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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL", PORTLAND, SUNDAY' MORNING, AU6UST 7. ' 1904.
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Neither tne German Feasting Nor
American Fasting
f I tb evolution of our whnl social
; system, which haa been going on. o
, rapidly the paat rw years. nrrs i n
if phase of It, perhaps, that has under
I Hon such an entire chant as the cus
I torn of eating and drinking. Soma
. veara aso. and so few of them that
v- those of us who hava Brown well to
: ward life's meridian can dlatlnctlr
v member It. a soclsl function meant I
' feast; an Invitation to hospitality al
' w-v Imnllerf - sonwghlng to eat: I
-. MrT" invitation brought visions Of
' a beautifully decorated table ladened
with variety and Quantity, of eubatan
tbala and. dainties: and a wedding- meant
days -of delightful brewing-, baking and
concocting of woudwTui wings who
i 'Which to delight the guest and to ,be-
. coma legendary to the children's cnu
"Area.
; Th changa In present day entertsln-
' meat need. hardly ba mentioned, for wno
" that ever goes beyond th bounas or
! their own homes, to accept hoepltallty
I , - does not realise th difference? Hos-
pltallty! That la the word that rlnga
;-' ths change, for hospitality and society
i ' bar zchanged place. 'An Invitation
.! today to anything, aav a dinner party,
t . means society. m hospitality; It means
gowns and Jewels and a rivalry of dress
and dlaplay. with a clanging or nign
! priced music, a clatter of high-pitched
. 1 shrieks and small talk, a wearlaom
, hour of standing around, the gulping
i ' down of a fruit punch, and tha hurry-
Ing through a dish of pink or green lea
cream and a ator cake, a poilt 11 to
th host who has stood rigidly by
th door for two .hours, about th d-
llghtful tlm yon have had. a "Thank
. God, it la over? when you get home.
f and th sola -pleasure In It all la seeing
) your nam In th next Sunday's paper,
I. among tha "0.
Indeed this Is rather an overdrawn
picture of th "refreshment," for . "a
fruit punch with soma pretty girls to
-'serve It." Is usually considered quit
enough, and even this may ba dispensed
. with, tor "people don't com for what
they get to cat, you know" Is becoming
axiomatic' with th hbstesa of th pres
ent It might not bo flattering to this
kind of a hostess if she knew what the'
large majority of her guests really did
't-corns for. Ther la nothing so gross,
it mo brutallslng aa Over-f ceding, but be
r - twaen th American reception and th
j German feaatlng there stands th happy
medium, which seems to hava been
attained In tha days of our American
' - ; grandmothers, when to lovlte a guest
meant soma personal aacrlfics to mak
ready for her reception, and to do
something that would honor her aa a
guest and contribute to her pleasure
while sh was under her roof.
One of ' th things that called forth
much comment from tha - American
j women who attended th International
u Council of "Women at Berlin was th
1- contrast In the matter of eating and
j drinking between the foreigners and th
, Americans. In tha "Woman Journal"
..if ' Ida Hueted Harper says: .1--
I ' "At every entertainment, no matter
. tor what nature, th. most bountiful r
, ' , fresbments were served. Eating in Ger
' many seems to be a continuous perform
' a nee. . W learn that on th several oc
casions when foreign delegations went
v over to our women's meeting In tha
United States, they almost starved to
y death. What especially amased them
was that we could go home after an
: " evening meeting and go to bed at mid
night without a supper. Hera the cus
tom Is a light breakfaat as 7 or
I ; o'clock; a second with eggs and meat
- v at 11; a dinner with many courses -at
, Z; a hearty supper at 7; and a lighter
-f, supper at bedtime. We . cannot find
' any period In which to work, for ther
does not seem to be any forenoon, any
. ' afternoon or any evening. ' The quan
tity of meat oonaumed la astonishing.
W have been to evening 1 banquets
' wher 10 kinds of meat have bean
' Served, and each portion of every kind
waa all that a person -i h"uld hava
1; eaten, according to our Ideas. . In th
, hall wher th congress Is held ara half
- - a doaen eating plaoes, at which avery
; thing may be had, from a cup of coffee
to a full meal, and in th- back of each
room where th speaking Is going on
ara long tablea from which rcfreah
snenta ara being served. Perhaps this
might b a wl provision everywhere
.ta ehahle an audience to keep up tinder
,tC th speeches Inflicted. Kven at com
mittee meetlna-. little "spreads" sr
set forth. Drinking keeps pace with
' eating. Bottles and pitchers are as
. - thickly scattered as knives snd forks.
Wines nd punches under all sorts of
names are served on every occasion.
. On th reporter' tables are rows of
bottles of carbonated water, from which
"The History of North America," vol
. im 8. I'eter J. Hamilton. Edited by
'- Dr. Guy Carleton Lee. Perhaps in the
whole 20 volumes that will complete
thla history ther will not b ona to
-rival tha third volume In Interest or
- Importance. It deals with the colonisa
tion of tb aouth. beginning In point of
' tiro with De Ayllon, when, In 1521, he
is said to have planted a colony north
of Port Royal, at Hunts Helena, and
ambraclng every event thst tended to
build up th history of the colonization
' of th south to 1783. when east Florid!
'surrendered to Spain. The author, by
!' many fortunate circumstances, Is psr
' ticularly fitted for the work . he has ac
, pompllstied in this volume; his long
residence In th aouth, his familiarity
with th Spanish and French records
V snd his aoress to these srchlves en
t able him to bring into this volume
"' much'materlal that has never befor
. been published, all of which adds value
' and Importance to th work. , .
About th history of th south has
"always been woven a film of romance
which distinguishes It from all othsr
sections of North-America. Its greet
men, it pecullsr Institutions, Its lan
guid climate and southern skles hav
given It a charmed Bound In th ears of
Its sterner neighbors, but abov all its
ntlr htstorr reads like a romance, and
1 with all thla In th hands of so accom-
pllshed soholsr as Hon. r. J. amu
L .nil aai ins to It a fund of. new
fts, It could not fall to b of gtupan
j des Interesl aod Importance.
, W has grasped bis opportunity and
f bring Into review tha great men of
, hU period, and th great event which
, nsv ueen mnuiami am ut-.uu vi.
' 1h south alons. but ths whol of Amer-
' lean history to tnis oay. 1 n nisiory
1 of ths south hss been on of knlght-
errantry and chlvalry, rather than a
". history of deeds worked out by stern
' resolve and th overcoming; of obstacles
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they partake freely , to counteract the
effect of dry paper and discussions.
One of our ladles, who la a total ab
stainer, was Invited to address a work
ing women's meeting (not connected
with th council), snd when sh stood
up sc the reading deak she wss con'
fronted with a hure schooner of beer,
It would b Interesting and valuable t
invaatlgat whether all this eating and
drinking baa any 111 effects; whether
th Germans ar lass . healthy and
shorter-lived . than tha Americana
whether they ara having a lot of good
time with no penalty attached, while
w. ara missing all the fun and getting
nothing In particular as a reward for
It. Certainly. It la th unanimous opin
ion of our delegates that never any
where hav w aeen. aa fin, fresh.
strong, healthy and contented looking
women aa right hf in th heart. of th
German empire. t
This Is certainly In bold contrast to
tha biennial meeting of the General
Federation recently held In St Louis,
When th bodily comfort of th gueats
was net given a thought, and It was a
fre-for-all huatl to gt anything at all
to eat. Even at an "Invited lunch,'
which had been put on th program with
spresd-eagl flourishes, and where
many were allowed to return bom un
fed. A good heslthy appetite and a
fondness for good things to est Is no
mor Indicative of coarseness or un
refinement than a fondnesa for fin
clothe and. Jewels, and not nearly so
barbaric That. American women hav
chosen ao to construe it is but a pre
ten to cloak their own growing, lov
of caa and the cultivation of a selfish
neaa that flnda Its most fertile breed
ing ground In our modern American
horn. Many forces ar contributing to
this growing tendency to over-throw
th old faehloned hospitality with mod'
ern society routs; the difficulty of-se
curing competent help but this Is an
other story from which, ona American
housewife does not com out entirely
unscathed: th popularity of th board
ing house; . the professional ' caterer,
which saves th entertainer aa enor
mous drain upon th purse, and is
prohibitive of prodigal provision, but
abnva all the growing demand for more
selfish luxury whloh requires mor for
Itself and gives lss to Its neighbor."
Ther Is a deeper principle underlying
K all than eating and drinking, however,
for it is abolishing a fore whlh every
on rcognlss aa powerful In bringing
peopl into closer, mora sympathetic
touch with each other. A little gossip,
ven ovr th tea cups. Is infinitely
prfrsbh to tha cold Indifference that
will permit peopl to meet over and
over again for years, with never an op
portunity to come in close enough com
munion to open their hearts to each
other, when a littl human sympathy,
which 'from tlm Immemorial has gon
with ths breaking of bread together,
might lighten life's burden to both. It
Is always worth while to do something
that will add to th pleasure of others,
vd if It govs no further than tickling
tha palat or pleasing (he eye, and if
Its Influence does , not reach beyond,
one's Ufa Is ths richer for trying.
. inn
Woman's Part in the
Development of Oregon. '
It haa been a notable gathering- that
Portland has entertained th past week
in tha Oregon Development league, and
ona no leaa significant for th city than
ths stats at' large, or for man, than for
women. i '
It is a mov in th right direction,
the first concerted mov which Is to
bring about a "long pull, a strong pull
and a pull altogether" for th good of
th stat.
Oregon has atood for years.' Indeed
always, sine trad and commerce has
been known to th whit man within
lta borders, chopped directly In two
by th Cascade mountains, which hav
been a much better defined, if not so
publlcally acknowledged, division, as
ths famous Mason and Dixon Un of
antebellum times, exciting on occasion
almost as much belligerency, but with
out very well defined cause. Again th
population 0 th stat haa been divided,
or wo might say, quartered, as two
divisions already hava existed, by mak
ing every affort a man's or woman's af
fair. Concert of action between eastern
and western Oregon, or Oregon men and
women, has never before been mani
fested, where a public enterprise was
undertaken, till the Oregon Develop
ment league took form and called to
gether th whol peopl of Oregon for
consultation.
No distinction of sex being made. In
the call for th convention, many towns
named among their delegation women
by patient endurance, and In this It Is
much mor Interesting; for as told fn
this volum It thrills on with th very
daring - of th deeds, many of them,
alns; to be reaped In future bloodshed
snd sorrow, but non th leas entranc
ing In the reading. Th light and
shndow-of tt all the author has faith
fully palntad. snd ths conviction of Its
absolute correctness and authenticity is
Impressed upon tha reader on every
page.
beginning with th Spanish colonisa
tion of Florida, which Is a tal of brll-
llsnt beginnings snd sombr endings a
fitting commentary on tha history of
the Spanish nation. Tha south was in
truth ths great battleground of the
three European nation that Bought th
wealth and power of ths western con
tinent, for ss th author remarks in his
preface: "Only in connactlon with
southern colonisation can be 'understood
the power of Spain; for sh looked on
Raleigh, Rlbault. Jamestown, Charles
town and Ssvannah as already Intruding
on her domain In Florida. Only so can
ba appreciated the work of La Rail and
Iberville In th teeth ot th Spaniards
and English." ' , .
" Th Influenc that remained after th
great struggles of ths Europeans must
not be ignored In considering the Insti
tutions and civilisation which, "though
In many ways peculiar to the south, ar
found to hav Impressed-their charac
teristics on th nation at larg. For a
true understanding of ths history of
th country, therefore, a Just apprs
elation of th complex growth of th
south Is indispensable -and, thanks to
ths present author, that understanding
is pleasantly and amply acquired.
' Throughout the book on cannot fall
to be Impressed witty ths author's meth
ods and- his excellent rendering of his
subject, but we cannot refrsln from
saying In conclusion that ths perusal of
thla volum hag been a most satisfying
MRS. C. M. CAHTWRIOHT. PRESIDENT
' ' ASSOCIATION. ., -
who had dona good service for the
town through clubs or fraternal organ
isations. Portland women, ragardleaa of
tha fact that thay were not .delegates.
attended In considerable numbers, were
greeted kindly and made welcome while
thay absorbed what was said by the men
and stored it away for future reference.
To th Woman's club waa extended
tha courtesy of entertaining the women
guests and delegates. Several excur
sions Her "planned and delightfully
carried but under the auspice of th
publicity committee, among them be
ing a trolley rid to Canemah park.
Several cars were provided and - well
filled, made th trip In about three
hours, which gavs ample tlm to go
up Into tha park, and get an overlooking
view of th falls of th Willamette.
About a dosen members of the club ac
companied- th . party and pointed out
th places of Interest to the visitors,
most of whom had never before mad
th trip.
It was a .matter of regret to many
of tha club members, when they were
asked wher Dr. MeLoughlta lived and
wher burled, no handsome memorial
could be pointed out upon th horn ait
and only a fleeting glimpse of two flat,
antiquated gravestones could be caught
as th cars . whirled past th resting
place of th good doctor and his wife.
Thousands will ask these same ques
tions when they corns to pay tribute to
the memory of Lewis and Clark, and
while it would not advance the com
mercial Interests of th stat perhaps.
It would show -a -development of appre
ciation and thos higher ideals which
signal Is th coming of greater pros
perity and ft higher civilization. If th
stat would rear a fitting memorial to
its greatest benefactor.
To Interest women In this develop
ment work haa been a shrewd Idea of
Its promoters, for aa on delegate said
In private conversation: "Tou ar do
ing Xj Tou ar bringing about results
In education and reform movements, la
civic and municipal affairs w men
could never touch. W hav many In
terests to consider. W ar not fre to
always uphold our convictions and ars
often led from vn seeing th right by
our personal Interests, and w look at
things from a circumscribed business
standpoint while you women, go at It
rom tha morality standpoint ana your
fearlessness and perseverance conquers,
If not immedlstely, always In the end."
In bringing about business results for
th state, women will go at It In lust
ths sam way. They know Oegon ls-
tha grandest country tne sun ever snons
GOSSIP OF
and Instructive pleasure. . Taksn alone,
th volume I complat and oompre
hsnslvs; regarded as one of the faeries
covering th whol 'continent, it la a
component that la essential to a Just
appreclstlon of th broader story of
which It forms so nobis a part Thla
valuma contains II fin map and hand
some Illustrations consisting of water
color facsimiles, photogravures, etc.,
taken, many of them, from famous col
lections or private galleries.
Tha university edition Is limited to
1,000, each set being numbered snd
guaranteed. Until ths set Is complete
each volume will be sold for 16;- after
completed ths price will be advanced to
17.60. Tha rubltshera, George Bsrrls 4
Bona, 131S Walnut street, Philadelphia?
will furnish further, particulara.
Th Singular Miss Smith" F. M.
Klngsley, Is what might be called an
Interesting up-to-dat story, bright and
original aa th heroine. Miss Smith, her
self. Miss Klngsley -has put Into this
new book of hers as much esrnest,
thoughtful matter as sh did In her first
work, "Titus, a Comrade of th Cross."
snd although an entirely different sub
ject and style, we predict th same cor
dial reception for this as for th first
book. ',''" -
Miss Smith, a young woman, differing
from tb general run of girls. Is left sn
orphsn with an Immense fortune. After
her graduation she drifts aimlessly, try
ing to find her right place In tb world.
Her wealth naturally bring her many
so-clld friends, all of whom shs
doubts, and questions th tru caus of
their friendship on of th penalties
of larg and .Independent' fortunes.
Every on shs knows feels sh 1 "differ
ent" until sh grows to hat th word,
but I powerless to chang her Indi
viduality. ' '.
Her Interest IA th "servant girl prob-
Urn" la aroused at a woman's club,
WOMAN'S , AUXILIARY PIONEER
on apd fbey will ! ways, undreamed
of .by men, to rfljCke the rest of th
world know it too. Oregon women hav
always stood ready to lend a lifting
hand in any publlo enterprise; what
they hav don has been well and thor
oughly don, and mor than on enter
prise would hava been better handled If
th women of th stat had been allowed
a help In, tha handling.
Now that tHey hava received respect
ful recognition by tha. Oregon Develop
ment league - It becomes the duty of
every woman's , club or other organ
ization, and the duty of every Individ
ual woman to add her mita of work and
Influence for th good of th state. Out
of these little efforts will grow th
mighty fore that will push Oregon to
th forefront In trad and commerce,
and th prosperity of 'the state means
mora comforts, mor luxuries and mor
cultur In every individual horn In th
Stats'. '::: : -
HUH
American Mothers as
the Bulwark of Liberty.
Hon. Jefferson Myers, president tt tha
Lewis and Clark Commission of Oregon,
mad a capital address befor the State
Teachers' institute, June SO. H said
in part: '' '
"Wa hav . a government superior to
any other in th history of the world;
a f re government which, I bellav. Is to
be a model for all governments; a gov
ernment founded on religious sentiment;
a government publlo In its foundation
and publlo In lta exercise; a government
of high character, good morals and In
tellectual atandlng, composed Of well
employed and well-paid eltlzsns, who
could never hav been Intelligent and
virtuous, and at ths sam tlm poor and
Idle; a great government, because it has
shown that education enlightens com
munities, that high character la capable
of aelf-govemment, and that religious
freedom does not necessarily produce in
difference; a government with a fre
press for th peopl; a government that
haa by th power of lta example Inspired
and asalstsd its womsn to a high in
fluence on th moral-and antimntal
aid of humanity In th training and in
struction of its young; -that haa mads
the .American mother th strongest bul
wark of Americas liberty and of a fre
constitution; a government -not a com
pact between states, but for th whol
of th peopl of th United States, whoa
first object is th preservation of our
liberty.
"It seems to' hava been th belief In
th early history of our government that
SOME CURRENT BOOKS
wher th members ar holding a bit
of an experience meeting, and arguing
th question. At this part of th story
w suspect Miss Klngsley of poking
little fun st tha dignified organisation
and lta members who make thla question
a theme of discussion, and all from the
same standpoint that of the mistress.
Miss Smith, weary of living ,upon ths
merits of her money and wishing to
know her own intrinslo worth, bits upon
an Idea which will give her-the servant
girl's standpoint, in this burning ques
tion, and at the same time will prove
what she hsrself Is worth without her
money. 1 ..-'.-
Going into service she takes one posi
tion sfter another that' is offered at the
employment office, and aa she enters th
kitchens and Interviews th various mis
tresses, one can almost see the stacks
of unwashed dishes toppling over In the
sink, or the clothes hsmper piled high
with soiled linen the accumulations
since the 'last girl left" As this
"Singular Miss Smith." who from her
birth hss been accustomed to the finest
snd downiest of beds, the arlest of bed
chambers and daintiest Jollet tables,
make her wsy Into the ill-smelllng.
poorly-lighted, dirty hole at the back of
the house known ss "tne girl room."
the reader feels (as the author evidently
Intends she shaU feel., that ther ar
two sld to tb problem. Whll th
book Is distinctly a problem atory, there
I a strong romanca or lovs atory run
ning through It Miss Smith meets the
"foundry man," who believing her to be
the servant girl, loves her and asks her
to become his wlfs. She believing him
to be the "foundry man," accepts his
proposal and afterwards discovers him
to be a learned professor of Harvard
and a lecturer of renown,
The story throughout; Is Interesting
snd the suthor hss managed to throw
much practical light; from both aid.
In affairs of stats ths Judgmsnt of msn
waa better then that of womsn. Msny
women of our country do not hold this
to ba sound doctrine.. They hav
struggled, for years to gain equal recog
nltion with .men. but their efforts thus
fsr hav met with littl success. In th
states of Colorado, Utah, Idaho and
Wyoming they ar equal, but In tha
states where larg population exists, th
voting is don solely by th men. I am
of tha opinion that this Is wrong, and
I believe that under our constitution all
persona are considered free and equal.
That a man receives his arly training
and education from his mothsr. who
gave him birth, entitles her to a thor
ough education In tha affaire of our
government, that aha may bs better pre
pared to educate him la his Important
duties when he arrives at tha ag of
manhood. I cannot, by my votl deprive
my mother of th privileges which ,1
snjoy in this direction, and I therefor
must add ray Infiusnc - toward tns
quality of ths sexes; . also- for th
further reason that la ' states whr
women hav received th privileges of
qua! lights, tha services for which they
receive about 60- per cent-of what the
"men ar paid In other states, ar paid
for at tha sam rat. . ' . " '
- "In conclusion, permit m to extend to
you my moat hearty congratulations on
ths sucoeas of your work within our
own' state. . I am proud of ths fact that
th women, of th stat of Oregon stand
first in th educational statistics of th
United States, and that th mal portion
of th population ia only a very small
percentage below. It ia certainly grati
fying to know that th teacher of this
stat hav suocdd to this nd. Tour
compensation la not perhaps , -what it
should b ,-ln many respeefs, though a
larsa malorltv of vour fellowmen re
ceive much less In proportion upon which
to support their families than even you
do now. I ahall never remonstrate
against a better compensation for your
services, and I trust that th time may
com whan you may receive a regular
salary such as any other public officer
receive in our state. Tou ars public
servant, and ar performing th great
est part toward the improvement of our
government, and ar therefor each en
titled to this consideration," , '
at
Some New Ideas .;
For the Calendar Makers.
Something haw," Is th cry of al
most very calendar 'commute at pres
ent, for thla ia th season while all th
reat of th club la taking lta vacation
that Jhey ar doing their hardest work
preparatory to having -the year-book
ready for th opening of th club year
In th fait ,
A sameness In- programs ia ona " of
th most fruitful oausea for loss of
old members; they get - tired hearing
th earn topics discussed, , th ' sam
routln of papers and . music and If
something els presents Itself for club
afternoon they gtva th club tJv- go-by
and weloom ' something that will be
a chang. " " .. , .
Th Arch club of Chicago seems to
hav struck1 a new -lead In club enter
tainment, and whll It exists for some
thing far higher than self-entertainment,
it has managed to combina some
good amusement with much Instruc
tion, which might b copied, in part,
st least, by the clubs of Oregon with
pleasure and profit to themselves,
This is th special . day observance.
On f ihese waa a lac day, when
$10,000 worth of rare laces were loaned
by merchants snd collectors, and the
service of a lac expert were secured
to describe methods of lac-maklng. An
"Evening with Watteau" was celebrated
with living plotures posed after paint
ings by th French artist. Shamrock
day, with pots of th green plant as
souvenir after an entertainment of
Irish folk songs; Valentin day. Colonial
day and a German gartenfest were
among other celebrations. - Two of ths
best special days deserve emulation.
"Ten Decades 1n Women's Dress" was
on of th. . Th member atudlsd old
fashion plates and appeared in costumes
faithfully copied from these cartoons.
Th last entertainment given was "Na
tions in America," certainly a moat
timely and fascinating aubject
Arch club waa organized In October,
IMS, th object being th study of art.
During th first years th members met
to listen to papers and talks on ths
history of art. In lttl Mrs. Mary Han
ford Ford was sngaged aa lecturer and
tha club soon grew to such proportions
that permanent club rooms were secured
and in ltti th club wss Incorporated.
In th sam year th club held It first
salon, which yearly event became on
of th Important ar exhibitions held in
Chicago. Tha 'beat artists in th west
sent their pictures and valuable prises
wsra given. Out of th salon grew th
Chicago Art' association, a -society cor
responding to th Society of American
Artists In Nw Tork. Th Arch club
holds a yearly reception at th annual
exhibition of th aasoclstton. and pur
chases on picture ach year. If now
owna a small, but valuable collection
Into on phase of our labor question.
The book is neatly bound and well Il
lustrated. Th rtaomillan company.
New-York. Prloa, L0. ., . ....
'"Initiative and Referendum" By W.
Ia U'Ren, In the current number of the
Arena, there appears a concise, well
written article on thla subject from the
pen of Mr. U'Ren of Oregofi City, the
father of the bllt It only deals with
the history of the bill aa It passed our
Orsgon legislature and through the vari
ous courts until Its validity was estab
llahed, and It in po way attempts to
force Its merits or insist upon Its vir
tues. The writer no doubt felt he had
done enough of that when he engineered
it to a passage In the legislature
The article wag written before our
laat election and whan the people were
only presenting by initiative petition a
local option saloon law. Ita success al
most confirms the prophetic worfs of
ths writer when In closing he says: "Ths
Inltlstlve and referendum is in th Ore
gon constitution to stay."
"Judaism and th American Spirit,"
by Edward M. Baker, Is on of the most
Intensely Interesting articlea appearing
In the magaslnes this month. It Is a
brilliant, eloquent, scholarly plea for the
Hebrew.
I "The Poetry of Poe," by Edwin Mark-
ham, Is a Just and lovable resume of the
poetic works of a genius who Is, after
a half century, but coming Into his own
Inheritancs of appreciation.
'Th Arena" la filling every promlae
of It new management and I becom
ing Indispensable to students of th
question of the day.
"Fruits of To-day" Gilbert Holland
Montague. This book Is receiving great
praise becsuss of the remsrkabls man
ner In which air the essential facta con
cerning the trust organisation snd man
agement have been condensed Into email
Our V Official Organ Tne Club
Woman's
In the calmness that follows a storm
w Usually take tlm to deliberate upon
cause-, and effects, and In thla way
soma of us who ar not among th
elect, or mor properly speaking, if ws
may b excused th slang, "ar nof on
th Inside" of th trouble which (evi
dently existed Dotween th laat excutiv
board of th general federation and Its
official organ, "The Club Woman'
Magazine," ara now cogitating upon th
reasons for It, and hav pretty generally
come to th conclusion' that If w don't
know th true reason, we know reasons
sufficient to question whsthsr ths board
was wholly wrong la Its rsvolt or not.
. Whst w hav to say of "our oftlolal
organ'? will be said, only In ths spirit of
friendly criticism and from ths view
point of sincere good will, and with but
on object -tha correction of what ap
pears to us glaring faults, And which
must b corrected If th prominent .nd
efficient women who conduct It hope" to
hav it continued aa th mouthpiece and
representative of so great a body Ot In
tellectual woman as tha- general federa
tion. ' ',-,
Beginning at th ' very ' outside, th
August number, with Its dainty blue and
whit cover 1 typical of th federation
snd, reflects its chosen colors, but th
hideous rainbow thst glares down upon
us from our "magazine shelf," created
from th covers of paat numbers.
offends every artistic flbr In us. and
glvss us rather a creepy feeling lest ,tne
colors stick to our Angers. . f.
The first editorials hav always been
good, helpful and strengthening, though
we wish they were under some other
heading. 'Megaphonica" haa top much
th blare of sounding trumpets to sooth
ths ar or attraot th y of the tired
woman.
Theae, however, are but Insignificant
flaws that may only appear .so to the
individual, but might appeal to th maa.
and can b easily passed over. . The
gravest, th most serious criticism, and
w feel In this ther la no question of
taste, but th consensus of opinion, and
reflective Judgment of th great body
of women it goea to, Is and w hesitate
to ssy it lest it appears harshthat It
lacks strength of nourishing food for
earnest club women.. "Comparisons ar
odious," but to strengthen our position
w would ask those, who may differ with
us to refer back, if they hav them, to
of -paintings, besides some good sculp
turs groups. Many prominent artists
hav been entertained by th club and
have addressed lta meetings. Among
others, ar William M. Chase. Herbert
Vos, Harriet Hosmer and Jean Francois
RaffsellL Archa claims th credit of
having introduced th art . department
Into th g iiner 1 federation, as well a
Into th Illlnol state federation. Mrs.
Herman J. -Hall, for ten years president
of th club; wss .th first chairman of
ths general federation committee.
, Although th club haa no philanthropic
committee, it aoas mucn practical work
along this line. Its principal ben
flclarle ar three; a model . lodging
house, Jackson park sanitarium, and th
vacation schools of Chicago, At ths
Jackson, park sanitarium fresh air work
for children Is carried on.
Does' the Climate V '
Retard. Growth of Freedom? .
W wonder if cllmstto conditions hav'
anything -to do with liberty' and Justice.
Her I a question for a scientist or a
psychologist, or somebody to unravel,
for It Is a fact that the further north
w go th broader sentiment In regurd
to equality in th human family. , Ice
land stands out pre-eminently In the
whol world for giving to women th
nearest thing to equal rights.
Of oours Australia la coming to the
front and New Zealand haa alwaya held
a high place, but first came Iceland juiA
then Finland aa th pioneers. The latter
waa tha first country in th world, tf
we remember aright, to grant co-du ca
tion. ' . ,
Miss Henna Anderstn, a prominent
educator of Finland, says. In spenking
of tb secondary schools: "Finland Is
mora than satisfied with th tl years'
trial it has given to thee schools (co
educational ) and would not think of
making a change. Sine th establish
ing of th first In Helslngfors fully to
other like schools hav been founded,
th majority with courses covering eight
or nlns years and air leading up to th
university.
- The writer declare that co-education
has had an excellent effect on both
exes and that th girls hav no mors
trouble preparing for th universities
than th boy, and that th prejudice
against ths arrangement which origin
ally existed has almost- disappeared,"
space.. Contrary to what the natural
style and treatment of his book would
lead one to believe, Mr. Montague la
quite a young man.. A good deal of
work of extracting facts and figures for
his book from Industrial condition doc
uments, government reports, - etc., was
done while he wss doing; work for his
master's degree at Harvard University,
He recently waa awarded the Rlcardo
prise in economics at Harvard and Is
now an assistant there. - His book is
from- the. press of McClure, Phillips
Co. ; . . ,
"Hidden Manna" A. J. Dawson. This
Is a romance of Morocco, and the author
has Just received a letter from Ion Per
dlcarla who was seised and taken into
captivity by Italsull. the Moorish brig
and. Th letter was written in ths
brtgnnd's camp and Is a remarkable
tribute to the persnnat qualities and
fascinating manner of the bandit It Is
dated Benlsres, June t, and begins:
"What an opportunity for good copy
you mlsned by hot being with us when
Varley and I were carried off." His
publishers must also regret -that Mr.
Dawson could not have bssn a witness
to ths kidnaping. .
"Hidden Manna" reveals the author's
thorough knowledge, .of - and sympathy
with the Moors. ; It Is a fresh theme
and a story full of action and Ufa. A.
S. Barnes ft Co., New York. Price 11.60.
The Real Benedict Arnold" snd 'The
True Aaron Burr" By Charles Burr
Todd, have Just gone Into their second
edition. They have aroused great snd
renewed interest In these two charac
ters of the revolution. Both books have
been adopted In one of the western
states for use In the school libraries.
They, ere from the press of A. B. Barnes
A Co., New Tork. .
"Visiting a Country Home" By Eliot
Magazine r
th federation' flrsl official organ,
"Th New Cycle." edited by Mrs. Croly.
Ther was concentrated force"; there was
Just what th women of today need in
their club work need It mors thsn they
did when hut a handful of earnest
women were laboring for th best Inter
seta of womanhood. Club work with
many Is a mr fad and to convert this
element Into a atrong working fore a
beautiful tonlo la necessary. This th
official organ could and should be, but
In Its thinly spread, scattered en
deavors. Us covering th field of organ
isations rather than th field of woman's
work, hss weakened its usefulness and
detracted from its value. . ,
Stat federation sews 'is useful and
necessary, provwtsd something mors Is -to
be gained than merely getting thenv
selves reported. , , ;.. v , -.Biennial
reports show results, and no
on between time is particularly inter
sstsd as to some 1 chapter of th
Daughters - of ' Itll having' a fins pro- :
gram, wher Mrs. Somebody sang for
the first time; or that aom club in some
place ' nobody ha tver heard of Is
"studying Hhalrespear' and making an
effort from year to year to rais the
literary standard of th place." If they
hav any new method by which to rats
it. and auggeationa that may ba helpful
to other , clubs, then they hava some
thing worth writing about, but unless '
they have their "efforts" should' not
take up spscs in th official .organ that
busy women want to read for th benefit
they can derive from it. Thla ia th
kerne) of th nut of our criticism; w
want food for adulta and not milk and
skim milk at that for babes.
Give us strong articles from strong
writers that will be full of th food
necessary to build us up In tha work wo
want to accomplish; let them give us
new ideas for club programs that will
entertain, whll drawing into th rank
of workers thos who still look upon th
club aa a place to pleaaantly pass their .
God-given time away; let us hsvo
knotty questions amicably discussed; In
short let us have ho official organ we
have to reach up to, rather than on, we
hav to stoop down to, to aocommodat
ourselves to most of Its contsnts, then
ther will be less need for th strenu
ous effort to Increase lta circulation;
every on will want It, they will need It,
and they wllL hava to hav it.
and yet In our own America w still
hear from such eminent scholars as Dr.
Stsnley Hall, protesting against co-educational
institutions. . --
Reverting to our first statement thst '
tho north-land had broader views upon
qual ' right than .th people of th
south, ws hav to prov It but by quot
ing the many utterances of southern
wpmen about leaving th car of publlo A
affalra to th men. .
One southern woman at the, biennial
plainly stated from the pint form that
they-wfculd not take up civil service re
form, or any of the Issue's pertaining to
politics, as "their msn did not want
them to." It Is Just seeing things from -
a different view- point and the wonder
why, or la what- way, .geographical -lo
cation should seem to Influence It hus
bn raised. . . j, " - v 1 -
Training Girls as , v
Home-Makers in Germany.;
While other countries hav been dis
cussing th possible Value of trad and
manual training schools and establish
ing them on an experimental basis, Ger
many has gon on building on up thai
Is now th largest and most complete In
th world. It is called the "Lette.
Vereln," and has been established 40 '
year, and is exclusively for girls. ,
Every detail of cooking Is taught, from
th simplest preparation of food to tu '
highest skill of th professional caterer.
Needlework la taught with the ssm '
thoroughness, , , from ' mending to nil
branches of drsss. and closk making-..
millinery. Infants' wardrobes and tha
most exqulslt embroidery. Pupils
learn every kind of laundry work, even
to th cleaning of tha most delicate
lac. .
Th meat remarkable part of this
school Is that It Is not to prepare girls
for earning a living, but, on th con
trary, tha students ar sent by parents
of means from all parts of Germany to
be trained In thla work for their own
homes, both "before and after marriage.
It is a striking illustration of ths car
th Germans tak to develop th "haus.
frau."-- t
Ther Is what'mlght he called a post
graduate cours In photography and
bookbinding. They ar taught to do th
finest bookbinding for which Berlin Is
famous, and a number of women In Her-,
lin own and operate photograph studios.
Gregory. The leading article In th Au-.
gust Century (Midsummer Holiday) Is a,
plea for th guest, a plea for hospltsN
lty pnly when th welcome Is sincere
and the liberty complete, and when the
host and hostess taka the thought and. '
trouble to "sleep occasionally in the!
own guest-chambers." , The pictures
by Charlotte . Harding are unusually,
fine. A striking feature of. this num
ber It 10 magnlfioent pictures of the
St Louis, exposition by the sam artist,
Andre Caetaigne, whose pictures o
Ports, Chicago and Buffalo are well re
membered. .
, suit ro out XAxm, '
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From the Pendleton East Ore gon lan.
Three Indians are suing ths govern
ment for 11.000 each for the loss of thela
hair, which the Indian agent at Yuma,
John F. Hpear, ordered cut, which ordet
Jraa carried out Tha Incident recalls a
omewhat similar experience of the gov
rnmcnt with an Indian -on the Umatilla:
reservation some seven years ago, -
Ons Wheet-soot a fullblood. or aom 4
Infringement of th laws regulating con
duct on the reservation, was imprisoned
tn the ikookum-house, and In eddltloii
the agent, George W, Harper, had.
Wheet-soot'a hair cut Wheet-soot Was
furious and brought a suit for damages,
basing his claim first upon the damage
actual, and next upon a construction o
tha Dawes act which 'defines th rein
tlona of the Indians toward the govern,
ment to be that of subjects per se, and
not wards. The amount Wheet-soot
sued for Is forgotten, but the fact that
the United States supreme court sus
tained the Judgment of the lower court .
and gave him ultimate dnlhages against
the agent for 1200 la well remembered.
The court held the punishment tn be
unusual and sever, and that an Indian
not convict 'has a right to wear lit,
hair any old wsy h pleases, , ,
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