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, THE ORDGO.J CUIiDAY JOUiaJAt. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1C07. ::,. . ,, -... , ..- ., . . ,.. ' 1 r P ir, 11! ' : - . I. V 'I . ( - ( V . , ' J r hi f - " v.- , 1. : 'A '.vas coat, eovsrlnf ftr from head, rooi. f Miss I C. Cecil, who bangs from ins top of 17-story building a on tba narrow ' ledge of a swinging scaffold and paints . pictures and novelty teilrsi In the ad vertising line, is decorating the unem ployed wal i of nigh Portland structures , to the great consternation of natives. 8be enjoys the work and has adopted It as her life calling. ' . Slgfet Drew Biff Crowds. Hiss Cecil, in company, with three sign-painters of the male . persuasion , started Friday afternoon to improve the scenlo effect of the city of Portland by painting a monstrous picture on the slds tot an office bu lifting on ' Washington street, iue ouuaing is not very nign, Just six stories, but that's plenty. Many people were attracted by the unusual sight and stopped to eomment upon It. They were very doubtful as to toe au thenticity or correctness of their own ' eyesight ' '-' "X guess Its easy t Nltrf aaidone wise bystander and up-gaser. t"l guess J've been around some mvself ; they on't work no stunts like that oft on me." , , - , "Sure" Interrupted another. "I've seen that before. It's all a ut up Job for an advertising gag. That's no woman; Just ,,.7 a man in woman's clothes. X oaa tell by tha way -she works." . Were peek-a-Boo Waist . . -' Getting curious, a representative of The Journal took 4 camera and went op to Investigate; got right close to It and interviewed It And It waa a real, live woman, pretty rood looking, too, - and she wore a peek-a-boo shirtwaist Miss Cecil was very willing to be Interviewed as that Is part of hen business. Her work. Is la the advertising line, as sne very modestly admits. Miss Cecil began her career as a sign painter about -four years .ago in the city of Chicago. At the time it waa Cer tainly a unique advertising scheme as the orowde thronged in the streets be low to- witness the woman dangling in mld-alr from the roof of a sky-scraper. The police were called out to clear the streets. - Worked te Kaa Cities. ' Since then the 'female : sign-painter nas visitea mew xortc ana oiner ciues. but Portland is the first cur in wmcn she has appeared on the Paclno coast tine nas oeen nere aooui inree weexa. vi n looking around for novelties In advertlsin " said Miss Cec(L "I thought of going Into sign-painting. I don't mind high 'buildings and have grown quite used to these scaffolds swinging hun dreds of feet above the busv streets. I do It for the money there Is la It and am paid for the advertising it brings the Arm for which I work." . Miss Ceoil perhape In the past few days has caused more staid and con servative buslnese men to "rubber" until their oollare chafed the backs of their .necks, and has been more In the public eye than any woman who has visited Portland for many a day. THE STAGE . (Continued from Page Forty-eight) splendid revival of the great melodra matic) succsss "The Two Orphans." Those who are familiar with the stage know that this has been one of the most suc cessful drama aver presented in Amer ica and that it has made the reputa tions of many of the famous stars that we all know. r. i. -. Kate Claxton originally created the part of Louise, the blind girl la which Verna Felton will be seen. James O'Nell was in the original cast as was also Rasa Ky tinge, known far and wide to all Portlanders. The play Itself Is ons of the really great pieces of dramatlo literature of the past hundred years containing as it dose so much heart Interest so much vigorous action and such a beautiful love sentiment The comedy element la Juat aufficlent to aplce the whole and make It-a thoroughly interesting and delightful entertainment . tor au classes. , -v.. , -, The costuming and scenery, which are rarv imnoriant nava naan nrovidaa n. grardlees of expense by Manager Mur phy and Director Allen has worked early and late at the rehearsals until he is certain It will be smooth and perfect in every aetau. verna eiton as ixuiss and Mrs. Clara Allen. Ralnh Belmont Forreet Seabury and the others ' who This afternoon and tonight for the last times the Allen company will offer "Jim the Westerner" which has been one of the blggeet hits of the summer during ths past week. It le a play that can safely be recommended to all thoee who like a stirring, realistic drama. You had better go this afternoon or to night or you will miss the treat of the day. SPOTLIGHT FLASHES StiitwTtlAMil b4 known Popular among Sntll Ust?w2efe She eroects to so to I n AUn Payors wll beln their besl sSatUenextWnwSrkPi!f and.wlfi do full Justice by the a oroaa wnite net ana long wnue can' famous old play. CHIAFFARELU'S BAND NEXT WKT niV AWB WOUT when your child has a severe cold. Tou need not fear pneumonia or other pul monary diseases. Keep supplied with Ballard's Horshound Syrup a nositivs cure for colds, coughs, whooping cough and bronchitis. Mrs. Hall of Sioux Falls. S. D.,-wrttee: 'T have ussd your wonderfuT Ballard's Horehound Syrup on my children for nve years, its re sults nave been wonderful. Sold by all druggists. -u( .-.v'.. ' Robert Bdesoa will open at the Hud son theatre, New Tork, on August 2, In a nsw play by William C. OeMlllo, au thor of "StrongheaTt" May Itobson will be seen In Novem ber In a dramatisation of "The Reju venation of Aunt Mary." by Anne War ner. ; '' At Wallack theater. New Tork, on September t, Pustln Farnum will appear In "The Ranger," a new play by Augus tus Thomas. Henrietta Crosman will make her first appearance In The Christian Pilgrim" at the Broad Street theater. Phlledel- ghia, on October 7. Tyrone Power will e her leading man. . V . xne vehicle or tne KOgers - Droiners tne coming season wiu oe i ne nogers Brothers in Panama," to be preeented for the first time at the Broadway theater, New Tone on September a. Grace Elllston will ODen the eeason at the Hackett theater on September S in Martha Morton's new play of -Amer ican uie, "ins Movers.- .- Otis Bicinnere piav ror next season will be sn English vsrslon of "La Ra boullleuss.'' oriKlnallv nroduced In Paris In Itos. . Maclvn Arbuckle will have the leading role In Edmund Day's play, "The Round Ud." which is to open the season at tha New" Amsterdam theater. New York. Miss Lulu Olaaer's new musical play by John J. McNally. called "Lola from Berlin," will have Its premier presen tation at Rochester on August 12, and the next week will be seen at the Lib erty theater. New York. Liuian Kusseii win appear in a new ralnir drirnt by Oeorse Broadhurnt which will have Its opening In Chicago on ociouer- i. Wilton Lackaye Is to begin his seeeon In Hall CiUne's dramatisation of The Bondman," whloh wee aoted last season at ths Urury ane theater, London. Mrs. Fluke will tour the south In Oo tober and November, appearing in "Hedde Oabler," Tees of the d'Urber villes," and "Leah Kleahna" In Deoem ber she will appear in Mew York in new play... - , , .. Frank ; rnlels will continue next season in The Tattooed Man," opening at the Home u tract theater, Boston, on Heptember it, ' ' The Burgomaster." the flret of the Plxley-Ludere sucoeeses. la to be" re vived the ' oomlng season with Gus Weinberg In the name-part ' t A new tiliv called The Rtenchlld." bv Charles Klein, will be produced In Sep- temDer, , wun cnrystai Jierne, . ucaos Fllklns, Frederio de Belleville and other well known players in the cast , James K. Hackett will enneaf In At frad Sutro'a Dlav. "John Olavde'a Hon our," opening in MiiwauKee on isovem Mary uannering will continue in tne comedy, "Olorious Betsy," by Rlda J. Young, In - which - she appeared last season. " , V W.IJ, 1 WA m. mam rnjmw K IVIUB Will V WWU III l UWJ musical comedy called "The Girl Behind! tne counter." on BeDtemoer I. John Drew win ooen York! In "His Wife." - Mies BlUie feurke win oe nis jeaaing woman. , . . A iitatu Monster : From the New York Times. ' The meanest man on earth, X guess, is one that lives in Maine. , And what his bams Is, I confess, Would give me such a pain , To mention here that I'll withhold , The same from vubllo view. And merely will this deed nnfold To show his shame to you. His wife, a soul of kind Intent, nat up zor mm at man i, Wot quite so much from sentiment jti rrom ner aenee or ngnc He urged upon her not to loaa Her beauty sleeD. but she Would smlls and ask him to sxouse A wife's anxiety. . v The other night the shameless wretch, Regardless of his spouse, Went out as she supposed,; to catch " His usual evening souse. But no; he softly slipped around ' And thru the back door erect Upstairs In silence most profound, To where he always sjept She waited down below for hints . She waited Ions, ah me. Her eyee with troubled tears war dim Till Anally at I. She left her poet and went upstairs, - Alone to wait and weeps And found him, careless of her cares, uuriea up in noa asieep. PORTLAND HOTELS HEREAFTER : WILL ADVERTISE OUR V.'VlT. - Bull Run water, Portland's neotar to the weary traveler who journeya to the coaat In search of-rest scenery and health, will at last come into its awn la the way of advertlalng its pure quel. Itlss, thirst-quenching , powers , and Sparkling appearance. ' :-yi p . I , . 'ST yr'4 'to'a bave been coming vo - roruana ana remarking upon the purity OX the drinking water that Is ss common and free ae the rich Oregon osone they breathe while In the Roae City. Now they are to be told au about It No longer will they receive an an swer something like this, after com menting upon "Oh. yes. that is Bull Ran water. It comes from Mount Hood." Instead, full and elaborate daacrln- tlons of the water, lta source, the man ner la Which It Is brousht to Portland and all other featuree that - make friends for It. will be eet forth on the menu cards of ths hotels and restaur ants, on placards ousted on drinking fountains and In rooms of. the hotel. and In every Other manner that can be devised to explain to easterners and others that the purest water la the WVIId m IU f UIUKIIU, Mil I 1 Vll of the chief assets la making Portland ths heafthleet city In America, savs ona Manarer H. CVBoWera of the Portland hotel . announced yesterday . that . he would be glad to adopt the scheme pro posed by The Journal In setting forth ths merits of the Bull Run water. For many years the Portland ran a oeacrip tloa of a paragraph about Bull Run water upon Its menu cards. - When the hotel changed lta plan from Ar't! to European ths deeorlptinn ' i ' off the menu vards, snd n tiev-r i t back. Mr. Bowers sid yeatr.Ur t t no better water could be fuun i v where . In the United PtnUs ttmn t Bull Run weter, and beilevid t tin t t! scheme proposed would be the bent f to sdvertlse the city, and will have th description placed on the menu cr.ls. Otto Metsrhan of the Imperial bntcl was also enthuelaatlo over the prot-ct, and promised to have placards print.-1 and placed above the drinking fountxi'i In the hotel lobby and In each of the rooms telling of the wonders of Lull Run water.. "There is seldom a day pass." sai l Mr, Metschan, "that somebody does not remark' upon the purity and tatinr qualities of the water. "We reran lv filaced a aew drinking fountain In the obby of the hotel, and hundreds tf po. pie use It svsry day. BtranKers who are not guests of the hotel come in Jtmt to get a drink of water, and l?ava at lafled In the knowledge that they need have no- fear of . baa teeults coming from their drink. " . . "Easterners staying at the hotel al waye Inquire about the water, end want to know whether we have a privets well beneath-the hotel from which we get our drinking eunply." m Other hotels have promised to do all they can to advertise the water. Depart, ment stores and other places where pub llo drinking fountains are In use will probably take up ,hs movement and have a card placedabove the fountains telling the drinkerthat Bull Run water only is used at that particular fountain. . ' for Baldness. , V: ' From tha Horn Mesaslne. ' ' If 1 from niness or other cause the hair has commenced to fall Out a reg ular course of massags and tonlo treat ment ehould be resorted to. Frequent ly . Intelligent care will prevent the early coming of gray hair, as well as keep the - hair In excellent condition, Excessive ollness oaa be overcome by uee of the egg shampoo or a wash having some astringent ingredient The advice of our granmother cannot be Improved on to keep the hair In good oondltlon that Is, the 100 strokes with the brush dally. In my grandmother's recipe book," said a spinster. "I recently found a number of quaint - remedies tor bald ness. SInoe my grandmother preserved an abundance of hair until bar death, It Is likely that her remedies are efncaelous. "Let me quote one to yon. Zt says! la cases where the baldness Is total a quantity Of the finest burdock roots are to be bruised la a marble mortar, snd then boiled In, white wine until there remains only ' as much as will oover them. This' liquor carefully strained off. cares baldness by wash ing tha head with it every night -v., ; Antiquity of TennlsV ' , From the Captain. Among all the popular games of to day none perhape Is of greater an tlnnltr than tennis, for it la eald to have originated la the ball games of ths ancient Greeks and Romans. In tha first niece tha hail was struck by the band, later on heavy gloves were worn or corns strapped round tne paim; and the racquet waa contrived durinic the fifteenth century In France, where the game was very popular, and thence Introduced Into Es gland. Seven-Jewel Elrln watch.' II site, to- yeer case. $.. Mctxger's. ttl Wash. cm $50 $40 $30 $20 $"1 0 ;;'$5- $5 vS ' ' $5. ' . $5 -: " In Meat Orders, on dealers carrying Government Inspected meat to the ten best and shortest answers to the following question: . P ; 4 "What is, the strongest argument for using Govern- , ment Inspected meats made by Solicitor McCabe in his'' great speech on Goveniment Inspection?" , , v ( , " . WE LL SEI&IUITOE SPEECH THIS IS NOT CHANCE It require merely little thjraght and careful reading of the speech made by U. S. Solicitor McCabe Read it, and your answer will be made by the time you have finished. A beautiful little book containing the speech will be ent free on receipt of this coupon and 2-cent tamp. . .Write or call. Room 14 Hamilton Bulldinrf Portland, Oregon Department United States Inspection 'Clip 'Along This Xlns. ' Dept Government Inspection, Union Meat Co , 14 Hamilton Bldg, Portland, Ore. Please mail me at once your free book on Oov- wish to enter the prLte meat contest eminent Inspection containing Solicitor McCabe's great speech. I Stamp enclosed. Name Street, ... , '., .vwff City ," . V.v. .... . . State . . . . Slgnor Chlaffarellf, Band Leader and Musical Composer, Coming to the ."' Oaks Next Sunday. 1W Is the password to good health and good digestion. Drink a pint of this perfect beer after eachmeal and when retiring and see how it aids digestion, how your cheeks will glow with health and how well you'll sleep. It's not an expensive thing to do, for a case of two dozen pints costs but $2.00 and we allow you 25c the dozen for the bottles when returned. That .makes the best family beer in the, west cost you ONLY 6i CENTS A BOTTLE, The Oaks' musical - attractions this year ars - probably the strongest that J1A.VS ever; UCC uiinBu.ui.b fcmrh The Schllsonyl Hungarian Hussars havs been a decided novelty In outdoor band conoert work Their engagement ter minates - Saturday evening next when they will be followed 1y Chlaffareili and his band from los Angeles.. The con Ing ot this organisation, second in repu. tationionly to Ellery. is ari event, of gren4e?hterestj::iii'v'';';-';'-:?-; I- ''Vfcf sffii' Xtanfredl Chlaffareili. director Xof J laf farelli's Italian hand, is a wonder, -snd his method of conducting a revela tion to every audience before which he appears. He puts heart, soul and body into his work, : with the result that he and the members of his band achieve rnarvelous results. A more ehthueias tio and eloouent director could not be imaslned, with slnous gestures of arms, ::t 'V . body and head he implores.-encourages snd finally triumphs, for the muelo hie band makes is as near perfect as It la poBsiDie ror It to ' De. ' Jtte someumee conducts an entire program without, a I elngle sheet of muslo before Klm.vut he anticipates. each phase of expression so eloquently i- tnat eacn - memoir i ox ms band comnrehenda exactlv what is com ing. He is not a director to be Ignored by his men, being far too masterful for that. He Js wholly in sympathy with the piece "being played, ae: well as the men, and the result Is band muslo such as has never been heard before. Deane's manikins ars decidedly the most novel attraction that has been seen In this city for years. They have the reputation of having made more people laugh than any single attraction on the stage. They are the star attractions on the anrusement avenue at the Oaks. ' . Labdr day will be celebrated at the Oaks In a way that will draw one of the b Iff (rest crowds that has srer vlalted the park ' l , ' 2 Just remember this and see to it that you order the right brand. Phone in your order early in the weeX.for.we simply can't take care of all the orders we have phoned in on the last day of the week. Bear in mind that the beer you want is the kind they make out at the brew- ery on Washington street, "for 30 years the leading family beer of Portland." , To make sure that you get the right kind just .m'.. : ..v....". .- (mil Phone Knin!:: ID
