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THE - OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15 J907. Hi .!... WOMEWS CLUBS MD WORK Edited by Mrs. Sarah A', tirans. Th Country Store? ' Has CloMd Its Doors. ' ' , j Tba country store which haa been conducted by the Oregon Federation' of WoDiu'i club for the past, two weeks at the pure food ahow clMed ita doors last night not iy order of tha court bankrupt proceedings, the management la pleased to announce, but bjr force of clrcumatancea the lonaaomanaas of lta aurroundlnga In the banquet hall from which all but they had departed. The atore was a succeaa from every standpoint, but that of tha general at tendance at the show itself,, which was never as large aa It ahould bare been. mi considering the attendance, the ex pectauons or the club women were more than realised. The merchanta of Portland were wonderfully generous with few exceptions and merchandise of every description was contributed; much mat waa or little value to the mer chanta of the city found ready aale at the country atore. and cost tha con tributor very little, but some really very handsome arttclea were con tributed. These were generally saved for the auction last night which put the r out or Duainess witn a nit giory. The country atora waa conceded bv everyone to be the most popular booth at the ahow and supplied what other wise would nave been woefully lacking in ine snow, a little run and amuse- ment. The music supplied by the man are men t was excellent throughout the wnoie snow, nut music alone win not at tract young DeoDle evening after even' Ing. They want a good Joke or a Jolly laugh and thia In what they got at the country atore. to trie majority of peo ple it mattered little what they got for ineir 10 centa, lr mere waa a little run thrown in. It waa for a worthv and laudable purpose, and many contributed raring not at all about it only glad to be given the privilege of helping a cause ime me education or deserving girls But this spirit did not slwaya prevail, and occasionally very occasionally some one wouia wmnna a dollar a worth for their 10 cent ticket, as for Instance, one dame got s box of hooks and eyes 11 cards worth S centa a card, and ft Mikity walklne away, h- re turned, demanding the tickets that should have been on the bo to prove she waa not cheated. But this afforded fun for the onlookers and the storekeep ers, and so. it served Its purpose and the woman got her money back, and the store was S5 cents better off thsn If she had kept her purchase. But these were the Incidents of the store. It was too soon to learn just what the enterprise netted the organisation when Its affairs were closed nn lnt night, but a neat sum was realised and enough to guarantee the success of the work In hand. ft at A Brief Resume Of California. Club Work. The year book of the California Fed eration of Women's Clubs Is Just re ceived, and shows a largely Increased membership, and wonderful activity all along club lines. Among the-great army of sufferers by the Ban Francisco disaster were hun dreds of clubwomen who sustained losses both as individuals and as clubs, but this year's book would indicate that the noble struggle they have made Is beginning to have Its effect and bear fruit In broader and better work. The report of the president of the Ban Francisco district federation, Mrs. E. C. Hurff, is particularly Interesting, as it was in her territory the greatest losses and demoralization occurred. She saye In part! -, - The California club, which, with lta membership of 600 of the brainiest and most energetlo women of that section, leada In all enterprises which appeal to tha progressiva club as well aa to tha atudy f art. literature and other branchea, had' but Juat become eatsb llahsd In Its beautiful new I1M00 club, house, which was also headquarters for a great many -other federated clubs there; and this being the business seo tlon waa wiped away, and an ahnost to tal Ioaa, aa tha Inaurance paid waa small. Borne of tha furniture was saved, with eight traveling libraries and seven port folios of the oTty cluba which were away on their travels, while Just two portfol loa and the whole first edition of the Press club's new book "La Co pa da ore," waa entirely destroyed. The loss waa great enough but the ciud immediately went to work on re' lief, and they are still actively Dursu- Ing that line with this cold wet winter adding to the misery of humanity. New meeting places have been secured and the sessions ars well attended, with small loss of membership, snd in many cases, even additions to the regular number. Only one club Is not reorgan ised as yst. , Our South Park Settlement Mothers' club, being In South Ban Francisco in ths fire line, tl of 40 members were burned out, and went In a body to the camp at Golden Oate park, where they showed the high ideal or true woman hood In forbearance and brave cheerful ness In helping all about them, adding to their enrollment It new members. They are now back at South Park in com ror table temporary tenements most ly; only their president, with her fam ily of If. still In tents, while her hus bartd Is bulldlna- the new home on land acauired throush the rehabilitation com mittee. The Ban Francisco clubs of present are not doing much original work. Of the clubs outside the city Mrs Hurff says: "If there Is any line of work they haven't been Into I failed to rind It." One club Is unlaus In that tt la organ ised for the study of ceramics owning lta own kiln. Which cost 1116, and doing its own firing, at a coat of It centa each time. Thia club studies art. and naa Durers read at one session, and at the hext works at painting or firing; hires a. temcner rrnm Ban r rancisco ior a course of lessons, and has a three-days' receotlon and sals before the holidays. In the Alameda district, Juat as good work Is done as In the Ban Francisco district, with the preference shown to civic work by most or the ciuds. in SDeakln of the disaster, which natur ally occupied the greater part of the time of all clubs last year, the president of Alameda district says: "Surely all unfederated workers, having learned the value of cooperation which is but an other name for federation, must aoon Join our ranks to continue a broader work for others. There was no word to the rlsht hand of what the left hand of clubdom had been doing, no talk of club work and pleasure laid aside, or of club homes unfinished; only a mighty gladness that club federation had helped to make It possible to do so much for others." Among the club work reported from this district, we note that the new Cen tury club of Oakland has enlarged, and Is continuing Its cooking and sewing schools; its gymnasium and salvage bureau has taken up the care of the abandoned 'West Oakland free kinder garten, with 10p children, and has earned and expended $,000 this year. It has also published a remarkably fine cook book, "Painty Dishes for Dainty Diners." The Woman's Civic club of Oakland, the district president Mrs. Thane, calls "the Oakland housekeeper." It reports, through Its exertions, the passage of the curfew law. the betterment of soy- i eral sanitary conditions, tha establish ment of children's vacant lot gardena. and has had a series of II splendid leo- turea upon civio topics. Tha 'Town and Oown" club has fur nished a room In the xnlveralty stu dents' Infirmary at Berkeley. Tha "Little Book club" waa the flrat In the state to respond to tha call for nurses outnts, senaing aeven witnin three days. Of the work in tha Los Angeles district the president, Mrs. Bryant, says: "Civio Interests are so wide and universal In the various clubs as, to make a Just report Impossible. Five new play grounds have been added to tha eyslem In Los 'Angeles, and play ground movements started In outlying towns. Special attention haa been directed to the sign-board nuisake. and sufficient Interest awakened to bring the matter before the city council of Los Angeles, with promise of satisfactory results. Nearly every club is doing some civic work and calling for sneakers along the different lines has been almost constant. Club sxtenslon reports an Increase of 800 members. Five new clubs rounding out a total membership of 6,000 club women in Los Angeles district. The state organization haa In round numbers 13,000 members. ft ft ft Many Now Returning To Resume Club Duties. For tha approach of the "melancholy days," tha clubwomen who have re mained la town all summer or returned early, are finding a compensation In the return or their friends who are pouring Into the city from mountain, coast and farm and are being met and greeted upon the streets dally. Tha exodus this summer waa large and one could walk for blocks without meeting a familiar face and to say the least It wss decidedly lonesome for the one or two that were lert behind. On the whole It has been a delightful summer, every returning club member says, and yet they are all glad to get back and are looking forward to the opening of the various clubs, both for the pleasure of meeting and greeting every one again and for the eagerness to resume club work and. cjug pleasures. The Council Of Jewish Women-will hold Its first meeting the first Wednes day in October. The Woman's club will open for the year October 11; Tuesday Afternoon will hold lta flrat meetlnr Tuesday, October It Portnomah and the Froebel association will also begin their rear's work the early part of October; he Forestry club haa continued Its meetings all summer, which are held the first Monday of every month. So within a month every club In the city ill be well launched for ita winter's duties and a very prosperous year Is anticipated. ft ft at Good Work Planned For Library Workers. Library Extension committee of the General Federation of Women's clubs. Mrs. Addison F. Broomhall of Troy, Ohio, chairman, asks every state feder ation to establish a system of free magaslne distribution, to appoint com mittees to seek out lumber and mining districts, county snd state institutions In need of literature, and to establish stations where magazines may be sent regularly each month for such distri bution. This work Is being carried on successfully in a number or states, and the chairman of the general committee is prepared to give detailed information for such work. All clubwomen living In communities which have no public libraries, but whose state laws permit their establishment,, are urged to strive for local libraries. A mora frequent use of travelling libraries Is also sug geated as they help to create library sentiment and give encouragement to efforts made to establish fixed collec tions. The committee also suggests that cluba establish scholarships in li brary schools In order that women may be aided la fitting themselves for this branch of work. The committee has se cured an edition of the American Li brary association list of books for boys and girls for distribution to women's clubs. ft ft ft Eleanor Cluba Becoming Very Popular. Miss Ina L. Roberts, after visiting New York, writes to the Woman's Jour nal 'saying she found nothing in that city as lntsrestlng or successful aa the Eleanor cluba of Chicago. Tha flrat Eleanor club waa atarted by Mlaa Roberta 10 years ago and haa be come a model ror two or more or lta kind In Chicago and for others through out ths country. The Jean olub started in Omaha this spring; by Miss Joseph Cudahy is modeled after the Eleanor club, and Cincinnati Is now making plans for a similar one. What is more slarniflcant than even Imitations of tha original club is the fact that the Chi cago Woman'a club, one of the strongest woman's organizations In ths land, has corns out with an unqualified Indorse ment of the Eleanor club movement. It also desires to cooperste with the association In Its work and has arranged a series or literary ana musical enter talnments for the club. The Eleanor club charges 11.75 a week for board and room for girls who earn 17 per week or less, and $3.75 for those who earnff 18 or over. This Includes the lunch carried to work. When a girl is out of work she is given employment at the club, for which she is paid 10 cents an hour. This keepa her out of debt and makes her self-supporting The government of the club Is In the hands of the girls themselves and they are Juat aa Independent aa If they were in their own nomes. If a girl wants to give a little spread In her own room there are tea things, a punch bowl and other necessaries, or If she prefers to use the dining-room or library sne can do so. Laundry privileges cost f cents and the girls furnish their own soaps, but the club supplies the bluing In self- defense There Is a piano In the dining-room and almost every night there Is danc Ing. Tr, he library Is supplied from the earn Inss of the club with books, paper and magsitnes selected by a vote and classes are also arranged by vote. The rooms sre arranged with from one to three beds to a roem. The maid makes ths beds on week days, but the Jlrls take care of their rooms on Bun ay. Each club paya 8 per cent to the Eleanor association. ft ft ft Garbage Crematory And Country Ideaa. We never fully realised how long It takes to deliver some people from the village stage of thought until this past week. We did not Imagine that so many people could live In as large a city as Portland and be ao "countrified" In their attitude towards progress. This laM week's review of the garbage situation Is a distressing one from the point of view of one who Is proud of her city and of her city's onward march. We have wept tears of morti fication that any stranger within the city's gates should by any chance have attended any of the meetings at the city hall and have witnessed the ridicu lous scenes enacted over the "crema tory" question. We have wept bitter tears that anyone whom we were trying to Impress with the idea that we live in an up-to-date community should have seen that we have so many neighbors on the other side of the river who do not want to be clean who do not want1 their neighborhood to be healthful who are so snxious to cling to ths vlllags method of disposing of their garbage that they advertised their "undesirable citizenship" by protesting In loud long spseches against being compelled to keen clean. It was truly a grevlous ex hibition of protesting against they knew not what In spite of one testimony after another that the Incinerating plant would not be a reproduction dump and all of the failure In North Portland, these self-hypnotized villagers had their minds' eyes and nose fixed on our present antedeluvlan crematory and ateadfaatly refuaed to believe that any other kind were possible. One generous thing, however, we must note they are perfectly willing to be taxed that we on the west aide may be Kept sweet and clean and healthy. That is really a noble action. And we will begin right away. The west side will proceed to donate to the east side all trie rats from the waterfront. We are going to starve them out by "clean ing up" on this aide of the river and bv sending "our" garbage to our "west side" crematory. Really, you know, we cannot expect our eaat side neighbors to psy for the long haul to "our" crematory. Therefore we are quite prepared to witness a rat migration to the east side wnere the garbage Is be ing saved for them In the gulches, the back yards, the vacant lota, everywhere and anywhere but In the crematory the east siders oould have had for the asking. How could so many people be ao blind to their own Interests? One can understand that in every community there are a few old fogies. Hut no many! My, oh myl And In spite of the evidence presented by our brave little health officer! More typhoid. more diphtheria, more spinal menln gltls from the southeast end of town than from all the town besides. Let us venture a prediction: Within three years the same delegation will petition the city council for a crematory located on tne east sine ana win aonnie the s4te for the purpose," CLUBWOMAN. GRANT WAS ONCE DINED AT OLD WESTERN HOTE1 Historic Building in Baker City, Recently Destroyed ly Fire, Was Headquarters for Many Notable Fer- . sons Who Sought Its Hospitable Shelter. This Aristocracy Haa Blood Backing. In Italy the leaders of the woman suffrage movement sre the women most prominent In society, education snd philanthropy. Countess Pasollnl, one of the leaders of Roman society. Is president of the educational section of the Women's Nsttonal Council of Italy; the Marchioness de Vltl de Marco Is president of the city life ssctlon; the assistance section has for president the Countess Danlelll, who haa founded a maternity fund for the relief of work ins woman: the saotlon fas bublla nwe- slfty, which Is interested In the protec tion or young girls and children. Is con ducted by the Marchloneas Paoluccl Slgnora Teresa Labriola Is president of the lexlalatlve section. It will be re called that last spring the Italian par llament devoted an entire day to dis cussing the enfranchisement of women. GiollttT minister of the Interior and president of the council, In closing the debate, dwelt on the need of proceeding with caution. The chamber rererred the petition back to the president of the council with an expression of con fidence that the government would pre sent a bill In which the right of suf frage for women would be recognized. ft ft ft Good Work Done By Rhode Island Cluba. Clubwomen of Rhode Island have concentrated their efforts during the last year on securing legislative action for the education of the adult blind, not only In reading and writing, but in trade Instruction, and In obtaining a farm where the feeble-minded may be cared for and taught. There are 830 feeble-minded In the state, but there Is n0 Institution where thy may re ceive training and care. The question or teachers annuities was taken up. and many clubwomen attended leglsla- 51 -3! . - 4.H i 't ssanimj,t,w. i "in nm r j --niTirtiii I"., m --Mil ;t 1 t, i I n f PL cm, i 'fnriri: l '. - M-UM -jt .1-1..! d'-f If V U- : irillaiaJTVSiisTri'' Historic Western Hotei Recently Burned at Daker City. The Hostelry Was Frequently Visited by Famous Men of Early Days. (Special DUptti-b to Tb Jnornal. ) Baker City. Or., Sept. 14 An old landmark was destroyed In Baker City on tho night of Bcptember 9, when fire consumed the building that waa at one time known as the Western hotel. Above Is a picture of the historic build ing, taken a few dnys before It waa de stroyed. The passing of this hotel recalls his tory born with the old building. For many years It was the elite hotel of eastern Oregon, and the Kellogg stage lines stopped there dally for passen gers. When Baknr City was without railroads, and horseflesh was the only ttve hearings on behalf of the measure providing for a pension fund. Women's clubs of Rhode Island have maintained a traveling library system for some years and have now succeed ed In having a law passed requiring the state to undertake the work and furnish funds for Its extension. Vaca tion schools and farm gardens have been opened and supported by soma of the women's clubs and have proved to be such a success that the state leg islature will be asked to provide for their general establishment. means of conveyance, this hotel waa M popular resort. It waa built In 1169, and at the present time waa unoco pled and in a very dilapidated condi tion. One of the things of interest that happuned In the Western hotel was tha entertainment of Qi-neral Sherman when ho was commander-in-chief of the American forces, ttnd his lieutenants, while thev were on a trip through tha northwest. It is said that General Grant and many other notables In mili tary circles were also entertained at the old hotel. It was a great place for the aristocratic weddings and social events, hrequently a grand ball would ' be given In a building located at what is now Resort street and Auburn ave nue, and the supper would be served la ' the Western hotel. When a new Judge was placed on the ench In this district' a great gala event was made Of the O0' caslon, and the banquets served at the old hotel at these times are said to have been of the finest. Broad and Cheese and Kisses. . Bread and cheese and kisses And very meal a aongf The diet spurn Such kisses turn , To onions extry strong. New York Sua. rv At "Rip n MMHTAIW .IHniiii A H 11 lull jiijJ-. mf 111 K ' I I I I I M I I II II J.W.H!LL,H.D..A.B.(YaIe) Principal 831 Marshall Street. pobtzjotd, oxEOOir. J.W.HILL,M.D.,A.B.(Ya!e) Principal 831 Marshall Street. POXTXtAITD, O&E0O1T. A PRIVATE BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL TOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS This school provides a thorough course of preparation for all colleges arid the U. S. academies of West Point and Annapolis. ' It is accredited at the universities of Oregon, Washington, Cal ifornia, Stanford, Amherst, Cornell, Michigan and Wisconsin. Classical, scientific and English courses given; also regular course in practical training for business life; manual training and mechanical drawing. Thorough courses in modern languages and music. Separate departments for boy9 under 13 years. The school is located in a beautiful part of Portland's best resi dence district. The school buildings are large, substantial struc tures, highly sanitary, comfortable and modern. Athletics of all sorts are promoted and encouraged. The fall term opens September 18, closing in June. Applications for entrance are received at any time. Boys of any age are re ceived. For illustrated catalogue and any special information address the principal, J. W. HILL, M. D., 821 Marshall Street, Portland, Oregon. 1 " r 7" CftCCON NQCO