THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
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THE WEATHER
Western Oregon Cloudy; probably
bowers and warmer.
OUR PROSPECTIVE "FOURTH."
Astoria proposes to celebrate the
day that never grows old in America
with due reverence and acclaim and
hand down a new record in the man
ner of its observance. The deathless
theme it stands for is just as vivid
and potent as it was 132 years ago
and inspires the same devout recog
nition it has had year by year, since
the immortal cause of it all took
place.
The Astoria program is in the
hands of a clever group of citizens,
mostly young men, all with up-to-date
ideas about this and other im
portant anniversaries, and it will take
all the waking hours of the ordinary
citizen to compass its attractions, and
then some.
CORPORATE CHEAP HELP.
The illimitable and, apparently, in
vincible, policy of the great corpora
tions of the country, to employ cheap
and untrained help in the minor
courses of administration and work,
under the smart leadership of a high-
salaried and expert manager, is to be
deprecated for many reasons, chief of
which are the raw injustices imposed
upon public in the way of unfulfilled
service, and the inherent risk of
blunder and loss incident thereto; the
tmescapable and onerous responsibil
hy of the manager who has to stand
for the coarse work and neglect of
the underling, whose pay does not
warrant any over-faith in the doing of
bis lesser duties; and the discredit
and loss imposed upon the corpora
tion itself. The policy is making cor
porate employment hateful 10 thou
sands within, and -without, the pale
f contact, business, and otherwise;
and it would seem the lesson might
be learned and heeded some day. As
toria suffers from this niggardly
policy, along with all other cities and
towns in the country; and in due sea
son will probably assert herself in the
course of the contest that is certain
to arise in the universal protest and
tffort to change it.
THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER.
After having stood 50 years as one
sf the foremost landmarks of lower
New York, the iron shot tower of
the Collwell Lead Co., on Centre
street, is to be torn down. Besides
being a landmark, it is the oldest
standing .specimen of skyscraper con
struction, and was the second build
ing of its kind ever erected. Millions
of bullets were cast in this tower for
use in the civil war. In early days,
before the erection of skyscrapers all
about it, the tower was visible from
all the down-town parts of the city.
Before the days of telephones, news
paper reports used the shot tower as
a signal statinn from which to flash
to their offices the drop of the trap
when hangings took place in the old
Tombs prison yard. When the- Prince
of Wales visited this country the
tower was .illuminated in his honor.
Hundreds of candles were placed in
the 40 windows and the tall structure
is said to have resembled a pillar of
fire. The razing of the old landmark
has been made necessary by the con
struction of the new subway along
Centre street. Missoulian.
ANALYSIS OF WOMAN.
"Women has two or more souls,"
savs Prof. Stanlev Hall. And other
philosophers have declared that man
is at heart a nolvnamist. Observe the
complementary balances of nature!
Everybody knows that children have
two or more appetites, the toper is
aware than one drink makes another
man of him, and then the other man
wants a drink, too. As to woman,
the poet has pointed out that the per
fect creature is nobly planned to
warn,, to comfort and command. To
communicate with her is like ringing
np Central and wondering which one
you will get. Many misunderstand
ings have been caused by failure to
comprehend that one of the lines is
busy and it were just as well to ring
off for the present. Many partial
failures result from inability to realize
which one of the two or more it pays
best in the end to please. It is doubt
ful whether woman is better off for
having two or more egos which must
forever submit to identical exper
iences. How can there be such a
thing as perfect satisfaction at any
given moment? But there can be no
doubt of the inestimable privilege of
knowing her ;and of any one it may
be said, as was said of Lady Eliz
abeth Hastings, that to love her is a
liberal education. How could it be
otherwise, with two or more instruc
tors? Brooklyn Standard.
"NELL G WYNNE."
Georgia Harper will present Paul
Kester's popular comedy drama "Nell
Gwynne" at the Astoria Theatre,
Sunday evening, June 21. This play
is one of the pleasing variety and has
naa long ana successiui runs m every
city in the United States.
Xell is a character well worth the
attention of any actress'and has been
played by some of the best actresses.
Miss Harper's ability to act is so well
known that it is not necessary to say
that she will play the part
The story of the play is interesting
as well as entertaining; a short synop
sis relates a few of the incidents as
follows:
During the time of King Charles
II, Nell Gwynne, an orange girl on
the streets of London, is in love with
a young nobleman, Sir Rogar Fair
fax, who is bethrothed to one of the
ladies of the English court; Fairfax
has an enemy in the person of Sir
Jeffrys; one of the King's prime
minister. On account of the latter
hate for Fairfax's father, Nell saves
him by the help of the King who falls I
in love with her; Fairfax wins his
bride; Xell ascends to the throne as
Queen and all ends happily. .
The play, however, does some vio
lence to historical accuracy.
Each member of Miss Harpers
supporting company will have a well
suited part. Joseph Detrick will take
the part of King Charles II and his
past efforts in the leading roles have
made him favorite. George Barrell,
one of the best character actors in the
business, will be seen as Pcrcival, a
strolling playlet Lord Lovelace will be
in the capable hands of Harry C.
Bradley. In presenting this play the
management has mounted it in metro
politan style, and the scenery for each
act is carried especially for this piece,
making a background gorgeous and
beatuiful to behold. The costumes
are also a feature ,cach one being a
counterpart for the ones used during
the time of King Charles II. Other
plays to be presented during Miss
Harper's engagement will be "Lady
!of Quality," "Quo Vadis," "Myster
ious Mr. Bugle, "Irilby,
and. "The Little Minister."
"Camille"
Rebekah Notice.
Members of Gateway Rebekah
lodge are hereby notified that there
will be a meeting tonight in I. O. O.
P. hall at 7:30 sharp.
MAMIE CLINTON', Secretary.
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Music Day in Astoria
This day finds Astoria among the
acknowledtfed music centers of the
Northwest by virtue of the splendid
demonstration made last evening at
the Astoria Theatre by the Philhar
monic Society recently organized
here; and it only remains for her to
take over the prestie and perpetu
ate it, to her own delight and honor in
tne days to conic, ami io me nniuing
glory of the beautiful art they are ex
pressing and sponsoring.
Naturally, every Astorian (includ
ing this one), is disposed to withoh?
and nihility criticism in view of the
initial public appearance of this gift
ed coterie of ladies and gentlemen
and the home-spirit that refuses to
deal coldly with one's own; and, most
happily, the necessity for adverse
critcism is not apparent, in the light
of the genuine success of the concert,
as measured by any other gunge than
that of local pride and the limitations
of neighborly partiality .and the civic
conscience is very clear of the sense
of too friendly bias; therefore, what
follows, by way of accounting in this
behalf, must be construed as-frankly
honest, and married only by the limi
tations of the writer in dealing with
a subject unite foreign to his equip
ment. Primarily, the house 'was filled to
its best capacity. Astorians always
refuse to recognize rains as a barrier
to their pleasures, and last night
proved no exception to the rule. It
was a cultured audience, and an eager
one; eager to meet and acknowledge
to the real successes of the occasion
and to be of record as auditors at the
first of the Philharmonic concerts
that are to become annual features of
cultivale(, artistic
Astoria. By 8:30
o'clock the mass was seated, and af
ter that hour until the first intermis
sion in the program, no one was per
mitted to interfere with the progress
of the pending attractions, and the
rule proved of inestimable value to
the people on the stage and in the
auditorium. The whole affair was
managed admirably at every point
and this contributed immensely to the
score of genuine success achieved.
un tne stage ur. limit fcnna was
the autocrat of the hour, and as
1 art durcViir ritli Viim ia -a mff i a sc
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a a m an,l ,nr nr,h ,hJ
having. He led superbly and held his
orchestra, chorus and soloists at the
very end of his quivering baton, true,
steadfast, unwavering, playing, sing
ing, pausing, perfectly, throughout.
He was the guiding and challenging
figure to whom the Philharmonics
gave unswerving yet spirited obed
ience every instant of the long en
gagement, and from whom they de
rived the crux of their first public
and felicitous victory. He has been
their devoted teacher and leader and
they repaid him with all the faith
and ardor the time, place and event
demanded.
Number after number was unfolded
from the pleasant schedule of the
evening, and the interest grew with'
each, until the big house was echoing
and re-echoing with the plaudits of
the delighted hundreds, and the first
half-hour fixed the status of the con
cert as an unequivocal and
assured 1
success.
For two engrossing hours there
was a deluge of masterpieces finely
rendered, with encore niter encore
gratefully called", and gladly given;
voice and hand of artist and lesser
contributor yielded gem on gem from
Denza, Lohr, White, Strauss, Weinia
ski, Mcyer-I felmund, .Musin, Ronald,
Cowen, Wagner-Williclmj, llahn,
Grieg and Knna: it was a feast, un
stinted, complete and satisfying, with
"The Garden of Flowers" and "At I
! the Cloister Gate
as the pieces
.: ...... .1-
j resistance, the
wl
le scheme of the
program fitting admirably to the
range of especial talent of the newly
launched society and emphasizing the
cardinal merits of each member; the
i choruses were splendidly balanced
and the time was perfectly maintain
ed and there was a manifest purpose
alround to leave a flawless impres-
sion. lhe individual work, the duos, J
the quartettes, the accompaniments, ,
all was prune and ph asing, and the !
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curtain tell upon a bona hdc achieve-1
mt ti,-.t r.vp ihn Asiorin i-Mii,. I
lllOlUC
among
Soeietv lirmlv and hannilv !
the institutions, par excel-1
lence, of this city.
The house was ge nuinely respon
sive, warmly appreciative and plainly
compensated; there was not a false
note sounded on either side of the
curtain and the fleeting comment,
gathered from the dissolving crowds,
was of the frankest and kindliest sort,!
and in its later expression will serve
amply to justify the gifty people who
have striven so hard to establish this
charming advantage here, to make it
permanent and paramount.
In the Sunday edition of the Morn
ing Astorian will be found, in detail,
the personal tribtties won so distinc
tively last night, a delay unavoidable
owing to the wide range of the per
sonnel and program; but which, in
the later edition .will be covered at
large and faithfully. Enough for the
a Magnificent Success !
i hour, to say that "Music Day" in As-
toria, was all that its most ardent
friend ami sponsor could have wished,
During an jntcrview in the pro
grain, the stage was yielded to Secre
tary John 11. Whyte, of the Chamber
of Commerce, who spoke, feelingly,
and pertinently, of the event and peo
ple of the night, as follows:
"With your assistance we can make
the Astoria Philharmonic Society an
institution and if we achieve this
laudable ambition, we can, while in
teresting, training and developing
ourselves, cause Astoria to be noted
more or less as a musical center.
Places distinguished for art and
education depend less upon their
magnitude than upon their people.
While this is largely true concerning
every undertaking, it is especially so
in this connection. Oberainergan and :
Chautauqua are know n around the I
globe, yet neither very much exceeds
Astoria in populations. j
"In the first place it is not possible i
to build up an association of this kind 1
without we have a capable and en- j
thusiastic musical instructor and di-'
rector such as Dr. Knna. j
".Vow that we have Dr. Knna with ;
us, and an organization, what is !
needed on our part is continued con-1
sistent and persistent interest. In a ;
little while we may hope to have a
male chorus. This might be some
additional attraction to the splendid
chorus we have here this evening
although that is somewhat doubtful, j
"We may consider this beginning
to be an auspices one. While I have'
refrained from singing you a song be- j
cause I feared the results-to myself;
yet I assured you there is music ;
in my soul and that it has vibrated in
harmony with the sweet inu.sic of this!
occasion which has far surpassed my
fondest expectations. j
"If we are persistent to the extent!
of making this society permanent all j
of the musical journals of the entire j
country will chronicle information
concerning our concerts and within a'
few years it will he more than easy ;
to secure other artists; and more-!
over these concerts will assist us in
developing the excellent, latent talent I
j of our home city.
j etui now K"iiiu lo lAiiiisn vuui
wihes, which I feel, that this associa
J tion may become permanent, ami join
you m these wishes, most heartily.'
SHOES SHINED BY ELECTRIC.
Your shoes shined by electricity is
the latest. One of these interesting
devices has just been set up at the
corner of 39th Street and Broadway,
N". Y., and every day 2,(MX) people re
ceive an automatic shoe shine.
If Steve Brodie, the world's fa
mous bootblack, could see the elec
tric shoc-shiuing machine work he
would turn over in his grave. The
shine costs but a nickle. You step up
to the machine, insert a foot in the
proper opening, press the button and
in less than two minutes your boots
are polished even better than a boot
black could do it. The shoe-shiner is
no larger than the automatic weigh
ing machine. The machinery is con
tained in a upright position. On
either side of the platform is a brass
rail for the patron to steady himself
while the shoe is being polished. The
foot is thrust through an opening in
the platform until it rests on a metal
form. While standing with one foot
in the opening the nickel is dropped
in the slot and the shining begins.
One set of brushes conies up and
cleans the dust and mud from the
shoe. The soles and heels as well as
the upper part are cleaned
While
thee are doini this a felt brush n,m,-
' . " .
up and cleans the front of the shoe.
As soon as this operation is complet
ed the brushes slip into place and a
new set is ready for business. In the
interval a liberal coating of blacking
has been applied through tubes so
that when the new brushes are in
place the real shining begins. It takes
less than a minute to shine one shoe
fhc other foot is then inserted in
t,e (mninKi . t.,,ctric
. , ,
given a second push and the pro-
. . ' , , 1
Kram is repeated. Although the pa-
,ro" l"'sHes
the billion twice he has
,lro" but
one nickel as the me-
clianism is provided with a double r
lease.
,The electric shoe-shiner is One of
the most novel mechanisms ever na-
tented, and will do the work many
: times better and faster than any boot
black.
COFFEE
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thing ?
Can't get the goods or
the money.
Tonr (tocer returns your money If yw Son's
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