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' .THE.' OREGON.' SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINQ, JANUARY 12, V 1908.
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By Beselena.
J OWN In the etuma of Portland, In
the very heart of the redlight
itrtct where painted women ply
tholr trade and men, the very In
carnation of human misery, spend
their sleeping and waking hours, stands
it modest mission known as the Strsyer
tnlsslon.
, The Strayer mission is a place of ref
vg9 for the human derelicts floating
without rudder or compass on the great
ocean of distress, degradation and want
Here these men aYe not onlr riven anlr
itual Mtslstance, but what Is more to
the point, they are helped in a more
practical way. If there is one latent
spark of manhood, or womanhood
Women are helped here as well as men
in these poor human wrecks it is
carefully nurtured and fostered.
Principle of Mission.
The principle of the mission Is the
wise old proverb "Ood helps him who
helps himself." The man or woman
who enters the doors of the mission is
speedily given a forceful illustration
of psychic phenomena combined with
cold, hard facts. If he needs it he is
given a bath, then his soul is given a
spiritual bath, when this is through
with he la physically and mentally up
lifted; he la then kept at the mission
until work commensurate' with his
strenrth and ability can be found fnr
.him. And It is usually found for this is
TNyilsslon run by faith.
'In these days of modern commercial
ism, wnere me maacnase ror mammon
is the all absorbing pastime, it is like a
breath from another world to absorb
the atmosphere of the Strayer mission.
There Is nothing aggressively osten
tatious about it. The man who con
ducts it believes with his whole heart
and soul in the fundamental principle
that prayer can be answered, and In a
practical way. that not only the spir
itual but the temporal things of life
are inus or ou grit about. Yet there is a
stronc; element of practicability In all
that the Strayer mission accomplishes.
Mr. Strayer is not only a "praver' but
a "doer." He prays for the immediate
necessities or the moment, then he goes
out and in a very nractlcal manner en
deavors to obtain them. Then with a
childlike faith and simplicity he gives
me creuu iq a, mgner power.
Magnetic Personality.
The man who accomsllshes all. this
has a magnetic personality. He at
tracts the unlettered wretch he picks
from the gutter and the college gradu
ate. He has indomitable will power and
absolute faith In himself and the work
he is carrying on.
iiis lire story ana now he came to
become interested in the work reads
like a page from a yellow back novel.
There is a saying somewhere that there
Is no fall so great, as that of one who
falls from a great intellectual height
it was true in this case. Mr. Straver
not only had family and a genealogical
tree back of him. but was a colleare du-
ated man with degrees from the Uni
versity or Pennsylvania and Cornell.
The fall of an ordinary man would be
great the fall of this man was greater.
As he expresses It, "He touched bottom."
He drank to drown his suffering and
he gambled, but after awhile even
this fictitious excitement failed. Life
held nothing more for him and he medi
tated death. In this frame of mind he one
night wandered into a church where a
revival meeting was in progress. The
speaker that night was Dr. Chapman,
and before tho meeting closed there was
one more convert aided to his list
George Elmer Strayer.
Sudden conversions in these prosaic
twentieth century days are apt to be
looked upon with suspicion, and this
was no exception to the rule. Even the
ministers to whom he applied 'for as
sistance to help him become a mission
ary had no faith In him. They told him
to wait. But he was resolved not to
wait, and started out for himself. Those
were long hard days, days in which he
made a long, uphill fight practically
alone. There was only one person who
had 'faith in him and that was his wife.
By degrees his work grew easier, people
gradually came to have faith In him and
the work he Is doing In the slums.
Doing Noble Work.
Today, while still poor arid In sore
distress for many things, he 4s doing a
great and noble work. He finds that he
can no longer accomplish it all alone,
so has assistants, six men and seven
women, some of these are men and
women who have been helped by him:
some of them render their assistance
simply because of their faith in the man
and his work.
Mr. Strayer s principle assistant Is
his wife and after her come his two
little daughters. Olive Unona and Leisel
LaBeth, aged respectively, 3 and 1 H
years, now great the rorce or example
Is exemplified In a touching Illustration
told of these children, two of the young
est missionaries In Portland. One day
Mr. (Strayer was talking In his private
office to a young man upon whose mind
he was endeavoring to Impress the fact
that tho straight and narrow path was
the only one to pursue, but without
much success. The two children were
playing unheeded about the room. Sud
denly Mr. Strayer was called down
stairs. He was gone but a few mo
ments and upon his return was arrested
st the door by the sight before him.
There were the two babies kneeling be
side a chair, tiny honds clasped and in
halting, broken sentences lisping a
childish prayer that the heart of the
man before them would be touched
and he would be made to see the light
And the man? The tears were rolling
down his cheeks and needless to say Mr.
Strayer had no further trouble in con
vincing him.
Mission Headquarters.
The headquarter of the Strayer mis
sion are at 4fi North 'Fourth street
Here is maintained a restaurant where
a good, wholesome meal can be obtained
st a nominal price and upstairs are a
few rooms where sleeping accommoda
tions for a limited number can be had.
The rooms are poorly furnished but
scrupulously neat. One of them is
called the "hospital" and Is fitted up fgr
the reception of the slcls snd helpless
Mr. Strayer maintains as far as he Is
able a receiving hospital, something, by
me way, our city snouia nave, but
since It has none he does the best pos
slble with the means at hand. Besides
this he goes among the sick and poor
ana neeay an over the city and by
prayer and very practical help endeav
ors to alleviate their suffering. He does
a greater deal of work among the deni-
sena or scowtown. inese are a pecu
liar class of people who seem to re
sent the Interference of the churches In
their behalf, yet gladly welcome the
coming; of Mr. Strayer or any of his
neipers. Tho worK Is all conducted on
non-srtarlan lines. All who are in
neod of help are given it regardless of
race, creca or nationality.
Practical Side of Work.
The practical side of the work, the
actual help, comes chiefly from those
whom the mission has helped to help
themselves. In Bristol. England, la an
orphanage run along the name lines. It
was founded many years ago by George
Mueller, a ohilanthroplst. He started
the work along the same lines Mr.
Straver has started his work In thin
city, prayer ana faith. The orphanage
prowpered and lived to be a blessing to
countless thousands, and so is the
8trayer mission destined to live and be
a great humanizing influence in the
lives of the men and women who come
under Its Influence.
That men have faith in Mr. Straver
and the great work he has accom
plished in the past two years Is exem
plified In the words of Dr. J. Whltcomb
Brougher of the White Temple when he
said to me: "Mr. Strayer has be,en
tried by fire and not found wanting."
writes htr newspaper work under tha
nom de plume, of Beselena, and other
matter under her own name, la record
ing secretary: Mrs. Clara Bewick Col
by, editor of tha Woman's Tribune, one
of tha brightest, brassiest and newsi
est nanars nubllshM for women In the
northwest, corresponding secretary, and
Miss Frances Eleanor uotsnan, wno naa
tha unique distinction of being the only
woman puousner in uii eimie, la irtu
urer. - , .
Among tha club members are names
wall known to tho reaaing puDiic. rrom
inent am on a them is Mlsa Anna fihsn
non Monroe who has not only written
a successful novel, but has made an
enviable name for heraalf on both the
Pacific andAtlantlo coasts, mm. lis
chen Miller. Sunday adltor of tha Ru
gena Register, ia anothar member
whom the Wotnsn'a Presa eltrb feels
firoud to claim. Mrs. Millar la m stater-n-law
of Joaquin Miller and inherits
all tha delicate Imagery and subtle
touchen of humor and nsthos "which has
made his name a household word to tha
readlns cubllo.
Mrs. June McMillan Ordway. tha tal
ented author of tha nlav "Orea-on." be
sides numerous songs and poems; Mrs.
Jonla George and her gifted daughter.
Minasene, botn or wnom wrica xor var
ious maraslnes: Miss Lillian Tlnsie.
any many others whose names ara fa
miliar to tne reading public.
The club has a list of between IK
and 10 members and is open to all ac
tive press women who ara receiving
compensation ror their won.
The next meeting will ba held tha
nrst Monaay in February.
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NE of the pretty incidenta of tha
holiday season was the interchange
of postal cards between Alice
Stona Blackwell and Mrs. A. S. Dun!
way.
Mlsa Blackwell sent Mrs. Duniway a
Wry pretty card, on one side of which
were three golden bells attached to a
wreath of hollr with a profusion of
yellow ribbon. On the reverse side was
written the roiiowinir lines:
Their chime of woman's freedom tells
And when at last their thrilling votes
Shall bid all Oregon rejoice.
On that glad day for which wa hope.
May yon ba there to pull the rope.
Alice Mtone macs wen.
Mrs. Duniway. ralllnr forth her noetio
musa,. made the following reply:
"When the oncoming Ides of June.
Responding to the bells attune.
The votes of men to freedom's sons.
Glad mothers will tha tones prolong.
Till liberty throughout the land.
From Occident to orient's strand,
AH vibrant with the glad refrain.
Triumphant will prolong the strain
From echoing hills of Oregon
To every land beneath the sun
And the glad sons of women free.
Shall swell the notes of victory.
Abigail Scott Duniway."
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NE of the beauties of clubwomen is
that they fit into any place that
needs their help or care. This
was shown In Aurora last week when
the club women undertook to raise a
debt that had been hopelessly hanging
for many moons over the church. They
left the seclusion of their study classes.
buckled on the armor of usefulness to
others and gave a basaar which netted
them 1112.34. with which they cleared
the church debt.
It was only a little handful of women,
and the debt was large in proportion,
but their zeal and earnestness, with
the valuable lessons of club work en
abled them to do a great and splendid
thing.
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REGON clubs may profit by an ac
count of civic work being done
Rhode Island which says:
Civic affairs are tb,e special interest
of the Rhode Island Woman's club of
Providence for the coming year. Their
principles were embodied In a year-book
which was sent to those likely to be
interested In making the city more
beautiful, extending the parks, planting
and caring for trees, increasing public
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"PRINCE OF PILSEN" US III-
TERPRETED' BY THE FREUCil
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JL at
ARIB, Dec. II "J suls tres charm
vous voir!" This wag sot quit
French, so although tha eorrldor
at tha theatre da la Galte, in
which wa wera standing, was In
aaml-darkness, I guessed at tha speak
er's identity. It was Fred Wright, who
told ma tha next moment that ha had
got a soft collar and a hard part. "I
am, aa tha French say, 'dessus contra
lul up against It. A little un peu,"
Mr. WTJght added.
And then Miss Madge Lasslng ap
peared, and the light made us blink for
a moment The electricity had been
turned on Just ss she came out I ad
mit, but still the fact remains that
things were brighter wnen Miss Les
slnr smiled.
Uustave Dora's pictures and soma of
tha pages of H. G. Wells' book. "The
Time Machine," may give you sums idea
of chaos, but until you have seen a
Paris rehearsal you do not really realize
what chaos means.
And, mind you. this was no ordinary
rehearsal. "The Prlnca of Plleen." In a
French version by M. de Cottens and
Pierre Veber. Is to be produced In Psrls
jointly by the Brothers Isola and H. W.
Savage of New York and .other places.
Tha case Is to ba part Encllsh. part
American and part French. Fred
Wrla-ht will play the Encllshman. Miss
Ltesslng tna American slrl. and some
where Detween 40 and CO American end
English girls have been engaged for
chorus and for dancing.
American Producer.
Also there la a wall-known American
stage manager, Mr. Marlon, who has
been specially Imported. When I saw
him he wora a laraa French tie and an
extremely worried look, but Mr. Fellner
(wno is Francn ror nr. eavacej smii
Ine-ly declared that both would ba re
duced in couraa of time.
A young lady In practicing clothes
was standing on her head in tha canter
of tha floor of tha foyer dea artlates.
A little group of chorus men were stand
ing round tha piano emitting groans of
la-do-re at intervals, and listening to
the chirping of a plump little man bn
black. He' was M. Glrier, tha French
comedian. M a
All of a audden a crowd of young
ladies rushed at tne - girl standing on
her head, and pointed their toes at her
In scorn. Tha man at tha piano struck
up the tune, and an unshaven personage
In shirt sleeves rushed In. threw up
both arms, and cried: "But stop atop,
then, a minute!" Eighty toes. It arms,
and II bodies remained motionless.
Then "Viola ces messieurs! ' remarked
someone, and Messieurs Isola walked In,
whereupon the rehearsal Of the Fuller
troupe began again.
The chief peculiarity of tha Isola
brothers is that they ara always to
gether. No living Parisian has ever
seen one isola without the other, and
very few Parisians who go about at all
can remember a day when they have not
met both the brothers Isola somewhere
In town. But the Isola brothers have
nother peculiarity. Tha Isolaa own
the Theatre de la Galte. and three
music halls the Olympia, Parisians,
and the Foiles Bergeres. At tha Galte
they play light opera; at tha Folles
Bergeres and Parlslana they play
revues; and at Olympia they are going
o do "The Prince or PHsen." wltn Mr.
Savage's assistance, at tha and of this
week.
Postponed.
Tha Prlnca was to have made his
b'ow to Paris on November 16. "I
hould like to play here once before I
drop Into my little grave." said Mr.
Wright, "but do ;-ou think I shall r I
reassured him. The peculiarity of
French rehearsals is their total lack of
system, but now that notes are appear
ing In the newspapers saying that the
now win "quite irrevocably be pro
duced the day after tomorrow," every
body will make an effort, and things
win snake down
Unowa. ha says, that It is
ft?f "Tv th jnuslcal director
i?.lh,ra'.0' .ndi. dlarea that ha c.n
X I'lhJUJ h?v? "howa, I. something
or a French scholar. . .
a Timl? "Pr.,nS f Wlaen- will be
a little different from tb piece aa It
was d aved , In Tn.n i." i7i "
-play an hour and a quarter, and eevera.1
cnanges have been made. Among others
are a fishing song, in which Mlsa Ie
sing and tfr. Wright try very hard
to rhyme "place" to "center basse," and
a very charming version of tha Kissing
Hong from "Nelly NelJ." arranged as a
duet for Miss Leasing and Mr. Wright.
.v,.iew 7?k" f aU th Frenoh
strike because Mr. Marlon, tha stare
manager -from over there." had tha
mpertlnence to expect them to act a
ll"" r,n ry
they had been engaged to sing, and they
wantd to stand round and do It Mr
fellner suggested that they should sing
in dress clothes instead of In uniform
TV?at.ln,ot-.Jrhy wer lult free
able to th s. they said. If the manage
, W?,uld Pr.ov,(1" r clothea.
Eventually their salaries wera raised,
snd there was peace again. .
.v Hut- 'I spite of these dissensions and
1t!1?,b ,dl"'u"tles. the Paris "Prlnca of
Pllsen promUea to be a big success.
Mm. Simon Qlrard and M. o"r!er have
leadlnK parts in It, but the two stars
are to be Mr. Wright and Misa Madge
Lss1ng. The premiere is announced
ror nnay it will certaihly take place
" " J. IN. H.
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WOMEN'S CLUBS MD WORK
Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans.
OOD resolutions! No indeed,"
aid tha little clubwoman as
I T aha hurried up to tho council
, meeting at tha call of the
i " para food committee of tha
tat federation, to do what aha could
to 'procure, tor tha city, tha food chem
ist, ao often recommended by the health
authorities.
"1 never could understand why one
particular spot on the calendarshould
ba consecrated to good resolutions.
which -vanish before tha attractions of
tha world, tha flesh and the devil the
next morning. I will admit though tha
jaai rew nours. oi tne aymg year is a
ireity good time ror retrospection, and
hi year tha bitter-sweet of cause and
effect In soma of our local conditions
came trooping before ma, and I saw
a great light.
-VHow did I see it? Well, figuratively
speaking, I went among my lavender
ana oia lace ana resurreciea a certain
document from a bundle, tied toarether
with yellow ribbon and labeled 'For
tho Next Campaign.' ' This was a so
called business men's protest against
woman's suffrage and dated 1906. Then
tha light broke for. the words of on of
Jforuand a great economists rang in
my ears so clear, so true, there was
no gainsaying the fact. He said: The
antr-suffraaista are the sreatest crlm-
lloals of the age.'
Vv "Tha inanoial history of Portland
for tha past two years explains many of
uie names on tnis list, it can oe easily
seen why they did not want women's
votes to interfere with their manipu
lation of private or public funds. Once
women wera the political . equals of
men they would have the right to ques
tion man and methods wben public trust
was to be conferred. I tell you I got
a wholesome glimpse of wire-pulling In
looking over that list, and tho motives
of -soma of these men. in the light of
recent events - made ' ma blush ' for my
sex as I thought of how these men were
aided ana abetted by a few foolish wo
men wno wouia raws? auow -corrupt
officials to ba ttut into nubile office
and then cringe and crawl, before them
to obtain favors from dirty hands, than
ro and In a dignified manner, and la
ibaaocluslon, l,av jroUng booth, rg-
5'r'i'.:i.-;.H .;v-- v. -vyy-i''xA-y'ri-':
ister their choice for clean men, whom
they would not have to charm before
obtaining Justice from."
"But, my dear little clubwoman," we
exclaimed, "dpn't you believe In the
Influence of women? Don't you believe
men would rather be persuaded to do
right than to be compelled to do It?"
You are arguing from the premises
Of tho anti-suffragists," Indignantly re-
Flled the little clubwoman. "You ln
er that all men are bad and that they
must either ba cajoled or compelled to
do the right thing. I argue that there
are many good and honorable men but
they are not the kind that use - their
piety as assets, or hark back to wo
man's ' sphere . and business demoraliza
tion if women could vote. They are the
honorable men who do right for right's
sake and wnose Dusiness could not be
demoralized by enfranchised women.
Just rook for tha motive In any oppo
sition to woman s surirage ana you
will find It grounded In economic causes.
But I must hurry to meet that delega
tion or non-voters, wno nice cripples,
ara climbinsr ud hill to better things.
and I can't stop to argue suffrage any
longer witn you, put as a parting snot
lust let me advise you to get that busi
ness man's protest, and that vulgar
little card tnat was issued to reach tne
waterfront, about petticoat government
and see some of the Illustrious names
Lyou find there, and then put your car
to tne ground ana you win discover
that many or mem are now raising a
cry lest , they, by t due process of. law,
become disfranchised citizens them
selves." -
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RS. CORNELIUS S. ROBINSON, a
popular . New -Yorte' clubwoman,
president of tha Happy Hour
club, a member of, the Littla Moth
ers.' Aid association, tha Woman's
Republican . Club, - and other', socle
ties, Is the Inventor of a sanitary
carbare closet, which han a flue tn
carry off tha obnoxious fumes to tha
root ana also a rresn-air intake. Mrs,.
Robinson not only Invented the srai
bage closet, but also took out a patent,
secured a foundry, and enlisted the In
terest of well-known men to form" a
company. In which she serves as secre
tary, "or . aomauma arter her cvic
M
was placed on tha market, she person
ally secured contracts, and supervised
the proper placing or tha garbage clos
ets in the buildings.
It might be a good Idea to send for
Mrs. Kobinson to solve some or Port
land's garbage nroblems. but then
somebody would protest from force of
naoit
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ISS MARGARET HALEY, of the
' Chicago Teachers' Federation, is
happy. It will be remembered
that Mayor Busse, of that city, sum
marily removed Dr. Cornelia De Bey,
Louis F. Post Raymond Robins and
several other members of the school
board, before their terms had expired,
and appointed in their places persons
more in- sympathy with his views. His
legal right to do this was doubted, and
the displaced members applied to Judge
wmaes ror an injunction against mm.
This was denied on the ground that
they had a remedy at law through quo
warranto proceedings. But the state's
attorney and the attorney general both
refused a bring quo warranto pro
ceedings in order to test tho question in
court The ousted members then ap
plied xor a writ or mandamus to com
pel tha state's attorney to perform his
duty. Tha lower court decided against
them, but the supreme court of the
state on appeal has just reversed this
decision, and sustains Dr. De Bey .and
her colleagues completely. It holds
that Mayor Busse violated the law in
removing them, and that the state's at
torney violated his official dutv In re
fusing to institute quo warranto proceedings.
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TNSTEAD of tha customary club year
book, tha well-known Friday Morn
ing club of Los Angeles gets out a
littla monthly folder , which -gives tha
names of tha officers and board of
directors and tha Committees.' The
eeeond page - gives an -outline of tha
program.. The club meeta every Friday
morning and lunch Is always served at
the close of the program. , ": (
Tha admission fee to tha club la 112
and yearly dues of lV. Tha rules gov-1
ernlng the club are very rigid. Guest
cards are never Issued to the business
sessions, and all business must first
be submitted to the board of directors
before being presented to the clnb.
Members are limited as to the number
of guests they may have during the
year, tne privilege extended to eacn
member during the year being six non
resident and two guests who are ellg
Ible to membership, but no guest ellg
loie to membership may attend as a
guest more than twice a year.
The club has a membership of 1,028.
Mrs. C. M. Severance ia president emer
itus. The other officers are: Pres
ident, Mrs. Shelly Tolhurst; vlca-presl-
aents, Mrs. jonn k. uaynes and Mrs,
Horace R. Boynton: recordinar secre
tary, Mrs. E. 'R. Bradley; corresponding
secretary, wusa laura u. smun; treas
urer, Mrs. N. K. Potter.
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THERE are 180,000 homeless children
in the United States growing up
In institutions, and there are said
to be 2,000,000 childless homes. The
editor of the Delineator Is trying to
bring the homeless children and the
childless home together by publishing
portraits and short histories of chil
dren who are candidates for adoption.
Cooperating in the plan are a number
Of women, among them Mrs.' Frederick
Dent Grant, Mrs. Clarence Burns, found
er of the Little Mothers' association.
Mrs. W. J. Bryan and Miss Mary Mc
Dowell, tha settlement worker of Chi
cago. ft'ft ft
THE Woman's Press club of Oregon,
was started fn this city in the
spring of JJ99. Th "originator
of tha club was Miss Bessie Gulnean,
now Mrs. Bessie Gulnean Stone, a news
paper writer known as "Beselena."
ror some years mefttlnea were nor
held regularly, but that there was need
or sucn a ciud was proven by tha fact
that last March when the club was re
organised a large and enthusiastic body
of women responded to the call for
membership. Among these were many
of tha old members and a larre number
of hew ones who had come to the north
west to make the Rose City their home.
tna ciuo oeiongs to tne state r opera
tion. The president is Mrs. Lucia Fax
on Add it on, whose work along sociologi
cal and philanthropies! lines is too well
known to need comment Mrs. , Emma
Beckle Marshall is vice-president, -Mrs.
Marslfali.belones to nearly all tha press
clubs in California and writes faef and
fiction 'for nearly all tha lares mas-a
alnca, 'Mrs, Bessie Qulnean Btone who
ic section of the Woman's club gave
a free illustrated lecture, which showed
present conditions in Providence and
filans for improving and beautifying
ts natural advantages. Pictures were
shown of what had been done by other
cities in this country and in Europe,
and tne committees succeeded in arous
lng much public Interest in support of
In the city and state has been Invited
to appoint, a civic committee to be
formed Into a general committee for
cooperation, and, although the work has
only been organised for a few weeks
the greatest enthusiasm has been
aroused and support offered by men'
clubs and organizations.
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EW YORK clubwomen who are
members or who have been en
tertalned at the American Worn-
an's club of Berlin, have received notice
of its removal to the new home, a large
apartment in the Munich Strasse. Mrs.
T. Redfern of Washington will be Jn
charge for the next year. At the same
time the announcement is made that
the Paris Lyceum, a branch of the Lon
don Lyceum club, has opened its club
house in tna Kue ae ia uienraisance.
In connection with this branch has been
esilftUllBiieu L null ui wuuinn o aAcuwiBc.
which will afford an exhibition place of
the work of women from all over tha
world. A surprising number of Amerl-
ean women are members or the London
and the Paris Lyceum club, although
these clubs are chieny made up or JSnK-
llsh women; The American Woman's
club of Berlin is nearly 20 . years old.
ana nas always naa a large raemoer
ship, which will be greatly Increased
now that enlarged and more attractive
quarters are available. Miss Constance
Smedley, the president of the Lyceum
club or London, will visit New i oric tn
the course of the winter, in order to
establish a branch of the lyceum in
New York, which is to be followed by
an Italian lyceum
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MASSACHUSETTS clubwomen, are
completing plans for the next bi
ennial and on the fourth of this
month held an all-day -conference at
the Hotel Vendome, Boston. Not only
were all the presidents of the clubs of
the state In attendance, but Mrs. Deck
er, president of the general federation.
and tne cnairmen or tne stanamg com
mittees of the federation were invited
and many, even from a great distance.
were mere.
The subject of the discussion was
"What Are We to Give, and What Are
We to Gat From the Biennial?"
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RS. Clara B. Arthur, president of
the Michigan Equal Suffrage
league, has taken the lead in In
teresting Michigan clubwomen In tha
proposal to open free public baths in
Detroit. After a year of agitation of
the subject bv the clubwomen of tha
state as well as the city of Detroit,
their request was granted, and the new
building, which was opened this week,
has been named "The Clara," In honor
of Mrs. Arthur's efforts.
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PRIVATE homes, or publiq halls? haa
afways ben a burning question In
Clubs, when discussing a place of
meeting. Many clubs, of course, out
grow tha residence for regular meetings,
but when that occurs there will be de
partments that will need a meeting
place, and the same question presents
itself again.
A clubhouse, as every one knows, is
tha Ideal thin, for then there is the
large room for the regular meetings and
the cosy corners for departments, and it
hould be the aim of every large club to
provide a home for Itself. .
California has," perhaps, : mora clubs
houses than all the other states put to-
rather,-with, wa think, Los .Angeles
adlng In that state. A
. Purina' the coming year tha Friday.
piay he first of aii gets the Took and By J. T. WILSON. Auctioneer
the music. They do these things sd J J .ww" uyuuuccr.
dirrerentiy in Tsnce. They can tnangj . , . .
chorus, the dancers, the accompanist. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, at
the limelight man. the principals, the I n a - . .
. - . 1 . ,,, a nn , . . n ,
autnors, ana & lew rrienas or tn man-1 v Jacu iayt at oaiCS
oramant ftirAr )a an tatlr r Tn 1 n era nvar I
for several weeks. Mr. Wright and TOOmS, 208 First Street.'
Miss Lessinr had ' been I suppose we I
must call it rehearsing for some hours W will offer at Public Auction a
that afternoon, but the only progress variety of modern house-keeping fur
made had been to Inquire what they nishlngs, comprising Mahogany Westh-
.wuiu Aiivv vu uv. avu iuuol iiui mill, puju UU1UBQ UUlL, ASH and Mania
that authors and management do not I Furniture. Tha assortment wa ' n
nuvw men vu.iiic.Di luvufin in 1 1. 6 a iiaiuiu .uui u. me Duyer rurmtura suit
done differently In France. I able for. parlor and dlni
, ' Se.d"I22WTTand. kltchS effects. Steel
inuigB move. lot i'11" " iawk stoves, urns
a .w. .v T v.... k I ";Z:rL.r.rjaJ.."- 'noieum ana
Buiua w t ittug uiv a uj v a asw ucoh vtirei vauuawia sV U rU IB IxinfiJa QIC.
chaos but it has more meaning. Several
of the American ladles in the chorus
can now say "Oui," "Cochong," and
"Ally dong," and all the French officials
when excited, which is their normal
condition, burst mto gusty and spas- Groceries, Provisions and Fix-
SPECIAL SALE
tures, Tuesday, at 10 A. M, at
Heisler's Store, on the 0.; W. .
P. Car Line at Stuart Station.
Sale Reached by Mount Scott
Cars. 'v-';''-
Morning club of Los xngeles will move
into a new clubhouse of its own they
havlnv outarrown the present one which
they also or--. The old one has been a
paylhg investment It has always naa
more calls for renting than it could
meet it being particularly in favor for
larse social functions. The Ebell club
nt th. aa m A 1tv Hull? TiAAiitlfnl hom I
during the past year. i. commence selling tna roliow.
With thl. A-rnmnl. In fh. TPf t inr IlXlUreS 11 ID L In Rnli 1Tai.
seems strange that in New York Cltv no Jfln, Platform and Computing Scales,
Boston has none, though of this wa are Truck. Show Cases, Coffee Mill, Coffea
uncertain. nd Spice Tins, two delivery horses.
At a meeting of the New Tork city harness and wagon, etc Tha groceries
M.nllnn th. miatt.r nf oluh niMtlliir COmPrlSO a Ceneral mtnflr nt Btnnl.
places was aiscussea ana tne consensus 1 a compjeta una or
of opinion was that publlo rooms wjero J a11?, oodo. Including bulk goods and
preierrea.
all kinds of provisions, etc.
Note Call us up if you want to Is
P?!? .X?2r belongings. Phona Mala
H2. A-4343. J. T. WILSON.
Auctioneer. .
Portland Auction Co.
211 FIRST, STREET
test a summary of the Yale team that PL-, "eeral thousand! dollars worth
". . ful"uu ana otner : merchandise:
which must ba sold at our t
AllCt
ion Sab
jSIZIXG 'EM UP.
A debatinar team Isn t much Ilka a
football team, but apparently the habit
of athletic criticism is so deeply in
grained that to some college men the
activities of the two appear alike.
Which is to say that when the Yale
debatinar team recently met Princeton.
and incidentally was defeated, the Yala
News published in advance or that con
test a summary of the Yale team tha
read for all the world like the estimate
of abilities of an athlete.
One man was "very ood at his best
but has some off days. He Is a trifle
too affirresslve sometimes in his deliv
ery and has a tendency to talk too fast."
Sounds like: "Is Inclined to charge be
fore the ball and thus get offside,
doesn't it?
Another man "has some minor faults
of delivery, but he holds the attention
by his earnestness and Individuality. Ha
s very clear and logical in his con
structive argument. in reDutiai no
shows rrood 1udrment. but is not ouite
as affluent in expression as he should
be. He Is a very cool-headed and relia
ble man and exerts a steadying influ
ence on the whole team.
Which could be read: "Smith Is a
rme man in tne nacsiieia catcning punts, . , T" riAirfhS-V:, i"". !
rrAlw muffin- nrl then mnAmllv .hi. I COURTEOUS ii TREATMENT
to get them hack. He runs his team V5? ! 'vi2?r,2i i m ''Vronn enjoy
with irood headwork. ehoosine his nlava I . .".? . Bfcrgaina ar not for . any
nicely, and is clever at picking weak "lttl! .a" everything goes 4A
Dots in the oDnosins- line. When thev i"V".'5,,or oar. no tna gooas must
get going under Smith it la a case of I &na. f.Jr5?U ARB AMVEi.0rt
the run count. 1 j . " ""j?."'"'i
Another fe low n rebuttal "Is very 1 . ," noming iu jliu .
quicK dui a iimo inciineu iu let un ex- I
citemant of the debate run away with
him' Otherwise: "He Is a fierce tack-1
ler. but Is apt at times to ba turned I
away from the play. In his eacrerneas
to get through he sometimes falls to I for anything on this' earth. To setira
Still another debater "has also some
minor faults In delivery, but In splta of
these he Is a good speaker and an ex
cellent debater. He handles-, his con
tractive argument well and- seldom
loses sight of tha' main issues in ' re
butting; Ha also has a ready flow of
language,' wnicn is invaluable in ex
temporaneous work." Which rtscalls
"He Is a good man at advancing the
Kali. tAllAlnw Afl - -1
taklns- tha holes with rood Imlrment. I We have a goo1-payln r--r.i .r-r,(V!e
He la a -wonderful dodrnr nd . irreut I on our hands. H e -t l a
man In hnkM fUM , ' . . . J rlflce:' 23 fODIM. On first i
After alL there Isn't much' difference. I the PorUani Auctl.a C j. U
Tuesday at 10 A. M.
Thursday at 10 AJ M. .
, Friday at 2 P. M,
Ail wa have to sav is that if vmt
can como to OUR SALE3 you ara EIN
CERKLY WELCOM ETSd receive the
We Pay Good Money
! satisfaction call up Main 6651 or A-4121.
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