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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON "
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1926
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! Metamorphosis of the Klan
Despite the flamboyant bluster of Imperial Wizard Evans
at the Washington conclave of the Ku Klux Klan's political
power and prestige, the result of recent primary elections
show plainly enough its decline and tall as a political i actor,
Even in the state of iU origin, Georgia, its endorsed candi
dates for United States senator and representatives as well
as governor were overwhelmingly defeated. In Colorado,
where the Klan has ruled supreme for the past few years, it
was decisively overthrown. And other states repeat the
same story. . '
When the Klan abandoned night-riding and became law
abiding, even to the extent of parading unmasked, when, in
other words it became respectable, it lost its grotesque appeal
to the lawless, who under cloak of anonymity had been en
abled to gratify fanaticism and satisfy enmities, it joined
the numerous orders of secret societies whose activities inter
est only themselves and not the public.
The national conclave and parade of 20,000 Kluxers last
week at the nation's capital attracted much less attention
than a year ago and in a few years more will command no
more notice than the national gathering of other secret so
brieties, for the Klan's future must be as a fraternal and social
"organization and not as a political body, for secret political
societies are contrary to the spirit of American democracy
ana historically short-lived. I
There were some amusing features in the national parade, j
The 100 percent American Klan newspapers were hawked;
by negro and Jewish newsboys. The .restaurant and souve-'
nir stands along the avenue, run by Greeks and Hebrews, had
special signs pf "Welcome K. K. K." over their doors. Henry
M. Hyde,- the well-known Washington correspondent, writes
in the Baltimore Sun:
The parade filled the wide mile-long stretch of Pennsylvania for
several hours. Every one of the 20,000 mnichcis wore an official
d unc ecu p high and whlto and running up to a sharp point at the top.
Looking1 up the avenue from the treasury these pyiiad white points,
all In motion, made a curious picture.
The big boys who havo a sharo in the split of the bath-robe fund
wore robes of orange and crimson, bliio, black and green, with cone
shnped, pointed caps of the same color. They strutted their stuff, four
or six abreast. But the thousands were all In white and walked not
inarched in stragglng lines, fiftoon or twonty wide.
The women of whom there were thousands were bettor drilled
and took more pride in their mnrchlng. Thoy had taken the feminine
liberty of adding red satin caps to their uniforms or trimming the edges
of the bathrobes with some other bright color.
It was a flood of unimaginative monotony which poured down the
avenue nil afternoon, unbroken savo by; a few pathctlo attempts at
floats. The kl tickers must show more originality if they want to keep
up thfitr annual show. It grows tiresome
All which goes to show that the Klan has lost its menace
as Well as" its novelty and joined the ranks of the common
place. Even its parades lack color to amuse the multitude,
its night-gowns cannot compete with the bizarre fantastic
garb of the ordinary fraternal order any more than its ap
propriate dunce caps can with the multi-colored fez.
She heard the shrilling of the
telephone In the ball and turned
an Interested ear, hoping against
hope for some diversion. Wbea the
maid announced a call for her, she
sped to the Instrument.
It was Cart wrlght's voice which
answered hers.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Nothing," she allowed her voice
to sink despondently. "It'a such
a frightful day, too. I'm bored to
tears."
"Then maybe you could be per
suaded to give a poor devil a cup
of tea and a little cheer on this
beastly afternoon?"
Madge hesitated for a moment.
She had met Cartwrlght frequently
nt parties since their return from
Florida, but he had never asked
to call. She knew that it was In
discreet of him to do so now, and
indiscreet, also, for her Xo recolve
him. Rut the temptation was very
great.
She decided swiftly.
'Do come. I need cheering too."
"Good, I'll be around in half an
hour."
Madge hung up the receiver
slowly. There was a speculative
light In her lovely eyes. "I won
der", Khe was thinking, "should I
have done that?
"Suppose someone else should
come?"
Again she decided swiftly and
ringing for the maid, Informed her
that after Mr, Cartwrlght had ar
rived, she was not at homo to any
one. Then she studied horself care
fully In tho hall mirror, decided
her appearance couldn't be Im
proved on, and returning to the
drawing room, seated herself In
her most graceful, studied posture
to await his arrival.
Her heart was beating a trifle
quickly with excitement, for she
couldn't deny to herself that Cart
wrlght Interested, even fascinated
her. He represented a new type of
man to her. Polished, world weary,
cynlcnl, but with an undeniable
physical charm and unmistakable
Theosophists Quarrel
As was to be expected, the branch of the Theosophists
. headed by Katherine Tingloy, a rival of the faction led by
Anna Besant,- is out with a broadside against the hitter's
"world teacher" Jeddu Krishnamuri through whom the lat
ter declares Christ is to appear to redeem the world. Al
though no names are mentioned, the inference is clear in the
title "False Prophets and Pseudo-Apostles."
Mrs. Tingley quotes from an article by H. P. Blavaisky,
founder of Theosophy as follows :
(a) 'the coming of Christ,' menns tho presence ot Chrlstoa In a
rogenorcited world, and not at alt the acttinl coming of 'Christ' Jesus;
(b) this Christ Is to bo sought neither In the wilderness nor 'In the
Inner chambers,' nor In tho sanctuary ot nny tomplo or church built
by man; for Christ the true esoterlo Savior is no man. but the
Divine Principle in every human being, lie who stiivos to resurrect
the Spirit crucified In him by his own torrestrlal passions, and burled
deep in tho 'sepulchre' of his Blnful flesh; ho who has the strength to
roll back the stono of matter from the door of his Inner sanctuary,
he has the risen-Christ In him. The 'Son of Man' Is no child ot the
bond-woman flesh, but verily of tho froewomnn Spirit, the child ot
man's own deeds, and the fruit of his own spiritual labor.
Mrs. Tingley adds a quotation from William Quan Judce
also one of the founders of Theosophy, asserting that those
who claim to be Jesus are frauds or insane and show how
superstitious and gullible people still are. To which Mrs.
Tingley adds: .
Theosophy. while accopllng and teaching the ago-old doctrlno of
periodic descents or incarnations of Unys ot the Divine, also sots forth
very clearly the dangor, both spiritual and soclul, of blindly following
tho teachings or bcllofs ot pooplo who ndvnnce claims to divinity cither
for themselves or others. . While ot courso, each such incurnatlun, or
Avatnra of a Itay of the Divine, nocossarlly must have a human body
to nppcnr among men and toach them, no more clnlms or representa
tions of being such an incarnation have nny yauo whntovor. History
both past and present Is full ot falso Chrlsts, false prophets, and of
deluded and deluding teachers. . .
At the same time, Mrs. Besant seems within the tenets of
the Theosophical faith which teaches that when man has
reached perfection, so that he no longer needs earth ex
perience, he will pass to spheres of usefulness and glory be
yond conception, whence he need not return to earth unless
he chooses to do so to help humanity, and those who have
reached this state have become tho great founders of re
ligions and spiritual lenders of humanity. She claims her
protege has reached the required state of perfection to be
used for divine inspiration.
Hearts Adrift
By Mildred Barbour
the si:uim:nt
It was a rainy afternoon and
Madge was very bored.
Sho had dressed for tea, but the
steady rain precluded tho possi
bility of uny callers. Hhe trlod to
read a novel In the empty draw
ing room under a cheerful, shad
ed lamp, but It turned out to ho
sugary love story and sho flung tho
book down In disgust, Tho very
mention If love irritated Madge
somehow these days.
Wandering to the window, she
pushed aside the velvet curtains
and stood looking out into the
'""my street, drumming Impa
tiently on Ihe cold pain with her
slim, Jeweled fingers.
It was a depressing scene. The
grey nsphnlt was wet and shining
and almost deserted except for an
occasional speeding tnxlcnb with
loosened clanking wheol chains, or
a nondescript Ford with flapping
curtains. Tho gutters ran rivers of
water and a grey curtain of rain
almost obscured the first faint
blush of groen along the bare
branches of the drlppllng trees.
"What a sight after Florida!
Madge shuddered and drew the vel
vet curtains to shut out the dreary
scene.
power lurking In bis heavy-lidded
eyes, he was vastly different from
Paul Bannister and the other men
who had wooed her Bince she was
a very young girl. They had been
mostly fresh-faced youths, full of
animal spirits, eager to dance and
ride and play outdoor sports. They
lacked finesse with women. They
were either "cracy" about a girl,
or "couldn't see her at all." They
had an idea of conquest for the
sake of conquest, aa Cartwrlght
had.
Madge liked Cart wrlght's appar
ent absorption In whatever women
he happened to be talking to a
bystander, not knowing him, would
jnvariably have Judged that th is
particular "She" was the sun of
his days, the star of his nights;
whereas, he had probably met her
five minutes ago nt a crowded tea
and didn't even trouble to catch
her name.
This air of intensity flattered
Madge. She was clever enough to
know it wasn't entirely faked in
her case. She actually Interested
him. He became alert at the sight
of her beauty, which was superb
onough to stir his surfeited senses,
She had always reveled In her
own power over men. This man
tried her mettle. He was an ad
versary worthy of her steal.
In spite of her determination not
to show her intorest in him, she
folt her color rise a little and her
pulses stir when ho was shown
into the drawing room that after
noon.
Ho carried a long box which he
tossed on the table while he bent
over the hand she extended and
touched her fingers with his Hps.
"This Is good of you to receive
me," he said. "I stopped at the
florist's on my way to get a small
offering to show my apprecla
tion."
When she opened the box he
proffered, she found an exquisite
corsage of mauve orchids.
"Oh, how lovely and how nice
of you!"
"Your flower," he replied with
Stage Whispers
Salem wtinesse.; Its first showing
of a spoken drama for nearly a
year in the presentation of "Sev
enth Heaven" at the ELsinore to
night by Streett's New York Play
ers, and the production will also
be the first of its kind In the new
theater, with Its large stage, com
plete equipment and comfort and
atmosphere.
Emotional force and the call for
strong acting abound in "Seventh
Heaven," a romantio comedy drama
of the Paris slums, and these de
mands are splendidly met by the
Streett Players, particularly Tom
Chattertton and Mary Daniel, the
leads, say those who saw the show
ing during Its two weeks at the
Helllg in Portland. Equally glow
ing are the reports of Barbara Haa.
land, William Streett, Helena Ship
man, George Cleveland, Richard
Obee and Lawrence Keating in the
supporting cost.
The appearance of the players
here tonight is something In tho
nature of an experiment, and re
turn engagements will depend
a Bmllo, watching her lovely, flush
ed face from under his heavy lids,
"You should never wear any
other." '
"You really think so?" she ask'
ed, obviously pleased.
He came closer to her.
"Don't you know that all women
are divided Into flower types? You
are an orchid rare, exotic, ex
pensive, but very lovely."
She laid the bouquet down sud
denly. The wet flowers seemed
somehow to chill her fingers. She
shivered and looking up at him
apologetically, found him gazing
down at her with an unmistakable
expression In his eyes.
Tomorrow Playing With Fire.
yesterday that this record breaking
production has been billed for a
showing at the Oregon early in October.
largely upon the supporting patron
age they receive this time.
Getting back to pictures after
such a week of special attractions
as have featured the theater bills
during the past seven days would
hold a rather drab outlook for the
show fans were It not for promise
which such pictures as "The Isle
of Retribution," which comes to the
Oregon tomorrow for two days.
Lillian Rich. Robert Frazer and
Victor M'Laglen are 'the stars In
this gripping tale of the arctic.
The story has a particular appeal
for Oregonlans In that the author
is an Oregon man, Edison Marshall
of Medford.
The 'Elslnore's mid-week offer'
Ing also gives promise of some ex
cellent Bcrecn entertainment in
"Padlocked," which opens Wednes
day and will remain through
Thursday. It Is also a screen Inter
pretation of a strong story by a
popular author, Rex Beach, and the
calibre of its stars Is sufficient to
Insure a creditable production. Lois
Moran, Louise Dresser and Noah
Beery play the principal roles and
the production was directed by Al
lan Dwan,
Briefly, the story Is that of an
old-fashioned father who through
his narrow-mindedness, . nearly
wrecks his daughter's life. It's the
olC theme of parental restraint in
conflict with the freedom loving
younger generation, but Its treat
ment Is unusual and refreshing,
While dwelling on coming at
tractions at the theaters there are
many who will probably be Inter
ested In the announcement that
"The Volga Boatman" Is booked
for a return engagement In Salem.
Manager Rtille gave out the word
MULCT JOLSON
FOR $2627.28
New York, Bept. 21. CP) A ver
diet for $2627.28 against Al Jolson,
comedian. In the suit for $571,646
for alleged breach of contract
brought by D. W. Griffith. Inc.,
was returned by a Jury in federal
court today.
The suit resulted from an alleg
ed agreement by Jolson to act In a
motion picture to be made by Grif
fith. Jolson, however, after viewing
a trial run of film, said he realized
he would not be successful as
movie actor and refused to con
tinue with the plan. He denied any
contract ever had been signed.
Griffith asked damages for money
he claimed he expended In prepa
ration for the film, which was to
have been known as "Mammy!
Boy."
General IIowzo Dead
Columbus, Ohio, Bept. SI P)
Major General Robert Lee Howze,
commanding officer of the Fifth
corps area, U. S. A., died yesterday
following an operation for gall
bladder trouble. He was 62.
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