THE J3REGON SUNDAY JOURNAL . PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1SC5,
moMEmsmmiBs
EJi't.J fy MRS. SARAH A.' EVANS
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;Call for Fifth .; ;:
' Annual Convention.
'' The following la the of ftclal call
Issued for the annual convention of the
:' Oregon Federation of Woman' cluba at
" Euaene. October J-S:
-The board -will-hold a meeting all
will rea-later at the slme hour.
J Convention will be called to order at
Jr. II a. m. Tuesdsy. Federation officers,
'.'chairmen of standing committees, ae-
credited delegates and program p-i-polntees
will b furnjwbed eiuertalnmvnt
by the Kuicena dub women,- . AH clubs
will be expected to file a wcMten report
'of their dub work. whirls should Jn
' , ' elude the names of new officers. ,
, "A council of club presidents will be
nold from 1:81 to p. m. wednesaay ana
Immediately after final adjournment
- g-ih nrojiiHenta are reouested to be pre-'
. ' pared to offer suggestions ana discuss
' the stat work. ' -""':.
"Delegates from cluba having failed
, 'to pay duea are not entitled to aeata
in- th contention. The- trurer--wltt
receive due Aite delinquent cluba If
- tendered wku credential carom.? -
'. "Each club of member or lee.
. Included In the federation, shall be en-,
" j titled to two delegates,' one of whom
' shall fee the prealdent or her appointee.
L.:. Cluba of II hall be entitled to three
"delegate.' For, each additional (0 mam
7'" here oluba shall be entlUed to one addl-
' Ma Af -im f maw ren-
'reaeat more than on club or bar more
' ' than on Tot la convention. The deler
. . stttut th voting body.
"Notlc of Amendment to Constitu
tion In Art. VI, 8oj-1. trik out the
T worfi "annually In Octoberand- Insert
.th words "biennially In June, beginning
ZjZI J unioi,' zt: -.
i 'In Art. VI. Sec , inrt after, the
. word "delegate" "chairmen of eUndlng
.... . t-l . . u.t Th. rf.U.
gate, chairmen of standing committee
' and board of director hall constitute
, . a voting ooay. . .
In Art Vlt Sec 1 after th word
Mlrector' Insert th word "and chair
men of standing committee.'
To atrlk out Sec 1 of Art., VIII and
; substitute "Meetings of th conference
V to be held btennlaliyjlternattna; with
' ' 1 f ha (( eonnntlon. Time and place
'. to be dealanated by th president eubr
., ject to th approval of th board.' .
" "Will th club president have this
notice read to the club and th name
::. of th delegate and alternate for-
t - warded to- th -corresponding- secretary
' "at th earliest poslsbls date. If clubs
nave lujjuuiusa lmvw .
' for special meeting. . -
, i "I8ABELXK T. OKKR, Prealdent
" F. B. B.JV-HITB. Cor. Sec'y." .
...Woman Club Haa -z.'.r
' Eatablished Headquartera. , .
Th city Is full of club woman? but
. unfortunately th club aeaaon haa so
'"nearly drawn' to a close that an
chang of elub visit la almoat impos
- slbla, but th member of th Portland
Woman' elub are not satisfied to miss
. the opportunity of meeting ao many
club' sister, therefor they have opened
. ' TioiulAiiartera In thrTBartor -f-4h Im
1 L ... -T - T YA u K a r k . will
k; -Vf interest or on shopping excursions.
-.Gossip
t OWN 8TORT" -By Caleb
Power. Llk oDna.
Und out in th past 10
vaara three great cases In
th criminal annals of th world; that
of Mr. Maybrtok In England. Dreyfu
In Franc and Caleb Power In America.
After years of, Imprisonment a beauti
ful woman slapped from an English
prison, bowed, broken and disgraced
disgraced because no tardy Juatic. no
' reparation, no lov or publlo favor will
ever tak from her th odium of having
worn th prison garb. - Even though th
world acknowledge her th victim of
malicious . persecution , and an insan
Judge Dreyfu fell from high military
favor and was wound around by .
diabolical s wb of circumstantial vl
dence a wa ver spun by falsification
and treachery". An mbitterd. broken
..ii. ha was such a .stain upon th
French nation and thelr,tfta.jr,JjiJtn.-
Tie" wiUfiirOTBeanioTils own country, out
with a shattered futur before him. In
both the cae th United -States
carried a high hand. In th case of
Mrs. - Maybrtck w -demanded t- In-th
nravfu wa reimusa cxanui
Justice, and In both w flaunted In their
faces our idea of right and wrong. But
th tlm ha oome when w. as a nation,
have th opportunity of turning our
eye - Inward andasklng ourselves,
'"What of the Csleb Power caseT"
This Is one of th most noted criminal
cases la the history of th country, and
certainly there never ha been one o
pregnant with vital question. Ken-
tucky haa been th battle ground for
more, than one national issue, but Into
. thla cane ha com th question of the
f re ballot, th prostitution of th state
. government to machine rule, and abov
all th purity of th court of Justice
nd th secretness of th oath. .
Th clrcumstantea-thst led up to th
Tfiurder "of William Goebel something
like, live years ago Is a dark page In
Kentucky's political history and one
- verV little) understood. It ws da
tardly a murder a th asansslnatlon of
IJncoln or Osrfleld. snd the" question
' that has been tried an retried In all
. these years is, "Was It a political crime
' or was th bullet Sped from the hand
of an Irresponsible' asussatn?" :r Circum
stances pointed to Several aa'lt did to
Mrs. Burratt Pr. Mudd and other when
- Wilkes Booth did hi cowrd!y . dee
and th nation had to have victim upon
1 whom to wreak It vengeance Several
hav "already paid the penalty". tnpn
way : or another for being strong..
Identified with th poll Ural party op-,
posing Goebel, . but the' lire of Caleb
Power tlllJiangs lnth balanc.
Condemned to death, awaiting a new
trlaf. In hi prison confinement he hs
, written bis own story, going Into detail
to th political situation before the
- murder of Ooebel - and - anowing con
eluslvely th forces at work which .conl
victed" him. Te his story Is appended
much of th court record and many of
, th speeches, which confirms a great
deal of what the writer states and with
out which his story would naturally
seem prejudiced,, and to those who reed
- and are things from a Judiclsf and non
'partisan standpoint Mr.-Powers' asssr
. tlon .that he ws convicted by "th most
Mood-thlrsty political cabal of modern
times" does not seem exaggerated- Such
- overwrought .feelings, sacn 'bitter polit
ical partisanship nd such a 'large per-
. na feeling has been brought Into th
trlsl of! Ooehero political enemies that
whether Caleb Power secures ai r.e-
- leas or the mandates of the law, art
(Mifiiiii'ii jii.ii mnry!wy!
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Marion B. Baxter.
Last week th headquarter wa in
charge of Mr. Martin Rapp and Mra. E.
P. Fraseri th coming week Mrs. Prager
will be tn charge, and, will choose her
own assistant each day.
Headquarter may also b established
at the fal grounds. Jut It waa.tea tluit
for real-usefulness a central location
was more to be desired. A register will
bo kept and. it I hoped all visiting
club women, although they may not
need th services of resident women,
will drop Into the Imperial and at least
register. It -ia also requested that club
women out of the city seeing' this no
tic will give it Wide publicity and re
quest thsir hpm papers- to mention :t.
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Sacajawea and Louiaaant
Left New York on June 7. :
On June 7. Sacajawea and little Louis
ant started for. th second time to
"strike the trall'lfor Orpn. T.he finest
Pullman freight ha been put at their
disposal, and It is expected as they, pass
through th town of . Montana' next
week an ovation will be given them.
Their Portland admirer will not be able
to ses them at one, ah they will be
kept in close confinement until July t
when th flag emblematic of th liberty
and civilisation which they carried to
the Paclflo coaat will drop from around
them and they will take their places, to
remain for all time In Portland.
Tueaday evening a Joint meeting of
the state and local committees"' of Red
Man and th board of ths Sacajawea as
sociation was held , for the purpose' of
making final arrangement for ' Saca
jawea and Red Men' day.' A parade.
atartlng from some central location, to
hea nnouneed - jatety:-t ha-.I Ina l -march
1 it. ttipniivh . K s i,..naB In v..
th city, will take place In th morning.
It will b headed by a platoon of police
and ' the " Administration band. The
women of the association, the distin
JomeGurfent"
put Into execution, time will brin
reversal of feeling, and the United
State will hav to chew th cud of re
morse over Its own maladministration
of justice as England and Franc ar
today doing with th cases of Mrs. May
brick and Dreyfus. "My Own Story" .
not only timely, but .i intensely Inter
esting and also Instructive, a tt point
a moral and raises an Index finger to
aorae of th danger spots In a republi
can government Bobbs, Merrill A Co.
Prlc. $1.21. ..
"Isldro" By Mary Austin.' There Is
an atmosphere of romance lying about
the old mission days Of California that
no other section of th United State
ha aver quit equaled. "Th Penobscot
Man" excites a feeling of strength and
fore; Andy Adams' stories "tiave the
bracing air of the wlnd-swen
tlie Utnitllllul tales of old Creol
day In New Orleana that George Cable
wa wont to tell u of all hav their
plac In aong and story, but none hav
ver touched th heart of romance as
Helen-Hunt Jsckson did tn-"Ramons."
nr mm Mary An. tin haa In "Lift"
While th two latter are wholly die
simitar tn plot and purpose they both
breath "the tight th love, th wsrmth
of old Csstlle" that is a part of th
mission, days of- California,- when- the
transplanted Spanish or their descend
ant war ' th don and - senorltas of
Alta-Callfomla. -
"Isldro' is a story without th moral
or lesson" that "Ramona"i la meant to
teach and is on purely of lov and
chivalrlo devotion to honor. , Th hero
tarta from his father' domain to be
come a priest st one of th distant mis
sions and thereby to fulfill a vow mado
for him be tone his birth. H 1 of th
noble nous of Escobar, young, hand-
anme erfl 1 " mtr, but
saturated- with an lfkenee lov of the
beautiful and devotion to every created
thing. Scarcely a day' , journey from
bom he fall upon an adventure that
changes th whole eourse of hi life.
From thi adveatur, which I simply
th caring for a band of- lost sheep, a
network of complications ((infold and the
action of tb book becomes swift, thrill
ing and, thick with interesting situa
tions. It would be no story If a sweet,
boyish maiden did not step Into It about
this tlm and her. fortune became his.
Together their career are knit Into one
another under atrange and almost-at
time, wlerd -conditions, but at all time
wholesome and pur, j. Notwithstanding
th Intense Jove which pulsate through
every page .of th. book, i that could
scarcely be called -the dominating fea
ture 0Mb Trtory unless "6ne resds it in
the spirit of a person who csn walk
through- beautiful arcade,, blind to th
lgh and color, and deaf to the har-
monip h wwra mo,- vwk is alive
enoTquiverlng; with the Intensity of na-
ture's musia
, Mrs. Austin knows th mission life
well, end while sh throws a mantle
of Vharlty snd silence apeak louder"
than words over the corrupt and more
objectionable aid of mission life,. what
ah doe picture vf Its good, and bsrely
intimates of Its bsd. Is historically mc.
curate, but in her close observation of
the ecKintry, lier pen pictures of it
features and her - knowledge of the
hsblts of' bird and 'besot and every
growing plant sib give th tory th
touch of a master hand and hss created
a work that will become more perma
nent aa the life she picture recedes
farther and farther Into th put, -Xof
guished women visiting th eonventto
and peaker will follow: then wlH.oobi
the various local and' visiting tribes iu
Red Men and many- are coming frexn
Washington. Idaho and Callfornta---0u
boya from the Cbcmawa Indian school
and ending with reservation Indiana
from Umatilla and other agencies. At 3
clock. the unveiling ceremonies will
take pIacPn-the fair grounds aafax
as haa been worked out., the program
wilt consist f an Invocation by Rev.
Anna Shaw, addreas of welcome by
Prealdent 11. W. Ooode, flve-mlnute ad
dresses by Miss Busan R Anthony oil
"Wxuaap's Placa . In Building th. Na
tion"; Mr'sTAbrgatr fWt)tT-f Hmtwajv-he.
Pioneer Mother," and Miss Simons, a
Sioux Indian; on the . "Indian Mother'
Charles Cutter, an Alaskan Irtdlan. who
has -taken his place among Portland's
high-class musjclans, will slntf. The
oration .will be delivered by a visiting
Red Man, not yet named. Mrs. Snook of
Coqullle will then untie th cord and
present the flag that drops from the
statu to the representative . of - th
Lewi and Clark club of Independence.
Mra Eva Emery Dye. will next present
the statu to th city, and Mayor Lane
Will accept it on behalf of Portland. The
dosing number will be the reading of
Iht stum, "Kri'"fn, by Mrs. B enle
B. Pettlnger. This poem, was UrilleTI
by Bert Huffman and ha been uaed as
part of th association' literature.
Benediction by Bishop. Christy. .
... nun . '
Chat With Marion Baxter. -.:
Of the Seattle Daily Timea. '
"Oh! yes," said Mr. Baxter to The
Journal, "I should be very glad to talk
to you about myaelf. However,. I am
nnlTTTlln woman, and have n"ft?Hll!l
tlon tawrmuch-of anything else.
' "'Perhaps the. thing I enjoy moat is
the liorpltal work which drifted Into
my care. You see I have what I known
as the "Wayside Emergency hospital,'
which I nothing more than an old ahfp
perched on th waterfront but which
Is the only open door for th sick poor
of that great city. Juat . how I get
along I do not know, but bills are al
ways met promptly. We hev eight
doctorsr ho serve without pay and a
fin corps of nurse In training, and al
most any dsy you can see old and young,
whit and black -under that friendly
roof. It is not an institution for gain
In aay.wayuL.lt Ja.a charity, pur and
simple. - " "' . r -
"What do I think about th suffrage
movement T .-Well. I think that women
are coming to-lhelr own, and that -good
sense will finally decide that whatever
there I good woman should be entitled
to, and that if the ballot ifl power she
should have It. for th earn reason that
men have it. in order that ahe my pro-
'-t KA "' 1 way. I
xes, tne leaaers or tn movement are
passing, but you must remember that
th feet of new generation are at th
door, and that quietly all, these ques
tion ar being settled." . .
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Portland' Chance
Tp Show Hoapitality.
Portland expect- to entertain women
of promlnsitf.at th National guffrlstconferettce-cpmmlt(ee. , educaHonirand
eon ventlon j - which "open June It, end
which - will - -continue It ' deliberations
until July ( inclusive. - They are big
In th sens that they' have carried
enormous burden of work and worry
lka, th life of th missions, th wild
thing of th mesa, th very face of
country Itself is giving wsy to tb
march of a higher civilisation, and to
know It when every nook and cranny
wa replete' with lov and adventure ia
th story Mrs. Austin tells. The ro
mance of "Isldro" and the shifting
panorama of natur th author ha
managed to keep at a neck-nd-neck
pace In th Interest, of the reader, and
what . is most unusual, haa together
brought them Into a grand finale to
climax-th-story by one of the most
thrilling description of a forest fir
that hss ever been put Into fiction, with,
her hero and heroin th center of Inter
est The literary atyl of th book 1
excellntand while th rich Spanish
mode of expression - at time borders
onto the "voluptuous It I never coarse
and Its very pM.-HY r """- w
- Th book ha four very beautiful
colored Illustrations don by Erto Pape.
Houghton, Mifflin aV Co. Prlc 11.50.
uDfr-Nichola-Ston"-By-E. Spenee
ii r"ii wine jcaga . All
launched The Purloned -Letter" and
"Sherlock Holmes" beoame th "Idol of
the gods," th detective story has been
very much In evidence, but even Anna
Katherln Greene, with her illustrations,
predecessors tn this Una of fiction,
never, we bllve. took quit th line to
work upon as Ml". D Pue. Th plot,
however, hinge upon a fact not aa un
common in real life a In story a crime
for th aka of th Insurance. Dr.
Nicholas Stone Is the Sherlock Holmes
who unravels the mystery in every case
snd at length bring th culjirTt to
trial. . .:
Th story Is Interesting and well writ
ten,' full pf plotiand theorlee, whHe Dr.!
Btone prove hlmaelf a fine type of de
tective who enter Into It "just for th
lov of working.'"
Th story Is written In th first per
son, by on Wilkinson, th Pacific cosst
sgent for th International Life Insur
ance company, and th character of Dr
Stone he foreshadows when in th be
ginning he says: '"Every tlm I meet
him I am certain of learning something
new, of getting a different view of life."
This could not fall to msk an Interest
ing hero and the author hss worked up
his material to excellent advantage.
Th hook I not long enough to be op
pressive, as so tnny-detective stories
which w read and read on, feeling we
will never reach th end of .the thread
through it labyrinth of unnecessary
complications. -r , -. -
The . hook Am neatly bound .. and Is
richly lllualrated with 13 very good pic
tures, a. W. Dillingham. Price $150.
"Tconoclssts" By James Hunekrr, is
making on 6f sensations smong people
who ar Interested; .Id th more revolu
tionary dramatist of our wn time. - .Th
book shows th author ao close to th
dramatist he portrays, so penetrating
In his analysis and so thoroughly a mas
ter of. language that quit regardleas
of one's persons! opinions, th reader
cart oMIy experience th ' most lively
pleasure and entertainment in.' Its p
rusel. ---.-rT--' 7
Th book discusses II different dra
matists, but devote over a ouarter-of
th bonk to Ibsen, whom he personally
champions. He eH Ihetl th "tense
lipped old humorist of Norway," and
tso ays. "W believe tht b la th
greatest humorist ss well as dramatist
and accomplished large results; big also
In ' the, matter of ability which his
earned them great reputations. ,nj while
their' caus is ot one unanimously In
dorsed perhsps not even on the popu
lar side of th ledger yet their (launch
est -opponents have never:, declined-to
acknowledge, their superb . ability' and
undaunted courage. Women of .this
hMU, nn, matter what their view or
opinions, will onheTT" leturw to. the
east exert a wonderful influence for or
agatnet our city. Women observe closer
than men. and a few houra will auffice
to enlighten them as to the hospitality
and welcome they receive; lhey,y will
know-ttia-rjas--aopia.'lhey ar meet
ing and unconsciously measure" Tip the
standard by other- cltlea that hav n
terYXIned them.-- - - ,.- ' . .
There is not a horn Jn Portland 'that
would not be honored, by entertalnlna
soma of th apeajcer vn will .attend
this convention, and the-very beat ahould
be. given them. It is a great opportunity
to enlarge tne reputation Portland haa,
by making It a hoepltabl a well as a
beautiful city. Strang a it may seem.
It th last meeting of th suffrage con
vention, the chairman of th committee
who - is to secure entertainment for
these speaker report a lamentable lack
Uf linKattaiiB ms
-y'vatti for
th-entertainment of
these dlnlingTlTBtted
guest. The exposition year is probably
more responsible than th' lack of in
clination for this apparent want of "hoa
pltaltty. a every horn ha It guests;
but. the relatives, like th poor, are al
ways with you, and this Is th first time
the National Suffrage - convention has
ever crossed th Rocky mountains, and
the last tlm it evet will, for at least
a generation. " ' , .
Mrsr-Dr. Johnson, Seventh and Taylor
streets.-reauesf-that any one who will
entertain any of the speakej- wintom4
mumoatewitn ner at one -
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A Good Example - V"" '' "
For Oregon Cluba to Follow.' "
Th Massachusetts state federation
met for. Its thirteenth annual convention
Friday at Everett. Mrs. Sarah Piatt
Decker - and- Mr. Philip Moor of St
Louis, president and flrat vice-president
Of th general federation, were present
ns guests of honor. Th report of offi
cer and the annual election occupied the
morning session, and the -afternoon was
given up to reports' of standing com
mittees, the-president's address, and the
presentation of new cluba and officers.
The report of JJbe federation clerk, Mra
Julia R. Aldrich, contained the inter
esting statement that th Massachusetts
aim federatton hsd been thAjQrst to
adopt Mr. Decker's - suggestion that
atate and, f e.nerajfjfederatlon committees
should be harmonTo
in thi connectiont- "
. "The name of th standing commit
tees have been changed to harmonise
with the committees of th general
federation, W-hav now committee on
arts and crafts, civic,-civil service re
form, forestry, household economics, li
brary extension, and. settlement work,
legislative affair, pur food, industrial
conditions of women and children, the
th reciprocity bureau. The conference
committee on education Is a commute
from th federated cfabs and th Asso
ciation of Colleglat - Alumnae, and the
Industrial committee is a Joint commlt-
Ineteenth century." -Charles
Ecrlbner" Monm. '
"Studies in Colonial Nationalism"
By Richard Jebb. This 1 a book well
worth serlou consideration at this par
ticular time. Mr. Jebb believe that tb
view commonly held of th futur de
velopment -of-th British empire Is obso
lete, being based on condition and Ideal
which hav very largely altered in th
course of th last six years. H. finds
that eo far from welcoming th federa
tion dreamed of by official imperialism,
th colonies, each In It peculiar and
diverse way, ar tending In the direction
of nationalism. I Longman, Green A Co,'
Prlc 13.60. : 1' ,; ,
"Cameron ' of Loehlel" Translated
from the French of Philippe Aubert d
Oaspe, by Professor Charles O. D. Rob
erts, Is one of th very tntereetipg book
promised for July by L. C. Page Co.
It 1 a romance dealing with th atrug
gle for the possession of Csnada, written
with patriotic devotion to the French-
Canadians snd their romantio ana heroic
1"
"Th Game" By Jack Londoa Owing
to a very large advance sal and th
consequent necessity for printing - a
much lsrgerIlrst edition than., was an
ticipated, the Macmillan company; had
TtFPolapone Th publication Bf'JJinrtJoTrir
don's new story. "ThexQame," from
May 11 to Jun T.
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"A Dark , Lantern" By Elisabeth
Robin. Th title of thi nw novel haa
led some of th literary paper to in
quire, "Is It a tudy of burgtaryr The
Macmillan company, which has Issued
th book this month, assert positively
that th volume has no relation what
ever to "The Amateur Cracksman." and
that th tltl refer to th beroT" 4 :
Magazines.,
A magaslne that la filled with season
able Interest for women is the July
"Delineator." In it me July fashions
are exquisitely pictured and described
by such authority as Helen Berkeley-
Loyd and Edouard La Fontaine of Psrls.
Albert Rlglow Islne's serial, "Th
Lucky Piece," develop sn element of
mystery that adds to the Interest of th
story, and there is also a short story
by Zona'Oal.fTh 'Never-Lighted Fir'
a very delicate plec of work. A sketch
Of .Longfellow a boyhood, by Peter Fr'
neau. contains .something new shout ths
poet and th friend snd th horn of
his v-srly JYsr TrTTOmwelt Llwrance
describe th curious custom and cos
tumes , of .Holland In an Interesting
travel sketch and W. Jay Mills relates
some of the prettiest romance of th
eld-time ettmmer" resorts.' Borden town,
Mount Washington and Long Branch. In
a remarkably fllustrated paper. . Borne.
hlng of the Influence and story ot th
famous Christian hymn, "Rock of Ages."
Is-given tn a paper by Allan Sutherland,
and N. Hudson Moore writes ef th evo
lution of th ehet In Th Collector'
Manual." and slf tfies "ire but a few of
th very many good things.
, Literary Note., -
Professor Charles S. Sargent's "Man
ual of Trees of North America,- cannot
fail to give a. strong impulse to fhe
practical side of forestry. which hsa
only recently been tkn,up In earnest
by th various slat forestry commis
sions. The bonk contain brief but
thqrough description of all our trees,
Illustrated by numerous excellent draw
ings by Mr. C E. , Faxon. It la hoped
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Harriet Ma Mills.
te from the federation and th Women'
Educational and -Industrial union-"
; To harmonise state and general feder
ation committees ha been a hobby of
Mrs. Decker's and but prove that there
Is a business heed managing th na
tional. body. .This. Is the only plan by
which concerted and effective work can
beaccTiui)llBhedt and t I th hope of
those . interested tn . th state work of
Oregon , that-attth next convention -at
Eugene in October this, plan may be
discussed and adopted. . ; r
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Pure Food. Bill '
Iiiue at Next BienntaL - '
Th pur food question Is likely to' be
one of th most important and Interest
ing of the topics to be brought befor
the meeting of the General Federation
at its next biennial. - The committee la a
remarkably able and industrious one,
and ha Already done much good work,
. In .heraddress-, befor the -National
Consumers' , league Miss -Alice , Lackey
gives a few,' more encouraging results
from , th agitation .in -favor, of pur
food. She ssld in part: v .
trfAlmosf "per. Cent' of the milk ex
amined in -Maaasohusetts tn I8M and
1894 was adulterated, but owing to strict
lrntlon the percentage droppydto ti
per cent In-l: The lw York board
of health recently seized a Quantity of
cheap baking powder and dumped it on
Biker's Island wher It was uaed for fill
ing tn. ' It contained 30 per cent of pul
verised rock. Th recent report from the
department of " agriculture shows that
borax and boric acid ar harmful, while
th moat distinguished chemists declare
that all preservatives . ar injurious
h What 1 wanted-Tiowr-t "attonartaw
that shall guard Interstate commerce," ao
that manufacturer who ar dlahonest
cannot put up goods in violation of their
own stats law and ship them into neigh
boring states wher there is no law to
Limit
SOME recent experiences of Editor
Edward Bok of ths Ladles' Horn
Journal with th tipping .system
In New Tork hav caused him 'to
writ an article on the -abuse of-the
practice and th remedy. He says in
part;
-'A small "tip" still goes a long-way
In England, a threepenny bit (I cent
of our money) being a universale 'Up.'
while a fee of a sixpenny bit 1 cents
In- otir money) Is considered generous,
a shilling fee (IS cent of our money)
being regarded by Englishmen e given
only by 'fools snd Americans." Only
recently th head waiter of th Carlton
hotel, one of" the most fashionable of
London hotels, said that - th average
tlp'whietj he received was not I per
cent of n amount wf th
mm.
"'And.' he smilingly concluded, that
average Is only made possible because
of the extravagant "tipa" of the Ameri
can.'
"Other head waiter of fashionable
London hotels gave their average tip'
a I pas oant ef th ameuwt ef the-din
tng-room bill. Stating ' these percent
age roughly In American currency, the
average English tip' Is equal to I cents
on a dollar check, or at th higher ever-
ag- of the Carlton head waiter, cents,
and only that because of American ex
travagance! "Now. I put It to any man: Fancy
aoing Into th average hotel of standing
In any one of our large cities, ordering
a dollar dinner and giving th waiter
I cent! If he doe not throw, It In
your face -'t Is . only because he dare
not. . Certain It Is that Its acceptance
will be churlish. If not actually accom
panled by some muttered Insult. ,
-"Aa matter of fact, w hav no
tsndsrd of tipping' in America. "It I
rather a case of every man for hlmaelf,
and generally a caae of the last man
outdoing th man before him.-- '
"Where a dime wa one a courteously
accepted fee It la now frowned upon. A
quarter ha become th current tip," and
even that I beginning to look small. In
many places snd Is tendered with -an
apologetic air and a rapid stride to get
ont of the presence of th waiter!
"Not. long ago t wa with my little
family ,ln a hotel , for barely a week.
It coat me $11 in fee to get out of that
hotly-wttl-ny-eepeet-- myself--or
that It will arouse publlo Interest In our
many places they ar being given over
to- ruthless ' destruction. -'"
There I Interest In th fact tKat th
author of on of the two modern books
wMeh contain th molt vivid and actual
description" of nam -to-d touna re
ported stfould never uuraeen a battle,
and thAt th othethould probably hav
witnessed more battle -Lhan any other
man allvs. Th flrt I Stephen Cran.
author of "Th" Red Badge of Courag"
and th second Is "b," euthor a whll
ao efx-ln the Heela'of Dewet.", and
now -ot .'The ' Wlpw w ar.
Thftnolng Of Paul JonS" body In
Part and Its return to America- natu
rally set people to-reading afresh about
th founder of th American nvy. ,
On of the most romantic and accu
rate word portraits -of Psul Jones will
be' found In Miss Sarah Orb Jewott'C
novel "The Tor Lover.v
(',.- - .'V , "N
project the people. . Th. only "ure -for i
this evil (s 9 national law, and tn Quick
est way to secure it Is to, enlist every
consumer In this country to work for -ths
passage of the pur food bill, which "will
guarantee food and drug that ar truth
fully labeled." . . ,
?Th clubwomen "of thr United. State,
despite all criticism to the contrary. r
homeseekers and bomemakers before
everything .else. If they take -up the
cause- of the. jure food bill under Mrs.
Decker's' able leadership! there- can b
no doubt that it will ultimately pass.
, yr'M
Convention Itema ' . . ".:V-V
Worth "Remembering. "
That theidates ar June 28 to July 6.
Inclusive. ' - . ..
That it Is to be held In the First Con
gregatlonal church, Portland, Oregon.
That the Woman Suffrage special will
leav Chicago at 11 p. m., June O, via
the Chicago Sc. Northwestern, Union Pa
cific and t)regon Short Ulne. -". .
' That application for sleeping-ear res
ervation should be mad to Mlas Lucy
K. Anthony, secretary of railroad 'Yates,
7443-Devon, street. Mt. . Airy, . Philadel
phia. Pennsylvania.' .,"." ..4 - - ji
That the tickets are good for M days
Laadthata rate of. one fare plua one
dollar has beeifiTSied from all polnta
east to Chicago, and. from Chicago to
Portland and return, MM. ' ,
That you may select th route over
which you wlah to return If you state it
at the time you purchase your, ticket
and that aide frtna tn the VflMmlt, Yel
lowstone park. Alaska, etc.j may be ar
ranged , ; v -
That hotel - headquarters of th na
tional officers will be The' Portland,
which offer a rate of S3 per day each,
fgrjwo in a room, European plan, rooms
on fifth and slxth floors. , r. , ..-.
That the Chairman of the Hospitality
committee, Mrs. Eugen' Scherer, should
be .addressed it (U Belmont atreet
Portland, Oregon.- . : . , . ,
That any, InfommtoTl'" about railroad
rates, 'routes " and ' slde,rlps: will be
cheerfully .furnished, tipon application,
by Mia Lucy E. Anthony, and that all
letter concerning ' accommodations
should be.' addressed by Mrs." Scherer.
That th earlier you make your ar
rangement th more you ' will facili
tate th work of th various commit
tees. . 1 - ' v
Interesting: Notea'.
From W. C. T. U. Souccs. . r
W. C. T. V. v-lsltOTS front th easterh
states daily visit th national sxhlbltlon.
and th booth in th gallery of the
Oriental building Is .a favorite reatlng
place. '. ...".. .-. .-.,. .. -.
QQjune I. the anniversary of Jennie
Caee3aygab1rthday,unlqu flower fans
were glyen away, a were". sprays of
Oregon- grape artistically tied with a
bit of white ribbon. Friends from
sbroad seemed to specially . appreciate
these native trophies. Jennie Casseday
for more than two decade carried on
th beautiful work of th flower mis
sion, a world's superintendent of that
department It was through th thought
fulness of ""lhNewbrg "womeif-that
the Oregon grape waa provided.
Montana W. C. T. U. has sent word
that It will- donate a large number of
the raedallona auca as were distributed
st St. Louis ss souvenirs. -
Tips to Ten . Per Gent;
an avoidance of a seen before my imm
11 y. . There wa th head waiter to fee,
the waiter, the chambermaid, th porter
who checked my trunk, th bellboy who
earrleeV-t w-lie- t-tho-of f floor. 1
th other bellboy (alway another boy)
who carried th valise 10 feet to th
bu. the porter who carried - my valises
from th bu to th traTn," th room boy
who had brought m lc watsr that I
didn't want and never touched and th
elevator boy. who had let my Uttl boy
rid up and dowa th elevator.
"But w"hat 1 a man to doT Thr
stands th solid phalan before hlra
ilka a row of so msnv hungry crows.
Msk a sceneT With hi family around
hlmT A man of any self respect 'can
hardly do that. It Is unpleasant enough
in da th
alone. ....
"I do not blame th help In such cases;
these wsiters and porter arid boys sim
ply do what they ar allowed to do by
those who employ them what they ar,
Jn some case, understood by hotel pro
prietor to do when they are engaged at
o ly iy wge at ell. and sapeeted
to 'make good from the Tips- or tn
guests. My experience with th better
class of hotels throughout th country
ia, however, that thla practice Is not
- general a -lt"t somtlms repr-
sented to b.
"But " wher a hotel proprietor la
known to employ his 'help' below th
normal rate of wages snd tells tnat
"help", either In so many words "or
by Implication to look to his guests to
pay what he should pay, and whst he
really charge nia guests ror men inai
vldual effort should com In, and vry
man should refuse to patronise that
hotel. -There at least is one point where
men-ean-fwt a peg - thls-tlpplng -ntrt-sane
to It dtriment ,' .," ..
"But otherwise - there Is no denying
the fact thst Individual effort 1 diffi
cult, entailing' a, it does mental un
pleasantness. And that no. man courts
or enjoys.- . - -.. ' ' -
"What I hav wondered at la that
hotel keeper, restaurant owners or put)-.
lie purveyors of all sort ar apparently
so blind to th golden opportunity that
Ilea at their very doors. I believe there
Is a harvest to be gathered for many a
hotel or restaurant man who would pay
his "help", a little tnor thai they, get
elsewhere m they.do'st clubs: then
make a "rigid rule prohibiting the re
ceiving pf tips' ; of sny kind," posting
ths fsct In every room of th hotel, or
In conspicuous places In th restaurant,
and advertise th rule widely. '
-Onl y a few montha-ego thi -scheme
was tried by a restaurant keeper In the
very heart of business London, and
Within a week hia plac was too small
to, handle the. people who thronged to
It. Within a month thi man declared
that he had made- more- money on . the
new plan in 10 days than he had in hi
restaurant' on th tipping plan,' during
II th previous year, and he had In
creased the wage of hi "help 10 per
cent. And thi in tip' beset England 1 "
"That a non-tipping rule will work
out In thi country haa been demon
strated by whst la, perhsps, th most
widely patronised halrdreaslng shop In
Philadelphia. In this shop ar hung
Igna thst no tips' of any kind will be
allowed to the attendant, -th attend-,
ants are warned that any yloletlon of
th rule will be followed by Immediate
dismissal, and th rule, ie rigidly ad
hered to.- . , ' e
"During the week preceding Christ-
. Marlon county held It annual 'convention-
recently and Mra. Rebekah Steel
wa elected president for th twelfth
time. Mrs. Steel was fonmerly presP
dent of the East Portland union and
was one of th founder of th Baby
bom. .., - ...... v .' . T.t ..
Mr. AIIU HutcMnaon, corresponding
secretary of Montana ha been appointed
by th governor as "a delegat to th
goods road conventional be fesld in
thi oity, y . v;, .....
Mrs. Eva. Wheeler, president "of Lane
County union, whe ts at th North Pa
cific aanltorium. la reported much bat
ter, which her friends iwlll be rejoiced
to hear.: . . . . j t .
."' , '":r:;;-' x -h ;-y-z .,
X New Ilome - x ': -;- ' r r"V- '
For Friendless Gurla. X' v".' "--i'T. - I
The New Tork Counoll of ' Jewish
Women, of which Mia Sadie American
ia president, ha received an anonymous
girt or iio.out to round a home for
friendless young women in need of tern-,
porary shelter and kindness. Already
interested people a re -supplemeatlng tho
generosity of th donor. . Mrs. Maud
Nathan will furnish on room in mem
ory of her daughter Annette. Th home
1 expeeted to f hnt recruit from among
th girl smlgrants who drift with th
tide. The girl will be met at Ellis
island and will be cared for until posi
tions are found for them. , . .
Another phase of the movement'l the
Clara de Hlrsch home for working girls,
when girls ar trained for tradea and
professions.- . -
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Club Women Wh9:-vi:
Art Viaiting in Portland. . V -.
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.. Among' the club women here th past
week- ws Mr. John Halley, of the
Thursday Afternoon club of Pendleton;
Mra Clara Lvle, president of th Lyle
Musicsl.club of La Grande: Mr. Wheal-dn;-prildent
of SoroafeT.'of . The"
Dalle; Mrs. M. L. Spauldlng, general
Federation secretary of Th Dalle;
Mra Frederick .Dunn of Eugen. auditor
otth pregon State Federation: Mrs.
Austin 'and' Mr. GUI of th Woman'
elub of Woodburn: Mis Moor of th
Alpha Literary club of Bakr City; Mra,
Hogl of tb Denver Woman's club;
Mrs. Corawalll of th Century club of
8n Francisco; Mrs. Alice Co, ex-presl-dAnt
of the Friday Afternoon clul of
Athena, and Mrs. Lei Shields of the
Woman's club of Xroutdale. , ( -
.?: ;.:'-;-.; at
jdisa Gail Laughlin ,' ' . '
Active in Southern Oregon. . . i
Mis Laughlin ha organised an Equal
But frag club at Drain with 17 members,
12 being men. - President, Professor A. L.
Brlggs; secretary and treasurer, C. D.
Drain. At'Cottag Orove she hss or
ganised an Equality dub. -President.
Dr. E. C, Macy; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. L. A. Baker.- Miss Chase orgsn
Ised at Mood River, wtth the following
officer: President. Mrs.- Amanda D.
Whitehead: vice-president. Mrs. Julia
Knapp; secretary, Mrs. -Bilen-rBlounff
treasurer. Mrs. Thrresa Ca saner; auditor.
Mr.Adelia Stranahan. The past week
Mhts. Laughlin haa spent In organising
elub In eastern Oregon, but returned .to
the city Saturday evening. -
mas, however, th slgc taken down,
and th rule I waived for that wees' at
th pleasure of jth customer;! and on
th day before" Chrlatmaa th entire
proceed a of "this pi ace are dl v Ided "am ong
th employes. Ths-Jlsn works r per
fectly; th 'help"la satisfied, and th
patronage of th plac 1, I said, per
haps th largest In th city. Men and
women, allk flock there. ' v
-"Th Inltlatlv ran. In a measure, be
undoubtedly taken by hotel and restaur
ant managers and others, who can, and
hould, protect their guests from whst
Is universally decried aa a nuisance.
Hut thla I not likely to be general.
Hence, If Individual effort Is embarrass
ing. nd with no thoroughly' acceptable
plan of concerted effort thu far ad-
Hl uiulIIi ii llj whi
w started. - -
"Whether the practice can be ' llo
getherTrodlished by whatever method la
adopted la extremely doubtful. ' It
would, perhaps, be more practtcabla
to consider some plan of -regulation;
some arrival at a standard.
T'If In. England the average fe oh
a dining check. is. In American' cur
rency, 3, or. at th utmost, i cents" on
a dollar, why cannot we, even without
national! dealrf or- greater- generosity,
be satisfied to go just a little above
th highest English, percentsge, and let
the standard of a 10 csnt fee on each
dollar or less expended in a restaurant
or hotel become unlversslt Surely, 10
per cent to waiter on money that ha
an Interest drawing- power of Sn aver
age of only from 4 to I par cent ia gen
erous, to say th least , Let the dime,
too. be mad th current fee to porter
snd other. T,
"A. 4t-l. at-jireaent. Wwever, ; mes
re simply laying up more and more
trouble for themselves sll th tlm, and
th longer th practice goes - on th
more-difficult It will be to regulate It,
Let ua confine the nuisance, too, to
publlo places, not allowing it to creep
into our club and Into our home.
"Already th nuisance ' haa entered
t he "-homes of th wealthy, and a week
end visitor pays as much, !--nt more.
In tips' to th -'help' In the house of
hl host for his entertainment aa- ha
would at a hotel for a good room. Sure
ly, In. our own homes our friends should"
be welcome In ail' that that word Im-pHe,--nd
not be- aabjeeted -t the neces-r
slty of feeing th -'help,' thu practl
rally paying for their hospitality In
our own home. . - ,
"But our "help' ahould be employed
uponthat-IcondiUoiv-havIng thr rule
expressly explained to them, and our
friends should b saked to observe th
Lrul in the Interest of our discipline.
ss wen top -ineir sens or comfort.
This Is, st ledst a matter or Individual
effort absolutely in th hand of every
housewife and householder to control,
. "And if Itt publlo th practice has
already gone too far to permit ot it
abolishment, then let'u accept It But
let us, at lesst, bring It within some
sort of rc6gnlsed HmiL' . . .-
' UtetwrteeV . ., .,!".'.
From the Cblcago Newa -.- ',
"So the politician spent a week on th-v.
old farmf Did h put In th tlm play
ing pokrr , , ' , , . , .
No; he spent every, day out In the:
beautiful orchard." "
What on earth Interested him In the
orchardf -
"Why, the extensive , graft Ing.