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SECTION FIVE
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Women's Section
Special Features
VOL. XXXVII.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1918.
NO. 10.
Exceptional Value Is This 4-Piece Queen Anne Suite
American Walnut, Ivory Enamel or Oak at
$134
W.50 Cash $2.75 Week
Dresser $36.75.
Bed $31.75.
Toilet Table $31.75.
Chiffonier, with mirror,
$33.75.
We ur roar choice of three wood American walnut. Ivory or oak In remarkable beauty of It. Ton may buy It either as a complete suite or in
order that you mar have an opportunity to choose the aulte beat adapted to separata pieces. The chiffonier, although shown wij.h a wood back, is
year own home. Ton may have your choice of any of these finishes. The priced here with a large mirror. People who are in need of high-quality
Illustration shows the outline of the suite, but In no way doea Justice to ths - furniture will find this suite one of the best examples In its price range. '
mi. QUARTERED OAK. HIGH-B ACK
ROCK : R. ITH GESllSEA I TO
LEATHER SEAT,
$14.20
At B-1rtr yea ran realise that the
price is a very special ooe: that It la an
unusual rocker in every wsy. The beau
tiful quartered stock, the deep auto
prina" seat and the flin will ap
peal to people who require really good
furniture.
$1 Cash and $1 Week
Delivers Either of These
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Standard Brussels Rugs
nll fx IS room -size rues In a good assortment of pat
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$27.50
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Long wearing, high pile, beautifully desisted rugs that
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$32.85
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Special Sale of Table
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$159
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sir artlstlo In
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design that Is made
selected oak and splendidly
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shown, or In separate pieces.
Buffet, S45.2S Ta ble, $29.50
China Closet, S31J7S
Chair, S8.75
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Buffet
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$19.75
Length 46 Inches,
Panel Ends,
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"Adjueto" chairs are shown In both iraltstlon and genuine leather
and In a variety of splendid patterna that will appeal to you for
substantiality and comfort. Why not have one added to your
account?
We Charge No Interest
i $23.85
Reduc'd From $2S0
45-In. Quartered Plank Top
The one blr table value In all
Port land. Try and compare Ita
also and quality at the price. It
Is massive In construction. i
tremelv well made and a deslsn
that will appeal to you lha mo
ment yon aee It.
OREGON PENITENTIARY INMATES "DO THEIR
BIT" TOWARD HELPING RED CROSS PROJECTS
Murphy Honor Lodge Auxiliary, With Membership of 339 Prisoners, by Making Noteworthy Sacrifices Save $1
Each to Join Bed Cross and Then Raises $300.50 by Show to Help Good Work Along
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NEW YORK GRAND OPERA PATRONS FAIL TO
MISS GERMAN PRODUCTIONS THIS SEASON
Gattf-Ceeixa Revives "Le ProphrU" and Other Well-Known Operas and They Are Received With Sensational
Success. With Caruso and Mme. Matzenauer Displaying Their Superb Art.
BT FMO.IR FRANCES BACTR.
NEW TURK. March . tSpeclaL)
Following the sensationally toe
eesaful revival of "Le Prophet e."
which gave to Caruso and ta Hut. Mat
asaaaer every opportunity to reveal
their meet auperb art and their deep
dramatis fervor and Intelligence, the
direction of the Metropolitan Opera
Compear la following la quick succes
sion both revivals aad us production
ll ia a aasy matter ta cut out of a
season's repertory such a largo Dum
ber of worka as were disposed of when
It waa decided to eliminate German
works with ho especial preparation.
Gattl-Casasaa had alrsady arranged
for the new productions and the re
vlvala whea he decided to do this,
which lsft a opportunity to work out
new condltloaa. The presence of alma.
Banientoa makes a certain line of
opera aot only possible, but profitable,
aa was obvious this week, whan
"I PurltaaL" Bellini's last opera, was
sung with all the verve, freshness and
beauty which have made the Metro
politan presentations notable.
Not ao powerful In its appeal as the
Meyerbeer work. It atlll aucceeded in
Interesting the large and fashionable
audience on Monday night, when the
Spanish oolorature appeared as Elvira
with hsr two noteworthy countrymen,
Lesaro, the tenor, and Mardones, ths
bsritone. Again da Luca lent the splen
dor of his artlstlo equipment to enhance
the old mualo and there waa a phase
or patriotism throughout the opera
which made It fit the exaltation of
present conditions.
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Less or a novelty, but given with all
the brilliancy at hand, Rossini's "Barber
of Seville" took ita place this week in
the Metropolitan's series of old Italian
favorites. Again Barrientos supplied
a great amount of Interest by her rip
pling Rosina, and to her may be ac
credited the Interpolation of the first
German song which has been done on
the Metropolitan stage since ths reper
tory was eliminated.
True, this was sung In Italian, bnt It
waa ths Johann Strauss "Voci di Priraa
vera." Her vocallsm was so raptur
ously received that she was compelled
to supplement this with another florid
example of her alnging, when she added
an aria from "Perls du BresiL" These,
of course, in the lesson scene.
Each aeason offers the problem as to
which Impersonation of the Barber finds
de Luca in his happiest mood. It has
E SHALL Jollification mlt der
Kaiser, already yet
This optimistic prophecy,
playfully couched In the ironic idiom
of the enemy, concludes a Red Cross
article captioned "Convicts Assist Uncle
Sam," In "Lend e. Hand," published by
the prisoners of the Oregon State Peni
When -hat Inevitable "jollification"
comes, the Red Cross auxiliary, called
the Murphy Honor Lodge Auxiliary, will
enter ' into the glee with abandon as
full -participants In a mirthful occasion
they had a hand in bringing about.
The Murphy Honor Lodge Red Cross
Auxiliary has. 839 members, 334 men
and 5 women, all convicts. The' first
hundred of these were, so to speak.
self-sacrificing members, as they saved
the money necessary for membership
dues by giving up their tobacco and
sugar.
Sacrifices Are Made.
By means of this nicotine and carbo
hydrate temperance, a gastronomic sac
rifice not easy to make, they at length
saved a dollar each. Then, to make
themselves one hundred per cent ef
flcient, they gave a big minstrel show
and netted enough money and more to
take out memberships for the 239 re
maining members of their enforced as
sociatlon, so that they now have an
auxiliary that is considered to be one
of the most active within the jurisdic
tion of the Willamette Chapter, Salem.
Thus, out of "durance vile." has come
one of the finest expressions of pa'
trlotlsm.
A few days ago in my capacity as
Red Cross field representative of Ore
gon, I visited this auxiliary. As I dls
mounted from the streetcar and went
up the walk to the prison, two trusties
to my left were digging dandelions
out of the lawn. They were old men.
Their Joints had lost their suppleness
and were stiffening with age and rheu
matism. They wore battered hats,
brims remindful of crinkled crepe
paper, and crowns discolored with the
soaklnga of many rains. Ons man
straightened up as I passed and I no
ticed that he wore two buttons, pinned
into the weathered crown, just above
the band, where a railroad conductor
might put his slip. The buttons were
aged and weatherbeaten like the hat.
One merged with its stained surround
ings so that It was past recognition at
such a distance, but the other retained
Its Identity. Bravely from a back
ground no longer white, but dark and
grimed, there shone a ruddy cross. It
was a Red Cross button that the old
man wore.
Entering the offices I talked awhile
with Warden Charles A. Murphy, after
whom the Murphy Honor Lodge-Auxiliary
is named. He was proud of the
Red Cross record "his boys" had made.
"They are all crasy to enlist." he said.
I learned from him something of the
convicts' mite and how generously and
ungrudgingly it went to the Red Cross.
"I have asked the chairman of our
Red Cross organizations to come in and
tell you more about it," said the ward
en after a little while. When this man
entered, and was introduced as Mr.
Webb, so unconscious and like, a gen
tleman's were his manners that. I did
not consider him an .inmate of the
prison till I looked' down at his
trousers, which were of prison gray.
Jesse P. Webb, the chairman of the
Red Cross Auxiliary, is prisoner No.
6435, a man of about 50, a "lifer," and
editor of the prison paper, "Lend a
Hand."
"I am here on a life sentence," he
said. "I have been here for eight years.
There is no possible chance of my ever
getting a release. I am the only one
in our family who has not been in the
wars of their country since Noah came
over In the ark. I would be .in this
one If I were out of here."
Ceavlct Gives All to Red Cross.
"No community of the state of the
same population has contributed more
to the Red Cross," he said with mani
fest pride. He told about one old man.
George Kortez, who bad been In the
penitentiary for more than a year and
hadn't possessed a dollar In all that
time. But last Fourth of July one of
the events of the celebration was an
age race. George Kortes, 65, won the I
race and the prize of a dollar. He
gave the dollar to the Red Cross.
Some of the men make 25 cents a
day. A very few make 50 cents a day.
Yet out of these meager earnings many
of them gave $5. $10 and $15.
"During the last call for funds," said
Mr. Webb, "sixty dollars was raised in
less than 60 seconds. Just that quick,"
he snapped his fingers.
Do you do any knitting or making
of supplies of any kind?". I asked.
He pointed out the difficulty of doing
anything like this. Most of their
activity had been limited to raising
funds. "You see," he explained, "we
are an intramural community here."
I looked out the window of the war
den's office at the gray walls topped
with spear-llke pickets. An intramural I
community? An inadvertent smile
Btarted, but it was never fully born,
because the narrator's face was quite
sober.
Germans Join Red Cross.
There are more than 15 Germans in
the penitentiary, all members of the
Red Cross. There are . also several
Austrians, likewise memb:rs. The
membership includes a potpourri of the
nations Chinaman, Italians, Indians,
Russians, Swedes, Portugese.
Two of the prisoners. Red Cross I
members N A, Fosteer and A. J. Hafer I
have sons in the United States Army.
As I walked through the two big wings
of the prison and observed the three
tiered series of cells, I thought of these
two fathers and wondered what f orm I
their solitary ruminations took at night I
and how often their imaginings, pa
ternal and solicitous, went forth from I
the narrow cells to camp and battle
field.
It was by means of a minstrel shov
that the Murphy Honor Lodge auxiliary I
was able to make really important con- I
tributions to the Red Cross. This is I
described in "Lend a Hand as follows:
The merry monarchs of minstrelsy I
of the Oregon State Prison have done I
their bit' and did it well. As the Sa-1
lem papers say: 'It was the best show I
that ever struck Salem.' It may be we I
cannot buy liberty bonds, but when it I
comes to Red Cross work, the Murphy I
Honor Lodge Auxiliary haa put up morel
real cash than any other auxiliary to I
the Willamette chapter, and the Merry I
Monarchs were the ones who turned I
the trick.
Show Brings Profits.
"The first show was given October!
10 to a packed house, standing room I
only, (17 persons admitted at 60 cental
each. Each one was an advertisement!
for repetition, and the second show!
was given October 16, 290 tickets being!
sold. After expenses were deducted!
there remained $300.60 to be turned I
over to the Red Cross fund. This, to
gether with $208 previously contributed!
by the Inmates, makes a grand total!
of $508.60 this auxiliary has raised fori
the Red Cross. Not so bad when it is!
considered our population numbers but!
339."
I think we will all agree with the I
Murphy Honor Lodge Auxiliary that It!
isn t so bad. It is things like these.
coming from such unexpected places!
as prison walls, that make us certain!
that we shall Indeed "Jollification mitl
der Kaiser, already yet.
not yet been decided, but those who
heard him Friday night were sure that
nothing else in humorous vein could
have proved more interesting.
A repetition of "St. Elizabeth" regaled
the Saturday afternoon andience and
delighted those who are Interested in
opera in the English language. Madame
Matzenauer has shown a great versa
tility in the matter of impersonation,
to this she brings a mastery ' of the
English language that Is quite aston
ishing. She greatly enhances the
performance, which depends largely
upon the powers of miss i-aston ana
Mr. WhitehilL Mr. Rodansky infused
much life and nobility into the work,
which is really more of a musical ser
mon than It is of an opera, although
much credit is due those who diverted
It from its original oratorio, form to
make a work of this sort.
In the evening '"Rigoletto," with Mme.
Barrientos, Lazaro and de Luca in the
three principal roles, Mme. Perini as
Madalena and Henri Scott as a hugely
Interesting and fine impersonator of
Sparafuclle, entertained an audience
which filled the Metropolitan from the
last row. of the topmost gallery to the
orchestra.
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Gattl-Casazza announces for the com
ing week the first performance of Rim-sky-Karsakoffs
"Coq d'Or," translated
as "The Golden Cockerel." It is said
that the work depends for Its supreme
success upon ths ballet, which baa been
entrusted to Adolph Bolm. Rosina Galll
will have the role of the Queen in a
double cast, which will be sung by
Mme., Barrientos, likewise the King
will be interpreted in the dance by
Bolm. and sung by Didur. The General
will be interpreted by Ottokar Bartik
and sung by Leon Rothler. Queenie
Smith and Sophie Braslau will share
the role of Amelia, and the Astrologer
will be done by Bonfiglio in the dance
and Raxaele Diaz vocally. .
way & Timber Company ana is clear- i
ing and draining it. He will have the!
entire acreage in crop this Summer.!
Practically all the land in district No.
2 will be cultivated this year, so rapid
has been the work of clearing since the!
dike was finished two years ago.
VIRGIN SOIL IS CLEARED
Kelso, Wash., Owners Prepare
. Plant Large Acreage Tbis Spring
to
KELSO, Wash., March 9. (Special.)
Owners of land in diking districts
Nos. 1 and 2, near Kelso, are preparing
a large acreage of land for plowing
this Spring. Much of this land has
never been put in crop before. In
district No. 1 George Gunnary has
cleared 10 acres and in addition is
breaking SO acres of marsh land for
the first time. He is using his tractor
and that of A. Reinlkka in this work.
Richard Laurila and John Laurlla are
also clearing a considerable acreage of
new land and most of the owners are
breaking from five to 25 acres of newly
cleared ground.
Oscar Sherman has just purchased a
tract of 30 acres of land In diking dis
trict Ji. i from the Silver Lake Rail-,
CHEAP FOWL FEED SOUGHT
O. A. C. Extension Poultryman Ad-I
vocates Use of Cheap Wheat.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. I
Corvallis, March . (Special.) A
cheaper and more economical ration
for poultry is desired by U. L. Upson,
Federal extension poultryman for the
state, who has been working on the
matter with members of the Food Ad
ministration.
At present the provision permits not!
more than 10 per cent of wheat in the!
ration and that wheat must be unsuit-l
ed for human food. Mr. Upson wishes!
to have the provision changed, allow
ing SO per cent low-grade milling wheat!
in the ration for fowls. He points out!
that no wheat in Its natural state lsj
fit for human food.
He has written to the United States!
Department of Agriculture, after con
ferring with W. B. Ayer and several
prominent millers of Portland,, recom-1
mending tnat the iood rulings be modified.
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