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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 13. 1908.:
ELEAfJOR CLUB
AS UPLIFT
FACTOR
Institution That Gives Poor
Working Girls Home Life
Without Charity and Yet
Without Pecuniary Profit
to Promoters.
HORSEWHIPPED GREEK EDITORS
By FREDERIC J. HAS KIN.
(Copyright. 1908. by Frederio J. Haslcln.)
.Chicago, Deo. 12. One of the biggrest
problem of the country today is the
proper housing and care of that part
.of the million and a half women and
alrla antfaaed In gainful occupations
- who have no homes, or who are away
from their people. Churches, religious
-'and benevolent organization and man
ufactories have opened homea of various
kinds with varying degrees of success,
but the larger percentage of the wage
earning and business women have not
yet found the comfort and privacy of
- home life encompassed, by the privileges
that Institutional life offers.
Here in Chicago the Eleanor clubs
offer the best examples of the strictly
business like way In which the Question
may be solved. There are four of theso
cluba In sections of the city convenient
to business women and working ..girls
and as fast as suitable buildings can
be secured others will be opened. Three
have a membership or sot) eacn. ancj
the fourth has 300. Each club is housed
In a home like building under the care
of a manager, a housekeeper, clerk,
maids, cook and Janitor. Each member
of the club pays board at from $2.75 to
l4.ZS 'weeK, ana tney range rrom nign
school girls to women of middle age.
It Is understood that the clubs exist
for the especial benefit of girls who do
not get very, large salaries, and when
ne4 becomes prosperous In her work
vd'can afford to pay more for her liv
ing .expenses, she cheerfully gives her
place, at me suggestion oi me uuuru
of Inanagers, to some less fortunate
girl. This spirit of helpfulness, and
willingness , to giv a fellow worker a
chanca Is ,one of the biggest principles
on which the success of the club rests.
' Bom ' Conditions PraraU.
' Membership in these clubs may be
had by .any girl who gives two refer
ences, and clerks, students, bookkeepers,
stenographers, teachers and profession
tall women constitute the membership.
In the summer months when many of
the tworking girls and business women
are having a .vacation, or have sus
pended work for the summer, the
membership is found to Include summer
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Mrs.. Ekoftomidy and her baby. Mfs. Ekonomldy. Is the wife of a
New York Greek newspaper man.. She horsewhipped two. editors of a
Greek daily newspaper because she alleged they had slandered her
husband in their paper.
A LETTER TO THE BUS!
NESS MEN AND CITI
ZENS OP PORTLAND.
'Mr. Business Man of Portland:
The time is too short between
. now and Christmas to write you
a personal letter, so we are going
to talk to you through the city
papers. We want you to stop
and try to think if you know of
any enterprise which la doing
more to advertise Portland than
The Pacific Monthly. If you ara
boosting for Portland you are in
terested in whatever la helping
to build up our city.
Any enterprise thsff Is Increas
ing your busineM or making
your real estate foldings more
valuable should appeal to your
interest. Did you ever stop to
think what The Pacific Monthly
means to Portland? Possibly you
knew that The Pacific Monthly
is spending each month over
$15,000 for paper, printing,
wages, rents, postage and a score
of other expenses, all of the
money being put in circulation
here in Portland. To get an idea
of the magnitude of The Pacific
Monthly Just ask Postmaster
Mlnto what our monthly postage
bill is. You will find that it
runs from $1000 to $1200 per
month. The Important point of
this matter in that more than MO
Rer cent of the money which Is
eing spent by The Pacific
Monthly in Portland is secured
from national advertisers in the
east, and from subscriptions, a
large part of which come from
the middle west, the northwest
and the eastern xtaten.
Don't you think that we are
, doing our part to boost for Port
land and Oregon? Now nre you
doing your part? Tortland busi
ness men are not "quitters." nor
does it take a crowbar to pry
thom loose from their money
when It come? to boosting for an
Institution that is doing for
Portland what The Pacific
Monthly is doing month by
month, and has been doing for
the past 10 years. Probably
there isn't a buinej man nor a
citizen of Portland who would
iot. If asked, say that The
Pacific Monthly is a credit to
Portland. Now are you willing
to bark up your conversation
with your caah? We believe you
are. We want your cooperation
and we wane your coin. In fact
we will have to have it, if you
want to widen the influence of
The 'Pacific Monthly. Here Is a
place where we can all pull to
gether for Portland.
You know what we are doing
to keep Portland In the forefront
You know, too, that she is at the
head of the procession, and nat
urally you want her to retain
that position. Now here is what
we want you to do. Make out a
list of your friends In the east
and send us this list with your
: check to have The Paclflo
Monthly sent to them for the
coming year. Mr. Jobber, we
want you to make up a list of
, your customers and send them
The Pacific Monthly as a token
J of your appreciation for their
patronage, a. gift, by the bv. that
' Is not only inexpensive, but will
serve to remind them throughout
.the whole year of the giver. Mr.
' Merchant, we want you to give
ach of your employes The Pa-
ctflc Monthly for the coming
4 .' year. Mr. Loyal t'itiien, we
want you to send The Pacific
Monthly to the folks back home.
. Every copy that goes to the east
or middle west tells not only by
picture, but by .graphic desciip-
tkon. of the bounteous west,
whwe big ' men are doing big
things. The price of The Pacific
Monthly Is $1.60 a year, but we
will send five copies for the
price of four. In other words,
if you will wend ua a list of five
naotes accompanied by your
. check for $ it will pay th bill.
Wa will send without extra
charre the Christmas nntnber,
and also tend a beautiful Chriat-
rd notifying your friend
thai i it Is being sent at your ra-
nuest. w appreciate your let-
'r commendation and your
1 TT?,- w wlu PPreciate
nem still more If accompanied
t LL7"V,0V wpbulldlng o
IVrtlund and Oregon.
; THE r AC1 HO MONTHLY.
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students in the universities and art
schools of the city. There are no rules
governing the clubs beyond the un
written code that would obtain in any
private family. It is conceded that
each member will naturally do her best
to make the club a respected Institu
tion and a place of comfort for her
rellow lodgers. Those wno go out iu
evening classes and entertainments
find a. nlrht rlerk at her desk to re
celve them when they come In, and
reasonable hours are the prevailing cus
The clubs aim to help the memben
toward economy in every Way, and one
of the most welcome provisions is ,a
laundry in each club house where for
rive cents an hour any memoer may ao
any bit of washing or ironing that sh
wishes. Fudge dishes and spoons in
each of these laundries show that even
less onerous duties may be perfonne-l
here. Classes in the clubs are open to
all the members, the payment of 25
cents a month for four months allowing
study in any or all classes. The studies
Include domestic science, business
courses and English. Bo far this winter
only the sewing classes have been or
ganised, but the others will follow.
Hot Charitable Institutions.
In each of the club houses single
Jbeds are the Invariable rule, and when
the rooms are large two and tnree are
Rometlmes nlaced in one room. There
are parlors for the use of the members
and there are pianos, sewinir machines
and typewriters at their service. In the
dining room the Idea of an institutional
life is forever banished by the small
tables, eeatmg eight eacn, liKe a nome
group. The food Is simple, wholesome,
abundant and well cooked. The service
is Rood the air of friendliness and
comradship inspiring.
.l must be understood that these
clubs are in no way charitable or benev
olent institutions. They are inodol
homes for girls and womn conducted
on a strictly business basis, each girl
earning her money In store. offlc?,
school or factory, and paying her board
with a part of it, Just as any person
of larger means does. The homes are
self supporting and Independent of any
outside Influence, beyond the general
stockholders ami executive committee
of the association. Their success Is
claimed by their promoters to be duo
to three things: The fact that each
club Is absolutely self supporting-, tha'
there Is cooperation among all th;
members and that the helpful, klndlv
Interest known as the "Eleanor spirit"
pervades each Institution.
Whence the Varna "Eleanor." j
The Eleanor association was organ
ized 10 years ago by Miss Ina Law
Robertson. The object was to furnish
hoarding houses at reasonable rates
for girls with low salaries, for thu
average boardlnir place available to a
girl with un Income of $4 or $5 a week '
is not one of the.j4be.st influences, and I
is not calculated to awaken better ideals'
in her. The name "Eleanor" means
"light" and by permission of a member
of the club, whose name it was, it be-,
came the title of all clubs formed under i
tnls same board, and has come to stand
for the best uplift work among Work
ing women and girls, work that is being
done by themselves, for themselves and
their neighbors.
Sign to Direct Stranger.
Signs have hen hung in all the Chi
cago depots stating that strange girls
may find direction and advice at the
central office. 40 Randolph street. This
office, centrally located. Is maintained
for the sole purpose of informing
strangers as to good business places,
good boarding places aud good neigh
borhoods. A lawyer In the employ of
the clubs gives advice on matters of
contracts and business propositions anil
helps safeguard the members and their
friends. In the central office building
are the offices of the information bu
reau and the secretary and a commit
tee room. Across the hall are recep
tion rooms, where club members may
come to meet their friends at anv hour
of the afternoon and evening with a
cnaperon there to make them welcome.
A buffet kitchen opening off these of
fers possibilities In the way of choco
late, tea, coffee and other light refresh
ments. Classes may meet here also.
One of the classes is for teaching Eng
lish to immigrant girls.
Why The Clubs Succeed.
Tne question has been asked over and
over again. "Why are the Eleanor clubs
self-sustaining, when time and again
other clubs have been started and have
failed?" The secret of the success
doubtless lies in the fact that the clubs
are controlled by an incorporated com
pany. Tha company does not exist for
the purpose of making any money what
soever out of the plan, hut for the pur
pose of guaranteeing its ' permanence.
The stockholders lease a suitable build
ing, and then furnish it comfortably for
the club's uses. They furnish also a
sinking; fund that guarantees the club's
sianimy ior tne rirst rew inontns until
It gets comfortably on its own feet.
The furnishing money is a loan from
the stockholders, the current rate of in
terest being paid on it. This interest
money, however, with other Interest
moneys, by common consent of the
stockholders, never reaches the stock
holders' pockets. The furnishing in
terest money goes always for new fit
tings for the club, and Interest on the
sinking fund has been erected Into what
is known as the interest fund, and is
set aside for emergencies, it Is for the
use of anjr member of the Eleanor clubs
who is temporarily without a position
and Is in need of funds, or for any
member who is ill and must go to the
hospital for awhile. Tbia Is always a
loan, the borrower paying it back at
her convenience, but If time should be
hard, the Illness long, or the girl's sal
ary small in the period following her
borrowing, nothing Is said of the loan.
It 1 known that at some time she will
pay it back' if she possibly can. If not.
the Eleanor association consider . that
It ha been money well used, and that
la the end of the matter. -
attain Yen tart ; That's AIL
Naturally, back of all this ideal busi
ness arrangement one cannot but, see
the "big spirit of helpfulness that has
prompted several earnest women to
form themselves into the Eleanor asso
ciation, devote tbelr tlme and energy I
showing business women and woi k-1
g girls how to get the beat home-life
to
fin
tor their money, and put .tfaelr own
money Into the fitting out of good club
houses, without asking or expecting its
return. This seems on the face of it
a philanthropic venture, but the mem
bers of the Eleanor association who are
the stockholders and whose purses, so
generously open and supply the fittings
for each new club house, solemnly and
seriously assert that it is a business
venture, pure and simple. If pressed
in me mailer, uiey will conress that
they never tnke a penny of interest
money on their Investment, though 't
Is charged and collected, then diverted
to club uses. The only Interest they
seem to care to receive Is the knowl
edge that they have established homes
wherevwomen and girls on small salar
ies may live on a business basis, and
feel 'tree, independent and self-respecting.
;
' Too Few Eleanor Club.
This -is a fine piece of work. The
only regret about It is that It Is not
yet big enough to furnish such home
life to all the other women In Chicago,
20,000 or 30,000 in all, who have to
make a shift at home life in hall bed-
Mtween Eoyi mi Clarisliias We - Will fiiveva
10 IMscoiM on. Ml fleofal Worlr :
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We earnestly request all our former patients, to call at this office and have - their teeth looked over - and if any 6f our bridge work,' crowns,
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piaics or iiuings cave given uui ur proven unsausiaciory, we wut gisuiy-'tcyau vi wau over tree ot coargc.
Nervous People
And those afraid can now sit in the dental
chair with great east The management of
the Chicago Dental Office will give $100 to
any charitable institution for a tooth that
an operator fails' to extract without pain or
bad result. . .
Vegetable Vapors
Used only by the Chicago Dentists in ren
dering the operation of extracting teeth as
painless as removing a shoe from the foot,
and they do it without the slightest danger
to the most delicate patient, and without
any unpleasant after-effects whatever.'
WE EMPLOY NO STUDENTS
All pur operators are middle-aged, gen
tlemanly doctors of from 10 to 20 years'
experience, each an expert in his special
line. Our work is all guaranteed and kept
in repair free of charge for 10 years. There
fore, by, employing the most skilled men in
the profession our own purpose, as well as
the interest of our patients, is more profi
ciently served.
If your old plate has given out and does
not fit, bring it in, and we will reset same
on plain rubber for $5, aluminum for $8.
VVITHOUT PLATES
We can extract your teeth in the mortis
ing and give you a temporary set before
night.
A 'binding guarantee given with all work
for 10 years.
The best-equipped, sanitary and hygienic
parlors in the world; 19 offices in thc
United States. , '
Be sure you are in the right place.
Crown and Bridge Work
a Specially
Remember, examinations ' and consulta
tion free to all who visit our office. To
those who cannot afford to have their work
done and pay cash we make arrangements i
on the installment plan.
Office Hours: 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.; Sunday, 9 to 1. Lady attendant
CHICAGO PAINLESS DENTISTS
323 WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER SIXTH
BOTH PHONES MAIN 3880. AS340
rooms or cheap boarding houses, and
miss the bigness, the helpfulness of the
"Kleanor spirit.'' As fast as the
Eleanor association can it- Is opening
clubs, one to be complete in February,
and the list of waiting ones will more
than fill It. And even at this rate it is
a wonderful work for a handful of
women Joifbe doing.
New York, with 30,000 or more girls
and women working In the big stores
of the shopping districts, needs nearly
1000 of these clubs for that section
alone. Other cities of varying percent
ages of working women and girls need
them, as do manufacturing centers. No
city needs charitable institutions for ltw
working girls who aro well, who are ut
work, and who are proving themselves
capable. Nor does the working girl of
today want anything that savors of
charity. She wants a chance to earn a
good living, and a comfortable home in
which to spend her nights, and she is I
always willing to pay a reasonable part
Of her wages for It. The Kleanor As
sociation has proved how working
women may be housed if only a few
prominent, helpful woman of each city
will get behind the movement.
Christmas cards, New Year cards, art
calendurs, exclusive lines Importeti and
domestic. The postal shop, 124 Fifth
street, near AVashingtort."'
Avoid Delays,' Ship Christ
inas Packages Early.
To avoid delays Incident to Christmas
rush, ship early. The Northern Express
company are furnishing gummed labels
on request, reading as follows: "Do not
open until Christmas," that patrons may
apply and ship their Christmas pack
ages early and have no fear 'that recip
ient will open them before Christmas.
The Perkins Hotel Pharmacy The Squibb Drug Store
rl' F A Splendid I
I T Line of Nez
I A W Perce Indian
PJP-i Curios
An ideal Christmas gift,
The Great
Parker Fountain Pen
In beautiful holiday boxes. - A written
guarantee of highest perfection goe
with every pen.
Prices $1.50 to $10
Our Christmas Present to Our Customers
With every purchase amounting to $1 or over, we give you
A Do
Baby Free
The dolls are nicely dressed and very pretty, in fact, such a doll
as will generally retail from 35c to 50c each. From now until
Christmas you. get one free, every time your purchases amount
to the value of $1 or 7er. A Calendar for 1909 free. Ask for one.
See Our Splendid Common Sense Holiday Line
Gillette Safety Razors in splendid
leather sets, from, each. .$5 to $45
Post Card Albums, and beauties, too,
a fine assortment, each. .35 to ?1
Hand-Painted Bon Bon Jars, Cold
Cream Jaw, Powder Box"s and Hair
Receivers, price, each $3.50 to $10
Travelers' Toilet Rollups, in nice
complete sets, or just the empty roll,
and you fill 'in the articles wanted.
Price, each $1.50 to $45
Gentlemen's Shaving Outfits, with
magnifying mirror, as well as an or
dinary one. They make swell pres
ents. Price, each . . $4 to $10
Razors, each, from $1.50 to $3
Shaving Brushes, ea., 25 to $1.50
Shaving mugs, each. . . .50 to $1
Razor Strepa, each 50 to $2
Fancy Talcum Powder Jars
each 75 to $1.50
Fancy Cold Cream Jars, each . . 75fi
Fancy Nail Powder Jars, each. .50
Fancy Powder Jars, each. .. .$1.50
Fancy Hand Mirrors, each $1 to $5
Fancy Stand Mirrors, ea. $1 to $10
Fancy Boxes of Stationery, 25
to $1.50
Fine Hair Brushes, ea., 50 to $10
Good Combs, each 25 to $2
All Our New Line of
Ladies' Handbags and Purses
To be closed out at actual cost. We need the room for other
lines, and you get the benefit. Beautiful goods at almost
half the regular price. '
A man is known by the
candy he gives. Buy LOW
NEY'S. There's' quality
right down to the last piece,
arid Oh ! so much class to the
package.
No Christmas
Candies Like
Lowney
50c to $4 Package
No such line of Cigars in Portland. All the fine brands.
Cigars by the Box SI to $10 Per Box
Swell Imported and American Perfumes and Atomizers. No such
fine line can be found elsewhere; bottles. . . ;. . . . . .. .25 to $5.00
The Perkins Hotel Pharmacy
The Squibb Drug Store
Perkins Hotel Building -ft Free Delivery I -
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Our Christmas line of Umbrellas
is certainly swell. And they're
cheap too. We bought them that
, , way. ' , '
Prices $1 to $15 Each
Our Specialty
A first-class '$1.50 Umbrella for
$1.1
No isdeh valiie anywhere