TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JANUARY 24, 1915.
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PLAIN "MR. AND MRS." IS
PREFERRED BY DANCERS
Douglas Crane, Artist, and Ira Payne, His Happy Little Wife, Win Plaudits
Enroute to San Francisco, Their Adopted Home.
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BY UDO.N'E CASS B.VER.
IT Isn't particularly domestic felicity
tbat causes the Douglas Cranes to
bill themselves according to the way
they sign their names on hotel reg
isters. Truth to tell, they are married
liappily, and to' each other, but they
had no intention of advertising it when
they first became famous as Mr.-and
Mrs. Douglas Crane. But they had to
vrite It that way.
The combination of Mrs. Crane's pro
fessional name, the one ehe had won
recognition in and which had been pro
grammed much in P-astern theatricals,
flid not fall musically on the ear when
placed side by side in print, with the
name that rightfully belongs to Mr.
Crane. Not only did the two names
refuse to hobnob artistically, but they
even brought smiles and promoted a
tendency to pun-making. For instance,
how would this strike your fancy?
"Douglas Crano and Iva Payne?" Not
alone the rhyme, but the subtle sug
gestion in Mrtt. Cranes name, Iva
I'ayne. See? Anyway, the Cranes per
ceived plainly, so they billed them
selves as we know them.
Mr. Crane almost gnashed his per
fectly fine white teeth when I re
marked that he was as alike William
Faversham. in an exterior decorative
way, as W. Faversham was like him
self. Naturally Mr. Crane, being orig
inal in all else he does, has private
ideas of looking only like Doughs
Crane, and one can't blame him. I
pointed out that Mr. Faversham is
very handsome man and a very fine
actor, Mr. Crane said yes that Faver
Cham is a good actor.
Uanaeuse Would Be Actress.
And the fascinating, slender Mrs.
Douglas Crane Australian by birth
and San Franciscan by adoption has
more plans and big ambitions in her
pretty little head than many a big man
She wants to do dramatic art, not alone
dancing, alth-ough she wants never to
leave off doing the interpretative
dances that have brought her success.
Mrs. Crane is a living refutation of the
theory that a good dancer must begin
in almost babyhood, or, at the least.
under 12 years, to dance. She was 20
she's only two or three years more
now before she ever danced. Not even
the waits and two-step did she know.
Always she had loved to dance little
made-up steps, but an old grandfather,
to whom .she owed everything, was
strictly opposed to her endeavors. At
his death, having no obligations, ehe
went to New York and had a few ar
sons. Immediately she was engaged
for Otis Skinner's big production of
Kismet," originating the role of the
dancing girl in that colorful drama.
It was while she was in New York
that she met Mr. Crane, an artist whose
miniature and portrait painting Is
known in the largest American art
renters. He had graduated from the
Ileatherly Art School, which had earlier
turned out our recent distinguished I
visitor, Forbes-Robertson, a most ex
cellent painter.
Mr. Crane had visited Portland as
the guest of Dr. E. DeWitt Connell,
and while here painted portraits of
Mrs. Connell, little Jane Hogue, the
daughters of Judge Carey, Ann Ditch
burn, Leila Shelby (now Mrs. Frank
G. Owen) and Helen Goode (now Mrs.
Pietro Morosini. of New York City).
Mrs. Gay Lombard and others. After
he returned to his New York home .he
met the little dancing sprite, Iva Payne,
at a studio tea. They were wed and
went to San Francisco on their honey
moon tour. There they were the first
to inaugurate thes dansants, and, hav
ing a social position of their own, the
Cranes became instantly the dancing
rage. . . ,
Ioss of Sweet Play Regretted.
Fred Belasco starred Mrs. Crane In
Louise Closser Hale's delicately pretty
play, Tier Soul and Her Body, and
sent a company into Southern Cai
fornia after a week's tremendous sue
cess in San Francisco. The role Mrs.
Crane played is one that permitted her
to give her dance Interpretations,
well as an opportunity to display the
dramatic genius she certainly pos
sesses. But the play was too sweet and
simple and nice. The craze for dirt and
filth and muck-raking of the under
world was on, and so the clean, nice
story was laid away in lavender with
memories, and many tears falling from
the 1aig, wide .-blue eyes of the little
Crane girl.
"But some day." she said wistfully,
"I'm going to revive it. I'll put
punch in it, and a few of the things
the public wants, and while it won'
be my sweet, lovely play any more,
will be what the public imagines
wants."
The Cranes are crazy over San Fran
Cisco. They talked about it incessant
ly. completely disregarding the code
that in interviews it is considered eth
ical to praise no city but the one you
happen-to be playing.
"We've made a little Tipperary par
ody to sins for an encore provided
always there is an encore," said Mr.
Crane. "Here it is," and he recited
"It's a long" way to San Francisco,
It's a long way to come:
But we've come back tc San Francisco,
the place that we call home.
Good-bye, New York City,
And the Middle West so bare.
We've come back to San Francisco
And the 1915 fair."
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Mr. Crane has designed a wonderful
California poppy dress, all yellow and
soft green, to wear during their ex
Dosition engagement for these two
are the only and original Pan-Amer
ican dancers. They lett last nignt tor
the citv that has been so good to them,
thn citv of their first big success, the
land of faithful friends of their hon
eymoon memories, the city they call
home.
WAR HORRORS TOLD
German Soldiers Wish Conflict
Would Cease.
DEVASTATION IS COMPLETE
Xo Fires Allowed In Trenches, Writes
Brother or Paul SleinmeU, Por
traying ntlfnl Condition or
People In Warring Countries.
One of the Most interesting letters
received from a soldier lias come to
raul Steinmetz, manager of the Port
land Cutlery & Barbers Supply Com
pany, from hU brother Feter, who wm
on the fighting line between Lao I and
Ieinne on Christinas, the day the let
tor was written. The letter was writ
ten in the trenches and describes the
horrors of war vividly. It is as fol
lows:
Oraonnc. Dwrnlwr 25, 1D14, (Between
jLaol and Keinne) I have been away from
rme 17 weeks and have had during that
time many unuwl experiences. At first
wo had n easy time: then we were guard
ing the railroads at !..; e, in Belgium, but
for the last seven weeks we have been In the
firing trenches. e lik like earth dif
fers. We iret cold, wet, then dry again. Our
treth chatter at time, but we do not be
come seriously ill. We have been at this
one placo for the past 14 days. We .hold
the south entrance to this city. This por
ttlon of the city Is one mass or ruins, and
Kt a single inhabitant lias remained.
I have seen many burned and destroyed
tons. but none so completely devastated
m this one. The poor people are to be
pitied The mahogany, and exquisitely
carved antique furniture, pianos, etc.; which
bad not iten destroyed by the shrapnel and
fire, have been used to build barricades.
Bedding and quilts, which were left, have
Wn dragged into the deep caves and cel
lars where we sit when we are relieved
from the firing trenches. Here we try to
find rest and. some . protection from th
hrapnel.
Flrea Allowed. 1
Durlnff the daytime we cannot build any
fire In these caves, for wheru the French
sco imoki rising they, send a cannon bail.
Constantly these beasts howl their terrible
naitEi over our heads, and where they
ctT-iirA Tin trrfmH remains.
One of these, at BeuconvIUe, six kilo
meters north from here, where we were in
the trenches for lour weeKS, Kiueo. 10
ar,H wnnnrifwl ltL To see the mangled dead.
and to hear the cries of the wounded was
horrible. In the trenches we are reasonaoiy
safe from the infantry fire of the enemy,
because they can only hit you by shooting
through sight holes. Sometimes during the
night time a severe Infantry fire Is kept up
to d rev out an attacK xrom w opposing
Our position at BauconvlIIe was taken
under heavy flrinc. One imagined then
there was a living hell before him. The
-tfi. nnH machine bum aave rasld fire:
tho cannon bellowed incessantly; shrapnel
exploded so that you co-uld not hear your
own voice. One msn of our company lost
his hearine and became insane. One cannon-ball
struck immediately in the rear of
the trench where I was standing, nuriea me
Mnd & comrade against tne wan ana mrew
-nr-t avi- 11 At first we could not hear,
snd during the entire day we had a ringing
in our ears, hut this cannon-ball did no fur
ther damage.
Graves Are Everywhere.
in our cqpipany, to the present time, the
losses have been few, but other companies
hv icuffered severely. Wherever you I00K
you see graves, generally of troops here
before us. Oscaslonally the bodies are not
completely buried, and one can see tho feet
nr-nrruriln'? from the trrounn. Ahead of us.
between our trenches and those of the
enemv. are lying a large number of the
bodies of Frenca soldiers. Some oz tnem
have been there, unburied. for seven
eight weeks. The decaying corpses fill the
air with pestilence. These soldiers were
killed wlicn attempting tu storm our trench
the bodies of some of them -are hanging to
the barbed wire entanglements stretcnea
around our barricade.
It is sad to think that some of these poor
fellows were but severely Injured and only
after days of suffering, like abandoned
wounded animals, had to die. One can see
that some of them even attempted to
bandage their 0 ri wounds. Why do not
those people consent to an armistice of two
hours, so they can remove their dead and
wounded? To our left, a few nights ago.
tho French attempted to storm our trenches,
but were repulsed. In the counter attack,
we took their trenches.
Some of the enemy a trenches are only
150 meters from us. Besides French, there
is also one regiment of Trenegals (Turcos).
Those black fellows creen up durinjr the
night time close to our position. Night be-1
fore last our outpost (consisting of three
men stationed from 50 to $0 yards In front
of our trenches) were overpowered by the
Turcos and one of our men was taken
prisoner.
Little Sleep soldier's Lot.
During the night we get little sleep. Bach
two hours one-half of us relieves the other
half at the firing places and frequently we
must all be there.
At Bauconville we were from 24 to 4S
hours constantly In the firing trenches, and
when we were relieved we tooK a rest xor a
day or two in our caves.
in tne nope mat tnis awiui nrama may
soon have an end, I greet you alL I
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tinuance of our January sale. .
See the wonderful bargains In fur
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A GREAT CARPET SALE!
Regular $1.50 and $1.60 Grade
Axminsters
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100-Piece Martin's Limoges
China Dinner Sets
In white and gold, regularly $47.50
Special $34.85
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( BucmeBt Salesroom.
We are clearing out our entire stock
of sewing machines at half price. See
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Machines regularly $25, $30, $35 and
$50, now just one-half!
Mexxanlne Floor
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The Home of Good Furniture
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COLLEGE SKIT WINS
"The Toastmaster" Pleases
St. Lawrence Parisliioners
AMATEURS ARE APPLAUDED
Ovntiniinus Round of neasure is
Kept Up by Merry Quips More
Than 500 Persons Present
to See Plar Given. .
'The Toastmaster" made, his debut
before more than BOO persons WedneS'
day evening, when the young people of
the St. Lawrence Dramatic Club enter
tained at the parish hall Jn this
anirhRble skit of college life. The
quips of the players were merry and
the performance was carried out with
out a hitch. , The play, . given for the
benefit of the poor of the parish, fol
lowed six weeRs or assiduous rehearsal
and cast much credit on the amateur
thespians and the management.
From start to finish the sKlt was
laughable success, the,- humor of the
ines being accentuated by the per
sonality of tho young actors. The
RESIDENT OP PORTLAND FOR
i-i YEARS IS DEAD.
Mm. Elizabeth A. Annley.
Sirs.' Elizabeth A. Ansley, who
died January 22, was born in
Abbeville, South Carolina, in 1843.
Mrs. Ansley came to- the Coast
In 1890 and had been a resident
of Portland since 1893. Her hus
band, John A. Ansley, died in
that year. She was a member of
the Third Presbyterian Church.
Seven children survive her.
They are James W., Jessie, Mar
tha, Ella and Septima Ansley, of
Portland; Hearst C. Ansley. of
St. Louis, Ho., and Mrs. W. G.
Bussell. of Magnolia, Ark. A
sister, Mrs. N. J. Henry, also sur
vive her. The funeral services
will be conducted at the family
residence, 1115 Senate street,
Laurelhurst, today, at 2 P. M.
Interment will be in Riverview
Cemetery.
audience represented many parishes of
the eity.
There were no long waits between
the acts, whilfi necessary delays were
filled by musical offerings. The Brox
quartet, composed of Abdon Neiss,
Stanley Kinnie, Patrick Fordney and
Edward Gunn, sung several selections
between the Jirst and second acts. Be
tween the second and third scenes the
audience was treated to violin selec
tions by Albert Crietz, Jr., who re
sponded to several encores. ,
Situation Are Perplexing;.
The farce was notable foi the
ludicrous situations produced. The
theme was based on the kidnaping of
the sophomore toastmaster by the
freshmen on the eve of the annual
banquet, and the ruses by which the
"sophs" finally recaptured their lead
er. The wiles of a woman were bound
up in the final success of the upper
classmen's efforts.
Not only was the play a dramatic,
but it was a financial success, for the
hall was crowded to overflowing, many
standing in the rear. The popularity
of the play has led to requests for its
repetition in the near future in other
parishes.
A humorous incident provoking mueh
amusement was the forcible ejection of
Walter Sheasgreen, who tried to heave
vegetables at the cast during ah in
termission. Robert E. Barrett, in the
leading role of Bill Morgan, and Fred
rick McKeown in the title role, pro
duced a continuous round of laughter.
Between the pranks of Buzzer, the lure
of the new servant, the admirers of
Cynthia, and the watchfulness of his
termagant wife, Ralston Clary, as pro
fessor Reed, was kept in hot water. It
was due to the resourcefulness of Bob
Kenmark, played by Charles TwitchelU
that the plot ended in happiness for all.
Surprise Dinner Given.
After the play a delightful surprise
was presented by Rev. Mr. Hughes, who
provided a turkey supper.
The orchestra consisted of Miss
Agnes Senn and Carl Senn, while the
cast was as follows:
Henry Beed. Archie McDonald
Tom Ripley John K. Stanton
Bill Morgan Robert E. Barrett
Towel Fairfax Frederick McKeown
Mrs. Reed Miss Ade Barnickel
Frofessor Reed Ralston J. Clary
jjuzzer Reed Albert Weller
Cynthia Miss Bernada Harry
Bob Kenmark Charles Twitcheli
George Mcintosh Abaon Neiss
WILD WEST UNIT ROUSES
FISHERS' GRANGB PROTESTS PART
OK COLUMBIA INTERSTATE-FAIR.
Attraction Used to Add to Success of
Clarke County Event Called In
jurious to Morals.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Fishers' Grange, which meets a
few miles east of Vancouver, did not in
any way like the Columbia River Inter
state Fair, in this city September 7 to
12. The wild West leature especially
was repulsive to the members, who
have adopted the following resolutions:
"The management of the Clarke
County Fair Association, acting upon
the presumption that an attraction
known as the "Wild West Show"
would add to the success of the last
fair, employed the Irwin Bros. Wild
West Show. We attended the fair
and were horrified at the brutality in
flicted upon helpless dumb animals by
representatives of the wild West show,
and further, that the deportment of
many members of the show was not
up to the standard we demand of our
boys and girls. We believe such ex
hibits doubly conspicuous when her
alded as record-breakers and prize
winners, are vicious and tend to de
grade instead of elevate moral stan
dards. "Therefore we condemn such attrac
tions and if there should be a repeti
tion, we shall hold the managing di
rectors responsible and withdraw our
support from the fair association."
The officers of the Clarke County As
sociation, which Btaged the recent fair,
were re-elected a few days ago.
A Bachelor's Observations.
, Exchange.
Observations by a single man: Most
men who have the reputation of being
devoted husbands are really henpecked
husbandB.
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tor the
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POWER PLANT IS RISING
Pile-Driving Completes Foundation
and Ridgeficld Poles Are Placed.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) A. B. Burcham and Company, a
pile driving contracting Arm of Kelso,
Wash., have completed the contract of
driving piles for a boiler foundation
at the Battle-McCIelland shingle mill
and power plant on Lake River. The
contractors left for Kelso, where simi
lar work will be done.
The Bratlie-McClelland Mill Company
is rushing the installation of the light
plant and have a large crew engaged
in the work, which is pretty well along
and is being hurried as fast as pos
sible in order to turn on the juice.
which probably will be about February
1. A large number of stores and resi
dences already are wired and the line
construction is well under way. The
poles Are being placed and the wire
strung under the supervision of S.
Ralph.
STOPS TOBACCO HABIT.
Elders' Sanitarium, located at 618
Main St., St. Joseph. Mo, has published
book showing the deadly effect of
the tobacco habit and Jiow it can be
topped in three to five days.
As they are distributing mis oook
free, anyone wanting a copy should
send their name and address, at once.
Adv.
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Exchange.
Much of the disappointment of this
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blamed much, jsaila .the pessimist, .
Ill:
Thousands of satisfied customers have availed themselves of the op
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at less than regular prices. With the war on and leather going up,
you will not have the opportunity soon again of buying THE BEST
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We want you to be one of the many to take advantage of our liberal
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