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I": rii S. THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON,. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1928 ( ! 16 -11 s UEM WDM SEES WORLD'S BIGGEST it Is Hardly Necessary To Add, She Is Now Visiting In Los Angeles Editor Statesman: As the weather is usually the first topic to be disposed of, I'll mention that this Is an Oregon morning, or such as we often see la Oregon, that Is cloudy. We're : had many such during the weeks I'Te been here, and gentle showers. We had a sprinkle last night. But ; I'm slower than some people I've met here. I feel that I can t get i an accurate knowledge of 4he pre : Talent weather in a few days' so- Journ. A young fellow from Min nesota said one day. "Oh! it is so ten-ibly hot in Portland." I can't ' give his accent, but it was dee licious. He'd been In Portland i four days. But there are many ' whom lie could never make believe It hadn't rained those four days along with the other 361. I Just ; let them rare. They enjoy rt, and so do I. Why interfere with in nocent pleasure! My trends who've made money 1 here, that Is, sold their lota at tne right time, can't understand why SUI Bay I wouldn't want to move here. There are several reasons. One is if my husband is to make our living in the hot air business, I think he should staj where there isn't so much of it. Then, too, when I go for a swim ( I find the tank too warm and the dressing room worse. I want a cold shower, not tepid. And as I see it. there are too many people here bidding jobs down; sort of an inverse auction. Too many wish to save fuel bills and are willing to work for less in order to do it. It is a good place for those who wish to live like Mexicans. And some make money. I heard a real estate man say five out of one hundred are at the age of CT independent. I think, how ever, that was over the entire ' state. San Francisco would prob ably claim it raises the average. I don't mean to be knocking. This ; is a great corner of the country, if you like it. And many do. The tamarack bordered orange "proves are beautiful. And being a guest, I'm not going to say any thing about the fruit being sour. A teacher here owns an orange rrove. We might as well confess that Oregon teachers salaries are i too low for that. She says it take? most of her salary to keep her orange grove up. But if ahe, en Joys it! The Things ,. I took a trip out throagh the i harbor Saturday, and a harbor f,-?fft!"HaIrt'm the boat pointed out jfe rogh a megaphone more largest things in the world v a tair-hour than I'd ever seen " fin rifty years. i tic spoke of Wrlgley's three i1 large boats which last year con ; veyed 700,000 people to and from Catalina Island. , He said the Los Angeles harbor ; is the second largest as to tonnage In the United States. I looked to I see him pitched overboard, but -there seemed to be no one present '"! from San Francisco. This harbor Xf will soon be larger than those of "London and New York. We saw the huge oil tankers and loading .stations, the dock of the 17 pas jsenger boats of the Robert Dollar system, one pf these oil stations ? the largest In the world. Also Ipmjber. yard in the iid Seattle can ship r ,m Angeles and then ltf"U.Xi cheaper than direct "to Salt Lake. This Is the greatest citrus fruit harbor, also of tuna fish, and this harbor baa one of the. largest turning basins. He pointed out the gypsum plant. 1m mense crusher of Catalina rock for roads, the U. P. R. R. yard where r- .there la room for 12.000 freight 'jears, and the Long Beach salt re ,! finery which last year produced 7.000 tons of salt. ; ; ; Along the Long Beach harbor i Henry Ford has purchased J9 . acres with 1400 feet frontage and -expects to save four and a half tWfUloa dollars yearly In transpor . tatlon of cars to New Zealand and Tarlous countries. art's 'Here comes the start of another ---v . . - - week'and what a week the past ne' has been for veterans' activi ties. ' There have been meetings, 'trips, sessions, registrations and .alt 'th. other necessary affairs. K.Vl Tuesday evening the members K lot Capital Post No. t played the a-parit of boats to the members of , kbe Auxiliary unit. Over 400 . Raftered in the hall for the oc r-- A regular business meeting was 'held by Capital Post at the out let with the Auxiliary members as nertiLors. The principal address f the evening was given by IClaude Forebaure. past vlce-com-Wftder of the department of Illi nois. He stressed the value of the "Anviiiarr to every American Leg- Son1 post, emphasised the Impor tance of wearing tne legion em Vi.wi and complimented Capital the "sDlendid Drum iviiAwinr thm business meeting tw was dancing, cards, music program and refreshments. 'atant of th r? Car R,:ie yVmericanX Oregonvca" and wander !ta!s columt -partment of -yesterday office while "sought We saw many of the feoata used In moving pictures, Including the one used in the films of "The Sea Beast." A we docked we were asked to keep our seats till the boat was securely tied np. The water of the harbor has been an alysed and found to be much wetter than most water. I'd like to tell you of some of the interesting things I've seen In parks, beaches, cafes and gardens. I hope to see Los Angeles river be fore I leave. I've crossed the bridge repeatedly, but we have never had our field glasses with us. MRS. W. W. ROSEBAUGH. Los Angeles, March 14, 132S. HERBERT HOOVER'S REMARKABLE LIFE (Continued from pg 1) to the starving population among whom were 3,000.000 children. Turning again td Belgium he saved its higher Institutions of learning from collapse in what has been characterized as the most extensive special support to high er education ever seen in Europe. Permanent interest in the health and care of children is as sured in our own country in his organization of the American Health Association, and in its pro gram is also Included a determina tion to secure better homes. Finally his last work has been in the rehabilitation of the Missis sippi flood area and In New En gland. Who better than he can direct the expenditure of the $400,000,000 or more about to be spent by our government In the taming of the "father of waters." a work requiring not only the highest engineering skill bnt also the ereater task of seeing this vast sum necessary for completion honestly and economically admin istered? Mr. Hoover in all his relief work received no salary and in addition to giving up a most lucrative pro fession, actually has always paid his own personal expenses. To amplify further his work in this field of international philan thropy and humanitarianism would be to trespass unduly upon your courtesy. Finally what shall be say of Hoover, the statesman? Let the Honorable George H. Moses, of New Hampshire, now serving his third term in the senate of the t'nited States, answer: "The natural sources from which to seek a president are the congress, the governors of the states, and the president's cabinet. Under circumstances as they now exist, the last named has seemed to me the proper group from which to make the choice whioh will insure the continuance of the essential policies under ' which the country has been so prosperous and so contented. Five of the ten members of the cabinet are in heritances, but all of them, through longer service under Coolidge. bear the letter's stamp the more plainly. They have sat at the council table with him when his plans have been formu lated, and they have been his ex ecutives to carry these plans for ward. "Among this group one man stood forth clearly as having had a larger experience and in a wider executive field than any of his as sociates: Herbert C. Hoover. "The business men have long recognised Hoover as one who comprehends their problems and who wants to help in solving them properly. The laboring men have found him sympathetic and help ful in all his efforts to adjust and ameliorate their conditions. The l firman tiavA aeen him an an intelligent student of their affairs! and seeking for a real remedy for such genuine ills as they have. The women of the country have al ways been with Hoover. The work which he conducted and for which he marshalled them in war time touched that vein of sentiment, of helpfulness which all women pos sess; and. seven years ago. they constituted .a' large part of that impressive popular support which he had in the preliminaries to the campaign oflMO. Hoover himself has said: "I am a partisan member of my party." He has vigorously de clared his' belief In that aspect of our constitutional system wnicn makes for the two-party scheme of Dolftlcal control. He has not at tempted to upset the accepted order. I am sure he will not do ao as presidentr Column and found." He couldn't resist the lure of the State Basketball tournament, . . . And now comes a word about membership. . The total and re cord for Capital Post No. t yes terday, reached -the 10 5 mark with mere coming In all the time. This will be some year for the lo cal Post. Speaking of membership brings out the fact that District No. 2 again heads the list. oing over the top first of all aad bow boosts a membership of J J 21 as com pared with 2201 last year. 8ome record. The membership of the state has reached the 02 S mark according to figures compiled on March 16. Capital Post will sponsor the local team in the Legion Junior National Baseball competition, and Leo Edwards will be In charge of organising ' the team, having been appointed chairman here. Edwards explained the plan at the meetlnr Tuesday. A de partment or .in other words state championship series Is to b played, and the winner will com- Music Department As announced in last Sunday's Statesman we are today publish ing the first of a series of articles on the History of Music or the de velopment of music. This Is also conducted for the benefit of teachers and students alike, and we will endeavor to an swer all . questions pertaining to music in all Its branches. Only initials, or pseudonyms given will be published, and questions of a personal nature, or those requiringj the giving of trade names will be answered personally, if. accom panied by a self -ad dressed envel poe. Chapter One The field of the history of mu- sic ia extensive and it is utterly, two tone figure8 are repeated over impossible to cover all the facts' aod OTer agam with frequent va ts given to us by historians andriations of indescribable slides critics, and I, I- t, aim nl Th a editor to' cover the ground In as concise and simple a form as is possible, to do, making the subject matter as simple as possible so that it will come within the com prehension and enjoyment of everyone, regardless of the extent of his musical education. And we trust that In the future the public and school libraries will be of greater help to the musician in this important branch of study than they have been In the past. The art of music should be af forded as much time, space and attention from them as painting and sculpturing for exactly the same reason. There are numer- ous authorities on this subject, the cost of which keeps them out of the average student's hands whirh Rhonid he in the filM of ! all libraries to meet the needs of the community it serves, as for, uc " ""v a Instance, Grove's Dictionary of'diverting. enervating or strenuous. Music and Musicians, both series, musical treatment adds to the ef- of Famous Composers and Their Works, and tne Oxford Hsitory of Music. Historical research gives us very little of concrete or practical knowledge as to where or how mu sic really started, and historians are widely separated as to the or iginal source. For this reason the origin of music is purely specula tive and in the true sense of the word not a historical question, and no theory has ever been advanced that has been accepted as authen tic by all students of the subject. One authority believes that melody came before rhythm, an other believes the opposite, but the fact remains that both must have featured strongly in the ori gin of music, and not until sensi ble differences of pitch occur, with different groupings of notes under some recognized principle of continuity, does music properly begin. This gives us our beginning, primitive music, which embodies the customs and habits of the sav ages of the unprogressive states, as the Assyrians, Egyptians, Hin dus and Chinese, and although the savage music is crude and some times disgusting to us. yet it must be taken seriously by the student, for all historians seem agreed here jve note how music arises, how It is used and with what it is asso ciated. The combination of song and dancing as well as religious exercises, the fashioning of instru ments, mimicry and poetry, these all demand attention. As a social diversion, an outlet for surplus animal energy, sing ing and dancing were always of in terest to a village or tribe, and were combined In ceremonies as sociated with certain . occupations or events, such as worship, war, hunting, agriculture, birth, death pete In the regional tournament, which will be followed by a na tional tournament of regional champions. Plans of the drum and bugle corps of Capital Post No. 9. Am erican Legion, to make the trip to San Antonio this year to compete in the national contest, were promised the support of other Salem organisations, by speakers at a Drum Corps banquet at Glen haven, six miles south of the city Wednesday evening. The tremendous advertising val ue which this trip to the national legion - concentlon means, was brought out In the talks at the banquet, which was attended by SO people. Visitors who spoke were George F. Vlck, representing the cham ber of commerce; Bam A. Xoser, for the Ktwant- clab; Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner. for the Rotary club; Dr. O. A. Olson and T. A. Raf ferty for the Cherrians, Stanley Keith for the Ad club, and Claude Foubare, past vice-commander of the legion department of Illinois. Carl Gabrielson of the legion drum' corps committee was toast master. Legion men who spoke were Vie Mackenzie. Commander Harold O. Malson, Brazier Small. Karl Hinges. Dave Shade and Past Commander Lyle Dunsmoor. - Attention is called again to the big public Initiation which will be staged at the armory on the even ing of March 27 by the American Legion. Capitol Post NoT t. The initiation team will be put to some strenuous work during the coming week andle well prepared tor the affair. More announce ments next Sunday about this meeting. The Ladles Auxiliary of the Spanish War Veterans will be hos tesses to the veterans at a chicken dinner tomorrow evening at the Veterans hall In the armory.- In addition to the dinner there will be a social and literary-program or catastrophe. Thus rhythm was a most dominant feature and was accented by some recurrent noise as the clapping of hands, the slapping of sticks and the beating of stones, aided frequently by some crudely fashioned instru ment. Accent is most conspicuous In savage music, and the accents us ually resolve into definite beats or rhythms, and tnese mythms are emphasized by noises or vocal cries and bodily motions. Often these metric patterns or phrase- schemes are very intricate to the listener, instances having been noted in which the voice carried a douple pattern against a triple beat in the accompaniment. Savage melodies contain few distinct tones, and usually one or EDO DOW B. 1 lie luuai rurvi ia chiefly minor in effect and any hint of a notion of a scale is us ually downward, including pas sages which we call the cromatlc scale, but which utilise even small er intervals than the semitone. Specially impressive or highly emotional primitive speech is cast in -certain forms of poetry, and to conceive such utterance in singing or chanting it. seems to be instinc tive. Sometimes a case of evident pathos or charm is developed, and on the other hand mere Jungle noises, nonsense-jingles and song-; Jargon foreign to ordinary speech occur, which shows an interest in tonal and rhythmic effect apart from the tnougnt. j " stinctive in all races and dancing and song naturally assume dra matic proportions, involving per- Bonification, plot and action. Whatever the nature of the story. feet. Even religious exercises were done in song-pantomimes, and it seems that musical dramatic ex pression was necessary to primi tive religion. - Part-singing with ideas of har mony have been considered impos sible for the savage mind, but some tribes in Africa and Aus tralia attempt part-singing and concerted effects between voices and Instruments. These instances i are uncommon and do not reveal any definite system, however. The subject of primitive instru ments is a difficult one to handle in any systematic manner, since details Vary indefinitely, but the existence of many actual speci mens in museums has greatly add ed to the interest and understand ing of the topic. Extraordinary cleverness and dexterity, combined with genuine artistic feeling and remarkable pa tience, has been shown in the mak ing of musical Instruments by peo ple who were oilier wise very crude. Well-made instruments were considered most precious, even sacred, and therefore much time and effort is given to creat ing the desired condition and form, and the most elaborate carv ing and coloring is frequently added. Three standard forms of musi cal Instruments were thus devel oped as follows: (a) The flatlle or wind instru ments. Innumerable flutes and flageolets were made from reeds, grasses, wood, bone, clay and stone fashioned with a mouth-hole or a whistle-mouthpiece which was blown either by' the mouth or the nose. They were both single' and double, and sometimes were fitted with two or more- finger-holes for varying pitch. Air reseryolrs were often provided, such a bag or sack, with one or more pipes attached. Tones thus produced were usually shrill and harsh- , with varying sweetness and relume. Very common were horns and trumpets made of wood, metal, horn, shell and Ivory, and of every shape else and quality, producing tones powerful and often harsh (b) .The percussron or pulsat- ive Instruments. Clappers or wood or bone, various hollowed tubes, which were' beaten, and castenets of shell or metal are common. Dif ferent rattles, gongs, tom-toms are found, made of metals, stone and wood, and sometimes being in sets to produce rude harmony. Drums are many, as is the tam- burine, and are made, of a. hollow box or bowl with a stretched skin ever it. These are sounded by striates; the- hand or by sticks; A graduated series- , of gourds combined - with resonating pieces of wood, struck by sticks, like the present day "xylopbenerarevfound la Asia and elsewhere. -, (c) The stringed 'Instruments, As we all know," the bew and ar row was one of theiirst develop ments in warfare, and ICmar have been the early starting-point efl some musical Instrument.".1 and historians tell us that rudo harps similar 4n shape to the bow occur among savages.- We are also told that strings were made out of hair, animal tissues, fibre and metal. Taking all these facts Into con sideration, we naturally wonder how music came Into existence. and all writers seem to agree to the "hypothesis that music Is de rived from a desire of self-expres sion. We hare treated the subject of the primitive stage of muslo In the foregoing paragraphs in as concise and simple a form as it has been possible to do. We will be very glad to answer any question that may have arisen in any of ouri readers' minds, in our next issue.. Our next article will take you nnthr teo further on leading Into the seml-clvillted state of the! growth of music, taking in tne sys tems, employed in that time in China; India and Arabia. . t 0 of former prices for speedy clearance "Frrn iWe have accumulated hundreds of remnants during our great Closing-Out Sale. These must be sold re gardless of cost and original prices. A E?ew Children's Mercerized Hose it Beige color. All sizes. ! Regular 35c value. ' All sizes, all colors. Clos ing out price Pair 25c i VALUES TO $2.75 VALUES TO $1.50 300 YARDS 750 YARDS OF i Plain and Fancy Silks Rayons, Voiles, Suitings Flat Crepes, Satin Bacic Crepes, Wash Satins, etc Printed Crepes, etc.. Including Imported Novelties! 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