THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1925
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WAITING LINE FAILS TO KILL !
1 SALEM MUSIC LOVERS' ARDOR
Great Municipal Auditorium Packed to Capacity Long Before
- -JoseCLOtevinne, Russian Pianist, Enters
Scarcely an attraction of musical
or dramatic merit comes to Port
land -without drawing from Salem
and surrounding towns for a
group of the most enthusiastic
ticket holders. -"
For instance, at the most re
cent concert the third this sea
son of the; Portland Symphony
orchestra, a large, number1 of Sa
lem people were scattered through
the audience a fact all the more
surprising when one thinks of the
Portland Symphony orchestra still
exclusively Portland's own. The
week, before a group from Salent
attended the two-piano concert of
Maier and paitteonf and the week
before that; many ; went down for
"Blossom Time." Last Friday it
was Emilio Gogorza, the baritone,
and the months ahead promise at
tractions just as fine.
An experience last Monday at
the symphony orchestra concert
Is only one of many showing the
eagerness of outrof-town music
lovers to identify themselves with
me large audiences that consis
tently fill the municipal auditor
ium. . . ' . .
The eagerness is often so pro
nounced that many will make
the round trip of over one hundred-
miles Just on the mere
chance of hearing a concert- It
was so last Monday when one
party, knowing the very eminent
Russian pianist, Josef Lhevinne,
was to be the soloist, left Salem
three hours before the opening
of the "Overture without tickets
or without reservations for any,
not foreseeing what a crowd was
to pour into the auditorium for
the event. :
It was somewhat of a dlsapoint-
raent to find how "practically
every seat in the great municipal
apditorijjm iad been - sold out
hours before!
"We have driven a good dis
tance in order to.. hear the con
cert," the spokesman of the Sa
lem party said, "and would very
much like to get seats."-
"We are soKjr. the lady at the
. box office explained with regret.
"But everything is gone. However,
there is the chance of some tick
ets being turned back if you will
wait." The Salem party 'waited,
waited until thed fast growing
line extended from one end of the
foyer to the other.
Twenty minutes later the lady
in charge consulted the spokes
man for the' Salem group. "These
have come in," he "said, exhibit
ing one ticket for the exclusive
orchestra-ring and a short strip
of twent-five cent tickets for the
Hast side gallery, far beyond any
sight of the stage.
No, that. wouldn't do. Two pro
fessional pianists were in the
group and they were quite as anx
ious to see the techniques of the
performer as well as to hear it. j
So still they waited; and the mir
acle happened. After a solid hour
of waiting tickets were returned
for the very seats that were
wanted; and the Salem group
joined the vast stream of people
that was fast filling the auditor
ium through every door for only
one. in many notable events that
make up Portland's concert season.
Wether it is a case of distance
lending enchantment to the view
doesn't really matter. The import
ant thing is the fact that such an
orchestra as Willem van Hoog
straten is now directing is an or
ganization worthy not only of the
attention of Portland but to the
whole valey and the musical co
terie in Salem is also rejoicing
that Mr. van Hoogstraten will be
the permanent head of the Port
land Symphony for a period of
two years, at least, after the close
of the present season.
of troop news and send it in to
scout headquarters. Thus for
headquarters haven't been worried
by a tremendous rush of contribu
tions. It is hard to say whether
thecause i3 modesty on the part
of the troop reporters or just what
the trouble is, but what over the
reason is headquarters hopes that
it will beo vecome. and with: the
coming of the new year will also
come interesting troop news.
Register New Scouts
In order to come before the
court of honor iti s assolntely ne
cessary that' a scout be registered
and in good standing, so when you
get any new members in your
troop be sure that an additkuncl
enrollment blank is filled out and
sent to headquarters at once.
SUNDAY SCOUT NEWS
SECTION CONTINUED
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Kowin, wnere you will have an
excellent chance to practice real
ouiaoor scouting. Don t be a
parlor scout, join the rest of the
gang and end 1925 right! This is
the last chance and the last call
for camp this year. Get your ap-
lication into scout headquarters
now! AH scouts registered for
camp will leave at, 10:30 a. m.,
Saturday. December 26, from the
corner of Coutr and High streets
Bring with you a packed lunch
tp eat on the way over. Also bring
plenty of blankets, cooking uten
sils, etc., will be provided.
Our Good Turns
At this season of the year it
seems that we receive a definite
challenge to help some one else,
As real scouts let us take advant
age and make the most of this
opportunity. Some of the troops
and scouts already are doing this
oasKets lull of good tilings are
being made uo.aad will be deliver
ed to some worthy home on Christ
mas day. As scouts we all pledge
ourselves ''to help other people
at all times," and by living up
to this pledge we will be able to
be of the greatest service to
humanity, and in return will have
the satisfaction of being of assist
ance to someone less fortunate
than ourselves.
" I)o You Contribute
A couple of weeks afo head
quarters requested that each troop
appoint a scout reporter who
would write up interesting item
SCHOOLS TO TEST
MEMORY OF MUSIC
Cntinnrd from paga 1.)
was produced in Brussels in l!i88
and would now be forgotten but
for the charming cradle song or
'Berceuse." Godard Is chiefly
known as a composer of salon
music, -although he wrote eight
operas among his many composi
tions. As a writer of the smaller
forms he was a moster of tone
and musical color. Ills "Berceuse"
has long been a favorite both as
vocal and as an instrumental
composition.
A solft vaguely shifting series j
of harmonies begin in the number.
followed by a short recitative
pasage which leads directly to
rich restful chords. It is almost
as though the restless child Isad
snuggled into the mother's arms
and there feels secure in that pro
tective embrace. The second mel
ody now enters with its swaying
rhythm. This is the lullaby, and
its beautiful sleep melody carries
the hearer, as it would the child.
far away into dreamland, away
from all thf petty troubles of the
waking hoar.
OUR RICHEST CABINET
The present cabinet is one
of the wealthiest on record.
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon is its richest member.
His fortune. which ranks
among the greatest in the
country, makes him 300 times
a millionaire. He made it in
banking, railroads and steeL
Next comes Secretary of
Commerce Hoover who Is be
lieved to be worth up tx $10,
00Q.O0O. derived from has min
ing interests all ovtr the
world.
Secretary of State Kellogg
is one of the few lawyers who
ever made $5,000,000.
Secretary of Labor Davis is
one of the richest men to hold
that pout. Though he started
out in life as an iron -puddler
he later made a fortunfc in fra
ternal and banking circles.
Dr. Work, secretary of the
interior, accumulate! his mil
lion through his 1ig sanator
ium and by carefulinvestment.
The other members of the
cabinet are in comparatively
moderate circumstances.
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IS THERE A SNTA
CLAUS YES; DANA
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FROM THE LAXI OF THE SKY-
BLl'K WATER
Cadman. Charles -Wakefield (1S81
) b Johnstown, Pa
Charles Wakefield Cadaian is
a contemporary American compos
er, one of a group who have
sought to build a school of Am
erican music through using native
folk songs and legends as a basis
for their compositions. Cadman
has taken a number of American
Indian themes and idealized them.
"From the Land of Sky-BJue
Water" is one of the most popu
lar of these. It tells of the futile
efforts of an Indian lover to woo
a captive maid, who is homesick
for her own people. When hidden
in the forest at dawn he plays his
love serenade on the Indian flute
or flageolet. The lover's flute is
heard in the introduction, trilling
his love calJ.,Tbenhe sings tfce
slow sustained melody of the song
almost melancholy in its futility
for the return of his love. It is
written in the five-tone 'or pen
tatonic) mode of primitive music.
rattle and see what makes the
noise inside, jbut . there is a veil
covering the 'unseen world which
not the strongest man, nor even
the united strength of all the
strongest men that ever lived,
could tear apart. Only faith, fancy
poetry, larve, romance, can push
aside thaft curtain and view and
picture the supernal beauty and
felory bcryond.
"Is ke real? Ah. Virginia, in
all this world there is nothing
else rt?al and abiding. No Santa
Clans? Thank God! he lives and
he lives forever. A thousand years
frorn now, Virginia, any, ten times
tea thousand years from now, he
wifi continue to make glad the
hearts of childhood."
and managed to Beat several hun
dred people, women on one side
and men on the other sides, to
hear the singing and preaching.
"It was beautiful such inter
est, such hunger on their up
turned faces as we sang and Bct
saria's wife started to preach.
"Suddenly someone rushed into
the crowd yelling, 'run, run. The
people screamed and scrambled
over each other, the men grasped
their 'latties' and for a few min
utes we did not know what would
happen. We prayed and kept
singing. Finally the confusion
subsided and again the crowd be
gan to cautiously assemble, only
a few daring to sit down, but the
women did not return.
"Several times this same trick
was played but the people, dis
covering it to be some disturber,
were less easily scattered. Never
theless restlessness prevailed, but
the message reached several hun
dred attentive listeners as the
preaching continued till midnight.
"Earlier than thp others, being
tired I picked my way pack to the
compound through the moving
thongs and between the groups
of sleeping Indians. At the edge
of the crowd, near our gate, stood
an ox-cart with its bowed cover
of woven grass, its two big wooden
wheels lifting it high above the
ground.
"Inside, in the light of the full
moon lay a sleeping 'zenana"
woman, her ankles and toes laden
with jewelry. No matter how deep
ly in dfbt, every women must wear
Jewelry. 1 knew, she was 'zen
ana' for her sari was bright red.
and near her on th ground slept
her husband and relatives. It was
a picturesque sight and very sig
nificant of Indian womanhood.'
constantly hidden and guarded
from every ray of hope or know
ledge. "Presently all returned to the
compound, some rested, some
prayed on till time to preaeh
again. It is difficult to rest with
suae "terrible "beating of brass,
drums, yelling, and weird chant
ing which approached its height
between one and three o'clock.
Then. as day began to dawn the
people flocked to tho river to
bathe, to wash away their sins,
and again we went forth to preach
and sell gospels till nooar 'Her 3
a little and there a little, line in
on line,; precept upon precept.' J".
'His Word wdl not return ;.
Him void. Many have ;he ,v
some will 'return for more k, ; s
ledge of this wonderful way-'' -
"GLA0YS NEELY REZNICSK
Gift Perfumes
Fashion Favored
In daintily designed containers
these exquisite Perfumes make
a most delightful gift item. '
Especially desira
ble for giving
Sheaffer's
Fountain
Pen and
Pencil Set
In several finishes, de
pending upon the price
you wish to pay.
From $2.75 to 13
You may easily determine her favorite
and we will do the rest. Leave your
order for the quantity and packing
preferred.
Lubin's Dounce France, Amaryllis, jasmine,
Chvpre, Chrysantheme, Coty's Paris, Emeraude,
L Origan, Le Rose Jaquemont, Houbigants, Hud
nuts and Palmer.
Capital Drug Store
"Only the Best"
Burnett Bros., Jewelers, "Pay Us As You Are Paid"
Eleven Stores on Pacific Coast Everett to Hollywood Not Only Largest, but (we hope) Best!
rornana may uuna two more
river bridges, in addition to S5,
000,000 bridge program now un
der way.
Accomodate Holiday Shoppers -wefe
WIERD INDIAN SCENE
UNDER OCTOBER MOON
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and many of our opposers would
take them and tear them up. Often
just as we have the interest and
attention a hungry crowd, and sev
eral are reaching out their hands
for gospels, some disputor will
come and tell the people that we
are deceivers and that the Hindu
religion is the only true one.
c The poor people draw -lack
with fear and all we can do is
to move on and gather another
group around us.
"About eight thirty in the even
ing we are centralizing our forces
CHRISTMAS SPECIA
Make this a Musical Christmas Music will make everybody happy. Come in,
look over our big stock of all kinds of Musical Instruments. Fine Pianos that are
reliable and dependable by a dependable dealer.
Pianos . . . .
-) riayer rianos
Grand Pianos
$265
$395
$625
$745
up
up
up
up
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We will give Very Easy Terms on Any Pianb
PHONOGRAPH VALUES
Victrolas $15, $25, $35, $55, $65
5 Down and $5 a Month Buys a Victrola
Edison Phonographs $100, $145, $185, $200 or $295
T ; Terms as Low as $5.00 a Month
SMALL GOODS-BIG STOCK
Saxophones, Banjos, Ukuleles, Violins,- Tiples, Accordions, Guitars,' Mouth
Organs, Toy Pianos and Toy Instruments -
Records: Victor, Edison and Columbia Sheet Musicr Teachers' Supplies and
many other things too numerous to mention
GET OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY
GEO. C. WILL
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STATE STREfeTri
Salem's Leading Music Dealer for 44 Years t 111
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THE WISE MEN who came from the East
some twenty centuries ago bearing gifts of
Gold and Frankincense and Myrrh, set a
precedent! A precedent that the Id world
has never forgotten even during
its darkest hours. And this
year we, who live in the fa
vored States touched by the Pa
cific ocean, are going to have a
merry Christmas the merriest
ever! Because there's work for
all who are willing, and where
there's work, there's happiness.
'N the great Christmas carn
ival the Eleven Burnett
Jewelry Stores will play a lead
ing role.
Thousands of people all over
the Coast, from Everett on the
north to Hollywood on the
south, will avail themselves of
the Burnett Budget Plan.
They will give better gifts
more enduring gifts more
welcomed gifts than has ever
before been possible.
And they will pay for them
next year in little weekly or
monthly sums that will never
be missed And this is a per
sonal invitation an invitation,
as hearty as. we know how to
make it to the readers of this
newspaper, to Come to the
Burnett Store for Gifts and
never mind the money
IT would take pages of this
newspaper to tell of all the
wonders that one may see here
in 20 minutes. Diamonds, the
Gift Immortal, may be had at
prices ranging from twenty
five dollars to twenty-five hun
dred apiece. Watches for men
are to be had for as little as a
ten dollar bill. Elgins f rom $15
to a hundred and fifty. How
ards at the nationally adver
tised price $60, Hamiltons at
$39.50, Walthams at the same
figure. The famous "Gold
Medal" Illinois Watch 1 costs
but $42.50, ana the Elgin Sun
timer, which is guaranteed for
me, may u uuugui at iuc iut
price. Watches for women are uA
Vinwn in vast, numbers from V,
419 in (Vin rlaintv rfiamnnd- I
set vatches that are featured
at $G7..r.O. Benrus and Bulova guaranteed
movements are featured besides the Hamiltons,
the Elgins and the Hampdens
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ND there are practical gifts that will de
light the "home-bodies." Rogers silver
plate sells at the same cash price the world
over. You may get a set of tableware for
$33.10 and pay after Christmas
there i3 no advantage at all
in paying cash. And Commun
ity Plato, in all the delightful
patterns which have won it
lame the world over, can be
bought at the cash price
($32.50 the 29-piece set). All
any reader of this newspaper
needs is a dollar bill and the ,
silver will be delivered imme
diately. CLOCKS from Seth Thomas
from Ansonia and from
the New Haven Clock Com
pany are offered at $12.45 to
$55 apiece. The! latter chime
the hours on a set! of soft toned
gongs and reproduce the bells
Of Westminster Abbey. You
can get any clock in the Burnett
Store on payment of a dollar
and arrange to pay the balance
after Christmas!
. Electric Percolators," Waffle .
Irons, Toasters, are all to be
had .at the same prices as are
quoted in New York City (or
anywhere else) and yet the
Burnett Budget Plan puts the
gift on the table for a single
dollar. , I : v.-
Rings and Pearls, Pocket
Books, Cigarette Cases, Com- ,
pacts all the ; little - intimate
things that women love, are
here to choose among indeed
it is as if a Rich Uncle sudden
ly appeared and told you that
you could have any wish grant
ed You can take any gift for
a dollar bill. 4
THE opening of an accountris
as simple and as dignified
as the opening of a bank ac-
count. No introductions are
needed no endorsements All . ,
the Credit, Manager j needs to :
know is. who you are and what
you do. With this information,
you arc free" to take all the
gifts you need, and take a year
1 . to pay.
i And the Burnett Guarantee protects you -It
is as simple as we know how to rhakc it
Here it is, read it:
If within thirty days you find that you can do better for cash in some other good store
then all you have to do is to bring your purchase back to us, and every penny you have paid
will be returned to you and that without whimper I : i
- On this safe basi we invite you to come here for gifts -never mind the money pay after
Christmas and "Fay Ls As lou Are FaidJ'
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