OREGON
SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 6. 1908.
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THE
WOMEN
CLUBS
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Edited by Mrs. Sarah A, Evans
AND THLIR
WORK
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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.
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"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.
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