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unique as well as artistic Eight-year-old
Loren Davidson's orange and black
basket was greatly admired, as was
the red and white jewel case by James
Sharkey, aged 12. Herbert Bolt exe
cuted a daring red trinket.
Boys Work Good.
Of the large Brooklyn display Mar
vin Grey bad the best basket, a dull
green and soft brown, artistically de
signed and splendidly woven, with, a
cover attached, and about six inches in
diameter. Black, red and straw-colored
was the unique 'vase made and
designed by Francis Gobler. It was
one of the best of its kind in the whole
248 pieces. Cecile Richie, a little
maid of 9 years, won honors for the
best basket made by a child under 12
years. Miss Jessie Millard, of the Li
brary, donated this prize.
The Campfire Girls helped to make
the event successful by coming in cos
tume and demonstrating the raffia
work. Miss Alta Armstrong, instructor
in the Hose City Park playground, had
charge of the exhibit and was assisted
by the other 13 playground supervisors.
CHILDRENS' PLAYGROUND RAFFIA
WORK IS EXHIBITED AfF. LIBRARY
MEN ACTIVE IN WORLD EVENTS
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Girls and Boys Alike Show Great Interest in Art and Submit Many Beautiful Designs for Judgment Rose City
Woman Resigns When Dr. David B. Johnson Wins. Presidency of National Education Association -of
Germany Believed to Favor America Portuguese President Takes Oath October 5.
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Park Wins Banner and Opal Karth Takes Individual Prize.
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PEW people realize that ail Summer
long numerous children have been
amused and enfployed in the city
playgrounds with the fascinating raf
fia art. Boys, as well as girls, have
reveled long hours in weaving strands
of grass into pretty designs. The
work is said by the instructors to
have been more anticipated and en
Joyed than any other form of play
ground diversion.
At the Central Library, the story
hour room has been visited by large
crowds of people to view the exhibi
tion of the best of the raffia work. To
this display 14 districts have contrib
uted their baskets. The playground
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instructors have acted as hostesses, and
Miss Gladys Brown, -of the Library, has
entertained the visitors by telling In
dia n legends in Indian costume.
A banner for the best display was
won by Rose City Park, which not only
had the largest collection, but was
judged as the best in originality and
design. The best basket was one by
Opal Karth, of Rose City Park. She
is 12 years old. Her exhibit was a
fairly large fruit basket of almost
perfect workmanship, substantial, but
with a dainty star design edge. The
prifce for this winner was given by J.
Lee Thompson, supervisor of thePort
land playgrounds.
A tiny tot of 3 years, who plays in
the Laurelhurst Park, had made a cute
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little trinket basket. A rich-looking
green and orange basket was the re
suit of the diligence of one little 7
year-old- One of the oddities of the
exhibit was a "Portland basket," by
Leota Bowers, who had cunningly
maneuvered so that the rose-colored
trimming on her little green basket
spelled Portland.
One of the most interesting features
of the exhibition was the work of the
boys, who delved as deeply into the
art as the girls. Their designs were
as a rule more original and their col
ors more daring. They put their in
ventive powers into their products and
made exceptionally useful articles.
Matchsafes were Cecile Riche's spe
cialty, and the article exhibited was
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After Week of Grief Over Dewth of
Pony, Squaw Xtecldes on Method
of Raising Funds.
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cial.) In her clucking Chinook,
Martha Alec, an old Indian woman, is
telling all her white friends of her
faith in the Columbia River Highway.
Martha believes that she is going to
be able to make much money from sales
of bead work, gloves and moccasins
to tourists who pass this way next
year, when the completed thoroughfare
is opened to Spring automobile traffic.
The old woman's last pony died three
weeks ago. After a week of deep ana
sincere grief for the departed cayuee.
Martha came to the city to determine
ways and means of obtaining a su
cessor to her combined saddle and pack
animal. She found from her guardia
George I. Slocom, that her funds were
low; that but a small supply of warn
pum would be left after the proposed
purchase. A white friend proposeo. the
manufacture of beadwork, and after
the scenic highway and its hoped-for
hundreds of tourists were carefully ex
plained, the old- woman's enthusiasm
knew no bounds. She has already be
gun work on her stock or novelties.
HUGE BUG HELD BY ROPE
If FlTe-Ponnd AVeielvt and Bonds
Hold, Biologist Will Study It.
PHILADELPHIA Sept. 5. In a yard
at Fifty-second street and Girard ave
nue Is a six-inch bug held prisoner by
a rope tied around its body and fast
ened to a five-pound weight. It's some
bug. if, you believe the description fur
nished by Joseph Connors. J?Tity-nrtn
street, above Thompson, who is some
thing of a bUKologist and helped to
hog-tie it after its capture.
It's got a head like a rattlesnake,
the description goes, and its back is
light green. The breast is light red,
one of its two pairs of wings is brown
and the other black. It is well equipped
with legs, having one pair at what
seems to be its neck and the others
distributed along the rest of it3 six
inch length.
Mr! Bug was captured last night in a
fruit store at Fifty-second street and
Girard avenue. It created consterna
tion in the store, snarling and snapping
like the proverbial mad dog (so some
witnesses said), but was finally sub
dued by a clerk, who threw a burlap
bag over it.
Professor Horning, the city's bug-
ologist. who has been busy chasing
mysterious bugs in West Philadelphia
the last week or two. will give it the
"once over" provided the five-pound
weight hold3 the bug long enough.
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DR. DAVID B. JOHNSON Is the new
head of the National Educational
Bureau. He was elected In oppo
sition to Miss Grace Strachan, of
Brooklyn, and as a result of the con
test Miss Strachan and six other New
York teachers resigned from the as
sociation. The meeting-, which has
just closed, was held at Oakland, Cal.
Dr. Johnson Is the head of the Win
throp Normal and Industrial College at
Rock Hill, N. C.
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Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
is credited with having brought about
Germany's offer to meet the views of
the United States on submarine war
fare as it affects the lives of neutrals.
He is reported co have fought for the
acceptance of tho American contention
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against the opposition of Admiral von
Tirpitz, the head of the German Navy.
It is rumored that Gne of them wHl re
tire from the German cabinet as the
result of the controversy.
Senor Bernardino Machado, who was
recently elected President of the Portu
guese Republic, will take the oath cf
office October 5, the anniversary of the
proclamation of tho Republic of Port
ugal. Senor Machado was elected by
the National Assembly and will hold
office for four years. He was formerly
Premier and Minister of the Interior.
Admiral W. S. Benson is the new
Chief of Opex-atlons of the United States
Navy. The position, newly created,
corresponds to positions in the British
and German navies.
Reports come from Petrograd that
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there may be a new Premier appointed
soon and one of the names prominently
mentioned i that of Nicolai t Khom
yakoff. He has been president of the
Duma.
John D. Long la reported seriously
ill at his home in Hingham, Mass. He
has been Governor of Massachusetts
and Secretary of the Navy and has been
prominent in Republican politics in his
state and in the National campaigns for
more than 26 years.
A Natural Expression.
Judge.
Rosemary A French actress who 13
touring this country says all men are
prevaricators.
Thorton She probably judges the
entire male sex by her own press
agents.