The Oregon daily journal., March 22, 1908, Page 24, Image 24

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 22, 1008
WOMEN'S CLUBS AND WORK
Fashion Latest Novelties
Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans.
m
ITHIN the past wmK or Two
the attention of tha public has
been called to tho rapidly dl
ippearlng houses ard buildings
' i x , that have txwn landmarks since
long before Oregon was a state, many
-of them being closely collected with the
Mstory of the city and state.
: This should not be. No house ff
; building once associated with the early
' .history or families of the stute should
bt rased without the sjot being marked
?' In some way. If - Is but by a tablet on
. the building (list taken Its pi. ice.
For almost o years an yssoclatlon of
'. t "women of J 'etrolt, Michigan, have taken
' car of this kind of work, tho result
7 being that as the stranger walks the
, trnvts of thtit beautiful city they are
' i rot only admiring Its heaullful modern
architecture, but they read Its still mors
. mitirvaiing fiiaiuiy.
All over tbe country 'this work I
- being taken up by clubwomen. Th
Wisconsin State federation tins don
' invaluable service to the state throug
' its landmarks commit tea, organised 1
101. Letters ware aent to club
" throughout tha state asking that In
' sjvery town efforts be msde to secure
. documents and records bearing on th
" early history of the town. The lette
1 suggested marking locations of firs
isupport of tha university. The man
who paya taies on 14.000 worth will pay
$1. Aro such amounts excessive, when
It ts proposed to build up an Institu
tion w here tho aona and- daughters of
our common people ran receive tha edu
cation which the times demand?
"The Alumni of the university. In Is-
suing this statement, hava no Interest
to serve but tliut of Oregon. They be
lieve that the young men and women of
Oregon deserve educational advantages
as good aa those enjoyed by the young
men and women of other slates Id
full faith In the Intelligence and fair
ness of tha votera of Oregon, they enr-
nestly appeal to their loyalty to tlm
cause of education for a caruful and
frlendlv consideration of Ilia universi
ty's needs, and a conclusive majority
In favor of Its adejuate support.
' buildings by planting trees, setting tab
! lets, eto. : finding and marking alias of
, -j old Indian villages and especially car
1 i.' Ing for and preserving Indian mounds.
' ! Jndlan legends of local bearing were
- x asked for, and It waa urged that each
-club incorporate In Its yearly program
. a 'landmarks day," when results of
, . researches should be reported and pa-
para read on related suDjects.
'; So much h-s been done by the state
... federation In assisting tbe State Hlstor-
; icai society mat many states are foi
'. lowing the example of Wisconsin In
.(. appointing a landmarka committee.
J TLLA I CABOT and Mabel Lyman,
r ' president and secretary, respect
- Ively, of tha woman's auxiliary of
tha Massachusetts Civil Service Reform
league, hava sent out an appeal to (he
. clubwomen, of the country, asking them
to usa their Influence to prevent the
'' patronage system being restored In the
- . appointment of the employes needed for
.' taking the census of 1S10. The drcu-
, tar saya la part:
i "Though the permanent census bureau
, was placed In li02 under the merit
' system, the nil for the new census. In
Its present form, provides that appoint
ments snail be made through non
. . competitive examinations. As the
'.United States civil service commission
has 'every feclllty for furnishing
promptly tho requisite number of well
qualified ellglbles by means of open
' competitive examinations, the only ob
ject of the non-competitive provision
seems to be to make subject to con-
fressinnal patronage some 4.000 posl
Inns In Washington and some 60.000
positions in other parta of the country.-
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, who had
charge of taking the census of 1890, has
, stated that If the forca then employed
had been appointed under civil service
rules at least Jl, 000. 000 would have
been saved, i nd more than a year'a time
i Tha effect of the spoils system In th
- past should be sufficient reason for Its
permanent Interment. The merit sys
tem, no lonrer an experiment, but ap
proved .by the whole American people,
' should -be extended to the additional
. employes of tha census office In this
; way only will the nation be assured of
the maxlmuii of economy,, efficiency
''nd accuracy.
i In order to express widespread public
i sentiment In favor of the merit sys
tem, will not cluba and clubwomen in
very state urge their senators and
E ARE constantly Impressed with
th need for closed study of fun
dsmontals among women, epo
rial). nw.r ,. 1 1 l,w itrnell. WlimCD hSVS
aa a rule no principles Now, I do not
mean that thev do not comprehend vir
tue that they would lie or steal, or do
any other dlieputabl thing. I mean
that women do certain thlnHS because
thv were tansht to do so: because
theli btst friend does so. because their
ohnivh iiv. thev shall do so not be
cause thry have any sullied convictions
that a principle Is Involved they do
nnt Wnnu inf. leal why. Aa a rule
woman s attitude towards public qius
tl, in. a. well as towarus private, per
sonal problems, Is determined by the
t,niilr .in In Inn of tha matter, usually
decided from the standpoint of effi
ciency. This can be Illustrated by the
attitude of many womon on the suf
frage question they do not feci that
granting suffrage to women Is expe
dient at this time." therefore they are
antls thst there Is a ouestlon of prin
ciple Involved never enters their heads.
Women have not been taught to con
sider foundstlons; they take their Ideas
already built; someone else has thought
that out for them, and they fit them
Into their own experiences In a manner
M, n milt, heat the mood of the hour.
That every circumstance or group of
r rrtimHtunees involves a oasic princi
ple Is foreign to the comprehension of
he average woman. ui course mu
s equally true of tho men, but this Is
clubwoman a page nna we write iui
heir eyes. If a question Is brought up
the club and one member happens to
be sitting next to a woman who has no
decided opinion on the matter, me
chances are that both women will vote
the way the first woman votes. Hav
ing no guide in the wv of "principle
involved," there is nothing to help the
second woman In the matter. She
votes as she does because It pleases her
neighbor, or because she likes the
woman who proposed the action, or be
cause It sounds well, or because it is
the popular thing. But the thought
never enters her nead that the action
get as many as possible to enter tha
contest.
On last Wednesday evening, th club
members were favored by th presence
or it. t. uooinson. our county superin
tendent of schools, who cam In re
soonsn to an Invitation from tha club
and gave a moat Interesting and helpful
talk, sotting forth the advantagea to th
individual or work out In the open, and
til' cooperation w til nature in th de
velopment of living and growing thins.
lie nlso showed how th working out of
the ideal ol the individual la the under
lying fore which cause all progress
of tho community and th world. Pro
fessor Robinson also gar some val
uable suggestion as to means and meth
od ,h or gardening in order to secur best
results.
huccess to the Sarajawea club! May
it ever continue to work and grow.
I
Involved may be rounded on a wron
principle and be popular at the sam
time. She seldom siodh to analyze th
relationship between the underlyln
principles and tho immediate action
The effect of this superficial wav o
dealing with every day affairs Is din
tlnctly noticeable In the standards es
tabllshed by different clubs of women
in this city. In one club we find them
earnestly searching out the causes
deeming no circumstance too trivial to
merit their attention. In another club
we find a waiting policy which will
touch no question until It has become
noisy and overgrown. In this club
there seems to be no annreciatlon o
the significance of causes, no under
standing that no matter Is too Inslg
niricant to involve a principle.
It ts due to this fact more than to
any other that much of the club work
today Is inefficient. To Illustrate th
Institution for the care and education
Of the feeble minded Is the direct re
suit of the work of the women in the
state, yet not twin woman's organize
tion In the state has raised a note of
T Is very difficult for th average
man to think of a woman's career,
except In terms of his own Interest.
In other' words, he has th Idea that
woman was made to be man's helpmeet.
that she was made to help hjm do what
he wants to do. II cannot conceive of
his being made as a helpmeet for her,
to help her to carry out her ambition.
unless It is that of a housekeeper. It
does not even occur to him that ah
could have an ambition welling up with
in her heart, a longing to answer the
call which runs In Iter own blood, and
s yearning to express it in some voca
tion as well as he.
I do not believe that the Creator has
limited one half of the human race
practically to one occupation, while th
other half has the choice of a thousand.
"But, many of our men readers will
iv " thr anv irruniier nroression in
the' world than that of home-maklngt
Can anything be mgre stimulating,
more elevating than home-making and
the rearing of children? How can such
vocation be narrowing, monotonous.'
My only answer would be: "Let these
men try this Kind or lire inemseives.
of course it is Brand. There Is notn-
ng grander In the universe than the
work of a true wife, a nobler mother.
Hut it would require th constitution
of a Hercules, an innnvteiy greater pa
tlenoe than that of a Job. to endure
such work with almost no change or
outside variety, year in and year out,
as multitudes of wives and mothers do.
The average man does not appreciate
how almost devoid of incentives to
brosdmlndedness. to many-sidedness, to
liberal growth, the home life of many
womon Is Orison Swett Warden, in
Success Magazine.
BJ1L.JX II .L HI ..L JLii.'ll I J ! 1 U-t.'..l , . m-X-X,Xl.JaiLLLUU.
" t ft
A GENUINE SUIT
SENSATION
i
500 TAILOR-MADE SUITS, THE CREAM OF THE
SPRING STY'LES, ON SALE MONDAY.AT PRICES
THAT WILL INDISPUTABLY ESTABLISH OUR
SUPREMACY FOR SUIT VALUES.
Our buyer, on his recent trip to New York, contracted
for these suits from several of the foremost manufactur
ers of ladies' garments, in quantities that he secured most
liberal price concessions. The styles, are the very popular
Butterfly, Merry Widow, Princess Chap and Cutaway,
in allnew colorings and combinations, including russets,
tans, brown, blues, Copenhagen and leather shades. The
saving on this purchase enables us to offer the best col
lection of women's and misses' tailored suits in the city
at the price.
SUITS Al
,. congressmen to advocate an amendment
to the census bill (H. R. 7697) which
The additional cWcai fo " in itew Pf011" against the pppolntment as su
awlth th?ii JJi, '2 perlntcndent of a nTan who is utterly
ice law 7
The circular also contains the slgna
lurf, f Anna L. Clark, chairman of the
u. w. u cam-nittec.
life and experience.
It
CLUBWOMAN.
HE state executive met at (he state
headquarters. V. C. . T. V., the
pnst week and the report of the
unfit for the position. Unfit as to
training, unfit as to experience, unfit
as to profession. His only claim Is that
ne is a politician, and he had been
promised a Job. Granted that the pro-
g g m I u no avail, me principle
" win oe maintained ann ree stereo".
CPEAKINO Of the rein t Ion h,h Clubwomen must learn this lesson if
thTSfu . relon between thpy would nave thelr work Ive lf they
J """icio kuiiBieaa ana ine ciud would nave ineir time spent to the best
women, Mrs. Wells, resident of advantage, if they would hone to at-
the Ohio congress of mothers v.- "T .,",n t0. a ,uU: rounded development of
trie beginning of establishing mothers
Associations then it Is advisable to In
terest first the Influential and most In
telligent women In the city and organ
ise them Into on larm efrela ni
'. -by those versed In nariiamontnn, i,.
niuio TriiBi im Known as red tins' wore oi me siaie waa motif tnmnro.
j. w uo avoiaea, any simple organlza- njr.
manner, which is rIwhv. . ..i avaigieisn ana .Mrs. 1'eak were
time. Hence it is that literary club appointed to represent the slate union
Women are esreclallv fitted - ninnSt.. . .v, u- .
work In mnik.,.1 .....i.m. j.-" iuo wiu leiHpemin.e centennial
1s very gratifyina- to note t'halr in. cPngreM to be hela at Saratoga, Now
vreasing wuungness ttJ do it. Where rora, in june. Mrs. Jiintoii and Mrs.
21 " hve been organised, the presi-1 B. Lee Paget were appointed as fra
ZL u. , 0ne're8s 's ery apt ternal delegates to the prohibition state
v w . ut.cisf.iv t inn wnmH n nni u m a i ffini'iintinii wa i -i in t,... i.. i
? lnou nher loc al club, of the state A request came from the Houthern
u.muu ui wumen s ciuns, ana In at-1 urojron unions that .Mrs. Addltnn, hon
i Anno nA imnA V. a a a. t I - i a i . ..
Miter will tlnd abundant opportunity as leader of their Chautauqua work this
iv wurs uuun ana lnnreass rhp r vrmm i venr Mm i. in iiiiti..u bttn u,,r
Of common Interest."- I intendent of open air meetings, was an
II Wnat Mrs. Wells savs Is true akn I Dolnted to have churl.'.- of tl. .iu
wotua not every mothers' club In Ore- headquarters at Gladstone hautauqua,
ron "Increase Its ground of common as she ''ad last year. Mrs. Hrown, state
juivicai. auu uu DClier wont lr tnere I emueiiL, irpurini Ultll lue worK at
waa a delegate from each club at every I Gladstone would be carried on much as
state convention? Jin former years, and the outlook J'nr a
very successful year was bright. Mrs.
H lienors Barry Iake or St. Louis, na
tional icriuifi in ine lauiir oepartinetit
IN the university appropriation bill ot the W. ( . T. r., was to he the
which Is about in tu vtH speaker on W. C. T. C. day. An lnl-
J V ,siaiDuito De VOted upon taton t0 noId thp state tM ontion in
onu in which me motners or me Portland was accepted, and t lie time
State have a special Interest, the con- decided on was September 2 und 30
tlnuous appropriation clause Is one nd Octobrr l nnd
that Is strenuously opposed by our '?
economical (?) citizens who have In
voked the referendum upon the appro- THE Sacajawca club at Peninsula fur
prlation. To their argument the Alum- I 'hcs us with a very interesting
: t-l of the university make this reply: I and Inspiring example of what a
.,.prop. T a 01 "WM modeled after few faithful and determined young ptr-
the bill which provides for a continu- . . , . , , '
Ing appropriation at the Oregon Agri- "ons bnle1 together for purposes of
cultural college. - mutual improvement and universal hclp-
iI?1eriuf?l!,lnu,1r'r. appropriation has fulness may accomplish,
been tried in other states, where it has , , , , , .
Served to keep the universities from This little club of young girls botwron
political and other combinations and the ages of 13 and 20 years which 1ms
complications in the state legislatures, not yet celebrated its anniversary has
I "?ow very Kenerully accepted In hot pnly succeeded in holding tog-ether
Prjnclple. and overcoming the trials and riirfi.nl-
ti I an aPProPr!at'on is to be a con- ties which necessarily beset the paih-
tlnulng one, extending over a number of way oX every organization in its in-
years, it is obviously Impossible to seg- fancy, threatening and itirleej all too
legate it into separate funds, for main- frequently destroying the life .f such
ituri(.e, ouiiaings and impMbvements, organisation, but has made a stea.lv an,)
lor the ' reason that the needs of each healthy growth and gives every evldei,re
Jf differ from those of the pre- of becoming a permanent power for puod
eeaing year as the university grows in In the community.
numoers and expands in Its work. The This club during the brief period of
maintenance aide will lnevltahlv rmvu Iti nvlRtenen has am or: it other M.lr,cr
ff5r the enrollment of students earned, through entertainments, m.in-
" university is to Im aeed tv its own memters. suffi. i. nr
THE Van Dyke League of Lynch
burg, Virginia, has a fine, record.
(Since Its organization in 1904 it
has maintained a low priced boarding
house for women wage earners and has
made It self supporting. Most of the
boarders have been factory girls, but
all occupations have been represented.
For a year the league has conducted a
successful down town coffee room,
where Its members get food at cost. The
good home cooking and attractive rooms
have made it many friends among busi
ness men and women, and it is u boon
to the girls of the Randolph-Macon Wo
man's college and Sweet Briar Insti
tute, as well as to shoppers from out !
of town. In connection with the cof
fee room' there is a woman's exchange.
The league has appealed successfully
to the council for ItiOO toward the sup
port of two trained visiting nurses for
Lynchburg, the league making Itself re
sponsible for the further maintenance of
the work. These nurses will visit the
sick, and teach the poor how to care
for their own invalids. The league's '
members Include women from all walks i
of life. Its motto, "Honest toll Is holy i
service; faithful work Is praise and)
prayer, was taken from Henry Van
IJyke's "Tolling of Felix,'' a poem dig
nifying labor. Dr. Van Dyke has writ
ten for the league this verse:
"In all the blessings I receive, that
make me glad to live.
The sweetest honey In each flower Is
just ine wisn to give.
5
HE American Free Art league will
present a bill to the sixtieth con
gress for the removal of import
duty on works of art. Every one work
ing for the development of the artistic
sense In American life should be inter
ested in the passage of this bill. In
his day of traveling art
propriatlons for municipal museums aitd
such a widespread interest in literature
on art, the American massea u r
ng an eager response to the ennobling i
nfluence of the fine arts. In no sense
i me word can works of art be con
ldered competitive, for lher nnM f
possibly be any eomnMtlrr K. .
painting by Rembrandt and one by a
modern American artist, so that a tariff
on works of art is lnnniiiitn ,ui.
the theory upon which the tariff law
Is based. In fact, free art would de
velop a love and appreciation of the
fine arts and Increase the demand for
good art. This bill offered by the
;:a" Fr(e A,rt association should
receive the. attention and hearty ooooer
atlon of all chairmen of art departments
lt 8 ,v"rlou8 federations of women's
ti congress is now in session, and
these cha rmen nhmiiri Jvif
efforts in bringing every 'inf JiJ. to
This is our leader for style and quality and is worth $35
Snils Ranging at From $15.00 to $75.00
V
Latest and Best
Novelties in
Skirts
Every new make in
pleated or gored, at
from
$4.95 to $27.50
5
Waists
New arrivals in lawn,
lingerie, silk and net
Waists, embodying all
the new features, at
from
95c to $25
.... "...en iepecuve congressmen
arid senators In behalf of the passage
2La,i" w.hJch be of inestfmable
A MM -J
art -Mary B. Poppenheim ?n t&K?y".
I
r, h
a clubs Prosperity is measured by
the pleasure and profit It brings to
Its members the Oswetrn Womon'.
1UU ls having a most successful year
1 he club ls not large, but it ls represen
tee oi tne best social and Intellectual
life of the town. It meets at the homes
of the members twlno
"club day" is always looked forward to
I A ,kr." P'easure. The last meeting
neia wun Mrs. Shauper.
J
55! jo. leive-'tho board of 'regents ium
:,.r.Vl'fn0U1 resources of each ing
m year as i
'ThVtJuTwi amnt mV determine.
,lh board Is composed of disinterested
and represenutlve citizens, livng ln
WLde,Jf "red sections of the state
i...Vi -h -.J'"?" oi the
Increases.
-""'J "O Ine IieceSSltv of cnlnir In mum in umnlnv a nlivni. al rli,-., !,,, f.
T-t ??ture verv lwo yeara for spe- the gymnasium work of the past win-
-fviuuiinudiiK I na tn , 11 t . 1 ...... n . v ,
ailU BIBU UUIHIIUUICU . OlIIJfll.Krl I ;i 1
toward the organization and train-
Of a local band, all the members of
which are of the male persuasion an.i
who, by the way. are doing very good
work.
Perhaps, however, the most Interest
ing to the public' at the present time is
the civic Improvement work which the
fcacaiawea club has recently taken un
and which has Just now taken the form
of a friendly rivalry in the growing of
plants and flowers as well as the gen
eral improvement of tha garden ar.d
gxnunns aDout tne nome.
Ptlies are being offered for the yard
snowing greatest improvement between
this time and the end of the season, for
the one best kent nnd most artlstlenliv
arranges, as well as one for the finest
display of sweet peas and asters, re
spectively. The exhibit of sweet peas
win be held In July and the exhibit of
astors In August. A committee from
k! !bi.wa rpointed to confer with
isL?rU,1".1 " -tochers of the Pepin
tenf,.?0?1 in. n t awaken a
genorU interest among th pupil asa
veraltF each Tear th.-" T-. " un'-
b. and are "better qual fled than nS
one else to make up the yeas-a h?.di2
Their bllla all mo tSZJtil .P.get.
the secretary of state, and thev h
annually -for general SlsVbuflnf'11
rnmpiet statement of all tha univer.
.SUV's financial transactions "
"If the appropriation bill becomes
a. law the amount of taxes required t
auport tha universtty will be" less than
Zi cents per year for every one tho"
aand dollars' worth of property and will
it row less as the value of the nrmun.
in the state Increases. The man who
pays lUM tm. ;.vu worm, oi property
Wlilf pajtUH cnts per year tor the
:me the club has been studying "Aunt
ane or Kentucky " tttiu . tS .i-t..
Kurd to use tor anyone who has read
hat delightful book knows that there
...ui ,i mure man entertainment in It.
V"111 ,'lme to time a young woman
drops In to see "Aunt .Tan" mil hfnr.
he old lady realizes It the younger one
has started her to telling a story, and
the entire book Is made up of stories of
Aunt Jane's" experiences, but In Men
si tv there is concealed snmn nraa.nt.
day problem, which is the feature that
manes u a particularly desirable book
' ' ' ujib JWI1U ui auu IUOT.
I he Oswego club has found It most
interesting and It was with regret they
closed the last story at their meeting
Wednesday.
At the close of the meeting Mrs.
Shauper. the hostess, served delightful
refreshments. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Hall. Some recent book, to
be then determined, will be taken up.
It M K
THE presentation of a bouquet of
carnations and ferns and a vol
ume, "The Balanced Life," by
Clarence Iathbury. from the state hon
orary president, Mrs. Additon, to the
present president. Mrs. Brown, was a
pleasing feature of the occasion. The
state work aeems to be prospering well,
new unions reported and the educa
tional work In medal contests is par
ticularly successful.
It It n
AT AN enthusiastic meeting of the
Arleta Mothers' and Teachers'
club last Friday it was unani
mously voted to join the state federa
tion. This Is right In Una with the
most progressive mothers' clubs of the
country. There is not a subject dis
cussed, not a movement inaugurated by
O
) Al jnrs L.Afewl
MATTHEW GEVURTZ v
PRgPrtlETOH
141SIXTH STREET C0R.ALDER OPP 0RE60NIAN
cate the work ox womens' clubs. Most
club women aro mothers or women of
mature years, and are bringing into
their work their ncn ana broad expert
ence. Why, then, should not the
mothers and teachers club como in and
participate In the greater work tha can
be done by strength of numbers.
It ts hoped that the progressive spirit
of the Arleta club will be contageous
and that the many mothers and teach
ers' clubs of the city and state will
join hands with the state organiza
tion, and together they can accomplish
far more than, alone, struggling for
the same results.
N1
n
EXT Friday, March 29, will he a
red letter day at the woman's
club. Mrs. Alice Welster, leader
of the art department, will give an
illustrated lecture on "A Glimpse of
Nineteenth Art, Inside and Outside the
Luxemborg Gallery."
The art class has Just begun its trav
el studies, and this will be right along
the line of this study. Mrs. Welster.
who has herself visited the Luxemborg
gallery, ls most admirably quauried to
?rive this lecture, and the club Is antlc
pating one of the finest days in Its
history. The usual rule regarding vis
itors will obtain.
It K H
PURELY "the world do move! Here
X comes the report from Ohio that,
f growing out of the recent annual
conference of the state congress of
mothers, a "fathers' congress" has been
organised and It has gone so far that
thev. too. have had a stats congress of
fathers convention and fVlthln a month
after the organisation was formed. The
subjects considered were "The Father,
Hia Home, His Boy," with such sub
topics as The Municipality as a
Father," "The Father as a Home
Maker," The Comradeship of the
t ather." Participating in the congress,
it ls said, were some or tne most prom
inent men and educators, churchmen
and statesmen in the state.
ACKSON, Mississippi, has a club
with a unique but most laudable
purpose, that of stimulating mar
J
tha mothers dubs tha v does pot dupli-J tied, .womea to "keep, thels music"'
The Chaminade club ls the only one In
the south perhaps the only one In the
country that has started a "Matron'
musical contest." It has arranged with
the Mississippi Chautauqua assembly
for such a contest to be held at the
meeting of the assembly at Crystal
Springs next July. The contest Is
opened to married women throughout
me suite, xwo prizes win be given, one
iur a. piano serecuon ana one ror a vocal
solo. The Chaminade club has held a
muslcale with an admission fee to raise
money for a musical library to be
owned by the club, and is doing many
other things to advance the musical in
terests ox me state.
K M
THE Woman's Tress club has held
most interesting meetings , this
winter. The last one addressed
by Colonel Miller on the poems of Sam
Simpson was of such Interest that many
have expressed the desire to hear him
again, and doubtless the club will ar
range to nave it repeated.
, Mrs. Additon, president of the club
is a writer and lecturer on "Social
vura noiii as 10 economics and the
etnics, Her lecture on "Social Prog-
" Biuuy or ine social teachings
of Carlisle, Ruskin and Henry George,
with brief reference to the work of
uiuzini. tier "amDies Around Old
New England" can scarcely fail to be
of great interest as so many years of
ncr ine were openi mere, .Boston hav
Ing been her former home. Wa i.hq.
stand that her services are available
v. ciuds in srenerai ana her list of
uujcvu mm uo uutuuieu irom ner.
The Groundhog Story.
From the Housekeeper.
February 3, or Candlemas day, was a
favorite holiday, marked by Dublin
gaiety and ceremonies In Europe during
tne miaaie ages, it ls still marked
there bv the Closing of hanlra inrl of
fices, but not otherwise, outside of the
reading of church servient in ,.
church calendar it ls known as the
Feast of the Purification of th viin
and was first Instituted by Pope Ser
glus about the year 884 A. D. The tjod-
ular name of the dav ls derived from
the early custom of lighting ub tha
churches with candles and carrying
these In procession' on this festival.
As to the weather superstition that
gives to Candlemas the nam of
fable. In Germany It ls the badger that
breaks his winter nap on this day to es
say the thankless task of weather
prophecy; in France and Switzerland it
Is the marmot. In England the hedgehog.
HIGHEST OF TOWNS.
Great Silver Mines of Cero de Pasco
. Become Copper Proposition.
From the New York Sun.
If you look at a picture of Cerro do
Pasco, Peru, you will see a wide valley
plain enclosed by ranges .of the Andes
without a bit of vegetation anywhere
visible except In the four deep gulches
that cut the flat surface of the plain
This surface fs bleak and bars because
it stands 14.200 feet above the sea, and
the mountains around It rise Into the
region of eternal snow.
No mining district in South America
ls now attracting more attention than
Cerro de Pasco. This ls because the
silver mines found there, the most fa
mous of the continent, are completely
changing their charaoter.
The gulches of Cerro de Pasco wers
for centuries famous as one of the
greatest sources of the world's supply
or silver, rney yieiaeu auum mu,vvv,
000 worth of silver up to the middle of
the last century. . , .
Since then they nave Deen yieioing
amm aiivAP and more coDoer. and today
a im Lumd that the cODoer deDOSits in
View Will be one or tne leaning source,
of supply for an Indefinite time to
come.' About lO.UOU people are mmg
among those gulches ana on me yatiey
surface, all dependent upon the mining
Another thlno- that distinguishes this
mining center Is that Cerro de Pasco
Is the highest town in the world. A
tomt aonr of. miners. In an adjoining
district, are living about 800 feet higher
the air, but no otner town in any
in
.Good 'for Everybody.
Mr. Norman R. Coulter.- a prominent
architect. In the Delbert building. Ban
Francisco, says: "I fully endorse all
that has been said of Electrie Bitters
as a tonlo medicine It is good for ev
erybody. It corrects stomach, liver and
kidney disorders In a prompt and effi
cient manner una duiios up ine sys
tem." Electric Bitters is the best spring
medicine ever sold over a i druggist's
counter: as a Diooa puriner it is un
land, with a permanent population, ls
perched so high above the sea as Cerro
de Pasco.
This mining center has suddenly be
come a scene of great activity. The
reason Is that American capital, con
vinced that this ls one of the greatest
copper fields, haH acquired large min
ing rights. Over $14,000,000 has al
ready been expended in buying land and
preparing to produce copper on a large
scale.
, Tno ?reater part of the native popu
lation of the town is In the employ of
this Americah comrjanv. Tt la harrt tn
get any other kind of labor, for North
Americans and Europeans find life ex
ceedingly trying at this great altitude,
and most of the ImnorteH emnlnvea An
"ul remain long at tne mines. Newcom
ers are constantly succeeding them.
...Zhe aAtltude also gives rise to certain
difficulties in smelting the ore, but
science and energy are backed by money
and all difficulties are gradually over
come. A wonderful change Is coming over
the region. Just as the North Amer
icans came In the railroad reached
Cerro do Pasco. The train has now re
placed the pack mule over the Andes.
The new managers have substituted'
furnaces and electrical appliances for
the primitive mining methods hitherto
employed. With their new mechanical
devices, higher wages, better food and
incessant push they are stamping new
conditions upon the life and mining In
dustry of this famous center of wealth.
Last year the Amnrleana .Klnn.4 Oft
IRS, 000 pounds Of Conner tn t. ilntjA
States, and they say thev expect rapidlv,
to increase the outnut tin it naphu '
least 76,000,000 pounds a year.
German Students More Temperate.
.m?Iom-tM Baltimore American.
"When I was. a atiin . t u.i.it..
25 years ago. the amount nf hr.
students consumed was something as
tonishing." said J. N. Dihnim. t a.
Louis. .
"In fact many of them drank to ex
cess, and tne fellow yho could put awav
the biggest auantltv waa a .. V
"Now all that has ehans-erl aa mv
who is studying at Heidelberg, write i
inc. or nojo tlltll Willie H . gOOd Ttl9nr
of the students still use beer, a goodH
number are teetotalers. nj hT n...
wholesale swilling of the old days has
gone. I think that evervbody will be
glad to know that sobriety has taken
the place of Intemperance among the
wv,""'i " , , r V. j,x 1'if "" vim vi mi xoremost seats
equaled, 60c, at Skidmore Crug-Xd,. 1 of learning in the world,",