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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
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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
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you can heat your house with gas and be free from wood splitting,
us figure for you
Call Main 6500
CLUBS OCCUPY OWN HOMES
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Alder
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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
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