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THE OREGON- SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 17, 1904.
1 WOMEN'S
Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans '
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unaympiuicuii iuuukiuwu
And What It Must Answer For.
. .A few dav uo w war sitting In
' 1 tut delayed train. A la our habit, wa
. feat.--.. nlil tlnv am lh' faUMS that
war pawing back and forth, aeelng In
some benevolence, tn otbar tamper,
aorrow or joy; wondering wbat had baaa
tJie llfa of thla one or th future of
. that mnA In nut 1ml Vitiat Inn flvtRaT the
" Vdeatinr of ench one a they psssed In
.'V?t1w. whan our reverl waa Interrupted
by tffe abrieka of a little light-hatred
fairy of a girl, probably four year
old, who had been dancing and aktpplng
:'ovr the floor, climbing over the aeata
and doing: all theme chjldish thing that
. ' every other llttla tdfdoee when tired
or tnat oeiicais, , sen am v iyp
' which indicate good breeding rather
- tian III fcMllh -tii-Alt-v aa a nlrtura. but
' aiuii a atudv of tha face, which had
; five aummera. there waa caat a shadow
' Of unhanolneaa.' yet waa not
very far from either. . Tha child wa
well. Indeed beautiruliy dressed, which
would Indicate tha mother above the
Muidltlnna where a auMtlon of flnajieea
, could harass her or. create 111 temper,
If such a thing aver waa excusable. But
' girl and a score of people were on their
feet, alarmed at the resounding crack
irera in iiiut ones neaa it sirura
im cum mviiw iiuvr. iv wvit u i dbicu
rather handsome mother sprang to bar,
v grabbed her by one. arm with which ahe
swung. Mr irriu a aval, kiiu prwreuou.
. Biivr a lmi ananv, .. w lurainiRier
, whack on her back that nearly sent
.. what breath wa left In tha little one
- out or her, while a eontinuoua volume of
blame and reproach waa being poured
upon the child for making such a soene
in a puonc piaca. ... ... .
The little- on stuffed her tiny fist
Into her. mouth to keep In the sound.
; 'effort aijd th hurt Of th .fail.. We
might have drawn 'on our Imagination In
- thlnklna wa aaw tha lines of inluatlna
f and resentment draw tighter around th
little ones eye and mouth, but that
' , .that we are not able to substantiate, but
I. b... a.a V. ... .WL, W .
-for many an hour to come.
: Fortunately auch .cases are rare, and
gross brutality not often encountered In
; muwcri ireairrrani 01 nor cnua, ana in
.' this esse probably the "mother would
Indignantly resent any such accusation,
, but It taught a deeper lesson than the
mere act of unklndneaa,
It has always been on ' of our
grounded beliefs. that where the home
training, more properly speaking, the
. horn life of a girl has been right, ther
'.Is no danger of her ever straying from
th paths of virtue. We realise that
-. this statement will not meet with unl
versal appswval, and that eaae without
aumunr win ua cuea xo prove now tnia
i or that girl fell, after being raised In
ha. MM Am. .V.I -
..aun. . u., iiuiiid, ngTvi iiiiiagi, WfJ
abide by our first statement. A thou
" sand things go to create the ideal home.
and a thousand things may enter In to
destroy Its Ideality: only those within
the innermost sanctuaries of th heart
... can tall what these Influences may- be.
inaeea very orien tny era not even
. realised until too. lata, and sometimes
: tn "mists must roll away" before this
, .anowiedfr oomes..
Take the case of the JIttle child who
cracked her head end received a re-
-'huka InatMil of that rhH.l..
- treatment known as the "mother kiss,"
' that la so potent la the life of every
,. child. . Possibly those nearest to that
. family would be shocked to hear anyone
predict estrangement and trouble be
tween the child and her mother. The
home. life may be all that a casual ob
, server might think necessary to per
1 fectly rear children, every comfort may
: be provided and the child guarded by
. rvery safeguard, but Hhe hurta of after
.life will, and must come. When the
itran la sore, wnen me neea or svm-
, pnthy and advice are strong upon that
r child, when the world Is probably look-
Itlar on ilK Atln.l . .
step, who will the child turn toT Cer
tainly not to them other who had not
: the healing kiss for her mie-steps. And
'there Is where . the danger lies; when
the child -hns -to seek sympathy and
' advice without the circle of a mother'
. lum-uiia iuvc anu cure.
If a child does not grow up In the
" firm bellef"hat the mother's heart la
. the shelter place from ever stormy
miiu uiuva ane win no seea mat
shelter in later life.
I ' If mother could only realise that the
very first years of the glrl'g life are
th ones to prepare for the later trials,
; when sympathy often mean salvation.
nan a, all bmhU V. M rt. L. .
, , would be leas Crittenden homes... fewer
, north ends, and lnflnHetT- leas suffering
In the world. Inheritance 1 almoat an
esploded theory; there Is nothing that
'cannot be done with the tender heart
Of a Child- tha wnrM fit all Ita nnaIKll-
Itiea are stored away In It. but when
r the camphor bottle or confidence muat
be found outside the sanctuary of home
ine iraur or im rnnn peril na struck.
H H H
9 Tn a a -
.encouraging example or
; Woman's Accomplishments.
" An much talk hns been Indulged In
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advisability of women'a club doing
rtvlo work, and on very large club. In
Pittsburg having set the pace for many
smaller ones to follow, by passing reso
r lutiona to hold gloof from all civic en
" terprlaes becsuae It was wasted strength
' and endeavor, the account of the Wo-
man's Improvement club of VaJlejo,
"Ruler of Kings" By Gertrude A ther-
' ton. In thl hook th writer has di
., verged somewhat . from her usual path
of -subjects and yet not so far as a
casual glance would Indicate or the title
..Imply, for h - haa always been rather
" fond of depleting the American millions,
' and European .poverty, and on several
, occasions has.' brought about Interna
, tlonal marriages, but In this laat book she
has gone Into deeper -water, and while it
treats pf still living ruler, putting con
' versatlon Into their mouths and bringing
about wholly fictitious results, they ar
: all within, th rang of possibility to th
' dlseerner of th signs of th time.
Fearlessness haaalwaya been a charac
teristic of GertruBe At hart on' a writlnga,
veiling her characters at time so thinly
. that . tha . true-color . with .which . ah
paints them show- through; plainly enough
to t sesily recognised. la Just this
way h handle aoma of th present
ruler of Europe and w fancy that some
ft br hard hit wlll not bs entirely ac
ceptable. - ' , ,
- The story la simply a string on which
she threads her beads; tbe beads are
. existing conditions between the rulers
. ef the old world end America' 'millions,
n circumstances which ar (labia to
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- v MISS BIN A M. WEST . . ' '
Bupreme Xeord Keeper of the Indies of the Maccabees. '
Cel., which ha been thought worth
printing In a New Tork paper, may bj
of. lntereat to many Oregon women
whose courage In civic work .occasion
ally oose out In petulant expression:
'Any skeptic a to th valu and effi
ciency of practical clvla work done by
women clubs should read the attrac
tive little booklet sent out by the Wo
man's Improvement club of Vail e Jo,
Cel., - containing tha annals of its three
year's work. The club . waa organised
September-.24. 1900, and exactly two
weeks after" the first meeting 11 gal
vianlsed iron boxes were purchased for
refuse on the streets, at a cost of
till. 50. . A travesty of a city park was
next taken In hand. ' The place waa
piped for water, 100 worthless, trees
wars-' removed, the ground - was pre
pared, and a lawn waa planted at a cost
of 1600. Altogether 1628 waa- spent on
the park within the first three months.
An additional $110 waa spent in April.
Plants and-framed pictures-were pur
chased for the schools of the city, and
a sprinkling cart was purchased. The
women paid for sprinkling the streets
from May -until November the first year,
and the next 'year turned the wagon
over to th city authorltlea, who agreed
to pay for street sprinkling four months
lri each year. The agreement waa car
ried out only that year. The park de
partment was not very grateful for the
continued efforts of the club. Although
a greed deal of time and money had
been devoted to the beautifying of the
park; flower and shrub planted, lawn
made, and tree and shrubs Installed,
th trustees refused to pay for th
service of a gardener - or watchman.
The boy destroyed the park unleas a
watchman was constantly on hand,
from which It will- be aeen how badly
that town was In need of aa Improve
ment club.
More money was raised and a gardener
engaged at SSO a, month and 11.60 i
week extra for 8uhdaya, An extra man
waa engaged on day tn th week to
help the gardener. Th annals do not
specify th day. but It I safe to assum
that It was Saturday, when boy war
most numerous. Tbe work of beautify
ing the park went on., and It la gratify
ing to note that the trusteea crew
aahamed of themselvea after a veafa
time, - and now pay for the gardener.
This wa not until the park waa saved
rrom utter destruction by the club.
for In June, 10. in the midst of a verv
dry eeaaon, the trusteea found It-necessary
to ahut off th city water In the
park, owing to a shortage in th city
supply. Th club watering cart waa
fitted up. with a faucet and a hoe, lent
by th fire department, and three time
a week water wa purchased and
hauled to the park. In this war th
lawn war kept alive until the rain
act In. Tha usual courae of aaklna tha
co-operation . of cltisena in keeping
their lawna- and gardens In order and
offering prise for window boxes and
wen kept dooryardg was followed, and
the town began- to wr a saw and
brng-about revolution In both at any
time. It aavor a little of th prophetic,
too, and If w are not mlataken thl I
th kernel of the writer' nuV-Just what
she tries to delicately Imply.
Her American millionaire, Fessendea
Abbott Is not a fictitious character by
any means, but wholly a composite which
is Immediately recognised by any one
who has kept ths run of the Amsrloan
millionaires of th past 18 or JO years.
Certain recognisable trait ar so ad.
roltly brought out thatvthe resemblance
1 absolutely ridiculous. Going abroad he
meets William of Germany and ther
th ambition and scheme of thl em
peror are so bluntly portrayed, it is al
most startling In It . effects, and we
wonder why we have not-gotten all this
Information through th preaa. We have,
only it hasn't been presented-to us 'in
Mrs. Atherton's -charming -and lucid
manner. Th story which seems klmost
Impossible of righting Itself in the be
ginning, bass finale which I tinged with
that prophetlo vision and seem alto
gether natural, but If such condition do
obtain In th future, will It be best for
the truest Americanism? Is on of th
suggested questions,
Truly It may b said to b a daring
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Improved aspect Swings and benches
were purchaaed for the park, and band
concert on Sunday afternoons were
paid for. In three year th club ex
pended tt. 358. fit. It 1 now engaged In
beautifying school yards.
This should be an inspiration to dis
couraged improvement, clubs ana civic
departments. These women worked
against, odds, agalnat Indifference, and
a very 'evident lack of proper apprecia
tion. Yet they I kept right on. Such
unselfish devotion to a right Idea is
not met with every day. .-
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Some Work of the A ; ' ,
Patriotic Virginia Women. ' J
- Some very laughable criticism 1 often
Indulged In at the expense of what com
on called alphabetical patriotism,
meaning tha O. A. R. or D. A. R. and
kindred organisations. Some of them
need laughing at when they so entirely
mistake the object for which they were
created and : regard them only aa a
family-boost -Into an aristocratic po
sition. But to th glory of at least
th abov two It can be said, the one
ha don Its duty before It took on it
name and the other ha in most caaes
don honor, to th' ' ancestors from
which they sprung. In a recent report
made at th Virginia conference, D. A.
R., Mr. Tattle of Charlottsvlll said:
, "W have erected tablet to th mem
ory of fallen heroes; we have contrib
uted to th varloua memorial fund; wf
are now raising money for our Con
tinental hall, and I think w hav an
other privlleege, that .. of helping to
carry on thl memorial library In the
Philippine. , Our soldiers In Manila
hav absolutely nothing to lntereat
them. They hav their long, tiresome
marches to contend with; they ar liv
ing In a very unhealthful climate, and
hav no horn ties near at bandno
horn new for week at a time, and
nothing to -aave- them -from" atter- de
spair exoept the reading of thee book
and magaslne.
Thla work of starting a library in
Manila waa begun by Mrs. Oreenleaf ID
San Francisco In the fall of 189, and
In March. 1900. she had secured a li
brary of about I.OOlt books, which she
had solicited' from different parties tn
the United States. From time to tlm
numbers of volumes have been con
tributed by personal friends, book pub
lishers and college. John Hopkins
university ha - contributed 1,(00 text
book of reference, which hav - aided
th soldier very, materially in their
preparation for examination for pro
motion. Any person or society, by giv
ing too volumes, -can hav a memorial
alcove in this library, and can nam It
for a deceased soldier, friend or friends.
Such memorial alcove have been given
In - memory of Colonel MUes, General
Rgbert Colonel George Howard, Colonel
Lipscomb, lieutenant Cheney - and
others. The Daughters of th American
Revolution chapter In Ohio hav given
and original novel and
far surpasses
anyth
Ing that writer ha yet attempted.
It present conditions of royalty and
European ' characteristics ' no Amsrlcan
dare dlaregard In this day of close con
tact . It Is brilliantly written and weU
worth close and attentive reading.
iHarper a Bros., NewTork. Price HM.
' "Anna, the Adventures" By 10. Phlli
Up Oppenhelmer. Thl I a splendid
story, well told. The chief charm of Mr.
Oppenhelmers books Is ths bright amua
Ing way In which he tells his story and In
this, his Istest book, this- feature Is
strongly In evidence. Th book I full of
powerful situation, but no matter how
strong or how tragic they may be, they
hav always that whimsically .humorous
stds that makes th book a delight to th
reader and sustains the interest to th
very last. ' ------ ,'
Th. story Is ef two . English orphan
girls, Anna and Annabel, who reslds for
om years In Part, Anna studying art
and Annabel singing upon -th stage,.
The difference In the 'character of the
two girls Is, as remarkable as their -resemblance'
to each other In appearance.
Annabel Is wild and reckless, alwsv
getting Into scrapes, creating trouble for
I 00 volumes to the memory of tho-Ohlo
soldier who have fallen in th Philip
pine, and thl alcove 1 called the Ohio
alcove. . The California state conference
last November agreed to place a similar
alcove to the memory of Iter soldiers.
- Th efficient librarian la th widow
of Colonel Egbert- who was killed In
one of the Philippine , battle. Four
branch libraries will aoon be In operation
In th outlying and Isolated district
where tbe troopaare compelled to remain.-
It I hard for ua, "who hav
never been In the Philippines, to appre
ciate the need of this work and to real
Ise what helpa and pleaaurea these
books ark to the home-sick soldiers.
- "When Mrs., Oreenleaf left Manila,
she turned this library over to the civil
government- with the condition -that It
should be called the American library,
and should be non:aectarlan.- so -that
soldier of all creed and belief might
feel free to ua and enjoy It A fire
nroof building la areatlv heeded Toe thla
central, library building in Sianlla, and
there I an opportunity for some gener
Oua person to donate funds for such a
building." ' . i - ' - -' - .
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Landmarks Committee
And Its Method of Work. V
- A new thing In club committee -1
projected by the Wisconsin state federa
tion. The members , ar Interested in a
movement to preserve - and restore , old
landmarks In tbe state1 and- propose to
appoint a'-landmark committee to take
charge of the work. .Mr.. Reuben .O.
Thwalte of tbe State Historical society
has, at their request " formulated sug
gestions for the dub women Interested
aa fellows: (1) Tha location, descrip
tion and preservation ' of the Indian
mounds; (2) the location and history of
first building in a -community -trading
posts, fortlncatlona, first , dwelllnga,
school houses, ' churches obtaining
photographs whenever possible; (S the
careful preservation, of local records;
(4) a studyv of th nomenclature of
towns, streets and natural points of In
terest -. - .. . - -. .
If -the Oregon federation could find
enough interested women In It ranks
to take up thl work, ther I certainly
no greater field for it or better tlma
To be uA we have a growing and pros
perous Historical society, but nothing
to compare with Wlsconaln, and. if the
women there find it a good thing, why
not the women of OregonT In conjunc
tion with the- Historical society moat
valuable work could done. A a rale
women have more time to . devote to
these thing and -in th course of nature
they learn mor of the unrecorded his
tory of a country than th business
men, and by attempting to gather It sys
tematically i much could now be saved
while many pioneers are still among us,
that will be gone with their paaalng. . It
would, however, require a committee of
peculiar fitness; It would be largely a
labor of lov and a patriotic sens of
duty that would hav to enter Into the
work to make It ucceasful, and Oregon,
at least needs no more ornamental
workers. . '
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The Woman. Club , '
Picnic by the Willamette. . ;
)n a tree-draped slop by -the Willamette
river.
Where the boughs hang low, with their
- leavea aqulver.
And a spring seeps out from moas-cush-
- toned atones; ' .
Where the. notes - of bird swell th
-- soughing ton -
Of th river and trees; where a. tangled
sedge,
Mingled musk and cress, creep low on
. the edge
Of a lasy brook; where the oweetbrler
glows . -- -
With Its pale, pink bloom our own
. wild roe : ; '
And the violet's gold and syringe's
... snow ...
Peep out from the brush growing rank
and low
There a eampflre sent forth It tongue
of flame, -.- V '
And from city and . country sld ther
came .-
From the Woman's club a merry crew
To assemble where the lush grasses
grw. . '"''
Then reason and nonsense, and wisdom
and wit
Vied -with each othr until, bit by bit,
Th' wall-rounded sentence cdd In
cries '
Ot delight aa th lunch-table greeted the
eyes.
On, atarved I th body and warped 1
the mind .
That - will not rejoice to be feted and
dined!
So the lioaton-baked bean a and potato
aalad i - -
Called forth merited praise both In pro
nd ballad;
While - th chowder of . clam. - and th
coffee and cake,
Were declined, aa tlm passed, but Just
for the salt x
Of a feeling that aome on perhaps
would call ahame; - -r-.v -
But that really doesn't matter for
what' In a nameT .
Ahl the hours flew too fast a such
hour will ,
And th sun creeps over the crest ef th
hill. -
Playtime waa over, the plcnlo was
ended:
But the guests, a their hpmeward way
they wended.
To dear Mrs, Evan and her smiling
daughter. . . -
Who o charmed the crew by the flowing
water.
Gratefully tendered their heartiest
thank- ,
For that perfect day by th river's
banka B. B. M.
herself and sister, and I personifica
tion of selfishness. Anna Is quite the re
verse eelf-aacriflclng.. upright and of
high principle and able under any cir
cumstances to take care of herself.
In tbe course of ths story the Identity
of the two girl become confused and It
devolve upon Anna to take upon her
shoulder th burden of Annabel's mis
deeds, while Annabel, .borrowing Anns'
cloak ot righteousness peses before her
husband and the world as th good, the
true and the pure. Thla confusion Is ths
cause of much mirth oaa well as sorrow
and trouble for both girt until - In th
end. "all thing work together for good"
and each attain her highest Ideal.
- It Is a story of some depth and vastly
more entertaining than the majority of
books of this class. The book Is neatly
bound In maroon linen with an attractive
design and liberally Illustrated by F. H.
Townsend. - . .-
Little, Brown A Co., Boston. - Price
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"Th Journey of Coronado." The true,
tory of the first explorer of the went Is
now presonted to the puhllo In "Ths
Journey of Coronado from Mexico to the
Buffalo Plain ot- Texas. Kansas and
Pjali
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MR8f ELLEN RAWSON MILLER 1
Demonstrator of Domestic Science at Gladstone Park Chautauqua,
Forestry Club Meets at '
Chautauqua and Picnics.." .
The July meeting waa postponed one
week that the members might study.
forestry In the beautiful groves at Glad
stone' Park, ao on Tueaday almost tbe
run complement or memDers journeyed
to 'the Chautauqua, bent upon study
from nature pur and simple -
"Thereby hang a tale." and probably
Mrs. Ogden'a neighbors, where the party
luncned, know more about the dignity
of the Forestry club than the members
would be willing to admit, but as It was
a day calculated to break out of. harneas
the shouts of laughter that rang out
over the wood Indicated that if It waa
study they were hunting they were
getting it In an a xceedlngly happy man
ner. . . . . .
The president Is a most dignified and
august presiding officer,"' but for the
once she could not even bring order out
of chaos with th assistance of a tent
pin, and In despair she called the meet
ing oft and all repaired to the audito
rium to hear Dr. Kreba. which certainly
must ' have had a more quieting 'effect
tnan tne iuncn conee, xor the much
tried president waa able to herd them
together about 4p.n, and maintain or
der while a very interesting paper on
the eucalyptus tree yas read by Mra
Wetmore, who haa"""prepared it with
much car 'and trouble and had brought
specimens sent her from California. The
paper was much enjoyed and attentively
listened to,- th only sign of refraction
being when a hungry member began de
vouring the peppermint corns.
It was decided to hold the next meet
ing in Hawthorne - Park, the ; second
Tuesday la August
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Official Organ of the General . '
Federation of Womeiv's Clubs.
The fllrst official communication to be
sent to th club over the country from
the new president Mrs. Sarah Piatt
Decker, I In regard to the Club Woman,
the official organ of the general federa
tion. It will be remembered that at tha
St Lout convention th magazine bad a
close call and by a bar majority waa
readopted as the official organ. Credit
ably to both sides very little of the "true
Inwardness" of the situation wa given
to th public and Interested club women
ware left to form their own conclusion.
Reading between . the. lines the July
number, in an editorial, rather lets the
cat out of the bag" when It says: For
reasons that were not mads public and
are still unknown, the board presented a
recommendation In . favor . of tha . dis
continuance of the . official endorsement
and In the discus Ion that followed many
point of interest to our readers and to
tbe management of the Club Woman
were brought out. see Mow that the
new president Mra Sarah Platt-Decker,
will use Its pages for her official mes
sages td clubs," eto much Improvement
Is promised. Evidently Mra Denison and
the magastne were not the cloaest friends.
Then on-the next page oomes this mes
sage from Mra Decker: -
The Club Woman Magaslne having
been readopted a the official organ of
th General Federation - of Women s
clubs, we destr to send through Its pages
our cordial greeting. - The weal of the
federation depends not upon tbe presi
dent and officers, but upon tha faithful
support of the state federations and
clubs, even to the smallest and latest
comer. Many of the older workers In the
federation hCVe long felt the need of more
direct communication between the -. of
ficer of the general association and th
stat federations . and Individual, clubs.
Not In the nature of paid communication l
Nebraska," translated from the' original
Journals and editorial of George Parker
Wlnshlp. - - -- - . '
This remarkable history told at first
hand, which has been - pronounced of
mor thrilling Interest than any histori
cal . novel, haa Just been published by.
A. -8. Barnes eV Co. tn their notable
Trailmaker series, under th consulting
editorship of Prof. J. B. McMaster.
Whlls Coronado' Journey la of general
historical ; Interest Its publication ' will
be peculiarly welcome In the west The
esst ha had John Smith and Henry
Hudson; th south D Soto, and now th
tory of the first explorer of th west I
brought within reach of general readers.
The Coronado Is uniform with A. 8.
Barnes V Co.' popular edition of Lewi
snd Clark. v . .
"Alexsnder Hamilton" C. A. Conant
The , year . 1104 Is memorable a being
th centenary nf the death of Alexander
Hamilton. In the Riverside Biographical
series published by Houghton, Mifflin dc
Co. C. A. Conant sketches In fascinating
style the career of th great statesman.
"Without some directing snd organising
genius ilk hU," writes Mr. Cofisnt, "th
consolidation of th union . must have
" ' " '
la the official magaslnar but spontaneous
contrlbutiona from all part of th coun
try springing from Interest in the work
and alms of th general federation.
The new board of directors, having
been Informed that auch space as they
may desire will be -at their disposal In
the .magaslne the oomlng year, outlined
tha following plan at the hasty meeting
held In St Louis the day after the clos
ing of the biennial. : Each member of th
board shalj .-hav charg of '. general
federation new in the Club Woman
magaslne for on month In th year, a
follows:
"August Mrs. Sarah Platt-Decker.
''September Mra Charles A. - Perkins.
"October Mra. Lydla P. William. .
"November Mrs. J. Llndsey Johnson.
- "December Mra. Belle M. Stouben
borough. , -'-a -
"January, 190S Mrs. Mary "8." Wood. '
"February, 1908-Mrs. Philip M. Moora
"March. 1905 Mra Joslah B. Cowls.
' "April, 1906 Mr. May Alden Ward.
"May,, 1005 Mra 'Percy Pennybacker. .
"June, 1906 Mrs. William Orr. ,,
"July, 1906 Mra Charles Tardley.
W ask that thl Issue of tha magaslne
b widely .circulated, so that all club
women and club Journals hav the benefit
of thla Information, and we desire that
much news from many sources be Bent
td the respective chairmen.
" "There Is the natural reaction ' after
the blennlalv and we feel disinclined for
work. But it we do absolutely' nothing
It is much harder to make a new start
In th autumn. I shall hope to, have
many communications during the summer
and, above all, I trust that I may have
the help of your loyalty and friendship.
Ther Is not one woman in the federation
who hag not the power to send Inspira
tion of com kind to her president and
offlcera . My hope Is for -a close touch
with state federations, clubs and Indi
viduals, that together we may further
the great purpose and alms of th general
federation. Faithfully and sincerely
yours, ,
"SARAH S. PLATT-DECKER.
"President General Federation." ,
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Iceland Women's . :V -. '
Progress and Legal Status. "
Way up nnder the aurora boreal Is tn
the "Snowland" f the ancient, in th
Ioeland of today dwell a people who
hav born and b-ed a race neither
known to fame or glory, yet before
Dante or Boccaccio they wrote stories,
created romance - and ung of valiant
deed en land and aea. A early a 8T4
thl island waa. inhabited by a supe
rior class of people, -and although -for a
time all record seems to be lost and the
place' to all Intent depopulated, the
legends, songs and traditions have been
preserved end today' are forming th
ground work for many a fairy tale or
historic novel. Through It all there
runs a thread of Information to lead one
to believe that In - the very ' earliest
times their women were cf a superior
order. Today for advanced and prog
ressive Ideas, strong personal character
istics and Independence of thought they
stand preeminent among the women of
the earth. - - i .
- Like all th dependencies of European
powers there I much Jealousy felt by
th mother country lest th colony out
grows' the restraining- Influence and be
gins to assert herself. Under th pres
ent system it I neceaaary In order .to
enter a profession to qualify in Den
mark. -This entail great hardship of
travel and an .expense almost beyond
the ability - of the Icelanders to- pay.
The matter of a home university has
been delayed and' been accomplished
with much travail. He - waa
fortunate in finding an opportunity for
tha exercise of his high abilities in a
crisis which enabled him to render
greater services -to his country thsn
bave been rendered by almost any man
In her history, with ' the exception of
Washington and Lincoln." ......
, The price of the book In linen binding,
with frontispiece portrait of Hamilton, is
60 cent, postpaid. . . .
"James B. . Reds" -By Lent Is How.
Visitor to St. Louis thl summer, either
In attendance at th Louisiana Purchss
exposition or at th National Educational
association convention, cannot fall to be
Interested in the famous Cads bridge,
the engineer who built this, as well as
th Jettle farther down th river, wsa
James B. Bad a, whose life and achieve
ment ar enthusiastically described In
a volume of Houghton, Mifflin Co.'
Riverside Biographical aerie. - 7.
Louis How, a grandson of Bads, Is th
author and give u a moat Inspiring ac
count of the energetic man who built
th gunboats that rams to Control the
Ml alaatppt river "lh backbone of the ;
rebellion," a Lincoln called it and the
'Ibeen under discussion, or at least agl-
tatlng th people for a long time, and
when the university question waa to '
com up at a recent meeting .of the
Alttng (legislature) th women of Ice
land thought it a fitting time to de
mand more Just and qultabl right.
On reaching th place of assembly th ,.;
woman who was to present the request
was given the privilege o. the floor on
all discussions. Thla wag undoubtedly
in respect to a woman's political sooJety.
that obtain throughout th length and
breadth of the land. It strength may
be measured by the fact that when a '
local option petition was presented to :
the Altlng It contained nearly 7,000
namea . . -i '
It has been considered a bold under
taking for the women of the Dakota.
or oven of Oregon, to span such magnlfl- !'
cent dlstsnces and com together at a
atat federation-meeting, but thla fades.) -Into
insignificance beside this feat of the m
women of Iceland, where towns are few
and far between and it take 14 daya to h
cross th Island. 'Jessie Ackerman say: -"This
document should go down tn his-,
tory as a fitting tribute to the untir- ''
ing . energy" of. women." . ' v r
For nearly -10 year th woman-of' .
thla country hav enjoyed Uia fran- ''
chls in all municipal election, but are ''
not yet considered eligible for office- '
holding, but that 1 gradually coming
to them If the voice of 7,000 'women'
mean anything., and they are now de
manding this privilege. It apeak vol
ume for the estimate that' Is put upon
motherhood when It 1a known that the
only woman on th government -. pay j .
roll la th official midwife, who, for
small pay must attend those who are
unable to procure other service. These
mid wives, however, are not amateura. .
a they must receive a long course of
training and be qualified In Denmark.- . .
Marriage 1 considered the most sa
cred - of all ordinances - and - a : divorcer"
so difficult of obtaining they are of rare
occurrence,-r On of the peculiar feature
la that the parties must appear before a
clergyman and. argue their points of '
difference. It-la tha duty of the man. .
of God to do everything ii his power to -bring
the . parties together; if' this la -Impossible
cf accomplishment "they are -,
then given paper of separation for three -years,
at the end of which time the case -Is
again argued, and If no reconciliation '
1 effected the legal decree la granted,
and if it to for scriptural cause, both .
parttea may again marry. This Is a far.
atep oeyona . me law oi amtnci,- mv
wonder, however, if American women.
wUl see such a progressive step in th .
fabt that fashions never change, clothe
are worn out and replaced by exactly the -same
kind, color and cut Perhaps this
Is due to the women of Iceland having .
less money and time to fritter away and
the high standard of Christian ethic
may alsA b du to a broaier occupation '
In life than th adornmeat of the body.
.Hard work la th part of the mas of
women In Iceland, and'poor-pald services! .
It lamentation. - The compensation 1 in .
no way commensurate with the service -'
rendered, or the pay accorded, for like
work of men. '' " " .
The outlook for brighter days In thla
respect looks very far away, but It may ;
not be so far as it look to th poor-paid, -hard-working
Icelandic women, for in a .
country that bold holy the marriage re
lation, that gives sacred service to
motherhood, and allow women a voice
In municipal election win not long- with-
hold their Just wag. , ; ,'
.a.,,..,.,. k I r -.v.;r;:; T '
Club Women Provide - ; - " "
For Slocum Sufferers..' - V .
A pro do of th work undertaken by
club women for the Slocum- sufferers,
the New Tork Post says in part: :
"Th commute : of ; clubwomen ap-J
pot nted-te-cenfer-wlth the Row George-
F. Haa In regard to plsn for a settle
ment house in 8t Mark' pariah, ao-
eepted the pastor suggestion that th
parish stand more in need of deacon- :
esses than of settlement ' workera K -meeting
was held laat week at which
Mr. Haaa wa represented by Dr. George '
It Bamken, who explained further tha
needs of th trlcken pariah. That they.
would neither understand nor appre
ciate a settlement houa was mad' plain.
They, ar Lutherans and., therefore ao- .
cuatomed to deaconesses, but they are ,
not poor enough to have become e-e
quainted with social workera A settle
ment such as yon propose,' M said Dr. -
Samken, "would be construed aa an In- .
terf erence. A deacones could' be -
cured for about It 00 a year, and if you -
will accept the suggestion, it is the beet
can gtv you.. H added: "Ninety -
five per cent -of - the ' members of tha
Ladles' Aid society are gone. only!
those are left whe f or" Ulneee or some -other
reason war nnabl to go on tha
excursion. Of our forty-eight Sab
bath school teacher six only remain.
Nearly every member of our 1 Touna ,
People's society Is gone. . What wo
need most therefore, is a deacones who
can comfort th mourner, ear for tha
children, and in general take the place '
of the worker w hav lost .uatil tha
congregation has been built up again. .
"A. A. Hill, secretary of the Cltisen"
relief committee, said that there was ,
not much call for direct service to th
survivors. Even th cases of aged par-
snts and relative left dependent by the
disaster were not a numerous as wsa -at
first feared. Only about tt children -
will have to be-placed out in homes.
This gives an Idea of th magnitude of
the disaster.. Families were, literally ,
swept away. What Is needed now la
some one speaking the language of the
people one of their own church, who
will bV able to help them in Irays t.
which they are accustomed." ' r
bridge and .Jettle referred fo above.
E3ad wa the first native-born American
to receive the Albert medal, 'which ta
awarded annually to the society for th - i
encouragement of art, manufactories
and commerce. It wa founded tn 1M, ' '
In memory of the prince consort
Nearly to patent from Kngland and
America were held by Ead for useful !-,
vsntlon In naval warfare and bridges.' '
tc. -- . - - - - --
Th price of thl book I M cents, post
paid. In linen binding, with frontispiece
portrait of Kada. - v . , ''
American Rook In London. Thre of ;
Mssr. Ar S. Parnes Co hew book '
hav Just. been published InTLondon.
"Napoleon, a Short Biography," by R. , "
M. Johnston, ha been published by. the V
MaeMlllan company. Sidney Appleton,
who I publishing Independently In Lon-
don, haa secured J. C. Lincoln' success-'
ful novel, "Csp'n Eri," which haa been
successfully launched In England and ha
already attained great popularity. ' - j
Richard Henry Stoddard "Recolleo-'
Hons." which has attained auch wide- '
spread attention In thl oountry. has been ..'-
secured by Bernard Quarttrh, the famou
London publisher ot fin booka,
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