THE SUNDAY OKEGOMAX, TORTLAXD, JANUARY 13, 1918.
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Edited I3y JbsEPH Hacoueen
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PEOri.E who ask for mora .familiar
numbers on the I'ortland Symphony
Orrhstra proirrimmc will be fully
satisfied Sunday In the variety of
brlnht cheerful selection which have
len irrouped for the coming concert.
January 2 7. In the I'ortUnd Auditorium.
Delievlnjr la trie proper elimination of
the dolorous and aad types, only raualc
of a cheerful and Inspiring nature has
been chosen.
All the rich profusion of our own
Oreeon rosea with their riot of color
and perfume la ptcturrd In the beauti
ful waits number. "Southern Hoses." by
Strauss, which will be one of the popu
lar numbers.
Aa a wonderful exposition of Ori
ental splendor and riagnlf icence. with
Its vivid colorincs and sensuous
warmth Is depleted In Gounod s (treat
march, the "Grand Process lonaC from
his opera. "Duffn of Sheba."
Kubensteln s well-known "Kamenol
Oecrow." which has for years been on
the repertnirs of aspirins; youn plan.
IMS. will be heard In Its entirety and
beauty of adequate presentation, and
these, with Koesinl's overture to opera.
"William T-ll." and the rreat Tschal
kowsay's "Klfth Symphony." will make
Bp a most appealing programme.
After bis return to New York and
following his appearance In this city
the July music festival, his booklnc
manager asked Theo Karl to tell
something about the work of the fort
land Symphony Orchestra. "It Is s
mlchty ftne orchestra." said Mr. Ksrle.
"The East doesn't really know what
the West Is. The Portland Symphony
Orchestra la one of the beat orchestras
with which I have ever suns;. There Is
feeling of absolute assurance and en-
thus tasm which tots orchestra gives
the soloist he feels It Is with him
every minute." Consld-rlng; that Theo
Karle baa appeared with some of the
largest and flneat orchestras In this
country, and that his expression was
given to one who had never heard the
orchestra's work, the compliment paid
la of a very huh order.
FOIR roRTI.tD Mlir PEO-
ri-K AcrivK m cir-
RKYT KVE.VTS.
Gregor Cherniavsky. Russian
violinist, will give a recital un
der the auspices of the MacDow
ell dull, assisted by Mm. Thomas
farrlrk Burke, pianist. In the
Multnomah Motel Tuesday night.
Mrs. Beatrice Plerke, pianist,
played piano solos recently to
soldiers and sailors at the open
Ins: of the Army-Navy hut. Youni
Men's Christian Association
rooms.
Ml.s Flolse Anita Hall. so
prano. will sing Spanish tones
In Hose City Park ' Clubhouse
soon.
Mrs. Leah Iuser Hathaway,
soprano. First Unitarian Church
quartet, leaves soon to Join her
husband, who has a position In
the Bremerton Navy-yard, Washington.
rir JZIojss1 artnt a Jiaf-f.
I llstlc that one could Imagine that stage
? ! setting and actors were present. Anoth-
T J er welcome feature of the recital was
lithe translation of many of the Italian
e i words used in the operas, into English
I. Mr. Street showed familiarity with
J j stage teachnique.
Laurence Woodfin. baritone, will
sing the "Toreador song." from "Car
men, and Dehrussy'a "Mandoline for
two of his numbers at the coming mu
sicale to be given by Mrs. Rose Cour-
OTCD VIOI.IX F.VKXT Jt'AIr 13.
The MacPowrll Club announces a
sort la 1 programme for Its next meet
ing, which will be Tuesday night,
January li. In the Multnomah Hut. L
1 he meeting was changed from aft
ernoon to evening, to accommodate the
large number of men who were anxious
to hear the programme which will be
given by Oreior Cherniavsky, Russian
'violinist, with Mrs. Thomas Carrlck
JJurke at the piano.
Mr. Cherniavsky has lately coma to
snake his home here, passing part of
each week in Portland and the rest of
the time In Seattle. He accompanied
his brothers, who compose the Cher
niavsky Trio, on their tour of the
country a year and a half ago, and It
was at that time he decided to make
his home In the Pacific Northwest.
Since that time he has been In Army
service In Russia, and latterly he
brought lst wife and little family to
their new Portland home.
' Endowed with an unusual technical
music equipment and also with the
f:re and temperament of his Russian
ancestry, Mr. Cherniavsky .brings to
his art all the elements of the great
artist. The programme, which will
prove of great Interest to all. will in
clude some of the numbers used In his
concert In the 1'ublic Auditorium,
numbers which are being repeated by
request.
The programme:
"Juventr da Muerew." Wlenlawskl: Tm.
eerto.' Urat mntm,nt. Tachaikowaay:
"Vrenade letam-o-lque." Ta'hlkrwk ;
"eraade." Dnco-Aoer: "Hephyra." Hnbar:
a . H;uu." lriao-Aurr; "Me.od.e.
Tamaiaoaak ; "Ooicin panr. Basaini.
KARLE 19 IX LIVELT MOOD.
Having traveled more than 30.000
miles on American railroads (crossing
the continent seven times) and having
sung to more than 75.000 people In one
season who have enjoyed immensely
h:s slnglsg if their money and com
ment mean anything Theo Karle. the
young American tenor, la now making
his eighth transcontinental tour, and
is scheduled for an appearance In this
city February S. with the Apollo Club
Male Chorus. Last season Mr. Karle
sang with four of the great American
orchestras, appearing with the Dam
roach orchestra at Tit consecutive per
formances. la a Ktkifcl later viewer Us. Karle re
marked: "I have decided to get angry
and hit the next person who tells me
that I am a second Caruso, or the third
MrCormark or the fourth De Reszka I
g't numerous of these so-called com
pliments, and am obliged to regard
them with uninterested concern, for I
believe there Is only one Caruso and
on McCormack. At present there is
only one Theo. Karle and (with a
twinkle of the eye) I am he! The only
criticism or appreciation that a singer
really rare a for or remembers Is that
which Is colored with intelligence.
"When my well-meaning friends In
their enthusisam tell me 1 am the sec
ond Somebody-who-has-Just-died. I
cannot assure myself whether I am a
poor copy or merely one of the dead
ones. I am not really old. you know.
leas than 10 years, which seems to me
a long way from the grave.
'sen-Reed in the Multnomah Hofl. Mrs.
T I Reed v. Ill then present her advanced
I I students. dgar E. Coursen will be the
accompanist. The other soloists will be
Mrs. Herman A. Polltz. Miss Marguer
ite Carney, blind soprano: Miss Jean
nette Crosfleld, of Wasco: Miss Astrid
Roal and Miss Nina DresseL
e
At the annual dinner In the church
parlors or the First Unitarian Church
last Tuesday night the members of. the
choir, Mrs. Leah Slusser Hathaway,
Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed, J. Ross Far
go. Otto Wedemeyer and Ralph W.
Hoyt, gave a short and interesting mu
sical programme. All the numbers were
heartily applauded.
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RKKIl RECITAL TIESDAT.
Lucien E. Becker. F. A. O. O, will jive
a pipe organ recital on the Olds me
morial organ in Reed College chapel at
o'clock Tuesday night. The recital
Is open to the public. The programme
for this recital consists entirely of mod
ern compositions and la as follows:
"Festival Piece" (Stebblns): "Au Bord
D'un Itulsseau" (de Boiadeffre); "Sun
rise opus 7, No. 1" (!gfrld Karg-Elert);
"Clair De Lune opus 71. No 2 ' (Karg-
Kiert): "Gavotte O Minor" (Dethler)
"In Memorlam To the Memory of the
Titanic s Heroes (Bonnet); Kltor-
nello" (Becker); "En Bateau" (De
bussy): "Toccata opus 10. No. 11" (Max
Reger): "Lullaby" (Macfarlane). This
Is the fourth of a series of rip organ
recitals to be given by Mr. Becker on
the third Tuesday of each month from
October to May. The next recital will
be February 19.
ROOST FOR TUB SV.WHOST.
The Musicians' Club has Issued invl
tatlons to an Important luncheon meet
ing which will be held In the Tyrolean
room of the Benson Hotel Thursday at
noon. The purpose of the meetting Is
to start aa attendance "drive" for the
succeeding concerts of the Portland
Symphony Orchestra. NoMonations or
subscriptions will be asked for. The
meeting will be addressed by several
well-known men. Invitations have
been Issued to the principal civic mu
sical and artistic organisations of the
city.
Ml SIC BRIF.FS.
Miss Gertrude Hoeber has resumed
her musical studies again In New York
City after passing her Christmas and
New Year's vacation In Washington,
D. C. Virginian and Annapolis. Md..
where she waa extensively entertained.
Miss Hoeber Is studying music In the
Musical Arts Institute and Is playing in
orchestra and quartet work under New
York's best conductors. She has also
appeared In concert programmes (or
the Red Cross.
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The Monday Musical Club. Mrs. Lev
erett Thompson Newton, president, pre
sented George Hotchkiss Street in a
lecture recital last Monday In the Ho
tel Portland. Mr. Street gave a graphic
description of three operas. "Alda"
(Verdi). "Pagllaccl" l Leoncavallo), and
"Martha" (Klotow). The operas as dis
cuascd br 3ds. Sired were made so rea-
The New Kncland Society will hold
its next meeting in the Hotel Portland
ballroom, lower floor, Tuesday night.
Miss Marie 8. Soule. programme chair
man, has arranged a programme to be
rendered by children of New. England
people. All New Englanders and de
scendants of New Englanders are cor
dially welcomed.
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Miss I. nolle Murton, a young organ.
1st of this city, has received a letter
from Mr. and Mrs. Hartrldge Whipp
telling of their new interests and work!
In New York City, where they are established-
at the Albemarle. Fifty-
fourth and Broadway. The Whipps at
tended a recent recital at the 1 irst
Baptixt Church In which Harold Vin
cent Milllgan. a former Portland boy,
now an eminent musician. Is organist.
At the church service referred to John
D. Rockefeller sent each member of the
choir a check as a holiday present,
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A letter from a Detroit, Mich., cor
respondent says that there la a possi
bility that the Detroit Symphony Or
chestra may disband unless the guar
antors deride otherwise shortly. The
attendance at the Detroit orchestra
concerts hss been poor this season.
Weston Gales, former conductor of the
organization, ' no longer occupies that
position. It Is rumored that Ossip Ga
brllowltsch has been approached to con
duct the two next concerts in Detroit.
The orchestra in that city is barked by
a wealthy board of guarantors, and
therefore it would be a great pity and
an artistic loss were the .orchestra, to
cease to be.
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Retnald Werrenrath. the -distinguished
American baritone, who comes
to the Heilig February 14, direction
of Steers & Coman, has established
himself as the leading American bari
tone on the concert stage, according
to the opinion of Sigmund Spaeth, of
the New York Evening Mail. In more
than 100 concerts given by this fine
artist during the past year he has re
peatedly proved his right to the title
by a disclosure of every artistic gift.
Mr. Werrenrath has sung in most of the
I .-art I no- Eaatern cities and a tour of
the Pacific Coast cities in January
Goodman, Lorraine Lee and Viola Eo
senfeld. The analytical description
and rendition of the Liszt arrange
ment of the "Erl King" was much en
Jcyed by the musical audience. Ber
ntce Helme and Robert Flack played
the Schubert military march in a duet
form.
The Portland Oratorio Society held
Its first meeting of the new year at
its rehearsal room last Tuesday night
and 40 people were present. After a
half-hour of sight-reading work and
and hour and a quarter rehearsal.
Mrs. W. A. Williams sang a solo and
Joseph A. Flnley gave a short talk on
the opera "Aida," illustrating with me
chanical records. Then a social hour
enjoyed. Several miscellaneous
and February will constitute part of concerts will be Kven during this
Mr Werrenrath s present busy season. mntlV churches n the city. The
i k- ... ..Kw,.t h, ..-. collections will go into the treasury
til this year heard this American artist J the aociety to help defray expenses
only through the medium of his many f th ,Spr "s c?nc,er,t' wnen " 18
' w - I nlflrinM Tfl trlvsi Atria ti rnn navf f At
mechanical records.
The -Tuesday Sings" in room A, Cep
planned to give "Aida" in concert form.
The "Aida" concert, like "The Mes
siah" at one Christmas, will be given
tral Llbrarv have so far progressed free to the public, the society paying
" . I rnwt . V. BAlr..,
, V. -, - r.Lxi!,, chnrui fa contemn aua. I v owivioi
meeting Saturday nights at 302 Good
noush building. Fifth and Yamhill
streets.
Stuart Olson,
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baritone.
sang with
All persons interested in re-1 fc at ,""
-an i. . nnt.lntlam at,-.- I Wtil B neeuri. IU r. U BUn, WHO IS EL
kindling the love and Patr'"""'0 student with Harold Hurlbut. was es-
the songs our American mothers sang
25 or more years ago are welcome.
Last Tuesday night at the Library
specially pleasing In "The Clang of
the Forge" (Rodney). During the year
WUlard N. Morse" G. T rT sang r,0ped reaUy .ia
resonance-
Mrs. Fred L. Olson is preparing a
number of her students for a recital
to be given early In February.
To raise more money In addition to
the szz5 already collected by the Mac-
solos.
Clifford Woodland, a former member
of the Apollo Club, who has been pre
stnted in recital by J. William Belcher,
was In Portland last week. Mr. W ood-
land is now in buslnesar in Aberdeen,
Wash., and is also taking an active Dowell Club for the Dr. Esther Pohl
part in the musical Hfe of that city Lovejoy fund to help the women and
bv singing In church. He recently babies of France, ft concert will ha hnM
sang the tenor pari Jn an opera given m the home of Mr. and Mrs. John D.
there. I Coleman. Irvington. on the nieht of
. January. 23: The- music programme.
Miss Grace Dawson returned from directed by Mrs. Warren C. Thomas.
Tacoma last week, where she passed I will be contributed by Mrs. Jane
the holidays. While in Tacoma Miss I Burns Albert, soprano; Mrs. Lulu Dahl
Dawson sang at a number of affairs Miller, contralto: Dom J. Zan, . bari-
riven in her honor. She waa soloist tone; and Luclen E. Becker, clanist.
at a dinner dance and concert given in I The list of soloists insures that the
the Commercial Club and her singing programme will be of high musical
was highly spoken or. miss uawson. i excellence.
Miss E. Shoemaker and Mrs. Noel will
sing at a meeting or ine Bcnuoeriwiuu Tne next reg.uiar meeting of the
tomorrow night, Columbia building, portland district, Oregon Music Teach-
wun J, William neicuer. ers- Associat on. Georcre Wilher Reed
t i .1.11.1.1 .t, 111 IIIO uum
.M i 3 S IflCI iiiamici a, , iuiiiiiom " "u TltiV. Ci-th ,1 1 . ,. . . .
was accompanied by Gordon Soule. was ',." "s All k:.:
.
auded when she appeared on the pro-
are asked to be present, as matters of
inniM H 101 01m iMl.i..uu . . YU, importance must be decided at
r.asiern ur, . "V " this meeting, besides a programme of
Chamber, and Mr., Soule PPrji unusual intfrest has been afrangTd by
fore the Mlchlgsn Society ast Monday tne pro(f ramme cornmittee consisting
..... "- I or miss Fay E. Rudduck. chairman:
Correspondence received from Ha
vana. Cuba, where Alice Gentle Is now
exhibiting her meszo-soprano with the
Mrs. Ella Connell Jesse" and William
R. Boone. Frederick W. Goodrich will
continue the discussion of "Modern
Harmony," and the association is most
e..H..-A I -1 - .
Bracale Opera Company, tell, of the J '"JJ- ' w Sell i d anst to Z
American artist's remarkable triumph pi.re8seaUtoicepl Huil'J
(Schoenberg), which delighted the
members of the MacDowell Club re
cently. Miss Dorothy Louise Bliss will
at her debut appearance as Amneris
Aida." After complimenting Slgnor
Gattl-Casazsa upon signing a con-
rant with Miss Gentle for the Metro
tr.ot with Miss Gentle for the Metro- play twQ modern composers,
politan Opera Company, the critic of and Absrt s Br g
EI Imparcial went on to say of her de- rnlln f r.,lish
but: "She has a beautiful presence, re-
markable dramatic ability, a voice of
great power and her clear enunciation
admirable to hear. How great an
ctreas she is was revealed In the
scene of the Judgment, In which it was
ecessary to admire each and -every
a group of English songs. Accomnan
isis win De Mrs. Walter E. Bliss and
Jllss Julia Pratt.
"Homage to Margaret Matsenaner."
Under the above title the following
verse tribute to the prima donna of
ptall of her characterization. I do not tne Metropolitan Opera Company ap
u If Allr Gentle heloncs to the Per(,i recently in a New Orleans news
.Saxon race, but it can be assured that Paper under the signature of Helen
her soul is purely Latin, absolutely rllKln ocnenz, sew Orleans. L.a.
. . 1 : .. ct.. iAn nnurora In I The Renll of the IVrlc anheres attend
11 n.nmenta of nRlslnn. hot WftS.al- - ...l. -..., viu.ui.Bs ineir
ways womanly and eleganL" I with oritan tones lifts sentiment to flame.
1 And quickens mortal sloth to holv fever:
Marv Ellen Mullan will give a re-I To Saints Saena. Wsaner. Verdi fov a, nr)
urn concert at the Mens Resort eai- from jaanenauer jjiva!
. u , , ft f-w-U A fine nro-1
vocal music Is nromised. ?.he "lumn"r. throlt "t lips
... . straight
The vast musical Knowieoge ana gen-i ,. . fc , ,,K.i-t
ral erudition of Leopold Godowsky I with saintly melody their jovam-e whips
ave caused him to oe cauea oy nisiuniaun. j-iarK, ye, care not disdain nor
onfreres the "master of us all." the tear it.
superman among pianists" and similar ln atzenauer bpint:
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1 L IcB. cui. aiier 1110 yicuitiiwu i & a . k. tk. . mi
, , . I a 1 . 1 HAnnla I vtiicii iiicj 111111(7 11 U1UBC9 UIII1S HI
oy mis Kreai jyiaumv "cca r"Wr"c night.
re wonderlnar whetner the title or The accents of applause Quite silent trrown
nronhet will not be the next to De The tribute roses in their lanRuor prone.
,wA a. A Kim nr-t i n 1 v Avrvonfl I She has no guile to doff, but ever human
hnnlrt hoo o for Mr. Godowiky'i " 'T'" lMO w wui uw ngui-
reaiciiua was a uubhivc oiaicinciu . yj
the effect that tne war in .uro)e win T ,. emhiv room or tt, To,t
be over In April and the peace settle-I ianj Hotoi it Mn.H.v nirh tha
ment will be In favor of the allies. In Derg of the Michigan State Society en
view of this artist's habit of never Jove1 an exceptionally fine musical
making a statement unless he la pretty pr0gramme. Gordon Soule, the talented
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In price. Pianolas begin with the Metrostyle
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sure of his guesses, tnis prediction
takes on added significance.
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Twenty people were present at the
rehearsal of the new singing society in
resham last Wednesday night. This
ew society, organized and directed by
oseph A. Flnley. who is at present
young pianist, captivated his audience
with his splendid rendition of two
Liszt numbers. Miss Klaine Bennett
greatly pleased with humorous read-
ngs. Miss Inez Chambers gave two
violin selections, one a difficult con
certo, showing fine technique and
upervfsor of music In Gresham, meets , K ? , Z accom-
by Harold Moore were enthusiastically
very Wednesday night In the assem
bly hall of the abrade school building.
A fine programme of operatic and other
ne secular music is in preparation
received. He scored a hit with his
Irish songs and was accompanied on
A concert will Je given early In Feb- the piano by Miss Marie A. Soule. Three
ruary, under the auspices of the com- OT"'e,l! " lu
bined missionary societies of the Bap- dents contributed greatly to the enjoy
tlt and Methodist churches. Portland ment of the occasion
. . 1 ,-. 1 ...lit - .,! Tl. . akA.a l .AI1
eVlUIOlO w aolDk 1 IIU , If W U O to WCll T QArt on at itrar.a war - i
balanced and has many fine voices. r . n, '
Palacias' RDanlsh Strina- Quartet will renoerea in tne Lincoln tlgn benool
he nre.ented soon in an evenine- of auaiLOrtum 1 uesaay nignt at O C10CK
Soaniah muair at th. Tin -itv Port l-The programme will be in charge of
Clubhouse. The exact date will be de- Mi" VoTl Basley. soprano; Miss Anne
rlded unon at mpetinir of the hoard Jiatntson, contralto, miss am uene
of directors. Prominent women 0f vieve x-aget. premier oanseuse; cnanes
Rose City Park are interested in mak- houth. violinist, and Dr. tmu hnna,
ini- thin tinlnno nroirrammo a snlenHIH Pianlsf. Girls Chorus: MisS Adel Bar-
musical success. There will he ouartet nickel. Miss Laura Korell, Miss Mabel
mi.alc hv the Palacio's Spanish String Malmes. Miss Aatnieen Bneny. Miss
Quartet. Spanish songs by Miss Eloise I Hedvig Brandt, Miss Anne Mathison,
Anita Hall and Spanish dances by Miss iss oarcia syars, juiss Aaua. nerg
Axa Genevieve Paget, all accompanied Strom.
by the string ouartet. The programme
will last from 8:30 P. M. to 10 P. M. Mrs. Beatrice Dierke, the talented
and will be followed by dancing under and admired pianist, graciously con-
tlie direction of an able floor commit- sented January S to play these piano
tee. - i selections on the occasion of the open
ing of the soldiers and sailors' hut in
The Musical History and Harmony the Y. M. C. A. building: "Islamey1
Cub. under direction of Marie A. S. I (Balakereif f ) ; " alse. F Major" (Cho
Soule, met January 5. when the lives I pin), and "Valse E Minor" (Chopin)
and works of Schubert and Gluck were 1 Mrs. Dierke played her piano solos
studied. 8everal papers on the lives I with a wealth of tonal beauty that was
of the two masters were read by Roy I much admired by her enthusiastic au
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dience of soldiers, sailors and civilians.
Mrs. Dierke's playing was marked by
a delicacy of touch and also hy a bril
liancy of performance that won for her
cordial commendation. Mrs. Dierke
is such an admired concert artiste that
she ought more often to play piano
solos in public. There is always a
kind and expectant audience awaiting
her whenever she cares to play.
Mrs. Leah Slusser Hathaway, soprano.
Is leaving this city in a few weeks to
join her husband who has a position in
the Navy-yard, Bremerton, Wash. They
will live In Bremerton. Mrs. Hathaway
sang in the Westminster Presbyterian
Church quartet for five years, one year
in First Presbyterian Church quar
tet, and Is singing her second season
in the First Unitarian Church quartet.
No one has as yet been selected to fill
her place. Mrs. Hathaway is one of
Portland's most admired church choir
sopranos. Her voice is remarkable for
its sweetness and lovely quality.
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In Bunnyside Methodist Episcipal
Church last Sunday night there was a
large and appreciative audience present
to hear the patriotic concei t presented
under the direction of Jasper Dean
Mac Fall. One of the most interesting
numbers rendered was "Keep the Home
Fires Burning, when the solo part was
sung delightfully by a 9-year-old boy,
Marion Black, in costume, representing
Uncle Sam. The G. A. R. quartet was
present and sang in fine style several
patriotic selectiona
At the 11 o'clock A. M. service today
In Oak Grove Community Church there
will be special jnusical numbers by 30
members of the junior vested choirs of
Sunnyside Methodist Episcopal Church.
Among those musicians who have
given their services for the pleasure
of the soldiers stationed at Vancouver,
Wash., are Miss Mildred Smith, soprano:
Mrs. Blanche Sylvester, contralto; Mrs.
Fred L. Olson, soprano; Miss Beulah
Clark, flutist, and Miss Zulah Andross,
accompanist, who gave a delightful pro
gramme Friday evening In the Y. M.
C. A. House.
"What's all that racket about in the
parlor?" asked the father.
"Why, that's Mary and Jane playing
a duet on the piano, explained mother.
"Both of 'em playing at once?"
"Yes: it's a duet."
"Well, can't they wear out the piano
fast enough playing one at a time?"
Yonkers (N. Y.) Statesman.
what-nots and a wonderful array of
rocks.
As to the rocks, there were nice lit
tle chicken-feed sized pebbles, medium
sized common brown stones of tho
brook, such as Goliath knew to his sor
row, and one huge, overgrown, though
doubtless tasty boulder.
It is not known in whose machine
shop or on what be-pebbled peaches
this highly American cow foraged, but
her slayer testifies that she is a typi
cally average Oregon bovine. Somehow
or other she had gotten wind of the
fact that Oregon must swat the Kaiser
while the swatting is good, and
straightway she wandered from the
grassy pastures toward the aforemen
tioned beaches and machine shops.
Thus once again Oregon is vindicated
and may challenge the world to outdo
her in patriotism.
In these days of German music and
musicians) it is rather amusing to read
the opinions of former generations
concerning Teutonic singers.
Frederick the Great was so Impolitely
unpatriotic as to declare that he would
rather hear the neighing of a horse
than the singing of a German prima
donna-
There is a diverting anecdote of an
Italian who was convinced that no Ger
man could sing. A friend induced him
to go to the opera where Henrietta
Sontag sang. After hearing her nrst
aria the Italian got up to go. The
friend urged him to stay, assuring him
that he would be convinced soon.
"I know it." replied the Italian, "and
that's why I go." Youth's Companion.
STUDENTS ASSURED PLACE
Every Graduate at Monmouth Ex
pects to Teach Next Fall. ,
OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Mon
mouth. Jan. 12. (Special.) When the
second quarter of the' Oregon Normal
School is ended on February 9 it is
predicted every member of the gradu
ating class will have accepted a posi
tion as teacher in the public schools
of Oregon.
A steady stream of calls has been
coming into the administration office
since last Fall, and these have been
only partially filled. -The demands
lured a few of the under classmen into ,
positions, but for the most part the
students are staying with their studies.
President Ackerman says that al
ready a large number of the February
class have obtained places in both
country and city schools. The signing
of contracts before graduation has
been done often here, but it promises
to be still more common hereafter.
EUGENE OFFICES TO CLOSE
Construction Engineers Headquar
ters Xo Longer Xeeded.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
The Southern Pacific Company will
close tho construction offices of tho
Willamette Pacific Company in Eugene.
TheseT offices were established about
six years ago and were the headquar
ters for engineers directing the build
ing of the Coos Bay line of the South
ern Pacific system, which cost approxi
mately 11.000,000.
H. P. Hoey, assistant chief engineer,
will make his , headquarters in San
Francisco.
First Raw. From Left t Right Mm. Addle Leeper. Halary) Sirs. M. J. Clement. Tacoma, Wash.) Mrs. Cora Kelson,
head I Mra. Kate Hmltfa, Halaeyi Mrs. Kltaa Turner. Albany! Mm. Lela Shedd, Albany. Lower Row L. H.
Davis. Halaeyi H. C. Uavla, Halaeyi J. E. Uavla. Brownavlllei C. S. Davla, Camaa, Wash.
HALSEY, Or., Jan. 12. (Special) Ten of the 11 surviving children of the late Jonas and Deborah Davis, Ore
gon pioneers who located ln'Llnn County In 1848. gathered at the old home place near Shedd on Christmas day. The
-family original ly . cotisisted of 13 children. Eleven are still living. All were born in Linn County. One brother,'
JViUliiiu P. Davis, ol Wallowa Count', was unable 10 be present at tae reunion. ,
Nails, Washers and Pebbles
Form Cow's Diet.
Autopsy on Brownsville Jersey Re
veals That Bovine Appetite Waa
Greatly Abnormal.
BROWNSVILLE, Or., Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) Whether or not the Oregon
bovine herd is patriotic Is the stirring
question which definitely was solved
recently by George Tetzie, butcher ex
traordinary for a Brownsville meat
market. Mr. Tetzie made a test case
of a certain, cow who lopked to be a
fair example of Oregon's best.
Peering into the slaughtered one's
stomach, George immediately forgot all
his doubts and scruples as to the pa
triotism of the Jerseys. It was Instant
ly patent to George that the animal was
a staunch Hooverizer. She ' had been
dining on the following Implements of
war:
Copper ' rivets and plow bolts, nice.
long finishing nails, toothsome wire
nails, once shiny, no doubt, wee little
shingle nail tidbits, a miscellaneous
collection of delectable metal trinkets
consisting of, dlvtis ais, wasaefia aua
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