The Oregon daily journal., July 22, 1906, SECTION THREE, Image 31

F the more than 80,000,000
people i in this country,
: probably .not , more than
1,000 have" seen the California
condor, solitary, 'iranger , 6f the
heavens, in freedom y only two
people ' have, ever : made picture
of the 'condor; and The Sunday
Journal is the first paper to pu
lish thephotographs. -The ; con
; dor is the largest ' bird in the
s world and ' the;, wildest; i of "its
i habits; appearance and character
v4- istics " comparatively" Kttle ws
known-untiL Williart " I "Finley
- and Herman T. Bohlman of this
city 'made a study of it, and -got
. on terms of such intimacy with it
that they were, able to watch the
Incubation and to feed and handle
iind photograph : the -yonng pd
take pictures of ; the : old : birds.
This, took many weeks of delicate
-work butlhe naturalists. were re
- paid for their. toil bywhat it pro
duced. When you - . have, read
-hatthey-nojtetl you can tear out
the encyclopedia articles on "the
Condor j they,, were written by
people who had never seen the
bird. It may be mentioned that
'onJhetriphe made to study , the
..California condorMr. Finleyal
most lost his life. .- r ? '
WORLDS MOST NOTABLE WOIVffiN
-RallU.
By Evelyn Montagu.
(Cepyrigbt U the Salted State sad Great
Britain by Cutis Brows, AU Rlgkta Strictly
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' FTER achieving ft phenomenal
success, the , Empress : club.
which waa for yeara the swell
est woman's club in London,
went down with a craah AS-orrrclatt
receiver la in possession of the gorgeous
rooms where titled damea and ther
attendant satellites were wont to hold
htghtrevela, and eredltor-ar-ruefully
figuring on their probable loasea.-
' The story of the rise and fall of tha
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f 1 l HE CalifornU condor ia th wfldi
I , Mt and rarMt bird In tb world.'
i ; What ha bean wHttan of U
" baa bn apocryphal, baoauaa
tba wrltara navar knaw anything mora
about tt than what waa told them by
oma ona wh aald ha knaw aoma ona
who thouiilt ho had aaan tha huva,
lonaly danlaan of tha akr alnk to raat
on, tba hlcheat branch of ft lt-htntnr-blaatad
ptna far up toward tha loftleat
peak of aoma untravaled mountain.' In
all ' tha muaouma and hlatorlo aaaocta
tlona .and aolontino aootetlea of tha
ri4 thm ara but 40 cm of tha Cali
fornia oondor; tha dlacovary of A con-1
dOra neat la a matter or international
tntereat. Mr. Flnley and Mr. Bohlman
were offered a, larce aum to kill the
blrdaTortnfflnr for an aaatarn nui
Mun. Tbalr condora are -till free, the
only atrn of Ufe amid the deadly do
latlon of the Ban. Bernardino mountalna.
It waa known. that two condor bad
an aerie amid the upper faatneaeaa of
the "Ban Bemadoon" mountalna; aoma
proapectora. gaaplnr In the heat ofa
verdlfrla-eolored akjr. had bean atartled
to aea a shadow way acroaa tnetr pain
when no aloud waa In the heaven, and
had noted the majeatlo Wrda awlnainc
In araat drcl
.ulTered far orerbaad. v f ,
It waa atorr auch aa that that took
rtnlay and Bohlman to California and
to ft little town that neatlaa tn a-ralley
that la HtUe mora than ft canyon ba
EmproTnhib-ahod-. an - illiimlnatlng
light on certain phaaea ef Engllah ao
clety, which Lord Charles Bereeford. in
hla blunt,, unoom promising aallor fash
ion, declares to be -eaten out with the
canker of money and ."rotten from top
to bottom." The Empreaa club bowed
down at the shrine of the golden calf.
and when disaster overtook It wu r
puaTated li its idol. Though In 111 oar;
liar yeara the .management exercised
sufficient discrimination, concerning tho
moral qualifications for membership to
aatlafy the by no means etrlngent no
tlona of what constitute respectability
In modern society, a spelled with the
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twn great . . mountain. Daya : were
apent in watching the heavena for ft
algn of the condora and the watcher
almost gave up the search In despair,
when one evening they saw tbalr quarry.
The men who hunt with cameras . re-
lu,u 'r uum.. .
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lnracirto thentountalna. began a
search lor tha condors - near. Tney
found It under ft hug rock, that waa
almost ft cay; there- had been no effort
at houeebutldlng on . the 1 part of the
condora; there waa hollow amid tha
shale and debris, and there lay one egg
of dull bluish-white color," and about
( by tnchee. Tha condor laya but one
egg. In ft season, and It Is a question
whether the season la once ' year or
once In two year. It waa hour before
.their feeding arounda
extended away to New Mexico and al
most to the borders of lower California.
Day- after day. the men watched the
mat,- end as -time pasaed ther-fear-of
the condora dteappeared and the hunt-
tlr"n in EngJiahllournalau.lattarlylt
threw ita doors open wide to those who
could pay the-price and go -the paoe.
In conaequenoe,' for ft time, money
poured Into lta coffers, and the receipts
of the department which catered to
luxurious tastes 1n the matter- of solid
and liquid refreshments especially the
latter Increased enormously.
- But among those who obtained admis
sion by means of the goldeh key. were
several women who had committed the
unpardonable -aln -of being found out.
Then people began to whlaper-unpleasant
things about the club, which scandal-mongers
carried far and wide. The
management, blind to " everything but
the flnateaal condition, allowed matters
to drift from bad to worse. Titled folk
began ; to ' drop ' out. Those who had
joined for. tha sake of gaining social
preatlg followed the lead ef tbelr lady
ships, with many protests of righteous
indignation against the contamination
to which tbey had unwittingly exposed
themselves. , Aa long aa the duchesses
and eountesaea tarried, they cared not
a jot to what extent , their skirts were
besmirched by brsshlng against the gar
ments of women of dubious reputation
Butwhen.lbt peeressea.vanlshedVlheLr
morale were shocked and they betook
themselves elsewhere in pursuit of vir
tue and social exclualreness. The man
agement found itself powerless to atop
the stamped, and there was nothing
left to do but wind it up and turn the
aaseta over to the' creditors. .
. The club waa founded as ft aort of
commemoration of the sixtieth anniver
sary of the accession to the throne of
the empress queen. . At ' leaat that Is
what Its promoters asserted, and there
by justified their: assumption of the
grand old lady's Indian title.
Very Cheap Advertising. r , " ' ,
Philanthropy wa Just-be ginning- to
be the fashion, and another happy Idea
of the executive was to give one shilling
(25 cents) out of every member's sub
scription 4o the' Prince of -Wales (now
the king's) hospital fund. Few people
figured out what a very small percent
tage of tha subscription fee IS cents
represented, and the. action 'waa loudly
applauded as" evidence or praiseworthy
loyalty and self-denying devotion to-a
deserving charity. -
Stilt shrewder was the wisdom dis
played In getting together a lot of titled
women. to XUl. the. ornamental position,
The club, opened Its doora with a list
of 10 vice-presidents, every one ft peer
ees, headed by her grace, the Duchess
of Leeds, the original of Sarah Grand's
heroine Ideala." English .society la
nothing ' If not snobbish. ' Women
tumbled over one another In their eager
ness to be enrolled among these exalted
representatives of feminine aristocracy.
Tha presence of several American worn,
en of title furnished equally attractive
bait, owing to tha supposed length of
their purees. Among them were Lady
Tankervllle. who waa one of the vice
presidents, "Bind Lady - Resfceth, Lady
Arthur. Butle. Lady Cooper and aeveral
others, who Joined aa life members. .
In abort whlie tb ahib outgrew it
era had a chance to view them at com
paratively doe rang. ; . . .
A Queer-Looking Bird.
. The condor la a atranaa-looklnr bird.
The head la aa bald aa lava rock and
ni umur TW ' ' vt "'""
the tlahUy dcawn akin of the older
- lnrga - ia nntwnwn luuuui w
which extends to the crop; about the
neck la ft ruff of black feathers, which
glvea the oondorL with bis big, unwink
ing eyea, ft moat ludicrous appearance.
On the knee la a great , patch of - red
skin; the under part of the wing, which
heve'anMretob" ofaboutlJ feet, are
white; the rest of the bird la black. He
la a' aUent fowl, and aU the time Sir.
Flnley and Mr. Bohlman watched the
parents but once did they utter a
sound that waa like ft grunt of ft pig,
and aa the condor seemed to be In an
easy frame of mind It was taken aa an
expression of satisfaction.
f On day'the female condor did not
go out to feed, and the hunters knew
original premise.- The subscription fee
waa increased from three guineas
(flS.7l) to SO guinea (UST.tO), but
even that latter price waa considered
cheap for the privilege of aoraplog up
an acquaintance with ft baroneaa, a
countess or possibly ft ducheaa. - Just
before tha stampede began. It was pro
posed to raise tba annual subscription
fee to 50 golflftta. aft numerous weie Ulel
applicant for admission. The manage
ment built at enormous expenaa ft mag
nificent palace In Dover street
Moat Luxurious Club. ;
In the matter of furnishing-and deoora
tlons (n all-around np-to-datenesa tha
Bm press clubhouse was probably the
moat luxurious and perfectly appointed
establlabmentfof Its kind In the world.
No expense waa spared in Ita embellish
ment Magnificence was aimed at and
achieved. And it auoceeded by leaps and
bounds. It waa the first woman's club
that dkred to provide ft 'smoking-room
for women; the first too, that ventured
on ft billiard-room. At the innovations
Mrs. Grundy raised her vtrtuous eye
brows and exclaimed, "What nextt" The
question was answered later. ,
It waa not the smoking-room, nor the
bllllard-room. nor the refreshment-bar
which wrecked the Empress.- In th
daya of feminine emancipation club
women will wink at all these things, and
more. But clubwomen have not yet
reached : the point where they ' will
tolerate association with women whose
reputations won't stand investigation
not at leaat when such association cease
to be sanctified by the saving presence
of ducbessee and eountesaea and othsr
damea of high degree.'
What ployed bavoo with the Empress
waa the aparlng use made of the black
ball. Elated by lta succeaa, the man
agement grew Indifferent to everything
but money. Practically any woman who
could furnish a banker's reference as
gusxanUe of ability : to- pey-t he ubscii p
tlon fee was admitted to membership.
In this way second-rate actresses with
shady reputations, divorcees and women
who had chosen "protection" In pref
erence to the more rigid ties of matri
mony gained entrance to the clubV
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Some; Notorious Cueata. . . . ,
Thy Draught in a their guests men
who were notorious rakes. ' The atmos
phere' of the club became decidedly
rowdylsh. " It waa no uncommon sight
to see. waiters-hurrying about ae-enr!y
aa 10 . m, with brand lea and sodas, pick-me-ups,
cocktails and liqueurs. Among
the last a particularly instdloua aort of
absinthe was tha favorite and was pro
curable nowhere else In London. Rightly
or wrongly, there are not ft few men
In London who blame the Empress for
having made their wives dlposomanlacA
Tha excise people told appalling tales ef
the quantity of Intoxicants sold there.
But the management had an ye only
for Increased receipts, and grew gleeful
over the evidence of growing prosperity.
The most objectionable people were the
freest spenders.
' The notorious Earl Cowley,' who has
been corespondent In various divorce
case, waa a constant visitor at the
Empreaa. Man who h4 lost algal of
tha period of Incubation - had begun.
Tbey drew closer to the nest, and
marveled aa the day passed ' at the
Infinite patience of tha female," which
never left the nt r.-arnt-t-th-TTmtt-
I Das. cf the male, which every night
brought home food and fed hla mate.
Then the time began to get long .for
tha -wstchers; three, weak a paaaed, and
no chick appeared; another, week-and
the" female still brooded. At the end
of that llmelhe men haato-go-baefc
to town a two day a trip -for . food.
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Ravenous Youngster. ". '.
They returned In four day and when
they looked at the neat ft piece of egg
aheU waa lying near. They gently
moved the mother bird,' and there waa
the- flueeresr sight" they "had ever seen.
Master Condor was all " eyea and leg;
black, bar and aolemn, and aa big aa
tbelr divorced wives for years met them
there, reposing luxuriously in Louis XVI
chairs. It may perhaps be considered to
the credit of the club that It waa tha
means of bringing about the remarriage
of some halt dosea divorced couple. ,
A Chance Meeting.. "- ' -
Wo such happy reaint . however, fol
lowed the meeting between Mrs, Brown
Potter and bar ex-huaband, after yeara
of eeparatlon. J 8ne wa xupplng at the
club one evening with ft party of friends
and he with another, and It ao happened
that the tables faoed each other... Mrs.
Potter's drama tlo training stood her in
good atead and aha behaved aa though
nothing unusual waa In progress, but
the unfortunate Potter waa rendered so
painf uUy ' nervoue that he eapalsed
bottle of champagne, and with a very
red face beat a haaty retreat from the
room. He never eroased the portal of
the Empress again. .
The decline in the elub'a reputation
after the introduction of the rowdy
element waa accelerated by the mysteri
ous fashion in which the belongings of
members and thalr friends disappeared.
For the last year or ao no one dreamed
of leaving anything In the cloakroom.
Women walked about with thelr-wrap
and any other paraphernalia they might
have brought with them. When they aat
down they deposited them in their laps,
but even such- precautions did not al
ways avail. .Tblnga occasionally van
ished right under their owners' nose.
Here is an instance.- A guest having
updone her lace scarf, pinned to the
tablecloth, for the sake of security,-the
small jeweled brooch with which it was
fastened. When., she rose from the
table at the conclusion of her lunch ah
discovered that it was missing.
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The Theft of .the Brooch.
"My brooch baa gone," aha aald to
her JioatesWyet-yett- eewm-phr ttto
the cloth." .
The servant who ' had 'Waited upon
them was summoned and questioned, but
he protested that he hsd never seen it
"The trinket? aald the' owner, "la not
worth half a sovereign.' I simply value
It because It belonged to a dear friend.
But to whomsoever finds it I shall
give II.". ..-v - '
Before she left tha premises, however,
the '"lost" article wna restored to her
by the servant who had waited at the
table. Me had ""found" It he aald, uJ
der tha table -- - - -.- .
"My brooch-war itoten, said the lady.
"My ruse to get It back haa been suc
cessful, and although it is worth 1100
I have no intention of giving you tbe
II I promised for lia return." .
Among . other thlnga which helped
bring the Empress low was woman'a
grand capacity for breaking rules. : Now
no one who knows anything of woman
in the aggregate would accuse her of be.
Ing generous In the matter of tips, which
are, of course,' rigidly forbidden in all
clubs. At the same time, if it .suits
her purpose, she can be liberal to the
point of lavlshaess. If a woman sits
In her club all the afternoon and alps
liqueurs, or brandy and soda, what will
the attendants who wait upon her think
and say if aba does not, tip them
freely, r . -
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a good ataed rooster, no hissed violently
when disturbed.
Then the' male condor was kept
busy; he had to find food for mate and
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Tcmca. ana nan ixxue nine -zor piay.
He fed hla family exaotly as a pigeon
feeda her young; but the appetite of
th baby-condor was a thing to marvel
at Flnley and "Bohlman took pity on
the old condor, and shared their meat
with the Oliver Twist of the family,
which at It greedily, and .apparently
to the eatlafactlon of the mot hen
For four months the men watched
the btrda, and got on very good terms
with all of them: but in all of that
time the chick never one left the net;
the female rose . very 'rarely. ' The
plotur ahoira - the young bird'- four
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Under the free and easy state of af
fairs that obtained In the latter years
of tha club the servant soon cam to
realise their powers and levied what
virtually amounts to blackmail.
"I am very sorry, madam, but I ahall
have to report you - to the secretary,"
was an observation that' frequently
proved worth 15 to the menial -: who
Uttered it.- Toward the end the servanTgTn,
became completely demoralised and the
management by thla time deeply In debt
to their staff as well aa to-the trades
people, lost control . completely and did
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month old, weighing II pound, .and
ith'ft eparse covering of queer look.
tng feathers. ''He 'Will be elx months
old before he leaves the nasV-and-. 1 1
wUl be some time after; that before
be la able' to fly, -'- ' . ''.'''
The California condor Is a coasln of
the . condor of the Andes, tat baa
Buchmor. limited range than the
southern bird. It was stated that one
had been seen in eastern Oregon, but
Flnley Is Inclined to doubt this. Ac
cording t- Anthony -ba Is never seen
north of San Francisco, east of Ariaona
or south of Lower California.-
not ventureTloquestIStr inythinar they
did. Members who did not tip freely
and frequently wer snubbed . and
neglected. .' ,-:'. . . . - -
The Death Blow.- -' ;
.But one. morning several papers an
nounced to an astonished world that ft
certain member of the Empreaa club
d for beany ft week icslded- on the
premises with her "maid" and .then,
without ft veatige of delicacy proceeded
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