S
ETHICAL BASIS FOR CHARITY WORK
Paper Read at the Annual Meeting of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society.
THEATER
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14th AND WASHINGTON 8ts.
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THE STJXDAT OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 7, 1908.
HEILIG
BY MRS. MIL.1JE R. TRUMBLE.
Some time ago, in a discussion with
a social worker in the city, referring
to my "obnoxious activity" in the child
labor work, and In a bit of rather un
pleasant work in connection with the
Associated Charities, I received the fol
lowing bit of advice: "Why do you do
these things? It makes you so un
popular! Why do you not let your or
ganization take the blame?" I must
confess I was rather startled for a mo
ment or two, but it set me to thinking,
and I have been thinking ever since,
and I have been asking other people
the same question, without, however,
giving it audible expression and find
ing my own answer in the efficiency
of their service.
While the reproach implied in her
question pained perhaps in the first
shock, it has been a most profitable
hurt, bringing home, as It did, the need
fur a close, self-analysis as to motive,
and out of It have grown the thoughts
which, for want of a better subject,
form the basis of my ten minutes on
the programme "The Ethical Basis for
Charity Work." And the subject re
solves Itself Into another question
what do we mean by an "Ethical
Basis?" To me it means the one con
trolling thought of all construction
work in the field of social endeavor
the foundation principle of true
charity whether that charity finds its
expression in playground work, work
among the needy, among homeless, neg
lected children, rescue work for girls, or
in the enforcement of law the principle
remains the same. There is but one basis
which we can all recognize that of
"mutual human responsibility" to bor
row the words of Mazzlnl. Henry Lloyd
calls it "social reciprocity" and tells us
that "all the politics, all the Industry, all
the science, all the religion of the future
as of the past, have for their task to keep
this force at work."
How can we fit this "mutual human
responsibility" to our work? First of
all. by answering the question, which
each must answer for himsqlf, "What Is
your motive?" "Why are you doing your
work?" Is It because you receive a
larger salary at this work than at any
other? Is it because you like the noto
riety it brings to you, while in your heart
you detest the detail of the work? Are
you In the work because you cannot get
anything else to do. or because you have
a "pull"? Is your heart, your conscience,
your soul in the work, or do you want to
shift the responsibility because It makes
you unpopular, and then ask your or
GLASS NUMBERS 31
Holmes Business College Has
Banner Commencement.
PRESIDENT REVIEWS PAST
Congratulates Class Because 6 7 of
Its Members Have Gone to Po
sitions, AVhlle All Others
Have Had Chances.
The week just closing has been a gila
one for the students of Holmes Business
College. The annual commenceme.it ex
ercises, held on the evening of May 20,
were preceded by the most unique class
day features yet held by the Holmes
students. This year, for the first time,
the commencement was held in the col
lege auditorium. W&slungton and Tenth
ptreets. The assembly hall was dec
orated with Sweetbrler and Jacquemi
not roses, the class flower. "Holmes
Business College March," rendered by
the Webber String Orchestra, and a con
tralto solo, "Oh Promise Me," sung by
Miss Rosina Mcintosh, were the musical
features of the evening. The invocation
was offered by Rev. Charles W. Hays,
and the annual address to the graduates
was delivered by Rev. Harry H. Pratt,
of Portland, by special request of the
class. The subject, "Some Business Pre
cepts," was an inspiration to these young
people going forth into the business
world. .
Record Class Numbers Ninety-one.
The class, numbering 91, was by far the
largest ever sent forth by this college.
In presenting the diplomas President G.
Holmes-Lawrence said:
"As I look back over the graduating
classes of the past M years there has
been some distinguishing -characteristic
about each one. We'have had our social
classes, our plodders and bur merry
makers, but this has been not only our
largest but our most successful class.
Indeed, It has been difficult to keep
It together for these exercises, because
of the many offers of positions that have
come to its members. As If to dispute
any such thing as- hard times. 67 mem
bers of this graduating class have gone
to positions within a few weeks, and the
remaining members have offers enough
to go round a class twice as large. Thus
I am compelled to term you "our suc
cessful class.' " ..
The members of the class, represent
ing all sections of the Northwest, are
as follows:
Iitst of the Graduates.
Class officers Herbert L. Driver, presi
dent: Lilly E. Peterson, vice-president;
Edward L. Barette, secretary; Floyd H.
Pownder, treasurer. ,
Entitled to diplomas' Oliver G. Adams,
Bessie V. Aldrich, Ellen E. Anderson,
Edward L. Barette, W. Edna Bell, Emily
C. Branson, William W. Church, Walter
6. Creech. Percey E. Day, Herbert L.
Driver, Beulah M. Drew, Frances E.
Duncan, Carleton H. Eckles. Georgia I
Fawcett, Maud B. Glbbs. Jennie Gold
stein, Elsie E. Haggard, Wavio Lewellen,
Henry A. Menges. John W. Miller, Nettie
J. Miller. William E. Murphy, Laura L.
McDonald, M. Maud O'Brien, Leone F.
P. Rlchey, Ray J. Rowe, Geneva R.
Rhoades, Howard R. Smith, Ethel L.
Snyder, Annie E. Stanford, Docia V. WI1
llts. May I. Woods. Ida Wyss.
Entitled to certificates Agnes Baldwin,
L. Mason Baldwin, Alice M. Bayer, Em
ma D. Bonadurer, Bertha B. Bunford,
Dorothy Buchanan, Grace S. Burton. Her
bert J. Baughman, Dorothy C. Barth,
Lottie Oallwell, Charles E. Catlow, Alice
Davis, Mert E. Dimick, Jr., Harold F.
Entriken, Clara B. Everson, Clarence M.
Eubanks, Edward A. Fegles. Michael J.
Fischer, Katy M. Goutermont, Nellie G.
Graham, Olga C. Hawkness, Maud S.
Hatfield. J. Edwin HInes, W. Robert'
Hines, Ester S. Johnson, Frank H. Keen,
William - H. Keen, John J. Kenr
nedy. Ida M. King, Bertha B. Koontz,
Charles E. Larson, Emily E. Ledrain,
Florence J. LIndell. Hilda C. Marks,
Julia P. Mickelson, Echo E. "Moak.
Lorena McSoy, Ida I McDanlel, Philip
ganization to take the blame? Do you
feel your "human responsibility" in your
work?
These are questions that each worker
in the secial field must ask himself, and
he meets this answer in the full glare
of the public verdict in the response his
work gives to the test of efficiency. It
is not enough that our motive in our
work be the desire to help, to cure, to
reform; the result must be that we have
helped, that we have cured, that we have
reformed. We must not be content to
say that a certain school is a high-grade
school whose only motive is to send out
the largest number of graduates. The
kind of work done by those graduates,
after they leave- the school, is the test
of the principal's appreciation of "mu
tual human responsibility" and the num
ber of children shown in the reports of
the Juvenile Court as sent to the Reform
School Is not the test of efficiency of its
sen-Ice, it is rather the number it keeps
out of the Reform School. That a boy
tfoea respond to probation work after a
year's effort on the part of an officer
after repeated failures. Indicates the ef
ficiency of that officer's work.
The test of the efficiency when ap
plied to rescue work among our boys and
girls Is not found in reports of ever-increasing
numbers of boys and girls
reached nor in the convictions In the
courts, but rather in the improved con
ditions which produce the boys and girls,
and the scale should be a descending one,
rather than ascending.
It Is useless to say that our penal sys
tem is founded on "mutual human re
sponsibility," when we are constantly
spending more money for the building of
jails and penitentiaries, while we have
before us at the next election the ques
tion of increasing the number of judges
instead of responding to the test of ef
ficiency by reducing the physical and
financial equipment for the protection of
society against the criminal.
The test of the basis of the work of the
Boys' and Girls' Aid Society is not In
its buildings, in their sanitary appliances,
their well-filled cupboards, the intelligence
of its officers, but in the number of boys
and girls who develop into good men and
women. The test of the work of the As
sociated Charities is not in the number
of persons to whom is given relief, but in
the number of men and women It suc
ceeds In putting back into normal rela
tions with the body politic and the
activities it initiates which raise the
standards of living In our city.
And how is our community responding
to the challenge of "mutual human re
sponsibility" in the care of the children?
In some directions nobly, in others in a
pitifiiy weak fashion. We are waking
up to the necessity for better school build
ings, we realize the need for playgrounds.
Our trades school and manual training
department indicates that our people feel
the need of a broader system. In these
Xeu, Jr., Elsie F. Otterstedt, Ormand B.
Painter, Nellie C. Perkins, Lilly E. Peter
son, W. Minnie Peterson, Grace D. Pow
ell, Floyd D. Pownder, "Rose E. Ratelle.
Delia G. Ross, Mayme Ei Smith, Carl
R. Stewart. F. Lester Stokes, Louis T.
Stengel, Jennie M. Wright. Olive L. Wil
cox, Mary Wing, Lenore M. Younger.
Class colors Crimson; Class flower
Jacqueminot rose.
KAISER DEMANDS RAISE
Says He Cannot Live on His Pres
ent Salary.
BERLIN, June 6. (Special.) The de
mand of the Kaiser for an increase of
his civil list is apt to benefit all the
government officials of the kingdom
of Prussia. It Is generally admitted
that the increase cannot be allowed
unless the salaries of all government
officials be Increased at the same time,
because the same reasons upon which
the Kaiser founded his demand apply
with equal force to the officials of the
government. According to what people
hear, the Kaiser is going to get what
he asks for, but not until an Increase
of salaries has been granted, which
will mean an added expense of ISO, 000,
000 marks annually. How the Prussian
treasury is going to provide for this
nobody seems to know at present.
The Kaiser, who contends that the
increased cost of living for his numer
ous family makes it impossible for him
to get along on his present salary, now
has an income of 15,719,296 marks, as
King of Prussia. In 1S20 the King re
ceived only 7,700,003 marks, but in
1SS8 this allowance was increased
with l.oOO.OOO marks, in 1868 with
3,000,000 marks and in 1SS9, during the
second year of the reign of the pres
ent Kaiser, with 3,503,000 marks.
TRY GALVESTON'S SCHEME
Baker City Proposes Commission
Plan of Government.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 6. (Spe
cial.) Interest in holding an election
to change the form of municipal gov
ernment to the commission plan has
been growing in Baker City for the
past few weeks, and today it is stated
by those who favor the new plan that
petitions will be circulated before long
endeavoring to obtain sufficient signa
tures to bring It to a vote.
Several prominent citizens are famil
iar with Galveston, Texas, and the
results that have been obtained with
the commission form of government
there, and they have explained it to a
sufficient number here to create an
interest. There are also a number of
Iowans here, who have watched the
Des Moines fight for the new govern
ment, ind have kept in touch with re
sults obtained.
City taxes at present are viewed by
many as burdensome, and they seem
to want a change, with the belief that
under three commissioners Baker City
will be able to economize, arid at the
same time get as good results.
Teaching Corps at Condon.
CONDON, Or., June 6. (Special.) At
a recent meeting of the School Board the
following teachers were elected for the
ensuing year: J. C. Sturgill, principal;
Miss Clara I. Irwin, vice-principal; Mrs.
J. A. Randall. Mrs. Lulu Searcy, Miss
Gertrude Brehaut, Miss Murphy and Miss
Belle Ranney.
Sni-lnc styles i.n.nan shops nt Rosenthal's
a.seba.11
RECREATION PARK
Cor. Vaughn and Twenty-fourth Sts.
LOS ANGELES
vs.
PORTLAND
June 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7.
Games begin weekdays 3:30 P. M.;
Sunday, 2:30 P. M.
Admission Bleachers, 25c; Grand
stand, 50c; Boxes, 25c extra. Chil
dren: Bleachers 10c, Grandstand 25c.
LADIES' DAY FRIDAY
Boys under 12 free to Bleachers
Wednesday.
things we show progress, but how is it
with the children of those who cannot
help themselves? Have we a good, sound
basis? Not until we discourage in every
way the exploitation of the child in spec
tacular street parades, in the factory, in
the street as peddler and newsboy, on
the stage, catering to our entertainment,
until our civilization guarantees to the
growing child the full face enjoyment of
his youth and opportunity for highest de
velopment, the basis is faulty.
We must know what is the motive In
our work, we must answer the challenge
as to Its efficiency, if we expect to have
our work enduring, if we expect It to be
worth while.
At the risk of tiring you still more I
cannot close without a plea for better
co-operation, a closer working together
of all the organizations in the city, so
that collectively we may know that we
realize this "mutual human responsi
bility." Beginning with the children there
would be harmony of action between the
schools, the Child Labor Commission, the
Juvenile Court, the Boys' and Girls" Aid
Society and the other children's organ
izations, and every teacher in the city
should feel that all the forces thus rep
resented are trying to make her work
easier and she should feel that they, are
part of the school work instead of being
outside. That It is part of her duty to
point out to these forces where their
work begins Instead of saying, "my work
ends here; what happens next is not my
concern." This applies not alone to the
teacher, hut to all the organizations.
That the Juvenile Court is supported by
the public treasury should make the bond
between It and the private organization
but the stronger, the same people sup
port all, the same children are touched
by all, we pay the taxes, we share the
griefs, the triumphs, the good results, the
evil effects. Why should there be lines
drawn, why should public officers for
get that they are part of the community,
and why should private organizations say,
"You cannot tell us what to do; we have
our own rules?"
There should be but the one rule for
all when my work ends you will take
up the burden, and when your resources
fail my work begins; what you cannot do
I may be able to do, and when my or
ganization is limited yours may be strong.
In this respect we might all copy from
the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. No
one is ever met with a refusal when ap
plying to Mr. Gardner If it is within the
possibility of his Institution. No child is
ever too dirty, too ragged, too disagree
able to be taken in; it is never so crowded
that room cannot be found for one more,
the only requisite Is that it be a child to
be cared for. This spirit of helpfulness
Is a never-failing source of comfort to
those whose work brings them in contact
with these children, showing that the
Boys' and Girls' Aid Soclety realizes its
"mutual human responsibility."
E ENDS
DASHING IRISH SOLDIER WINS
BRIDE AT LAST.
AVeds Peasant Girl in Defiance of
Friends and Church and Sets
Parish, by Earsf
DUBLIN, June 6. (Special.) With high
jinks and "divarsnun." the peasantry at
Ballinaglera, County Leitrim, have cele
brated the happy ending of an amazing
romance which has been the talk of the
countryside for months and caused more
excitement than the cattle-driving agita-
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WEEK BEGINNING
SUNDAY MATINEE JUNE 7th, 1908
THE ARMSTRONG MUSICAL COMEDY
COMPANY
PRESENT THE FUNNIEST OF MUSICAL FARCES, ENTITLED
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IN THREE
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FRIDAY EVEN'G, JUNE 12th
The Three -
"OUR
PRECEDED BY THE TRIAL SCENE FROM
We MERCHANT ef VENICE
Presented by the Students of Pacific University
Under the Direction of Professor P. Wesley Orr
The play is a modern English comedy, and when first presented in
London ran 1500 nights without a break.. The characters are striking
and distinct, and the dialogue fairly bristles with mirth-provoking
"witticisms. It is a high-class comedy and one that all will enjoy.
The students taking the principal characters are, for the most part
those who have had special training in this line of work
The trial scene from the Merchant of Venice is well known to all.
Prices: Entire lower floor, $1.00; first four rows balcony, 75c;
last ten rows balcony, 50c; gallery, 25c.
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tion. The occasion was the second wed
ding of Robert Flynn. an ex-sergej.nt-major
of cavalry, and Ann Far'relly. an
attractive peasant girl. The story of
their marriage is an extraordinary one:
When Flynn returned to his native village
after leaving the army he offered mar
riage to the Farrelly girl, and was accept
ed. This, marriage, however, was not to
the liking of Flynn's friends, who wanted
him to marry Kathleen Durkin, whom
they accused him of Jilting. The parish
priest also opposed the match and re
fused to grant a license. So Flynn prompt
ly took the girl to Enniskilleri and mar
ried her before the registrary.
This defiance of the general sentiment
inflamed the "boys" to boiling point. The
very night Flynn brought his wife home,
they broke into his cottage, seized .the
bride and carried her off to her father's
house. Since then the husband and -wife
have been kept apart by bands of armed
men who kept watch day and night.
Flynn was put under a ban by the priest
for his contempt of the rules of the Cath
olic Church by going through the civil
form of marriage, but his reverence con
sented to marry the couple on Easter Sun
day.
When Easter approached, the wedding
was postponed because it was threatened
with more violence. Kathleen Durkin
had raised a small army of supporters
and demanded compensation for her
blighted hopes. Flynn refused to pay her
anything and had to put off his wedding
for fear the ceremony would be Interfered
with. Since Easter, Flynn has had to suf
fer a renewal of the blockade, being
forced to stay on hie farm without see'
ing his wife. Sympathizing with him, a
few of the "boys had taken his side, ana
there. were frequent skirmishes between
the two factions.
After several weeks of these hostilities,
which kept the neighborhood In a fer
ment. Father King arranged to have the
wedding celebrated immediately, and so
settle the affair. Bride and bridegroom
were escorted to the church by bands of
their respective partisans, with farm tools
and mounted on ponies. When Flynn and
his bride left the church, married anew
with the blessing of Holy Church, the
rival factions "made It up" and rejoiced
together.
The wedding festivities were the most
- IT'S GREAT
OF MUSICAL COMEDY
SCENES
DON'T FORGET THE TIME
Act Comedy,
BOYS"
OFFICE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH
lively and boisterous that the district had
Known for years.
Prince a Stamp Collector.
LONDON. May 30. (Special.) Prince
Edward of Wales has inherited hU
father's enthusiasm for collecting post
age stamps, and will shortly become the
proud possessor of a large portion of
the unique collection which the Prince
of Wales has formed.
Kruse's Beach Hotel, now open. For
reservations and rates apply to J. U.
Kxuse, lessee, Gearhart Park. Or.
Heilifl Theater
14TH AND WASHINGTON STREETS
Phone Main 1 and "A" 1122.
TONIGHT, 8:15
AND HIS
Big-Minstrels
Prices, 50c, 75c, $1, $1.50
SEAT SALE AT THEATER
VAUDEVILLE DE LUXE
Wek Beginning
Monday. June 8
A Bright Vaudeville
Bill Headed by
The Noted Eastern Stars,
Gleesons & Houlihan
Potpourri of Song and Dance,
with some Bright Comedy.
Special Added Attraction,
Miss Franklyn Gale
& Company
Presenting a Dramatic Sketch,
entitled,
"THE SEAMSTRESS"
Frank E. McNish and
Thos. J. Penfold
Comedy Singing, Talking and
Dancing Act.
Leon and Adeline
Lady Juggler and House
Wrecker.
Georgie O'Ramey
Singing Comedienne.
Sheehan and Monohan
Novelty Musical and Singing
Act.
Fred G. Bauer
Portland's Popular Balladist,
rendering the Latest Success.
F. F. Montressa
The I. A. T. S. E. Expert, Ex
hibiting the Latest Thing in
Animated Pictures.
Time and Prices remain the
same.
Lew
Dockstader
Best in Vaudeville.
Presenting PANTAGES Attractions
Week Just Ending: Gotham Comedy Four, the Three Juggling Van
nans, Crawford Brothers, Del-a-phone, Yialto Duo, Bert
Lcnnon, Jean Wilson, the Biograph.
FOR THE NEW WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY
ROBERT FITZSIMMONS
Greatest of American Fighters,
- With Mrs. Fitzsimmons, in an Original Dramatic Sketch,
ii
A Mans a Man for a' That
Fitz gives his celebrated
Barnett Bros, and Miss Sylvia,
. World's greatest knock
about comedy act.
VIRDEN & DUNLAP,
"The News-Girl."
JEAN WILSON,
Illustrated Song.
Matinees every afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Nights, 7:30 and 9. No In
crease In prices. Downstairs and first six rows of first circle 25c. Re
mainder of upstairs 15c. Boxes 2Jc. Any seat at weekday matinees
FIFTEEN CENTS.
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Week Commencing Scste June 7, 1908, Today
By Clyde Fitch, author of "The Climbers," "The
Girl With the Green Eyes," "The Cowboy and the
Lady," and 47 other great American successes.
A charming story of village life in New England.
A scenic triumph throbbing with heart interest.
Bubbling with rare comedy and abounding in char
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'"Let's walk down Lovers' Lane together."
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Next Week: Howard Russell's Play "THE SWINDLER"
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WEEK COMMENCING
MONDAY
Second Week of the Famous Blunkall-Atwood Stork Company In William
Gillette's Wonderful War Drama.
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Matinees Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday, Sunday; Prices 10c and 20c.
Every Evening at 8:30; Prices 10c and 20c.
Moving Pictures Between the Acts.
Next Week "THE GENTLEMAN ' CRACKSMAN."
THE
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12 P. M.
SWINGS, PLAYHOUSES. PICNIC TABLES, SHELTERED
LUNCH PLACES FOR CHILDREN AND LADIES
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Toilny at 2t
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With His
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Band of Ten Pieces
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF
"WHITE AND GOLD"
Something Original Something New Six Soloists.
Free, comfortable seats for 2500 people in the new Airdome.
Tonight at 8:30 o'clock,
"JAKEY, MIKEY AND IKEY"
The laughing Weber-Field musical farce, with Allen Curtis, Charles
Figg, Marguerite La Ponte, Winifred Green and big
cast of Singing and Dancing Beauties.
Nothing but
clean, wholesome,
refined entertain
ment in Park.
Monday Night,
"The Girl."
SCENIC MILL
FIGURE EIGHT
NEW CHUTES
Visit the Baby Incubator and see the babies. Wanda, the Seeress.
Hi-Ki, and his Zulus. The Centodeon, with its world of novelties.
Giggle House. Electrical Baseball. Roly-poly. Snake Show.
"FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM ALDER STREET"
In certain towns in Germany householders
are. compelled by law to sort out their
house dust. They have to provide three re
ceptacles one for ashes and S'veepfnKs, on
for cooking refuse, and one for rags and
paper. The rubbish Is utilized by the town
authorities.
J. A. JOHNSON, Resident Mgr.
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bag-punching exhibition during the act.
DELIA STACEY,
Fascinating Soubrette,
late of Burgomaster Com
pany. CHINK BROWN,
Impersonator.
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JUNE S
THE ENEMY"
Production of the Season.
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'THE TICKLER'
The Great
Laughmaker.
r-.i ?ure.r rP" o the British
CoioniHl office the resident of Borgu pro -
T1"- e"" t"t the chief
Kokafu. Is said to have tearhed the see
of 20.-,, while his ,on did not die uutll ha
was is,. The latter visited Sokoto not many