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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1900.
FIRST GREAT AMERICAN PORTRAIT PAINTER!?
(Copyright, 18)9,
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THE OREGON! AN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE:
THE WORLD'S GREAT ARTISTS
Contributes to this course: Dr. Joan C Van
Drke, Dr. Russell Sturgis, Dr. A. I. Frothlng
ham, Jr., Arthur Hoeber, Frank Fowler and
others.
XIV, GILBERT STUART.
Br Arthur Hoeber.
Details of the life of Gilbert Stuart, the
greatest of the early American painters
and surely one of the most remarkable of
the art products of this country, are sin
gularly lacking. He left behind him al
most no papers, but a few letters and
practically no data upon which to build
tip a biography. One is obliged to turn
to personal anecdotes from some of his
old friends and patrons, and the memo
lies of his daughter Jane, to get an Idea
of the man. This daughter was an estim
able lady In every respect, but she had
only a limited notion of the larger side or
her father's life, no sense of humor, and
with her the commonplaces took on a
proportion quite beyond their value. So
It is after all by his works alone that
Stuart's memory will always be kept green
and -what more could an artist ask?
His name ever will le associated pri
marily with the "Washington portraits he
; painted their name was legion and his
j canvases command great respect every
where, for he was a portrait painter of
a high order, unquestionably the best of
all the Americans.
Gilbert Stuart was born on December 3,
,1755, near Newport, in Narragansett coun
ity, Rhode Island. His father kept a mill
I for grinding snuff, which he gave up later,
moving with his lamlly to Newport, where
his son went to school and receh ed a fair
education. Like most great artists, Gil
bert had at an early age an intuition for
drawing; he covered barn doors and walls
with his sketches. These were subse
quently seen by an English physician, who
took a lively interest in the lad and fur
nished him with his first paints and brush
es. At the age of 13, without having had
any instruction, Stuart was painting port
raits, his earliest commission being for
John Bannister and wife, of Newport, per
sons who were prominent socially. The
canvases are still preserved. In 1770 for
'the first time in his life he had the help
of some one more or less qualified to ad
vise him Intelligently a Scotch artist
aamed Cosmo Alexander, who settled for
two years in Newport. On Alexander's
return to England, Stuart accompanied
lilm.
Unfortunately, the trip was not a suc
cess. Stuart painted a few portraits and
found a patron who sent him for awhile
to the unvertity of Glasgow. The patron
died shortly after befriending the artist,
!and Stuart, finding it difficult to make a
livelihood, took passage back to America,
happily, to find Instant encouragement,
particularly among the wealthy Jews of
Hhode Island. Realizing his lack of pre
liminary training, together with a friend
aiamed Waterhouse, he secured models
and studied in the evening, drawing from
the nude. With the troublous times of 1775
sitters ceased to come to hlfa studio, busi
ness was at a standstill, and Stuart made
up his .mind to return to England, there to
become a pupil of Benjamin West. That
old Pennsylvanlan was settled In London
enjoying the favor of the king, and the
'patronage of the nobility. In 1792 West
succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as presi
dent of the Royal academy. West was
one of the kindliest of men, with gracious
manner and much personal charm, and,
although he was an indifferent painter. It
is probable that he made an excellent
teacher. At any rate, Stuart at the age of
22 was domiciled In his family and under
his tuition, btudjlng hard.
A musician as well as an artist, Stuart
in his odd moments had learned to play
on several instruments; he was an excel
lent performer on the organ, and he helped
himself out in a financial way by playing
that instrument In a London church. At
about this time he painted a portrait of
the Duke of Northumberland, and he as
sisted his master on many of his large
compositions, for West bad a way of
painting enormous historical and mytho
logical pictures, covering many square
yards of canvas, the value of which, un
fortunately for the memory of West, has
not increased with time. He was also
attending the discourses of Sir Joshua
Reynolds, studying anatomy with the fa
mous Dr. Crulkshank. and drawing dur
ing the evening at the life school, for he
was always a man -with great capacity
for work. Nathaniel Dance, the well
known portrait painter, became Interested
In Stuart's work, and noting Its excellence,
strongly advised him to take a studio and
sot up for himself. This he did, and
among his first sitters were Benjamin
Westand Sir Joshua Reynolds, who helped
to bring him into immediate note, for at
once he became successful. He entered
at once on a life of extravagance, and.
although the money flowed in rapidly, it
disappeared quite as fast; he not Infre
quentl3r had six sitters in a day. In 17G
he married a Miss Coates and later took
her to Ireland, where he had many por
trait engagements, and was no less suc-
Georjre Washington.
(From Stuart's portrait In the Boston Art mu
seum.) cessful than he had been In London. It
had been his strong desire for many years
to paint an important portrait of George
"Washington, so now, unable to resist this
inclination, in the midst of a highly pros
perous career in Dublin, he packed up his
effects and sailed for America, landing In
New York in 1792.
He who had gone away a poor lad to
seek his fortune had now come back a
successful man with a European reputa
tion, and immediately he was besieged
with patrons. He entertained liberally;
he was foolishly extravagant; he had no
ideas of business; and again the money
went out. perhaps even more quickly than
it came in. Meanwhile he had taken care
to obtain a letter of Introduction to Wash
ington from John Jay, and, congress then
being in session, he went to Philadelphia
to meet the great patriot. A house was
secured on the corner of Fifth and Chest
nut streets, and there It was he painted
the first of his series of many Washing
ton portraits, destined to make him fam
ous. Fairly overrun with commissions, so
great was his popularity, in order to work
with Fomelhing like tranquillity he sub
sequently moved out to Germantown.
However, he had found time in Philadel
phia for social gaiety, contributing himself
with his sprightly talk and his music In
no small measure to the success of the
entertainments, and he painted such im
portant personages as Mrs. Washington,
Mrs. Bingham, the Marchioness d'YruJoi
Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Lawrence Lewis and
many others.
From Philadelphia Stuart went to Wash
ington In 1803. and after three years' res
idence there he removed to Boston, where I
by Seymour Eaton.)
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DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
he remained until his death. Through all of labor, and a carpenter or a mason six
these later years he was still as improvi- . days, to secuTe this amount of cash. This
dent as ever, and careless In all matters , money would give a comfortable support
relating to his -personal affairs. When the , to an average family. Three dollars i
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts wrote , month, or $3G a year, would cover tne
offering him $1500 for a full-length pic- living Income of a Chinese family of tho
ture of Washington he never even ans- "working class. The meaning of this i
wered the letter; and to a request from that the Chinaman will survive and pros
the Academy of Florence for his own por- ! Per under conditions of life which would
trait a great distinction, by the way he
pald no attention. In 1825 his health began
to fall, but he worked on Intermittently,
completing a portrait of Mrs. Samuel Hay
ward, his last work, in the spring of the
year 182S. He died on July 27 of this year,
at the age of 72. He had a curious disposi
tion; at times he was the most charm
ing of men; at others rough and irritable.
He made many enemies and even alien
ated friends who knew the real warmth
of his heart; without the slightest cause
he would abandon a picture, and nothing,
not even a woman's tears, could Induce
him to continue; although a wonderful
money-maker, he died poor, leaving his
family entirely unprovided for.
Stuart's first portrait of Washington cre
ated a genuine sensation in Philadelphia.
It was followed by the celebrated full
length commission from the Marquis of
Lansdowne, which Is known as the "Lans
downe portrait." It Is now owned by a
Mr. Lewis In London; it was exhibited
at the centennial In Philadelphia in 1876
by courtesy of the owner. Of this, as of
many other of his Washington portraits,
Stuart made numerous replicas. Tho
greatest of Stuart's portraits Is known as
the Gibbs-Channlng portrait, originally
painted m 1795 for Colonel George Glbbs;
It was sold to his sister, Mrs. William El
lery Channlng, and Is now owned by her
son. Dr. Channlng. Still another famous
work is known as the, "Athenaeum por
trait," of which the artist made about 50
replicas. The canvas was purchased of
Stuart's widow and presented with its
pendant of Mrs. "Washington to the Athen
aeum, Boston; hence its title. It Is now
in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
In Stuart's day the standard for the
American painter was practically that set
by Sir Joshua Reynolds; his was the pre
vailing style of work In London, and Sir
Martha Wnshingrton.
(Prom Stuart's portrait in the Boston
Museum.)
Art
Joshua's manner was a good one to fol
low, or at least by which to be Influenced,
for he was a man with a fine color sense,
a portrait painter of the first class, and
generally well equipped in all the tech
nique of his profession. Ruskln, calling
him the "prince of portrait painters,"
places him among the seven great calor
ic ists of the world; his work may be de
scribed as that of the older masters seen
through a fine personality and Interpreted
In an individual way. There Is no such
thing as originality pure and simple in
art, for if the Inspiration be not directly
traced to some previous master, then it is
nature that has given the hint, or in some
way directed the channel of thought. In
the style of most men, If the search is con
tinued long and carefully enough, one
may find the mainspring of the Influence,
and this holds true in the history of all
races; the one took, from the other, im
proving possibly, perfecting, or amalga
mating, until the original was very nearly
lost; but the source to the student is dis
coverable all the same. So we may find
In the portraits of Stuart the same quali
ties that permeated those of Reynolds,
seen through a sturdy, vigorous Individu
ality. New York City.
Chinese Thrift.
The Atlantic.
No race of men can surpass the Chinese
in habits of industry and thrift, says D.
Z. Sheffield, in the January Atlantic. With
the introduction of Western civilization
the vast resources of the country will be
developed, the products of the soil and
manufacture will Indefinitely Increase, and
domestic and international trade will Db
multiplied In Its proportions. Now, in
all this material regeneration of China,
the Chinaman will be In evidence. Not a
dollar will be gathered from the soil, from
trade, from mines, from manufactories
without his securing a due proportion aa
a Teward for his part in the enterprise.
He will patiently and faithfully work foi
a master for half a generation, and In the
second half he will appear as his own
master, at the head of a thriving business.
Thus, In tho industries of the future,
wherever there is work to De done, there
will be found Chinese ready to "sell
strength," as working for hire is called
in China; and they will sell more strength
for the money than will men of any other
nation. Again, a dollar in the hands or a
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GILBERT STUART.
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Chinaman represents far greater pur
chasing power than It docs in the hands oi
European.
I In China a dollar -will nurchase 150J
pieces of cash composed of copper and
I zinc. These caBh, with a. Tiole in tno
i center, and strung on a cord, welgn
j seven pounds. A servant or common la-,
hnrnr In "PaUItic is elnrl tn cive 10 dnva
discourage ana nnauy overwneim me w
Topean.
UNIT AND STANDARD.
One of the Snn'n Carious Lapses 1
Shrewdly Pointed Out.
New York Times.
The speech which Senalor Aldrlch made on
the currency bill proposed by the senate finance
committee as a substitute for that of the house
of representatives was able and cogent. We
commend especially to the misinformed editors
and politicians t ho have been insisting that the
gold standard needs yet to be established by
legislation, the senator's explicit declaration
that "the act of February 12, 1873, made the
gold dollar the sole unit of value"; and that
the purpose of the present bill, ia to declare
"anew" ( that gold 13 the monetary standard of
the United States. The amount of nonsense
that has been uttered In contradiction of these
facts is little flattering to the intelligence ot
our people. The Sun.
A unit Is handy lor reckoning. A stand
ard Is necessary for appraising.
If Senator Aldrlch had gold money in
his trousers pocket, silver money in his
coat pocket, and paper money In his
waistcoat pocket, the unit of measure of
our currency would, for purposes or enu
meration, be perfectly applicable to all
three. It would satisfactorily answer the
question. How many dollars are there of
each kind?
The unit measure does not answer the
question, What are these dollars worth,
respectively? For that the standard
measure must be applied, the measure of
value. There Is one standard measure
of value the world over. It Is gold. Even
the sliver countries, with their units of
Value, reckoned in taels, pesos, rupees
and Mexican dollars, habitually, even If
unconsciously, refer to the gold-standard
measure In estimating the 'value of their
commodities. The dally quotations of the
gold premium in the silver-standard coun
tries proves that their silver unit Is not
a final measure or standard of value.
If the Rhode Island senator turns to the
federal statutes he will, to be sure, dis
cover that the act of 1873 makes the gold
dollar "the unit of value." But he will
discover also that the act of February,
1878, Is entitled "An act to authorize the
coinage of the standard silver dollar" ;
and that the Sherman act of 1890 directs
the secretary of the treasury to coin sli
ver bullion "into standard silver dollars."
His confusion of mind will be further In
creased by the language of the repeal act
of 1893, which declares it" to be the policy
of the United States "to continue the use
of both gold and silver as standard
money." Plainly, here are two stand
ards, the one fixed and serviceable, the
other fluctuating, delusive and worthless.
Solia ground is reached only In the decla
ration of the act of 1890, declaring it to
be "the established policy of the United
States to maintain the two metals on a
parity with each other." That puts the
faith and credit of the government behind
each silver and paper dollar in the sen
ator's pockets. The gold dollars need no
backing. They will take care of them
selves. A good many of the lifelong friends of
sound money agree with the recent con
verts that the gold standard has existed
in this country since the enactment of the
act of 1S73. The fact that this position Is
widely disputed and that tho matter is
under discussion shows that there is
doubt about It. It can be removed only
by an explicit and unmistakable statutory
declaration establishing tho gold stand
ard. Neither the doubt nor the danger
can be removed by saying that anybody
who differs from you about It must be an
idiot.
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Causes for Suicide In China.
From "The Yang-tse Valley and Beyond," Mrs.
J. F. Bishop.
So far as I have been able to ascertain,
the causes of suicide in China are not, as
In Europe, profound melancholia, hp'nvo
losses or disappointment in love, but chiefly
revenget and the desire to Inflict serious
Injury on another. Suicide enables a Chi
nese to take a truly terrible revenge, for
he believes that his spirit will malignantly
haunt and Injure the living, and the desire
to save a suicide's life arises In most
cases, not from humanity, but from the
hope of averting such a direful catas
trophe. If a master offends his servant
or makes him "lose face," or a shopkeeper
his assistant or apprentice, the surest
revenge Is to die on the premises, for It
not only Involves the power of haunting
and of Inflicting dally Injuries, but renders
It necessary that the body should He where
death occurs until an official Inquiry 13
made, which brings Into the house the
scandal and turmoil of a visit from a man
darin with a body of officials and retainers.
It is quite common for a man or woman
to walk Into the courtyard of a person
against whom he or she has a grudge and
take a fatal dose cf opium there to Insure
these desirable results!
Spiders Are Gluttons.
Chicago Chronicle.
Commenting on the amount which a
spider actually consumed during 2-4 hours,
Sir J. Lubbock says: "At a similar rate of
consumption a man weighing 160 pounds
will require a whole fat deer for break
fast, a steer and five sheep for dinner,
and for supper two bullocks, eight sheep
and four hogs, and just before retiring
nearly four barrels of fresh fish."
Zarlna cigarettes am made by Monopole
Tobacco Company whit labor.
STRENGTH OF THE BOERS
HAVE FORCE OP 100,000 MEX AXD
TWO YEAIIS' PROVISIONS.
Letter From American 'Who Is Fljrht-
iiijffor Kmgcr-English ftot
Likely to Win in the End.
James F. Dunn, of Lowell, who is fight
ing with the Boers, has written the fol
lowing interesting letter, dated November
29, from the Transvaal to a friend In this
city, says a special to the Boston Globe
from Lowell, Mass.:
My Dear Dillon I don't know whether
you have heard any news from here tince
the war started, and I ought to give you
some of the real facts of what is occur
ring. This letter will reach ou via Lou
renco Marques, by the German mail line.
No letter can go out of the Boer repub
lics through British sources, as the letters
are opened, read and destroyed. Tho Eng
lish control tho cables, and I have no doubt
from what we hear In our camps that the
real condition of things never reaches the
outside world.
When the war broke out most of the
mlneowners, speculators, managers and
even paid officials of the Rhodes clique
ran" off to the Cape just as quickly as
trains would carry them. The foreigners,
German, French, Irish. Scotch and
even English, who are called outlanders,
have Joined the Boer army. You must
remember that these are the men the
British pretended they wished to help,
to rescue from tyranny and all that, and
yet they are in arms against the so
called liberators. The fact is that all the
nonsense about the wrongs of tho out
landers was cooked up by the Rhodes gang
for the English papers. I have lived here
for two years and I have yet to learn that
we have any wrongs political, religious,
commercial or any other. The men who
wronged and threatened and bulldozed the
mlnere I mean the working miners were
the Rhodes crowd fellows of the Ham
mond stamp, who were getting fat salaries
for working the mines- and the papers for
their English bosses. It was a great pity
as far as humanity and liberty were con
cernedthat Jameson, Hammond and the
rest of them were not strung up after the
raid.
When the war broke out brigades of for
eigners were organized at once. The Ger
mans have a brigade of 2000 men or more,
nearly all men trained in the army In
Germany, and commanded by men of their
own country trained officers. There Is a
mixed brigade of French, Scotch and Eng
lish, who have their own officers, and they
are doing good. We have an Irish brigade
of over 2500, tho majority of whom are
men from California and the West, with
quite a sprinkling from the old country
and tho Cape. Our commander is Colonel
Blake, a West Pointer, who used to be in
the regular cavalry at home, and a Jim
dandy, a fighter and a tactician that West
Point may be proud of.
We are getting new men every day;
they come In from Lourenco Marques and
are from every country in Europe and the
States. The Americans are mostly husky
young fellows from the Middle West,
who have served In the Spanish war and
in the regular army, and we have quite a
few from around Boston, New York and
Philadelphia. All these fellows, Irish,
German and Yank, get Into our brigade,
for they feel more at home with us, under
officers and men who have followed the
old flag, and they are giving the "Red
Necks," as the Boers call them, plenty of
fun.
It was our brigade we had about 1200
on the firing line that day that scooped
!n the Irish fusiliers at Dundee, and had
the Boer contingent been more experienced
In military matters, we could have got the
whole of Yule's bunch, horse, foot and
wagons, for I never saw a worse beaten,
demoralized crowd than that same British
army. , They are mostly pushing the
Scotch and Irish regiments against us, and
we are able to take care of them. They
may have English regiments, but they
keep them bajk in reserve, for we haven't
seen them, though we are red hot to
get a crack at them.
General Joubert is a foxy old chap, and
refuses to let us take any chances that
are uncertain, and he Is dead against any
military grand-stand tactics. He won't
allow any charges or attacks on fortified
places; he makes the British do that busi
ness, and then he soaks them. The con
sequence Is that the English lose Ave men
killed and wounded where we lose only
one. The English artillery Is fairly good,
though their guns are not up to ours,
but their infantry and cavalry can't hit a
flock of barns. We are now Intrenched
around Ladysmith with a strong force
down at the fords of the Tugela, in
trenching and waiting for that advance
of the British we are promised; and we
have lots of commandos chasing down
through Natal to keep the flies off the
enemy.
We have White and about 10,000 men
cooped up in Ladysmith, and we will get
the whole bunch as sure as shooting. We
have the hills overlook'ng the town, which
is down in a hole, fortified, and we shell
the place occasionally to keep them
guessing; but we place reliance strongly
on dirt, disease and hunger to capture
them. The town doesn't amount to any
thing, but the Johnnies have about $5,000,
000 worth of arms, munitions and supplies
that will come handy. White Is In a
tight place, and his camp is tough; heat,
dust, rain, mud and anxiety are our allies
and they are badly demoralized.
They used to make sorties and rush hills
but we, had orders to drop back and let
them rush; and when they got tired" we
occupied our old positions and soaked
them as they limped back to camp. They
were wearing themselves out. A few days
ago they came out in strength, and when
the Boers retired Blake held to our po
sition and we waited for them, running
up the green flag to make them raw.
The Boers don't carry bayonets; the Irish
brigade does.
They shelled our position for an hour,
dropping shells over us and beyond us,
but doing no particular harm. Blake
passed the word along the l.ne to wait and
give them a good fight.
A real English regiment came at our
position and their officers called and urged
them on I am in Cassldy's company
he is an Arizona man and we have half
a dozen fellows from Tucson who are
dead shots. We lay low. saulntlncr over
the breastworks while our Tucson fellows
tumbled over officer after officer.
When they reached the foot of the hill
Blake ordered us to cease firing and told
a few men from each company to yell,
jump up and pretend to run away. This
encouraged the Johnnies to cheer, and
they came up the hill panting and shout
ing wildly. When about 100 feet from us
we let them have It, from Mauser, Mann
Hcher and Maxim, and Blake yelled
"Now, boys, give them a taste of the real
thing." The cheer that went up could be
heard a mile off and we went over the
entrenchments at them with the bayonet.
Surprised? You never saw anything like
It. A volley point blank and then the
metal. We went at them in good Irish
fashion, and some of the Yanks and Ohio
chaps were wilder than the Turks. The
red coats wouldn't stand for It, but went
down the hill on a break and out into the
open, sprinting like greyhounds. We
marched back about one-sixth of them,
and there was a badly mauled lot ly
ing around that we sent Into the Eng
lish lines that night, as we preferred to
let them have the bother of doctoring
them. They won't be very hot to rush a
hill with a green flag over It again, I Im
agine. The regiment was Gloucestershire
or some other such name I don't recall it
just now, and If they don't get any bet
ter material than that to flght us the
English are more likely to march into
the Indian ocean than Into the Trans
vaal. I suppose the English are rushing in all
tho men they can get hold of. but as we
havo our backs to tho mountains and!
they have to come at us over our own
fortified positions, thoy will need a quar
ter of a million men to do the work.
Counting those we have In the field, those
at Pretoria and around, and the men who
havo come from Europe in two months,
we can count up almost a hundred thou
sand men; and we have supplies to last
two ysars. Our people are all over the
colony, and we get all the news there Is
to be had. The accounts sent out by the
English come back to us, and the fellow
that runs their lntellgence department
and sends out tho news is a star the no
blest liar of them all. You want to take
no stock whatever in him; we are all
rlcht. The only thing we are short of Is
doctors and medicines; we ought to have
a better staff of physicians and an am
bulance corps, and I suppose they will be
organized soon, as the things are to ar
rive from Europe.
The siege of the town drags along and
It may be two months before It surren
ders. We are going to move down toward
Colenso In a couple of days, leaving about
500 of our brigade as a support for the
siege train. The Boer" commandos and
recruits from Natal will be put on duty
here to watch White, for we can hold
them with green men, while the seasoned
follows go down toward the Tugela. The
German steamer sails In a couple of days,
and this letter will go by that; if It
catches the Brlndlsi boat In season you
ought to get it by the' New Year.
I don't know when I'll get a chance to
write again. Address me at Pretoria, Cas
sidy's company of Colonel Blake's com
mando, and I'll get It In good time, It I'm
alive.
USEFUL MEMBER OF SOCIETY
A Chicago Girl Makes a Debut That
Is Eminently Successful.
Chicago Tribune.
While the Women's Club is engaged in
the discussion of the question "Why So
ciety Exists," there is one member of
society in Chicago who deserves a whole
day of the club's time to herself and mer
its an election as honorary member as a
recognition of her usefulness to society.
The Tribune refers to the grocer's daugh
ter, Delia Marcoux.
When Louis Portlers and Nathan Har
ris, two confidence men, sought to swindle
the father out of 5S02, their scheme was
defective In that they did not take into
account the 18-year-old daughter and her
ability in running down just such scoun
drels as they are and making them dis
gorge their plunder. Delia wasted no time
In lamentations or hysterics when she dis
covered what had been done. She did not
even stop to make a toilet, but "accout
ered as she was," gave chase to the ras
cals. The start was made from Fiftieth
street. She came up with them at Thirty
first street. One of them, deeming pru
dence the better part of valor, fled at sight
of her. The other, on the platform of a
car, was not quick enough, for Delia had
him by the throat and held on to him,
and at Fourteenth street he gave up the
money and took to his heels.
The Tribune submits that Delia Mar
coux has amply vindicated the claim of
usefulness to society, and If plucklness
.and persistency count for anything she Is
also an ornament to any society. So long
as there are Delia Marcoux, society Is
not altogether a failure. If there were
more Delia Marcoux, society would be
safer, and there would be no curious in
quiries among the women's clubs why the
Lord didn't kill society. It is the first
time Delia has been publicly known as
a member of, society, but It must be con
ceded that her debut was a success,
though she made it without hat or wrap
and covered with mud. She is a little
heroine.
Life in Santo Domingo.
The International Magazine.
The homes of the peons are very primi
tive, merely huts built of plain boards
split into strips about 2 Inches In width,
and fastened with vines to four posts
some 20 feet apart. The ground serves for
a floor, while the roof Is made of a net
work of poles, forming a peak in the cen
ter and covered with several layers of
palm leaves, fastened down with rope
llko strips of the same palm leaf. Back
of these huts they usually build a small
shed, where the cooking Is done over
little pots In which they burn charcoal.
This pot is about as large as a good-sized
washbasin, and has a hole in the bottom
for draught. The houses are furnished
with a rough board set upon sticks for a
table, one or two small native chairs, and
a cot covered with cowhide. Here the
peon lives with his wife and more or less
naked children huddled together with his
pigs, dogs and gamecocks.
The native's one staple dish is known
as sancoche, a stew of rice, bean3, cas
sava, manioc, pork, plantain, chicken and
other convenient Ingredients. With this
and a joint of sugar cane he makes his
dinner and dessert. Any morning in the
market place one may see him looking
over heaps of sugar cane and selecting
from them such sticks as his, judgment
dictates. If he has a trip to make, he
does not bother with a lunch basket, but
takes two or three Joints of sugar cane.
Having stripped the cane, he chews the
pith and nourishes himself with the juices
therefrom.
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BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION, of Des
Moines. Ia.rC. A. McCargor, State Acent..302-3
BEHNKE. H. W.. Vtln. rernla Shorthand
School ............... ....311
BENJAMIN. R. W. Dcnt!t... 31
BINSWANGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & Sur..4U-tl3
BRUERE. DR. G. E.. Physician 412-U3-4H
BUSTEED. RICHARD. Plug Tobacco... .602-Utt
CAUKIN. G. E. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Co...... ,......,........ .....713
CUtDWELL. DR. J. B 003
CLARK. HAROLD. Dentist 31-4
CLEM. E.XiCO. Mining Propertie3...315-0Xd
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY
6lM-fl00-60J-607-G13-Cl-t-Gia
CORNELIVS. C. W Phys. and Surgeon 200
COVER. F. C. Cashier Equitable Life... 300
COLLIER, p. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGuire.
Manager . 113-413
DAY. J. G & I. N 313
DAVIS, NAPOLEON. President Columbia
Telephone Co COT
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-7U
DRAKE, DR. H B.. Physician. .... .312-313 314
DUNHAM. MRS. GEO. A. 717
ED1TORLVL ROOMS Eighth noor
EQUITABLE LIFS ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
L. Samuel. Manager; F. C Cover. Cash.er..30O
EVENING TELEGRAM ......325 Alder atres
FALLOWS. MRS. M. A.. Manager Women's
Dept. Mutual Reservo Fund Life, of Nw
York ed
FENTON. J. D.. Plstclan and Surgeon..309-310
FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear 311
I'ENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentiat D08
FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASS'N: E. C.
Stark. Manager 301
FRENCH SCHOOL (by conversation). Dr. A.
Muzzarelli. Manager ................700
GALvANI. V. H. Engineer and Draughts
man 600
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and
Surgeon ....212 213!
GIESi. A. J.. Phjslclan and Surgeon 70U-710
GODDARD, E. C. S. CO.. Footwear ground
noor .:23 axx'h stret
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan
Life Insurance Co.. of New York... ....200-210
rf si K NK S.. Attorney-at-Law 017
GRENIER. MISS BEATRICE. Dentist 703
HAMMOND. A. E 310
HEIDINGER. GEO. A. & CO.. Pianos and
Organs 131 S'x' St
HOLLISTER. DIU O. C. Phvs. A Surs...3OS03
IDLEMAN. C. M., Attorney-at-Law...4l0"-17-13
KADY. MARK T., Manager Paclflo North-
wet Mutual Reserve Fund Ufo. Asso. .604-0031
LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen
eral manager uoiumma Telephone Co. ...... 603
L1TTLEFIELD. H. R.. Phys. and Surgeon.. 208
MACKUM. W. S.. Sec. Oregon Camera Club.,214
MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg....71I-7U
JiA-XW-EUU DK. w. E.. Phys. & Surg... 7 1-2-J
McCARGAR. C. A.. State Agent Bankers'
Life Association C02-B03
McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law. .1.7.713
McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer 201
McGINN. HENRY E., Attorney-a:-Law..3H 3131
McKELL. T. J., Mannfacturera Representa-
"ve - 303
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C. Dentist ail
Oral Surgeon fl(8-C3
MOSFMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 012-513 31if
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. of
New lork. W. Goldman. Manager ..... 29-2101
McELROY. DR. J. G. Phys. '&. Surg 701-7J2-703 1
McFARLAND, E. B.. Secretary Columb a
Telephone Co...... .....COOi
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. CoMcr.
Publisher 415-410
McKIM. MAURICE. Attomey-at-Law 5001
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. of New
York; Wm. 3. Pond. State Mgr... .404-405-4001
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N.
M. T. Kady, Mgr. Pacific Northwest. ...004 0031
NICHOLAS, HORACE B . Attorney-nt-Law .7131
NTLES. M. L.. Cashier Manhattan I.lfo In
surance Co.. of New York......... ....2031
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY;
Dr. L. B. Smith. Osteopath 40S-40ol
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-21 G-217
PERNIN SHORTHAND SCHOOL; IL W.
Behnke. Prln ..........21ll
POND. WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Llfa
Ins. Co. of New York 404-403-4031
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR. INFIRMARY.,
Ground floor. 133 Sixth street!
PORTLAND PRESS CLUB ....710
PROTZMAN EUGENE C. Superintendent
Agencies Mutual Reserve Fund Life, of
New York ...............604
PUTNAM'S SONS. G. P.. Publishers .,..312
QUIMBY, L. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden 716-717
REED & MALCOLM. Opticians.. 133 Sixth street
RFED. F. C. FUh Commissioner... ....... ...4071
RYAN. J. B., Attorney-at-law .AV.
SALISBURY, GEO N., Section Director. U.
S. Weather Bureau -..OHI
SAMUEL. L.. Manager Equitable Lifa......30C
SANDFORD. A. C. & CO.. Publishers' Agts..5i:
SCRIBNER'S SONS. CHAS.. Publishers;
Jese Hobson. Manager. 313-516-317
SHERWOOD. J. W.. Deputy Supreme Com
mander. K. O. T. M. ...311!
SMITH. DR. L B.. Osteopath ...408-40G
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .300
STARK. E. C. Executive Special. Fidelity
Mutual Life Association of Phlla.. Pa 30lj
STARK & COLE. Fyrograpny 40a
STEEL. G. A.. Forest Inspector........ ....21
STUART. DELL. Attorney-at-Law... 613-610 611
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-705
SURGEON OF THE 3. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO..
STROWBRIDGE. THOS. H.. ExeeutlVo Spe
cial Agent Mutual Life, of New York.. .....40
SUPERINTENDENT'S OIFICE .Mlj
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist 010 B
II. S. WEATHER BUREAU.. ...806-007-008-G
U. S LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH
DIST.. Captain W. C. Langntt. Corps of
Engineers, u. S. A .....80S
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W.
C Langntt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A... .81
WALKER. WILL H., President Oregon
Camera. Club 214-213-21 0-21
WATERMAN. C. H.. Cashier Mutual Life.
of New York ..........................
WATKINS. Miss E, L.. Purchasing Agency 16
WEATHERRED. MRS. EDYTH. Grand Sec
retary Native Daughters 71u-17i
WHITE. MISS L. E.. Ass't Sec Oregon Cam
era Club 214
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. & Sur.84-3
WILSON. DR. GEO F.. Phys. & Surg... 70(70?
WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys. & Surg...302508
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-41.414
WILLAMETTE VALLEY TEXEPH. CO .613
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