THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, MAfcCH 17, KCT.
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IHERE died a week egd to Chicago1
man. who, from any view
point, muet t considered one of
the moet remarkable men ot bl
ace, a man with admlnlatratlve.
creative and hypnotlo genius) rareiy
-equaled. John Alexander Dowle, founder
of the Christian Cathollo church of
Zlon and religion leader ot hundred of
thousand of people. . ' .
Dowle career, read like a romance.
r. . Knrn nnr Edinburgh on Mar I&,
1147. Hie mother waa a Boot an Alex
ander. The mil who until the paet few
year he called' hie father wae ale a
Pent John Murray Dowle. He later ae
.aerted that hla mother had been led to
believe that' her marriag to the army
officer waa Invalid and that to sav her
name ah married John Murray mwi
Religion in Youth! , '
John Murray Dowle waa a Congrega
tlonal minister of comfortable fortune,
' and young Dowle received a fair founda
tion for bla education under him and
la the board schools of hla native town.
la 1S60 the family removed to Adelaide,
Australia. and for eeven yeare. young
tw -i a clerk in a mercantile
establishment He avea then dleplayed
"' remarkable aptitude for buslnsss. - Also
i., iianivjui rellsious tendencies, and
- th. mmm f 1 A declared that he had
been cured ot dyspepsia by divine aid.
i mMkiiif of thla time of hi life
A Dowle declare 'that to him. the Savior
always has been a a close xriena. ana
that since childhood he has been ee-
customed to speak dlrecUy to hlia on all
- thins; and at any time a to one la the
' sua room. - - ' ;
Educated in Scotland. - ' '
t ilil. when be waa I year bid.
Dowle returned to Scotland and on the
money he had saved -whllo working In
' AnmtmUmj took a Ave Tsars' course In
the university The reoorda ahow that
he wae a remarkable student, especially
. t uhumi and of rells-loua history,
which seemed to be hla chief delight
r. . nnait l.atln and German that
be learned at university, Dowle bad
' .inM uiiiMl a fair knowledge of Chinese,
Banskrtt. French and Italian and had
. mad a study of the languages and re
ligions of India, conversing with his
' Mohammsdaa followers almost as wu
as with those from the rank of tin
Christian church. -- 'M .
Dowle, an graduation from the divin
ity school, at once took , orders in the
Congregational church and in 171 re
' turned to Australia and began preaching
j at a Congregational church la Newtown,
a suburb of Sydney. He continued In
bis work with success, his magnetic
Y oratorical power drawing largo crowd
i wherever he preached. It waa during
thla time, according to stories told of
- him since ha came to America, that
- Dowle had trouble with the taw, al
though this Dowle denies.
Bom, few rear afterward Dowle
. twnke loose from the Congregational
church, declaring hla Intention to make
bla appeal to the maeeea at - large
through evangelical work. Already he
Y "haA a mutation, and hi - blsarre elo-
well-tralned missionaries, his deacort
and hi disciples were forced to follow
at the pace their master set. A ,
Before long the . resident Of .that
Woodlewn district eoraolalned' to the
authorities about the hordes or the lam
ih, k.it mnA tha afek and the blind
quenoe, hla rough endtumbl .ogle, h' with which ths divine-healer 'Inflicted
trans- nersonalltr. won mm ma imuiw ,h neighborhood.-' This waa ins aianaj
diate victory In th field of hi choice. I for tta prM of Chicago- to launch out
Hla Impatience of fettering authority ac
counts for the change ana ne seems omj
to have been acting la aoooruanc wim
the dictate. of his natur.
a aeries - of bitter sitae, ana in
rear ltts Dowle wae arrested som
thins Ilk lvv tunes zor vioiauna mu-
nlclpal -ordinance for the care of the
11 L All these prosecution cost him
120,00 for fines and fees, but the new-
RnmM a Healer.
o. .ht In Jtelboume -Iher. rw.Pt PD l" T S
f.r rV Mark "Ha that belioveth and I morning at aost-lnnntieijr Dtow oe
ter of 8t Mark -Me nartment tor rate tor th earn pac.
. .mrVhii7haveast out devils. . . Bsaldea.,lt pushed the crown of martyr
my nam ehall they east out asviia. . . touched th
2hh.7 haVr ro""" Hi. imagination iympaihle. of 5l.: follower, to- th.
waY aSi wlSTTh.7d that b? wat the Quick. . Wh the laglon ef th falth-
rrophetforetold by Mataohl, and on thl. f ul Incrwed to an army, when his
f7ratlonTh. founded what la su prewnt quartsrs bcmm. . to er-tmpejcl
1..7.rr."T.iJ -w i. Mm .nasd and built for th dissemination of. hla faith,
fT ;X.;-H.,in t his mllr immense Dowle decided to mov.,v '
fortune.' H laid hand on ni mm - . ; .
naaa. vrayea ana cunw ow v w,ar - - . t
and then, a a wit will have it he pro-1 ... 0n Februmr n ttts.'Dowl. organised
AmA tn lav hands on everybody sua 1 . rw.i..i. r.t.niin ,iir,h la Zlon
everything else. Thor wo. anew d appolnUi nim.elf general overseer,
say that from early life he d vie- wlth nU wlf, j,n. DowK aa overseer.
Ion" and that h manlfoeted all woa.1 k beaan to attract attention U
symptoms which th alienist wouia put th eountrT. Converts rushed Into
under thr-aroeTal--had-oiJraHgioMt.Ch ci -, Deaairto tongregat arotrnd
hysteria"; t th e b o, " f"'0. tn. tabernaolea. Then Dowie purchased
7 eXrtaln of tand and the building
Micoigan
nr hla alncarltv.
be so er not, it s uww . .
def ormlUea and disease due xo armu,
lesion - have been afforded a - tern
norav relief bv sudden nervous asAlta-
Uon, Such as mignt corns yimiwm.
near Fourteenth street 'and
I avenue: Hi follower '-began , to have
soma atrencth ' In the community, ana
Chicago suddenly abandoned the effort
to drlv Dowle out. H waa arrested
. . . i l.. IIAI Ktk. wmaa,
Comes to Chicago. J - . I nmaeutlon." but only a few time. la
wia wifa and other cured, and th hat. Chicago, which had welcomed
lesion ot th faithful Increaalng - by Dowle a. a fad and then Jaahed Itself
virtue of the proof ot miraculous into a fury over bin, began to look on
Dowers. Dowle at once started to form him aa a nuisance to be tolerated, al-
m.i.. TTaailna- association, which thoush efforts were mad spasmodically
develooed later an into ui iarwr 1 to cnase nun iram ir. - . -ranlsaUon
of th International Divine Dowle waa growing H. Prchad
Heallna aaaoclatlon, with John Al- th big 10-etory building t Twelfth
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Typical - Cariooo rrom jxwla'i "Leaven ot Healing.''
: V ..II. u a matter of I street and Mlchlcan avenu and ent hi
;.orTt pre.ldit ' deacon, all over th United Bute, to
Tha next sten In th career of th bring In convert. H - organises a
nrJnhet waa hil proiaet to found a great school, a bank, a printing establlshmsnt,
prophet waa hi projw to iwiw s thlnaa. onducted the
Mti from'th !AistlLfc?'P,U,.
. iass that rviwia aawnea I , .!..
mum r-hlra-a It was a long time be-i . .. . ) -,
r-V.Vo haard of It. Out In West-1 MODDea oj -oopi. .,. ,
ern Spring, a lltua prain auoure ,iB not Dowle grew so aggressive mat
that time, Dowle started In "to light h, aam called down upon himself the
atn" in Chicago. By and by aom cor- Wrath of hi ensrolea He waa mobbed
M.ii.it found him out there preach ln Hammond, attacked la Evanaton, and
In to a handful of follower and wrote I h, ,ot a lot more good advertising
. .hmit him. That was th first which added to the arowth ot hi church.
Chicago hoard of Dowle, but ,ln th I His lda from th first waa th central-
snrlna Of the following year
Isatlon of alt the tabney ot all th foU
lower Into th treasury or zaon, ana n
srew rich amaslngly -fast, for he. John
Alexander Dowle.waa Zlon. holding all
Its-monsya aad properties In his .own
name. In trust -for the ohurco. He was
an absolute powr. -' ; ' ' , ,
Fpunda Zlon City, . ' ,,
mi TViwla annoucosd that he In
tended to build Zlon City Chicago merely
grinned. Dowlo had been driven out. .
. Early In August, 1101. ground was
broken for ths arst house In thl City
of Peace. Th city la piaiea on mi
a-aaniatrts lines, with two great boule-
varda through tha center. These are
.ni,u n - two . other - nouievaros ai
angles of degrees. The east ana. west
street axe numoarea iron o
Flrst street beinf on th Wisconsin
. Tha north and aoutn streeis
nihiira) names, chosen, alphabetically,
from Aaron avenue, on the lake shore,
to Zebulon avenue, mile back In the
Zavati I thousand tx . hundred . and
twenty-eight acre are lnoluded la.tht
ait lttalte.---;T s---.--'t:j-rv;i
Crows Like - Green Bay Tre.
tXkm a swarm of bee th Zlonltas de
scended on their land to build a new
city, and it sprang up Ilk a mushroom.
rwwta called unon. his follower from
all carta of the country - to move to
r.inn and thv earn. H had adopted
advanced Ideas of health,' cleanliness,
and sanitation fromvth Mormon and
imnMvjui HUM .mens.
Zlon City seemed bullded literally and
really upon th send. There was noth
ing to-make a city, neither harbor nor
nines, and not much agriculture. Chi-
eagoan could not see how Zlon could b
self supporting. Again Dowl showed
hi resourcefulness.- He was related by
marriage to on Stevenson, a Notting
ham lacatnaker. and Dowl decided that
lacemaklng should be the principal In
dustry of Zlon City. ' - -
moved upon Evanston, and there he re
mained until tee spring ox
fair year, whan, with a aosen follower,
be tented a house down near the Ml
way. and, almost with his own hands,
he built Zlon tabernaot no.
Finds Persecution Pays. ; '
, Th Whit City did e more for the
fortune .of ny man than for John
nua Dowie'a - And while the
"doctor." who nrgis run far op In
The Absolute Woman Has No Self
(inimsoWlLitgratii
; By Maa Nordau; '
HE futur of Art and .IKeratur
, can be predicted ' with tolerabl
clearness, i resist th teenpta
' Uon of looking Into too 'remote
. a future. . Otherwise - I - should
perhaps prove, or at least show very
probable, "that , ln the mental. We ot
A.ntnriea far . aheaa or . us sx
poetry will occupy but a very-lnslgnlfl;
cant place, v , . -,v & ,: .''l-
t...1nU,, taar.naa tnat - ne
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course of oevaiopmeat im irw
to knowledge, from laottos to Judg
tmr rambled to regulated aa?
. . . . a ft t nM MnllMM
OClaUOn I laeaa. -
fugiUva Ideation: will, guided by rea
son, reniacea caprice. . v,u,
then, triumph ever more ana ""
nomination- and artlstlo aymbollam
t a. th Introduction ef th rroneon
personal intrpreia"i -"- 7
i. inii more drlvenf back; by en
understanding or tne laws ox o"1"'-
. . .. . . k -t
' An - the ether nana, xne msms v-
lowed hitherto by elvilisaOon gives u
an Idea of tha fat which may ha re
served tor art and ' poetry In a. very
distant future.- That welch originally
tt,. moat Important occupation of
man ot full mental development, of the
matures t. best and w la est member of
Society, become lltq by little a eub-
ordlnat pastime, and finally a ehlldV
amusement. - - . '" '" ;
Dancing ml formerly an n"i
Important affalrr it was performed on
cart In grand occasions, a a . eute
function of - the first order, with sol
emn ceremonies, after eacniices ana
Invocations to the god, by th leading
warrior of th tribe Today It la no
more than a fleeting pastime for
women and youth. - - --
The fabl and fairy Ul were once
the highest production of th human
mind: today- thsy represent a rspectee
f literature only cultivated for the
nursery. -r,. . " -it
a.. ar- avaa the nbvel la be
ing Increasingly degraded, aerloue and
highly cultivated men scarcely deeming
It worthy of attention, and It appeals
more and mere exclusively to the young
ana ta women. -r i - -. --
- rrom aU these "sxamples It 1 fair to
conclude . that after some centuries, art
and poetry will have become pur eta
vism and will ho longer be cultivated
except by the most emotional portion
of humanity by woman., by the young,
perhaps sven by children.- -it
i Mt nirasiial at ore sent to meet
this sentence: Th art and poetry ef
the future will b ac4nttfle Thos
who say this assume extraordinarily
conceited attitudes ana eonsiusr m ni
sei ves unmistakably as extremely pro
gressiva an modern. . I as mysetx ibj
vain what these 'Word can meaa. Do
the good people who mean ee well by
science Imagine that sculptors will la
the futur chisel microscope In mar
ble, that painter tin. eepici n vr
culatlon of th blood, and that poet
will display In rich rhymes the princi
ple of KuenaT . - t - -f
. This will surely not oeeur. la the in
past ..a oontuaion between ert and
science waa possible, ln the near fe-
ture Itla ttnlmaginablA' The mentar
activity ot man is too mgniy. awvwp .
for' such an - amalgamation. Art and.;,
poetry, have amotion, for -.their object,
sdenes has knowledge. .. -
Dead symbols- will disappear from
art ot th future and It will no lon'er
oeeur to any painter to combos like .
Ouldo Real's Aurora In the RoaplgUoal
Palaoe, and a poet would, be laughed at
who ahould reprent th moon look
tag" amourously -Int a prtty. giri'S
tThm artist 1 the child of hi time
and the conception dominant Ja f the ,
world la hla also.- - - '-,.
t Ne doubt the art of the future wlU
avoid mora than hlthsrto the great r
in universally racoanlxed doctrines
of seienoe, bot lt wlU never . beoomal
cinoe ... - . r -
Oldest Portrait of Shakespeare-is Found
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By Professor Otto Welnlnger.
HE futur of ert and literature
can be predicted with vteraoie
clearness. I resist the tempta
tion of looking Into too remote a
future. Otherwise I ahould per-H
the hor'se-oowera, worked, preached and hap prove, or at leaat ahow as very
rredrhf th. Si. eorp. of Pro-tb mental Ufoofcej.
very
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inalanlflcant
converted by Dowle and who
... . ...k 1 1 n f hslraaaa. wtlO Kll
a s. ,.1 Vr- I.' to. Vomaoc. of CUdston. Dowle. U.
Sl;ffl sou VI ww -iv.-. . . -( ( ,
Imete'e eitrsTsgsncles - . '.- .- ..'..--.','. . ,' ...'''..-
turlee
will occupy but
nlaa. . t . v
Psychology tescnee o inai
of development. Is front Instinct to
knowledge, from emotion to jaas-meni,
from rambled to regulated association
of Idcaa. - Attention replacea fugitive
iMiinn: wfll. aulded by reason, replacea
caprice. Observation, v then, triumphs
aver more and mor over Imagination
and artlstlo symbolism t ., ths Intro
duction of erroneous personal Interpreta
tion of tha universe ta more ana mor
driven back by an understanding of th
law of natur.. - -,, "-
On th ether hand, the march 'toj
lowed "hitherto by civilisation give us
an Idea of th fat wnico may o re-
served for art and poetry in very
distant future, That which originally
wa tha most lmnortant oocupatioa VI
men of full mental development, of the
matures t. best and wisest membere of
soel.tv. Uttie by little a subordinate
pastime, vajid finally a child's amuse
ment. -" -
Dancing was formerly aa sxirsmaij
important affair. It waa performed on
certain grand occasions, - ss a state
function of th first order. With solemn
ceremonies, after sacrifice and lnvoea-
tlnna to tha Oa..iy-n leaaina wmr-
rlor. of th. trlb. - Todsy It Is no mor
than a fleeting pastime tor women ana
you tha v'
The fable nd fairy tele war one
tha hlahest troductlon of th human
mind; today they represent a apeole
of literature only, cultivated for the
nursery. ,' . . - ,
iiniift our var eve, th Jiovel 1 be
Ing InereaiHngly degraded, serious and
highly rultlvnted fnen scarcely deeming
It worthy of attention, and it appeals
more and more xcluslvsly. to th young
.4 a wnman. j- . f
From all these example It I fair to
conclude that after om centurte art
and poetry will ne longer be cultivated
except by the most emotions! portion
Of buaianlty--oy women, vj
M,h.na avaa bv children.
it ia mi unusual at present to meet
thl sentence: "The art end poetry of
tha future will be ocientlno. ' : Those
hi ear this assume extraordinarily
oonoelted attitudes and consider1 thera
galva unralsUkably aa extremely pro-
grossly and modern. - Z aak myself la
vala what those words can mean. ; Do
the good people who mean o wall by
scfehc Imagln that eoulptora win In
theulure chisel microscopes ln mar
ble, that painters will depict the circu
lation of the blood, and hat poets will
display In rich rhymes. the principles
Z .UCUC1T . , . - ' - . a
This will sorely not occur.." In th
past a -confusion between art -and sci
ence wss possible; la the future It is
unimaginable. " Th mental- activity of
man Is too highly developed for suen
an amalaamatlon. Art and poetry have
emotion for their' object! science has
knowledge v -
r'.CDead symbols will disappear from
art ot tha future, and it will no longer
ooour to any painter to compos Ilk
Outdo Rent' Aurora In th Rosplgllosl
Palace, and poet would be laughed at
who should tepresent the moon .looking
amorously Into a pretty girl's room..
Ths artist 1 the child of hi Urn.
and th ' conception dominant In th
world la hi also.
Ma S on at the art of the future -will
avoid , more than hitherto th great
errors In universally recognised doc
trines of science, out it, win never Be
come 0l00. ' " .; , 4
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' 1 Prarl DWef ln Texas.. ;VV
-V Iba Vaaialal glV; TtanSl 1
rTWHl iiJ Jgafcenaaasaaas US1..T
."Pearl diver wanted apply, at the
Lone Star cafe." ,'-s-
Thla advertisement appearea in
Texas paper recently," said a traveling
salesman. , V '- '.- -'" ' -
- "Not a very big paper and I just hap
pened to run ecros It. - Did you ever
hear ef a pearl diver In an, Inland town?
I never did and Out of curiosity I vis
it.! tha nlaca on my next trip. ; '
'The eafe was not In need of a diver
whan I applied, but .the cashier ex
plained the duties of th Job. . The diver
waa the dlshwsshsr: Just - the Texss
"ai BEAT ' Interest has been aroused
. - by the discovery of what may
I mm ' turn out to be the earliest known
VI portrait of Shakespeare. I Tot
many rear. It . hung among a
oollsctlon ef sporting print, ia the bat
parlor of the Bridgewater Arms, an Inn
In the village of Winston, nsar Derllng
ton, No special value was attacked te
It until a stranger, wno bhw k"ui
about old pictures, chanced to see It.
He noticed Its atrong resemblance to
other supposed authentic portrait, of
Shakespeare, painted when
reached a maturer age. H said that It
might b a portrait
bard. In th mouth ef rnmor th
"might be" became wa... ..,. -.. ,., i,,. ,'
Painter Is Unknown. ? i;lV:V
vr w RntaUnann. ths famous art
critic, now engaged In preparing a vol
ume on Shakespeare portrait, heard of
it . nA wrote to the Mlsseaf Xudgate
-two maiden ttr. who .oonduct .th
Inn asking there for a Tmotogrepn oi
tha portrait and its history so far ss
th. ..ra acnualnted with It. Mr. Spiel
mann. vim la aiBDOBina on ,.- ..,.
of scores of alleged Shakespeare por
traits, ha not yet oeen aoie x uvw
that attantlan to the latest dlscovry
necessary to determine whether. ,n
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It IS a genuina n,v. .
tt ' tanraaanta a young man with bud
Alna-'. moustache' and a head -of thick.
iviv hair. He wears. a crimson
..i..t-. i.ahed doublet and.'lac collar.
Ths portrait,: which measure ' 15 14 by
ITU. Inches. Dears in wun "
the panel the Inscription,; "Ae Suae
..,! anae 14. Kit." end OH th
v m tha letter "W x 8." Nowhere,
however, is thsr en Indication ef th
painter's name or lnltlale.; ..
lang for th occupation.'
: IVasoa for Bncnritf.' Y
From tha Washington Star. ,
"Are you aware thai the man you
have challenged 4 an expert word
manf said on Psrlslah.
' -Certainly," answered the ether". "Th
fart s-lvaa me-, confidence. lie 1 hot
likely to do anything clumsy and unex
pected that might result in serious in
jury." - , . V ' - ; '
Is .WsH Preserved. r .
1 Tha' cloture la In an excellent state
of preservation end the drawing la en-
nantallv aAod. ' The POSO Of th hSd 1
similar to that or wna s anown, as
th "Welcombe" portrait, owned by Sir
nanraa Trevelyan and . painted when
ahabeaneara was 40. In tha conforma
tion Of the 10Wr lip an unueuai jypa
of lip ft 1 practically Identtcal with
th Jower Hp In the Droeshout portrait
snd th "Ely House" portrait, now in
possession or th birinpiace trseiees s
"It It can be proved to b a Shakes
pears say Mr. Splelmsnn "It t 'Im
possible to estimate Its value. It would
b worth 110.000 to buy It for the.na-
.inn . hut it Is not unlikely that an
American would Offer IS0.000 for It'
Meanwhile the portrait no;. longer
adorns ths parlor of. the village Inn.
The Misses Ludgat have deposited It
tor afety In a bank, pending th detir
mlnatlon of th -Question whether It Is
worth the fortune that will enable them
to retire from the Inn-keeping buslneaa
It the portrait la aaaiiina
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painted wha Shaktspear wae zi. ' In
lilT the year before It waa painted
he had Jolaed a band of strolling play
Urra. Not until aome lour or win
did Jl tase nio iirsi piay id m,
llshera That has led soms critic to
suggest that It Is extremely unlikely
that aoyhody would hav gone to the
troubi 'of painting his portrait when
be wae still an obscure and poor young
man. It does seem unlikely, but likeli
hood, of eourse, has little to do with
the matter. It waa hot likely that In
lt(4 an Englishman would b born
whose genius would still be astonishing
the clvlllss-1 world 100 year after his
desth. And It Is not wildly improbable
to aiinnose that before the world had
heard ef him he toad sua aa impres
sion on hlj frlsnd that on ot them
painted , hla - portrait out of sheer ad
miration. Th thing la constantly hap
pening in. the artlstlo world ,vn la thl
Mammon-worshlMng ag. " , , , d
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' Woman Loves to Bo s Martyr, '
rrom th Bangor Newa . , Y
A Banor woman sat up till 1 o'clocl
the other- night waiting for her hus
band to come borne . At last, weary and
worn out With vigil, eh went upalalre
to rstlre. only to find her husband. In
bed snd ast asleep.,
Instead of .going down' town he had
stolen upstslrs and crawled Into bed,
which made bis wtfs so mad sh didn't
speak te hint t a week, -
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