PORTLAND ALBUM OF CONFESSIONS AS TO LIKES AND DISLIKES ii ,' ' : ' s EVERAL WELL-KNOWN LADIES OF. PORTLAND WERE ASKED BY THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN FOR EPIGRAMMATIC ANSWERS TO A SERIES OF QUESTIONS WHICH MAY BE TERMED AN ALBUM OF CONFESSIONS 3. THEY ARE INTERESTING i NOTE THE DIVERGENT MENTAL AND' ETHI CAL TASTES IN -MATTERS THAT ENTER CLOSELY INTO ONE'S -DAILY THOUGHT AND ACT 5 LET EACH READER ASK THESE QUESTIONS OF HIMSELF AND HERSELF AND LEARN IN WHAT DILEMMA HE OR SHE WILL BE LED FOR SUCCINCT AN SWERS 5. IT IS A FASCINATING CATECHISM- CATHRINE COUNTISS Your favorite virtue? Charity. Vice you most dislike? Slander. Your-favorite character in history? The truly great American, George Washington. Your favorite motto? "Do unto others as youvould be done .by.'1' " Your favorite nameor a woman? I can hardly-sayj.as I have so many; but personally I have always -wished I liad been named Helen, as it suggests character and sweetness. ...'.,: Your favorite name for a man ? Have never had any. It matters not so long as the man is all light. ' ' ' Your favorite employment? Of course, in my profession in which, my heart is centered. Your favorite amusement? Riding or driving. Your favorite flower? The violet. " . Your favorite color? Pink. Your favorite book? Impossible to state ;T like Voo many. " ' s - ' Your favorite song? "Home, Sweet-Home." -' ; Your favorite poet? Tom Moore.- . ' . : City in.wliich you would rather live? None at all.. I prefer the country-, v i Your favorite language? English, even if it is not-well spoken. Your perfect happiness? . Perfect happiness means' to me perfect love. ; Your idea of perfect misery?- I can't imagine perfect misery, but I can imagine the extreme misery caused bya conscience, coupled with poverty and ill health. Your favorite hero in. fiction? My favorite heroes and heroines in fiction were those who showed the greatest strength of character under strain of most suffering, though - I cannot call to mind any particular one. Your favorite hero in real life? The simple soldier who voluntarily gives his life for his country. Your favorite heroine in real life? Joan of Arc. Your greatest desire? My greatest desire is happiness,. which means of all God's .blessings. . - . i- . Th e comprising MRS. W. WYNN JOHNSON MOTTO.: "Originality provokes originality." Goethe. Favorite virtue, I .have none. Vice of every kind I. hate; After wicked ones, we all run, "Without some virtue to satiatt. Lincoln, historical ideal, rj May, thy living ne'er be dated. 'l Abe's honest influence, ever Teal. Though to one epoch related. - Favorite name for a woman An old-fashioned one, Amanda, The favorite name for a man, Simply AVynn, signed to these stanza. What I have done is easily known. How much ah, "there's the rub." In ray work it is clearly shown My chief occupation 's the club. ) The rose, God'sgrace of sun and dew. The book of nature is my choice. Red for color's my favorite hue. "Oh, Promise Me," best suits my voic?. Tennyson is my favorite poet His songs are sweet, his ideals true. Portland's a fine- town, you know it With snow-capped peaksever in view. i In language there's naught to prefer, ' Blot English, I'd be "on the shelf." Happiuess is when, I infer, There's no time to think of. oneself. Woeful mis'ry without a ray Is a woman no love can show. - . The hero, Casabianca, Of stor on him praise vbestow; Oyama, idol of today, Oh V that we may never forget. Evangeline, Arcadia, Hearts with the dews of heaven wot. Florence Nightingale, heroine; More than a glad diviner's dream. In life's happiness for top line. Let "ivp-lift of man" be the theme. MRS. P. J. MANN Your favorite virtue? Honesty. So many virtues are combined in that one word. Yice you most dislike? Dishonesty, as that is the seed of .many other vices. Your favorite character in history? ' ' ' Your favorite motto? The golden rule. Your favorite name for a woman? jiK . : ;;, . .. ' Your favorite name for a man? . , Your favorite employment? The duties of the day. ":J.. " Your favorite amusement? Whatsoever will make the:hajcfc'imerry with injury to. none. Your favorite flower? The rose. , . , Your favorite color? No choice. - "" fS J '" - - Your favorite book? The BiW' f'r. 'l Your favorite song? ' Your favorite poem? " - f , City in -which you would rather live? No city better than Portland. - 'our favorite language? English. vr idea of, perfect happiness? Contentment in the home circle, enough of this "dd's goods to insure comfort through life, and to be able to "help others in need, companion that trusts 3Tou, and congenial friends around you. Sour idea of perfect misery? Discontent, envy, jealousy, no one to love, and without hope in the world to come. Your favorite hero in fiction? Your greatest desire? To lead a useful life and to try to make the world a little bet ter and happier for my having lived. MISS EDNA I. PROTZMAN . 7r- Your favorite virtue? Fortitude.- , , Vice you most dislike? Intemperance. , Your favorite character in history? Thomas Jefferson. .... Your favorite motto? "Nothing happens by chance. From G od; comes. alU" Your favorite name for a woman? Dorothy. u. ' f ' :? 'r; Your favorite name for a man? John. ..f w '4 . .v Your favorite employment? Study of music. , Your favorite amusement? Out-of-door pleasures.' . -V' Your favorite flower? The violet, . V . Your favorite color? Pink. 'v- - Your favorite book? Your favorite song? Your favorite poet? City in winch you would rather live? Your favorite language? English. - Your perfect happiness? "Happiness grows by our own firesides' and is not to be picked in ftrangers' gardens." Your idea of perfect misery? Enforced idleness. , , . Your favorite hero in fiction? Jean Yaljean. Your favorite hero in real life? David Livingstone, the explorer and missionary; , Your favorite heroine in fiction? Little Nell (Dickens.) . ' ' Your favorite heroine in real life? Frances Willard. " Your greatest desire? To make true friends. ...- "Les Miserables." ' "s "Ave Maria." (Bach-Gfouhod.1):" Tennyson. Portland! V si- ROSE EYTINGE Your favorite virtue? I am not conscious of having any. Yice you most dislike? All. Your favorite character in history? Jesus. Your favorite motto? Pray for a brave spirit v .Your favorite name for a woman? Woman. Your favorite name for a man? Man. Your favorite employment? Work. Your favorite amusement ? Work. Your favorite flower? The rose. Your favorite color? Your favorite book? All that instruct or entertain. Your favorite song? Impossible to select any one. x , Your favorite poet? Impossible to select any one. j City in which you would rather live? Portland. Your favorite language? Theone I find most useful, the English. Your idea of perfect happiness? Plenty of congenial work. Your idea of perfect misery? Idleness. Your favorite hero in fiction? Your favorite hero in real life? .Your-favorite heroine in fiction? Your favorite heroine in real life? Your greatest desire? Impossible to answer with brevity suiting this occasion. MISS WYNN COMAN,,. V - - - - v. Your favorite virtue? Being "square.'" Yice j'pu most dislike? Lying. - Your favorite character in history? Napoleon. , 1 Your favorite motto? "Hdw Doth the Little Busy Beeet Your favorite name for a woman? Haven't any.- . jr Your favorite name for a man ? Bill. ' " ' yi'' " Your favorite employment? Work. Your favorite amusement? Tennis. Your favorite flower? Bachelor button. ' . Your favorite color? Haven't any. Your favorite book? "Charles O'Malley. Your favorite song? Haven't any. Your favorite poet? Walt Whitman. City in which you would rather -live? Portland. " Your favorite language? English. Your jperf ect happiness? "Standing room only." A' : .3 p a i. : o -n j i iuui lut-ii ui. puiieuL mmmy t xjiupiy seas. Your favorite hero in fiction? Huckleberry Finn. fjr Your favorite hero in real life? Haven't any. : v- ' Your favorite heroine in fiction? "Airy Fairy Lillian. Your favorite heroine in real life? Frances Willard. Your greatest desire? To own a hundred theaters. , " j. 5-. - f, " MRS.'TCHERINl, '. v. i Your'favorite virtue? To be perfectly -genuine, t '-'7 Vice you most dislike? Insin-aeritj'. t . - "r' Your f avorite character in history Christ. . . Your favorite motto? "That there should be. one man die ignorantl;(who hadVa-capaaity for knowledge-rthis I call a tragedr." ' (Carlj'le.) - . Your favorite name for a woman? Jane. . ; . Your favorite name for a man? John. Your favorite employment? The study of music and languages. Your" favorite amusement? Hearing good music. " Your favorite flower? Caroline Testout"rose. " ' Your favorite book? "Les Miserables.". Your favorite color? Green. ' v. Your favorite song? "Dixie." Your favorite poet? Tennyson. . City in "which you -would rather live? Portland. Your favorite language? For ordinary expression, English; for beauty of N sound, French. Your idea of perfect happiness? Doiug good to others. Your idea of perfect misery? To have nothing to do would be misery in the extreme. Your favorite hero in fiction? Jean Yal jean. , Your favorite hero in rcal life? Abraham Lincoln. Your favorite heroine in fiction? I have none. . Your favorite heroine in real Jife? Joan of Arc. ; Your greatest desire? To be of use in the world. MISS ELEANOR MABEL LANYON Your favorite virtue? Courage. f o Yice you most dislike? Cowardice. y ' I- Yout favorite character in history? Sir Richard Grenville. . -1 -s Your favorite .motto? "Carpe Diem." ... ... . Your favorite name for a woman? Eleanor. t - ; T- - Your favorite name for a man? Graham. - y Your favorite employment? Reading. ;.; Your favorite amusement? Traveling. . . Your favorite flower? The rose. ' Your favorite color? White ('?). ' ' - . Your favorite' book? "Yanity Fair." V Your favorite song? "Scots Wha HTae." , . Your favorite poet ? Omar Khayyam. City in which you would rather live? Portland, Or. Your favorite language? English. Your idea of perfect happiness? To be safely dead. Your idea of perfect misery? Not to be allowed to do what I want! Your favorite hero in fiction? D'Artagnan. 1 Your favorite hero in real life? Lord Kitchener. Your favorite heroine in fiction? Becky Sharpe. Your favorite heroine in real life? The woman who has the courage of her convictions. Your greatest desire? Health, wealth and happiness. Flowers When Portland Roses Are Resting Portland Florist Writes of Annuals Easily Grown and Certain Yield Good Results, HAVING been asked by the Civic Im provement Board to write an article on annual ilan.ts, I shall conline myself to those varieties "which are easily grown and furnish the best results with the least care. Just as Important as Is the rose for beautifying our gardens is the annual or Summer plant to adorn them when rosas are resting or recuperating, which they do in July, August and part of Septem ber. During this period these annual plants will furnish abundance of flowers for the garden and house. The name "an nual" indicates that it only lasts for one Summer. Sown In the Spring, they bloom, bear seeds and die the same season. If sown in the garden now many varieties will readily grow and bloom, but for a small garden, where only a few plants of each kind are wanted, It hardly pays to labor with seeds, as the plants can bet hought from any florist at nominal prices. If sown in the garden, the soil should be light, sandy and exposed to the south. Sow in rills and cover the seeds, as a rule, three times their thickness; water mod erately, and as soon as the plants are strong enough transplant to their respec tive places. It Is well to water the ground where seed is to be sown and where plants are afterward to be set out with a pretty strong solution of ammonia, as this will kill snails, which are so detrimental to young plants. This watering should be repeated several times and if possible very early in the morning, when the snails are out Sweet Pea. Everybody knows the sweet pea, which is one of the hest blooming annuals in our garden. If sown in rich soil and pkked when , In bloom almost every day, net permitting it to grow to seed, it will Mourn all Summer. The varieties are In numerable, and the different seed stores are well supplied with the best sorts. Asters. Among all annual plants, the asters rank among the first. They flower at a time of year when flowers are scarce, and for this reason are doubly valuable. Their colors range in all shades from the purest white through the deepest maroon and lavender to dark blue and -purple, almost black. Is it not wonderful what culture has done to Improve this flower? From the original small, single. Insignificant as ter, a majestic flower like the chrysan themum has come. forth, ami Is an orna ment for the finest fiarden. Early asters are the Comet varieties, and later ones are Paeonla, Branching, Victoria, "Wash ington. Sweet Suitan. (Centaurea Imperalis.) This class is without doubt the finest of all sweet sul tans. The beautiful, sweet-scented, artis tic shaped flowers are borne on long, strong stems, and when cut will keep for several days in good condition. It -Is of easy culture, but likes to have now- soil and sunny exposure. The yellow sweet sultan is also worth having; It' Is vory fragrant and 'showy. Poppies. A great advance has been made in re cent years in the development of the poppy, which has brought it Into deserved popularity, and it may be safely said that no other flowers produce a more brilliant display of color during the blooming pe riod. These popples may be sown In rills about 12 or 14 Inches apart, and when the plants are about one foot high other seeds may be sown in betwen the rills. As soon as the first sowing is' about through bloom, "give the second sowing a chance, and you will have a continuous mass of flowers In the same hed. There are also quite a number of perennial varieties, which, when once planted, qome up every Spring; they should not be missed In any large gardens. Good varieties are Shirley, Iceland, English Scarlet, Tulip, Poppy, Miss Sherwood, White Swan, Paeony flowered, etc., etc California Poppy. (Eschscholtzla.) This is a class by Itself; if sown broadcast In a fielfi or any other place It will soon grow and bloom during June and July. As the seeds are cheap, many unsightly places may be beautified with a few hand fuls of these seeds. Verbena. This is a valuable' plant for border of beds or groups of plants. It blooms from June to October, and forms clusters which are good sized and of all colors; it also is suitable for banging baskets. Petunia. For outdoor decoration or house culture few plants equal the. petunia In effective ness. They commence, flowering .early and continue n mass of blooms; throughout th"e whole season until killed by frost: easily cultivated, only requiring a good soli and sunny position. They arc unequaled for hanging baskets, and como single and double, in all colors except yellow. Phlox Drummondi. This Is another beautiful ' border plant The phlox ma compacta ("Fire Ball"), a "brilliant deep red, and the "Snow Ball," pure white, are very striking. They are easily cultivated, and well worth the hav ing, f Mignonette. Should not fall to beflji any garden, as tho odor is-delicious. Hachet Isne.of the best varieties. Ricinus. X (Castor Oil Bean.) If an unsightly building Is to bo covered with a plant there is none more suitable than Ricinus Zanzlbarlensls, a -new and distinct class which surpasses in size and beauty all other varieties. The plants attain great dimensions, presenting a splendid aspect with their gigantic leaves, which range In color from dark green to coppery "bronze, changing to dark green with reddish ribs. If the soil is well prepared, one hean'is sufficient to cover a space ten feet wide and 15 feet high. . Nasturtiums. For easy culture, duration of bloom, brilliancy of coloring and general "excel lence, the nasturtium "ranks as one of the first among annuals. All they need Is moderate good soil In a woll-dralned, sunny position, and from within a -few weeks from the time they aresown until hard frost comes there is an endless pro fusion of their gorgeous blossoms. Tho varieties are numerous and the colors are from deep red to yellow and bronze. The climbing varieties are suitable for train ing up on verandas or trellises, or may be used to cover unsightly railings or to trail over rough ground. The seed pods can be gathered while green and tender for pickling; so this plant Is not only orna mental, but useful. Larkspur. This is a vers well-known garden flower. By careful cultivation a vast Improvement has been effected in size and color of blos soms and the general habit .of the-plant The tall branching varieties with spikes of beautiful, double flowers last in full beauty the greater part of. the Summer and Fall. - The' colors are blue, pink and white. These seeds may be sown on the very place where they are to .remain for the Summer; they grow readily, and do not need transplanting. Stocks. (Gllliflower. Thetock Is one of the most popular annuals, either for bedding or sot-culture; for brilliancy and diversity of color, fra grance, profusion and duration of bloom, it Is unsurpassed. As the flowers ar fra grant and easily cultivated and keep well after being cut, they arc highly valued as a Summer flower. Carnation Pinks. A .magnificent genus, embracing some of tho most popular flowers in cultivation; producing a great varjety of brilliant colors and profusion of bloom. The Marguerite; is perhaps the jnost popular variety with the ama "teur, 'as. they begin flowering In a few weeks from the time of sowing; They are semi-dwarf of robust habit and requiring no artificial heat, producing on long, strong stems an abundance of large, double, beautifully fringed and highly scented flowers. If the Winter Is not too severe these carnations will last for another Summer. Zinnia. The zinnia is a brilliant Summer flower and has long been a general fa vorite. Tho seeds can be sown direct Into the open ground, bloom . early In the Summer, and keep on blomlng until the frost kills them. The colors range from tho deepest maroon In all differ ent shades to pure white and yellow. As they aro so easily cultivated and make such a grand show they should not fail to be included in any collec tion of Summer plants. Candytuft. ' TJnlversally known and cultivated, and considered indispensable for cut ting. All varieties look best in masses .of beds. They may be sown as border plants in front of taller growing flow ers. Seeds sown in Autumn produce flowers- -early in the Spring; when sown in April they bloom from July un til frost The colors are carmine, crimson and lavender, but the most popular is the pure white. Space will not permit tho mention of all annuals which are worth having. I shall therefore mention in closing only a few additional varfeties, consid ered pretty and of easy, culture. These are: ""Salpiglossls, a beautiful Summer plant, three to four tet high. In many colors; Marigold, both French (dwarf) and African (tall), all In yellow shades; Snap-dragon, well known to any ama teur grower, blooming all Summer; Ageratum, pretty blue and white color, and, finally. Lobelia, prettiest and most satisfactory of all borden plants. It is tho desire of the Civic Improve ment Board to foster the love of flow ers among tho children of Portland, and It is largely to this end, while rec ognizing at tho same time the great benefit to the appearance of the city which must result, that prize competi tions for the greatest improvement In the home surroundings have been sug gested by tho Board, in the large'r pub lic schols, and more especially that large donations of seeds and young plants have been secured, to be of fered to the children who enter these competitions. GEORGE OTTEN. AS TO DESCENDANTS OF LEWIS AND CLARK . Mrs. Eva Emery Dye. States Two Facts That Explode Claims to Distinguished Ancestry. SO many' items as to descendants of the great explorers are floating around in the newspapers, and so .many letters arc constantly coming to mfj i irom mis anu-oiner states wun inquiries, that I wish to make a brief-statement as to. my knowledge In this matter. In tho first place, Meriwether Lewis, had no de scendants; he died a bachelor. At the time of his great popularity many chil dren all over the country, from Maine to Mississippi, were named for him. and as some of these may have been Lewis chil dren, it may. In a measure, explain the great, number of "descendants of Meri wether Lewis" who keep cropping up In various parts of the United States. Meri wether's brother. Reuben Lewis, also died childless, so there are no Lewis descend ants of that family, and all by that name are collateral. As to descendants of William Clark, they are numerous and well known. He had several sons, all now deceased, the oldest of whom was named Meriwether Lewis Clark, and there has always been a Meriwether Lewis Clark 'In the family. Besides the descendants of. William Clark, there are many of the name descended from his brothers, especially from Jona than, and these are cropping up con stantly, and seeking Information as to their ancestry. There seems to have been no complete record kept hence some of these descendants Imagine themselves descendants of George Rogers Clark, the great soldier of the Middle West, famed for the conquest of Illinois, Indiana and adjacent territories. But George Rogers Clark also died a bachelor, and when we see pictures of beautiful women In The Oregonian, and elsewhere, as descendants of George Rogers Clark," we may know there Is some mistake. Meriwether Lewis and George Rogers Clark would be amazed to hear how many people are claiming them as their grandfathers. Such is fame! Now, as to children of the rank and file of that exploration, the following arc known to be living: Judge William R. Shannon, of Fowler, Fresno County, Cal., is a son of "the boy" George Shannon, and Is now SO years old. I understand that Judge Shannon is to be at the Lewis and Clark Fair, apd we all shall be in terested to know what personal reminis cences he can give. If any, of his truly distinguished father. . George Shannon and Governor Clark were the two men who especially Influenced Senators Floyd and Benton "In presenting and -pressing the bill for Oregon In Congress In 1S20. Oregon's debt to Shannon is greater than can be told. A daughter of this same George Shannon, Mrs. Eliza Monroe, Is now living in her SSth year, at Post Falls, Idaho, but the dear old lady will not like ly be able to make the journey to Port land. Next, there are two living descendants of Alexander Hamilton Willard, of that oxpedltion. I did not discover this until after tho publication of "The Conquest," but was: notified of it as soon as friends of the f&mlly had read the book. It seems that Willard was one pf the blacksmiths, and finally settled In Plattevllle, Wis., after the War of 1812. In 1832, when his sons wanted to come to the land of gold, California, he crossed the plains with them, and died In Franklin, Cal.. probably the richest member of the expedition. Of his children, two are living Lewis Wil lard, of Cottonwood, Arizona, a man past SO, and a daughter, Mrs. Eliza Hart sough, at Ball's Ferry, Shasta County, Cal. I have had letters from all of these people, and Interesting details that add a little, but not much, to what is already stated In "The Conquest" From the family of this Lewis Willard, of Cottonwood, Ariz., I secured a copy of an old daguerreotype of Alexander H. Willard, that is the only likeness extant of any of the men with Lewis and Clark, except xno very poor wood cut of Patrick Gass. Ihad copies made 'of this Willard picture,, and presented one to Tho Orego nian, one to the Louisville Courier-Journal, where it was published with com ments last December, and one that was published In the Sioux City Journal. I consider this a wonderful picture, an old man, with his aged wife by his side, but every bony line of his splendid face show3 what manner of man ho must, have been. Like a shadow out of the past, it reveala a typical American, one of the first ex plorers of this Oregon of ours. I loaned a copy of this picture also to my friend, Olln D. Wheeler, who has It reproduced on page 123 of his splendid work, "The Trail of Lewis and Clark." Of the children of Patrick Gass, three are now living, but with only one, Mrs. George Brlerlv, Independence, Pa., have I had any personal correspondence. Sho told me that her brother, Professor James W. Gass, was a teacher In Walker, Ver non County, Iowa. The story of Patrick Gass ends on page 4-tl of "Tho Conquest." with his death In 1S70, the last of the men with Lewis and Clark. So far as known, these are the only children of the men with Lewis and Clark now living, although there may be others undiscovered. However, I am not "look ing them up," as a newspaper recently stated, nor have I been particularly en gaged In this since the completion of my work on that subject, although, from the rafts of mail, one would conclude I was a living genealogical bureau. Women in al most every state of the South as woll as many of the North, are asking me to, .as sist them In tracing their pedigree, "but they are all coming, coming to the Lewis and Clark Fair! EVA EMERY DYE. The Common Thought. Century. Humanity, when measured in the maw. A swarm of nothings, bound for newhere. seems. . 'Sprung from the ground, its energies repass Into material monuments. Earth tems With glories turned sepulchre!. She Is deekd "With mocking ruins, architectural dreams Of Wealth and empire never to be wrecked; From which the scholar galmc conjectural gleams What more.? of race lofit; the vlJe, the brave, The wise, the beautiful. In one vast grave. If this that seems were true: if human IKe Stops here, .comes here In cerements te be hid; If the flrst spadeful on the ooffln lid Sounds the last note; If the heart's mighty strife Against the dogma of eternal death" . ' Is vain as 'gainst a breeze sh infant's breath; Nathless, 'twere well to live, to hold ths hand - Of love still closer; to upbuild the earth Into. new- forms of beauty and expand The mind nrt. with musie and with mirth.