THB-OREGON SUNDAY : JOWXftKIX : PORTEXNU, StTND AY MORNING, OCTOBER 6;
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g WOMEN'S CLUBS AND WORK
;" ' 1 1 ' 11 " .' ' "- " 1 mrwwtm i, irtjr-mii ui ,,i rr j in
(fed fcjr Mrs. Sarah A. Evans.
A Visit ' to -th
Chicago Woman'i Club.
To maka a Wme, ,to cars for It, to
center one's chief Interest there, la the
flrat and laat thought of. all women.
or at loasi tnosa worthy to be celled
women. 80 elmoit ee eoon aa aha haa
Joined a club aha begins to think and
. plan for a club home, and Out of her
thoughts have crown many fine conve
nient and artlatlo buildings ell over the
united States.
Still, while a clubhouse le desirable,
many clubs do exceedingly well with
out one. In the Fine Arts building,
Michigan avenueV Chicago, facing the
nun, is locaieq me Chicago Woman s
club. If yeu go there Hbout noon, you
step from the , elevator Into a very
home-like hall, hang up your hat. If
you are a gentleman, (for the male sex
are admitted If accompanied by a snom
ber) on the conventional hatraek, and
after a ahort Interview with a lady who
sits at a table at one side. you enter
a publio dining room. Round tables
that seat four persons are placed at
Intervals and women waiters serve a
substantial lunch of three courses.
It Is the regular lunch room of the
ordinary resUurant. and still It Is not,
everything shines with cleanliness,
there Is no hustle, very little noise, and
su mings are aone witu tne precision
of clock work.
The pantrys and kitchen opening
from the dining room are ss fresh and
orderly as the severest New England
housekeeper could wish, even the
noors glisten as If with recent polish.
Leaving the dining room you cross the
hall snd enter the reception room, from
whose windows a fur-reaching view of
the lake can be had. On this day the
room was full of clubwomen, sensible,
earnest and energetic in manner,
dressed In the common white shirt
waist and colored skirt, so universally
worn everywhere, nearly every face es
rressed the sincere desire to do some
hlng In this world to make themselves
and the community In which they lived,
Wetter for their being In It.
Another room at which we took a
glance was set with tables beautifully
decorated for some deoartment sutiDcr.
The hsll where the weejcly meetings are
held seemed small, not ss large as the
women or wonderart hall of this city
Is. still it doubtless held more people
than It looked to as the membership
of the club Is large. Openln" out of
this lecture room were the rooms for
the board of managers. These were fur
nished In library style and were models
of comfort and ease.
Olven fairly good health and a mod
erate amount of ability, there Is every
opportunity for the Chicago woman to
Improve herself. Aalde from the regu
lar meetings tnere are departments rep
resenting different lines of work, name
ly: Home, education, tihllanthropy, re
form, art and literature, philosophy and
science.
Thin club, with its membership lim
ited to 1,00(1, and always carrying a
large waiting Hat. with an annual fee
of Jin, still owns no clubhouse, but
makes out well Indeed with a floor In
one of the nubile hulhllnKS. The fol
lowln Is the club pledge: "Holding
sacred and wortnv of unfnllnir loyalty
my membership In the Chleatro Woman's
club, I will sustain Ita good work and
guard Its reputation.
JKNNIK C. TRITCHARD
ent. Several names were presented (or
membership and were laid over to be
voted upon at tha next meeting, aa the
constitution requires. The club haa a
limited membership and always haa a
waiting list. ,
Whon the routine business waa dis
patched the president gave the opening
aanress, tnougn sne protested giving ner
talk, that name. Tile key-note of what
he said was federation the benefit of
united action whether the club waa or
ganlsed for literary, social or civic work,
Hho departod from the usual order of
president s addresses by saylpg that she
did not assume the duties of president
witn tear ana tremnnng, ror sne anew
the members of the Tuesday Afternoon
club and she was not afraid to trust
herself to their loyalty to ner and their
devotion to the club.
A short program waa arranged con
sisting of readings by Mrs. Kshelman
and Mrs. Chlpman and a solo by Mrs.
K. K. Miller. The president of the Rtate
Federation, Mrs. Kggert, president of the
woman a ciun, Mrs. Dayton, president or
the Portnomah Htudv club and Miss
Matthews, president of the Froebel asaui
elation, were culled upon and in turn
each spoke of the work of her own or
ganlzatlon.
Mrs. Hovnton. chairman of the year
book committee, then Introduced the
veer's work, irlvlnir s fine resume of
the work, how and why It had been so
arranged and much valuable informs
Hon for the guidance of those who were
to take part In the preparation ot pa
per and talks.
Mrs. (J lines gave an able talk on the
stste .of European civilization In 17o
this period begins Ihs study of this
year's work. This is the fourth year
the club has studied English and the
continuation of It for the currant j'ear
is comprehensive and ably planned..
Before adjournment Mrs. Warren
White, who for two years served the
club as president, hut was compelled to
preslgn on account of prolonged absence
from the cltv. was called upon to make.
a speech, which she did. warmly eulogiz
ing the club and feelingly referring to
her devotion to It. After adjournment
delightful refreshments were served by
the hostess assisted by members of the
club.
The new year books were distributed
st the meeting Tuesday and besides be
ing full of valuable Information are
daintv and artistic. The cluo colors be
Ing violet and white the color scheme
was carried out In binding and paper,
while the rlub flower the violet
served for cover design.
The next meeting. October, will be
with Mrs. Amos. Twenty-seventh and
Hawthorne avenue.
era whose motherhood la prostituted f
He would have been down and out long
ago.
It la a rather curious thing that our
Own Juvenile court Judge agrees rather
With the Seattle nreaoner than with the
opinions of the Denver Judge on this
question of the polltloal equality Of
women. Strange, too. because to the
surrrage women of this slate the exlst
enue of our Juvenile oourt Is largely
due. Hut there, these poor men are
doing the best they can: we must not
expeot them to go beyond their strengtn
and capabilities.
Speaking of women, we venture the
assertion that Mrs, Way in Ire is an antl.
There Is not a woman suffraglxt In this
state who would be guilty of such low
down behavior. Our mayor has been
one of our most loyal friends, and no 1
woman could be found in the ranks who
would be so ungrateful. Nor, Indeed,
could such a vulgar, crude mind be
found In the suffrage family. We have
often thought that the general public
hare mora- than one vote In .tha con
vention. The delegation officers, board
of directors and chairman ol standing
committees will oonstltute the voting
uoay.
All clubs and committees will be
expeotcd to file a written report of
tneir worn, time limit for reading each
report. 6 minutes.
A council of club presidents will be
new rrom 1:30 to I p. m.. October 23;
club presidents are requested to oome
prepared to orror suggestions and dis
cuss tho state und national work. Ses
sion oosn to everyone.
Delegates from clubs hnvlng failed
to pay dues will not bo entitled to a
seat In the convention. The treasurer
will receive dues from dellnouent clubs
If tendered with credential nirde.
Credentials committee will register
delegates at 9 a. m. October 22.
Notice An amendment Is proposed to
section 2, article t of tho constitution
to atrlke out the word plurality and
substitute the word mnjorltv.
BARAK A. KVANH.
MRS.
J. D. IIAYK8,
t Or. Bee.
President.
K It R
A Disappointment
But With Good Results.
Governor Hughes' veto of the tench-
had but little conception of the many 1 're' equal-pny bill la bad for the teach
harassing worries that enter Into the rs
days work or. Mayor i.hiic. we know
all about his troubles with hlV council
men. who so often forset their oltlsen-
shlp In order that their personal ani
mosity mav be registered against their
chief. Hut of the thousand and one
things that fill in the time between
council meetings and committee meet
ings the public knows nothing.
if we knew more about these we
but good for tho equal sufYrrKe
movement. This campaign of tho teach
ers for equal pay has made more suff
ragists than anything elso that haa
taken place In New York (for yenrs.
Not the tenchers alone, hut thousands
of quiet women all over the country,
have been following the atructile with
deep Interest, and are Indignant to the
New Books
And Their Publishers
ould admire his patience, his courtesy V''1" marrow of their bones. This In
K K St
Tuesday Afternoon Club
Opens With Delightful Meeting.
The Tuesday Afternoon club began Its
eighth year of work with an Inspiring
and delightful meeting last Tuesday at
the home of the new president, Mrs. A.
J. Htlles, 827 Gantenbcln avenue.
It waa made something of a reciproci
ty day as the hostess had extended In
vitations to the president of the. State
Federation and the presidents of the fed
erated clubs of the city, most of whom
were present.
The outgoing president. Mrs. F. M.
Miles, opened the meeting and after the
minutes of the meeting, which closed
the club year last May were read the
new officers were Installed, being Mrs.
A. J. Stiles, president; Mrs. H. J. Jack
s6n, vice-president; Mrs. XV. F. AJnos,
secretary; Mrs. C. Crogster, treasurer;
Mrs. O. C. Eshelman, press correspond
ed S! St
Clubwoman Comments
On Some Currfnt Events.
Our ministerial friend In Seattle
seems to bo enjoying himself by ex
pounding truths of a doubtful quality.
He tells us that If women exercised the
right of suffrage the nutlon would go
atralght to the bow-wows. Perhaps he
is right as to nls particular purli.li; we
Infer that he is better acquainted with
the women of his own church than with
the women In any other community.
curiously, the catastrophe he pre
dicts did not come to fans In a little
town in northern lilano at a recent
election. The good women of the town
were lined up in favor of the Law anil
Order ticket. Considerable doubt had
been expressed as to the possibility of
tho success or that cause, as the dis
reputable element, men and women,
were, of course, opposed to it. A
thought struck one of the good women
she reasoned with herself snd her
fellow-workei s somewhat after this
fashion ;
"These women of the red-light dis
trict are our sisters. They have the
mother Instinct; they susely will re
spond to an appeal lor the children If
we go to them and put It to them In
tho right . way."
This was done. The response was a
noble one, and the leading women of
tho town went to the polls In the com
panionship of the scarlet women, and
"Law and Order" was victorious by a
tremendous majority.
Ami mav we Attain refer to Judee
I.lndsey's experience In Denver where
would the doughty little champion of
the children's- rights be today were it
not for the support of the voting rootn
ers and the votes of those other moth-
hl kindliness his helnfulness and In
stead of treating his latest uncomfort
able experience as a huge Joke and crlt
Iclslna him for alvlna the women so
much time, we would bo a little stronger
n our expressions of faith.
we suggest that Mrs. waymire te ex
amined as to her mental status only a
degenerate woman would lend herself
to such a miserable scheme
A letttr from Dr. J. H. Corby In Wed
nesday's Issue of a mornlns paper ex
presses our views exactly on the "high
Ivlna- expenses , question. we wonder
what notice will be taken of this letter
by the publlolty committee of the Com
mercial club. In several of our letters
ately. we have found enclosed the little
circular extolling our wonderful Oregon
and our beautiful Portland We have
looked in vain for a word as to exorbi
tant rents, high prices of butter, eggs,
meat, flour, fruit, milk; our full fuel
uignaiioii is only increased by trie pious
editorials in a number of papers, ap
proving of the veto The governor says
there is no more ennsnn for maktng this
STUDY OF PROBE FICTION"
By Bliss Perry. Few books
have ever come at a more op
portune time than this one,
for this la an age of fiction.
Never before have the booksellere and
bookmakers been so flooded with fiction
a fact frequently used by critics to
deplore the decllno of good literature,
and assign It as the cause.
But In literature, as In everything
else, when a condition becomes a I act
the philosophical way to treat Is to
diagnose the case and administer the
boxl possible remedies.
This Is. figuratively speaking, what
Mr. Perry lias done, though he treats It
much more agreeably than If It were a
disease, saying: "The aim of tills little,
book Is to discuss the outlines of the
art of fiction."
Mr. Hllss has some fiction, and very
good fiction at that, to his own credit.
but as editor of The Atlantic Monthly
lie perhaps gained tho Impressions from
the many manuscripts on i'in voi
have niudo him preeminently fitted to
write upon this subject. Of this experi
ence ho himself says: "Whether the
examination of manv thousand manu
script stories is calculated to exalt ones
standards of the art of fiction may pos
sibly be questioned. Hut this editorial
experience, supplementing the other
methods of approach to the subject, may
be thought to contribute something of
practical value to the present work ."
The author la vs no hard and fast
and generally ar
NightClassesforYourigWomen
change In New York City than through- I i,ti.,itle,lpe that the Individual taste
. in,!,,,! i, controlled by the critic, on
out the state, and t hrmi Khout the who.
civil service. of eourso, there Is as
much reason for making It throughout
the stste as In New York City; but an
Installment of reform Is better than
none, and In New York City the discrim
ination against the women teachers has
been especially gross. Women have
noted with Interest, also, the Implied
acknowledgment that them N discrimi
nation against women all through the
civil service of New York state In
lugging In the hospital service to holster
up his position, however, the governor
takes a case that reallv Is not on rail!
A male nurse. In llfhtlng heavy mule pa
tients, does work that .1 woman cannot
do. while In school tea, liln,T the same
In Home Arts
In Business
In Language and
Literature
In Fine Arts
DAY CLASSES
Register Early.
PLAIN SEWINO
SHIRT WAIST
DRESSMAKING
MILLINERY
EMBROIDERY
GOOD ENGLISH
SPELLING
PUNCTUATION
ARITHMETIC
PENMANSHIP
ENGLISH
GERMAN
AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENGLISH LITERATURE
MANDOLIN AND GUITAR " ,
ELOCUTION
FREE-HAND DRAWINO
DESIGN AND LEATHER WORK
MILLINERY
DRESSMAKING
SHIRT WAIST
PLAIN SEWING
SEWING for girl from 7 to IS year.
First Term Opens Sept, 30
trust. ynai prelers to burn trie precious i work Is rwnilred nf Imih We rri 1 1,
commodity than to sell It at reasonable ov,rnor a(.t,ln; ,,, (h Wn,,,, ntTalr
prices; our Inadequate car service; oiir1),,, hnn tnP incidental r,.H,,lt f
unwholesome east side that will pay 1,0 frn!ahlnc a powerful and most eff.-ctiv,.
for a business slogan but won t take llhjert f..,m on w nm0M n,.,.(1 f VI),
enre of Its garbsge In a wholesome man- j
ner. We looked In vain for any men
tion of these things that determine the I
real true Portland. You may have snow-
cappedmountalns, wonderful roses and 1
the best of fruit land in the world, but '
you cannot eat the roses, and the moun- j
tnlns won't keep.you warm. The fruit
Is so high priced vou cannot buy any- I
thing but scrubs. Many of us would be
compelled to join ti e ranks of the great i
unwashed, and others would go thirsty
if our glorious Hull Hun water were
ownen by private capital.
S. .
Wonderful Advance
In Women's Education.
The celebration by Mount llolyoke of
Its seventieth anniversary calls at
tention afresh to the wonderful advance
In women's education Most of this
change has come about In little fiver
Mv friends. Is it not time this cut- nnn a ceniury. it is just on years since
throat i.ullev were relocated to tho I-ucy Stone, the first woman In Massa-
depths of the Wlllimette along with the i ''husetts to take a
"conservative" policy which for years celved her dtplomri
and years bottled up the progress of
at
ate fleirree,
( iberl In :
for
Portland?
I'l.l'll WO MAX.
Mount Holyoke then was still but a
seminary. When In r father learned that
She wanted to take a college course, he
asked her mother In all seriousness
"Is the child crazy"" Now. according
to the l.-test report of the national com
missioner of education, on! of the :;7.
H21 bovs and 4T.r,.",r, (rlrls who graduated
in 1!04 from the public hlrli .schools of
the T'nited States. n.(t"M Elrls and only
t ?.7 7 boy s were prepar ing to enter col
lege. Owing to the growing- tendency
to take hoes net of sehoo! earlv In orfler
Issued In the early years of the club, ajto put them Into business, Irls are tu
rnout satisfactory and creditable show- day getting more education than bovs
Woman's Club Calendar
Contains Fine Program.
The eleventh year of the Woman's
club of Portland will be ushered In next
Friday, October 11. In comparing the
year book, which Is Just out. with those
ibis luilnt h nays: "Iastes are purely
sni. ip, tlve matters, the arguments about
them, though Interesting enough, are
futile except as evidence of personal
bmperament and training. Hut the ob
i... i ,,f tnsto have certain positive qual
Hies which may profitably lie analysed
and dlsoiused. One reader may prefer
Trollonn 'FYamley Parsonage to Haw
t homes 'Hcarlet Letter.' rind another
render's nreforence be precisely the re
ersc. It mav be useless to discuss
these preferences, hut surely criticism
inn nronownce unon the characteristics
of the two books. It can show their
I radical differences In structure and
i style. It can point out the excellences
nn.i limitations of each of tho two
I stories.
"I ilscusslons of this aort are often II
lumlnatlng and valuable; they are not
to be dismissed BS expressions of mere
Tti-rsotin whim
"A mnn mav prefer chocolate to coffee
for his breakfast beverage; ho knows
which he likes best, and It may not bo
worth while to dispute with htm aooui
his taste Hut his physician, knowing
the chemical properties of the two bev-
races and their relative effect upon the
patient's digestive system can probably
tell him which drink Is the more nour
Ist Ing or stimulating for Mm
After the physician has delivered his
opinion I! Is still possible for the pa
tient to sav. "but I Ilk- coffee best, and
will continue to drink H.' and after the
critics have declared a book to tie com
monplace or dprn,11ntr It may be read
even more titan before."
In writing the book the author says
he Ins followed closely the notes pre
pared a few venrs ago In n course of
led ure on "Prose fiction" at Princeton
university. The entire work Is an ana
lytical "tuilv of everything that con
tributes to the art of fiction, nnd Is
prepared for Individual or lass studv.
though It will nrobably. from Its excel
lent arrangement and valuable appen
dix, find Its greatest circulation In the
club or classroom.
In the appendix are riven some exam
ples arid suggestive questions upon book
rev ey, Ing. Mr r.nss inniiui is eKy
MADAME MACONDA, GIFTED SOPRANO,
WOMAN OF PLEASING PERSONALITY
ing la made. Gradually tho club has1
crept up from a charter membership of, force haa largely been token out of the
77 to an enrollment of 70, as Rbown by old argument that woman suffrage
this year's calendar. The departments I would be dangerous because of the "ig
huve grown from two or three to 15. ! norant women.''
The departmental work for the en- j H H St
suing year will be under the following
leaders: Educational. Mrs. J. C. Prltch- j Emerson Club Will
ard, German, Mrs Carl Abendroth;J ttij tj.,,i
French. Madam Hauer; French tltera- , Ho,d Regular Meetings.
ture, Mrs Charles H. Dodd, Knglish lit
erature. Mrs. James Moffett; current
literature, Mrs. Sarah A. F.vans; art,
Mrs. W. XV. Johnson, social economics,
r. Mary Thompson; current top'cs.
Mrs. Nlnu ljirowe; Oregon history, Mrs.
C. M. Curtwrlght, elocution, Mrs Nina
Uarowe; psychology, Mrs. Alice Weister;
music, Mrs. I.. Peterson. The' follow-
As Mrs. Julia Ward Howe said nt a re- I i lain ami lucid; he writes in a manner
-ent meeting. In view of these fnots the entirely removed irom neuanirv, mm
In a. style to command rue admiration
and understanding of his renders. We
predict for the book great and Immedi
ate popularity. Houghton. Mifflin &
Co are Mi. Bliss' publishers.
YoungWomen's Christian Association g
6th snd Oak. Podoe M. 1205.
iiiiEiiiiuiiiniuiniiiininniBiininuxannaa
A club for the study of Ralph Waldo
"A Stumbling Clock" By Justus
Miles Formnn. Mr. Forman has taken
a long stride ahead since iie gave 10
fiction renders' "Buchanan's Wife." both
In plot and polish, though he still holds
Kmerson, a sage whose teachings have I to a tendency toward the morose and
unhappy He has also improved in
haracter sketching, ana me peopn
had great Influence In molding the
thought powec of the race. 0 mind
lias radiated grander truth than this
individual. Mrs. Fllzaheth Craig will
open her parlors to a night class of
both men and women. A call m. ling
e1sl
ii-.iiim-i,ni-iM,i.imrriirmliii- - - '-"--.vH
ing committees will serve during tne on. Tuesday night. October S. for the
year: Calendar, social, hall, printing, purpose of formulating plans for this
publicity and visiting, with the follow- work for the winter. Hopo all Inter
In g chairmen, respectively: Mesdames ' csted will be prompt.
Alexander. Mann, l.arowe. Evans, Com- !
stock and McRoberts. The quotations
found on the title page Intimates clearly
I
Scotch HlKhlmlls Higher.
the spirit of the club: "Growth Is the
law of every true life. No tomorrow
should find any of us where we are to
day
Drinkers of Scotch whiskey must be
prepared shortly to pay higher for their
favorite beverage, says a London dis
patch. Diatillers say that owing to
Madame Maconda, Who Will Be Heard In Concert Here
"Madame Maconda is the possessor of
a beautiful voice and stands at. the
head of concert' sopranos in the east,"
says the New York Evening Sun. It is
more difficult to arouse enthusiasm and
call forth the emotions on the concert
stage than it is In operatic roles, and
thla high praise from the Gotham' critic
la due not alone to the wonderful voice
and. rare art of the famous alnger, but
also to her winsome personality and
beauty. Art and nature unite In her to
make both a gifted artist and a, charm
ing and gracious Woman.
She is no stranger to us In the west,
but since her first appearance here a
few years ago under the direction of
Lola Bteers-Wynn Coman. her art has
October 24.
broadened and deepened, and local music-lovers
will And it a fascinating study
to note the remarkable evolution of her
genius. The furore of enthusiasm that
she created at that time is sure to be
doubled or trebled this season. She haa
gained greatly in power of emotional ap
peal, in dramatic force, in volume of
tone and brilliancy of technic. She haa
a wider Intellectual ' vision and more
penetrating insight into the hidden
meaning of the composers she elects to
Interpret, yet at the same time she has
lost none of that naive simplicity and
spontaneous charm that so captivated
her hearers on her former visit.
The appearance of Madam Maconda
on October 24th will be the first con
cert of the splendid subscription series
arranged by Lois Steers-Wynn Coman.
The calendar shows 17 reirnlar meet-itbe great rise In the price of coal and
lngs and election day, which, according I the Increase in the price of barley, the
to the new constitution, falls on May cos ,of production has been raised to
2: The following chairmen will have C't which leaves little or no profit
In charge the programs as they come in , Ty number of distillers In Scot and
rotation 164 of whonl 9s produce Highland
October 11 Present's greetings. Mrs. ! m"Vi Ao'rTnaT' 'iTn ,2''-" "n"nt
Frederick Fggert "Felines of the to 1 1 ft(',"on P'oof gallons, -eiiuKalent
rreaerioK r.ggeri . noes or me more than four years' supply. One
Jamestown Exposition. Mrs. Sarah A. H flon , tn;,t ,h distill, rs organ:
... V v, . , !ze and that some of the distilleries
october :5-Mrs 'Breymar, chairman; r,OKed. the owners of the closed d!s
Address by Mrs. hnns A. Mills of the tliierfes bcne compensated at a fixed
Cnlted States forestry bureau. rfltc bv tn0f. kPI,t working.
November S Mrs. Chapman; topic, I '
"How Our City Is Governed." i
November 22 Mrs. R. M. Rlumauer; ; Saw 11 omr Out of a Cow.
program, public school laws of Oregon;, a little city bov ami his sister Horo
manual training; trade; .school; Bongsithv were taken to the country for the
for children. ! first time.
December IS Whlttler day. Mrs. , The two children were hapny as the
Grace watt moss in cimrge; w hlttler I da y was long. in the late ufternoon
poems In song; Boston tea party. they watched the cows come home.
December 27 :Mrs. Warren E. Thomas; i heard with delight the tinkling row
muslcale. t bells, and the little boy even went to
January 10 Mrs. Alexander, chnlr-! the barns to see the milking done,
man; subject, "Glimpses of Australia";1 At supper. Just as Dorothy waa lift
Australian songs. Miss Sara Glance. I Ing her glass to her rosy lips, the bpy
January 24 Mrs. K. C. Runyon; "A i cried out :
Rnsket of FrafmpnlC i ' M. I 'otty, finnt: i mi muslnt drink
February 14 Mrs. W. F. Conover; ' "" '
"Educational Forces of Later Life"; ad
dress, "The Small College," by Rev. XV.
H. Foulkes.
February 28 Mrs. JameS P. Moffett;
came out
s not fit to drink.
cow; I saw IC
It
whom he brings upon tho scenes n the
present story are much more human
than was Buchannn, his wife or their
friends.
The storv centers abou' the hero,
David Rivers, if hero he might be called
but certainly a hero more from being
the subject to wnicn an me oui
cha raf ters were but contributory, than
from anv heroic deeds.
David was left an orphan with old
Robert Henley his guardian, though
David's inheritance, was the prospects
he had of Inheriting old Robert's large
fortune. Hut Robert Henley, though a
steady drinker, not always refined snd
even dlsgustlnsr at times was a fine
old character. He had loved David's
mother and had promised her to look
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thing he had; so David grew up be
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thousand, which was sufficient to keep
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Hut over-fondness for the boy made
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So lie set before the youth the glitter
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work while the stumbling block re
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the destiny of another when that other
had arrived at mature years, and by
cleverly thwarting the purest and best
impulses of a man's life.
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difference to public opinion and assert '.'"
his determination to send his brain
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Interpret for Mr. Sauter. as many ot
his best points are lost In words wholly
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graduate, and are nut to be found In an .'
ordinary dictionary. 8o perhaps thla la
why Mr. Sauter has so poor an opinion,
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three poems, "Bona Peritura." "The
Street," and "King Fustian." and they
are well named. The, dedicatory page
gives an Illuminating' insight Into the
spirit that dominates the poems: " To
his majesty, the Devil, old consistency
the sole ancient fact still compatible
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wretched writers, false philanthropists
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bast that part of the poems pertaining
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compensated for In tho poems in tha
first half of the book.
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The new volume by Alfred Noyes,
"The Flower of Old Japan," which th
Macmlllan company has Just published,
reveals this remarkable young poet In
a new light to his American readers.
The poems contained In his earlier
volume, striking and original as they
were, scarcely gave a hint of the spirit
that lurks in these new poems. Tha
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full of a deep seriousness underneath.
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haps because these poems are almost
light enough for a nonsense book that C ,
feel there Is something In them mora
elemental, more essential, more worthy
of serious consideration, than the most
ponderous philosophical poem I could
write. They are baaed on the funda
mental and very simple mystery of thai
universe that anything, even a grain ,
of sand, should exist at all." In tha ,
light of this volume. It Is easy tor
why the Kngnsn critics.
understand
flam hnua n I ' introduction under tha title and not a few American readers as well,
"Advertisement to the Satires." the I look upon Alfred Noyes as the rising:
author "doth too much protest" his In- hope of English poetry.
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niarcn id tsrereopucon ieciure, some i ji
Churches and Cathedrals of France." bv T
Rt. Rev. Charles Scadding. D. D.. bishop J
of Oregon. I v
Maren n Airs. Alice n eisier; A
Tourist In New Zealand."
April 10 President's day.
April 24 Mrs. A. B. Manley, chair
man; "Tea nnd Talk.
May 8 Mrs. James Tlfft; Art day.
May 22 Election of officers and so
cial hour.
June 12 Mrs. Warren E. Thomas; a
rose day.
June 28 Annual business meeting.
The year book Is bound In handsome
green, with the dates and club mono
gram done In white for cover design.
The books will be distributed at the
first nieetlng, but all who have seen
them pronounce them one of the finest
the club has ever Issued, and great credit
Is due Mrs. Alexander and her efficient
committee for the amount of thought
and work the book gives evlden.ee of.
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