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THE- OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, " PORTLAND, -SUNDAY- MORNINQ, . MAY . 14, 1905.
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.7 Council of .Jewish Women
Clo.es V Pint Yr' Work.
ct I swish Women aTfthe o'IRoerlVeri
,arort7-im(rTiiigna."-Mrf.aui-EK
r mon was chosen her successor, r Mrs.
.A-M. Blumauer and -many of the ' other
' officers hay served the council for the
past three years,- and "their reflection
, but proved 'how able and efficient they
re In ttielr respective positions.' . .',
The council has passed a more than
prosperous year, for It hae succeeded
. ln the treat work set itself so many
" ycara ego, namely to put up a building
' V for its achobla. In connection with tho
4 Neighborhood Guild, It la ow the proud
possessor of the Neighborhood Guild
Jmuas, on . Flcat-anA -HaU-Jtreeta. ' Here
- classes are taught under able Instruo
. tore In sewing, domeetlo science, and
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iiiHiiiwiwili lMV - .lliiMlln...Ei'
of all this work, tha council haa taken
' . ' ip the study of the' apocrypha, 'under
tha direction pf Rev; 8. B. Wise. Jew
ish literature formed another feature
.. of tha year's program, and. In fact the
Council of Jewish Women1 of Portland
: la doing aucb good work, ..and to auch
' purpose, that Jt la- counted one of the
. 4- beat In the United States. . M raV R M.
, . Blumauer was unanimously elected a
1 - - delegate to tha grand council next Jan
uary. ; ThaHWouat-ranapHon, whyA-wae
-rX toubi-heldllh llrstweek In-- June,- has
, bean poatponed to an Indefinite date,
on account of the expected vlalt of Mis
' " Sadie American to Portland during the
,4 summer - '
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?j 1 Grande Clu . .
, Adopt a New Constitution...
At the last meeting of. the Neighbor-
Tioddclubthe -constitution whlennsd
been under-advisement was "iread--and
-doptedv The e-eplea--ef 4he Belllng
ham Herald, which war aubaoiibed for
- were distributed. The following fine
"program waa then rendered under the
direction of Mrs. Carpy and .Mrs,. Hill:
Roll call was answered by "quotations
from Eugene. Feld; Instrumental, duej.
BPjipgjttQjg.; ...pinno. at
lln, Mrs. Fred Curry;
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extracta from
.Eugene Field's Primer, by members; a
"talk wn thsttfe of Eura'eldMrs7t
On born; recitation, In the. firelight"
Mra. Hill; vocal solo, ''Lfttle'Boy Blue,"
Mrs. Bessie Qeibel; recitation, "Seeing
' Thlnga," Mra. Chancey; : encore. "Ken
tucky Philosophy," Mrs. Chancey: rect-
tatlon,"ForOId Tfrns's Sake. Mrs. E.
v C. Moore; vocal solo,. "A Fair Lullaby,"
rr :Mrs, Bteger. rrr-Tr- ;- zr -
As the annual meeting of the club
: falls on May SO, Memorial day. It waa
decided to j)ost pone It untllthe follow
ing oay. , . , v
Program for 'Woman's .x "'
. C Auxiliary Railwsy Mail Service.
- The last regular - meeting of the
assocJatlonwjshel4-t.JLheomeoll
' Mra.- Rand. Eight members responded
" te ' roll call by quotations from. Haw
. thorns end the follewing program waa
carried out: - Biography of-J lawthorne,
Mrs. Arthur Btlmpson: review of .T"Scar.
--et Letter. Xrv C Q. ,Tlpton. " After
. . adjournment tha hostess eervtd.dell
rcloulcetlcrrsmrsnd oske The-next
meeting will be held at the home of
'"Mrs, Cherlee Whltmer. Point- View,
A ' '' ' ' -at " k ' at
1 PersonaTolH"T,i,"
Prominent Club Women.--
Mrs. P. J. Mann, president of the
-; Wonin'i elubt has jthe sympathy of her
mamjr f rlenda In the serious acoldent to
- . rTTHEJ MARRIAGES OF -WILL-
I IAM .ASHE" -Br Mra.
. . . 1 ' Humphry Ward. 'When one
tays aown ms, last 000 a 01
Mra. Ward's, after reading It. In Ua en
tirety, there Is hardly the satisfaction
that. was -experienced -When, raadlng.lt
aerially, and when a cut off came at a
J breathless period of intenao Interest, for
as a whole It contains no nnuaual plot
' .- and the whole story. Is auch a chain Of
commonplace cause and effect that it
la only saved from being Intensely
stupid ty the adroifnanilIlng--w-tne
characters and the accomplished manner
1 Mrs Ward,.. haj.ofTeaUndramatlo
' situations. This feature loses much or
Its enchantment when one can read
' rapidly on, and the strain la rather tire
some at times. The dramatis personse
"Is the usual coterie found In the average
English novel; an Engllah gentleman,
ro good and nobis he almoat resembles
one of Oulda's heroes:, the arlstocratlo
motber-ln-law; the. Jealous but hlghly
' proper English girl;- the heroine, with
French education, training and Ideas,
and her mother, the brilliant light at
which many a masculine moth has
singed his wings, and of course-there la
the accomplished and magnetto villain.
William, Ashe, the hero, Just entering
parliament, backed by an ancestry long
- and Jumlnoue aa the tall of a comet.
- throws over ail conventional ines uu
-marrlea Kitty Bristol, the dsughter of
Madame d'Estrees, whose house In St.
James Place Is the talk of London and
Ahe life, of whose mlstresa was "mys-
terlous- to but It mildly. Hie aoethsr
: rotsstav advisee, but remains. dearj
motherly woman to the end, and Is In
k fact a fine, and one of tno very pe
r Xeaturse of the book. ?ary i.ysier. wno
.1 would willingly have beooras the wife
of Ashs. but atthesame time Is held
fascinated by the villain, TIeotTrey
rr Cllffe,. Is one of the quietly fermenting
elsmenta' of ths story, but always under
t the guise of the exemplary young Eng'
;s llsh woman. ' V -v--Kltty
Bristol really, makes ;.the story,
"Ashe, who haa always been regarded as
a cold, phlegmatlo nature, with nothing
to condemn, but f noble,-honorable and
i.devoted to hla mother without so- far,
having accomplished - anything , In rthe
; world, falls. desperately In love with
Kitty after a short .acquaintance, where
- tie eeea her . first In her mother's
T brilliant but, queetlonable salon. It
i would be hard f, describe Lady Kitty
" In a brief sketch for she works out her
; own character, but takes the whole book
- to-do it In. for to the vsry last pegs she
' remains. Ilk the eonventtonal heroine,
evasive and uncertsln. In the early
, pages of tha book, and before William'
.Ashe had thought of marrying' Kitty.
Lord Orosvllle, who Is a relative of
Kitty, tells him Of a streak of Insanity
' -In the fsmtiy to account In a charitable
' way for her freaks, end In the way of
' " excusing tha relationship to so erratlo a
-. - young womsn. i '
This snoum nav been a warning to
an one and Is one' of the facts thst
ber husband., who. waa thrown from hla
buggy-Sunday evening. v i-'-
Mre-Kllxaheth Xugh1n Lord, a prom
inent member of Soroata of The Dalles,
wtfosTjyenBmnrTH-Baim
several-days In PvrtlaTrtrCirTVeTWB y"
home this ' week. ,' . " V
Mfss Mamie Helen rnynn tf"f TTI
Northrup street entertained the musical
department of the Worrfsn'Lclub..at.s,
delightful recital by . herj puplla' last
Thursday. Many club members and vis
itors were present and It waa made one
of the finest occasions of the club. year.
Mrs. Marlon Howard Caster, s prom
inent club woman of Chicago, surprised
her friend and neighbor,- Mrs. -White, by
her presence at her .lecture last week.
Mrs. Carter and Mrs. -White left .Chi
cago about the aama time, feut took dif
ferent route, as neither knew the other
waa going and their , jneetlngiath
Club rooms was Wholly accidental.
Mr a. Abigail Scott Dunlway la meet.
- - i , wl,h nhnnnmrnnl nirein In.
the
ro
ths West." Bhs , haa been . Invited to
give readrriga from it by a number of
woman'a - clubs. ' .
Mrs.. Byron Miller gave an elaborate
luncheon this week' to the soclsl -com-mlttee-of
. tha. lVoman'a club- -and to
rihosa'who aaalsted her in aervlngr 6Tur
Ing- theTPar. . -, .
Mrs. E. W. Bingham baa moved from
her. country Itapne near Oswego' and la
staying for thef present with Mrs. O. N.
Denny, Sixteenth .nd .. Montgomery
streets." - - i-
Interesting News
From W C T. U. Sourcet. . '. -
i Mra. vI.lUIan M, N. Stevens, who haa
been the -chosen successorrof" Frances
WlMard for the past aeven years, haa
remarkable - atrength-rf character,
blended with ' sweetness ' and pliability;
It was not an easy task 'to luinil-that
of tajtljig the place of that matchless
leader but Mra." Btevens has proved
herself, to "be worthy the"gTeat"honorr
aha has-, displayed herolo devotion to
the ckuae, ber tfutck brain and warm
heart ever buay, planning; working for
the best' Interests of the "organisation.
Mra. Stevens la well known. In phllan-
I tiuv)fio tuici yii i or . jibiuv 1 1 UII1 Hrr It Ml -
I L" " ? ,Z. Z?1T
eentatlve on the board of lady man-
agers at the World's- Columbian exposi-
tlon. or six -years aha aarved - as
treasurer - of the National-Woman's
council, and has served In similar po
sitions of trust and honor. The record
aha has miTQs as an officer of the Maine
W. G. T. U. is unprecedented. As nrest-
kdent since-1879. she baa had but one
vote caat against her. . Her present trip
to the Paclflo coast - is In ' accordance
with tAe national etretom of visiting
the convention city rlor to the annuel
meeting. This year the convention is
to ha.ihnld in Los Angelas, and sha-atH
tends the atate convention In May, after
which ahe will make- the' Xfficlgl trip
through the northwest. ,
. Oregon's, state prealdeot, M ra - Addl
ton, haa been untiring In her efforts to
make- the trip through Oregon a sue-
imtoriTKeSf ins "j.em
In Medford. the first conference point.
The southern Oregon womeji are plan
ning.carefuUy.avBd faithfully, and a fine
conference is assured. . Eastern Oregon,
will alsod Itself prpud" In entertain
ing tnese distinguished . guests.
It - IS perhapa a pleasant colncTdericellor jeceptlon.
nisi vrcivu s aisie presiaent is lso . a
Near Eng lander. Mrs. Stevens hi a nt
tlve of Maine,, ahd Anns tfrinlurr Hie
raitnrui secretary of Miss Wlllard. and
, I her. SUCCjeagor and, who aoeomBente. 1h
partjvletiMassaiHiusetts. - The details
or the work wm be given for Portland
later. The party 'will be in this cltv
May Jl-22.
Mrs. Msttle Graves, national "Orsan-
lxer, Is having great success in her leo-
-f .
makes the reader believe Ashe married
her from love rather than pity as 'one
is often, tempted to believe. - Another
fact which-makeat he-reader believe
that Ashe himself was not well-balanced
was that he "married Kitty after
her - telling hlm, that - ahe - had "over
powering fancies and must follow -them;
I - have -ons now for Ooeffery Cllffe."
But -In the next breath tella Ashe "I
adore, you'', and. he "folds her to hla
breast In spite of the fact that the
country house where they were staying
wws-at-thsf time ringing wtfh the im
prudent conduct of Kitty and Cllffe..
MarrUgean4jhe birth of a deformed
child had no restraining power on
Kitty's "flirtatious" fancies, and as
Ashe rose in politics and the service of
his country, Kitty correspondingly be
came reckless; at times fond and devoted
to Ashe, but which times -were elways
the precursors of some dlsstrobs con
duct, which either proved, her Insane or
a fool, neither of which--are happy fea
tures In the character of a heroine. Had
Kitty remained pure and true to Ashe
she would have excited a pity and her
mind and lovable little wsys would have
sustained her to -the end in ths estima
tion of the reader,- but' when ahe as
sumed criminal relations with Cllffe the
etory lost Its power ahd effect sym
pathy vanished, and. the faaclnation
wb, It; h tha author,, so far, had- been able
to throw around very ordinary people.
departed. The working out of ths char
acter of 'Ashe under these trying cir
cumstances la strong and powerful.' and
so perfectly along the lines of human
nature that one Is fully repaid for some
of the grosser features "of the book, by
watching Its development"'---'-- t-
-As in all Mrs.. Ward's books there is
some underlying principle, ' however.
HB winter . task ef att' the circus
clowns Is to think out sornetrilng
fhew for the ensuing season; The
circus never ' . re-engages . them
unless they have a neW 'aot, , .
rThe clowns - are usually engaged in
August to begin work -with the circus
at ths opening of the season In the fol
lowing spring. '. Their . engagement . re
quires them to arrange some new act.
The clowns who find their services
most In demsnd are thoee who are able
to. Invent ingenious -stunts most' fre
quently. , - -
Sometimes their ' best laid plsne go
entirely swry. Two men whe work to
gether may . think they have planned
something -which Is going to be a roar
ing succe"s. They show It first when
the circus Vipens and it falls flat. "Then
they" hsve to begin work again and in
vent something that will amuse the pub.
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MrfLUljaiiMNS
t'ure tour In eastern Oregon. She re
ports full houses and encouraging en-
thuslaam. " Mrs. Grsves will attend the
national -conferencerlnLa-rjrsnde.
VMn. riOMficJ. Ketlgyhaa '1: bceir
cured as one" of the speakers on June
State -Superintendent of Floral Mis-
Fslons Sarah Peake la planning system
atlc. Interesting work for her depart
ment at the fair,
Mrs, Mary Mapes, chairman of the lit
erature bureau.' Js also planning for a
great educational t campaign. : 1
Theae are busy days in W. C. T.-U.
circles. The' coming of the national
president - and - vice-president Is- looked
forward - toas a-red letter event. and
arraiigeinenta are betn STinadffTor-lIne
meetings. . State President Addlton Is
how on the wing, going up the line, and
from points along the route newe cornea
of .reception given In -her honor. -Mrs.
Mers, president of Shedd union, assisted
by her. local women,- gave a moat suc
yesfiUjecjEPtlQn, r Atcrthn nrtdfngi
of the state president delicious refresh
ments werer ecr vea. , , -, .
In Albany, at the home of Mrt. Sox,
Mra. Blaln had her .forces gathered in
a hATinlnsJiatlQryefepUoiu., andEu
gene, under the guiding hand of Marga
ret Houston, president, also gave a par-
Ths national exhibit Is being Installed
with Mrs. Whltenldes ss rhslrmsn of
Tliewo'rkTnSc6ni ImeTTtfifli' Jane "Dor.:
aldeonr hae in- charge a special -exhHHt
department.
' State headquarters In the Ooodnough
building will be the center of much ac
tivity during the fair months. Accom
modations for a limited-number of
gueate Is being made. Miss Lena Par
GOSSIP OF
and wniie wondering why so sorry a
story should have been made out of a
bright butterfly of an Irreaponsible
sirl, Kitty's own repentant words te
Ashe may give the clue whsn she aaya
"It all seems so hopeless to me. It Is
my own nature the stuff out of which
I am . cut that's ' ell wrong. It's - the
will - In- me the something- thst -drives.
or ought to drive, .that won't work,
In other words pointing out the misery
transmitted from Irresponsible parent
hood, and tha pernicious environments
ofUt41rezundcr311PselC6ndltl6ns.The
book also has some rare lessons Of love
end devotion quite worth studying.
Harper1 stBrothars.-- Frtoa-eXsO,
"Tbw Outlook Beautiful" By Lillian
"Whiting. - In her latest book the author
deala with the myatery of death and
the relatione between the life that now
Is and that which la to come. As every
one knows who has read "The World
Beautiful," -The - Life Radiant"-- and
other works of Miss - Whiting, she
holds strong snd Individual views upon
ths relations of the present and lhe
future state of man. She Is In 'So way
a faddist but presents her views' In so
clear and forceful a manner- as to carry
conviction, or at leaat furnish some
food for quiet earneat meditation.- v
' The basts of her theory may be found
In -yast this one olausoi To regard
death as the effacement from partici
pation In the energlea of life la pagan
and not Chrlatlan. The' chsnge is an
event In life, as going to another coun
try may be, save that It Involves a
greater individual change. The person
becomes - mors alive... He achieves a
higher spirituality, and only to the de
gree that one lives the life of the spirit
does he live In any real sense at all."
Ho end Incidentally show-' ths msnsgers
thst- they- did - not-make, a mistake In
engaging them
There are . various things that ' they
must take into consideration fn making
up an act of which the general ' public
haa no Idea, For one thing, no single
sot In the circus Is allowed to laat more
than eight mlnutea. Two years ago 'a
clown who was engaged In Europe for
I1S0 a week explained over here that hla
act took 10 minutes end could not possi
bly be done in less time. ' Ills expenses
wsre paid back, and he drew hla sslary
for all the time he was over here.
Often the simplest , acta create, the
greateat amusement . Nothing- causes
more laughter than the dude with the
camera who stands in the arena during
that period between the time the sperT
lors'lew the fresks and the snlmals
snd tha beginning of ths circus perXorro
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ir.1-,- - .fcn the diamond medal at
Chattanooga laat' year, la the presiding
genius in these .rooms. V
To ths speakers on the W. 'C. TrXT.
days, June'27 and 28, anotheeJM-lght
SOME CURRENT BOOKS
Ths "new thought'' pervades the whole"
theory, or aS the author would put It
"the truth."Theauthor Jbelleves, and
substantiates her entire theory With
copious quotations from Emerson and
Phllllpa Brooks, that the "thought
force'.', creates entirely the relations be
tween the present and the future. She
eaya: "It . Is always poslble to dwell
in the miracle region on the plane
where the higher forces work - and
weave their- figures end enchant life to
nobler purposes and swift fulfillments.
The entire parorsma of life Is the logi
cal outcome, the Inevitable- result of
thst which has been created In thought"
TKr0ughouf""5nssJ"WTi1tTiig
beautiful theory, one full of sustaining
grace, and If death could be viewed by
sll ss she sees it -"The- Outlook
Beautiful" truly might we say with
Paul: "O, death, where la thy sting
O, grave, where is thy victory 7
The work Is fullj-claandjwell pre
sented. but not long enough to weary
even the unbeliever, and none csn road
It and not be better for so doing. Lit
tle, Brown si Co. Price II. .
k "An Old Man's Idyll" By Wolcott
Johnson. This book of 30 short chap
ters Is one of those sweet, fifit little
storlse In which the every day details
Of a. happy ..hams -are woven Into1 lte
romance. The Uvea of two.llttto child
ren are told with simplicity and tender
ness and Into-their story, naturally
comes the life of the father and, mother
until . the laat chapter closes and the
reader- Is vsguely cpnscleus he has- been
perusing a 'work on the philosophy of
life, but so familiar have been the home
scsnes, . the action and Incidents an
commonplace, that the last page IS
lie stands in the ring, and when he
sees it young man and his girl approach
ing motions to them to pose while- he
mskea a picture. He directs them to
pois In different wsys until ultimately
they both stand with their heads away
from the camera. When that happena
he aktps away to the other side of the
building to fopl another cOuple In Just
the same-way, while the apectatore roar
With delight.'
Another hit In a double sense waa
made by the clown who used to hit his
aids psrtner on ths shoulder with an axe,
driving - the 1 weapon down-' with auch
fores that the spectators almost shurt
dered. - The sxe stuck In the man's
shoulder, and the spectators roared, and
even If everybody did not know that
there was. a thick piece of, wood there
to receive" the-axe. there wae at least
the satisfaction that, nothing happened
to the clown. . ' .-. ' -1
light has been added Mrs. Evelyn Gra
ham of New York, an elocutionist,, and
national lander of .the department of
"KMlt-amniir mllwiv mrni"
quarters i those- present could -not -fall
to have been Impressed with the earn
est words In "the - addrese - wheirttie
roome were dedicated to God, snd home,
snd nstlve land. - Each locals union
to- the county waa heard from. In a few
well-chosen words, by soma represen-
UtlvVc:.--"rz33: :l :zrz-
A very successful meetlog has been
held recently in Newberg, In the form
of a "Press Social." The editor of the
Newberg Grsphlc resd an excellent pa
per on "The Man "Who Abldea." The
dacoratlohe of "the-artoi a weie unlqtrer
conslatlng of newspapers, srtlstlcslly
arranged. Refreshments, were served
In a dainty way; completing a most en-
Joyahle. evi-nlng
Miss Chase's Work . .
From National Headquarters.
Mlsa Chase's "good work In Oregon
goea merrily on, and we have two more
clubs to report this week; one at Rocjc
wood,', with, the following officers: Presi
dent, Mrs. V. A. Lovelace; secretsry.
Mis Ma- ThorjitreaBUxer-i.lYlUlani ..By z.
era. Thla la a rural club, and Mr.
Lovelace and Mra Thorp live at Ores
ham. Mr. Byers fives st Clio. Th
second club is st Beaverton, offlcera:
President, Mrs. J.. W. ' Barnes; vice
president, Mrs. -J. "A.- Anderson;' secretary,-
Mra. F. W. Cady; treasure!, Mrs.
D. C. Fisher? auditor, J. W. Anderson.
Miss Chaaa reports the organisation
of a new nub at Park Place, Oregon;
Prealdent, Mra. Emma Galloway; y IcsV
presldent,- Mra., E. C. MaXheny; secre
tary. Mrs. Carrie Parker; treaeurer, Mrs.
Julia J.- Tingle audltor,rMrazCordells
E, ' Lucss. - 'i-hls mskss the twentieth
club whloh Miss Chase haa organised.
She- haa -. been speaking before ths
granges of the- atate. and recently at a
meeting In Park Place had aft audience
of about 400,
Mlsa Gait -LaughHn-s gone Hnto
Oregon to work until the national con-
ventlon meets, - She. entered the state
at the South, and will-work - toward
aOtdtft4i' 1 1 sOsf ,'lsj0ff4,Jwfr sfWltss" 'Wtw-wy
has found many persona willing to help
Mls-Laughlln-ln-her-work- Boston
Journal.
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Transportation-fof . -National
-Suffragists. '
The thlrty-seventK snnusr'cori ventlon
of the National American.-Woman Btif-
frage' association ,wlll be held at -Fort-land,
Oregon, June it to July 6. For
particulars, concerning ths program,
write to - Miss 'Kate- M. Gordon, MOO
Prytanuv streeC Ve w.Orleans, Louisiana,
The persons hsvlng In chsrgs the de
tails for -the .Portland convention r-are
congratulating Miss -Lucy Anthony - on
having secured from the esstern rail
roads one -fare plue $1 for ronnd trip to
Chicago and 8t. Louis. In msklng ar
rangements for tnansportatlon.the
much-ipterestedj:: buUihe-.esstern rnadniand on Tevlslan of the by-law
declined to make any reduction; so that
this coming down to hslf fare is a great
victory "for the railroad aecretary. This
has., never been done- before- except - In
the case of the southern railroads at ths
tlmo of the New Orleans conventionr-Of
etmrseihiir-w11tSjialte-' ar dlfrerenoeJnf
the attendance at Portland
end return will be I5. 50 making-th
syerage o.n" thewholeexxiirBiQnlesa
than the regular" fare one way. -The
tickets are good for SO dsys spe-
11 Dm- via Chicago Northwestern.
Union Paclflo and Oregon Short -Line. -There"
will be tourist and standard
Pullman- aleeperSTmd a dining car at-
finished with a feeling of regret that
the story and Its lessons have drawn
to a closs. The book must ' appesl
itrongty to those"- Interested -In " child
study and to parents, but It will also
have an Interested . number of readers
outside this class, for it Js quite sn
unusual llttls story, pure and whole
some, grave and gay and with a better
interest than Is excited by ordinary
fiction, A. C. McClurg A Co. Price.
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I fThe-Color-Llne" By- Prof essor-WH-
llam Benjjunln Smith. Many people,
especially those,jwho come fnclosecon
tacfwUl5Vliem, believe the" race"quea
tlon one of hopeless solution, but Pro
fessor Smith In his recently published
book takes an entirely different view,
lis believes that the race qusstlon is
solving Itself day by day, and the argu
ment by which hs backs up his belief
Is startling In the extreme. . The con
clusion reached In hla . book, frankly
stated. Is this: That the negro rsce ts
gradually dying off, Its'-poorer- stock,
and Its Isck oT" endurance,-making It
Incapable of resisting ihe Influences of
civilisation. Just as In few years
ws will havs no Indiana to speak of in
the-fnlted' States, so thinks Professor
Smith in a few centuries we will hsve
no negroes hire. These stafemehtsRs
backs up by a strong, arraj of statistics
that "i make "", his " arguments apparently
Impregnable. It is not an entirely new
view of the , raca problem, ' aa others
have attempted to eolve It in the same
way, bur Invariably- have bean worsted
by facta . In spite pf statistics. "Rsce
suicide"1 does not exist among the ne
groes, and , the reproduction far outnum
bers ths whites, and taking into con
Another successful act this year- Is
the clown with his trained goose and. the
chn;-whbrTldlns en a-bleye's ta west I
his colleagues, takes, a vlolent header
while about 10 feet" awsy from them,
turns three somersaults snd Isnds smil
ingly in the center , of the group 40
shske hands with all of them.
The clowns never lack employment
When : the aeaaon cloaca In December
they can go to Mexico or Central Amer
foa with a circus, . or tske to variety
thsatres, where their acts, which are
sometimes overlooked In the msgnltude
of a circus program, sttrsct much more
attention. ',? -
Some clowns earn enough to' spend
the winter in retirement and a few of
them' alwaya ' gsthet . st 'Bridgeport
where they are. sbln to practice every
day In--the great-circus arena. "Every
jeer the personnel ot the clown army
tacbadV-Tha j-eturn.. trip can. be made
at any time, within SO, days, and over
any route, provided It I specified when
l Is bun lilt1.-
-h4
geweral emeeri
ind many nl ths
members of the-executive-committce i
will go on the speclsl trstn from Chl-
f rago, ' June 23. " and reach - Portland . In
time for the ante-executive meeting,
June S . - . -. ., .. ,
Hotel - hoadfl ua rters - have been 1 ar
ranged at the Hotel Portland European
plan,-41 a--day for sach person, two In
a room. For aleeplng car reaervations
write Miss Lucy E. Anthony, 744S De
von street. Mt. Airy. Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania. -
at .--at n"
Advance Notices From
Board of General Federation.
For the nex four weeks-the presl
mt's mall sK'uu'ld be adaresswl aa fot-
dnf
lows: May 10, 11 and 12. Waterloo,
4owa, care State Federation of Women a
clubs; May 14. 15 and J(, 1107 Summit
avenue. St. Paul,. Minnesota; May 11 to
19. 22 Halsey street. Providence, Rhode
Island; May JO to June 1. care Mrs.
Chsrlss P. Tardley, East Orange, New
jersey June 8 -to- S,-Hotet Chalfonte,
Atlantic City, New Jersey.' , -7 - - ,
ltJe -often charged- by -tha press t h s t
club women; are opposed to home'llfo.
to housekeeping, to domesticity, etc.
This accusallon Is made. not from mal
ice, but from want of knowledge. The
greet msjorlty of tha msmbers of the
clubs and federations are home-makers,
are thoughtful, earnest mothers snd
wives, who are giving their best efforts
to the solution of the problems of their
qwii. and their child ran' a Uvea. They
are the "Grand Armyv" the" majority.,
the 0 per cent, who make tha aplendid,
aturdy Amerlcsnlsm which must be the
hop-of-4 he future
For-thls reason the work of the house
hold economics snd. pure ood commit
tees of the Genersl Federation . ..of ab
sorbing Interest to the club members;
In sending forth their first publication
the- new-commltteeahave. hadliirolnd
tfI(,-thm,gnt ;0t mlp t orahe Iyoun
1 home-makerol planning for th small
Incomes, of- presenting- the- possibilities
of housekeeping when It is studied as
ra'rrncTn&rhatea as a arudjreTyr
We ask the members of the, F
tlon to make great use of thesecommlt-
tses. It is the hope that they may be
of . generarancr apeclnc : benefit- tortha )
home-makers Of the Jsnd.. - Very - eln-
cerely yours, . 1 ;:
- SARAH S. PLATT DECKER.
Following thla next week will be some
valuable suggestions for fitting outlhe
various rooms of the -horoe .wlthea
tlmatea of eost.
Tha-councll of presidents, which : Is
to meet st Atlantic City,-New-Jersey;
on Wednesdsy and Thursday, June T and
gr-wlll- glve-spK!lal attention- to the
work Of stsndlng -committees of Tth
General Federation, each of which Is
to be represented by-thechalrman or
some member.- 1 -
After the . opening exercises-on Wed
nesday, ths morning session will be de
voted to renorte from The committee on
eredentlals, - oft- rules- and -regulat
nesday afternoon and ' Thuradayr"m.orn
(ng.And aftemrmn, will be given up to
the presentation "of the. work' of - the
iiindlne ewmnltlcin and of -the -bureau
of Information. This, opportunity taj
discuss Federstlon work will do much
tp-twlw
country into harmonious relatione with
General Federation.
- On -Wedneeday evening Mrs. - Bowles
of Plnshurst. North Carolina, and Mies
Phillips from Canada, will - speak on
'Arts and Crafts" and will have eema-
Illustratrve-sxhlbMs. The-session will
close with a soclsl hotm The program
committee announces that the evening
session of Thursday will be occupied
sideration, the enormous 'Increase of col
ored population every year. It is hard to
believe they are a declining race. Mc-
Ciare Phillips are Professor Smith's pub
Ushers. 1 ,
1: Magaxlnea. .
The Arena. The . May number Is
alive with many Issues of the dsy. and
contains nothing worthless or padded.
The first article Is a continuation. ojC
Rudolph Blankenburg's expose of Penn
sylvanlsn politics. Ths writer certainly
was "close In" when the stats begsn
Its ssrsss sf esrraptlen and bosstsny
for hs not only speaks as one with
authority, but ' produces evidence to-
prove what he .says. These articles
sre no doubt having -their beneficial
effect upon American politics, but the
pity of it la-ttist the world should
know the-opportunltlea a Republican
government affords -the dishonest and
unscrupulous. "Jspsn ss ' Viewed by a
Nstlve Socialist" by Klicht Kaneko la
perhapa the moat Important artlcls in
the May Issue, as It deala with Japan
from an entirely new standpoint and
the writer la In a position to speak more
Intelligently on the situation, and peo
ple, than all the scores of . newspsper
reporters thatbsyebeh.rushedJonlo
the scenes,, and sre. supposed In. a few
ehort weeks to have grasped the whole
sltustlon, .. ...
The artlcls does not deal 'with" the,,
war but with the people. It starts out
with the' assertion that the world has
received : Its impression- of -Japanand
ljer paople from two' sources the rote
slonary and froen thoae who were the
natural product iof the war of 18S4-S
and the wave- of patriotlo enthusiasm
la changed by the management in order
ta Iniur nnveltv
JMiMaaUwltlL5women elowna a
few years ago did not prove a success. -
One of the grest difficulties that the
elowna have at the beginning -of ths
Season Is to llmlt-thetr-arts to the
requisite eight minutes. They know
thst the. baleful notes of the bell that
rings them off will sound in their ears
If thsy are behindhand. Nothing ta mora
humiliating to a performer than to have
hie act wound up In this way.
The rule of the clrcua Is that nothing
Is good enough to'.lsst more (ths m eight
minutes, even If only half of anact haa
been dona - When the director of the
arena sees that an act la likely to con
tinue beyond - the required eight minutes-
he rings hls ffelt'-Jriat before' thst
time hae expired and the humiliated per
former .gets .out st whatever 'stage of
the game -be msy be. . ,
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by an address by Dr. Joslah Strong of
Nsw Tork- C1tjr,on -"Social Service." -
Eddrsss on "The Desecration Of Our
Flag-."-lilin W1, meviuusT annPUnoed.
yhe-sessions -of. " the'lfouiictr'are-opoii
m- arr riut . women, and all . the State
Federations should,, be largely repre
sented. Early attention should be given
to engaging room a at Hotel C'lialfunlr
which wilt be headquarters of the coun--e
ffc -i-: : . " - rr'. - r-
as si at-
Xnnusl Picnic
Of the-Yroman's -Club. 7"t' TT"
Weather permitting the annual plcnie"
" i" oman a oiuo win eo
uswego May 20. The Tuesday After.
floon club haa-been-Mnrtted to-Joln- 4n -
this outing. Members are requested- to -take
the 11:S0 a. m, Oregon City post
at thft.f;QtfTsxtgrBtreet and " get off "
at tha uppw OswegoliTId'ing. All mem-
bers of both clubs ars cordially Invited. "
Club children expected, club husbands
welcome, but jlcnlo bneketS prohibited. ' " .
s. vy-n,. it at H. -
Woman's 'Auxiliary . -"."T;'rr ;
Oregtirr MohSoclety-"
It Is sometimes sal.( thst women can- "
fto-jnatmamr organiiaUon,-:' enthusiasm
dies or dlssentlons arise, but Portland
can. be proud of one woman's organlsa '""""'
tlon that nona of the accusations apply
to tha Woman's Auxiliary of the Pio-
neer asaoclatlon.For IS - yearalfc- haa-.
existed under the most favorable condl- ,
tlona and results, it la not an organisa
tion that requires freqnent meetings and "
a "fine literary program" to keep llfov
In 1t, for- It 1s. fed and nourished by a
strong purpose.! by unselfish motives and
loyal "devotion.; When the year rolls
"round and. iherjtlm coroa-fo-erranglng-
tha banquet, which Is the"- crowning
feature of that notable assembly of tha
fathers and mothers of Oregon, every '
woman comes forward, takes her place ..' .
at the post ssslgned her without question,
favor or preference and stands by It till
the "last guest has partaken of the feast,'";"""
sndlh lights go-oot-en anothee-day- thst-- -has
witnessed the clasping of hands he.
tween the paat and the present. .'
- It Is an assut'latiun1 ur purs aefnorrscy;
social lines are obliterated and good will
holds high carnival a carnival presided--
ovw-wlth almost military disclplllne. but.
Where iova and Xrlandahlp hold 4he-yai
None-of tha workers are ornamental:
esch has ier . assigned . place, - and to
Bhtrk ilrt tar ths harmony of , the
mechanism, but .like everything elset. .
there must be a center, a controlling .. J
hand, "and this has been the firm, tha
generous, the loving, hand of Mrs- CTM. ::r
CartwrlghU Blx weeks before this
banquet, at which well night a thousand
sit down,' Mrs. Cartwrtght calls her com-
mitteeatogether. and In the quiet, of her
own comfortable home theyarrange ;
every, detail; but two or three meetings
are required: every -one responds gener
ously and - when the -day arrives ths
armory presents a scene of msgnlflcence
and prodigality that can not be excelled
the world -over. - For- year-tha - same
Ce the " m hnnrt itwinlJ th wttll,
theTsamerfeet'run-To do , the bidding of
the superior officers, and the same voices"
welcomed the returning guests. Each
yealf aoTOSrars-rea-lstered- among the
missing, -out xns ranas ciose in ana oniy
the silence proclaims their absence- Af---
rnady lha - prtiparailona- for-thls -yeagfe
banqu-ai well-alontTwo jnsettngs
'fcJe 'ACtt"4a)Asldt lHlwhTMiaV"hftBl "teajW-Bw '
signed and It Is meant that "this yea r' a
reunion will ba renowned in the history
of the organization. Report says that
hoata of ptoneera are coming from all tRe,
mttm nA flresnn. and -hereS0D tia r-'
took of -the hoepitaUty-of the woman's
auxiliary last year, it ls ssfely estimated
that over 1.000 will gather 'round the
board this year. . '. (f --..t------- -
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after the victory, neither of which he
conaldars reliable. He gives some clear
sighted views of our J newspaper re-,
ports, and Incidentally criticises Msr
quls Ito unsparingly for his private
life. He meets in Japan the same so-..
clsPcondltlons as exist tha world over,
and deals with them entirely from a
socialistic standpoint. ' ' .
"Is Trlsl by 'Jury In Criminal Cases
a Failure T by1 F. J. Cabot Is another
timely article and well worth serious
consideration. The-ususT" number of "
flne"tilustratlons complete a very at
tractive pnmhr. '
The Delineator for June. A atrlklrfg
cover deslgnT a girl's head In pastel.'
by George Glbbs, Introduces the reader
to a varied and Interesting table of
contlnts. supplemented by a complete
table of the sesson'a styles.- In the
literary portion of tha magaslne Wey- '
mer Jay Mills contributes the first of a .
series of "Romances of Summer R-1
sorts." A noteworthy feature Is F.
Berkley Smith's description of "A Cor
ner In Normsndy." an enjoyable travel
sketch that gives more .than a passing,
glance at one of the most curious nooks .
in the old world.
For the benefit Of those who have tho
collecting Instinct N. Hudson Moors
writes- un old-gluss in "The Coriecv
tors Manual." and De Muray discusses
the care of the eyes and eara In a paper 7
that will appeal particularly to those
who have the care of young children.
The whole- number is one of valuable
Information. -- . -
,. Literary Notes.
"The Game" described" in Jub t
don's forthcoming novel of that title, is
that which takes place" within ths
squared ring.- He here te a fine, sturdv,
clean young man of tha sorkiiw ehi.
Just engaged to ba married to. a besutl-
iui young girl far above her station in
refinement. Joa srrsnges "Jpr GenevleveiU
tt witness tils last light, tha proceeds of
which, are to form their nest sgg. This"
la th4 opening of the story, which the
aucmman company will publish - thta-
month, with many lluatrationa In Black ,
and whtte and In colors. .
"Ad Angler's Hours" Few kinds ef
literature afford more fascinating ' read
Ing than good fishing stories. Mr. Hugh
T. Bherlngham, angling editor of The
Field, haa gathered hla sketches of Ash
ing adventures Into this volums whl.-h
the Macmlllani company has Just pub
lished. Mingled with- sttrscHV snec-','.?
dotes of fishing expeditions sre bits of
pleassnt ad viae and philosophy, - -
"Mrs. Kssington" will he issiied by
the Century cpmpsny early In Msy. It
Is the romance of a bouse party, th -scenes
Is Id at Monterey, a rof reort
near San FranrtacA, snd the author.
Esther and I.tictt (. hmn'i-rh.Ti sre utt.l
to write something In lha tvi of ti
lite Tsui I-elcenter r'orrl lie nrv . l,.n t
hss madn ill full ps 1 1 ! ? r r t I t
the work.
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