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(Copyright. 1889. by Seymour Eaton!) k
iTHE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
HOME SCIENCE AND
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
Contributors xo this course: Mrs. Helen
Campbell. Mrs. .Margaret E. Sangster, Mrs.
Kate Gannett Wells, Mrs. Louise E. Hogan,
Mlsa Anne Barrows, Mrs. Mary Roberts Smith,
Miss Emily G. Balch, Mies Lucy Wheelock and
others.
XIII. THE DKOXG-ROOM.
Br TdISS ANNE BARROWS.
The dining-room should stand for social
life for the family, as -well as its guests,
since there are many households -where
the Individual members rarely meet ex
cept at mealtime. The end and aim of our
table service; therefore, should be to fur
ther the social life rather than to cater to
epicures or display costly furnishings or
make a display of the latest fads in table
service. The fashion of the furniture of
the dining-room and the style of service
axe of less Importance than the ease and
comfort of every Individual concerned. A
meal may be eaten In the kitchen -when
necessary, and yet all the laws of good
breeding be observed, "while even in ele
gant dining-rooms meals are not always
served decently and Jn urder.
Few of us can build our houEes and de
cide upon the location of the dlnlng-TOom,
the number of -windows It shall have ana
the point, of compass that they shall face.
Probably fewer yet can follow the sun and
serve each meal in a different room. Light
Is essential, but if either room must be
in a dark corner of the house, let it be the
dining-room rather than the kitchen. Ar
tificial light will make the dining-room
cheerful, but the commonest processes of
the kitchen need the full sunlight to insure
perfect cleanness. If the outlook from
the dining-room Is not pleasant, colored
glaps windows are a possible remedy.
The separation of dlning-Toom and kitch
en Is supposed to have been a concession
to the esthetic mature of the human being
and to Indicate an advance in civilization.
But succeeding generations may find it
possible to reunite the kitchen and dining
room under different conditions from those
of the past. Straws that show which way
the -current sets are the favor shown the
chafing-dish and the gradual introduction
of gas toves. the Aladdin oven and elec
trical appliances, for cookery. Any or
4hese means of cooking food might prop
erly be Installed in an alcove of the dining
room. The modern idea of higher civilization is
not to move away from unsightly sur
roundings, but to Improve them, removing
the disagreeable features. Much is said
about co-operative housekeeping and con
servative men and women object to the
plan, forgetting how many processes have
been put outside the Individual home since
the days of our grandmothers. Many
would be ready to give up the Individual
kitchen, but would wish to retain the fam
ily dining-room. This might be done, in
many households today, were we willing
to simplify our manner of living and do a.
little more work with our own hands.
The first requisite for comfort at meal
time is that the dining-room shall be well
aired. Air Is as essential as food, and
indeed should be considered one of our
most important foods. We are afraid of
odors from the kitchen, and yet evn a
fresh smell of frying is less disagree
able than the stale, close odor of an un
alred room. It Is not wise to shut up a
dining-room after a meal, without first air
ing It. The removal of bad air should te
attended to as regularly as the gathering
up of crumbs.
Excessive heat is a common fault In the
dining-room. "When hot foods and drinks
form the main part of a meal the tempera
ture of the room should be lower than that
of the usual living rooms. Therefore let
the windows be open for a few minutes
just before the meal to change the air thor
oughly, anfl then close them that there
shall be no draft. An open fireplace Is an
excellent means of ventilation and may be
depended upon for heating a dining-room
except in the coldest weather. The loca
tion, size and shape of the dining-room
should be carefully considered -when de
ciding upon 3ts furnishings. In general,
light colors, the softer yellows and browns,
are satisfactory for the paper and wood
work. Corner closets, with glass doors
above, should be put in wherever it is pos
sible. They afford a safe resting place for
the choicer pieces of tableware, and add
greatly to the decoration of the room. A
hardwood floor with a large rug that is
not too difficult to keep clean, simple
draperies, if any, at' the windows, and
furniture that Is graceful, strong and not
ornate are the essentials of the dining
room. Decorations should be few; a bay
window full of plants, and the corner clos
ets or sideboard with some pieces of hand
some china are usually sufficient. Up
holstery is not desirable for dining-room
furniture, though leather covers may be
-Admissible. Hardwood -without elaborate
carving is best for table and chairs; the
latter should be well shaped, and those
without arms are usually preferred. Cane
ilu' re noc as durable, but rather easier
than hardwood.
The round and square tables each have
their admirers; something depends on the
shape of the room. Where the room is
small, with a. bay window at one end, space
may be saved by choosing a table with
oval ends. A narrow table Is never satis
factory, nor should one be so broad that
the center Is not easily Teached from the
side. The relative height of chairs and
table should be adjusted carefully. Foot
stools provided for the shorter persons will
add much to their comfort. Where there
Is a chandelier in the dining-room the cen
ter of the table should come under that.
The table should be large enough to give
a space of at least two feet to each per
son. Where there -Is a hardwood floor rub
ber tips on the chairs are essential, and
there should be strong enough casters on
the table, wherever it is, to admit of mov
ing it easily. Every article of furniture in
the dining-room may come'in contact with
foods, and hence in shape and substance
should be such as can easily be kept clean.
This should be also kept In mind when
choosing the tableware, be it china, glass
or silver. Perfect cleanness Is the first es
sential, and it Is almost Impossible to at
tain this with the Intricate folds in the
china, .the filigree of the silver and the
deep cuts in glass. That dishes are clean
should be apparent to sight as well as
touch. Food shows to better advantage
in most cases on plain dishes. China with
high-colored patterns becomes monotonous
unless we have a variety of sets. In the
average household It Is more satisfactory
to have a set of dishes plain white and gain
variety through the use of odd pieces It
is not wise to buy all the novelties, for no
sooner do -we become accustomed to the
J8..0' a SS.Y artIcle than !t Ses out of
fashion. This is illustrated by the nps
and downs in salt cellars and salt shakers,
bone dishes, individual vegetable dishes
water carafes and the like.
Ti.e table linen likewise should be of
white for general use and should be se
lected from standard patterns with nap
ldns to match. There should be an
abundant supply of tablecloths of differ
ent .sizes that it may not be necessary to
fold one under or to use two as the table
is made tmaller or larger. Center pieces,
carving dotes and doilies are more sattsl
factory in the end where the ornamenta
tion is drawn work or plain white em
broidery rather than high colors; the lat
ter aie sure to interfere with the flowers
or outer table decorations which we want
to use. The omission of the tablecloth
altogether and the use of doilies on the
polished table is a fashion which holds In
favor. Where the table pad Is used,
whether it.be felt, quiring or of the knit
ted variety, it should not be so thick that
the impression of each dish remains af
" it !- taken up. Tab'eciOtb and rap
kins should be ironed with as few f jlcs ag
possible, and the elaborate arrangement
of napkins is not considered. In the best
taste, as Jtsuggests too. much-iandllng.
Many dinner napkins are absurdly large
and the use of them seems (o imply a
doubt as to te table habits of our
guests.
Ribbons, if used at all, should be care
fully placed, for nothing is more dis
turbing than to see a grease spot appear
on an elegant 'ribbon in the 'midst? of dln
ner. Style of Service.
What Mrs. A can do with six servants
Mrs. B cannot do with one, and Mrs. C,
who keeps no maid, should not try to im
itate either of her neighbors. To serve
a meal of several courses requires the
whole attention of one maid, and she can
not well be cook also. Whatever our
style of living, everything should be
carefully planned in advance, that the
machinery of service may be-invisible and
noiseless. Children should be taught to
serve well and to wait upon the table in
place of a maid Tvhen it is necessary.
With a sideboard and a. two-story table
on casters the hostess may remove one
course1 and substitute another with little
effort.
Where the service Is elaborate. It is often
cumbersome to have all the silver for in
dividual use put in place at the begin
ning. In such cases It is desirable to
serve the hostess first, that by her own
use she may indicate the proper fork or
spoon to be used for each course. A safe
general rule for table service is to place
everything ready for use. Pass at the
left the dishes to which the person helps
himself, but place Individual portions,
such as the plate of soup or cup of coffee,
at the right hand. Before serving an
other course everything relating to the one
preceding should be removed; ordinarily
the soiled dishes before each Individual
are removed at the left hand.
A simple dinner consists of three
courses: Soup, roast and dessert. The
same foundation is retained for more
elaborate menus, but other courses are
placed between these principal ones:
Soup. Relish. Fish. Roast.
Salad. Desert. Coffee.
Some housekeepers seem to care more
for the form and ceremony of a meal than
they do for the quality of the foods which
are served. To save the trouble of carv
ing and apportioning the different courses
serice a la Russe is very popular, and
to this perhaps we owe the popularity4 of
small molds and Individual portions, even
when a dish is served at the table. Gar
nishes should be simple and edible; there
is a tendency toward excessive garnish
sometimes seen which Is really tawdry
and Interferes with the best appearance
of the food Itself.
Courses should offer a contrast both In
appearance and flavor; brown and white
effects should alternate. In family life,
where the meat is especially substantial,
like roast goose or pork, the vegetables
and desserts should be carefully selected
to balance this. On the other hand, if
fish takes the place of meat the dessert
may be more substantial.
The housekeeper who would preserve a
well-balanced style of life for herself, her
maids, her family and guests should oc
casionally ask herself such questions as
these:
Is the furniture In the dining-room
placed with refrence to saving steps?
Are dishes and their contents selected
with reference to fashion or to the real
needs and comfort of the household?
What Is the standard of table service,
comfort or fashion?
Is there danger that the method of serv
ing food is absorbing more of your atten
tion thr- the. quality of the food itself?
Boston, Mass.
CONCERN FOR US ALSO.
Continental Moves Against Britain
Would Injnre Onr Interests.
New York Journal of Commerce.
It is hardly on purely ethical grounds
that the British war against the Boers
has been so energetically condemned on
the continent of Europe. The great con
tinental powers are accustomed to have a
moral standard in their dealings with
other races somewhat different from that
which they insist shall be applied by
Great Britain and the United States.
They were as much scandalized over our
intervention in Cuba as they were over the
British resolution to end, once and for all,
the oppression of the Boer oligarchy. But
the Russian method of dealing with Fin
land or Central Asia excites no such
chorus of blame; any more than did the
French treatment of the Hovas in Mada
gascar or of the natives of Tongking.
There must be some reason why continen
tal critics, as Mr. Boulger puts it, use the
loftiest language, invoke ideal principles
and speak in the name of sublime justice
whenever they have to comment on either
British or American action, and why thsy
tnVfi a. much more mundane view of
things when their own national Interests
are Involved. It may fairly be assumed
that this attitude is due less to a disap
proval of the methods which are used to
advance the supremacy of the English
speaking nations than to fear of the re
sults. There can be as little question that
there is a common sentiment among the
governments of continental Europe that
England's further expansion must be
stopped, as that there is a similar senti
ment of jealousy in regard to the growing
power of the United States. There Is an
influence in the world, loosely described as
Anglo-Saxon supremacy, which may be
exercised by these two powers in combi
nation, but which does not at all suit the
plans of any of the great nations of conti
nental Europe. That this Influence would
be one tending on the whole to the main
tenance of peace, and uniformly exerted
on the side of liberty and human progress,
does not at all affect the dread with
which it Inspires other nations. Most of
them have ideals very different from those
cherished by English-speaking people in
regard to how much liberty may be good
for men, and they have a natural reluc
tance to accept as desirable a kind of
progress which brings no special profit to
them. "The arrest and downfall of Anglo-Saxon
supremacy" is therefore a quite
Intelligible object of the policy which at
least two of the great powers of conti
nental Europe may follow at the present
juncture.
The nations which would most obvious
ly profit by taking, advantage of British
preoccupation in South Africa are France
and Russia. As'de from the obligations
of an avowed alliance, thesetwp6wsrs have
the advantage for the pursuit of a com
mon policy abroad that neither has amb -tions
which conflict with those of the
other. Were Russia to seize Persia no
French Interest would be thereby endan
gered: were France to extend over South
ern China the rule which she already ex
ercises In Tongking and Annam she would
not adversely affect any plans of Russia.
France wants a good deal in Africa,
where RuEsia wants nothing at all. It
would suit Russia to help France to secure
naval supremacy in the Mediterranean,
because she could thereby be assured of
free passage of the Dardanelles for her
ships of -war If not of the actual posses
sion of Constantinople-, Bulthe incor
poration of Persia Into "the Russian em
pire would be a menace to British rule in
India, just as the French claim to Fashoda
was directly aimed against the establish
ment of British Influence In the valley of
the Nile. Were either party to the dual
alliance to take Ceuta, it -wou'd be mere
ly a question of Ume when the Mediter
ranean ".o-ild become a Russo-French
lak As this happens to be a consumma
tion that would suit Italy as little as it
vould Great Britain, It may ba assumed
that the first step towards it will not be
taken while the relations p Germany to,
Austria and Italy remain as they are.
That the opportunity may not be seized,
to make some hostile move In Asia is by no
means so certain, and it is difficult to con
ceive of such a move, not being opposed to
the well-defined interests of the United1
States. It is here that we are most imme
diately and directly concerned In the maln
'tenance of the status quo. We should
have the best possible right to protest
against the disturbance of this while
Great Britain Is occupied elsewhere, be
cause any such disturbance would simply
mean an attempt to deal with us" the more
easily after disposing of our natural ally.
It is regarded by many as an open ques
tion whether even the co-operation of
England and America in the far East can
arrest, the dismemberment of the Chinese
empire. It is not at all doubtful that this
catastrophe would be greatly hastened if
no such do-operation had to be feared by
the powers Intent on dividing that em
pire between them.
Exclusion is the guiding principle of the
commercial policy of both France and
Russia. The markets of Central Asia are
as much a private reserve for the Rus
sian manufacturer as those of Indo-Chlna
are for the French. The latter people
have been at least perfectly frank In
letting the world know that they nro
pose to keep for themselves the markets
they conquer. At the beginning of this
year the French governor-general of In-do-China
said to an audience of manu
facturers at Rouen that the ch ef duty
-which presented itself to the administra
tors of that colopy was the proper ac
tion or means to be taken to create and
Increase a market there for the manufac
tured products of France. !He regarded
this as a colony's only reason for being,
so that the purely administrative govern
ment of a colony was a relatively easy
matter to deal with when compared with
the development of Its commerce. As he
bluntly put the case: "Our colon'es and
Tongking in particular have cost us a
good deal. We have already spent there
1,000,000,000 francs and lost many human
lives. The time has now come to reap
the harvest of our expenditure and the
fruits of our labors." Writing on the
same subject the other day, Mr. Brennier,
subdlrector of the commerce of Indo
Chlna, said that under the protective tar
iff applied to that colony Importations
from France tend to as complete a de
velopment as Is possible and have made
enormous progress. Textile fabrics,
stones and combustible minerals,- liquors,
manufactures in metal, and metals, arms,
powder and ammunition, and divers manu
factured articles represent over GO per
cent of the imports. Over 50 per cent
of this percentage belongs to France
which also sells 85 per cent of the cotton
fabrics consumed In Indo-Chlna. While
France and Russia have a perfect right
to pursue in their own way what they con
ceive to be their own interests in the East,
it would be absurd to Ignore the fact that
every forward step which they take must
be to the detriment of our trade. While
the Russian advance in Asia cannot af
fect us in a military sense as it would
Great Britain, it cannot but contract the
area within which we shall be able to do
business on equal terms with all com
petitors. While French control of South
ern China would not leave any visible
Impress on the present volume of our ex
ports, It would rob us of a great potential
market and cripple to that extent the fu
ture expansion of the productive capacity
of the country. From whatever s'de -we
may view the matter, It Is therefore im
possible that the United States should be
an uninterested spectator of any Euro
pean move against England for which the
war in South Africa may furnish an op-
portunlty.
9
IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY.
Anti-British Agritators Requested to
Hold Their Peace.
PORTIjAND, Jan. 5. (To the Editor.)
There is a tide In the affairs of nations,
as In the affairs of men. This tide has
arrived in the affairs of Ireland, and It
remains to be seen whether the Irish peo
ple will take it at the flood.
Ireland's opportunity is here, but it does
not consist, as the professional agitators
in Ireland, or the Clan-na-Gael In Ameri
ca, would have us believe, in doing every
thing possible to embarrass England in
the present crisis. As regards the Irish
agitators, nothing is fartner from their
thoughts than to gain home rule. They
make their living out of the present state
of affairs, and It is their obejet to keep
the political situation in Ireland In a per
pLtual turmoil. The Clan-na-Gael and
other Irish-American societies sympathize
with the Boers, not because of the justice
of their cause, but because they 'are light
ing England. It would become them far
better, as loyal citizens of this country, to
sympathize with England, with whom
America is on the 'friendliest terms, and
with whom she has so many common in
terests. Ireland's opportunity consists in
showing her loyalty to England now, and
if those rabid anti-British Irish at home
and abroad would only keep their mouths
shut, the world at large would be able
to see how nobly Ireland Is acting her
part In South Africa today. At the lowest
estimate, one-third of the troops in the
field are Irish. It Is true they have been
at a disadvantage so far, owing to Incom
petent leaders, but the English govern
ment has had Its eyes opened in that re
spect. When the two Irishmen, Roberts
and Kitchener, get things straightened
out, and extricate the British troops from
the muddle they are In at present, the
world will have a splendid object lesson
as to what Irish brains and Irish valor
can accomplish. Then, when the next
demand is made for home rule, it will not
be fruitless, like the last. When King
George heard that the Irish brigade had
routed the flower of his army at Fonte
noy, h6 exclaimed: "Cursed be the laws
that deprive me of such subjects."
Once this crisis is over, the English
government will be sagacious enough to
see that the Irish are better friends than
foes.
Let the Irish people at home and abroad
have sense enough to keep quiet and not
divert the eyes of the world from the part
that Roberts, Kitchener and their fellow
countrymen will shortly play in South
Africa, and ere long Ireland will take her
place among the nations as hc peer, not
the vassal, of England an equal sharer
in the glory of that empire which holds
"Dominion over palm and pine."
J. T. D.
An Editorial Dilemma.
Spokane (Wash.) Outburst
An editor of a little country paper in
this state runs an inquiry department m
connection with his journal, and It has
proven to be quite a popular feature -with
the subscribers. Recently, however, he
got his answers mixed, with disastrous re
sults. Two subscribers asked the following
questions:
1. How can an orchaTd be protected from
a plague of grasshoppers?
2. What is the best method for getting
twins safely through the trouble of teeth
ing? To the horror of the editor, the num
bers denoting the answers became mixed
and appeared in the paper like this-
L Give a little castor oil and rub their
gums with bonestrings.
2. Cover them with straw and set fire to
them. The little pests, after jumping about
in the flames a few minutes, will not be
In condition to cause any further trouble.
a
Will Be Reimbursed.
Chicago News,
Losing the Charleston in Philippine wat
ers will Involve a claim against the gov
ernment by the men and officers of the
ship for personal losses sustained by the
vessel's staking; Each man is entitled to
be reimbursed for everything that he Jost,
it being required that each article, how
ever, shall be enumerated and its prob
able value given. When the American
ships were lost at Ap'a in the great hur
ricane of March, 1859, congress reim
bursed all the men and officers. Some of
the claims of officers were as high as'
$2500 and few were 1'pdVr S1500
AFTER THE RAILROADS
SHXATOR PETTIGREYV'S ACTIVITY
Iff HIS PECULIAR LINES .
His Bill Not Likely to Be liven Be
, ported by Committee .What
TnnnertMny Do.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. It Is generally
admitted that Senator Pettigrew "has 'it
In" for the -senate this session, and one
of his means of accomplishing this purpose
is to introduce measures -which have a
popullstlc or socialistic theme, in the
hopes of causing an uprising of his fol
lowers and sympathizers In all parts of
tha country, who, though comparatively
small in numbers, are of that class that
manage to make a great deal of noise.
One such bill Is that which provides for
the government ownership of railroads,
and, while Senator Pettigrew never had
the slightest idea that such a bill could
possibly pass, he saw an opportunity to
"play to the galleries," so to speak, and
availed himself of it. Such bills as thU
always call forth long and numerous peti
tions praying congress to support those
schemes, and after congress gets well un
der way there will undoubtedly be a long
string of petitions praying for the enact
ment of legislation which will insure the
government ownership of railroads.
As a matter of fact, the senate is not
at all Inclined to entertain any such propo
sition, nor has any political platform up
to this time contained any such declara
tion. It Is true that many labor organiza
tions favor such a proposition, and from
time to time in the past the5r have peti
tioned clong those lines. But when Mr.
Pettigrew took up the subject, he studied
the question carefully and managed In
the end to compile a measure of some 61
pages, providing in detail for the trans
fer of all railroads of "the United States
to the government, to be placed under
a- proposed department to be devoted to
railroads only. Some or the provisions
are interesting, as, for instance, the one
which prescribes for the forcible sale of in
terstate roads, if they are not voluntarily
offered, as well as a means by which state
roads may be absorbed by the great sys
tem. Some of the socialistic provisions of
the bill look to an abolition of all dis
crimination in railroad rates, for shorter
hours for employes, for indemnity to them
in case of injury, or for their families in
case of death. One of the novel propo
sitions is to use the Interstate commerce
commission to carry out the plan for the
acquisition of the roads. It Is also pro
vided that a sinking fund shall be cre
ated, in order that the government, at
the end of 80 years, shall acquire these
roads free of debt.
It is not likely that the interstate com
merce committee, to which the bill was
referred, will take the matter up for re
port, for this great question was hashed
and rehashed last summer before the in
terstate commerce commission, and no
more testimony or information is really
needed for the guidance of the members
of the committee, and this testimony be
fore the commission was of all sorts and
kinds. Labor is not united in support of
government ownership, although, while,
judging from those railroad officials who
appeared before the commission, it would
seem that they, as a class, are opposed
to any such proposition. In the face of
all the conflicting testimony and such a di
vergence of opinion, it is not to be ex
pected that congress is at this time going
to take and settle any such question as
that proposed in Senator Pettigrew's bill,
although the senator himself may take
his bill as a text and deliver one of his
long-winded, dry, statistical addresses
when he feels a strong desire to appear
in the public print, and especially In the
Congressional Record, and in the organs
of labor organizations.
Governor Tanner Conrae.
The announcement by Governor Tanner,
of Illinois, that he would not be a candi
date for re-election as governor may be
of considerable advantage to the repub
lican party, as it will make It much easier
to carry the state than would be possible
If Tanner was at the head of the ticket.
With Tanner out of the race, it Is possi
ble that some one of the several congress
men from Illinois will be selected as the
candidate for governor. There is some
very good timber in the Illinois delega
tion, among them being Cannon, who has
been many years in the house; Hopkins,
Hltt and Lorimer, who might be consid
ered of sufficient size for the governor
ship. There is a possibility that Tanner
desires to succeed Cullom, and for that
reason his withdrawal from the guberna
torial race may, In the end, be of con
siderable disadvantage to Cullom. Of
course, it may be said that Illinois will
not replace a man like Cullom -with a man
like Tanner, but when It is known that
Illinois not only had an Altgeld for gov
ernor, but has followed him with a Tan
ner, and has also elected a Billy Mason
to the senate, there Is no use of thinking
that Tanner is not a possibility, if he
once makes up his mind to run. Tanner
does not like Cullom, and would like to
defeat him. Probably If he had his way
he would endeavor either to come to the
senate himself or name one of his hench
men for the place. Men of his political
stripe do not care very much what they
send to theenate, as they do not see any
thing in a congressional office above the
parceling out of offices and, acting as
chore-boy about the departments. Cullom
is very anxious to succeed himself, and is
a pretty shrewd politician, as well as
Tanner, but he cannot depend upon the
Chicago machine, which Is controlled by
Tanner, who undoubtedly opposes Cul
lom's re-election.
Gorman Faction In Po-iver.
The Gorman faction of Maryland democ
racy has again resumed control of state
affairs, after being deprived of that privi
lege for a per'od of four years. It is now
contemplated that in general the plans
laid down by Gorman will be followed
without dlssentlon, as the leaders are
-well-trained adherents of the old ma
chine, and know their business too well
t6 kick against any such leadership as
that of the ex-senator. With the change
In leadership there is a sweeping change
among the office-holders, and the present
Incumbents arc gracefully giving way
to the followers of Gorman. The Gorman
men look upon these plums as rightly be
longing to them, and will not have the
slightest hesitancy about claiming "their
own." It is and always has been the pol
icy of Gorman to reward the victors in a
political fight with the offices that are at
the disposal of the conquering leaders.
There may be some complaint among the
anti-Gorman democrats, who aided the
machine Jn the last fight, but they will
be ignored nevertheless, and the positions
will 0,11 go to the true Gormanites. Gor
man knows how to gloat when the oppor
tunity offers, and this is one chance when
he can look down upon the democrats
who forsook him after the defeat of 1895,
and came to regard the Maryland demo
racy as a new and separate organization
from that controlled by the old machine.
Woman Suffrage in Colorado.
W. E. Moses, of Denver, who is identi
fied with the regular republican party of
Colorado, says that the party has been
making great gains In that state, but he
has some doubt whether It can be carried
against the combined opposition of demo
crats, populists and free-silver republi
cans. While he was discussing the poll
tics of the state, he also had something to
say about woman suffrage in that state,
which ought to be very useful for those
who continue to agitate woman suffrage
for the entire United States. Mr. Moses
says:
"If the vote of the women has any spe
cial eflect. I have been unable to discover
It. Of course, it augments the total or
the ballots cast, and that Is about all. I
voted for female suffrage on the ground
that, if the -women -wanted It, it was right
to make the conreotlon, at the same time
doubting Its expediency. I am utterly
wjtfrout prejudice In the matter, but J do J
not believe that any beneficial results
have attended the enfranchisement of the
sex. It was claimed that when the bal
lot should be given our women, politics,
state and national, would be purified, and
that a better class of men would be elect
ed to public office. Such has not been
the case. The same old political methods
ar-a in vncup now that we used to see
-prior to woman suffrage, and their ballot
has not put any better men in omce inu.ii
we formerly elected.
"I should say that, if there was a re
submission of the question, the franchise
would be taken away from the women by
an overwhelming majority. A great many
of them have ceased to care about exer
cising their right to go to the polls, and,
singularly enough, this indifference is
manifested by the two extremes women
of highest social position and those who
are social outcasts. The great body there
who belong to what might bs called the
middle class still seems to think the fran
chise a good thing, and would resent any
effort to deprive" them of their equal po
litical rights."
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
Philippines Are Onr Own; Chinese
Treaty Ports Are Not Europe's.
New York Journa'l of Commerce.
There Is no recommendation of the
president's message likely to provoke so
much discussion in congress as that which
is conveyed in these emphatic terms: "Our
plain duty is to abolish all customs tar
iffs between the United States and Puerto
Rico, and give their products free access
to our markets." The note of alarm has
been already sounded on behalf of the
growers of beet-sugar and tobacco in re
gard to the far-reaching consequences of
this recommendation. It has been held to
be merely the first step in a process which
will end with free trade in Cuba and the
Philippines, and the consequent ruin of a
considerable section of American agricul
ture. The president has been accused of
striking the heaviest blow at the American
tariff system which it has ever recelyed
from a republican, and it is freely pre
dicted that if his policy Is to be pursued it
can lead only to party disaster In all the
Western republican states. On the other
hand, those who favor the modification of
our entire tariff system have taken up the
cry that If we are to have free trade with
our dependencies we should have it all
around the board, and that It will be im
possible for us to stand for the "open
door" in the markets of Eastern Asia it
we are to impose customs duties in the
Philippines on all other Imports but our
own.
But there is no reason why the case of
Puerto Rico should not be taken up and
dealt with on Its own merits without ref
erence to what may be done In the future
through commercial arrangements with
Cuba, or what may be the true policy for
the Philippines. As the president puts it,
simple justice to the Puerto Rlcans com
pels a recognition of the fact that, since
its cession, the Island has been denied the
principal markets she had long enjoyed,
while our tariffs have been continued
against her products, as when she was un
der Spanish sovereignty. She has lost her
free intercourse wl h Spain and Cuba with
out any compensating benefits in this mar
ket. If the case of Puerto Rico stood en
tirely by Itself there could be no ques
tion about the course which ought to be
pursued; the fact that the free admission
of her products may be used as an argu
ment for the free admission of similar
products from Cuba and the Philippines
is hardly sufficient reason for making our
acquisition of the island a source of loss
Instead of gain to its people. The case of
Cuba stands on a totally different footing.
Our declared mission there is to prepare
the people for the exercise or tne ngms
of self-government, and to give the Island
some kind of Independence. That the new
Cuba must be bound to this republic by
ties of singular intimacy ana sirengwi ia
sufficiently obvious, and In the words of
the president, "whether these ties shall
be organic or conventional, the destinies
of Cuba are, in some rightful form and
manner, irrevocably linked with our own,
but how far Is for the future to determine
in the ripeness of events." Spain furnished
a very unimportant market for Cuban
products, but, by the Imposition of heavy
duties on all other Imports, compelled the
Cubans to purchase her own. Now, all
imports are on the same .footing, and the
money collected at the custom-house is
spent for the benefit of the Island, and not
spent abroad or consumed In paying for
Spanish garrisons. All the economic con
ditions of Cuba are better under the re
gime of American tutelage than they ero
before, and It remains to be seen whether
the restoration of her agricultural and in
dustrial prosperity, on which the president
lays due stress, cannot be accomplished
without a radical change in the revenue
system of the Island or in its relations to
the tariff of the United States.'
The benefits already conferred on the
people of the Philippines by the destruc
tion of Spanish power are very similar to
those which have come to Cuba. It Is
true that the future commercial policy to
be adopted In regard to these Islands
must have a constant reference to the
much larger question of the open door in
the far East. It would greatly weaken the
stand we are making for equality of com
mercial opportunity in China if we are to
deny it in the Philippines. At the same
time the establishment of free trade be
tween these Islands and the United States
would be In no sense comparable to the
imposition by Russia of a differential tar
iff in North "China. Russia holds merely
a lease ofr a section of the Llao-Tung pen
insula, without prejudice to the sover
eignty of China. The lease is for a pre
scribed term of years, and carries with it
no rights of absolute ownership, and no
supreme authority, except such as may be
Involved in the control of all military
forces in the territory leasee, and of all
naval forces In the adjacent seas. It is
not much to the purpose to argue that the
lease Is a mere cover for the entrance of
a wedge of actual sovereignty, because all
that other nations can take cognizance of
Is to be found In the terms of the lease.
When these assume a totally different
form from that which they now possess,
it will be for other nations to say how
their rights or interests are affected by
this new agreement. Manifestly no such
leases as Russia and Germany have se
cured in North China give them any such
position there as the treaty of peace with
Spain gave to the United States in the
Philippines. These Islands are our terri
tory In a sense that no part of China is
German or Russian, and regrettable as
would be the necessity of giving our own
Imports preference over those of other
nations at Manila and Ilo Ho, It would by
no means estop our government from
protesting against a Russian attempt to
collect tariff dues at Newchwang or a
German attempt to levy them at Chefoo.
In these ports the citizens of the United
States have precisely the same rights as
the subjects of the czar or of the German
emperor, and they propose to see these
rights respected without special regard
to what the necessities of domestic policy
may TequlTe In their new possessions in
Oceanica. In dealing with questions like
these it Is highly desirable to differentiate
carefully and to consider each separate
question on its own merits. It is equally
undesirable to aljow half-informed critics
to obscure a subject already sufficiently
complex by crude generalizations.
s
A Government Cloekniaster.
Baltimore News.
Colonel E. F. Fleming, who was ap
pointed under ex-President Cleveland as
clockmaster of the treasury depart ent,
still holds that position. He has over
500 clocks in his care and is familiarly
known In department circles as "Father
Time." He starts on his round of wind
ing his family of eight-day clocks on
Monday and gets around to the last one
on Saturday night.
Lines ainy Cause Worry.
Chicago News.
Ida Sometimes a few lines will cause
a -woman no end of worry.
May Yes; especially If they happen to
be in her facp
What is wanted of soap
for the skin is to wash it
clean and not hurt it.
Pure soap does that. This
is why we want pu-re soap;
and when we say pure,
we mean without alkali.
Pears' is pure; no free
alkali. There are a thou
sand virtues of soap; this
one is enough. You can
trust a soap that has no
biting alkali in it.
All sorts of stores sell it, especially
druggists; all sorts of people use it.
THE NUMBERS TELL
OF WOMAN'S WOES'
No wooran
should allow
herself t o
drift Into a
state c
chronic In
valid lam.
There are
certain af
ftict lon8
natural to
women that
are most
trying- and
that recur
again and
again un
der the old
methods of
treatment.
Since the
J 1 s c overy
of HUD
YAN. how
ever, these
del Icate
diseases are
of leas fre
quent o c
o u r r 9 nee,
and t h o li
sands of
a u f f e ring
women have been restored to perfect health
again.
HUDYAN permanently cures female weak
ness In all its forms, hence HUDYAN is the
greatest earthly boon -to suffering women.
"Weak and nervous women who suffer with
headaches (fig. 1), sunken eyes and dark rings
under eyes (flg. 2). hollow cheeks and pale, thin
faces (flg. 3); coated tongue and offenalvo
breath (flg. 4). riiould take HUDYAjf. These
conditions are In most Instances the direct re
sult of some chTonlc aliment of the maternal
organs. HTJDYAN affords Immediate relief, for
It goes to tho bottom of the evH and exerts Its
curative Influence there. HTJDYAN cures all
uterine troubles. Don't wait; take HUDYAIf
now.
Get HUDYAJT from your druggist 50c a pack
age, six packages for $2 CO. It your druggist
does not keep It, send direct to HtJDYAN1
REMEDY CO., corner Stockton. Ehis and Mar
ket streets, San Francisco, Cal.
Consult HUIYAX Doctors lee of
Charge. "Write.
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Science savs that the coming
man (also the "coming
woman") will depend for
food supply more on the
chemist and the laboratory than
on the products of the field and
farm. However that may be,
it is sure that intelligent people
everywhere now depend upon
Extract of
Beef
asapalatable.concentratedfood
product, indispensable as a
stock for soups, sauces and made
dishes, and as beef tea, nourish
ing and refreshing.
There's only one Uablj CoinujrT'a
that has the Ijrn&tnre of the greo.1
chemist Liebig on tha Jar :
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a o
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i Gup&
ii Indigestion, ete
10 cents and 25 cents Druggists.
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THE ORIGINAL
WORCESTERSHIRE
Gives a most delicious flavor. to
H! mi UfAi leafs,
Slais9 Sips9 iainerj
hlh
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
K1I3 signature ton every bottle
John Duncan's Sons, Agents, New York.
If affl cted trith
jThompsorrsEyo Water
tort pjti, no
tf 2 2 W
frs
PILLS
A7S.i and
Pain the Stoinaefi
Torpid Liver
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absolntely fireproof; electric lishtn
and nrteslnn -water; perfect anlta
tlon and thoroash ventilation. Kle
valors ran day and nlffhih
ABRAMS.. "W. R.. Cashier Mutual Ufa.,... ioa
ANDERSON. GUST.VV. Attorney-at-Jw.....61.:
ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powell. Mgi .. 800
BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION, oc Des
Moines, la.; C A. McCargar, State Asanc 302-3
BEHNKE. H. "W Piln. Pernln Shorthand
gchool .................. .2H
BENJAMIN. R. TV.. Dentist 3l
BINSWANGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & Sur..l-112
BRUERE. DR. G. E., Physician.. 412-41.1-114
BUSTEED, RICHARD. Plus Tobacco.. ..602-C03
CAUKIN, G. E.. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Co ...... 713
CARDWEIX, DR. J. B 300
CLARK. HAROLD. Dentiot 314
CLEM. E. A. & CO., Mining Propertles...315-31il
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANT
604-60O-G0O-4J0T-013-614-GI3
CORNELIUS. C. VT.. Phys. and Surgeon 20Q
COVER. F. C. Cashier Equitable Life 30U
COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; 3. P. McGulrer
Manager 415-413
DAT. J. G. & I. N -. 31S
DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia
Telephone Co.... . ...... 007
DICKSON, DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714
DRAKE, DR. H. B.. Physician.. ..512-513-514
EDITORIAL ROOMS ... Eighth floor
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY;
L. Samuel. Manager; Fv C Cover. Cashler300
EVENING TELEGRAM .....325 Alder street
FALLOWS. MRS. M. A., Manager "Women's
Dept. Mutual Reserve Fund Life, or New
York 603
FENTON. J. D.. Physlelan and Surgeon..30O-310
FENTON. DR. HICKS C, Eye and Ear 511
FENTON, MATTHEW F., Dentist ..503
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASS'N; E. a
Stark, Manager ............. 301
FOREST. MRS. E. R.. Purchasing- Agent.. ..717
FRENCH SCHOOL (by conversation); Dr. A.
Muzzarelll. Manager ..... ............ ....TOO
GALVANI. "W. H. Engineer and Draughts
man .......................... ............ .000
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and
Surgeon .....212-213
GIESY. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon.. ..709-710
GODDARD, B. C. & CO., Footwear, ground
floor ......129 Sixth street
GOLDMAN. WILLLVM. Manager Manhattan
Life Insurance Co.. of New York....... 209-210
GRNT. FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law 017
GRENIER. MISS BEATRICE. Dentist 703
HAMMOND. A. B 3lu
HEIDINGER. GEO. A. & CO. Pianos and
Organs 131 Siith St.
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phys. & Surg... 504-505
IDLEMAN, C. M Attorney-at-Law. ..410-17-18
KADY. MARK T.. Manager Pacific North
west Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso... 604-603
LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co,....603
UTTLEFIELD. H. R.. Phys. and Surgeon..,20fl
MACRUM. "W. S Sec. Oregon Camera Club.,214
MACKAY. DR. A. E., Phys. and Surg....711-TU
MAXWELL. DR. W. E., Phys. & Surg. . .701-2-3
McCARGAR. C A.. State Agent Bankers
Life Association ................. ......302-503
McCOY, NEWTON, Attorney-at-Law... ...715
McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer. 201
McGINN, HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law..311-3U
McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers Representa
tive ..-. ......303
MILLER COLLECTION AGENCY. ...303
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C.. Dentist and
Oral Surgeon ......... 608-00tt
MOSSMAN. DR. E. P., Dentist ....512-313-31 i
MANHATTAN LIFE EJSURANCE CO., of
New York: W. Goldman. Manager 209-210
McELROY. DR. J. G.. Phys. & Surg.701-702-70J
McFARLAND, E. B.. Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co... . .... . 003
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
Publisher 413-113
McKIM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law 300
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of New
York; Wm. S. Pond. State Mgr. 404-405-400
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N;
M. T. ICady. Mgr. Pacific North west.... 604-003
NICHOLAS, HORACE B-. Attorney-at-Law..713
NILES. M. L.. Cashier Manhattan Life In
surance Co.. of New York........... 209
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY;
Dr. L. B. Smith. Osteopath... 408-403
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-21 5-210-21T
PERNIN SHORTHAND SCHOOL; H. W.
Behnke. Prin - . 211
POND. WM. S., State Manager Mutual Life
Ins. Co. of New York......... 404-405-400
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY..
........-- ....Ground floor. 133 Sixth street
PORTLAND PRESS CLUB. 710
FROTZilAN. EUGENE C. Suuerlntendent
Agencies Mutual Reaervo Fund life, of
New York .............604
PUTNAM'S SONS, G. P.. PuSllshers 513
QUIMBY. L. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden - ....T18-717
REED & MALCOLM. Opticians. .133 Sixth street
REED, F. C, FUh Commissioner... .......407
SAMUEL, L.', Manager Equitable Life.... .30(1
SANDrORD, A. C. & CO.. Publishers Agts..313
SCRIBNER'S SON3, CHAS., Publishers;
Jesse Hobon. Manager... .......315-516-517
SHERWOOD. J. W.. Deputy Supreme Com
mander. K. O. T. M 517
SMITH. DR. L. B.. Osteopath. ....408-400
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .500
STARK. E. C, Executive Special. Fidelity
Mutual Life Association of Phila.. Pa 30t
STARR & COLE. Pyrography .....403
STUART. DELL. Attorney-at-Law... 613-61 6-617
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-703
STRONG, F. H. & O. M.. General Agents
Union Central Life Ins. Co 402-403
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 708
STROWBRIDGE. THOS. H. Executive Spe
cial Agent Mutual Life, of New York..... ..409
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE J0t
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F., Dentist 010-011
UNION CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO.; F. H.
& G. M. Stronjr Agents.. .......402-401
U S. WEATHER BUREAU..... 906-90T-0O3-903
U S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH
DIST.. Captain W. C Langfltt. Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A 803
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W.
C. Langfltt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A... .810
WALKER. WILL H., President Oregon
Camera Club 214-215-216-217
WEATHERRED. MRS. EDYTH. Grand Sec
retary Native Daughters ..71C-71T
WHITE. MISS L. E., Asa't Sec Oregon Cam
era Club 214
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. & Sur.304-5
WILSON. DR. GEO F.. Phis. & Surg1... 706-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Surg...3O7-303
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-414
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