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; v - y , OREGON TStWDAY' ' jfOURIIAti' TOItTLANlX SUNDAY tIORNING -MAlLCri 1. U-. II , 4..a,-A-f,i "'fYi- (Use ; Interesting Notes l, ' From W. C. T. U. Sources. Th ststa president of tbe W. Ok T. U ). itrtmly tiuy Ui(M days getting sverythtng In line for, the special work iof the year In connection witn tne 'xnoaltlon. 1 The' national exhibit ..that iron a void medal In BL Louli la. tn route. Meadames Edith Whittaldea and : Lillian J. Anoi will hav charge of the 1 installation of the exhibit which will . occupy generous spec lit the Educa- tlonal building. . . . : - February 1?, 105, maxka an Important " mllnatoiM. not only In W. C. T.- U. clr- ;'clet but in. the tdvahcement of the 'womanhood of our nation. It aaeana .much to the entire fraternity of organ ' iiaed. yea, and unorganised, womanhood . tto have the statue er a women nonoroo Iby a plaoe In the '"nail of fame? in the J capital. J t 1 well that France WU ' hard' a statu ahould stand aide by aide twits that of Abraham Lincoln; each 'stood' for freedom from alavery. . ' Mrs." M. E. Fullllove, stst evangelist. 'hae been 'on the sick list el nee her re l turn from her old home la Arkansas. i ' Just sow. when clrio Improvement seems to be 'in the air," and. as The Journal, remarks. It muit come dowa to the ground. It is well to Bay a word aa to what our organisation Is. doing along thia line. -Th department Tor the pro mminn nf urllT la art and. literature - has waged, persistent war on tit-taut : 'denies nature; In a word tt works for - -,'art In nature.- The obnoxious bUlboard advertising, very - oft poisonous and . pernicious, has , keen,' through , Its tn i jflueoce, in many . Instances, removed or , 'cleaned up. Mrs, Clara KurU Bowers ' A ' Jiae recently been appointed superintend J . . ident of this department ror MultnomM : loounty. and no doubt wilt begin at once ' -. vigorous campaign for civic improve- ... meat ' L't - Mrs. Mattie Graves ot Centralla. ' rWaalu national organiser ot the organ! ', sat ton, enters the state March St tor an . tvstended lecture tour, Her nrst point lis The Dallee. - r The Sarah JCern union meets every tllrst and tnira mursaay at : p. m. In the Evangelical church. Bast Sixth iJnd Jaarkot ,- Miss Ida "ommerfoldC president f -Mount Scott "T. end oounty superlnten ; dent of medal contest workls planning , a series or county contests during ise . spring months, and would be glad to have the address of those who hold . - . . sliver or gold medals, either of the . Xemorest or W. C T. U.; her addrees ' Is Lents." k .- . i '.".. V: University Park recently held one of A the most eathoslaatlo rallies of the year. - Mrs. Vantyna. oounty superintendent ' " of the- mercy work. Is at work urging - tbe formation or "mercy bands" among , ' - 'the children, that the law of klndnees ' A ' r be well Ingrained in their character. Tlie. labor department in many loceJI ; -- ties has brought forth good results la carrying on the "Plngree plan.- in con r verting unsightly vacant lots Into useful service by letting the poor man. who .'has no land, have the use of them for A' vegetable and flower garden. - It cer '' . -1 talnly would be a marked Improvement ' on tln cans A'1 - 'h-t' Mrs. B. s!'Taiton of Arteta Is stale ' ' 'superintendent of this department, ami ,ls trying to.'ferrest thought". along many . . r lines. . . . . ; . -" ' .si .,..., (.,v , f. . t A Little Sermon '" ( : . v '" for Portioftd Merchants.. A - - - . The' following letter ' received o few days ago by lbs secretary of. ths Saoa jawea Statue association not only con . tains a text -for good-eised "preach , ntnt," but a little sermon in Itself: . , . -H r Md, Fftv . il. 108. Dear , Madam: . I was much surprised on read , tag the - Orange Bulletin January- II. ' which contained a sketch of Sacajawea " and Lewis and Clark. V' " '. " - - ! - "Now, the surprise ' cams In ' thus: While wo were in Portland last Novsm- her I ssw 4n s store painted tplcture y on leather; they claimed It was Baca 's Jswea. -i j . '1 have been going to Write you to T ACK. LONDON'S Pise In CtU- torn la's Literature.".. In a re cent prise story, contest con- . 1 . ducted by at eastern msgt ,inf, tt prist stories were selected. A California correspondent In reducing the average to Agares, says:. "This means one- pruts winner to every million of population." snd theft Jubilantly adds; .'California with a. my I Ion tnd a half people should have had a prise and a half. - California writers actually re ceived 12!- In. other words there tre . nearly It times ss many writers of de--cent . short' stories ' In - California 'ss In ' other states." .- Accepting the Judgment of this magastne, which hs neglects to nans, Mr. Henry A., Lsfler ssys: 'What is It that to move Callfornlana to liter ary expression? . Is It the influence of , the state's " extraordinary . natural ' beauty T Is it the Influence upon Im pressionable Imaginations ef a history rich In romance, 'picturesque missions, adventurous priestly evangelists, Span ish trsnders with their oattls upon a . thnusitnd hills,. booansa. kings who grew rich In a day? Or was President Kooee vH right when he expressed hit tense of the likeness between California and . Greece In many physical respects, tnd suggested that seethetie development ;. might perchance run somehow parallel?" A little doubt aa to the Intelligent Judg . ment of the prise givers, however, . creeps Into the minds of ths Ctllfornisns when they find Jack London far down -'on the list for ss t story teller of to day, he Is their trump card. Nor Is . he well down the list only; but he dl ' vides ths prlss with a certain Mr. Lock wood of New ' Tork, whess name . is scarcely known beyond the confines of his town of Saratoga. That they resent this Is not to be wondered tt for as t writer of force, strength tnd. freshness Mr. London has no -pes- la America to day. ' His stories perhsps contain too , much tf human miser to please the - fastidious tastt of t eerttln diss of readers, feat lis Is never blase; he treats with firmness and confidence tnt the - panel ons -of human life and 'endeavor . snd test from them every underlying principle, which, when brought to light frequently look deformed snd hideous. ' Kxaggersted snd magnified perhaps st tlmea thes hsaer -elements ens y sppear. , as tby did In Wolf Ltraen, but It tekes -the strong glsas to discover -the Mfe- MUtng . microbe. . and bringing within ths range of naked vision, ths soul-de- stroymg germ sevens on or Mr, Ixn- ' don's missions. Some surpriee has been 'expressed that In a short biography of Mr. lxndon, lately Issued by the Mao- , millans, it mention wss needs of ."The Kempton-trare Letters." which appeared eninrmmjuly, but trhich' were gensrslty understood to be from -London's pen. Th Wtc Utter undoubtedly were, but learn bow much of the money for tme of them goes' to the statue fund.' ' 1 "They told me In the store Baoajawea had not been gone to tht "happy bunting ground ' more than two or three years The Bulletin says no man knows what became of her. Now, who Is right T had my mind so set-on" having ens of her pictures. I hav,ten a long time saying anything to you about it, nut sue to- get my mite tn tne statue. "I became' so fascinated with Oregon that. Maryland does not look so good to me as It used to. - ' J. E. A. Unfortunately so many stores . are be ginning to load up with all sorts of souvenirs that it Is difficult to learn Jurt where thia 'particular' bit of. Ignorance was located, but It has a deeper Slgnin csnce than Just 4. laughable bit of mis information. It Is, Bret, a reflection on the intelligence of our people to think that anyone,- here where the centennial of the Lewis snd Clark expedition Is to bo celebrated, lq Ignorant of the details of the trip, or that Sacajawea, did not "die two or. three years ago." During' the summer our : merchants will sell thousands upon . thousands, ol dollars worth of souvenirs without re sorting to tricks, for no country on earth offers greater opportunities for sending from it beautiful and unique things thin this, but when merchants offer picture of Saoajawea and give the customer such niwwiiuf puiifnvnia t . hi aau. nw thing "a lake," snd It does not take a town long to acquire ths reputation, for "you can t deceive all the people all the tlme-andr-ae 4n-thle ones, -ths- truth soon becomes known. -1 -.! ,.... Ever sine the Sacalawea statue move ment starred, people who : have . never contributed a dollar have made use of the advertisement . given it to proSt Ihemselves, and It has frequently come to the knowledge of ths officers of the association that certain wares were of fered and the statement made some times directly snd sometimes by intima tion that the statue fund was. getting torn 1 benefit from- these sales. New, there is not one article of merchandise, In this or any other town, sold whereby the statue fund received one penny, ex cept the - copyrighted picture of the statue, tbe exposition, school button and the copper souvenir spoon, all of which are offered and controlled by ths asso ciation. : :;:-.-.- .- tt .--a-:A.A. Seattle Enthusiastio . ' -. Over Sacajawea Statue. For some reason not yet discovered muchof the Sacajawea . literature sent to the Washington women went astray. This was learned by the receipt a few days ago of a letter addressed to Cbeballa and. another to North Taklma, quits a year after they were -mailed. . A letter from a Seattle club woman, ask ing If such a movement was afoot, was another revelation to the association, snd vigorous moans were resorted to to bring ths matter im the attention of1 the Washington women with most ex cedent results. Within the week hundreds of letters. ' books t and -other matter have been sent Snd many letters have been received by the association saying that active - measures would be ' taken for raising. Waahlngton's-proportion of the Hind. . i ..i, . A week or two ago the secretary of the fiscajawe association received -a "hurry up" letter from Miss Annie T. Reed of Seattle asking for a- picture of the statue, snd any matter relating to it she might have, as It was wanted for a lecture February 14. i The request was compiled with by return mail and la acknowledging It Miss Reed said she haditsksn ths picture Immediately to have a lantern slide mads and had given the music - (Mies . Harris . "Sacajawea Lullaby") to a young lady to learn. The following letter - has .reached ua from Seattle: "I am glad toOtll yon that . the Sacajawea matter was moat favorably received by our club on last Friday. Ths ladles at ths dub each gave 19 cents to become a member of the Sacajawea association, and I asked to have ths letter I received from you read before the city federation Monday. I shall speak of ths matter at the meet , a th Kempton letters trs known to be th work of Miss Anns Strnnsky, t young Russian, now t retldent ef California, who shares tht 'pronounced socialistic views of her collaborator And whose style Is not unlike his. The Cause," a book upon which shs Is now at work, dealt with t working wwmtn't industritl , environments tnd how they operate In at length bringing her into "the movement" The book Is being nntlclpsted with considerable In ternet. : 7 :l Mr. London has finished his' three-set plsy, written for Ether Barryraor, who has said, "he shsres With Joseph. Conrad tht credit and distinction of writing bout the only t)ig stuff, that is being done today." The play Is based upon his Alaska story, "The Scorn of Womaa." Miss Be rrymore will take th tart of the dancing girl Freda. It is said to sparkle with wit and humor rather a departure for Mr, -London, out of all of wnoss writings it would be hard ' to aquees one. good hearty laugh. - ' v The manuscript of his last tew book, "Tht Wsr of tht Classes." hat Just been received by the Macmtllan com pany, but the datt of publication hat not yet been announced.. 1 t . 'The' Quest of John Chaomsn." By Dr, Newell Dwlght Hllll. This first novel of tht author. was taken up with such avidity all over the country that It promptly went into its second Jarge edition. Especially throughout the mid dle west the book has been warmly wel comed, tor ths people who live In OhK Indiana. Illinois snd the neighboring states ebetish th traditions of Joany Apnjeseed snd love htm for tbe noble work hs did for .their ancestors. . Some thing like a century ago this quaint' yet devoted pioneer, began his Journeys dowa the Ohio snd what wts .then the northwest ..territory, planting In the Open, glades tht seeds of apples - and other fruits tnd grspt vlnea Each prospective orchard he surrounded with a denee hedge of fallen timber to pro tect ft from tht deer; and when the set tlers tan they found tn orchard 'all ready' for them. Thetets now known about the life of Jonny Appleseed Dr. HIUIs has gathsrad together and woven into an inspiring romance that Is full of bis own personality. Th Mtemillan company.- Pries 11.10. ',':-1 '.". A "Th Mysterious Mr. Sabln" continues to be the most talked-tbout book of re recent Action. ' It hat developing qual ities, for ss s goes back and reads, or thinks again over t passage lightly skimmed, the better th story . grows, tnd on regrets th pleasure Is not In tors to read, all Aver again, Its mar velous plot Lilian Whiting, the Bos ton tutherees, lost wsolt night's sleep - I tt'.v r M in '. Dr. Beatrice ing ot the. D. A. R. Tuesdsy and I am euro that ths women of Seattle will be glsd - to add at least a small contribu tion. A ' ,A:; '. - "Tou will hear from ma soon again. I gsvs my lecture (on Lewis and Clark lantern slides) at ths high school Fri day; -there was s perfect - crowd, - not standing room even tn. ths halt I give four publio lectures early in March, and I : ahsll ' hope to accomplish much for Sacajawea at them.' I have the Stca Jawea poem (Bert Huffman's) recited when we throw the . status pictures on the sheet snd then comes the song. "It Is a nice group and1 very effective." - This Is. the sort ot enthusiasm the project meets with wbsrever It is pre sented to Intelligent women, and the kind that "heartens up" the officers of the association, and makes- life worth' living to them,: ;. ;':" ;.V vv; ;:a: Items of Interest "r, From the State Federation! ' ';. - A letter from Mrs. Samuel White, corresponding secretary of the ' state federation, says she has now finished sending out the bulletins of the pro ceedings of the last stats, convention to ait the clubs and chairmen of state committees and to state officers. Ow ing to sickness nd other unavoidable causes these cosld not be sent earlier. As the. resolutions .are. all printed in full there will be no trouble snd there should be no misunderstanding aa to the duty of each club and chairman of committee. - The chairman of every com-, mtttes will he expected to writs to every club In the state sod ask It to reserve one dsy on Its program for ths discus sion of a particular subject As ths time Is drawing near when clubs will begin to formulata plana for nest year It Is none too soon for chairmen to send out those notices. Tbe Chautauqua, coirimittes ; asks. GOSSIP OF over it because tht could not lay It down, and wrote a profusion of thanks to ths publishers, for giving her ths op portunity, but In this shs Is not alone, for every reviewer had tha asms expe rience, though perhsps not the frank ness to sdmit It Mr. Oppenhelra, the clever author. Is a golf enthusiast tnd rings in t sympathetic touch when Mr. Sabln visits Lenox, where ht sstonlshes ths Scotchman, who. looked after semt private links there, by establishing a new record of 64 for It holes. Besides "Mysterious Mr - 8abln.". Little, Brown Co. ' will have' for ths spring publica tion an unusually large and attractive number of books, snd If advanoe sheets oan be relied upon, several of special merit In this list are found "The Heroine ot the Strait" "Power Through Repose," "An Amerlcsn Girt In Munich" and a new edition of "The Colombian . . - ; (By Okakmra, Imperial University, ;.-' Tokt.) . , :.; 7. .a THE Japanese represent a nation' different In Itt development from . sny existing western race, and ; governed from time Immemorial by the descendants of ths Sun-Ooddeea Th Jspsness social system it based on filial piety, ths natural outcome of an cestor worship. 'Several systems of be lief have Contributed to make up the national cult. Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism have been confused for many centuries In the heart of the peo ple, . to product that final amalgama tion which ta the Japan of today. . Surely this It a people worthy of tensidsrs- tton.uA ' '".- . Th most formidable difficulty of tjie western student In his nasetrchet Into thing Japanese Is ths totally unfamiliar construction ot Japanese society. To understand Japan It Is necessary for tbe foreign, observer to be free from the bigotry of his conventional philosophy of life. - v., " V - Bthnotogleally it la difficult to place the Japanese.- In Japan there ere two distinct races ths aboriginal I no. who are found only In Tesso, snd trt fast dying out, and the Tama to, or ruling race, who established themselves more than 1.000 year ago. In the Tama to race, or Japanese proper, there ere two distinct types ons characterised -by del icate and refined .build, and the other, more robust, with broad face, fist nose and horizontal eye. Tht former Is to be found trapng tht better classes of the Si. Orcnicr Steycr. through ' this channel, V that til eluh women who expect to attend ths as sembly tthis year and wish ths services of the committee In arranging for them, notify ; Mrs. M. A. Dalton, 411 Alder street ss early as possible. Thd state officers also -request that If., any of .the clubs wish any particular subject dls ouaaed at the next convention, at Eu gene, or have sny suggestions to make regarding the - convention, 'they - will communicate at once wiu Mrs. Samuel White, Baker City, or Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, cars of Ths Journal, ..-.V . Delightful Dinner , T-V In Honor of Miss Anthony.----- - The Susan Bje Anthony birthday din ner given by the Kings County Political Equality league on the evening of Febru ary! was ths most successful of the three which have been given. -Fully It men snd women suffragists wars pres ent snd ths larg dining-room of the Hanover eluh was quite filled wltn'daf-fodii-trimmed tables. Mrs. Kraft presi dent efc the league, provided huge birthday cake wlth If yellow candles. Among the speakers worn Miss Carrie Chapman Catt Mrs. Frederick Nathan, Mrs. Philip Carpenter, Miss Sadie Ameri can and Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. A letter was read from Miss Anthony, after which Mrs. Nathan spoke forcefully on "Democracy and Menocracy." . Since a democracy la a government by the peo ple, Mrs. Nathan said that women should rid themselvss of the Illusion that they are people, or also the- form of govern ment should he renamed menocracy. Tbe senators from Now Tork state might not have been very highly complimented at Mrs. Nsthsn's description of them, but her audience agreed with her that their records In congress furnished ad ditional arguments for the necessity of woman suffrage. Mrs. Carpenter read s very amusing short story of her own, a 1 SOME CURRENT BOOKS and Venesuelart Republics," by ex-Mln-lster W. L, Scruggs. Several of the Old but ever new books, such as ."Ths Msa Without a Country." wilt eom out In fresh editions, altogether' promising, to be a busy year in tht book world. - "Ttppan't - Short .Hlatery of English Literature." By Eva March Tappan. Teachers wh are looking for a abort, simple history of literature by on who thoroughly loves her subject and has devoted t loftg time to the study of tt tnd ths tescblng of It will be delighted with this work... Miss- Tappan hat been fA avrl vun. the ti.a -f tk. V.n. f llsh department of the high school , at Worcester, Mass, and has met every kind of pupil to be found in publio schools, and knows their needs thor oughly. This history of English liter ature begins with at brief study, of its southern part of Japan; the latter, which Is ths pleblan type, prevails In the northern provinces, '., These distinctions of typt .trt still more noticeable among the .-women, snd r tttrlbuted to two separate ' waves of ' Immigration from Mongolia, . Tht. mythology ? tf Japan, which told tf tht descent front heaven of tbe great grandfather' of th first emperor. Jlmmu. was Influenced by cer tain myths prevalent In China tnd India. It It related in this mythology that the great mother fcoddess died in giving birth to ths fire-god r that her spouse went to teek her In tht realms of dark ness; but he wss unable to deliver her, because he broke hit promise not to look 'it "her whom he eourht " On his return he washed himself because of hit pollution of Hades, and from tha wash ing ef hit eyes wst . bom the sun-goddess tnd th moon-goddess. Ths sun goddess sent her grandson down to earth to nils Japes, tnd the great-grandson of this deity wss ths Emperor Jlmmu, who founded th dynasty 'wrekh hat reigned In Japan for I.tM yeersT Th present emperor. Is. the Mist link in this un broken chain. . Thus th people of Japan look to the throne with peculiar pride and reverence at being directly ojt dl vln origin, t - ;.r- Ancestor worship is tht first form of belief In-Japan: tnd from ths tradition of every family gathering round the greatest tf all. that of the ruling fam ily, has been formed the national cult. Tht whole nation It bound by tht sacred oonveresuvn w. .- u . -fraglst and tn unconverted clubwoman. Mrs. Catt made a good point in her ' ad dress on ; "Scarecrows." - - Ths - first weapon of ths 'antls was ridicule, the next abuse. end the third arguments. . . - - . , a . - - - All tnese navjns xsnea v mw.r w.j.. snd the causs of -suffrage having sd ..a t -nit f them, thav have taken ta aettlns- up scarecrows One of i-hese wss in ths form of a Colorado woman stuffing ths i ballot-box, and ths lateat . i ... mix xiaa Anthonv advo cating 'polygamy, i A New York paper actually nevoiea nmriy- UMII MUV IV - ----- - Anthony had. sxpreeeed herself In 'de fense or Utah laworeaxere. . ins in tlon Of the psper sesmed plain-to Mrs. Catt as It afurward refrained from pub lishing sny of the letters of refutation ssnt by friends of Miss Anthony. Scare, crow 4s the new form of enmity which the .woman suffragists .wlU. have to fight from now pn, j;- '-. Cottage Grove Club - Joirs State Federation. ; - It has bees, the pleasure of ths stats reparation to - welcome within its fold the past -week the Woman's ciuo or Cottage Orove. It Is- comparatively a us .inh nd meets, every Saturday in the Commercial vlub rooms. Ths roll- call t Is nnswsred by quotations ana a short discussion on current events pre- i Tnn nluh la MM Vet of an entirely literary nature, but the fact that It has Joined tne stats xeasra tlon is proof that it is reaching out snd will be a helpful factor In- state work. This year the i club has ; taken .up "Travels in the imusn asies,- ana in w- ... .ha. 4. .nnAnaa itanlf ln One subject Is conclusive evidence that the work will be-thorough.. England, tits hlstorlo - essUss, . i parks. cathedrals, towns and ruing have occupied tboaa up . ih. . 1. - vwiinMFV soma of tha sights of London were visited, and on ' March 4, "StrattorOMm-Avon snd Shakespeare". ' were discussed. "Tork snd the Wsr of the Rases" will occupy the 'time I of ths next meeting, March 11. Ons member has charge of each day's - program; The officers of ths club aret President Mrs. Vsateh; vioe- preaident Mrs. Wheeler; seoreUry, Mrs. Burkholder; treasurer, Mrs. Job. Ths eluh hat II membora. ;y aaa,v;-i&HJ r;' Fine Club Work - ; ' a By the Women of Coos Bay. , V Th Progress eluh of Marshfield, al though not yet a year old. hsa taken its place as a loader" of society on the bay. The object of the club Is ta tmbittout ons tod It is of serious purpose.' It was organised - April f. for ths "study of gensral ' and literary sub jects." . Oh May J It Joined the state federation of women's clubs. - Tbe club is exclusive and a bare score is ths limit of its membership. Mrs. Henry Seng slacken is the moving spirit of ths elub and its leader. ' She Is not only its presi dent but at, tbe first meeting in Janu ary was mads obtrrman of Its executive committee. This committee It the im portant one. as it lays eut ail tha work Tor ths year abend. Ths other members of ' the executive commutes are Mrs. Chandler snd Mrs.- Beabrook. ' Ths work plsnnsd for--IMS ma ths stndyv of European nations. Ths other officers of this elub are Mrs. Dr. To wen vioe-p resi dent; Mrs. Nicholson, secretary, and Mrs. Chandler, treasurer. The annual also Uon of officers takes place ths third Tuesday in -May. .'Trogrees is tht Us of life," is the quotation the club uses on its literature. It got out Itat year a tastefully printed program, and to show how precise it la about everything it ordered but So copies. The printer did throw in ta extra copy, but that was tit And tt when a member loses her schedule or tht editor, borrows it snd f tilt to return It on time but ' that never happens, r. ', ; Precision It : commendable . tn . til things.' hut thlt It hardly economy, for It it almost an absolute necessity for the' state president and. secretaries to begtnninga, and then traces tht progress mad in each century down to the pres ent time. Mlas Tappan' s criticism of men tnd Manners, of books tnd of au thors,, la marked by ths same intelli gence and vivacity which she shows in all her works.. Tht book hat bean care fully Illustrated with portraits, fao tlmiliss and other Illustrations of In terest and' has an excellent map lo cating the places mentioned in English literary history. The text is brief snd esn easily be finished In a single year of school work, for It contains only about 259 pages. - It will be published In March by Houghton, Mifflin tc Co. Price tt cents, - vU' ? ft "Irelsnd's Story." By Charles John ston and cant spencer. . There is a chance to' write a fascinating book on th history' ot Ireland, tnd tht tuthort tit of t common belief snd thought; there is ' th greet - gtp between - the Chinese cult of fatalism tnd th cult of th Japanese considered as moral forest. Th throne htt lwaytbea sacred, tnd no tttsmpt on its formal occupation has been made, even by ths powerful Sho. guns, who were the real ruler Of the oountry. .. They knewllow"' dangerous It would , be to . tamper with, the great principle on whleb the religious spirit tf tht nation- is entrd. ..'. As a people the Japanese have not much" tptltudt for deep metaphysical thought. They trt not tht race to pro duce a " Schopenhauer. Warlike by na ture, they hav from tht beginning tht soldlsr-llkt simplicity - snd) easy senti ments of men of action. The funda mental principles of Confucianism they turned into working principles snd max lint for Immediate application.. , Until recently they drew on, India and China for philosophic Ideas; tnd now they tre looking afresh tt Europe and Ameriet. Borne dty they, will have t new philos ophy based on th use of motor cars and telephones and totalled to dslly con duct The Japanese hsvs not produced original thinkers.: They are a people -of the. present snd the tangible, of th brood dsyllght snd th' plainly visible. Tht andenlable proclivity ef the Japan ese mind la towards determination and action. Pur reason Is only regarded ss a means to bring the human mind to tht refuge of tht nearest port. have .ooolea of the' vetr 'hooks of the federated clubs, or their' equivalent, if none is issued. It Is ths only -way tne officers can keep !n close touch with the clubs, and a free exchange of club courtesies, made Svldent through tn ex change of year books is always helpful and wholesome, and it Is hoped that In snother year mtny . clubs through ths state may be made familiar If this way with ths work- of this yer-flnt club. .' The club coiors are pink, and green, and ths club-flower Is that beautiful Oregon bloom, ths rhododendron. The club dsy -It Tuesday, tnd K meets around at tha hornet of its several mem bers. - The meeting next Tuesdsy will be with Mrs. Chandler, and ths program for-that dty at arranged a year ago it to have short talss. Mra. Flanagan will talk about Samuel Adams; Mrs- 8ra brook has Thomas. Pains. Mrs. Ftrrln. James Otis; Mrs. Lockhart Ethan Allen. Mrs. Ftrrln Is now in Salem with Mr. Ftrrln. That tht club it not til serious ness is shown by the foot thtt tbout every ; seventh meeting ths ladles let down ths-btrs tnd admit tht men to t soeial tvshg.A:..-...!:.!,Ai.,A,...A;.. s-Aj .tt""ttSj '. A,- ' Who Is to Blame? ;A ' aa; ? Where the Responsibility? 7 A- , i What' U 'the 'matter with th olub spirit of Oregon? - Where it tht responsibility.- and who Is to ; blame t These tre thj questions that must pro sent themselves . in looking over the committee llst of tht general federa tion. Not't single Oregon woman on a single committee, except one. who is thsrt by virtue of her position tt an ex-president the legislative eommlttee which is made up tn thlt eray, and as Oregon had ont tht could not be over looked, i ' '. ' A. ' ' ' 'r' Is thlt the fault of tht appointing power? t. ByAno tnsvns! .-Women have hardly grown to far thtt their boards of control are used (or individual profit or promotion. - to. mate a recora ox grand achievement fortunately "yet re mains, th prim motive of woman's work, tnd those who make appointment strive, for the best talent to carry It on. Oregon has talent that shoold do credit to any work assigned it ; Clearly then some unrecognised force has brought about tbe conditions that have prevented Oregon from.. receiving recognition or assignment to work in a body to which ens is united by state and. individual bonds. : Washington has two members on-the ' general .federation board, tnd several committee appointments. Cali fornia hat n member ot tht board tnd several oommlttte appointments. . Under these conditions It is only fair to sup post thtt- either modesty in making known tht very excellent work tome of tn women of Oregon have dent, or In difference to having our State repre- sented on these oommlttees hat been tht cause. A.f V" ; - A." 1 M . M ,f ", California Women Ask Legislation, for. WhitePlague. : At a recent meeting of tha Woman's club IM was donated to the open air sanatorium, .'and--, eoa Individual oso trl but loos ot hlankstt, etc. were made. The few; who demurred at tht- money thus appropriated, not considering", it within th bounds of club "work, -may change their minds whet thty read what- our neighboring elub -women are doing; v i - . :. -' "Some time ago tht Social scisno de partment of the Atllfornlti club of San Francisco tent- ont bread oast a circular setUng forth facts about .tht sxtsnt of ths Whits Plague.' and the sucoess with which the disease had .been com batted In Germany snd aleewheret- -The circu lar wag tent to every rob tn tbe state snd to organisations of man, aa wall as to physicians and -others interested. The following resolutions formed part, of ik. .IfmiI.pi . -- ' . . - - .1 " n " Whereat, It Is the tens of tht Cal-1 Ifornla club that stats tnd municipal laws should, be - enacted . whereby tbe spread of tuboroulotlt la all IU arms may be prevented, end .whereby , there Of Treltnd's Story" have taken every advantage of- it Beginning - with th fin old Irish' legends gathered from th very mist of antiquity, ithey have traced th very interesting story, of th Irish nation through an exciting se rf ea of events down to ths present time. An excellent account of St ; Patrick it given (partly in .tht words of hit 6wn "Confession") and other, - taints .snd scholars are vividly described. Ths pil laging of th Danes, tht invasion of tbe Normans and ' th bravs struggle that generation . tfttr generation. Of noble Irishmen hava med,for their righta tnd liberties trt strikingly brought out Ths oppression , of Kllssbsth and tht cruelty of Cromwelllan. Incursions and tht Invasion of William tf. Ortngt, are carefully '- and fairly - described. Tbe book is carefully-illustrated, with ovsr a -hundred views, portraits, facsimiles and reproductions,' and has tn interest ing series of maps.' Houghton,. Mifflin Co.. Pries 11.10, .:..vy ..' c ;, Uttrsfw Notes;." ' Messrs. Dodd, alead' A 'Co. announce the publication of Miss Mary F. Ban dars' "Lift of Honor d Balsac" for this spring. Despite the vast amount writ ten about Balaae, there . Is - neither in French or English satisfactory biogra phy of ths msn, taking advantage of ths more reeent Information that ha eom to light . Mlsa Bandars had a good field snd it remains to be eeen bow well, she htt availed herself of it ... r. . . : Fox, Duffttht C. htvt nearly ready "Old Master tnd New," ssssys in trt eiitlolsm by Ken yon Cx, .some 20 In til, collected from artists' contributions to many periodicals, and much revised snd altered. . This rang in point of view I from tht fifteenth eentury to .the pros tnt.',, '-,; :, ,'. -.. Hv ' .... -V- -V-::.? TvVr:-M8f8a4BeS.'. .A totgastnt, to be tn attractive seller, must enter to tht tastes of the publio t little her and a llttl there that each may feel satisfied and pronounce it foot; but more tnd more trt tbe magastne of the first magnitude becoming individual ised by taking up more ptrtlcularly thsn sny other on subject snd remaining with It until It hat first been thoroughly sifted, then rousted tnd toasted on every side. - In- this advance step, MeClurs's took th lead when Miss Tsrbell ban her history ot th Standard Oil company. Along th same general lln have been Ray Stannard Baker's srttcldes on mo nopolies, snd Lincoln Steffen's rtvels tlons nn municipal conditions In some of our; cities, . snd state corruption. The March lasus leadg off with 'The Sub way Deal", by Mr-Baker, tnd. while not so much occupied thit month with this lln of thought tht ont artiols it later- shall be Inaugurate, cation ef 4he publio ment and prevention whereby state sanato lishtd for th sclf BUlnoaary tubercu' berets,' Ths c. preparing, under ths medical advice, a bill es abls appropriation for t. purposes, to be Introduced legislature of this stats; ti. f 'Resolved. In view of i that the California dub does h. upon tht people of Ihl sute to their power- to -secure the Pts this bill, and to make personal to tht legislators for prompt and t. prompt tnd itlf.'-; - v i .' V t chairman ef tment is - tt ' V sole teuon in its bebsir.'- - .- "Mrs. -Jacob Brandt, Metal ' science department bead -of this movement Many phyi claat have appeared before tht Ct fomla olub and explained the gra need ror tnt proposed sanatorium. ; -A -A-' ' -' kv., rvomens roric. -. At UnWtraHy. Park B?y i n civic improvement committee o University Park has accomplished much good., it began work early In January by petitioning tht par board to Improve uoiuraoia rnrx. a tract or it tprct owned oy me city, on wnion little improve meat hsd been mad. The board kind ly gave the matter attention tnd hat had excellent work don.' Trees have been trimmed, underbrush , burned and Walks made. - . .; Petitions for ltrger mains have been circulated, as little water could be Ob tained even for domestic purposes dur ing ths warm days of laat year whtje the water' was used on Itwns. tnd at thlt suburb has no protection whatever from fire it teemed necessary to secure water before th late summer if possible. - r Thomas N. Strong gave an excellent address on "Chrlo Improvement' at Hay wood auditorium, -whlchi awakened Inter est and Frederick Hotmsn tpokt on "Ross Culture,"1 rfilch was of much prac tical value to all jhyers of this most osauurui riower. Tha- oommitte x pects . to have1 addresses from time to time to twakea- thought tnd teach tht members how to keep in touch with older workers along tht lln of beautifying nones. tnd surroundings. Tuesday Afiernoori. "J A Club's Rne'logram.T.H: ; Mra' A. J. SUlet snttrtainod th Tues day Afternoon club on Tuesday ltat tt ner some, Z7 uaoteooein avenue. An elaborate luncheon waa served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Maber Pttton and Mlat .Ortyc Stiles. ' The decora tions were unique, pretty potted plants snd violets predominating. Mrs. L.' M. Davis tnd Mrs. O. P. M. Jamison were guests of ths elub.- Chaucer Was ths subject of study for the afternoons The hostess gave a -hrlef deeoriptloti of Chaucer and his work. Mrs." Merwin Pugh told of ths historical and political conditions, Mrs. George Dunham th so cial customs tnd literature. Mrs. Warren White contemporary men and events of th fourteenth Century, Mrs. G. H. Esh- eimtn Chaucer's life tnd poem a -i Mrs. 'A. B. Mknhry gave a brief -descrlptlomot "Man or Laws Tales. -v The hegt meet ing of th club will be neld with Mr. 0. H. Eahelman,' III Eugene street JTuss- dty.Mtrcnv.v--' "iv .- y-'t i' l .'m 7 .-: ,V I H tt-tt ':? t' :-.-'. At the FbrtnTtrhtlv f " I have Seen Delphi. ' The last meeting of th Fortnightly elub was held at th bom of Mrs. Lam hereon, SS6 Tenth street The meeting opened with th usual rollosll and quo tation responses. It -will be remem bered thtt Greece it the subject of study this year. - At tht last meeting i Mrs. Jackson gave a paper on Its history from lit! to 1(4. and Mrs. Jt B. Jones a paper on "Delphi." after which' there wts a reading. Ths next 'meeting will be March II, with Mrs. Lewis. 44 Fourth street when ths history ef Greeoe will be dlscussd from 1(14 to HXl'by.Miss McDonald, and Constantinople by Mrs. Ltmbsrton,:- i I .ff i-.vk.v..'; - .A-At - estlng enough to make up for tht omis sion of th other two. "Modern Sur gery." by Samuel Hopkins Adams, is really a remarkable article tnd a revela tion to the -uninitiated, - 1 . ; In the March Arena there tre several notable papers which persons desiring to keepMn touch with world, questions of th day ahould read" Especially Inter esting and instructive is David Gra ham Phillips' pen-pictures of the pres ent ' status of socialism ' in continental Europe, and his keen and Intelligent an alysis of ths remarkable power of th great French leader, M. Jau re. "Co operation in Great Britain," by J. C Gray, secretary of the Co-operative union of Great Britain, gives' an authoritative account of th -phenomenal tucoMs of th greatest movement' in voluntsry- co operation in th history of ths world. Ths - affiliated ; co-operators f . Grt Britain are today' dividing more .than t4t. 000,000 annually among, their mem bers. Rudolph Blankenburg continues his powerful arraignment of tht growth of Quaylsm in Pennsylvania, and many other equally important articles trt in cluded In thlt Issue. A number of full page portraits In deep tepla Ink -on India tint paper, with fine full halftone repro duction of William Ordway Partridge's "MsdonntU" -tht second of , the . Arene's series of reproductions of famous -works of Amerlcsn trusts, give much value to thlt number. ' .... -. .. a In the msgsslns world, like tht pro verbis! omnibus, there -is always room for Just on mora. Particularly It this true if tht last on fills a little nlohe that needs balancing up. at Is the case with ths Woman's Journal of Chicago, that hat Just mads Its Introductory bow to the public It It a thoroughly unique mtgsslne, devoted to. the Interest Ot tht women of today not to any ons In terest, but to all. Conciseness, brevity and Intellectual force are. distinct char arteriitlc. tnd Tf these traits tre main tained In the live subjects chosen for discussion, the new- venture cannot fall to be a suocesa A "Travel Club," con ducted by Mrs. Marian A. Whits. si well known on this coast starts out toward th greater west snd spends a Very In teresting dsy in St Paul and" Mm neap. 0 "a "Eminent American Women" be- 1 e with Martha Washington, which Is r-iriotic. but w- should-rather hsvs a 1 women made eminent by their own r vors thsn those raised to eminence t r husbands' position snd -serv ices 1m(0 the lead. Domestic topics re ceive a good shs re of attention,- tnV a 'Correspondence Depart! enf promiset one of th most tttrectlyt features. -The new venture In ttldTt have tnerthoue financial backing. 'and 'ajp rhe prir 14 within reach tf every woman, it will, no doubt have a rapidly Increasing clrouln. tlon. It Is published by T. 4k B. , F Lhodua, Journal building, ' " .V
