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THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY-: 24, .1908. WOMEN'S CLUBS AND WORK Edited by Mrs. I Sarah Evans Miss Anna Lewis Clark of Brownsville, Missouri, Who Will Conduct the . Woman's Club Institute at Gladstone Park July 7-1 8. EDERATION SPECIAL" is th title of a "handsome circular cot out by ths Illinois Fed eration of Woman's clubs. It gives every particular and de tail regarding; the special train that will be made up In Chicago to carry the, Il linois delegate to the convention at "Boston and other delegates that have been invited to go on this special Ore gon delegates being among them. The official route from Chicago will be over the Wabash system. The train will leave Chicago at 11 o'clock the evening of Friday the 19th. It will be a hand some special and will consist of Pull man standard sleepers, dining cars and special headquarters car. - The party will run through without change via Detroit, Toronto, Montreal and the picturesque mountains of New England, and arrive at Boston at p. m. Sunday, June 21. On the latter end of the trip the party will pass through the White mountain district, which the federa tions are endeavoring to preserve for a national park. Arriving; in Boston on Sunday after noon will give all the opportunity of haint Mimfnrtablv located in their Quar ters before Monday, the opening day of the meeting. All meals will be served en route In dining cars, breakfast- and .luncheon 4n, tiny a la earte plan- and an evening dinner at 7& cents. The railroad rates for this trip will be from Chicago to Boston and return 1Z5.S5. Pullman double berth 5,B0. sec tion 111. drawing room $20. Tickets will be good returning; leaving Boston 10 days After date of issue. s-.. st st ARKANGEMENTS for the part the clubwomen of the sate will take in the. coming Chautauqua gather ings are maturing most satisfactorily. Miss Clark; who comes from Missouri to conduct a club Institute, writes that she Is giving much thought to her pro gram and expects to bring to the women of Oregon much inspiration from- tho general federation convention, She oomes directly from Boston to Oregon. The clubs adjacent to Gladstone park that have been Invited to act as host esses on the different days have all signified, their intention to accept th Invitation and. this will assure a large attendance every day. Not to be behind the clubwomen of this section of the state the Sunshine club of Ashland, which does suoh mag nificent philanthropic work, will es tablish club headquarters at the Ash land Chautauqua, Mrs. Gard, the en ergetio president of the club, writes that next year they will endeavor to have a place on the program. This Chautauqua work will be bread cast upon the waters, for . It will be re turned in Increased Interest In club work through making It better known and from the inspiration the club It self will get-through a' season of lec tures end literary feasts the Chau tauqua presents to them. X ft LAST Monday evening the art depart ment of the ' Woman's club gave to Its members and frjends a rare ' treat In the form of a lecture, with stereopticon Illustrations. The .lecture, which really took the form: of an ex- Rlanatlnn of the pictures, was given by frs. Alice Welster, the leader of the department. The subject was "Dutch Art," and was most ably handled. Mrs. Welster has proven herself a most capable teacher snd leader to this de partment and those who have been able to attend during the winter feel richly repaid for their time and study. The meeting Monday evening was held in Sunnyslde hall, and in spite of the distance was unusually well attended, many gentlemen being In the audience. At the close of the meeting a resolu tion was presented and carried thanking Mrs. Eggert. the tVesldent of the club, for her many kindnesses to the depart ment and the assistance and help she had been to it It was a timely cour tesy to the president of the club snd one well deserved. f ft ft ft THB regular monthly meeting of the Forestry club was held last week with Mrs. M. A. ' Dal ton, S00 Twenty-fourth street. it was one of v- the most Interesting and. successful meetings in the history of the club. The secretary reported that by pre vious action of the Club a tree had been bought and planted on Arbor day on the grounds of the president, Mrs, A. H. Breyman, in honor of her long snd faithful service to the club. The club voted' $5 to the educational loan fund of the State Federation. The program of the day was most delightful, and con slated of several readings by Mrs. Pritchard from "Our Trees," and a fine talk on "The, Trees of Germany," by Dr. Florence Manipn. Mrs. Bushong sang several appropriate songs, accom panied bv Mrs. Warren Thomas. Both the readings, lecture and music were Immensely enjoyed. The next meeting will be with tha president, Mrs. Brey- man' ft 'ft -ft ' SEVERAL of the departments of the Woman's club have given open meet ings lately, to which the club mem bers and their friends have all been In vited, as a closing compliment to the r year. Last week tha English literature . -class wss ths hostess, and the treat offered was a lecture by Walter I' Thomas Mills, who took for-his subject "The Studio and the Market Place," ,. which, strlnoed of Its poetic garb, meant .- the two classes Of society those who make the beautiful things of this world and those who enjoy them.' Mr. Mills Is a strohg, convincing speaker, who has made a deep study or social economics, and therefore speaks with authority. The large audience that listened to him were deeply interested, particularly as the. topic was along the lines of this year's work. Mrs. james Morrett is me leaaer or this department and deserves much credit for the able and Intelligent man ner m which she has built up the class. From amataur work, with the members reading- papers and leading ths discus sion, it has been raised to the Import ance of a professional lecturer, and the past winter, Dr. C. H. Chapman has been lecturing twice a month on the modern drama. A fine program Is in course of preparation for next year. ft ft ft A MEETING of the Council of Presi dents will be held at Chlckerlng hall. Boston, Tuesday, June 23, at 9: JO a. m., at which the following sub jects will be discussed. 1. Duty of the General Federation of Women's Clubs toward other national organisations 2. Duty of national organisations to ward the General Federation. S. Delegates and -their duties. 4. Transfer of membership. I. Business obligations of clubs. B. Tne Dienniai report. Thursday afternoon, June) 25. will be given over to social functions. There will be general reception at the state house and various receptions at private homes. Miss Helen Wlnslow is chairman of the reception committee. Tuesday morning, June 30, at Sym phony hall, there will be an open hour at which the following topics will be discussed: " 1. Press Problems (a) Justice in Journalism, b) The Sunday Supplement, (c) The Personal Appeal, (d) The Tele nhnne Interview. 2. Social Amenities (a Wedding Gifts. b Christmas Gifts, (c) pervert ed Hospitality. 3. Clubwomen In Legislative Work. ft ft ft AT THE annlial meeting of the Wo man's Press club of Oregon, ths old officers were reelected. They aro as follows: President, Mrs. L. F. Addlton; vice-president,. Mrs. Emma Sickles Marshall; corresponding secre tary, Mrs. Clara B. Colby; recording secretary, Mrs. Bessie G. Stone: treas urer. Miss Frances E. Gotalmll. The club was much pleased when informed that its president, Mrs. Addlton, had been honored by being invited to pre side and have charge of the Woman's Congress Round Table hour during the great Centennial congress at Saratoga, to which Mrs. Addlton was appointed as delegate from Oregon by Governor Chamberlain. ' ' I Rev. J. Durkee the chairman of the promotion committee of the congress, was at Gladstone Chautauqua' last year and met Mrs. Addlton and was '- Im pressed with her ability as a presiding officer. r- The press club was also pleased that Mrs. Addlton had been appointed a del-1 egate to the biennial convention of tha G. F. W. G, which meets at Boston, June 22. The Round Table - at the Saratoga meetings means an hour for five consec utive days. The outline of the plan for this work shows tha evolution of women from obscurity and narrowness to a higher plane of thinking and being. Subjects to' be treated are women In tha ministry, in Journalism, in politics,' woman's work for women, and wo man's work in several lines of educa- ft ft ft REGON ClTY Woman's club sends Uthe following fine report: Our work has been largely edu cational, and I think has been very helpful in that line, not only to our selves, but to others with whom we have, corns In contact ' The "speakers from abroad" have been Mrs. Evans, Miss Baldwin, Mr. Finley, Mr. Green and Mrs. Lola Bald win, whose talks helped to give us a larger view of things outside of our own home life. . The home talent has shown a de cided betterment In the depth of thought used in the preparation of the papers, as all have been good and thoroughly Prepared. The paper by Mrs. T. E. eard on "Progress" was especially good. - The day devoted to the current topics department was devoted largely to a contest in guessing the names of noted men and women whose pictures were finned on the wall. The. result showed hat our women are fully up to the topics of the day. - On February t, parliamentary day, as a drill in that work, a resolution was Introduced, that "No woman who wore birds Sr bird feathers should be a mem ber of the Woman's club of Oregon City." This evoked such an interest ing discussion- that had It not been for the efficient, leader, Mrs. Fouts, we should havs lost sight of the fact that It was a parliamentary drill. Ths de cision by vote of the house was In fa vor of the birds. . - -.- ,. , On reciprocity day a very helpful meeting was held. -1 Representatives from air the other clubs In town were ssked to be present and tell of the work done by them. In this way - we cam nearer each other and were acquainted with various lines of work being done, and without exception the clubs alt showed that they were working for the real good of ths ton. .-.-- - Yle havs this esr four departments of work: ""The Shakespearian, the cur rent -events, the parliamentary, ths natural history. All have done more or less work, but 'the Shakespearian bas done, under the leadership of Mrs. Linn Jones, a fine work. -, our "next meeting will, ba-ln charge of that department and we anticipate a fins treat, : You know, of course, that we are now editing a club column In our week' ly paper, -the Enterprise. It has hard ly been in existence long enough to give mucnoi.report- m rtjura . m- t we hone to reach and help .others out side of vpur club-by means of it We still "hammer away", on- tne rest room question and. It will surely come sooner or later. ;, 1 ' ,; - . I can think or notning ; more mat would be of especial, Interest to outsiders."-- - - J ' ' BY.r the nresMenfa ear alone IvWOUld add that we had quit a time In getting Mrs. U'Ken to consent-to bqio oium for - another- year. ' 8hs was quite de termined not to aad unanimously w; were equally determined she should, and ws beat , Bo Mrs. U'Ren ls our new president, c MRS. W. A. WHlTis. y.:-: ': ft ft ft :i--. - - ' THAT women, should havs equal suf ; frags with msn, seems so rsason ;J able to tha unprejudiced Ujlnd that It has no need of argument Ths burden of proof surely ought to be-with the denier of, this contention, tj f ' .It Is a universal .proverb. .that no great man has aver been born who did not have a great mother. And yet the wisdom of the centuries must find its Waterloo when, the ballot stakes this field. - '- ' " -- The old stock argument that woman ought not to have the Joint privilege with man of making the laws which govern them both, because after these enactments have been made she has not the power to bear her part in their en forcement and defense, has reached such .a condition of sensibility as to be listed along side of Kipling's "Man Who Was." When Madams de Stael was banished twice by the haughty Napoleon because her nen was mightier than his sword: twhen Harriet Beecher Stowe could say ints mm wui u in w ,uiiw, Tom's Cabin" that was vitally Instru mental in changing the civilization of centuries, freeing both slaves from their masters and wasters from their slaves: when that great martyr to ths cause of vice and annihilation and race emanci pation. Frances E. Wlllard, could ac complish what no man has been able to accomplish, a world federation for righteousness, it Is too lata in the day to talk about the helplessness of fem ininity. With women predominating in our high schools and hinting at it in our colleges it is high time to allow the educated mind, without reference to physical marking, to rule In the realm of government EVERETT M. HILL. ft ft ft From the State, Columbia, South Caro lina. A SOUTHERN view of our university situation Is almost enough to make a good Oregonian hang his head In shame. Here It is: We are not accustomed to think of the great and growing west as being hampered by a spirit of unprogresslve niggardliness fatal to achievement Es pecially would we little expect to find such a sentiment there exhibited against the great causa- of popular education. It Is astonishing, therefore, to read that tha action of the last Oregon legislature In appropriating 1125.00 for the bud- port of ths state university has aroused' siuupurn opposition among certain classes in that state, who have Invoked tha referendum privilege enjoyed in that commonwealth, and' have succeeded in tying up the 'fund upon which tha uni versity depends-until tiext Jans; wrhen will occur the state election, at which time the voter of Oregon will pass Judgment upon the matter and either accept or reject tha action of tha stats legislature. '-".'..,- Until the last session of ths Oregon legislature Increased tha amount,' tho university has been struggling along on a paltry sppropriation of M7,500 a year for the support of an Institution hav ing 400 students, more than half of whom are boys who are working their in Dl sequence of all these crippling Influ- way through. The members of tha fac ulty have been miserably paid. In eon-' w ences, Oregon has borne the distinction of sending more of her sons outside of tha state to be educated than any other commonwealth In the Union lit propor tion to population a condition .that Is always to be deplored. ' . South Carolina, we are ashsmad to say, was once possessed of this same Oregon spirit of parsimony that allowed Its institutions of learning to suffer slow starvation, but that unhappy time has passed, and South Carolinians today have cause to be proud of the cordial support that the people of tha state through their legislature, accord to the demand of the higher education as well as of the common schools. v We should like to call ths attention of those Who have regarded the south ns negligent and unmindful of education to this Illuminating contrast between South Carolina and Oregon. And we wish for Oregon the dawning of a better day, characterised by a more liberal sentiment toward a cause that Is the foundation of all national progress and all human achievement ft ft It ITH the magnificent exhibit of arts snd crafts , now at tha Portland Art museum, the fol lowing article, written by Miss Mabel Gray Wernich, for the beautiful Amer ica edition of the "Coos Bay Harbor," will be of peculiar interest: Here Is one profession which woman may righteously claim for her own. with no possibility of criticism or dis pute tnat sne is over-stepping tne bounds of an unwritten law, for men only." It Is one of the few occupa tions where the chances of success and the aJalltv of results are on an abso lute basis of equality, for either men or women. When the subject of arts and crafts is mentioned we think at once of metal and enameling In Its variety of processes: of wood carving and wood working which includes the old Japanese art of wood block printing, important bo cause of Its unlimited possibilities Is the art of tooled leather. This Includes carving, stamping, burnishing. Illuminat ing, and perhaps lends itself more com- Sletely to the originality of ths stu ent than does any other craft. Tho art of hand-made Jewelry is In a dl tlnct class of its own and is especially attractive as a craft for women. The one- craft which may be said to have passed the experimental state is pot tery. . Individuality in, a variety of makes has resulted, and through merit alone, they have at once become familiar- to those interested, as the Merl mac, ' Newcome, Handicraft . Guild, or even Rookwood which has not suffered In becoming greatly commercialised, and others of as great importance. There is yet unmentioned the art of weaving which is most interesting to - stuay as weu as oook oinamg, which though complicated to master, proves a moat- practical accomplishment' A noticeable fact or the study or any handicraft Is the subordination of all practical execution to design. The two must go nana jn nana. - we aisoover tha need or a anowieage or oesign In the most elementary part of the work. Simplicity or outline is the thing' always to be worked for and tha matter of. aivina slmDle line and sir of attractiveness, beauty and grace. is not so easy as it may seem, ah this requires 'careful Study and patient work and tha experimental method of learning from working directly on the material is the best. So It is tnat scattered in aurerent arts of this country, we find organ ist Ions ' for this sort of work. It Is surprising to note thst there are as many or more w,vmcn who nave La Ken sufficient interest in it to give It a largo share -of their time as there are men. -.- . - - . . , Tha Handicraft Guild or Minneapolis, Minnesota. is -a most worthy exam Die of what can be done by women of pur pose and ability. It is an institution In tha-neighborhood f four years old, and with a modest beginning. It was necessary for tha Individuals behind It, to feel their way into recognition, which was soon accomplished. Their efforts -were appreciated and because of tha very high standard that their name represented, their success was not far off. Today they are quartered In a handsome building, built especially for them snd adapted to their needs. Their success financially, every way la foreordained and the presence of such an institution in that city may be pointed to wlfh pleasure and pride by Its cltlsens. - The result that must come with the movement ' and popularity of the arts and crafts la all good. As an occupa tlon for American women it brings the uplifting and neautirying or American homes. It gives to- those who have made It a study a keener appreciation for all that is good In artistic attempt. It teaches them to discriminate and honor at a glance the genuine and worthy. . For American women with time on their hands, there can be no more fit ting way to spend it for it must mean the beginning of what we all hope for, a mora beautiful America. ft ft ft response to tha request by the stats president of the Oregon Fed eration of Woman's clubs, for ac tion, by the clubwomen of the state, regarding the university appropriation, tha Woman's club of Salem send the following: Whereas, The Interests of higher ed ucation in Oregon and ths enviable rep utation that the state now enjoys would suffer greatly if tha act of the legisla ture providing an adequate appropria tion for the - University of Oregon, should be repealed: therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of the Woman's club of Salem, Oregon, do I heartily approve of the bill passed by the last legislature granting the in creased appropriation asked for bynhe authorities of the University of Oregon, and hereby express the hope that the act providing; for such appropriation will be sustained by the voters of tha tat at the coming election . MRS. MORELAND, ; ' Chairman Pro Tern. . ft k. ft --- N her monthly letter to the. club women of the land, the national president, Mrs. Sarah Piatt Dacker. says: "One of the most interesting re ports to be heard at the Boston con vention will be from the bureau of in formation. It is difficult to give an adequate idea of the great work be cause It frequently happens that a seemingly slight request for help means a day's time for the manager. But gradually the flies of subjects In the bureau are increasing, many books - of reference have been received, 30 mag azines place it on their free list, and collections of programs and study out lines have been made in great num bers. Probably a low estimate would be 6.000 letters sent out from the bureau the past year, benldes Innum erable packages, syllabi and programs. Best of all the help given by the bureau has been the solidifying of the federation, the konwledga that, at last we stand on equal footing with every national organization of any Import ance in havtng a regularly established center. To the busy , offices ' no meas ure can be made of the help given by the bureau In Spreading the doctrine of both individual and state federation. The letter recently written by the manager of the bureau, at the re quest of the president, to a well-known editor of a woman's paper, shows the value of systematic collection of data in the club work. It Is quite the 'fash Ion for some loyal members to reply In haphazard way: 'Oh, yes. the' clubs have done some work, but I cannot re member what they have accomplished.' "Mrs. Wood has put Into concrete and definite fashion Small and large doings and accomplishments of clubs and fed erations. These facts- could not have been available without the bureau. A great organization to be successful must have a local habitation; and a name." I MAKE AMERICAN LINEN. Massachusetts Man Invents Process Which Makes That Possible. A Massachusetts inventor has per fected a process of transformlag flax straw Into fiber that promises 'to add millions to the revenue of the American farmer, says the World Today, and to make possible the manufacture of linen fiber In the United States. By the laborious process followed abroad It takes froi 16 to 80 weeks to transform flax straw Into linen. There Is first' the "rotting," which in Belgium Is done by weighting down the flax straw in pools of water exposed to the sun until the wood or "shlve" is rotted away from the fiber. The comes the "scutching" or beat ing or the dried straw The softening and bleaching r-roivs-.-t number 26 after all llntt hx t.i.-n ,1m before the finished linen fabric is re.,y for market. -. . - Now comes Benjamin C. Mudux i ( the Massachusetts Institute of 'l .'!. nology with J he combined meclutnu u and chemical process that makes lh. n out of straw In 12 hours. In place vt the i European method, which oiskii Very largely In leaving tha natural rot. ting process to accomplish tha dlxltue gration of straw, Mr. Mudgs goes ut thia work by machinery until tha rw flax fiber has-been, wrested from tha flax- sulk. u ' '- - ' Then the - hemical process begins, and I can testify from observation that, using three or four chemical baths, Mr. Mudge first degums, then bleaches, soft, ens and in the end makes a glossy, white and exceedingly tough fibei- ut of what in the beginning looked like a mass- of tangled horsehair. The European method, yields about 170 pounds of fiber from 1,000 pounds of straw and sacrifices the' seed crop. The Mudge process secures 269 pounds , ot straw after the. seed havs been saved. It converts the "shive". wasted by tha Kuropean method into a' pulp for paptg making and also saves tha "tow. BLACKS PASS AS WHITES An Actress, a Politician, Broker,' College Girl Among" Them. , It is said that, the number pi inulat- . toes who pass aa whits la much larger than Is commonly supposed. Ray-Stan-, nard Baker says he knows of "scores oC them.'' He tells in the American Mag azfne of a supposed white actress,. ytrft t , well known, who occasionally paja s secret visit to her colored relative Jo Boston. j-'yy '".I According to Mr. Baker, ;a New TorlC man wno holds a prominent political ap pom t merit under the state government and who has become an authority in- hi . line- is a negro. Not long ago he entered a hotel In Baltimore and the negro por ter who ran to take his bag said dU- cretly: ' ..'-'.;-,j,,Vsl'v'.''v " 'Hello, Bob.' ' f? . ' , "As boys they had gone to the sam !. negro school. ., - " 'Let me carry your bag.' said ths porter, 'I won't give you away.'- -J1. "In Philadelphia there lives a colored , woman who married a rich white man. Of course no white people know she is . colored, but the negroes do and do not tell. Occasionally she drives down to a certain store, dismisses her carriage and walks on foot to tha home of hfjr mother and sisters. " . t "Only a few days ago tUe newspa pers were filled for a day or two with . the story of a girl who had been - at Vassar college and upon graduation by ., merest accident it was discovered that she was a negro. A similar case arose only last summer at Chicago university. "Home mulattoes I know of, one t a prominent Wall street broker, hava 'crossed the line by declaring that they, are Mexicans, Brazilians, Spanish - -or French: one -says he is art Armenian.' Under a foreign name they are readily accepted among white people, where as .. negroes tney wouia oe instantly -rejected. No one of course can- estlmats After this It is hackled" by pulling the straw through I the number of men and women, with the coarse teeth of combs for the pur-1 negro blood 'who have thus Yone over pose of removing snarls and tangles, to whtte';ut It must be large." Prto ami Tins llppifltofp At this gladsome season when all nature is happy in its new spring raiment, the thoughts of the good housewife turn to beautifying her home. This store, with the stamp of freshness upon all its offerings, will naturally appeal to her. And why shouldn't it! New goods at low prices offered with credit of the cleanest character is a combination bound to appeal to any reasoning person. $18.00 Pedestal Ta ble, 6-ft. extension. . $22.00 Pedestal Ta ble, 6-ft. extension... $28.50 Pedestal Ta ble, 6-ft. extension. . .-. $33.00 Pedestal Ta; ble, 6-ft. extension. $38.00 Pedestal Ta ble, 6-ft. extension. . ,. $45.00 Pedestal Ta ble, 6-ft. extension. . . $12.50 $15.50 $21.75 $26.00 $29.50 $3250 1-4 s Hi WEM Mil ly. If 11 :h A WHOLE CARLOAD OF China Closets and Bookcases at Cos. Now is your time if you at all need one of these articles $18 China Ci 1 7C Clos,et. M thi?r....$12.50 g..il8.00 $30 China COO Cfl Closet DLa..JV $25.00 .!l?eBor,k:....,$7.50 $15 Bookcase $10.50 $20 Bookcase, $14.25 $25 Bookcase $17.25 ' We have two carloads which were bought at a great concession , Spec lPrices of Dressers $10.50 $15 Dresser $18 Dresser C reduced to. .:Pl OisVU $21 Dresser 01 C AA reduced to . . , P 1 UU U $22.50 Dresser H AA reduced to I UU $25 Dresser Q 1 A TA reduced to. .r.P I yOU Entire Line of (GoCarfes at laH-Pricci And the finest pattern of t G-Cart that ever came to the city. V WE URGE YOU TO INVESTIGATE OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU PURCHASE ELSEWHERE. ; WE ARE NOT ONLY THE j MOST REASONABLE CONCERN, BUT ALSO THE MOST RELIABLE HOUSE TO DEAL WITH. ' HOME OF GOOD FURNITURE ' PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST MORRISON AND SECOND f',TZ, i :J - ' : - : . - ..I'' ....V-.. ,''J ' "'f '' ' '" T-