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UDAY- I.lOilNING, JUiU 1, lt-Jl L) J. -: k I ,14., j Day Engagement At the Oregon Theatre Conway Tearle,. 'who is c. featured with, Corinne Griffith in "Lilies of: the , Field." which la scheduled to bogln a three-day en casement at the Oregon theater today, la on record to the effect mat 4tne role of Louis "Willing, which he essays in this picture, is the finest ever, assigned to him. At' the outset Willing la shown as a wealthy bachelor, grown cyni cal because of the Tnwning of de signing women ar.1 grafting. men. lie nas lost all VAVa in human na ture, and Is dlrtif ted with the aimless life whtvh o has led. He determines tor make a world tour, to break away from his past associations, and on the eve of his departure stages a large party. As the evening -wears away he grows weary of the ape-like antics of his quests and goes to the library to ; seek seclusion from the maddening uproar. - As" he crossed the thresh old he is surprised to find a girl rnserly reading a book; Amazod and puzzled," he war-jj'od . hr for a -while.' for the girl oti viously was out cf plxce in .rh b f a r re s:j r roti nd in gs Half r a n hour" latex , WilMcs'- founa " a- new interest la ilr$; 'bi had found one of the other V w-hc ! 'not trV to vamp him. . . , , Tho Btrcge nxi.ttici,i-i that grew out 01 this tnt-oirg are fas cinatingly portray! ta '.,:ies of the Field,' vY rine oGriffith , laying the pan -Je girl." The remainder o; t'.-i r.s. consists of Charles Cerrafd, KSith Ransom, Cissy Fitzgerald, Phyllis Haven Charles Murray, Craufard Kent, Myrtle Stedm&n. 'Sylvia Breamer, Alma Bennett and Dorothy Rrock. Coming to i i.. LAST Tf ME S. TOD AY j -3 , " if . - I " '' " " - ' . . . .; ..... - If You Haven't Seen ilns Picture Yet You Are, Dcins Yourself an Injustice ! It 11:3 Everything: That Goes tc Make Up a Knockout DONT MISS ! . ' " Th" Fastest Show Ever - . j .... j - . . -ovn on a Screen. s'rrq pf IN . NEW' SHOW TO DAY W V U . j , J. ... ' - T : ' , . ' ,. , W 1 1 WHAT A SHOW ! -,v j ' v "Sever saw Anything like it. ' Lanshs, thrills, great "deep roars all cha,!n2 OL1 Man : Gloom of f , 'the earth! ' Jv". '' ' . ' f " Hew Vaudaviile - ; r Bill at Bligh Today SMITH & REVERE, a gentle man who has made 4i study of the negro4.ype presents : a comedy blackface character, assisted by Mips Revere who also plays a ne grress. ThtsJalented? pair "of ar tists offer some rapid-fire talk In terrupted by several songs. One change of wardrobe Is made by Miss Revere who is a splendid comedienne and works in perfect harmony," furnishing Just as many laughs and putting over her lines to- one's complete satisfaction.' This act has just returned from a suc cessful tour of one of the largest eastern circuits. ALICE DeGARMO, an expert aerial artist In addition to a crea tor of feature trapeze feats, will be seen in what she terms "tricks. She is an artist whose creativeness and gracefulness In the execution of Ihse feats' has gained for her an t enviable reputation in athletic circles. She is as much at home high tOve he stage, as she Is Wliile promenading on a level with the! ' ffotligTits. 1 Miss DeGarmo's worV is noteworthy and is distinc tx? to- V speed and dexterity. SOWEKa & STEGER, a couple cannot be called modern these days unless they dance. Sowers & Steger are an ideal modern cou ple and to :rcre It ttey not only dance hut sing aiid talk as well. They offer mjn rar 'ne "of these three VnteraSnin?r' commodities. They nojonjy know how to separ ate the wheat from the chaff, but know how to turn the wheat Into amusement bread. the Oregon ;Ttr cunnrrtKirv t OF tJAN MORV ifower st i v- .4 11 1 ,"! t-- . 1 . .. . ; . . . . TERRELL, &' KEMP,' two athle tic young men who work under the title-of "America's Youngest Equilibrists." They presents a most wonderful exhibition that in cludes a vast number of new feats original with this team. It Is an act while it only funs seven min utes. contains a world of novelties that are bound to appeal to the enthusiasm and entertainment of the 'audience,;- It is replete with thrills and exploits that will re pay anyone to witness it. Mistress So : you , have been married before, Sarah? Servant Yas, - ma'am, three times; and If It pleases heaven to take this one, I know where I can lay my hands on a fourth. Sentry What are . you ' waiting for? Boy It'g going to rain soon and I want to see you get Inside that little sentry box. t A REMINISCENCE ( W ' i . I : By JAMES IIAZLITT '" On becoming of age I left -the farm and the parental home to en gage in business in a middle west ern town that was Just " starting, with the advent of a railroad. We had a saloon to every thirty Inhab itants. Ninety-five per cent of the men, and nearly as large a percent age of the women, drank more or less. ' '. . ." The name of God was seldom heard, save on the lips of profane men. With a consuming desire to get on In the world and be a man among men, it ' was so easy for mother's boy to become contami nated., ' Thirty years passed. I was back in a town where I had once lived. I took stock. I saw the en thusiasm and great hopes I pos sessed when I left it -the oppor tunities the efforts made- and the 1 results. I sadly concluded I had exchanged my birthright" for a mess of pottage.' '". ' ' ; 1 ! ' ' X walked leisurely along a street toward the ' east. ; A train of thoughts, apparently interminable in their sequence, ' followed each other through my mind. These words harked back from my child hood, ''Seek nd ye shall find. "Knock and it shall be opened un to you." - I cmme to the spot, where an old store building had stood. In my younger years we? had always looked upon it with reverence, be cause Abraham Lincoln had once sat on its steps to rest. But it was gone, and on its site stood a fine Btatute of the man, erected by the citizens of the community, at a cost of many thousands of dollars. ' I stood and looked at the statute of a man, who bad' gone down into the, timber, as I had often done. He seemed near akin. 'Then these words of his flashed through my brain., "All I am," or , ever expect to become,' I owe to the teaching of a saintly mother."1 I wondered how that great tall man had looked, as he stood at his mother's knee, listening to those little stor ies, as I had so often done. t retrace my steps.- I met two elderly men.- I asked them if they had! ever met Lincoln. - As their faces lighted up and their eyes grew moist, they said. " Yesr we have not only met him, bnt we ate and drank with him." How-splendid! it is to be enshrined in the hearts of a people. - "! , A few steps more and a stranger said. "Just wait a minute and you will see something.' He pointed south. I aaw the heads and shoul ders of a group of men coming to wards us. As they approached, we saw they were very dirty, the very scant clothing on them hung in tatters. ' They trembled with the cold, for v the' .temperature was away below zero. The inen en tered a saloon on a corner; Just in front of us. The stranger waited breathlessly, then he smiled broad ly, as one man after the other was hurled bodily with apparently su perhuman force,' from the door. I shuddered,' for they struck that glassy ice from a height of six feet. Bnt it happened that they lit On their feet, .spun' around" a few times -the fall was not so hard. I have always thanked the strang er for showing me that picture. 'Made In-the image of' God, yet unworthy to enter a saloon. They could go and eat the husks, that the swine would not eat, for all anyone cared. I saw; eight fond mothers waiting for their boys to return, as my mother was waiting for me. I was ' not bo far -behind them. My soul was lost, perhaps, the remainder mattered but little. I saw, . again., a well-dressed. stranger enter my childhood home, and asked mother for' somethingf to eat. 'She promptly set her best food and linen before-him, for she verily believed 'she was entertain ing Jesus,' as He said. "Inasmuch as ye have done it untc the 'least of these, ye have done it unto me. The man poured out his soul in thankfulness to God. t had stood there, as If trying to bore my bare- toes Into the floor..-The idea thal- tbe' man -sho'ald feel-so-Hhankful for a little eharlty my little mind wasaflame" with excitement. "17 wanted him to gorsd T c6uld "run ta mother and talk about the inci dent. 5 . " ''-,. . ; .- 'V : - She sat in the old rocking chair. As she fondly stroked' my head mother said. "That- was very nice of the man, but James, do yo know we should feel very thankfu. for every breath of air we breath !f every drink of water, every mouth ; At the Oregon Wednesday joy, as Paul said, "'Whether ye eat. or whether ye drink, or whatever ye do, do it glorifying God.' We must strive to return our souls to their, Maker, as clean and pure as when He gave them to us. 1 "Always remember that He sees Our most secret little thought. We must regard our bodies as very precious gifts from God. take the best care of them, and use them in his service." "-V j Th the Scriptures I saw these words, "Mary, the mother of Je sus, taught him with very great care,. .'. and pondered his words In her heart." -Then-1 saw the pic ture of a ' great' shrine, wherein Jesus, as a child; was standing at his mother's knee, and she was telling him about the Great Je- hovah, that He was the Messiah and He was to go out and save the people from their sins. : ' I saw multitudes of men and women, coming from all -the walks of life and the penitentiaries,' to stand again at their mother's knee and listen to those little stories, that only mothers can tell so lov ingly, effectively, and begin new, clean lives. If we do not thirst and thirst for that Innocence and purity of our childhood, we are not In the right way. The vision floated on -toward Nazareth.-. I saw a glad-eyed man. His heart was overflowing with love ' to all .humanity. ' He stood four-square, straight as an arrow. As He pointed to where he had chopped down those trees, rolled the' logs down the mountain sides, I saw. under that loose sleeve, muscles like great thongs of steel perfect ; mentally, spiritually, physically. - JAs there were no saw mills or planing mills in those days, he had worked at a man's Job. j ; :: ; . ; ' ,";' ;.? Thirty years of His life had passed. He was broke. He would not so much as' touch a coin of the realm there were so many finer things to enrich, ennoble and sat isfy. While I had sought little else than coin. We walked down to and along the main street of His old home town. It was late morn ing! The people were coming from all directions to hear Him talk. At the rim of the crowd, the Pharisees ' and J Saddusees jeered and scoffed.V A young man asked, "Who is that fellow talking?" O, that is only Mary's son.' the car penter. .The young man puffed himself up and said, "I guess no body Is going wild over a common carpenter. He may f ool those oth er people, but not us, 'we know hint. -"v ; - The Pharisees kept growing an grier ahd more demonstrative. They.,Tgent for the soldiers to come and taka Him, and hurl Him over a Cliff,, as the bar-keeper had hurled the other eight men. As these men,, approached; Jesus looked upon thenv His eyes were brimming full of love and compas sion. "They fell over backward and could n6t take Him." - 1 The scene was so different from what these men of cruelty, blood and carnage had been accustomed to, that they were overcome. Jesus knew that they did not wish to harm him, but Were merely obey ingr the orders of their superiors. I hear you say, "God was behind Him." God Is behind us if we do his will in faith.' Let us strive to be so good that no cruelty or wick edness can come into our hearts or presence.' - ' '- . ' Jesns starts up the road toward Jerusalem, in an effort to save the world from itself. Five thousand f olio w."f They were in the spirit WMJB Today.Only ' 5 HERBERT J 'HiGSpEED" BMGH THEATRE and the flesh. I was in the spirit We love Him. We cannot .desist The desire to see what a 'real man a man who had attained the per fection that God 'intended for all of us could do, was overpower ing. AH that He carried was the spirit of God -good- that anyone can carry. if he cares to be strong and "happy. ' " " , Into i the sick room, the death chamber; the kitchen, everywhere Jesus goes. He espies Zaccheus the rich m an, taxgather, - crOok extortioner, oppressor of the poor, universally despised, up in a tree "Zaccheus come down, we are go ing up to your' house for dinner and have a good time." , ,. . It must have made, the old ml ser'a heart quail to think of feed Ing such a multitude. But, when he and Jesus 'came, but of the house together, be had promised to do much more! To restore four times as much as he had wrong fully taken, and give one-half of his goods to feed the poor. '! As we--they approached Jeru salem, the people came running, wailing, complaining how the rob bers, profiteers. In the temple, had robbed them," as they bought birds and animals for the sacrifices. Je sus boldly entered. He stood there four-square -flre flashed from his eyes. He i- coolly twisted . those cords and swung them around. Un der that loose sleeve the thieves saw those-"gTeat ' thongs of mus cle, and no 'man dared to oppose Him..-": r ' ' ";--.- i;5-- " Conscience had made cowards of them - Shakespeare wrote "Conscience makes cowards of us all.'--Let us always remember we are no stronger than " our" consci ence is clear., Yet, it is a man's job to go in where a large crowd of greedy, selfish .men are busy taking in money, and route them so i quickly and completely that they leave their IRgotten 'gain. In imagination I walked with Jesus at the early dawn. The fish ermen had worked hard all night, but caught nothing. Majestically He stood and pointed, as He Said "Men, -put your nets over there. They secured two shiploads before breakfast The men did not think to ask "for help in their trouble. ' The disciples expected the ship to go down in the . violent" storm every second. Jesus calmly said "IV is I, be not afraid." J In all times of fear or distress, let us al low those words to come to us they will come, with their soothing and comfort.' ' . ' "' "' SI saw myself again, as a small boy," with a fair, round face, blue eyes and long golden curls, stand ing at' my mother's knee, being prepared for school. Mother said, "I Just know my little man will be come an orator and go out and tell the" people good' things." Not to become rich or great or powerful, but' help the people to' be good. f, More than'- three csore -years have passed, but I can see her hap py smiling face at the door, as she watched me trotting down' the road."" The big girls saw me com ingi They ran a great race to meet me first. I was nearly smoth ered with kisses and affection.' At the dinnerhour I sat in their midst. They fed me with the choic est tidbits in their1 dinner pailsl We were doing our best to make each. other happy. Then Jesus smiled down upon us. as He said, "Except your become as a little child, you can in nowise enter in.". He will always smile upon' us, If we do our best to make each other good and happy. . ! Then I saw Paul, standing and looking up into the heavens, where he saw, the faces of the saints shining with joy,' as he said. "Oh! Don't Hide Them With a Veil Remove Them With Othin Double - Htretrnth This preparation for the removal of freckles, is so successful in re moving freckles and giving a clear. beautiful complexion that It is sold under guarantee -to refund the money if it fails.; ' ' ' Don t hide your freckles under a veil; get an ounce of Othine and remove them; Even the first few applications should show, a won derful improvement, some of the lighter freckles, vanishing entirely.- Be sure to ask the druggist lor the double strength Othine; it : is this that is sold on the money-back guarantee. Adv. RAWLINSON 3A how-1 long to be there, but-It Is well that I stay here a little long er, and It is needful for you." as he turned "and looked at his fol lowers. ' ' ' : In the ecstacy of the time, this body was-forgotten, and the spirit would follow on, because I knew that Jesus Would make everything just right," so that the peons, sym phonies and cadences of joy will resound through 'all eternity. . Commencement Week to i j Start at Aumsville Today ... !;-;, : ,v,,.;, ?::?, t.r? ; i " Commencement week at the Amos K.- Davis high school : at Aumsville will, begin today in the auditorium of the school. Prof. J. T. Matthews of Willam ette - university will preach -the baccalaureate' sermon to the grad uates tonight at 8 o'clock. Mon day night, June "2, , the ; class-day exercises will be held, consisting of salutatory address, several other addresses,' pantomimes, phantasies and other seasonal stunts. Wednes day night, June 4. at 8- o'clock the commencement exercises' will 'j be Weld with an address by Prof. F. A"..Magrnder of Oregon Agricultu ral' college." Friday night, June 6,. at 8 o'clock, the music department will give a recital in charge of Mrs. Zena Thomas of Salem. i "My husband has a heart as big as a honse." : . ; ' "r - - l "So has mine. And, . do ' you knbw, I've suspected, lately 'that some of the 'spare' rooms are oc cupied." " ' At the Grand ' t : v ...-V.J. i. : 1 f ' . ? . ; J Monday, -:: JV7 j? SHOW ' Tuesday j - j i ; y j &Z&"&ttXA k'S' They. Toll Net I II mm. - r f S . - -:- , m. - T" . I V. " '"TSb M Coripne Griffith ' '' f'-.Wi !'' Conway Tcarle a ' frv (Stars of "Black Oxen") T ipl I . -, : . :.. rn rnvn :f A iff y a . j l U- ... it n: JJm , Z ',xC!7- and FunlFoGtivoj SALEM- All Professional . - : - ' I ?--wi a s ' -: - IIAAS liiCUS. AVorIds;Blost Sensational ? v ;v- Aerial Artists MAYME LUCILLE Who ' Does the ; Startling ' Loop-the-Loop in Mid -Air She .Keeps You .Gnessins I - ENNOS & ENNOS 1 Contortionist and Novelty Aerial ; Performers , frank: curran & co. Sensational Athletics LA ROSE & LA ROSE .: Funny Clowns and Dainty Gymnasts . . . BILL BLUSH ' In Novelty Colored Event BILLY -The Diving Pony Who ' Plunges 27 Feet in a Small Tank of Water' v ', porJTOssiiT! All Under the THIRTEEWTia S - Directly East of the New Our , .Classified Advertisements tBrinj Jlcci'? : love i 1 1 r t x r i t J.. 1 i. . .. - OREQON Talent Featurin-j -' ' TITT BULGER, IIKISILF The Greatest Clawh" Csr- tocnist ln .the'rWcrU ' COMEDY ANIMAL 40 Minutes cf; Real Fun zr. l "'.- .'Laushter'. ; - Perfcxrair.2 Dcs,. Pcr.!c3,' ; ' Monkeys and Bears' - jazz-bo The Bucking Dcr.key The Best- Act f,Ita KLnd in J ; the CircU3 Wcrl J Traveliris: with the Circus are .' seven r dainty XlcIIa Girls" and .Their Saxcphc;; 2 ' f: '.":;?-:':Band r;-."v- Music, Melody and Bsauty And Numerous Othsr Ccn- "sational Acts ; Bo:j'7L::ssi!"! Biff. White Top sniFD' u 1 1 1 Oil Parrish Junior Ilisrh Schccl i .A drama of women -who J live for their own pleasure v and of men who dcubt the 'nbbiUty of womanLoci, coupled with - a" beautiful romance! ful of food or other blessing we en 1 . . ....... . j.- 1