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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1908.
WOMEN'S
CLUBS
zoit4 by -
Mrs. gwk A. Svui
AND THLIR
WORK
I 1 the ' rnembc
; J I This, la a
been sent '
O YOU approve of limiting tlio
membership of a clubT"
Question tbathas
Z beB t0 tW department
from a club in a distant part
of the state.; Taking It In Its broadest
aenae, we' answer emphatically. -No!
. Ths club that hedges Itself about by
such a, restriction can never grow to
Us full stature. , We cah hear the 'few
remaining club of the state that still
have a limited membership, protest and
, Drin forward the time worn eseuse
"it we did not limit our membership
pur club would be too large te do good
study work." In response to ' this we
would like to ask: "Did you ever see
a club, where , every member was com
y palled to do some good, hard, study
work that had too large a membership t"
""Did you ever find too many workers
n any , organisation, fori the good of
the organisation T' , We feel sure' that
if the limited clubs;' will ve : this
thought due consideration they will not
:. remember any such condition In any
avviKiy wiey nave ever Known.
The next objection the limited ' club
. presents Is this: "If we took off the
' limit we could not meet at th hnmat
of the members;-- there would be too
many, the houses would be over
crowded." Did anyone ever restrict
uieir prosperity -because their house
WOUld be too amnll In tntnif It In?
Ao, they went Immediately and pro
, cured another, . and still another, as
their wealth and family increased. More
member always providing "Nthey are
mo rjgni Kina, or wntcn we win speau
latermeans greater prosperity ' both
financially and In the interest Of the
work. , There la no question that is
more pMnllngr, or, a greater problem
In club work than that of club mem
bership, but 4t will never be-solved by
limitation. To limit club membership
Is contrary to democratic principles,
... and lust as contrary to club ethics.
"Shall we then let down the bars
for everyone to come lnT" you ask. Not
by any means," and no more than our
government, knowing the value of the
immigrant, would annul our immigra
tion regulations. Tbe foundation upon
whrch all club life rests Is the desire
to build, construct and1 uplift. It mat
ters not at all whether it be a purely
literary ciub or a elvle aonietv. whathur
It la for the , atudy of music, art or
sculpture, or whether it Is a depart-
t meni ciuo, or wnecner tne onject oe
self Improvements or the Improvement
or ine community, the whole town
or city la benemted. If Just one
woman grows more Intelligent. - - I
y made a better , mother, - or a bet
ter nouseaeeper oy ner ciuo, wny
then should a few women own any club,
even if they did organise It and nurse
it through it teething years? Whv
of the benefit that other women would
be to It, If aba had the advantages of
tne ciudt -
Some one haa said that a thought once
put Into word a no longer belonga to the
thlnkar, but to the world It la spoken
.. to; so the club once-launched belonga to
the community and not to the mem
bers. It is only In their custody and
they are responsible for Its proper con
duct, as the custodian of any other
public institution, would be.-
Suppose a club does some overt act,
something that would shock the worid,
and the press of the country rolls It, as
a sweet morsel, tinder Its tongue, who
dividual members, certainly, except to
the very small circle of personal . ac
quaintances, but it falls ' upon the
whole community; It Is the women of
such and such a town, and probably the
large majority of the - women of the
town have tried to enter the club, and
would have prevented these very things
If they had been members. " Therefore,
in answer to our correspondent we
would say further we don't believe any
club has a right, morally, to limit Its
membership. .
So far we have, argued upon the basis
of desirable . membership -we do not
use the word desirable In a personal
eeiffee. but rather in the broader senae
of ouallficatlon.
When we answer the question of
united membership from the standpoint
of undesirable membership we would
say the limitation should not be a bar
but a stone wa U.
Members should never enter Into the
consideration of club membership, but
ouallty always. Not the quality of ar
istocracy, of money, of education, or
of Intellect but it should alwaya be the
qualification of responaibtllty: a con
I victlon that club membership carries an
obligation. This is the only real club
spirit. The woman that deeires to en
ter the club because It Is popular; who
sees an opportunity to climb a little
higher on the social ladder, who. uses It
to escape from her domestic duties, or
who sees in it an avenue to gratify her
personal ambitions, should, when she
futs in her application, meet, not with
he limited membership clause, but with
a stone wall In the shape of a member
ship committee who Is guarding,
through its .membership, the great al
i trutatTo nrlncloles of club life. In
; short, strike out your limit and let' all-i
0
qualified women enter, but set up your
stone wall and guard your membership
with jealous care. ,.-
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NB of Pendleton's fine clubs Is
the Current Literature. , It Is lim
ited to 25 members and always
has two or three names on the waiting
list. The officers' of the club this year
are: ; -: President, Mrs. Grace Tat urn;
vice ' president, Mrs. ' Florence 1 Blrkely;
secretary, ' Mrs. Wood Pasley; treasurer,
Mrs. Delia Owin. -
In , its report, the president says:
"Our year's work was arranged in the
form of a calendar,' each host'eas pre
paring the program. We had some fine
days, which I would like to tell - you
about, but time is too limited, and can
only say that each hostess epent much
.time and thought on her afternoon and
all were very much enjoyed.
t'Our annual social event took the
form of a colonial reception, the ladies,
many of them, being In costume, It
was held. at the-home of Mrs. Alex
ander, who kindly opened her house for
the occasion.. - - ; ,
"As a club, we do not do much out
side work, but did assist In buying and
framing the pictures for our public
school, and also In bringing Mrs. Trum
bull of Portland to Pendleton to apeak
to the children at the county fair. In
honor of which , the schools were , dis
missed and the children attended In a
body. i-?-;
"A committee, In cooperation with
the Thursdsy Afternoon ciub. visited
the city council In the Interest of In
stalling a restroom in the new city hall.
A civics committee was appointed to
assist In keeping - clean and beautiful
the . town and. If possible procure a
city park. The club sent a large num
ber of books to the. school in irriaon.
and a committee was appointed to pro
vide Christmas .dinner for a destitute
family. - - . i,.- v. . i.
"The entire year has been a most
prontanie ana enjoyaDie one," , ; .
S3 JANE ADDAMS of Hull House,
, Chicago, who is acting as chair
man of the allied forces of Chi
sago women seeking municipal suffrage
was asked bow Ions; she had been In
terested in woman suffrage. She replied
that she hid alwaya been Intellectually
convinced , that woman ,-. suffrage was
right and expected It some time. . She
had not felt the necessity of working
hard for It until the last few years
when she had learned' more of condi
tions In city and.atate where woman's
vots was needed. ' She had been called
many tlsaes to the. atatcrleglslature to
beg for the passage of certain bills pro
tecting women and children or to pro
test against their repeal. - ; She felt that
this was less convenient and leas digni
fied than to so to the ballot box. No.
she did not. think "he would be out of
her sphere at a polling, place, as the
polling place of her precinct was lo
cated In her own drawing room. "-.
She has been most generous In sneak
ing for -women's organizations inviting
their he id. Thus rar 104 women a so
cieties have declared for municipal suf
frage for Chicago women.
She has the greatest skiii in securing
cooperation of able women. Perhaps
no great' city it more fortunate In the
ability Its women show Ja working to
gether. : ""'".' -
Mrs. Hcnroun ' is- speaaing ror trie
campaign- and. working on commit
tees. Ella 8. Stewart Is treasurer of
the allied forces and member of almost
every committee. She Is also in great
demand as a speaker.
The first great Sunday mass meeting
was held November SO In Fine Arts
building. i
H a '
RS. EDWIN F. MOULTON of War
ren, Ohio, chairman of the clvlca
committee of theXJeneral Feder
ation, has Just sent out a very sugges
tive and comprehensive circular which
should be of great value to clubs, par
ticularly these cluba that are desirous
of benefiting their town but don't know
just now to taae noia. . c
The list of suggestions Is particu
larly good, for there are few clubs that
will not see In It something their town
needs, but which had not occurred to
them before. The circular Is signed by
the entire committee, one of whom , is
Mrs. Turner Oliver of La Grande.
The circular says In part:
"The civics committee of the O. F.
W. C. Is alert to the power women are
wielding In the betterment Of local and
national conditions. City-keeping belngt
so closely allied to housekeeping, and
through this avenue, women are -well
qualified to suggest methods' of . civic
Improvement and to direct plana n
carry them to completion.
"It Is largely through women's clubs
that the cry for a more beautiful Amer
ica has been echoed over the length and
breadth of our land. - Women have a
keen perception of the . beautiful and
appreciate the value of developing the
M'
esthetic side of our nature, for through
this we may receive our greatest Joy.
"8lnce leading men of our country
ore calling attention to the vast In
fluence for' good of this organisation,
what is .there, we mar not accomplish in
civics in every city, village and rural
district in our borders, if we earnestly
desire? i Open spaces, are not only the
key note -to the city beautiful, but are
to the city what the lungs are to the
bodjt affording fresh air to circulate
freely, therefore let us labor sealously
to secure them. Rndesvor to create civ
ic pride and a right civic spirit... ; '
We must be aroused to our great op
portunities; we, must educate the pub
lic to - the influence of environment.
Create public sentiment for national Is
sues the preservation of Niagara Falls
Increased forestry . reserves, eta
Cities . and villages have Individuality
as do people, so each civic center has its
own peculiar needs. , Study the needs
of your municipality, then take up one
phase of betterment and carry it to
a finish. ' The following list Is sugges
tive: Smoke is a menace to health;
seek to abate it. Encourage legitimate
and artistic advertising. City rest
rooms "-for- rural women and children.
Play grounds, parks, etc. ' Preservation
of natural features. Arbor day recogni
tion. Home gardening; Care of vacant'
lots and extermination of weeds. Street
cleaning.- Beautifying district and city
school grounds.. Artistic grouping of
public buildings. Abatement of useless
noises,- Against pernicious bill boards.
Preservation of birds. Preservation of
wild flowers. Railway stations and ter
minal. Junior- civics r leagues. : At
least one civic topic on your club cal
endar. 'Addresses and lectures on civ
ics. Seek to promote those things that
will Insure higher Ideals In citizenship
good ' citizenship inspires loyalty to
city and to country.". , .
H
r', Is to years this, month since the
death of a woman,- who, like Sen
timental Tommy, "found a w'y" to
lighten "the demnltlon grind." It seems
that Orlando Montague, a Troy shoe
manufacturer, was scrupulously neat.
and that Ills wife found the labor of
washing 1 his shirts burdensome. ; The
shirts of the time had collars and cuffs
attached; to avoid washing the whole
snirt wnen omy tne collar was soiled,
Mrs. Montague made detached linen
bands tied around the neck with tape.
Under this arrangement her husband
could put on a clean collar every morn
ing and every evening without com
pelling her to spend too much time over
the wash. tub. Her neighbors followed
ner example ana the demand for such
collars was so great that a Metho
dist minister, who kept a notion store
in town,, soon employed several worn
en to make them, while he peddled
them from house to house. Mr. Hon.
tsgue saw that the business might be
proiitaoie. ana openea, a collar fac
tory, wnere his wire's invention was
developed and exploited. ; Unlike many
inventors,; Mrs. Montague, through the
prosperity of her husband, profited
uy uor discovery. . v
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T A recent conference of club presi
A denta in Boston, Miss Georgia A.
Bacon, president of the Massa
chusetts State federation and chairman
of the ninth biennial board, stated that
when it was decided that the biennial
was to be held In Boston the federated
clubs of the state were asked to raise
a fund of $10,000 wlhch would be
necessary ror tne expenses of enter
talnment. The clubs promptly re
sponded With contributions which
amounted to over 113,000. The commit
tee expenaea tne fund so judiciously
mat, Kiinuugn tne Dienmai meeting,
was liberally and tlufnrtorll v nrn.
vlded for, there remained a balance of
18000 arter an L bills were paid. The
amount of the balance was sn unex
pected surprise, . and the members of
the president's conference passed a vote
or thanks to tne members of the bien
nial committees who had so successful
lv financed the convention. The exec
utive board of the State federation rec-
ommenaea mat tnis oaiance or 18000
be added to the federation's special fund
for the purpose of carrying on educa
tional work in the south with the
Georgia model school and tbe mountain
schools or Tennessee.
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T IS with much pleasure that I re
port to you that the Forestry asso
ciation Is prospering. .While the
membership has not Increased as we
would like to be able to report, th
membera that we have are faithful,
earnest and very much Interested Jn
our work, and we feel that we have ac-
compusneo mucn in the way of study.
wa have distributed through the
stats several hundred of Glfford Pin
chot's books on -forestry..'
Keeping pace with the times we have
tried to widen the field of our Interests
ana activities and have added birds and
flowers to our list of studies.
We have had fine lectures on birds
and their habits, showing the value of
the birds to fruitgrowers aa Insect de
stroyers, ana one tins lecture from Ir.
Unyon, who has traveled extensively
through! Europe, having visited the fa
mous black forests in Germany.
We were surprised to learn that there
are but rew native trees to be found in
any of the, forests of Europe, for the
trees are in regular rows, snowing tnat
they have, been planted by man Instead
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Some of It Makes Him Feel
Wicked; Prayers . That
- Tire the Almighty.
(Speelal Dlspitra Tbe Jooraal.)
Chicago. lec ii "I have beard mu
sic in churches that insda me feel like
the devil. -
"I have -heard nravers in - churches
which I think must have wearied God
Almighty." . r : . : .
Rev. . Joseph - Mllburn. , pastor f
the Plymouth. Congregational church.
2636 Michigan avenue, startled his con
gregation with these declarations in : a
sermon on "The Common Sense Church
the first of a series-of seven .sermons
on "Common Sense Religion." .
Mr. Mllburn discussed church tnu
sio at length, and his discourse on the
subject Impressed Mrs. Ethel C. Cutler,
42S Stem-art avenue, the soprano so
loist of the service, who sang In the
church that day for the first time.
vu ; Singes Wins Approval.
After the sermon Mrs. Cutltr ap
proached Dr. Mllburn and said:
"If 1 could have sung my solo after
vour sermon, instead of before, I would
have sung as I never did before la
my - life." i-. l. : -
"Some of the music I have heard In
churches," continued Or. Mllburn In
his sermon, "has made me feel like hit
ting somebody or smashing something.
I refer to hymns and songs -that go
droning along and put nearly everybody
to sleep. I have preached In the past
against evangelistic music, and I am
sorry now that I ever did. What we
must have In the common sense church
is orignt, enlivening, , beautiful mu
sic." .. , ' , . ....
Prayers Dr. Mllburn discussed In the
same way, suggesting that those which
made people tied must ' . necessarily
weary the Creator. f .
Chorea Hot a Drag SJtore.
"I do not believe the church should
be the roundlngup place for all sort of
healing .Ideas," said Dr. Mllburn. "It
seems to me to be absurd to turn the
church of God Into a pharmaceutical
Institution. It Is a society for the
edification of the spirit, for the bring
ing of Ood down to man and uplifting
man to Ood.
"There is too much responsibility In
the present day churches upon the
shoulders of a few. This is an are of
consolidation and concentration, and I
believe in church consolidation. Wl
have the railroad trusts and the susjar
trust.' Why should we not have the
spirit of cooperation and consolidation
in the churches, each Joining' with -the
other for the common welfare?"
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER'S ?v
VERY CLOSE CALL
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(Special Difpttcb ts The Anirail.) . .
New Tork, Dec 2-Ffesh from a tri
umphant tour of the Peruvian and Ecu
adoran trip, where she climbed the
summit of Mount Huraacaran, one of the
hlgheat peaks In the world. Miss Annie
8. Peck of Providence, R. I., has ar
rived here from Cristobal. ,
In speaking of her perilous trip up
the precipitous slopes of Mount Huraa
caran, Miss Peck ascribed much of her
success to two Swiss guides who ac
companied her. j
"It was thanks to the experience of
these two men," said Miss peck, "that
I succeeded In reschlng the 20.000 foot
altitude which marks the summit of
nurascaran. xnis neignt, 1 believe.
surpasses mat reacnea oy any . one De
fore. Heretofore the recoird haa been
neia ny w. w. Graham, whose ascent
of -one of the Himalaya oeaka Is aet
down as a climb of 23,800 feet One of
my guides, Rudolph Taugwalder, lost
nis gioves on tne way up, and he had
both handa frocen. He has since had
to have one hand amnutaterf
"We reached the summit on Sentem.
ber 2. and that nlaht. as wa were mak
ing our way oown, Taugbwalder, who
was leading, slipped, snd carried me
with htm over the edge of a fissure.
The other guide, Gabriel Zum Taug
wald. fortunately for us, had seen the
misstep and braced himself with his
Slpenstock, so that when the rone that
ound us all together yanked taut he
retained sufficient purchase in the Ice
to hold our combined welghtX He called
down to us - instructions ' to dig
ourselves footholds, that would lighten
the strain both oh the rope and himself,
and gradually pulled us both back to
him. It . was- the closest call I aver
nsa. . . . i
of by nature. Let us take a lesson from
this before it Is too late.
The association has established an
Arbor day, and propose to plant a tree
In some park, or where It will be a joy
ana com ion to tne greatest numoer.
They were good enough to present the
first to their oresldent. which was
greatly appreciated. I can assure you.
Last year we reported that the asso
ciation made an effort-to Induce the
railroads to beautify the depots
throughout ths state,, and we are glad
to report to you that we are now rean-
lng some benefit of our labor, for they
are improving and beautifying them in
many places.
The aasoclatlon meets on the second
Monday of each month throughout the
year. During the summer months we
meet out of doors in some grove of
oaks, firs or pines so that we can study
the trees where nature planted them.
And I will add that visitors from a
distance or at home are always welcome.
- President Forestry Aasoclatlon. .
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THE Aurora Woman's club met at
the clubroom on Wednesday after
noon. After. 'the business' meeting,
which is held at the first meeting- in
the month, - the report of Miss -Helen
Spauldlng of the educational loan fund
was discussed. All were gratified to
learn of the valuable assistance this
fund la giving. The club la devising
means to give further aid to the cause
at the appointed time In January. ' The
program for the day constated of the
reading of book III of Adam Bade,
leader Lydla B. Irwin.
Refreshments served by the hostesses,
Mrs. F. W. Will and Mrs. Harriet Ehlen,
were a pleasant feature, arter which
we-adjourned for one week. Mrs. J. W.
Badler will be our next hostess.
; I.X 1H A U. 1HW1.N.
BARONESS IN JAIL
FOR STEALING FORKS
. (S peels I Dbniatca to The Xeanul.) v
Washington. Dec. 25. -"I am the wife
of Count Brockenhelnus von I.owen-
hellm, a Dane, not a Kussian. aunougn
we were intimate with a number Of the
Russian nobility; My huaband dabbled
In Russian politics, and had some nar
row escapes.
This was the ststement In ths police
court by Mrs. A. L Rogers, an Amer
ican,, who was convicted of stealing aix
silver forks while housekeeper at ths
home of Raloh L. Gait. In this city, and
sentenced to 0 days in Jail In default
of $50 fine. The woman suffered keenly,
and said tne cnarge was a misiaae.
tshe appealed to tne uanisn minister,
who, she said, knew her. . She testified
that her father waa a successful busi
ness man In Dallas, Texas, where ahe
waa married In 1897, and that she had
separated from her husband. She after
ward tried chicken raising at Laurel.
Md., w hi oh venture did not pay, and ahe
became a housekeeper.
-"It was another ons of those inter
national marriages." said she. "My hus
band kissed me one morning .and walked
out of the door, and I have never seen
him lnce.i Of course, we had some ex
citing times In Russia. But these don't'
refer to my lire in r-uropc. it a all
pt now." j
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