.I- w
Bishop Potter's Tavern
- iyH In Various Patrons.
Undoubtedly th TMtMt evil that
" 'v l awukf come from m rouoaina-
t. .imm aurb aa th Subw
.1 Vk tovera would b th xtonBln of th
drink habit among women. A in sn
I loon tutu generally, wow-m k T
4 th fur mnM Whet W WlMI
i ltauor la served the.- There ara also
J ' ..'' ktamerous ber ball and gartlen. these
t-V aaoatir to Oermsn and Huagarian aoigh
' ' borhooda, which woman patronise freely.
. - - itavtnlU th 'irat named, tha back
1 roomajruia doubtful If many iMpMtablt
'-,v womm ara la tha habit f frequenting
them. At least it la fair to aeaume that
:. those who no ara mora or laaa anralssa
'.-'-mt their reputations, sines reepertable
' womn So not deliberately rub aibowa
v wltb tha othar kind- A toxg number of
rv'iprfctly raputabla women do go to tha
v back door with tin palls. Than1 va
t end young hl)dren and i it la no in-
. .7 . -. , aMararlalne
youogetsr to ssrv a beer-carrier for
half a dosen famlllee in a tanotnamt This
atato of affairs, tt la wall known, oariats
tot only to tha lower part of taw but
te all quarter wharo th .working
classes and tha moderatsry poor llv.
The Harlem back door la a boot aa wail
patronised by woman and ehlldrea as
. those oa tha vast sld. -
Thara tk Httla queetion as to tha r-
itablllty of tha womea wan go u
kw haiia. Thare the compear
hardly mora mixed than at tha vr-
-Broadway. restaurant. noway,
nan ara not afMa soan la boar halls
wnad. - Thar aa with wow-aus-aa
wltb tbatr man friends. .
th.. .uutki Aaua la thai -TmaAmV
ahloon lie to tha opening of opporta
nltleo ta drink alone, exlateo sow only
lis back rooms, wboro tha bsttsr elaas of
worklaa; woman do not shoosa ta as. Tha
aalooa ffara tba prlvUeges of tha Eae
Jlah pablls bona. How far tha unhappy
ondltloa of tba English lowar-claaa
aromaa to to bo attiibutad to tha public
house is, of oouraa, aot tajb wcidd ff
Baend. ,
It moat b admitted that trh ubwy
Invsrn doss aot so lax appear a serious
airnara as far a womaa ere concerned.
The only alcoholic drink ssrTOd them to
Boer, and oovparatlTely few calls for
that mild, beverage ara sand la tba
Bourse of the day. -
Considerable misapprehension eaaosrn
fmc tha woman's room In tha tavern atill
axiats. oaaplta tha publicity tha place
baa basa slvaa. Tba room la a email one
tannins directly oa Bleecker street. It
onnsots with a oafs by awlnains doors,
sukd oontalnsv besides tha soda-fountain,
with its usual row of atoola half a doom
amall tables and tba elsar aountars of
the aatabilshmsnt. The windows are
-uaaoreened and the doors stand wide
smea, so that whoever an tars la la ktela
wiow from lbs Street. -
Tw hours of an afternoon, from
watU 4t, and one hour In the evemlac
Trom t to It, were spent la tha room on
Monday. Durin the afternoon the soda
' -watar fountain did a ltraly bustnasa, tha
arrant majority of tha patrons aelna
Shea. In the two hours tl womaa aams
In. Of -these seven bought beer. The
rest drank Ice-cream sods. Of tba bear
i drlnkers,Toor wore esoortet by man, ap
' naronUy their husbanda. Oas elderly
.: Jrishwomaa. unesoortad, draaft bear.
fjooa after sbo loft twa warnan of ajulta
smother elaas entered. -They wora tysa
. al Bowery woman, tba younajar one na
aueetlonahly a womaa of tha atrsata.
Tba other was old 'and apparently In
temperate. They bssltatsd at tha door
, sued wandered rather helplessly around
T tha room before they decided that the
beer was purchasahlo at the soda-water
, fountain. They drank oaa class apleoe.
: amlllnaly oonaratulatad each ether oa
' tba ooallty, and departed. These woman
wars tha oaly doubtful characters to aa
' year. Tba rest ware of a aood olass.
' neatly drmsid and perfectly wall bo
" " haved. Not one asked for a saaond alsaa
f beer. ..,-.
From S:M to hundreds atf worklna;
women factory girla. "aboa girla and
v wthara paaaart tha tavern oa tbatr way
aastwaid to their homes. They drifted
tn onae ta a while and eonsumea lea
araao soda. Many looked tired and
iworn, but aot sir refreshed herself
inithbser,
Th wnMkrltv Af the soda-waiar foun
i taui haa not dlmlnUhed since tba tsv
ara was opened, la that part ot town
tha soda-water Is apt to be poor, with
' . manufactured extracts Instead of fresh
. fruit syrups. At tha tavern tha beet
1 materials ara used, and tha fountain Is
v kept as Immaculate aa la tba best va
L y town astabllshmanta. It m tha bops of
tha maaacemeat to create ouch a llklnc
for soda that men as wall as -woman wlU
prefer It to stronger drmk. One day
tha manaaor ot tha tavern, with that
j laudable object In Tiaw, sdvertieed a
baxsala sals of soda at two iasnas for
f eents. The Hebrew population of the
-stalahboThood end beyond tt osjna In
., crowds. Many drank two to four
. ajlassas before leaving ' By f 0eloek te
r the evealna the fountain was asfbausted.
That - tha nelrhborhosd appreelates
'- ejood beer and whisky also la evident.
, Aooordtng to Joseph Johnson, Jr a ea
' loon la the aext block, where notorlooa
'i ly bad llouor was sold, was dbllgad to
y doss Its doors within three weeks after
tha tavern opened. From theAomt of
view of the backers oi ine eawrpnee.
t this la an immediate vietory.
1 If tha torm might be made ppllcablB
In matters literary. It to decidedly "be
tween grass snd hay,' In ths book world.
Ths shelve ot th dealer begin to look
absotutsly lonesome and deserted; ths
last summer loiterer have bought most
th rsssalning Mock of vacation
books, ar of th kind th dealer would
U -vara tlon storlea." and 'light read
ing meet of tt being ee extrenMlr light
and frivolous It to told on th shelvee of
deserted cabin. - for next surnamCa
tjuMta, ar tumbled out ef tb hsmmoHi
to beooma a prey to th wee ther, with
tisvwr a thought of giving tt a permanent
hoses In th library sf th town house.
nh mrmuT la that the oa Der' covered
book which had such vogue a few years
ago should -not hav naa a mora onnur
. hig plaoe, owing to then low price, but
avldently th publishers have known
1 . how to esrer to thto taste, and have met
, It with aach gorgsously bound books.
' With such fetching designs, that the
1 ?:' summer boy and girt hav not been
, He to resist their stirs at lows aad
yeeHy great snnw of asonoy at ta
'. vested tn thto unprofitable sly is af Md-
lag matter. .
" Th publlahlng house. however, like
.. ; th milliner and th haberdasher, have
their fssbtons and seasons, and with
V the ftomlns; Of longer wventnge and
Cooler day and che retr to th bu-
of life, the publ labors ar endlng
out sdvanoe notice of very mash Im
proved and high trad book. Katur
- ally torg prontag ar on topic
r coining to th far aast. particularly
-a and Kuaeta. Soma aosltont
ti .1 tome
1 One olass of drinks hi barred from tha
Bodefoaateta aa rlaoroualy aa gin or
whlaky. and that Is the patent "bra oar."
It la the opinion of the nwnagament that
these drinks are positively eMetarwas,
la which they are backed up by tha tes
timony of reputable pbysJciasa. Mr.
Johnson ' formerly lived to a southern
prohibition elty, ta which one of the
hest-kaowa of these stimulating- deeoo
tlons emanated, and where It la con
sumed by the gallon- There practical
ly ovary one In town has tha habit.
Clerks and office men are hardly able to
go ta tbelr work until they have had
four or five glasses, according to report
and tha laboring population Is ahnoet as
bad. It would be Interesting- to gather
medioai statistics af this oeeomunltr.
- The evening boors at tha tavern -ara
naturally tba liveliest. There were per
haps M woman there la the oourss Af ah
hour. Frantically all were properly es
corted One woman who la said to bo
a regular patron brought her satire fam
ily of amen children one in a baby-car-
jiaga. She sat down at one of the ta
bles, ordered a glass of beer for hereon
and soda-water for tha children, and sat
for half aa hour, apparently an laying
the leisure of It, The children looked
nancy:
- A groat many out-of-town visiter
drift la. and many uptown man bring
their mothers and slatsra-awwa ta sae
the place; The mother usually heel la tee
outside tha door, and muea persuaeloa Is
aoasssary to Indues her ta enter even
the annex to V saloon. Finally ah
makes hold ta enter, and alps bar soda
water silting- oa .the edge of bar abalr.
Bar sua opens a eraok of the door lead
ing to the tavern and Invites tha woman
to look. After mush misgiving they sol
emnly peer in, the mother anaking bar
bead dubiously at the sight. The group
of aast-stde youths and maldeoe at th
next table find thin sort of thing vary
dlvsrtln-T-oae of tha attractions of the
tavern, la fact. It bAppeasd ssvsrsi
tlmoo la tha oouras of aa bouit
It la proposed to serve only sods at
tha fountain after the rathabellsr la the
basement 1 opened, although, this has
not bean fully decided upon. Women
will .probably not bo admitted ta tba
rathskeller without mala escorts, al
though this rule will aot be altogether
Inflexible. Th management is deter
mined to hasp the alsos thoroughly quiet
and orderly. Nrw York Foot, ,
mm . ,;.
gchools Ars Better
Witfa Woman on Board. -
In aa address oh "School Menaces- at
Chhutaus.ua, New Tark, reeently Inspeo-
toy James l Hugnee or Toronto maoa a
strong plea for women oa school boards.
Hs urged the appointment la every com
munity af two or mora womaa of leisure
and sultlvatlo who would be willing to
ri present the women of their city in
public educational work. "women,"
said Mr. Hughes, "hew a right to direct
representation at arery step la tha
training af children. They have aa la-
atlnotlv Idea af what - m proper in
education. It ahouM be possible to find
tw or three such woman la every city.
School boards and school ar infinitely
better oft with women on tha board.-
Jndg O. W. Powers
and ths Road Club Incidsnt. -
... Ji Jfl a erave and serious matter to
ha v the women of thl city attacked
and their hospitality called Into question
before so repree ehtttlv a body of peo
ple aa th American MinlneT Congreee.
It Is mora than a matter of local impor-
taaaa, for 1U effects will be far-raacb-laat
. The word dropped by Judg Pow
erd af Salt Lake City worn Ilk stones
dropped Into a placid stream; they
aulas hod and oast us a rtiey spray, put
a they sank tba ways and rings cir
cled outward and will eventually reach
th horn af rry mas who -participated
ta th oavantloa or wherever its pro-
osedlaga ara shronicled. It may be
touched at; tt may be derided and be
littled br those who wish to make light
of Its stgnlfloanoe, or attribute it to th
"venerebliity af Judg Power whlcn
received auch frequent mention from
oertala sou roes during th oonvention.
but the fact ramalna that th hospital
ity and good fast of at least a part of
tha womaa of Portland was sailed Into
question by guost of th olty. It Is a
serious chars, a w nave sau, ana
made doubly rtoua osmiT frpm a man
like Jadgo Powers.
Ontsid of Portland wa have never
beard th jodgWg as atarad op against
him. Tru it Is, h is a longer youta
fuL bat ho has aot tha weight of years
whloh preclude a lar Tlsloa or a Just
understanding. '
It must als b tnksa lata aoastdara-
tlpa that H U not as much ths snows of
zhany winters that have whitened his
hair as th a! moat single-handed battle
ha has fought for years la the state of
his adoption that th horn might be
kept lavtombt aad womaa raised to the
blgh dignity of wlfs and mother lor
whloh God Intended her. Through th
heat and burden of th day Jadge Pow
er fought Mormonlsm to a finish, and
if not entirely breaking Its backbone.
crippling it to such aa extent that It will
never again rear Its hydra bead to tha
ersrmstlna dishonor of -womanhood.
This is not meant to justify what Judg
Pwrs aald: we would aot. If we oould.
attempt to held the eoalee aad pronounce
3 -
of travel ar promised and a araat!
amount than ever aeror ov enuaiwa
tuvtk. n. 4ha rail anil rhrtattnaa SrsdS
ar announced. House seem to be vic
ing with sack other to produo ad se
cure the best loventls matter, which to
promising sign, for- tb uiy creations
that war gotten up a few year ago for
children, and were hardly food for Idlota.
ar vanishing, and ta raal nourishment
to taking their pises.
Aaaoag hl totter ela to th book
promised by tas Mscmlllsns by Jacob A.
Rita, whs baa been spending; the um
mar tn Copenhagen and has Just flnlsbsd
otorreotlne; th proof of hi new book, "Is
There Santa Clausr Som children
wrot t aak him that question, aad th
book to his ipiy. '
Ttoetor Tam" Is another booh prom
ised by th MscmUlan to the antuma.
It to by Dr. John W. Street w. author
of "Th Fat of th Land,' which to bow
ta Its fifth edition, and thto last work
of D Street er to said to be quit tb
anal, tf not ths superior or ta urn.
- Th Century will tosua aa unusually
lam number of book for box ad
girt thto fall. Among them will be a
new Brownie book by Palmer Con, tell
ing of th Adventure of tb Brownies
la h Philippine; "Klbun Dalsen, or
from Shark-Boy to Merchant Prince."
by a Japeaeeo writer: Xocy and Their
Matosttea." In whfcch Madams Tossands
wan-works figure, by U. U Fartoon, and
aaaay othar by uJly s good a-rthor
nrh Watchera of th Trsfl; a Book
of? Animal Lif mt Charts rj. D.
Rohm. Mmneroua hf biBba, by
i
V s.1'
HAW, FRESIDHNT "TfATIONALj
ABSOOIATION.
judainsBt and gay who wsa; right or
wrong, but It la said beeauaa wa kaow
that Judg Fowora 1 neither sao1dsrd
aanlla nor aaosatlonali that; bis words
oarry weight aad toflusaoo and whea
they ar used to condemn th acts of
women they will resound through more
eta tee than Oregon and Utah. They
will be accepted without tb provocation
being questioned. , Mors Is ths pity and
mor th necessity for a careful watch
over our every action When we ar en
tertaining strangers ths coming year,
many of whom of necessity will be comv
parattve strangers to us. Ws will be
unable to meaeuro th extent of tbelr
influence abroad as,- for saampl. tb
most unfortunate feature of this whols
occurrence la that- th reproach should
hav fallen from th lips of Judge Pow
ers. v Oa th other hand, the women of
Portland have Just- cause for feeling ag
grieved, and reseat the singling- out of
women la naming tha Rosefolub, which
la mad up of fully as many men aa
woman, and It 1 only fair to supposs
that m distributing rases ta public men
or oa public oocaslons, where the
thing have ta be delicately and tact
fully doaet tt Is by ooneent and vote af
the body. ' Few organisations wish to
tend for Individual acta la tba sya af
tbo public
Agtdn, If ths women of the Ross club
alone were responsible for the act that
offended Judge Powers, tha' motlvs and
not th aot ahould have been discovered,
for th woman who are members of thla
most commendable and beautiful organ
isation ars many of tbem, like Judge
Powers, past life's meridian, and not
apt to be carried away with pyrotech
aiosl oratory, good look or a magnetic
yolc. If In a moment of overwrought
ntbusiasm thsy were betrayed into lav
lehlng flowers upon tha "upper dog,"
there could have been no oontemplated
Insult to Utah, when Its foremost rep
reecatattve had don so much for tha
emus of woman.
' Ther in, however, a Wsson.ln It for
th woman of th stats and elty. For
ths year to cams we wlU stand la ths
relative position to tb reet of th world
aa hostess and guest. Thar Is aothlhd
In stats, city or individual that so per
fectly distinguish th "thoroughbred"
as the art. of entertaining. There Is
nothlna that eon be painted ta o many
bus and eotorj, snd yet may blend so
beaut If ill ty as hospitality. If ws paint
in ay th word Impllea It is not great,
oetentatloue splaehe; It 1 aot the striv
ing for great things, and much Isss the
neglect of th little- onea It 1 simply
th art of making others nappy, and In
the doing It leave no hurt to ourselves
or otltsrs benino it.
Where ther Is but on guest to asrva,
t requirements ar not aa sxactlng:
but In th houseful our ewa personal
feelings often beds us about and make
Our duties doubly onerous. This will
be ths case wltb tba many convent ions
that are coming to us next yssr. They
will come out to supposedly neutral
ground to discuss, perchance fight out,
their various tssuss. In our own bom
W would asvsr "take sides" la a con
GOS5IP OF
this aatbor, hav proVeh Mr. 'Roberts
not Only a graceful and easy writer, out
n flatretlng tory-asller, far beyond
tha a varan. Booka of fiction may be,
and often ara, eucceeafully written with
out th author having personal spa
rleno with th aubtoot mattor, but urh
book a Mr: Roberto writes contain
valuable fart, interesting bits f wood
craft, stories snd the resinous odors of
mountain, valley, stream and forest that
oaa only b galnsd by personal sontaot
with Such surroundings. It mean
nlghta spent in th prime rat forests, r
long tramps through underbrush, along
ths banks Off turbulent streams or by
quiet, patient watching In sun or shad
ow, but beyond sll sis tb auooossful
writer, on ulject of animal Ufa, must
possewa aa Inborn love for th ubsots
of his stostcs. and sa nnliaritsd pftr
ereranc In Its etudy. and an spprscuv
tie and understanding af th solemnaty
and grandeur of nature. All the es
sentials Mr. Roberts posseeee to a high
oea-ree. and therein f lie th harat f
his stories. . -
Thla uw hank. "Tha WstchOra fit th
Trtl." to oa of tb most Interesting
h has ver written,, and one or in
hsndsomest nreaeMLed tb past year.
Ita evqulslt dslioscy, it wealth of in
formation and beautiful feohnVque can
not fail to delight both old and young
and will Interest J msn ar woman, as It
must fesclnats a boy or girl from tha
first to th 1st. f tha M stories
tained within Its cover. -
'The Freedom of the Rlsok-facsd
Rsm." would lnsurs to Itsslf thb aucceas
af th beak. A pretty atory to i aad
h. y -
WOMAN'S SUFFRAOB
troversy between twa InvlUd guest,
neither should w as a elty.
It will b our put ta greet each an
with th same kindness, and during their
stay to glvs tbem equal honors and do
aa tha aooompllsbad hoe ease always sue
ossds la doing sending tbem away with
tha impression -that thsy individually
were th - moat weloome and distin
guished gueete la th. party. In thla
way other stones may be dropped whose
wsves may In time outride those created
by an altogether unpleasant and unfor
tunate incident. -
v..-, : ' If :
Barbaric Ceremonies
Christening Russian Heir.
- If anything- wag needed to emphasiss
ths semi-barbaric eondltlon of Russia,
tt would be th aomp and pageantry, tha
superstition and mummery, Incident to
the christening Of little Romanoff. , Xt
would only take a darkey "mammy"
bout two minutes to solve an of th
problems, or gtv on reason, at (east,
why the bod lee of the poor llttl roy
alties ar puny and nsrvo-mclKd,
We ar told a proceeeioa of alidad
coaches accompanied tha nrinc from
Alexandra villa to . the ehuroa. Tha
child waa carried by Princess Oalatsin,
mistress of th emprees' household. In
a gilded etate oarrias, drawa by alaht
white aotsas.
Following th coach was aa ascort of
Cossacks armed with lances. At the
church the esar and ths dowager em
press led tba procession, followed by
other member of the imperial Xamlly.
Th ohrletMlnaT party gathered at th
font, tb Infant parried by Prtncsss Oal
atsin and tb cushion upon which It
wss born being sua parted by general
Rlchter and Prince Dolgorouiki. aid
de-camp to the esar. Ths metropolitan
anointed tha child's hands, brssst and
forehand with holy oil and th infant
was then lmmrS la tb water at fa
font,
Such a eereraony, tf nothlna- mora, to
against tha rules ot nature, Inoonslstsnt
wltb healthful methods la th oars of
children, and sonduclv to Just such
diseases ar peculiar to many of th
royal families of Europe nervous de-
Mllty and weakened vitality.
' Could any sensIM aeotaer lamaina a
mora trrlnar ordeal than to have her
baby taken from bar, whea ska waa yet
unable to leave her bed. and put through
such pace as th heir to tba thren af
Russia was eubleote to mm wa.
Th first thing to atamp th whole
thing belonging to a past ag was
th atter dlsrogsrd paid 4 any elsira
the mothr might Av la determining
the welfare af th child, or pleasure she
mlaht take tn Its glory and honor. - civ
lllsed nations have oeroe to rssognls a
mother's nroprtetsry right la ner cniio.
up to oertala ags at toast, and its oosi
lnss and solns or subtoct to her com
mas u, and never under any clrcum
Unoes should be t Ue dlctatee of cus
tom or state, neither of which could
accurately determine whether a ahild
of 1 days was physical ly abls to stand
ths strain whloh Is tmpossa or tas eus
SOME CURRENT BOOKS
entirely now In ooaceptlo -from most
animal itorles that snd with a tragedy.
"Th Alton of th Wile," and "Tha
Return to the Trail" ar charming
torles. intending to show that domestio
lire anflta ths wild animal for hi re
turn to hie native haunts, and likewise
th tb wild llf unfit tb domestic
animal for ivlllaatlOB,
There srs 41 full page Illustrations
by Charle Livingston Bull, and many
smaller ana scattered throughout the
book. '-..
Every detail af th book to oarfeet
and consistent, and any on might con
sider himself fortunate to b able to
add It to hi library, where It won Id
be a valuable acquisition to a ollecsioa
of work on natural hlitory. I C. Page
CoBostoa. Plies, ti.r0,,
Irteh Literature Thto ' lt-vnlume
anthology, of Wbloh JTuatln McCarthy to
editor ta chief, is to be published by
John D. Mom a Co. of Fhllsdelphla
and alms, in Mb McCarthy words. o
glva to the, reading world a ompr
henelve. if only a rapid, glaao at the
whole development of literary art In
oross and nostrv. front th opening af
JreJand's history.'
Tha managing editor la Mr. vnane
Welsh, whs supplies two of tbo special
article. "A Brief Olanc at -Irtoh His
tory," "Th -Fairy and Folk Tla of
Ireland." while Mr. W. B- Tat treete
of "Mndrrn lrih Poetry." Dougi
Ryds of Sarly Irish Llterafniw," Mor
ris Franel ICgsa of "Irish Novels, D.
i. 0Dontghu of tr1h Wit and Hu
Ssepha Oywaa sff "i msa
tones of Russia at tba ohriatsnlng of an
hair to th throne.
It I to bo euppoeed that empresses
ar obnstructd of th same human ale
merits ss all other mothers, and tha
strain, tha anxiety aad tha loaaina- to
make one af the party to thla national
ceremony of which th son, to whom
sh ha sivan birth and for whoat sake
ha dawn into tha "valleif ml ths
shadow f deeth." is th ntr, would
be eaough to wraea tn gamnn os me
WHI wOt ' PsBawsfrawaV ' "
Ther has been no ertemy of th esmr-
Im mm. Mnvalantlna.' Bona a bitter OS
hmiM aa tka dowaas amnr. whea
only girls came ta th hem of ths esar,
and that she. wha has mad th bed
ridden mother's life unbearable ax ume.
should be th high functotum oa this
occasion border cloeely onto tb hea
then customs of China and recall tha
ancient Individual who instigated ths
boxer massacres, ' '
Wa ara further told, the Russian Kid
survived th holy anointment suffl
elsntly to b. "Invested wltnsth tnslgnla
of th order of St Andrew." but tt prob
ably remained for tha motbar alone to
kaow bow mueh gooe grease sad satsup
It inmtm ta hrlnar him around to a
normal condition again, and free bis
llttl lung from holy inoenss ana soui
- st n St , r
What Rhode Island ' :vN'
Club Women are Doing.' -
- tk nAPt vram Rhode IilaBd re
vealed several novel features. Bald Mr
Johnson, president of th federation:
Aoooraing to our oonstivutHm
club la th atate 'federation Is repre
ssntsd oa th executive board by a dh
wnlnatM hv the Club. tttUB giv
ing each club direct representation, and
aoo, director si expected te ssport to her
club th deliberations of tbo meeting.
Our present club membership la twenty-
en.
xr. vv atandlnsT committee en arts
n m Jtivii Mrvlce reform. dub
catlon, reciprocity, and traveling libra-
rlaa. We also nave a jinenoe
who duty It la to apporuoa to yeany
Inoom. '
Th oomtnltte a ducatIon. wttb to
halp of the cluh which the chairman rep-
k. aMtirMl the naaafese of a
bill authorising the tverd of education
to msh nrovlMoa for me inairwuun,
their borne, of th adult blind residents
of this stata.
In February we oeUbrated oat tntn
anniversary, when ws bad ths honor of
!.. mm mt nut ur genesai feder
ation president. Mrs. Denniaon, As sn
outcome ot Wis meeiins; nnyo
tk himAr of ranortlnaT a
hegtanlns of what wa hopa Aad pwl
will be an sooorapiianmsni vmn
other stats ass reported.
In planning for this anniversary B
tnm th nsotosity for a elubhouaa was
so forcibly demonstrated and Us ad
dress given at this meeting by tha presl
dsnt i the Worowiter. Woman's Crub
Hons oorporatloa ss srouaed th en
thusiasm of tha club women that the
stat executive beard appoint a com
mittee to take all. Msaiinr oP" to
ward ta forming of cluhhous or
poratioB. So much tnteresv has been
ahown amce th project began to take
definite form as to surprts n th
most sana-uln of tie promoter. A lerg
"mount ot stock
scribed for by mors than twa hundred
aad fifty women. ' -
The elubhouaa win a oaHed Church
Ill Houaa. thus perpetuating the name of
one early identified with club InUreeta
tothVstotoTEllsabeth K. ChurchUL ths
founder f our td.,la, th. ho
Inland Woman' lub. - ' .
W hope t th neat biennial to report
th oompletie of atoto tadaraUoa
olubhou. - ' f
oV ts ' vv"
Arhama That OUTS
a Anneal to Club Women, i ''
From theBoefon TtansertpTs wb
column hi token this Interacting aeeount
of th freak sir undertaking of th
Mother snd Fathers club of Boston.
Xt has been aa ambition of th elub dur
ing th three years of Ita sxistsne to
bav a farm to which children of the
poor might be cent every summer, wher
they might not only improve In health,
but gather a store of information which
could never com to thus in their own
cramped neighborhoods. This summer
the ambition baa been realised far tbo
first urns, and at a pretty country borne
at Eesdlng- kf being earned sa a dsilght
ful experiment in aoclal work. Mm,
Rle. 'president of tb aiuh, to spending
th entire season at th farm, and with
her for period of a week or longer
club member ars giving their time and
sympathy to th Work of mothering th
llttl city Ylritor. Bays the Transcript:
"On ths farm the children work, pulling
weeda eartag for the vegetable garden,
picking berries for a few hours each day,
so that they may hav a llttl of th
ootnfortabl feeling that nso after one
has bees useful. Indoors they assist wltb
th houeewonk. Msny ot them hav
never known f a family table, hav
never beard of a napkin, and can't eee
what forke ware ever Invented for when
a knife serves so msny purposes. But
as a part f their outing, and not as a
Mt tralnlns. ther aoaulrs habits and
manner that will stay by tbem forever.
Thsatro," to, Brtf. blograpblc!
skstchrs of each author whose works r
sxempllfled will accompany ths extract.
Portraits and photographic scenery will
constitute the illustrations, in sddltlon
to facstmlls of illuminated MBS.
old prints and th Ilka Th tenth vol
ume to given up to tb Cvltl language
and to Isrgely bilingual, th t ran elation
facing the text. Ths total showing will
be to manr leaders a veritable sxpan
sloa sf Irslsnd. so msny great name
ars involved for whloh Bnglsnd oom
monly gets the glory. .
"Bdlnbargh and It atry" Mr. OH
phant Smesrons' book, just published
by th MscmUlan company. Is illustrated
very much a was Mr. Thomas Okey'i
"Vesica and It Story," whloh appeared
last fall. - Famous portraits of Edin
burgh' a Worthies and other panting
sr reproduced Hehly tn color;- and
tber ar many fin drawing by Mr.
Herbert Rail ton. Mr. Smeaton has
much to say Of th re law of Marf and
the ether Stuarts; but most sf hi space
Is given to description of th boautl,
snd, sttractlons of tb preerA-dsy town.
In all, the book contain ill illustra
tions. : ' ;
Madam for Septsmber contain a new
fend Unique feature, A "Legal Depart
ment" to Introduced, conducted by
Harry A. Btoeaat. a reognlsed au
thority. Thie department to sonduoted
tn to mtereet of tb reader of Madam,
wh ar invited to consult tt on any le
gal pdnto. Ho charge j whatover to
mad far soaaultaUea, aad aU ustloaa
if they oontlnu to b among th farm's
annual visitors fos a few years. ...
Juat as quietly and unobtrusively as th
ladls at th farm Instruct ths children
In table meaner do they, through thou
reading aad talks, impart deep moral
tossons that must la ataay tagtoaoai fall
on good ground."
Wa am mwiutlA KMUIIM to HT thai OlS-
gen is la such dire need for borne where
children oaa at aa auung ana nan
taught to da useful things, aad get soma
Instruction la ' deep moral tosson' aa
well as tools manners. To those who
hav worked among th poor ot tb city,
or oom closely to touch with tb shelter
ing homes tor children, however. It will
be nothing nsw to learn that ther ar
many children In Portland to whom such
aa outing a that given by tb Father
mi Uft. ftiuk nf Baaton. would mean
a winter of health and happiness, and a
start along the road to better morais aau
In On Italy bettor manners. To b sure
children1 d not hav to languish for
open wood and rresu sir m rortiauo, iw
tbey can have tbem for th going after.
It Is aot a radical change, and In a ftw
hour tbey must return, saeay of tbem,
to squalor, stench and flies. Impossible
4 mmmit UUI ItuM kM AhlldreU. rlSht
ta Oregon, waa' don't know the use Of
knife or fork, and hav never gaxnsrvu
around tool to eat a meaL
Fortunately, while tt sometime token a
feneration to create refinement. It doss
not take lng- to Implant, tn a child, a
disgust for hrutalisad llvtaa and a few
r,Amw mm1 IbAiuBM mutht b
a day of regenerating grao ta ths lives
of hundreds of Oregon children. At Clear-
hart para were suu nww r
that waa built tn laU for a Chautauqua
m.6 whloh lata !. for B StB-
son. oooverted hi to summer school
building, both of which enterprises failed,
ww. K..4t ia hi . fair atata of s reser
vation. Ideally located and oould be mad
over, at little expense, into a eomrsrui
horn for thirty or forty children, leav
m mmii tar ltvlna DUTDoae
such as kitchen, dining-room. te. Ths
Oregon Federation of women nuw au
bee working- rather imleaaly sino It
first - accomplished several laaislaUv
bllla Why might It not give om at
tention to thla auggeaUoar Th building
hi ther. th children certainly ar ready,
and-AlL thM to rr " Henry Ward
Beecher oao said. Is to "bring on your
tanauo la tacut.tbework. - ,
Mrs. Rebecca Buffura ' f"
Sprinff. Rernar kabst Weian.r ,
On Juns U a very remarkable woman
celebrated her 114 birthday. Mrs. Spring
hi an active member f tha U Angstos
Friday Morning club, and Ua member
gav her a beautiful reception at their
olub'homa, Th feature of the even
ing was a play written by Mrs. Spring's
daughter. Mrs. Jennie PeL It wss In
one act and proved very entertain! ng
Mrs. Spring he reel, took, the title role
of Queen Rebslls, and looked imposing
In her velvet robes. Sh to fully squsi
to rind dramatlo eftort, as tbo real
ised who heard her rcit 'The Feet of
th Toung Men." Another episode of
th evening waa th reading of a birth
day poem by Its author,. Mtoa. Thoodora
Ta,fjal lea f
Rebecca Buffum wa bora tn and
tn ltt married Mr. Mareua Spring,
the ene of th merchant princes of
New York. They want eeveral time to
Kurope, loving tb enrichments sf na
tufa and-heart that travel brings. One
while la Sweden Mrs, Spring dined wltk
Queen Marte, tb widow f Chrlrttan
VII. wh mad known to th world tb
ealus of Hens Christian Andeiwen. Sh
was also present ot tha last oourt hall
at the Tuuieries to tha reign af Louis
PThrnnamsd W;of and Mr,
flprina wa ideal I jr happy oaring the
40 yesrs tbey were together. After his
death she removed to Los Angela, with
her daughter and four grandehtMren.
Her home priously had been tw Fsrth
Amboy. N. J., where th large Spflng ee
tats was situated. ,
Reared tn th Quakor faHh, Mrs.
Spring; sever attended a theatre until
after her marriage. Sh ta a grott f
vortto and has a hopeful, happy tem
l trm in t Hsr stors of remlnlsoenoes
to Insxhauatlhl aad aha hag known
many of th greet man and women of
her tlm. She to vary activs and goes
everywhere unattended,- aeornlns; tha
Id that she cannot trnfr ear and
dtooovar tooalltlsa aa weU a bar e-
-T- to a ernma. to admlr and
raver. Hsr dauntless course, her in
spiring cheerfulness, ner aeon "
humor, her aordml ympethy wUh the
lot ere ta of others hr brllltont mind
nnd her foundation of common senee snd
weetneM, make her an xampls foe th
world to follow. The yeere oanoot d a
turb hsr fountain of perennial youth,
and she to on mor vldenc of th
power of th mind over th body.
i Tbo Oregon women Who visited Lea
Angels st tha tlm of tbo biennial
and renrmbr Mr. Sprlna ss ooof
th centml flgnrs st that-aasmably, win
b glad to hoar of bar continued good
hMlth. and echo their oongrstuUtlon
upon th fact that sh has passsd th
sd milestone and rmai Just aa tasr
remember her.
ar promptly snswered In the order f-
aatvarf BhniUil a naraonal VenlT b d-
Blred, a dlrot answer will be sent at
th sarltsst poasibla momsut. Thto to
only one f th many dtoUaot faatarsa
whioa Madam offers. , . ,
Hrht Krolutlon of a Chump Th
power of oharacter, of fixed and de
termined devotion to aa Meal, to win th
reward e of th world, even tov Itsslf.
is ffectlvly shown In a -- story by
Charles Fleming Bmbree, tolled "Th
Chump' In September MoClurCa Th
hero, lowly born, a "chump" la all that
outwardly bespeaks the man, boss hto
Immediate duty and doe It, fixes hto
syv en hto high destr and moves un
waveringly to tt. Ths story roues th
slnosr sympathy and. totrab of th
reader who follow Martin Hods
through path low and high with keen
est spprsclatlon, and rejoice with Blm
tn hto final triumph over hto environ
ment, over himself. Th evolution of
-Th Chnaap," hto rtoe to gauin araa-Seur,-
to a atory full of human nature
and told In simplicity and stranyth. It
Is thoroughly, Amerlsaa. a tru refl
tloa of an Intereetlng phaa of llf tn
the middle west, -buolua Hltoaoook, faT
nishs th exoellent Ulustrgla .
' "The Amsrlean Novel In TBnf1eh4"
If anything war wanting to oontrovert
th statement oft refected tn both ng
laad aad hsr. that Amrloaa fiction to
being soUly received In Bnalsnd. it
might b found la ths following quota
tion In a review of Rom SV Toung a
novel ot Mission Ui,-0ail Of MJasourl,"
inaum iiasoina ot , -
ewis and Clark Party. v.t
"Nothing rusoseds Ilk uocos has
been verified again ta th matter of th '
statu to SeoajawOBM tha heroin of toe
lwto aad Clark ssaadttioa. ..
la a little gathering of tha Oregon
history clsa of th Woman'a club, at
th home of on f th members, Mrs.
Uv aTrnsry Tr th author of that .
wonderful book. "Th Cenqueat," was ,
present. In dlseasstng tba book tha at
tention of thoas pressnt was' called to
th fact that tba auto had proposed
a statu to Sasajawe and laatoatly '
oams tbo susaeeUoa from the auther
herself: "Why not erect tt a a memorial
for tb Lewis and Clark fairr
The seed did aot fail upon barren
around, and Inside of a mantlt a r
ganisatloai was farmed with that object
In Ttow. Day, weeks and month
tbsss few women hav atruggled. to
bring tha mattor before th puMla, tried
t make them see that sha, Sas4ws,
th llttl Shoehone Indian woman, (ad
tbo wy, snd It would be th playing of
Hamlet with . Hamlet left out to oom- -mssnorato
th ewntonntol of tb xpdt
tlon aad oeord bar a rveosnltkm. 1
Whr people outaid of tha Stat ware
reached th idea took fir at one, and
tha press scat and south were lend la.
their praise of this nsw found heroine;
th demand for 'The Cenqueat." where
tb whole story oould ha found, was
doubled and over and over as la th
association- was "Bongrtulatd upon
ro)lng Oregon to th privilege f eon- -trtbutlng
to the statu But lethargy
seemed to envelop the state. Hera and
ther a woman would -arouse herself. r
snd her town would respond, "bur tha
mild inter, th men felt was madden
ing, until lot up front tb south cam
th governor ef California and at a
banquet, before th most dletlnguiahed
msa of- both stats, poured forth a Sow '
of oratory of which , Bacajawss her
herotom snd her service ta tb expedi
tion wa th central thought. Beauti
fully he drew ths picture of this India a -maiden,
leading tba way for the heata.
of civilisation to follow, and In author!
tattv tone said ths fair would not bo
cSmplt tf her statu waa aot ther
facing th river, with her am oat
(sTretcnecl, pointing; th way from Or
gon to th orient. Three day aororo
thto th actottn bad. with fear and
trembling, drawn a aheek for tt. and
eent it to Miss Alios Cooper, th artist
af Chicago, tailing her to "go forward"
and $J0Q par month would bo sent be
until th statu waa completed, srhlle
they knew that their assets were con
noeed almost wholly of unbounded
faith. ' Thsy had an unknown heroine
to honor with a IT, 09 statue, and a de
pleted bank account, but their flrat pay- -roent
wa scarcely -mad when thsy
woks up to find tbelr heroine famous,
and th moat representative man In tw
states paying honor to hf memory.-.
and ready to pay substantial tlibut la
tostlmony of their Interest
Th people of th stat should hav
an Interest In thla statu. Jt sboulS be. ;
and ha beea planned, to belong to the '
stats. Th women of tbo association,
whlls argins; th outside towns to con
trlbute, hav aa yet not naked Snythlng
of th city, but ths tlm W spproohlng
whsn th Interest that ha been, a, roused
among th men of th city will make 1
necessary to ask .their oo-oporaUon In
th work. It Is eonfldently heiteved
thai when thla begins ths contribution,
will ba so generous and that the whols
matter will speedily be brought to a
oloss. Th town outside of Portland
hav see offered aa prises ths honor of
unvsillng th statu and unfurling tha
flag whloh will drop from It. Indepand
eac ha won tb but by sending its J
proportion flrst. and up to the pressnt
Coqullle ha won th first by havlny t
ant Sv tint th amount shed.
Th publlsbsr of "Th. ConquMf-V
MeClurg a Oo. fft Cbloago not gen
erously donated' lit ooplea, which ar
being given a prlsss for very l
aent th association. Several town and
schools hav taken ad van tags of thla
offer to procur oa ar mor copies of
this great story of th Lewis snd Clark
expedition for their publlo libraries.
Thto arte wilt be g1vn ajiUl'tb la
volumes ar axhaustod. t v.,, .
( ,. st st. ')
Reciprocity WUl . - r v -
Benefit all Woman's Clubs.'
- Th 'following letter baa been ami .
to all th elub of th Stat Federation '
of Woman' club, and It to th earnest
deetre of th reciprocity committee that
many response win be mads. The
reciprocity hraneh of atoto federation
work la on of th moat important, and
thus far ha rsootvid th toaat atten
tlon, but It t aow hoped that thla will
give It a new Impetus, and an lntorsst
will be created In It at Baker dtyt
Mount Tabor, Or.. Aug. U. The dab
women of th Federated Chib ef Ore
gon ar cordially Invited to partake of .
th privilege of reciprocity. Bach elub
1 hereby earnestly requested to send to
mo any paper of special merit, th
value aad usefulness of thsm. to be
passed upon by th "Reciprocity
fiureuM and ths on deemed bsst to ba
read at tha coming oonvention. - , .
CARRIE & SHRBVB, '
Chairman of th Oregon Federated Reci
procity Committee.
front th Lltorary World of Ixmdan.
"In- Sally sf Missouri' w hav ene
mor proof that th art, of writing fic
tion to flourishing well in America. I
to aasy to find good qualities In this
freeh.and convincing story a it to to
flisu atone In cherrle.'
OAS
OOA.
From th Hew Tork World.-
When buslnesa ws don and tt was "
tlm for sverrbody In the Tombs polio '
oourt to go homo yesterday afternoon,
Charlsa An the, n of- th clerks,
reached for hto coat, 1 Ha found It had '
fallen to the floor, and that th offto ,
oat bad token possession of It for a bed.
Tb oat seemed indisposed to surrender ,
it . Anthes isvestlsmted and found th
cat had twa raaaona for refualng-two
tiny bitten.
'Well, I'll b darned r said th clerk. '
Just then the telephone bell rang and
Anthes answered it. Whan b got baHt
and triad again to get possslon of hi '
raiment be found th oat reinforced with
three mor reasons, and .tba kitten
sum be red flv. . '
Keep th old oat tjienl" said th'
clerk to th eat, and borrowing on from
a friend he toft her fa posseaaloa. r
"When hotild a girl marry f asked
tha elderly femal who was ddrlng
the Blewldaughmo club. ' - -'
"Wba sa get a ohaaoer rapltod s
volos la tha audleae. .
And th portaatou llne that fol
lowed sesmad to Indteats that th santl '
msat was aoAnlmousl' tndord.