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THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, M"EDuiw, OREGON, ;NOVEimiORilP, .1009. I .1 LADIES CLUB LISTENS TO INTERESTING ADDRESS Urn. IMwIu Sh1j- Put-sons of liululh KntcrtuliiliiKly SM-ks on Topic, "Who Is My Sister?" Mrs. .1. V. Hwhly KlotOd 1'n'sldent for KiimiIiik Yrnr, as Mrs. W. K. Mmt Was I'imblo to Soivo In That Cu-IHtrlly. At the mooting of the Creator Mod ford Club Monday afternoon somo twonty-flve ladles wore present and matters iiortalning to the park and the plantliiR of shade trees were dis cussed at length. The principal or der of husluoM was the election of president for the ensuing yorr. Mrs. F. W. Streets, who was elected at tho annual business meeting last month, being tumble to servo. Tho election rest Hed In the cl'olce of Olrs. J. F. Uoddy as presldont, on tho first ballot. The ladles then listened to an address by Mrs. Edwin Seely Par sons of Duluth. which follows In full: Who Is My Sl-ter? If you will permit me I will begin by roadlng three stanrns from Whit man's addross to tho world his sa int on Mundo stanzas 11S-U5M20. This announces eloquently and ad equately tho Ideal we all share as a soaMmsnt; -we have all been llftod to It In our moments of exaltation; we have all wondered time and again how wo might realise all this su premo fellowship; and after woider- Ihr and longing to know how to work It all ont for ourselves, we have all, at times, settled ba"ck with in ourselves ard wondered again if It pold If It were even possible, tho realization of such an Ideal state If It were anything more than a bright chlmora a vaguo and beautiful dream. Ilatlicd in Lore. Emerson says: "Maugre the self ishness that chills like east wind the world. The whole human family Is bathed in an atmosphere of love like a fine ether." Hero Is something else wo long to believe, and wo turn eagerly for proof to those dark times of emergency of fire, famine, earth quake, oppression, when the whole world, It seems, rises to pour forth its love, and plenty upon the afflict ed. We are proud, with a profound pride, that somo how, as human be ings, we have Justlffed ourselves. There is no mistaking the fact that we all want to share In maintains this fine ether of love; but It Is equally true, that we seldom know how. It has remained for such wo men as Jane Addams and Mary Mc Dowell of Cnlcco nlalnly to indicate to us the how. Tu " "ry fact that we are Interested in the civic devel opment of Medford proves that we aro all seeking to know more and more clearly how. I only regret that this message which I shall make as nearly as possible that of Jane Ad dams and the well known others who have discovered and employed workable principles of sisterhood, that this mesage must but be imper fect since It depends on memory and my own subsequent amplification up on the themes. Words Impersonal. It Is impossible that I should say a' directly personal word to you even were I qualified to do so be cause I am a stranger here. I do not know that you have needs along the line of which I speak. I do not know but that If you Lavo such needs, they may already have been met. I must mako my word imperson al, feeling sure you co-operate with mo In the general truth It may be cblo to utter. Come, let us reason together. First In the most simple terms, whom do you in your ieart most rnturally call sister Isn't It she with whom you meet or live on a Iiasis of reciprocal contribution? Without expecting it or demanding It you have found that she contributes to vou, to tho richness of your life, ami you know tho knowledge bring surprise and Joy that she Is happy in n equal contribution from you n contribution which you have made with equal unconsciousness and with out effort of any sort. You have both found yourselves expanded, In vigorated, instead of wearied and nt cross purposes. Wo all quickly acknowledge tho wrnan whom we meet on that bads, to be a sister, do we not? Hut how about tho others with whom we fall to find that charmed level? It all hlnge3, does It not, upon tho question: "Aro wo sure that this Is all wo need? Aro wo sure that this Is tho only sort of association through which recip rocal contribution, reciprocal enrich ment may come? The club women In Chicago, in many cities, have ask--od that question among themselves, and then often out of llttlo real knowledge of tho situation they havo leBlred to approach, they havo gone blunderingly forth, I speak of the wave of "friendly vlsltlnc" that ewept somo timo ago ncrosB tho coun try Into nil our cities. Women be gan to realize that in perfecting tho Internal orgrnlzatlonH of their clubs, In promoting and maintaining har mony among tholr members that had not filled out their round. Having dovoloped first the solid symmetri cal trunk and then the .trrceful, rar- forceful, yet simple. Tho oxpluim Ifylng branches or demrtmunt3. thoy. tlon of her standpoint enmo easily next naturally longed tree-wise, to I enough. Tho thing wo count valua shed a cooling, refreshing shade upon bio may bo so according to somo tho communicant at large, for a tree false valuation, that Is all. Human which Is beautlfuul and complete ln!"nt 19 about th0 same every Itself may not dive by Itself. j wlr. " ot materia! Pwb- Should Knrlntc Culture. slo8 or tho,r ,ack- f,m ot the SiU These club women began to feel possibilities for good and evil. In that thev somehow stood or should , lr own cases, wo who aro carefully otand. for culture, and that naturally protected from tho pinch of hunger, thov should radiate culture. Ot not Indeed wrestle with tho 'course, though filled to repletion ' no sort of evil Impulses that oth- .wlth love and leal and courage. It less favored experience, but was Inevltablo that the first manlfoa- unions us, Instead, aro other sorts Itatlons of that love, and zeal and ot Impulses to ovll which nre tho courago should bo blind and consld- l"co w0 must pay for our prosper crably mistaken. They went at It Uy. In ws U. too, opulent prlvl too seriously, In too lofty a. fashion, lPKCd. or very humble, aro tho God- leaving proved, though humble, hu man nature quite out of the quos- sont Impulses to good, to gentle uu- assuming holpfulnoss, personal brav- Cost of Electricity Per week for the average family for heating and cooking lltvutofuat llnktliK Monday . TUrpiIm)' Woitnomtu Thurmlnj' rrhlny ;. HiUiiriiny Sunday . . Total. fi SO S;00 . ftkw.h, t kw.li. ; kw.h. . i kw.h. . t Inv t. . t kw.h. . kw h .514 kw ti. s.tfo it. oo t kw li. o kw.h. 3 kw h. o kw h. 0 kw h. a kw.h. o kw li 7 kw h. troitttid 7:00 11:00 0 kw.h. Hi kw.h. 0 Uw.lt. 0 kw.n, kw.h. o kw h. o kw It. 2 4 kw h. IMtlln f It 30 1:00 Ui kw.h. Hi kw.h. i kw.h. t kw.h. t kw h. kw h. 2'i kw h. 9 kw h. Ml NO Duy tt kw h. li kw.h. kw.h. U kw h. kw h kw h. kw h kw li Supper i .10 800 M kw h. 1 Kw.h. l kw.h. 0 kw h. U kw h. i kw h. o kw h. 3 kw h MImo NlKht 0 kwh. H kw h. 0 kw h. 0 kw h U kw.h. 0 kw.h. 1 kw h 2 kw h. Total 4 hw.li. 7 kw.h. 8 kw.h. 3 kw.h. 3 kw.h. 0 kw,h. 1 kw.h. 31 kw.h, Our rate for cooking and heating is 5c per K. W. H., making the cost $1.55 per week Mnn. Thov ilpelilo.i tn seek out those cry, cheorfnl endurance. It Is lie- who In tho vory nature of things cause thes0 things nre Indisputably must be most greatly In need of tho true. In tho fact of tho balanced softening effects of culture, tho vory psychology of man. that the real unfortunate poor, the forlorn the des- working principle of slstorhood must porato as they might be found In the soon bo utterod. To quote Miss Ad- so-called slum regions of the settle- dams again as nearly as I can quote ; monts. They thought that they In "r, "it is oecatise 01 mo innuamen- decldlng to do "friendly visiting" tal prerogatives of human nature In these quarters were taking their that you can, acknowledging them, clear, shining light from undor tho go In your friendly visiting as sister bushol, and that they were acting to sister, that you will know that upon quite tho samo Idea wherewith you look Into eyes that possess tho had been developed the effectiveness samo spirit as your own; that you, and lnfluenco of the social settle- will extend your hands In fellowship, , ments. They acted with tho very not patronage, and thus help, as such best motives In the wcrld. They visiting must help, to removo more were only mistaken, and that only nnd moro tho bitterness that comes from lack of real knowledge. To-' from tho falsely placed stigma of day I am happy to say many of, caste of difference. If this visiting them are far wiser. In those mis- Is done as patron to protege, dls taken times, first of all, they had Unctions aro emphasized becauso our not understood the Idea that was tho non-privileged feel nnd resent that developing germ of settlement, life, method, as ardently as would we." and work; had not learned how tho Mny Not Apply Here, very opposite of Intmsive or ob- I am awaro that possibly all this truslve had been the settlement Idea, may havo no significance for your or that the settlement people had but situation here In Medford nnd that aimed to assimilate and collect and you may already bo very familiar llvo with Just the things at hand, with this whole point of view, and that they were not guilty of tho pre- yet It Is all too vital not to bear re sumption of thinking they were able peatlng. or so It has seemed to me. to Impose upon the people among, And now to sum up: Jane Addams whom they lived, something a long and other thought along the same way better than what those people . line have made evident to us that already had. Tho settlement people we may find our sister here, there, were content to bo and llvo there, j everywhere, always; that sho Is not trusting to active co-operation to re- only tho one we find easily, but tho snect, to lead Indiscretion to dlrcc-.one we first think we go r.ut of our tlon, when needed or demanded In J way for; and we are not "too buty" crises, as the need was acknowlodg- to go out of our way or to forgt our ed by the humble folk, mostly for-'own untrained natural Impulses In or elgners, who might appeal to them, j dor to find this sister. We arc not Tho democratic principle has net- "too busy" because we cannot afford ually flowed in settlement work, and , to be. I once heard Dr. Jenkyn It Is a hopeful sign. Lloyd Jones say: "Some peoplo are Pride i Bane. so busy that they couldn't oven find In the second place, the club worn-1 time to go to the door If tho Lord en In those early efforts left entirely himself knocked." I leave It you to out of account the very human pride draw tho parallel, of the people, of tho women and : Overlook Xone. children they sought to benefit, nnd , There are so many reasons why pro-supposed in them rather an attl-j every woman's peculiar contribution tudo of gratitude and hum'1"'-. Tint cannot bo overlooked in these days human nature must be human nature j of ours. So many civic problems that tho world over with quite all that we must solve, so many heights wo means. Pride must remain the om-j must grow to or toward, togethor, nip'resent attribute, self respecting, 1 1f social movemonts are to mean humblo or otherwise, and It is an at-! anything whatever. Tho low-splrlt-tribute that Is worthy not only of ! ed. neglected, over-tired woman who consideration, but respect. It shows! lives In the llttlo houso around tho corner from us may possibly not agreo with us upon tho question of ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO. MEDFORD, OREGON axsa Itself, Instinctively nnd ilr.Inly, even among the cblldrep of the very poor It was about this time of which I, tho school curriculum, but sho may havo been speaking that I had tho good fortune to hear Miss Jano Addams address a prominent wom an's club upon "Friendly Visiting' solo purposo of giving some of the women, over ambitious for such things their deslrod chance to hold office, and yet. I have felt suro that tho modest, silent llttlo mother over In a far corner ot tho room might havo had something rarely gentle nnd wlso to say about tho wolfcro of llttlo children, though Bho novor to my knowlcdgo spoko or was at all re garded. If wo only know what wo missed at such times wo would bo ready to pauso and consider, but nt least we can pre-supposo what wo might be missing and act accordingly. Ignore No Itenourccs. If wo women so co-opornto for thoso things which wo call good for our children and tho whole raco, wo must not Ignore any of our resources. Any great co-oporatvo Industry works on that basis. Wo havo easily within our reach if wo will but sum mon It nnd appreciate It many con-; trlbutlons of many colors and tones, highly specified for a propor divi sion of labor and of real co-operation. Every woman is then my pos sible sister. Upon a basis of actual reciprocal give and take. Tho Idea gives us tho suggestion. The sug gestion once firmly hold will glvve us tho Impetus, tho Inclination, and then tho working out will come. In ovltaby, and nt last. Disinclination Is tho greatest foe with which women. In any social or civic movement, cope, nnd that mad magician Is housed with ourselves. Isn't It true that wo fix our atten tion upon tho good moves for which wo aro Inclined nnd forgot, often, even to consider, thoso cood moves own experience) Is often all that Is needed to put self depreciation nnd over much modesty to full rout. I have visited somo mothers' clubs that seemed to bo perpetuated for the for which wo aro disturbed 1 confess I but apeak for myself. I may have fnlled to speak for you, but wo may nil sense the vision, mny we not, tlint Whitman Huggents In tho closing lines ot his song of tho Open road: 'biS "Cnmnrado, I give you my hand! 1 give you my love, moro precious thnn monoy, I give you myseir boforo preaching or law; Will you give mo yourself? Will you travel with mo? Shall wb stick by each othor as long as 'wo llvo?" Th Tuol Rlvtr. The Tugohi river him been Known tc ' rite forty feet in u night owing to tliii it', ' MMiipilriv WE 00NT BELIEVE YOU CAN BEAT THIS: Thirty-two ncres in this tract, fine fruit land, about two miles from n shipping point. Tho buildings consist of n fivo-rootn box house, good-sized bnni, etc. There are 12 norog of 5 and (l-yevrold ap ples, mostly Nowtowns with com mercial peaches planted botwoon as fillers. Also thrco ncroa of young penr trees and somo fnmily orchard. Four norcs in alfalfa. Six or chrht acres of timber, most ly oak and laurel. Thoro is n pumping plant on tho place which mipplies water for tho garden and nlfnlfn, equipped with gnsolino engine. About -10 rods from n good school. Hns rural mail de livery nnd telephone. Prieo $10,500. Terms. W. T. YORK & CO. surprlso us with her wisdom and sweetness, when It pomes to. tho meaning of affection and trust. Ev ery contribution from any earnest Sho stood before them in her great, heartt Is not only "worth whllo" Impersonal charm and simple , (often a snobbish word), but perhaps strength and spoko beautiful, cour-'moro necessary to us and society ageous words. Few women would l than our own esteemed contribution. hav0 dared to address that particular Co-operatlon as a prlnclplo Is only club In Just that way. She stood Just beginning to be exploited, Is Just there so alone, stripped of all non- beginning to descend to earth out of essentials, her spirit so illumined by , tho vacuity of flights of sentiment, belief In both the "privileged" nnd nnd real unity for women workers is tho "non-privileged" Is she called , only In Its Infancy; but co-operation, ! them. It was only sho said that as has already been demonstrated, Is those two classes had not as yet un-'a workablo Idea. Tho whole matter derstood each other. I think I can of theo to me and mo to theo Is n remember substantially all that sho reciprocal mattor. For somo of us had to say, and I'm glad I'm able to' (wo must confess) It Is easier, It repeat It hero. She said: "Culture Is glvos us greater sonso of freedom, to not an especial prerogative or pos-'glvo than to recolvo. Wo must stop session of tho privileged. It Is nnd remember that nt least half tho found among them occaslonnllv, , world Is famishing for a chanco to sometimes in .whole groups, qulto , give what It In Its turn has, Is fom gonorally, but It Is as often found ( ishing for this outlet, this chnnco of among tho vory bubble, too, that Is, , expression. Wo can't confer half so If you will understand by culturo a Breat a favor ofton times by giving gontlo Irradiating refinement of ns by giving someono else a chance, heart and mind. I think you will j to give to us In return, by foster-1 agreo with mo that culturo Is tho dl- ing In every way all such chancoR. i rect anthlthesls to self-vaunting and. Wo must ceaB0 condescending. Wo' that I am nearly correct In my def-1 must, must wo not? Look oursolvoH Inltlon of culturo as It Is possible to j squorely In tho oyes. I bollovo wo bo of anything so essentially spirit-(havo como thus far In our reason-, unl and fine. Then, to repeat, I find . Ing together, havo wo not? 1 that raro quality as often among thft Olvo the Shy n Chance. people among whom wo settlement , To bo practical nnd concrete, let workers havo tho prlvllego of living, j us glvo tho Bhy, retiring woman an tho non-prlvllpged, ns I call them, ns offlco or put her In chargo of a com I do among thoso to whom society , mltteo, leaving her freo and un hns seemed to glvo everything. These coorcod In It, hollovlng that In num wero her words In effect, and thoy bors will ho tho balancing power havo remained with me profoundly anyway. Sho may surprlso you with j over Blnco, partly becauso of tholr, her aptitude, provloualy this untried own Innor truth and partly becauso chairwoman you havo choson. Ro-: of Jane Addams' own personality, so Bponslblllty (wo know It from our WANTED Timber and Coal Lands ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING CON TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED. B. H. Harris & Co. 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