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-THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1009. AMERICAN FOR Leading Men Organized to Help Educate Celestial Em pire Along Western Lines Great British Body Co operates Trust Principle and Mission Groceries. While Japan, Germany. Great Britain and the United States aro playing a del icate game of diplomacy in China, there has quietly taken shape In Kngland and America a plan of such far reaching . magnitude, that It may ultimately have more Important consequences than all the' labors of the diplomatists. This is ' nothing less than a scheme to under write the education of new China, so fixing the character of the latter that '. It will be essentially Christian, while. Incidentally, the two nations which, so opportunely came to the aid of the no tion In this Its hour of emergency will ever afterward enjoy the special friend ship of the Chinese. The American committee which Is to cooperate with a similar British com- , mlttee already organized, consists of the following well known men; Governor Hughes of New York: Hon. Seth bow of New York; President Arthur T. Had ly of Yale university; President Wood row Wilson of Princeton university; Hon. John, W. Foster, ex-secretary of tale: President Edwin A. Alderman of ths University of Virginia; Hon. George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia; Dr. John R. Mott secretary of the World's Kludent Christian federation; Hon. Rob ert E. Speer. secretary of the Presbyte- 1 rlan Board of Foreign Missions; Newton W. Rowell. Esq., Toronto; Professor 'Ernest D. Burton, University of Chicago; ! and the following secretaries of mission boards: Rev. Dr. A. J. Brown, Northern Presbyterian; Rev. Dr. James L. Barton, j American Board; Rev. Thomas S. Bar- t bour. Northern Baptist; Rev. Dr. Henry N. Cobb. Dutch Reformed; Rev. Dr. Wai- .( ter R. Lambuth, Southern Methodist; Rev. Dr. Arthur S. Lloyd. Protestant Episcopal: Rev. Dr. Alexander Suther land. Canadian Methodist: Rev. Dr. Henry K. Carroll, ex-secretary of the Northern Methodist board, and Henry ; W. Grant, secretary of the council of ' mission boards. Sir Bobert Hart at the Head. This American committee has been formed at the invitation of the British "China Emergency Appeal Fund com mlttee,'' of which Sir Robert Hart is . chairman. The vice presidents include the archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the lord mayor or uonaon, and a number of peers. The won of the late Maraula of Salisbury, Rev. Lord William Cecil, who recently made a tour of the Orient Investigating missions, nas been sent, out to China, by a committee 'of Oxford and Cambridge graduates to advise upon the expenditure, of the half . million dollars which the British com mittee Is raising. The American com mute has been asked to secure a like amount. The special needs of China for which . this million dollar fund will be used are ; medical colleges, normal and divinity colleges and literature. The distribution Indicated by the British committee Is 1400,000 for union medical training col lage In connection with existing hos- fitals. whether Christian or non-Ohrist-an; $400,000 for union normal colleges for the training of Chinese teachers, and for union divinity colleges for the training of Chinese pastors and evangel ists; and for hotels in connection with the same; $200,000 for the translation an distribution of the best western lit erature among the educated classes. Thi administration of the fund is to be entrusted to the various missionary so cieties already at work in China. It is recognised that the missionaries are practically the only white men in Chlni who understand . the Chinese language, and who are at the same time special ists on the subject of education. The American committee has stipulated tint the control of the funds shall not pass Into Chinese hands. Thus, in a broad sense,- this movement is allied to the missionary enetrprise. although not in any narrow or sectarian sense. Undercutting; Japan. When, three years ago, theraze for western learning siezed China, there was an Immediate turning to Japan for help. Japan had within half a century effected the same sort of change of base that China contemplates. She possessed all the paraphernalia of the new educa tion, and In the Chinese written charac ters. Moreover, Japan was an Asiatic nation, presumably best fitted to sym pathize with Chinese aspirations. She also enjoyed the advantage of being near at hand. So there began the fa mous exodus of Chinese students to Tokio in search of the learning of the west Two years ago there were at one time 16,000 Chinese students in Toklo, enthusiastic over the prospect of learn ing all the wisdom of the west in a year or two. and expectant of returning to govern China. But for various rea sons the Japanese education did not sat isfy, and now there are only about 3000 students from, China in that country. These have been attracted by the cheap ness of the course In Toklo about $15 a month but they do not seem to learn friendship for their teachers. It is as serted that Japan, whose teaching; would have been non-Christian, if not anti Christian, has failed to establish herself In the place of tutor to China. This was America's chance. The re mission of $11,000,000 of the Boxer in demnity -by the government was but one Incident In a series of careful efforts to win China's friendship. Whoever teaches China today will do the bulk of the business with China tomorrow. That is the broad political aspect of the case. But there Is a host of persons who are slneerelv and disinterestedly concerned about China's future, for China's sake. They want to meet the present crisis for so thev regard it In the same altru istic spirit that they have displayed by a .century of expensive mission work. Standardising China's Schools. The completeness of China's rightabout-face with respect to education can never be undei stood by a westerner. The Confucian system of classical education, which has been the basis of all Chinese life for more thRn 2000 years, has been Utterly abandoned. The ancient exami nation halls are now in ruin. Those that ere not tumbling and moss-grown have been replaced by modern normal schools. The youth of the empire are simply car ried away with zeal for the foreign style ft How Stylish and Meat IS THE REMARK MADE OF YOUR GLASSES IF YOU GET THEM OF J. D. DUBACK PROFESSIONAL OPTICIAN They give absolute relief .from those racking head aches anJ are absolutely firm and don't fall off. EXCLUSIVE AGENT FOR NEUTRO RAYO LENS -The leus that ts so asy on the eye under the glaring sun, electric or gas light. Free demonstration and mypersonal guarantee with each pair. WHOLESALE; AND RETAIL OPTICIAN ;173 FOURTH ST., Y. M. C. A. BUILDING COMMITTEE CHINA'S CRISIS of education. The government is si tid ing hundreds to America and England to be trained. Every one of the mission schools is full to overflowing; and the best schools in the empire, like the American Episcopal university in Shang hai, the Southern Methodist university at Shanghai, and the union Presbyterian and Congregational college at Tung Chow, anil the Northern Methodist col lege at Peking, and the union college at Nanking, are admittedly those main tained by the missions. Of these there are 13 colleges! 3 medical schools and 68 divinity schools. The policy of the Joint British gnd American committee Is to strengthen these schools, and to unite them so far as possible. Later, new Institutions will be established, in order to cover all parts of the empire, and to meet the demand for native educational leaders. It is recognized that China's future must be directed by the Chinese, and not bv foreigners; and that these men who are to shape the destiny of the world's largest empire must be trained In their own land. By giving to this most important class an education, by Chinese-speaking teachers, that, is fun damentally Christian a far-reaching service for the extension of the funda mental Ideas of the west will have been rendered. In order that only first-class institutions may be assisted, a careful and expert examination of the stand ing of each will be made, as is the cus tom of the Carnegie and Rockefeller ed ucational foundations In this country. Where any denomination refuses to unite with other bodies in Its educa tional work. It will find itself shut off from the funds of this emergency com mittee. The committee takes strongly the po sition that "the colleges that will be most influential should give thorough instruction In the Chinese language, with courses in modern languages, par ticularly English; that the foreign pro fessors should represent the highest type of western ability, culture and Christian character: that as a rule they should learn the Chinese language; and that thev should tactfully adapt them selves to the Chinese mind and charac ter." While the committee confines Its efforts to educational Institutions of the established missionary societies, it Includes amonir these the various uni versity missions now at work in China Yale at Chang-shn. Princeton at Pe king, and I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania at Canton. Will Bookefeller startle Chins f In this connection, word has coine to America from China which seems to confirm the rumor that was rife a cou ple of years ago. to the effect that Mr. Rockefeller contemplates giving $50, 000.t)0n for educational work In China It is reported that Prof. E. D. Burton ami Prof. Chamberlain of the University of Chicago are now, or lately have been, in China, making investigations on ue half of Mr. Rockefeller with tills pur pose in view. The scheme is staggering in Its vastness, and entirely without parallel. For one man to provide for the advanced education of the youth of an other nation, and that an antipodal na tion. Is almost the height of the extra-ordlnar- achievements of huge Amer ican fortunes. It Is not unlikely that the Rockefeller donation, If made as expected, will be co-ordinated with the efforts of this Anglo-American committee. The Inter est of Mr. RockefelTer tn missions Is well 'known, as witness the gift which stirred ftp the "tainted money ' question a few years, ago. Since this enterprise Is primarily educational, and outside authority of any church, the same Issue would scarcely be raised again. Kiss ion Groceries and Dry Goods. In connection with this big and mod ern project It has come to light that there Is another unique American enter prise on foot with respect to China, and the mission field generally. This may develop into vaRt proportions. It Is the application of the trust principal to the business of meeting the material needs of the army of American and British missionaries In foreign lands. With headquarters In New York City, there has been formed the Missionary Ser vice association, which has opened Its first depot in Shanghai for the purpose of supplying missionaries with the ne cessities of life at wholesale cost price. The scheme is financed by some friends of missions, and many interested whole sale dealers are co-operating. The aim Is to relieve all the boards of the ex pense of maintaining business agents abroad. Beautifully Decorated. For months the merchants have been planning Rosa Festival decorations for their stores, and the individuality shown In the plans of ornamentation speaks volumes for their enterprise, as well as for their artistic conception. For ex ample, G. F. Johnson, general manager of the Sherman, Clay & Co.. devoted con siderable time and money to decorating the firm's building at Sixth and Morri son. The ground floor salesroom on tli corner was most lavishly trimmed with roses and green foliage. The artistic ef fort was doubtless fully appreciated by the Rose Festival management, and- the more so because of the prominence of the store In the retail center. In fact, this store has been spoken of as the most handsomely decorated establish ment In the city. Auto Climbs the Dili. (Halted Pres Leaned Wire.) Worcester, Mass., June 12. Before nearly 100,000 people, Louis Baldwin, In a small Stanley steamer, lowered the record In the climb of Deadhorse hill here today. Baldwin did the run In 64 seconds. Later he attempted to lower this time, but failed. Harry Grant of Boston, In an Alco, made the second best time. 1 :03 4-5. In the contest for motor cycles. B. A. Swenson made the run on an Indian in 1:07 2-6. ROOSEVELT WAS LAID UP TWENTY-FOUR HOURS THEATRES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC By Malcolm Watson. London, May 29. As I anticipated would be the case the Licenser has launched his thunderbolt and set his official ban upon Bernard Shad's new play. "The Showing l"p of Blanco Pos pet." It was, of course, open to Shaw to meet the Lord Chamberlain halfway and by exercising certain risky passages render the production of his piece pos sible. Butyou might as well try to move one of the pyramids ns to turn Bernard Shaw from his purpose when he has got his fighting jacket on. Pens protest. Within a few hours of the receipt Of the Licenser's ultimatum he had penned a vehement protest against that gentleman s ruling and despatciiea cop ies of It to the principal London pa pers. Irritation triumphing over good taste, he was even prompted to drag the king's name into the discussion and boldly to accuse his majesty of being at the bottom of all the trouble. "I pre sume." lie wrote, "the king would not hold up Mr. Tree and myself before Eu rope and America an guilty of the dis graceful step of scheming to produce a play too vile for public performance unless he had the most entire confi dence in his own Judgment.'' Shaw, according to his custom, treats the matter br one of national Impor tance, but really It Is rather in the na ture of a storm In a teacup. Tree him self declared to me yesterday, "While I consider the general tendency of the piece to be the very reverse of Immoral It contains In my opinion passages to which objection might quite reasonably he taken. On the suppression of these T should most certainly have Insisted at rehearsal." You are pretty sure to see "The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet" in America before very long, and I learn that the piece Is being translated as rapidly as possible Into several foreign languages. But there Is no blinking the fact, and therein lies the Licenser's Justification, that although the root Idea of the story Is really of a most touching and tender description it hlght have sprung from the brain of Bret Harte its treatment Is crudely sensational, painfully lurid and of a kind to offend the susceptibilities even of the most hardened playgoer. No better vindication of the attitude taken by the Licenser could possibly bo pro vided than the publication, which Shaw threatens us with shortly, of the play itself. "The Conquest. Failure follows failure with exasper ating and disappointing regularity. Lewis Waller's production of "The Con quest," in which Maxtne Elliott was starred, lasted Just a week and now his revival of Somerset Maugham's "Tlje Kxplorer" has just missed making the same deplorable record by one night. "During the 16 years I have been on the stage,." Waller said to me the other day. "I have not known such a wretchedly bad season." lie Is not the only suf ferer, but. manifestly, there is very lit tle consolation to be drawn from the fact. Waller has shut down for the next three weeks In order to enable him to carry on day and night rehearsals of a new play by Arthur Conan Doyle, en titled "The Fires of Fate." It Is founded on one of Doylo's novels entitled "The Tragedy of the Kurosko." The story Is intended as a protest against the sup posed right of a man to take his own life even when assured by the highest medical authorities that he has only a year to live and that the progress of his fatal disease must be accompanied by Intense suffering. Klaw in London. Marc Klaw has Just arrived in Lon don, having made a little detour In tne direction of Madrid and Paris on his way from New York. His purpose In visiting Madrid was to see a wonderful Spanish dancer of whose talent be speaks in the very highest terms. His idea was to secure her for America, but when it came to the point there was so marked a divergence between her views and Klaw s on the subject of salary that the project had to be abandoned. I found Klaw yesterday seated on the stage of Terry's theatre directing a re hearsal of Fannie Ward's new play "Eu nice." In. this connection she has had rather a happy stroke of luck. The withdrawal of "The Dashing Little Duke" at the Hicks leaves that theatre LEASES THE Beekman Wlnthrop an, tje.liome ot Washington, D. C June 5. On June 10 General and Mrs. Corbin will Ball Tor Europe. They have jlVased their home to Beekman "WlnthrUi, assistant I secretary of the navy. The home 1 one f5 without a tenant. Frohman and Klaw, putting their heads together, have come to the decision that it will be cheaper in the long run to take "Eunice" to the lllcks theatre even although they have to pay dead rent at Terry's. So the fair fcannie staits her campaign at tha former house next week. Both she and Klaw aro very enthusiastic about the chances of ttio new piece, and one can only trust that their expectations will be fully realized. Frohman In Paris. Charles Frohman is off to Paris in a couple of days to witness his own revival of "Peter Pan" at the vaudeville theatre there on June 1. Pauline Chase is once more the bright particular star of the production. With Frohman goes J. M. Barrie to share the triumph of his histrionic god-daughter. One might im agine Uiat the fascinating Pauline was just a little bit tired of playing the same part continuously on something like 700 occasions, but she appears to come to it every evening as fresh as ever. I am afraid there is not very much money to be picked up In Paris In June, when theatre goers are think ing more of country outings and the Joys of open air cafe chantants than of purely dramatic entertainments. Still, it Is an excellent advertisement both for Frohman and the piece. Alfred Butt of the Palace has se cured a wonderful chimpanzee which bas been making a fortune on the con tinent for its lucky owner. Just two years ago Butt was offered the same animal at $200 a week; today he has to pay J1250 for It. "Peter" so the little fellow is named or rather his trainer, demanded $2000 and was act ually offered $1500 a week by Oswald Stoll for the Coliseum. But at that house he would have had to give two performances dally and his proprietor reasonably decided that this would be rather too heavy a strain upon his strength. "Peter" Is as nearly human as anything can well be. He even tries to talk, but gets no further than the emission of certain Inarticulate sounds. According to Alfred Butt, however, he understands every word addressed to him. I mention these facts because "Peter" has been secured by Hammer stein for America where he Is to be paid at the rate of $1875 per week. In these times of grinding depression how many humans, I wonder, would refuse to change places with him? Harvey Matinees. Martin Harvey has arranged with the country, to give half a dozen matinees of "The World and His Wife," C. F. Nlrdllnger's adaptation of "El Gran Caleoto," which, I understand, has been a big success on your side. The first performance takes place at the Adel ph on June 15. But, as a matter of fact the English rights In the piece are vested in someone else, and neither Harvey, Nirdllnger, nor the Faver shams have so far taken the precaution to obtain his consent to the proposed matinees. They have been duly warned of the omission and. should they Insist on Ignoring that Warning something in the nature of an injunc tion may be expected. cniiRCir drops doctor WHO GOT $6 FOR A PILL Des Moines. June 12. That Dr. U. A. Rice charged a member of the Sec ond Christian church $6 for a pill, said to be Imported, and caused another to pay $17.50 for three professl6nal vis its. Is the reason given by the Rev. R. C. Moulton for dropping the name of Dr. Rice from the church roster and declaring his office of superintendent of the Sabbath School vacant. The quarrel started nine months ago. Dr. Rice and several other members of the church were put on the finance committee, and when a report of dona tions was read In church the name of Dr. Rice was omitted from the list of benefactors. George W. Shope, chair man of the committee which dropped the name, said that the doctor became enraged after the reading of these names because he thought he had been "called down" for not donating. Since that day he has not been Inside the church. HOME OF GENERAL CORBIN a if .jnnfciF:n General Corbin, where Mr. WInthrop or me most Deaytrtui or any or tne suburban homes of Washington. It Is familiar far and wide for' Us hospital ity and Us charm. 1 ' V iir, "Wlnthrop' s duties will require WITH NAIROBI ITCH IRONCLAD RULES FOR JERSEY BRIDEGROOM George Has to Sign Articles That Slake the Ten Commandments Look Easy. New York. June 12. Justice .of the Peace William B. Williams of Montclair, N. J., received a telephone call asking him to be at his office at 2 o'clock to transact very Important business. At exactly 2 o'clock a young woman about 19 years old, accompanied by a man about five years her senior entered the office. The young woman was the spokesman. She said: "George and I are about to get mar ried, but before doing so I want him to subscribe to certain rules that I wish him to carry out after we are married. You see, George is Inclined to be a little flighty, and would be likely, perhaps, to take the marriage vows lightly, lie is fond of attending dances and places of amusement, which might be the cause of trouble between us. I want you to draw up an agreement. If he'signs it, we get married; if he refuses to sign It, we don't." She then told Squire Williams what she wanted In the agreement. Among them were the following stipulations: To hand over his pay envelope to her on Saturday nights, unopened; to be at his home every night at 9 o'clock, unless sho Is with him; not to attend balls or parties unless she accompanies him, and not to dance with any other girl, when she Is present, except with her permis sion; If he joins a lodge, it must be one that she may attend the meetings; three cigars each day to be his limit, except on Sundays, when he may smoke five; if thoy be blessed with children, and the baby should be cross at night, he Is to take turns with her in quieting It; he is not to keep dogs, smoke cigarettes or swear. When asked If there was anything else. Bhe replied: "I think the marriage vows cover all the rest." "Will you subscribe to those?" asked the squire of the young man, who had not spoken a word. Thereply was: "1 think she might let me keep a dog." "We will have no dogs, George," said the young woman, firmly, and that set tled It. The agreement was drawn up and signed, and an hour later they returned to the squire's office with two witnesses and were made man and wife. After thev left the office Mr. Wil liams remarked that If all young women would take similar precautions there would be fewer divorces. "No. I won't give their names for pub lication, said the squire. "I don't think that would be r lght. They don't belong t to a neighboring town. ' to Montclair, but POLICEMAN MURDERS WIFE; FIGHTS; FALLS. (United Prwis Led Wire.) Oklahoma City, June 12. Policeman Henry Moselv was shot and killed to night In a battle with his brother offi cers at Claremore, after he had killed his wife. Mosely quarreled with his wife and in a fit of anger drew his revolver and shot her. The woman died almost Instantly. The police were notified and en deavored to arrest Mosely. He fled and a number of them started in pur suit. He was overtaken and a battle followed. In which Mosely was killed. SEEKS SWORD BURIED IN CIVIL WAR DAYS Kaston. Md., June 12. Colonel Oswald Tllghman, of this city, has gone to Port Hudson Miss., to visit relatives and friends and to try to recover a sword which was burled July 9, 1863, nearly 46 years ngn, when General Gardner, the Confederate1 commander, was forced to surrender Port Hudson to General Banks. At that time Colonel Tllghman was a captain of artillery, and had the sword burled by one of his men. The colonel says that his recollection of the event is so vivid that he feels cVr taln he can go within 20 feet of the spot. V. and family will spend the ummer his careful attention most of the sum mer and for this reason he did not care to locate far Jrom fceadquarters. He Is more than pjeased with the pritflege of occupying tho Corbin home durli 1 the summer months. Z fa I tpy I 1 r&l vnCwrej?e' ; ? ' (.. .... i I DANCE AS THEY DID CENTURY AGO Armies of Napoleon Almost Stopped Fighting When Peasants Waltzed. A hundred years ago the armies of Napoleon found the peasants of Thur lngla dancing a new dance. It was so Bay and audacious, so novel liT both step and tempo, so enthusing and heart melting that the armies of Napoleon almost forgot fighting while they learned It. It was danced by couples. The man took his partner bv the waist, while she clung to his shoulder. The two other haasis were held outstretched. hand always clasping hand. And round'-! and round me couples wniriea, to music with a strange new lilt, langorous and agitated, soothing- and .exciting, senti mental and diabolical. "Now, that is dancing!" said the sol diers of Napoleon, and they toofc It with them; taught the conquered nations as full compensation, and In 1808 they brought the waits to Paris. Thus the world has waltsed 100 years. This season is the centennial. Paris Is to have a grandolse celebration of It at the opera. Of course, there are French patriots no more willing to give complete credit for the waits to German peasants than, for Instance, those of Boston will be to admit the "Boston" had its rise In San Diego, Cab According to such and with them Charles Malherbe, archvist of the Paris grari$ opera the walta is old French so ancient that It got forgotten. "In the twelfth century," says the learned Malherbe. "the waits was known tn Province and called the volta. Then it was not only danced, but sung while dancing, and the song was called the ballada. "Under Louis XII (year 15t0) the volta was brought to Paris, where It rematned in vogue at the court all through the sixteenth century. Would we recognize it as the waltz Though slow and pompous, with much of the minuet about It, It was certainly in wait time." All the same, this volta-walts was so forgotten away back In the year 1600 that only savants like Malherbe can dig up vestiges 4hf the music; and the world went on 300 years completely-Ignorant of "Imperial waltz. Imported from the Khlne. Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine." So sung Lord Byron just 100' years ago, while they were caballing for and against the new dance in the gay French capital; and no better evidence of Its utter novelty could be asked than the outcry that started up spon taneously against its supposed impro priety. For a month the fate of the walti again trembled In the balance, when "Gentle Genlls, in her strife with Stael. Would even proscribe it from a Paris ball;" which, of course, seems now absurd and hardly understandable. To understand that strife and the extraordinary animus of Byron's "Ode to the Waltz." we must remember that nothing resembling its positions and movements was then known In the Eu ropean capitals. To hold one's oartner by the waist seemed utterly audacious, while to keep a grip on her hand all the time ln oTucfed the great poet to exclaim: "Can aught from cold Kamchatka to Cape Horn With waltz compare, or after waits be born?" Evidently yes, but they did not know It The mazourka, a wild sort of co tillion, having something of both waltz and polka was already being danced in remote parts of. Kurope by the Poles, Hungarians an4 Czechs. The sohottische was to be Introduced Into Paris considerably later, about 1S30 And the polka Itself, coming from Bohemia by way of Vienna and Baden, was to take Paris and London by storm In 1844 The extraordinary thing about the waltz was that It came before them. All this and a vast lot more has been told In a splendid waltz-ballet on the boards of the Paris grand opera, where the famous Messenger Is now director. Messenger Is a great enough composer to be permitted for a cen tennial celebration like this to take his waltr. material from all the great composers. And what rich material! "Of all dance music," says Malherbe, "the waltz, bv reason of Its elegant, amiable and relatively passionate na ture is almost aione in uppnucinnn what we may call great music permit ting the composer to give free stone to his learning and genius. Some of the greatest Mazort. Chonln, TV eber et al. cultivated the waltz gladly. and Weber's "Invitation to the Dance may Indeed be put down as the epoch-marking composition of our actual waltz. So in Messenger's forthcoming cen tennial production Von Weber's 'Invi tation to the Dance," is to haye almost religious honors done It in the culmi nation of the second act where the waltz, reborn humbly among German peasants, frightened by wars, yet gently conquering Invading armies finds her way to the court of Wurtemberg, to be recognized as a goddess. The new waits story, honoring all great waits composers Is admittedly built up upon the "Tans-Maerches" and the "Wlener-Walter" ballets. Just as the former Is the story of the dance in nersnnlfied bv a lovely young ballerina reborn In many epochs as the spirit of the dance, so me laner in mo chronological history of Vienna waltz frnm Its suoDosed conception In the brain of an old dancing master a ccn mrn un to the "Last Cotillion' of our days, shown him in advance, through a dream. , The famous dream scene will be given entire. Tho old German daucing master has fallen asleep, after thank less labor of giving lessons in pavane and minuet to a party of pretentious country nobility. The scene darkens and a great glided mirror comes to be a djor, as films of gauze rise. Out step ?.) delicate and pretty dancing girls In debutantes' ros tumes. They smile wisely at each other, tiptoeing about the somber room, their fingers on their Hps for silence. Then one sits at the old spinet, playing soft ly one of the Strauss waltzes while the great orchestra gives a gently modu lated accompaniment to spinet and the noiseless steps of the danseuses. They nre dream shadows, ict of the jast, but of the future. Be sure also tht two Important scenes are given to ths velta '.hat old waltz before the waltz, that was for gotten. First,- we shall see It danced by peasants of the latter middle ages In province. Then the volta coms up to the Valols court In Paris, where even the pompous manners of the age could not quite walk through. It. Lively young mains or nonor, as ii movea oy a pro phetic Jov, tempt their brisk partners to make, the step shorter, quicker. The orchestra strangely enthused, plays the music faster. , The ballada singers, all unconsciously, let themselves loose and get Into the movement. Round and round they whirl, at the court of Valols, In "a pandemonluin of gayety. Then a crash and darkness and two centuries must pass In France before the waits Is brought back by the armies of Napoleon. In between, however, we are given poetic glimpses of Its supposed evolu tion. Gypsies take Its vague begin nings across Europe to Hungarians and Poles, where they develop the masourka. In Bohemia we see the variations lead ing to the polka. But the lovely waits spirit, supple, undulating must be soon reborn among German peasants. Messenger, the new director of the opera, is the famous composer of "Francois, the Blue Stocking," "The Twa -Pigeons," "The Basocne" and "Veronlque," a wan of letters as well as a popular opera and ballet composer. When this waits story took form tn his mind fof the centennial it was rep resented to him that . If its beginnings are found la Province Its last word must not be sought, with Metra and Strauss, In the triumphs of the Wejuer L REIID 1EHISTDH Tickets Representing Two Elements Will Be Voted on 'Next Jlondayf (Special Plspstcb to Tha Journal.) Lewiston, Idaho, June 12. Lewis ton closes tonight the most unique munic ipal campaign In Its history and the contending forces only await the open ing of the polls Monday for the Xlnal clash. With a mayor and three coun cilman to elect and the present admin istration headed by ex-Benator Heitfeld. now mayor standing for reelection and made the unanimous choice In the Sriraary, a "still hunt" has been waged y a well organized opposition and the contest is considered so close'' that there Is no hazarding tonight who will be the victor Monday. Henry Heitfeld for mayor and n. L. gpiker, Frank Booth and Frank Camp bell for c.ouncilmen, form the. regular ticket. The o;posing ticket is headeJ .by Ben Tweedy. Charles Baker, Daniel Caffery and Dr. O. C. Carssow, for councilmen. Claims of Opposing1 Parties. The platforms are Identical, but the campaign of the opposition Is that tho present administration has been , ex travagant and wasteful In the use of the public funds; that tne city payroll is too large and that ordinances against gambling and the social-vice have-not been strictly enforced. Those supporting the regular ticket claim that tnese charges are only sub terfuges to get possession of the offices, and that the real Issue is whether or not the city shall continue Its campaign for progressive municipal Improvements. Both Bides made a strenuous cam paign for registration using autos to convey voters to the registrar's office, and every wheeled vehicle In the city will be brought Into use to get out the voters Monday. waltzer. but In Paris society of the hour, whose one waltz !s the Boston. Thus tha waltz storv has an Ameri can ending, all the way from San Dleg.i. Cal., because no one conneciea eiuier with the Paris Grand Opera or Paris society Is ignorant of the works of Washington Lopp. Borne IS years ago the late Henri Placque, then reglsseur of the opera ballet, wrote his oonfrere of the Metro- fioiitan. New York, for some one to each his coryphees step dances In view of "La Korrlgane," whose wooden shoo dance was to last 20 minutes. In reply from New York there ar rived Mr. Lopp, a slender, gentle young man ' of rjnore force of character than might hae seemed, and he taught the lovely creatures clogs. Jigs, hornpipe and sand dances in variety through a whole year. By this time the younir American had caught the Paris fever. At first his private pdplls were professionals, like Pttfro, Cleo de Merode, Murli and Guer rero. Then came Paris dancing masters to learn to teach the Newport, the Waltz-Lancers, the Washington and par ticularly the Boston, already danced and talked of by the Americans of the col ony. They did not know that they were learning from at least a part Inventor of the Boston. Children of the English and American colonies found it out first and brought their parenta. Then the French plied In; until today all the swell youths of Paris have passed through the hands of Washington Lopp from the children of the Baron Alphonse de Rothchild to those of the late Casl-mir-Perier, from, the young Duchess d'Uaes to the Princess Colonna's, the Duches de Grammont's, the Princess de Wa gram's. Washington Lopp Is today proprietor of the million-dollar Washington pal ace, off the Champs Elysees, where come off nightly some of the swcllest functions of the capital. Rich French, Americans and English rent the palace complete for a nnll. with its vast dance floor, supper hall. Its many salons, dressing rooms and ultra modern kjtchens. And while It would be unseemly for a private enter prise to get the advertising of the operas' waltz centennial. M. Messenger swears he will put In the Boston llp and the historic "San T.)lego Incident.'" which all Parisian Hoctety believes In. Thus, another American, Russ Walk, cr. is to have fame. "The Boston, as danced In Paris, so ciety," says Mr. Lopp. In n recent Inter view, "Is not the Boston Dip, of course Wrhen quite a young fellow 1 ran off and joined a minstrel troupe. At San Diego, where it stranded. I set up a dancing class, and there we and I my pupils evolved the Botson as I have taught It In Paris. "The origins! Idea." he continues, "I had received from a friend of mine. Russ Walker, a dancing master of Bos ton. He had written tho Boston Dip, which attained much popularity In cer tain circle. They took a long dip dur ing two measures, in which the dancers almost touched the floor, then waltzed, and repeated the 'dip' ad llhltum. I saw that it had great possibilities, but that it must be materially changed for a dance of society." First, the step was made longer. Then, Instead of dancing It round, tliey dancpd It forward and back. The Paris "Boston." therefore, must be described as a waits that is danced forward and backward. In turning very little a pen dulum-like movement BALLOONATIC RACES LATEST AERIAL FAD New York, June 12. "Balloonatlcs." racing each other over 15 foot obstacles, will be one of the main attractions at the aeronautic exhibition which opens at Morris Park on June 19 under the aus pices of the Aeronautio society. "Balloonatlcs" are not a new kind of African fauna. They are the sole prop erty and Invention of Dr. William Green, who reads Jules Verne and files In aeroplanes or at least tries to. The apparatus is simple: A man at one end of a rope and a balloon at the others end that is all. The man runs along the ground, jumps in. the air and wafts gently over a 15 or a 20 foot wall. Six balloons are to be entered for the race. The Aeronautio society met loaf nih ., .nn.Ma, t V. . ,1 Q t a il T f was decided that the race might be run backwards, forwards or sideways. This Was necessarv because if the wind shift ed just as a balloonatlc was gilding over a wall he might Jump. over a tree be hind him Instead. But the balloonatlcs may . not after all, prove the main attraction. Dr. S. B. Batty means to be there, and he In tends to focus some attention on him self. Dr. Batty invented the Zeppelin airship 17 vears ago. He says so him self. He allows that the German count is away behind the times, and the ma chine with which he is going to appear at the exhibition is the real solution or the aerial, problem. He had a beautiful picture of. it to show to the members of the society. There Is no ugly, evil-smolllng and heavy engine. No machinery of any kind, just a pair of oars. Beneath a long and shapelv cigar of silk-covered hot air or hydrogen sits the aeronaut in In a nice little boat He sticks out his oars and rows Into the ethor Just as if he were at sea. There is no difficulty at all. Kven a child could understand it on paper." In the meantime the other members of the society are not Idle. There are 30 machines building out at Morris Park, and -every one of the 30 Is going, It Is said, to make the Wright brothers turn gree with snvy, Oldest Pensioner Is 108. Mlddletown, June 12. Mlchajah Wise, of Beaver Brook, Sullivan county, who la said to be the oldest pensioner in the United States at tne age of 108 years, has Just received special homo examination by a physician employed by the pension department. Wise was A f amw aw MmHAi w9 UVi.rl.n'lt Aavil. ry. He took part In the campaign in the Shetiandoah valley which resulted in the destruction of Early's army. , A FACTIONS