent. The work is opening up with greater pormise of success this Fall than ever before. Any donations of unused clothing, or boots, or books, or magazines, or cash, 1? ent in to the White Temple, will be Judiciously administered among the poor; or if notice be sent in, such things will be called for. The V. I. A.'s of this church will give a gypsy encampment - next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The girls will Iress in gypsy costumes. There will be liome-inade candy for sale, Theremin Spores . -Z-zlz conduct the rehearsals, there Is no mer. riment, only hard work and serious business. All are anxious to make the approaching event the most bril liant in the history of Portland's ama teur theatricals, even eclipsing, If that Is possible, the memorable Klrmesses of several seasons ago. To bring 'the production up to the de sired standard almost continuous prac ticing of steps and song: numbers will be required and each participant in "Jappyland" will have' danced over many miles of ballroom floor before the curtain goes up on the opening per formance on Thanksklving night. Committees are bu,sily at work mak ing the numerous arrangements neces sary for the converting of the grim old Armory into a great Oriental bower of be a photograph . gallery, an art gal lery, special music, a free Turkey din ner and. other unique attractions. Ad mission will be 10 cents. Rev.- W. Xj. Mellinger, who has been a missionary in Mexico, but had to leave last Spring on account "fit the revolution, gave a lecture on Mexico last Sunday evening at the Woodlawn Christian Church. He said in part: "In religion Mexicans present an anomaly, mingling some of the highest principles taught by Christianity with the most degraded practices of pagan ism. The explanation is found In the fact that they seek after God with no one to guide them. When the Span iards came they did not "Christianize" Mexico, as is generally supposed, but rather adopted the religion of the na tives. I shall quote only one authority, but that is of the highest. The Abbe Emanuel Domenech, who accompanied the French as chaplain of the army during their invasion of Mexico in the '60s, says, 'Mexican faith is a dead faith. The abuse of external ceremo nies, the faculty of reconciling the devil with God, the absence of internal exercises of piety, have killed the faith in Mexico. The Mexican is not a Catholic; he Is simply a Christian -because he has been baptized. I speak of the masses and not of the excep tions to be met with in all classes of society.' An American ranchman in a letter home says: "Among the lower classes in Mexico "free love" is not tbe 7& ssr s-zk--, Patronesses and Principals of Korth eomlns; "Jappyland" ProUaetion, cherry blossoms and brilliant color for the three days of the production. Other committees are energetically laboring to stock the- attractive booths over which dainty society merchants will preside and an enthusiastic bevy Is conducting a well-organized campaign for the advance sale of seats. Several boxes already have been disposed of at generous figures. The complete cast of the 600 singers and dancers has not yet been given out, but some of the city's best vocal talent has -been cast for the leading roles and the interpolations of beauti ful song numbers, with heavy orches tration and the support of 500 voices in chorus, will bring the production up to a high musical standard. An interest ing mystery is being made of the iden tity of "O-Ha-Na-San," a dashing Oriental Empress, who will reveal her self for the first time at the" opening performance. Elaborate scenery will be , brought from the East and the gorgeous cos filmes which are to be used are expect ed to arrive within the week. There are to be 20 spectacular vaude ville numbers woven together in the extravaganza plot, embracing a wide variety of costuming and specialties. The production will be opened with an Impressive prelude to the operetta, called "The Birth of the Flowers in Slumberland." There will be an even 100 young girls, daughters of promi nent Portland families, in this bril liantly fanciful chorus, costumed as violets, rosebuds and other blossoms, with five song numbers and elaborate orchestration. "Oregon, My Oregon" is the name of a stirring march-song which is being composed for the conclusion of tht "Jappyland" production, and which is to be dedicated to the Baby Home. Instead of the four-performance plan at first announced, the advisory committee has decided to present only three productions. the evenings of Thursday and Friday, November 27 and 28, and. Saturday matinee, November 29. the opening performance to be on Thanksgiving night. sociological experiment It sometimes tries to be in more civilized communi ties.' "We Americans have been denounc ing these people as immoral. They are not immoral, but unmoral. We must always judge a man from his stand point. It is impossible to understand the conditions in Mexico without a knowledge of her history. This is also true of her political conditions. I fear that our Government is trying to solve the problems of Mexico upon present conditions without reference to the past causes that have produced these conditions." Mr. Mellinger will discuss the politi cal situation Wednesday night of this week in his lecture, "A Synopsis of the History of Mexico from the Cause and Effect Standpoint," attempting to show the causes of the present disturbed conditions'. At this morning's service of the Taylor-street Methbdist Church Miss Flor ence Leach, contralto, will sing "J Come to Thee," by Roma. Mr. Bruce, of Oklahoma, will preach both morning and evening- at the Ver non "Church of Christ. Service will be at the usual hours, 11 A.M. and 7:4S P.M. . Twenty missionaries of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will sat. for the Orient from Seattle November 18. Some of them have been on fur lough in the United States. Eleven of them came to Portland yesterday and will remain here until Wednesday. The Women's Foreign Missionary Society will have an all-day meeting in the Taylor - street Methodist Episcopal Church Tuesday. It is planned to have a farewell meeting for the missionaries Tuesday evening. ' ' At the Women of Woodcraft Tempi this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, pastor J. A. The new year at Centenary is open ing with more than usual interest. The young people's meetings are having the largest attendance in the history of the church. Congregations, morning and evening, are filling the auditori um and scarcely a service passes with out additions to the church. The publisher of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy, Allison V. Stewart, of Boston, Mass., has announced a book soon to be given to the public en titled, "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," by Mrs. Eddy. The volume will include many of the I contributions of the a leader of the Christian Science movement to the periodicals which she founded and also such contemporaneous, explanatory and historical matter as was selected by her for publication, together with ar ticles which she contributed to various outside publications. The work of compiling this volume was begun by Mrs. Eddy, but pressure of other mat ters delayed its completion. Rev. John H. Boyd. D. D.. "of the First Presbyterian Church, will begin a special series of sermons this even ing on the general topic, "What Is Worth While." The morning series on "The Attitude of the Modern Mind To ward Religious Truth" has for Its spe cific theme this week "The Meaning of Salvation." The Current Events class, the new organization among the adult division of the Sunday School, will be addressed today by Mrs. P. W. McClintock, re cently returned from her missionary labors in the Orient, on "Present Con ditions lri China." The "Triangle." the young oeonle's weekly "at home" to the stranger, will have a special treat this Monday even ing. The Bible hour will be followed at 8:15 o'clock with an address on "Il lustrative Astronomy." by Mr. Estes Snedecor. At 9 o'clock there will be a series of impromptu speeches. No one will be called upon, but subjects will be assigned all volunteers. The young men's class at .the Sunday morning sessions is discussing topics timely for young men. Last Sundav there were interesting suggestions as to "What Use We Should. Make of Sunday." This Sunday at 12:10 o'clock In the church house the question will be "Why Do Many Men Fail of Suc cess?" All young men are welcome. The annual meeting of the St. James' Lutheran congregation will be held Thursday evening, November 13.- Re ports from the various officers of the congregation will be read and new deacons will be elected. Refreshments wm he served by the women of the congregations. The Brotherhood of St. James' Lu theran Church will meet next Wednes day evening in the clubrooms of the cnurcn and an Interesting programme will be given. Dr. J. B. Keefer will taiK on the same phases of the work of the church. All men will be wel comed. Dr. Bailv- K. Lxa.ch will ri hi. perience with a business men's "mob" and grand Jury of Coos County at 227 Yamhill street nt 3 T a the same place on the following Sun day, November IS, the "Industrial Army" measure, introduced In Congress uy xnes -oinaexier, or Washington, now before th ecommittee nn orinoattnn and labor, will be read and opened for scimro-i oiscussion. inese meetings are conducted with an open forum for the benefit of the working class.. - The Federated BrnthTHnwi nf .n United Brethren churches of the city mei ruesaay evening at the Fourth United Brethren Church, Sixty-second avenue and Sixtv-ninth trt Tho question: "Resolved. That the general movement among the Protestant churches of the world towards feder ation and ultimately to organic union is vital to the cause of Christ oni we. as a church, .heartily indorse the penning union or our own church with that of the Methodist Protestant," was debated. Mr. Pntti diMiiaa v. ject affirmatively and Mr. Wells nega tively. : Mrs. W. C. Kantner. of TTnivorai Park, who returned from Kansas City last Friday, having attended the -National council of the Congregational churches and the meetlnar of the Wom an's Home Missionary Federation, spoke in me university park Congregational Church last Sunday evening, telling many interesting things associated with those meetings. . On Tuesday evening a large company of their friends surprised Dr. and Mrs. Kant ner by marching to the parsonage and calling unexpectedly upon them. The evening was passed pleasantly. Mrs. Kantner. has been asked to speak be fore several organizations on her im pressions of the council and federa tion meetings. - Last RnndRV m n m i n o-' oKj.nt , CalVarV Bantist fhliri-h -or am- Kntna Lessons From Rome," and in the even ing, i-ne Reformation." The church was packed. AIRLIE BUSINESS GROWS October Freight Receipts Said to Ex ceed $10,000 in Volume. AIRLIE, Or.. Nov. 8. (Special.) Business transactions during the past season in Airlie and the surrounding country show that this section .is in a most prosperous condition. Farmers for miles around report all crops profitable this year, and the stores have taken in much additional business this year. October freight receipts are said to exceed $10,000. The greater part of the amount was paid by farmers and stockmen. Last year the receipts for October were scarcely one-seventh that amount. Railroad activity has been great, and Airlie has been given a new depot. Farmers have found clover a crop well suited to this region of Polk County, and, although the prices for the seed were lower this Fall than for a good many seasons, much more will be planted next Spring, say the grow ers. T. R. Cook, north of here, re ceived $1600 worth of clover seed from a field of 18 acres. Airlie schools have been made much better. The grade school has an In creased enrollment and a hig-h school oas Qfseii bLa.ri.ea mat promises to grow in numbers rapidly. Coal orders acKresatinor 450.00ft tnn for the Russian southern state railway and 120,000 tons for the Russian northern state railways have been placed, the former be ing entirely English and the latter mostly- German coal. - t: tV; r E 4 :-:? V - fly - r-A pL .v. WITH the reopening of school dur ing the past few weeks Port land has been bereft of many girls of the sub-debutante set who have crossed the continent to attend for an other year their various Eastern board ing schools. The many phases of board ing school life educational, athletic and social have for them the keenest interest and all are returning full of loyalty and enthusiasm, to begin the new term. Miss Helen Ladd has re turned to Westover, at Mlddleburg, Conn., to complete her third year; Miss Ruth Teal began her second year at Miss Spence's school, New Tork; Miss Margaret Voorhies sailed for Paris to attend a. second year at the Parisian Travel School; Miss , Margaret Mears will attend Dana nail. Mass.; Miss Sarah McCully entered Oaksmere, New York, and Miss Esther Tucker began her sophomore year at Simmons Col lege. In telling of her life at Westover, Miss Ladd said: "Westover is attractive to me for its beautiful New England simplicity. Un like other boarding schools It is built in the form of a cloister enclosing an Inner 'squad.' The reception room, dining' room and library occupy the main floor and the upper story is de voted to the dormitories. Throughout, the building is furnished in old-fashioned mahogany and the library espe cially is attractive In tones of red. Just across from the main building is a smaller one called the 'crossways." where the classes in domestic science meet during the year." "Peter Rvblsnon" Barred. Westover does not tolerate the "Pe ter Robinson," dear to the school girl heart for the facility with which It can be taken on and off enabling the stu dent to appear at a recitation with only a few moments devoted to the toilette. The Westover students wear a fetching tan-colored uniform with patent leather belts and buttons with the Westover seal. In the evening this is replaced by a simple gown of mar quisette. -.Although the days are occupied with study and , recitations, the "honor sys tem" being used in all the classes, still the students find time for much fes tivity among themselves. Occasionally through the year, German, French and pantomime plays are given. Each Saturday night the seniors give a dance, to which the "Wests" and "Overs" are invited. Artificial flow ers are used as favors, the most popu lar girl receiving a prize favor, a flow er tied with pink ribbon-. Each year It Is the custom for the Overs to enter tain the seniors with a German. "Our class," said Miss Ladd, "clibse a Grecian garden as a setting, the pil lars and temples of which were draped in eld rose and white, the senior col ors. The Overs entered the garden clad in old hose togas- with laurel wreaths on their heads singing a song of wel come. During the dance the garden was suddenly darkened and the senior mascot, a white owl with electric lights for eyes, which previously had been arranged on a pulley, appeared to fly across the room- Lantern Picnic Peculiar. Another custom peculiar to West over is the lantern picnic The stu dents are taken in a private car to a farm -some distance away, each upper class student carrying with her a lantern received in a previous year. The girls climb a hill and form a circle, singing the Westover song. The new students form an inner circle and to each of these Miss Hitler, the prin cipal, gives a lantern telling them wherein they have succeeded or failed during the year. ' "This ceremony," said Miss Ladd, "is almost too impressive and by the time it is finished the entire student body is in tears." The girls prize the lanterns highly and keep them as their most cherished souvenir. Westover students find a field for their charitable work in supporting a district nurse at Waterbury. This they maintain through a Swiss tea room, so called because the China which is used was brought from Switzerland. The girls are permitted to go to the tea room -three times a week. They further contribute to this charity by darning stockings, making beds and shutting windows at 25 cents an hour. "To rise at S o'clock, cold Winter mornings and close the windows takes a great deal ot moral courage," said Miss Ladd. "but I have often earned quite a little sum for charity in this way," School Seng Closes Term. At the end of the term one final German is given and at the close all the students stand in line and an old j English loving cup is passed while the girls sing the Westover song: Raise now to Westover Voices loud and clear. To theo with loyal hearts We raise our cheer. Raise to the sky above And praise the school we love. Now and forever more We slnr to thee. Now as in years to come Our thoughts will be . Of Westover And the years spent with thee. . Our motto always: "To think, to do, to he." Forever to Westover. We sing to thee. Miss Margaret Voorhies. who com mences her second year at . a Travel School, gives the following account: "The travel school in Paris which I attended is situated near the Arc de Triumph. It is a large and luxuriously furnished apartment and accommodates about a dozen American girls. Travel schools have three months of study and one of travel. The mornings are oc cupied with lessons in French history and the history of art. In the after noon we generally walk through the Bois de Bologne and later visit the Louvre- or some other gallery and study the pictures under the direction of the teacher of art. Every Satur day there is an excursion to some in teresting suburb Versailles, Fontaine bleau or St. Denis. Art tinllerles Visited. ' "After three months passed In this way we commence our travels. Last year we went first from Paris to Lon dan and visited the London galleries, then to Holland, making a point of the galleries at the Hague and at Ant werp. - At Amsterdam we stopped at a most interesting hotel called the Old Doelen Hotel. It was built in the days of chivalry and was used by the knights as a banquet hall. On the hotel register are found the names of many of the ancient nobility. In one of the rooms occupied by our school the wall paper had never been pasted securely to the wall and the wind caused it to puff out like a pair of bellows so that the girls were fright ened and thought the room was tipsy. On leaving the proprietor gave each girl a book and bunch of flowers as souvenirs. This hotel is soon to be torn down as it is too old to. be re paired. "From Holland we traveled to Swit zerland and stopped 10 days art Adel boden in the high Alps. Here we en joyed the exciting Alpine sports, espe cially skiing. Below the hotel at a steep decline was an artificial pond on which we were privileged to skate for a. while each day. Alpine sports give one a good appetite, for at tea time no one could ever believe until the phen nigs were actually counted out that so many delicious cakes had actually been eaten. Villa Is Occupied. "At Florence we again stopped for three months of study. A beautiful villa near Flesole had been placed at the disposal of the school. The ceilings in the villa were high ard the rooms furnished with beautiful carved chairs and tables. These evidently were in tended to remain in the seclusion and dampness of the high-vaulted rooms, as modern heating has a disastrous effect upon them. One evening a loud report was heard from an adjoining room, and upon investigation a large crack was found the length of one of the .carved tables. "Our tour was concluded with - an other month of travel through South ern Italy. We stopped at Rome several days and the whole city was in a state of rejoicing over the recovery of the Pope, and in honor of which St. Peters was hung in red. "We went to Naples from Rome and passed a week at the Capri, bathing each day in the baths of Tiberiou and picnicking on the beach. Our last stop was made at the Capuccini monastery at Amalfl. Most of the rooms here are little cells with plain white cots. The one I occupied was built like a window over the sea, so that one could look out on. the moonlight flooding the water beneath. - Another Vear Abroad Ainu "I expect to pass one year more In Paris and shall study French at the Sarbonne." Margaret Mears, who begins her sec ond year at Dana Hall, near Wellesley College, finds much of interest in her New England surroundings. She said: "Dana Hall being a country rather than a city school, a certain amount of delightful informality prevails and the girls are much less restricted than in the larger city schools. There is a. great deal of out-of-door life, charm ing walks through the "New England woods, tennis, hockey, basketball and cross-country runs. In Winter a neigh boring lake affords an admirable op portunity for skhting. "ilost or tile school festivities center. about Christmas time. Then tho se niors give their play for the pleasure of the settlement children. "Tenacre," where the students live during their first year at Dana Hall, gives a Christ mas play, and the Glee Club holds its annual concert. "One of the most interesting experi ences of the year was a trip to the fa mous New England historical places. We went lirst to Lexington and saw the battlefield, the statues of the minute men and the h'ouses where many his torical characters dwelt. nevere's Route Followed. "We then drove along Paul Revere's road and saw the fence he jumped when the British tried to halt him. We passed the homes of Emerson. Louisa May Alcott and Hawthorne and en tered an inn where many historical per sons had reveled. Our chaperone, who .was most enthusiastic, brought with her a book of poems and later when we stood at the grave of Emerson, with the rain dripping on our heads, read to us the poem Longfellow had writ ten about it. "At last we stopped at the inn where Lafayette and Longfellow stayed, and after looking at their rooms we went to the quaint old ballroom and danced until tea was served. The tea table was lighted by candles, as twilight was Just falling and our chaperone again took out her book of poems and read Longfellow's 'Tales of a Wayside Inn.' which describes a party at the inn at Just the time we were there." Miss Esther Tucker, who has befn specializing the last year in library science at Simmons College, said: "Simmons College was founded by the late John Simmons, of Boston, abou t 10 years ago, as an institution whero women might become well fitted to earn IfcwT livelihood. Many Make Sacrifice. "The college is attended by students of all ages and great sacrifices are" often made by them in order to take the courses. They are often assisted by scholarships, but these are regarded , merely as loans to be repaid at some future time. Besides library science, Industrial teaching, household econom ics, social work and secretarial studies are taught. "The buildings and dormitories at Simmons are not centralized, so the student body is scattered and -does not uepcuu wr us social life on college functions. The students take advan tage of the nearness to Boston for their entertainment and amusement An other thing which tends to separate the 8 "lnts is tne lack of fraternities. The two courses which have the ' largest enrollment are those in do mestic science and household econom- .". Z1" former is a one-year course called by the students 'the bride's course.' It is popular. The work in household economics is carried on in the dormitories. Here the girls do practical Work. Spots of ink dropped on the curtains must be removed. Va rious kinds of stain's are made on the floor which must be taken off. and all this is irksome to the students. Track Meets Attract. "In the Spring the college track" meets take place and entries are made for the shotput, running, Jumpinp;, basketball and baseball. The ball used In the latter game is much larger than the ordinary ball. It 1s the custom on this occasion for the social workers to bring with them the children of the settlement in which they have been in terested. "The great event of the Freshman year Is the Freshman Frolic. The mem bers of the class dress as children, some as infants in white dresses and others as children in calico frocks. "The entertainment given by our class was a parody on athletics. The one-yard dash, one yard of string with a mar8hmnllow in the middle, the stu dent reaching the marshmallow first having the privilege of eating it. An other was the broad grin, in which the student having the broadest grin was awarded a prize. The student body is at present Inter ested in a new dormitory and is trying in various ways to help It financially. . Last Spring one of the Gilbert & Sul livan operas was given at the college rectory by the college alumni. At Christmas the Freshmen sold fancy ar ticles and made the various articles contributed. Another way of helping is the penny mile scheme. Strips of ' cardboard are provided, holding a dozen pennies and each student tries to fill as many of these as possible." School Typical of City. Miss Ruth Teal said In regard to Miss Spence's school: "Miss Spence's is - a typical city school and would never do for a girl who cares for athletics. The school oc cupies two eight-story concrete buiW Inzs in the heart or" New York, con- Concluded ou lau(;e o.) A
