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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING," SEPTEMBER 27. 1908. STRAY: TOPICS FROM OLD NEW YORK New York. Bent II. Eureka, the j "on" thin taking to make bachelor. ( hood an Ideal slate, baa been supplied ; ai iui lid kuhdm, t least la eree4 j ar New Work, will never afeta yiela to 1 the pressure or mlaalna; buttons, ripped eeama In their underwuar and boUa In 1 their eooke, ta sacrifice their ainale , blessedness and hrcome married, aim ply nave ineir wives iook a.rter me en-noylna- Utile details of their wardrobe. It took' a Chicago woman to- aolva the problem and to remove the laat obstacle to suecessrul bachelorhood. flss Uer trade Harnum, president of the W men'a Usaue of Chlcia-o. and a, well known eetilemeint worker, conceived the M 'carried It Into practical exe ln this city. Bhe first estab- i lOea, a outlon iianed the "tShln Shape Bhop." In an ex nerlmentnl way In connection with the Hartley Settlement houee on Weil For- i ty-sUth street and ao treat was Ita success that a larger house bad to be iouna- ror tna eeiaDllehmeni on . west Forty-seventh street. I "Wardrobe repaira for bachelors and maids, bualneaa and professional , wo men, tiusbanda of absentee wives, tired motnera. hotel arueats. etc.. Is the lesend on . the sign displayed on tha door of tna estaolisnment, wnicn is conducted under the direction of Miss Barnum. It Is an eiaellent Institution, which fives employment to a number of young w- ''and a fair Income to many more, a tha J enterprise prospers. The "Hhip onape ' Bhop'' makes contraota at $1 a month with bachelora, old malda, professional j. men and women, etc., to keep their shlrta, underwear, socks, .stockings, etc., in gooa repair. More important repairs and other worn la paid ror extra accorj ; Ina- to estimate. Miss Barnum'a Idea 1 . undoubtedly clever and a blessing to all bachelor men and women, but It will ': scarcely meet with the approval of President Roosevelt - It la really antag- oniatlo to nia views on matrimony and race suicide, as It makes bachelorhood eaaler and mora free from cares than ever. It la probably premature to apeak of tha daya of tha horse being camnted, as the prloe of automobiles and other horseless contrivances Is Btlll a great deal higher than that of horseflesh; but It seems quite likely that the daya , of horae racln jr ara on tna wane. There' ara many lndlcatlona to that effent. J What killed horae racing? Several cauaea contributed to tha decline of that sport, which has been In favor for many , centuries. Crookedness among the pro . feaaional horsemen, trainers, Jookeys, . eto., had a great deal to do with the de i cllne of horse-racing. Tha abuaea of before a. crowd of tha betting ring also brought discredit upon tna sport and finally led to an at taiupt to suppress tha gambling feature 01 rmcms- nui, wnn ine gambling feature eliminated, horse racing eeaaed to 01 interest t a eo large peroont age of tha race-track patrons, that thi attendance at the races haa dwindled 10 tna point or making- racing unuroflt able to tha track owners aa well aa to tna iiorse owners. This yar a "Futur ity" was wltneesed by only lt.000 peo pis, while la former years, befora the belting ring waa abollahed, It uaed to orew irvm su.uuv 10 au.uuv. - uui, as in tna tmjm 91 vsasar tna great masses in alst upon having "nanem at Clroanaaa" and. If horse haclog haa loat Ita inter eat owing to the elimination of the gamoung tenure, they take to some ining else, uaaeball haa largely eroflf sd by -the aupnreaalon- of the betting rings on Hew York's race courses and ruuy lwo.ooo witnessed tha last fou games with Chicago at the Polo grounda on August 7.i. 10 and 11. Jus recently the Giants Played tha Brooklyn team xive games u 10,000 "Tana." It haa become otilte common In re cent years to uaa race tracks, ordinar ily Intended for horae racing, for speed teats snd rsoea of automobiles. Now another use haa been found for auch courses. The old Morris Psrk race course, the hlatorlo scene of many ramoua race.' la the first to capitulate to ultra-modernlam. It haa been leased by tha Aeronautical society1 and will be used aa the club slta and testing rrounda or tna society. Where once u.e horoughbreda struggled for victory, monoplanes and helicopters will spin and aoar and, occasionally tumble in the future. Some of the old Quarter have already been turned Into machine and carpenter shops, where air craft of an sorts or design may do put togeuier. Out on tha field ara two structures from which single rails are laid across the turf. This apparatus Is to give a flying start to ambitious experiment ers. 1 ne clubhouse naa been converted Into the home of the Aeronautical ao- ciety and ita walls ara oovered with photographs of airships and . dirigible balloons. The schools of greater New Tork sre now In full running order and dally about 640.000 children Just think. about 25,000 mora than the entire popu lation or Hoaton win go to their re- ective acnooia 10 imoibe Knowledge or Ings necessary and superfluous. It Is a disgraceful fact, that fully 62,000 hlldren will ba unable to find proper accommodation and will be compelled to attend school but part of the day. Soma old fashioned critics say that it would ba much better ta use tha money supplied b the taxpayera for tha build ing of additional school houses than to waste it on lads WHICH benefit only a few special . teachers and ara of no earthly uaa to the children. But, the kus nave many menas in tna ooard 01 education and their ambition to keep new iora at me nead OI the procession With a few axceptlona tha opium dans in the Chinese quarter of the city have been suppressed by the polite. Now It haa boea discovered that the strict lawa agalnat the sale and use of cocaine have been skillfully evaded by tha fra ternity 01 aope-iianas and mat uiey had a number of places scattered throughout tha city, where they could obtain their favorite drug and give themaelves up to the delightful efferts of the "dope" without fear of police In terference. One of , these cocaine dena waa pulled the other dav and a number Of cocaine uaera and the keepera of tha piaca were arrestee, xna arreeta were made on a bat unlay and tha prisoners were kbdc in t ne locaun over Buna ay. By Monday morning their nerves were In such a condition from tha Unaocua tomed abstinence from tha drug, that small doses or cocaine had to ba admin Istered to tha drug vlotlma to enable nem to appear in court. Parents will be Interested In tha fact that a new use haa been found for ba bies. The baby boy of a family living in one or uie suDuman viuagea on tna Jersejr side has demonstrated tha fact that babies make excellent burglar alarms. - Tha other night a naughty burglar entered tna house wnera me aforesaid masculine' Infant eats and sleeps and yella while father worka. It waa in the middle of the night, whim the boy waa awakened by tna THEATRE 14th and Washington Phonta Main 1. All i 4 NIGHTS BEGINNING TONIGHT . ; Bpeclal-FTloe- Matinee Wadneaday V THfC GREAT. BIO. DEMOHTFIX EVENT OP THE 8EA80N1 Airrax. "m. oe vraaa raoovonov made by the amateur burglar. noise I Upon awakening tha boy began! at once to set op aucn a nowi ior nis miamgnt tunon, that tha burglar fled In consternation, before ha had finished his Job. J TOM WATERS as ,Nott,The Tailor" Assisted by LEONA THURBER t ana inc ramous Dcauiy tnorus oi ou - The Sensational ,4Salom Dance" vxzesat Lowsr floor ;;:...'.,..$l.eO. $1.00 Balconr ......... . .$1.00, 750, 60o Gallery ......... 86c, ISO PIOZAi KATWSSI Entire lower floor $1.00 Balcony 75c, 60o Entire gallery iso dltlon to that ha ran right la nd- Into the SEATS ARB v NOW SELLING AT THEATRE arms of a policeman and waa "pinched. And all that because the youngster made such a fine burglar alarm Evelyn Thaw, of unsavory history seems to have reached tha end of her trlnr. Her portrait, painted by Har rington Mann in Paris some years ago at the order of Stanford White, haa been aelsed by the aherirr ror non-pay' ment of a millinery bill of I2S con tracted bv the ray ex-chorus Ctrl and those, who have not yet been cured of their hysterical admiration for that wo man will soon have an opportunity to bid In the oeautiruny rramea ana ex- uleltely painted likeness ol isveiyn at CXO L.BAKLB. 2- TV n THEATRE rkoaeai Kals A-4fta. . Baaplr Tmaattw Oo. (Ta-), lessee. Tortland'a Paahlonable Popular Price Playhouse. Home of tha Incom parable Baker St ock Company.. . 1 , All Week Beginning Sunday Matinee, Septem ber 27, 1908, Today - o BT 8PECTAL ARRANGEMENT WITH DAVID BET.AgCO. FIRST TIME "PvS.Jf STAGKJHe OREATEBT SCENIC AKP .WUTCHN l)RAMA Ojt Till. AQlv. ' THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST As played In New Tork with Immense success by Blanche Bates. Highest royalty ever sent from this city for a play. Teeming with tha atmoh- - phere of the glorious west "In thoss strange days, people coming from God knows where Joined forces In that far western land, and according to the ruda cuatoma of the camp, .their very nmen were aoon loat. and unrecorded, and bare they atruggled. laughed, gambled, cursed, killed,, loved and worked out their atrange deatlnlea In a manner incredible to us of today. Of ona thing only, we ara aure they lived!" Early History of California. Stage under the direction of Donald Bowles. Evening curtain share. 4 , ... Matlneea S o'clock. ' Notwithstanding the enormous expense of this production, there will be no advance over the regular Bungalow prlcea. Evenings 25a4. 35. SO. Matinees 15, 25. Mattnea Saturday.. UZXa&SSBIIIIKIUXXXSEXKICXIlaBKUSZZaZZSZSZZXSSSal quli the aberlfra sale. JX)N0 ISLAND PEAIKIES. Fifty Square MOes of Genuine Prairies mt New York's Door. In a region ao densely populated and ao easily acceaalble to thavelera aa tha weatern third of Long Island, It would aoem almost Impossible at this late day to make a geographical discovery worth mentioning, and yet probably not one person in a thousand (or even ona sci entist In a thousand) in tha United , States knows that there are something like 60 aquara. rnlles of genuine prairies 'on this Island. Tha prairies are situated mostly In tha oentral portion of Nassau county. In all the three townships of the county Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay and have long been known , to people living near by aa tne Hemp ! stead Plains, says Forest and Stream, i These thousands of treeless acres, cov- 1 ered with grasses and nero and aottea with a. few bushes of course attracted the attention of the early settlers of ! Hempstead In the seventeenth century, 4and have been used more or less for i gracing and other purposes ever since. But bv the time Keographies came to be I written In this country these prairies i were an old story to the inhabitants Jfewf whom ever realised that there IIV UlUOI limillO Wliuill dl tui a. Hun dred miles, so not manv accounts of this ' remarkable area have ever found their way Into print. Almost by accident I "stumbled ; across" the Hempstead Plains one day last summer ana was surprised to nna that on thousnnda of acres the flora Is still practically all of native apecles, which is pretty good evidence to the botanist that such land has ever been cienred or plowed up. This state of affairs is rather remarkable, conslder- Jjnft that Nassau county now has about vl r ) i ::: Inhabitants to the square mile and (Is oil within the radius in which it is j Dorothy Davis of the Blunkall Com pany at Lyric. profitable to haul Ihrm products to New York bv wagon. (The parts of the prairie which are under cultivation seem I iftfnn si n J avan trtot- riMat foil in ha ntY vo prwiuce wtii. uui iu native .ou ' Hterated before the end of the present ,ho tough and the subsoil so dry and porous that it is not a very easy mat ter to put the land in shape for tillage. BeHldes, considerable areas are owned or leased by wealthy persons and kept open for the sake of fox hunting and other equestrian sports and thua pro jected rrom tne encroachments or real -estate developments. century by the expansion of New York City. The undisturbed prairies now center about Hicksville (26 miles from New York), from- which village one can walk about 10 miles In almost any di rection and find essentially the same vegetation that the earliest white set tiers saw. The prairie originally extended about I .toart rUlna are verv nearlv level. Thev " 'r. H riurai purn, uur irro v crossed from north to south bv and villages have encroached on It so few broad shallow .valleys, all of which that now only about one fifth of it re- ars dry except the one in which East mains in an approximately natural con- Meadow Brook haa Its source, about three miles east of Garden City. The soil Is a verv fine grained dark brown loam, underlaid at a depth of a foot or two by a great thickness ol caarse sand and gravel. The natural vegetation averages about two feet tall, covers the around orettv closely and consists of over 50 species or plants, some or wnicn are rarely round elsewhere, aa a favored few among botanists know. Likewise several Birds wnicn rreauent this area are sel dom aeen in other parts of the island. The cause of the treelessness of this large area la as much of a mystery as It always haa been in the case of the bat ter known western pralrle,-whtch have ugsied scientists ror nearly a century. is or course aiincuit ror trees to in vade an area already thickly clothed with graas vegetation on account of fire, graslng. rapid evaporation, scarcity of humus, etc but this does not ex plain how the grasses got ahead of the treea in the beginning. ' , QUARTETTE Conreid Metropolitan Co. pu Mmc. Rappold, Soprano. Signor Martin, Tenor. Mme. Jacoby, Contralto. jSignor Campanari, Baritone. 'Wednesday Evening October 7 HEILIG SEAT SALE OPENS Monday. October 4, 10 a. m. I Prices : flower floor $4,001 Balcony, first 4 rows. . . 3.00 Balcony, next 5 rows. . . 2.O0 - - Balcony, last 6 rows... 1.50 Gallery 1.50 Unreserved 1.00 Boxes $25.00 Out of town orders must be ac- companied" by checks. v The Old Farm. The mellow smell of hollyhocks And marigolds and pink and phlox Blends with the homely garden scents Of onlona shivering into rods. Of peppera scarlet with their pods, And (rose of all the esculents) Of broad plebeian cabages, Breathing content and corpulent ease. The boss of wasp and fly makes hot The spaces of the garden plot; And from the orchard, where the fruit Ripens and rounds, or, loosed with heat. Rous, nomet-ciung. before tne reel. Sounds warm the veery a goioen riute. That mixes wtth the aleepy hum Of beea that drowsily go and come. The podded musk of gourd and vine I tin nowers a gate or rougneni pine. That leads Into a wood where day Sits leaning o'er a forest pool. Watching the -lilies opening cool. And dragon rites at airy piay. Whita. dim and near, the ouletness Rustles and atlra her leafy dress. ' Par off a cowbell clangs awake The noon who slumbers In the brake; And now a pewee plaintively Whistles tha day to sleep again; I A rain-crow croaka a rune for rain. And from the rtp apple area A treat void apple thuds, where, alow. The red cock curves his neck to crow. Hens clack their broods from placa to puce. While, clinking homo, with chain and trace, Tha cart-home plods sIobst the road Wliare afternoon sits with eta dreams: 111. IruruM of ha v-na k In m itmiiu I Above him. and a alghtprd load Goes creaking by. and with It, sweat. The aromatto soul of heat Vao-eet Oo-eT" the eronfall !Crf. and the kills rr-Mt the call: Voo-ee! coo-eer- ana ay tna log Lebor Jmnarweeea his blow. While fo the bam eoroee cow on eowf "Com' Co-r" and. wttl his dog: Furefooied boyhond (Sows th Uaa Voo a" lite came eomi again. Mediae iwea. la toe Unuook. , DEATH BT THE GARR0TE Capital Punishment In Cnbh, Where the Executioner Ixrea His Art. Cuba ratalna from tha long Spanish occupation tha garrota As the lnstru ment of capital punishment. A .vary neat and o.ulck acting affair la th gar- rote In tha Carcel In Havana; that prlaon building which occupies . tha choicest site In the whole city. Tha Carcel looka out to the ocean at tha harbor mouth, and after the Morro and Cabanas Is tha most prominent old structure of the city. They keep tha garrota in a dark room not mora than a dozen, feet 'squaje. It appears, on tha ground floor of tha Car cel. Alongside the execution ' room Is a cell where tha executioner Uvea. Ha la a red haired Cuban, a political prisoner who Is there for Ufa. It Isn't a popular job. that of being axeoutioner, and becauso of the lively passions of the Cubans perhaps It's just aa ' well that tha executioner Is permanently de tained within' four solid stone walla. The Incumbent of the . job takes a workman's pride .In a smoothly operat ing oiece or mechanism. Apparently it never occurs to him that there Is any-, thing tragic or. meiodraraatio in an executibn. Without qualms he sees a stumbling, unwilling, cringing human being dragged rather than conducted into that dismal room. Seemingly he never is touched with the thought that what Is a man when he enters the room never will step alive out of It. Far from any feeling of emotion, he slides the mech anism back and forth to show how beau tifully it works, and then with a ma licious grin invites who will to sit down In the chair and try it. The garrote Is a thing that no man of nervous temperament should look at Once seen It never can be forgotten. Just to think of It months afterward brines up a choking sensation which makes one long to tear away his collar and breathe the free air aa deeply as he can. It rests upon a raised platform, an ordinary straight backed chair, with thin Iron clasps on the elbows and leas of the chair. These are for the arms and ankles of the condemned criminal. At the top or the back of the chair Is I OAJI.T KATOrEl IUsSAT AITS IOLOITI), l&o, gOo, i Phone Main 6. A 1020 Paying particular at tention to tha enter tainment, cooif o r t and convenience, of ladiea and children. THEATRE Formerly Mirqum Grass1 ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE Presenting at all times the best of European and Amer ican Vaudeville at tractions. Week Commencing : Monday Matinee, Sept, 28 FOLLOWING ALL STAR FEATURE ACTS GENNARO'S VENETIAN BAND SE Venetian Gondoliers 28 "A Sight In Tealoe." First Vaudeville Tour FRANKLIN UNDERWOOD One of Portland's Favorite Actors, supported by f ranees Biosson and George Bloomqueat In "DobVa Dilemma." REDFORD & WINCHESTER Burlesque Jugglers. BESNAH & MILLER Musical Comedy Couple. THE TENNIS TRIO Novel Juggling Act. KLEIN & CLIFTON Zs a "Sammy's Monday." FRANK McCREA & CO. Skillful Feats In Marksmanship. Orpheum Motion Pictures Latest In Motion Photography. pinroxKAiroBS bvt etiidjo, sas; UiToma sax&t, sub. Evening Prices 15c, S5o, BOo, 78a. Evening Prloes lBo, BSo, BOo, 7Bc. DAISY KATHrEH (EXCEPT BtnTDAY AJTD SOUD1TI), ISO, flBo. BOo. uzassxixiNiiiiainiiN ininraixranxarxixacEzxszai sfce o a nirrn theatre rkaaei Mali 2 ut A 5369 Oao. Baker. Sea. Mgr. oxBoov mini oo. enra.) usraa. The theatre that plays big read attraettome at popnla prleae One Solid Week Commencing Matin Today SEPTEMBER 27, 1908. - CHAS. A. SELLON In the Merry Musical Jingle 21 Song: Hits M The Cat Wfel Thi FiddlA jr m i in i iiiiiitij 0 Z.TXIOS ABB UVBtO MX OAXUBTOB' X3BM OOZST 8ee tha travesty on SALOME -dance of tha seven veils, a acream of fun and hilarity. The Undressed the most elaborate and greatest scenic pi cal comedy. A week of music, fun, show Kids. The Beauty Chorus. Poeitlvelv eatest scenic production ever carried by a mu al low girls, eensatlona and sur prises. Evening prices 25eS 50eS 754i Sl.OO. MATINEES TUESDAY, THtTRSDAT AND SATURDAY, "ISLE OF SPICE." Matinees 25V 604 NEXT WEEK: M a band of iron, one end of which swings out so as to admit of a neck being in serted. This band anapa around In place and all is aeady. A twirl of a crank In back and as the band crushes the neck back a pin pierces the medulla oDiongaia. The executioner explains -all this with It la nothing new to a bright smile. mm He tells as a great Joke how ona time one of those vaudeville performers who free themselves from handcuffs and chains came to the Carcel to look over tne garrote wltn an idea of making a wager that he could free himself of It The executioner worked the pin a couple oi tuiies ana me wizara aecunea 10 try tns machine The garrote man laughs uproariously as ne tens mis. 'mat s nis idea or a joke. The executioners ree is iit. The executioner expends this generally for tobacco and other creature comforts. One time he atood out for money In Klvanca. What earthly hurry there might be for a man who haa all his time to spend In Jail to get his money In advance the average person cannot well sea, but he said if he didn't get his money he'd refuse to do the Job. Eventually he got It. unis executioner too has Ideas tha subject of comparative capital pun- aervas respect. lshment. He thinks that the garrote- is tha haat of all mora effective and more humane than the electric chair and hanging and Infinitely better than the guillotine and tne axe. "See for yourself," he says, twirling the crank. r'could anything be better?" And aa expert opinion perhaps it de- I f v. ; ?- tCESzaxrsaBzixxssrz&zsczaiEixKzzis3ssnixEzz f PANTAGES THEATRE g BILL CHANOBS MONDAY g ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE-STARS OF ALL NATIONS g B Wee.k Bnl'nB Today: Mile. Louise's Trained Monkeys; Ye Olde Home j M Cholre: Newman, Ashton and Newman, the Australian Trio; the as ureai lesier, ventriloquist; Clara Walters; Clemenso Bros., acrobatic H mualcal clowns; Elliott B earner, and Animated Picturea U sir,- ... iiisis,rsefc., i.iUsxr, M WEEK BEGINNING TOMORROW THE HEUflAN TRIO SSSSSSA GRAND OPERA DUO I Mack, Malone & Mack Presenting "The Prison Scene" from Faust. JOHN F. CLARK. Monologult and Comedian ELLIOTT BE A HER Baritone Soloist The Baseball Dancers. CUSHINO, MERRILL & DAVIS Presenting "A Diamond Ring" at each performance. THE BIOORAPH Preaenting the latest motion pio-turea. B rasas raBjroBjKABOBa saxlt at romrtAB rmzOBS. .KXZXXXSXZXXXXKXZXXXXZZXXEXXXEXXEXXXXKIZUKXEXXXXXSU gsTXXXXXZXXXXXXEnXXEEEXXXEXZXXXXEXXEXBZEEXXZXXXXXX: THE STAR Phonea- Maln A-I-496 Playing only the Stair -Havlin Eastern Road Attractions Commencing Sunday Matinee, Sept. 27. 1908 everlasting success-the bio fun show Miss K. Carter, soloist with Venetian band at the Orpheum. s LYRIC THEATER TttX MERRIEST FARCE-COMEDT Or TJHB AGE. B NEDRA LANSCOMBE's"i?meSDZ:e,onal a.azzxzxczrjxzzzxzrrjixritxxiiizisxsxixiixzzxTriaii I UNCLE QSH Stt UocleJosh at the County Fair The Great New Yrk SUBWAY SCENE PERKINS With a Company of Singers, Dancer snd Comedians Positively the Largest and Best Production Erer Green This Fa moos Play. Watch for the Parade of the Hayseed Band. MATINEES WEDNESDAY. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PRICES Uttineea, U, Mf Xight, X&4, 64 S NEXT ATTRACTION "TOUR CORNERS OP THE EARTH fcTllIIlIllStXIIIilHUXlMEi THE GRAND Vaudeville de Luxe Week of Monday Matinee September 28, 1908 Eminently Satisfactory Vaudeville Headed by The Great Protean Actor Mr. Roland West And His Company, in- "ThcCriminal" Special Added Feature Six Abdallah Troupe Whirlwind Acrobat The World's Grestest in Their Line. ' Loughliri's Aerial Dogs World's Greatest Canine Enter-. uinera Let the Children See Them. Grace Leonard "The Ideal Boy" m . filozarto The Instrumental Man. Fred and Bess Lucier' Preaentfnf -A RUSTIC ROUEO Much Mirth and Mtuic Fred Bauer Singer, f Pretoria Lvtks Grandascc ""s Latett French ilot. Tc rt M M 1 If I ! If M if i I f -I 1 EZXZJ