The Oregon daily journal., April 01, 1906, SECTION TWO, Page 19, Image 19

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOUKNAi; PORTLAND. , SUNDAY MORNING. APRIIi 1, 1906.
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'" fiy 'Julea Bckert Goodman,
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EW . TORK, March us. "Won
Carlos" la not ths greatest .of
Schiller's plsys. Even uaonf
- lovers of -the -Oertnan - poet
-r there ara many who find It mora of sua
jresilva promise than of avC-Uial-fuLXUb
ment. ' It haa a Certain romantlo ampil-
tude which -amounts almost to eentl
' mentality and a splendid poetlo fervor
which' cartflee one along- until there .Is
' ; met tba hard-biting framework upon
whloh it la woven. Dramatically it is
V cumbrous, verbose, and lacking in oon
'A. slatent. cumulative- intereet-r--rr""t;
- It ia a bit difficult to understand why
$' Mr. Manafleld haa chosen thla play
p beyond' the fact -of -a laudable desire- to
i Interpret the worthy and the dignified.
Lst year when ha presented Moltere'a
''Misanthrope" he made known to a
1 great publio which had not perore wit-
vv nesssa nm piay a mMivrpiwn ii wraeoy
v of such genius that lta intereat might
V't almoat be called contemporary. Mut
"Don Carlos" is not a masterpiece. Nor
on the other hand is the role of the
, prince one particularly felicitous for Mr.
Manafleld. ,.,
Schiller's ; tragedy Is centered about
i the sinister! sardonic f iguro of Philip
V JI of Spain, this in spite of the fact
that both title and principal role would
suggest lion Carlos, the son. But It
Is the king who Is the moving force it
V- all times, whose presence is felt even
when not on the scene. Powerful, . al
l most grotesque In its accesses of pas
slons and suspicion, , ia thta character
-t the Spanish kfng.- , -i ,
. How .closely Schiller has clung to his
tory in this play matters little.. .What
J1' 'he evidently -tried to draw from It was
a traglo love story painted upon a point
s', cal' and religious background, in which
the cry foe freedom' is the dominating
-.' note. Romantically the story goes that
V. Don Carlos, son of Philip, was be-
trothed to Margaret of Valola, whom
h he loved 'with 'a passion bf devotloi.
Ip- This love was reciprocated, but the kins:
stepped in and married tha lady himself,
w "Granting character, the natural outcome
H' was suspicion .on the- part, of 'the kin
jland a struggle between love end durv
ron the part of -the lovers, the whole
' eventuating in a-gloomy-disastrous n
it- nouemant. .. ...
w t o.t.':ii. vau-a '"."
y ftJlllUJVr Olll&t AUttVU. : i , , : -
. Mr. Mansfield has vigorously cut the
original text.. ' This was absolutely ee
sent la! on both artistic and pracdon!
v grounds. No American audience wouli
eve think .of sitting through ths com-
plete play. Abbreviated as Jt la the plav
,;, la long. Naturally, however, in eurtall-
(i- Ing the dialogue, there has remained an
ambiguity and at times ths action ia
difficult to follow. In fact one reaches
J the climax of the fourth act with double
, as to ths character of Marquis de Posa,
k upon the probity or treachery of whom
il the-wholes force of -the- next few mo-
ments depend,.. There ara other thlnga,
" 'too, that are not clear in this version,
X he most glaring of which Is the char
j acter and position of Prince Eboli. .
4' Schiller haa mada out tha beat esse
-. possible for the young prince. In the
' first act you aee him. gloomy. ' heart
I broken, struggling hard against his love.
. , To hla friend, the Marquis de Posa. he
, unburdens his heart, telling of hla crav
k1 Ing to. apeak with the queen and how,
t because of Court etiquette, thla is for-
bidden. The marquis is Intrusted with
T letters from France to the queen and
jpr he undertakes while delivering them to
fc arrange jiotntervlew, between her and
the prince. In that short Intercourse
" wtrtcJi "follows -Dotr-?arlos -Tnadrrrr
esses "his. love and ths queen, though
suggesting her own, lifts him by her
probity and seftse of duty Into a sort
' of exaltation. In which he swears never
"again to give expression to hla passion
"t ate regard.. ' ; ' ' ' T r
l"r' In the secorid act the prince is seen
with his father and his father's coun
I M6MEMS CLUBS AND WORK
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'.S'; Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans. '
' : A Word in Defense : ; '
: "bf Our Boyg and Girls. '
". - A few months ago the- country was
-- - running mad on the question of race
... suicide., When ., newspaper copy, was
-j- short - It -could al ways-he- supplied by
the women reporter turning her Inqulal
. torlal batteries onto the clubwomen for
their opinions regarding the theory, and
! every woman was- willing to give her
view. It was a harmless pastime and
the- unborn babies suffered : no wrong
' from the discussion. But a new sub
ject has opened up, one destined to do
. Infinitely, more harm than good, if It la
. not curbed with wisdom and Judicious
language. It has to do wtth our boys
.and girls, wno are here with u. o
sensitive children who are shrinking
and cringing before the horrible expo-
aures and odious language weed by some
f ourchlld workers, when. they, plctura
.. to the mothers the depravity of their
' .own children. ' It is claimed the chll-
m, d ran are not there .to . hear It 'and the
niothere need - the- warning never a
word about the fathers.' v - s ,
The children are not always there to
hear in person, but the mother who alts
u whole afternoon ateeplng herself In
" ru'ch revolting rehearsals cannot ahaks
'V-'lt" off when she gets home and looks
Into tha faces of the children she ai
rways, until that day, thought pure -and
innocent .The question, the doubt, wilt
(communicate .Itself to the child, and
Vtiir knows but the first discordant note
'Jig there ana then struck? -,':- .
There Is no doubt thst many mothers,
for varloua causes, do not look after
' their children as they should. This haa
V' always, been the case and it. al way a will
ibe. button tha other hand, we believe
I ,und ws. know this, will shock many of
our good clubwomen that there are
'. quite as many sent to perdltldn by over
t - training and meddlesome interference as
from any, other cause.
C v in spite of the tidal wave of so-called
reform;- that it sweeping over our coun
. try for the reclamation of our boys and
" girls,, we say boldly thatwe don't be
. ' lleve they need It half as much as many
, , of the feelf-conatltuted and legalised re-
- formers themselves. We even go far
ther. and say that wa believe much of
. , the ' vileness and corruption attributed
'to these boys and girls have their begin
ning and end In the Imagination of
'. these reformers. We have faith In the
American boy and girl; we have faith
raiso in, the American mother, and we
' ' don't believe, as waa recently asserted,
that boys are brought up with the Idea
that every girl, but his sister. Is'le
' gltlmate prey, or that it Is easier to
Vi reform one boy than It girls.
If this Is true, and many other things
- ; that have 'soma to us lately through
- .these reform roeaaurss, let us have race
. suicide by all means, and the quicker
it becomes race annihilation the better.
But so far we havs dealt largely with
the abstract, let us now consider a posl-
live. -
'4 : children sr much alive to these dls-
mission that are going on. Every any
they have but-to read the papers (o
know where tholr misdeeds have' been
sellors. Eagerly he begs his father td
give him. control of ths army upon ths
proposed campaign in Flanders, Flan
dera, the country which he loves -and
where he la beloved. In spit of his
beseeching, be is me only with rebuke
end with' the suspicion that he wlshos
thJaJLn. order, rta .plot agaiiist his father, I
Worst of all. he discovers that the com
mand of the army ia to be given to the
Duke of Alva, , a cruel butcher, and he
is filled with grief at the thought of
the fate whloh is about to overtake the
land be loves.
- when 'ths council Is over and while
he tits there alone and brooding, inert
comes a page,' as he thinks from the
queen. The page delivers to him a let
ter and a key,-- Thinking -that the -appointment
Is by. the queen, the prince
hastens to the place detailed In the not
When be reaches It he discovers it to
be the spartments of the Princess. Eboli,
one of the queen's ladles-ln-waltlng.- Bit
by. bit' lie , learns, too, that the lady la
in love with. him. As for her,-she' has
been deceived by his manner and has
really thought him enamoured .'of her.
Before aha realises her mistake ahe has
confessed her love to him. . Then at, last
she finds that it is the queen whom he
loves. Hurt vanity, anger. Jealousy and
hatred aprlng up in her breast and aha
determines to1 betray him to the king.
Tragedy ; Heaped High."; ' ;.V'-':''.J
' Now follows a series of plota againat
Carlos, by ths Duke of Alva. Domingo,
the king's, confessor, and the Princess
Eboli. - The klng'a mind, already dis
eased,"' is poisoned ' against his son.
Finally, tha- Marquis de Posa.- Carlos'
friend.' is summoned. Apparently tUe
marquis- betrays the prince, but in real
11 he is shielding him. The marquis
Is ralaed high'ln the king's fsyor, and
seeing the extent -of Carlos' ' rashness
her has htm imprisoned to save him from
hla own acta of Indiscretion,
Carlos now for, the first time really
suspects - his friend -until the Marquis
comes to him in prison and -tells him
exactly what he has done and shows
that he has In . fact thrown away his
own -life to protect his friend, that he
has taken on his own shoulders - the
prince's blame. While thy are talking
a 'slrot-is?ired-JJfrom--amouBh snd tho
Marquis Is killed. . Then In a burst of
fiery indignation, - In a righteousness
and grief bordering on madnesa, Carloa
berates the Jclog.. disowning hla father
and sinking down beside the body of
his friend, hla -frame trembling with
emotion and rage. v -
Closer and closer about the prince
draws the tragic net. . He now plans to
escape to Flanders and there organise
sn Insurrection sgainst ' tha king. . Be
fore he-can get away, however, the
king has signed his life over to the
Inquisition. As the prince comes to bid
farewell to the queen he Is detected by
the king, who summarily turns him over
to the -grand IndulsKor and while-the
queen falls in a faint he 4s led away
to his punishment - -- r
Philip tht Inhuman. .- v '
The play Is gloomy. The spirit of
tragedy broods over it. 'its one touch
of lightness Is almost bitter and occurs
where the prince comes by mistake to
the apartments of the Princess ' Eboli.
When one - reflects upon the conse
quences of this, the - humor is found
rather satirical and gruesome. The
character of the king only adds to the
gloom." He Is a cross between a madman
and a devlL- There seems to be nothing
human about him, aave what is bad. Hi
has apparently neither love for his son
nor for his wife. He is clayjtor every
evil machination." "' symbol of "blind
power and ruthless wrath. He might
stand for - the symbol of. abstract
tyranny or pose for the figure of a fury,
- There 1s- sinister bent In Carlos
which - alone suggests . the relationship
of father and son. that and perhaps a
certain, fire and Intensity of feeling. As
dressed and portrayed by Mr. Mansfield
held up as - warnings to .horrified
mothers; they begin to look upon child
hood as a period of criminality, and
they Immediately proceed to live up to
their reputation.' Why? Because they
are human and being young atop not to
consider and they want to make good
everything that -has - been-eaki - about
them Just to get even. - .
There Is one trait in children, how
ever, that it would be well, for alj
parents to take Into their calculations;
they are imitative and are more, in
fluenced by example than by restraint
If the parents are honorable, upright
cltlsens.' respecting the laws of God and
man, and treating their children as
rational human beings, rather than pup
pets of discipline and experiment teach-
ng-them by example-rather than pre-
eept and giving them the same respect
they exact, the child problem will be
relegated to the rubbish heap along
with, racs -suicide, blue-grass and-raw
carrots. .
t H n
The Mothers' Congress ,
Comes to Los Angeles May 7.
The National Mothers'. Congress will
convene In Los Angeles May 7 to 10.
The ftnajt meeting of the session will
he a social affair at the rooms of the
Friday Morning club on the evening of
May 7, - One day will be entirely-devoted
to conferences' from the varloua
States and countries represented. No
less than 17 foreign-countries are now
in correspondence with the national sec
retary, several of which It la expected
will send delegates. There are now 14
States organised, four of them, Arisona.
Oregon, -Washington and Idaho having
come Into -the circle of the national con
gress within the past year.
The deliberations or the convention
will be held in Polytechnic High school
auditorium and in the rooms of the .Fri
day Morning club. There is to be A
Pasadena day, when the mothers of ths
city will be ths hostesses. It Is ex
pected that Mrs. Theodore Blrney, the
organiser and first president of .the
Mothers' Congress, will be present. She
is now in Mexico and haa arrived at
the dignity of grandmotherhood, the
first grandchild being the daughter of
the child whose winsome face adorned
the programs of the first national con
gress held in Washington, .D.- C., 10
years -a go. - -
There will probably be several dele
gales from Oregon at the Los Angela
convention.
It K It
Executive Board of ..''
Mothera' . Congress Meets, u -' 5
The executive . board of the. Oregon
Stste 'Congress of Mothers held Its
regular monthly meeting Tuesday, at
which the -various committees reported
and plans for tht extension of the work
were outlined, , , '
Mrs, Klmer B. tiolwell. chairman of
the. committee -on ' literature, gave an
Interesting report of the work being
' '
..'.-. t. . . . i
be auggests t vaguely . Hamlet.. The
whole first act rena Us .scenes between
Hamlet and Horatio, though when one
comes -to put the finger on the simi
larity It Is found elusive. But he has
that peculiar vacillation of Hamlet,' the
same sentimental atruggllnga between
temperament. He lacks initiative and la
spurred to action only by the most in
tense provocation. He Is a Hamlet with
a Romeo's heart, a sentimentalised
prince of Denmark. - The character lacks
decision, initiative and positive force.
Philip for all his sordid tyranny denotes
greatness, but there Is no trace ' Of
greatness In his son. At least this is
the view which, comes from the version
now . being presented upon the stags of
ths New Amsterdam Iheatra. ;
Not Mansfield at Hia Beat ', ' ,.
Mr. Mansfield has done better things
than his portrayal of Carloa. Indeed,
barring a few. minutes at the snd of ths
fourth sot the role offers llttls to ex
hibit this . actor's remarkable powers.
For that five minutes, however, where
Carloa atands over the body of hia
friend, the' Marquis of Posa, and hurls
his anger at the king, Mr. Manafleld
was superb. His voice was surcharged
with emotion His body trembled under
the Intensity of his emotion; for a bare
five -minutes you saw to the-innermost
depths of a human being -under a stress
of feeling, that tossed and battered him.
It was. acting of the highest odor. act
ing with the true lift of real greatness,
and It swept the., spectator along with
It to a height of Interest and emotional
ism. - ........... '.. ..;...,..
But sfter all, five or ten minutes of
splendid acting -while It will atone for
a great deal, does not quits satisfy when
one watches an artist of Mr. Mansfield's
csliber. ThroughouUtbe play there were
other small bits which he did' splendidly,
but barring the incident related above;
one felt that "Don Carloa"-would not In
crease Mr. Mansfield's. reputation as an
actor, vile has too much intelligence
and too much' artistry ever to fail in
anything, but he. has placed his stand
ard so high that he must do mora than
merely satisfy he must thrill ' as no
other actor Oi our stage can or we- will
not-f eel that ha is at bis best.- Richard
Mansfield at his best Is Incomparable;
that was proven by those few minutes
at the . end of the fourth act. '
For the rest Mr. Fuller Melllsh ss
the king was-probably the most suc
cessful outside of. Mr. Mansfield. The
portraiture which- he drew was perhaps
a trifle too rugged In its attempt to be
exact, but it held and it was consistent
and powerful.---Miss Florence Rockwell
did surprisingly well ss the queen and
at moments rose to higher excellence
thsn she hss heretofore shown. "Don
Carlos" ia then Interesting because of
Its literary associations, because of the
place it occupies in literature, because
It Is a worthy attempt to introduce to
the American stsgs a work from the
hands of a great poet and because It
displays - for a few' moments a magnifi
cent bit of acting. '
Mozart on the Stage.
In time no doubt we will have them
all. every great man or woman about
whom any possible romance may be
woven. The poets have long done ample
duty. . We will now ' go through the
painters and the musicians and the reat
of them. Some day. we will be able to
study biography by. going to the
theatre.
There- Is no particular reason why any
historical character should not be placed
on the stare and made to go through
any serlea of sentimental Incidents;' but
this sort of thing is bound ever to be a
dangeroua snare to the dramatist who
attempta It. , The reconciliation between
fact and fancy In a case like this can
come only through Interpretive char
acterisation. The writer who could for
example draw the character of Leonardo
and catch the mental grasp of such a
carried on by the national organisation
through books, pamphlets and magaslne
articles. This committee Is making
special efforts to reach the mothers 'and
is ready to furnish lists of books help
ful to them and to children. Many of
these books may "be obtained aa a loan
on-appllcatlonto -Mra.-Colwell,76 Cor.
bett street
The legislative work 1s under the
leadership of MIss'M. L. Ray and the
first . work of this committee has been
an Indorsement -of the bill for the regu
lation of child labor in the District of
Columbia and the bill for a children's
bureau, both, now pending before con
gress. Mrs. Trumbull, chairman of ths
Juvenile -court committee, reported for
that committee. It Is the purpose of the
congress to extend the Juvenile court
Idea throughdutthoTtate, the present
law applying only to Multnomah county.
The work of extension is In charge of
Mrs. M.- Ei-Shafford s-distt1ct organ
tier. It Is her Intention to visit the
towns in which the work is not already
established, and she will be glad to re
ceive communications from any town
interested in the movement.
' Mrs. J. C La Barre was appointed
chairman of the press committee and Is
busy -perfecting plans. ,
The officers of the state congress
are: Mrs. C. M. Wood, president: Mrs.
Samuel Connell, vice-president; Mrs. A.
Flthlsn, recording secretary! Mrs. R. L
Donald, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
R: H. Tate, treasurer. The local branch
Is the Home Training association. -
Mark Twain on' Woman
Suffrage in New Zealand.
In Mark Twain's "Following the Equa
tor" are a couple of pages devoted to
woman suffrage in New Zealand, In
which he gives ' the official . figures
showing that women vote in that coun
try in as large proportion as men. In
the official report he also found this
statement:
"A feature) of the election waa the
orderliness and aobrlety. of the people.
Women-were. In no way molested." In
commenting upon this he says:
, "At home a standing argument against
woman .suffrage has always been that
women could not go to the polls with
out being Insulted. The prophets have
been prophesying ever since the womsn's
rights movement began in 1S41. and la
47 years they have never scored a hit '
"Men- ought to begin to feel a sort of
respect for their mothers and wives and
sisters by this time. ' The women de
serve a change of attitude like that, for
they have wrought well. In 47 years
they have swept sn Imposingly large
number of unfair lawa from the statute
books-ef -America, In-that-'brlef time
these serfs bsva set themselves free
essentially. Men could not have done
so for themselves In that time without
bloodshed- at least they never have,--
"The women have accomplished a
peaceful revolution snd a very benefi
cent enc and yet that hss not con
vinced the "average man that, they are
Intelligent and Uava courage and asrajr
man, .tha spiritual' note of his nature,
the Tory springs of such a. character,
might place the great Italian In almost
any set of conditions and yet have, a
successful plsy. provided he followed
certain broad lines of historical truth
For after all In biography the charm lies
1 no so muoa in what the man did- - an
the understanding of those undercur
rents in his life which made him great
Under the name of "The Greater
Love" there was presented last Monday
at the Madison Square theatre a play in
which the principal character Is Mosart
The theme upon which thla Is woven is,
if we ara to take Into consideration the
title, the- struggle between love for
woman and love for art, with the Utter
triumphing i - - - t-
The program designates this as a
play in four acts, founded upon episodes
in tire great compoeer'a life and. ar
ranged In dramatic form by Ivy Ashton
Root." The scenes take place at Vienna
and Prague and relate to the attempta
of Herr Schlkaneder to rutn Mosart by
having the production of "Don Gio
vanni" hlased and by afterward cheating
him out of royalties due on "The Magto
Flute." For heart interest tnere are a
number 'of love Incidents. The first act
shows the greet composer apparently in
love with Aloysla Weber and certainly
loved by her sister, Conatanse. Then
gradually there awakena his Jove for the
Italian slnaer. La Mehdlnl, whom . he
loves almost abstractly, like a dream or
an Inspiration. - It ia aha who aaves mm
from the machinations of Herr Bchlka-
neder. It ia she who finally inspires him.
to write his music for her,- .
Too Sentimental. ; ,
There aire many pretty moments in
this play. Ita great fault Is that It has
a' tendency toward sentimentality , and
lacks ths lift 'of greatness which its
central-character demands.-- In- portray
ing the composer, too. an evident at
tempt to gain naturalness brings almost
triviality. , Mosart on the night of the
production of hla "Don Giovanni.1 play
ing with children and insouciant as if
he were going to a picnic is a cnarming
sight if you will, but it connotes falsely.
It may even be trueto facta but it Is
false to suggestion. ' One never feels
Mosart.; the great genius lfc-thls playj
A good fellow and generous, a sunny
Hiruairlnn- anil virv attractive nerson-
allty all these are apparent, but the
Mosart who could write -ine juarriag
of Figaro," or "Ths Magio Flute." this
person is not for a moment In evidence.
An Interesting play It Is and one ex
quisitely staged and produced with un
usually Intelligent stage management
Several scenes are reproductions of well
known paintings and tha final view of
the death of Mosart la a not unworthy
visualisation of Munkacsy's famous
painting. Howard' Kyle as Mosart was
rather effective in his makeup. , His
trionically, he lacked, power and jrari
snce. He played the part almoat on a
single level, of monotone. By far the
best performance of the piece was that
of La Mandlnl -by Miss Beverly Blt
greaves. who brought both skill and In
telligence to ths denotement of the role,
and raised every scene In which she ap
peared. .
"Charley'g Aunt" Redivivut.
"Charley'a Aunt"' waa revived last
Monday at the Manhattan, the theatre in
which It waa first-produced In this city
some It years ago. and with Etienne
Girardot In his original part of the
Aunt It Is hardly necessary at this
late day to aay anything concerning this
comedy 'which is close to the record of
long runs, with something like 1.S00 per
formances to Its credit in London.
"Charley's Aunt" wears well and It la as
funny today as it waa years ago. It la
full of- youth and - the collage spirit
which belongs not any more to Oxford
than it does to every other college where
there are ydung I3f and young blood.
It Is still the best play In college life
written thus far. ,
and perseverance and fortitude. It
takes much to convince the average man
of anything,, and perhapa nothing can
ever make him realise that -he la the
average woman's Inferior, yet in several
Important details tha evidences seem to
show that that la what he is. Man haa
ruled tha human race from- the begin
ning, but he should remember that , up
to tha middle of the present century it
was a dull world, and Ignorant and stu
pid. Thla Is woman's .opportunity she
haa had none before. I wonder where
man will be In another 47 years'"
;.,..?... v,. H'; H : H ; ;"
A New Explanation
For Height of Cliff Dwellings. -
Those who had the pleasure of meet
ing Mrs. Gilbert McClurg last summer
feel an Interest never before, awakened
In the cliff dwellers ' and the associa
tion which she" founded and of which
ahe Stands at the head and those who
now seek everything pertaining to the
subject will be Interested in a recent
address by Hon. Francis B. Leu pp. A
New York paper says:
"A new explanation as" to why , the
cliff dwelTlngg arer sltoated at such an
immense height waa -advanced by Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, the. Hon.
-Francis R Leu pp. at the meeting of the
New Tork state chapter or the Colorado
Cliff. Dwelling's association, held
February IS. at the Nevada, the home of
the regent, Mrs. Thomas H- Whitney. -
'"The theory was that at tha time the
cliff dwellers built their quaint homes
(probably as far back aa the . age ot
mammotha), an Immense stream flowed
by almost on a level with tha houses.
This flow of water gradually wore down
the bed of the river until It became so
sunken as to leave the houses at an al
most Inaccessible elevation. , J
. "Another interesting point brought
out by the commissioner related to the
fact that the doorways of ths dwellings
average -only -three or .four feet In
height. -Tha builders had constructed
these openings on the. principle that as
animals - had small openings - in the
ground, human betngs needed doorways
only sufficiently Urge to allow the body
to paas through. ',
"Mr. Leupp deacrlbed these dwellings,
when- viewed aa a whole, as a sight of
Indescribably Impressive grandeur, with.
the unbroken silence brooding over an."
Interesting Happenings .. ' '-l;' T"',
Among the W. C T. U. Workers.
-The matrons' gold oratorical contest
was held, the past week at the Cumber
land Prnsbytertan church,' Mrs. ..Alice
Fletcher . of Linn county winning the
medal with Mrs.' Ida Barkley a close
second. Vocal solos ' were given by
Miss Mas Donaldson charmingly. Miss
Nellie" Bradley delighted the audience
with two humorous readings while the
Judges- were out Tha. Judges were:
Mrs. Henrietta Brown of Albany, Mrs.
8. A. Loughrldgs of Grants Pass and
Rev. E. Nelson Allen of Portland. Mrs.
Addlton, In a few well-chosen words
presented the 'medal.- -
, The state president haa Just closed a
series of Institutes, covering Douglas,
Linn and Marlon counties. In April
Institutes In Yamhill, Multnomah and
other counties will bo held.
The tnld-year executive meeting -was
held on the 10th. "'Moat encouraging r-
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evangaUsiia institute. , Much Interest
was manifest.
Grants Pass" union '"has 1 planned
classes Unparliamentary usage.'
Dayton, alwaya bright and up to date,
held a contest recently with good suc
cess. -
Mrs. S. -A. Loughrtdge. corresponding
secretary of Grants Psss union, was a
guss at headquarters this week.-"
Mrs Henrietta Brown of Albany wss
the guest of Mrs. Dalglelsh. -. ;
Mrs. . Dr. Williams la organising- In
Walla we. eounty. .
Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh atarted Fri
day for an extended lectura trip.
Sunnyslde W. C. T. U. meets every
Thursday at S:S0 at headquarters. Bast
Thirty-fifth and Yamhill streets.
Central , union meets every Wednes
day at J:S0. -at state headquarters, Good
nough building.
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PreaenrDay Club .
Discusses Live Subjects,
The Present Day club held ideasaat
and profitable afternoon with Mrs. Kldd
last Tuesday. Tha main feature of the
meeting was a paper on "The Japanese
Army and Navy." which waa carefully
prepared and read by Mrs. Van Tine.
Mrs. Staples also reed an excellent pa
per on "Literary Works of Oregon.?
There were, several fine piano solos by
Miss Kldd.
Tha table talk waa ably conduct ed by
Mrs. .Jackson. The toplo most under
discussion was tha Travelers' Protective
association. Tho usual Interesting period
was devoted to a discussion of current
events. ''".,
Tha next meeting, April 3, will be
with -Mrs. A. B. O. Ballou, II Park
street.
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Monday History Club "
Plans Next Year's Program.
"' The last meeting of the Monday His
tory club waa pleasantly entertained by
Mrs. McKenney at her home In Irving
ton last Monday. - The principal topic
tinder discussion was the program for
next year. This year tha club confined
its study to Russian history, but it waa
determined to take up history In a
broader sense." Believing - that every
past event, even so. late s yesterday, is
ahlatury worthy Ttf study today, the
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club will take its work largely from the
beet artlclee in the standard magaalnes.
The study will also Include art In Its
broadest sensor whlohvwllV embrace pot
tery, tapestry and oriental riigs.-
Af the conclusion of the discussion
over the next program Mrs. Allen flmlth
ead an article from McClure's pertain
ing to the out-of-door life of our president-
which., eontalna -many suggestions
quit as helpful-to -women aa to men.
and quite as baneflclal. A strong pro
test waa registered against the spirit of
commercialism that would prompt tha
destroying of Csstle Rock. - The next
meeting of tba club will be held with
Mrs. Alex Mulr. April .
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A Graceful Acknowledgement
For Women's Untiring Assistance.
The work of the women's cluba in help
ing to get the Heyburn pure food bill
passed by -the. United States senate is
gratefully acknowledged by the men
most interested in the bill. Senator Hey
burn haa written to Miss Alice Lakey,
who haa led " In- the work - of the' pure
food committee of ths Oeneral Federation
of Wbmen'a clubs:
"By this time you are aware -of the
results of ths pure food bill la. the
senate, I want to thank you for your
great, assistance In this matter. Tou
and your colleagues have assisted ma
terially In creating publto aentlment la
favor of thla legislation, and I hope
you will not spare your e.iorts until the
bill haa passed the house." -
The next large federation measure for
which tha clubs will work will be secur
ing an appropriation for ah Investigation
Into the industrial conditions of women
in the XTntted States. Petitions and let
ters urging the Importance of thla have
been aent to the members of congresa.
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Illiteracy Versus rr'-.";"7t
Women's School Vote.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, secretary of the
National Consumers' league, calls atten
tion to the figures published In the
United States census, showing the num
ber of Illiterate chlldrsn between tho
as-es of 10 and 14 In the different states.
The SO states and territories standing
hi chest in the column have less than
1.000 Illiterate children In each. Of the
to, all but five are states where women
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tions are Hawaii, the District of Oolum
bla Nevada, Rhode Island - and Iowa.
of them In this "white list." and Wyo
ming heads It. After 17 years of woman
suffrage Wyoming has in Its 7.SS
square miles only It Illiterate children.
- On the other hand ths IT states which
form the - lowest, part of the column
have mors than i.0O Illiterate children
apleoe, 13 of them mere than 11. aoo
apieoe. Of these IT states Kentucky la
the only " one where- women have the
school vats. - -- . r - - '
Mrs. Kelley points' out that there la
much less Illiteracy whsra women have
a vota in regard to the schools than
whera they do not. Almost all mothers
desire arood schools for their children,
snd when Theodore Roosevelt was asked
his reason for recommending woman
suffrage In his message to tha legisla
ture as governor of New Tork. he re
ferred to the good effects he had him
self seen from the women's school vote -In
his home town of Oyster Bay. '
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Just a Suggestion
For Portland Club Women. - T
- "The Mothers' and Fathers' . club of
Boston has undertaken a : new work
which may para the way for the an.
ployent of trained nurses In tha public
schools. . The club haa engaged tha
services of Miss H. A. Willis, a compe
tent trained nurse, to aupplement .medi
cal Inspection In four schools. She per
sonally administers to tha physical
needa of the children of these schools
as directed by 2he physician, and fol
lows them to their - homes), where aha
gives aid and Instruction to the parents
aa may be needed. Woman's Journal.
This is an excellent work, but with
Bull Run water and the world's record:
for climate, Portland clubwomen would
be wasting time and money running
down the school children or providing
medical 'inspection. But - they might
turn hle Attention tift Alie et md i m
employes, and with profit to themselves
snd the hundreds of passengers Who
travel, employ a nurse to pravant their
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