Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1908)
OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 6. 1908. .U.'1U!XJ.!J XJL THE WOMEN CLUBS 'S Edited by Mrs. Sarah A, Evans AND THLIR WORK nnE I no r ' I lng - the RRESPONSIBLE voter" 1 to b mora th war cry against gtv women tha right to protect property they hav worked hard to aarn. It waa confidentially expected by tha alphabetical oclety opposed Jo juatloa io r woman that after 'tha, aereai or ma suffrage amendment laat Jun that die couragemrnt would hover ao dark and omlnoualy on the banner of woman' liberty that no further effort would ba made to disturb the women who. have everything tliey want. But thay count' ad without their boat: they knew not the lntrrnlil lomlnr who. for 40 yeara hns Itui the forlorn hope against the hosts of the unemployed class, tha In different n1 thn mud-throwing ! mrnt anions: her own sex. Like a rub ber hull tint thrown down hard; Mrs. JJunlway sprang up, fuller Of ii thualaam u;id more buoyant and certain of eventual victory thnn cvef before. Not a day waa lout: before the end June and before the official vote waa . innonnrnH th netltlnnn for reSUbmlM nlon were resdv and in the handa of thjb frfonrla rt Anna! mnftTAKe and be lng clrculftted all over the etate. It took scarcely two month to roll up the thousands necessary for resubmls fnn unH intlnv In fhe handa of Mra I)unlway are nearly 2,000 more verified nnmnn nf vniem than la actually neces- aurv to nealh submit the question of Justice to women to the voters of Ore gon. "Too much Irresponsible voting," haa been one of the most potent weapons In the hands of the enemies of women, and thinking women, while they could not recognize the difference between Irresponsible male or female votes, were quite willing to admit that there, waa too much Irresponsible voting and Would any time hnve cast their vote, if they had one, for a reasonable quallflc tion. Whether property qualification la a Just and American one will remain an open question, but It most certain ly answers the argument that la the web and woof of legitimate opposition. That women are emotional, allow their feelings to influence their Judgment, would vote away large sums for every fanatical fad that presented itself that 'they would be impoaed opon In the name of reform, have frightened from their cause hundreds of men who never V.gave the matter a thought and took ' "aomebodv else'a word that It was so about other women, while excepting their own wives whom they knew had just as much bustnesa sense as they t,arl ... Rut srrantlna for the sake of argument, that there waa danger from this, the women of the state now como forward and ask that only such women be allowed to vote as have, by their hard-earnings. . accumulated a little propertv with which to make easier their declining -ears, or have been made the custodian of inherited wealth. These, " women surely would not vote upon themselves enormous taxes to gratify some emotion or fad. for If they were that kind of women they would either not have laid by for a rainy day, or their wealth would have vanished like the mist before the rays of the sun. Women, as a rule, are cimer, '""!: economical than men never having- held the purse strings in early times has bred in women an enlarged idea of the value of money, for a silver dollar Uy Itself looks larger than a purse full oT them, and this has been the differ ence between the value put upon that dollar by men and women. And is not Just this quality In women what is so aadly needed in our electorate today? If wo look over the files of the newspapers of last spring and of two years ago we will see lengthy argu ments against giving a vote to women on account of their irresponsibility, and on the reverse ifages we will see start ling announcements of malfeasance In office, embezzlements of public funds, jind fraud and craft on every hand. And yet never a word against the lrrespon 2lt,l tntile -vnter. We believe the time has come when public credit and public nonor neeni and demands the infusion of some ele mont that will curb the irresponsiou vote ami nothina: can do this so thor ,,rrv,iv ii n tn Allow women, who havi oii,nrri the interest of their prop ertv. a voice in savin who shall levy their taxes and who supervise the Thinking women are awaiting with some interest the argument that the amies" will nut forth to meet this demand of taxpaying women. X "rHK Roman's National Rivers and 1. Harbors congress was orsanizeu at Shreveport, I.a.. June 29, 190S. This national orKanlxed movement nmnnr women was at the Instance of Hon. Joseph E. Ransdell. president of the National Rivers and Harbors con gress. Tho object of the Organization of th Woman's National Rivers and Harbors congress Is agitation, education until everv citizen realize "that the two most pressing physical needs of our ommirv n r a the development of our vnora'Bvi snH thn conservation and re placement of our forests. They are in terdependent, and they should De met. vigorously, together at once." To do tiiio rnnnlrea a 'fn.r-reaehinsr compre hensive clan, that will embrace the waterways along the seaboard, with its innumerable harbors and lntercoastal waters; on the great lakes and every river and every connecting canal that is capable of belne; improved with reason able cost." That commerce may be ben efitted bv inconvenience and rates, that there will be no more devastating over flows that the forests at the headwat ers of the streams will be preserved and deforested areas replaced; the Irrigation of our arid lands; the reclamation of our swamp lands, and that the most skilled engineers may be employed: that there may be established a permanent waterway commission' with whatever power is required to make It effective." I To accomplish tnis tne ieaerai gov ernment Is asked to appropriate 50, Oon.ooo annualy for 10 years. "There is not one square mile of ter ritory in America whose Interests can be absolutely divorced from the water ways problem." In liN annual message Peoember S last. President Roosevelt said: ."Our Irreat river systems should be developed as national waterways. The national government should undertake the work, and it should be systematically and con tinuously carried forward In accord ance with some well-conceived plan." This organization Is non-sectional, non-part ian. but national In Its truest sense. Pties are Tor Individuals tl par annum; firms, oriranlratlons and corpor ations per annum Kunos to be used exclusively frr r.fflce work and distri bution of literature. X .OMESTIO REFORM LEAGCE" is the latest organization to at tempt to solve the servant prob lem, though it modestly says, "It does not claim to solve the domestic prob lem, but believes that much will be ac complished when employer and employe meet on a business basis and In a spirit of cooperation" Their objects, the league-claims axe the scientific and care ful consideration of present conditions In domestic service: the awakening of tne interest or women in tne larger ss rects of the problem; the recognition by the employer that fslr conditions snould n given ror rsithrul service; and bv the emplore that Interested and efficient service should he given tn ex chanae for fslr in and Just condi tions, and further, the recognition by both employer and employ that effl cleooy et-.mild be a standard r-f trim To promote thta work the following rules and reanlattowa hare tw adopted: Membership Every employer on ep rlvlr bcome raetnhT of the Io- tntte Reform eg by stem lng the attwt f tb la-i aa-Twetna: to give . fslr wsae and Just onn41tiona la re turn for faithful serr!- Every ern flnjr m reatotertnr bsoossei a member of Lb lxate Re f orsi !u by sign ing an agreement to try to rata tha tandard of domestic service by faithful and Intereated work; to keep engage ment when made, and to give a week' nolle before leaving a place. Tha league, reserve to Itself tha right to terminate the membership of any per son, whether employer or employ, for breach of contract, or for any other failure to comply with the principle UI ina league. Registration Employes are registered net ween tha hour of 1 and 4 p. m, dally, upon personal anDllcatlon. Every applicant for reglatration la required to give tha name and address of some per son whom alia haa served at least six months within tha past year. In rase an applicant ba never been employed In domestic service she la required to furnish a reference for good character, lteferencea It la the aim of the league tn eliminate as far as nosslble. written references Dy ursine- the Importance or peraonai inquiry from thn laat employer, as to the efficiency and special char acteristic of employes supplied through us orrice. t'ontraeta When engagements are made, the emnlover and smnlove are re- quirea to sign the following contract: "The first week Is to be a trial week. ror wnicn ina employer is to pay un fore the end of the week. In which -case I, tnd leas the employe leaves voluntarily be fore the end of the week. In which rxi the employe shall forfeit all claim for wages. After the trial week employ ment is to be bv the week and the em ploye I entitled to receive either a full week' notion or one week' pay In case of discharge. In t h am. ploye leavea without giving th em ployer at least one week's nnllra lh employe shall forfeit on week' wages. Av" t,e7pLy hreaklna- an engagement shall forfeit the uae of the Jeague a of liit'. employer breaking an engage ment shall nav the mnin.-Z . time from date of enaasnment " Fees The fees which may be charged M' In Boston, (the home of the league) by employment offices furnishing domestlo employes, are regulated Dy law. Via Where tne, wage la to b lea than per week the fee to both employer i employe 1 76 eenla; where th wag I to b t4 or more. 20 per cent of th flrat weer wage la charaed. The re. suit from the Domestic Reform league are awaueo. wun intereat, tun US. B. M. IIOWORTH. president of the New Century club of Wet Point, Miss., writing of what woman' club may mean, says: "Can woman spend her leisure better than In devoting It to philanthropy, ed ucation and civil service subject In which all Christians should be Intereat ed? Can sh6 not acoompllah more, far more by cooperation with a number of women of like purpose than by Individ ual effort? Dy the law of actlonl And reaction. of play of mind againat mind, of the Interchange of Ideas and the stimulus of ambition to excel, the whole Is gradually lifted to a higher level of thought and action. In this waya score of hands and minds are trameq and gained to helnf ulnnns. where there nlirht be none. It Is in all probability true that no deep study Is ?lone by women's club, that no sub set Is thoroughly mastered, that all of the memhers are not altogether In earnest. We do not claim. that the club means much to the student or the irenlus. Those who are .pursuing some special study or course in life may not need the club, hut to the average woman It does mean much. Surely there la much that woman should know about and do as well aa man the whole world, with Its teeming millions, the crying needs of humanity, the wall bf thousand upon thousand of children shall she have no part In thea thlnga she who la best fitted by God to Under, stand many of them? liar duty done at home, and don well only a trained mind ran do Itfmay ahe not reach out to do deed tier and there, productive of good? "la It better to spend on atfemoon a week In making it jpoaslhle to put good literature Into tne hand of a country lad,' In learning omethlng which she may afterward need In train ing of her child, In saving another' child from slavery. In seeing to it that the food ah buy must be pure, and that It shall he possible for her to know wnat l in tne patent medicine an some times relies on for her sick one, In helping to make attractive and beautiful 'her town, than to spend the same time in playing cards, in straining ner eye over a piece of lace work or the reaa ln of a Ilarht novel? Kurely, surely The vast majority of women' clubs are composed of thoae who, to uae a mas culine term, form the "yeomanry" of their country, the pride and backbone of America, women who keep the bouse ana. rear tne cnnnren. wno anaii ieaa our nation on to greatneaa. "Think what a million uch nub women, all working In cooperation through their ceneral federation, can accomplish." - UK DISTINCT LOSS came to the club womeri of the etate. and particu larly to the club women of Port land, In the death of Mrs. Rose Bern stein which occurred thl week. Mr. Bernstein waa one of the quiet. faithful members, who listened with In telligent Interest and waa brave and curageou In standing for what she conaltlered the right. She waa never one to be Influenced by fear or favor; acting conscientiously upon every ques tion she had nothlpK to fear, and Bak ing nothing had no favor to curry. Her presence was always an Inspiration for others to do tho right thing, and tho meaner and coarser elements van ished before her klndlv word. Above all thlnga Mra. Bernstein had what so many good women lack the living grace of humor a humor that who) feel tha hurdnn of lh. rtnnw mrsA ur niirru iiimn inm. wnn mania . in ene lelllgenUy the momentous question of the day, and who baa tha atruggles of ins t life to contend with, and yet takna life not ma seriously that the Joy, nwmm mna even tne run haa not been quenched. And thl waa the character of Mra. Bernaieln. A happy season ut the state convention of the Oregon Federation of Womsna clubs at Hal em Jaat year waa made, more Joyoua by the presence of Mrs. Hernsteln. who went as a delegate from the Council of Jewish Women, and many who wero there remember her. with pleasure thst la now akin to pain, when they think tht her oft-repeated desire to again mingle with the club women of the etate will not be realized. "'Tl sweet as year by year we lose menas out or siKht in faith to muse How grow In I'aradlse our store." t X n shed its light and life upon every ltua- tlon. It- is a founded upon rare character strong, deep that I purpoae, ALABAMA CM'Il WOMEN have felt the stigma that attached to their tale In having the lowest age limit In tho country for the employ ment of children, and have spared no effort In aupportlng every movement to bring about improved conditions. There has been a distinct reform In stituted by the laws, which will no Into effect on the first of J;iini;iry of next year. No child under 12 mav be em ployed In any mill, while nlKlil work Is not allowed under 1 years. Sixty hours er week for children under 14 Is the Imit Instead of tifi. and nenalties are provided for false ages given by par ents. The Inspection system haa been completely reorganized and put upon a basis that will guarantee the enforce ment of the new lnw.. m . THE Woman's National Progressive I league talked about "The Effect of Competition on I'nmarrlod Women" at It recent monthly mooting In New York City. The New York Tribune said; "The talo was rattier a depressing one. It was something of a relief therefore when Mrs. Mary A. Gates, late of Wyo ming, rose and said, that In that late there are more Jobs than girls, and an unlimited supply of husbands. 'It is a constant struggle,' aald Mr. Oateg. to nr. Anman ' n 111 fc. . MA.IrAa - wnion they are wanted. Th very long est that w ever keep a school teacher 1 two yeara.' And a though this wre not enough to msk the state seem paradise Mrs. Gate added 'that thy have nohlld labor problam." t t THE North End Improvement Society of Tacoma, Wash., la one of many ( woman's cluha which ha vigor ously taken up the suppression of heavy taxation of bill-hoard advertising. Thl club made a list of the boarda in It district, and wrote to esch advertiser using them, asking him tn abstain, aa the bill-boards were considered objec tionable. If the first letter was Ig nored, a second followed, and, If neces sary, a personal Interview wa the next step. The bill-board evil has been stopped as a result of these tactics, and those that have survived th campaign of education -have had their tax doubled. going, and Utile box, r T 1 significant of the spread and strength of the playground move ment that 86 young women are tak ing the course offered by the Baltimore Playground association this summer. The training includes folk games and national dances. The cost of play grounds, has been f.-ind In certain cities to be aa follows: One tent and a half will give a boy or girl a playground for one day; 10 cents for one week; II for the whole summer. frlnt ef mine who haa beautiful new hou, and, of ooura. an elevator. hi.u the member ef the family and rvjii use t will by mesne that I have net yet 4earnd. 1 had been anting upstairs, and when It waa time for in to go inv friend cam to th elevator with, me. I stepped In. h shut the door and eat It I found Itivsalf a lnna In ihlu not knowing how to sinn or uuw ui wimra i mould land u i dl,n t. To my great Joy, I dioovrd a button which I touched, but It only mad mat ter .won for It but out the light, and I was in pitch darkness, Bolnf down fend no chanc of finding any nor button. It Is amusing to tell but It wa really an unpleasant experience, and It ined tn me I wa going down ages, when th elevator stopped, th dooF opnd. and 1 waa saved. A maid bad coin to my rescue. " 'Madam forget that her guts do not understand she said, with a smlls. "It la evidently a custom, of the house t send people off In quest of adventure in this way." , - It Wag Disquieting. "The electric door openers, by mean of which the doors opened apparently without human aid, and made people think themselves bewitched In the days when they were first put Into apart ment houses, are not to be considered with the modern electric elevator In private houses," says a woman who has many wealthy friends. "You are thrust Into them alone, to go up or down, and If you come out alive It's not your, fault. I have not a mechanical mind, I don't know anything about electricity, and I would be sure to do the wrong thing If possible. "The other day I was calling on a Woman' Claim on Glacier. From th I .os Angeles Examiner. Mrs. Mary E. Hart, formerly of Loa Angeles, who haa Just returned to Se attle after vialting Alaska, huts th dis tinction of being the first person let stske out a mining claim on a glacier while It waa .still In action. Sidney Molae, with the local archi tect firm of Hunt A Ore v. waa off board the Heattle, which haa Juat re turned from a trip to the Klondike, and; he state that for the flrat tlm In nine years passengers war abl to make a landing at Mulr glacier, near Skagway. , The glacier Is considered far from safe, but Mrs. Hart, with natural lov of adventure, stepped triumphantly ashore and waa followed by other eager for the experience of landing upon the forbidding ic field. It was found that the moraln, a deposit freighted with precious ore, which Is always carried with th lea in this section, had already become quite solid, and Mra JIart forthwith ataked out a claim. Mra. Hart haa passed a number of year in Alaska and la conversant with the mining situation there, having owned and superintended th work lit aeveSal claim. In order to gain ex perience she at on time worked with a pick In her own mine. The Sherman, Clay & Co. Plan "Always Saves Yu Wmmf There is no gainsaying the fact that at Sherman, Clay & Co-'s yo.u have the best opportunity for supplying your piano needs, you have the best facilities for selecting your piano, you have the assurance and guarantee of this old house that you are to be pleased with your purchase and pleased with your dealings with us, and what is more important thair anything else, you have the positive assurance that the Sherman, Clay & Cr plan of selling pianos always means money saved. s You come to our store with the knowledge that the first price you get is not only the last price, but it is the RIGHT PRICE. There is no fog here, no uncertainty, no haggling, no mysterious catalogue or other boosted prices to entrap the un wary. Every one is treated fairly and alike. All receive the same low price basted on factory cost, plus freight and handling expenses, which is right and just to buyers as well as to our selves. This always assures you of getting the exact piano value that you pay for and we believe we speak the exact truth when we say that you can always SAVE MONEY on your piano purchase at our store as compared with what you will pa' for the same piano elsewhere. Quality for qualit) style for style, we guarantee our rices the lowest and our terms of payment always satisfactory. You owe it to yourself to investigate our goods and prices before yotf buy, and this means that you will readily see that you can do better here than elsewhere. Read the following names of reliable pianos. These names are as familiar as the names of old friends: Stein- way, A. B. Chase, Everett, Packard, Kurtzmann, Estey, Ludwig, Kingsbury, Sterling, Conover, Wellington, Huntington, Mendelssohn. The only place where you can buy these makes of pianos new and subject to the factory guarantee is at our store. We are sole agents for all of the above makes. We are alo western agents for A. B. Chase Player Pianos and are Pacific coast distributors for Victor Talking Machines. Our Small Payment Plan Makes Piano Buying Easy Portland Tacoma Seattle Everett San Francisco Oakland Spokane Los Angeles Bellingham Wenatchee Fresno Stockton San North Yakima Jose VICTOR Talking Machines Sherman SIXTH AND MORRISON ay & Go 0pp. Post Office Stcinway Pianos
