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IttarjaBtie.Stttion VOL. XXXVIII. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTE3IRER 31, 1919. NO. 38. FLOWER BEDS AND STATUARY BEAUTIFY WASHINGTON PARK Zoo and Playgrounds Are No Little Attraction for Children While Picnickers Have Acres of Green From Which "Keep Off the Grass" Signs Have Been Removed. ; r. r, o -: 7 i : - - . . ;.v''" v " c-s-v.--' - .-.V j, ..- . , : , iv: - . ! U v v,-v : .f S - , ' - - - t - " -J ? k - U 1 . - - jtC -r ft.'v - ;yjT - ' - ' ' " , " 'I " Vl ' "$ 'KotAn...... ... - , - .... ... ... - ,.. .... -J ' ' ' i , . Ww,"w-''"f '.aCiaC.fc 11 BEAITIFIL RO.IDWAY, OXE OF MASV WHICH TRAVERSES TORllANDS -PARKXT TARK." i' rl. . ' S Ciff.r II iT to the mor. central location, making It iK-" - "! 'f-KZ Slr' - - " r'V'i?i5 II Gr-. far n,ore cc8ible for the children I. Vsi . ' W3-sT " t-TT'iX ' !fS than at lt present location. fs;:: ..... rv . It , piiM . t ................. . . . .. . :-: - - ' - yjf VISTA OP WASHINGTON- PARK, SHOWING At'TOUUBlLE ROAUWAV LOOK1NU FROM. "FOLSTAIN" OF VOITH." BY JAMES T. OLSON. . I was known as City park. This name. '1 lEW people there are In Portland I said former city fathers, carried with it no special significance, so a move ment was launched to rename It. Names of all sorts were suggested but Wash ington was selected in honor of the T . l M who, at one time or another, hive not visited Washington park, the parent of all Portland parks. And few people there are who paid Portland a visit of any duration who have not seen Washington, park and all its varied at tractions. For many years this combination playground, amusement center for picnickers, favorite haunt of children and general delight of all Portland, was appropriated to purchase the land which now is only a part of the park. The original tract was only 40.78 acres and considerable protest arose from the residents of the city who averred that the price paid for this land was first president and "father of his coun-, fabulous. The Judgment of the city of try-" ! ficials, who ignored this criticism, has For even as George Washington was the father of his country, so Washing ton park Is the father of all the parks within the city of Portland. It was In February. 1871, that 132,624 long .since been vindicated, for it is probable that no park has equalled this one in patronage. Later, 62 acres adjoining the original site and owned by the water board were transferred to the park bureau to enlarge the park. The water board has continued to hold certain rights in the transferred property, several reser voirs being located within Washing ton park. For years the park remained in a natural state. Little effort was made to Improve it and It was not until 1900 that any change of note was begun. And it was not until 1905 that the park underwent a thorough "improvement. And each year more work has been added, until today the park is almost perfect. The authorities still plan many changes to make the park facilities more convenient. Among these Im provements will be the change In loca tion of the xoo, now In the park proper, which Is to be removed to the side of a hill, on the outer edge of the park. The playgrounds, including the swings, teeters and the other paraphernalia that brings Joy to the hearts of the kiddles, will be moved from the hills to the more central location, making It far more accessible for the children than at Us present location. Like a circus. Washington park draws a large number of visitors because of the animals exhibited in the zoo. Al though at present there are fewer denizens of the wilds In the cages than there have been in years past, an ef fort is to be made during the winter to augment the number greatly for the opening of the park season next year. But even now the zoo has a large variety of animals and birds that at tract more than passing note. Nero, the king of beasts, who for years had been the center of attraction at the zoo. died a few months ago and will be replaced. Flower beds. can be found In all parts of the park which contain many va rieties of foreign and native flowers. Here, too, can be found the official test garden of the Portland Hose so ciety, affiliated with the National Rose association. Rose growers of every city are sending their plants to this gorden in due time to be tested and rated under the national garden rules. Portland's fame as a rose center and Its climatic conditions, which produce in the highest perfection the queen of blossoms, caused the establishment of this garden. Tennis devotees are prone to choose Washington park for their games, for there are tennis courts that expen players claim cannot be excelled. Washington park serves as the meco for picnic parties of people who do n desire to travel out of the city for out, ings. The green sward, acres In ares provides an ideal ground, and letU be known that in Washington park, oi any other municipal park, the "keep off the grass" signs have been cast Into th discard. The grass Is grown to be used, say park authorities, much to the delight of all who visit the parks of the city. Beautiful pieces of statuary are lo cated in this park, one group called th "Coming of the White Man." donated to the city by I. I. Thompson. The historical significance of this group la the white man's Invasion of the wilder ness home of the Indians. One statute) portrays Sacajawea leading Lewis anA Clark through the virgin Oregon coun try. Washington park's beauty has brought comment from thousands of eastern cities. Its many attractions draw large crowds every holiday and during the summer months. There ia hardly a day passes throughout the year that a few people do not find their way to the park. Washington park, probably the best known of all Portland parks, can be reached by taking the Council Crest car to Park avenue and then walking" west, or by taking the Twenty-third, street car and walking west from Twenty-third and Washington. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARE ENTERTAINED BY "Y" IN PARIS E. B. Lockhart Signs New Contract to Serve Soldiers Stationed Near Coblenz Work of W. S. Parks, Secretary, Is Praised. BY E. B. LOCKHART. WS. PARKS, "native son," Junc tion City, Or., has seen one year's service with the Y. &L C. A. in PariSj being one of the guides in the sight-5,eeing department. He con ducted par'Jes of doughboys, gobs and officers or j out-of-town trips to Fon tainebleau, :' Malmaison, Chantilly and Saint Gerrlain. He also covered the Paris district for, a time and conducted special parties to Chateau Thierry. Al together he handled about 15,000 peo ple personally. He has changed his opinion of France and French people and says there is a great chance for many reforms. The effects of the reign of royalty still mark the people. They are not half so democratic as they think .they are and are "far behind the times in many things. The boasted politeness of the French people, as a wnole is a myth. Their one great feature is art. Art is everything. The women are the mainstay of the country and the con tact of some two millions of Americans with Uiem can never be effaced. They have discovered that the American woman gets better all-around treat ment and therefore they will never be satisfied with what was their lot in the past. This is one of the important effects of the American army in France. Mr. Parks states he will be glad to leave "the City of Dreams" and return to the land that "God made and we dis covered." Before coming to France Mr. Parks was secretary of the Tri-State Auto club, covering the district of south western Washington, Umatilla county, Oregon, and Nez Perce- county, Idaho. He was also secretary of the Walla Walla , Motor Trades association and had been connected with good' roads' work throughout the northwest for ten years. That the T. M. C. A. in France has been doing much to make the stay of the doughboy, the gob and the officer Interesting may be seen from the fol lowing figures, which give an idea of the efforts of the sight-seeing depart ment in this direction: The total number of persons receiv ing this service during the month of January, 1919, was 6285; February, 44. 015; March. 127,263; April. 114.070; May. 206,577; . June, 174.760; July, 103.334; August, 89,657. The grand total up to August 30 being 865,(71. The regular work of 'the sight-seeing department closed at this time,, but various mem bers of the department who are still in Paris awaiting sailing orders have continued taking parties of sightseers over the city and will continue this work probably through the first week or ten days in September, which will probably bring the total number of per sons handled close to the million mark. The records of the claims department and hundreds of articles which it is hoped will be restored to soldiers to whom they belonged, or to their rela tives, have been eent to New York. The articles include watches, rings, war souvenirs, cameras, pocketbooks, eye glasses, false teeth, field glasses, money orders and love letters. Upon closing up my work here as chief of guides and lecturer at the Louvre, the need for roe at Coblenz, Germany, with the army of occupa tion, was presented, with the result that I have changed my plans. I shall not return to America at once, as I hoped, but go to Germany this week and begin work on a six months' con tract. The Y" yesterday cabled Mrs. Lockhart at Salem offering to bring her and our youngest child to Germany. I do not know that this can be ar ranged. "I want to go home," but ap preciate the need and opportunity for real service to the lads In Teuton land. Last week I met Sergeant Otis C. Mc Dowell and Corporal R. L. Heryford. McDowell worked for the Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation company at La Grande. Corporal Hery ford is a farmer at that place. They are both members of the central records office at Bourges. Sergeant McDowell is also a member of Al Kader temple of Shriners. James Stevenson has recently re turned from a visit to points in Ger many and leaves this week for America. His home Is in Portland.- Mr. Kilpack, i another Portlander, who a few days ago left for home, visited his relatives In England Just before sailing from Brest. Lee Clark of Htllsboro. who la on the transport Matsonla, expects to be home in a couple of months. I met him a few days ago in Paris. He ia looking well and has enjoyed his ex perience over here. He is Interested in a big dairy farm at Hlllsboro. now be ing operated by his brother John. Sepulchcr Dates Back, to 27 B. C. BRINDISI. Italy. A sepulcher of terra-cotta has Just been discovered in the excavations forth e new docks here. It dates back to 27 B. C. Be sides containing the bones of an an cient warrior it contains many coins and tralnkets, some of which relate to the consulship of Marcus Vespasani us Agrippa. The sepulcher will be placed In the Italian civic museum. Drama's Infancy Revived. LONDON. A scheme is on foot here to build theaters on motor lorries for the purpose of touring country dis tricts. It would be a return to the methods of the drama's Infancy in Eng land. The old mystery plays of the six teenth century, were performed on plat forms on wheels, and the theater was wheeled from point to point. CHAINS OF AMBER BEADS NOW PART OF FEMININE APPAREL Silk Bags Are Being Made With Very Obvious Metal or Shell Frames. Some Models Are Covered With Beads. . IN some foreign countries little children wear tight strings of amber beads which are supposed to guard their small possessors against sore yiroat and kindred ills. But fashion, which has now taken up amber with enthusiasm, scorns the Idea of amber as a preventive of sore throat and uses it merely as a delight ful color touch to give "tone" to dark frocks and blouses. So the amber beads are strung on a long metal chain and the ornament falls almost to the waistline. A very smart new amber chain from Paris Is pictured. Light and dark amber are combined, the faceted beads dark amber, and the carved, elongated beads, light amber. A slender, dull gilt chain encircles the neck and Joins the beads to each other. Silk bags have very obvious metal their frames, the beads running quite up to the closing of the bag over the frame. Here is a new bag model which shows this effect, and also a very ornamental "ladder" handle, made of beads to match the bag. Wine colored beads are used throughout except la the conventional motif of decoration, which combines black, cream and rose colored beads. Anzncs at School In California. BERKELEY. Cal. One hundred sol diers, nearly all. of them land owners or formers In Australia, are being sent by the government of Australia to the University of California for training in hog raising, irrigation and alfalfa growing, it was announced today by Dean Thomas Forsyth Hunt of tne col lege of agriculture- 4