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THE OREGON. r SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND., SUNDAY MORNING. JULY-10. 1904.
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WOMEN'S
Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans
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Tne Chautauqua
Season--WomanV
Agaid th Chautauqua season la upon
v and era thla goes to preaa a city of
- -whlta tents will liavs been rained at
' beautiful Gladstone, and out over tbe
rippling waters where the Clackamas
, tumbles ita stream into -the Willamette
will elain the lights of a thouaand
- electric sparks and float the music of
many voices. By day beautiful, by
night enctiantingi The vary nam
'Chautauiuia,- carries,, w.il 't breese
from stately woods'" .nt placid lake. It I
remind, on tf tha lordly. Ke""nwn who
-ii-ieanr from year to" yuar and gathered
on tha baDka-Of-Uiaiiuuuxui. jane mat
took from them Ita name, there to!at.V
(In tba convections of tha flva nation.
1 there to rcve tha message of war
jd peaoa audXtiera to take council to
fcvTher for the welfare of their people'.
. Not ao very far from thla idea was
' that of tha venerable- Btahop Vincent
jwhen many year ago on tha banks of
Laka' Chautauqua In New York he br
, !e-anl4 tha great assembly which- waa
- iVr spread and reach Its- branchea Into
.every atata and hamlet of thla broad
. land mighty land. It was equally a
Jl41iappy .--thought whn- the. ..Chautauqua
-students Id Oregon City conceived tha
Idea of planting a great assembly, an
' educational council place, on the banka
I of. the Willamette. ThS' little) three
days aaaembly,' when we all sat la tha
I open, dreading rain, and again scorching
, with heat, but tired with enthusiasm
and delight that "noma talentr would
. "(give vs of their teat, i Eleven years la
not a large span, but It has been long
' I enough - to carry that little amateur
.teflon over into tha ranks - of great
-jthlngs and this.' the eleventh sesslori,
will stand aa the greatest educational
factor in the atata of Oregon,
w Our universities are great' our
I schools fine;' lectures, entertainments
and concerts we have In plenty through
ithe year, but with them all there Is not
' another such an aggregate1 of educa
tional feature together or so many ad
. vantages offered' In 'the short time and
for tha . price as ws will find at the
, . Chautauqua this year.
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1 But 10 miles from Portland and two
from Oregon City, it is conveniently
reached by both, the -trolley': and the
Southern Pacific, the latter, however,
carries one almost to the gates, and is
perhaps the most desirable. A abort
walk and to moat ideal grounds lor a
Chautauqua . assembly are , reacnea, a
perfect wonderland of magnificent
trees. Troves and moss-covsred rocks.
Nothing has bean left undone by the
management to Increase tha natural
beauty of the scene or add to 'the con
venience and comfort of guests. Good
water, . improved sanitary arrangements
and good t restaurant and service Is
'"aromlsed. v ., : '
. The grounds are high and dry and
'perfectly free from dampness, and away
IXrom any malarial Influences.. - .
,L '; .. Camping JTrWUefes. f -;-. :
X A season ticket entitles the holder to
jthe privilege of camping ground. One
(may take their own tent or rent one
If rom the ' manager, having It pitched
teloae, or out on one of the tree-lined
lavennea, or If more seclusion is desired.
Wen in the very primeval forest it-
elf.. ' .. '
'. Each morning ons may have delivered
at their tent flap their bread, groceries,
milk, meat or Ice. or ther mar take
their own provisions If they see fit. One
of the charms of Chautauqua, camping
is the entire liberty one has, and tha
freedom from every restraint and the
daaa-you-pleaa'e atmosphere that pre-
vades everything. -
Even the "camping privileges' for
children are Ideal. Not ev single "keep
off -the grass"- raises its terrorising
finger to little feet, no pitfalls for ths
tots, no notices "admitting adults only;
and the (Teat blue dome -under which
they can scream their little lungs full
of good, pure, health-giving air with
out a danger of disturbing any one
Paradise tiuly for the tired mother. .
Its lg-nlnoanoe. .
- It means that once a year a great
concourse of people throng together for
educational purposes. What thst means
to a community or state would be its
excuse for being If nothing else. But
it means more; it means that they have
determined to make a "royal road to
learning" at last by rendering; it thor
oughly democratic. It is not conducted
eo thai one set of faddists may exploit
their theories to the exclusion cf all
others, but. every branch' of learning,
very influence that makes for the up
building . of man haa there an equal
chance to gather around it Its little
coterie of devotees and take council to
gether, learning and teaching and be
coming better men and women for these
icouncll hours. To the studying of what
"The Tendencies of Recent Fiction"
In the current number of th "Arena"
Frederick W. NIcoll takes a most de
cided stand s gainst .many of th book
nd writers of present-dsy notion, and
most Justly handles, without gloves,'
some of our- "best sellers."
He says in opening'.' 'The first 75
years of the nineteenth century were
the golden ge of the English novel.
Bcott, Dickens, Thackeray and Eliot
were the great masters of English fic
tion, and even those of lesser rank
compare favorably with the . writers
who preceded snd followed them. The
death of Thackeray marks the close of
this epoch and tecent. literary history
embraces the period f rotnthat date' un
tll the present dsy, roughly speaking,
xbout IS or 10 year During that time
there has been a "literary flood ef the
most overwhelming nature and -the tor
rent ot fiction ha completely over
whelmed all other form of composition.
Hut ' unfortunately thl flood has not
been the rising of a clear, pure stream,
strong, deep and beautiful, btit of a
muddy, shallow one, often filled , with
refuse and filth.' '
Mr. Nieolls .seems to treat er group
rile periods of fiction like epidemics
that attack tho literary world, and in
this he is not so far wrong; Indeed he
is mainly right -in moat thing he says
about recent .fiction.- We can almost
.draw the line around the years when'
Mrs. 'Alexander and William - Black
wrote the sentimental novel. Then set
in the period of realism. Here Mr.
'Ninons pulls off ths gloves and lays
ture the sickening, nauseating material-
' ism of -.the -"Manxman," -"Sir - Richard
Calmadv" and several, others of that
clasa. He classes "Ships That Pass In
the Night" With moral degenerates And
It moan anyone taking delight in two
consumptives 'coughing out their woe
on each otlr".Houldra" H lament
Mr. Ward'. lack of humor; and give
a column or two to th historic epi
demic, "Kipling, Stevenson. Howell,
Hard aed priiaja a tew. ptharg will
Part in' It
each ons enjoys best, the morning hours
of the day are given over' to. Each
afternoon and evening a program baa
ooen arranged, which will present to
the people of Oregon eome of the best
talent in the United States.
. Theie will be several lecturers there,
who, if they came to one of our theatres
would demand,, for a single seat, more
than a 12-day ticket, which admits to
every session, lecture or program does.
Uenlde these intellectual feasts . there
will 'be music, games snd sports to
Serve as' recreation. - In short It means
that for 4 nominal sum, a price within
.the reach of the most -humble-clrcum-
etanoea, the Chautauquas of this coast
are placing the very beat attractions of
the Country at their disposal;- while pro
viding ways and means for. a charming
and delightful summer . outing.
Woman's Fart.
; To the women who Sit Sundsy after
Sunday- and- hear- learned --discourses
from the eminent ministers of Portland,
who attend the theatres several times
a Week and can pay tl a seat Ao hear
Sambrtcb or Schuman'Helnke, may not
feet drawTt-to-"Chantauqua simply 'for
the Intellectual treat, nevertheless they
have a duty to perform in going.
Portland ' must support cnautauqua,
Just ss by its markets it supports , JUe
adjacent country, and if every woman
of means In the elty could realise that
by her patronage it waa giving a large
fnumber of women, farmers' wives snd
daughters, sn advantage they . could
never be able to enjoy otherwise, it
would not be long until the :- fear of
financial "failure would be -lifted from
the management and each year bring
onto ita.. regrama better and greater
attractions. ; . This patronage -would
have ita owh reward, f of Increased
means - would "Improve 4 the grounds,
create . better sitaryarrahgemanta,
afford baths and generally Increase the
comfort and- pleasure of the city at
tendants, whlls being a great object les
son for people from the country who
are usually careless of these things.
; Women very largely, control tha at
tendance of these Chautauqua assem
blies, and woman's work haa always
received most generous recognition
from the management, and to . the
women who really have. the educational
Interest of the community at heart, who
delight to reach out a helping hand to
thoae leas fortunate than themaelvea.
there is no better field fpr your en
deavors thsn Chautauqua, while at the
same time, it would be presumptuous for
any woman in this city or state to say
that shs herself was beyond Its Intel'
lectual influence. ' " -
Clubwomen Pin , . . - .
Faith to Mrs, Decker .
A New York paper, commentlng-on the
outlook of the general federation, say a:
"Clubwomen are waiting rather anx
iously for the announcement of the new
committees in the general federation.
Mrs. Decker, the newly elected president,
has said frankly that she intends to
make some unexpected ' appointments .
her deslrs being to get into the serv
ice some new influences. The general
federation, like most large organisations.
haa a tendency to fall Into a routine.
This is true especially of tboss commit
tees having the biennials in charge. - For
three successive biennials slmost iden
tically the aame speakers have appeared.
What they had to aay was admirable.
and their own standing In the world of
education, philanthropy and letters was
not to be questioned. However, Mrs.
Pecker intends to have a brand-new. sef
of speakers and topics at tha next tl
ennlaL Altogether it is safe to predict
a strenuous administration in clubdom."
It is none too soon for Mrs. Decker to
begin the work of radical changes In the
personnel, programs and committees of
ths" general federation. As a matter of
curiosity, we drew from the musty files
of our amateur bureau the speeches, ths
addresses and the committee reports
from the last, four biennials and oare-
fullr compared them one with the other.
, In personnel it seems but a swinging
around the circle, both in officers and in
commltteea Here and there a new
name - occurs, but again at the next
change in administration recurs the
same name' till it becomes hackneyed
from long usage. The same flow of ora
tory) the earns addresses of welcome and
"responses from the mayor," etc., etc,
comes again and again, and Mrs. Decker
will make a record for herself if she can
Invent soma way to ret down to busi
ness without the everlasting twaddle of
complimentary nonsense that means
nothing but a weariness or soul ana a
display of federation gowns.
NftJUtU .exmtoe.JheOTOrntttee
reports. Almost identically the . aame I
things are said, the same committees
probably llv In future generation," h
say a.
Th ertlcl throughout is a readable
one and well-worth serious thought
from both th fiction reader and writer:
Th closing paragraph, however, re
lieves It of the pessimistic coloring
which prevsdes . the whole article and
leaves a Joyous prophetlo note, for
future thought . .. ...
' "The Wood Carver of 'Lympus" By
M. EL Wal)r. The story telle Itself
through' the diary of the hero and fhe
letters of his friends. This mods of
narrative, while not exactly new, gives
ths reader a closer, more Intimate rela
tion with the characters, drawing them
Into the intimacy of friends rather
thsn set figure on a stag of fictitious
action. . .
Ths seen of action la In New Eng
land. Hugh, th hero, meeting' with an
accident at the age of 20 Just aa he
waaboutcnterlnghlsecottd.year.
t college, becomes a hopeless Invalid,
and with Uncla Shim, Aunt Lisa and
the little niece, Twiddle, make up the
dramatis personal. The four live upon
Mount Olympus, and amidst poverty
are weighted down with sorrow and
troubles over Hugh's misfortune,
A chance , call by Philip ' Vanever
changes the whole currant of the four
lives. , Through his interest and en
deavor Hugh -Arms'trong became a
woodcarver of great merit and relieved
the strain upon ths family finances, be
sides transforming Into a strong, noble
character the unhappy, almost Insane
wretch. Other strong, good characters
weave themselves in and out the story,
but It I Hugh Armstrong, the Invalid,
the wood carver, th eounselor end
friend and strong right hand of the
family that holds the reader spellbound
with admiration. There I a sweet.
rur little lov story winding its way
brough th book but the. readsr is
scarcely conscious of Its existence In
the character studies of "Twlddle"--or
Theodora after she ha grown to
voaaanhooor4iufhi upon hie Invalid
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HiriVlnaiidili r lOn I in Jt II m lilt. , - ' - -
MRS. MARION WHITE.
report year after year: their work, of
course, shows many returns and an in'
crease of efficiency, -still very little that
is new appears. And why should it?
An old wagon with the same breadth of
tire that created the rut is very apt to
stay-in. It. unleaa huetletl out of it tor
a tlma at least by a newer machine. W
look to Mrs, Decker to launch the ma
chine. We have every confidence in
Mrs. Decker's" ability to bring out of ths
chaos of overwhelming -numbers of
women, each with a particular fad to air
or hobby to promote, a rational system-
atlsed endeavor. .
From the reports brought to us from
our Oregon delegates, the convention is
an' unwieldy body of women, each bent
upon getting the most out of it for her
self, .and not representative of anything
but the purie.that la long enough to pay
tna expense or tbe inn. ' Notable excep
tions -there were noble women with
high Ideal, representing the very best of
club life; but these were the exception'
It would be too much to expect that any
prealdent could change this condition of
affairs, as she has little to do with the
delegates that are sent there; but, as
Kipling says, "that's another story. ' We
hope ere long to have an article for this
department from an able pen on the mat
ter of representation. . At thla time we
can only express the -hope that Mrs.
Decker will take a long look ahead, see
the deficiencies in the part that she can
control, and by her example -of renova
tion and progressive ideas so Impress
upon the - club body 'throughout the
United States the necessity for better
methods and more unselfish conduot.
Mrs. Decker's sweet personality gave
the assurance of oil to the troubled wa
ters. The air of placid inaction pre
vailed and a calm almost oppressive was
felt. When the- presidential mantle fell
upon the ahouldera of Mrs. Decker ths
air bristled with strong, forceful action,
but it Is the strength and force of well
balanced action, tempered with what in
her speech at Louisville some yeajs ago
she called "sanctified common sense"
tact. The club world pins its faith to
Mrs. Decker. They believe in her, and
they confidently look . forward, to her
putting In practice the -many valuable
theories she ha so often advanced, and,
again, we be'Ueve she meant what she
said in Louisville, "We sre not measured
by what ws gst nor by what ws keep,
but by what we share," and the whole
club world expects to share in her ad
vanced ideas, her Industry and her large
outlook upon life end Its possibilities
her beautiful ideal for "the inclusive
woman in society" and in dub. .
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Distinguished Woman
Visits' Portland, and Is Pleased .
' -MraTilar Ian "VKH'e, edTFor offfieTTIne
Arts Journal of Chicago, and secretary
GOSSIP OF SOME CURRENT BOOKS
chair and the sturdy westerner, Trans
Waldort.
Each page of thl ehartnlng book
bring with It th freshness of fhe
New England ' wooda; the resinous
odors., the color lbf tbe autumn leaves
and the murmur of distant streams; ths
lowing of cattle and the song of birds.
It 'has a strain of pathos and a glint
of humor and la altogether a human
ising uplift i j.
It is a story that lingers Into the
future and passes not entirely with the
closing of the book. ' -
The book 1 nicely presented with a
strikingly suggestive cover design snd
a typical New England scene, done by
C. C Emerson for a frontispiece. Lit
tle, Brown A Co., Boston. Price fl.SO.
: "Nsncy Stair" By Elmor Macartney
Lane. This 1 an Intensely powerful
and strong story, - with dramatic inter
est from beginning to end.
The. heroine. Xor whom .the . book Is
named. Is - the (beautiful and gifted
daughter of Lord Stair of Stair House;
near Edinburgh. About thl woman of
rare beauty and genius th story cen
ters, and In th telling of her life and
work Miss Lane bring in some of the
strongest and purest types of-the
Scotch gentleman; indeed. It Is a book
of strong 'personalities, each character
being clothed with a peculiar Individu
ality, noble and self-reliant, 'but each In
such marked contrast to the other thst
one unconsciously throw onto th other
a light of happy criticism, bringing out
th .fin point In each..
Hugh Pltcalrn' remark: "Te , ean't
eduent wemon aa.y can man. They're
elemental creatures; and ye can no
more change their natures "than ye can
top fir from burning," is th key
note to the whole story.-
.Lord Stair, after almost remarkable
and romantlo falling . In love at first
eight marries a Oypsy maiden wild
dl at th birth of th child Nancy.
As the child grow she displays such
marked genius her father determines
to educate her as be would have edu-
general of the National Association of
Arts is spending a week at the Hobart
' Curtis, preparatory to her stay at the
Chautauquar-steeembly where she gives
10 morning and two platform lectures
on art. . . .-'-, v v
Mrs Whits 4 a- woman f charming
personality, rare Conversational powers
and sweet magnetic manner. ' During
her stay in Portland she has been the
recipient of many social attentions, and
of . the many who have called to pay
their respects to her she speaks In
glowing terms. The west has always
held a peculiar Interest for Mrs. White
and-since childhood she has devoured
everything she saw or heard of the west
country and- its people. "
In her popular lecture. "Our Patriot
Painters of the .West," shs pslnts so
Vividly the people and scenery that it Is
said one can scarcely believe it possible
she has never -been west of Chicago.
"But," she says, "as a child I heard
my father and Charles Dickens sing
"To the west; to the west! toil) .land of
the free! Where the mighty Missouri
rolls down to the sea," and tbe picture
haa ever remained, and the yearning for
the west became stronger and stronger.
"I feel as if you out here are really
the backbone of the country- the na
tional type American .in spirit and Jrv.
tentlon and with opinions as brosd as
your sweeping horiron line." i - -
It is pleasant to have Mrs. ' White
express lierself so delightfully of the
west and of. the people shs has met in
Portland, as she - expects upon her re
turn to Chicago to devote One number
of her magailne to Oregon.
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Settlement Vorkerg .
Relieve Sufferers of Slocum Disaster
-The benefit and usefulness of th dis
trict nurse .and settlement worker have
been-highly demonstrated In caring for
the safferers from the Slocum disas
ter. The Women's Health ' Protective
association of ' New York . was at ones
called together by the president, Mrs.
Ralph Tra'utmann, who explained the
object of the meeting to be to render
some service to the sufferers and sur
vivors of that awful catastrophe. Many
prominent women spoke snd coincided
with the president, and large sums of
money were offered, but this the of
ficers declined, as they considered the
benefit. fund raised by the olty sufficient
It waa decided to appoint a commit
tee to-confer with the pastor of the
stricken parish. It was not thought ad
visable for these women themselves to
go Into the district and attempt the
care and nuralng, as few would be equal
to the task. Professional nurses would
not do this kind of service except atl
exorbitant prices, so tne wore naa to
be undertaken by the settlement and
cated a son, and surrounded o;
onjjfhy
men she grew to womanhood, -- Hug
Pltcalrn,. the great criminal ' lawyer,
was her friend, counselor and advisor,
and 'with him she studied the great
criminal cases of England and Scotland.
With Father Michel, tbe ' good priest
shs studied out the labor problems and
succeeded In mastering the labor situa
tions . on her own estates, establishing
lace school for the women., and train
ing schools of other kinds for the men;
with her father she read, and wrote
poetry until her .name, through her two
volumes, was known throughout Scot
land.
Hurh a. Ufa of . activity, whloh in
fluenced' hundreds of others, must1
needs pas through om strenuous and
trying circumstance, and the author
hows herself quite equal to th task
of conducting her through them.
One of th finest scenes In the book
I the meeting of Nancy Stair for -the
first time with Robert, Burn and their
exchange of rhymes.
Then (In connection with Robert
Bums) to discover or as Nancy Stair
herself puts It: "It took me two weeks
to discover that the thing called genius
hss no mors to do with a person's char
acter than the chair he sits In; that a
man oan, write. Ilk a god and llv like
a beast That ha can write lines sur
passing PoloneuB' advice to his son and
leave thera uncopied on the ale house
table to go off with ' the first loose
woman who comes by and be carried
home too drunk to walk." A murder at
Stair nous and Nancy' working up
of the case Is quite equal to Sherlock
Holmes, While the fine Scotch lad, Dan
vers Carmlchael. And his father, Sandy,
make , the story complete, and compels
the crIUo to say "It is one of the finest,
best and cleanest books Of th year,
Inspiring la its tendency. .
In binding, the book has that neat. el e
gance which makes It a pleasure to look
st snd handle and which Is so charac
teristic of the publishing house from
which It comes.. I). Appleton A Com-
pany4 Nw Xorg, J'rlce, 11.60. j
district workej-a, with the women of the
protective' association standing back of
them furnishing . ways and - means to
accomplish a work and relieve distress
and suffering, unparalleled In the. his
tory of New tork City.
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Svmu B." Anthony''
Collection in th Library of Contfres
A great deal of Interest has bean
shown in th collection, of books re
cently presented to. the Congressional
library by Miss Anthony, - She had with
out doubt the large$r number of boqks
on subjects relating to " women, that
could be found, partly because of her
Interest In collecting them fend partly
because th authors or owners of such
works took pleasure' In presenting them
to her. After - the completion, of her
biography and the last volume of th
"History of Woman Suffrage."- she- glad
ly accepted the Invitation of Mr. Her
bert Putnam and Mr. A. R. Spofford to
place her collection In the : magnificent
building nt Washington..
Miss Anthony made a careful selec
tion- of several hundred . volumes, which
comprises not only those on. -the woman
cjueatlon.r but autograph copies from
authors snd many books that-are out of
print ' There are also- her grandmoth
er's Bibre, 16 J years old, her mother's
Bible and hymn book, over .100 yesrs
old, and some quaint and ancient .medical
works that supplemented in esrly house
holds 'the services oi the country -doctor-
.:-'-'. '.- '- ,':,
What has added infinitely to the value
Of this gift is the fact that In every
volume MIhs Anthony has written her
autograph and a few lines regarding the
book. , For Instance, in one we - read:
"This was presented to Frederick Doug
lass by Abigail Mott, who taught him
to read."- Last winter Miss' Anthony
consumed over a month of her precious
time getting thesc'hooka ready to send
away .T. ..-..;..'. i
Not the least .interesting sre files of
Garrison's famous abolitionist paper. The
Liberator, begun about 1832, and of the
Anti-Slavery Standard, which numbered
Wendell Phillips, Lydla Maria Child and
Parker, Plllsbury among-' -Its editors.
There are also .files of Miss Anthony's
own beloved pspsr, The Revolution,
edtted by Mrs. Stanton and herself, and
of various women papers long sine
forgotten.-- . - - .
Mr. Spofford gives -It as his opinio
that-the' most priceless psit of the col
lection is Miss Anthony's scrapbooks.
covering period of over CO years. This
gift will be catalogued as "The Susan
B. Anthony Collection,1' and a hand
some bookplate has been made for It.
There are only four other 'collections
in the library designated by names and
this Is the only one preented oy a
woman. , - a, 1 ,
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"Women Are to
Blame for It AIT
Mellvtll E. Stone," manager of the
Associated Press, in an address to the
general federation of Women Suffragists
at St. Louis, said: "Let me tell you
that the scandal paper, of the country
are eupported by Women.' No large metropolitan-
newspaper ran live unless It
meets the 'demands of the women.'1' The
Blnghamton. N. Y, Herald, In comment
ing upon this,. says: - - -
"Of course, the woman is always te
blame-for It all. She-was ths ons who
gave Adam the forbidden fruit. She
is always the one who drives her hus
band to drink and evil ways, and who
causes him to get gray-headed because
of her terrible temper. If there is, any
thing particularly wrong in the world
it can all be traced back to woman. We
did not believe that the sensational
newspapers were the outcome of a de
mand for their existence by the debased
female sex of the country, but it seem
that . such is the case. Epidemics of
crime' are probably due to tne women,
and we have no doubt that a careful
scrutiny will reveal - the . fact .. that -all
the evil, things of which the world com
plains are the outgrowth of the efforts
of the ' women. We are glad to know
that the world Is 'coming to recognise
the villainy of that terrible sex. In time
to come they will get set down on the
record' Just where they belong."
There is more truth In , the satirical
remarks of ths Herald than most peo
ple realise. In a recent paper read be
fore the Society for the - Study of
Inebriety, in London, Dr. Jones mad
the claim that the chief .cause of drunk
enness was the "bad cooking of house
keepers. He. however, did nor-esplola
why this same food did not make
drunkards of the women who also ate
it Another writer recently made the
claim that women were the cause of
wars, and the Male Teachers' associa
tion of New Tork City laid the blame
of so few boys graduating from the
high schools upon the women teachers,
claiming that if they were under the in-
"Hlatory of th Northwt;" Vol. 1
"Discovery and Exploration" A volum
In thl aerie I devoted to "Prehlstorio
North America," but becaus of certain
research work it haa teen deemed ex
pedlent and fitting to make the "first
that of th disco verle and exploration
by Alfred Brlttaln, . .author of many
authoritative histories. In th prep
aration ot this he ha been in con
ference with George Edward Reed,
president of Dickinson college, and
sometime librarian of the state of
Pennsylvania. Tills, like the II vol
umes to follow, is edited by Guy Carle
ton Lee, Ph. D. .
It is based upon the narrations of ths
explorers themselves , or of contempo
raries having accesa to the- original
records of the voyages. It presents for
the .first time in a general history, not
only the, entire text of the journal of
the first voyage" of Coluroliua, as edited
by the celebrated missionary Las Cass
but also the original account ef tho
expedition of Vespucci, De Soto,- Cortes,
Ponce de Leon; Verrasano, Jollet Car
tier, Champlaln, etc., and of tbe voyages
of Cabot, Gilbert, Hudson, Baffin, Hawk
In, Drake, Smith, Amldaa, Barlow, etc,
etc. - It is Unique in tbe field of history
in this respect thst it takes original
Journals and . manuscripts and weaves
ths narrative from actual words and
record of th discoverers. . Ths Author
haa preserved the value of the quoted
material aa a basis of th study of th
evidence of the period by his method,
aAd has Increased the value of- his work
by the styje of ths original matter
which he uses as a setting to the Quota
tions from ths sources. The first chap
ter, which la on "Pre-Columbian Dis
coveries,", opens with this statement:
"The record of the beginnings -of Amer
ican hlatory, unlike that of the origins
of the history of countries of the old
world. Ms established snd. attested by
contemporaneous : documents," . And
through the entire volume this fact has
been utilised to bring Into reliable- and
consecutive form th great AXata which.
' With the echoes of our own American
eagl tlll ringing In our ear, and the
wound of th too patriotic boy atl 11
fresh in th mind of hi anxious mother.
It is not amiss to turn our' attention for
a moment to other lands and ask what
means thl liberty cry to other, nation
to otner women specially.
Francis Wlllaxd once said thst. "Whsn
PrisclllaMollnes . stepped on Plymouth
rock the American girl was born" and
she might have added that there began a
new manner of woman. The hardships,
suffering and work of . the early New
England women bred in them a stern
sense of Justice in the right to partlc
lpate in tbe privileges,, as Well as the
privation of the men. and early bn
planted in their heart : th seed of
liberty And freedom, which to thla day Is
uvnillll iiuiu. -
To the women of the south this has
never been so much a part. . Conditions
of Ufa .were easier an-' the invasion of
sis very fostered , art 'indolence incon
sistent .with. American . characteristics
snd they enjoyed the protecting care-of
men,. The war which gave )f reedora to
millions of colored people, while bring
ing many lessons writ-In blood and fire
to 'the women or the south.-proclaimed
their day of freedom from a lethargy of
idleness which wss prostaating their
best energies and sinking them into th
slough of selfishness and dependence.
Some times the lessons of liberty have
been hard, and the way grievous to the
feet unaccustomed to toll the wearv wsv
of the bread earner, but it inevitably
leads to the liberty crowned' goal of
self-respect and independence.-. - The
same flag that guaranteed to the women
of Boston their tea, without prohibitive
lax, carried t the eouth a new idea of
the liberties and privileges of a nobler
life, but' nowhere that the Stars and
Stripes hAVev reenTrtanTed" fial It
meant so much probably ' aa to tbe
women of Cuba. ;
Ths old patriarchal Ideas it Cuba ob
tained to the time - of American oc
cupancy of Havana, Their idea of pro
priety war often and severely shocked
at seeing tne American women, many of
them the wives of army officers, walk
ing upon the street and visiting the
stores unveiled and unescorted. - Next
earns -the ad vent of the woman teacher,
the stenographer and the clerk. At the
close of the wsr came the impoverished
condition of the island.- Men were un-
structlon of male teacher they-would
remain In school for a longer time.
"Two-thirds oMhe men lay tbe blame
to the women for the injustice done by
not allowing women to express tbelr
ohoice of men gnd measures at the polls
on eiecnon aay. They tell us the reason
they, do not allow women to vote lgbe
eause women do not went to vote snd
that they are ready to give us the bal
lot as soon as we manifest any general
desire for it It is the seme old spirit
of laying all ths blame to the women
that has - been In existence - from the
time of - Aunm and ws have become so
accustomed to it tftat we seldom, stop
to consider the ridiculousness of it all.
EJLNORA MONROE . BABCOCK.
, vvft. ft'ft.f-'V-;.-.,: ?;,
The Decline of- ': '''' ;'.-' ';.'
Courtesy, and Some Cause : ' '
Apropos of the above subject, the Sat
urday Evening Post has the following -taTeTders, specially rj his mother, rune
say:
'The familiar . toast 'Her' to wo
man onoe our superior, now our equal'
Is much more than a olever bit of
banquet fooling. It wae a Jest when
first spoken; it is taken as fact now.
W have eeen In recent year a steady
diminution of the deference to woman
which In the past century waa a part of
every boy' education. Even the bow,
once a genuflexion of real compliment,
haa deteriorated . Into a fashionable'
shrug; the kiss Is unmentionable except
as a microbe exhibit, and as for sur
rendering comforts from a sense of duty,
here Is the very latest authority from
the very latest book of etiquette; -The
old custom of a man glvlnfhtg seat In a
street car to a woman la being gradually
done away with. This la due largely to
the fact that women are now so exten
sively engaged In commercial business
that they are constant riders-at busy
hours, and thus come into direct compe
tition witn tne men;' and w find thla
delicious passage In the further elabora
tion of tha rules: 'A woman should not
look -with a' pained and injured air at th
men passengers because no one of them
has offered her a seat.' Really It comes
as a balm to the soul to b told that 'A
man should never cross hi legs or keen
hi ...ft.N.etndo4 ..lnthepasagwayzJ
custom rules, and It does little good to
sigh for ths good old days. 8 till, w
led up to the discovery of America, with
subsequent voyages and xploratione.
'' Th early discoveries of th Norse
men, of which there is good documentary
evidence," the writer consider demand
nothing mor than referential treatment
In the history of America, and are only
important a they kept allv among th
dentist and . seamen of Europe a
curiosity concerning what might lie on
the western confines of th Atlantic.
Th greatest Interest in this period
of time is to watch ths gradual develop
ment of a' scientific study , of geography
which led up to. and culminated in th
voyage of Columbus, which wa th first
discovery of America, considered from
a aclentlflo -point Important enough to
take It place In the great events of the
world. Leading up to this Professor
Brlttaln 'gives a brief history no less
Interesting . than ..comprehensive, of -the
parts th varlou nations of th world
took In thl development. Much, how
ever of thl first chapter I devoted to
the early settlement of Iceland, and
particularly to it "sajas," an old Scan
dinavian word signifying "a - story."
This literature which blossomed in lea
land centurle bfor Dante and Petrarch
is particularly interesting to Americans.
In the third chspter th writer take
up th early life of Columbu ,snd hi
advocating hie . project H doe not
treat Columbus nor his dlcovrlaas n
fortunate accident or the thought of one
man at one particular time, but a a se
quence In a long train of event having
at their base deep scientific thought and
profound study,, every stag of whloh-1
substantiated by documentary evidence
of. the htfhest order. This method of
presentation. In this first volums, should
not be overlooked as It Bound a key
note of portentous moment to the fol
lowing chapters and volumes, promising
the moat thorough Investigation' and
scholarship In 'What Is to follow. It Is
slso deeply significant Of the conception
of an overruling wisdom to whom a
JUifiUiUd .ear art but as a wax abdi
" ' American Libcrty--IlfS
Meaning : to Culan Women
t.able to properly house snd feed great
swarms or remale relatives, and tne .,
Spanish snd Cuban girls began to
wonder why they, too", might not do a
the American wonfen.f and enjoy Jhe
freedom of independence. As a result,'
the American teacher la fast disappear
lng and the schools are almost entirely
filled with -native women. ...
About . Ave years ago kindergarten
system of elementary Behoofs was es-1-tabllshed
by the Cuban - Orphans so
clety. Just before the transfer of-the ,
government it wss turned over to the -American
government by the Orphans '
society, so that it might not go to the ,
state as a phHanthrophy. but be turned
over as a part of the publio school sys- -tent.
A . normal., training school in
Havana i now under ' native superlny
tendents,. It - provides kindergarten .
training for 10 young, women who are ' :
paid, during their two yeara course, 20"
a month, and are guaranteed positions -at
the. end of ths course. Certain n-
dltlons are- imposed which; makes It
necessary for thsn to teach three years
after graduation or reimburse the gov- .'
eminent for the expense of their educa
tion. - Thus are the Schools of Cuba be
lng rapidly, tilled by natives much too
rapidly, some American" educators of
long experience tljlnk, a - he Cuban ..'
women have, a a rule, a very 'superficial
education. r. . :, . .
With all this advance Cuba ha not
reached that high state of glorification
which makes her howl herself hoarse -on
their independence day, 'the glorious
12th," or endanger the lives of young -
Cuba as we do oh our "glorious 4th," .
and there is still tbatjSeep note of re
sentment, bom In the breast of every '
human being against Its benefactor';
they are. therefore, afraid to let their
eagle scream too loud, lest its Shrinks
be heard by Uncle Sam. Contrary o the .
feeling in - our southern states) 'the
Cuban women are getting over this feel- -;
ing more rapidly than the men. who bit-
terly resent their women going into pub-. .. .
Uo positions, -s the most abominable
child of their recentlyracqulred liberty '
and obligation to the United States. ;
But be it the nith," or th "ithj be It
Cuba, the-Philippine, or - the United
States, the planting of the flsg hss ,
trough trio lh " women of fhe nation
more happiness and greater possibilities,
than It was ever In the mind of man to
conceive, or tongue to tell. r,, V ' ' '
hall cling to the belief that good' man- :
ner ' cannot' go wholly out of fashion,'
that deference to women lsxcellent,
not only for the woman but for the man, .
and that the gentleman who is guided by
the better promptings ot his nature, and -tbe
higher teachings of his youth will '
get more abiding satisfaction out of life
than by ignoring woman simply because :
sh dare tojry th only -way of becoming
Independent by making her own living." .
i Thl is a subject calling -forth almost
as much discussion aa th mooted "serv- ,
ant girl problem," with about as many
and diverse reasons for Its being. . What
the fundamental cause Is would be hard
to tell, but. Ilka almost every other
"problem," it can be traced directly back
to family conditions, or as Mr. .Chant. ,
the English leoturer. says, ."our present
day American methods of raising chil
dren." " .. -. '. -.- .
A boy that la taught deference to his
little danger In after years of being dis
courteous to a worklngwoman. There
ls.no real cause-' or reason for a working-man
to rise and glvs a woman his
seat In th car, and yet vry time he
Ita still and watch a 'woman clinging
to a strap he casts a reflection on his'
mother or whatever woman had the
raising ef him. If she had not allowed ,
him in his tender years - to occupy a '
chair while she hunted one for herself
he could not have In later rear remained '
seated while a woman stood In bis pres- '
ence. - Discourtesy is neither sin or
crime,, but is always the dividing Urb
between the gentleman and the boor..
It Is the llttt niceties that win fori
men th hearts and admiration of .
women. No rule of society or good
breeding exact the removal of a man's
hat In a publlo elevator, but what wo .
man's heart doesn't warm to the man V
that does It, specially if It be a man
younger than herself and Just about the
age of her. own son. Her first thought
flies to the mother that raised htm to
respect women, no matter where thev
agt met of where they may be, and this
carries us right back to first principle; .
thr la no decay of courtesy, but a lack
of proper heme training, and until
women learn' to train their sons better
they .have no rlght-t -complain er sigh
for "the good old dsys before the de
cline of courtesy.' , t
j;
3
that time find no' place In shaping the
destiny ot the world. , .- ,
The 'succeeding chapters of volume t
1lrt take up in chronological order the
varlou voyages, -their cause and ef
fect, beginning with th first voyage
of Columbus and closing In th year
1850,-whert Captain MacClure went. In
search of Sir John Kranklln, passing
through Bering Strait and sailed eaat
ward on the Arctic sea far enough to
establish th existence of a northwest
psssagA It Is a far cry from Colum,
bus to MacClure, but a great study
never, we believe, so authentically given
or so charmingly told, or never before
presented in so scholarly. a manner or'
made bo profoundly - interesting. No ;
student's, library;, whether he be a
student of history, science er literature. '
can afford to he without this great
edition, if the present volum is a .
preennor- of those to follow.
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