THE. OREGON - SUNDAV T JOURNAlir PORTLAND. SUNDAT MORNING, JUNE 11, - ltZi.
S CLUBS
EJitwi- ly MRS. SARAH A. EVANS
WORK
WOMEN
. . .
' - r.trr-rz "-.To Flow of Strearesv
. ' - Th. folloalnar iDr wee read by
1 , Mre Welmare. representative of the
r-L- Foreatrx Clnh. on Reciprocity oey si
: - Woman'e. club:' -" ' , , ,- .
-r The auestlon f. the exact relation
which ' exist between forestry and
--.'atream flow has long bean .under . dip
" ! rupalon - It 1 a wide aa American Ju
Prediction. I
Exe.pt Chine, all civilised natlona
. - car for the forest, -Until recently. the
I-nltad state ranked with Chine. In
h1-rtp'ect atad :tur country - etlll re
mains fir beljlnd the proereeelve, mod'
"ern mitJotn Mi all thsf frelatea, to the
', protection, ieervatlba ;aml -conserve-
. tlv " of tee foret in -Germany tn
v)ntlrTe"'Trfatmcnt of ho foraatJh.
reached peihap it highet develop.
,.nt., I ': .' -V '" ", ,'
'i - . Th frircfer of France have created
-r. the difficult ifrt 'of' controlling the
floods of mountain torrent by planting
' treee. ''..:. ..... v- ..
The nation .f wakening- to the nee---
.ally of planting tree and. making the
,. '.molt f those that are mature.-.''
' It also recognises the fact that irrlV
-nation and forestry are; th wo aubjecte
7. which arc to hav a greater effect upon
Wthe -future proaperlty of the United
"i States' than any other public- aueatlon
- i either within or without congreaa. ,. -
'' Our institutions of learning r tak--fing
up the study of forestry.
The future requires forest planting
. at th' source) of all our streams that
-are not protected by trees to make the
'.htlle store up water against the time of
drought. ':: - '.
-,t-,-;. We ail knoirthe dlaaatrous resulte of
freshets reused by. the removal of the
forest from the source. of the rlrera.
" ' Many t valuable farm e 'have been lot
" - paired In Value, others utterly destroyed
' by thesand and dbrl washed down
, ljr Jh overflow. -
at the excessive daslructlaa of for
ests is followed by the drylrig up of
fact." - '.'.'
ti ' The forest is the most effective agent
known in regulating the disposition of
7' the precipitation after it reaohea . the
. ground. - I " J
The great indirect value .of the forest.
" is the effect whlch.it has in-preventing
wind and . water erosion, thus allowing
y he' soli on hills ar) mountain to re-
main where It la found apd -providing
. 4 an absorbing medium, ' :
' ' Forest reserves are useful lo protect
the drainage basins of streams used for
irrigation and especially the watersheds
j iof the gnat Irrigation works which the
r igovernment ' is constructing . under the
' -reclamation law . which waa .passed In
,102. ; .!. i
Thls U their most important use.- .
. ;i Hon. Olff ord Pinchot, forester btjfh
United States department of agriculture,
predicts that it will eventually coat, the
a-oremment of the United SUtea hun-
; Jdreds f millions of donahs to become
possessed again of the. areas whljh It
IBTORY of th Pacific North
west" By Joseph' Sohafer,
M.I The friend tth
Uthor who hav been wait
n
Jng with Interest for th arrival of th
--1 hlstbry . they knew : Professor Bchaf er
- 'was at work upon are delighted that
It haa mad uoh a timely appearance
.. and under such . auaplclou ctrcum
. ' stance. ' . j
" i' The1 whole northwest I on the qui
. vlve for aomethlng ne regarding , it
; history. A donen years ago ths nam
- of Lewis and Clark were but unlmpor-
, rtant and to most people provoked a
research Into t heir-eld United State
T"Mhtswryd Bnd wher they did really bn-
,, long. Today th narrative of the hi
; tory of that expedition ha been told
and retold until even every boy and girt
1 aa familiar with It a they ar with
J th rid of Paul Revere, and they are
, : now turning for more and newer fact
. ' and to those who think deeper than
-the little girl who aald '.'Lewi' and
' Clark ram out her so Oregon could
' have an exposition!" the questions ar
. - Beginning to be asked: Had this country
, no history till they began to make ItT
Whwererh ytres hat sent them
. that have since made th country of
their conquest grow into an emplret --
Th'ese ar the question Professor
Bchafer takes up and deal most -large-
Jy with.
Throughout the book. theauthor. ha
- conslatently confined hmself -to-th
; scop he lay out.ior himself In his
- ' preface when he says: "It haa seemed
to me. . b9wever, that after passing
-"the Intensely Interesting period of- th
Oregon provisional government, politics
shnuld occupy only a very few pages
-- n so email a volume. The organisa
tion and operation of new state govern--
ments in this region differs llttl from
't'
From th New Tork Sun.
THIS minister of post of Servla
haa developed a system of hlgt)
finance at tha axpenae of a tamp
collector which entitles him to
consideration at tha hands of wrUcr f
renzled finance.
f -various-JOgto gttitht
money of stamp collectors, who number
"half aTntlllon in the United Sfatea and
nearly 4,000,000 throughout tha world,
hav been operated for a acore of year
1th aoceese, but th-wietnodo aaopeea
by tli gentleman who ha charge of th
postal affair of Bervla ha. In th
Judgment of philatelic experts, placed
- hint 4a a claa by himself. ' ,. .
Thespeclal erle of postage atampa
Issued ' to commemorate tha coronation
""r- KTng Peter aiTorded an opportunity
to work on the weakness of stamp col
lectors for errors .or freaRs, Thea
-stamps ar of th earn als and shape
aa tha etampa laaued by the United
'.' 8tata last- spring to commemorate the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.. They
. are extremely artistic and printed la at
: tractive colore.
" Tlie central feature consist of th
- likeness f Ktng Peter and hla ancestor,
Karageorg, th founder of th Kara
georgeovltrh dynaaty,. overlapping each
' other. When the atamp la turned up
side down the tinmlatakable Ukenese of
a third m ft may be seen, formed In
)- peculiar manner. Tha nostril of th
- tw noaea form th rye of th man;
th mastaohes make the ayebrowa and
- the aye and 'eyebrow of Karageorg
form th noseband mouth.
The dlsrovery nf this face, wntrh la
. declared to he that of tha murdered
--Klrg Alexander, wa heralded through
out the world, and- forthwith - there
Deatli Mast Postage Stamp Trict , j
oiite lienrwnifn are now in. private
ownership and whirl) are absolutely es
sential to the welfare of all or us.
.-- I,on before any settlers .-went Into
the -upper Taqulna valley , and about
Tillamook bay. and in aome parts of the
Cascade mountains also, immense fires
desolated enormous Twr -. - 0
That -north end south of , Taqulna
river Is perhaps the most extensive and
doubtless includes several' thousand
square miles. This must have been
originally a country, of grand timber.
The old charred trunks of mighty trees
brleU etlll from the high fern. Which
covers most of it from the summit to
the "sea.'; . , ' .. V'V" ;rc
From that .'land 100 years ago the
Taqulna poured a flood probably equal
to the Trask river, and . as clear -and
beautlfuL . By the absence pf the forest
and Its beneficent conservation of the
waters, the streams have now shrunken
In summer time to turbid little ditches,
which In winter again r run thlckv and
turbid with the precious soil swept
from the unprotected hills. - No better
example need -toe sought In Oregon of
the Importance of, forest conservation.
The deparraent-of forestry .'in the
Federation of Woman's clubs., wae
created only two years ago and was
represented at the American Forest con
grass, held at. Washington in January
of this year, by . Mrs. Lydla Phillips
Williams, who extended fraternal
greetings from the Federation, of
woman s cluos eo,oo strong.
At the biennial meetlna- at St.- Iiouls
in May only two departments -could
show as great an Increase In Interest.
This is certainly a fin record. '
The Forestry association 'of Portland
takes an active Interest in all matters
relating to forestry. ' During the past
year out of floor meetings were held to
study the native tree and quite a num
ber of paper were written on that sub
ject.. . Our., policy la to protect rather
than destroy the trees. We shall, en
deavor by aotlve -cooperation In study
ing the local- -situation, and by reoom-
mendlng the beef procedure "under the
conditions that are found to exist to be
come neiper so far a we may fn all
in interests or any kind that are In
any way connected with the forest- r
Women Mixing In v ; .
Th Mirt of Politic. 1 . : v
Mayor Rose'of Milwaukee, Wlecorisln,
Is reported to have recently said of the
Woman's Republican chib of his city:
"l felt like telling them they had bet
ter b at home raising babies than mix
ing In the mire of politics." . .
j Whenever .women express a desire to
take a hand in politics there Is great
consternation among the brethren, .and
especially 'the politician, great boglee
are flourished before them with such
scare-heads as "When Lovely Woman
Btoops to Politics," "Women in the Dirty
Pool of Politics." "Women in the Mir
of Politics," ete.. and yet these same
men seem to think womerf should b
- ' I
'..vr e
similar activities In- other territory be
longing to tha United States. . Bwt the
i-pruueeee by wlilchrthwad8rTi . w
suoouea, nomes multiplied, cities nuut,
commero extended to all part of th
world, and a great civllliatlon developed
In thl remote and once - Inaccessible
portion of our continent these are not
mere replications of what had previous
ly .taken place elsewhere." From a man
hbldlng .Professor Bchafer's enviable
reputation aa a historian thl last sen
tence Is on to dwell upon and consider.
Th naratlv of our' history Is much
like any other, - but th upbuilding of
th northwest stand nobly alone and
t wrrr-wnrtir -tudy and admiration, :
This is what it meana, and to show this
to his reader and to make It particular
ly plain and attractive to youthful read
ers has been the object of th writer
ana tne mos cursory rianct tne nook
would satisfy th student of how well
he has accomplished the task he set for
himself..! f -r:"7 .. .
: The plonker, the discovery of gold and
the transcontinental 1 railroad ' ar the
thre most -strongly recognised factors
In'Ahe development of the northwest
and. these Professor Behsfer trm ts mil
rtnlMy'."" . ' " ,.i .
Beginning with Balboa'' discovery In
1I1S each" exploration Is taken up, its
slgnlflcanoe- and effect logically por
trayed- This melts 1 Into ths pioneer
movement when great emigrant trains
began, dragging lbelr . wear lanuha
acros ' the. prairie.. ahS bt northwest
becam tn habitation or whit men.
Then cam th discovery of gold when
th tide f. emigration turned southward
and later when the raiiroad opened the
northwest to the commerce of the world.
These force and facta; the author give
to throw th sidelight onto th true
growth and development, and aa inci
dent fruitful In results. -
prang up an Increased demand forth
tamp, which were termed death msk
tamp.'
But it 1 said that the aUmp were
printed In 'immense quantities In expec
tation of a great demand from collec
tor, and tha demand wa notjflRta
xpectmtronsr -Th "stamps" 'wer iued
to be usad only durlng-thacoronatlan
year, and they mutt be moved.- It I
at thla- point that the flnanc craft al-
legedyphllateneuoeyeiop.
8lmultnouly. in various quartera.
appeared statementa to tha affect that
tha Servian authorltle war deeply con
cerned over the dlacovary of the Ukenoss
of King Alexander. 00 the aUmpa. Then,
followed Intimation, Increasing la defl
ntteness, that th liken of King Alex
ander wa not there by chance, and that
It was no mere coincidence, but that a
deep laid achem wa behind tha whole
matter. ,'
'It wa declared that th production
of th specter atamp wa part of an
Intrlgu of Queen Natalie,--mother of
the murdered Alexander, to revenge
herself en Bervla, and the method al
leged to have bean employed by her
waa aa follows: - Queen Natalie had a
personal friend In Paris, a dlgnV of
postage stamps, named Mouchon, who.
deeply aympathlxed with wer In her be
reavement and with tha cause aha rep
resented. .1-- i ;.,
Through' trusted friend In Belgrade
Natalie schemed So that Mouchon waa
induced to Include In tha dealgn a pus
l plrtur. "find th Jt king" feature,
The alleged purpose of thl plan wa
to work upon tha credulity and auparatl
tious tendencte of th people, and par
ticularly, of the army, o aa erlouly
content to be governed by laws era erg
ing from so foul a source. In the case
of women It la always "stooping to
politics."., . .
If it is true that politics ha be
coma so corrupt as to warrant us be
ing called by these vile nsmes. Is it not
high ' ttmthat something was' being
dona to drag It out of this slough. of
corruption, and who would! be more
likely to accomplish the task than tha
women of this country who stand, for
honesty' and - morality to th greatest
extent of any class?--
Politics Is but .a. reflection of th
character-of the majority having these
thlnge. In control, and as men constitute
over SS par cent of our. criminal and
less. than one third of our church mem
bers, what can you expect but corrup
tion) In politics when only men Ibok af
ter 'it! What we neexrrir a hlaTier
average of morality at the ballot box
to elect, men of greatermoral worth.
'- Women r -In a vast - majority v In
nearly all organisations, for th -uplifting
of humanity, and a each class of
voters elect men to ofifca who will rep
resent their own Interest to the creat-
est extent, It i but reasonable to sup
pose that women, being mora Interested
In th home and th moral and chll-
anthroplb aide of l!fef would eee to It
that these thing were not neglected.
The continual emphasis that I being
placed upon "stooping to politics" and
lis ceneral aeeptanc by the people, re
veal a dangerou lack of appreciation
regarding the honor and dignity of
government and must result In crave
danger to dur republic Unless something
can oe none to arouse public conscience.
OKA MONROE BABCOCK.
Pendleton Clubwomen " 2. . 11;
Hv Fine Shakespeare Day. , -.
Th Thursday Afternoon club held a
moat entertainlrfg meeting last weeli at
the reeldene pfMJrv. ame A.i Fee.
Th first -number on the progn
ogrsm s
Mendelssohn
weddlng march, eeaott-1
fully rendered by Mies Rartman, Then
followed a- paper, on 'Midsummer Night's
Dream." by Mrs. Bert Huffman. This
paper, written In a pretty poetlo style,
fairly transported one Into the fairyland
of "Midsummer Night' Dream" and wa
almost as delightful a the play Itself.
Then followed Mrs. Fred Lock ley's paper
on "Shakespeare' Comedies." This was
an excellent paper, summing up the dif
ferent comedies, and delineating various
characters fn a most Interesting manner.
After this, a duet. "I Know a Bank,"
by" Mrs: "J. Rosa Dickson and MUs Hart
man, met with a, hearty encore. .- Mrs.
M. -J. Lane wa then called, upon for
critical comments on the play of "Mid
summer Night's Dream." She talked In
terestingly of the fairy lord of Shake-'
pear' time and made many Intelligent
comment on the-play. On club mem
ber, remarked drolly that. In her mind,
Titanla wa not th. first woman who
had fallen in lore with an -ass. -Then
followed the symposium, when each club
GOSSIP OF
In a history of thl kind an author
naturally h t di-p- from secondary
source to aome-extent, but Professor
Bchafer has kept himself remarkably
free from thla kind of Information, go
ing often to original sources, and In
hi eearch for fact ha discovered
much material which I published In
thl book for-4h first time. Tha au
thor takea up none f the cudgel pr
disputes a to "who aaved Oregon," or
to whom th credit wa du for thl or
that result. Ha limply give fact tnd
tha reader -can uaa his own Judgment aa
to personal - results; the book is of
broader gauge and deeper purpose. - It
1lleasant to find tha. book dedicated to
Frederlo G. Young. A. P., -the efficient
and honored secretary pf the -Oregon
Historical society. ...
- Two hundred and eighty five excellent
map and Illustration adorn the book
and add Interest and value to It. A
very exhaustive table of state and ter
ritorial off tclals 1 of the' three states,
with their length , of service forms a
valuable appendix. The book 1 well
Indexed, and easy of reference . The
Macmlllan company. Price $1.16.
"Early Oregon. 15 to 18" By
George K. Cole. This Is surely Oregon's
literary year. . Never In its history
have ther appeared so many books
bearing on the history and development
of the-country, That so much of It 1
rm!nisAant and written-y- II vlng-wi-
nese . of the event they tell about
makes it doubly valuable. Among tha
best of these shorter book la this on
of- Mr. Cole. Himself a flgur in th
life of Oregon and Washington, he
found a link - between - the past and
present Mr. Cole came to Oregon on
the steamer Reindeer from Ssn Fran
cisco In tha fall of 1160, having crossed
tha plain tha prevloua summer. Here
to Interfere with lb carrying out of
the revolution 1st program, , ; -
It waa further deolarad that the dla
covary of 'tha death maak on tha Jubilee
atampa waa creating consternation In
the Servian army, the llkenes of Alex
ander on. tha. reversed tarnpblng re
garded as an omen of God' displeasure.
It wa aaaerted that diaaater' would fall
upon all who wore concerned in the
maaaacra "of their former king. 'At the
same time It 'wa announced that the
Servian government, in th hop of re
moving asfar as possible th caua of
th trouble, had ordered the withdrawal
of the atampa from sale and had aent
agenta to all porta of Europe instructed
to buy every copy of the stamp In ex
latenc at almost any price within T
on. . ; '.
This scheme, which collectors' believe
to hay been a part of th original plan
to unload Immense .- quantities of 1 . th
tamp, was entirely successful.
Th dlsousalpn .in crnnctlon with th
responsibility 1 tor. th, -eussl plctur
feature became o fierce H hat th Serv
ian trllnlster to France wa compelled
to tak notice of It and he officially de
clared, that the -allegation agalnat.
Mouchon ware groundless.. Then Mou
chon, tha designer, rushed into print and
with .figurative teare Streaming down
hi check,' declared hi Innocence, and
even went i o far to ay that he
would not accept th decoraUon - be
stowed upon him by. tha Servian -govt
arnment In consideration of tha beau
tlful. design he had produced, until .hla
honor had been vindicated,
Th great Weakness f philatelist J
for suppressed or withdrawn Issues V
atamp, and' th moment It became r-
. , .v., -. ... ..
V
Misa Laura-Gregf, OrganlierN. W.
' S. A. J ' ' -!
member responded to "My Favorite
Shakespearean Play or Character, and
Why." " Tha afternoon was . conclude))
with a reading from "Midsummer Night'
ureara,-- witn tne dramau persona as
follows! Helena, Mrs. J. R. Diokson;
Hermla. Mr. K. P. Marshall Lysander,
Mr. T. Q. Halleyi Demetrius. Mr. M.
Stlllman. Dainty ' refreshment war
served, Mrs., T.C. Taylor aaslating th
hostess. ' . .
Th program card wer arranred r
Mr. J. A. Fee d made exQnistt little
rinfMra-tgjcarry home, being beautl-
fully -nVtnted' card folded' am encased
in noiting-eiotn witn hand-painted dealgn
ana tied with pink ribbon th club color.
..rc.:..). ; - .H . ,tl ' H : , '7 '-'
Washington' Federation , . , t t
Closea Interesting Sessioru - 1 ' .
On of th best state convention ever
held by tha clubwomen: of Washington
Closed, last Friday" after a three day'
session at Walla Walla. Several excep
tionally good resolution 1 were unani
mously' adopted, among; them .being one
to form a commute for looking into
th practicability of providing better and
more general work for the blind.- Jn this
respect Washington I not so fortunate
a Oregon, a they hav no chool for
th blind as 1 'maintained at Salem., but
In the matter of caring for their defective
children they are far ahead.. Among
tha speakers at the convention was Dr.
Ma Cardwell of Portland, who gave a
talkon domestic - sclenca. Tha next
SOME CURRENT BOOKS
ha takes up his stoTy?butwttlr-too
much modesty leave" 6uV"hI own part
in tha political hitory of old Oregon.
HI whol atory dealt rather with poll
tic than with pioneer conditions. For
lght year Mr. Cola wa postmaster of
Portland; he served In congress from
Washington, but perhaps hi most Im
portant position was for a time gov
ernor of Washington by appointment of
President Lincoln. These positions
brought Mr. Cola Into close touch with
the polltlolana of the day and it 1 hi
reminiscence or such men a Thurston,
Meek, Governor Lne, Judge Pratt and
ajcor .of-othera.lhat make Jl Jlttle
book interesting, especially as It la
written without prejudlc or rancor.
On pas sag ha - a present day In
terest: "Pierce having been elected pres
ident. Democrats wer appointed to fill
th various offices of th territory of
Oregon, among 'whom was George H.
Williams, supreme court Judge, who,
having previously been on the bench of
Iowa, was a man of experience and abil
ity." ' . -
- General Lane, who was elected a dele
gate to congresa at tha same time, was
Af.
srip tiM ark
day ago defeated George H. William
for mayor of Portland. Mr. Cole 1 at
president a resident of 8pokane. He I
hi own publisher.
rTh-8 mi venlr-of-Weptern-Women"
Edited by-Mary-Oaborn-Dont hrfc This
I onj-of th -unique product that had
It conception wrien th Lewi and Clark'
exposition becam an assured fact and
cam to th publlo simultaneously with
the throwing open -of th gate of the
great fair. It I not a continuous atory
or from th pen of one writer, but deals
with' many woman and many eubjeota,
all mora or less - pertaining to women
and their work in the -northwest. -1
mored that' the Servian government was
having trouble with the death mask
stamps and waa seeking to repurchase
them, the demand fbr them assumed tha
proportion of a tampd. Collector,
who had up' to thla time remained In
different,' werg'CYasy to hav thla aarla
of atampa. ' . - -; .'
' Dealer In thla country wars awarmed
with order, for them and- som enter
prising collectors even, telegraphed for
them. Of . course th price advanced,
but thla mad no appreciable difference;
any-prlo wa tlfactry th main
thing was to get the atampa.
1 -Of cour, dealer' stocks wera - ex
hausted in no time, but Uutha and every
body appeara to hav been aupplled, and
now the demand for death maaka Is not
so tierce. Philatelists are now wonder
ing how they could have bean flim-
flammed again' ao anally.
The' fact that declare who' sold out In
a few days wer abl to send to Europe
and -obtain -upplie of th suppressed
and condemned stamp In large quanti
ties caused som collectors to rais tha
query why th Servian government did
not absorb th millions of stamp held
by speculators which wer being sold
at only a alight advance over face value
to dealer. ,; -
At any rat, a a- result of th Inter
eating campaign carried on -vast num
ber of. the atamp wer sold to col
lectors. The kerlea wer sold by th
Servian government at li eaoh. On th
basis that 26 per pent of th stamp col
lectors bought th stamp and that a
quel number - of - complete set - wer
purchased by delr for future sale, th
net profit to Servla would, be 14.000,009,
not a fraction of 1 par cent will aver
be called on t perform: postal duty and
th cost of th stamps" la relatively
trifling.-, .., .., J . V
Collertora are wonderln what will ha
the nature of tha next device Employed
by a hard-up nation to replenish Its
treasury at tlielr expense. .. .. ,
annual convention will be held at Port
Townsend. The new officers chosen were:
President, ' Mis Sue Lombard of North
Yakima; corresponding secretary, Mrs. L
H. Dlll of North Yakima: treasurer.
Mr. William. Church of Port Angelest
first trustee, Mrs. Philip T. Beaoher of
Spokane, r . - - i- - - . ,1-
Th Washington women hav two rule
In. their organisation that might be well
worth the consideration of other, name
ly, they elect - their officers for two
years, but do not . elect them all the
same year, and always elect th preal
dent and corresponding secretary from
th same town. Th advantage of both
the rule I obvlou. Th work of any
organisation I crippled by being entirely
officered by new people air at one time;
again, a -corresponding secretary lose
much or her usefulness If th president
ha to first writ to her what h wants
written to somebody 4la. The method.
or-navmame preaiaent ana correopona
Ing secretary widely separated ha caused
more than on heart-burning where th
line of prerogative wa tightly drawn..
Senator Bereridf :
Tribtita to Mias WUlard.; '
' Th' women af the tat tender their
thank to Hon. Albert J. Bevartdgo of
Indiana for copies of Jala beautiful land
masterly Address given on the occasion
of tha unveiling of the Frances WUlard
tatue in theUnlted States capltoL It
la on of th finest Tribute ever-paid
to womanhood and a Just and beautiful
eulogy upon, a woman -twho .represented
tha best and purest conception of womanhood.-;
' - -r - X ' V
In closing. Senator Beveridg said: "By
placing her atatu ' la th hall of our
national Immortal a '- great - common
wealth today forever commemorate th
services of this American woman to all
humanity. , And - th representative of
th American people th greatest people
In- tha-wor Mtir congress formally as
sembled today are -paying a tribute t
tha 11 ttl frontier, American maid who
heard and heeded the voice that cam
t her . from the unseen world, and In
obeying their counsels became th first
woman of her generation, the most be
loved character pf her time and under '
Ood, a benefactress t her- race." s-
Entertainment for - '
Clackamaa Pfoheera. - . . - 7-
If. the Woman' club of Oregon City
did nothing els but glv it annual en
tertainment to th pioneer of Clackamaa
county it baa it excuse for being. It
I on of th milestone In the cycle
of years, and marks off one of th
notable gathering of th older residents
Of the bounty. Being' less of them than
at the -state meeting, they com Into
a little closer social relation and unre
strained enjoyment. At the last meet
ing Tuesday th hall wa a bower - of
.magnificent flower;. Jar In every nook
and corner and great basket piled high
-ha editor 1 ot plnnaar family and a
on knows batter where and to whom to
apply to learn tha part woman .have
taken In building up thl country. , Th
election ar good and th matter fur
nlshed to the point, brief and withal
entertaining. It would be hard to clt
the moat attractive feature,- for each
artlcl 1 Ilk th tiny color In th
mosaic, fitting In and giving harmony
to th whol. Many of the artlole ar
by - wall-known wrltera, Mr. Dunlway,
Mrs. Coburn, George Him, curator of th
Oregon Historical' oolety, who furnishes
several Interesting historical sketches;
Mrs LJI Honey man, presldntof the
T. vT. C A.; Mrs. Henry Jonea, presi
dent of the Woman's Emergency corps;
Mrs. W. P. Lord, so prominently iden
tified with th flax Industry or Oregon,
and Mrs. Jefferson Myera, hostess of
th Oregon building, alio contributes
Th book haa about toe very well exe
cuted . engraving - and illustration,
among them sevsral beautifully .olored
bit of Oregon aoenery. To those whe
have appreciated th conscientious toll
the author put Into her work It will be
gratifying that th, venture ha had a
aafUfactory reult. Price EO cents.
"Port Arthur, a Monster Heroism"
By Richard Barry,.
Th atory of tha atege and final capit
ulation Of Port Arthur -for Mr. Barry
will not -call it th downfall of Port
Arthur., which h says waa impregnable,
and could Jinjy. b worn out grew upon
tha, world so gradually that while we
were often amased at ' tha courage of
th Japanese, their power of endurance
and their recklessness of - ll(e,-and we
perhaps even read " most of what Mr.
Barry haa put In book form in the dally
paper, it never appalled us as It doe
when w take It altogether and read
ft a a consecutive story. - Th author
From th New Tork Herald, .
V JIR9- LETITIA TTLER SEM
IVI ' -PLB, daughter of President
1 I . Tyler, and former, mlstres of
th Whit Hou, ceieoratea
her 14th birthday at Richmond. Virginia,
last wek.Shtlrecelvjl hr friend
while lying upon a lounge, her sightless
eye - half cloaed, her strong face-- a
colorlesa aa th clustering curl which
fram it, saying iff reply to queries: "I
never pas a comfortable hour."
Three years ago when a visitor was
detained by a shower while making haf
a visit ah draw a mahogany table to
th eenter of th.room, exclaiming with
audden animation: "we 11 hav luncheon
together."- - Unlocking a closet, she
produced a cloth and odd bltsTnrilnft
and glass. Then, setting out a bottle
of wine with fruit and cake, aha aald:
"Now you can aay that , you have
lunched at a table too years old, around
which. Patrick Henry, -John Randolph
of Roanoka and many another notable
haa gathered. It waa made In England
from a tree which grew near th bay
of Campeachy, brought over by a mer
chantman aa ballaat for his ship. It
waa first used at Jameatown by my
grandfather, J6hnTylr,- laet -colonial
marahat of 'Virginia, afterward going
with him to th palace at Williamsburg,
where it supported a waiter from which
afternoon tea waa aerved. From him
It deaconded to John Tyliuv 'the patriot,'
a Jadga of tha court of appeals, mem
ber of the house of burgesses, three
time elected governor of Virginia and
a mover at Annapolta of tha resolutions
resulting in our "-prepent constitution.
Ita next ownar. John Tyler, president of
the United Stat, used it at .the gov
ernor's mansion in Richmond, and, de-
Former Mistre Is 84 '
and tumbling over stood and hung from
every available place. - Th - banquet,
whloh wa elaborate , and beautifully
served by the member of th club, wa
given before the -program -of the day,
which was reversing the usual order, but
It . proved highly satisfactory and gave
th old pioneer and visitor time later
to enjoy a second cup of tea ana talk
over what they had heard.
Ex-Governor fleer made th principal
address of the afternoon and - wa fol
lowed by aorg'Hlms, Mr. Dy and
Mr.. Mosher. a daughter of Oregon'
first -governor, . General Lane. Mr.
Mosher gav a graptuo and entertaining
account of her first trip to Oregon, when
she came With her father when he was
appointed for the second time governor
by President Fierce, .;
: At tha eloaa of the meetlna- th beauti
ful flower wer lavishly distributed
ambng the guest and th happy face
of tha old nloneers certainly repaid th
club member for their work and trouble:
Short Sketch of
Rev. Eleanor E. Cordon.
' Rv," Eleanor X. '' Gordon. who' will
preach th convention sermon, at first
Congregational -ehurdh July 1, I mini
later-of the Unitarian church In De
Motne. Iowa, and was ordained to -th
Unitarian ministry In 188. AU he
mlnlatertal work ha been don (n Iowa
with th exception of two year' pastor
ate In Fargo. North Dakota. ' ; . '
Th Da Morne- Mail ana -rime in
writing of Ml Gordon' work In De
Molae ay: . "Ml Gordon 1 a choi-
srly woman whose sermons ar thought
ful and of a' high Intellectual quality,
a wall a morally uplifting. - She ha
been one pf tha moat gctiva and effi
cient worker la tha Unitarian church in
Iowa, and the west for many years.
and at th same 'time hi won fln
reputation aa.v. lecturer upon- literary
and clentlflo topic. - She 1 also deeply
interested in sociology and In th prac
tical experiment thatTir being mad
in. eattlement work and i proving' her
interest bv becoming a resident of the
Roadside Settlement house at Eighth
and Mulberry street.". ,
There Arc Othere .. '
For "So Wage the .World.! ; V J
" A'nu'old itory come from Brooklyn
If It to true. It 1 somewhat dlacourag-1
Ing to clubwomen who are -willing to
glv not only their time and thought,
but their, money toward the extension
of the probation eystem. Three year
go a number of clubwoman In Brook
lyn Interested themaelve In . th ap
pointment of a woman probation officer
in tha Gatea Avenue court, of whloh
Judge Furlong 1 magistrate. For two
year the women paid the salary of thl
officer. Ml Ann Room. At th aaro
time they worked in behalf of legis
lation which would Insure th pTyment
of her salary from th publlo treasury.
f this buua
r correspondent
and take nothing from hearsay. - He
write of what peraonally-aawv Thoj
wruer give ao clear a view or ron
Arthur that tha atupendoua task of tak
ing It grow lmmenssly larger whll in
proportion grow th admiration for th
llttl brown man who could urmount
th obstacle that nature Itself erected
agalnat them and pity for. the man, who
were cagad there.
- Th book 1 written In th form of a
Journal and no doubt la taken from ma
terlal . kept in tha,t iform. , Mr.' Barry
atyl is Journalistic In th ex t rem. He
wastes no words, h baa een th-things
both In war and In th Ufa and habit of
th people that are ' worth recording,
and hv ha, recorded them in th brief
eat possible way consistent with a dear,
comprehenalve Idea of tha situation.""-
Th title of th bopk give - on an
insight into th author's Idea of the
struggle and hla Intens admiration' for
th Japanese as men and fighters; he
leans, perhape with a llttl too much
prejudice to that side,
tin writing of this siege Mr. Barry
flT-i nnt """'Irifl hlir"" wholly to war
features, but give some information ro
gardlng th people, custom and charac
teristics. . On th whole - th book I
vary timely, and well worth reading and
better worth adding to any one'a library.
Moffat," Yard company. Price" 11.50.
. - r
' School ..Book Th Macmlllan com
pany haa Just tosued two very corri
plete little readers In th first and sec
ond numbers, compiled by ' Katharine
Sloan of Portland. Th aim of these
readers is to glv th child th Inde
pendent power to read with th least
labor and In the shortest time. ' Phey
deal more particularly with phonic, but
th lesson ar so arranged that they
scendlng to me. It ha accompanied me
throughout my career.".
Mra. Bern pie waa bom at Wood bo urn,
Charlea City county, Virginia. May 11,
1131. Among her vague recollection la
a visit In lit to Richmond, where her
parents went to assist in tha reception
to General Lafayette. Her father wa
mad governor-of th state in 1124, and
ah4 remember standing In one of. the
deep -window aeata of tha governor's
mansion and seeing the crowd gather In
th squar to listen to his funeral ora
tion on Jefferson. r . -
As child he' had a passion for music
and whan awakened by her father's
violin or flute would steal down In her
night dres and stand by his side while
he played. " She afterward developed a
delightful vote. - ---A
She married- In 119 Purser Jarne
Bern pi of th navy. The following year
her father waa elected vice-president on
tha ticket with William Henry Harrison,
and th latUr dying a month after hi
Inauguration, he succeeded to the presi
dency. HI wife, then an Invalid, wa
obliged to surrender her social duties to
Mrs. Sempla and her sister Elisabeth and
to their BlaUr-ln-laWr-Mra. Robert Tyler,
a daughter of Coope, the tragedian, who
waa herself on the stage . before her
marriage. -. - -
-"The duties," to quota Mra. Sempks'e
own words, "we performed alternately
or together without a thought of rivalry.
When my mother died; September 10,
1141, however, my . alater having re
turned to- her Virginia home, Mra, Rob
ert Tyler being la Philadelphia . and
Purser Hem pie at sea, I accepted a ton
mI Invitation . fr6m my father to be
come th mlptreee of the White 1Ioup.
and filled th position untU hla second
Thl law havlnar bn aeeared. mmm.
of course, expected that Mia Room
would be formally appointed by Judge
Furlong. According to Charities, Judge
Furlong proposed, instead. to appoint
tur pumioai - reason another woman.
vue wooiiy inexperienced in the work.
A protest signed bv Mrs.. Martha w
Hooper, chairman of th nrobatlan of
ficers' -committee, and representatives'
01 more man so Brooklyn 'clubs, was
ent to Judge Furlong, who immediately
appointed both women on on salary.
Sine two women can "hardly be sup
ported on on salary of Sfo a month,
the pretest wa not (tilled. Jud-a v vir
ion aeema .to hav won hi appoint
ment, and although MUa .Room ha
mo reoeivea anotner appointment, th
unrest and indignation of th Brooklyn
woman nave Dy no mean - subsided.
Here ta text for tne civil service reform
C1UDB. , 1 ".... , -
Teachers' Club V -
WUI Again Study Art
Th TuLohara' rlnh a T.t4ivA . .
JUII DlDaUUl 1 . tlnilgllailw UiaesMiU
and Instructlv yar. At tha Ut meet
ing th following offloer wer eheaen
to serv th club for the coming year:
President. Xflae . Tjtir, VnHh,,,..
president. Mis Aphla Dlmlckt cor re-
ponaing secretary, Mis Carolina
uarn: recording secretary, , Mis
Kmma Drlatwh-tiumnr ur. 1 w
Wat eon; program committee. Mis
Bthel Richmond. Miss Janata Goddard,
Mia -Mary Frailer. Th program for
th next year la now complete and th
aipc v 1 masters ta atnius im mm
lOW. With Amtmm if m.tl.
wowoer 7, an introductory talk by
. --" vvwwi - .. ,- - T TTIPP
aues: November 4. yiiriiin- xrr,-i
Flemish masters, Memllng; December
S. Rubene; December IS. social; Jan-
Vy..T. yan. Dycki- January it, Dutch
iwmi wiirq, marines ana landscape
painters: February 4. Frana TTu it.k-
raary IS and March .. 4, Rembrandt;
rnrcn i, trerman master.- Durr ;
April t. Hang Holbein; April 15; aoclal;
May I. annual buainaaa meeting u
of th teacher wU remain In th city
uur.ns .in summer ana ar preparing
to entertain in a social way many vis
iting teacher. " . T , ,
Baker, City Club
Electa Its New Officers. - -
nia'ATnha Y.fteremrt.Tk mi W.UK. irA
J v. . m w v, Ajmrr V. 1 1 J
held its annuel -matins' lae M4.
and elected offloer for the'ensulng rear
aa follow: President, Mrs. France B.
B. Whit; viea-prMident, Mr. C. M.
Sag;' recording secretary, Mr. Leltner;
treasurer, Mr. J. B. Bowen: correspond
ing secretary, Mr. Mary Preston. The
club has .mad a splendid year' record,
tMtfH In numKMa awl mttimimmt Mlr T t
began the year by entertaining th state
MnvntlMi. an tk tHiMtna thnr ln
It haa been prolific In rood results. aoJ
mi menpwv sent. -
aha
may be taught by .the word or n
tnc rothod. "Th book ar exceeding-
- jy
attract lv with many - plctur,. a
number' of which ar In bright color.
Th writer pay itribut to - Professor
Rlgler of Portland, who eh say wa
first to Introdub th method of teach
ing h advocates Into th Portland
school. , Prlo 21 cant.
' Tha Arena Rudolph Blankenburg's
articles In tha latest number of th
Arena, on th condition of Pennsylvania
politics, contlnu to hold th most Im
portant place lntho-June number and
are well entitled to It from the facts
h is abl to present, and tha unveiling
of aa atupendoua municipal and state
corruption as haa ever been brought . to
light ., , , .....
. "Frederick Opper: - A Cartoonlet of
Democracy," by B. O. Flower, swlth
many of . Mr. Opper' . latest and most
striking cartoons reproduced, is one1 of
the best feature of th magasln.
J'A. very strong poem by Katrlna Trask,
"Rise, Mighty Anglo-Saxon," Is an elo
quent plea for the rac to -Rise, break
nrds sad rule hp right 4II
An artloln whloh Kamm,
wide attention and furnish som food
1 or inouarntrui nennin m "Th. rnmm.nu
of Latin America; A Magnificent Field
wegiectea ny the united JState.hy
Professor Frederic M. Noa. It la not
a 1 figment -of I he- TmaarnarfAn K.,
founded on fact and figure Intended to
now -in mairrerence or th "United
Btatea to the commerce ef-eor onrnrti
neignoor. ct and Figure About
Transportation." by W. G. Joern. .and
"Th Constitutional Rights of American
Bhlnnlna." bv William -w-RtM
two subjects of current Interest Th
authors are men nf authnrltv mnn w-
subject of which they writ.
marriage during the aprlng 00144 1
presided at a card reception and banquet
to the Prince-da JolnVllla aon of Louis
Phlllippe of France." .
After her father'a second marriage Mrs
Sample lived for a time In Richmond.
Her older alater dying, she took Charge
f-her two-Httie boy, later- adopting
tha three orphan child ren of two younger
later, all of whom sh reared and edu
cated. One of these, Robert Tyler Jone
who carried the confederate flag up. tha
heights of Gettysburg, where it waa
hot from hla hand; died- In Washington
not many year ago,-r - ', .
Mr. 8cm pi was a friend of Mors,
who Invention of th telegraph wa
tested during Tyler's.., administration,
ind Wa fl Bmnn er thnmm . .
message over the wires. 6h christened
iioaiiney, in rirt ironclad -4o
Which steam waa annlli T, k..,,.
at Plttburg by order of her father aa
nraatdent. . .... .
"jaos nr amtAxtit.
From tha Philadelphia, Bulletin.
V 1
- "The Dinlih-mitllins anniJ .
- , . -- . wv mmrnr
witn a great neai or drunkenneaa," aald
a woman with a white ribbon fixed on
her braaat , . . : . .. . . .
"Th Danish method? What I that!"
"In Denmark." Waa tha im, n,h..
a drunken man come forth from a sa
loon or a oaf he I at .AflM nut Inlii -
cab and driven home, and tha cabman'
bill f paid by th liquor dealer frem
who house the man Issued Any liquor
dealer who allow a man to depart from
ht -establishment In an tnmrlti mmm.
dltlon I compelled by th Dnlsh law
to pay , mat man g can rare noma."