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OM.:-: CLUBS- saaragj -WOMEN'.WQRIC . I
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Before this department again- greetn
Its readers the. Christmas chimes will
have run,. the Christmas anthems will
have been sung, ''the old year will lie
-dying," and the only thing with real
life in it will be the intention to make
"new resolutions," which will so com-
. pletely transform us that ere another
year rolls around we will have become
such angelic creatures that we will not
recognize ourselves provided they are
. carried out, ."Ah, there's the rub" pro
vided. i
' The old saw, Tls better to have loved
and lost, than never to have loved at
all," la often quoted and made to ap
ply to resolutions, but it is a perversion
of a good old sentiment, for it is not
better- to have ''resoluted" and broken
, the resolution than hot to have made it.
"Wa -have weakened our character and
self-respect, to have become conscious'
of a fault, 'and then not shown our
self strong enough to overcome it, hence
the "resolution" Is better not made.
. Not that we are not better for having
found, our weakness, but worse because
each time we break our vow we become
more callous and less tender in, our
consciousness of It. . v ' i
. The trouble seems - in all cases of
broken resolutions that we determined
to do on New Xear,B what it takes
years, and some times a life time, to
accomplish, the "turning over of a new
leaf." We have lived tor' years and
years to ourselves,' . pursuing our -own
pleasures, making life possibly uncom-
, fortable for all those ; around'us; we
hold pur purse strings so tight that
' nothing but our own wants and desires
are ever able to open them, while our
own comfort and pleasure is paramount
to every other object in life. The seam
stress, the cook, the shop , girl are but
' so many peg la' our gam of soli
taire. . But as the year draws to a, close, we
, see the Christmas cheer, the love, .the
Joy of giving, while the very air' is
resonant with the spirit of "Peace on
.earth, good will to men'and we are
impressed. The selfishness, the shal
lowness of our Own life is borne to us,
probably by the voices of the little
.' children -chanting ' their Christmas
carols and- we resolve that on New
Tear's day we will become a philan
' thropist s ' 1 'zyu
At the end of the week the old de
sires, the old longings are tugging at
our heart string; the strain is too great,
and in the whirl-of everyday common
. places the resolution vanlshesJlke mist
before the noonday sun. .
The next, year the question comes
"What's the Usef We know we won't
keep . the resolution, and the 'latter
state of that man is worse than the
first." It is in the discouragement that
, broken resolutions bring that the harm
lies rather than in the making of them.
Perhaps if the impulse to do better
had been confined to Just one person or
thing? just a determination to make one
child happy throughout the year, or to
visit one sick woman less fortunate in
her social position than yourself, or the
giving of just one aim, the better im
pulse would have flourished.
Taour fellow club women let us say
as the new year opens, "don't make
a-reat resolutions.". Let us first think
of where, as members, wo are lacking
in the little things that go so far to
ward causing joy or sadness among us,
and as clubs and organizations let us
j only try to bring about at harmony upon
which the. Christmas bells of another
' year may find no cause to Jar. Let us.
in all our endeavors, try to substitute
the word 'helpfulness for antagonism.
." Without, resolutions' let us keep ia our
Hearts t the, tnougnt: r
"So many gods,' so many creeds:
Bo many ways that' wind and wind.
While all this poor world needs
Is to love God and be kind." .
A JTOTABL SETOXVnO.
' In an Associated Press dispatch has
come the information- that James if.
Norman, United States ' consul-general
at Munich. Germany, has notified the
tate department that the University of
Munich has opened its doors to women.
He says: ,- ' ' ' .
"Heretofore no women -were permit
ted to matriculate in the German uni
versity. In several of them women havo
been permitted to attend lectures, and
have been permitted to take their de
grees on examination by and with the
..-. tA fnfu1Ha onnnerned."
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This information brings forcibly to
odr notice a semi-cenienniai ;nai nas
just been quietly, but with heartfelt
thanksgiving, celebrated in New York
Just 60 years ago two sisters Elisa
beth and Emily Blackwell after dlffl
kiI hm t this little soan to
realise, had obtained medical educations
and went to New xoric to locate, inej
were promptly refused admission to all
dispensaries in the . city, and it was
even with difficulty they were able to
obtain a respectable boarding-house that
would allow them to bang out their
.v.t...i , with tha aid of a. few friends.
' Dr. Elisabeth was able to open a smull
dispensary for women and children in
a room near Tompkins square. ..
T waa mm AmVtttlnilfa ftrhflmi for a
single woman with the world against
her, 150 n casit peine ,au ner wurjui
possessions. - Standing firmly by tho
k,u tniinwtnr nurnnaes: (1) To rive
poor women a chance to consult physi
cians of their own sex: (2) to give wo
men students of medicine the advantage
of hospital instruction; (8) to form a
school for instruction In nursing and
the laws of health. : '"
Dr. Blackwell's poverty alone pre
vented her forestalls: Johns Hopkins
hospital in establishing the fact that
medical education ; must be based, on
clinical instruction in hospital wards.
Dr. Blackwell had been a warm per
sonal friend of Florence Nightingale,
and had from her Imbibed the idea that
there were great possibilities in sclen
.tlflo nursing, though a that time there
was no such thing as a school or train
ing for nurses. , -
On the smallest scale possible, three
years later, the dispensary was prosper
ous enough to' open a medical school
for women, in the Indoor hospital de
partment. In this work Dr. Blackwell
had the assistance, as instructors, of her
sister Emily and M. E., Zackrsewska,
who not only trained young women in
" nursing, but , taught them to Instruct
mothers how to care for their children
and their homes.
i Truly, this was greater than the pro
fession, reaching to t he fountain head of
highest ideals and adding a nflbtlity and
humanity never before introduced Into
the, practice of medicine. :;' v
A few advanced' physicians, among
them being Dr. Holmes, had advocated
the Idea of preventive medicine, and
urged the. importance of hygiene, but
it had never been insisted upon until it
was strenuously worked- for and t re
quired by these women. ' ', ' w -
This little . hospital . made slow ad-
vance, as the. question of means to
maintain it was ever uppermost, and It
"never has received the recognition which
would" have put it upon . Sure financial
" footing. ?Dr. Blackwell herself received
scant recognition by her professional
brothers until the civil war, when the
t necessity for the trained nurse became
- so apparent that many of the leading
, physicians of the city gladly availed
themselves of the invitation to lecture
' to' the nurses in th parlor of tha hos
pital; Zt 1$ rarely, inoeeu, mat in our
Ilfetime such seed Is brought to its full
fruition, but in this case both Dr. Black
well and her sister have lived to see
their little dispensary grow into the
New Tork Infirmary for Women and
Children,- with a dally average attend
ance, last year, of .155. :
The out-practice of the Infirmary Dw
Blackwell considers the most interest
ing part of the work. sFor more than
20 years this has been In charge or Dr.
Annie 8. Daniels, a graduate of the
infirmary. ' She now has two assistants,
and last year the three made 11,879 vis
its among the homes of the humble,
where the infirmary has its strongest
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Dr. Daniels has many calls to appear
before the tenement-house commission.
the board of health and various , e-ther
boards which are maintained for the
public welfare. The peculiar character
Of her work takes her to places and
gives her opportujtlt.iea.AOt afforded any
public officer, j ;" . -
Only several days ago she found in
a place that bore the board of health
notice two women making trousers in
the, same house with three cases of ma
lignant scarlet fever, two of them being
in the same ' room wher6Vthe; aewing
was being done. : - i: '.:-:.-..
Dr. Daniels has complied . vaiuaDie
statistics in regard to itenement-houses,
contagious and infectious diseases, man
ufacturing in living rooms, child labor
in the tenements, reasons given for
women and children working, averago
Incomes, means of support where no lu
come -is visible, etc, True to its original
intention, families visited still receive
instruction in the matter of hygiene and
sanitationand now,, since a System of
nurses beside Instruction nas oeen es
tablished, this branch df the work will
be more useful and more practical, .
Thu has the mustard seed of wise
endeavor grown until It has become the
great bay tree or grana accompusu
ments. There is but one "rift,withln
the lute"-the never-departing, ever-
present need of funds, xne mnrmary
has but 50,000 of the $400,000 of. an
endowment necessary to carry forward
the work, with its growing possibilities.
There is no hospital In New Tork that
takes Its place. It is necessary for the
training of women physicians, and it is
a. center of social betterment. ' In this
day of unlimited wealth, and the many
multi-millionaires, an ? inBuiuiion no
this should not be permitted -to wast-
its energies in accuraulatlnw. money to
insure its existence, i. , , . .
tsb extra woasAw.
The club women throughout the
whole country and the general federa
tion are to be congratulated upon their
official organ, "The Club Woman," pub
lished in New York- and so ably edited
by Mrs. Dore Lyon, assisted1 by such
well-known lub and newspaper women
as Miss Helen. Winslow,, Mrs., Edward
Addison Greely , and Mrs. R. Horton
Batchelor, with a state editor for each
state. Mrs. C. B. Wade, of whom ther
la no more thoroughly posted ox brighter
or more clever writer in our own state,
represents Oregon on the editorial staff.
In technique 'The . Club Woman
measures up to and beyond many of the
high priced magaxines. The pecembcr
number discusses all branches of
woman's work and has many articles of
interest entirely outside the club world.
Th work of many of- the state feder
ations and individual clubs is reported
and well worth being read by every club
woman in the state, as it can do nothing
else than inspire ber to better work in
her own club end at the same time give
new and fresh ideas and suggestions to
work upon. , ' '
A suitable Christmas poem, on a
unique and original page of engraving,
makes a very beautiful frontispiece to
the December number. -
After the editorials, which appear un
der the beading "Megaphonics," a very
handsome picture of Mrs. Burdette ac
companies an article front her bright
and facile pen. This will be of peculiar
interest to Oregon women who had the
pleasure of hearing Mrs. Burdette at
Chautauqua last summer. Many more
Interesting features might be men
tioned, but this is sufficient, or should
be, to make every club women in the
general federation see that it was to
her owrt Interest to support a magazine
which at the nominal cost of but $1 a
year brings so much that Is new and
worth reading to her. and as has been
said, the more we read of It the more we
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SCHOOLS AS SOCIAL CXHTIS.
The stir which hss been caused in the
city by the clubwomen's exposition of
the sanitary condition of the public
schools and the consequent rebellion of
the parents against those conditions IS
but the result of a meihod which is
rapidly becoming obsolete. Reference
Is made to that practice which closes the
achool buildings to all practical uae dur
ing two-thirds of the time.
A school building is in actual use but
one-third of the year. Is it business
like co allow valuable property to be idle
two-thirds of the time, when it could
be earning a profitable rate of income-
not In money, perhaps, out in actual
benefit? We find in many cities in the
East that the boards of education agree
that it is a most Unbusinesslike policy,
and have opened the schoolhouses to pa
trons that they may use. them for edu
cational and civic purposes. ; . ? .
For several years Chicago has given
her schoolhouses to the people for lec
tures, meetings and exhibitions of vari
ous sorts. In New York we find the
schoolhouses used as meeting-places and
as social centers for the community.
The idea Is raptdly gaining ground
that the school Is the property of th
people and should be used by them.
They should be free to the Use of the
people in every way that, makea for men
tal Improvement, for the betterment of
social conditions In a neighborhood, for
the betterment of the dtlsenshlp of tht
community.
To quote Miss Jane Addams on the
subject of putting our schools to this
broader Use: "Give the people of a city
a chance to bathe in community life and
a revolution In the social condition will
be brought about. Neighborhood social
centers will do much to reveal one neigh
bor to another. : The use of the school
buildings ss the headquarters for social
centers cannot ; be . too highly recom
mended." v....i
And another beloved authority, Jacob
Rlls, believes that the school assembly
halls should be used as meeting-places
for workingmen's clubs. , Under present
conditions we find our school .buildings
closed and dark, , while two or three
blocks away is a brilliantly lighted
saloon, with a hall over it utilised as a
meeting-place by various organizations
made up of citlaens whose taxes help to
pay for the- darkened schoolhouse.:!-; .
' Let us look Into the plan a little more
closely; let us find out how It actually
worka; let us take . Chicago, and talk a
little while about1 bow the people re
spond to the Idea. ? - , ' x
; The Record-Herald has " for several
years given free courses of lectures in
the school buildings on Friday night's.
and the halls have been packed even on
those nights, when blizzards were raging
as only a Chicago blizzard can rage, we
find that on one night upward of 7,000
persons braved the storm to attend the
lectures at II schools. At one school
"Child Study.", was the subject, and half
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MRS. J. M. POORMAN.
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of Levis ind Clark club, Ii a social leader ot
Woodbjrn tonsil, has been pronilnently eon1
cccted with th Eastern 8tr and la the mother
of (our aoB, all members of, . tue Oregon
national guard. " : . . , ,
the audience was , made up of medical
students from an adjoining college.
At: another school ia proressur from
Rush Medical college entertained - his
audience of xsvet, -600 people with a talk
on the diseases of children. He gave
many practical hints as to the care of
children, especially in diseases of the
respiratory tract,- elaborating on the in-,
fectlous character . of catarrhal com
plaints. ; ,,.",
At another school we find an audience
of 1,000 listening to one of : Frank
Beard's talks, which he Illustrates with
his chalk. ' -
"Rome." the Eternal City," was the
Subject, of another center, while at still
another the evolution of a newspaper
was traced from the felling of the spruce
to its. delivery by the newsboy. .
throwing on the canvas the treaMresvof
th art lnsOtuta-and the French expo
sition, and the life of Abraham Lincoln
held the interest of still other audi
ences. . . ---
Could we not" devise some plan by
which we could adopt this method in
our, own , city of Portland? An opening
has been made in a small way by the
Mothers' club meetings in the school
rooms. We hear no complaints as to
the misuse or abuse of this privilege.
There are many ' of our : residents who
have traveled and , would be 'willing, I
am sure, to tell ms about the places they
have visited: there are our physicians.
who would respond; our public men, who
could talk on civic topics. Clubwomen,
get to work and agitate this question!
Let us do something for the community
that will enrich the community life; let
uar do something worth while. Had such
meetings as I nave described been held
in our school buildings, the Investiga
tion by . the committee referred to in
the beginning, of this letter would have
been unnecessary. The patrons of the
school would have come in actual ' con
tact with the sights and. smells them
selves and the remedy would have been
forthcoming long since.
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GEVXKAZ. riDEBATIOir WOBX.
In the Club Woman for this month Is a
letter from Mrs. Burdette. the first vice
president of the G. F. W. C, In this let
ter sne reiers in a pointed manner to tne
prevailing practice among club officers
of putting letters and circulars into tne
Waste-paper basket. The chairman of
the legislative committee indorses in a
most positive manner all that Mrs, Bur
dette has said, In answer to the recent
circular letter senc out from her com'
mlttee relating to Industrial topics 10
replies have been received. ' As there
were 88 letters sent out, the committee
feels justified In thinking that the other
J8 went Into the waste-paper basket.
Even if your club nas never aone any
thing along the line Indicated, it costs
but a t-cent stamp and little courtesy co
say so. Clubwomen, do answer your
letters! , Some of the; largest clubs In
the state are among the negligent ones.
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Of the clubs who have responded, we
find that but five have paid any atten
tlon to the laws of Oregon affecting
women and children.' Are we clubwomen
all so carefully protected and sheltered
In prosperous homes that we never ex
pect to appeal to the protection of the
lawT :-.-. f . i -
, Are we so lacking in sympathy that
we do not care that our less fortunate
sister is unable to obtain her rights un
der the defective laws of our state?
Are we so indifferent that we do not
feel the Injustice of our law which says
that the wife cannot dispose by will of
her home that she has earned, If her
husband, who may , be the lowest type
of drunkard, survives her? ; .
We cannot vote, but we can aid in cre
ating public sentiment and as the or
ganlzed womanhood of our state we
should lead In the agitation for better
laws for ourselves and our children.
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1 In answer to the question as to the
discussion of the Juvenile court law, defi
nite replies were received from only four
of this number. Three had considered
the tonic.:
It may be possible that all the bad
children are in Portland, but we do not
believe that this ls-the case. Oh, moth
ers, mothers! Why do you not think
of these things, and talk about them,
and study them? If your child Is cared
for, is properly guided and trained, and
will through your help grow up to be a
useful citizen, think ot the many who
fall by the way and whose future touches
the future of your child and is so closely
Identified with It ss to make or mar it.
We should have the motto of the juve
nile court bla6ned on our hearts. "It i
wiser and less expensive to save children
than to punish criminals. ' i
The Juvenile court seeks to save the
children rather than to send them fur
ther along the road to crime. Even
though your community is small, you
could put into practice many of the pre
cepts of the juvenile court and Us pro-
batlori system. '
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But one of the clubs has an Industrial
committee. The Sorosls of The Dalles
is this banner club. Sorosls is Interest
ed in the things which touch the work
ing part of our world. ; jjv i j
' Why is It that it Is so hard to get
women Interested In the vital things of
life? - We have music, art, literature.
history. Browning and Shakespeare de
partments and departments for evey
other thing but for studying the" forces
that make up this workaday world of
ours. Why is It not interesting to study
out for ourselves the reason that wom
en's wages are lower than men's wages?
That we must enact child-labor laws to
keep bur children In school and to give
them a chance to grow up Into strong
men and' women?-
Is it because we do not care, or be
cause we think our legislators are so
interested that they will take the initia
tive wlthout"any help from us?
gome of tne letters received indicate
that In the opinion of the club there is
no necessity for undertaking any such
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To this assertion we can return but
one answer. That is that in so lar as
we partake of the benefits of society at
large, or of our community, just in such
proportion . should, we assume its bur
dens. rv-g;r'r-;;.'.--trr
That we have on our statute-hooks
any law of protection of any description
whatever argues that ttiere was first a
necessity for that law. ' But before the
law came first the indifference of a pub
lic which allowed a bad thing to grow
until it needed a law for its suppres
sion. And to that indifference or apathy
-call it what you will we owe the In
justice and the cruel conditions which
obtain in our . Industrial- world today; '
We would, need no. laws if public opln-
Ion were strong enough to condemn, and
If we would but rouse ourselves to ex
pression. And In no place can a wom
an's club make : Its influence felt; so
quickly as in a small community. 5
Should any club In the state desire ma-.
MRS: CORINNE BARTON GILL.
Secretary Woodbirn Lewis and Clark
Mra. Gill la th dauchter of the lata Clarene
Barton, one of tho heat-known newannner man
In tha eltr of Washington, D. C, Bhe ha
Inherited the ready pea of ber talented fatbar
and, added to ludomlUbla energy, has marked
execatlT ability.
terial for papers on Industrial topics', ap
plication to the chairman or the -legislative
committee will bring the desired
response.
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SACAJAWXA.
K well known and enthusiastic ' club
woman, one who appreciates an advant
age when it ia offered, has written ask
ing this department to suggest some
way by which towns' in the state may
raise the money apportioned them for
the Sacajawaa fund. A brief resume of
the ideas and the methods planned by
the association may simplify the matter
and assist the vice-presidents.
The basis of this endeavor Is that.
above everything else, it - shall be
woman's tribute to womanhood, as ex
emplified by the services of Sacajawea
to the Lewis and Clark expedition, and
shall be their contribution to the fair
which will commemorate the centennial
of the event. . , . :
This does not mean that women, out
of their own ? pockets, ' shall pay the
money necessary, for the erection of this
statue, but that theirs is the task of
raising it in their own way and by their
own ingenuity. .
That all women, regardless of cteed.
race, club, lodge or other affiliations
might be interested, has been the policy
of the association wherever it was pos
sible to appoint a vice-president who
was not wholly identified with any one
organization, at the same time If a
woman was eminently qualified for the
work her identify with another organ
isation was not. objected to. In short.
every.,womah, so far as the officers were
able to judge, has been selected for her
fitness, and so far no mistakes have been
made In that particular.. . V
And now as to the question in hand.
and one which comes to the. association.
in one - form or another, every day:
"How can this money be raised?" First
Have, you not In your midrit some
pioneers who might be too old to go out
to an entertainment or anything of that
kind, and yet would like to add their
mites to perpetuate the memory of the
first mother who carried her baby into
the Oregon country?. Have a little book
in your .pocket and ask them for a con
tribution, If it Is only a membership fee
of to cents., Don't fallto write their
names down when they have contributed,
that they may be on that roll of honor
when It rests within the cornerstone,
Tho vice-president of the association
might inform herself as to the number
of lodges and fraternities ' or other
organizations of women there are In her
town, and one method might be to ask
each society to contribute Its proportion.
If they consent, - leave the manner of
raising It in their hands. This would
relieve ' the , vice-president of much of
the detail work. Each member of one
Lewis and lark club pledged them
selves to earn One dollar. When It was
alt earned an "expefience meeting" was
held and an admission fee of 10 cents
charged, when each member told, for
the benefit of tho assembly, how she
earned her dollar. The novel entertain
ment drew a crowd which, later in the
evening, swelled the fund by buying re
freshments. When the treasurer counted
the ' receipts their- proportion was
doubled. ,'
A purely Indian entertainment is as
yet hew andi will lend itself to ; the
various fancies of many bright mtndav
As this is the day of Inoian curtoa any
town can get up a creditable display.
With a hall so decorated, A tepee,, a few
pretty girls in Indian costume, the pos
sibilities for a program are limitless.
In one town the Order of . Red Men
are preparing and practicing for an en
tertalnment to be given after ' Christ
mas for the benefit of the Sacajawea
fund, It is their purpose to turn the
money over to the Vice-president of their
town to help make up her proportion. In
every town vhere there is such an order
their aid should be solicited.
. The Daughters of the American Revo
lutlon might give a colonial ball; the
Relief Corps a bean-bake'supper. Every
church, society should .contribute, for
was not Sacajawea the : first t Indian
woman west of the Missouri to embraee
ChrlHtlanMv?
" And, of th club- womant' Of course
each club has some special object for
which it is working, but it has not lm
blbed the true club spirit if it does not
Step from out its beaten path to do
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' This Indian woman' embodied enough
of. the club Idea to preach a whole ser
moa on. if that were the object of this
article, which It Is not. The object Is
to suggest ways of raising the money,
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MRS. LIBBY M. MORCOM. , t
lt. Ubby M.' "aforeom, prealdent of Lewlt
and Clark club, ia also a promlueut Marrabee.
chorlatcf of Metbodlat Rularoual church and
analnua Woman'i Chrlntlaa Xeioperaaoe onion
worker in the (Late, . t
If your club has not enough money in its
treasury to give outright, more in pro
portion to lis i size . than ' any other
woman's organization in your ' town,
make it. We are not an advocate of
the dinners, suppers and bazaars so
popular in days gone by, when women
contributed twice as much In provisions,
as they would have been willing or able
to give in money, and , then exhausted
themselves physically, in order to have
a small cash balance, but there are so
many new, amusing and delightful en
tertainments to be given at such little
expenditure of time and struggle, that
no club could be, JuaUned in refusing a
liberal donation.
An autograph copy of "Tha Conqueat"
la to be given as a prize for every 810
contributed. Many amicable contests
might be Inaugurated, making this the
prizefor instance, the one in th
organization getting the most members
or greatest subscriptions to be entitled
to the prize. This prize might be
offered in the schools to every room or
child that would raise the $10. It re
quires but 100 10 -cent admissions, or 40
25-cent ones to . auy entertainment, to
pay for this prise, which ,: might be
offered in a contest over spelling, de
bating, story-telling, csndf-pulling or
anything that a prise might be contested
for. The difficulty of raising the money
It is thus seen Is not so insurmountable.
The association will be glad to fur
nish any aids at its command to assist
the vice-presidents. Booklets telling
the story of Sacajawea may be had by
applying to any officer of the associa
tion. Buttons, which are particularly
popular with the children, may be had
from Mrs. M. A. Dalton. 451 Alder
street Portland, and paid for when sold,
the town being credited with the money
thus obtained, over the actual cost ef
the buttons. The secretary will, soon
have new. matter to offer to assist in
getting up Indian entertainments or
Indian days for clubs.
la conclusion a discussion of ways
and means for raising this money and
suggestions are invited by the officers
of the association and by this depart
ment of The Journal.
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WOMAH'B CLUX.
The next regular club day, falling on
Christmas, the second monthly meeting
will be omitted and the next one win
be held on January 8. The day will
be In charge of Mrs. George Harding of
Oregon City, and will be American In
dian day. Mrs. Eva Emery Dye will
give the address of the afternoon and
several others will give short talks on
personal experiences. A number of his
torical Indian relics will be displayed.
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WOOSBTOV. ,
Verily the spirit of civic improvement
is abroad In the land, and when women
do the stunt the most cherished privi
leges' of the "oldest inhabitant" trem
ble to their foundation, and that club
women's ideas embrace the practical as
well as esthetlo side of the question
Is evidence by the flutter the Woman's
club created among the old timers in
this town last week when they sallied
forth with a petition to the city council
to shut up the cows that have been
running at large for the paat four or
five years. After securing the signa
tures of all the business men and many
of the property holders and prominent
people, the petition- was presented to
the "city dads" and by them "laid oo
the table." This cursory way of deal
ing with the matter thus balking the
desire and efforts of the women to Im
prove the appearance of their town Is
not to be tolerated, and the "cow ques
tion" is to be made an Issue in the
forthcoming municipal election.
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"SESYAVT 0 XXX, rxOBVVBM."
, the Domestic- Reform league, organ
ized by the Woman's Education and In
dustrial union, is msklng a thorough
study df the whole question of domestic
service, its work being carried on under
tha direction of the labor bureau of
Massachusetts. . A careful investigation
of the employment offices of Boston is
beinaT made at the present time ana an
effort will be made to have a woman of
education and experience appointed in
spector of these offices.
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SAHITAKT EBTSPXCTXOV.
With the thorough work being done by
the clubs of this city, ably assisted and
supported by the state and city txwrds
of health. In the matter or scnooi sani
tation, there has been an agitation felt
all along the lines. A few days sgo an
at) Pi lea tlon came to one of the commit
tees of the state federation requesting
their services In the Investigation ot
certain articles of food that were pro-
duced under unsanitary conditions. The
matter is receiving sttentlon and no
doubt this; communication will, in con
Junction with the pure food commis
sloner. bring about some much-needed
reforms. Apropos of the work. being
done - In this field, we quote from a
Massachusetts paper: "Sanitary Inspec
tion Is a new branch of work under
taken by : the food department - of the
Woman's Educational and Industrial un
Ion. The legitimate Interest of tti& pur
chasing public has already found ex
presslon, , where clothing Is concernd.
through the Consumers' league. Cer
tainly not less Vital Is It that the con
sumer should be assured that an rood
purchased is made under clean and
healthful conditions.".
The union has taken the first step in
this direction by calling into existence
a sanitary Inspector for - Its food de
partment. It is the duty or tnis omciai
to inspect the surroundings under w.iich
every consignor works, the specific
points of . Inspection, being plumbing,
llaht. air and general cleanliness, . in a
department numbering almost a hun
dred and fifty consignors. scattered-
Starting from. Boston as a center over
a" radius of some 30 miles, one can well
expect to .encounter almost one hundred
and fifty different "standards," and the
unifying value of some one person to
formulate and apply a working standard
of "clean and healthy conditions" is. very
evident.
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V WESTXXIf StrSJECTS FOPULAS. i
Mrs. Marian , A. v White, one of the
best-known lecturers of the East upon
Srt and literary subjects, and a grad
uate of the Kensington art School of
London, England, was asked recently to
give a talk - at the Northern Indiana
college at Valparaiso on that well-known
Oregon book, "The Conquest" - There
Were over 2,000 people In the assembly,
'mostly young men and women college
students; It was o enthusiastically re
ceived that Mrst: White determined to
construct a lecture from the book,' call
ing it 'The Iliad of the West" From
a repertoire consisting of sucii sub
jects as "American Art' and Artists at
Home,"' "Personal Reminiscences of
William Makeplece Thackeray," "As a
Child Saw- Gladstone" and many others
of equal merit and Interest, an eastern
Journal says: '"The Iliad jut the West'
is the most popular."
TffX rESSKATIOV BUX.LSTHT.
With the opening of -the month the
new official organ of the Massachusetts
federation makea Its bow to the pub-
lie. It Is of convenient "size, neat in
topography and filled with matter In
teresting and instructive, whether
one lives in the state or not. It is re
celving - many complimentary notices
from the club columns of the Eastern
newspapers as well as other federation
organs.' ' - '
The women of the East see this mat1
ter of club publications in its broadest
nd true light.. Anything tnat dissemin
ates club Information broadens the work
and creates an interest in It. Especially
is, this true where well-known club
women, such ss May Alden Ward and
Helen A. Whlttler are at the helm,
Experience in club work a keen sense
of the fitness of things, -a cleanness of
motive and a broadness of purpose which
rises above personality, are all requisites
to the success of such an undertaking
as the Federation Bulletin and, for
tunately, are possessed to a pronounced
degree by these women. Therefore toi
the new organ we take off our bat and
bid it bon voyage.
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FE&SOXALS.
Mrs.' Ellen Ri Miller, whose success
as a teacher or domestic science in
Seattle has -been so pleasing to her
friends in the Woman's club of fort
land, has returned to the city and will
spend three weeks with her mother at
2u8 Adams street j--
Mrs. Warren E. Thomas, president of
the' Musical club of Portland, is lo
cated for the winter at the Irving ho
tel. 26 Gramacy park. New York. Mrs.
Thomas is vice-president Of the National
Federation of Musical clubs and has
been the recipient of many attentions
from the musical and social world. In
the "Musical Gossip" of one of the New
York papers Mrs. Thomas Is spoken of
In the most complimentary manner as
an accomplished pianist. ?
The older members of . the Woman'
club were delighted to again greet Mrs.
C. W. Knowles at their laBt meeting.
Mrs, Knowles is a charter member of
the club, but her prolonged absence
from the city has kept her from the
club for several 'years, - j;-'::
A movement is said, to, be on foot to
remove the remains of the Cherokee wife
of . Gen. -8am Houston from Wilson's
rock, oh the Arkansas river, to the na
tional cemetery at Fort" Gibson and to
erect a suitable monument to ner. - uen-
eral Houston was married to Miss Rog
ers at Fort Gibson soon after his re
moval from Tennessee and his resigna
tion ' of the governorship of the state.
She has several relatives who are promi
nent among the Cherokees.
irs. Hailey of the state educational
committee reports the work being taken
up more actively by the clubs this year
than ever before. Many of the sug
gestions of ber committee were adopted
and put to practical test :, ' "
Mrs. C. A, Johns, wife of the well
known attorney, has accepted the office
of vice-president of the Statue associa
tion for Baker City.
Mrs. Hattle A. Skldmore, a promi
nent society woman and earnest club
worker, has accepted the vice-presidency
for the Statue association for Sllverton.
Mrs. Nathan Harris of the Woman's
Vegetable Pr eparationfor As
similating ttieFoodandBeMa
ting the Stoinadts ondBowcb of
Promotes Digestion-Cheerful1-ress
and Rest. Con tains neither
C)piumlorphjne norlincraLV
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A perfect Remedy for Constipa
tion , Sour S tomach. Diarrhoea
Worms .Corrvulsions.Feverish
ness and Loss OF Sleep.
Fac Sun'tle Signature of
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club- has been entertaining Mrs." S. 1
BrooKe or The Dalles;
The Reading club of Astoria was de
lightfully entertained at their last meet
ing by Mrs. J. A, Fulton.
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MB. BTKBETT OT XEITXTJCKT.
The following Is an extract received
from Mr. R T, Durrett of Louisville,
Ky., In reply to a Sacajawea booklet sent ...
him: "I think you have adopted a wise
course' in making contributions so smalt
that almost anybody -can- contribute.. If
you should find that contributions do hot
come in proportion to the smallness of
the sum you can easily ask for more. I
enclose you membership fee and shall
be glad to .contribute more whenever It
Is , found necessary. .If you can build ,
the monument, however,' by small funds, :
and thus make it a national affair, it will
be all the better." - - -
Thus is the matter being kindly re
ceived all over the United States. - .
CXXOAOO LABT COITTBZBtrTXS. r
Mrs. Edward Ayers of Chicago, ia ..
one of the out of town contributors this
week, having sent her check for 85 to
ward the statue. - ' -
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SXLTEXTOaT.
The Social Science club, with Mrs.
Lew Ames as president' and Mrs. Hattle
A. Skldmore la doing some fine club
work along civicllnea this year. Among ,
the accomplishments was to raise 8260
for a much-needed sidewalk to the cem
etery. Another most ' commendable
work has been to place 100 volumes of
good redding matter in the public school.
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COQUXLLS.
Since the removal from the city of so
many of the club members a decided
change has been necessary in the per
sonnel of the Study club. The officers
bow are: President Mrs, J. Curtis
Snook; first, second and third vice-presidents,
Mesdames Sperry, Sinclair and
Lyons, respectively; secretary? Miss
Florence Atkinson; treasurer, Mrs. 1. v.
Lau ranee; department directors-
Music, Mrs, Sperry; current topics, Mrs.
E, Boyd.
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' FE9DLETOX HEWS.
Some of the Eastern Oregon clubs will
give art exhibits early in 1904. " Many
of the readers of The Journal are fa
TnTTrerwtth the exhibits sent out by the
Horace K. Turner company of Boston.
They consist of -beautiful copies of
masterpieces, ancient and ; modern, in
sizes suitable for school room decora
tion, The Pendleton clubs gave such a
successful exhibit last spring that the,
company wished them to undertake an
other this fall, but this the clubs de
cided not to do. The opportunity now
presents usen to name nil ciuum m
entirely new pictures in February in
connection with an Itinerary, taking in
Boise. Nampa, Mountain Home, Baker
city ana Jua uranae ana r enaieton, ioi-
lowing La Grande, will obtain the pic
tures at much less expense then before.
The teachers of the public schools ara
enthusiastlo over the educational valuti
of the pictures. The club women will
manage the business, and the pupils
from the schools will furnish simple
programs during the evenings of the Ex
hibition. : '
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The Woman's club of Pendlton has
organised a class In sewing, made up of
nuDlls from the Dublic schools. There
are more applicants than can be accom
modated, and the Interest manifested
shows conclusively that manual train
ing has charms for the little fplks.
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The Thursday Afternoon club of Pen
dleton Is making for itself a warm place
in the heart of our worthy chairman of
domestic science. Home days are pop
ular in this club, and a most delightful
program was given at its last meeting,
at the home of Mrs. T. G. Hailey. Some
of the talks were on "Our Children,''
"Other People's Children." "Floors and
Rugs," "Pictures, " "The Best Maga
zines," "Furniture," "Trees for the
Home Grounds," a "Fireside Song," and
last on the program' "Home. Sweet
Home" by one of the club's sweet sing
ers. And yet, some misguided people
think that club women do not cultivate
the domestic side of life!
"Strength i and vigor come of good
food, duly digested. 'Force,' a ready-to
serve wheat and barley fond, adds no
burden, but sustains, nourishes. Invigor
ates." r3
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