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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY , MORNING. AUGUST 8, 1909. 3 IT j ..... ,..,V;t,:BSHl M 5i 3 ; . , a A I1B ar a ke WOMAN - FOB MATOH." Dy . toy Helen M. Wlnalow. It ws Francos Wlllard ,' who said that Mtrhan PrisclUa stepped a Plymouth Bock the Amer ican lrl wu "born." , Tbli may account for tho dear, well defined conception or 'woman i s pnere, ' as sei iorm in inn book by a descendant or mat name ru fjrlm stock. Tho story Is by no mean ntnnded to aid or abet any militant auiiraBciio louvviiivuv, uwi w .b, or moral, revolutionary or to advocato the usurpation of any of man's political ?reroctfvea, aa- the- title might Imply, n fact It Is wholly on the other aide, after it has one clearly demonstrated the fact that women are needed in poli tics, and when once In are fearless and capable." ' . : 1 While the entire atmosphere 06 the book would indicate that its scenes are laid in one of the ' eastern states, we know this cannot be a fact, for the lit tle elty of Roma, that for one term had a woman mayor, gave its women -the right of equal citizenship, so It must nave oeen in one or rour western siutes, Let un think It was our nearest neigh bor Idaho, where we know they have had women mayors who have been as successful as Miss winaiow's neroine. Of course, the movement to give Roma a woman for' mayor started in a woman's club. No- one knows better than the author Just what pqwer and efficiency lurks In a woman's club when It takes a header, and this is Just what the "Progressive Workers" of Roma did when they decided that city hall politics must be purified and that if a good man couldn't be found to do It, a woman must The good men were all too busy attending to their private business or too noiy to De aeiuea dy tne present condition of politics; so It fell to the lot fit Miss Gertrude Van Deusen to accept the nomination for the club, believing, of course, that she would receive the Indorsement of the munici pal league and other bodies who were at sea about the right candidate to "clean the Augean stable." But not ao! They immediately got busy and put up a strong man who would make a three-cornered fight, with the chances all on the side of the bood ler to win. In the usual reform way. Miss Wlnslow has chosen her candidate well; she has taken a single woman of SO years of age, the daughter of a form er united States senator, of Independ ent means and without family ties; re fined, cultured and one of the protected class. She put her hand to the plough with the assurance of the generations of sturdy stock back of her, and with a self-confidence that never contemplated defeat. Indeed, the author . in sketch ing the character of Gertrude Van Deu sen has almost made ber symbolic of the feminine ideal In politics. The womanly woman whose sphere of womanliness Is not confined to the four walls of her own home, but who recog nises that home as the haven of the blest One must read the story to get any conception of Its Interest or its worth, or of the "machines and anti-machines" that the woman mayor encountered. It is certainly a curtain-lifter, both for men and omen, for the woman mayor learns some things about the neglected, home duties of her own sex, as well as those -of the political rings of tne other. For Instance, after a hard day's work the woman mayor cuddling up before the fire in her easy chair remarked to her cousin: "i never appreciated runy what It meant to have a comfortable house well kept to draw up after a hard day's work before one's own fire to let the world go by while 'I take mine ease 'In mine Inn.' I tell you, Jessie, if women all realised what this means,' there would be mora . happy homes and fewer divorces. When a man gets home at night, weary in body and mind with the grind of his business, he wants a good dinner, an easy chair, his newspaper or magazine, his pipe. I can understand how like heaven a woman can make his home a woman with tact;, or how like the other place It might become with her discontented grumbling or her determi nation to get mm into even in clothes and drag Mm Into the outside world again to be harried and worried and Kept uncomiortaoie ror several hours ore. 'lhls is a strong argument for the assertion that the economic independ ence of women will make happier homes, for It requires a woman who has gone out into the world to fully understand this feeling, and appreciate what home should really mean to both man and woman. Miss Winslow has done a clever bit of. work. In a very clever way. in turning this side of the mirror for the women to look into, and the unex pectedness of It, in a book with such a. title and motif, makes It all the more effective. A pretty romance adds the . pastel tints and draws the stronger coloring Into a tender climax. The present book, lh every particular, far outdistances the author's last story, "The Bplnster Farm." ReiUy & Brltton. Price $1.60. 'The Quest of the Rose of Sharon," by Burton E. Stevenson. "The Rose of Sharon guards the pla.se Where the treasure lies; so you must trace Four to the right, diagonally three, And you have solved the mystery." This was the Perplexing little verve which directed an unhappy widow and two bright, earnest children where to find a comfortable fortune, which had to be found within a certain time or forfeited. - The storjr Is told by the little girl who grows Into young womanhood be fore it - is -well finished and a moat bright and winsome tale she tells. . When Mrs. Truman la left a. wManr snd without means, the Grandaunt Nel son comes to take charge of the faml'y and decides sha,,will sell the house the Trumans live In and will take the little girl Cecil and her mother home to live with her, but as for the little boy. Pick, she decides she never can have a noisy boy around the house, and he must be sent to "a school that will take tho noasense but' of him." But she counts without her host and when the mother positively refuses to be separated iroin ber boy "Grandaunt Nelson" walks out of the house In high dudgeon and lets .tie family . severely alone - to struggle with their poverty for several, years, and then she dies, 'leaving her snug fort line to them, nrovlded thev find - it with th Impossible directions she -has given in tne mile verse or xecrauio ?oetry. ? In case the- fortune was not ound it was to go to one. Silas Tun stall, who was the leader of a . new cult, ana naa uranaaunt jseison - very much under bis control, before her death. ' - - - . : - , . Almost the entire book Is occupied with the" story ttt the . hunt : for' th fortune and the machinations of ' (he wuey anas, mvery one mat came n contact with Cecil, who Is the leading spirit in the hunt became interested in It, but more for the unhappy little girl really, than for the fortune, and as the days began to be tolled oft on the last half of the month. Without results, every one becomes excited to fever heat everything that could mean th "Rose of Sharon1' was investigated and like many another "Rose of Sharon." "it was so plain it was a wonder It didn't bite you," e and yet was the most unlikely thing possible. The book, while supposed- to be written by a child and with a child heroine. Is fully as Inter esting to an adult reader. - It is charm ingly written and Is a good wholesome story. The book is beautifully gotten up with an exquisite cover design that should make It very desirable as a gift book. L. C. Page & Co. J. K. Gill, Portland. Price $1.60. "Marriage a la Mode," Mrs. Hum phrey Ward A very Interesting and easily read book, with an American girl aa heroine and an Englishman aa lead ing man.- Tho courtship, marriage and subsequent divorce are the running themes of the tale. We often wonder If an Interesting novel could be writ ten where these themes were left out Daphne Floyd is an orphan girl of American birth whose mother was a Spaniard and father an Irishman, who amassed many millions in questionable ways. She, early In the twenties. Is sole mistress to this enormous fortune; she Is imperious willed, and undisci plined as one might expect, under such circumstances. For her to wish for a thing was to obtain it to compel It, through the power of her millions even to smuggling out Italian master pieces of art from their native land and caring nothing for the great hue and cry resulting. The Englishman, Impoverished by his father's death, has come to Amer ica on a prospecting tour, and although one ought to feel disgusted with him for such Ignoble pursuit, here the per haps unconscious art of the English novelist comes in and subtly creates a sympathy for him all along. He Is so handsome and so famous at Oxford for hie athletic prowess, which covered his1 lamentable deficiencies along scholastic 1 lines. His features and chyaiaue are likened unto Apollo, the Greek god. Danhne, who is small and bright look ing, rather than pretty, meets this Apollo In Washington, where he is with his tourist uncle, an old English gen eral, who Is constantly appallel -by American extravagance and general li cense of conduct laphno has inherited all the fierce passion of jealousy which belonged to her Latin mother as well as the mer curial temperament of her Irish father. They marry and return to his home In England, which her money is to re claim. His mother views the emanci pated conduct of the young wife with alarm and horror. "What have we here?" she groans to herself. "What sort of a wife is this, no meekness. no wifely obedience to her husband's wisnes, no deference to .English tradi tions and customs," etc. Her only solace is to pour it all out to a visiting clergyman's wife. There is a girl baby born to them of whom the father is in ordinately fond. Daphne proceeds to, tear down and pitch out family helriooms which sne considers In bad taste in artistic, for she has a trained, cul tured viewpoint on such things. While Daphne Is not satisfied with her English life, she tolerates It In a pettish, good humored way and Roger, the husband, meanwhile has grown very fend. In superior, Insular style, of his intense, passionate natured wife. All might have gone well had not a former sweetheart of Rotter's appeared whom .he had never - told Daphne of. Then the trouble begins. The other woman Is handsome and self confident and draga poor Roger Into a tangled web of her weaving of deceit to his wife, who, ready enough to be Jealous without un due piovocatlon, now becomes a torrent of fury who grabs the child and es capes to the United States before Roger is aware. She takes' up her residence in Sjoux Falls and has her divorce be fore Roger finds her. Here follows a most excellent peroration on the laxity of pur marriage customs, and this is the piece de resistence of the whole story. Hr one state can surrer from the looseness of divorce laws in the other, as well as embroil residents of otner countries who are held bound In marriage In one country and free to marry in another. May the perusal to the end of this tale start thought out of which will come publlo opinion and In time reform. Doubleday, Page A Cor Fllce $1.60. "Chile, " A handbook, compiled by the International Bureau of American Re publics, of which Honorable John Bar rett is director, and Francisco J. Tanes secretary. Before ene even attempts to digest the subtoct matter of the book they are dald by the wealth and beauty of its illustrations. "which run wclK toward 800. To the casual reader this perhaps, at first glance, would be, the' most vaiuaDie feature or tne book, which is necessarily largely statistical. But the compilers of the book have cer tainly done their work well and made their ary statistics wonderfully inter estinav ... ' ' Everything pertaining to the country is not only touched upon, but thoroughly sutea ana maae reuaDie ana presented in a clear, comprehensible manner. - Geography, topography, climate, the nora ana fauna,, government industries, commerce ana traae, .cities ana coun tries and means of communication; In fact every feature that would contribute to building and maintaining a country nearly 3000 miles in length and from 65 to 185 miles in width, and with an ap proximate population of 4.000,000, IS gone into in detail, and while no one could begin to remember the enormous quantity of figures that go to make up this resume of the country, it is a book invaluable to a library or to one making any study- of. or interested in Chile, which is a country working Into our commerce and upon our sympathies constantly. - :,. ifc - - A large and valuable map is attached to the back cover, and a close scrutiny of it can not fail to increase one's inter est in the country, for the many famil iar names 'will at" one suggest the close trade relations of these Pacific coast . countries. Mr. Barrett certainly has muob to feel Etified over. In this work of the In latipnal Bureau of American Repub , with which he Is so .strongly identi fied. The frontispiece is a handsome photo gravure portrait of Senor Don Pedro Montt, president of the Republio of Chile. The work is published by the government - Price $1. . ; r "Mission Furniture: J How to Make It" This book Is one of the series of handbooks on Industrial subjects being published by the Popular' Mechanics company. The texts and illustrations have been prepared expressly for this handbook series by experts who are up to date, and have been revised by a competent editor. The book gives al most every article of furniture that comes in mission style, with the most minute directions as to materials, pro portions and construction, with Illustra tions of the completed article. It even goes into the more elaborate articles, such as a roller top desk, and combina tion billiard table and' davenport. Sev eral pages ar devoted to the process of making various stains and varieties of oak, and there are several more pages of chairs, illustrating the furniture of different ages. - Even If one did not want to make fur niture the book is interesting and con venient to have If for nothing but to understand the woods and polishes. Popular Mechanics Co., Chicago. Price 25c BATTLESHIP RELIC OF ANCIENT DAYS Chicago, Aug. 7. Decked out in all Che ultra-modern magnificence of a white hull, buff stacks, and wicked lit tle machine guns, the United ' States steamship Wolverine, a veteran of ante bellum days, took possession of the port of Chicago and submitted gracefully to being visited by every pretty girl within reach of the Randolph street viaduct. The little man-of-war Is a bundle of contrasts. In appearance she is as trim and youthful as though this were not at least her fifth generation of visitors. Her guns are fitted with the most mod ern sighting apparatus, and her decks are In possession of nearly 100 youthful bluejackets and a group of even mora youthful graduates of Annapolis. But her enormous sldewheels, three cumber some . masts and old-fashioned figure head tell a different story. As a matter of fact, the Wolverine, originally named tho Michigan, was built in 184 and was one of the first Iron vessels to be constructed by the government. She now holds the distinc tion of being the oldest iron-sheathed vessel in active commission. IM1! LEAVE . CHINESE ALONE Following: Elsie Sigel Hur der Hissioriaries Take " Long Vacations. New York,.; Aug.-' 7.hinatown's women missionaries have abandoned the scene of their labors, , leaving their slant eyed Bible students tq return to the worship of the gods of 4helr illus trious, never to be forgotten . greatest grandfathers of thousands of years ago. For the first time In many years 'the denl gens of Mott, Pell and Doyers streets are without their spiritual leaders, and the cause echoes back to the mur der of Elsie Slgel and the disappearance of William Leon, th Chinaman sus pected of the crime. When Elsie Stgel's bod was found in Leon's trunk and it , was learned that her relations with the missing Chinaman originated in her own and her mother's seal is converting Lfcon and other celes tials to Christianity, the agitation against sending young white girls down into Chinatown's dens to lead the Mon golian from the worship of Buddha grew to such, proportion as to cause many of the women missionaries to abandon the work tu once. , tnitnass-Show Hostility. A number of the elder women' .stuck to their posts for a time, and It was not until th Chinamen themselves began to show signs of hostility toward their teachers that the general exodus began. -Miss Mary Banta, the missionary at tached to the Church of All Nations, and the one who discovered the plight of - two - little - so-called Chinese Slav girls recently taken from their foster parents and turned over to the Gerry aoclety, was the last of the women mis sionaries to remain at work. Miss Banta accepted the advice of friends and went on a summer vacation that is expected to be permanent unless the at titude of th Chinese changes. ' Chinese Psrseouted for Ortm. Tha hostility of the Chinese against their women teachers grew out of the persecution suffered by practically all the Chinamen in the city after the 61 gel murder. The burden of the crime .fell heavily upon the heads of all the mem bers of the race, and as the activity of the police Increased the resentment of the Chinese against the missionaries grew until it began to appear dangerous for the women to -continue -their visita tions to the quarter. Tom Lee, 'rmayor of Chinatown," and other representative Chinamen express themselves to the following effect: "When Elsie 81 gel was killed all the Chinamen were blamed, and It grew so bad that we did not want the missionar ies around any more. So they have gone. We made no threats. We do not threaten women. But we are afraid that some other missionary girl may get killed, as did Elsie Sigel. Then what would happen to Chinatown and our homes and businesses?" LONG AUTO TEIP BY FISIIING PAKTY (Rpcll IM'patrb to Tbe Inornal.) Pendleton, Or., Aug. 7. Covering 800 miles in central Oregon within six days, traveling in an automobile, fishing and hunting for a week along the rivers and mountains, C. K. Cranston, Charles H. Carter, G. I. LaDow and Cress Sturgls have returned to Pendleton, hav ing had one of the most unique trips Imaginable. FrOm Pendleton the party went south through Pilot Rock. Uklah, John Day, -Prlnevllle and -fiend to the headwaters of . the Deschutes. Eigh teen miles south of Bend permanent camp was made and Ashing and hunting trips were taken from that place. In the car was carried a full camp ing outfit for the party of four. Th weather was ideal throughout the trip, and no accident occurred to mar the pleasure of any of It. Large catches of trout are reported as being easily taken at several points on the Deschutes. BUNGALOW THEATRE 18th juts acowaos . noses K. 11T and A -444 VSHSSSSS AUGUST; 12-13-14 ,-SPECIAL PRIQE MATINEE SATURDAY ' ' ?; " - : Frederic Thompson Announces : AMERICA'5 GREATEST DRAMATIC SUCCESS ' ODD 1 A Realistic Story of the Sawdust Ring, by Margaret Mayo EXACTLY AS PRESENTED FOR ONE YEAR AT THE LIBERTY THEATRE, NEW YORK A Play for. Fathers, Mothers", Wives, Sisters, Sweethearts and Children. A COMPANY OF NOTED PLAYERS AND FIVE BIG CIRCUS ACTS! PRICES t zTzirzsrov. Parquetta and Loges...- $2.00 Parquette. Circle ,.....$1.50 Balcony .....$1.60, $1.00 Gallery .BOo MATZHZB. Parauette Circle $1-00 Balcony ....$1.00, 76s Gallery -60c ,i $1.0 SEAT SALE OPENS NEXT TUESDAY tjAXTjT KATXinES ISo, 8S0, BOO, (Sundays and Holidays High Prices.) ones Mam 6. A 1020 Commencing Monday Matinee V ADVAI VAUDl ssffii Aug. 9 THB TAXUBST AOTOB ZBT TRB WOBXD. MR. GEORGE AUGER AJTO SXB rUTEU XV "JACK, THE GIANT KILLER Joseph's Hart's Latest ftevus "Battling Girls" with Glenwood White and Pearl Hunt, , a Kaleidoscopic Series of Blx Striking Scenes. American Debut of the THALIA QUARTETTE FaVorlte English Music Hall Vocalists JACK EXJSTB MOFFETT and CLARE Singers and 'Whirlwind Dancers. OBPHXVH OXOHESTRA. OEOS0B rin CARSON & VVILLARD The Dutch In. Egypt" Q&BAT nurr LEW BLOOM Some Funny Songs and Roadside Observations. FRANK ROGERS Colored Ventriloquist. OBFKS1TM FIOTVSXB. rrororocAJros btcbt sTsvnra sasi xAnarsa saxlt ft as Evening Prices: 15c, 25c, GOc, 75c DAILY BCATXSZE 15o, SSo and BOc (Sundays and Holidays yitfat Prloes.) LYRIC THEATRE PANTAGES THEATRE ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE STARS OF ALL NATIONS Week Commencing Monday Matinee, August 9th SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT The Four Venetians An Aet of Melody and Mirth With Superb Scenery and Elaborate Electrical Effects. CARTfR, TAYLOR & COMPANY "At Camp Rest" ALVA YORK England's Daintiest Comedienne. BEN BOYER AND BROTHER Pars Devil Cyclists. PANTAGESCOPE The Latest Moving Pictures. THE GARDNER TRIO Musical Comedy Sketchers. " LEO WHITE Illustrated Song. PANTAGES ORCHESTRA Always a Feature. POUPLAR PRICES. Matinee daily. Curtain 2:15, 7:30 and 9:00. REGULAR STOCK SEASON OPENING t Sunday Matinee, August 15th THE FAMOUS ATHON STOCK COMPANY IN " The Play With a Moral Greater Than a Sermon SEAT SALE OPEN THURSDAY GRIP '--- ' , ... VAUDEVILLE Week of August 9, '09 DIRECT FROM FRANCE. Les Ploetz-Larcllas Contortionist and Equilibristic Novelty. ' .7 . J.K.Emrnett&Co. .The Distinguished' Star, pre senting the Sparkling Comedy "ARTIE'S DREAM." J.Warren Keane &.Co. In an Interesting Display of His Remarkable; Powers. Alfred K . Hall America's Foremost Dancing Eccentric, recently of "The Land of Nod" Company. "Vaudeville's Popular Artists" Richard ' ' Virginia Barry & Johnson In a New' Travesty," 'Held for Ransom. Fred Bauer Illustrated Song. Grandascope Motion , Pictures. j a LYRIC THEATRE k V r r V - v . The Gfirfloers at F&ntageB- - - mom Portland's Great Amusement Park John F. Cord ray Lessee and Mgr. Grand Concerts Today BY DONATELLI'S FAMOUS ITALIAN BAND . AFTERNOON AT 2:30 EVENING AT 8:30 WONDERFUL BALLOON ASCENSION AND PARACHUTE JUMP AT 3 :30 TODAY AND REPEAT AT 9 P. M. When a fireworks display will be added to the thrilling spectacle Fun All Alqng "The Trail" Trains Leave East Morrison and East Water Streets Every Few Minutes After 1 o'Clock. 3 NIGHTS TSSrEgkSSS" AUG. 12, 13 and 14 MATINEE EVERY DAY AT 2:2 PAPKE-KETCHEL' FIGHT PICTURES Did the Referee Decide Right? See for Yourself Two Exhibitions Every Night at 8 and 9:15 Prices 50c and 25c Matinees 25c STM THEATRE SUPPLIED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE MORTON FILM EXCHANGE S500 ACT! ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY DON FULANO THE WONDER HORSE Most Expensive Animal Act Ever Shown in a Motion Picture Theatre A Woman's Way Dramatic The Two Pigeons Hand-Colored Sentinel On Duty , Romantic Drama , - Arabian Pilgrimage Scenic Display HBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBMBBBBBBSaBBBBBBlSJBBSBBBBBB The Horning After ' Excellent Comedy - Illustrated Song By New Singer PORTLAND, 2 DAYS ONLY TUESDAY "'WEDNESDAY AUG! 24 m 25 BKOW OBOTJXDS, 85tb A3TD KAXEXQEt Show Starts at Noon Today to Accommodate the Crowds. Special Matinees Every Afternoon. BIG. SIX-FOLD CIRCUS CAPITAL INVESTED $3,500,000 Ar. RAILROAD 03 CAM I 1280 i J PF.Rsnvc t fije50 HORSES Mi. 375 Circus Artists aoOof Tfcsm Imoortad Frsm Abroad BIGGEST AftENlO enow IN THB vortxr. L.r,M m x. wrrr CO. .Acrobats i SWL IVM I I ami the 12 torch Famliv $QAerlsJuu - Ml ft 10 Fjj-lnr Jordan 60 Ktiert tht ResM 4 DitatJiodslaJ 50 CloWos, tttWorUr' Puny Mot jaw EARTtfS STRONG MEM BIGGEST MENAGERIE ON EARTH. Cry Morning at tO o'olook 16, NtW, GLORIOUS, RICH AND GORGEOUS FREE STREET PARADE 3-MILES LCI 3 MOST OPULtNT OKN At SPICTSXLt f VER BCHCLO. POSITIVELY THC (. FICTION OF PUBLIC PAGEANTS. All Kinds Of TRAINED WILD ANIMAL Schuman'i Wondsrfuf , Nont Circuf for tho First .fftS-VPZ- 1 Tims in MWiUi Amorloo V: One 90c, Tkket Admits l Cveryt,;!.-j : CSnjMSMUNBSS I VI. HALT PSKS ' " Admission ticket and rn served seats Will t on nal li.n-:,, th ensasemnt In th HH KRM A.N. L Y a CO. PIANO STOKR (Oi'l-UctlTE l'i,AV. OFFICK), at axatl th Hume. jjrU chargfd in ths recular tlJt m.i tha show arounda