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GO TO PORTLAND

Mrs. Omar J. Malcolm and daughter
Betty. 400 Third street north, lef>
Monday for Portland. Ore, where the,
will spend a month visiting Mrs. Nal
CONS sister. Mrs. Carl +. Right.
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Thrifty women will not overlook this opportunity
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LAMPS-Regular price $500. O. TX
Special, each UOs6C
LAMPS-Regular price 1926. CD IN
Special. each pAsCO
Vases, candle sticks, book ends, bon bon dishes,
handkerchief boxes, trays, baskets and pictures. In
fact almost everything in the Art Department is
greatly reduced for this sale.
The Little Grey Gift Shop-Second Floor.
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PRINCESS WEDDING
SUPERSTITIONS SEEN

the morning Of her wedding day. It
Is extremely unlikely that the Prin-
cess Mary win sleep on the eve
Of her wedding day with the curtains
In her bedroom drawn. Her Royal
Highness will be sure to draw them
back 20 that on waking she may be-
hold the sky. This superstition also
prevails in the Spanish royal fam.
lily. and It L. customary for men,
bers Of It the night before their
wedding to sleep in the open II the
weather permits.
It would be regarded as an un-
lucky thing by the Princess Mary
for her to see her father before she
sees her mother on her wedding day.
What win happen on the morning
Of the princess wedding will be that
her mother will come to her room
ere she rises. will kiss her on both
cheeks, and wish her all prosperity
and happiness In her future married
life. It has always been regarded
AZ unlucky In the English royal
family to make use OF q wedding
present before the wedding.
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commanders would not have been
justified in sacrificing another life
uselessly. Whatever the German
nation may have thought on Armi
stice Day. 1t knows now that It was
thoroughly defeated.
YEARS OF MISTAKES.
But having decided to stop the
war with Germany, why did we con-
tinue to wage war In other direc.
tons and to pile up fresh war costs
amounting to hundreds Of miIlionss
II We could live the last three years
over again, II Is quite certain that
the terrible blunder OF the war
against Bolshevist Russia would not
be repeated.
We should not make the mistake
Of keeping q great and costly army
In Mesopotamia, from which coun.
try we could have withdrawn nearly
all our forces as soon as the Turks
surrendered. We should not send
expeditions marching about all
over Persia at incredible expense.
We should not invent that ride.
ulous Army Of the Black Sea-"
which still fingers on inhospitable
shores. We should not incite the
Greeks to start q fresh war In Asia
Minor. What a great amount OF
death and mischief and debt might
have been avoided II our ministers
had dropped "the war habit" on
Armistice Day!
DISASTROUS DELAYS.
Continuing my reverie on what
might have been, I may say that /
look upon the Peace OF Versailles
very much In the spirit Of odd
Bill" and the Better Ole" II n
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TRAGIC CAREER LIKE
THAT OF LOLAMONTEZ,
ONCE IDOL OF KING
Parallel FateS of Two Charming Actresses, Who
Rose From Poverty to Control of Thrones and
Affected the DeStinies of Europe Only to BE
Plunged Into Heart Breaking Poverty Again.

with age and poverty pressing on
her. she came to America, to act!
Her American premiere was made
to capacity crowds. but public inter
est waned quickly and she gave up
her tour. She wrote. lectured and
finally in religious fervor devoted
herself to rescue work among girls.
She died in poverty. but the clergy
man who attended her was inspired
By her words to write . pamphlet TO
bear testimony to the power Of
providence "in changing the heart
Of one who had been q great sinner"
And the Greenwood grave. OBJ
scurely located and neglected, Is
the last link between the world to
day and this one Of the two women
who have dominated thrones within
the memory Of living men.
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the stage and introduced her In
court as his best friend" to tho
amazement Of the courtiers. He en-
nobled her with the titles Rosa,
Baroness Of Rosenthal, and Countess
Of Landsfeld. and installed her In .
miniature palace.
Power was the breath Of life TO
her and she plunged into poiit,cs.
Oddly enough. her policies were pro-
gressive and she rid the kingdom Of
moro than one ractionary minister.
Suddenly there came . backward
movement terminating In riots.
which snapped Louis from under his
crown. and set Lola afoot again to
wander tho earth. She returned TO
London and married Stafford Head.
. Guardsman. from whom she sepa-
rated In . few months-and then,
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not a good peace, but could you or
anybody else have made q better
one?
have always thought that the
whole peace conference, immense
and verbose and unwieldly, was a
mistake. The broad outlines Of a
peace treaty with Germany might
have been drafted and signed be-
fore Christmas, 1918, when the
echoes of the guns had scarcely
died away.
Details might have been settled
by experts afterwards. Having
turned the peace negotiations into
a sort of worlds fair, we must
make the best Of the results.
Then there Is Irelanad. II Il was
right to sign the Irish peace agree
ment the other day, surely II would
have been right to sign II three
years ago! We should have escaped
an abyss Of misery and destruction.
When all is said, however, 1t Is
quite evident that our most griev-
Gus blunders have been committed
at home. Nothing can excuse the
astounding miscalculation which led
us to mistake a spasmodic trade de-
mand for new and illimitable pros
perity.
think what the consequences Of
that fundamental error have been!
You can see them today In the
swarms of voorhees, people who
hardly know where their dinners
are to come from.
The bubble boom" in 1919 sent
up the income tax to height
which In killing industry. II led
TO the launching Of insane govern
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look Of CONSERVATION. My friend
shook his head and hurried away.
and q troop defiled past us-a little
contingent of Tartar soldiers with
fixed bayonets. Anything less OF
comradeship than the mode Of life
Of Lenin or some Of the great com
missars do not know.
Trotzky did have IN opportunity
Of speaking with, but only by ex-
ceptionally favorable circumstances.
Poland had issued an ultimatum.
I heard afterward, In Warsaw, that
this belligerent act was all q
mistake" that, in fact, some ire
sponsible clerk had exceeded In
structions. There is something OK
traordinarily haphazard about some
Of the most tragic and disastrous
happenings Of eastern Europe.
This ultimatum, however. gave
Trotzky the opportunity he wanted
Of holding a great review Of the
war forces in Moscow. 1t was this
that I was permitted to behold in q
position which enabled me to stand
near Trotzky. have seen more
brilliant military spectacles, but not
often q display Of such good and
workman.like war material. There
were about thirty thousand troops
Of all arms, including cavalry. or,
perhaps. one should say rather
mounted infantry. with well-fed
horses, and also tanks.
BOYS IN THE ARMY.
One curious detail was the pres
ence in the ranks, and even in the
cavalry. of quite young boys. One
dashing. cavalier could hardly have
been more than twelve years Of
age.
All this was very interesting, but
for me the chief feature or the
display was Trotzky himself.
awaited his coming with real anx-
iety, anxious to catch a glimpse Of
a man who had been lauded to the
skies, and bounded to the depths,
but who at any rate seemed to be
a strong man capable Of making
history. He appeared marching
near the head Of company Of
foot soldiers. though followed i'm.
mediately by "a little retinue Of dis
tinguished officers. Al first glance
my opinion of Trotxky rose higher
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woman had only to buy q railway
ticket. take her place in Q train and
70 home. She said 30. too. But
she also said that any one with .
Government pass has precedence.
and as the trains were not enough
to take half Of those who had Gov
eminent passes she had waited for
two years, and might easily wait
many years more before getting her
place on a train.
UNSEEN POWER
Tho government is not even
Sovietic, for Kalinin, the chairman
Of the Chairmen of the Soviets. Is not
the man who rules in Russia. II
Is difficult to find out really where
the veritable driving force of gov
eminent comes from. They control
the nomination of commissars, and
the commissars exercise a prepon-
derate influence in the Soviets. 20
that. though any form of govern.
ment must pass through the Soviet
to acquire legal authority, and,
though the commissars themselves
thus derive their executive power,
yet It is they who impress their
will upon the Soviet.
Lenin is chairman Of the COM
missars. He lis the chief Of the
secret government junta. 1t was
this position which at first gave him
his extraordinary, authority. He
ruled at the beginning Like q dicta-
tor, but Lenin. q highly educated
and accomplished man, has for this
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Copyright, 1sis, By Universal ssrvsos3
This is the ninth in sertes OF ar
t;cles on Russian internal co,adi-
lions.
BY COLONEL LYNCH.
/, LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The present
government of Russia, socialistio,
federal and sovietio republic. Is
not q republic, nor 10 It even
sovietic. and still less socialistic
or communicate, in the sense
xreached by those enthusiasts who
wish to see q new era Of liberty,
progress and enlightenment and
brotherhood Of man.
Let me touch off these points.
for example:
As to liberty. In one place,
which I will not indicate, I met
at the railway station a woman
who had been waiting there for
hours, sitting on nondescript bag
or her belongings. She was highly
educated woman, who. though sho
had never been out Of Russia, spoke
English we'll She was the daugh-
ter Of rich people, Of the land-own-
ing class; but at the time Of the
revolution had been staying at this
town and had never been able to go
home since.
Those who. at all costs. defend
the Soviet Government will tell you
that this story Is rubbish, and they
viii show you. with all necessary
documentary evidence, that this
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LOVAT FRASER BLAMES ENGLAND'S MINISTRY
FOR POST-ARMISTICE WAR HABIT"

ment schemes on a gigantic scale.
1t induced ministers to think that
that they could accept mandates"
for garrisoning half the world and
the moon as well. It turned every
body nearly crazy.
There II ono thing, however,
which troubles mo when I look
back to the delirious days Of the
armistice. In the last three years
We have been gradually forgetting
what We owe to the men who
fought In the war.
Not for the first time in our his
tory, subtle and perhaps uncon-
cious change has come over the
national attitude toward our sol.
diers and seamen. People want to
forget about the war Though they
can never do so while life lasts'
and the desire makes them forget
about the men who saved our
homes and liberties. Millions who
suffered bereavement do not forget.
All through our land today there
are hearts aching for the lost ones.
Employers are not always quite
tolerant Of men whose old wounds
or shattered nerves prevent them
from doing a full days work. The
public are not always courteous
and helpf,il tn those broken In oi,r
wars.
Has the war and It's aftermath
led TO any new moral awakening.
any deepening Of faith In the lirit.
ish race? doubt Il. Reviewing
in memory the tendencies Of the
last three years. should say that
the ch ef moral consequence Of the
war has been q further growth Of
materialism-
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ance she had received from the
Hapsburg treasury was abruptly cut
off when her royal protector died.
She lives in . little villa on the out
skirts Of Heitzing, which Ia itself .
suburb. but this villa is the home in
which the Emperor installed her.
and it is all that IL left undisturbed
Of the regal domaini A niece. a pi-
quante little brunette. who helps
out the depleted family income by
working in one of the American Of
fices in Vienna. lives with her.
Around them the atmosphere Of
tho old days clings in the ornate
furnishings and unchanged environ.
ment. but the aged woman IL too
wise to be deceived. outside she
knows the universe has changed ara
she must change with It. Every
morning and every evening for forty
years the Emperor had visited her.
They walked together. at dawn and
she still for all her years rises at
dawn and walks alone for q mile or
moro. In the evenings there were
cards-but the cards are put aside
nowhere Is no one with whom she
viii play.
Strangers ask: But where are tho
Jewels, the money. the lands that he
showered on her so long and lavish.
ly7 The answer Is ironical. There
were no showers Of gold or gems. no
estates for her. Francis Joseph wss
thrifty in his amours.
USED HER OWN FUNDS.
Katti. until tho last phase Of the
extraordinary romance, earned her
living on the stage. rewarded by an
occasional Jewel or token Of less
value. Out Of her own funds, It 10
said and II seems to be true, she en-
tertained the monarch in simple
fashion, and he died thinking only
Of his empire. which was dissolving
around him.
Katti Schratt has been In Amer
lea, but % long ago that few Amer
leans recall her. This was In 1882,
whom she was the wife Of Baron
Kisch. Hungarian officer. She or
ganised . company and toured
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is NOW RULED BY COMMISSARS, SAYS COL LYNCH

than I had anticipated; that 10 to
say, as a character.
Here was q man born to COM
mand. One could have no doubt of
that, beholding the tall. soldieriy
figure, striding freely forward with
an air which spoke Of self-confi-
dence in every gesture. and with
something of manner that seemed
to dominate the others, giving them
the appearance such as Napoleon's
lieutenants may have had as they
followed respectful and admiring,
the world-conqueror.
Trotzky was both taller and
stronger than I had expected.
After a time Trotzky occupied a
place where he took the salute in
the march.past Of the successive
troops. As each fresh contingent
approached Trotzky uttered . word
of greeting. The officer In COM
mand replied, and the troops shout.
ed their "hurrah." This was quite
impressive.
TROTZKY SPEAKS.
Trotzky then ascended a pupil
like platform, and there. speaking
in the open-air. he made his voice
heard easily by thirty thousand
people.
After the speech he descended
from his tribune and mingled FREQ
ly with the officers amongst whom
found myself, but 1t was not pos
sible to discuss more than the
usual banalities.
The commander Of the Moscow
forces, General Kameneff. was
present. but he seemed rather Of
faced by Trotzky. He was q man Of
the old Tsarist type; a burly SOL
der. used to camps and campaigns.
drilled through and through with
military spirit, but suggesting rath.
er the head constable type than the
inspired leader.
Trotzky said that the show that
we had seen in Moscow was being
repeated that day In every town
throughout the country. but 1 dare.
say that exceptional troops, not
only in regard to physique, but also
in uniform, in discipline. and also
Ia good nourishmcnt, had been
chosen for the capital
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Continental royalty bowed to her.
The whole world knew and half the
world condoned the unconventional
relationship. The imperial family,
even to the wife and children Of the
autocratic monarch. treated die
Schratt" as an equalizer they
dared not do otherwisel
Now, poverty-stricken at sixty
seven, she Is coming to America in
a desperate attempt to regain on
the stage the proud position she
held SO long ago. when the young
King smiled on her and claimed her
for himself.
Just so. It may be recalled. came
Lola Montez. after ruling King
Louis Of Bavaria, who had plucked
her from the ballet as Francis Jo-
seph did Katti-and Lola failed!
HOPES TO LIVE IN U. 8.
Frau Schratt was In Carlsbad for
the cure a few months ago. when
an American theatrical promoter
suggested that she return to the
stage. She retorted haughtily that
no one would pay her what she
would demand, whereupon the
American named q price and trans
lated It into marks. Tho amount In
that currency was so great that the
aged but still attractive woman &C
cepted Immediately.
A play il now in preparation for
her. She personally suggested
Marie Theresa" that she might in
terpret a truly regal role Of the pc
Rod when Austria was second to
none in world power. And she
added:
1T is not only to act that I would
like to 60 to America. With Social
ists ruling us here. there II nothing
IA Austria for me. would 80 to
America to hve-and del"
ROYAL NIGGARDLINESS.
In the six years since Francis
Joseph passed out Of tho world and
Austria Hungary, a. has been fore
cast, crumbled about his bier. Katti
schratt has endured much. The
story of the s25o,0o0 that the EN-
psror had wiued her proved false.
He left her nothing and the allow
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Written fer Universal Service
~ nss,r'1 80. 49, Of the s'y.'
LONDON. Jan. 28.-In the Dng-
lish royal family there are current
q number of superstitions concern
ing weddings.
For example. the writer 10 quito
sure that the Princess Mary could
not b. persuaded to sign her name
on her wedding day until after the
wedding has taken place. It II
ono Of the Oldest superstitions IN
the English royal family that for
a princess Of II to sign her name
on her wedding day until after the
wedding would b . most unlucky
thing for her to do.
On the morning Of the wedding
Of the present Queen Of Norway.
which took place At Buckingham
Palace, II became urgently nsces-
sary for the then Princess Maude to
put her signature to . legal docu.
ment In connection with her private
affairs. It was essential that the
document should be signed by her
In her maiden name. She meant
to have signed It the day before
her wedding. but forgot to do %.
She absolutely refused to sign It
on the day Of her wedding until
after her marriage, and thereby
put herself to a great deal Of trou-
BILE and legal expense over the sign
ing Of the document.
Another wedding superstition pre-
vailing in the royal family Ia that
II In lucky for the royal bride to be
able to see the sky on waking Oh
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particular function too much Of the
character Of Eugene Debs and not
enough Of that of Boss Croker.
MYTHICAL FIGURE.
Even In Moscow Lenin IL be-
coming q sort Of mythical figure.
something like the Mikado or the
Dahl Llama Of Tibet.
It IL true that trade has opened,
but the commissars are watching
the operation very jealously, and
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pounce upon the "spekulanti" and
profiteers, and deal with them as
they did with the old aristocracy.
Lenin was the one man with
whom had no opportunity Of
speaking. I wrote to him. but !
was informed afterward that he
never received my letter. There
are over a dozen severe controls"
that have to be passed before any
one can arrive at Lenin; and II 1t
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SaeAAScp kshBA@&s1 osSn <>hS&s>~s -
senting At the old Thalia Theater
Sardou's "Divorcons."
She had been leading woman at
the Hofburg Theater in Vienna for
several years before the Emperor's
attention was attracted to her. 1t 10
said that the late Empress Elizabeth
introduced them. though this IL not
clear. lis certain thar the Empress
was with him when he first COM
mented on the grace and beauty Of
the young actress. He went to her
dressing room after the perform
ance. Katti was in the seventh
heaven at the call. She. the daugh-
ter Of o baker. to be thus honored by
the sovereign Of the most exclusive
court In the world!
THE ROYAL ROMANCE.
The romance sped swiftly after
that. The Empress 10 known to have
protested. and It ID, known that her
protestations were futile. Then.
when II was plain, that the attach
ment could not be roughly snapped
off, diplomacy was exercised. but
diplomacy failed, too. Finally. the
court and the public made q virtue
Of necessity and condoned tho situa-
ton.
The Empress did the same and by
q strange, quick turn of fate there
grew an affection between the Katti
and the Empcror's family that en-
dured till the empire ended. Threads
Of It still endure. Tho Emperors
daughter, Marie Valerie. continues to
visit the woman who was once liter
ally the power behind the Hapsburg
throne. When he died II II said
that Katti was refused admittance to
the royal palace. But she has never
allowed the memory Of the man and
the monarch to be out Of her
thoughts. id.
Two years ago she was offered u
contract to appear In q motion pic
tuer entitled "The Fall Of the Haps-
burgs," and she rejected II indig-
nantiy. She refused to dictate a
memoirs or IN any other way COM
mercialize her experiences.
Americans may recall the cable
dispatches which told moro than .
decade ago Of tho visit Of Kati to
Belgium and the insertion in the
personal column Of q Vienna news
paper by q local wit an advertise
ment reading: ''Katti, come back.
Your Borrowing Franz" But. save
In clubs and cafes the amour Of the
Emperor and the actress was treated
as q matter Of course.
4 SECOND LOLA MONTEZ.
The few who remember her ap-
pearance a. Cyprienne in Tho
Divorcons" agree that she made q
youthful figure OF much charm. In
terprsting the role with . naive
lightness that was altogether re-
freshing. The production was one
Of Heinrich Conried's first successes.
A DR.. Basserman played tho hus-
band. and the head waiter was
Adolph Link.
A year ago dispatches told Of the
death Of Frau Schratt, but she was
then suffering from only q slight
illness. She is now. according to
latest advices, vigorous for her
years and ambitious for her future.
Kau's romance had but begun
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Kremlin itself, one Of the members
of the foreign office pointed out
to me Lenin's house. II was .
large. official-looking palatiai resi-
dence. Where Lenin actually
lived he did not know. He did not
even know whether he was In Mos
cow or not. At . certain moment
I cried cheerfully:
Let us call on Comrade Lenin"
Ny words were received with .
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IL to the interest Of any Of these
controls" to stifls the communica-
ton, then no more is heard Of 1t,
and it is again never safe to in
quire-
It 10 difficult to give anyone
living in countries Of free inter
course an impression of the ex-
traordinary seclusion in which men
like Lenin and a few others pass
their existence. once within the
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94,477 Paid Mormons
For Lands i'm Mexico

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Jan.
zs.-The Church Of Jesus Christ Of
Latter Day Saints, through Millard
Halmore, its representative at Juar-
ez, Mexico, has accepted $94.47 in
payment for lands formerly owned
by Mormon colonists in Mexico.
During the revolution the land
was confiscated by Mexicans, It was
announced at the head office Of the
church here.