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THE OREGON ! SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND SUNDAY MORNING.. . TOVT 'IU 1907 iKe Ouldooj and Jostling around Uk a nob ef schoolboys cannot but Inspire a normal man with the most Intense disgust. - i AUl, mt mmm t""' wim1 vimyyj WVW4umva Hookey, for example, ia lively came, which abounds in tcrtmmarea. Likewise la laerosse; but neither calls for ....t. 4niAiiM mm football and haskethalL in UU LU 1 1 M.V WW . ra a m. WWWW Ml cfhe's a Happv Free From Cat like hitiUneSs" By an "Outdoor" Man. THING of beauty and a joy for- i ever" the outdoor girl. No more of the sallow, dys peptic, nerve-racked creature, who was so re pied that she was painfully dull. Her day teems to have permanently passed. iThe girl of today is the one who can Wail a boat, lift a horse over a fence, swim, tramp and hold up her end in open-air games. She is radiant with health and spirits. ' $he is large hearted and broad minded. She faakes herself beautiful by developing her fjpdy, and "wears off the pettishness and nar KPW mindedness that are the natural accom paniments of unhealthy, restricted lives. Nor is the outdoor girl less womanly than .fit petted and pampered creatures of y ester )iay. So long as she confines herself to recre pthns that are fitted to her physical make-up 'Uwi are not unduly dangerous, she loses none ' fcjf the charm of femininity. She does lose her J&4ike littleness, however. r' But there is ' one great and omnipotent tHanger confronting the outdoor girl -matri-- too. t faefcrden ffrtjtfraid Molds. Ac Uem 'A town Which Has But One Industry V IOLIN making constitute the sole Industry of the town of Markneuklrchen, in Saxony, and of the several villages surrounding it In all, about 111,000 people live by manufacturing the instruments. Hard-working, Independent folk are these Saxons; Che men alwaya seen In their coarse apron and heavy v 'leather boots, and the women bustling to and fro, atrlv ' fng to combine the neat and cleanly execution of house--. gtold duties with the eternal violin making. ...- Every homestead contains a pretty large family, and In many cases one win find three generations living mnder the same roof. They do not make cheap, low ." t claas instruments. In many homes peasant will show irlsitora marvelous examples of their handiwork, uome , pt them exquisitely inlaid and hoarded up in the family . tO be handed down as heirlooms. Some collection of these prized fiddles represent our or five generations of patient workers. Often the master worker will produce an instrument so cherished by himself that it will not P sold at any price, but put aside among the heir looms. .Primitive tools are "employed; the people take too much pride In their work to adopt any form of ma chinery. The work is split up aniung the members of a family; tnus, one man will devote himself to making the ?egB another to fashioning necks, a third to shaping he back and belly and a fourth to cutting the peculiar "f" shaped sounding holes In the belly. Others again glue up, polish, arnlsh and finish the Instruments, per- forming every operation with scrupulous pride. WIDE RANGE OF PRICES ' r01" tlme 1 tine as a batch of instruments ia fin . sned, they are packed up and taken into town for sale. It 1 a common ennnch tsliyhr t. uo .niio..... .Anina- their way from outlying districts into Markneuklrchen With canvas-covered packages on their backs that Often tower high above their heads. ' .r f,elfih5.!r ome !"ge factories for ,re,ciiucii:i, reaay Duyers are al way found for the handmade productions of the peas vant. forAhese are suDerior to tht, A might be supposed, prices vary enormously from flv marks to 6u0, according to quality Zy amlS faavy a reputation for turning out the very highest grade of violin, and buyers rarely or never hageie with auch superb workpeople. LU Tner i"nother colony of violin makers In Mitten , wald,' a corner ol the eastern Alps, between southern ,.'y Bavaria and northern Tyrol. The forests here are wrlrh aubtl fraarrance from th rough-hewn plank which are waiting for the deUcata """manipulation of the instrument makers. ueutaie In the violin factories here the woods chiefly used are pin and "ahorn." The method followed are those ' traditionally inherited from the old Italian masters The strings for violin bows made at Mitten wald are tf the Intestine of sheep. September is the great striae eaaon, and there ia then in Italy and Bavaria an im , mens demand for material yielded by young lambs alx or ' aeven month old. It is curious that, although the MKtenwalders turn out every year thousand of superb -violins, violas and ; oeIlos, they seem to care ' little for the music of these Instruments, and ravel in the either, the national iMtru- (nnt of Tyrol, to which they dance on moonlight nights after t hoy have taken to market a big consignment of efclr good, : , -v. . :; . , r xss i ! jm(jamm& my mzizz. CT.t n Jl mtntiM i V::. i j. u .. J .. Xl'Uir'lW. , . ftbdmzteur mrt'ffi JPcxf jrjxf. JTeal "She's all my fney painted her. She's lovely, she's iivln." William Hh ILL health ta back of molt of the world's evlla Like wise, It la responsible for moat of the worlds suf fering. Ill-balanced minds cauae criminality; Ill-formed bodies cauae untold mlaery. Not tha leaat of the outdoor girl's attractiveness, therefore, la due to the consciousness that ahe herald a happier era for the human race. A a mother ahe will endow her offspring with the cholceat of all heritage healthy bodlea and well-balanced mlnda. Indeed, tt la etrlctljr within the truth to hull the out door girl aa one of the greateat guardians of the nation more of a protection than our forte and our battleships. Who can aay that in the next decade the airahlp will not render 'the heaviest fortifications valueleaa; or that the aubmarlne will not drive the Ironclad monatera from the aeaa? But every one reallaea that ao Ions; aa our aona are strong and courageoua, no nation can outatrlp us in peace or vanquish us in war, whatever form war may take In the future. - Then, too, the outdoor girl Is a fellow's chum. She lan't a female "mollycoddle," or a bore or a bother. A TRUE CHUM IN THE OPEN 6 he can do the things he does. She la a companion 1 in hla enjoyments, not a mere interested auditor of what he haa enjoyed Whether lt'a a ride, a aall or a mere tramp In the woods, ahe has learned to hold up her end. And as for endurance, she Is frequently the man's superior, unless he happens to be a well-trained athlete. Of late years the girls have appropriated most of the men's sports not, always, tts.tnuai be confessed, with happy results. ""! r" '''" Women are differently constituted from men. Cer tain exercises are not adapted to them, and they should be quick to find these out if they wish to retain their attractlveneaa. Rowing and canoeing, perhaps, illustrate this. A woman who rows makes a spectacle of berBelf. Besides, to row properly one's back muscles ahould do moat of the work; and, unlesa a girl haa been trained to ath letics, the muaclea of her back are not likely to be de veloped to the rowing atandard. But watch a woman wield a paddle and see the dif ference. Of all exercises canoeing is the most graceful. (This applies only to the single paddle.) ' The pretty sweep of the arms, without a suggestion of undue exer tion, is in direct contrast with the awkwardness with which a girl "doubles herself up" and then throws her self backward, as she must do in rowing. Another pretty exercise, in shallow water, is punting. Every graceful line of a girl's figure ia accentuated aa she poles along easily and lightly, not seeming to exert herself in the least Sailing, also is an ideal exercise, physically and men tally, for a girl of pluck. Both canoeing and sailing are among the diversions admirably suited to those not robust enough for strenuous exercise. They may be made as mild as desired. But for those fitted for more vigorous outings, nothing excels horseback riding. Nine doctora out of ten pronounce riding the best of Girls OfoecZecf to osmo EVER notice how many queer reasons for strikes bob to the surface in the course of a year? And how queer some of the strikes themselves are f , For instance, take the case of the twenty-five girls employed in a pin factory at Waterbury, Conn. They did not complain of their wages or hours. Why, then, did they abandon their machines and walk out in a body? v Simply because their handsome young foreman NOW. of course, ?h most plethorlo capitalist in the country couldn't fall to sympathize with those Waterbury pin-mill girl. There was their ad mired foreman the handsomest foreman in the shop dismissed. , Needless to say that the foreman was popular with the girlsbis tail, athletic form, hla dark, flirtatious axe. exercises for the all-around development of the body and relaxation of the mind. Certainly nothing exoela U ao far aa appearances go. And where women are con cerned, they are very much like the little girl who waa either "very, very good" or "horrid." . ' There is no medium In riding. Either a woman is a picture of grace or a spectacle of awkwardness. A girl may be perfectly certain that men see ber at her beat or her worst on a horse. 77re..6'r?r ; ftcr Aufo. And one thing is certain some women should keep as far away as possible from the' regulation habits. A girl with strong, angular features, a fine figure and a good complexion may be charming in a derby; but her sister with the "turn up" nose wants to let stiff, hats severely alone. Very frequently such girls are quite pretty in the soft felt hats or the panamas that are now affected as much by one eex aa the other. Crumpled Into all aorta of ahapes, they frequently lend an air of brightness and he was really such a good-looking fellow had been discharged. , , Then there were the jail prisoners at Wash ington, Ind., who went on a strike and refused to break the daily quota of stone because they couldn't get friec" chicken for Sunday dinner. And school childre?i in Ohio who objected to being compeDed to reci'e the Lord's Prayer in school. Te8e were not the only unusual strike causes during the last few months, by any means. his lovely curling locks, his winning smile and pleasant voice made work under his direction a pleasure. Like a thunder clap in the shop came the announcement of . his removal. "I want him back!" declared one girl with a stamp of her foot. "We will have him back," asserted the others. "We ' t ,rur& u urn m uiscnargea. juw wiui w vow Archery is a Pfeasatf ifearfi animation to a face that would be "squelched" by derby. Very much the same principles apply to the manner of riding. If a girl sits her horse nicely, and doesn't "ride from her stirrups," ahe looks very well on a man's' saddle. But comparatively few men are able to attain an eary, graceful aeat on a park saddle, and still fewer women. A woman la not physically adapted to getting a good knee grip. So when ahe essays the "cross saddle" she usually makea auch a spectacle as men would rather not see. For a girl who likes excitement there la nothing finer than following the hounds cross country. She may be certain that she makes an animated picture aa ahe clears a fence, and that all tha men around her will admire her nerve aa well as her looks. The number of women who are equal to this feat Is, however, comparatively limited. But for those of less venturesome temperament, cross -country walks or hunt ing trips will prove attractive and show them off almost equally well. Tills Is providing she doesn't rig herself up to look too much like a man. The one cardinal principle that women should re member Is that when they get themselves up to look too much like men they lose their attractiveness and become unmitigated nuisances. For the moat mannlah looking onea are usually the least able to take care of them selves. In passing, it might be well to remark that the quicker a girl learns to take care of herself In the country the more her society will be eought. SHOULDN'T BOTHER T.HE MEN If aha goea gunning ahe ought to know how to Man die her gun perfectly, ao that ahe won't alwaya be both ering the men to do something that she ought to be able to do herself. If she goea riding, ahe ahould know how to adjust her saddle and bridle before she a tarts, ao that ahe won't be continually nagging the men of the party to dismount and fix something for her. Buch little attentions may be well enough in a city, where a fallow has nothing particular to do and would as soon be attentive as not, but when he is tuned up to some outdoor enjoyment these demands become very gall ing. ' In general, a girl is pretty safe In assuming that the less of a nuisance she makea of heraelf the more men will appreciate the charm of her society. Thanks to the athletic training girls get in college, however, the helplees, .finicky feminine such as rightly deserves the title "eternal," Is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. ' Another thing a girl should look out for Is to se lect exercises that are naturally adapted to setting off the gTace of her figure, and that do not make too strenu ous demands upon her costume. Nearly every diversion has Its appropriate costume. But though the dress be varied to suit the exercises, there, are certain limitations upon any style -of gown that may be worn. Tennis and golf are games that are as well adapted to women as to men. Both are pretty, and neither makes undue demanda upon ita appropriate coatume. But auch gamea aa basketball, football and the like are abominations from a spectacular viewpoint. Fortu nately, they are seldom played In alght of men; a lot of auppoaedly refined and cultured young women scuffling they stamped their feet and chorused: "We won't work." And they didn't. They walked out In a body. And when the management of the works asked the reason for the strike the girls were not at all backward in giv ing enlightenment No question of sentiment was found in the strike of prisoners in the jail at Washington, Ind. They wanted fried chicken for their Sunday dinner. Now, of course, you couldn't blame a man for ask ing for chicken ence In a while. You couldn't even have the heart to cenaure jailbirds for demanding that delicacy sometimes not even the alleged thieves, va grant and humbugs In the jail at Washington who ex perienced thrilling stomach throbs at the mere thought of chicken. The unfortunate gentlemen who were domiciled In a "4 by " were not "gentlemen of leisure" perforce they were , laborers. Their dally occupation was breaking atone. But despite the sense of keen humiliation which harrowed them they did not lose their appetite. Indeed, so voracious, so obstreperous became their appetites that they voiced a mighty howl for chfcken fried chicken, done crisp, and browned to a toothsome nicety. The sheriff laughed at this demand.. He refuted it with scorn. Then the prisoners struck. Out in the yard were piles 6f stone wafting to be broken, and when the sheriff showed the gentlemen In stripes how enticing the atones looked, to his amasement they refuaed to budge. They preferred their call, they said. They atayed In their cell were; made to atay -in their cells, and given bread and water. all halr-pulllng matchea. It la assumed, of ooursa, that both theee games are to v- ni.vi4 anialv bv airla. Mixed oontesta of this kind are, to say the least, unmentionable.' So long aa ahe maintain a reasonable amount ef dig nity and decorum, a flri (tlna tha reapeot of men by. nutiH them on an ecual footing in gramas of skill Take marksmanship, for example. There la no rea. son why a woman should not be at proficient aa a man. Bom of them have proved themselves magnlfloent long-dUtaao shot with a rifle. At auto driving they are oomlng to tha front ewoj day. Strength ia not important In this. Nerve and aki are what count. Even at polo they are no mean antagonists. Recent ty a team captained by Mrs. Thomas Illtchcock, Jr., de feated a team of men at Meadow Brook, L. L But When a girt so far forgets herself as to engage ta unseemly struggles, either with her own or the opposite ex,. she not only lose the respect of men, but their admiration aa well. Of course, there ia no sharp dividing Una Ife all a matter or Viste. But if a girl wants to be aare ane win avoid all gamea which require pulling, pushing or scuf fling, either with men or la their presence. And if she . doesn't wish to appear ungraceful aba will eaohew gamea that require much running or throwing. Just a few women can run and throw well. But what they look like when they are doing It la another story. Perhaps one of tha prettiest exercises for wonfWla v. t. i. .... ..w .m .ej ea rawe .ro mm fiisw watau sHM Mf VHIUUVI CtLva ft, : healthful, but for some reason it seems to be decreasing in popularity. Another very pretty and picturesque sport la angling. It make no undue demand on the weaker sex. And for grace, the long and ploturesqu aweep of the arm cannot be excelled, , It is not strange, therefore, that more and more women are each year be oomlng devotee of old laaak Walton. They are natural anglers, and learn fly cast ing more quickly than men. Indeed, they are the most dangerous enemies of the finny tribe. When it comes to luring out a wise old trout or baas, skill and alertness are much more effective than mere strength two attribute In which women need never fear matching themselves against men. So we might go on Indefinitely. The number of . things a true outdoor girl may do la almost unlimited. Those suited to her add to her charm and prolong her life. She is more of a chum and less of a bore than the female "mollycoddle" of a generation ago; She Is more Interesting and less irritable than the woman whose life Is compressed into four walls. She I strong, graceful and self-reliant, and the fear of adipose tissue never cast It baleful shadow across her mind. In a word, fresh air and exercise correct her faults and add to hor charms. She is her to stay, and the world is belter off because of her. tC5? Geetfurtirtf in Catjrefijm; &rt&A On the Waterbury Poor Farm In Connecticut the pau pera and prisonera aervlng time struck one morning, re fusing to go into the gardens and work. They said that they were not properly fed. They revealed an alarming condition of affairs at the Institution in the charge that no potatoes were served for breakfast! ' Who had ever heard of such an outrageous thing? Superintendent James P. Mbrris, of the department of charities, announced that the superintendent of the poor nouse had run short of potatoes, but, he promised, such a contingency should' not occur again. A large supply of potatoes waa purchased, and then the Inmate went oheerfully to work. In East Liverpool, Ohio, are several wicked boy who Lord' Prayer in school In the mornings, and the stun lntendent suspended them. He suspended them indefinitely, declaring the path of knowledge closed until they bad changed their ways, mended the torn patches in their behavior arid become nice, pious and obedient little boys. Then happened an unlooked-for thing: The girl's In the high school served notice upon the superintendent, according to the statement made, that if he did not take the boys back they would go on a strike. The declared that schools were places of learning and not for repeating prayers. Not that they didn't believe in praying. The boys might be suspended for failure to study, but they should be made to pray at home, before coming to achool. Bo the girls struck. - Ninety-four boy. In the graduating classes of Publio School No. 25, New York, didn't like the marking system in examinations. So they decided to go on a strike, last spring. One morning, Instead of entering school and taking up their studies, they formed a body and marched to . Broadway, shouting, "Down with the 70 per cent, sys tem." They called a meeting in a nearby park and appointed a grlevanoe committee to call upon the principal, C. . Roberts. John Schachter, a lad of 14, was appointed chairman. Then they marched back to the school. With head high the grievance committee entered the principal's room. The principal greeted the Insurgents courteously. Schachter voiced the grievances of the strikers. He eald that the requirements of an average of 70 In English and mathematics were unjust. The principal gravely listened and gravely replied. He told them that those who had not passed the exam ination would be given a chance to retrieve their de- flclency later; that the standard of TO per cent would have to be maintained in the school, and further that as k the boys bad struck he had the privilege of declaring a "lock out." He asked the names of the ringleader of the strike. The boys blushed, shuffled their legs and finally, con fessing they were at fault, broke into sobs. The strike waa over. In a Pennsylvania town it was the teachers who threatened to take similar methods. All the teachers received a uniform salary of $00. When one was em ployed and received 66 the others threatened to strike. Because of a piece of beefsteak there was a strike among the woodworkers and carpenter employed by a contracting company of Chicago. DIDN'T LIKE UNION BOARDING HOUSE A woodworker boarded at a tmion boarding ho kept by the shoo steward of the caroenter' union. On morning he became displeased with hi steak and moved hi Quarter. . He waa oromotlr dlscharared bv tha fnrmn of the Slant The owner waa appealed to and reinstated the lacharged man. Thereupon the carpenter struck. To appease them the proprietor took back the foreman whom he had dismissed. Then the woodworker struck. The proprietor threw up hi hands. When it cam to strike abeut haeXsteak h waa powerl, be aaid. ', ... ; -5 .
