THE SUNDAY OBEGOfflAN, PpRTA2ED, DEOEMBEB 7, 1902.
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ARE BARBERS DEBARRED FROM THE
MULTNOMAH CLUB?
v Are barbers debarred from membersblp
in the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club j
simply because they are barbers?
Many members of the tonsorial profes
sion say yes, and they say It resentfully.
At least one member of the board of di
rectors of the club admits that a sort of
unwritten law ordains that barbers are in
eligible, and that there have been occa
sions when this unwritten law was in
voked. R. F. Prael, president of the club, says
emphatically that barbers are not, de
barred because of their calling; that a bar
ber, if he possess the qualifications of
membership, stands as good a shbw of be
ing admitted, upon application, as any
body else.
And there you are.
The barbers who brought the matter up
are very much in
earnest For years
past they declare,
men of their calling
have, from time to
time, knocked at the
Multnomah door, and
always with the
same result; the pro
poser has been ad
vised to withdraw his
candidate's applica
tion, and has acted
upon tho advice.
"We are snubbed
and nailed to the
wall like a. confound
ed coon skin!" re
marked a member of
the alleged - to - be
Ijlackllsted craft in
discussing the out-
Heaven Forfend Such i00k today. "Yes,
an incident as This. the princc of sla:n
Incident pales into insignificance by com
parison with this affront," and he whetted
his glistening steel with a stroke of ven
geance. Talk: of Retaliation.
At a meeting of the barber's union the
other-night, the matter 'was considered In
all - its phases, and it -was decided to a
man' to resent the so-called affront by ev
ery honorable means. A number of the
craft endeavored to persuade the local
union to declare a 1 oycott on the M. A.
A. C, but such action has been discour
aged by the cooler heads. Instead of the
union taking official cognizance of the
treatment, it is now stated the individual
members of the union are all out with
their little hammers,
Who Are to Blame?
The barbers are not blaming the club
as a whole for the unfavorable attitude
of certain members of the board of 11 di
rectors, for they say there are those in
the club who are
strenuously opposed
to keeping the bar
bers out But not
being in a position to
enforce their jrefer
ences, ,they are pow
erless vto relieve the
situation.
"I know of one
prominent member,"
remarked another
tonsorial artist, "who
expressed himself as
very much opposed
to excluding the
barbers from the club
as a class. He is one
of Portland's wealthy
and representative
business men, but he
does not indorse the
action- of the board, Now Wouldn't This
and thinks that there Humiliate the Club?
is no legitimate reason why the line
6hould bo drawn against this particular
craft"
President Prnel'a Denial.
R. F. Prael. president of the M. A. A.
C, denies that It is the policy of tho club
to keep- out barbersl
"So the barbers think they have been
snubbed, do they?" interrogatively replied
President Prael to a question. "That's
strange. That Is the first I have heard
of it.- The club has a right to reject any
applicant If investigations as to his char
acter prove unfavorable, whether he be
a barber or a banker. But there is no un
written law In the Multnomah Amateifr
Athletic Club that excludes barbers, as a
class.
"Any person who has a good moral
character, is not a professional, and TVho
has the price of admission, Is eligible to
membership in the club. If there is any
prejudice entertained against barbers, it
Is confined to a small minority of the
members.-So far as I know the board of
directors has never yet turned down a
candidate because he was a barber by
prpression.
Director Talks.
A member of the board of directors
stated that it was not the intention of the
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board to exclude tonsorial artists. "If
any barber has been turned down," said
he, "it has been done by the committee of
membership, composed of three persons,
for the board has never black-balled a
barber yet After any name has been
proposed for membership. It -is posted on
the board for ten days, and In the mean
while the member
ship committee looks r?
Into the qualifications
of the candidate.
When the name goes
before the directors.
It only requires two
blackballs to reject It
The directors do not
like to exercise the
blackball power, and
it has been the cus
tom that -when a
name is reported un-
committee, to per
suade the person
who proposed it to
withdraw the same.
It Is obvious that
with only two black
halls necessarv to re
ject, a majority of The earners i Kevcnge
the membership com- on the Man
mittee, supposing that they would vote
in the directors' meeting on a candidate
thev had reDorted unfavorably, would ex
ercise their prerogative, and exclude the.
applicant anyway.
"Regarding certain remarks that are
said to have been made against the bar
bers joining, I have heard of something
of the kind. We have endeavored to find
out who made the statements, but have
not been able to do so.
"But as far as the barbers as a class
are concerned, I am positive that there
is no prejudice against them, and I'll ven
ture to say that should the question be
ptlt to a vote of the entire club, this posi
tion would be sustained by a large ma
jority. And I am sure there are barbers
in the club now."
TO ADD TO EARTH'S BEAUTY
Statement of the Woman's Auxiliary
of the I'nrlc Anso.ciatlon.
The Oregonlan has been asked to give
publicity to the statement which follows
and to ask that It be copied by the press
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho:
Realizing that the euccess of a move
ment Is assured when the press advocates
It the Woman's Auxiliary 'of" the Ameri
can Park and Outdoor Aft Association
has appointed a committee lor the ex
press purpose of laying its work before
the newspapers of the United States, as
the surest means of bringing its existence
and alms before the people.
There can be no doubt. of the hearty co
operation of the women of this country
in our work when once .the matter Is
clearly presented. This we beg you will
kindly assist us In dofng, by giving a
prominent place In your columns to the
Information embodied in this letter, as
well as generous space to the general
and local efforts of this purely, and In the
broadest sense, philanthropic organization.
It is our earnest wish that working
branches of the Auxiliary shall be forriied
In every city, town, village and commun
ity. No elaborate machinery Is necessary.
Any little coterie of women may form a
branch, whose work and example are likely
to lead to the regeneration of the appear
ance and the healthfulness of a large
area, and to tho added happiness of all
tho men, women, children, birds, animals
and vegetation within its limits. This has
been done over and over again hereto
fore, and the process is capable of end
less repetition. ,
The object of the Auxiliary Is "to leave
the world more beautiful than, we found
It." That Is to protect and develop ex
isting natural beauty everywhere, and
to create beauty, to replace the natural
beauty that has been destroyed. This
work may be done In a dooryard, on
school grounds, around public buildings,
factories and mills, on railway-station
grounds, or railway rights-of-way. on
streets, on country roads, lrt cemeteries,
on bits of waste ground anywhere in large
or small parks, etc. It may be done by
merely keeping "a plot of grass peat hy
planting a tree, by preserving a group of
natural shrubbery from destruction by
those who do not realize its beauty and
actual value, or by undertaking to secure a
state, county or city park, or a Govern
ment reservation. No bit of outdoor
beauty la too small for us to recognize,
and none too great for us to Undertake
to protect or to help 'to create.
Where there Is continuous tearing down
there must be building up or, obviously,
ruin will result. The creation of even
one human habitation Involves the ob
literation or Injury of some natural
beauty, if it is nothing more than an
unsightly rent In- the charming green
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carpet nature so generously spreads over
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means tho complete demolition of natural
plantations of trees and shrubs it would
take, many years and considerable sums
of money to replace, and which, in many
Instances, might be preserved, to the di
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a slight alteration in the location of pro
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These questions, and all others relating
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Women's Auxiliary. In fact, to be a
member of this organization means a lib
eral education In outdoor art; the one art
in wjilch the -whole world has. an active,
persqnal Interest the only one which
affects everybody. We feel that in ask--ing
you to give publicity td' the alms of
the Auxiliary "we are only call
ing your attention to a question of vital
Interest to every community; to a public
spirited measure which must appeal to all
classes of readers and residents.
Those who wish to form branches should
send a self-addressed and. stamped en
velope, with a request for leaflets of In
structions, to the secretary of the aux
iliary. Miss Jessie S. Gardener, 1038 Jack
son Boulevard, Chicago, 111.
MRS. ROSE H. HOYT,
State Chairman Press and Extension Com
mittee, Woman's Auxiliary.- American
Park and Outdoor Art Association.
OAD TO CRATER LAKE.
Snperintendentof the National .Parle
Has Competed a Survey.
Will G. Steel has just received a letter
from W. F. Arant, Superintendent of
Crater Xake National Park, in which he
says: "I thought it might' interest you to
know that I have completed the survey
for a new road leading to the lake. Am
camped, at the head of Annie Creeks and
Instead of going over the high summit on
tho old road, we leave It at this point,
bridging the creek about 10 rods from its
head, and running first In an easterly di
rection, thence .northerly and northeast
erly, to the lake. I had previously viewed
the route and was surprised to find that
the lake could be reached so easily- Slnce-
It has been surveyed and the levels estab
lished on the more mountainous parts, I
find that the route Is .still more practicable
than I had before anticipated. For the
first mile and a halt the road will be
practically straight and level. Then for
about one-fourth of a mile it attains a
5 per cent grade. For the next two. and
one-fourth miles, 3 per cent. In the last
mile we have the heaviest grade. Only
In one place, however, did we find It nec
essary to exceed 10 per cent, and that for
a distance of three chains. On thls.por
tlon It attains a maximum Of 11 1-3 per
cent The road approaches the lake at
l the low point just west of Cathedral
Rock, then'follows the rim of the lake to
Victor Rock, where ItN terminates for the
present This entire road is through
picturesque and romantic scenery, with
many fine springs along Its side, as also
FIVE INTELLECTUAL
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Professor Edward B. Warman, A. M.,
oi Chicago, 111.
INSTRUCTIVE :: AMUSING :: INSPIRING
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KENTUCKY. Mr. "Warman is tie greatest artist In his line that ha3 ever visited
Xioulsville. Every evening spent In his .presence has been one "qt combined enjoyment
and Instruction. He is himself a perfect, embodiment Of what he teaches. Louisville
Courier-Journal. . "
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Old Mexico, unite in the one verdict that he Is VTHE MOST VERSATILE MAN" ON THE
AMERICAN PLATFORM."
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Saturday, Dec 13, "Voice and Body as Instruments of Expression."
Tuesday, Dec. 16, "Elocution and Oratory True and False." Very Humorous
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Friday, Dec. 19, Readings, Reqjtations, Impersonations.
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beautiful little streams and luxurious
grassy plots, together with charming
natural camps anda noble forest otplne
and fir."
Mr. Steel Is immensely pleased' with Mr.
Arant's work, as the road follows exactly
the route advocated by him at the lake
last Summer, and overcomes objections of
many visitors who dread to climb the old
road.
WILL OF NELLIE, GORE.
She Ieave All Her Property to Her.
' Aunt, Mrs. Dickinson,
'NEW YORE:, DecTl. The will of Mrs.
Nellie Gore, who was shot and killed in
Paris, . France, on November 19 last was
filed for probate in the Surrogate's office
here today. It bears the date of Decem
ber 11, ,190L Severo Mallet Prevost is
named aa executor.
By tho terms' of. the will (he testatrlx
bequeaths all her wedding apparel, jew
elry, books, etc., to' her aunt, Mrs. Hester
A. Dickinson, Alameda, Cal. The residue
of the; estate Is left .In trust to the ex
ecutor j)f the will, and he is Instructed
to sell the testatrix's property In Mexico
and convert the proceeds Into personal
property. The Income of the trust Is to,
go to Mrs. Dickinson and her husband as
long as both or bno of them lives. At
their death the principal is to be divided
between the three brothers of the testa
trix, Leslie Stogdill, Charles StocdiU and
Edward N. Stogdill.
The petition sets" forth that there Is no
(real property belonging to the testatrix In
this state, and that her personal' property
Is worth not to exceed 51000.
TEACHERS ORGANIZE CLASS
Pedagogical Methods to, lie Studlco.
' by Multnomah Instructors.
'The teachers- of Multnomah County
wish to make further advance in their
calling, and to that end have organized
a class to meet In the office of Superin
tendent R. F. Robinson on the second
Saturday "of each month, beginning with
the present week.
Superintendent Robinson recommended
a certain book on the art of teaching at
the institute held last September, and
said It would be the basis of development
work during the Winter.
"The teachers appreciate the fact that
careful preparation along pedagogical
lines means a higher degree of proficiency
in the schoolroom, and the voluntary or
ganization of this class is a proof of
the- professional zeal manifested by the
county teachers this Fall,' said Superin
tendent Robinson yesterday.
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