St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-12-27
Oriental Initiation.

That the /. o. o. i. boys ant
their friends are good entertainer
about $50 or 800 of our citizens ar,
willing to testify after their attend
ance at the initiatory exercises o
the Orientals at NJ. w. A. hall
Friday night of last week. Th,
Woodmen have a fine hall, the lar
gest in the city, and il was filled tt
such an extent with the chain ganl
and their friends that there wa,
scarcely room enough for the Ori
entails to put Oh their floor work
Previous to the initiatory rite,
there was brief program of NOR,
than ordinary excellence put OH tn,
stage IN manner which elicitet
the highest expressions of appreci
alton by the audience.
Brother Foote, who was on In,
bill Of fare for the address of wei
come, was sick and unable to at
tend, therefore without further Ger.
emony the entertainers proceeded
to make the audience as welcom,
as they knew how.
"IIerodias Daughter" read.
ing by Miss Gertrude Gilman,
elected most hearty encore. In
fact every number did. aud il has
been said that like the wine at the
marriage feast in Cana of Galilee,
the last served was the best, so
these responses brought OH, by the
cncorcs were better than the orig.
inal efforts. II would be impossible
for us to give all the good points
unless we put another sheet to our
paper, but the entire program was
most excellent. The piano solo by
Miss Pile aud the vocal solo by Mr..
Butterwor,h have been mentioned
generally as very superior. Mrs.
Hall is always a good girl when
she appears before an audience.
We wonder how IL Is when George
comes in late at night Bet George
"dassent' tell
Then came the crowning act OF
the evening the initiatory rites of
the Orientals. The victim was
healthy specimen aud was preceded
by the first aud only original presi-
dent OF the society who explained
the principal feature OF the order as
being an anti'bath society; that one,
To be eligible to pass through the
fascinating ordeal oi initiation must
abstain from taking a bath for the
space OF SIX months, aud that To
stand high IN the order one must
not bathe for at least a year, and
each one is obligated To tell every
thing his better half says to him
when he comes home from a meet.
lng OF the order. Another promi-
nent feature was the reduction of
The gentler sex back to the sphere
rom whence they have arisen since
The good old days OF Abraham.
isaac and Jacob. David aud Solo
mon, when Il was possible for a |
nan to live with from 500 to 1000
wives. The president declared
hat the source OF the ascendency |
II women To that place where II Is
low hardly possible to live with
me of them instead OF So large a
lumber is through the habit OF
'athing. Some OF the ladies seemed
o take up the cue and declared
heir intention to organize an aux
liary in which they would require
heir lords and masters To bathe
hree times daily. stay at home and
mind the baby, while they went up
own, sat on drygoods boxes about
he corner store, chewed gum and
llked politics. Evidently it these
wo great forces get thoroughly
Tganlzed there will be an exceed
lgly caloric period in the ancient
illage, But that victim. lie was
rough, in on the goat, accom-
anied by members in full regalia,
NJ through the usual evolutions
nj because he stammered when
king the obligations was con
gned TO ''gehenna. He was
,turned from the lower regions in
barrel, presumably an antiquated I
hlskey barrel the victim had emp )
cd while celebrating his election. I
he members assisted by "Old
lex broke the barrel open and =
berated the victim and he was c
ustled through the remainder of I
le rites, the last being a trip with 4
flying machine composed of six e
seven big huskies with a large I
ece OF canvas with which they {
nj him flying to the ceiling about c
times minute. He was then =
,clared full iledged member OF u
K order and cautioned to refrain !,
ON bathing for a full year under
'nalty of permanent consignment
the internal regions. As the y
owd dispersed the fumes OF the =
pit still filled the outer chambers ;,
the hall and all agreed they had \
en- one real article OF the other !,
orld, Altogether il was a most
Joyable evening, !