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THE OREGON DAILY;, JOURNAL, PORTLAN D,., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, , 1013.
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ACTIVITIES OF PORTLAND. CLUB WOMEN ARE MANY AND VARIED
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WHAT next?
TM in tba question wnlch li
being asked by the fhlnklnj,
tlve, exploring, llooverlnf, oonquarlnf
woman of th twentieth cutury th
Club woman.
- What new ntli, whet new aervloe
to the world; what meane of helping
pne s eeir ana others to a broader, bet
ter, more practical and more splendid
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Thff tlm ha a Inn naaA WSm
peclal plea la needed for the existence
-t wwwtfrt ciuDa, actuar oemonBtraUQn
has proved their worth to the Individual
and tn woclety. Multitude of women
" OH farms, on remote ranches lnllttle
villages ana in great cities, have felt
their lmpetui a troader nd more
ueeiui nre.
Z "They have Instructed those of limited
education; they have given . a wide
,-IiCrlion to those hemmed In by clroum-
stance; they have trained the timid to
peak, and of lata years they have
prepared the way for women of influ
enee .and leisure to take up what It
called "the larger housekeeping-." the
bettering of sooial and clvlo condition.
In no city in this country is this new
vocation of "larger housekeeping" be
ing more vigorously pursued than in
Portland. Clubs, councils, leagues, as
, oclatlona. guilds, societies, etc, who
Stave for their study and aim evtiy
' thing from salad to psychology, and
xrom sanitation to Shakespeare, exist
in amaslng numbers. In faot one won.
flara jr aera-all the time, thought and
brains comes from that Is expended In
the various ohanaela of the organised
women of the city. Practically every
xieia ox art, modern and classical liter
ture and drama, music, political and
eoonomlo aoienoe, psychology, biology.
modern ana ancient History, forestry,
pnnantaropy, social service these are
the general lines that some of the lar
ger organisations are following, then
there are numerous smaller clubs, who
having no apeolflo line of work, have a
variety of programs during the year
uiac emoraoe many or these toplca and
, many additional ones.
. With the granting of equal suffrage
, and the consequent enlarged influence
and greater economio and political lm
; portanoe of women, has come a notable
desire to study the practical, worth
While things of the day, although the
things that make for a higher Intellect
uai lire are in no wise neglected.
The Portland Grade Teachers' asio
, elation, with a membership of 600 of the
i public school teachers of the city, has
; the honor of being the largest woman's
' club In the state of Oregon. The object
,.' of the organisation Is to improve the
' social ana economic status of the teach'
-. era and to promote the best interests
i or .education. The association main
tains headquarters In room 441, court
' house these are open from 4 until J
r on scnooi aays, ana on Saturdays from
10 until S. Regular meetings are held
.the first Wednesday of each month at
4;S0, at the Lincoln high school. Miss
' Graoey DeQraff is the president of tho
association,
:. OonaoU of fewlsh Woaun.
The Counoll of. Jewish Women, one
of the oldest, largest and most active
t, organisations of women In the city. wa
' organised It years ago, with Mrs. 8ol-
i omon Hlrsch president. The council
x had a charter membership of to, anCMts
i membership now totals 493 of tho rep
I resentative Jewish women of tho city.
; The objeot of the council is fourfold,
civic, philanthropic, religious and so
';- Clal. It Is afflMated with the National
1 Council of Jewhfh Women and with the
Oregon Federation of Women's clubs,
'f Regular meetings are held on the first
) Wednesday 'afternoon of each month, at
the Bemng-Hirscn nail, where a pro
gram Of Interest and Instruction Is
given by well known local and visiting
speakers and musicians. The Bible class
of the council meets every two weeks
In the library, with Rabbi Wise as
leader. Mrs. J. Friedman is the chair
man of this class. j- , v , ;.
Tho special , activity of the council
is the Neighborhood. House, a finely
rgkrtfxtd and welj, housed, icclal center
1 Mrs. Sarah A. ICrant, president of the SUto Federation of Women's dabs. 2 Juvenile class in Jewish Neighborhood House). $ Mr. O. M. Ollnea, first preeident of tho Tuesday Afternoon dub, 4 Mn."
Herman Heppner, president of tho Monday Musical club. B Psychology Club's seashore cottage. 6 Mrs, John F. Beaumont, state regent of the D. A. IV. 7 Mrs. B. L. Moses, president of the D&Qf he
ters of the Confederacy. 8 Mrs. Aristene Felts, president of the Oregon Congress of Mothers. 9 Group of Portland Shakespeare club memgere in costume. 10 Mrs. F, 8. Myers, president of the
TH Portland Parent-Teahcer Association.
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in South Portland, with Miss Ida Lowen
berg as head worker. Almost ever since
Its organisation the council has directed
Its efforts toward helping- tho foreign
people who live in large numbers In
South Portland. A modest house w
ereoted and the work carried on in thai
for a number of years. Recently a
new building was erected at cost or
140,000. This is entirely free Of 4bt
and Is operated at an annual expenses
of 16000. this amount being seoured by
subscription. At the Neighborhood
House a regular social settlement work
Is carried on in a most efficient way.
The library with books and newspaper!
In both English and European languages
Is maintained. There are classes in
kindergarten. In sewing, oooklng, manual
arts and a night school for teaching
English. The gymnasium Is one of the
features of tho house, a rree ounio, in
charge of one of the Visiting Nurses.
Monthly dances ror me young people
and social afternoons for the mothers of
the neighborhood are among the activi
ties of the house. - ,
In December. HOB, a comparatively
ems 11 number of' Portland women met
at the home of Mrs. W. W. Spalding
on Portland Heights and deolded to or
ganise a club, a oeoona meeting wss
held at the Portland hotel, at which
time a constitution and by-laws were
adontod. the name, Portland woman s
club, was decided upon and Mrs. J. C
Card was chosen president. There were
77 charter members. The club now
numbers IZ5 prominent Portland wom
en. The club has always stood for the
highest and best development of the
city and the best Interest of its peo
ple. It took the first steps ever made
In Portland to put manual training In
the nubile schools; It endorsed a move
ment to create a park board and assisted
In legislation to that end; It organised
the Oregon Federation and took first
Steps toward making the Portland li
brary a free public library: estabiisheJ
the first cooking School in Portland;
elected first woman to Portland school
board! put out an edition of the Ore
con. Journal,' on Which almost 11000
was cleared; endorsed the Lewis St Clark
exposition,: set aside a sum of money
for the entertainment of distinguished
guests, gave .the first scholarship loan
Jtund party established eulree bed at
the open air sanitarium) promoted and
secured a $76,000 bond issue for tho
municipal collection of garbage; took an
active part In the campaign which so
cured equal suffrage for Oregon.
The aim of tho club, which la to se
cure conoert of action in intellectual,
philanthropic and eoclal activities, is
being carried out In a highly effective
manner by means of departments which
meet monthly or semi-monthly. Mr a.
Frederick Eggert Is the president of the
club, regular meetings of which are
held on the second and fourth Friday
afternoons of the month. Mrs. J. M.
Bcott Is chairman of the literature de
partment; Mrs. Q. J. Franks Is chair
man of the current literature depart
ment) Mrs. Helen Miller Sena la chair
man of the drama tio art department:
Mrs. Robert C French le ohalrman of
the biology department; Mrs, Lucia V.
Addition Is chairman of the social
science department; Mrs. C B. 81mmons
Is chairman of the home and garden de
partment; Mrs. Alice Welster is
chairman of the art department; Mrs.
Albert M. Brown Is chairman of the
Shakespeare department, and Mrs. Flor
enoe B. Crawford la ohalrman of the
psychology department
rsychology Club Is Aottve.
' One of the most thoroughly allvo
clubs of the city Is the Psychology club,
of which Mrs. Altoo Welster is. the
president. The club was organised in
1909 by IS women Interested in etudy
Ing the effect of right thinking on
their own lives. Mrs. Welster was asked
to give a course of lessons bearing on
this question. During the aeaaon or
1910-11, with a membership of 80, the
club studied the works of . William
James. 'In 1911.lt, the club devoted
Itself to a study of mind poVer. Its
control and eul ture. ' The club numbered
(0 by that timet and one of the events
of the year was the uniting with' tho
Oregon Federation of Women's olube.
The entire aim of the club this year
has been enlarged. The II reading cir
cles are each, taking a different course
of reading, varying from political
science to the , late works of- fiction
dealing with the psychological prob
lems .of the day. Each circle aids in
the Big sisterhood work, under the
guldanrS of Mlsg Prlchard, Mrs. W elate?
visits the different reading circles and
superintends the monthly meetings held
In lecture room A of the publlo library,
the third Thursday of ach month. The
club now has a membership of 100.
Miss L. Baton of St. Helena hall la one
of the club lecturers and also assists
the different reading circles In select
ing their reading matter. The cluo
collectively and the circles Individually,
are planning a number of delightful
social affairs for the winter eeason.
This organization has a picturesque
club house built in the woods far
enough from the beach to make tv
sleeping porches comfortable the year
around. It is situated on Classic Rids
beach, near Nehalem, Oregon, and south
of Nenh-Kah-Nle mountain. This sum'
mar home for the club members was
built over a year ago for outing and
educational purposes. .
The Portland Shakespeare olub was
organised In- 1907, wlttl Mrs. J. Coul
sen Hare, the first president The chat
ter membership was 18. The club now
numbers among lta members 40 of the
prominent intellectual women of the city.
Mrs. Allen Todd Is the prealdeut of the
club. In the five years of Its exlstenoe,
the club has studied. King John, ftioh
ard II. Henry IV, Henry V, Henry L
Richard III, The Taming of the Bhrew,
Merry Wives of Windsor, Anthony and
Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors, Mao bath.
King Lear. The club Is now engaged In
an analytical and dramatlo etudy of
Othello and the other two plays Whloh
will be studied this year are A Winters
Tale and As You Like it.
This la the third year for the dramatlo
department of the club. .During eao
pf those three'1 years three plays have
been presented dramatically, the women
wearing gray students" gowns. ' For four
years Shakespeare's birthday has. been
suitably celebrated. Last year the olub
brought to Portland as a part of its edu
cational work. the famous Ben Greet
Players. Lee Emerson Bassett and Hen.
ry L. Southwlok. One of the notable social
activities of the club Is ' ti e matr
teuanceof headquarters at the Gladstone
Park Chatauqua asambly,- where all of
the notables speaking at the assembly
are suitably entertained and- where
round tables are dally conducted. Dur
ing Its enure existence the club has bad
but one analytical leader, Mrs. Julia
C La Barre.
The Oregon Woman's Press olub was
organised In 1S99 by Mrs, Lucia Faxon
Addlton, assisted by Miss Bessie May
Oulnean. The first meeting was held
at the Imperial hotel There were 11
charter members and officers were
chosen aa follows: president. Mrs. L.
F. Addlton; recording secretary! Mlea
Bessie May Oulnean; corresponding sec
retary, Edna Isabel protsman; treasurer,
Miss Frances Ootshall. The other charter
members were: Mrs. Mallory, Mrs. U
A. Nash, Mrs. Llschen Miller, Miss
Laura Jones, Mrs. Ptymale, Miss Q.
Holmes, Mrs. Lucia Chase. Bell. The
epeclal aim of the olub is to give as
sistance to young writers. Last year
the club .conducted a very saooess
ful contest for the best sort story,
the best drama and the beat moving
picture scenario. The club Is this year
enjoying a series of programs along the
practical tines of newspaper work and
other lines of writing. The club now
numbers 60 members. Mrs. Collate M.
Dowling 1 the president, and Mrs.
Thomas Hawkes is the secretary. I
That well known patriotic society, the!
Daughters of the Confederacy, has a
very active chapter In this olty, which
meets monthly at the Portland hotel
for luncheon, after whloh program and
business meetings are held In the parlor.
At these meetings papero are read, ad
dresses given and muslo rendered. The
chapter holds two large social functions
each year, a ball and a card party, these
being given In eelebratton of the birth,
day anniversaries of. General Robert E.
Lee and Jefferson Davie. The chapter
was organised November 14, 1908, with
a handful of members, Miss Nannie
Duff, now Mrs. V. M. C 611 vs. was the
first president The chspter now num
bers 41 members, and Mrs. EL L Moses
Is the president This organisation alms
to tesoh the youth of the land tbe
truths of history; to make the south a
htatorio land by means of monuments
erected to the memory of Its patriots
and statesmen; providing for needy andj
disabled veterans; to establish scholar-1
ships for the descendants of Confederate
veterans; to keep alive the lies of
friendship between women of the south.
i Tbe representatljre'organlsatlgn of ool-
lege women la the Association of Col
legiate Alumnae, of which Miss Har
riet Wood is president The associa
tion was formed In Februarys, 190,
by 11 college women, Mrs. Robert L,
Donald being the organiser and first
president The association has grown
steadily and now numbers 100 of the
cultured women of the city. For the
past six years the association has fur
nished a free scholarship at the state
university for young women. The voca
tional committee was particularly ac
tive last year, and It is this year do
ing an excellent work in securing con
genial and profitable employment for
college women. The association did
some good work last year in school
visiting and the securing of cooperation
In better beating and ventilating for the
various school buildings. Tbe special
interest of the women lust now Is
camp fire work and the association Is
standing sponsor for six camps, three
in tbe Washington high school; one In
the Sell wood school, one In Alblna and
one In the Ladd school
Tbe one Portland club whose partlcu.
tar social feature Is a lunoheon which
precedes eaoh meeting, is the Corrlente,
a delightful little club organised in
1909, with a charter membership of It
congenial women, the object being the
mutual aid and Improvement of its
members. The membership limit was
set at IS, and this haa been full for
some time, with a considerable number
on the waiting llet The club was or
ganlsed by Mrs. M. Alexander and Mra
B. C. Rosaman was the first presl.
dent. Miss Ethel MoCollum was chair,
man of the first program committee,
and while a regular course of study was
being mapped out the olub read Stod.
dart's lectures with much Interest and
profit. Canada and Alaska have been
studied by the club- During the past
two years American literature and Eng.
llsh literature have been studied, and
this year the olub is pursuing a travel
program of much interest and Informs,
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The olub meets on the first and third
Tuesdays at the home of member?, and
the meetings ets preceded by a luncheon, I
served at 1 o'clock. The hostess le
limited In the number Of dishes the tnky
serve,' thus the affair instead of being
a burden becomes a pleasure to. hostess,
L well as guests. Mrs, Sarah Clark la
the president of the club.
Tbe Coterie was organised - May '
1T 1911, with a charter membership of
85 and Mrs, M. L, T. Hidden was ohosen
president The object of the organisa
tion la to study art. literature and
science, with all the current events and
questions of the day relating ( human
welfare and the promotion of good fel
lowship and cooperation among women.
The club organised the Domestic Eervloe
bureau and carried on the work for
about five months; finding that the ex
pense was too great te be borne by
this small aggregation of womea its
activities were taken ever by another '
organisation, of which, Mrs. Gay Lom
bard Is president The olub new bag a
membership et 10 and tbe president la -Mrs.
J. .H. Brlstow. The club joined
the State Federation Auguat, till, and
the General Federation was joined la
February 191S. ', .v-sy ;
This year the Coterie haa organised
a musical department, of whluh Mrs.
JE. B. Coovert Is the chairman. Under
the auaploes of this department four
very successful conoerte have been given
In the various high eoaoota for Ibe stu
dents and their friends. Those who have
contributed to the programs include
Charles Dlerke, C, V. Lschmund, Mrs.
Rose Coursen Reed, and William Wei
leoe Graham. , These ' entertainments
were given throughout the winter. The
regular meetings of the Coterie ere beld
at the Oregon hotel on the first and ,
third Wednesday mornings of each
month. ;-:'"i'"v(:.V',;s . '.'A. 'I ,'-";," (;. v.; :';
; In 1900 the Tuesday Afternoon elub
was organised by Mrs. O. la, Gitnes and
Mra. H. & Turner. Mra Ollnea wee
made president 1 and Mrs. Turner was
elected secretary, The elub bpis with
a membership of about It. The mem
bership Is limited to 19 and this Is full
with a long waiting, list Ntnntanrt
hundred being the year of, the la"
exposition, the elub turned In auttn
tlon to- French history and liir( ir,
which was studied for twi yr. lie
history and literature of Uennuny w.i
taken up for a two years' ur. ,
mythology were next stu-iiol i.i t r
the past several years th riur i . t
studied the history "4 1 ?
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