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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1914)
BUOYANT OMAR CHANGES EASILY TO PHILOSOPHER Guy Bates Post's Characterizations of Persia's Mystic Poet Pass Quickly Prom Youth to Man of Affairs in "Omar, the Tentmaker." Gary . WHEN lovers of the Rubaiyat pic ture for themselves In their mind's p a nhvslcal materiali sation of Omar Khayyam singer of red-wine and the rose," they almost invariably imagine a youthful figure, buoyant, high-spirited, with poetic features. - Thus It is natural that these same persons and devotees of the Rubaiyat are legion should fancy that In trans ferring Omar Khayyam to the stage, as has been done by Richard Walton Tully in "Omar the Tentmaker," the central figure would be, in all es sential details, the creature of their Imagining. This Is true to a certain extent, for the Omar Khayyam represented by Mr. Tully Is, during the earlier scenes of the play. Just such a Jovial, keen-spirited young man as everybody expeots to find, but Mr. Tully goes many steps further than this, for the action of the play covers a period of nearly 60 years, and during this extended course the poet is shown not only as a young man, but also as a middle-aged singer, and near the close of the play as a white-bearded philosopher. These three widely different ma terialisations of the merry-souled poet never fail to arouse much enthusiasm from his devotees, who find much pleasure in becoming acquainted with an Omar who Is different from the one they have always pictured to them selves, although at the same time they are not denied the gratification of see ing the youthful Omar as they imag ined him. From the foregoing It may be seen that the actor who Interprets the poet in "Omar the Tentmaker" must be, among many other things, a past mas- the sweet te"" ln the art of make-up. That Guy .Dates rosi wnu euana mo nww of the play,' more than meets the quali fications is stating the case mildly. Not only does he completely submerge his own features in his various ma terializations as Omar, but he presents the various ages of the poet with un erring subtlety and with a keen dif ferentiation that are almost astound ing. So completely different does Mr. Post make the appearance of Omar at various ages that few spectators recog nize the actor at his entrance until they are able to Identify him through the dialogue. Mr. Post's picturesque "make-ups" do not cease with the al teration of his facial expression and aspect, but transcend the entire figure. Even the walk of the middle-aged Omar is as different from the nimble gait of the youthful poet as roses are from cherry-blossoms. This subtlety of delineation manifests itself in Mr. Post's every gesture, movement and expression. As to the manner in which Mr. Post achieves these entirely different look ing personages, little definite can be said. However, each age of Omar is the result of painstaking and strenu ous activity on the part of the actor. In fact, some of the character changes are so complicated and extensive that Mr. Post does not have time to repair to his dressing-room, but has to make them in an especially constructed cabi net always placed handy to the wings to avoid any chance of his missing his entrance cues. DEADLY POISON USED TO WIPE OUT TARNISH BUG Potassium Cyanide Eradicates Pest, Says Florist, but Must Not Be Used on Any Food Plants for Fear of Killing Consumer. BY EDGAR W. ETAHL. DID you ever see a tarnish plant bug? If you have to do with out-of-door plant life you probably have seen many of them, even if you did not know what they were. Seen with the naked eye, they are of a grayish brown dolor, with almost gauze like wings, from one-fourth to three eighths of an inch long. The young bug Is yellowish-green on its back and wings, with a darker green color on the under side of the body. Seen through a magnifying glass the ma ture bug is most beautiful in color, re sembling somewhat the effect of a thin coating of oil on water, reflecting all the colors of the rainbow. But the under part of the bug's head is hide ous. It is shaved something like that of an ant hog, having a barrel-shaped projection running to a point, with which It is able to bore into a plant with great rapidity. It also has a sucker, or proboscis, something like that of a mosquito, with which it sucks the life-giving juices from the heart of the plant. The eyes protrude far from the head and run in a half-moon shape from the top of the head to the under side, enabling it to see :n most di rections without moving. Senalns; Man Indicated. The bug is very difficult to capture, as it is able to sense the presence of man six to ten feet away. It is very quick of action. Jumping like a flea or flying with the swiftness of a sparrow. Its color is such that it is difficult to trace its flight for any dis tance, as It seems to melt into the air and disappear. Very little is known of this bug ex cept among professional florists, seeds men, nurserymen and expert growers of fine vegetables, who dread its ap pearance, generally In June, and who have used every known means for its ex termination, apparently without avail. It has seemed immune to every pest eradlcator. This bug works like a thief in the night and the damage done is gener ally attributed to other causes. With cucumbers, for example, the bugs suck the sap from the buds or growing points, stunt them and sometimes kill them. When new shoots come out nearer the root they meet the same fate. They do not eat the leaves, but get to the heart of the plant, generally at the growing point or in the bud. either just before or immediately after blooming. If your cabbage will not "head," nine times out of ten it has been stung by the tarnish planet bug or fly. Your to matoes blossom but fail to produce fruit Tou attribute this failure to poor soil, too much or too little water or poor variety, when in truth the tarnish bug is responsible, having sucked the Photograph of Tanrishe Plant Bag, Enlarged Ten Time. f i sap from the forming fruit and pois oned your plant, just as a mosquito sucks your blood and poisons you at the same time. Many other vegetables share the same fate as those men tioned. " Flower Plant Suffer. The tarnish bug, or fly. seems to be very fond of many flower plants. As ters sufTer to a terrible extent from this pest Even after the plant has small blooms the bug will work on them, stinging small holes In the bloom and getting to the heart of the plant. An article in the Florists' Review, a standard publication, recognized as an authority among florists, seedsmen and nurserymen, states: "Aster plants once badly bitten by this bug are practically worthless. The bite or sting seems to be poisonous and dwarfs or stunts the plant. Generally speaking, one will get some flowers from these dwarfed plants, but of an inferior quality. We have tried various methods to eradicate this pest air slacked lime, whale oil soap, kerosene emulsion, tobacco extract, tobacco dust, mothballs, etc. All these frighten off or kill some of the bugs, providing you can persuade the bug to remain until you can get the remedy on him. These flies, or bugs, are up and away almost cr. your approach, or if they do re main are so hidden under the broad top leaves that It Is next to impossible to find them or get the spray on them." The tarnish bug is very partial to chrysanthemums. It works on the top or growing part of the plant where the heart is easily accessible. Here Its work is quickly discernible. The top will turn gray, under side of leaves turn up and the head or top wilt and droop. If you will pull the leaves back from the stock you will find a small hole in the stock Just above where the u.r in' nnan the stock with a knife and you will find a hollow stem, the heart sucked out, and tne urne-iiKe outer covering of the heart turned al most black. The effect of this bug's work is 'almost identically the same on all other plants, Including beets, turnips, etc. Government's Efforts Fall. For years the United States Depart ment of Agriculture has been endeavor ing to eradicate this bug, spending much time and money to this end, with out avail. Quoting again from the Florists' Review: "The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that the tarnish plant bug in 60 years has caused, a loss considerably in excess of $350,000,000 to American farmers." Six million dol lars a year loss! Truly a tidy sum. For years A. Hallett who has a green house at Seventy-ninth street and Forty-fifth avenue Southeast, has been experimenting with sprays and devices to eliminate the loss occasioned by this pest. Until recently his efforts have met with little or no success. But as Is often the case, the most simple remedy, within reach of everyone, has proven to be most effective. In fact, it is almost impossible to find a tarnish bug in his beds of asters and chrysan themums, where, only a fev weeks ago, there were millions and millions. He not only got rid of the tarnish bug, but grasshoppers, which this season have invaded his beds from surrounding fields by thousands, have entirely dis appeared, unable to withstand the ef fects of this deadly spray. In giving this spray to the public Mr. Hallett warns users of Its deadly poisonous nature and against use on plants thtt may be eaten as food, as the leaves probably would retain suf ficient quantities to cause the death of the consumer. Potassium Cyanide Used. Mr. Hallett procured a one-pound can of potassium cyanide, costing ordinarily 50 cents. To one quart of boiling water he added three heaping teaspoonfuls of the cyanide and one pound of brown sugar, pouring the boiling water over the cyanide and sugar, using an earthen vessel. When thoroughly mixed he added sufficient cold water to make two gallons. This will spray a solid bed of asters 50 by 50 feet and, of course, a much larger area where vegetables or flower plants are planted further part. Thus a one-pound can of cyanide and. 30 pounds of sugar would make 60 gallons of spray, which Is surely a cheap method of getting rid of this pest. This spray should be contained in earthenware vessels. All plants should be sprayed, ln the early evening, when the plants are dry, that they may absorb all the mixture pos sible, as the bug does not eat the out side of the plant but draws from the heart, which, if full of the drug, gets to the tarnish bug, who, heretofore, has lived and thrived on plants the outside of which have been covered with deadly sprays. The cyanide is extremely penetrating, drawing the sweetness of the sugar into the plant, mixing it with the juices, affording a pleasant taste for the bug and exit tarnish plant bug. Mr. Hallett says that the bugs pass the Winter in thick bunches of clump formine grasses and in waste places and that the burning of dry grass, leaves and rubbish of all kinds on the martrins of woods and nelds win ao much to eliminate the spread of the bugs, as the spray will not reach them In such places. MARKET BODY ORGANIZED Producers and Patrons of Alberta- Street Mart Unite. Producers and patrons of the East Twenty - third - Alberta street public market organized yesterday morning with 20 members and elected G. Shep perd president; Theodore Brown, vice president; Mrs. Mary Brown, secretary; Mrs. Josephine Sharpe, treasurer. John W. Matthews and these officers com pose the executive committee of the market association. A committee from the Alberta Wom en's Club haB conducted the market. It Is expected that the membership will be enlarged from time to time. One object of the new association is to develoD a market for children and women of the neighborhood. Some spe cial booths have been erected for their use south of Alberta street "CABIRIA," PHOTOPLAY, IS OF HISTORIC VALUE Strenuous Period of Rome-Carthage War in Third Century, B. C, Por trayed in Films to Be Exhibited Here. CONCERT AT KENILW0RTH Municipal Band's Programme for This Afternoon Announced. The Municipal Band, Charles L. Brown, director, will play the follow ing programme at Kenilworth Park this afternoon at 3 o'clock: March. "Old Comrades"...:... Teika Overture, "Oberon" von Vv eber Duo for cornets. "Alonarcn Jr-oma- v.non Messrs. Evani and Livingston. Grand fantasle, "Carmen" Bizet intermission. Entre acte et valse, "Coppella" Delibss Selection. "Bonnie Scotland"... Catlln Oriental danse, "Des Sultanes" ' i'ouak-Janieis Excerpts from "Adele" Briquet Patrol. "U. S. A." reo The Monday concert will be at South Parkway. T ImSnMficSnHKHMBMLlnfnft - ' --ffll Se HnHnHs Vf3Wr?&sM pr 'r-'' :.-WBpmP ' HE ' .. - -:MlHfc8fflff ,? & Wm b HAROELLIXA BBAXCO AS "CABIRIA." j -1 "C ABIRIA." the great motion pic ture tableaux to be first puD llcly shown in Portland at the Hellig Theater, Broadway at Taylor street, on August 9, is designed to in terest all students of ancient history. The time of this vast photo spectacle is in the third century, B. C, when Rome and Carthage were at war. The final success of Rome was followed by the consolidation of the Roman Em pire, which, shortly before the Chris tian era, probably reached the apogee of its greatness. In the film an attempt is made, and successfully, to show life as it was 9 :.. .1. .t.uniinlta tltYIOfl Mi S - IIVCU 111 L1IVOC Dtlliuu". ....... torical characters such as Scipio, Han nibal, Arcnimeaes ana otner 6ii.oi rlors and personages of the time are featured. The Greek philosopher. Archimedes, is shown utilizing me xnwoi- nf th nun for the purpose of creating conflagration. He burned up the Roman rieet oy nxing ine ooiai 1 txj O 1. 1 ' ' I . Mav - knows that a double convex glass pos sesses tne power oi cunccnuouiis i . va.fc t-i'birti,-ilrs wis ornb- ably the first to discover this fact. The picture is one, tnererore, mat, dbsiucj I its tremendous spectacular and tragic I Interest, has a high educational value. It shows real history on the screen. It shows the people of Rome and Car thage as they lived at that period. The producers of the film referred to re liable historical records for their facts. There is no anachronism in the pic ture; every detail is faultless. , A tender love interest which starts at the beginning of the picture is main tained all through the two hours and 40 minutes required In exhibiting the picture. A little girl, "Cabirla." Is rescued from sacrifices to the God Moloch by a chivalrous Roman patri cian. The patrician goes to fight in the battles of the Roman Republic. Nevertheless, he is true to the senti ment which the beautiful little girl has inspired in him. He saves her from destruction and molestation at the hands of the furious high priest, and, finally, when the storm and carnage of the great epoch clear away, he takes the beautiful girl to his home in Rome as his bride. His Fidus Achates is a collosal slave who helps him to pre serve the girl. This slave's devotion to his patrician master furnishes one of the most pathetic episodes in the spectacle. NOVEL ACT AT OAKS Jessie Bell Brings Machinery by Ton for Spectacle. "GIRL ON WORLD" TITLE Portland Missionary Dies In Hawaii. C. . Gesell, of 118 Third avenue. Lents, has received word of the death of his daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Gesell Lamb, July 22, at Honakas, Hawaiian Islands. Mrs. Lamb had been engaged In missionary work there for nine years. Her mother, Mrs. C. L. Gesell, president of the Lents Parent-Teacher Association, was with Mrs. Lamb at the time of her death. Mrs. Lamb is sur vived by her husband, Fred Lamb, an infant son, and a sister. Miss Ruth Gesell, of Lents. Mili tar j Funeral Held. Funeral services of Frank Fallon, who was drowned last Sunday, were held Wednesday morning from St. Francis Church at Fast Pine and East Twelfth streets. Rev. Father J. H. Black officiated. Fallon was 20 years old and a member of the Oregon Naval Militia. Music was furnished by the cruiser Boston's band. A firing squad attended at Mount Calvary Cemetery, a volley was fire over the grave and military taps was sounded. Lost Watch Identified The gold watch found by Miss Anna Tierney, one of the Rose Festival maids of honor, at The Oaks was identified yesterday by C. C. Richards, 170 First street. Mr. Richards said he had lost the watch at the park a week ago and had given up all hope for Its return. Friday morning he read in The Ore gonlan an account of Miss Tlerney's find. Yesterday he Identified the prop erty. "I'm a firm believer in advertis ing now," declared Mr. Richards gratefully. Investment Firm Forms. Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by H. H. Urdahl Company, with a capital stock of $1000. Its pur pose is to engage ln a general invest ment business. Incorporators are Hal vor H. and Louis J. Urdahl and Syd ney Wood. Young Woman Travels From Chi cago Specially to Fill Engage ment Golden West Quartet Also Is Feature at Park. Two carloads of effects, a battery of motion picture machines, another of floods and spotlights, three tons of machinery and scenery and drops ga lore will be utilized by Jessie Bell & Co. in presenting a new and unique electrical spectacle, "The Girl on the World," at the Oaks Amusement Park today. Miss Jessie Bell travels with her own electricians and stage staff, which will be required in addition to the stage hands at the Oaks amphitheater. The concluding and most striking part of Miss Bell's performance comes nHtti thA finntine of a a-isantic sphere. on which she is perched, through clouds I and past planets and stars. The act requires heavy apparatus of a special nature. Miss Bell traveled from Chicago to Portland specially to play this engagement. The Golden West Quartet, a colored organization, will sing darkey melodies and give a number of choral airs. The Golden West Quartet is heralded as be ing of unusual merit. Motion pictures have been added again ,to the bill. Special programmes have been ar rangeed today at the swimming pavil ion and there will be a number of ex hibition swims and dives. Concerts will be given every after noon and evening by McElroy's band. A number of special picnic parties are planned by different organizations during the week. MEETINGS WELL ATTENDED Bishop Horn Today's Speaker at River View Camp. JENNINGS LODGE, Or., Aug. 1. (Special.) Attendance at the camp meeting and conventions of the Evan gelical Association at River View Camp Grove, in this place, was larger today than at any time so far. Many auto mobiles came with families from Ore gon and Washington. Bishop William Horn delivered a short address this morning. The restaurant is ln opera tion for the benefit of campers. Rlshnn Horn will sneak three times Sunday. He preaches in English at 11 A M. and at 2 P. M. he will deliver an address in German. At 3 P. M. he will speak on "Progress of the Refor mation." Mnndav at 1:4 1 P. M. the services of th Wnmpn's Missionary Society con vention will be opened with an ad dress by Mrs. J. Emmell. "Hope of the H-ntnm" in the subject of the address by Mrs. Nettle Myers. "Keynote of Ef ficiency" will be discussed. Sho w Cases and Fixtures for Sale The Holtz Store 5th and WashingtoiiSts. HOLTZ Closing Out Dress Trimmings at l2 Price Dressmakers will reap a rich harvest in savings this week at the Holtz Store. Entire stock of Braids, Ap pliques, Bands, Edgings and Trimmings of all kinds are offered for sale in order to close y Dgo out the stock as quickly as possible at I llCC $2 Table Linens, 98c Yard Housekeepers note this: We are selling this heavy, all pure linen Table Damask, 72 inches wid!, at less than wholesale cost. A fine variety of neat patterns to select from. We are anxious to close this department out quickly; QQr hence the sacrifice; $2.00 values at, yd. OC Closing Out Wash Goods Values to $1 OA I $L50 Values C A Priced Now at JC Priced Now at OuL Choice of this season's High-grade White and best Wash Fabrics in Colored Wash Dr ess wanted colorings, Ra Goods in Ratines, Crepes, tines, Voiles, Crepes, Bro- etc., the kind sold regn cades, Silk and Cotton larly up to $1.50 yard; to Mixtures, etc., OA j clse out Vdsly rQ white and colors LOK jl we price them, yd. JUL Selling Out Dinner Sets at $3.19 Beautiful Gold Band Dinnrjtetsjrf 42 piecefi-: 6 Dinner Plates, 6 Pie Plates, 6 Cups, 6 Saucers, 6 Fruits, 6 Individual Butters, 1 Platter, 1 Baker, 1 Vegetable Dish, 1 Sugar (2), 1 Cream Pitcher; a great big $600 value; in do 1 A this great closing-out sale at, the Set Selling Out Bedding $2.25Blankets$.25j $LS0 Pillows OC Pair flnlv L Each at Onlv CJtv the Pair, Only 100 pairs of extra large, heavy cotton fleeced Bed Blankets in white and i gray with coloredbor- i ders; $2.25 values, a pair $1.25 Each at Only Large Bed Pillows, filled with 3y2 pounds of genu ine dry -picked quilless feathers; best art tick covering; $1.50 values, priced, ea. 85c SellingOut Rubber Goods $2.00 Fountain Syringes now priced only $1.19 $2.65 Combination Bottle and Syringe at $1.49 $1.25 Rectal Syringes now marked down to 35 85cAmizers 35 Rubberized Bath Caps 25 CHURCH WORKERS TO MEET Sunday School Iiea-ders of Clarke County to 'Discuss Problems. RIDEGFIEL.D, Wash.. Aug-. 1. (Spe cial.) The annual convention of the Clarke County Sunday schools will be h.i. vear at Kldseiieio on au- gust 24 and 25. Some of the most prominent state workers, including George T. Pratt and William G. Moore, will be ln attendance and will deliver addresses. About 30 schools through out the county will send delegates to the two-day session, at which all de nominations will be represented. The programme Is now being arranged. The Sunday schools of this county are divided Into districts. Rev. Ernest YOUNG WOMAN WHO PRESENTS NOVEL ELECTRICAL SPECTACLE, WORLD," AT THE OAKS. "THE GIRL ON THE MISS JESSIE BEl.l.. t J Bates, paator nf the Ktrst Methodist Episcopal Church Mere. Is president In this district, and Alfred C. Allen Is sec retary. This will lie the first rnunty Sunday school convention ever held ut Hldgefleld. POLITICAL RALLY IS SET All Candidates May Plead Causes nt Orchards Meeting. VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 31 (Spe cial.) Elaborate preparations are be ing made by the electors at Orchards and Slfton for what promises to be an unusual event to be held In the Or chards Grange Hall Friday, August 7. beginning by dinner at noon. All of tho candidates, politicians, boosters, members of the Vancouver Commercial Club and the Ladles' Aux iliary have been Invited to attend tho grand union political rally. Governor Lister Is expected to be present to de liver an address, and all of the f0 randidiites will be given a chance to plead their causes. rilodnrr Kstnte Probate.!. An Inventory and appraisement of the estate of the late Wllllsm Flledner was filed In Probate Court yesterday by the executor, W. Louis Fllodner. The Inventory shows property valued at 1308,304.86. of which the chief Items are real estate, as follows: Lot i, block 8CVi. Portland. 340.000; lots 3 and 4. block 254, Portland. 3230.000: lots 3 and 4, block 3. Salisbury Hills, $13.- 000: lot 2, block 1, Mi-adcwl:ind, $1000: lots 1$ and 20, Smithson's addition to East Portland. $1000. Vancouver Mill to Start. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. I. (Spe cial.) The DuBois Lumber Company, which has been closed for repairs and to wait for additional orders, will prob ably bt ready to reopen about Au gust 5. i