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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING, - DECEMBER 13 1908.
10
Women's Clubs and Their Work
Edited by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans
FROM th many letters received
we Judge no morn Interesting
1 matter has ever appeared In this
, department than the committee
' , and club reports from the Ia
nwmr,AM rnnvntlnn. which have been
running" for several weeks.
Today we continue the Individual club
reports, with " number of others to fol-
low: . . ,
It has somewhere been said,- 'There
. Is no such thing as standing still, we
must either go forward or retrograde."
The Council of Jewish Women of Fort-
land has tried to do more than stand
till in the latit two years, and I think
We can safely lay claim to an era of
. progress since the last federation re
1 norL
" Our work has continued along the
Same lines educational, philanthropic
and religious. The council now num
bers 310 members.
The settlement work In South Port
land Is still of paramount Importance.
. The schools maintained there under
council supervision as explained In last
year's report are non-sectarian.
; The night classes In which the rudi
ments or the Englltm are taugnt to inr
elgners have taken two additional even
tries for the work, making four even
ings in all with a corps of six volunteer
. teachers for each session.
The kindergarten started off with 16
: Children enrolled. A marked lmprove-
ment In the general appearance and de
portment of the little ones Is traceable
each year, owing to tne inriuence rauin
ted from the kindergarten and the moth
ers' meetings held once a month, where
members of the council meet Informally
to discuss the needs of the child with
, the. struggling mothers, many of them
perplexed foreigners, unused to the cus
toms of a new country.
The gymnasium has a men's and a
boys' class this term. A rough element
almost blighted last year's results. A
new and popular Instructor seems to
hold then well In hand this term.
The sewing; classes re ever growing:
In popularity, and although graduates
are few In number, the. younger chll
- dred attend eagerly, and have taxed the
rapacity of the school .o Its limit, shown
ing how successful these classes could
be made In public schools.
The boys manual training depart
ment made an excellent exhibit at the
close of last term., which compared fa
vorably with that made by many of the
graded schools. Not alone training the
hand and eye, but keeping the boy off
the streets at night, has been one of
the important results of this work. The
free reading room and library has done
mum to lessen tins evu as wen.
The domestic science cooking class Is
under the dlrectlon of a volunteer thin
year. , The graduating class last June
Invited the superintendent and directors
to a course meal of their own prepara
tion. The Neighborhood House is fast be
coming Inadequate for the needs of the
school. Some day soon, we hope to
have a suitable building for the proper
housing of the various departments.
The council has one regular meeting
the first Wednesday of each month. Our
program Is miscellaneous in character
this year, most of the papers being
by non-members. This was done by way
of deviation from the regular routine
of years, feeling a change Is often a
' beneficial stimulus to incite new in
terest. Two Wednesdays a month are given
over to a study class, where the Old
Testament is reviewed under the lead
ership of Rabbi Jonah B. Wise.
The first week of December will mark
the Fifth . triennial of the Council of
Jewish Women to be held In Cincinnati.
If any of you are to be east at the time,
you are cordially .invited to attend this
meeting. ...
; May .the' good seed of this federa
tion's planting bring forth an ever
Increasing harvest that will b?ar the
fruit of a cleaner, broader civic life than
we have . lived, to generations yet to
come. . ,
CLEMENTINE SEL.T.Etf HIRKCH.
President Council of Jewish Women
S
THE Reading club of Astoria last
year lost several members for un
avoidable reasons, bat the remain
ing members did good work, completing
a two years course-in Knglish history,
The text used was "Essentials in Eng
lish History.'' by Walker.
Besides the regular club work, the
members petitioned our senators and
representatives to congress to use their
inriuence in behalf of a bill "to investi
gate and develop methods of treatment
or lUDercuiosis. receiving favorable re
piles from all of them.
On May 18 the friends of the mem
bers were Invited to listen to a talk on
Paul Dunbar, the Negro Poet, by Rev.
W. 8. Gilbert. This was the, only
uuest Night of the year.
At the annual business meeting. May
-!0. me Tonowine- orricers were elected
to serve ror the ensuing club year:
President, Miss J. Q. Hulse; vice pres.
Ident, Mrs. C. A. Gearhart; treasurer,
Miss E. C. Warren; secretary, Miss
Dora Badollet The text chosen for the
year s work Is "Four V dorian Poets
A Study of dough Arnold. Rossette and
Morns," Dy Btoorord A. .Brooke. All
vacancies have been filled, and the club
now ii as a lull membership of .12 ladies,
wno are an eninusiastic over tne work.
DURA BADOLLET, Secretary.
FOLLOWING is the yearly report of
I the Portland Froebel association,
whose officers are as follows:
President, Jllss Elizabeth K. Mat
thews: vice president. Mabel Sherman:
secretary. Miss Ze.ll McCartney; treas
urer. Miss Rebecca Walton.
During: the past year the membership
has increased, and Interest has de
veloped toward the establishing of kin
dergartens In the public schools of
Portland.
The association has been most fortu
nate In having Its president invited to
address many mothers' clubs. In view of
establishing kindergartens;, in some in
stances kindergartens have been or
ganized having a session each day, and
others having a session at the time of
the mothers' meeting, honing in this
way to prepare the way for en estab
lished kindergarten.
The association is much encouraged
In Its undertaking, and feels that the
next election will decide favorably for
tne kindergarten in tne public schools
of Portland.
The association has also worked along
clvloilnes. by cooperating with the Port
land Rose Festival, and the city author
ities in cleaner streets.
This year the president outlined her
policy: First, free.-klndergartens In the
public schools; second, legislation
toward professional certificates for
teachers having had professional train
ing; third, civic Improvement.
PORTLAND FROEBEL. ASSOCIATION.
President, Elizabeth K. Matthews.
THE work of the Fortnight club of
Eugene has of lat been confined
more strictly to literary study
thanat some times In the past, for this
reason the Commercial club of our city
has organized a large and efficient aux
iliary of women, who1 devote them
selves wholly to civic Improvement and
kindred activities. They are better
equipped for this service than are we,
and we have thought it unnecessary to
try to cover the same ground. Hence
the cliib has for the time, discontinued
Work In this direction.
The Fortnightly has assisted in In
troducing domestic science Into the
public schools of the city, different
women giving voluntary service each
week in teaching sewing. The club Jv
at intervals, opened its rooms for edu
cational purposes; an exhibit of - good
pictures, a display of work done fey the
aria ana oralis association or Boston
and has tried to encourage all enter
prles of public benefit.
The subject for the present year ts
Germany, including, besides a brief his
torical outline, programs on art, music
and literature. We are to have, as
usual, a limited number of lectures to
which guests are Invited, and which
are also made a social occasion. We
consider this useful in bringing our
work before those who may like to as
sist. If we are giving more time than usual
to self Improvement, It Is only In an
interim of waiting. We stand ready.
as ever, to give a helping hand wher
ever a suitable occasion presents.
The members or this convention are
aware that the federation Is assisting
a young woman at the Universtty of
Oregon to obtain an education. It may
be of interest to you to hear that I
have lately seen and talked With her.
She is a girl of good ability and high
standards. Though a freshman, she has
a position on the staff of the college
paper, having done some work of this
kind In high school. Her special aim is
to rit nerseir ror a physician.
JJiSSSllS ti. VAN iSCOY,
President Fortnightly Club.
NOTHER year has become enrolled
A in the history of the past and it
Is with real pleasure we meet
again to review the year that is gone
nd glean helD and strength each
from the other for the vear only lust
begun. The Work and Win club Is one
of the younger children of the Oregon
federation, having Joined the same
when organised, two years and a half
ago.
Last winter was spent with tie fron
tier life of the western states, and the
pioneers of Oregon became very near
to us.
Scatter flowers in their pathway
adown declining years.
They were grand old men and women
these oil pioneers. "
This year we have taken ud the Bav
view Italy and Greece course, and find
It most enjoyable. The library Is still
under Jurisdiction of the club, many
ways and means to support the same
having been tried with varying suc
cess. The most attractive of these
seeming to be the flower and plant
sales. Carnations and other cut flowers
sold rcadllv to the flower h lltiffrv nen.
pie and this method of raising neces
sary funds continues to be popular.
Our little club Is making a slow but
steady growth in numbers, living up to
" nunie worKing cneerruny, ana
"winning" steadily.
We look upon the past year as a
most successful one. but the past
should not monopolize.
Look ahead. The present and future
holds Its share of success, and of the
good the club may do. If we look for It.
And as the home club needs our in
dividual efforts, even so the federation
needs our support.
We need the federation, the federa
tion needs us, "and the world needs
us all or we would not be."
FOIBEL ADAM, President.
Ontario, Or.
T Is the aim of the OregWi Woman's
Press club to promote acquaintance,
good fellowship and cooperation be
tween women, writers, and to advance
their professional interest. Its consti
tution admits two grades of member
shipactive and associate the former
are those who are professionally en
gaged In literary and Journalistic work,
for a livelihood or as a business mil..
lng; the second consists of those who
I
are literary women, - who are not , 1 ol
lowing, the calling professionally, but
who wish to avail - themselves of the
benefits of this organization, they en
joy all its privileges except the .voting
power.-- Tne work is divided Into six
divisions, with standing committees as
follows: ' Membership, literary v infor-,
matlon, press social and fraternal, pro
gram, literature, extension. ' Meetings
are held, monthly;' two social receptions
during the ' year. - The program of
monthly meetings consists of trade pa
pers and all that tends to be helpful
to the women writers. It has an en
rollment of 82 members, some of whom
are not residents of Portland, but of
oiner points ; in . Oregon.
The past year has been a successful
one, and meetings held of much' Inter.
est. The club starts :Jn the new year
wnn iiHiienng prospects , ror good re
sults. A neat calendar folder has-Just
Deen issued, wnicn contains the const!
tutlon and yearly topical DroKram.
While the club' has. more than dou
bled during the year, dues have only
been .collected on six. Increases over our
report or last year. -
The officers of the club are' as fol
lows:. President. Mrs. Lucia Faxon Art
dlton,, Lents; vice president, Mrs. Emma
a 1 it i ii .
sjcviwo mat miuu, uurreeponmng secre
tary, Mrs. Clara "Bewick Colby; record
ing secretary, Mrs. Bessie Gulnean
Stone; treasurer. Miss Frances Eleanor
uotsnaii, ail or Portland. ,
It K K
THURSDAY Afternoon club of Pen
dleton submitted the following re
port: At the beginning of the club
year the work of furnishing a model
schoolroom was completed by the fram
lng and hanging of the pictures which
had been purchased and which were
mentioned in the last report.
Our library committee reported that
the mayor and council assured them
that a room would be furnished for a
library in the new city hall now nearly
completed. So the prospect for a free
public library In Pendleton is brighter
men n nas ever Deen, and by next
year we hope to be able to point with
pride to our public library.
The work of our civic committee has
been reported elsewhere, so need not be
repeated here.
Two afternoons have been Ae.vntnA tn
aomesiic science demonstrations and
were ootn instructive and enjoyable.
I he general work of the elnh h
been miscellaneous In character and has
included the study of art and literature
ana nistory. The subjects studied have
been "Some American Sculptors," and
"The Madonna In Art." "Tennyson" and
Robert Louis Stevenson." The f!m.rt
of Louis XIV," "The State of Maine,"
and "Old Missions." Several miiHlral
afternoons have been greatly enjoyed.
One fortunate member of the club spent
musi ui ine year in an extended tour
through the countries of the old wnrM
across the water, ami at our last meet
ing for the year gave a most Interest
ing account of her journeylngs to and
through the Holy Land, from which
country she brought a beautiful snivel
and presented to the club.
The average attendance for the year
has been verv good Indeed, and great
Interest In the subJectB studied . ha
been shown throughout the year.
CLARE BURROUGHS, President.
AT A SPECIAL meeting of the Portia
club held last Tuesday for the I
purpose of hearing the report of
the committee on resolutions of sympa
thy with Mrs. R. B. Fisher upon the
death of her husband, R. B. Fisher, the
following resolutions were read and
adopted, and Mrs. J. B. Hosford, secre
tary of the club, was directed to for
ward a copy or same to Mrs. R. B,
Fisher, and to each of the Portland dally
papers:
Whereas, Mrs. R.1 B. Fisher, an es
teemed and beloved member of the Por
tia club.-has been, by the hand of a
most cowardly assassin, deprived of the
companionship and the protecting care
of a faithful, devoted and loving hus
band, whose sudden , and uncalled for
death Is .universally and most sorrow,
fully regretted. ; Now therefore, be It
-Resolved, By the members of - the
Portia club that we greatly deplore' the
tragic death pf Mr. fisher and extend to
Mrs. Fisher and to her little son our
prorouna ana heartfelt sympathy In
their sad bereavement, and In the great
loss they have sustained. Be It further
nesoivea, -mat a copy or these resolu,
tlons be forthwith sent to Mrs. Fisher.
one to the Portland dally.-papers and
one yea wnn me recoras or mis ciuo.
'- Portland," Or.
MRU. TOLB8BI YOUNG, v
MRS. GEO, W. CALDWELL,
MRS. R. p. GRAHAM.
X Committee,
VV'-7; - X :
THE past year's work of the Lyle
Tuesday F musicals of La Grande
fast Kafln tna al niU.
to Its members. - We have had a large
attendance at all our regular nesslnna
with a genuine Interest shown In the
work by our members.
.Unfortunately for us, at the first of
the year, the president and founder of
our club, Mrs. Robert Lyle, '.was called
away, leaving us without her valuable
counsel. , . " . . .
We have - Dursued nn nmlir nnnrM
or Biuay mis vear-with Ihn eirrnntlon
of our chorus under the direction of
Mrs. Biiversnom, which Is a good fea
ture of our-club life and stimulates a
greater interest in our organisation, and
aiso proves 10 oe a prontable and pleas
ing feature of our open meetings.
Our membership at the commence
ment of the year was 89, to this has
been added, the nast 12 .months. IS.
making a total membership of 54. Dur
ing the year we have had five public
meetings, at wnicn a nominal admission
fee was charged. The coming year we
expect to continue the chorus work
lth our usual musical program and
take up the study of the life work of
tne different masters in music.
This club was organized 13 vears ago.
Besides belonging to the "state federa
tion, we are members of the National
federation of music clubs.
Judging from the cordial reception
accorded our organization In the past.
we confidentially look forward to i
very prosperous year awaiting us.
AlAO. I. MU1.1TUN,
Vice President
K
HE Present Day club held Its reg
ular meeting Tuesday of this week
the home of Mrs. R. C. R. Gilt
ner, 227 Chapman street William Oal-
vani gave a very interesting talk on
the Russian women. Mrs. Morgan's
cnarming paper iook the club from
Stockholm to Moscow via St. Peters
burg.
The club has decided to give a thea
tre party at the Hellia to see Peer
Gynt during Christmas week. The club
win meet witn Mrs. Ballon next time.
H K
HE Woman's club of Portland, hav-
ng received S5 new members dur
ng the year, closed this period
with an enrollment of 800. With an ex
ecutive Doard so wise and discreet as
iu us n corrsia.nl tower or strength to
picmutmi, inciuaing a financial
THE
ula
at
THI
ir,
lr
the
secretary and a treasurer nf bhh k.
lness acumen as to Insure the most ac
curate and businesslike methods of
conducting the business affairs of the
club, that part of the work moved on
with clocklike precision and regularity.
Ihe calendar and social committees
were so efficient and resourceful In
their sphere of work that the VM, WAS
one of delightful entertaining and ln-
niruuuvc programs, wun not a failure
or hitch during the whole term and the
social features were ever a source of
enjoyable fellowship, good cheer and
hospitality.
Through the Publicity mmmltte. rn.
stltuted for the first time of the past
lucBiumiiB oi iiih ciuo exienaea court
estes to visitors of note, among such
visitors being Mrs. Rachel Foster Av
ery, secretary of the International
Council of Women: Mrs. Phillip M-
Moore, then vice president now Dresl
dent of the "general federation, also in
response to the invitation of the com
mercial club, joined In welcoming the
ladies or the inland empire excursion,
Other committees both standing and
special, an promptly met ana xaitnrui
ly discharged every dutr asla-ned them,
The Increasing Interest in department
work is a most promising sign ef vital
growth and power. We are justly
proud of the youngest art department
organised during this administration, in
membership and .interest it vies with
the 'oldest. ' -.-:,.! -. .
The club Identified Itself with affairs
or publlo interest contributing to
ward ' the support - of the ; Brooklyn
kindergarten, did well- Its part toward
raising funds for the education loan
fund and contributed to the further
ance of the Rose Festival, by offering
a nanasome wopny cup.-,
v Out of the year's receipts an unus
ually large sum has been set aside for
us own building fund. - v
-, The club put itself on jpubllc record
in favor - or a number or good move
ments. notably ' the State University
appropriation, increase of salaries for
tne public school teachers, free kinder
gartens as a part of the public school
system, the petition asking congress
for the Institution of measures to pre
vent the spread of tuberculosis, helped
to save tie - birds : from, wholesale
slaughter. Placed its -bans of disao-
proval upon the aigrette as a badge of
unspeaaaoie cruelty ana indorsed oiner
measures of moral and , philanthropic
import. .' - '
Recognising the growing Importance
of department work, the administra
tion in its closing days, announced as
us distinctive policy lts-reeommencia
tion for the-institution of measures de
fining more closely the relation to and
ciaim upon tne ciuo or its departments.
and a committee was appointed to form
ulate a pian wun mat end in view.
These conditions and the fact that
nearly a score of its members are in at
tendance upon this convention and that
five of its members crossed the con
tinent and were In attendance at' the
National Federation in Boston, is evi
dence that the Woman's club of Port
land Is gradually aproachlng the place
It Bhould occupy tn the sisterhood of
clubs of the Pacific coast.
ELISABETH EOOERT;
Past President
t
HE Tuesday Afternoon club met
with Mrs. G. M. Gllnes, 842 East
Everett street The study was a
continuation of Thackeray. Rqllcall
was responded to by comments from
critics' opinion of Thackeray. A spe
cial study was made of "Henry Es
mond.". Mrs. F. M. Miles gave the
outline and general setting. A sketch
of the principal characters was given
oy Mrs. Merwin Pugn. Mrs. Hayes
gave a comparison of Thackeray and
Dickens, as writers.
Mrs. H. J. Jackson gave a paper on
the social condition of England as told
by Thackeray. Thackeray "as a cynic"
was given by Meadames Harry Vorse
and G. Anthony Bateson. Thackeray as
a moralist was given by Mesdames Wil
liam t-'. Amos and Robert Smith.
A Captions Audience.
Here-Is a news Item the like of which
one does not find In the newspapers of
the United States. It comes from the
City of Mexico- and describes an excit
ing Incident at yueretaro:
T'Yesterday's bullfight," the reader Is
informed, "was wretched, and started a.
tremendous row. The management an
nounced that the bulla would ha first
class, but those which appeared were
very small ano snowed no right what
ever. Four of these ridiculous beasts
were sent back tor the corral, another
barely qualified, and only one turned
out to be a real bull.
"The public, unable to repress Its In
dignation, laid hold of evervthlnr It
could get its hands on and threw it Into
tne Dun ring, causing serious damage.
In the midst of the excitement the
announcement was made that the man
agement had been fined $100. but this
was not sufficient to allay the public
laumnauun. ine manager or tne Dull
rinr was - compelled to hide, - owing ' t
the fact that some of the most excited
Individuals in the audience were making
a diligent search for him. ' -. '
- It was a tremendous row, as we re
marked before, and would have' had
more serious consequences had not .the
Fifth corps of rural police arrived oa
the scene most - opportunely. The po
licemen made the discontented audience
disperse, and then mounted guard over
the bull ring and the residence of the)
manager.",.,.v;'. s:);,:--ji.::s.-';,w, -
y'. Miniature electric ' trains, running
automatically . in . tunnels, are being
tested by the Berlin postal authorities
as better in many ways than the pneu
matic tube for carrying, mall.
Diamonds
We have tfcem 1 and
and many of them.
- One of the largest
stocks in the city.
We have not ALL in
the window; but a very
large stock unmount
ed. . You would be sur
prised to see how large
a diamond you can get
for the money. . For
instance, some brilliant
cut diamonds in'
STICK PINS
$7 to $500
EAR SCREWS '
$14 to $700
CUFF BUTTONS
$8 to $75
Studs, Brooches,
Watches, Chains, etc.
Don't forget that you
will find a full line us
ually carried in a jew
elry store.
Open evenings.
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