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WOcJMEN'S CLUBS 'mm WOcTWEN'S WORilt
United cAction for
Legislative. Campaign
It Is In no spirit of fault-finding or
' everi criticism that we again call atten
tion to the action of the atate federa
tion at Astoria last June, but that -cer
tain matters mar receive the attention
of the clubs, now that the real work of
the winter has begun, and that Intelli
gent discussion may be had, thereby e-
- ., ourinr opinions ana arriving at conciu-
Ions which should govern the delegates
- at the next annual convention.
We a (fa In 'quote a recommendation of
- the legislative committee and the action
taken: -V;--"- -"V-.';v.
- "Second -We recommend that, a com
mittee h annnlnted to look nn averv
board of control where women and chil
dren are detained or kept, To select at
least one suitable woman for avery such
board and present her name at the next
i convention for Indorsement, and that
. these recommendations and. requests be
forwarded, to the governor through the
legislative committee before the next
session of the legislature."
First clause" only adopted.)
1 Again we would prefer to believe this
' action was taken without due considera
tion, rather . than .from indifference,
When we say "without due considera
tion, " we mean without a proper knowl
edge of the laws, of the state. So far as
it went, the adoption Was all right, but
.' It did not go far enough.; Born differ-
1 ence of opinion exists; as to the legality
of appointing women on Certain boards
' of the state, and keeping on the safe
side end it Is safe so long as women
are -net-ypters and Correspondingly use
lessthe appointing powers have per-
- sistently set aside the claims women
have made for such, positions, and men
i have been . named to nil them. Occa-
slonally some gross Immorality or re
volting conditions pome to light, as was
1 the case In one of our penal institutions
last year, and it requires an act of the
legislature to exact decency.
If there is a state school, penal or
charitable Institution In the state where
' 'a woman on the board would be an In
fringement of the laws or constitution
of the state, it Is the business of the
State Federation of Women's clubs to
make haste to remedy it First make it
possible and unquestionably legal to
place women there. This was undoubt-
t cdly the intent of the first clause of the
committee's recommendation, for we
, speak with authority when we say they
' were cognisant or mis pretenaea im
pediment to commissioning - women to
state positions,, and It was .not done
. through "ignorance ' of civil govern
ment," as was rather amusingly charged
when the recommendation was under ;
i fire. It is gratifying, however, to know
this clause was adopted and we shall
hope to hear from the committee, which
lias undoubtedly been appointed, what '
boards the legislative committee will j
I have to pay their- respects tor-, -
Before leaving this clause, we should
, like to quote for the benefit of those
" who fear the two rapid advance or radl
" cal work of. women; what one club
' sisters of Michigan- think on this very
-: subject.- Quoted from last legislative
. committee report):
"The decision of the committee, after
. due deliberation, was to specialise In Its
t efforts along the line of the so-called
venerable bill which would make oom
, pulsory the placing of a proportionate
" number of, women on the boards of con
trol of state Institutions where women
- and children are detained. .;-
"The .bill was drafted, Introduced by
' Representative Dennis of Lake City,
and, . after preliminary -bearings In com
i mi t tee, was passed In the house by (3
. .votes in what a, Detroit paper said was
a 'rush of gallantry in which gush, good
sense and sentimentallsm were emptied
1- out upon the' house In large globules,' -
rOXESTXY CLUB.
The regulsr monthly meeting was held
at the home of Mrs. Rose Hoyt, Tuesday.
The business before the club was the
revision of the constitution which was
but partially accomplished at the De
cember meeting. It was referred back
to the committee and will probably be
-completed- it-ths-February meeting. ;
communication was read from the City
Federation committee on school lectures,
asking the endorsement of the Forestry
club of a plan which Is being agitated
to open the school buildings for neigh
borhood assembly and lecture purposes,
as well as reading rooms. While not a
member of the City Federation the matter-received
the hearty approval of the
club and the secretary was instructed
to put the endorsement in writing and
send it to' the chairman of the school
lecture committee. A communication
was ordered sent to Professor Sheldon
putting the services of the club at his
disposal-, 4n his work for the exposi
tion, c " . .. . .
The president turned over some valu
able ' publications that had been sent
from the bureau of forestry of Washing
ton, TD. C for the use of the club. One
of these Forestry Primer was decided
upon as the most available for the pres
ent use of the club, and from which the
secretary read several valuable chap
ters, whlph. called forth many enter
taining and instructive talks from the
members. At the conclusion of the time
allotted for the . program the hostess
served dainty refreshments. This has
been a social feature of the club since
Us organisation, and while objected to
on some grounds, has always added, to
the goodfellowshlp and popularity of the
club. The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Ogden,.
CLUB sossa.
That the fame of Portland has gone
abroad as the "Rose City" is certain,
but no more assured than that the club
'women 'of the city are taking an active
hand in it That the clubs of the cltyt
through the city federation of which
Mrs. Hoyt Is president, should line a
whole street, and both sides of the
street, with roses, seems Incredible to
people outside the "rose belt," snd by
those within, the plan has been pro
nounced original, but the possibility has
"been so apparent that the spirit of emu-iatlon-has
been -aroused. : Mrs. Hoyt is
dally In receipt of letters of inquiry -regarding
ways, means and methods of
accomplishing it -One- ambitious town
tof Washington that is Just cutting its
eyeteeth and wanting to assume city
airs, writes that they, too, Intend to be
the "Hose City," but very meekly asks
"how Portland raised the money? Whore
they got the roses? How grown?" and
other questions ad infinitum and the
writer was a man! Mrs. Hoyt patiently
answers the questions and the good
work goes on. - .
ThurmaA street work is nearlng com
Vletlon and the rosea are of such slse
end have been planted With such care
that the coming summer will see a re
turn n the promise of perfection the
next year, ,
' IHB DAU.XS..
At the last meeting of Porosis the
lhrt of the publlti schools were the
guKt nt the club, and a highly Inter--tlng
and entertaining afternoon was
""In the senate the bill was asphyxi
ated by the committee on state affairs,
composed of Senators Kelly, Smith and
Doherty. ; -.
'The conclusion of your committee Is,
that if this highly desirable law. is to
be enacted by the, next legislature If
Michigan women really desire the ulti
mate success of this measure, which
for successive . years they , have in
structed their legislative committee to
ask for, they must begin to work now.
"Before senators and representatives
are even nominated. It is very essential
that club women look up the record of
the various candidates In their districts,
ana satisfy themselves as to their posi
tion regarding women 'upon boards of
control of state Institutions. 4Plnd Out
how they voted last year. Information
will be gladly furnished by members of
this committee. Then strive td create
a sufficient public sentiment In yourown
locality to ; dereat, at the party caucus,
any nominee known to' oppose women
representatives upon boards of control."
The Oregon committee In on direction
simply went a step farther and advised
a measure which would not render abor
tive the law after It was enacted, and
tried to spike any .political guns that
might be leveled towards the position,
Women are accused, and -quite Justly
sometimes, of wire pulling for position
in their club work, but when it Is remem
bered that among the officers of an or
ganisation of nearly a, million women
there is not one salaried position,-and
It 1 a notable exception when any officer
in the thousands of individual clubs
draws pay" for her services, it Is cer
tainly not a, mercenary spirit Which
prompts her to-"touch the wire." The
very nature of woman and .the character
of her club work would guarantee that
if a body of women, most of them having
attained mature years, and being
mothers and wives, should decide, or the
majority decide, that some one of their
number was a qualified person to go on a
board of control no mistake would be
made in her fitness, and the state bet
ter served toy her having been named.
' The indeflnlteness of women's desires,
the dread lest they may be accused of
some obscure motive by advancing one
particular woman, has wrecked the
chances of woman's representation on
more than one commission, in our own
state a few years ago a woman lost her
chance of occupying a place on one of
the most important educational boards
of the state because the claimants for
woman's recognition sent In three names
instead of combining on one. Any one
of the three would have been a most ex
cellent selection but all the organisations
interested . would not decide upon any
one, and the appointing power would not
lane the responsibility and used his nrtv
tlege by appointing all men. Had the
federation by a majority vote made a se
lection, no element of personality would
have entered in. and the oblect would
have been attained. Imagine three or
four men being pushed for a position, be
cause they were men.
Another notable case is that of a body
of Oregon women working for weeks :at
the last legislature; in order to have a
matron appointed in one of our nenal
Institutions after a most revolting case
oi immorality was brought to light, and
after its accomplishment, having not de
cided upon one woman for the place,
the daughter of the superintendent was
appointed, in this case it has proven a
most satisfactory appointment, but how
it might nave been abused is very ap
parent. . i .-,
To emphasise another legislative mat.
ter that will shortly be brought to the
notice or organised women of Oreron
we ask that you kindly make special note
of the last paragraph (of the Michigan
enjoyed. Much of the work of the state
federation along educational lines was
unfamiliar to the teachers and some
surprise wss expressed at the- interest
qlub women were taking in educational
maiicrs, ana incidentally the teachers.
Mrs. Spaulding. president of Sorosis, is
particularly auallflH in m,i, f.j...u..
- " -m - ...unv .CUVIBtlVH
matters-clear to fnoseWhd have" given
iimm nine inougnt, aa she Is a club wo
man of many years' standing as well
as having been an officer of the federa
tion almost ever since Its organisation.
She Is at present state secretary for the
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OBAVTS ASI.
- " va intj VIIMIi VI III
erature. University of Oregon, recently
ucuvnri-a a .lecture on "Koesettl," be
fore the Woman's olnh rrii
occasion of the public program of the
meraiura aepartment. The lecture was
interesting and highly appreciated. Vo
cal and instrumental musio added to
the pleasure of the evening.
New Tear's night the club held "open
nuuae in tne i. u. II. v. hall mn K
tween 7 and 10 p. m. received and en-
wnainea aoout ZOO guests. The hall
was beautifully and appropriately deco
rated, the music Vll nnA onA k. ...
freshments delicious. The club has
sdoui no active members.
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vuMumrxzui, .,
"The Artistic Male club" Is Very much
more than its name would imply, for
It has taken up fcivlo work and is en
thusiastlcally aiding and promoting the
erection of a public drinking fountain
for the town, which la vrv muh ..
A committee from the club recently
waited on the city council and obtained
permission to put it in the desired place,
A good part of the money has. already
been raised for Its- erection. This is
the kind of club work that counts
the uo and dnlnar tvntha
plishes what It undertakes. The club
ims to active memoers with a number
of honors ry.-
The offlcers lMti1 h i..t .i..
. - ' v. . n d v ncu"
tlon srei President Mrs. Rochon; vice-
prrniurm, jars. Mcuormac . secretary,
Mrs. Baylor: .corraannndlrxr
Mra Haaard; treasurer. Mrs. Hoffer. The
club writes, thanking the Oregon Daily
Journal or it club page, sayings
"It is of no small Imnnriinra tn
this woman's page, and will bring the
ciuos more in toucn with one another."
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. VZBSOVAXS.
Tha friends of Mn. r Ti iar..
- - v. .mwp, tr-
president of the Oregon state federa
tion, will be arrlevMt tn
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home being invaded by serlous and
alarming sickness.- Mrs. Wsdc has been
confined to her' bed with symptoms of
pneumonia and her husband lies so
critically ill that two physicians are in
constant attendance. ; Mr. Wade is one
of the, state commissioners to the St
Louis and Lewis and Clark expositions.
r. ,iin . Miner, wno has charge
of the Srhonl nt rinmHn mftn
the Seattle Young Woman's Christian
association, after spending, three weeks
at home, returned to her school uutles
the first of the week. ' -
Mrs. Dye informs us that Mrs. Field,
Who died in Iowa a few weeks ago, is-
lint tha laaf rilrut itun,.t ...
- - vr-rnunni. l
of the men who came to the Coast with
EDNA WOODHAM8 SNOOK.
Miss Snook was . born in Michigan, ;of
English parentage. Before her marriage
she was a teacher In the public schools
of Detroit While in . Detroit , Mrs.
Snook was an active member of the His
torical club, which was organised, in
1877. Going with her husband to Rose
burg, Or., Mrs. Snook became one .of
the most active members of the "8B
Mental Culture" club. On removing to
Coquille she at once organised 'the
Woman's Study tlub, Of" which she is
president. ; v
Mrs. Snooks first teacher was May
Wright-Sewell. i
Lewis and and Clark, but that there are
still living eight sons and daughters. -
Mrs. Warren E. . Thomas, who, has
been enjoying the New' York musical
season as well as the social, where she
has received some distinguished atten
tions, expects to return to Portland
about the 16th of this month.
Mrs. Henrietta Mundt, who spent the
holidays In Eugene with her daughter,
returned In time to assume her duties
at the ' head of the German department
of the Portland high school.'
COQtm.X.B WOXAH'S STUDY OX.VB.
A standing committee on education,
consisting of Mrs. A. J. Chase, Mrs., Al
fred Johnson and Mrs. J. Curtis Snook,
has been appointed.
At a recent conference with the
teachers of the public school, a series
of mothers' meetings was inaugurated.
At the first meetings to be held January
15, an organisation will be effected and
the value of co-operation of the school
and home from several viewpoints will
be discussed.
On Tuesday,, the 29th. : the club in
dulged In a Christmas program, consist
ing of the history, legends and customs
6f the Christmas day stories, poems and
music, and social chat over . refresh
ments. . ''::." . ' ' ,'..'':':;;.'
Photographic souvenirs- of the club
plcnlo On the beach last summer were
presented to the members.
Next week the topic for the domestic
science hour is the "Evolution of the
kitchen." , The literature hou will be
devoted to Edgar Allen Poe,
TUESDAY ATTSBBOOIT CLUB.
After several weeks' suspension over
the holiday season the club has resumed
work In earnest and very appropriately
gave the first meeting of the year to
home subjects, 'the toplo being 'Oregon
Prose .Writers." Mrs. J. D. Young told
of .the novelists , of Oregon, among them
being Mrs. Dye, Mrs. Dunlway, Mrs,
Higglnson, Mrs. Banks and Mra Baloh.
Mrs. Hayes gave a comprehensive re
view of Mrs. Dye's books. Mrs. Stalling
spoke of Oregon historians. Mrs. Pugli
of the newspaper writers.
By invitation, Mrs. Abigail. Scott
Dunlway was present and gave some
sketches of early pioneer life In Ore
gon and treated the subject in her own
original and inimitable way. Miss
Vesta Townsend read "Sacajawea,",
wWch-waa a great dellght-to-tho ladles'
present
Mrs. O. P. Jamison, accompanied by
Mra Frank Miles, sang very beautifully
"Oh. Ye Tears. Dainty refreshments
were served by the hostess, Mrs. T. 8.
Townsend, assisted by Mrs. C. Town-
send and Miss Vesta Townsend and Mrs,
Ball. A large number of members and
visitors were present.
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ABMTOCBATIO BOW.
The incoming president ofa club
who Inherits a feud Is to be pitied. Mrs.
Charles W. Fairbanks, on becoming
president-general of the D. A. R n
herlted the famous Huey-Roberts feud.
Which has divided the Pennsylvania so
ciety into two hostile camps. . Mra Fair
banks did a daring thing when she ap
pointed a committee to examine into the
merits of the feud ' and to make a spe
cial report at the next continental con
gress in 1904.
The feud began in 1898 when Miss
Balrd Huey of Philadelphia with other
members of the society formed Inde
pendence Hall chapter, against the ad
vice and wishes of the state regent,
Mrs. Thomas Roberts. Three years
later the feeling between the two cul
m Inn ted in a lively scene at a meeting
of the executive board in Washington,
Mrs. Roberts accused Miss Huey of hav
ing obtained the signatures to the chap
ter application by fraud. The charges.
It is said, were made out of all order and
In direct violation of the. rules of the
society, Not only was Mrs. Roberts al
lowed to say her say,- but Miss Huey
was not permitted to speak on her own
account at all. . Falling to get a hearing
Derore the society miss Huey sued Mrs.
Roberts for libel. Now at last the .mat
ter Is to come before the society for an
Impartial hearing. The strenuoslty of
the v. .A. R. has often been the subject
Of smiles, but it is not often that actual
quarrels of this nature have to be re
corded. . ,
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btyeot or womaw surrBAas.
Alice Stone Black well, writing an
answer to Miss McCracken's article on
the failure of woman suffrage in Colo
rado, says:, ."If equal suffrage had in
jured women's characters the ministers
would have been likely to find 'it out.
Mr. Amos R, Wells, editor of the Chris
tian Endeavor World, the organ of the
Christian Endeavor society, wrote to il&
ministers of four denominations, . resi
dent in equal suffrage states, choosing
their names at random among his sub
scribers. He asked them if , whether
equal suffrage was working well, fairly
well, or badly.- One answered that it
was working badly; three that It was
working fairly welt; and 21 others were
positive that lt was working well.
Practically all of them agreed that the
exercise of the suffrage was not cor
rupting to women. One of them men
tioned that there were some bold and
braxen schemers among the women poli
ticians, but he added: "I knew many of
them before they hail a vote. 1 They are
no better nor worse than before; nor, in
ay Judgment, are there more of them."
The Taxpayers'
Meeting J&
: .If there is any one branch of the pub
lie service In which the club women-and
Club' mothers 'are Interested, ' it is that
which deals with our publlo schools.
We may .think that out. husbands and
lathers can handle the gambling . proo
lem, or the fire department, or the po
lice although . some .of us have our
doubts but we do ' feel that. when it.
comes to. dealing with our schools, we
have opinions that are worthy of con
sldcration. We are quite agreed on one
thing, and that la that, the publlo school
service or Portland is a miserable make
shift ; What else can it he with the
"conservatlvo" policy of our t school
board. With but few buildings worthy
of the name of school, unsightly, unsani
tary to the last degree,, overcrowded,
how can we expect better results?
iiet ns consider the situation and see
whether th6resutta are- suclr as should
be expected from a 'city of the size and
wealth of Portland.
Sanitary Condition Bad. , 'r
' The sanitary condition has been so
thoroughly ventilated that any further
reference along that line is unnecessary.
One cannot help' wondering, however,
why our school directors waited to have
their work done by volunteers. Are
their duties confined solely to attending
board' meetings? Or were they so ac
customed to the sights and smells that
they, were unable to recognise the seri
ous condition of the schools in their
Charge. Would-any one of them hivo
tolerated such a state of affairs in his
own household? ; , r-
Overcrowded Schoolrooms.
In every report that the superintend
ent has given to the public for years
past he has asked for more -buildings,
more room. Instead of meeting the is
sue fairly and squarely, the authorities
have been -compromising and evading
the issue, taking on an addition here,
renting a few. rooms there, , promising
improvements somewhere else, favoring
a "conservative" policy until we find
Ourselves in the overcrowded, impover
ished condition of today.
With 46, 60 and even CO pupils to a
teacher, what can we expect but -Just
such imperfect results as we are get
ting? It is not the teacher's fault that
the parent becomes discouraged with the
progress his child is making and finally
takes him out of the publlo school and
sends him to a private school. Hevants
his child to have an education, but he
cannot give it to him in Portland's pub
llo schools. Why? Because Portland
cannot support, or does not schools
that afford facilities for a thorough edu
cation. . .' . .
Overcrowded schoolrooms, with over
worked teachers, are not conducive to
the best results. It is not our teacher's
fault that work must be taken home at
night; it is because, with the number
of scholars under her care, she cannot
give the individual attention necessary
to help the child along with its lessona
Our teachers are to be praised for the
effort they are making they are work-
lngv against r fearful- odds. Let those
bear the blame who should those who
growl at an increased tax,
Publlo Versus Private Schools.
This brings us to the question of
double taxation for educational pur
poses borne by so many of our cltlaens.
It is so much easier, So much more
comfortable, and, alas, considered to be
much - more aristocratlo - for the man
who has the means to send his children
to one of Portland's numerous private
schools, than - to get to work to try ' to
bring our publlo schools up to the same
standard. Not that there Is a higher
grade of scholarship possible in the
private than in the publlo school if con
ditions were equal. But when sanitary
conditions and overcrowded schoolrooms
make It almost worth the life of a child
for him to attend our publlo school, thi
cltlxen Is not to be blamed for choosing
the better thing, except in this, that
instead of taking the easy, shiftless way
out, be should not rest until he brings
about a better state of affairs In our
publlo schools.
Put that sum which you are paying
to the private schools into school taxes
and it will not be necessary to provoke
your groans with a levy of mills.
A publlo school education turns out
a better cltlxen than a private school
The child of the rich rubs elbows with
the child of the- poor, and In the . pro
cess there Is rubbed off much, of the
fancied superiority of the former. Class
lines are of much less consequence, and
the boy who has hsd the democratic
training of the publlo school is much
the better equipped for his battle than
the boy who knows only other boys of
ma own cjsss. r
' Palaa Standards. ' ' ' '
Unfortunately, here in Portland; 'our
private school system has laid a false
standard, which is to be deplored. Wa
find many families conserving their,,-.
sources mm uieir rnuuren may enter tne
sacred "private school" circles.. These
private school children are supposed to
of the public schools. Is this a good
thing to encourage? Is it wise to ac
centuate, even in our school children.
the power of the almighty dollar? In
in is tne parents are distinctly to blame.
ana mis can ne remedied tn two ways
First oy so improving our publlo schools
that they will stand superior to the
private school In both scholarship and
discipline ; second, to develop in our
citizens that social conscience which de
mands for the child of his neighbor the
same opportunities enjoyed by his own
child, which makes clvlo pride the domi
nant characteristic of the citizen. Not
my child, nor my private school, but our
children,, our public schools, should be
the war cry pr taxpayers.
Aid PaUlo SobooIs.
Our "conservative" citlsens are not in
favor of the increased taxation. Why
should they be? Their 'children do not
attend the public schools; they do not
come in contact with the 'Common nub-
lie" until it becomes necessary to put to
practical use tne education they have
received in private schools. And then
what happens? Much valuable time Is
wasted in remolding, their ideas, many
opportunities lost while they are busy
adjusting themselves to fit. Into the
working world in which they find them
selves. .That education is best for lis
which fits us best for our life work. And
no. life work was ever planned which
removes, one entirely from contact with
his fellows. The problem Is put before
us. Do we want to bring our schools
up to the standard? Do we prefer to
pay extra taxes, for our Jai)s and reform
schools? Do we want to go on support
ing more private schools for the fortu
nate few? Muse we listen forever to the
whining of the "conservative" cltlsen
who thinks only jof his own pocket and
not of the community welfare? , ,.
- Oregonlaa Moss. -
What process -must be lnaus-urated
by which Portland may be "made ready"
for kindergartens, for manual training
schools? ; We hear It constantly said:
"Yes, yes; those are good things, but
Portland is not vet read v : for them !'
One of the barnacles impeding the prog
ress of our beautiful city is that re
sistance to nx Innovation which Is not
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MRS. ELLA DIET? CLYMER.
Mrs. ' Clymer ? was president . of the
New York Sorosis club when it called
Its famous Convention' in 1889. out of
which grew the General Federation, of
Woman s clubs. In her address of wel
come she said "We look for unity," but
unity in diversity." . Her words Were
adopted as the motto of the federation.
evolved from the inner consciousness of
an Oregonian that fetich worship of
thlngs-Oregonian-wrhlch-admlts-of no
excellence until its shimmer Is dulled
by a layer of oar; favorite moss. We
have lived so long in our own satisfac
tion that we-have lost sight of the mov
ing world around us, v and our public
school system is the best example of our
'conservatism. "v Let , us be up and
doing! Let us say to pur children:
"The, best is none. too good for you!
The old ways were not good enough for
me, but were the best that I could get
Your .battle will be harder to fight
than mine-, it is my duty to give you
the best equipment possible."
;.. The Meeting.
May a club woman be permitted to
make a few suggestions as to the meet
ing itself? May she be. allowed to sug
gest that only taxpayers be allowed to
vote? (Memory goes back to a certain
meeting a couple of years ago when the
most noise was made by men not only
not taxpayers but who were not even
good Americans!) ' - May she also sug
gest that the important topics of the
meeting be placed before the taxpay
ers in a dignified manner and read by
a voice that can be heard by all pres
ent? ... T . ...
These suggestions may seem imperti
nent but they are borne of painful ex
perience at taxpayers' meetings.
tH feg . ;
EDUCATION IB TSB SOUTH.
If Massachusetts mm owners in the
South are fairly charged with encour
aging child labor, Massachusetts club
women are somewhat offsetting the evil
by their generous contributions to edu
cation in the rural districts of several
eoutnem states. At the last meeting
of the New England club of Boston, of
which Mrs Julia Ward Howe Is presi
dent the session was devoted to an ad
dress by Miss Mary A. Bacon of At
lanta. Qa., on "Some Phases of Life in
the South." She spoke particularly of
the rural school, describing those sup
ported by women's clubs. Many of the
mill owners. It is pleasant to hear, now
support schools and require their em
ploye to send their children, .i
BXZBTCAXi CXBCTCAB.
In the Club Woman's Magaslne for
January, Just received, la the first offi
cial announcement sent out by the local
committee appointed to take charge of
local arrangements for the coming bi
ennial, the date of which has not yet
been set but which will be held in St
Lonls, probably In June. Mrs. Philip
N. Moore is president of the local board.
The following Is a synopsis of the an
nouncement: "In presenting Jthese plans the local
board desires to extend a cordial and
hearty Invitation to the club women of
our land. To their convenience and
pleasure its earnest efforts are pledged
in loyal service. We in St Louis will
not be content with the.ususl gather
ings, With out 160,000,000 Louisiana
Purchase exposition well under way at
the convention perloa, we confidently
count on a double attraction to bring
our elub sisters In unprecedented num
bers to this, the seventh biennial. To
the exposition we owe a notable in
crease in i bur hotel accommodations,
and in the best and largest of the per
manent structures, now almost com
pleted, the biennial will have its gen
eral headquarters. ' Seventy-five rooms
for its purpose have - been secured in
Dr. a. 3. PULTOW, but can never
rradnall-r o-rowlnv wni a-
1W V :
7 Pulton to eonsnli w , A7mZn?mr r"tt x by two friends both of whom had been Vnred by
meaf.naBBVi!I-, WtoS.
WZX.X. SEBTB PATXEBTS TO HEB.
BUTTEVILLE. Or., Dec. I. 1908. v
-Dear Xoctor: I am glad to add
my testimonial to those of many '
others. It may be the means of
bringing some other poor sufferer to '
you, where he will be helped as I
have been. . .- . .,
1 I came to you On Monday morning '
walking with much difficulty by
using a cane. I really ought to
have usetd crutches. I had suffered
with ncUtlc rheumatism for about-
two yeaTs; was unable to sleep at
night for weeks at awtlme. I slept
i well after I received your first -treatment;
laid aside my cane after
the second treatment, a;d am en
tirely well after six treatments. I
start for .California tonight , well
and.happy. I will send all th peo- '
plwr find sick or ailing to you, feel-
DR. N.
Mam '4iTIm ils
Offlee hours front t to 18 and l to 5
Coppe
Donated for
Sacajawea
In November last the Sacajawea Statue
association 'received from Col. Henry
Altman of New York, but, at that time
in Helena. Mont, a notification that he
had . named a gold and ' copper ' mining
company "Sacajawea," in honor of Mrs.
Dye's Indian heroine, whom he had been
greatly interested in. Just having fin
ished reading ' "The Conquest" A few
days later a circular from. the Helena
press bureau found Its way to th'e offi
cers, of, the association which said In
part: , , ,
"The, incorporation of the 'Sacajawea
Gold and Mining, company' t marks the
first, recognition of the famous Shoshone
princess a"d -mascot of the Lewis' and
Clark expedition and connects JierJuuna
for the first time with the great mining
industry oi Montana and of , the Rocky
mountain states. This company, which
has a capital of t5.000.000 in $10 shares,
fully paid and non-assessable, will oper
ate In the immediate vicinity of Helena
The organisers, are Col. Henry Altman
of New York, president; W. J. Auson,
vice-president and secretary, and Albert
8.. Hovey , of ; Helena, treasurer, with
Col., David B. Sickles of the American
Surety company, and W, T., Lawson of
New York as trustees! ; Forty-seven
mining locations have' already been ac
quired by the company, with an area
of over 800. acres, which Is about 25
per cent of the area Intended to be em
braced by the company
Considerable development work has been
done on many of these properties and it
is stated that all ore taken out in this
district has commercial value,- while
the new Jefferson hotel on Twelfth and
Locust streets. This centrally located
house has 700 guest rooms. Its hos
pitality will be in great demand, not
only among the visiting club women,
but with exposition visitors as well; so
none but early applicants can hope to
be successful. It is within five-minutes'
walk of the Llndell. Planters' ; and
Southern hotels, in the Shopping and
business district, while several lines of
streetcars give rapid transit In from 10
to 20 minutes to the family and apart
ment hotels of the west end. near club
and social centers. All applications for
hotel or private boarding accommoda
tions should be sent as early as pos
sible to Mrs. Edward Taussig, chairman
of committee on hotels, 621 Security
building. St Louis.'" ' 'v .
The names of a number of chairmen
of committees are also given in the'
circular and some minor details,. The
circular is signed by Mrs. Charles Le
Roy Moss, chairman press committee.
CLUB ICTTTBBZB-aS. '
"Behold how great a matter a little
fire kindleth." An Idle tongue and a
willing ear have caused more heart
burnings, more ruptured friendships and
more genuine distress to sensitive na
tures than man or pen hath power to
tell. While It takes two to quarrel, It
takes no less to make life miserable for
many, and tha : tale-bearer, which is
HOYXX. XKFX.OYarEBT OP CX.EBK8.
- Prom Pearson's Weetly 'r'f
. A strange sight might have been seen
on morning a few winters ago outside
tha offices of a newspaper published n
a northern city. - :
A portly and obviously somewhat pep
pery old gentleman stood watching the
out-of-works as they eagerly scanned
the . "want" advertisements. Suddenly
he tapped three of the group on the
shoulder with his cane. -
"Stand on the edge of tha footpath
there, you three,": was all he said; and
there was something In the old gentle
man's appearance which caused them to
obey without a word.';
Other out-of-works who -came along
were lined up on the footpath in similar
fashion, until the group numbered six
men and a boy.; v
"Now," said the . gentleman curtly,
follow !(," . .
Without a word the wondering seven
followed their guide Into an old-fashioned
suite of offices In a street not a
hundred yards oft.- - , . i
Then the old gentleman made them an
address, brief, but tq the point Half
an hour ago. he said, on account of gross
disobedience, he had found it necessary
to discharge his entire staff of clerks
at ,s moment's warning. He had grown
tired, he said, of clerks who were "very
respectably connected." had "unexcep
tionable references,", and so forth, and
had come to the conclusion that he could
not be worse served than he had been
istely if he took bis whole staff out of
the street. ' . v i-(- - ;.
The upshot of the matter. Was that In
the course1 of the day each of the six
"lie Acquired the Drug ila(?it'' .
And was given drags to cure him of the habit he had aoqulrea for th as
of drags. Be died from tha effects of his treatment."
. Buf-h was the Verdict of the Jury. It was sustained in the' courts above,
when his life Insurance policy was contested.
ji'i .I7,I,oul,,:DI.?.ot?J,?CB1DriB tnat thousands of patients become ad
dicted to the drug habit adding one affliction , to another, To. one ao
, qualnted with the facts . 1 -
iIIi?".A1M!A,5I?L.t!)at ",ck Mk w,1 uke drugs'at ail. It Is only lack
of the knowledge that drugs are unnecessarythat .
DRUQLOSS DOCTORS CURB WITHOUT THEM
- .-. f -. , . , . ,, , .. ,. ,, ,,. ... - ,
oHe.ri '5,wna 5e1 "' women, who hava been cured without drugs, say
of Portland's celebrated woman. Dr. N. J. FULTON, the ' lady who haa
o'-ai,etAJir-itfur?r.'lln this Jty becausa of the wonderful recoveries she
has effected without the use of medicines or drugs of any character. And
most singular of all, most of her patients had been given up by their
physicians befora they came to her. HEAR THEIR WORDS:
WAS PBBPABEB
J o".abtb, pr Sea. 7. 1903. To PeUow Suffer era i I am .only U
ini?m!u0.4d ?iy "1 to the list of those who have been eared br
"J rds that would express my gratitude. Por two years X have been 111 and
sonaultinr and treating with mmr f t, i. ut...... i:i M5
. w""u my grautaae.
ing sure that you can cure them.'
, , Yours truly, J. KENYON.
i 'iWr, Kenyon sold hie fine farm
because of his - affllet low He
. thought he never could get well.)
' WAS SICX TWEliYB YEAB8.
; PORTLAND - Or., Dec. 2. Dear,
Doctor: I had been sick 13 years
With asthma, heart and . stomach
troubles; also had a large tumor In
my side. Had been unusually bad
all this Summer. Was not able to
go to your office for treatment at
first; was sick In bed for four weeks
before beginning treatment at your
parlors. During this time I was
. nursing myself under your direc
tion. I finally wan able to go to
your office, and after seven weeks'
treatment I am entirely welt. .
MRS MA RIB HENRIK8EN."
7 Beach Btreet. Portland. OK
J. FULTON, Naturopath
' OmCB SUTTB 30, IBWIS BUItDIHO '
' COB. PABK ABB KOBBISOB.
dally.
Statue
some ran as high as $2,000 per ton. Th
veins are-large one copper sone being
300 feet wide, and a gold-bearing vein
nearly as ; wide. '. i .,r. Colonel
Alaman, the president and moving spirit
tn this enterprise was a pioneer of Colo
rado and was active in mining and busi
ness enterprises in that state for many
years. ( , '. i-v
"For the past' five years he' has teen '
actively , engaged in Utah and , was the
founder of the Imperial and Majestic
mining and' smelting companies there
the latter widely and favorably known."
;The statue association,' never alow to
see an opportunity, entered into corre
spondence with' Colonel f Altman and
submitted for his kind consideration the
JhameJjmudfiat nroposltlon-ihatlha-i'SacaJawea'-'
mine , shouldi furnish copper , . for the
statue to .commemorate its illustrious
namesake; 1 moreover, that fit be done .
without expense to the association.- The
Joy that, came' into the camp of "the
aborigines" may well be Imagined .when
a letter arrived from Colonel Altman a
few days ago saying he had written to
tha sculptor to know : how much cop
per .would be required and that it would
be forthcoming and from tha Sacajawea
mine if it were possible to arrange for
the mining and proper preparation of It
In the required time. Nor is this alU
for with It came IS membership fees,
with the promise, of more,' and the re
quest for literature that he might in
terest others. Colonel Altman'a Inter
est .in the statue has caused him to
make some valuable suggestions ' re
garding it which have been forwarded
to Miss Cooper, the artist'-1 -
synonomous . with the falsifier, .la no
mora culpable than the tale-bearer. t If
clubs observed the "free masonry" that
obtains in secret fraternal organisations,
by saying nothing, if they can say no
good of a fellow member, and await
evidence -before rushing into condemna
tion, much injustice as well as valuable
time and opportunity would be 'spared.
Those "with their ear- -close to the
ground" may hear mutterlngs of a storm
and even now and then a pronounced
explosion In the camp of one of the
newer clubs of the city, but alas, com
posed of some of the elements that
have come nearly making, havoc of mora
than one woman's organization In Port
land. A limited membership, a member
ship committee and a personal feud have
contributed muslo to the "high jinks"
some of the" club sisters have been in
dulging in. and the end is not yet but In
this, as in all other internecine -club
matters, the dignity of. the lady-will -prevail
and water will find Its level."
- H ' H -;- BJ -. '
AIA8XA, 43X.TJB.
In his lectures "on Alaska, Burton
Holmes displays, .among his stereoptl
eon views the little log house in whloh
the Woman's club-of Skagway holds its
meetings and In his lecture lays much
stress upon the hospitality the club
shows to travelers and tourists. The
club does fine study work and much that
Is philanthropic. , ,'
men was tested, and. had' work' allotted
to him at a salary that made bis eyes
brighten, while the lad became a merry
office-boy. . What is more.., they 'nearly
all proved good men and. "stickers"
most 6f them being with the firm till '
quite recently so that Mr. Tatham. an
the old gentleman's name was, "had every
reason to be satisfied with. 'tha result of
his experlment.-i-v--
' BOW X8 TXB TZ3CB.
From tha Boston Traveler.
Today is the time for laughter;
Tomorrow the time for tears, ,
Whatever may coma hereafter, , r
Whatever of woe with years;
Today is the time to borrow '"
The best that the gods can giva.', ,
We can sorrow, if need be. tomorrow,
But today la the time to live I
Carefulness la .Toilette..
Nothing is a more positive sign of a
careless woman than torn gloves' and
untidy shfes, waist bands that sever
connections, or1 collars that part ''com
pany with the ahlrt waist Try -not to
be one of them. You defeat your own
ends and neither look well nor feel com
fortable. Iteaa carefully, and aim at
plainness and neatness rather- than a
mora showy style of costume.. ; '...
Don't Scold
Irritability la 4 a nervous - affection.
Strengthen the nerves with Dr. Miles'
Nervlna Sleep better, eat better, work
better, feel better and be better, .
Sold on guarantee. Book ea serves tor postal.
PO" TBB KBITS.'' - V .' A
i or two years Z have been ill and
SICX ABOUT Atli THB TZKB. ";
PORTLAND, Or., ' Dee. . 7, J 0S. '
To Whom it May Concernr I suf
fered two and one-half years from
: nervous disease, end my stomach
was so badly afflicted that I was
sick almost all the time. My diges
tion was so badly impaired that
there appeared a half-dead condi
tion of all Internal action. I was
.jo weak that all work was a burden
to me, snd Ir could scarcely sleep -at
all. I tried several physicians
without beneficial results. 1 then
heard of Dr. Fulton, and after tak
ing a few treatments was able to
sleep nights, end efter five weeks'
treatment I flpd myself cured and
my strength gradually . returning.
MRS. J. N. IIAGENSON,
' 740 Michigan Ave., Portland, Or. "