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THB wife or daughter of tlie average
man who is conspicuously In the
public eye through his prominence
In politico, science, art, finance or reli
gion ea'rna a Summer vacation quite as
consistently as the head of the house
hold. For one thing, the helpmate of a
celebrity, or the daughter who presides
over his housenold. If lie be a widower,
must inevitably p'ay the hostess to a con
. siderable extent, no matter whether she
' be fond of society or not. There are
heavy demands upon her time in the
name of charity, and in mo.t instances
the volume of her daily mall and the.
magnitude of the task of replying to this
uninvited correspondence would prove a
revelation to the housewife who is ac
customed to receive letters only from
relatives and close personal friends.
Withal, there is the problem f dress,
which Is naturally most serious in the
case of a woman whose costumes are the
oblect of friendly curiosity every time
she appears in public, and H is scant
wonder that to many a woman whose
name is well known to newspaper readers,
the Ideal vacation means seclusion wliere
she can don garb that is comfortable,
without regard to the dictates of fashion.
That s-uch seclusion has Teal charms
for many of the fair sex is attested by
the number of well-known, women who
seek comparative solitude in Summer
w-hen they might with less effort be swept
Into the social whirl at Newport or Bar
Harbor. Thus we find -Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller leading the quietest possible
existence at Forest Hill, her husband's
extensive estate near Cleveland, and Miss
Anna Morgan, daughter of the financier.
Isolating herself at her father's log
"camp- in the depths of the Adirondack
forest. Our Presidential widows are
likewise fond of the simple life In Sum
mer. Mrs. Garfield spends the heated
term at her farm iat Mentor, Ohio, near
the whore of I-ake Erie; Mrs. Harrison
and her daughter take up their abode at
a forest lodge on the shore o one of the
lakes of the Fulton chain in the great
North "Woods; and Mrs. Cleveland has as
her Summer home a quaint farmhouse
in New Hampshire not so many miles
distant from the country seat of Mrs.
John Hay, widow of the late Secretary
of State.
Something of this same taste In
Summer life is manifest among many
of the women who have won fame
tnrough their own efforts, rather than
as a result of the glory reflected from
a distinguished husband or father.
Mrs. Edith Wharton, the popular nov
elist, may prefer to find her vacation
diversion ar.d. incidentally, add to her
store of literary material by mingling
with the gay throng at Lenox or else
where, but. represents a minority in
the talented sisterhood. Much more
typical is the spectacle of Miss Maude
Adams seeking rest and privacy in her
cottage in the Catskills or her farm
on Long Island; Miss Helen Gould en
joying quietude at her country place
on the Hudson; or May Irwin reveling
in the restful independence of her own
island in the St. Lawrence River. Even
the American women who spend their
Summers abroad are not all disciples
of perpetual activity. In refutation of
any such charge it is but necessary to
point to the well-nigh ideal domestic
life of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie at Skibo
Castle in Scotland.
Mrs. .Taft. wife of the President of
the Uni'ed States, has, through fortu
nate similarity of tastes, always been
enabled to make her Summer pro
gramme to a considerable extent a du
plicate of that of her husband. Where
as Mrs. Taft does not play g-olf, she
has a fall knowledge of and lively in
terest in the game, and she has always
been accustomed not only to accom
pany her husband to the golf links, but
also to tramp over the course with
him. This Summer, by reason of
somewhat Impaired health, Mrs. Taft
will be compelled to restrict her out
door diversions largely to motoring, of
which she has grown very fond, with
an occasional interlude in the form of
a yachting excursion. Mrs. Taft had
anticipated no end of enjoyment in
piloting her own electric runabout,
which she purchased last Spring, but
has been compelled for the time be
ing to turn this natty car over to her
daughter, Helen, in whose affections
tt shares a place with tennis and
horseback riding.
Mrs. James S. Sherman spends the
Summer at Utica, N. T., largely under
the domination of a couple of pretty
a-randchildren who live near enough
to the Sherman homestead to enable
them to spend most of their time on
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garden, which, next to these Imperious
young-sters. Is- Mrs. Sherman's especial
fad. Mrs. Sherman has the benefit of
change, but -she does not get much
real rest In Summer unless she ao
companies her husband on one of his
occasional . triDS to the St. Lawrence
River or the fastnesses of the Adlroj!
dacks. The explanation is found In
the fact that Utica. N. T., in Summer
Is a mighty sociable place partly be
cause it is at this season the scene of
a prolonged homecoming festival for
such , members of the old families as
have settled in other communities.
Naturally there Is no end of entertain
ing, and the Shermans, who number
among their personal acquaintances a
large share of the population of their
home city, are ever in the thick of It.
However. Mrs. Sherman does endeavor
to reserve time for a dally motor ride,
often taking her husband to the golf
links, or mayhap to the local baseball
park.
Mrs. Philander C. Knox, wife of the
Secretary of State, is spending the
present Summer In Europe, but usual
ly she passes the vacation season at
Valley Forge Farm, the premier's
splendid country seat and stock farm,
The Knox establishment does not com
pare with some of its neighbors in the
environs of Philadelphia as a "show
place," but it is an Ideal rural abode
i vehicle f-r comfort and enjoy
ment, and with facilities for every out
door pastime. Most of the other wo
men of the Presidential Cabinet circle
seem partial to New England as a
Summer place of residence. Mrs, Mey
er, wife of the Secretary of the Navy,
presides over a very attractive coun
try home on the "North Shore," iwar
Hamilton, Mass. a large frame house
set in extensive grounds and com
manding magnificent views. Mrs. Na
gel. wife of the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, is mistress of a
good-sized "cottage" near Marlon,
Mass. a vacation community that has
been much favored by "lions" of the
artistic-literary set, such as Richard
Harding Davis and Ethel Barrymore.
A feature of the Nagel estate is a spa
clous boathouse with a complete equip
ment of canoes, rowboats and sailing
craft.
' While on tne subject of New Eng
land as a Summer mecca for women of
note, it may be mentioned that Mrs.
Peary, wife of the Arctic explorer, is
enthusiastically loyal to this section.
While her husband is away on his per
sistent quest for the North Pole, Mrs.
Peary spends most of the time with
her young children on an island In
Casco Bay, near Portland, Me. Other
conspicuous devotees of the Maine
coast include Mrs. Thomas Nelson
Page, who with her literary husband
spends her Summers at York Beach,
and the numerous feminine connection
of Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States Supreme Court, who have for
many years past held prolonged fam
ily reunions each Summer on the shore
not far distant from Bar Harbor. It
may be recalled, too, that a few years
ago, when Charles Dana Gibson, the
artist, was studying painting in oils
abroad, his wife declared that there
was no European resort to compare
with their own little nook on the
Maine coast, and so the family came
back to spend their Summers at Squir
rel Island.
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There- are a few prominent women who
must subordinate their references In the
matter of a Summer place of residence to
the exigencies of their husbands' inter
ests. Conspicuous among these are the
wives of the foreign diplomats stationed
in this country as the accredited agents
of leading world powers. , Thus we find
the major portion of this foreign contin
gent settled this season on the north
shore of Massachusetts in order to be In
close proximity to the "Summer White
House," although It is suspected that a
number of them would prefer other lo
calities. One foreigner who does not fol
low popular fashion - In this matter is
Madame Takahlra, the-.Americanized wife
of the Japanese Ambassador, who when
in this country spends her Summers in
the Blue Ridge Mountains. Mrs. Bryce,
wife of the British Ambassador, Is like
wise Independent, and her Summers here
are spent In the upland of New Hamp
shire, regardless of where the rest of the
diplomatic corps foregathers. Another
prominent woman wtio displays independ
ence of taste in her choice of a place for
a Summer outing is Mrs. Dewey, wife of
the Admiral of the Navy. Mrs. Dewey Is
likewise fond of the Blue Ridge, but some
of her vacations are spent at Saratoga
and the Hot Springs of Virginia.
The action of Mrs. Whltelaw Reld. wife j
of the United States Ambassador to
Great Britain, in forsaking one of the
most attractive country seats in England
in order to return to America and spend ,
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the vacation season at Canip'Wild Air,
in the Adirondaks, conveys a hint of the
fascination of a region of woods and
waters that is. 'all-potent for those who
have fallen under the. spell iof Its mag
netism. Mrs. Reid has as fellow-campers
In the wilderness of Northern New York
such well-known women as "Mrs. .Collis
P. Huntington, widow of the railroad
builder; Mrs. Piatt, .Mrs. William K.
Townsend, Mrs. Seward Webb, and sev
eral of the ' women of the 'Vanderbilt
LADIES OF THE MACCABEES TO HOLD
IMPORTANT SESSION HERE THIS WEEK
All Subordinate Hives in This Territory Will Gather to Welcome Leading National and State Workers Pro-
' grame of the Convention. .
THE Summer months have welcomed
many visitors to Portland In con
ventions, both religious -and fra
ternal. During the coming week, on Au
ust 24, the subordinate' hives of ' the
Ladies of the Maccabees of the .World,
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clan.1 Mrs. Victor Herbert, wife of the
musical composer, has an attractive rus
tic cottage on Lake Placid, where she
spends her Summers while her talented
husband is busy with rehearsals, and
near at hand is the island camp that
was for so many years the Summer re
treat of Bishop Potter and his house
hold. Mrs. Hughes, wife of the Governor
of New York, counts as the most en
joyable of the year the few weeks each
Summer that she spends with her hus-
of Portland, and suburbs, will hold' a one
day convention for' the . purpose . of or
ganizing what shall be - known as the
Portland and ivlcinity Maccabee rally to
be held annually hereafter.
The convention, -which will -consist of
AUGUST 22, 1903.
Jiand and family at a rustic cabin on the
shore of Upper Saranac Lake, little more
than a stone's throw from the wilderness
cottage where the late Grover Cleveland
and hi bride spent their honeymoon.
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton has written some
of her best novels in the solitude of an
Adirondack camp, and the talented
daughter of Mark Twain has worked
with her father during more than one
active Summer fr the wilderness." When
J. Pierpont Morgan is in Europe in Sum
auly elected representatives from each
hive, will meet in. the I. O. O. F. Hall,
East Sixth and East Alder streets, and
will be called to - order - by Oregon's
neputy state commander. Alice Porges. at
10 A. M. Merning session will be devoted
mer his wife can almost invariably be
found at Camp Uncas, on Mohegan Lake,
which is but a few miles as the crow
flies from Kamp Kill Kare. on the shore
of Lake Kora. where Mrs. Timothy
Woodruff holds court over numerous
house parties.
There are not a few women whose fond
ness for some favorite outdoor sport
serves in Itself to niap out their Summer
programme sending them to the localities
where the chosen form of athletics may
best be enjoyed. By way of illustration
there, might be cited the hold which golf
exerts upon Miss Marlon Oliver, daughter
of the Assistant Secretary of War. and
upon Miss Frances Grtscom, the sister of
Llovd Griscom. who as United States Am
bassador to Italy so distinguished him
self during the relief work in connection
with the recent earthquake. The former
of these young ladies is an aspirant for
the golf championship of the United
L to organization work and exemplification
I of initiatory work by officers and guards
rr (linn Fiinhnrh HIvp Nti. 24. In initi
ating a class of candidates. From 12
to 1:30 P. M. luncheon will be served
by ladles of Hive No. 24.
The afternoon business session will be
called at 1:45. at which will be heard
reports from all committees, introduction
of -prominent workers and speakers of the
order, Minnte Aydelotte. supreme chap
lain: Mrs. Alice B. Locke, deputy state
commander of Colorado: Mrs. Nellie H.
Lambson. deputy state commander of
Washington, and Mrs. Alice Porges.
deputy state commander of Oregon, who
will give synopses of work in their re
spective territories, followed by memorial
services for deceased sisters and general
business pertaining to the order's welfare.
Business sessions - will be for members
of the Ladies of the Maccabees only.
In the evening a reception will be held,
to which the public- Is Invited. An ex
cellent literary and musical programme
has been prepared, after which the guard
teams of Golden Rule Hive, No. IV, and
Queen Elizabeth, No. 24, will drill in com
petition for a trophy. Captain Ander
son's uniform rank, from Tent No. 1,
Knights of the Maccabees, have kindly
consented to put on the same drill en
tered in competition at the Seattle fair
on Maccabee day, August 19.
The foundation of the Maccabees has
for its basic principles the history of the
ancient maceabees, because the Tecords
of this Jewish people are the first in his
tory that tell of money being placed In
a " common treasury to provide for the
maimed, the aged and the widows' and or
phans of their fallen comrades In the
msny battles fought 1n defense of their
country and their religion. Though sur
rounded by wicked and idolatrous nations
they had ever worshiped a God who had
taught them to be merciful. Just, truth
ful and to obey his commandments.
Though these wicked and perverse na
tions far exceeded in numbers, the Mac
cabees, ' by reason of their valor "- and
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States and the latter has already been a
title holder. Similarly, it 16 suspected that
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Loiurwortli would go
in for aeronautics did not her husband
rather frown on her ambitions for sky
sailing. Miss Katherine Klkins. daughter
of the Senator from West Virginia. Is cor
respondingly zealous as a horsewoman
and has been known to give up an entire
season to attending one open-air horse
show after another, usually as an entrant
in the classes for ladles' hunters. 3h
has a worthy rival In Mrs. Allen Potts,
perhaps ' the most accomplished horse
woman in America, and whoso interest
extends to the maintenance of a stork
farm in the bhe grass region of Virginia,
where. 125 thoroughbreds may frequently
he seen In pasture at one time. Mrs. Pott
Sf, the sister of the daring authoress who
Is better known to the reading public by x
her maiden name, Amelle Rives, than" by
the title of Princess, brought to her by
her Russian husband.
courage, usually succeeded and were vic
torious In battle and their history is full
of dfeds of suffering and untiring zeal
In devotion to their cause, till finally
victory crowned their efforts and with a
few followers they inspired the people to
independence and built a nation.
As an organization, the Knights of
the Maccabees of the present day have
adopted this beautiful piece of history of
the ancient Maccabees as a foundation
for their ritualistic work in honor of
Judas Maccabeus, the brave general who
led these people in defense of the Chris
tian faith and made provision for the
widows and orphans of those who fell
by the wayside.
The order of the supreme tent was es
tablished in Ixmdon, Ontario, in 1S7S and
in 1SS1 reorganized.
The order of the Ladies of the Mac
cabees, with supreme officers at Port
Huron. Mich., though an auxiliary branch,
is exclusively a ladles' organization,
founded by women and its vast business
is handled by women alone, for this or
der, like the Maccabees, has been re
markably successful, and well exemplified
Its motto, "Ad Astra Per Aspera ' "To
the Stars Though Difficulties" since - It
has grown in the 17 years since organiza
tion from 1 to 27.V) subordinte hives In
54 states, territories and provinces and
ever preaches fraternity, progress, sta
bility, and has for its creed charity, love
ajid tenderness rather than post mortem
kindness.
Was) Oldest Homesieadrr.
Perry G. Hibbard, who died at Gate,.
Or., August 12. was a native of New
York, having been born November 6.
1818. He came to Oregon In 1S34 and
took up a homestead and timber claim on
the Santiam River. At that time he was
the oldest homesteader on record. . He is
survived bv his wife and six children. a
follows: 'Mrs. C. E. Mitchell, Mrs. J. H.
Niedermark, Miss Eleanor Hibhard, Mis
Amy Hibbard. W. P. and R. G. Hibbard,
all of Portland.