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THE OREGON ' SUNDAY , ; JOURNAL', PORTLAND. - SUNDAY , MORNING, FEBRUARY 21. l9p9
4
WOMEN'S
CLUBS
Kn nua x
AND THLIR
WORK
A MORE remarkable utterance was
scarcely ever heard upon the
floor of any legislature than
that made last Monday evening,
when a representative stated that
- h would not vote for the additional ap
propriation for the Seattle fair because
lie was asked to do so by a clubwoman,
and because he understood that "a cer
tain woman's club" would have addi
tional srar4 given to It If this money
was appropriated.
Several others concurred in the sentl
Bient expressed by the representative
from the far east,' but It was a time
- when the clubwomen of the state could
food naturedly smile and apply to that
Eotiorable body the Oregon legislature
he kindly words of our irreatest
American.' "Malice toward none, but
harlty for all," for Uiey knew the dear
sen dldn t know what they were talk-
as; about.
Thin atfl
explanation upon the part of
rhla atfltude, however.
calls for an
the wo-
men who lobbied for the Seattle appro-
. priauon.
At every exposition for the past 15
years , the clubwomen of every state,
save . and exreot Oreron. where there
has been a state building, have been In- been presented that are very difcr
I -J" . "V "5 " i the hearts of the clubwomen, vis.
entertainment
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turn to seed. They lie fallow until
they take fresh root. Mrs. Gerard
Bancker of New York, Leader In Wo
men's Club Affairs.
m
RS. A. A. 1.AFFERTY, the only
woman member of the Colorado
legislature. Is chairman of the
educational committee and a membsr
of the committees on criminal Juris
prudence, state institutions, enrollment.
Denver , city affairs and county lines.
Mrs. Iaffprty has already introduce--!
two bills, the eight hour day hill and
the bill- for .the physical examination
of school children and the care of de
fective. The appointment of a master
of discipline In towns where there Is no
Juvenile court Is another of Mrs. If
ferty's bills.
Mrs. Tjtfferty was assigned to desk
23, but says she Is not superstitious.
well, "conducted social
cannot be gainsaid. No one will deny
the fact that at the Iewls and Clark
fair Oregon lost and New York gained
thousands of dollars In advertisement
because there was no provision made
for social features in tne tiregan ouna
Ing, and all social functtona for Ore-
. xan had to be carried on in tne ew
York building. Washington and Idaho
. cut Uta social features or their mum
Ings at our fair Into the hands of the
clubwomen, and their social functions
are remembered, to their credit, to this
day. while their exhibits have long been
forgotten. There are good and sufficient
reasons, too. why this particular or
ganlsation should be chosen. First, be
. cause its object Is almost wholly edu
cational, and for civic righteousness it
tolerates no fads; it Is non-seetarian
and non-political; Its eye is not single
. to any one interest, and aervlcv to the
puniic is us watenwora. n nan a na
tional organisation of 00.000 women,
without one single raid officer to wield
its enormous' business. It would be
against club ethics and Its constitution
for any member to take pay for services
rendered, and to t"li Oregon legislature
remains the distinguished honor of
making the first charge of "graft"
against this organization, which is com
posed principally of mothers and women
of mature years snd discretion.
When the Washington commissioners
set apart a handsome sum and Invited
the clubwomen of that state to assume
'charge -of the social affairs, going even
. so far as to put them up a building, the
Oregon clubwomen felt that their state
could 'not afford to fall behind, and
therefore presented the matter to the
Oregon -commissioners, and requested
that they, be allowed to do for Oregon
what Washington and other, states were
doing for their- women and their state.
The plan, as presented by the president
of the Oregon Federation, " was com
mended and approved by the commis
sioners, but It not having" entered Into
their estimates, the question of means
presented Itself, for the clubwomen
would only assume ' the responsibility
with the understanding that It should
be conducted In a manner creditable to
themselves and the state.
When the commissioners showed ths
women who were interested that this
: demand could not be met unless the
promised increase In the appropriation
was made, the women, upon their own
initiative, sent a committee- of the offi
cers to the capital, as the clubwomen of
other states did, and put the matter
t K M
ALONO the same line we hear most
encouraging reports from Mtfi.
McFadden, the only woman In the
Idaho legislature; Three bills have
to
A
children's home finding aid bill, a civil
service bill and a luvenlie court bill.
These Mrs. McFadden Is giving 'special
attention to, as well as keeping a sha
looaout upon every bill that may
ioci women or cm in ran.
Mrs. McFadden is recognised among
her friends as above everything else a
homemaker and is the mother of a
large family. To our friends of the
alphabetical society opposed to woman
suffrage this no doubt seems an in
congruity, that a woman' can be a
homemaker and spend 40 dava at the
legislature. What woman of them does
not spend at least that time at a
summer resort every year while her
husband sleeps In the vacant house and
takes his meals at anv old place -us
ually a roof garden. Or would anv one
of our anti-suffrage friends hesitate to
go to isurooe for 40 davs It. she had the
opportunity, to buy beautiful furniture,
draperies or pictures for her home? The
measures these two women are working
for will beautify the home, make it I
cleaner and purer and more glorious
than all the products of the arts and I
crafts of European shops. Why then
should they not leave their families for
a period that thereby all the homes of
all the people may be sanctified and
kept holy? "
It is merely the difference In looking
at these, .things from behind closed
doors or from the broader plane of hu- I
inanity.
W
filainly before majiy of the legislators,
Ittle thinking that their very honesty
would be used against them on the floor
of the house. To compare tne way
Washington women were treated and
. the way Oregon women were treated by
their respective lawmakers, would be
a comparison that would he odious, in
deed, . and one quite unnecessary for
people with eyes who caa see for them-
. selves.
As this goes, to press the appropria
' tioij is trembling in the balance and by
the time it reaches the clubwomen its
fate will be, decided, but in either case
It is. to the credit and honor of the
Oregon commissioners that the social
features of the Oreo-on building will not
." be neglected, and it scrimping must be
. done It will be done where it will the
' least discredit the state.
It Is an added pleasure to announce
that these social feature will be In
the hands of the Oregon Federation of
Woman's clubs, and that every feder
ated club in the state will have an op
portunity to take part In these social
features.
Already . a committee, consisting of
ene member from each club, has been
selected to arrange the social represen
tation for her town, and an executive
committee, which will act as the lnter
" medtary between the state board and
' the Oregon commissioners. These rom-
mittees-will be -announced in the near
future. Many women are already ac
tively at work planning the details,
which will also be announced shortly.
. That the social features of the Ore
gon building will vie with those of
other states at Seattle goes without
eaylng, for when the clubwomen take
t hold of anything in earnest It moved.
" at K tt
T HiC day of the small woman's club
Is over. It had Its place in wo
man's formative period,, during
her practice, lessons in organisation.
But the "trying on" process Is well
over. . She has taken gussets in her
-methods and let out her prejudices; the
garment Is adjusted to her measure.
' The clubwoman Is moving; on to a sure
future which will astound those who
regard her as a pretty frivolity or an
unpleasant suggestion of strong mlnd
ednes. . Women are going to organize like
' men. More. In organixatton politics
they have already demonstrated the fact
that they can, in gambling phrase, give:
men cards ana spaaee. u ney win ulti
mately appeal to the legislature for
the measures they demand, not in any
tentative war. but with the certainty o
securing what they ask for.. They may
mt etl the ballot, but they will Ik
nnwer In nolttlrn nevertheless. Poll
ticlans have recognised this and tried
to turn it to their own aavantage.
When the club was first inaugurated
women knew nothing of parliamentary
uenge. and when disagreement came
about they had only primitive means at
their command. They fought it out:
They Indulged In tears and recrimina
tions! Today their weapons are legal
technicalities and the sharpest woman
wins. If she is keen and cool and can
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bewilder her opponent her opportunity
Is practically unlimited in clubdom. The
"boss" his been as distinct an element
In the woman s club world as In mans
political domain. And a feminine boss
Is absolute. The bribe which buys a
vote may be any of a doien things. A
social call, a coveted Invitation, an ap
pearance In public with some woman
who thus receives the desired cachet
and the thirg is done! It is never done
boldly, as between men. Feminine di
plomacy, the natural ability to intrigue,
to manage Petty matter as well as
larae ones, always comes Into play.
But among women, as among men.
the boss Is on the decline. The coro
Erc,aL"TlrH abroad in the clubs.
T he ethical vahie-.of things is Included.
The materialistic -flrtam, display, large
TliTT. n,d a god. This
,lJny f-Il"tf- n '1H pass like
w omen-,' club. wilV
The campaign which' precedes an else-
f -?U r'W" the art00
clubwomsB tf the. moment ' Is
.-etvvewded. . nlt.,,fcd ,
r tm-r,inr ,f.,-r. ,, hffr ,,,
i.s ii.-i ,vn mm,:ii, ttw.f. nubs )'ve
' t'MH ef Mm.'i-'-t or,) )'. v.t like
ANEW club, national in Its scope. !
with headquarters at Chicago, has :
been formed, with pure food as Its
prime object. !
This associated clubs of domestic sci
ence seems to have been born a federa-
tion. Its aim Is to embrace all domestic i
economy clubs, to cooperate with all
such committees in Other clubs and to;
push the cause of pure food generallv. I
Its immediate work is investigation !
along the line of adulterated food prod-'
ucts. education of the consumer, as to1
reading and interpreting the labels;,
teaching poor people how best to buy,1
select and cook their edibles: save the,
unnourlshed babies,, who die at the rate!
of 26.000 annually in New York CItv; to1
grapple with the domestic service fprob-!
lem in snort to oo systematicallr and
scientifically, what most individuals or"
ciuds are too busy or too Indifferent to
accomplish.
Its Official organ Is the National Pure
Food Magazine. whose editor. Paul I
Pierce, has come to New York to live.
. Th . -
William walace uaar of Rtehnrond. In1
president; Mrs. Jean Cow gill Comer
ford f Chicago, secretary; Mr. Pierce,
treasurer, .
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THE art department of the Woman's
club met at the appointed time in
the artroom . of the public ' li
brary. ' . . , . , ,- ,
The subject of VI vie Art" was 1 In-
cussed and Mrs. .Ellen R. Miller ap
pointed chairman -of a committee to,
arrange work along this line in connec
tion with the department work. -..
Mrs. Alice Welster. leader. Dronosei
mat. tne memoers snouid constitute- a
wiiuiiiiim vi inf waoic, to interest DOiHf
men ana women in jeamins: tne mean
ing and importance of the revision of
tne. cnarter. . ,
The program of the dar "Florentine
Art" was taken up, Mrs. Welster giv
ing a very clear. . concise and lnstruc-
ive lecture, with an account of Man-
tagna, his times and contemporaries.
literature and the art of engraving on
copper plate flourished at-this period.
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FlinniTUREt
George Washington Cut Down the Cherry Tree
the Truth About It and
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LV jTt George Washington Told
llflut
inborn
George Washington Has Ever Been Honored For It
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arid ---We Have Been: fit
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We have reaped an abundant reward, not only in an extra of busi
ness, but in a large number of well satisfied customers who havie become' our
friends February is a short month and in order to round it out with ai whoop,
we have put the ax to our own very low prices and will give many special bar
gains this week. A reduction oh our prices means more than others, because
OOnefrs Pay RemtU We CoMect teeratt
( ON HALF OUR OWN BUILD I IMG )
OODBUIN clubwomen have been
quite active this winter and feel
they have good results to show
for their work, '
They have but recently opened their
much desired reading room and library.
it is kept open Friday afternoon and
every evening except Sunday.
a movement is on root 'to mane it
possible to keep It open every after
noon after the first of next month,
with a paid librarian In attendance.
The secretary. Mrs. Nettle Simmons.
writes that owing to the heavy drain
upon the time and resources or the
club in starting this work, the club has
Deen unanie to oo anytning ror tne
scholarship loan fund, hut expects to
do something; In-th near future. Mere-1
is a case where a little club reciprocity
might be used to advantage by the
club-women sending a book each or at
least each club sending a book to this
new club library. It is in this kind of
fraternal spirit our organisation will
grow.
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ISS LAURA D. GILU chairman of
the educational committee of the
General Federation, has requested
Dr. Paul H. Hanua of the department of
education in Harvard university to pre
pare a list of books for the use of club
women especially Interested In educa
tion. This list ' covers administration, I Jl
general meory. school hygiene, manual
training and periodicals, all of which
may be had by applying to the reci
procity bureau, Mrs. Mary I. Wood,
Portsmouth, N. H.
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THE college women In the University
of Illinois are to have the first op
portunity ever offered to women
to study the relative advantages of the
housekeeping of our grandmothers and
of 'the present day. The department of
social science hss rented a large dwelling-house
near the camDUS. and divided
It into equal apartments. One Is fitted
up according to the most approved the-
orles of household economics. Heating. -cooking
and laundry work are done by !
gas and electricity. The floors nre !
varnished and covered with rugs. j
The other apartment is fitted up In-t
the good old way of our grandmothers. I
Coal, wood and coke are used to heat
tlie rooms as well as to cook and wash.!
Oil lamps are used for lights, the water !
Is drawn from a pump and carpets are
tacked on soft pine boards. Classes In j
household science have charge of the1
apartments. Careful account Is to be 1
kept of the expense, the convenience,
and the time consumed in the prepara
tion of all the foods and the discharge
of all the other domestic duties. 1
Win (Cam Soil tine CIhieaiipi)sstl?
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Warm Bargains in Heaters
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w,. .r .
Heatinff
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15 to 25Jleduc-
tions on
Stoves This Week
$15 Garden Acorn $11.50
$12 Winner No. 22, $9.00
$9.75 Laclede Oak at $7.25
$8.00 Laclede Oak at $6.00
$8.25 Bessemer Box $6.25
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Specials for This
Week Only
A
joy forever to every woman is a
( handsome
Cheval Glass
And at our very low 'no-rent prices you
can afford one.. Moreover, these very
low prices are specially cut this week
from ,.
15 to 25 per Cent
$18.00 Golden Oak Frame Laree Mir
ror, special ........ '.V.....$14.00
$22.50 Golden Oak Frame' Large Mir
ror, special .$18.00
$45.00 Extra Fine Mirror and Frame,
special ....... .. 35.00
25 per Cent Reduction
on Baby Buggies for
This Week
$3.00 Cart,
cial . . .
$8.2S Cart,
cial
spe
92.25 SUC-6.25
an
$8.50 Cart, spe
cial ....f.50
$9.00 Cart, spe
cial ....96.75
$11.25 Cart, spe
cial ....98.75
$12.00 Cart, spc-
cial ... 99.00
-The Trl
w&s the mas-
mph of Caesar.'
terclec of Mantssns. sn Is tti nmiw
erty of the -finsrltsh- g-ovftrnnient, for
wnicn n was paimea. i n nam aafe
Jt will b continued at the ntxt resru
lar meeting. - - . ,' i
' - Tt ' XafBs Onre..
" A remarkable nffar ' by one of the
leadinir ear perUliats In -ttiia country,
who will id twi) months' medicine
free to pr.ve hia ability to rore taf
""., Hwa1 Noi.ea and Caturrh. Ad
dress Ir. o. M. frenaman, ias Walnut
fct., Kausn City, Mo.
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A Combination Book Case
and Writing Desk
Every Man
Should Have
Shaving
IStand
So convenient and or
namental for$l6, $12
or $15 yoii can get a
: beauty:-sce them
A combination Book
Case and Writing
Desk is most con
venient and requires
only one half the
space occupied by
separate pieces. We
have an elegant selection.
IP IB
$20 golden oak, spe
cial ... .f 15.00
$30 quartered golden
oak, spl . 925.00
$35 quartered gdlden
oak, spl.. 928.50
$30 quartered weath
eredj oakf 24.00
$32 quartered weath
ered oak.f26.00
$40 quartered weath
ered oak. 932.00
15 to 25 per Cent Special Reduc- -tion
This Week
W:L. Morgan Geo. T. Atchley S. H. Morgan
Al 63-65
CORNER.
STARK
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A Fine China Closet
This
Handsome
$35.00
Quartered
Oak
China
Closet
Colonial
Design
Special
$27.50
Don't Hang Your Hat on
, the Floor When
Hall Trees
. ,'' - are so! cheap . ' ;
1 V - "r - - ' . ' - - -
1 ' . . '.T. - "'. " - : , ' : 4 .
Fifteen and twenty per , cent
special reduction 4this week; ;
Don't fail to get one. r
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