Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-22

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Mrs Sara Brown Savage and daugh-
ter Dorothy Odell. are home from Seal
Rocks, where they have been spending
the summer ..
Members Of the Philodorian Literary
society, the oldest boys society in Will
lamette university, will hold its first
meeting of the year Wednesday night,
September %, in their rooms in Waller
Hall. An opening program will be Civ.
en-, which consists of the following Shm.
bers: Cornet solo; discussion of the
benefits of literary society, by Chas.
=. Ohling; some of Walter Gleiser s
stories; vocal solo, poetry by james r.
Balm; instrumental solo by F. 5. Fran
els. Many names of statewide and ma
tiOnal repute are enrolled on the rec
Ords of the society as members of by
gone years.
The following article taken from a
Portland paper will he of interest here,
where Miss Fisher played in stock sew.
eral years ago:
A stranded theatre company in Sill
verton, Ore, gave Margarita Fischer
her first opportunity to bask in the
limelight, where she has remained ever
since. 1t was back in 1898 when John
Fischer and his family ran the Com.
mercial hotel in Silverton, and Mar.
garita in her early teens, -.nown then
as "Babe, waited on table. One of
the stranded actors remained TO wash
dishes and work for his board around
the establishment.
An amateur theatrical company was
the result of desire on his part Ia
get out of town and Margarita was
forced into service. Without previous
training and with only q few rehe0rs.
ais she showed talent for acting that
was remarkable. Mr.. Fischer sold his
hotel and went on the road with his
wife, his two daughters az one OF
more real actors, according to circum.
stances.
Posters announced raat Margarita
was the youngest leading woman in
America and for two years or more
the family appeared through Oregon
in variety of plays. Dot" Fischer
Margarita s sister, was not considered
so much Of an actress, but she has
since proved that she, too, is possessed
of considerable histrionc talent. In
Eureka, Cal, the "Fischer shtN-." as
it was called by the Silverton people
was so popular that the aggregation
remained q year in stock.
Later Margarita was in vaudeville
Do ,N,S .,a
real actress and the Silverton people
who had seen her first appearance on
their little stage, began to be proud
of "Babe" and to hang her pictures
in prominent places. -;,e Is now mar
ried to Harry Pollard, with whom she
was associated in her vaudeville days
But Miss Fischer has deserted the
stage for motion pictures and is now
the featured member of the Beauty
Film company. 1t is pdr::cularly ap
propriate name for her organization
as last April she won the pnze aware
ed to the most beautiful motion picture
actress in the United States.
The Fischer family now makes its
home in Santa Barbara, Were the stu
dios of the Beauty company are locat
ed. Silverton and Oregon are prouC
of their Homer Davenport and they
have reason for just pride in thei1
young actress who is now favorit'
with audiences all over the country
where the Beauty films are exhibited
Coming as distinct shock to he
friends here was the news of tne deati
OF Miss Jean Sherman of Ocean View
who was drowned Sunday afternoon al
Florence while on a pleasure trip will
friends. She was an assistant teacher
in the high school at the latter place
Miss Sherman was beautiful an'