LlUiiiiiii LnUllllvj MESSAGE TO KEEN LOVERS OF BOOKS Clearing House of Information i : Visited by Thousands of All Ages j Circulation Gains. '. Through the hushed ' corridor of Portland's Public library hurried cltl- sen dally make their war to shelves of red-bound wisdom, slender youtjrt troll &bout discussing thrillers na philosophy- wide-eyed, children tip-toe in to learn the latest news or Cinder ella. M1 outside, on the cold atone benches reserved to the memory of some ancient sage, tramps and lovers panes (or an hoar's contemplation. This Is the center around which the diverging end opposing ends? of com munity and civic life revolve. Here the dietician finds his latest -recipe, the politician his Una of attack. circcxatios GAHrnre Too little does Portland know of the continual work and enterprise that keens this treat Institution running. - Every day behind the scenes of the "" Miss Anne Mulheron. 11- brartan. and her staff of assistants are strtrtng - to enlarge - the field of the institution's benefits. - Through their efforts and those of the board of directors and other In terested . persons Portland's library boasts the largest per capita circula tion of any library in the Co on try. . m Multnomah ooonty this 'year the per capita circulation was T.7 per cent with a total of X12S7 books in cir culation, matins; an increase over last year's quota of 91.000. This has been accomplished through a system of ad--vertlaiiur the wares of Interest to cer tain i Is in S3 and through a plan of personal contact with the. mdlvldnaJ reading- pnbUe which allows the library to more closely follow its aernano. la connection wlih this plan of per sonal contact the association's work with, the alien population of the city Is an Jntarxiniiia ftoevenre. XXBBJLST rzXCOJCES Kvery person applying for citizenship tn Portland receives a letter from the Unary brrttlas him to make use of the rtdBS- rooms and America mza - tioa rcuumtj la his preparation for the approaching -mhnmtjn-n. when the i.tiT.nrtmi court meets a repre sentative from the library Is present personalty to meet the new lyconfirmed ' -Amflricans and to Impress upon these the advantages open to tbexn by the association. Dorms the' year parties are bela tn the rooms of the library .'and Its branches for tbs classes in Mtnr.ii.tirm , Tills brings the alien s rodents to the blinding and acquaints them vrtxa Its purpose under friendly ' and Informal cfrcumstances. In an effort to dlscriznmats between the books of literary merit end those which lay claim to plot excitement - only, lbs book omnmltrre of ths library 1 1 is lis and j wen span tmj volume . of fieri ma which Is entered upon the - sherres. Members of the committee do pot altrmpt to placs moral censor&ulp on books for aduit readers. If a story has Dterary merit but It not deemed suitable for chilrrrm it Is stamped with the ' minor label and placerd m the " Stacks Where it can be had upon re- Let WOMEN'S - P- AboY? Ptwtlatul Woman's club tonHtliruj on Taylor street, completed tills Asbland. vrbich -vraa dedicated this month. quest by persmsi of mature years. "We deem a book immoral. said Miss Mnl beron, "that -vice attractive) and easy.- The book committee is com posed of William H. Brewster, Richard M. Montague. Jonah B. Wise and Miss SOTO BOOKS ADDED A campaign last summer which re sulted in the acquisition of over 6000 books to ths library sherres was tbs enterprising : and aurawssfnl. "Give T7 you can heat your house with gas and be free from wood splitting, us figure for you Call Main 6500 CLUBS OCCUPY OWN HOMES Hi'.' j s Books to the Library," drive conducted by the association. "Portland citisens responded generously to our plea. Miss Mulheron said. "Several large in dividual gifts were made at this time, a valuable insurance library was do nated, also 500 jovenll books." A novel plan of financing and estab lishing branch libraries was worked out this year by the residents of Uni versity park district. Xiast year this branch was boused madequately, and a suitable building was not T? Mow woodlifting, stokin The Thermostat isyour always-ready servant v . , :'C ',' -'"- -,.v: C '4 - r . v T ' - - fall. Below Civic clubhouse at available the library decided to aban don the idea of maintaining a branch in the district. But residents of the community were unwilling to have their library taken from them and the plan they devised to keep it there has caused comment from libraries all over the country. Through silver teas and Jitney dances enough money was gathered together by the residents to buy a lot. Upon this investment they were able to bor row the money to erect a bungalow wn Watches your interests A urns tne eras on 'kV.' - - ' - ' - - ::.'' And y soc.itioa i'.n a five year leasa. At tne end of thi time the builain will be completed free from tneombranee, and If no longer needed tor & library can easily be converted into an at tractive oanimmitr center. - The build- ins- eos $11.0O. and ta called the Unl vejrelty Park; library. BOOK WaGOJ PEATrtE " , When summer comes books In the subnrbaa school are no longer available to the children and the grown ops of those districts. To give these poeple the drBt ges of summer reading the Ubrary assoclatioa eends oot a book wapon laden with Tolumes or Interest to country residenLs of every age. The truck travels daily during- the vacation months and is accompanied by two route, librarians and . a page. There are 29 stops on the coarse Miss Gladys Betts is in charge of the work. Branch libraries have, been established in coun try stores and ga races as a result of the Interest in realing awakened by the dally passing of the book track. - S KEKTIXe BOOHS The Central library has eight. 'meet ing' and lecture rooms open to the pub lic free of charge. Orjanlsatlons of housewives, debate dubs, musio socie ties.' advancement leagues and. all the other community groups make "use of tnese rooms. This- year over 160,000 different gatherings were held in the library. . A series a free lectures were sponsord this year by the association In their halts. Also a number of paid lectures. ' vachel Llndsey, the vaga bond poet, was brought o- Portland with the latter serieav 'h--- The books that'have been most Jn demand In Portland this year are, "If Winter Comes," ; '"Outlines of History by Welh" "Main Street. by IJewis. and "Outwittlnir Our Nerves." by Jack son. There has been 'much call lately for books on psychology, according to tne uorarian, aiso ediuons devoted to hints on methods of success. The tech' nlcal and art library is used ex tens Ively. : " .. . Directors of the Portland Library as sociation are: E. B. MacNaughton, president; Richard W. Montague, vice president : W. I Brewster, Jonah B. Wise, Robert U Sabln Jr., Hugh H. Herd man, William-' M. Ladd. Robert H. Strong, Franklin T. Griffith. Ama dee M. Smith. Ex-of flcio members are Rufos C. Holroan, Ralph W. Hoyt and unaries a . Rudeen. . -,. Lents Sewer Job, To Cost $700,000, One-Fifth Finished The biggest piece of sewer construc tion yet undertaken by Portland, the Lents trunk, sewer, is now In progress end about 20 per cent of the work has been completed by the J.-V Shea com pany, contractors. The project will cost about 9700,000. This is to be the outfall for the Fos ter road trunk sewer system, which Itself was a project of -very large pro portions. " These two great bores will give drainage and sanitary sewer serv ice to a vast area of the southeastern section of Portland. The area to be drained by the Lents trunk sewer comprises 2304 acres In the Lents district and 285 acres in Sell- wood district. The largest diameter of this sewer is 7S Inches. The total length of the sewer is 6.S miles. The total length of the Lenta and Foster road sewers combined is 7.5 miles. Irrigated land 'owned by D. R. Hill of Medford produced better than 100 bushels of oats to the acre during the past year. 1- tT7 of ' . ' i ' wiuo women Social and City, Stats and National Organ izations Increasing Influence for Good in World. The time has long since passed when a special plea is needed tor the exist ence of women's clubs, for actual dem onstration has proved their worth to the Individual and to society. Multi tudes of women on farms, on remote ranches, rn , little '.villages, in ' great cities, have felt their - Impetus - to a broader and more useful life. They have instructed those of limited educa tion; they have given a wider horison to those hemmed in by circumstance. thev have trained the timid to speak. and. of late years they have prepared the way for women to take up "the larger housekeeping, the bettering of social and civic conditions, tarn tnrougn , the creation of public sentiment and later by the enlightened ; and , united use of the ballot. . As a subject, to treat the woman's club movement in all its phases, would be a tremendous undertaking an un dertaking in which to do justice would from an historical point alone extend over 60 years in the past. At the pres ent, period treatment of such a topic would extend to every activity known in literary, scientific, religious, social, civic and political effort. tVOM COSSTBTCTITE Every subject of human Interest is inextricably interwoven with the wom an's club movement of the -world, and in our own country from the subject rf clean miiksfor the babies to the elec tion of the ' president of the ; United States, this greatest civic and social ft rce in America today, save the bal lot in the hands of women, the- wom en's' club movement, lends its influence and directly or - indirectly; helps to shape results in all human . affairs. The evolution of the- woman's . club irovement is notably .significant. Ex clusion of women as guests at a ban quet given in honor -of Charles Dick ens, when he visited New York In 1868. was the incentive for the founding- of Porosis, the first woman's club organ ised in America. A group of women protested against this ban and at once eetablished Sorosls.. These first club women were obviously women of liter ary taste and cultural interests- and the influence of this first club domin ated the club - movement for many years, the average club program In cluding an essay on Dante or some other literary light, a nocturne . from one of the treat masters and the read ing of a poem by an "accepted poet, followed by a cup of tea. But something more than a decade ago, under the leadership of the la mented Sarah Piatt Decker, -a, civic Flank was placed in the platform of the American clubwoman thus uniting the best women of the country upon the principle of taking a hand in the affairs of their city, state and n si ton. "Ladies." said the Intrepid and prac tical Mrs. Decker. "Dante's dead- has been dead for several hundred years. Ton have hundreds of live sub jects worthy of your attention as dub women all around your homes." It was like an electric spark and to day over two million of the best women in America " constitute an im mense force for civic righteousness. order and progress. They are working r- Alder Portlamdl Gsis &. f t f jrieip ooive Political Issues Te tie Weae! Class ef America Arise. O woman, arise s This is the Dawn; the bugles break the skies! ' Behold. O women. Behold f The eaten are- opening to the dreams of old I Like waters of a eea That break their Icy fetters and to free ! Arise In every land. One dream -lit womanhood, one sister- brand. .. Rise! let the spring-tide flow, Klndlin with. April fires the fields of - -': snow ; ..-... Rise, women, rise In power' itiae - till the dead world breaks to goiaen xiower ! Edwin Uarkham. an over the United States for a citi zenship that lies deeper than politics; they are expresslna themselves in every form of social, educational and spirit ual welfare." They are the women who constitute t the General Federation of Women's ; Clubs. I the" largest body of organised womanhood e In the world. It membership consists of - 69 state federations. , 49.0(H) clubs with a total membership of 1.077.46J. w ri -Mrs. Thomas Q. Winter of Minneap olis, the president of this great body, is not a stanger to Oregon clubwomen, she having been the guest of honor aaa principal speaker at the conven t on held less than two years : aro In Prineville. when she won everyone by her personal . graciousness and her grasp or the great questions of the day,, particularly those that relate to vinn and children. " FIDEKATIOJT OFFICZKS Mrs. Ida B. Callahan of Corvallls. president of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs. Is a , director , in the genaral federation, and Mrs. Charles H. Castner of Hood River,- formerly president of the Oregon federation. Is general federation state secretary. The Oregon Federation of Women's clubs was organised in Portland Oc tober 24. 1899. and was admitted to the General Federation in 1901. There are now 128 clubs in the federation. representing ail approximate member ship of 10.000 women. The federation colors are green,- yellow and red and the federation flower is the Oregon grape. The 1922 convention was held in Tillamook and was a notably in teresting and well attended affair. The 192S convention win be held early in May In Medford. Special Interest attaches to this gathering as it Is elec tion year. Medford is already making extensive preparations - to give the visiting women delightful time. Following the suggestion made at the Prineville convention by Mrs. Win ter, the state federation Is working on the' basis of the six large, inclusive departments and ' much good work is being: accomplished throughout the state, as shown by reports given at the Tillamook convention and by an nouncements of projected work for this year. The division heads are as follows Applied education. Miss A. Grace Johnson, Corvallls: fine arts, Mrs. Collins Klklns, Prineville: legislation, Mrs. Alexander Thompson, Portland; press and publicity, Mrs. Edith Knight Hill, Portland ; public , welfare, Mrs. Sadie - Orr-Dunbar, Portland ; Ameri can citizenship. Miss Vella Winner, Portland. The Portland Federation of Women's organisation, of which Mrs. Alexander Thompson is president, numbers amona Its affiliated bodies 80 of the leading Goke-Co, near Fifth orga.ru. ... ,ia c-r s-? 1 1 , ..; membership of approxinit: women," with -a delegated votinjt body of 250.. This Federation is distinctive In that it Includes tot ec!y the reru'-i- tion, woman's club, but numbers al.-o Parent-Teacher associations, churcn. fraternal and P. EL O. ort nlvstlops as well a the boards of directors of some of the largest and most Influential or ganisations and agencies tn the -.city. The women a . dubs of Portland, strictly speaktag, number about 100 and there are in addition SO Parent TescKcr usoelMieas iMedei up under one general council, of which Jars. I. B. Kelly is the president; nine chap ters of the P. E. O. Sisterhood headed up in a general council, of which Miss. Marthlne Grimsby is president : 12 W. , C T. V. organisations and scores of patriotic, fraternal and kindred or-1 ganixations of women, church auxllt- i aries sad board of directors composed ,' wholly of women, the whole making about 200 Orsantxatlons of women who are doing definite work of every pos-; sible kind. .; - C T. TJ. ACTTVE j The Women's Christian Temofancei Union is ofie of the most thoroughly! organised movements in the state, hav I ing a large number of individual unions j: tn all sections. Mrs.-Mary Mallett is) the president. The Parent-Teacher As- sociation of the state Is doing excellent work under the leadership of Mrs. J. F- HUL Mrs. Maude A. Kent of Cor-' vallis is state president of the P. K. O. Sisterhood, which numbers 27 chapters. The distinctive work of this organisa tion is also a scholarship loan , fund through which hundreds of young' wo men : have been assisted. The State Federation - of : Business and - Profes sional Women's clubs Is beaded by Miss Adelia Prichard, and although rather a new organisation is -very much alive and will next July act as boats to the national Federation of Bu&ness and Professional Women's clubs, when It is expected 3000 delegates will be pres ent from all sections of the country. The Portland Chapter of the Ameri can Association of University Women. oz which Mrs. A. W. Cooper Is presi dent, will be hosts to the national con vention of that organisation also in; jury. About soo delegates are expect-f The Portland Grade Teachers asso-E elation of which Miss Julia Spooner is. president, nas the distinction of being j the largest woman's club in the State,! its membership being over S00. . The Council of Jewish Women. fifM which Mrs, Julius L. Loulsson is presi-l ' dent,' holds second place with, a ntra-j bership of 650. The Portland Business -woman's club, of which Miss Bertha j, McCarthy is president, has a- mem-t bership of 00. The Portland Woman's v Research club, which la governed by a? board of nine directors, has a mem-i bership of 650. Clubs of 200 and 306, are not unusual and from them they' graduate -down to small neighborhood; groups of a dosen or fifteen, some) meeting Irt the morning, others begin-! ning their meetings with a luncheon! and the greater meeting in the after-! noon at i the homes ef members in? hotels and club rooms. . , ' OWW CliTTBHOTISE - The Portland Woman's club of which? Mrs. Charles E. Runyon is president, Is now occupying its own home, an at tractive clubhouse on Taylor between i Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, where all meteings are held. The 'house is" also rented to other organisations for regular meetings and for private par-- ties, concerts and lectures. .i The opening of the new clubhouse at Ashland during - Thanksgiving - week was a notable event in the club his-; tory of the state and was attended by, distinguished people from different sec tions of thes ' state. ; Numerous other'; club homes . and community houses; where, dub meetings are : held have? been erected in the smaller cities dur ' ing the past year. f n