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THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST. 29, Y909. SPMJ. IS 0J BRINK OF; COLLAPSE Causes Which ' Have Led Up tof Present Trouble "Which May Mean the Disruption of the NationPeople Op posed to War. . STREXT IMPROVEMENT AT ROSOURG - (Stiff Correspondence. ) . ionaon, .AuV N.Beaus the Sp&n . lsh people are prepared to go to any length rather than permit their govsrn- ain io undertake tiDDtln Ifi north S?tCiT? ,yoceo. anAWiaus they have f?.?'lltf? S6 th Solent .1 . r l"V canipaiirn, there L.?-"n"J lnprealon that they must indifference to national honor which 'a "'face t0 European people, Xhy hve suffered their troopa to be m a, fnd driven back by a horde of 1U disciplined sa vases; and instead of 7"" ' yvonge ma insult, they are ...uu,ui, iur a stoppage or hostilities. nle. or. .demanding that further nwym vm mom out. and that the Dos- r iruin -opsin d won back, they are acually opposing any 5,'ichcour8 vehemently as they can. lea than nothing for the prwstlge of the white man. for the traditions of the conquistadors who. la the face Of overwhelming odds, won new worlds for syoin. rlo naB received s blow from a people whom his ancestors defeated and drove before them. He Is being driven from a territory which has be- lrtn trn 4t finat1t ab ...a. Jaa sow. when by all the traditions of ths AfVM race he. should return the blow with Interest, drive out the invader and win pace nis tanas, he Is actually say ing. "Let Jhe Moors keep what they have, taken: we will not fight" ; ' Belx-Abnegattoa o Cowardice f , - It looks, on the face of It. as though this wers either, the most supreme and unheard of . self-abneiratlqn. or slso cowardice of ths moat degraded nature. Yet. of all pottpu on this earth, the Spaniard has least claim to be consid ered Jenlent. or even merciful, . to the subject races. On the other hand, with all his faults, he has never been fairly charged with cowardice of this kind. The truth Is. the attitude of the Spanish people ts due neither to a be laus) attempt at philanthropy nor yet to fear of the' Moors. It Is very easy to . charge them with' Indifference to their national honor, but their determi nation not to prosecute a war with ths Riff tribes for the purpose of winning backAhe Melllla territory is a matter of purse and pocket - - In a Jong history of conquest and colonisations, rivaled only in the an nals of Brltlan. Spain has almost invari ably, found her foreign possessions a curse and a drain upon the money of the nation. The colonies and dependcles of England, instead of drawing money from the mother country, have pros- rered. The British people have ths nack of colonization. J hey are to a supreme degree, capable of developing the resources of ths countries in which they settle or administer, and of turn ing those resources to practical account. . jriuart M Colonists. The Spaniard, on the other hand, hal proved himself a failure at this kind of business from first to last In winning foreign possessions at the point of ths sword hs has frequently outshone even the Briton himself. But as soon as he settles down to colonize, to take posses slon of the land he has acquired, malad ministration, oppression, and a total in capacity in ths matter of legislating for a conquered people, have borne their In evitable fruit Instead' ef developing a new country, the Spanish official has, almost always proved nimseir a Hind rance to Its development by Its own nnttvpa South America; Cubs, ths Philippine Islands, ail told the same tale. Revolt followed upon the want and oppression to which the people were subjected. Ths gaols were filed to overcrowding With political prisoners expeditions to put down native risings were continually necessary,, and the result was that her foreign possessions were a source of Incessant and heavy-epsn to Bpaln. - Until the war with the United States, the people of Spain. seem not to have realised this. Then came the depriva tion of Cuba, Porto Rloo and the Philipj pines., Looked upon at first as a cruel wrong, this speedily showed Itself as a blessing In disguise. To be free of these costly dependencies ws no loss, but a great gain. The Industries of Spain - revived, her commerce took a hew lease of life, and prosperity, un known to the country for centuries, la already Well over the threshold. Barcelona, always the most business Ilka of Bnanlsh towns as well as the m . w 1 . ah& a,4 of recent years. xsr ywm r "f 1 i t A A& 4.s NOW, THE SUFFRAGETTES MUST GIVE WAY TO "FEMS" K a,. .... . ,ir.-lA..i ... - ..1rn -irrm -, V T-A J " ' ' ' jy''mr' "''" 1 '. Ui y--v;y...... ...).. I ' I i I'M i im i ' "i ' .. """r-Twr.rw4 .. , "-I-: v, :7 A ; h y f j r 4 . - . 0 T il? . nv- , - ; - " . ' (Special IMapttcb to Tba JasnuO.1 Roseburg, - Or.. Aug. 18. Twenty blocks of pavement Is . being laid In Roseburg, of which eight blocks are finished and ready for use. This im provement marks an epoch In the de velopment or nosoDurg ana indicates the progressive spirit of her people. Paring crew at.'work near' courthonse. , , - . Laying cornerstone of brick block. -Photos by Clark, Roseburg, Residents" of districts adjacent to the paveroent are urging, extension- of ths hard surface streets, and it is predicted that 2B blocks will be improved durini the coming year. lo connection with the pavement goes the installation of a .system of decor ative street lighting, which will add rreatlv to the attractiveness oi int city. Iron . posts supporting five spherical globes will bs placed four on' each side of ths street In block through ths paved district Ths accompanying picture was taken near the courthouse and shows the fores of men employed In laying bttultthio pavement . In the forefront of the battle against war. . Paradoxical as It may sound, they are oonvinoed that it would pay uiem better to fight the authorities to the laat. sooner than nermft thm to re gain a foreign possession which they Dei leva rjpain nas nappjiy lost. The moauelcmincant part or the news telegraphed from Melllla is that the army has been found to contain a vast number of - Inefficient menthat in short ths army is untrained and In adequate in every ; respect. Here is a fine object lesson for Great Britain. Spain has not prepared. Are we play ing tne seme inept gamej BABY BOM WITH -FEATHERED ARMS ' SSMHSSSNM Roanoke. Va., Aug. 28. A report opmes from Montgomery county that a woman there has given birth to a child with wings Instead of arms. A Roanoke man who recently re turned from a trip to that oounty in a wagon tells the story, a young wo man a aVit fnr .a. ride and was accom mods ted. She related having just left a home where a baby was norn with AathAawt arm. The young woman necmrou mat n Knew the trutn or- mis staianiei'w uar ing sesen ths child. ' 1 Tempting,; , Teasing. Tasty Toasties The tender, toothsome, triumph that tickles the taste of toddling tots ind all mankind. j . - Post Toasties a) km ax a. a am i 1 mm mi 1 1 I 1 f5'v 9 . with cream little sugar. and. a "The Taste Lingers" r. Sold by Grocer Popular pkgH 10c.' Large Family 15c. Pctum Cereal Co., Ltd., " Battle Creek, Mich.' NOTED WOMEN GIVING ' AWAY HUGE FORTUNES "Many native and foreign critics of American civilization have deplored the spendthrift tendencies of a certain class of American, women, with llttlo dwell ing on the reverse side of the picture the quiet unostentatious giving away of millions of millions of dollars annually by phllanthrppically Inclined members of the sex. Ths "great fortunes that have been accumulated In this land of opportunity and of great natural re sources find their source. In ths desire of men to play the gitno of business fiercely and. selfishly. But having ac quired, the American millionaire is al most always seized with a desire to do some good to his fellow men with his tortune. - Women, as well ffts men, says the Chicago Record-Herald, have become possessed of the new gospel of re sponsibility for the use of wealth and are redistributing It in ways that are calculated to Improve the race. It is, perhaps, more. significant of the human izing tendencies of American fortunes that the sex which has had little to do with the strife and stress of the con flict In which great fortunes are made should bs generously inclined, than that their husbands and fathers should be so, for the feminine ariver has. as a rule. little or no prospect of adding to her fortune. 4 With her ones spent is finally prill. ..... ' : Foremost among the" gifts made by wumi'n in me united Krnten in Tne tn dowment of Leland Stanford Jr. Unl verslty with 30,00.000 by Mrs. Leland Stanford. This Institution was started in IS 85, in memory of the only child or Mr. and Mrs. Stanford, by Mr. Stan ford. H! will gave the university ta, 690.000. and ths I3O.OOfi.00O a-lft of his widow disposed of nearly the whole fesinue oi tne estate. Mrs. r Russell Sag-a nrobablv Is the most prominent of living women phllan thropists. She is disDoslne- of the 165. 000,000 that her husband acquired in (0 years at the rate of about S, 000.000 a year. The Russell Bags Foundation, with an endowment of 110,000,000 is the largest sinele onarltv in ths world. It is Insured an annual Inr-nmn of about S4OO.000. Its Work, in th words oftMrs. Sage's deed of gift will be "to eradicate as far as possible the cause of poverty ana ignorance, rattier than to relieve tne sufferings of those who are poor and lsrnoranr. "The sphere of higher education, that served by our universities and colleges, ts not within the scope of he Founda tion, , in countless otner torms sri. Saee has bestowed the Base millions. To Rensselaer Polytechnic Imstltution at Troy. N. Y.. she save 11.000.000: to Emma Wlllard' seminary, her alma ma ter, another 1, 000, 000 Her gifts to religious institutions amount to more than $5,000,000.' She has aided schools and hospitals, and dona many thlnss .for the betterment .of New York City. Mlsa ITeloh 'nnuM'a o-lft liknwtsa have been widely distributed. She has spent more than 10,000. 000 of the for tune- leu ner Dy Jay Uoulrt, her rawer. Perhaps no methods of money making have fceen more widely condemned than those of Jay Gould, but his daughter has shown how ereat blesslna-s can come from the wise use of money. She lias enuoweo scnools and ohurcnes ana has given largely for relief and aid work among the - soldiers and sailors of the United Btates rmy. and navy.-... Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan. -wife of the financial magnate, whose rise from a boyhood hf poverty in Virginia to a po sition' In New York finance where he controls millions in t otnffle financial operation, is one or tn most striking ro mances la American biography, i noted for ner cnanties. a. oevout Koman Catholic, her gifts to the, church and for church institutions amount to many mil lions of dollars. The building) and re furnishing of the Cathedral of fit Peter at nienmonq. va. cost her nearly 000,000. In Washington she established a branch of the Order of tne Perpetual Adoration, with a chapel that alone coat $300,000. fine has given largely to aid the fight against tuberculosis and has presented many battlefield monument to her native state, Virginia. The present Mrs. William K. Vander bllt, formerly Mrs. I M. Rutherford, has recently given $1,000,000 to build model tenement house for city dwell ers afflicted with tuberculosis In New York, and Is noted for many, smaller charities, notably In aid of hospitals. Mis Ann Morgan, daughter of 3. Plerpont Morgan, is a social worker of the practical kind, spending much of her time and energies in making Investiga tions "and directing work that la Intend ed to help the poor to help themselves. As s member of th Natlonsl Civto fed eration she pays special attention to the condition tinder which women labor and has given largely to establish clubs and restaurants for people of email mean. Mr. Oliver H. P. Belmont, ths first wife of William K. Vanderbllt, gave $100,000 to the Nassau hospital at Mln cola, L. I. She has been actively engaged in diet kitchens for ths poor of New York. Mrs. Belmont Intends, It 1 said, to spend part of her fortune in advancing the cause of woman suffrage, to which she recently became a convert. Her daughter, the Puchess of Marlborough, formerly uonsueio vanaeront, is aiso known for her philanthropies among' the London poor. , Miss Uiulia Moroslnl, daughter and heiress of the famous banker who passed away about a year ago, spsnda large sums In aiding children In New York, especially at Christmas time. 8h fives largely also, to charitable lnstitu Ions. ' j . Mrs, Harold F. MoCormlck of Chicago, formerly Miss Edith Rockefeller, had much to do with the direction of 'the charitable work, done by her father, John D. Rockefeller, before she was mar ried, and is said to : spend largely, though quietly, now In aid of many charities. In Pittsburg Miss Helen Friek, daughter of the Iron and ooke magnate, Henry u, ptick, is a notes social work er. Two New York young women. Miss Dorothy Whitney, who Inherited a good fiart of ths fortune of ths late Wll lant C Whitney, and Miss Mary Har rlman, daughter of the railroad king, have shown Interest in movements for the betterment of children and tuber culosls patient and give promise of. branching Out mHilelv In rtirltH! Work. ' ' " ' Mrs. Clarence Mackay Is a liberal contributor to. the cause of woman suf frage, who ha given large sums Jn aid of charities and th betterment of pub lic schools. There are countless othors,' less .. conspicuous than ' thoa named. whose spirit of giving Is manifested In widely varying forms, all testifying to the American woman' anbreclatlon -hf the fact that money. Is most profitably spent when used, for th benefit of oth ers, ; . i -:, Big Jjobeter From Maine Coast. TTOta th Kennebec Journal , There. I on exhibition In a window tn Sac the largest lobster that has been landed In those parts for years, If not eyer, , The-lobster measures 30 Inches in. total length and his body proper is 20 Inches long. Before boiling he welshed irina ajid One fourth bounds. al boiled Weighs seven pounds. i ns : lobster was csugot Dy John E. Lewis Jr.. off Btraton's Island In Saco bay, in on or his traps recently. The big fellow was ths only occupant of the tran. and none of the lobsters In th ether traps near by was of greater than average slse. . i i- ;fStafT Correspondence.) " ' Paris. Aug. 10. In an apartment, right ta tha heart f th oldfashloned auarterav i Faabowrg street.. Germain, live the talented authoress. Mademoi e! to. Claire de Prats, whose latest book, "Elisabeth davsaay" . ta th topV- of heated discussion la ths- literary rirrles of alt Eurnpe. Of a most narked per sonality, Mdli. I Prata. whose ajenlal manner, wit and profound tatelllgenc. places. hr on a plan high abov thu averaga vomt makes- en ferl at ence her capability of. truthfullv nrtrtravtnir thw'sooot Important questions of the iday. - Her soul absorbing tnenghl ia the betterment of h?r own sx. and In the : mouth at Elisabeth lvenay sh pours forth her own atimnt and . long atudied epmloaa. .. . V- . '; - ( Vasmsma Taiaat. -. -, . - If - alt , "femlaists- possessed the eh mi, tha Innate culture and personal attracUveass of this gifted authoress, th realisation 'of th right. of women would b Instantaneous, sweeping and wide spread. With the natural latent i that la born In atmest every French woman, aho would eonvine tae sceptical by .persuastv arammenta aad not hv ths revolutlonarr outbursts that ar"sol enaractenatle or tl English suffra gettes therein .ilea her power. Mdlls. de Prats s renealuirtcal tree has home fair bloswoms. Madams de Bevigne, tha celebrated woman of letter at the time of Louis XIV, whose daily epistle to her -daughter are some of th truest record that have noma down to a of tba political. sotl and Inner cchux iu or ini interesting -epocn. is on of her saoet noted ancestors. .And tt is a trajsg fact, that after nearly $0 years. tl. same features.: the same facial expression iiv again In Mdll. de Prsta,.and when, on occasions she has wora ner aair ta like manner, a hunch ef curls on each side with the hair flat and smooth in th middle it would al most seem that one was looklna at an W prlat of Mm. d Sevigne. Another ramoua ancestor Is th great poet and statesman, Lamartln. - r- fcat BaUtt. - Approaching more nearly our own time w still, find many relatives of distinction and, renown an aunt who was th first woman i Journalist in France, another relative who is a well known sculptress and her father, a man of much eultnr and great learning, who originated th ociety of French pro fessor ta London. Springing from such a lineage, th literary talent was bound to assert Itself. - Mdlls.. d Prats wa born la Heme Hempstead. England, of French parents. She remained there, pursuing her studies In English sntll she was 16 years old. It was then that her father decided to return to Franc with his family, and at this period in her life began th girl' dream to follow In the footsteps of th Illustrious Q serge Sand and be come a writer of novels: althourh Mdlls. d Prat cannot remember the time when sua aid not look, even in her childhood s days, to future spent In literary work. All her education and preparation were with this point In view. She graduated from th Sorbonne with great honor and th following autumn took an Im portant position at a Lycee (school) where she remained for the next 12 years as tsscher of English literature. Dissatisfied with this life she resolved to sever her connection with the Lycee, Sh then Produced her first novel. 'V.v. Norrls'' which created a very favorable impression. Th Work Boom. Mdlls. de Pra.ts'a mrlr rnnm designates it. Is at the top of a strange old tower which is on her premises and about' SO yards from her house. The reason for this queer, miniature fort ress's existence Is nt known. It con tains thres floors of one room nh tho lower one suggesting all sorts of luTutwraj mrrur ay & conspicuous trap door let ia the floor, which when opened reveals a darkened depth fearful to be hold. One hurries tarough this forbid ding entrance and on reaching the top of the tower la soon lost in wonderment and admiration at tha s-lorinua and . hileratlng view that on Sees from the. aiuuy wmuuw. un entering me aumor ess'a' house, one fairly breathes ths at mosphere of art and one feel the strong personality of past aeneratlons all con- cemraiea in me surrowulttf irs rtt ht ciever woman, in ins saloon each piece of furniture tells of a past age, of the rrfgn of the kings anj of a tay of great beauty. Now picturesque Is the dining room with its old hand carved Breton furniture. . The chin closet was origi nally a Brittany bed. a, box like "sepul chre' with double doors of carved wood which are closed ' when the occuoant enters for rest, encasing him for the night like a bundle of goods, Mademoi selle's Ingenuity with th assistance of a carpenter and his tools has trans formed this gruesome sleeping place Into a most attractive pieoe or furniture, wherein choice bits of. china are held. Then the quaint wooden chairs, the old buffet and th ancient . chest with its crude carvings of fowls, .birds and droll designs that was rescued from a stable where Its chief uss was to store the ost for the horses. Mdlle. de Prate's bed room Is a reproduction of the sleep ing apartment of Queen Marie Antoi nette In the Trianon at ' Versailles an exact copy even of the cretonne em- f'loyea ror in nangings an a aengtit o the eye. fast Her Way. Indeed, In all her way was revealed th feminine lovs for pretty surround ings which Is such a strong point in tha character of "Elisabeth Cavenay." her heroine. When ' speaking of her great reception In England, Mdlle. de Prats quarreled with only one thing. Critics insisted on speaking of Eliza beth as a fiuffragett instead of a Feminist. . "We pursue different methods from our English sisters," said the authoress. "W believe in evolution, not revolution. We work to change the wording of the code, which says that all French cltl sen are equal in the eye of th law, except women, children and lunatics. We want that changed. The moment we have that, the suffrage will follow as a matter of course. It is something ex traordinary that the Englishwomen, who are so calm, should be taking an ex treme line in this agitation. I suppose it Is because the Englishman, being more brutal than the French, requires stronger measures. Frenchmen are be coming Feminists without knowing it; their wives are making them so. At heart every Frenchman 1 a Feminist." Will Writ Again. The success of the laat novel, "Elisa beth Davenay" and the clamor of the public for another work by this popular authoress, has decided her to begin another novel whlii 1 now under way. The plot differs Very materially from either of the previous ones. The name sh now has in mind Is "The Clash of th Two Generations." and in It a great firoblem which will appeal to the tnink ng people of modern times who are ac quainted with the restrictions .snd se clusion of ths children of French pa rents is to be worked out A mother, who herseif was brought up In the old manner of nonenllghtenment and Ignor ance as to the ways of the world, pro-1 pose that her daughter shall have uiois liberty; not only la action, but. It thought and idea. As Jhe daughter ad vance along the line, the outcme of the training overwhelms the mother and there is the clash. Mdlle. d Prats is. hard at work on this new bof'tt t her country home- nwt far from Tarls. ii ii ii m , 1 Some iviiahtyv Good Rcasono Why Thompson Should Be Your Optician r 1 1 . i K r Thompson' ability has Im recog nised by th highest authorities in Eorop. laor, 0rma.ny's , foremost physician, May 10, 108, says l , ' "The rapidity : and accuracy with which Thompson correct eye trouble 1 nothing short of marvelou." Th XrtBdoa XaOy XaO " Th JTw Tor Tbn J Th Chicago Tribune p Xay 14. "08, sayst "R. A Thompson, an American op tician, was called upon while in Ber lin to deliver several lecture on the ey to students of both German and American nationality. Eminent Ger man authorities have declared his sys tem of eys testing a grsat aid to science." . ,l Th British Optician, ZoaOoa. May 99, '08, saysi - . ''By the Thompson system of fit ting glasses a mistake is Impossible." 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Our stock ' of mouldings is the largest in the West, com prising, as it 'does, over-1000 different and distinctive styles. " - When you - have pictures to be framed, bring them to us. We guarantee satisfac tion as to workmanship and price! " 7 ART DEPARTMENT FOURTH FLOOR. . aaMaaaaaaBgi--'' ii nil . 1 1 i iii i ' .,. i , ir- ) USTABUarlUD IHO 1
