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A' PAGES 37 TO 48 S VOL- PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MOKyiNG, SEPTEMBER 34, 1905. ya I 1 11 MX IK MA HH i fiM5ss5r--,2aw. , :7 iflu ia aay iui me most moaest salary elB..., j ll lmPoses 110 embarrassing conditions. I! The largost and bout assortment of L.I I brary TaMos In Orogon; this one. $12.50 . I at V GS mS B vm HFBH K S Same, i I Itjinfl I' II I mcsi?fvf I 3 r i a B ff as-- nil riura 0 m 1 B JkL TJP ran. L. fVl 1 vWTIt, INrl iar V f $10.00 rv mi - 3 Blil! Solid Oak Extension Table, 512.50 Same, sqnare top, with heavy rim, $10.00 Iron and 1 Braes , Bedsteads, special, 89.50 Others as Mow as $3.50 Solid Oak polished or Mahogany and Birch, top 20x24, $2.50 Brass feet, $3.00 Oregon's Prosperous Condition MAKES GREAT DEMAND FOR NEW HOMES CONSULT WITH WILLIAM GADSBY & SONS The acknowledged prosperous conditions existing every where in Oregon, and the assured promise for an unprecedented Fall season, led us to lay in the most extensive stock in the history of our career. Money will be plentiful; the demand for necessities and the luxuries will be tremendous, so that cany Duying is aavisaoie in order to se cure the best selections in all lines. We have bought only the most reliable furni ture and household goods made, and every piece bears the guaranty of the makers as well as our own. We will gladly help you tO reaD the full benefits nf ennrifffnne anr? give you the privilege of an installment credit plan that is matchless in method, matchless in dignity, and wholly help ful in every sense of the word. Tliere is no occasion, there fore, for hesitation in furnishing your rooms, your flat, your cottage or your mansion no occasion for going without any thing you want. Our plan is easy for the most modest salary and it imposes no embarrassing conditions. : i-mmr fti .1 j Big Bargains in Our Carpet Department AMBER VELVETS: REGULAR 51.35; THIS WEEK i ik FIRTH TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. $1.10; THIS WEEK f l BRUSSELS RUGS. 8:3x10:6; REGULAR fit 100- CLOSE afr ' ' ' t& SAMPLE RUGS. 36 INCHES. WORTH 75c; is'OW.... AT"-$l m aosoy-ii morris chairs are Turortha spclal visit: AO different tvi. irom up to select MONDAY SPECIAL Mahogany finished frames, upholstered in genuine ver onas; regular $5, at just half price White Maple, Golden Ash, Imitation Mahogany -Dresser, Jwcll-top drawers,, $15.00 Or In Golden Fir. $10.00 Goldem Oak or Birch, special large Rocker, $2.50 3L -rlw.,Slli Ah Is "tyle. three different-pattern?. In birch frames, .finished lar JJO.OVclit toCT00. upho,3tcred ln velo"r and allk tapestry; : " esu? Foldlns: Bed. royal oak or.JtiahoK ' any finished, with handsome brlc-n-brac shelves, and French mirror on top; has cable sup ported springs; price fsSJM Home Queen. Steel Range, guar anteed for 10 years; with reser voir as shown ...$30 Without reservoir .fS7.50 Terms, J5.00 per month. We have Cookstoves. No. S....S10 Cookstoves. No. 7, at 37.50 Polished steel body. cast-Iron top, cover and draft flue, sheet steel linings. Ae. IS, vise 18 In-, price f5.06. A"o. 22, iee 22 nrlce tTJOO. Xo. atxe 34 1m-, price 8.60. With sheet-Iron top, $1.00 each size. less HI lrA Y7 HO. 3 GO-CARTS. Here's a beauty adjustable, ve lour upholstery, $13.50; now at I... 99.50 Credit for Everyo,re Make Your Own Terms I I T 1 IHMIIWI I SffSSfVSSSTfflS- !S llJJl1 upholstered In A-l back is adjustable; lSi& pYfcTOi .... ................ ...... MMIT Chiffonier In w.hite. maple or ma hogany finish: regular price, 220; special this sale &t...SIS6 Napoleon Bdsr in quarter-sawed oak, mahogany and blrdseye sta ple, beautiful creations. SMM to r,....mj Princess Dresser, In genuine ma hogany veneer, binlseye maple; or quarter-sawed oak: Gadsby's Price 923.G6 HHBHH V Ml Rattan Parlor Chair, finest qual ity woven reeds; special Gads bys price $7J9 This large full-roll Rattan Rocker ....v. WILLIAM GADSBY & SONS The Store Tht Does the Bunes 'THE HOUSEFURNISHERS Comer First and Washington Making of a Successful Husband No. 1 The Engagement. Mtike it Short, hut Don't Sneak Down the Alley and Get Married By Caspar S. Yost. Tkls Is the flrt of a series of let - tern from a father to his son on the abject of twentieth century matrl raoajr. Their broad humor together with Boaml adrlce oBTeml In familiar, companionable aplrlt commends Itself, Hr. YoAt's toplo for next Sunday la: The llonermoon: rut It on lee and Keep It There as Loir as You IAyc." My Dear Boy I have Just received your letter announcing your engagement to Miss Anna May Jackson. I don!t know whether to congratulate you or ot. So much depends upon the girl, you know. If I could see her and have a ten -minutes chat with her, I could tell whether you. have drawn a prize or a blank. As it Is I shall trust to Providence and hope, for the best. Tour description Is entertaining, but not very Informing. You ray that she "is as beautiful as Aurora upon a Summer morn," that her eyes are "filled tvith Heaven's own blue," that her "hair la a golden aureole surmounting a marble brow," that her cheeks are "like the rose- 1 oua Kissed by thff-enamored Sun." ' I There is something reminiscent about this, as the critics say when they want to 1 accuse a writer of plagiarism, and are afraid of a libel suit. I distinctly remem ber writing something of the same sort about a girl I was sweet on before I met your mother. I saw her on a car the other day hanging on a strap. She has grown pudgy; her chin has disappeared ana ner circumierence la greatest at the waist nne. I gather from your poetic. If somewhat moldy, description nothing more than that the young lady Is a blonde and a tol erably goou-looker, and I mention this old flame of mine to Impress you with the fact that while Aurora la all right In the Spring and Summer, she begins to look quite different when the time comes to lay In coal. Beauty, my boy. Is a mighty good thing. Your mother was the pret tiest girl I ever saw or ever hope to see, begging your pardon, and she Is still the mos,t beautiful woman this side, the pearly gates, in my estimation; but you can't reasonably expect to be as fortunate as your father In that particular. Beauty is a very desirable but not a necessary at tribute of a wife, and a man stands a mighty poor chance of permanent happi ness who banks on It alone. It isn't always desirable, even. It is likely to produce van ity, and vanity, besides several other dis agreeable features, leads to extravagance. I won't stop to tell you what extrava gance leads to. It would fill a book, and there would be nothing comfortable In the whole volume. Reminds me of an 'old friend, one of these art enthusiasts. Thn' -n in ir,. 1 with a. flat because of its Impressive "fa cade." He didn't stop to investigate ; what was back of the "facade," but took a lease at a pretty stiff figure. H wanted a "facade" and he jrot It. eood f who marries a fortune Is up against one of the hardest propositions our sex can have to contend with. Unless- ho has character and strength of purpose far beyond the ordinary, he Is almost sure to degenerate, to become a mere append age of less value to himself and the world than one of his wife's servants. If the girl you expect to marry has money, see to .lt that she keeps it.andy keeps it where you can't get at iu Hoe your own row. There's only one way to make a man, and digging for a home Is the process. If she ha3 noth ing, you can start even and pull to gether, and I'll tell you, my boy. there's nothing in this world so heartens a man as a willing woman hitched to the same load, if she has sense and love, she will pull, too. hard er, perhaps, -than you can; but if she be a fool, no matter how 3he may be veneered with the graces of society, no matter how .erudite she may be, she will balk or kick over the traces, and if she don't spin the load she'll make it all the harder for you to draw. So I say that a few grains of plain com mon sense are of more importance in a wifd than beauty, money or culture. If Miss -Jackson has it, then I say go ahead, and your mother and I will give yu r blessing and something else. Don't fool arotinH nhnnr if r don't believe (n long- encasements. There is nothing- so wearing- on a. woman as a nrotmrtpd Ttra,ir?inn- t you have no debts and enough money juur puec or me bank to pay the preacher and furnish un o imu don't put off the day any longer than is necessary for her to get ready. As a rule a girl wants a few months, per haps a year, for preparation; a man In the first enthusiasm of acceptance ..din 10 De marnea tomorrow, today, right now. The girl is right. The al tar should not be boarded like a de layed trolley-car. Take your time but not too much time. The engage ment period has its psychical as well as its material purpose, it Is a period of preparation of mind and heart, as well as of raiment. It is an impor tant factor In the making of future happiness, and it should never be skipped unless circumstances are ex ceptional. But it should not be al lowed to linger beyond the reasonable time necessary for preparation. It is the man who wants to marry on the spot, and It is usually the man who causes the repeated postponement of the wedding. Either he grow3 Indif ferent or thinks it necessary to in crease his financial resources, and the longer he delays the harder it is to fix the date, while the girl can do nothing put wait and wonder and doubt. Then Is the time when "hope deferred mak eth the heart sick" sure enough. Don't lot your engagement continue mora than a year; three or six months should be long enough. When you gpt married, have it done right. Don't go frisking out to a subur ban Justice of the peace to. have thekn(vc tied without trouble and without cere mony. xt to your birth and your death It s the most Important event of your life, x our funeral mav ho n imivuii.. " but you will not be In a position to ap- iJicwmie ji. xou win Diav second final and plenty, as I've heard you remark. I PrecIate it. You will play second flddl WltVlIn n mnntVi .1 V. . .1.1 I at VOUT WeddlntT. hilt It'c VAI11- ,-1, h)iin twt oii . , I ertheless. and von RhnnM' mniro it t . . u ...ui. a t. tJ Alii presslve as you can. I don't mean bv behind that artistic front was a hnrt. breakincr sham. Th nlaufpn mi1ii ni drODQed on his heasl In nalnfut rhim the doors sagged and refused to shut with out a lavisn expenditure of power and pro fanity; the furnace could be Induced to supply nothing but refrigerated air and ne naa a lease, it s probably too late, but, my dear boy. before you close the deal. get oacK or tne xacaae it you can. You have alwavs been a nrettv 1vl. headed youngster, and I have great hopes that you have chosen wisely. Indeed. I get considerable encouragement from the way she spells her names as they wereJ given to ner wnen sne was ennstened. It Indicates that If she ever had any silly stage, she nas passed through It safely. Our Annyea and Mayes and Ellyns are all afflicted with a mental weakness that doesn't do any particular harm If they get over It. As a rulo they do, but if they uon 1. .Lioru neip ineir nusoanas. Alter an. uiougn. tne average American girl has a mighty good substratum of common sense, and If a man goes into It with his eyes wide open, marriage isn't such a lottery as It's, cracked up to be. That lottery the ory is based on the Idea an idea that all who wear trousers n rp ant tn neount with out questlSh that man, myself In partic ular. Is ail right. "The risk is all on my side," says he to himself. "The woman that gets me ought to consider herself in iucx." as a matter or tact there are more masculine than feminine blanks In tnis world, and when a man contemplates marriacft he oucht first tn inn:IHT htn own qualifications get 'em out and look at em mrougn a microscope anu don t let any personal bias Interfere with a proper xocus. Tn thft first nl.1Pf am T ihlo to niir port a wife the wifo I have in mind? Given' tho proper financial, backing, are my habits and disposition such that a sensitive and sensible woman can live with mi for n. llftlm -wlthniit an occasional desire to Jump into the river? Few men stop to consider that sine or tne nronositlon nnd whun thn Wheels of th matrimonial nrnrnn V.t gin to creak they wonder what's the iiuiiicr. iuik aoout tne divorce evil; If woman wasn't th most !nnc-tT- ing creature on the face of the earth. an lae courts ot unrisienaom wouia be filled with divorce cases. But that's n dlsrreaslon. As T wns sitvln' tnl-o stock -of yourself anil then rnnsldnr xne girj. The main thing to be desired in a woman Is sense. And by that I don't mean education. It's a mighty fine thing to be on speaking terms with the classics, and a knowledge of the hlsrhet mn.thmratlri nnrl TJi-ni-n I poems doeff no particular harm, if it Isn't allowed to stick out. but pdnen- tion, beyond the grammar school course, Is not an essential. Don't de- CelVfl VOUrSlf Into thlnVln- lonralnir an indication of 'brains, nor occasional silliness a lacic or it. some of the big gest foola I ever knew. mal nnd f- male, were chockfull of facta and figures and quotations and other men ial luiuocr mat uiun t ao mem or any body else any good. I don't mean to belittle the rvalue of learning. No one appreciates it more than I do, but it doeea't spall, sense. On the other hand, all normal boys-and girls pass through a silly period, and, most all grown peo ple have occasional, lapses in that di rection, a sort of cerebral vacation, which Is sometimes beneficial to the individual if not always edifying to others. But the possession of a prac tical, workaday intelligence will stick out, ln spite of all that nature or teachers may do to cover it up, and if you can come down from the clouds long enough, to take stock you should b able to satisfy yourself on that point. If you. haven't already dono so. Yoa notice r don't ask you about Mlaa Jackson's fortune. I don't care wheth- i m- sita has a red cnt nr not Tn fnnf i tnat tO encourairn tnvlah nrtinnJlm, Gorgeous decorations and all that sort of thing detract from the true features of the occasion. That, however, is none of' your affair. The bride's parents attend to that. The point I am trying to make Is .that tho wedding should take place in the presence of a number of Invited guests as many as practicable. "Whether at home or at church doesn't particularly matter, although I prefer a church wed ding because It can bo made more im pressive and because of the deeper relig ious sleniflcanp Whon t tv,- .. Impressive, I don't want it applied tcK tne witnesses, but to you and the girl you stand up with. It Is upon you. both of you, that the impression should be made, and It ought to be strong enough and deep enough to keep you trotting along together for tho remainder of your life. I have noticed that these fly-by-night, "lefs-go-out-and-get-married" wed dings are responsible for a large propor tion of the divorce cases in our courts. It is like the come-easy go-easy money of the gambler. You ought to get the Idea of the solemnity and responsibility of marriage Dumoed Into vmirsntf nnd vnn. sweetheart until you are both saturated with it. Then walk up to the altar with Joy In your hearts, and If you can't live nappy ever aiter it won t dc tne rault of the preacher. NOW. mv dear bov T nnlthor tnnnnia nor expect you will pay the slightest at tention to anvthlntr T havn snM A o T heard an alleged comedian remark the other night: "I Just had it on my chest and it had to come off." Your truly. JOHN" SNBED. ' (Copyrighted. 1905. by C. S. Yost.) WERE I MY OWN STENOGRAPHER. (Suggested by an article lir last Sunday's- Oregonlan: "Were I My Own Stenographer:") Were I my own stenographer, And listening to the click Of my machine throughout the day Made all my being sick, I'd take-Just half a holiday And watch the birds and children play Were I my own stenographer. And my employer should Forget himself and speak to mo In tones sarcastic rude, I'd take a hard fall out of him. Or with a punch I'd douse his glim! Were I my own stenographer But why the tale rehearse? It does not do a bit of good: Just makes bad matters worse. I'll Just slip out. upon the sly. And swear a while and then I'll cry! Were I my. own stonographer. And getting- sixty per, rd bring the goods In. day by day. And never make a stir; I'd think of girls who cook and wash For ten a month; I would, b goshl Were I my own stenographer. And sold my time each, year, I'd be there, Johnny-on-the-spot. Without a whine or tear; And If sometimes I'd badly feel, I'd take a shot of -OldVaudevllie. Were I jny own stenographer. And worked eight hours each day. I!d think of girls who worked sixteen, Without one-third my pay; I'd put my wage' Mongslde of theirs. And thank God for stenographers. Were I my own stenographer, And wished to build a fiat, Td hire some good man by the day. And pay him well, at that; But while he worked for me each day He'd neither write, ner rest, nor play. Were I ray.own stenographer But I have said enough ; To show if I were I that I p- Would sometimes, be quite rough, 4 . And so I'll stOD these "lfs" rlrhfc nmr Asd ears my sixty per, I vow I I. he sh hn't, for (he poor mats X. TJtANZJtL, CRAWFORD.