OMEN'S CLUBS
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EJiuJ W 1 1715. 5ARAII A. 12VAN3
. crib's Women., -J
ot tmrt Irvington Jh thr day a
y party or woman boarded th street
c r. From their conversation It ; wss
i ,t bard to learn that they wer home
rd booed from a club meeting of
tosse sort. Presently their conversation
turaed to tha prospect ot tne aummer,
wi'Jt It accompanying pleesuree and
'.ardena, and elmmered down to a dla-
cussloa of guests. .. . '. ,- . '
"Indeed." aaid On. "X have not eve
answered letters this winter for fear
. tamt of ray friend would want ta
out to see me thla aummar, and X hardly
mention the fair la writing ta my family
for fear they will decide to coma out.
. and I want to ha absolutely free ta
enloy tha summer."; ii :,; ,' ':v,
"Why didn't yon giv up you bouae
and go to boarding; as wa did 7- chimed
In another. . "Or what la better.'' aaid
. the elegantly gowned third, -do aa J
have, fill your bouae with roomer, for
then you , will make aoma apendlag
money and have a good excuse to make
when your frienda want to come.
Thla gave me a key, however, ta bo me
of the article I bad seen in the daily
paper sine my arrival la Portland.
One writer aaid that aha had spent
three week In Portland .and had. not
beau able to find tha name ot a club
womax. Thi eenversaUoa led me to be
lieve eh we not azaggeratuig. and that
when the club women of the clty; were
searched 'Tor they .took - to cover.', leat
aome favor would be asked of them.
Another writer oom plained bitterly of
Cm ImpoeathUlty of getting any infor
mation, ar.a civil answer from anyone
ad a etreet ear. :
Thla fair ta oura; why. Indeed, ahould
we women of Portland lneenventeooe
ourselves , to give pleasure to anyone
eiaer ; ..' .-- - ,
Thi we -dearly the aeatlment ' a
at ranger like myeelf would gather from
tie eoaveraatloa on tha etreet ear,
The atraet car hog." waa tha title
. of another publlo arraignment of tha
mea of the town, by a woman vlalting
the city recently. Would anyone expect
anything better from the huabanda and
aona of women aelflah enough to close
their doore to their own family, that
they might have money ta lavish oa
their own already over-dressed, over-fed
aelvee? . -.., . ,:
Thla aummer no doubt will be a hard
and trying ana for the honaekeepere;
ta aervant question will be mora dif fl-
- cult of solution thaa aver before, and
the tax on time and pockotbook more
atrtegent than we realised when the
fair waa in tha distance. , but when we
raised our Voices to create thla expo
sition and none did mora of this thaa
the elub women theae obltgatlona of
hospitality were assumed. aadaa.th
object of . the fair la to bring people
here aad abow them the wonderful
country. It Is exactly ea a par with the
"etreet ear hog" to climb Into the beat
place yourself and let tha atrangera look
out for themselves, or stay at home.
1 his want of hospitality on the part
of the women of the city Is counter
acting many thousands of dollars worth
-of advertising, and to people of the
"old school" whose latch atrtng always
hung aa tha outside of the door Is most
unaccountable, and almost makes one
wonder if the modern club woman with
her aeathetle tastes, her lofty Ideals
and her broad philanthropy s as much
to be desired aa the old-fashioned -wo
man whose walla. Ilka her heart, were of
a material Ilka unto alaatle that would
stretch to accommodate every ona who
eought lta shelter, and whose law of
4. LfTTHlC QtTEST OF JOHN CHAP- i
. w I . MAN" By Dr. Newell
JL Dwlght nulls. Perhapa la
' tha legendary ef tha world
nowhere is to . be found more quaint
. pictareaqueneas than- In America. What,
at ona time waa groteaqosness In some
, ef tha early settlers of our frontier Is
; today understood and taking Its place ta
' tha mythical history of our country.
Now' and then a nam that we have
beard bandied about without a knowl
! edge of It Bignlflcanc and little Inter
t eet In It origin Is being dag up by
. historian or writer of fiction, and lol
We find we have beea taking In vain
the nam f soma forgottea hero that
; we ouroelvea perhapa aw soma debt of j
gratitude to. - For several generational
. "Jonny Appleseeo?' haa been a name
. mora or less familiar, - but few have
' ever taken the . trouble to Inquire
- whether It was a- name In soma for-!
! gotten fairy book, or catchy phrase for
fluent tongue, but now come Dr. Hillla, !
the popular end learned pastor - of
Plymouth church th successor to
' Henry Ward Beecher and tells us he
waa a hero in th flesh and blood, no
myth or imagination, but a public bene-
' factor In th truest sense of the word.
; To be sure Dr. Hllli baa wove around
bis hero a cloak of romance and crowned
. him with a halo of beautiful love and
d devotion that la purely Imaginary, but
' nonetheless ha he convinced hla raad--,
- ers that his subject Is worthy of adora
. tlon and grateful memory. The author.
' almost too conscientiously, prefaoea hla
. story with a "foreword . of several
pages In which he clearly states Just
wKs , MMl,tlM, a ,m , K I- I- hi.
romance, aad gives the results ef sev
eral years' research and Inquiry to the
study.' To any one reading the book
.for th atory this "foreword" would de
tract seriously from tha Interest and
would be more valuable, la every Way,
aa aa appendix, for even the moat seri
ous reader of fiction' likes to be
"fooled" into believing It la true, tlU
, th end comes, at least
The story that Dr. HUlla has created
out of thla traditional character begins
In the little town of Redham, In Massa
chusetts, when a party of the descend
ants of the Pilgrims of old are about to
embark an another pllgramage and cross
the - AJleghanle Into the unexplored
forest of Ohio. Dorothy Durand and
Joha Chapman. Iter lover, have been
a-- - rated through a quarrel between
,hr.r fathera Dorothy Is to' go and
Joha remain, but all go to the village
church, aa waa th custom In those
i ya, ta hear the exhortation of the
t nlster and to start out on ' the
; umey to unknown lends from . the
t ire a doer and With- the blessing of
l a churrh UP" a them. - During th
-vice John drop a bough ef sppl
mum Into the lea of Dorothy, end
a Is. from that day forth, .their, tails-
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'i wo years later John starts "upon his
-t to find and .claim Dorothy; an-
r lover ha appeared, and treachery,
. y and poverty conspired to nvaka
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Mra, Katia VaachPrealdent Cottage
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ilfe waa.'Mo unto others ' even5 aa
would ha vr them do unto you."
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Interesting Budget - v
Of W. C. T. U.' News.
The state W. C T. U. through Its
labor department, has secured : Mra
Florence Kelly of New Tork, secretary
ef the National -Consumers' league, as
ona of Its speakers ton the W, C T. TJ.
special days, June 11-tU ' lira.. Kelly Is
associate superintendent of the national
labor department, aa la" also Oregon's
a tat president, ':;,: - ' '.- f
One of the early leafleta published oa
the child labor question -was issued by
the : Woman's Temperance Publication
association tha publishing house of the
Wi XL T..TJ. -toplo "Our Tolling Chil
dren," by Mrs. Kelly. , Mrs. Stucken
burg, national superintendent of tha la
bor work, nag been very active-In be
half of tha Consumers' league. Other
speakers of national reputation wUI also
be heard on tbeee special days.
Tha opening of state headquartera la
Portland la a step that ahowa progress
and seal. Arrangements are being made
whereby the rooma. will be open all the
time, aad wiU be a moat delightful and
central - meeting blace for women to
obtain- Ipfuruiatltm bn woman's work.'
Tha county W. C. T. U. will also have
lta central point of work at state head
quartera. aad the central union win hold
lta regular weekly meetings in theae
rooms, whicn win do usea aa wau zor
meetiaga of a social nature.
The state will have special work of
much interest emanate from thla central
point. It will be headquartera for liter
ature, flower : mission and lecture ba?
lira, Matile Grave, who la touring
eastern Oregon, reports Interest and ac
tivity at each point; marked Increase of
membership Is one result of her work.'
"htra. -Xewell. is ta be in Marlon over
Sunday, filling the pulpit In that city.
Bhe will be In Multnomah and Benton
counties the latter part of thla month;
then on to Southern Oregon'
Much ' of the local work ba bees
his search a long one, but patience
brought It reward, but only for a
short period, when Dorothy la lest ta
him forever. During his first years of
search ba planted orchards with hope
and pleasure; after ber death It becomes
the duty and occupation ef hla Ufa.
Idealising It Into th worship of God
aad Dorothy.-. :, -'.,.. i -j .
From this on th writer takes up tb
solitary life of this spiritual man and
makes It ona of perfect conception. Ha
makes tha declining year of John
Chapman's life the quest after service
and work for tha Master, mad manifest
In bis love for the children of God.
The devout student of divinity, aad
scholarly preacher, shews through, the
whole book, and while he ha given a
permanent place In history to a charac
ter which heretofore ha only been
semi -historical, he ha created an ideal
life of unselfish devotion. - 1
Aa should bo expected, the language
of the book Is chaste and elegant but
simple and unaffected, and for It -the
fragrance aad beauty of the apple blos
som might well be used.- as tbe writer
Be often -uses it In simile.
Th book I neatly bound aad well
presented. ; Th Macmlllaq Co. Price,
"A Short History of English Liters-
ture." By Eva March Tappan. - Th
author of thla book, which. Is Just from
the prase. I at th bead of tha depart
ment of English In the Worcester, Mssa
High school and 1 eminently qualified
to. handl. Just such a subject . being
fitted for It not alone through her work
la tb Worcester school, but by ber pre
vious literary work, being th author
of ."England's Story," "Old Ballad la
Prose," and a-number of other' books
along th . same line of . study . and
thought - -f'
Thla book. "A Short History of Eng
lish Literature," whll it 1 not wholly
designed for a text book. Is arranged la
such a manner as to make it a fine
book of . reference. It Is clear and to
th point mltting w nothing of vital
Importance yet not confused and clut
tered up with tiresome detail. ' r
la the preface the author states that
the book la based npoa the following
convictions: "First,. that tha prim ob
ject In studying literature la to develop
tb ability to enjoy -It nd that it is
less Important to know th llat ef aa
author' works than te feel the Impulse
to read ona of them; that it is better
to know ".a few author - well than t
learn the name ef many; to select those
raw authors with due regard to what
la good In Itself and what Is historically
of value. To choose . from hundreds
whoa writings have mad for literary
excellence Is under no circumstances an
say teak. ' It la especially difficult and
especially delightful." If the author
haa found It "difficult and delightful,"
ah has mad It .easy and delightful for
her readrra. for this little work Is as
clear and refreshing ss spring watar
bubbling from under the rorks. Mias
Tar pa has something ta tell aad sb
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held in abeyance during the Interesting
revivals, bat will be resumed new witn
renewed energy. ... ..-.,,';
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La Grande Club
Civet Sacajawea Reception. ' :
Indian song, story andvnucca-muck"
made up the last program of the Nelgtt'
borhood club, and was a high water
mark in the program tuatory or . tna
club. The day was In' charge of Mrs,
Worstell. and Mrs.. Richardson, . and It
certainly waa a surprise that greeted
the members When they entered the
club rooms and found It converted Into
a forest bower; tucked awayamid the
evergreens a tepee occupied by Sacaja
wea and the historic little' papoose,
while Blmmering over a bright eamp fire
waa the steaming mush, which" -was
later ladled out to : the delighted -club
membera, -v ';:v
; The following ftn program we ren
dered: Paper, "Sacajawea," Mrs. Rich-
ardaon; song, "Sacajawea." Mra. Olebel;
recitation. ; "Sacaiawea." by Bert Huff
man. Mra. Chancer; paper. -Mra. Jennie
Michel, whoaa father and uncle knew
Lewis and Clark; "The Last Clam Dug,"
Miss a Slater; roll all: tributes ta
Baoajawea, iewia anaiuant and, Mrs.
E. K Dye, the noted "author of "Tha
Conaueat. paper, ."Baoajawea and Xewis
and Clerk KxpedlUon." Mrs. Worstell;
song, "Sacaiawea s Lullaby," Mra J. J.
Carr; Indian aong, "In Chinook.". Mra.
At the close of the antertalnmant a
handstfme contribution waa voted to the
Bacajawea statue fund. Tha whole. af
ternoon was such -a success that many
who are not members of tha club have
Importuned the ladiea In charge to repeat
It aa a paid entertainment, the proceeds
to be given to the statu fund, and It
Is quite likery that thla will be done.
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Prominent Grange Member ',r
Soon to ; Return . to, Portland.
Many' women . who attended the Na
tional Orange last November will hold
In pleasant memory .Mrs. B. B. Ijord.
Among all those bright and Intelligent
women Mra, Lord waa a marked charac
ter. Vivacious, witty and beaming with
tha lev of her fellow workers, she waa
called' before the convention every time
a -lull In the business gay the oppor
tunity. During tha Buffalo exposition
Mrs. Lord waa In i charge of grange
headquartera and few were given a bet
ter opportunity to observe and comment
an lta work, or form an opinion en later
exposition. For the site, the buildings
and the whole scope of the Lewis and
Clark .fair Mrs. Lord bad : the moat
unstinted praise, and waa entranced with
lta beautlea and lta opportunities. ' .
At tbe dose of the grange session
Mrs. Lord want to Olympls. where aha
has been spending tha winter with her
son, C 2. Lord, but keeping aver In mind
tha exposition, she baa beea untiring la
singing lta praises wherever she has
beea invited e epees and this ha been
at many gatherings nor ba bar work
r eased with that, but aha has used her
pen to advantage, and several brilliant
articles of - her have appeared la tha
New York papers tha past winter.
Unfortunately Mra. Lord baa to return
to New Tork before the fair opens, but
writes that she will come via Portland,
for the sol purpose of again going over
the exposition ground a . Thla will be
pleasant news to the many frienda aha
made when last In Portland. She will
be her about April It, and will be for a
day or two at Ah Imperial.- , - ;
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Bronze Company Wants -Replica
of Sacajawea Statue.
No greater tribute ooutd ba paid the
artiello merits of the Sacaiawea statu
tells It In th simplest possible -way.
From - the . time when the . "scop"
chanted the achievements of tha heroes
to th days of Tennyson the book reads
like a atory. -Into the growth of Eng
lish literature la woven the history of
tha nation,- tha Joy and sorrows, the
triumphs and defeats of tba people, aa
well aa their religion and polities.
Weaving them together aad blending
them into one, the author trace their
gradual development from th untutored
agea to th time of Shakespeare wbea
tb drama and literature reached lta
aenlth, and later aa th novel and other
forma began te appear. Each period th
writer baa treated carefully, showing
tha forces that made for th creation
of thla great' masterful network of
English literature, aad presentln it in
a not-to-b-forgottea manner. It I a
work particularly suitable for the
youthful student 1 Houghton, . Mufflln
A Co. Price, SI oante. ? .
'i Italian Backgrounds" By Edith
SPOON of great antiquity Is th
"Podssy Spoon," given by Henry
VI to bis friend and protector.
Sir Ralph Pudeey in 1446, at the
Mm when . he was eonoealed--'lh ' Sir
Ralph' bouse after the battle of Hexam.
Thla spoon ha tha pear shaped bowl
of tbe usual form of all ancient spoons
previous to ths restoration; the handle
la octagonal and at the end Is flattened
out to form a seal, on which la carved
the king's badge, a single roes. Inside
th bowl, near the Shaft I the ball mark
of the 11th century sterling sliver, a
leopard's bead, and oa the back of the
bowl la the mark of tb maker, a heart
In outline. ' .,-.' . .'r... . .
- Thla spoon la the moat ancient known
piece of ellver In existence that bears the
Indisputable authentic hall mark of the
English "Goldsmiths' Company."'
Probably none of ths old spoons squat
In Interest ths Apostle spoons, which
cam Into fashion in ths. 11th .century.
It wa aa English eastern at that time
From th Chicago Tribune..
THE famous ocean map planned
, at - the international congrese
Jn Berlin In lilt I almost
ready for publication In - the
form ef an album of 14 pages. This
great work, was undertaken because of
the Impossibility of any one nstion ar
riving at an exact knowledge of ocean
ography. 1 While greet stride were made
during the latter half of the last cen
tury for submsrin telegraphy and for
fisheries, a mors exact knowledge wa
thaa the fact that the Henry-Bonnard
Brons company of New York, where the
statue is being cast haa offered the as
sociation $600 for tha privilege ot mak
ing a "replica, , U Is understood that an
art connoisseur and man of great
wealth desires to buy the replica to
present to a city of Montana. This Is
a tempting offer to the, association,
which is so pressed for the money fi
make its laat payments, but as every
one wUI readily realise, special and
enormous value attaches to the exclu
slveness ot a work of art orr indeed, to
anything, and It would be rather hue
m mating In a few years perhapa this
very centennial year to have a visitor
who tta come over the northern route
tell us that she saw the original In
Montana. If Portland how comes to the
rescue, no euoh deal wlHb made with
the bronse oompany; but if It comee to
a question of not having the statue for
the. opening of the fair or taking the
1506. undoubtedly the right to reproduce
it will 6 given. That a company that
doe the finest and most artistlo work
In- the country should be anxloua to buy
thla work la a guarantee of Its perfec
tion, ana fortuna undoubtedly will b
proud of It.
Interest in the work doe not flag In
this-or any other state, yet because of
tha .membership fee being so small 4 he
returns are out of proportion to the In
terest taken. ; During the week peat
word haa been received that a chapter ef
the D. A. R. ha luat been formed-at
Olympla, Waah., and haa given Itself
th name "Sacajawea," Contributions
tha past week nav ' coma, from Li
Grande. Or., and Roseburg, Or. it)
From Stanford university com th fol
lowing new. members:- Dr. Max Far-
rand, heed of the -hlatory department;
Edward Putnam, instructor In Bngllsb;
Mias Evelyn Waxham, Payson. Treat,
Mrs. J, P. Morton. Mrs. George W.
Percy. Oakland, Cat. MUe Elisabeth
Putnam, Davenport, W' . ..
Chaneo for Women
To Meet Their Husbands.
Th question of the mixed club1 of men
and women Is still agitated in California,
where the Idea la favored by a large
number In the state federation. - Accord
ing to a . letter writ tea, ta a PlUaburg
club, the opposers of th tnnovatloa held
that "Men, If members, would have the
privilege of attending th afternoon meet
ings, aad the majority affirmed that they
did not want that kind of men. - Men. if
of tbe right sort, would be oat earning
their living for their families at that
time of day."
Nevertheless, there ' are mixed ' clubs.
soms of them federated,' which have been
found very enjoyable. Ona of these -ex
ist In Dearer, and Is known a the Mon
day, Evening Clio club. The club cele
brated lta ninth birthday recently. The
Denver Dally Newa says:
'Mrs. Hay ward gave an interesting ao-
oount of tha organization. At that time
ah was president f th Gil elub, and a
number of member of 'that club can
vassed the question of a mixed club for
women and men, a that aa Mrs. Hay
ward aaid, th elub woman might now
and then see her husband at a dub meet
ing. . Concurring In this view, a number
of people . met with, Mra, Pierce and
organised tha club." . v , j
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Professional Woman .
With the Rank and Title. ".
Anita Newcomb McOee, M. D., Is one
ot America's great women, not alone for
her rare Intellect and professional skill,
but for her executive ability aad capacity
for organisation. .
She was assistant surgeon In the United
State army during the Spanish war, the
Philippine insurrection and tha boxer
Wharton. As the title of Mrs. Whar
ton's new volume Indicates, th Various
chapters deal with impressions la th
background, of th familiar Italy
phases of art and architecture . over
looked by th conventional sightseer,
and subordinated to the great figures
of th Italian foreground. This thesis
is mora fully eet forth la th last' ar
ticle, 'Which give th book It nam.
Th first - two - chapters ("An Alpine
Posting Inn" and- "Midsummer 'Week's
Dream") dear wltb a midsummer de
scent from Splugen to the Bergamosque
oountry aad the Lake of laeo; tha next
two treat of the "Sacred Mountains" of
north' Italy and Vmbrta; tbe fifth and
sixth give Impressions of Parma and
Milan, and the seventh Is an attempt
to -render a "sensation" of March
weather la different parts of Italy from
Blclly to Vallombroala. Illustrated by
Pelxotto. " Charles , , Scribner's . Son a
Price l.l. v. : : ; "v ;' ' '
"A. Book for the Sporting Fraternity."
APOSTLE "SPOONS
for sponsors to give these spoons to the
children for whom they made .themselves
responsible a baptismal gifts. A wealthy
godparent gave a complete set of It, but
a poor ona generally contented hlmeelf
with but one, that having' on It the figure
of th child's patron saint, to make up
for th lack of th others. The complete
set had a master spoon and II others,
the master spoon having a figure . of
Ohrlst oa th handle holding In one hand
the sphere and cross, whll th other
Is raised la blessing. Each of the 11
apostles Is distinguishable by some
emblem. St Paul , haa . a - sword, - St
Andrew a cross, St Peter, of course, a
key, St Judo a club, St John A cup (the
eup of sorrow),-and so on.
Whole Beta of these spoon are exceed
ingly rare. . It la said that but two com
plete sets are In existence at present aad
there to a third set of It This Is of
great value, havlag an undoubted date of
1519, while th . two other are 16M or
177 In one case and UM ta tha ether. -
NEWaOCEAWMAP
absolutely -' necessary. With- th only
two general bathymetrlcal maps hitherto
In use, . thst executed from the reports
of. th Challenger -expedition and that
ef the German navy, both are carried
out on s small a scale that there le
not room enough for details, . Iq 119
It waa decided to construct a msp of
the ocesns, and an equivalence of ter
minology in. the various countries wss
adopted to avoid confusion. Th Com
mission decided la 1901 how th work
of th now aces map should be carried
campaign.. She Is a valuable member
of several medical, sclentlnc and patriotic
societies. ' Last year Dr. McOee want to
Japan with nine American Red - Cross
nurses and the party worked six months
in the army hospitals without eompenaa
tlon. , Their- experience wails - there Is
moe, charmingly Xoid bT Dr. McOee In
th April Century.' She wa assigned to
duty In the United State service directly
under Surgeon-General Sternberg. . She
selected about 1.000 women nurses for
military service and organised them into
the nurse corps, which congress mad a
permanent part ot the army.
Thursday Afternoon . . '
Club Entertained With Music. ,
' The club was charmingly entertained
with a musicals by Mrs. Line Sturgla,
who wa assisted by Mra. Alice Sheri
dan of Portland last Thursday. "
- The first number, a piano selection,
"Butterflies," : by Schumann, waa ren
dered by Mias Hart man la a pleasing
manner. Mrs. C F. .Coleeworthy read
an. excellent paper on mualcv - Mrs. J.
Ross Dickson sang dsllghtfully - The
Spng That My Heart Is Singing," by
Hawley, and Two Loves," by DeKoven,
Mrs. T. Q, HaUey recited Jamea Whit
comb Riley's pathetic poem, "An . Old
Bong," with piano accompaniment by
Mrs. 3. B. Bean, and responded - to ad
enoore with a humorous selection. "An
Old Time Song" waa 'sweetly given by
Mrs. M. J. Lane. and. aa a bright elub
member remarked, "Waa a' whole novel
la itself.". . ,. . -.- : .,;' - r
A piano number. "Nocturne" by
Nevln. waa rendered In artistic 1 style
by Mra. Harry Re, who responded to
aa enoora with a selection from
-ChamlnadeT' Miss Jessie Hartman
sweetly aang Th First Dewdrep,", by
Burmlng, and tha last number, "Tarea
tolll,", by Blller, wa axcepttoaally well
rendered by Mra. John Vert
Then .followed a symposium, with
rausto aa a 'theme.- Each member waa
called -on and responded with a quota
tion or anecdote on a noted musician
or composer, or discussed the relative
merits of opera or oratorio. . . -
At th close of th program delicious
refreshment were served in tbe dining
room, .:',;'' '-.' -,.
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Active Current Literature. . -.
Mra. I. Robin soe and Mra F. H.
Shoemaker entertained th Current tilt-.
erature chub last week at tha heme of
Mra, Robinson, on Jackson street
Th moat Interesting feature of the
afternoon waa tha Shakeapeaaa read
ings. Two scenes were glvea from
Hamlet," with the following dramatis
person naa: King r lenmaJc. Mra. K.
F. Sklles; Queen of Denmark, Mrs. U. B.
Johnson; Horatio. Mra Theresa M.
Starkweather: - Bernardo." Mra. 1 Sidney
Carnlnfe; Laertes. Mra J. T. Beck with;
MarceUua. Mrs. F. H. Shoemaker; Ham
let. Dr.. Henry Dixon Jones. Dr.- Jones1
Impersonation of Hamlet waa admtrabla
Other excellent number on tha program
were Mra. R Alexander's paper oa The
Danish Royal Family," a talk by Mrs.
Starkweather on "Cities and Scenes of
Denmark." a Danish ballad by Mlae Jes
sie Hartman, and a reading from Long
fellow, To an Old Danish Bongbook."
by Mrs. Kunkek Th elub membera re
sponded to rollcall with Itema about
Denmark. Th Idea of a Danish after
noon was thoroughly carried out
Teachers'' Club ' ' --',
Concludes Year's Work. -
The last meeting of the Teachers'
For , many J year - th Scribners barb
brought out "Tb Sportsman's .Tear
Book," I but now aa enterprising Eng
lishman haa brought out a new manual
called Tb Sportaman's Tear Book,"
constructed on' somewhat the same
Unas aa th statesman's. Each sport
la taken up la turn, and the short gen
eral account of tbe year's events la fol
lowed by a detailed record of th chief
performance In that particular kind of
exercis during th last 11 months. Nu
merous photographs of captain and In
dividual champion human, animal,
marin and gasoline fUl -up the book.
It contain all th . exact Information
that a aporteman could possibly want
about th event and performances of
the past year, and this information Is
conveyed In an attractive and practical
manner. It Is edited by .A. Wallla
Myera.-Prtcetl.il.- .,.
"Religion and
says" By Right
Bishop of Peoria.
Art and Other ' Es
Rev. J. L, Spalding,
Aside from hla high
This last set Is especially unique In
that every spoon In It waa made In the
Sam year and by th earn maker. The
oldest hall marked apostle spoon that Is
known la dated 1413, that date being de
termined by tb hall mark. on Hh bowl,
a shield, with a crowned star In the
oenter, '" . ;'"' ; ' .':
Th value of these old sets of apostle
spoons will be understood when some of
the prices paid for them are known. One
set sold In IMS for $24,H, while another,
of less ancient date, brought $S,M0. ' A
single ' apostle - spoon, bearing on Its
handle the Inscription,' "8t Nicholas,
pray for wa," sold in London five years
ago for the unheard of sum of gt,4U, the
most exaggerated - price ever paid for
a single spoon so fsr as can be ascer
tained. - - . t - - -.
,. Th most modern apostle ; spoon of
which there is any record bear th date
1S4I. It Is believed that about that period
th custom of giving them as presents
at baptisms began to wane. - ( '- .
as
on, and six chartographers at once sat
to work. Th "flret Installment was
thown St th International congres of
geography, held In Washington last Sep
tember, when , the body congratulated
th Prince of Monaco, as : president -of
the commission, on th work done. The
msp ha been -eontlnued at Monaco, un
der the direction of Charles Sanerweln,
a midshipman, and Professor Thoulet,
to-whom-the calculations are due, and
ta ta b pub 11a bed In May. ,
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I Anita Newcomb McOm, 1AV D.
wih an Instructive '.program. The
study -of later Venetian "artists waa con
cluded by Mias Whitfield reading a fine
paper oa' Moretto ; ( Alsssandro . Buonl
elno), his -life, style and work.
Mias Butler treated very ably Moroni
(Giovanni . Battista) . la th . same man
ner. ,.. - " ; '
Th annual social meeting was bold
last night, end on-May tha annual
business ' meeting will eloa , th 'club
jror. . ''; -,'- ' .
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Historic Sketch ;of J 'I : vT, ' .
Infant Club In O. F. W. C. :
' The woman's club of Cottage" Grove
waa organised October 11. 11. ' It
holds Its meeting each Baturday after
noon of each month of the club calen
dar year. The annual election Is held on
the last Saturday In May. - American
history waa taken up aa tha principal
study for th year 108; Oregon history
for th year lie!; history of England
for th year 104. together with papers
Written by th members on travel in
the British '.Isles, -Including all of th
principal cltiea. - current even is are
discussed for SO minutes, followed by
th regulsr lessons. Response to roll-
call la glvea by quotations from popu
lar author. . 1 .
Mrs. . Addle Job held, tha offle. of
president for tha years 1101 and KM;
Mrs. Kva wneeier aetea aa seerecsry.
Mrs. Katie Veatch waa elected president
th present year; Mra. Clara Buj holder,
secretsry. The club ' united with tn
a F. W. C, thl year.
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Club Notes ":"'i,'v ;' ;
From Many Places, v s ; i
A fine new club1 baa been organised
at Mitchell. Oru called Th Bin Moun
tain Literary club." - On or it nrat
acta wa to sand a donation t the Saca
jawea statu. . .--:
Mrs. Liasie Facaara. aoaitor oz in
Woman's club; is recuperating from her
serious thickness at her seaside home,
Canoe cottage.' '
Rabbi ft S. Wis will address th
Home Training association at tha T. W.
eoelelastlcat position. Bishop Spalding
holds - a most enviable place, - being
equally aa noted for hi accomplished
and' prolific pen aa for his command
ing position In th church. His writings
are always thoughtful and profound, and
produced from deep study and scholarly
attainments. Naturally--ef a deep- re
ligious tendency, t bey are not biased by
sectarianism, and the God In man and
the practical application of professed
Christianity la ths keynote of "every
thing he writes, for he says In bis essay
on "Religion and Art": "A purely spir
itual religion would' be to a man an in
accessible 'and unreal religion."
- Social problem's - have also be copied
much of Bishop Spalding's time, and in
thla laat little book ef five, esse ys we
find one wholly devoted to.soetsl questions-
The first essay la on religion snd
art while the other three treat of edu
cation In some phase. While the 'book
has many advanced thoughts and much
new fod tor, contemplation. It can hard
ly be said to surpass many other things
that have emanated from tha - same
ource, and yet it rertalnly does not fall
short of th best of th score or more
of excellent works that the bishop haa
written. . ' .' -.v-It
la one of th book to take up. and
read In the silent hours,- and it Will no
doubt find an appreciative welcome to
the librarv of many students and schol
ars. A. C. McClurg Co... Prlc ll.lt.
v ('f.''t Lherary" Netss.'V 'y.'v:'..!j'
: IL B. Marriott Watson, whose rattling
romance, - "Hurrican . Island," has gone
Into Its second Isrgs edition,' Is: a type
of th virile Englishman. . He claims to
be one of the original "literary dis
coveries." It waa he who Induced X M.
Barrle te publish his first book, "Better
Dead.?, and he collaborated ' with the
author of The Little Minister" In his
first play. "Richard Savage," , brought
odt In 1112. The friendship ' he ' eon
tlnued ever since thoee days when both
were - London , Joumallsta Mr. - Watson
discovered H. O. Wells, haying Induced
the late W. O. Henley to take him up
when he waa the editor of the St Jamea
Oaietle. Mr. Watson's wife Rosamond
Marriott Watson has written exquisite
verse, -i,. - ' .. ! ' n .' -'
"Progress and Poverty"t-Doubleday.
Page A Co. will aoon bring out -en aanl-
versary edition ef Henry George's most
famous book. . This year makes the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the publica
tion of the book, which haa had a very
remarkable sale ot over 1,009,009 copies,
being sold throughout the world. . It has
been published la every European coun
try and In China, Japan and India. Tbe
new i edition will bear on - the cover a
reproduction of the medallion made by
the famous single-lexer's son, Richard,
the sculptor. Tbe - medallion - waa a
souvenir ef - the - Henry George-, anni
versary dinner held at the Hotel Astor
recently.- - Henry George, Jr., has writ-
ten an Introduction to the new edition.
In which he telle the etory of the first
publication ef "Progress and Poverty."
-juatia ' wingatr oua , n, w nnwo,
C A. parlor , next Thursday, at 3
o'clock. . i, ; : :
Mrs. S. C Flint ha Just been al acted
president of the Roseburg 'II Mental
Culture club, aad the retiring president,
Mrs. . Benson, has been elected a dele- .
gate to the Eugene convention. '
Mrs. . Amedee M. Smith, a Monday
History club member, has been ependltig
a week with Mrs. Packard at Seaside.
'.''""w -;'':: st'-et'.iti-;', v-":'- :
NationOFww3enTt.! :
Is a Very Busy Woman. ,
: Mr. Decker's Itinerary for the next
three aaenths 1 sufficiently full." In
A prO sb will attend tbe Mississippi State
federation meeting. May I and f she
will b In Memphis. Tenn, and May 4
and I she will attend the Missouri fede
ration meeting. Daring the same month
she will be In St Paul, M!an. Concord.'
N. H.; Everett and Boston. Mas", and
gt the meeting of the, Rhode Island
federation. In June cornea th board
meeting of the general federation and
th council 'meeting, both at Atlantis
city.,., :v '.v. .v'-; ;'.,
, Almost Immediately after "the council
meeting Mrs. "Decker expects lo com to"
Oregon. .-. '; ',. .) . . r-'
New Department j-ri:').
Has Promising Outlook. ..."
The current literature department of
th Woman's club bold lta second meet
ing last Tuesday at the bom of Mra,
Byron Miller, and now - feel itself a
full-fledged - department 'A" regular '
program haa been arranged and will be
adhered to, s follows: Rollcall, re
sponded ta by quotations from current
books;- a resum of magasln articles;
a resume ef late - publications; short
reading from current book or magasln;
tha review of on current book, followed
by a discussion. The-department Is to
bar no honorary or silent members, and
each will take bar turn in making up th
program,,- -. . .' , .
Fortnightly Club . - ... .
Studying English History.
Tha FortnlghUy , club ' wUI ' hold its
next meeting, April 10, with' Mra. Mor
ton. ' The quotation for tha day la. ',
"Am they earning back la might, -Olympla'
s gods, to claims their ancient
.- right r .-...!::...,. ,. '
Th study of th day will he th pe
riod Of EngUlh hlatory from HIT ta
llt.' treated by Mr. Brodta, ' '
"Great National Games" wUI be th
subject of a paper by Mrs. Gaylord, and
th usual quotatron ana readings will
atak up. a fin program,.;,, ' v,
Day With' Bret Harte ; .
Makes Interesting Program. -
Th Women's Auxiliary of the Rail
way Mall. Berytc held Jts.last.,maetlng -,:
at Ua beautiful new home of Mra, Jams
Zehruag, when II ' members and tw
visitors war present The following In- ,
terestlng . program , ' waa - rendered t --Sketch
of Bret Hartes Llfa" Mrs. W.
W Wetaler: reading. "Luck of Roaring
Camp," Mrs. John Butterworth; reading,
"Mias Edith Helped Things Along,". Mrs.
Charles Whltmer. Tbe hostess served -dainty
refreahmenta, Tha next meet
ing will be held at tha home of Mrs.
Rand.'. April ST. :"
th author of The Rainbow Chaser.1 '
has written in hla new book, "Justin
Wingate, Ranchman,' - another ' strong
western story, wltb spirited and graphic,
picturing of local conditions, the agri- '
cultural development of a ' Colorado
ranch section and the struggle between ,
therTanchmen end the farm era The
book contains a strong political element, '
dealing with Colorado politics snd the
fight between cattlemen and - Irrigation. ' "
Ists to control tbe legislature, In which .
the hero. Justin Wingate. beeomea the '
storm center. The attempt of a beaut I-
f ul but unscrupulous woman." who Is a - -wrecker
-of hearts and. ef men to Influ- '
ence his vote for United States senator,
plays an important part Little, Brown "'
A Co. issued Mr. Whltaon's new novel
April 11. - Price 1.19. ; v - "
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Thl International Quarterly," edited
by Frederick ' A. Richardson and pub
lished by Foxv Dufrleld A Co., hss coma .
to be 'acknowledged one of the -greet-periodicals
of the age. Taking up the
great -vital questions of the times,. It
brings onto Its staff, for discussing them
men of .the greatest intellect and men -who
have made, more or less their life
worki the study of such lines of thought
aa they here take up-for treatment
- One of tbe most -timely articles, and;
on which will probably attract the
most attention, owing to the wide pub
licity the subject hae attained through ,
th dally pre, la Tbe Church and So,
clal Problems by Dr. . Washington
OUadden. Here' the eminent scholar L
goes Into1 greater detail In expressing t
bis views respecting "tainted money"
than lie has done before, dealing with
economic conditions and th acquiring
of unholy wealth, and draws thla logical ,
conclusion: ' " - ' ' ". -
"If tha church cannot do thto. work
she ha no business la tb world. If sh
unfit herself for It by taking bribe
of tainted money sh ought to perish :
With her money, and sh will." ..
Another ertlcl of vast Importance
Is "Modern Siege Operations, as Exem
plified at Port Arthur," by E. U Za
flnakt, major, U.. S." A.(rstlrd). The
writer goes 'into every detail- of the .
siege from r the .viewpoint of a soldier, -clearly
setting forth the -situation- and
results, snd deductg from the outcome
the conclusion that by the capture of
Port Arthur.. Japan marka her entry Into -the
ranks of so-called powers. Kenyen
Cox, writes Interestingly ef Michel An
gel, snd a most entertaining and In- :
structlvs article Is on "Ths Cup at Hu
manity." by Okakura-Kakuso, In which
he deals with ."tea and tealam," In a
much more serious1 light than we are '
wont to lock upon "the cups that cheer" '
with. Evidently the writer ha never
heard of American "ptnk-tealam,"' and .
would be quite shocked at our sacrilege
If he did.
The whole number Is one of detlrJoue
study and entertainment-and It wouM '
be hard 'to name the beet article In it
unless ons wss prejudiced by a bias tut
some particular atudji-f '
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