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Editorial Page of TKe Journal P 1 PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER . 1904. THE OREGON DAILY AN C s. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday) and every Sunday morning at street. Portland, Oregon. THINGS THAT CAN BE A LMOST DAILY, at least every A" is printed a wretched, sorrowful story of some f very young woman or mere girl n6t fully de- loped into womanhood yet being foftnd in some one of the unspeakably vile dives of this city openly "rustling business" there, working at the vilest occupation con ceivable for a woman or girl for the proprietor or a par rtmnur or both, who are the lowest creatures suffered to pollute the earth. These girls get there, and into mor phine dens, through various circumstances, under various influences and impulses. Some are naturally predisposed to vice, and without considering, before they are able to consider, or even to know, the true nature of the fearful road they are entering upon or its horrible end, go there voluntarily, willfully. Usually they pass through the venue that serves as a feeder to the utterly vile and vulgar dens, the '"boxes" Of the quiet and apparently de cent saloon or restaurant, as also do a larger class who do not expect to land in the down-town or up-town scum hole, and would shudder and perhaps turn back in fear and trembling if they knew its horrors. Some are mis created at home and run away. Some run away because they only imagine they are mistreated. Some only pre tend mistreatment as an excuse. Some are sent forth by unnatural parents, cast out as a'prey to the worse than vultures that infest the city and make these sinks of in iquity their headquarters. In other cases parents don't care; say they have troubles of their own; others again, through misfortune or mischance, arc left alouv un guarded; are ignorant, trustful, timorous, and fall an easy piey. Environment pushes and heredity pulls them into ' the whirlpool. But however they get there, there they are. Here and there one is rescued, temporarily at least let ut hope come are rescued permanently. But most of them pass wiftly' down to terrible destruction. They soon become degraded beyond the conception of the average citizen. Frequently a sudden and unexpected death is described as "horrible," or "awful" when one's life is crushed out under the iron wheels of a car, or extinguished in sud denly enveloping flamet. A thrill of horror passes through the public heart on reading of such a fatality, and yet young girls are meeting an infinitely worse fate .daily, and nobo'tiy seems to care. This terrible evil ought to be checked in this city, and checked by those in authority. The churches will help. Various charitable societies and other organizations will help All good people will help, to the extent of up holding the municipal authorities in doing everything possible to make it difficult for these young girls to seek and find such a terrible fate. They are ignorant, they are vain, they are silly; some of them are naturally vicious, many of them are unfortunate; and it ia a high hity of society to do everything in ita power to protect tbem, not so much to rescue them, though that ia a good work, as to prevent them from the need of rescue. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is impossible to altogether prevent these forms of vice in a larse citv. The authorities are not asked to do the impossible. But are they doing they really doing anything? The Journal will tell them two or three things they can do. The anti-box ordinance, if sustained by the ap pellate court, ought to be strictly enforced, according to its letter and spirit, without fear or fayor. It may work a hardship on some worthy, law-abiding restaurant keepers and saloon men, but that cannot be helped. In any victory, gained in moral as well as physical warfare, acme innocent people" must suffer. Many of these boxes are truly enough, as they have frequently been desig nated, the antechambers of hel-the hell found in the dives. . - No girls, or women, for any purpose, ought to be al lowed in any bar-room, or any room contiguous thereto or connected therewith. It has come to this, that such a law is needed, and it too should be strictly enforced. And finally, the men who allow these girls to enter their places, or who lure them therein, who help pull them down, who render them unfit to do anything else and then live off and profit by their earnings, ought to be shown no mercy. Every saloon violating the law should be closed, and the proprietor should forfeit his license and never be given another, or permitted openly to engage in the saloon business, and the contemptible whelps, unfit to be classed with the lowest canine breed, who ruin and then consort with these girls for their own profit, should be sent to the rockpile. Some such few things the makers and executors of laws can do, and it is high time that the people demand they do these things. OBLIGATIONS OF AND TO THE CHURCHES. THE REV. MR. SMALL, pastor of the First Uni versalis!, ahurch, is a young man, which is another way of saying that he necessarily lacks broad practical experience. He is highly spoken of and held in much esteem by the members of his congregation. The pastor of a small and struggling church, he would have found it impossible to maintain his charge were it not for the generosity of a very small group of mem- ' Letters U Taxas Before and After Death. Portland. Dec. . To the Editor of The Journal. In last Saturday night's Telegram there waa a long arttcle about conservative taxpayer, property owners, site., who would like to ee a larger tax levy, that a little more tax would not be fait and waa so much needed by the city. I would like to see a statement to that effact and signed by these run aervatlve taxpayers, ao that others may know who they are and find out their reason a for reaching auch a conclusion; It la very easy for the newspaper to make such statemente about conserva tive taxpayers, but another matter to print thalr names. It serosa to ma that the city of Port land haa gone the limit in the raattar of taxation, the only ones going un scathed being the preacher and churches In addition to the state and county tax 1-vy. the city levies a Inrge tex. besides an occupation tax. street, aawer and sidewalk assessments, snd then comaa the latest fad In taxation, the dlatrlct assessment, whereby the property owner Is made to pay for pub lic Improvementa. blocks, perhapa, away from his property. Than whan h dies, to cap the climax, the state steps in through tha wisdom of the legislature and takes another slice In tha form of an Inheritance tax. so that the por taxpayer even In death la not free) from our excessive burden of- 4rxatlon. (to I think that It would make Inter acting reading for a great number to kaw who these conservative taxpayers are who would like so much to be taxed a llttla more. Aad also that l la very aecaaaary, if thare la avar to ba an INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND DONE. few days, a story bill may be found all they can? Are over the provinces Woolen mills have ing and dressmaking overtime work. Laundry work has almost doubled, and workers are in demand. So in the pastoral and agri cultural districts the supply of labor is insufficient to meet the demand. The colony's exports have risen in banks deposits have All of which is not suffered from end to this ever-lncreaelng taxation without a correapondlng result for tha taxpayers of thla city to take a hand In politics, and not to leave It almost entirely In the handa of tha tax-eaters and unknowns. The city of Portland paye a large electric light bill every month, yet many of the llghta are out night after night, and I doubt very much If the city gets credit for those extinguished llghta. The city engineer's department haa given permission to the builders of the new Morrison street bridge to do blaattng that ahakea every building within a large radlua to lta foundation, and aev eral have been badly damaged by aald blasting. Tha city authorltlee are con templating building a sewer In Brook lyn (for the property ownera to pay for), according to their statement, large enough to drive a four-horaa team and wagon through, to cost about 8326.000. for a etarter. It will ba many time larger than la needed at tha praaent time, and In yaara to come, when a sewer of that else might ba needed. It will be worn out by natural decay, not by uae. ao that a new one will have to tw built. But I suppoaa the larger tha sewer the longer tha graft. In the ratio of S36.000 to 3226.000. The conaervatlve property ownera have paid for many street improvementa that tha city waa to keep In repair for a certain number of years, but haa the city done ao? I will leave It for the taxpayer to aay whether they want the legislature at Ita coming aeaalon to In crease tha tax levy. I aay emphatically nol and would auggast that the city and county offlclala look a little mora to the welfare of tha taxpayer, than to the breaking down of Chlneaa etrongholda. to prohibit them from gambling, and to the uaeleaa raiding of north and dlvaa, and In many waya making It Juat aa hard aa possible for the property owner to pay Ida taaaa and for tha bualneaa JOURNAL J NO. f. CARROLL The Journal Building, Fifth and Yamhill bers. These men have stood by him loyally on the ground that he deserved their support by the ability, en eigy and superior quality of his religious work. ' A resident of the church neighborhood reccnty died. He was not a member of the church and had never con tributed to its support. But he had been brought up a Universalist and his family wanted him buried from that church. Mr. Small officiated at the funeral. Later he sent a bill for his services, amounting to $5, and when this drew forth no response he sent a dun which brought forth the money. In sepding the bill he acted with the content, if not upon the advice of the trustees of the church. They are business men who knew the struggles of the church, knew the difficulties in the way of main taining it because they had largely borne them and nat urally felt that all who shared the benefits should help shoulder the burdens. This impulse doubtless was largely responsible for Mr. Small's action. The mistake made was in looking upon the matter ftom a purely business point of view, or even the stand point of every day justice. All church organizations as sume a certain degree of spirituality and struggling to ward higher and better things are expected and as a mat ter of fact do many things without hope of financial re turn. In a way this is just as it should be but at the same time it is certain that many people take advantage of these high motives and turn them to their own profit. While the church organization should be far removed from everything that is sordid and while remuneration should never be the aim of any of its religions undertak ings, it must not be forgotten that it takes money to maintain the smallest church organization and without it it. cannot be kept alive. All of this is manifest on its face. It is equally true that most of the churches are maintained by a relatively small number of those who compose their congregations. These are n6t always the wealthiest members, though they necessarily include a good proportion of the wealthy. It is not expected of any one to contribute beyond his means; if he is a mem ber in good standing of the congregation he is never theless entitled to all the benefits which accrue to any other member These benefits are oftentimes extended to people who are not members of the congregations, who never attended a service and never contributed a dollar to the support of the church whose ministrations they claim for nothing. While the ministration of the churches should be extended to all people, to those who are not able to afford it as well as to those who can, even, as it so frequently is without question to those who are not members, yet in common Recency it seems only right that these latter, if able to do so, should give some substantial recognition .instead of attempting to deadhead auch services. Bo doing so they are simply strengthening the hands of churches to more effectually aid those unable to aid themselves. Doubtless other and better ways than sending a formal but whatever may be said even here still leaves something to be said on the other side of those who call for services to which they can lay no just claim, which would be cheerfully granted to those who have not the wherewithal to pay for It but which in com mon decency those able to do it should give the cus tomary recognition. PROSPERITY IN NEW ZEALAND. NEW ZEALAND Is the only-country, we believe, that haa a compulsory arbitration law in opera tion, and in the main it seems to have worked successfully. Public ownership of public utilities has also gained a large foothold in that distant and progres sive island. Hence the recent report of the minister for the department of labor in that country contains some facts of interest to the world generally, and a few of them are therefore summarized. There is no diminution or retardation in the steadiness of New Zealand's economic advance. There is general prosperity among workers. Municipal enterprises, such as street railways, etc., have absorbed surplus labor near cities, and the demand for labor in the country districts has exceeded the supply. Though there were 18,188 more arrivals than departures from Australia, agricul tural laborers were scarce at 34 cents an hour, and it has been difficult to get reliable workmen on railway con struction. Building trades have been fully employed all Wellington alone has increased the value of its property $7,568,010. Carpenters nave been scarce at $2.67 a day. The iron trade was for awhile dull, but that is improving. The gold-dredging industry now begins to rest on a solid basis. The boot and shoe trade, somewhat depressed for some years, is reviving. run to their full capacity, and their only difficulty is to secure labor, especially girls trained in the hosiery department. Cloth manufacturing, tailor were buoyant, and called for much 10 years from $42,787,215 to $74,100,960, and savings increased by $19,305,770. evidence that New Zealand people have breaking out of the old ruts. man to pay hla rent. Respectfully, GEO. H. STROWBRIDGB. Cost of Ferries. Portland, Dec. I. To the Editor of The Journal. In your Tuesday's paper la an article "No" Decrease In Taxes. ' It looks to me aa If there should be a llttla mora economy practiced. Tou aay ferries are costly; It took $621 to run the Bellwood ferry during NoVember, or a little over 120 per day. Now, the question la: Is It not rather extravagant to have a free ferry at Bellwood at all? Yeaterday, December 7, from 11:10 a. m. until 11:30 p. m., during four of tha bualeat hours of the day, the boat made about It trlpa, carried 11 font passengeta, five alngle teems, and atx double teams. Twelve foot passengers at I 1 cms. 0, cents; flva alngle teams at 16 centa, 76 centa: alx double teams at 26 centa, 31.60. Total. 32.88. Now, aupposlng bualneaa haa been aa good for the rest of tha day (which It haa not), It would only amount to three times 82.86. or 88 65. Jn other words. If the ferry waa run by private partlea. It would coat them over 120 a day to run, aay nothing of Interest of tha capital Inveated in the boat, while the groaa earnings would be (1.66, they would soon put a atop to It. I suppose some of thoae men who cried ao loud for a free ferry In Bell wood would have conaldered It very much before investing their own money In auch enterprise. Thla Is only one Instance, there are plenty of othera. Toura truly. A. PIETZOLD. He Waa Clever. From the Detroit Free Preas. Mra. Blue My husband gave ma a bank with tin In It for my birthday. Mra. New Do you like It? Mra. Blue No. It's perfectly horrid. Why 1 can't gat tha money, out at all." Small Change Let us have a sane Santas Clau tn the matter of fool fir aocldents. Tom Watson la a bright man. but ha takes himself altogether too seriously. Harry Lahra retirement ia almost aa Important and agreeable aa Dava Hill's. Port Arthur may be waiting to give Itsalf to General Nogl aa a Chrlatmaa prevent. They're already kicking about the cold back east. Nobody la chilly yat In Oregon. Tha Nan Pattaraon trial wUl have mora readere than the proceedings of congreaa. Mra. Chadwlck may not have moved In tha beat society, but aba la certainly a note-able woman. If Governor Vardaman can think of any other waya of making a fool of himself, ha may ba depended upon to do ao. A New Tork brawar who waa elected to congress spent only $6,tSI. But that will buy 106.760 beera, which ought to elect anybody. Governor Vardaman of Mississippi la gaining an unenviable national reputa tion aa a eruety, cantankerous, con tracted crank. Hoosevelt's plurality In Illinois la 304. 000. And yet Mayor Harrison aald Par ker would carry It Tea, ha had batter not run for mayor again. When young and pretty, Mra. 'Chad wlck waa "Insane"; yaara later aha waa guilty; now old, if har money la gone, aha need expect little help or aympathy. General Stoeaaere resistance la splen did, from one point of view; but It In clines one to accept the lata Jamaa Rue aell Lowell's Idea of war that It la mur der. ' Perhapa that Columbia Southern rail road will ba extended, and other needed roada built In Oregon, before the and of tha century, but there la no certainty of It A photograph and autograph of Presi dent Roosevelt are due In that eaat aide home where are nine children under 14 yeara old, tha laat two having been born Wedneaday morning before breakfast. President Woodrow Wilson of Prince ton university aaya southern political leaders have no influence. What about some distinguished Near Jeraey and New York ' Democratic leaden one of them resident at Princeton T - It looks aa If aoma bankers are about the eaalest men In tha country to swindle, especially out of large amounts. Tha vlctlma of Mra. Chadwlck were ap parently mora gullible than the Joah and Ruba Hayaeada who make acquaintance with urban swindlers. Juat aa wa ware prepared to ring the ball on exposition for a while cornea the newa that President Roosevelt will open up tha Lewis and Clarke oelebra tlon In Portland with eleotrloal chlmaa. Seema aa If thla country waa axpoalng Itself too much. Mlnneapolla Tribune. Not when It can expose what will be disclosed at tha Lewi and Clark (.with out the "a") exposition. Oregon SicUlignts j Snow la lata tn eastern Oregon. ' Madras had a pie aupper. No fatali ties. silver Lake la a nolay town at night. Coyotes. Only three dry oountlaa left, aad they doubtful. Corvalll poultry ahow next week will ba a big one. Hardware merchanta of Cooa county have organised. Now tha Chrlatmaa tree purveyors are getting busy A granite and marbel works Is a pew lnduatry tn Dnterprise. The John Day flouring mill la grind ing for the first time In two Work on tha automobile road between Shanlko and Prlnevllle la progressing. A man up the valley la named Cheese green. But h la not made of green cheeae. A Mapleton potato measured 1SH lnchea in length and 11 Inchea In cir cumference. 1 v, that the "V It " name of that CoqUllle Young Women'a aoclety means No Hug? Pendleton men olalm to have captured SO.nound salmon In tha John Day river In Grant county. A Burna man wrltaa to the Lake view Examiner: "I will give you an item that I thought of alx yeara ago, and that I know now." Batter lata than never. The people of Klamath county have had a rousing maaa meeting and de clared unanimously for government Ir rigation. Now all that remains neces ary 1 for tha government to declare the eame way. Tha reldenta of Howard, Crook county, held a basket nocial at their school house, realising 1102 from the aala of baskets alone, the money to be used to provide a Chrlatmaa tree. Muat be aome pretty glrle and thrifty young men up there. Irrlgon Irrigator: We believe that one of the great industries of tha future In thla aectlon will be tha raising of poul try and the production of eggs In other words -we believe that tha land hereaboute will be all dotted-over with "chicken ranches " In boring for water near Culver, In Crook county, coal, oil and gae ware die covered. The well la now 216 feet deep. The gaa I escaping from the well at the present time and sounda like steam es caping from an engine. They have alao found coal in amail quantities. Coqullla City RecnlH Tha Bandon Ufa aavlng crew la a little band of men, feer lesa and aver attentive to duty, whom the outaide world hears llttla of They occupy a sphere of their own and are content to go on with their work, and yet aak haught of tha world at large. Thais labor constat of dteda and not of worda. Mod ern Barbarian Kara la a story of tha Inner Ufa of Mrs. Leroy S. Chadwlck. told by a woman who waa In har employ for mora than a year and who left her service a month ago: "Tha remarkable eocentricltlea and btaarre ldaaa of Mra. Chadwlck, tha profligate way in which aha throw away money, not aa if aha had million, but aa It her wealth were hundred of million; har extraordinary freaklah viewpoint of Ufa. her hobbiea and whims, which must be ridden and gratified, have never caaaed to amaae ma, al though I have been her servant friend and confidante for mora than a year now. Never haa an hour passed during our acquaintance when aha haa not aurprlaed me by aoma odd action, al though I know her aa well aa one woman ean another and have apant month analysing har queer personality. "One day I want to an employment agency which furnlahea servanta to fashionable families, and waa told that the wealthy Mra Chadwlck of Cleveland wanted a maid, and that I waa to meet har at one of tha moat excluaiva of the Fifth avenue hotels. " 'She la an excellent woman to work for,' said the manager to mo aa I left the agency, 'and ahowera money right and left among tha servanta that aha likes. If aha don't like you aha will ao Inform you when you meat her. Don't mind If you find Mra. Chadwlck a trifle eccentric' It waa with mingled feeling of curiosity. Interest and a eecret fear that I walked Into the hotel and asked to have a card aent to Mra. Chadwlck' room. " Mr. Chadwlck la not In the city, the clerk anawered. '"Not In New York:' I gaaped. The clerk aaw my consternation, and I told him my mission. " "Oh, I will come back again,' I an awered. 'Mra. Chadwlck waa probably delayed and will be back In the city tomorrow." " Oh, you are tha maid. Your room la No. 7S8. Will you go right upT " Tour room haa been ordered by Mra. Chadwlck.' tha clerk aatonlahad me by saying. 'Her instructions are that you shall go there, eat at tha hotel, have all your wanta satisfied, and that yeu are to wait for her.' "Seeing that I still stood gaaptng and amazed, he remarked, 'Mra Chadwlck will pay all your bills.' "I fonnd that tha room reserved for me was one of the flneat In the hotel, and I lived for several days on the best tha hotel afforded. Aa the day went by I began to grow nervous, and when a weak passed I went to see the clerk of the hotel again and explained my fear. " 'Oh, that's all right,' ha anawered. with a smile. 'Juat you wait Run up all tha bUla you want Mra. Chadwlck will ba here, and Juat enjoy yourself.' "Three weeks went by, and u.nally Mra. Chadwlck eame. "What I saw waa a very nervous woman, of no special beauty of face, excepting tha eyea, which were brilliant and hypnotic almost. She waa dreaaed in tha moat magnificent garments that I aver aaw, hut with too much extrava gance and too little tasta, I thought I waa nervoua, I'll admit, and thought that aha would reprimand ma for run ning up a throe week' bill at the swag ger hotel, instead of returning to tha employment agency. I did manage to aay something In apology for my con duct, but aha Interrupted ma abruptly. " 'None of that.' aald aha 'I'm pay ing tha bills. What tn thunder do you oara how muoh thay coat eh?' "Often aha talked even mora vigor ously and I aoon found that aha had something of a temper. 'Tor a moment aha looked me over, taking me In from by boots to my hair comb, and than aha aald auddenly: " 1 like you.' There ware no ques tions aa to whore I had worked; nothing waa aaked about my references; no In terrogations about my capability. She apparently liked me at first eight and her impulses, aa I afterward discovered, always guided her. After walking about the room nervously for a few mlnutea aha turned and auddenly aald: "Wa are to leave for Cleveland tn ten mlnutea. Telephone for a cab. Better make It two caba, aad wa can take our pick. While you are about It make It three caba. There may be a black or gray horse. I won't ride behind bay horses. "I did aa aha requested. "Tha cab and the horse suited her, and after ahe had paid the bills we were soon on our way to a railroad depot. " 'You did not make the tttp here just to employ a servant, did you, madams 7' I aaked her. , " 'Yea, what of that T aha aaked. "Certainly tha woman waa not called eccentric without reason, and It waa also apparent that money cauaed her no worry from the manner In which ahe toaaed it away. Boon I waa to be again surprised. " I don't like that frock you are wear ing. We'll drive over to tha shopping dlatrlct and I'll gown you more aultably for traveling.' " 'Thank you,' I anawered, not know ing whether to be grateful or embar rassed, but feeling both. We drove to a flrat-clas ahop and she Instated upon purchasing for me, not one, but aeveral exquisite tailor-made gowna, and an out aide wrap. The clerka bowed politely, waited upon har eagerly, and seemed to ba well acquainted with her. " 'Don't thank me,' she answered quickly, when we hod again entered the cab. 'Upending money doean't neceesar lly mean being generous. I have more money than I know what to do with. Anyway, women traveling with me muat ba exceptlbnally wall-gowned.' "Aa we got on tha Cleveland aleeper aha seamed to fret and fume at the number of people on the train, declaring that it made her uncomfortable to ride with hot polloi and aaylng that aha waa very aorry that aha waa unable to get a private car. "When I recovered from my surprise at the long chain of har peculiarities, to which, however, I had only been Intro duced, I began to atudy her more closely and I found that aha waa not a bril liant conversationalist nor a well-read woman, though aha seemed to know about people and particularly men. "Aa the train pulled into Cleveland she told ma that I would be disappointed in her home. She Insisted it was but a modest structure Indeed, such a hun dreds of thouaanda of other Americana poaeeee. and not at all tha building ahe would have erected If she had her way. "I confeaa that my experience with her that day made me ilka har for tha time being. She waa deaf, but her con veraatlon could be exceedingly agree able when ahe so desired. "There waa another surprise for me at the Chadwlck home when I got there. The house, Inataad of being a modaat affair, waa one of tha moat splendid In Cleveland. - To welcome Mrs. Chadwlck on her return all tha servanta were awaiting har. "The aervanta were of all klnda. sev eral of them I noticed being nure. garbed In the whitest of linen aad look- lng Immaculate end fetching. With a aort of joyous hysteria aha ran up to the woman aervanta and throwing bar arm about each aha first hugged and then klaaed tham. Than ahe walked up to tha man and shook them heartily by tha hand. She expressed her Joy at seeing them alL "Tha Inside of tha house atupefled me by lta magnificence There were Paralan room with silk ruga that muat have coat thouaanda of dollars; there were painting of the maatars: there ware rooma fitted In tha atyle of I.ouls XIV, Turkish, Egyptian and rooma of all klnda. "Aa I followed thla queer woman through all of thaaa magnificent apart ment aha would frown at an expanaive pair of lac curtain or at, a divan, and, ringing for aervanta, aha would aay: 'I am tired of thla or that Throw It out give It away gat rid of It In aome man ner. You can have It If you want Jt Go down to So-and-So's and order some thing that coata mora In lta place.' No urprlsa waa expressed by the aervanta. They bad heard auch ordera oft before. They almply did aa aha told tham. "After a cursory Inspection of the house aha decided to take a bath, snd I saw another Instance of her eccentricity. After a maid had undreaaed har and aha had entered tha tub. one of the queer Impulses seised her, and ahe rang a ball. Tha aervant who anawered found her aeated on tha adga of tha tub. "'Send Mary, Kate. Bessie and Frances to me,' aha ordered. When they came aha calmly ordered one to prepare lunch, to another aha ordered that a lawyer ba called, a third waa told to order a peculiar kind of soap, and a fourth waa directed to have a well known Cleveland Jeweler aand for In spection a tray of Jewels. "After lunch aha aaaed ma to go hop ping with har. Gowned tn a complete suit of sealskin ahe created a aenaatlon in the ahopping dlatrlct I noticed that many well-dressed women turned sharply and avoided bar whan tbey could. However, If thay ware of the best social standing in Cleveland and Mra. Chadwlck saw them first ahe would run up before they could get away, shake them warmly by tha hand and guah: 'I'm ao glad to aae you. dear! You muat call upon ma' The woman greeted would respond politely, make some commonplace remark and then hurry away, looking embarrassed. m- i -,. twick had a. way of sud denly springing to her feet In her Cleve land house ana saying: rmm. iu, things; I'm going to New York.' When in New York she would decide to go to Boston, or Chicago, or Philadelphia, or any other place which occurred to her. . , ... h., tMvlln wu bv Impulse. and invariably ahe would leave Inside of half an hour arter xna mougm oc curred to her. "Generally at least ona nursa want with her, for Mra. Chadwlck either about or found it convenient. While aha now aaya that ha haa spinal trouDie. i ao noi a word of It, for one of her eccentrlcl- .,i.,.u Kmii to nose aa an ln- iiea asp - , v,lld whether to create aympathy or not I do not know. Anyway, there muat always be the spotlessly dreaaed nurse by her aide, looking Ilka a young Red Cross woman in all tha beauty and simplicity with which popular young American artlata of vogue draw her. "New York hotel lire naa io m i.i tnr Mrs chadwlck and aha lUKUinHvu - did not confine her vlelta to any one of the hotela Bometlmea aha want to the Holland, eometlme to the Waldorf or the Savoy. All tha noxei cier. "ua Fifth avenue know her and respected her whim. "Juat before going to ew xor sue telegrapha for a reaervatlon of rooms on a certain data. Har aulta la kept for her, and when tha day of reaervatlon arrlvea tha gueata are turned out while ...nthlm Is nrenared for Mra. Chad- wick'a coming. At the laat minute aha changes her mind ana goe m numoi hotel, but alwaya paya tha bllla for the ..tt. rmmtk-nrmA whether she atopa in it or not I have known her to reserve a suite at the Holland or aoma otner piece . . ten at some other hotel during that period and eend a check for the room he uwn t u 10 me covering the entire week. .u.. iu. carelessness end utter disregard for money wera well Illus trated by her purcnaaa at jvirspainca. . In thla city, of a ring, aat with beautiful gema, for which ahe paid tit. 000, and a necklace of pearla for MO.000. When thay arrived they pleaaed her exceed ingly and, although It waa In the morn ing, she dreaaed in a Parlatan gown, coating aaveral thouaand dollar, with a long train. "Putting the ring on her finger, the necklace about her neck, aha awept Into one of the dining rooms of the hotel ao amaslng a figure that tha woman at tha table could only gasp and stare. With her waa a nurse whom aha in sisted "ahould accompany her In full uniform to the table. "It all aaemed a matter of eourae to the vain woman, and ahe ate with un concern, but secretly pleaaed that aha had created an lmpreaalon upon the other women In the room. Tha poor nurse waa ao uncomfortable during the ordeal that aha could not aat , "On the very next day the manager of the hotel eame up to Mra. Chad wlck'a rooma and aaked her if ahe had not lost aome Jewels. "Not that I know of,' ahe anawered. "'Are not theae youreT tha manager asked, taking from hla pocket the neck lace and ring which madams had worn in tha dining-room. She gaaed at the $64,000 worth of Jewelry without a spark of emotion and aald languidly: 'Yes, I believe that they are mine.' . mused at auch unconcern, the mana ger bowed hlmaelf out Mra. Chadwlck had aurprlaed him at laat "Inquiry developed the faot that while Mra. Chadwlck waa taking a bath aha had pushed her silk stockings into her slippers. In theae stockings ahe had placed the Jewels before ahe disrobed. "One of the maids, not noticing the contenta of the slippers, placed them in the hallway for the boy to polish "Another one of her eccentricities la the long distance telephone. She la for ever making long dlatance calla even when ahe has no ona to talk to, and I have known her to call up . Chicago, leave the 'phone for an hour and than return to It and ring off. paying tha bllla without queatlon. A 7-a-day telephone bill la no rarity with har. "Another hobby of Mra. Chadwlck la massage. A masseuse takes up aeveral houra of her time dally. Still another favorite idea la to order three or four motor care for a ride, take har pick of them, and pay for all. "Har first impressions in hiring aer vanta are often embarrassing and hu miliating to the girls and men that apply to her for situations. I remember that once she had 'phoned an employment agency for a maid. Thay aent up a beautiful girl with a great maaa of Mrs. Leslie Carter hair. " 'I don't want you,' aald Mra Chad wlck upon seeing har. "Another girl was sent up. She alao had Titian trees. " "Go away. Get out of my sight' screamed Mra. Chadwlck, when aha saw har. 'And tell tha manager of your agency not to sand ma any mora red-! headed girl. I won't have tham around.' "I stood her whims and eocentricltlea until I grew tired, and a month ago left her service. Certainly there la not an other woman like her in the country." Tkc Market Basket Retailers are already talking of the auppilaa of turkeya for tha Chrlatmaa and New Year market During tha week there was a very good demand, and thla cauaed many of tha larger retailer to go out in the country to look up their auppilaa for tha holiday. Tha indication now are that turkeya will be fully aa high at Chrlatmaa time aa thay ware at Thanks giving. Borne of tha dealer believe that they wilt be higher, as a great many mora tur keya were aold out of Oregon thla year to the San Francisco and Pugat Sound marketa than aver before, and tha sup plies wera no greater. Ona of the larger dealer had hla ohlef man out In tha valley during the week, and on hia return ha reported that aup pilaa ware even amaller than he had an ticipated. Turkeya today era worth 16 centa a pound for tha best dreaaed atock, and that waa Juat aa high aa they ruled at Thanksgiving. The dealers themselves pay only a few cent under thla figure Juat now thare la an overabundance and prlcea are not qulta aa high aa they have been. The reason ia that the raisers are aendlng their stock to mar ketthe returne will ba uaed in buying Christmas presents for the family Fresh Columbia river aalmon la now practically out of thla market The firat royal chlnook aalmon to be caught thla season was sent to market during the week, and waa eagerly anapped up by a large retailer, who was anxloua to pay 36 centa a pound for tha ftah. It waa sold to conaumara at 60 centa a pound. Thla la considered a very high price for salmon in thla market 'Even the sup pllea of cold storage steelhead and all verslde salmon are running low, and there was a tendency among the market men all week to advance the prlcea. Tha auppllea of Columbia river smelt were aomawhat larger thla' week, and prlcea went down to 30 cent a pound. Tha run at tha cloaa of tha weak waa email. Chrlatmaa oranges will ba cheaper this year than, ever. Tha crop In California was much larger than waa expected, and a aort of war among the old members of the now defunct combine sent the prices down. A car ef fro sen bananas waa on tha market this week. It was handled by the nawxers i rices ior good atock remain the same. Good family apples are hard to obtain. The grower of tha beat stocks at Hood River, aa wall as at Rogue River, re ceive mora money for their fruit in the orchards than they can here, so do not care to ahlp anything but their "culls." However, there i are aome good apples la the market, but prlcea are up. The saaaon'a first shipment of Jap anese oranges arrived early In tha week. Tha auppllea were not large, and prices are firm at 16 centa a dosen. Generally Jspan sends four or five large ship ment of her little oranges here every year, but two will be all that will ar rlver thla season, on account of the diffi culties of transportation brought on by tha war. Never, even In midsummer, have the markets been so wall supplied with gar den truck aa they are now. Delicious garden peaa raised In nearby plota are selling at ordinary prices; string bean brought In from California, fresh on Ice; new potatoes, "which taste aa If you wanted more," and thay are not so costly aa thay used to be. All the tomatoes now la the market are front, California, but they are of good quality, though not as good aa the ones we raise at home. Lettuce ia aean everywhere, and It doesn't coat any more than In tha summer time The auppllea of fresh meats are aa large aa ever, and tha cool weather makes tham taste batter; prlcea are practically tha same. Fresh egga are all but out of the market They are now quoted ao high that a great many people prefer tha se lect eastern atock, especially when pur chased at 6 to 10 cents a dosen leaa Supplies of strawberries from Cali fornia ware larger thla week, and the price went down to 18 centa a one pound box. At thla price they were not too high for general conaumptlon. The prices on various products at re tall are: Chickens, 17c; turkeya, t(c; tame duck, 78c 1 each: tame geese, tl. 26 0 1.76 pair; mallard. (OcOH pair; teal. 46 t)60c pair. Oranges, 26f)40o dosen; tanglerenea, 16c; bananas, 26tyt0c doaan; grapes, To kays, Verdala, Cornlahona, 40o par. five pound basket; apple, fancy 8pltseh bergs, tl-76 per box; Baldwins, tl.60; Rhode Island Greenings, tl-60; peers, winter Nellie, tl.60 per box; grape fruit t for 36c; Jersey cranberries, 16c quart; strawberries. 16c pound. Staaka, tQltc pound; mutton chops. l(J16a pound; veal cutlets, 10O12Vo pound; pork chops, 10 12 Ho pound; roasting beef, 10, ItHOlto pound; boiling meata, 8 0Sc pound; pot roast. 8 10c pound; com beef, ttjlOo pound; ham, lto pound; boiled ham. too pound; sparerlba, ItyiOo pound; pork tender loin, 30o pound. Crabs. 3 for 26o; lobsters. 20c pound; eastern frog legs, 60a dosen; shrimps, 20c pound; eastern prawns, 30o pint; salmon, 2 pounds 26c; flounders. 10a pound: rock cod, 124c pound; Califor nia soles. 16c pound; parch, 10c pound; California striped base, 16o pound; Sac ramento shad, 2 for 36c; smart Colum bia river, 40o pound; Puget sound. 10c pound; catflah, loo pound; black cod, 2 pounds 26c; halibut, 2 pounds 26c; slur geon, 12 Vic pound. New potatoes. 8 pounda for 36c; red- 1 lahea, turnips and green onlona, 3 bunchea 6c; water cress, 60 bunch; let tuce, fancy beads. 3 for 6c; egg plant. 610e. each; mushrooms, 26986c pound: tomatoes, lOo pound; huckleberries. : pounda, 26c; rhubarb, 4 pounds 26c; aweet potatoes. 10 pounda 26c; walnuts. 2 pounda 26c; othara, 30o pound; beans, atrlng, I pounda 38c; lima, green, 2 pounda f6o; artichokes, 7toQtl dosen; celery, ttylOo head; pepper, !2Hc pound: cabbage, lOfylSe head; cauli flower, 1016o head; Oregon garden peaa, 2 pounda 28c. d" Clark cwis an December t. The wind waa thla day from tha eaat the thermometer at Barren degress above aero, and the sun shone clear; two chief visited na, one In i sleigh drawn by a dog and loaded with meat VaoVs gam's Woman Umployaa. More than 8,000 woman are employed In Waahtngton, 8.044 of whom have en tered the service after competitive ex amination Nine hundred of tham are paid salaries ranging from 31. 000 tn tl.800 a year, the othera being paid the compensation of ordinary clerks ttOO to 8800 a year. King Carlos' Big Insurance Don Carloa, King of Portugal, haa Ufa Insurance amounting to about 83.000,000 In American money. Hla majesty la continually at war with his weight, which, by dint of a vlgorou outdoor life, be has reduced from uver 300 pounds to about 331. . L- .