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til i. W ---"SPSSBSSS1BSBS WOMEN'S CLUBS WOMEN'S W0MS EDITED BY MRS. SARAH A. EVANS The Ciub Is Not the Place for Petty Personal Quarrels - One of tha greatest charms, as- well ,- a on of the most remarkable feature of club life la Its perfect freedom from .' f'the; restraining powers usually delegated '!.to organised bodies. Nearly a million . . women, held together , with as Imagin ary a line -as the zones that encircle the earth, yet as definitely understood, and : yet as powerless to assert them ' Selves.- Except the few by-laws adopted ' V to govern the Individual clubs, and a i-1 f few general rules to control the national body the organizations are absolutely . without restraining power. The general federation might be ' ilikened to a hive of a million bees with almost every one making a different kind of honey and yet not a queen bee among them. . A 'test of membership" even will de bo r a club from coming within the be-'- nign-.lnfluence or charmed circle ot led-; "ermtion. In fact the whole scheme is . builded upon the uncertain foundation 1 Of "club courtesy" and good breeding, and every woman entering a club ts put, "by an unwritten law upon her honor to 'uphold the principles which go to the making of a lady; That the club move Iment baa gone forward. ..ateadlly In ' creasing in numbers, and usefulness, , speaks . volumes -f or. American woman hood ' Based upon this foundation It be l comes the duty of every club woman I to uphold the club with a toleration, un . jselnshnes and courtesy greater even (than in her own home, and yet how Imany woman do and say things in their ,' ,'club that would debar them from a "well-bred home, that she herself would not tolerate to her own drawing room. v This is the deadly microbe that Is the J undoing of more than one club. It takes ; various forms; some-times beginning with a neglect f the little amenities of . society which Should be the rule of every woman's club life., and ' whose neglect leaves a rankling sore. The i ' club nail should be a plain where all 'women could meet upon perfect equality. ,The club woman that holds herself aloof . from another member who does not hap pen to be of her social circle, only makes herself ridiculous. The member '. who waits for an Introduction to a new Bread Making Machine 'Awarded the First Prize. - , It baa often been a subject of wonder how many. Inventions had their orlgtn In ' the brain of some woman, for It la a matter of record that tha principles of many little home-made . conveniences, crudely constructed to save labor by ; the busy housewife, have been worked .out by the man of the bouse Into a 'great invention, for which he alone re ceived money and honors. Someone even went so "far as to make a tour of the patent office and "compile statistics" from the. Inventions that must hava been Inspired by women, "because men would never hava known of the neces sity." A Probably It was this feeling ot 1n '. Justice that Induced the. Woman's Edu cattonal and Industrial union of Boston i to offer a prise of $58 for "the best labor saving machino designed by a woman." Twenty devices were submitted, the ' one taking a prise was a bread-making machine, which Is a remarkable Inven tion In itself and bids fair to revolu tionize the bread-making Industry of . the world. " v The Inventor is Mrs Lydla Coale Sharpies. . the daughter of an old Phila delphia Quaker family. "' An invalid husband caused Mrs. Sherp jless to Investigate more scientific meth- ods,of making bread. " She soon learned that the digestibility of bread depended upon how completely the tiny particles of starch have burst and become transformed Into sugar of starch or. dextrine. The result of this dlscoverjf'"'was' the -bread-making ma chine. Pearson's Magazine of recent date gives the machine several pages of mat ' ter and a number of instructive illustra tions. . In describing the principles upon which the machine is constructed. It - says: "At the bottom there Is a recep- Made Into which the prescribed quantity : of water and milk Is nut and at tha tOD ' a sieve into which the flour Is measured. - Between are two -rollers set spirally with knives. By turning a handle the two rollers are made to revolve, the tknlves striking the flour lightly with ' their edge without pressure. This en able every tiny starch granule to be come moistened and thus to swell and ,burst. transforming lntoCextrlne as the bread rises. With this machine the dough la .perfectly mixed In three min utes. A thermometer at the side marks the proper temperature." When the bread Is risen It can be put Into the pans for baking without using any more flour to keep it from sticking to t!.8 hands, as when mixed thus lightly it does not form a sticky paste, as It ' does when kneaded under pressure. The description of Mrs. Sharpies' first model 1 very interesting as well as amusing. With the assistance of a daughter, who was a graduate of the "University of Pennsylvania, she con structed the model out of pasteboard the daughter cutting the piece while GOSSIP ABOUT SOME CURRENT BOOKS ' As one looks over the endless lists of new books that are being catalogued, surveys' the book-sellers' shelves and tries to "discern the signs of the times" In the variety and etyle of the current literature. It Is not without a foreshad owing of the coming loss of many of the finest, and benl and rarest traits in the writer. Too much writing "for revenue only," and fewer strong opin ions expressed. The old Bohemian days .among authors, when the battle-ground for a principle, or opinion, was the baok -room of an Inn, are gone, and the glass of ale In which the strife was forgotten while the friendships, which lasted Into eternity, were forged, have given place to the "stimulant necessary to meet the demand - Of popular taste. No more beautiful Instance of this old-time friendship among authors exists than has lately been brought to light when Paris was preparing to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Victor Hugo's birth, and the Conseil Municipal received the following note from M. Paul Meuiice: "England ha the bouse of Shake siieare at Stratford-on-Avon; Germany ha the bouse of Goethe at Frankfort In the name of Hugo' grandchildren,' and In my own, I offer to the city of Purls the house of Victor Hugo." While still In college M. Paul Maurice Voncelved the greatest admiration and friendship for Hugo, who Was then in middle life, and big loyalty, tbrougU " .' : .,. - . .. ' member has not grasped the true spirit of her organisation, and the woman that brings her personal quarrels Into the club deserves the contempt of her asso ciates, but the woman that is the breeder of dlssentions and finds her per sonal ambitions "by. creating - discord should have the door of every club closed to her entrance. . Unfortunately this specimen usually wears the garb of a lady and chirps with the tones of Innocence while getting in her work. She is the most astonished member in the club when her "wiles and guiles" are brought to light, and the heartburn ings and broken friendships and wrecks of much good work lie around her. These woman abuse the privilege of the club movement and impose an extra burden upon the broad-minded, woman ly women who are striving for better things. Fear has sometimes been expressed that this element of self-seeking, per sonally ambitious women, who knew no code of honor or friendship, who will betray the , most sacred confidences where a point can be gained, and un blushlngly Impeach the honor of a club sister, may in time so Insinuate itself Into the warp and woof of tha club fab ric that a general disintegration wtll take place, or rules will have to be es tablished to .control the baser element. To the conservative, thinking woman this foreshadowing has no terrors for she has long worked out the problem and knows for a certainty that the recoil will come and the disturber will soon be her own undoing.. Women arenhrewder readers of character than they are often given credit for being, and there is no place a woman finds her' proper level culcker than In a club. Therein lays the safety of the ciub life, constructed as it is upon Its' own peculiar lines. No disturbances will permanently effect the lady, she goes serenely along In the even tenor of her ways while the malcontent drops out of line and is left far behind In the march to higher and better things. ' Of course Oregon, with Its lovely scenery and beneflcient climate could not produce this specimen of the genus homo, but we are told they do exist among the clubwomen of Tlmbucktoo. the mother sewed them together. When completed Mrs. Sharpies submitted it to her friend, Cyrus Chambers, the In ventor of many valuable patents. At the sight of her model, he laughed heartily and Bald: "Anybody might know that that was a woman's model made of pasteboard and sewed together' He took it away with him. The next morning he came back and said: "I have more respect' for women than I had before. That model works beautifully. But you surely did not do the mathemat ical part yourself V "No," replied Mrs. Sharpless, "I owe that to my college girl. Later when he put this rough model before the board of patent law yers they were convulsed with laughter. Mr. Chamber said: "You may laugh, gentlemen, but I seldom have seen an amateur model that worked out so per fectly." " ' Later Prof. IP. D. Ives exhibited the machine at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, at which many eminent scientists and practical millers were present. Every test proved more than satisfactory. At the close Mr. Chambers said: "The thought that by the new pro cess she could get from 12 to 25 per cent more nourishment out of the flour, but we have proved that she can get about SO per eontinora" When the first pasteboard model was later exhibited, he said: "I knew she made the holes in the sieve with a darning needle." and she could not deny the allegation. President McAllister of Drexel Insti tute said: "Why. Mrs. Sharpless, you don't know what you have dona Teu hava done something that the technol ogists ha v been working on for years without success." Mrs. Sharpies I an enthusiast for the higher education for women and when once asked, "why she kept her daughter at college, if she was educating her for a teacher," she replied. "No, I am educating her tor Ufa" The United States government has Just purchased for use In the navy one of Mra Sharpless machines with a ca pacity for turning out 1,200 loaves at on operation. Enjoys Club That Has Done Away With the GaveL The current number of the "Club Woman" gives a picture of Mrs. Micah Dyer Jr., who Is said to be the cham pion '"Jlner" of clubdom. Among her many affiliations 1 one which lie very near her heart and of which she Is the mother. According to the "Club Woman," Mrs. Dyer wanted a club that would do away with "Madam President," and all parliamentary proceedings, to take one's knitting along, have a cup of tea. and a healthy bit. of gossip as In the olden times before the days of the gavel It would appear that Mrs. Dyer also wanted It to be very exclusive, for in shaping her plans one had to be 60 years of age to be eligible for membership. Among her charter members appear 'the names of some of the most distinguished good and evil report has become a mat ter of history. When an exile from France, Weurlce rendered services at' the peril of his own life, and when Hugo returned to Paris in 1870, after 20 years. It was in the home of Meurice he found shelter during the siege. His most devoted service was made manifest when, after -Hugo's death in 1885, he gave up his own literary career to fos ter in France what some are pleased to can ' iiugoiatry. ' "Joan of the Alley" By F. O. Bart- lett A woman who had been reared In affluenoe, but upon the loss of a large fortune was compelled to earn her own living, and brush against the "common people," while contemplating the seamy side of life, had this criticism to make of Dickens: "When I could read of these things without actual experience I thought Dickens was great but now that I have as my daily associates the butcher, the baker and the candle-stick maker, and I contemplate them from personal experience, Dickens Is detest able. The point of view changed her entire conception of the worth . of the great English novelise. Tor she , could not reach down Into the depths of poverty and 'commonplace toll and find tho beauty of the human soul. And this Is what one must do to enjoy Mr. Bart lett's book, .for It is made up of the graphic Incidents in the live of the jtenemcat dwellers, 1'overty, misery, women of Massachusetts, and ' whose ages averaged 70 years. Tha club ha always kept to just the lines it was rganizedipon In 1891.. "Rest for the club women: rest from the exaction and limitations of other clubs." -A may be Imagined the "healthy bit of gossip" would form a delightful pro gram for any other elub. Julia Houstln West, who was a charter member, . and whose voice retains Its rich . contralto tones, always sings at least one song, and at the close of each meeting a cir cle is formed and all sing "Auld Lang Syne." Helen Gardner, who was once enter tained at the club, wrote: "Those dear old, cheery old Wlntergreen girls! - !,!;. '.. Still steadfastly playing their parts; They stood by the cradle when we were not Yet today they have evergreen hearts." ' Clubs Bound to Abide By Rulings of Federation. In view of the approaching convention of our city federation, a short resume of some of the difficulties which were recounted at the recent convention of the New Tork City federation, may not be inapropos. Like our own federation, they have not been organised long enough to feel properly adjusted to take up the work in systematised order. Even with the years of experience back of the New York club women, the federa tion principles are not so thoroughly grounded but they, pride themselves In sisting upon a "go-as-you-please" pace in many of their ' public endeavors. The first encounter. In the New York convention came over the report of Miss Ellen T. O'Brien in the matter of .a fund to support a child of a widowed mother, enabling the child to attend school till It attained the legal working age. This work was decided upon by the majority of the delegates as the best way to supplement the work of the wo men who are making such strenuous efforts to enforce the child labor and compulsory school laws. It required $130. Miss O'Brien reported that she had collected but $90, the deficit being due to the misunderstanding that all the clubs were not bound to abide by a majority vote of the delegates. Until clubs realize this in any federation they had better, remain ouc, and it was so forcibly impressed upon the New York women there is no likelihood of another misunderstanding upon that 'score. ' The club house ghost was also pres ent, and was discussed to a finish with a strong sentiment fn favor of securing a building. The high price of property was the barrier, but the consensus of opinion was that "club houses always pay." Miss Prlscilla Hackstaff urged that Mrs. Nathan's plea, that each Individ ual fclub should have an Industrial com mittee be adopted. Among other things she said: "Inform yourselves as to the laws re lating to women in trades and indus tries, and publish each year a summary of what you have learned. You will be astonished to learn exactly how much Influence women have without the ballot- Mr. Hackstaffs well-known position In regard to woman suffrage, and the ironical tone in which her words were spoken, provoked a burst of applause and laughter In an assemblage which is sworn to avoid political allusions. 8he also referred to the late decision and apparent victory of the teachers who had just applied for re-admlsslon to the New York public schools. By the decision of the court no teacher can be dismissed except on charges, but a by-law of the board of education places marriage among the acts of insubordi nation, and the teacher was dismissed on this ground. The need of women factory Inspec tors, more probation officers, and more Juvenile courts 'were presented. These went to the various committees, but the clubs In the federation will here after Include Industrial committees and will devote at least one session In the club year to an Industrial program. Nor was the social side of life neg lected. An elegant luncheon was served In the banquet hall of Delmonlco's, where the convention was held, at which many distinguished women were present. ' t K Spread of School Garden Idea Among the City Poor. The spread of the school garden Idea ha been most gratifying lately. As early as this conferences are being held In several cities to make plans for 'the work as soon as spring opena In Phil adelphia last Wednesday the Public Ed ucation association held a meeting to start the work in that city. Mrs. Her bert Parsons, director of the Children's School farm, DeWltj Clinton Park, de scribed the success of her labors In New York. Her account of how the children of the tenements, whose previous knowl edge of plant life had been drawn from observation of pushcarts and green gro cers' shops, have become the possessor of a model farm, was listened to with sympathetio attention. Herbert D. Hem lnway, director of the Hartford School of Horticulture, in a history of the movement, which began In Dayton, O., said: 'These gardens have been car ried on for six or eight years, and It baa been found that the boys working in them were $0 per cent more rapid In hardship and want are the scene that pas with realistio accuracy. A young girl, inspired with the spirit of Joan of Arc, goaded into action by the sufferings and wrongs of her fellow workers. Instigates a strike. Failure disheartens the heroine, but the hero comes on the scene at the opportune time and saves Jhe day. If the book 1 read for entertainment it will require the bright ending to pull the early chapter out of the depths. Ifead for Its glimpses of a Ufa and people who are less fortunate than the reader, and with a view to familiarizing oneself with some sociological conditions, one may find instruction as well as pleasure in lte perusal. , By training and experience as a jour nalist, the author Is well qualified to write a story of this kind, where the dialect, of the streets can be used with telling effect Much interest is attached to this story on account of the author having won the $500 prize awarded by the Ladles' Home Journal for the best short story, from among 9,600 competi tors. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. Vrice $1.50. "Dennis Fogarty; the Irish Yutzo" By Lord Gllhooley. This is one of the quaintest oddest books, it Is safe to say. that ha ever come from a publisher, and ha a "publisher's art" all its own. for it 1 "printed in green Ink and bound in a green burlap cover. It 1 just a col lection of bright, funny Irish sayings. Dennis .Fogarty is an Irish philosopher who exhausts both wit and philosophy upon the good wife. Honors. Upon the subject of wives he thus muses: ' "Wan av th' alslcst things in th' worruld t' git, wan av th' wor-rest t' git along with, an' win v th' har-rdest t' git rid av. is a wife." Many a laugh lurks between it emerald cover and , ' ,. ; n t t - " t ' I .. k t . MBS. N. H. physical, mental and moral develop ment than the boys of the same neigh borhood who had no gardens. The boys were formerly known as the "Slidertown Toughs." and make their locality so un popular that building lot sold for $300 and $400 each. That they are now worth from $900 to $1,600 each will show something of what the boys' gar dens will have done toward developing the best traits." After that it must have been both dis couraging and Inspiring to the associa tion, to hear from the chairman of the committee on summer playgrounds of the board of education, who warned them that In view of the many school need he did not think It possible to' se cure an appropriation for a school gar den at the present time. t H Mothers' Meetings Are in Favor at Grants Pass. The mothers' meeting held at the East school building Wednesday, Feb ruary 24, waa the first of a series planned by a committee from the Wo men s club of this city to be held at in terval during the spring term at tho several departments of our public schools. About $5 of the mother were present and participated In a discussion of the subject of "Punctuality." A continuation of these meetings can not fall to have a salutary influence on all concerned; and will In time, a the meeting become 'well organized, and teacher and parent become acquainted with each other methods, each taking up the thread of discipline and character-building where the other leave-Off. and with the assurance of each other's ympathy and encouragement, bear rich fruit No formal program wa adhered to tpr the first afternoon. Superintendent Young welcomed the mothers and as sured them of the appreciation and pleasure felt by the teachers at their presence, and the . Interest and - sym pathy manifested a to their effort on behalf of the children. He also gave them a pertinent Illustration of the ap parent lack of interest frequently shown by parents as to the school life of their children; too often allowing It to be entirely aecondary to social and busi ness Ufa For Instance, we would not for an Instant entrust our household duties, the management of our' property or business, even the stock on our farms, to the entire care of stranger without our frequent superintendence and thought; yet with startling Incon sistency, we will relegate the training and development of our children me.t tally, morally and physically, for the larger portion of the day during nine month of the year, to strangers, with out a thought of occasional visit Mr. Roy Wilson favored the meeting with a either solo, after which the teacher and mother discussed the sub ject of "punctuality," the great Impor tance of instilling that principle, the bearing that such principles have on success in life, and the responsibility the Celtlo wit bristles in every page. Frederick A. Stoke & Co., New York, Price 80a. "Roosevelt, the Young Man's Knight" Jacob A. Rll has dedicated hi latest book, "TheodoreX Roosevelt the Citizen," which I to be published by th Outlook company this spring to th "Young Men of America." He says In his first chapter: "I ahall be speaking to the young, whose apldn dld knight he la, himself yet a young man filled with high courage end braVe ideal tbat make youth the golden age of the great deed forever. And I want to show them the man Roosevelt who, through many a fight In which hard blows were dealt, never once proved un faithful to them; who, going forth with a young man's resolve to try to "mako things better In this world, even a little better, because he had lived In It through fair days and foul, through good report and evil (and of this last there never was a lack), sounding hla battle cry, "Better faithful than famous,' and won." "Yvonne of the Folles Bergere" Wa the novel In the February Issue of Llp ptneott'a Magazine. Around the book clusters much Interest on account of the author who Is Prince Vladimir Van latsky. The Prince now . reside In Europe, but his interest are largely In this country. His flrst published work was a sketch some time ago, contributed to one of the magazinee and alnoe that time hla name ha appeared in many of our periodicals. A a worker he seldom touches paper till his story I outlined. He attended m university fn this country and in many way 1 sympathetio with the United States. The Ijwua" By, George . Morgan. Vir'jiF.ift fZt 1 V VN v Of Si i. LAMB SON. that parents and teacher mutually sus tain In the matter. It was very apparent that those pres ent fully realized their responsibility and were ready to assist and sustain each other in the discharge of it. A larger attendance is hoped for at the future metinga The subject for discussion will be announced later. K K t "Indian Day" Becoming Popular Among the Clubs, "Indian Day" is becoming one of the most popular features on the club pro gram, and If the beauty of Indian tra ditions were better known, to say noth ing of the hlstorlo value to be derived from a closer study of the American ab origines It would prove such an attrac tive subject there are but f?w clube would feel they could afford to overlook It There ha come to the Sacajawea association a donation of tiny book of birch, bark, upon which Is printed the Pottawattamie legend of the "Cre ation of Man." The book 1 but a few inches square but contains quite enough material for work, to entertain a club for several meetings if the thoughts It contained were analyzed and studied. From whatever origin the Indiana may have sprung there la a close re semblance in all their legendary to the hlstorlo chronicles of the Christian Bi ble. Here for Instance 1 on In which the story of Lot's wife Is almost re peated, and believed In by the Sioux In dian as firmly a the Presbyterian Ministerial association ever held to Bi ble authority: "A beautiful tradition or myth Is held by the Indians concerning the name of the Standing Rock reservation, North Dakota. On a pedestal In front of the agency building. Is a rock about two feet high. In outline It is that of an Indian woman with a blanket covering her head, and a baby on her back wrapped In the folds of the blanket The Sioux believe that this rock wa a Ree woman. She was Jealous of her husband and refused to go when the band broke camp to go to their camping grounds. The Indians have great re spect for a brother or sister-in-law. So her two brothers-in-law went after her, and when they spoke to her she did not answer. One of them left hi pony, laid hi hand upon her head, and he found she had turned Into a rock. In surprise he exclaimed, "Wa-ka ya-lo-Iyau Ica-ga-lo." (She ha grown Into a rock.) The two men went back to camp crying, and all the Indians went back and made offerings a they consid ered her "wakau" (mysterious or holy.) They carried her from village to village In a wicker basket drawn by a pony and always made offerings to her. Finally, the rock wa left in one of the village, which was afterward deserted, and later waa brought to It present resting place. To preserve the mythical Idea. It wa placed upon the pedestal,. and the agency was named "Iyau-bos-ta-ta," "Rock "How hi aplrlt would be grieved could be ae the wreck of bis mighty labor," wrote General R. E. Lea of General Washington, on January 2$, 18(1. What he would have felt and thought during the great -'light of secession" quarrel, and how he would have acted during the consequent great war no man can aay; but an Interesting spectacular attempt I made In "The Issue" to project some thing of the Washington spirit through the Virginia Unionist Dr. Eubanks, Into the generation that witnessed the period of the Republic, A young woman ts the central figure. It Is her personal story that run through th book from begin ning to end. The legion of women novel-reader will And In "The Issue" a fresh, new study and a lov story with distinct ap peal. J. B. Llpplncott Co. Price $1.(0, VK PKXSS. "It Is a curious fact that although the Napoleonic biography Include some 40,- 000 volume, there I absolute authority for the statement that there Is no abort life which fully embodies the latest re sults of historical research, and may be accepted a authoritative. It la under stood that auch a biography has been In preparation for aome time by R. M. Johnston, author of "The Roman The ocracy and the Republic," who ha been appointed recently Austin Teaching Fel low at Harvard university. It ts under stood that this new life of Napoleon will be published shortly by A. 8. Barne A Co, ' For his new book, "Running the River,' which is to be issued by A. B. Barnes ft Co., Mr. George Cary Eggllston has selected the sub-title of "A Story of Adventure and Success." Messrs. A. 8. Barnes A Co. will pub- Prominent American Club Woman Coming to Portland Soon On the evening of March 21 those fortu nate 'enough to have an Invitation will have the pleasure of greeting, at the Portland hotel... one of America's" -, dis tinguished women. Mra Lillian M. Hol listerawho has journeyed from her home in Detroit Mich., to be present at the convention of the Ladies of the Macca bees which meets In the I. O. O. F. tem ple March 22...' You have heard Of the Maccabees, but ha It ever occurred to you to inquire from whence they came and whither are they tending? They come of ancient and royal lineage, an d the Ladles of the Mac cabees ha grown to be the most gigan tic enterprise in -Its way , ever launched, officered, managed and undertaken by women. ; Two thousand years. ago, when a king of Syria marched his mighty army Into the holy city and wrested from the Jews their vast possessions, defiling their temple, erecting an Image of Jupiter within the holy of holies, and concluding the profanity of the saored place by sacrificing ah idolatrous offering upon the Hebrew altar, there arose a high priest who went to war with the king. For 28 years his sons carried on the conflict and at last Judas Maccabaeua was success ful In restoring the laws of the patriarch, purifying the temple and restoring the laws of Moses. When the war was rag ing It occurred to the leaders that some provision should be made for the widow and children of the men who fell for their country and their faith. For the first time In the history of human affairs there was established a system of -Ufa protection by setting aside an amount of the coin of. the realm with which to pro vide for the helpless. In modern times men regarded the plan as a good one and the Knights of the Maccabees based their operations on the ancient idea to provide for self and aid those dependent on them was the high est expression of a full standard ot civilization. Women waa long considered Ineligible to these advantages and prejudice clings to women like hark to a tree. 'To strip her suddenly of this natural growth her birthright of the ages would bring disaster, for until recent years It baa been considered her chief safeguard. Women have so fully demonstrated their ability to follow business pursuits that it almost warrants an apology to ay what she is doing along any line or business enterprise that man has shown himself equal to, but the phenomenal strides with which the fraternal organisa tions of women have gone forward must be one excuse. In 1883 the Degree of Honor conquered Erect or Standing Rock." Indian Her ald. The Sacajawea association Is giving particular attention to these Indian day programs, and ha been Industriously collecting material in- the shape of books, fcurlo and program which the club of the state can have, under con ditions of safe return by applying to the officers or. through the woman' depart ment of the Oregon Journal. Memorial Service to Be Held By Oswego Guild. The Congregational Guild ha been doing fine study work during the winter and has kept up It membership to the. usual number. The next meeting 1 to be held at the home of Mrs. a. H. Pettlnger. Rabbi Ben Ezra waa to have been the subject for the day. but owing to the death of Mr. Gardner, thejr beloved treasurer, the afternoon will be made a memorial service. ' K Meeting of the City Federation. Tuesday evening, March 29, has been set for the meeting of the Portland City Federation of Woman' clubs. It will be held In the Selling-Hlrsch hall. The revision of the constitution will be the principal business before the conven tion. Officer for the ensuing year will be elected. Reports will be read from the various standing committees, and this will form the most Interesting feature of the program, a It will rep resent the work done by the Federation during the year. At the last meeting of the board Mrs. Rose Hoyt and Mra A. H. Breyman were elected delegate to the St Louis convention. t A woman's club of Nome, Alaska, bears the poetic name Eskimo, for the aurora borealls, a free translation ' of which I "the meeting of the light" The club ha about B0 member. It 1 a literary organization, and meet throughout the long dark winter every Wednesday. The club colors are yellow and white, for sun and snow. . The Tuesday Afternoon club wa en tertained last week by Mr.' Merwtn Pugh, 169 Meade street The: study of Plutarch' "Parallel Lives" wis taken up, with quotation about Plutarch from different writers. , . Mrs. A H. Harding gave a iRetrh of the life of Plutarch. Mrs. Merwtn Pugh told of the purpose of character study as compared with study of warfare.' Mrs. O. R. M. Jamison and Mr. Stiles Ush, probably this month th new novel "To Windward." by Henry C. Rowland, whose hook of short stories "Sea Scamps" met with so favorable a recep tion last year. The original edition of Angus Hamil ton's Korea, having been exhausted a aoon a issued, and a large demand made evident for an edition at a lower price, the publishers, Charles Scrlbner's Bona announce an Immediate publication of a new Illustrated edition of this timely and most Important work at $1.60 net MAOAxnras. The March number of the Metropol itan Magazine has an unusual number of good thlnga, probably the most at tractive of which la "The Pardon of Becky Day," an account of the author, Mr. John Fox, whose last book, "The Little Shepherd ot Kingdom Come," has run beyond the 100,000 mark. "A Plain Statement About Russia and Japan," by Frederick McCormlck, war correspondent, 1 another Interesting ar ticle, while the "Passing of a District Boas" and "An Interview with Mark Twain" by Clara Morris are of more than passing Interest ' ' t 1 Mr. George Kennan Is now on his way to Japan. His special artlclea relating to the progress of the war and to the larger aspect of the eastern , question will be published exclusively In The Outlook. Mr. Kennan' reputation as a keen observer. Judicial Interpreter and brilliant narrator ha been attested by his books on Siberia and hla work aa a special correspondent In Cuba 1 and Martinique: !.:... Where Coquetry Za Baagerons. From the Atrhlsori Globe. A girl once cam to Atchison who all prejudice and formed the women Into a sort of an annex society,' giving them a chanco: to demonstrate what' they could do along those lines. ' , - .v ' When men made the startling discovery that In providing for advancing years; or leaving money benefit to those depend ent uKn her, woman wa not incapaci tated to cook, Iron, bake .or scrub, the thought found a reflex In the minds of women tnemseives ana graauauy , mey entered In and possesed the land of op porturlty. At present there must be In mitatanrflnir nrtlflrtf In fraternal or ganisations of at least $300,000,000, $80,000,000 of which has been Issued by the Ladies of the Maccabees. The knights favored a branch of the order; for women and commissioned a' bright young girl, . Mis Blna West, "to. that she must make the work eelf -supporting. Today Miss Vest's offices take up one floor of the large building occupied by the rupreme commander of the order at. Port Huron, -Mich., and ner work is considered the most perfectly systema tized business conducted by women in this country. . . -. ' ," - In 1896 the supreme body elected Mrs. Lillian Holllafer; of Detroit, whose visit Portland women are anticipating w'.th eager -pleasure, supreme commander of the order. Mr. Holllster had tb ad vantage of a large platform experience. having already made a reputation a a platform speaker. It is not an unusual thing for this presiding officer to address an audience of front 10,000 to 20,000 people on occasions of annual celebrations. Mra Holllster carries on most of her work, except a few month of field work each year. In her home in the very bosom of her family, - " , The officer are located on the upper ' floor of her private residence in Detroit, where the casual caller would see no pcrslble Indication of anything unusual In her well-regulated home, where she Is surrounded by alj.the expressions of a devoted husband and a' loving son, now grown' to manhood. Mrs. Nellie H. Lambson, who has under her supervision, as state com mander, the work of the Ladles of the Maccabees of Oregon, I one of the most devoted, untiring officers In the order, and to her Is due much of the rapid growth and high standing of the order in this state. The coming convention is looked for ward to with unusual Interest, on ac count of the expected presence cf the supreme commander, and the Inspiration thus derived will be fruitful ' In good results for the order throughout the state. gave "Theseus and Romulus." Mrs. Robert Smith and Mra H. T. Clark gave "Lycurgus and Numa," and Mrs. A. A. Bailey the compartsona n h Heart's Ease. Have you ever been in trouble When the skies, instead of blue Had a shade of Inky darkness Without one ray to help you through When like a gleam of sunshine. . Midat the mist of darkest hue Your sweetheart loom above the gloom And whispers, "I love yenf . Then all your cares and trial. Lift a fog from out the dew, And you rise above temptation, When the voice you so well knew Whisper gently, Oh. o gently, "Dear - one you'll J?e true." Just the earae a when a mother Loving tender-hearted, true. Learn some loved one have been stray tng From the path In life they knew. When they come back to the old home. Midst the flowers and the dew And they hear the glad home-calling "With your faults. I still lov you,". Can't w be a lltUe better? . Let us try what w can do. And amidst life' weary trial, Answer back, "I do lov you." Then, after life' commotion And we've done the bet we knew What a privilege to hear the Master Saying, "Dear one, I love you." ,1. N. A. e Mr. Chsrles M. Denlson. president of the general federation. Is In New York, resting after a record-breaking trip of over three months, during which time she has visited 22 stAtes and has talked to nearly 100,000 club women. No other president of the general federation has done so much In the way t)f organization a 'ha Mra Denlson, nor la her work at an end, for she expect to visit a num ber of southern states before the expi ration of her term next spring. It is understood that she does not desire, and will probably refuse a second term. HUH The flrst contingent of American nurses for Japan, under Dr. Anita New comb MoGee. will sail early In March. No nurse will be engaged or taken by Dr. McGee except graduate and those who have eeen fleld and hospital duty in the United State army. The numbef who wtll go will depend on the amount of voluntary contribution to defray ex pen. was ao pretty and fascinating that she soon had th men all going engaged one, married one and all. Th town women didn't like it. and a few cried, but that wa all. They were rabbits. The visiting girl, thirsty for more con quests, carried her fascination into the country, and soon had a ' countrv girl' lover fastened to her string. Tlfc country girl heard of It and the visit ing girl left this part of the state next day with one eye blackened and a piece torn out of her scalp. A country ! will stand no encroachments. . Sere' a Health to Japan. From the Boston Transcript Here's a health to Japan 1 Fill It up to the brim I ' Tp the brave little man On the world's western rim. He ha beared the bear:' All alone be must stand. But let foemen beware! ' For he lights for hla land. Here's a health to Japan, t -.).' Here's a health to Japan! (May the combat be brief) To her warrior clan Who would die for their chief. To her beauties unbarred, Which each artist may know, Where the white peak stands guard O'er the blossom below. " "Here's a health to Japant -"""Here'B a health to Japan! Ruby aun of the west) Tram the land she knew .flrst And the land she loves best She has marshaled the van 'Gnlnst the Tartar's fierce herd. ' Here' a health to Japsn. : ' And auccess t her sword! ; Here' a health to JapanJ