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14 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. APRIL 19, 1914. THOUSANDS FLOCK TO ART EXHIBITION Paintings of Panama-Pacific Artists Attract Special At tention in Portland. SOME OF COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS THAT ARE BEING EXHIBITED AT PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART, ONE OF ARTISTS AND HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER. WHO ARE KNOWN IN CITY WESTERN SUBJECTS SHOWN Canvases of Frank Vincent Du Mond and Child Hassam Interesting Because Both Have Visited In City Frequently. BY LEONE CASS BAEB. Thousands of Portland people have crowded the display rooms of the Mu seum of Art during the past week to view the magnificent collection of paintings by the 10 mural artists who have been chosen to decorate the buildings at the Panama-Pacific Ex position. The pictures, which repre sent hundreds of thousands of dollars in intrinsic value, are attracting: keenly interested attention; Unquestionably the most important event of its kind that has ever visited Portland, this exhibition of paintings assumes a greater value here because Portland people are so closely identi fied with the Panama-Pacific enter prise. Many of the paintings are Western in subject matter and several of the 10 artists have been in Portland and their work is known here. Prank Vin cent Du Mond has frequently visited here, and so has Childe Hassam. The 10 artists are all in Ban Francisco, with the exception of Frank Brangwyn, who is the only non-American in the list. They are painting their individu al contributions to the art decorations of the interior of the exposition build ings. Mr. BraogiryB Works at Home. Mr. Brangwyn is painting his panels, eight in number, at his home in Eng land and will bring them over next season to be put in place in the ourt of Abundance. Several of the artists have signified intentions to come to Portland and tour the Northwest when their work in San Francisco is completed. Mr. Du Mond and his younger broth er, Frederick Melville Du Mond, are planning on a fishing trip out from Portland this Summer. Both are splen didly represented at the exhibition in the Museum of Art. Frank Vincent Du Mond's painting of "Gray Newfoundland" is one of the loveliest in his entire collection of 15. It is a large canvas and represents a wide, long sweep of Newfoundland coast, with cool, gray clouds massed above a rugged bluff, and a stretch of cold looking water creeping in to shore. This picture is beautiful in its tone and color value. A companion piece to it, showing another bit of the Newfoundland shore, was hung last season in the Academy of Design in New York and sold to an art connois seur there. Paintings by Mr. Du Mond are owned by several Portland collectors, and a number in this collection at the Mu seum have been sold. One of them, "Snow Patches," which is a tremend ously realistic piece of work, has been sold to a Seattle collector, who came to Portland to view the pictures, not knowing that later the collection will be exhibited at Seattle. Another painting that attracts com ment is one by Frederick Melville Du Mond, called "At the Water Hole." It shows two big oxen standing in a plowed field, with a great sweep of Mojave Desert scenery back of them. The painting is brilliant in color, his work is refreshing, discloses a sense of mastery of his medium and force and strength in the big handling of his material. All Frederick Melville Du Mond's . art is worked out In large masses of color. His colors are rich and high and brilliant. All the ten paintings in Frederick Du Mond's collection are painted in California. He has always lived abroad until the last three years and his paintings have been hung in the Paris salon. He has several medals for exhibitions. Jules Guerin Picture Shown. "The Temple of Sunium" is one of the paintings shown by Jules Guerin who is chief of color and decoration at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Mr. Guerin is a great figure in the world of art and it is under his direction and guidance that the other artists are working. He had a collection of IS pictures at the San Francisco exhibi tion. Of these pictures but seven of them were sold to California lovers of the beautiful. One of his most repre sentative pieces of color work is hi "Temple of Sunium," which shows i silhouette of splendid rock ruins against a moonlight sky of marvelous blue. All Mr. Guerin's paintings are glorious in color achievement. People who know his paintings will call to mind his beautiful illustrations of Ru pert Hichens' "Egypt." It will be of general Interest to Port land people and particularly to lovers of Frank Vincent Du Mond's work, to learn of the nature of the two panels he is making for the Exposition. There are to be two great triumphal arches In the Court of the Universe. Each arch is to have two panels 46 feet long and 12 feet high and the figures, about 20 in each panel, will be nine feet high. Two of these panels are being painted by Mr. Du Mond and two by Edward Simmons. In subject they are all typi cal of the march of civilization. Story of Columbus Shown. - Mr. Simmons' pictures tell the story of the journey of Columbus and Balboa and early explorers to America, and Mr. Du Mond carries the story further and depicts the march of civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific In their work the artists are using his torlcal men to give the story value. Mr. Du Mond has selected the early missionaries, painters, sculptors and musicians in California to paint in one of his panels. A splendid likeness of Bret Harte as the representative poet Is being painted into the picture. The collection at the Museum of Art will continue only for this week. The public Is invited and urged to attend in the Interest of fostering a knowl edge of good pictures. Some of the paintings are for sale at studio prices. Mrs. Du Mond, who is an artist herself of superior attainments and whose work in the art world is done under the name of Helen Savier. is planning a large reception this week to lovers of good paintings. This la to be held either Tuesday or ednesday evening at the Museum of Art. Larceny Charge Preferred. Complaint charging E. E. Edwards with larceny of three gold crowns was tiled yesterday by Deputy District At torney Pierce, on statements made to him by Mrs. F. E. Illege. of 575 East Twenty-sixth street. The crowns, which are valued by their owner at $15. were "alien by Edwards. Mrs. Illege said, when he left the Chicago Painless Dental parlors, where they were oeing repaired. , 1 JWJbV I? IX- 1 if in. I h ML 14 I I W fit jf " M I IS f , r i i l 4 ..A- x5T-?V yns ffi III - - ? K'4iNV " .; - - " 'r??---y i ; -J . 'v. J-1 . I.:- 1. I I III -- ,.1 : ; - rx-''j:h'v,Ui ' yi1"8 A - ill I. ft .. - . . :. :: " a :- . . . j-:s M I III l zc 1 , - I til llll r ? " 1 "' ' ' - ' 1 - . 1 - . 1 . . - . . . , . DELICIOUS and satisfying breakfasts, luncheons and din ners will, be served to von at The Portland. The utmost skill is exorcised here iu the selection and preparation of the choicest products gathered from world-wide sources; the service in dining-room and grill is dignified and courteous. Table d'Hote Dinner in Main Dining-Koom, 3:30 to 8 I M. Sundays, $1.25; Weekdays, $1 The broad promenades overlooking the court yard are capital lounging places these delightful Spring evenings; you are invited to use them. Hear .the Orchestra play in the hotel lobby this evening. After the Theater the Grill The Portland Hotel G. J. Kauf mann, Manager VOCATION IS THEE 'We Should Equip Children in School," Says Lecturer. RESEARCH WORK OUTLINED Mrs. Anna - Y. Kecd Conies From Seattle to IT, AV. C. A. to Give Talk Series and to Help Local Workers "Find Themselves." "Employers have been plagued nearly to death with minimum wage scale, eight-hour law, working conditions and like investigations, and will have no patience with anyone making a vo cational survey, unless that person is well informed," said Mrs. Anna Y. Reed, in her - lecture at the Toung Women's Christian Association. Friday night. Mrs. Reed comes, from Seattle, where she has been making an extensive vo cational survey among school children and young people employed in factories and mercantile houses. She is here, giving a series of lectures under the auspices of the Collegiate Alumnae and the Oregon Alumnae Association. the fourth of which will be presented tomorrow night. All teachers, parents and social workers are invited to hear this address. Mrs. Reed said that many problems of the day could be easily solved If there were a better understanding1 of actual conditions and It is her aim to assist those who would set this under standing. The matter 01 hearsay, said Mrs. Reed, was not sufficient base for passing an opinion upon anything. She with the members of the collegiate associations meeting with her. are anx ious to help the boys and girls of to day to "find thenjselves." . "We should be equipped - in our schools to find the vocation suited to the child and then be able to give It opportunity to prepare it to take the place in the world for which it is adapted," said Mrs. Reed. According to Mrs. Reed, this knowl edge of conditions and the study of this vocational Investigation work will in a measure solve the domestic prob lem and many problems of employers and employes. The general outline for social ' re search work follows: Object and nature of social research work. Selection of topics. Collection and classification of in formation. Analytic Operations; (a). External Criticism; (1), Testing the Genuineness of Material; (2), Localization of Mate rial; (b). Internal Criticism; (1). De termination of Value of Information; (a) By Character of information; b). By Individuality of Writer or Author; (c). By Influence of Time and Place; (3). Interpretation of Material; (a). Literal Meaning; (b). Real Meaning: (3), Establishment of Facts Through Material; (a). Conceptions; (b). Af firmations: 1), When Agree; (2), When Disagree; (3). When Only One. Synthetic Operations; fa). Imagin ing the Facts: b). Grouping the Facts: (c). Filling in the Gaps (con structive reasoning); fd). Exposition. CITY FINANCES TOLD Auditor Blames Increased Tax ation on Public Demand. MONTHLY PAY IS $300,000 Mr. Barbur Says Portland Is Better Off Than Many Other Cities, but Suggests Union With Connty as Remedial Measure. In an analysis of the financial situ ation by City Auditor Barbur Friday night before the Mount Tabor Improve ment League he maintained that Port land la far better off than most cities, that its real bonded indebtedness is less and that its future is more prom ising. His subject was "The City's Money Where It Comes From and What It Is Used For." He explained that most-people know where the main portion of the money comes from by reference to their tax receipts, but that there was a consid erable sum that comes from other sources such as licenses and corpora tion funds. As a financial statement of the Commission form had not been made up Mr. Barbur used the financial Statement of 1913, from which he quoted copiously,- showing expenditures of all the departments. He showed that there are more than 1800 city em- FORTLAND PARTY STARTS IN NOVEL TRIP ACROSS CONTINENT .-T. art- ' - v l-'7r 3 Mill it -' -Jtm i- JmSmmlm wmmmm :i:::::-i;;::-;':i--: . - :::::v':'.:-'... K. CU.VMNtiUAH AMJ FAMILY AU 111E1K IMdtU VEHICLE, "Across the continent in a dollhouse" is the motto of E. Cunningham and his family, who, with Ulric Dorals, S21 Patton road, left Portland yesterday with a two-horse team and a tiny house on wheels, head ed for Hamilton, Ont. The party will be six in number. Mr. Cunningham Is an Englishman. He has lived in Portland five years, and for the past four years has been an employe of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. -- The trip is solely a pleasure jaunt, and Mr. Cunningham says he-has been planning it for years. The "dollhouse," as the party terms Its portable home. Is 10x12 feet in area and seven feet high. The furniture consists of a small stove, a kitchen cabinet, sink, wardrobe and cooking utensils. The room is carpeted. The walls are decorated with pennants and pictures, and the two windows have curtains. The outfit cost about 200. The party consists of Mr. Cunningham and his wife. Miss F. Cunningham, Ivy Cunningham, 11 years old: E. Cunningham, Jr., 14 years old, and Ulric Dorais. The men will sleep in a small tent and the women will sleep in the "dollhouse." - . ployes and that the monthly payroll runs up to about $300,000. Public Standard Higher. "It may be considered somewhat singular that the increased expenses of the city is largely due to the demands of the people themselves," said Auditor Barbur. "The increased expense comes with the demand for more fire houses, good roads, public parks, park Improve ments and other improvements of this character. The school district costs much money, and there is constant de mand for more and better schoolhouses, all of which increases public expenses. "The total bonded Indebtedness of Portland, including water, bridge and improvement bonds, is 128.000,000. Of this amount about S7.000.000 is charge able to the water department, S7.000.000 for bridges. City Hall and other Im provements, and $15,000,000 In Improve ment bonds. The water department takes care of its bonds, except J 1.250. - 000. which is a burden on the general taxation. 'When you consider that Los Angeles, Cal.. Issued $28,000,000 bonds alone for Its water plant you can get some idea what other cities are doing in that line. - . "It was only in recent years that any attempt was made to provide for the payment of these bonds by means of a sinking fund, the first real effort In that direction being made under ex- Mayor Rushlight's administration. It is unfortunate that all the city bonds are long-time bonds and cannot be paid off until they mature. If the bonds had been serial and such as could have been paid off out of the sinking fund, the city would have saved many mil- Hone of dollars." Conaolldatioa Is Suggested. Mr. Barbur said that Portland pays 93 per cent of all taxes of Multnomah County,, and that great economy might be effected by consolidating the city and county governments and doing away with duplication of offices and expenses. He said, however, that the consolidation of Portland and Mult nomah County would result in many complications, but that if territory out side of Portland could be lopped off, the problem would be simplified, but what to do with this territory was the question to be decided. Mr. Barbur ex pressed the opinion that all these dlf ficultles in the way of consolidation would be solved and consolidation ef fected In time. He answered many questions, espe cially about the increase in the health department, in which there are now 40 employes. After a careful survey of the situation, the Auditor expressed the opinion that there should be a. reduc tion In taxes for the ensuing year. DETENTION HOME PLANNED Site Xot Chosen Yet bat Two Have Been Offered Free. Mayor Albee has commenced to work out definite plana for the proposed de tention home for women, to be erected somewhere near the city. It has not been decided whether one building or a series of buildings on the cottage plan will be recommended, but prob ably the latter. As soon as plans are completed ne gotiations will be made for a site, sev eral having been offered at what is considered a reasonable figure. Two sites have been offered tree. Two Divorces Granted. Two divorces, each on grounds of cruelty, were granted yesterday by Circuit Judge Cleeton. one to Mrs, Dessa Wetzel and the second to Mrs. Anna A. Reed. Judge Cleeton allowed Mrs. Reed to resume her maiden name. Anna A. Billings and directed her divorced husband. W. Reed, to pay her $15 monthly alimony Tor two years. Mrs. Wetsel was divorced from Lewis Wetsel, to whom she was married In Oakland, Cal., December 26. 1909. Enthusiastic Response The noticeable increase of patronage in the Arcadian Garden justifies our efforts iu pro curing the noted soprano, Mrs. Elfrieda II. Weinstein, who, assisted by Heller's Orchestra, aid in making the luncheon, dinner and 'after theater hours delightful. Go to Church Sunday Ik but also enjoy the splendid table d'hote din ner, served from 6 until 8 in the Arcadian Garden. Grand Concert in the lobbjv from 8:30 until 10. Mrs. Weinstein and Orchestra. After-Concert-Supper will be served in t he Garden from 10 until 12. Hotel Multnomah L. P. Reynolds, Asst. Mgr. HOTEL NAVARRE COIt. ELEVENTH AND ALDER ST9. New modern brick building, beauti fully furnished throughout. Outside rooms $1.00 a day up. MONTH. $15. $20. $25. with bath privilege. Rooms with private baths, $25. $30. $35. $40. Two rooms, with bath. $50. SPECIAL, SCMMKR HATES BY THE '1'. II. U'CO.'EIt, Msr. the East are to appear and present before the Spokane Chamber of Com merce a plan for community develop ment. The plans for routing travel through the cities of the Northwest in 1915 will be considered also at this meeting. Mr. Richardson will visit the University of Idaho and Washington State College before returning to Port- Pm lili lllllllllllll t w IDGSFKEAD interest In our special exhibit of ORIENTAL RUGS indicates encouraging progress locally in the study of this great art of the Far East. Our new stocks comprise wide assortments in selected pieces of every known Orient al carpet in both large and small sizes. The unique display in our show windows has proven in tensely interesting and will be continued all this week. OUR GUARANTEE goes with every rug. Thus, in mak ing a selection here you are absolutely sure of getting ex actly what you want and ex actly for what you pay. Tom Richardson to Visit Clubs. Tom Richardson will leave tonight for a trip to Idaho and Washington representing the Portland Commercial Club and the Oregon Development League at a series of promotion meet ings. The most Important of these is to be at Spokane, where experts from Largest Orleatal Rub; Dealers is the West. TE.XTII AND ALDER. 0 llllllllllll lllllllllllll c land. Tomorrow he will be in Lewis- ton, Tuesday in Moscow, Wednesday in Pullman and Thursday and Friday in Spokane. GEfrBEB ES EE t?!3 EB EB ESCBEB EB B4eiT fr-U lj: WHEN IN SEATTLE Make Your Hr quarters mt tit Hotel Savoy "Twrlve Gtorir u wild Comfort" A strictly fir proof, steal, cos crcto and mara: bonding- rlebt ts lbs ccour of ta city's sctlvltles within two mis. utss' walk ot tbsstsrs, s t o r s s d steam tbis wharves. tLKOl'f-tN PIA Ver Day Cp Ba-Sis $2 I'd f HOTEL 1 1STEWART1 SAU FRAtiOISCO Geary Street, above Union Square European Plan $1.50 a day up American Plan $3.50 a day up New steel and brick structure. Third sd. ditiou of hundred rooms now buUsios. Every modem cooveniescs. Moderate rates. Center of theatro nd retail dis trict. On carlines transferrins: all over City. DcctrisssuuBsiBsetetrahuaBasttasicr. jfl i Entire New Management. 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