THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL.' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MOKNINQ, MATrCII 17, , KC7.
WOMEN'S CLUBS AND WORK
V-!:;V. Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans. : -. -
Win. Gadsby u Sons'
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A Strong Lsttsr '
' For Child Protection.
suitor Club Department, The
'i:' .......... i - i hiM Man it franuantlv
elated In your department, and pardon
roe for-saying It with a good aeai 01
'.. flourish and pride of circumstance that
the child labor bill required three dub
women on Ita aommlaaion of flva maen-
" bera. IX thla la ao. may i aa. ana
" assure you It la' In no aplrlt of unkind
- erlllclara I aeek tba information, why
do they permit tiny boy a. acaxceiy out
t-i i a Ha. at rain nr 1 1 mu
or ten o'clock at night under the guise
" of selling newspapers? These tiny tota
. have been a matter or apeoiai inisresi
, and fascination to me, and I have gone
' really were atcui, wm witumw w
haa. haa mad a aaa innaen a aov
' In the nroblam.
I have la mind one bright little, chap
' who I am poaltlva haa not tone neyoae
' his alxtk year. I tor no other reason
than hla baby lisp, ha would be re
laeteA. on aae limit from any school.
Tbla child la aeen every night on the
moat thickly peopled thoroughfares of
. th4 itv. and be nawaa nia wane hb-
molested by child labor commission or
' Juvenile court. . ..
-1 h.v thourternaps-lis-had .not
, become hardened enough to come under
.. ..t-.ii.tii. Aa tha l-tt-ir. hut wnere
" la our child ' labor commission? .
, But again we ask. la this baby not
hardened enough to bava some reatrtor
tlona put either upon mmaeir or nia par
, ents? I find my anawer in the boy
himself. To my questions regarding
1.1. - - .-a M.rf.-,M I lUM
found him qnlte an accomplished dodger
; of tha lew. He haa already given me
three different names, and haa always
answered. "I don't know." regarding
his residence. The same anawer haa
'' Invariably been given when asked about
Ms age. with one exception when be
, . waa subjected to a sort of "Sweating
seven, mil nis orointr ww nun iv bbj
he waa." -'... ,
- Something like 12 year ago, almost
ManMnallv tha, unit eltnmtinn Dresented
Itself to me la the streets of Portland.
, and for daya and through many weeks
I Interested myself In another baby
' boy whom I aaw being allowed to roam
the streets with a psck of papers under
; hla arm. We bad no child labor laws,
no Juvenile eourta and no probation of
ficers or any of ths modern Institutions
fo rthe prevention of crime, and moral
suasion waa an impotent force. .
this little boy my street acquaintance
' or or more1 years ago- wniie unaer
the influence of liquor laat night ahot
three men. one probably fatally, and
. ha la tociav lanrulanlna In a criminal s
ealL Perhaps this is whv tha burden
of responsibility rests so heavily upon
ma today and I am constrained to ask,
where Is the arm of the law? If par
Vents won't the state mast look after
. these children, and that, with all our
boasted civilisation and Oregon progress
in law making, it la not being done ia
a . .-. i
denunciation against those whoee duty
It Is. -
-" ' (Mrs.) 3. R. B.
. March II. .-' '
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, The Forestry Club , I
Consider Things Practical,
- The regular monthly meeting of the
- Forestryvclub waa held at tha home of
, the president. Mrs. A. H. Breyman, Mon
day, March II. An unusually large
.' number of members and visitors were
present The principal talk of the after-
. noon waa given by Mrs. J. 17. Hayes,
corresponding , secretary of the . state
federation, on "Practical Work This
' Club Could Do." Mrs. Hayes is a good
speaker and does not use paper or notes.
4 which greatly added to the interest of
her talk. She took, up several subject
, ' which related to the civic conditions of
Portland, and which would add greatly
co in DVKOir ex ma cuy ir xney couia
- - be carried to eueceae. One of thent waa
the beautifying of the grounds around
' thai taemlnal ilnAt Vrv trnlv aat tha
speaker pointed out. first impressions
are lasting ones, and the stranger upon
. anivlna In a cltr very often caniea
away tha opinion of the entire city by
tha Imnpaulnn ha Mnalvaa iu. anta
ing It Mrs. Hayes illustrated these
facts from- her own personal experiences
. gathered in an extended tour of the east
laat atimma l.Alh - milnt tk. mmItmi
. UlUUflll UUl W ma WILD WniCII
some of our park blocks could be con-
verted Into public gardena, where Ore
gon i wild flowers and shrubs could be
' preserved from extermination and there.
ny aaa to tna neauiy or ine city ana
" , the education of the botanist. Many
, other equally good suggestions were
offered which brourht out a ren-
era! discussion, and many facts relating
. ,to the flora and forests of Oregon. .'
. Soma plans wars entered Into for tha
. observance of Arbor day, and It waa
decided that the April meeting should
. be devoted to a study of its history and
significance.
v At tha close of tha meeting tha host
ess, assisted by her daughter and Mlaa
" Cranston, served dainty refreshments. ,
k m. - m
Greater Or(anLtation
Watchword of tha Y.VLC A. ' :
"Qrester organisation la to be the
vauovoni ox me loons woman a
Christian Association from now on.
Heretofore there haa been but one viee
president who .performed the functions
usuauy assign ea to this officer, which,
la most societies, la but a lay figure for
. the president Determining to take up
' departmental work, which really means
K better organisation, four vice-presidents
hava been elected, ono' to have super
vision over each of tha four branches
of legitimate T. W. C A. work.
. That all the committee workers might
, have an opportunity of becoming famil
iar with the nlana. a auDner waa ir.
vana-aA1 a fa n Ivht. m mf t arhuh ah.n
100 members of committees responded.
. The plan of department work waa fully
explained and the vice-president for each
department gave an outline of tha work
', each waa expected to do the following
year. Tba vice-presidents for ths four
, departments are: Mra. H. C. Campbell,
, business; Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, edu
cation; Miss Hoi brook, religious, and
, Mrs. Albee membership. acb vlce
' . president aeemed to have her scheme of
, procedure thoroughly worked out. and
gave it In a clear, lucid manner, acb
' .k. 1 lima anil attention arlvaM fa
- the work.
. A strong religious sentiment char
acterlaed tha tone of all that was pro
posed, and mads evident the fact that
while the temporal welfare of the girls
waa of primary Importance it must be
grounded In deeper Influence ' for her
spiritual upbuilding. , ..
The new building naturally came In
for much of tba dellberatlone and dla-
'evasions thst went on around tha dslntN
ly spread, tables, and while there Is to
be a eeeaatlnn of aggressive campaign
work untM the plan now being fnrnru-
' In ted. under the leadership af Walter
(lose, la launched. It was the keynote
to rnaay of the future plans for work
. t We accomplished. Mra Lola Baldwin
of a new home that would be open at
all .times and where weary girls could
drop In of an evening for rest and com
panionship, v .
Miss MoCorkle, tha executive secre
tary, lifted her audlenoa to the mountain
tops and abowed them, aa God did Abra
ham of old. the land to be acquired, but
drawing her simile moat beautifully,
showed, them also that they could not
poasesa it by remaining upon the
heights; but by ths command of. God
they must walk through tba land con
queiing tha giants of sla and misery
that stalked abroad.
The evening proved not only a de
lightful social affair, but was pregnant
with promises for groat acoompuan-
ments in ths future, and with a pro
phetic foreshadowing of what Miss Oage
pronounced the T. W, G A. now to ba
the greatest organisation In the world
for tha uplifting of young women.
The Eugene Club
Haa Banner Enrollment. '
' Tha . Fortnightly club of Eugene la
enjoying a seaaon af unprecedented
prosperity and popularity. Ita member
ship the present year ran up to so,
which la probably larger In proportion
to the( stxe of the xlub.-and .number of
Inhabitants of tha city than any other
club 'In tha state. Library work has
engaged tha attention of tha olub for
some years more largely than any other
Una of club work and tha library con
ditions of Eugene at present testify to
the efflctoncy of tha work. While the
club haa In no way abated ita Interest
la the child of Its first endeavor, this
child is so well matured that tha atten
tion can be divided and tha club la now
launched in active clvto Improvement.
Many bettered conditions in the uni
versity city are due to the efforts of
the Fortnightly club and recent reports
confirm tha .belief, that soma .active
and aggressive work la about to begin
In a much needed direction. At the
last meeting of the club tba annual
election of offlcere took place and re
sulted as follows: President, Mra. B. O.
Potter; vice-president, Mrs. Jessie Van
8coy; recording secretary, ' Miss Ida
Patterson: corresponding ' secretary,
Mra. W. F. Oaburn; treasurer, Mrs.
F. O. Young. '...
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Jan Peng Snappy (
Letter to the Editor.'
My Dear Sarah Ann:
Joel ah and I atopped. hi Portland for
a-couple of weeks on our way noma
from Salem, and I have been wanting
to tell you how mad Jos lab got about
tha way the legislators acted.' He said
he had always supposed they had some
sort of decent Idea that they represented
their neighbors' Interests, but when he
saw how they voted on things they knew
noining aoout, ho just mads up bis
mind that he'd be mora careful about
tha man be voted for next time.
1 really don't believe be will speak
to the man from our district. The
funny part of it is you know there la
always a funny side he has never been
real sure that ths woman suffragist Is
a civilised sort of a woman. Well.
watching those men up there converted
him. He was quite sure that the mother
of his boys had as much intelligence
aa they had. and he' said he waa sure
she had a cleaner conscience.
We were In the senate the day Mra.
Dunlway's bill came up and heard that
letter from the Anti-Suffrage society
read. Do you know, my dear, that I
think, that was ths smallest, moat con
temptible piece of work? Tboss women
pose as college graduates And ladles,
and yet whoever planned that letter was
guilty of a low down political trick,
doing Just exactly one of the things they
say politics will teach women bow to da
. Really. Sarah, the mora I see of the
antl-auffraglats tha mora I think that
aa far aa they go' they are right I
really don't think that you could safely
trust the ballot in their hands. ' ,
I beard, too, that the chairman of tba
pure food committee of tha Consumers'
league Is an anti-suffragist Did you
hear about the trick tha jobbers played
on herf I guess she haa "changed her
mind naw about tha influence of women
In politic- They say that, ordinarily,
shs Is a woman of good, aound sense,
but U looks to mi as though she forgot
how to use It They tell me, too, that
It was a great disappointment to the
women who were depending on her co
operation. Well, wa are never too old
to learn and I learned a lot tha last
month. ,
Ars you getting ready to put another
woman on your school board im't
there an election In JuneT I hops you
are thinking about It
I have been reading accounts la tha
newspapers about the T. W. C A. work.
I think it is just splendid, but I do wish
you would snswer one question for me.
Do ths people who manage the associa
tion ever think seriously of tba reason
wby such a place aa thelra la necessary?
Don't they know that If ths young worn
en cot wages snough to keep decent,
and to live decent Uvea, wa would not
need - cheap lunchrooms, and rescue
workers snd such things.
I loosed In vain for any word that
would indicate that theae women were
studying ths wage question. It looks
to me, Sarah, as tf they were simply
skimming off ths top of ths cup of
troubles. I really think that instead
of praying quite so mnch In comfort
able quarters that they would learn
mors and receive mora "guidance" If
they . worked mors in uncomfortable
neighborhoods. ,
- I don't blame them, they ars doing
their beat, but they ars working with
out poaltlva knowledge of conditions.
And you remember bow our old pro
fessor at school used to hammer at us
that we must not sxpeot to achieve laat
la reaulta unless we baaed soma part
o. our ealoulatlona on "positive knowl
edge." . - - ! :
Goodbye, my dear; I shall aavs the
rest of ths things that trouble ms until
my next letter. Tour affectionate
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Some Conclusive Facta . .
Favoring Women School Director.
Chester county. Pennsylvania, has 14
women school directors, out ox me
whole number of . They represent
IT dletrtcta. As to whsthsr ths women
directors are 'a euccesa, ths Reading
(Pa.) Eagle aayst
"The question Is best answered ny
obssrving results. . In a Cheater county
school directors oooventlon a visitor
might Imagine women in tha majority
aa holders of this office. Aa a rule,
tba women directors attend theae
gatharlnga, while other business often
prevents many or tna men from Doing
present ... Teachers seem to agree
that the ideal school board ahould be
composed of three women and three
men. Such a happy state of affairs ex
ists In tendon Grove, Pennabury and
Weat Whtteland, Kast Brandford haa
four women on Ha school board. Sev
eral other townships have two, while In
few Instances one lone woman ts
found. It la said that women directors
visit tha schools mors frequently than
the men, and take a mora personal Inter
est in the School work."
The matter of women achool directors
is now under discussion In ths Massa
chusetts legislature. Thirty-three years
ego mattera had arrived at such a con
dition In tha Boston sohools that It was
Imperative that women be given a plaoe
on the achool board and a law waa en
acted to that effect and two women
were elected, Lucy M. Peabody and Abby
M. May, who served with excellent re
sults. Ons woman, Mra. Emily A. Ft
field, was continuously elected for SO
years. But tha position of school direc
tor has Ita political advantage tf for
nothing but aa a stepping stone to
greater political prominence, and , by
some method of redlstrtctlng and cat
ting down the number It now seems
probsbls that Boston, at least. wUl be
without a woman on her achool board. .
To obviate this tha people wha ars
vitally Interested In this subject have
presented a bill to tha legislature which
if passed will require ovary school
board of the state to have on It at least
one woman. r--- - -,v ----- -
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A Distinguished Woman
Decides the Important Question. , j
Apropos of the recent debate In one
of the Portland churchea as to whether
men or women talk the moat, tha follow-
Ing from a New York paper will be of
especial interest: . '
"Mra LJllte Devereaux Blake broke
down the judgment of ages when she
told tha JClnga oounty W. C T- U. that
women ars the silent sex. )
" The men do all the talking." she
said, nd we ars the silent sex. - There
they are on tha lecture platform. In the
pulpit, In the public meetings. - Why
can't we be there T If we could talk
I tell you we'd get a few things ws want
we'd have some laws . passed. The
men say that we are the talkers, but
they only say that ao that wa won't be
able to hear their eternal chatter.'
"She gave a detailed account of the
episode of the London suffragists snd
claimed that It waa outrageous, and that
they were- perfect ladles, notwithstand
ing reports to tbs contrary. She also
advised tha women to make their bus
bands make wills, telling bear unjust tha
widow's rights laws are.
- " "On home and make your husbands
raaka wills.' Mrs. Blaks said. Don't 1st
them go to sleep tonight until they hava
attended to thla. Don't let them think
that making a will means that thsy arc
going to dls. Thsy won't dler "
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Our Legislative Defeat
Is Given Wide Notoriety.
Mrs. A. 8. Dunlway caused ts be In
troduced in tha Oregon legislature a
proposition for resubmitting tha suf
frage amendment .The women can get
it submitted again through - tha Initia
tive and referendum wltnout legislative
action, but If the legislature had voted
to aubmlt ft thla would bava saved
them a great deal of labor In tbs col
lection of signatures. ' The measure
paaaed the house, but was loat in the
senate. Mrs. Dunlway- waa given tha
privilege of the floor in both bouses
and received many courtesies. Boston
Journal.
at at st
A Public Move .
Worthy of Imitation. . . i :
; Miss Katharine I Craig, stats super
lntendent of publlo Instruction for Colo
rado, haa given a prominent place In
her official report to kitchen and flow
er garden work. ' She started this work
In her state, and t has spread rapidly
through ths counties. Las Anlmaa
alona reporting 1(0 gardens. . .
WOMAN'S SENSE OF HUMOR
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By Beatrice Fairfax.
OMAN, as a whole. Is consid
ered , to have no aenaa of hu
mor.
In fact, her lack of apprecia
tion of a Joke la a standard
jest among tha men folk.
:' Tha write funny stories about It and
get paid large prloea fV Jokes In comlo
papers. - And all because woman's sense
of humor does not lis along tbs same
lines as their own.
Tha real truth of tha matter is that
men don't want woman to bava a sense
of humor. Tbey are afraid of tha wom
an who la very quick to sea a Joke.
They feel that as shs Is so quick to
see the ridiculous side of things, she
will be equally quick to aee the ridicu
lous side of them, and that no man can
aland. .
toltalre. Who ao thoroughly under
stood mankind, prayed "God, make my
enemies ridiculous."
A keen sense of humor makes life
much easier for ths person who poa
eases It, but In tha case of a woman
there is great danger of sacrificing bet
lovableness at the altar of her humor.
It is better for a woman to be sym
pathetic than humorous. - ." '
The person with a very keen sense
of humor Is spt to laugh In the wrong
place, anfa constantly hurting the
feelings of others. Ths funny side al
ways strikes first ,
I know a woman who alwaye sees
particularly was inspired by ths vision tlis funny, side or every person, lis
Intensely amusing ts listen to her com
ments, but you can't help but have sn
uneasy consciousness thst . you take
your turn with her other victims.
As an sntertalnlng woman shs Is
sought by all men, but no ons. man
seems to fall In Jove with her. Tbew
fight shy of that highly developed sense
or humor or beta.
A man of my acquaintance aays his
chief - amuaement In Ufa is Ms wife's
failure to see the point In a Joke. . "She
la so dsllclously at sea," ha says. "And
when she does grasp a point It ia never
the one you mean. - -
. That man's sense of humor Is ex.
ceedlngly well developed, I should say,
wnen ne ia aois to sea a joke in what
would drive some people to distraction
or divorce. . .. . 1
'Far ba It from me to commend stu
pidity in -my own sex, and a woman
without having an especially ' highly
developed aense of humor may still be
able to Intelligently grasp a Joke.
- I merely maintain that It la a great
mistake for 4 woman to plaoa humor
above sympathy.
Humor i frequently makes enemies;
sympathy Invariably makes friend a
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Our March Sale affords you An opportunity
to save from 10 to 50 per cent on the entire
furnishings of your home. Much of our reg
ular stock is marked at special prices and we
have irresistible bargains to offer in every
departments The items offered below will
give you an idea of the scope and magnitude
of this great sale;
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. quality cold-rolled steal; adapted - for
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elaborately - nickel-trimmed; , section
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This Solid Oak Stdsboird. regular pries
$U0; Gadsby's . , CtC tf
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15, f 16.50, 18. 920, up, to
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Some Vvfevi
Prices on !Lvery-Day
Goods-
Iron Bedatwda, plain CTtmdeadhr. ....
' Wood Top Excelsior Mattress .............
Woven-Wire Bed Springs..................
Iron Beds with brass rails head and foot....
Bureaus with fancy shaped French mirrors.
in golden oak, white maple Or mahogany -
1 finish 916.00
Hotel Dressers, In fir....... ........... ....80.75
Dressers in maple, ash or elm. .......,....$14.00
Chairs, cane seat, solid oak. ....1. ....... ..81.25
Extension Tables," solid oak rrnTTT.mi;T.$90
Extension Tables, Oregon make. ....88.00
Wardrobes, made in Oregon. ....... .......$0-00
Washstands, ash or maple. ................ 85.25
Rockine Chairs, ladies' sewing.. ........ ... 81.75
Rocking Chain, large arm................
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Tables for bedroom, 18xl8-inch top, ash....
' Kitchen Cupboards
Leader Ranges, 4 holes, guaranteed 10 . '
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Davenport Beds ........................
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Combination Bookcases
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Ingrain Rugs, 8x4 feet.. ...... ...... ....... .35
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vrlthaX Tbey oome In tha regular slses, ' "
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ens pattern: will oloss out ts sets
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