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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL;. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 14. 1904.
WOMEN'S CLUBS
WOMEN'S WORK
EJIuJ ly, MRS, SARAH A. EVANS s
Eyes Have Ye
But Ye See Not.
.f "If I can have the -Interest and active
co-operation of the- women settlement
' workers,' teacher ntf others, whoa du
ties or Inclination brlnic them In touch
with tenement dweller, tha eftlclency
of thl department will he mora than
doubled." So declared T. C. Craln, tene
ment house commissioner for the city of
New fork. In an address before the
Woman' Municipal league at Asacvy
house. Brooklyn.. Inst week. The impor
tatire of this, declaration I all the mora
significant when It 1 remembered that
when Commissioner CYaln came Into
office he decidedly objected to women
' Inspector. It was not. n he afterward
explained, because he doubted their Intel'
lectual capacity, nor that he failed to ap
predate their conscientiousness or fidelity
to duty, but the work appeared to him
unfit for women to engage In. and he did
jiot believe that work so HI suited to their
tates and Inclination could be efficiently
done. The women, war admitted to-the
petitions, and they stayed, and the com
mltstoner became the convert.
It did tot take him Ions;, either, to
appreciate the' women Is hi department.
Those, who took the examination were
of . superior, class and large majority
were - college graduates: among; them
were, aviso graduated physician ' and
nurses, and nearly all made financial sao
rlflcest. enter the' service. They are
only honored by the few restriction that
re' put upon- them, which distinguishes
them from the men.
The woman Inspector," said the com
' mlasloner, "is sent to a beer saloon. '.
have enough men to make uch a thin;
unnecessary and I prize my women In'
spectors too much to risk making; the
work uncongenial.
some startling; statistics about tenement
conditions In New Tork. Portland hap
" plly has sot as yet reached that stage
In . tenement condition, or even where
Its people can realise why. this 1 a large
arm of municipal government, In crowded
eastern cities, and as these problem may
not have to be solved here for another
generation, their repetition would be. dull
reading;, but In closing; hi address Mr.
Craln said what i just aa-applicable to
Portland women a to the, women h was
addressing; when he made a strong plea
to women to do something more than
theorise 'about 'conditions of life tinder
their observation. He appealed to all In
telligent women when he said to. the set
tlement worker: "Go home with thl
resolution fixed firmly In your mind, 'I'm
not going; to see conditions and keep them
to myself. . I'm "not going to see them
and merely talk about them to my
friends, or embody them In a report, or
.'. club paper. I'm . going to do some
'practical thing, however small, towards
remedying those condition.'. "
To his flrt recommendation w .would
V ask tne women 01 tm -state: uo you see
i - things and . keep them to yourselves?
There 1s rot a woman In thl city that
goes onto the streets that does not see
soma ordinance of th city, or law of the
i ' state violated. Does she report It to the
"'. authorttleat ' Oh nol Sha simply draw
.. her skirt up a bit where she see the
, . ... - mm ha expectorated: she looks pltylngVy
upon the little boy with a cigarette In hi
': mouth, and Is mildly sorry for the little
t -. girl she get a glimpse of through a fao-
.' ory window, but he stores "It all up to
put In th paper she I to read before the
t club next winter on the Immorality of
j- .'the town and the necessity for better
j ' ' '. lows. She-sees. exoryUUng Jn It, butthat
, she la "accessory after- thefact" and
j should, according to law. .be punished
tw not reporting the violation of It to
. the proper authorities. If she sheltered,
or neglected to report a murderer, when
- she saw him commit the crime, her own
i v safety would bo Imperiled. It la only
i the degree of the crime that exempts her
I In her own eye.
t ' The dread of publicity, you ay, pre.
i - vent women.helplng to enforce the laws,
made, many of them at the instigation
I ' of their own club. These same women
seldom shrink from a half page picture
( of themselves In the oclety heet in
! . a Sunday paper, if they happen to be eje-
vated to a high position hi their club,
J . or have given some swell society func
! , . ' tlon, so it is simply a false idea of what
publicity la, , ..
The wotnanwho would shrink from,
having her name appear in the police re-
ports as the complaining witness against
some one who had violated th law, par
, tlcularly when that law la made to pro-
,i tect women or children. Is an arrant
')' . coward, and until women have the cour
1 . age of their convictions they have no
. business to have convictions o air in
the club room. ''
"I'm going to do some practical thing!"
How many women In this city, or In this
state, make, or having made It, stick to
this reolveT How many really ever
think of it In connection with club work,
r their Individual duty
A cynio once ald: "Women's clubs
and classes were for the purpose of ac
cumulating a lot of superficial knowledge
and unloading It on some one else, with
very little individual absorption by any
one." We would take Issue with thl
"Tha Toke" Elisabeth Miller. It
" waa ft fortunate circumstance that, sent
Miss Miller and her family from the
. damp, foggy .coast of Maine Inland to
find ft furnlshvd house where they spent
the summer of 1901, and where art
, proved tha inspiring handmaid to lit
. erature. Miss Miller waa born In the
lltUe town of New Ross, in Indiana, but
11 mile , from Crawfordsvllle, where
live the' author of -"Ben ' Hur," with
which only "The Toke" tin to compete
' for first place In great biblical stories.
Uposi th wall of the summer, home
. In Main hung a picture of the "Exo-I
due,1' and It 1 said that In gazing upon
. . th happy throng of th Israelite a
' they trooped out of Egypt while their
. former masters and their families de
. Jectedly watched them, the - thought
rose: "Were there not some who wer
' sorry to go? Had there been no ex
change of hearts between Egyptian and
Hebrew T" Tha thought set the Imagi
nation of this bright young, woman to
work, and after two year of severe
study " of sacred and profane "history
. this remarkable book -was produced.
, The story Is the love of sn Egyptian
nobleman and a bondwoman of Israel,
bowbelt of noble birth. . Through the
.'romance la unfolded tha great biblical
- story of the bondage of Israel; with its
' miner! and humiliations, against th
.- apiendor 1 andT brIIUan6y. pomp and
grandeur, faithfulness and intrigue- of
the court of the sumptuous Pharaohs.
. The story Is well conceived and is un
. like many of tha present-day historical
novels, which use tha romance simply
aa a thread upon which to atring many
historical event. In tha lov atory of
Kenken and Rachel, th hero and he
roine, great principle are Involved, and
. historical fcta ar but mad subservi
ent to working out th greater human
passions, which must p mad, amenable
V:- . r ,: GOSSIP OF SOME CURRENT BOOKS t 3 '
If It meant In the broad sense of apply
Ing It . to all clubs, but undoubtedly It
Is true of a great many club women,
and not only club women, but women
In or out of organisations. They lack th
grasp of making their work , practical
and useful- to themselves or any one
else. For Instance, a club will study
''China," It ancient philoaophy. Its liter
ature, it custom and It people,: It will
trace Its history and know the cause and
effect of ;t -vices, as well aa It virtues,
and yet will remain perfectly Indifferent
to the fact that many of the' worst
specimen of the race are living right at
their own door, practicing the very worat
of their customs." and are taking white
girl -babies to. raise for Immoral pur
pose right In their neighborhood.
Some ofthem. In thla very city, have
been known to back a "man of God In
hla unholy attempt to keep the law- from
rescuing a white girl baby . from the
Chinaman that had bought It from an un
natural mdther.
Be it said, however, to th honor of tha
great body of women,- these were few.
Thla 1 a case where there is no law
to invoke: Chinamen may buy or' adopt
white children here without violating the
law of Oregon, and this la only given as
an example of where' practical work
plight be done. .
But there is this 'hopeful sYda to wo
men's work once get their interest and
active, co-operation, and, as Commissioner
Craln says, "Tou will more than double
tne emciency or any nrancn or service. -and
women are not hard to" draw onto
the practical - side of club work. It I
mainly indifference that gives them
"eyes with which they see not, and ears
with which they hear not," unless they
are confounded with some false god
that ar fast disappearing before th
earnest rank, and file of tha SOth cen
tury women.
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'Goldenroi Was Not
Given as Oregon's State Flower,
In response to a protest that ' was
sent to Rosenthal-Sloan Millinery com
pany against having Oregon represented
In their . artificial flower map by
roldenrod" as our state flower, which
a St. Louis paper reported, the follow
ing letter has been received:
St Louis, Aug. 2. 1904. Dear Madam
We ars In receipt of your favor of
July 16, calling our attention to your
state emblem. W ar gratified to learn
that our efforts in getting up this map
have been rewarded by creating suffi
cient interest to call forth your letter
on th subject.
"While our original Intention was to
follow out the lines we had laid down;
namely, to hav each state represented
by its emblem, we found It impractical;
first, on account of a great many of
thestates not aa yet having adopted a
flo,wer: and, secondly, on account' of
tile general color scheme, aa frequently
similar colors would run together.
"Tou were under the tmnreaslon that
Oregon was done In goldenrod. This,
however, Is a mistake as it was done
In green foliage with Just a slight tonch
of color.
'At any time yon might visit St
Louis, ws would be glad to have you or
any member of your club call and w
shall take pleasure in showing you
through our establishment. s. Tours very
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'ROSENTHAL . SLOAN MILLINERY
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Forestry Club Members ,
Meet aTTIawffiomr-ParE
On of tha most delightful meetings
In tha history of the club was held In
Hawthorne park Tuesday afternoon. The
first Tuesday of the month la ihe time,
usually set, for the monthly meeting.
but it was postponed one week so that
the president, Mrs. Breyman. who Is
summering at her Seaalde cottage, might
be present. Tha day was perfect and
tha attendance was large considering
the many who are away on their vaca
tions. The admission of several new
members was the only business of im
portance to be transacted. Tha club
feel itself enriched by having added
to It membership Mis Elisabeth Sill, a
young woman of collegiate education
and a graduate from one of the finest
schools of oratory In th east, who has
Just -com to-nake her bom In Port
land. , ','
The paper of the afternoon was given
by Mrs. Charles B. Andrews, her sub
ject being The Fir." It was full of
valuable information, and even those
who were brought up under the firs of
Oregon almost the grandest In the
-worldconcluded they knew very little
about their habits before Mrs. Andrews
had finished her talk.
At Its conclusion, a few minutes were
given to things In 'lighter vein," when
one of tha members 'told of a friend,
thinking to provide a novel entertain
ment for some invited guests, cut oft
branches from a great number of com
mon trees, labeling them on tha under
side and laying them on th dining table.
The guests . were to fll around the
table, looking, but not touching the
specimens, at the conclusion of which
to the laws of the living God. if happi
ness and prosperity attend their con
summation. , .
In the. lovemaklng between Kenkenes
and Rachel much of the situation as it
existed between the bond and the free
of Egypt is explained; and the beautiful
dignity of character that may be pos
sessed by both Hebrew and Egyptian
la brought out There Is nothing weak
or overdrawn, and is richer In It telling
"than that of Ben Hur and Esther. What
could be more beautiful when Kenkenes,
in nin laoiatrous samiratlon for Rachel,
wishing to give language to his feelings,
SaVS! "I would enll thA an Immnrtal
but there Is a better- title for thee
woman a true "woman, and thou dost
ven uplift th name."
In 4hA WhAlM Mnlm n AIm k
can be found no finer bit of philosophy,
eunsr i rum a woriaiy or ethical stand
point than the advice of Hotep to hi
friend, Kenkenes, when endeavoring to
dlssuad him from marriage with th
Hebrew mald, First -impressing hint
with th great principle of true criti
cism, that It I not don to chide, be
,sas: "No man shspeth hla eareer for
himself alone, nor doe death end his
deeds. He continues to act through his
children and his children's children to
tha unlimited extent of time. Seest
thou not O Kenkenes, that the ancestor
Is terribly responsible? ... . What more
heavy punishment could be meted to
th original sinner than to set him in
eternal contemplation ' of th hideous
frultfulness of hi Initial sin!
"I hav said ln, because sin only la
offsnse in the eye of the gods. But
sin and error are-one In the unpardon
able eye of nature. Thus, If thou dost
err, though In all Innocence, though the
rods , absolve thee, thou' wilt reap the
bitter harvest of thy misguided sowing
on day thou or thy children after
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MRS. ABIGAIL
a prise was to be' given the one cor
rectly naming the greatest number. Not
one of the thirty women -could name
half of them, and on woman, who was
a college graduate, could not' name a
single one, though they war every one
gathered. In th neighborhood. Of
course no member of th Forestry club
was -a guest upon that particular. day.
1 The calendar committee announced at
the meeting Tuesday their program for
the coming year. Each lady Is to be
given on particular tree. She1 will be
expected to give a paper on it and be
prepared to answer questions in the dis
cussion that will follow.' In this way,
It each member studies thoroughly one
tree, as she will have to do, and all
the rest learn a little about . It, through
her, in the aggregate of a winter's study
along these lines, & great deal of- In
formation may be acquired by ' every
On.' fx. -. : .. ,,
It was decided by vote that all papers
read should have a typewritten copy
filed with the librarian which mlglV be
were studying forestry. A notification
of this will be sent to Mrs. Shreve,
chairman of the state reciprocity com
mittee, and any club desiring them may
procure them by applying through her.
The club is discussing a plan to hold its
next meeting with Mrs, Breyman at
Seaside, but the matter was left open
for further discussion.
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The Rights of Women f
Ignored by the Republican Party.
- Every - delegate to the national -Re
publican convention received a circular
letter from the National woman Bur-
frage association, asking them to place
In their platform a plank favoring the
submission of an amendment to the
federal constitution forbidding disfran
chisement on account of sex.
In this letter they called attention to
the fact that while the United States
rave tha watchword of ' democracy to
tha world, other nations are applying
our principles mora rapidly than our
own. The letter says:
"Woman possess- th light to vote in
all elections, except for member of par
liament, in England, Scotland, Ireland,
Wales, Norway and Sweden. They pos
sess limited suffrage, -with property
qualifications. In nearly every other
country 'In Europe. Slnoe - the' last
presidential election ' in the 'United
States, Australia, by an act of parlia
ment, has Out-Americanized America by
extending tha federal suffrage In tha
commonwealth to 860,000 women.
"Tha idea of a republic Is the idea of
people governing themselves; and that
Idea Includes another that pf people
thee. Tha doom la spoken, and, how
aver tardy, must faU and the offense
Is never expiated. There is nothing
more relentless than consequences.
"If thou weddest unwisely, thou dost
double -thy children's , portion of diffi
culty, since thou art unwise and their
mother unfit If perchance thy only
rror lay in thy choice of wife, the re
sult is Just the same. Let her be most
worthy and yet she may be most un
fitting. . She must fit thy needs aa th
Joint fits tha socket. Virtue Is essen
tial, but it is not sufficient Beauty is
good I should say needful but cer
tainly Is not all. Love is Indispensa
ble, and yet not enough. , . Thou
must live in the world, and the world
must pass Judgment on thy wife. If
thou art a true husband, thou wouldst
defend her, and be wroth. Yet canst
thou be happy, being wroth and at odd
with the world r
Neither the" love or. tha woman was
surrendered, and the advlea of the
friend would be like tha advice to lovers
of the present, "rowing to the wind,"
had not circumstances fcf historical rec
ord interfered, until the "great trans
action" came and Kenkenes bowed to
the Ood of Israel through the greatest
and most endurln conversion his own
reason.- He gazed upon the fixed star
Around , which all others revolved;, he
pussed In review the' gods of Egypt
"They were feeble." Nothing so weak
had created tha mighty hosts, of heaven.
So he began to weigh the question.
What jiand had marshaled the stars?"
Sublime apd exquisite is th prayer
of Kenkene when at last h acknowl
edge th power of the "on Ood." Dur
ing thl struggle with hla inherited be
lief the present- of Rachel Is removed,
end with the subtleness of fin perfume
tha conclusion Is borne In upon the
reader that no selfish - impuls Influ-
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SCOTT DDNIWAT.
possessing a sufficient amount of In
telligence and virtue to be capable of
elf-government. Tet our country wit
nesses the . inconsistency of 2,32,000
men, or 11 per cent of tha total number
of men eligible to' vote, who are totally
Illiterate, while millions of educated
and intelligent women are disfranchised.
There is no man so idle, so corrupt or
so vicious that ha Is not permitted to
vote, yet there Is no woman, except In
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho, so
intelligent, so industrious, so moral and
law-abiding that she is not compelled
to obey the law, with no political right
to assent or object"
A delegation of ladles from tha Na
tional Woman Suffrage association ap
peared before the platform committee
and were courteously listened to, 'as
they might have listened to any feeble
minded person whom they felt must be
endured, but whose opinion they had no
thought of considering. ' ,
After listening to th pleas for Justice
from these women, which they, as usual.
lenuon 10 ngnung , tn inioieraoJ 1
wrong of depriving the black man. in
tha south of his right to eel f -government
.
And rlglit here we again offer the
prayer of Rev. Lyman Beecher, who
said: "O Lord, we pray that w may
not despise our rulers, but we also pray
that they may not act so that w can
not help It."
ELNORA MONROE BABCOCK. .
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The Evolution of
Club Work in Boston. : V
1 Th Women's Educational and Indus
trial union of Boston proposes t make
some Important changes Id Its program
during the coming year. The union pub
lishes la the June Federation Bulletin an
Interesting report of an investigation
undertaken by tha class committee in
order to determine the lines along which
its classes for the coming Season should
be conducted. Founded IT years ago,
when women's clubs were few, before
settlements, institutional churches, or
similar means of social betterment were
in existence, the culture classes of tha
union wore valuable indeed, and acted,
as the report aays, as a "leaven of op
portunity to many work-sodden lives."
Of lat years, the culture classes were
largely superseded by Industrial classes.
Throughout Its career the union has
constantly endeavored to satisfy, the
actual needs of the- women It benefited,
and with thla object In view the latest
investigation of existing opportunities
In -Boston for the Industrial training of
women was undertaken. The.un'lon de-
enced th results. The ' Consummation
of his heart's deslr was long delayed,
ftnd not until Egypt had undergone the
plagues and the Hebrews had crossed
tha Red sea and were on their way to
Canaan were his hopes realized. Tha
author has cunningly taken advantage
of some Bible obscurities of language to
prolong the interest and beauty of tha
story, but in no singular particular has
she tun counter to a positive declara
tion of sacred history, though In tha
matter of the preservation of Pharaoh
students will many of them take Issue
undoubtedly, for the picture of "Pha
raoh and his hosts" being swallowed up
by the Red sea has been so often hurled
from the pulpit as an evidence of Ood's
righteous Judgment that It will be hard
to make the world at large, believe It
was only the "fnnbenrer" who led th
hosts, while '"Pharaoh, drew nigh, but
came no farther after Israel."
Bobbs, Merrill & Co., Indianapolis.
Prlo $1.60.
Elizabeth in Rugen make the
fourth book now published by tha un
known author of "Elizabeth and Her
German Garden." .',.- : '
Th Identity of the author ha x
clted no little attention and curiosity
throughout th literary world, but noth
ing can be learned, ether than that she
(It couldn't be he, for no man oould
possibly , have written such books) Is
sn extremv-ly entertaining, charmingly
humorous critic of human nature.
In her last book, ' "The Adventures
of. Elizabeth In Rugcn," the charming,
dainty little German' woman, after try
ing vainly to Induce some one of her
many friend to accompany her on ft
igalk around Rugen, starts with her
maid, Gertrude,1- end her coachman,
August, to drlv sround-the Island. The
book sh writes upon her travel la in
sired to ascertain what field. If any, was
unfilled. It had become apparent that
with - more than 100 women's clubs In
tha immediate neighborhood of Boston,
the intellectual' needs of women were
pretty well supplied.' No less than 67
different organisations offer Industrial
classes to women and girls; there are 42
teachers of sewing In the public schools;
Ave evening schools, called educational
centers, offer clusses . In. dressmaking.
millinery, etc. A certain- amount of In
dustrial training seema to be within the
reach of any .woman In th community.
After a thorough canvass of the differ
ent centers where such opportunities
exist, the committee - reports that th
only real need fs for trade classes. The
report says; "An Investigation, of the
possibility and need, of trade classes,
which otherwls - this' committee would
hav made, had already been undertaken
by a committee of the Massachusetts
Association of. Women Workers. Their
agent last summer Interviewed a large
number of employer of. young gin in
th trades of dressmaking, "millinery,
power machine operating, and in the
pasting .trades (boxmnklng, photograph
mounting, bookbinding, and other tradea
that Involve neat and accurate pasting.
As a result of this Investiga
tion and the successful experiment of
the Manhattan Trade School in New
Tork; trade classes are to bo undertaken
this summer inBostonl under.the direc
tion fcf a committee oomposed of prom
inent educatprs had social- workers.7
A srenulne trade course In millinery,
ja fit women for the trade of hatmakers,
will be the first undertaking. In con
nection -with the classes there will be
conducted a doss shop. In- addition to
tha practical experience obtained through
the class shop, every pupil win oe re
quired! to serve without pay a probation .
of not less than' one. week In an actual
shop before receiving Tier "eertmcate."'
trade school for girls, along the
llnes of the Manhattan Trade School,
will soon b opened. In Boston, nut tne
classes of the Women's Educational and
Industrial union will not duplicate its
efforts. The school will train young
girl Juqt leaving th grammar schools,
and who would otherwise be forced Into
tha factories or department store with
out any training. The union's classes
will undertake tha training or oiaer
women, who will . ne nttea to occupy
more responsible positions than those
filled by young girls. ' '
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Work' Done by Club
Women of Tennessee,
Th plendld- work which Is. being
dona for. education and jpubllo better
ment' in Tennessee- was vividly 'de
scribed in tha report read at th St
Louis blenniat by th president of the
state (federation, Mrs. A. 8. Buchanan
of Memphis: . t .
. "Education has been an Important
subject . for consideration. A compul
sory' educational bill wa presented to
tha last legislature. Zealously had tha
committee labored to have the matter
brought before the people. Petitions'
were presented in many towns, and
members of th legislature were ap
pealed to personally. ' In one place the
signature of every voter wa obtained.
Public aentlment gradually changed.
When the bill came before the legis
lature ' It passed the house, but failed
In the senate. The federation has tried
to educate the people toward ft .more
perfect recognition of the needs of the
schools. Plcturea-have. . rrfien nunaieo
for the decoration of schoolrooms.
Seeds were furnished th children and
prizes were awarded for. the best beds
of vegetables and flowers. Text books
and books of reference have been fur
nished in schools where they were great
ly needed- The federation owna and
control 80 traveling libraries, contain
ing MOO volues, ; which go to clubs,
schools, villages, mining -districts,
mountain coves and hamlets, and I wish
it were possible to convey an adequate
Idea of. the good accomplished by these
books. All th libraries ar miscella
neous In character, except one Biiaxe
peare library and two which have his
tory for their subjects, while five ar
Juvenile. The two largest railroads in
the state transport the books free of
charge. . Tha work Is supported- by the
f ederatlon and by each f lub member
paying 5 cents annually.. Seven pub-
lie libraries hav been started dj tne
clubwomen.
"Tha new Industrial awakening has
led us to examine the conditions sur
rounding tha children In our shops, fac
tories and mines. The passage of a
child-labor law in the Tennessee legis
lature three years ago was a great tri
umph for the Justice-loving people In
our state, and now that wa have the
law it is partly devolving upon 'the
women's clubs to see that It is en
forced. A training school for girls has
been brought before the attention of
th country people. Large exhibits of
women's work haa been -held in con
nection with the federation meetings,
"There has been a steady growth In
thecjvlo work. Improvement associa
tions hav been formed. Ordinances
tended for ft guide book for tourist,
so accordingly she begin It in ft very
Clear and graphical manner, thus: '
''Every one who has been to school
and still remembers what . he was
taught there, knows that Rugen is the
biggest Island Germany possesses and
that it lies in the Baltio sea, off , the
coast of Pomeranla," but the aut'hor
soon forgets the tourist thirsting for
information, in her eager anticipations
or the trip; her delight In the sky, the
air, the grass and tha sea, as seen from
the carriage, or as she saunters along
by . the roadside, to deck her horses'
iheada, or her own bonnet with the
flowers and grasses she gathers.
"Elizabeth" has never been known to
miss the humor of ft situation, or an
opportunity to criticize, Or . annlyze,
though always In the kindliest manner,
and characteristics of those about her.
So w find herythls time Closely In-,
speotlng Gertrude and August; . com
menting to herself on their mood and
feelings. , , .
In th ease of Gertrude not taking ad
vantage of the sea bathing she say:
"But Gertrude evidently resisted It
very well. She glanced St the lining
loveliness of th sea with an aye that
clearly saw In It only ft thins) that made
dry people . wet If she had been Dr.
Johnson she would boldly have an
swered: .. 'Madam,!' I have Immersion,'
being Gertrude, she pretended she had
a bold." ,
In one f her happiest moods Elisa
beth explalms: "It has been ft conviction
of mine that-, there is nothing so abso
lutely bracing for tha soul as the fre
quent turning one's back on duties.
and oh, ye rigid female martyrs,
onthe rack of dally exnrnplarlness; ye
unquestioning, patlrnt , followers of
pathhs that have been pointed out, If
have been enforced; especially would we
note in a large city when an ordinance
In regard to expectoration in the street
cars was enforced by th women In
spite of the aldermen. . Proteata have
been, raised against unsanitary oondi
tlona and the practice of making back
yards, alleys or evea streets the dumping-ground
of those who are too negli
gent or too Indolent to consider the ap
pearance of their immediate locality,
''Social settlement work has been car
ried on In Walker's valley, a cove In the
Big Smoklea. ' Her a teacher and hla
mother ar aent by tha club for three
month in th summer to- hold a school
and teach the people how to live. Th
work has been a moat successful one,
and through the kind assistance of the
Massachusetts federation another school
is to be opened this coming summer.
Ws gladly express .our gratltuder'on this
occasion to the women of Massachusetts
ana Connecticut wno are snowing ineir
hntirest in and ar lending financial
ald-Ho this method of furthering knowl
edge among our mountain people.
"Numerous contributions hav been
made by clubs for needs In their own
communities.. , ;
"Definite advancement has been made
in tha work of the Consumers' league.
The evils of the sweat-shop hav been
discussed In the clubs and the people
ar demanding goods that are made un
der sanitary conditions, and not those
which tell th tala of starvation and
dismiss. Many other things . oould be
cited to show th ad vane which our
federation Is making along the lines of
self-Improvement ' and .humanity-lifting."
, "... ......
American Indian ' .
Nuns in the .Spanish War- ..
During the recent wa;bet ween Spain
and America, four Indian nuns went to
Florida to nurse the sick sollders In
th Third Division hospital. ,-
The order was founded about 10 years
ago by a - fuIl-Mooded Indian, Motner
Catherine Sacred White Buffalo, and It
was given the name of tha "Congrega
tion of American Sisters."
Her. successor. Mother Bridget, Is not
a Tullrblooded Indian, aa she Is the
daughter of Chief Cloud Eagle's daugh
ter, who was married to John Pleats,
an Irishman. ; Captured wtth four sol
diers, he saved his life by his bravery,
which the. Indiana so much admired
that they gave him for his wife the
daughter of Chief Cloud 'Eagle.
The daughter of the union waa sent
to one of the Indian schools on th
reservation, and from there to tha con
vent at Fort .Pierre, where she- re
ceived bar final education before enter
ing the order. '".';.
Mother Anthony, the assistant gen
eral, is the granddaughter of Chief
Spotted Tail, chief of th Brul trib of
Sioux Indians.
Sister .Josephine I famous among Her
tribe aa being the daughter of Chief
Two Bears, the lister Of econd Chief
Two Bears, and the aunt of the third
Chief Two Bears. Pittsburg Observer.
HUH . .. ,
Recent Legal Decisions
Of Interest to , Women." "
Her are some recent decisions of the
courts in various parts of the country
that are thought-creating Incident for
women to ponder:
A boy's life la twice as valuable as
thai of a girl, according to a decision
circuit court, at Newark. N. J. Further,-
it was held that ,000 awarded
to the father of Evan F. Jeastwood,
killed In a, grade-crossing trolley acci
dent Is not excessive, but a verdict
of $5,000 awarded to tha father of the
girl waa reduced by the court to IS, 00 J,
although the girl, Ella ' Werpupp, was
said by many to be the most beautiful
girl in Newark, and accounts of the
accident in which she was killed con
tained many tributes of love and esteem
from her teachers and school-frllowij,
The damage suits grew out of Ke Clif
ton avenue trolley accident of February
19, 1903, in which nine high school pu
pils were killed.
"It make all th dtfferenoe In th
world whether an offender I a woman
or a man,'" says the Brooklyn Eagle
fpfTJun "A few day ago ft man
who, had killed th seducer of his wife
wa triumphantly acquitted in one town
in thl state, while In another town a
woman who had killed her husband's
mistress was sent to prison for Ufa."
The supreme court of Indiana has
Just decided that the hair of a married
woman belongs to herself and not to
her husband.
Some time ago the wife of a wealthy
lan4 owner started proceedings against
her husband for having . cut off her
luxuriant tresses In a fit of mad Jeal
ousy. In the first Instance th ess waa
dismissed on' the pleas that ft husband
had a right to do with his wife's hair
as hei.pleased, but the wife appealed,
and ft higher court bag now given ft
decision In ber favor. - , .
only you knew tha wholesome Joys of
being less good!" The book, while it
Is ft guide and ft very good one to ft
traveler, is full of bright bits of con
versation, brilliant though rambling
thoughts, with the shadowing of more
serious things and truer, lights, grace
fully adjusted by the sympathetlo un
derstanding of this versatile little lady.
: The three traveler have many ad
ventures, none of them very Important
or exciting, but full of live Interest
when told in "Elizabeth's" Inimitable
style. Tha Macmlllan oompany. Price,
$1.60. ' ,,,- .-.
'"The Challoners" By E. F. Benson.
When the critics of Mr, Benson bor
down on him severely for inflicting on ft
suffering public his fljst novel, "Dodo,"
there were some who professed to see
In the author material for the creation
of a great Work of fiction. If not tulfj
Justified in this, hla last, tbey are at
least encouraged to believe they were
not wholly wrong In their estimate oc
the author's ability. Thla Is lnesttmab??
above his other book, and, while still
lacking In some essentials to making It
rank with high-class literature or fic
tion, it I nevertheless 'much more
careful and conscientiously constructed
book. It 'is wholly lacking In some of
the features of the other that bordered
on to conrsenes and almost vulgarity,
and is In Just that much ft superior
book. Its theme Is not entirely new, rS
the story Is the clash between parental
authority and the independent views
and opinions of children who have taken
a little brooder view than tha lines that
bound the horizon of Rev. lion. Sidney
Challonor, their father.' Tha son and
daughter, who happen, to be twins,, vex
the father beyond his power of - endur
ance at times, as he sees their break
ing way from traditional faith and as-
Sacajawea Powwow
Was a Grand Success. '
It waa simply swell. "
- Everybody In tows was there.
The 400, the 600 and all their cpuains,
uncles and their aunts swelled th big
crowd that gathered on the lawn of Hon.
C, A. Johns' handsome residence last
nHrht to witness the' entertainment
given for the purpose tot raising- Baker
City's quota, of the funds for the erec
tion of the Saoajaweft monument to b
erected by Oregon. , , . ...
The scene was : perhaps on of th
most brilliant ever witnessed In the city.
It was a lawn fete and theatrical enter-'
tain men t combined. The full moon with
myrtada, of Chines lanterns dispelled
the darkness. At one end of the lawn
tint stage was erected , and dta hand
some trimmings of Indian blankets,1
added to the unique effect of th whole
Scattered about tha lawn wa Indian
tepees, email tables decorated wtth de
licious refreshments. Indian brave
and handsome Indian maidens. i in the
brightest costume that aver graced a
pow wow war th feature, of th en-
tortalnment Sacajawea herself was im-
personated, by Miss Belle. May... Th
hostess of the Occasion, Mrs. Johns, was '
asststed by .many leading ladle of tha
city and the younger ladlea, both the
Indian lassies and those who assisted at
the refreshing tables, were untiring In
their efforts to entertain.
The program rendered from th stag
was a splendid on and was - encored
time and time again. Every number la
worthy of special mention, and had thy
entertainment been given In the opera
house the concert alone would hav
been worthy of a dollar house. A most
agreeable surprls was tendered th
ladlea when-the-Whlto Swan band, after
Its street concert, marched down and
rendered several selections op the lawn.
Following was the splendid concert pro
gram, which wa thoroughly enjoyed by
the very large audience:
v Selection Mandolin club. ' ' "
Introductory talk Rev. Mr. Lawson.-
Ladles' quartet "The Greeting
Walts,'' Mrs. Shurtllff. . Mis Norma
Hyde, Miss Oertrude .' Tic and Mrs.
Roliand Parker. .:
Vocal song "Sing Ma to Sleep," Mrs.
Mary Welier. ; ...
Reading "Th Court ; of Boyvill,',
Miss Lucy Edwards. ' ;
Vocal solo, selected Mr. Charles P.
Murphy.
Vocal solo "Sacajawea Lullaby," Mlaa
Norma Hyde.
The above we clip from the Democrat
which In every particular is correct, ex
cept that It failed to mention that the
program opened with ft magnificent liv
ing picture. . At one side of tha stag
was ft tepee and grouped about were In-,
dlan braves and maidens, while ft won
derfully beautiful Sacajawea, guarded
by Lewis and Clark, chanted the famous
Sacajawea song.. ' The Democrat also
failed to state that $6S was the hand
some sum realised for tha statue.
To Mrs. Johns. Who Is vice-president
of the association for Baker City, and
her- faithful corps of assistants tha
greatest credit and praise is due. That
kind of an entertainment demands the
hardest kind of work, executive ability,
and untiring perseverance, alltof which'
these patrlotlo women must have given
to It to have made it such an unprece
dented success. Baker City's quota of ,
th whole amount, waa $100, and from
thaJricft;prealdent comes the reassurtng--
word that ere long another effort will
be made to complete the sum. It Is the
earnest wish of the association that all
tha other towns that have not already
done so would begin to take steps toward
raising their proportion.
The first payment of- 4S00 has been
made the artist Miss Cooper, and she
la now at work on the large figure.
Hereafter payments of $200 per month
must be made until th 'statue 1 com
pleted, and even with the magnificent
support the association bas had, it will
tax their utmost endeavors to meet these
payments, which must be met If the '
statue Is In place at th opening of tha
Lewis and Clark fair.
It la woman's one part and contribu
tion to the success of - the exposition
and the credltof the women of the state
Is at stake. It does hot belong to any ,
one section, and although the statue will
remain In Portland, aa It properly
should, it being the metropolis of - the
state. It will belong to every town and
hamlet that has contributed to Its- erec- .
tlon. Our beautiful capltol building be
longs nona tha less to the state, be
cause It is erected at Salem, neither
will the Sacajawea statue belong to tha
town in which circumstances has placed
It In this it may serve dual purpose,
by being a woman" tribute to ft deserv
ing woman, and bringing the women of
the state together to work for high ami
lofty purposes regardless of section or
locality. This handsome, contribution
from Baker City would certainly . lndl-
ca-tev-tRftt this spirit of good will among
tha women of the state is abroad and
flourishing. .
tabllshed customs, while h retains many
of his Puritanical Views. The' daugh
ter becomes engaged to an atheist, and
tha parson father storms: tha son be- .
comes an eminent musician, which tha
poetical soul of the father detests and
considers a waste of time. The son re
fuses to concede to tha father's wishes
and, continuing hla muslo as a profes
sion, takes refuge In th Roman Cath
olio church, which drives the father to
distraction, but th son succumbs to tho
strain of overwork attendant upon hla
first concert and dies
One brlgiit sunny character, how
ever, lifts the gloom and makes ft de
lightful expression. Lad Sunnlngdale
I refreshing and quit philosophical In
her sparkling, effervescent way and
gives Ufa to an altogether very readable ,,
story. J. B. Llpplncott Co, Price, $1.60.
"Early Western Travel" Mr.
Thwalte's latest edition to this series
Is" "John Bradbury's Travels in the In- .
torior of America In the Tear 1S09, 1810 ,
and 19.11.". One of Bradbury's footnote
contains th dramatic tofy of John n
Colter's rao for life with th Indians,
which used to be current In our school
readers. Th English botanist mat Col
ter and also Danlal Boone. HI narra
tive 1 further remarkable for hi
graphic description of th great earth--
quag tnat aestroyed New Madrid In
1811.
Arthur II. Clark Co, Cleveland.'
"Recollection and LettAr of General
Iee" Edited by his oldest on. Captain
Robert 'B. Le, dating from the Mexican
war until tha time of hi death. Is ona
of th interesting fall publications, an
nounced by I)oulliay, Pag tk. Co. "
Belle of th Fifties," being tha memoirs
of Mrst Clay of Alabama, and Kipling's ;
"Traffic and Diseovsrle". ar others
promised by this well-known house. .
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