-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
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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
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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. ,
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