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    WOMEN'S CLUBS AND WORK
Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans.
Oregon Federation of Clubs
JAak Patronage for Country Store
I Nfi. country tor, conducted under
I the auspices of the Oregon Federation
Of Woman's clubs, at the pure food ex
position, now in progress at the exposl
: tlon link, is attracting, perhaps, more
t attention and unquestionably Is produc
tive of more fun than any feature In
the building. It Is stocked with every
conceivable kind of merchandise from
a salt mackerel to a sugar-cured ham,
. from a bar of snap to a sack of flour
baby ribbon to elegantly trimmed hats,
to say nothing of boys" suits, women's
coats, furniture, pictures, dishes and
brlc-a-ibrac galore.
It goes without saying that It Is also
one of the best paying attractions of
the show, but above and beyond all It
Is bringing to tho front the work of the
State Federation of Woman's clubs and
provoking muny questions about the or
ganisation which the club women are
delighted to huve the opportunity of
answering. What Is the Oregon Feder
ation of Woman's Clubs? and What is
It t0H are the two questions usked
and over again every night.
Perhaps there are many not in at
tendance who would be equally lnter-
ested In this organization, which has
been In existence for well nigh ten
years and has accomplished some of
the greatest reforms in the stale, and
vet hus dunt) It no quietly that at this
late date people still have to ask
what It is and what It Is doing.
It is an organization composed
of all tho up-to-date, progressive
women's clubs of the state. There Is
no state government or state rules to
follow; the federation Is simply a bund
to hold the clubs together when united
.strength and action are necessary. It
might be likened to the ribbon Unit
binds togetner a beautiful collection of
roses. Each flower has bloomed out
Into its own particular color and kind,
local conditions giving It character and
fragrance, but when more service Is re
. quired than one roaa. beautiful and big
and fragrant though It muy be,
is able to give, then the collection-
Is brought together by
the frlvndly and efficient services of
the binding power. And It is through
this combined power that the Oregon
Federation of Woman's clubs has been
able to accomplish great results for tho
state, ana Judging from the many ques
ttons asked about what It has done. It.
would seem its work has been as quiet
and subtle as the fragrance of the roses
10 which we have compared It.
Its first great work for the state was
to nave a, library law enacted which
would allow any Incorporated town III
the state to Impose a tax for library
purposes provided It should wish to do
d',. i tic 1 i i ii inn law (invn
land Its grand free library; It has en
abled Baker City. Eugene and several
other places to open free libraries and
Put many other towns In the way of
Having them In the future. Out of that
library law has grown our library com
mission, which Is a credit to any state.
The next work to be taken up was
a rhlld labor law. which the club women
accomplished In one year, and In recog
nition of their work the bill requires
three women to be on the board of
commissioners Then came the memor
able light for better transportation for
the insane. For ten years various or
ganizations had presented the matter
to the legislature and failed. The first
attempt of the cluh women proved fu
tile, but the second succeeded and to
day the state Is being saved over the
old system approximately $1 5,000 a
year, and the saving in suffering to
that most unfortunate of ail classes,
i'the insane. Is Inestimable. The State
Federation stood back of the Itetall
Grocers' association and did more than
any other organization in having the
state pure food bill passed. Its last
and perhaps Its greatest achievement
was to secure an adequate appropriation
for a homo for tho feeble-minded For
years this matter had been agitated;
once It went so tar as to take the form
of a bill presented to the legislature,
but every attempt failed Six years ago
the State Federation took up the matter
and with a strong delegation went be
fore the ways and means committee
of the legislature and made stub a
strong plea that a committee of state
senators was appointed to Investigate
the needs of such an Institution and
- report at the next session. When this
report came In the club women again
went before the committee and pleaded
fitr the Institution. The need was dis
covered to he so urgent that the legis
lature appropriated $15,000 to buy
grounds and pay the expenses of a com
mittee to Investigate other homes and
methods of administration. This sum
at the last session remained unexpended,
except for the committee's expenses,
because It was thought to be Inadequate
to buy sufficient ground, and again last
winter the club women made their final
rally before the committee with the re
sult that the handsome sum of $120,000
was appropriated for a home for the
feeble-minded. The club women were
not the pioneers In this effort, nor were
they alone at the finish, for they took
It up when others had failed and' when
victory was perching on their banners
they had helpers by the score. It is
characteristic, though, of the organiza
tion when an object Is accom
plished to turn over the exerutlon to
state or municipality, which is better
equipped to carry on the work, and in
thus dropping out Its initiative work
is often lost sight of. The principal
work now before the State Federation
Is the raising of a fund to assist girls
to get an education. It Is not to be a
scholarship fund, but on a broader and,
the organisation believes, a more effec
tive plan. It Is to be a fund from which
girls who are trying to work their way
to a higher education may procure a
loan. Just as she would go to the bank
or as any business man would go to
the bank and get a loan that was de
manded by business conditions, but with
'this exception she will not be asked to
rurnimi security except In the way of
reference and she will have no Interest
to pay. From the experience of other
states this has proven to be the moat
successful of all methods tried In help
ing girls with their education.
This, like all the other work, will be
quietly conducted. None but the com
mittee will know who has gotten the
loans, nor will anyone know to what
school the girls are going.
Applications for loans mar be made
to Miss Helen Spalding, 493 Yamhill
street, Portland.
All this work requires funds, and for
this purpose the federation established
the country store, and while It Is a
"fun factory" the financial success Is
very near to the hearts of the women
who feel that It should have the sun-
port not only of the people who attend
V. T , J L . . .
inn i uie roou nnow, uuc oiners snouiu
go If only thev might be privileged to
Jo something for the Oregon Federation
of Woman's clubs.
Daughters of
Confederacy Want Change.
The Oregon chapter of the T'nlted
Daughters of the Confederacy will hold
its first meeting for the fall season at
the home of Mrs. Sylvia W. McUuIre at
795 Clackamas street, at 2:30 o'clock
cm Friday, Heptember 13. This meeting
Is held for the purpose of considering
Borne changes In the constitution which
will establish an associate membership
for which a precedent has been estab
lished by very many if not all chapters
In the south, and especially by chapters
located in distant northern cities, where
a better understanding of the work and
mission of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy is especially desired.
By this means It ha been found by the
eiot-leit f othor chapters that a
closer relationship between the southern
women and those of other sections may
be brought about. Article 2 of the
constitution of the local chapter reads:
Its objects are:
First To loyally support the govern
ment of the I'nlted States, and to usu
every means In our power to wipe out
all sectionalism and to promote the best
feelings between the people of the north
and south.
Second (Briefly stated) To gather
and preserve the records of the noble
sacrifices and heroic deeds of the south
It la sincerely hoped by the members
of the Oregon chapter that all southern
women residing in Portland, or any
where In the state of Oregon, who can
give proof of their eligibility, and who
are otherwise deslrabre. will at once
take steps to unite themselves with the
chapter, and when seven or more eligi
ble women have been found In any
other city or town of Oregon, this chap
ter will aid them In establishing a chap
ter of their own. The Oregon chapter
Is Just closing the most successful year
of Its history, and while It has had
many difficulties to overcome. It has
triumphed In every instance, and Mrs.
Jennie A. George, the retiring president,
will leave the chapter in an exceptional
Into them, and not half high enough for
them to stand upright, look at the tags
on the boxes and estimate how long
they have been in this condition, and
the only excuse you will find for It is
Senator Boreia's for docking the horses
"It brings money Into the state."
Another species of cruelty that Is wit
nessed every day with utter lndlfferenco
Is the efforts of horses to pull tremen
dous loads over wet asphalt streets. It
is not an Infrequent sight on our
streets to see horses fall to their knees
In their struggles and drivers lashing
them furiously for having fallen.
That this Is permitted and many other
things of this Kind, Is most remarkable.
Not that the spirit of humanity is suf
ficiently aroused to prevent It, hut be
cause our city puts a money considera
tion upon Its prevention, and the hope
of reward Is not often overlooked. Our
city ordinance says: "Any person who
shall cruelly beat, torture, misuse, de
prive of food or water, or otherwise
treat any animal with cruelty shall
upon conviction before the municipal
court be punished by a fine of not less
than five dollars or more than one hun
dred dollars, or hy Imprisonment In the
city Jail not exceeding fifty days or J
rill have little difficulty In asumlns the i discretion of
eins and guiding the chapter to yet un- j of any fine s
lv well organized state, and all Its af
fairs In such shapo that her successor both such fine and Imprisonment, at the
the court, and one half
so collected for violation of
this section shall be paid bv the mu
nicipal Judge to the person making the
complaint for his own use. or for the
use of any sncletv he may represent "
Portland s offering a good salary to
reins and guiding
nttnltiAtl Heirrees of success
Tho nnniinl meetlnir anil election of
officers for the ensuing year will be
held at the home of Mrs. H. II. Duff
at Ttentv-second street North. Fri
day afternoon. September 27, at 2:30 some one. In. t nobody seems to be Ink-
o'clock. According to changes recently jlng advantage of It.
made in the constitution, however, the
annual meeting will be held In ruture
on the last Friday. June 3, In commem
oration of the natal day of Jefferson
Davis, the first and only president of
the confederacy.
In the regular meetings of the chap
ter a studr of the American constitu
tion and the gradual evolution of the
Democratic and the Republican parties
will occupy the attention of the mem
bers this winter, with a view to under
standing the causes which led to the
war between the states.
The organization of the T'nttei
Daughters of the Confederacy ranks
the Daughters of me American
It K K
Program Arranged
For State Convention.
The executive board of the state fed
eratlon held a meeting Inst Friday which
will nrobubly be the Inst before the
annual convention, which will be held
In Salem, October 22-24, except toei
. board meeting, which Is always held
Just before the convention opens. Mils
year It wus decided to hold this board i
f
ern army people In their brave struggle
to secure for themselves and their pos
terity the rights which they believed
were theirs under the American consti
tution. The fortunes of war have de
tcrmlned against them and all have
patriotically accented the result
Third To build homes for the aged
and Indigent confederate veterans
worthily mark the resting places of
tneir aistinguisned aeaa ana nonor ana
cheer the declining years of all who
gallantly served the southern cause In
whatever capacity.
Fourth '1 o maintain homes In the
southern states for the aged ex-slaves
to whom the heart of every southern
man and woman goes out in their in
firm and novert v-strlcken condition.
which has been the direct result of
their sudden emancipation and the aw
ful conditions forced upon the south
during the dark years of reconstruction
which came as an aftermath to the
even less horrible conditions of war.
Fifth While doing all this we who
love the glorious memories, the trail
tlons. the romance and chivalry of the
old south, which southern patriots have
handed down to us, would preserve and
cherish there as a priceless heritage to
he transmitted to our children's chil
dren so long as men shall reverence tho
purest and Desi in womannoou una
women shall love the noble and the
bravo.
As Americans of the twentieth cen
tury, we love our native land. As Amer
icans, we revere the name and patriot
ism of Washington and Adams, of Ham
ilton and Jefferson. As Americans we
love the noble acts of Jefferson Davis.
Robert K. Iee. Stonewall Jackson, Al
bert Sidney Johnston, and all those who
labored for the lost cause. As southern
women we would keep these ever In re
membrance. (Condensed and adopted
from tho national constitution.)
Article 3. section 1, relates to mem
bership, and reads:
Those women eligible to membership
are the wives, widows, mothers, sisters,
nieces and lineal descendants of such
men as served honorably In the confed
erate armv, navy or civil service, or of
those men unfit for active duty who
lovallv gave aid to the southern cause;
also women and their lineal descend
ants, wherever living who can give
proof of personal service and loyal aid
to the southern cause during the war.
(Adopted from national constitution.)
Section 5 of article 3 reads:
By a unanimous vote of those present
at a regular meeting tlie memDersnip
committee, confirmed bv a vote of the
chapter, the following may be elected
honorary members: Women eligible to
regular membership but aged, ill or oth
erwise unable to attend.
Section t of article 3 reads: Other
persons not eligible to regular member
ship, but who from distinguished con
sideration or other valid cause proving
their Interest In and devotion to the
southern cause are desirable as associ
ate members of this chapter.
With the provisions for membership
thus clearly defined for the, first time
through the public press of this city,
with
Revolution, and the Colonial names as . nie,tlng the evening before. Instead
a great national soda institution, ami , ...
the most representative women of ! morning of the contention. e
America wherever living who can lay , time will be given the officers to dis
claim to a drop of southern blood are i ,.llBH matters pertaining to the'organlza
nroud to be enrolled under Its 1'iinner. , , , , Important
knowing that wherever the little Inslg- !
nla pin appears Its wearer Is sure to be .advantage of allowing the officers to
accorded the highest social honors from meet socially the delegat s us they
all men and women of culture. i (.on, n t0 register.
m h I The convention program was out-
91 lined, though sublect to changes. It
a ru a 4. was derided to devote the first day to
An Uld Argument ' routine business, such as receiving of-
. .-. ! fleers, rommllee and cluh reports The
Wtth Force Oone UUt. j flrBt evening will be In the h.mds of the
. , . r,t , th entertaining cnl and will he of a social
The following fset. I rar(t. to tbf nm,IB fh m Kfu,.
education of women are of Special In- i ihed and new business will he taken
terest at this season of the year. All ' up. The afternoon will be given to a
, . ,,,,, , discussion of educational topics. It has
the colleges for women are full to over- hpen hU)lf,.HU.ll , Hllb)ef., f
flowing, and the fact that there ar general Interest be taken up. and that
more girls than boys preparing for col-, it be dismissed by ihr r four of our
i i .v. T..i,.j a.. i r . 1 prominent educators from the different
lege In the 1 nlted States is rather a , 'vlpwI,t, and. then have It thrown
reversal of Ideas. 'open for general discussion. It was
The celebration bv Mount Holyoke of not fully determined to a.iop: this plan,
..... . ,i. ... I but It Is being considered.
sevemicm mum y .... TlH PV(.nin of ,,. Beeond day
tlon to the wonderful advance In wom
en's education. Most of this change has
come about in little over half a cen
tury. It Is Just (iO years since l.ucy
Stone, the first woman In Massachu- ,
setts to take a collegiate degree, re
ceived her diploma at Oberlln. Mount
Holyoke then was still but a seminary.
When her father learned that she want- ;
ed to take .. college course, he asked
the mother in all seriousness, "Is the
child crazy?' Now. according to the
latst report or the national cimmlssion
er of education, out of the 27.921 boys
and 47,55 girls who graduated in l!li)4
from the public hlgn schools of the
Knos
Mills, the gTeat lecture on forestry,
will occupy the time, with probably a
brief talk bv a prominent man or
woman pieeedlng the lecture. It Is
hoped to have Governor Chamberlain
preside nt this meeting.
Tin- morning of the third day will
conclude the business of the conven
tloti and the election of officers. In
the afternoon the Salem Woman's club
will take the members of the c"ncn
tion to visit several of the stale instl
t ut Ions.
Suggestions for the program are In
vited from any cluh or cluh member
throughout the state, as the program
'nlted States. 13 054 girls and onlv I?.-, bus not yet been definitely fixed, and
747 bovs were preparing to enter col-I the only object the officers h ive Is to
lege. Owing to the growing tendency make it the most attractive and bi ri
to take boys out of school early In flclal to the lubs of the state,
order to put them Into business, girls
are today getting more education than St H St
boys. As Mrs Julia Ward Howe said at
a recent meeting. In view of these facts Trade Urtion League
the force has largely been taken out of,
the nid argument that woman suffrage , To Hold Annual Convention.
would be dangerous because there .ire'
"so many Ignorant romen." The Bos-! The recent convention of the Women's
ton Watchman National Trade Union league was large-
iv attended by delegates from Now
York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, an I ;
Connecticut. The reports of the dele
gates representing about 50 Industries
One of the bills to be defeated In the were the most Important feature of
declining days of the last Colorado leg- the sessions. These firsthand accounts
Islature was a bill permitting docked j of factory conditions, hours of labor,
horses to be Imported Into the state. : rate of wages, and status of employees
rhe debato was quite spirited. One sen- p"f V, X,1"' T"
ator said he opposed a bill that had ; women and children The league de-
nothing but commercialism to recom- i elded to hold annual meetings hereafter
It iihr ,, ri,.r i, u .. ,, i cg i ii ii i ii g wiiu a concmion in ncioner.
,,' , ' , , lHi'V At that season of the year the
the galleries cleared, declared that the ,-iuhs will be actively taking up their,
opposition to the bill was largely sen- j year's work, and It will be possible to j
tlmental, emanating from "sickly sen- "av,e ;l . i,,'"'ia',c,; ot women who
umemai women, wnne oenaior isareia, do mu(.tl to improve the working condl-i
chairman, to w hich the bill had been : Hons of women employed In shopsf '
referred, said that its passage would j and factories. The convention of this I
bring money to the state. Barela was week whs the first that the Women's
the only senator who voted against tlie Trade 1'nlon league had ever held, and
resolution passed by the Colorado legls- 1 it afforded a unique opportunity to
lature a few years ago testifying to tho learn the details of many Industries
goo.i results of equal suffrage. i in which women are engaged. The del-
Tno greatest opponents the? bill had legates were of every nationality, and
were tho humane society and the women although most of them were unused to
of the state. When the matter of cruel- public speaking, they presented their
ty to animals Is brought directly to the , I reports In a most businesslike manner,
notice of women, as was the case in '
Colorado, they spring to the rescue ami i K K H
work with all the energy In their power1
to help enact good laws, or defeat poor 1 Juvenile Court Law
ones jii urn iiiii-n'31 ul oiuie ncaiioii,
j 1 If you want to see the newest in wearing apparel visit the style store
sra m m i i j. . vv-k. m m r u uit as t Jurfu a it a m i .
.u I fit v. i I vi ,T2M. ' ,r . rgmnitvw f
tiusrif iw ivy
STYLE AND BEAUTY
Are interpreted by the illustrations of our new Fall Suits we now show at our Suit and
Cloak Rooms, but the original garments carry with them more favor, more admiration and
more convincement. You want to see them. We invite your inspection. You are privileged to
make your selections and pay in small weekly or monthly payments as convenient to yourself.
Ask to see our famous SECURITY BOND BOY'S SUIT, the strongest and most stylish tret
designed for rough-on-clothes boys, only $5.00.
EASTERN OUTFITTING COMPANY
CORNER WASHINGTON AND TENTH STREETS
THE STORE WHERE
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
A Good Salary
But Nobody Taking It.
TILLAMOOK BAY PEOPLE
OPPOSED TO NEWSPAPER
Colonel Miller, in Charge of Oregon rerni.ment Exhibit,
Had Plenty of Excitement and Many Peculiar Ex
periences Establishing Kilchis Tattler in 1880.
but during the ercnter part of the timo Which Will Mean Something.
women are crmlnally indifferent to tho ,
way animals are treated. It Is perhaps Federation of Woman's chins In Arl-
asklns a great deal of even our most zona nas just gucceeded In obtninlns a
"We ain't never had any paper on this
bay, and by George, sir, we don't want
none "
That was the kind of encouragement
ofTci'd Colonel A. W. Miller, now In
c 'barge of the Oregon permanent exhibit,
when In 1SS0 he went about Tillamook
bay RollcltinK subscriptions to the Kll
rhls Tattler. The Tattler was the first
newspaper of the Tillamook bay Te
uton, and It lived for about one year.
Kllchls Is the name of a point near the
that some day they make a tour of Juvenile court law, which Is entitled, i en! ranee of the bay. The paper was
inspection amonR the live things that An act providing: ior tlie protection
are killed for their tables. The slaughter ! of fe, health, and moral welfare of
house, with its unnecessary cruelties, ! . ., , ... . , ...
need not be visited, for the slgrht would , f'"iWen, which provides that any par
be too nauseating, but go down among ent or guardian of a child can bo flne.i
the cattle cars and pens and see the anil imprisoned if neglectful of its wol
suffering. Then go to the commission ; tare" This law Is a substitute for a
houses and places where live poultry I Juvenile court bill which was not
is kept and see the cramped coops, too ! thought to be practical at the present
small for half the fowls that are packed : time. Mrs. Stuart V. French, presl-
publishcd where Hay City now stands.
Colonel Miller has some Interesting
stories of the difficulties of a pioneer
publisher. He and his partner were the
first men to solicit advertising In that
territory, and tho theory of advertis
ing was not at that time very well understood.
Thia Man Had Els Nervs.
ble. shook his fist In my face and said:
" 'We ain't never had any paper on
this bay, and by George, sir, we don't
want none.
"No, I didn't gi-t a subscription there,
but I did get a good dinner."
Picnic. Ground of Country,
Even at that early day the big penln
sula at the entrance of the harbor, now
known as liayucean Park, was the pic
nlc ground of the whole country. It
was there every one went for clam
digging and surf bathing, for the smooth
sandy beach was Just as perfect then
as It Is today.
Colonel Miller continued
"A man named Cay use Johnson be
came Indignant at several men who
were living with Indian squaws and f
fight resulted. The sheriff arrested sev
eral and took them to Tillamook, but on
(he way the whole party, sheriff and
prisoners, got drunk. Tlie spn-e didn't
end there, for the judge joined In and
that night the Judge and one or the prls
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
INVITATIONS FOR
WEDDINGS
We are prepared to execute
orders for superior Copperplate
Engraving in the latest Tiffany
styles.
Kilham Stationery &
Printing Co.
246 WASHINGTON STREET
WON FAVORABLE COMMENT AT SPOKANE
f .v, u.i,., . tr r n-. i "T nvn fo one man who Kent a store oners sieoi uigeiiier. 00111 uruim
clubs, reports that 'civic Improvement ' and asked Mm for an' advertisement or "All the Jail they had at Tillamook
is Hia suhiect of rHtt int.r,..! t ,-. i a s u bsc r I ot I on .' ' says Colonel Miller, was a blockhouse with a hide near the
the clubwomen of Arizona s n.i " i h..v ' ' He wouldn't give me either, but the I top. When the sheriff wished to put
,, Pi'P Vk Iri III'
i: tspt-. trz.-ji '?rh'M ;
i next week he came to me with a notice
i of a hist horse and wanted to know
what that notice would be worth to me
as a news Item. I hud to explain that
usually papers charged for printing
such notices instead of paying for the
privilege of publishing them,
i "Yes, we had some funny things hap
i renin over there In those days," con-
Whatever southern women undertake 1 i Inucd tho colonel. He paused for a
to do, they do with all their might. The! IVw minutes In his work of packing tho
Tennessee K-.ua. Suffrage associaf.on. ;;:;;:rr,f1'o:m.XrceaTopy to
organized only last December, jienievrd IU,lVnKi ami finished bis story,
wide publicity on June 2.'! by filling the., "I was out getting subscriptions one
clubwomen's page in the News-Sclmltar. ; day and went to the home of a man who
I tho leading dally newspaper In Mem- I very hospitably asked me to sit down
are untiring in tneir errorts to secure
legislation along thgose lines.
Louisiana's Test
Of Equal Suffrage.
plils. 1 lie pre siiicni oi mo association, '
Mrs. J. I . Allen, edited the page, and
It was well edited, cr.immed with tell
ing facts. Among tlie contributors wi re ,
Mrs. Uda Meriwether, .Mrs. Lucia Ames
Mead, Grace K W. Uellly and Miss'
Kate Gordon, wno told of Louisiana's
Test of liual Suffrage."
to
dinner without finding out what I
any one Inside he got a ladder, laid It
to the mouth of fhe bole and made the
prisoner climb up and then Jump down
Inside. To get him he would run the
ladder Inside the blockhouse and the
prisoner Would climb out
Colonel Miller helped build tho light
house at Cape Means, just south Of
Hayocean Park, and touched tlie first
match to the lantern In It. Capo Meares
Is a rocky promontory, and near by are
numerous sea caverns where the waves
roll In with a deafening roar, the whole
forming one of the many natural at
tractions of the Km ocean Park region
"Tho Tillamook bay country will de
velop Into a wonderful territory when
the railway Is completed, declares Col
as there for During the meal I told onel Miller. .Nearly all of the old set-
him I wanted his subscription to the tiers, tho people who uuin t want any
Kilchis Tattler. He got right up out t newspaper on tho buy. have died and
..f his chair and, leaning across the la-'new people aro coming in.
TOHX TROUSERS GRAFT
Julius V. Sevier.
, n Plan to Collect Old Clothes
Formerly of Kerltn and Detroit, concert i ' .
pianist and teacher of piano, harmony: Tried In an I ptown btreet.
and composition, has opened studios, I FYom the New York Sun
400 and 401 Tilfnrd building (Morrison 7 . W , ,
and Tenth). Terms: Ten dollars for HeTe ls tne iorr graft so slm-
aour lessons; J10 for two 30-mlnuto ; nle and effective that some enterprls-
lessons.
S. V' 'ttjrr-J
William Wallace Orabam.
Concert Violinist.
Teacher of violin and ensemble plav
Ing, has returned and will receive pupils
at his residence and studio. 738 Glisaii
street. Phone Main 4061 and A-4262.
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Portland Arion Society on Parade at Northern City Saengerfest Celebration.
One hundred and twenty-five members
fif .Jhe Portland Arlon returned last
rweek from Spokane where they were in
attendance at the fifth North Pacific
6aeng6rfest. The various German so
cieties from . different parts of the
northwest made merry there during the
lirat of tb week with, music and song
and the Arlon members won much
favorable comment and commendation
both by their vacaJ seleclions and the
parade in which they were a conspic
uous part.
During the street procession every
member of the local organization wore
a bloused shirtwaist, white with dark
blue polkadots, a large dark blue bow tie
with white dots, .-and a Panama hat
shaded by a twinkling, whirling um
brella, made of parti-colored paper cir
cles looking like toy parasols tiled with
confetti, strings Of Wtllch the stie of a
half dollar dangled from their edges
Not a little admiration was elicited from
the crowd as they filed past and the
full plcturesqueness and originality of
their costume caught the eye of the as
sembled UiroDgs. - - . . - n . - .
Blnglor'a Hxll for Bent.
Elegant new ballroom, finest In city,
for rent to select clubs and private
parties. Apply M. M. Ringler.
Miss Call.
Individual or class instruction, pri
mary, grammar, high school grades.
Regular or special courses. 6S9 Kast
Burnalde. .Plione East .2700,
Mrs. Walter W. Bruce, graduate of
Art School of Expression, Chicago, dra
matic reader; teacher of expression;
studio, 431 East Ash. Telephone East
4113.
Ing stranger to work should patent It.
It was practiced by a New York genius
and had its tryout on the respectable
upper west side of this city.
The originator set out dressed as a
workman, his clothes rusty but neatly
patched Arriving in the neighborhood
he had decided to work, he stepped into
an areaway and. hauling out a knife,
slit tho right leg of his trousers from
hip to knee.
Next he produced a newspaper, spread
it out and held it over the slit in his
trousers. Leaving the areaway, he hur
ried along the sidewalk, making appar
ently a great effort to hold the news
paper in place.
The wind was blowing and whoever
cared to look noticed the man's predic
ament. At the steps of a big house in
Seventy-second street he stopped and
pretended to tie the paper about his leg.
hr 'a perhaps not very strange chance,
since the hour was 6:15. p. m-, the
owner of the house appeared.
The grafter greeted the man briefly
lined the newspaper and remarked:
' I just hail an accident over on Co
lumbus avenue. Truck shoved me
against a stake and tore me pants
awful. Wonder If you could lend me
some satety pins.'
It was successful. From that house
the man carried away not only a readily
saleable pair of trousers, but a hat ami
coat as well. A quick trip to a corner
saloon to deposit his bundle and the
tale of the torn trouser leg was carried
to another house In the block.
An observer with more sheer curi
osity than police instinct watched the
collection of six bundles from six houses
In Seventy-second street before he re
luctantly left the window and went In
to dinner.
WEDDING
AND VI5ITINO CARDS
W. G.SMITH & Co.
Washington Building-
Woodward Dancing academy, classes
open. Arlon hall, between 10 and 12.
Main 8007.
The eight-hour law for railroad tele
graphers, which recently became effect
ive In Missouri, has been ignored by the
railroads on the ground that it was un
constitutional. Complaints for violation
of the law have been tited In various
sections of the state, the first of which
trials waa held recently at Chllllcothe.
and resulted In the conviction of the
company,' and the Imposition ot a fins of
SQUIRRELS EAT TREES
Memphis Park Board Decides The
May Also Eat Plants.
From the Memphis Scimitar.
The squirrels In Court Square ar
here to stay.
If the little animals choose to di
gest a few trees, flowers, plants and
shrubbery they have permission to do
so and the park commission will fur
nish the money to pay for it.
The importance of the squirrels to
Memphis was decided late Monday aft
ernoon at a meeting of the park commissioners.
It was decided that the nark eommta.
slon should take over the control of
Court square in connection with all oth
er parks In the early fall. Formerly
tne park commissioners have not had
the management of Court square.
"And then we'll have to abolish the
colony of squirrels," suggested one ot
the commission.
"Why''" asked another. ;
"They will destroy the plants, flaw,'"
ers and trees which we will add, cams
tne repiy.
Col. Kobert dniioway said It would .
never do t.t ah dish the squirrels, w
I should say not, chimed In Mayor :'
Malone. "Memphis owes her fame to '
those squirrels. I met a man from
Kannor. Me., while away from home
last summer and when I told him I
was from Memphis he said:
'Oh. I ve been to Memphis. I Mm.
ember those squirrels In the downtown '
park." , '
This created a laugn. t
"That Is true,' said several "Brer
visitor to Memphis is certain to sea and
admire the Court square squirrels.
Mayor Malone said the people would
not stand to have the squirrels removed.
Suopose they no destroy s tree."
said Colonel UallowaV. "We can af
ford to pay for what damages they 4J0.
He said that he had made a brief cal
culation which proved that the squir
rels could not, upon an average, -destroy
more than one tree a year.. '
"A tree." he said, "would Cost the
city $30." ' " - i-
It was then decided that if the squir
rels wished to diet upon trees and shrui
bery they could.
Prof. Bungler's dancing classes r-
Tuesday night Beginners 1 : tr, ;
Social dancing after; orchestra.
uim Tliiekenmever Will assist. t .
dren'a class Batuxday I p. n.