WOMAN'S EDITION THE DALLES TIMES-MOUNTAINEER.
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Oregon Congress of Women
BY ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY.
The equal suffrage movement, having be a logical method for women to pur
passed from the tentative stage of its sue in dealing with intemperance the
drew near and crouched at hi9
mountains and forests bowed to his
will, even the terrible rage of the
Furies was calmed by his entrancing During the time of the Athenian as
tones which gained him free admit- cendancy, Pisistratus, the tyrant, regu-
Ia Orpheus was personified that male choruses and the flute, also the encouraged that ennobled and exalted
charming power of music which noth- Sydian scale was imported from the the mind. The use of instruments of
mg could resist. The wild beasts east. These were pleasing to the people manv strings was discouraged. Ther
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feet, but were condemned by the teachers opposed the use of the flute and other
and philosophers, as enervating and ef- music at their dinners, saying that it
feminate. greatly interfered with conversation.
In common with the plastic art, music
and poetry united in the chorus of th
being into that of a tangible reality, be- president of the White Ribbon Ermy taQce to that dark abode of hi9 lost lated on a grand scale the magnificent tragedy, and reached the highest stage
ing now in active existence in the great was accorded a gracious hearing and wife, Euridice. Homer makes frequent Athenian processions held every four of perfection in the time of Pericles who
and rapidly growing states of Wyoming, was graciously combatted by an equal allusions to the power and use of years in honor of Palas Athena. He was a liberal patron of these arts,' and
Colorado, Utah and Idaho, and it be- suffrage report from the chair, who music- During the Argonaut expedi- added to the gymnastic displays and erected the Odion for musical and poet
coming desirable, in order to prove to claimed that women should seek first loa Orpheus is said to have stim- horse and chariot races, contests of mu- ical contests. In no country, either an
the general public the widely extended the kingdom of liberty and its righteous- uhrted, by his music, the courage of sicians, singers and dancers, as well as cient or modern, can we find a people
progress the cause is making in the ad- ness, if they would even hope to be fine the neroes- Ulysses, hearing of the recitations of portions of the Illiad and among whom music had a more import
jacent states of Washington and Oregon, enough to rear a race of men and women power the Sirens had Over sailors pass- Oddyssy, accompanied on musical in- ant part, or entered more completely
where equal suffrage amendments are capable of being a law unto themselves. m? near them, caused himself to be struments. The frieze of the Parthenon into their lives, both public and private
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now under consideration, tne omciai That this sentiment was echoed bv the Iasnea lo ine mast that he might hear snows periormers on the lyre and flute,
.management of the Oregon State Equal large body of lookerson as well as by the their beautiful melodies. To ensure and proves that the zithern also was used
Suffrage Association, two years ago es- participants in the congress, was in saety to h8 ship he ordered the ears of in the festivals of Minerva,
tablished the Oregon Congress of Wo- ample evidence at every regime, and is the sailors to be filled with wax. Or- The spring festival held in honor of
men, which Held its second biennial ses- the prevalent feeling that just such a Pheus is said to have so far surpassed Bacchus, consisted of fantastic proces
sion in Portland, April 11, 12 and 13, oi congress, united of course in the locality them in musical skill that the alluring sions, dancing and singing of the Dith-
Mary E. Frazier.
FLOWER CULTURE CONTINUED
Rose Cut-
calling for it, should be held in every sirens (,ast themselves into the sea in yrambus, a M ild,
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tings.
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The objects of this congress, as ex- important center in Oregon and Wash- aesPalr- Achilles relieved the monot- jubilant character in praise of Bacchus, tings is an art comparatively few have
plained by its constitution are broader ington. The congress is like a living in- on-v of life on shipboard by playing the Arion is accredited with the first Dith- acquired. Yet the number who have
in scope than those of any other organi- land ocean, that fed by a thousand lyre, the art of which was taught by a yrambus, from which in later times tried and failed, is not few, for who is
zation of women. It calls together, for streams from as many sources, is con- Centaur. grew the Greek drama. In time, speech there who loves not roses, or cannot get
si general "round up," every organiza- stantly rising. The sunshine of lib- One of the oldest traditions referring to took the place of song, and accompany- slips from a friend or neighbor at any
tion it knows of, in which women are erty has broken through the dark clouds Apollo as god of the lyre is that in which ing gestures developed into dramatic time? Indeed there is little danger of
working for the good of the race. Its of ignorance and intolerance, and, shin- Marsyas, the celebrated flute player, action, the whole assuming the character having our choice rose repeated in every
representation is not Protestant nor ing in full effulgence upon the snows of was flayed alive for presuming to enter of a stage play. Thespis is said to have garden by giving a cutting from it, for
Catholic; nor is it republican, demo- apathy and silence, has started the trend a' musisal contest with the son of La- been the first to complete the trans- almost ninety-nine per cent, of slips of
.ratic, populistic or prohibitionist, but rents of women's thoughts into a pat- tona. formation by performing on a rude stage roses given, rot and disappear forever,
it permits adherents to all or any of riotic and irresistable current. There While Apollo was regarded as the per- erected in a wagon ; thus the attic A few words by one who has had some
these organizations to air their theories will henceforth be no more rest for their bonification of that noble power of the tragedy was originally derived from the experience on the way to treat slips 80
so long as they, conduct themselves awakened intelligence untill the full tonal art which was able to purify and worship of Bacchus. as to insure their successful growth,
courteously toward all others. That ocean of their patriotism shall flood up- elevate the mind ; Bacchus was repre- The Greek drama had more the char- might be acceptable to some reader of
such an aggregation of feminine thought on its billows the full-rigged ship of lib- sentative of wild, frolicsome music acter of the modern opera than of the this paper.
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forces could co-operate in harmony . erty at whose mast-head shall forever aiuajs sung in me cnorus drama as we know it. The chorus was Anyone, with a little care, may have
through three evenings of active effort, stream the magic pennant, proclaiming
is encouraging proof that women are "equal rights to all and special priv
Tapidly learning to differ without dis- ileges to none."
cord. The on ly subject on the program for
There was no perceptible hitch in the the closing evening session of the con
proceedings of the congress from start gress was patriotism. Women were
"to finish. There was some disappoint- full of anxiety because of the imminent
meat' when an expected participant horrors of war and their songs and
failed to appear as advertised, owing to speeches thrilled the multitude like the
the prevailing epidemic, la grippe, but echoes of an electric storm. The ad
there was at no time any lack of intel- dresses of Mrs. W. H. Gaines, of Port
lectual reserve force to supply such a land, and Mrs. Alice Moore-McComas,
deficiency. of California, were of a patriotic order.
From first to last, the presentation of Mrs- H R- Dunniway's beautiful rendi
reports, essays, speeches and musical tion of the "Star Spangled Banner" in
numbers followed each other in rapid costume evoked the wildest applause,
praising the god oi spring and protector one of the leading features in all dramas, the loveliest tender tea roses grow from
of rural life. The stately and more dignified tragedy cuttings gotten from a friend. Find
The German myths of the Soreley and was followed by the Satyric drama, a your location, and prepare your soil be-
the daughters of the Rhine originated chorus sung by men dressed as satyrs, fore hunting your slips, so that on get-
from the legends of the Mermaids who The chorus had a twofold object, in- ting them they can at once be put down.
struction and entertainment. Some If your soil has any alkali in it, discard
were connected with stirring events, it entirely, and dig a ditch deep enough
such as the Fall of Troy and the to coutain a box any length you please
Labors of Hercules. The office di- but it must be twelve to fourteen inches
rector of the chorus was an important deep. See that it has perfect drainage ;
were fond of singing rippling melodies
while-splashing in the waves.
About the year 1,000 B: C, the Olym
pian games Mere instituted. Songs of
celebrated poets were sung at the ban
quets given after the gymnastic contest, one. It was the duty of the . oldest and that water will not lie in the box, even
The Pythian games dedicated to the wealthiest Athenian families to provide when the soil is in it. If your soil is
Pythian Apollo were confined to musi- members for the choruses, the success- free from alkali, use no box, but dig
cal contests in which the contesting ful one being honored by his name being your ditch all the same and fill it with
parties sang a festival hymn accom- engraved on a tablet recording the fact, three parts coarse sand or gravel (not
panied on stringed instruments or flutes ; The greatest poets interested themselves rocks). Let one-half of fourth part, or
succession, each seeming more prefered, the audience rising and waving handker- the reward being a simple laurel wreath in training the choruses and dances, in other words, one-eighth of whole be
if possible, than its immediate predeces- chiefs as she waived a silken flag and greauy prized Dy ine recipient, oiage processions ana uramauc uances om, ury manure, ,owa; wen puiverizea.
or. There were reports from Women's sanS- And when the president added, , A very close relation existed between arranged for performance around an The remainder, or one-eighth, should be
clubs Relief Corps, United Artisans, as the fair vocalist left the . platform the music and the poetry of the Greeks, altar accompanied by choruses of an ap- good, loose soil, or well decayed leaf
it HpIpti's Hall thp Pflttnn Hftmri fn'r "Did you ever notice that liberty is al- the former being considered as the com- propriate nature are to be found in the mould. Mix all thoroughly and it is
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piement oi tne latter, ine poet and Antigone oi oopnocies, tne raccnananan reauy iur your enps.
the musician were often . the same per- chorus, which has become so celebrated Put two-thirds of the cutting under
son. The poets sang their compositions through Felix Mendelssohn's -music to ground, and about two or thiee inches
to the accompaniment of the lyre, hence Autigone, and which is commonly apart. They must not be disturbed for
the term "lyre poet" had a more liteal known as the Bacchus chorus. 0ne year from time of planting. In
significance then than it now has. A We can form some notion of the popu- finding slips, get ones that grow near
vase in the museum at Munich repre- larity of these musical representations the ground, not too old and hard, vet
sents a contest between the poets Al
caeus and Sappho, each accompanies
the poetical composition on a harp.
The Dorians led in the earlier develop-
Aged Women, the Local Council of Jew
ish Women, women in prison work, the
Portland Woman's Union, the Home
for Unemployed Women, women in hos
pitals, Women's Work at Railway Sta
tionsthe W. C. T. U. and Noon Rest,
the Florence Crittenden Home, the
Equal Suffrage Association, the Wo
man's Congress Association, Woman's
Suffrage in New Zealand, Woman's
Suffrage in California and Washington,
ways represented by a woman," the en
thusiasm reached a height seldom wit
nessed in any church. ; The charming
solo "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean,"
by Miss Gladys Jones, added to the fer
vor of the occasion to which everybody
lent voice. ': . : ;
Thus, as briefly as possible, I have
sketched the outlines of the three days'
doings of the Oregon Congress of
Women. To have given all would have
when we read that the people came
from all the country round and sat in
the theatre under an open sky all night,
in order that they might be in their
not tender, young ones, but at the happy
medium. Break them off with a heel if
possible, but it don't matter much, for
they will grow even if they have flower
WTorking Women's club the Bovs and completely filled even so ample a journ-- ment of the tonal art in Greece and gave places for the performance the next day. buds on. Let all leaves or buds on at
time oi cutting, remain, i you piant
Girl's Aid Society, the Lady Maccabees,
Ladies' Relief Society, Women in In
surance, the New Musical Education,
the School of Voice, Movement and
Philosophy, and the Federation of Wo
men's Clubs. There were greetings to
congress and clubs, and responses by
presidents of same ; there were eulogies
in memory of Sarah B. Cooper, and
Frances E. Willard ; there were opening
prayers at every session by eloquent
clergymensave one, and that one, odd
ly enough, if we are to believe what is
generally said of our sex, was a silent
prayer by a noted Christian Scientist.
There was an address of welcome by
Governor Lord, read in his absence by
the president of the congress. Letters
endorsing equal suffrage from the su
preme1 court of Idaho ; there was music
of the most classical and diversified
character, from sentimental topious,and
from gay to patriotic; there were
speeches by ladies without manuscript
and papers upon all sorts of topics, rang
ing from sanitation to theosbphy in its
relation to motherhood, from the science
of body building to the servant girl
problem; from flax culture to kitchen
gardens, and from charity to philan
thropy; while art, science, business ed
ucation, religion, handicraft morals and
patriotism received due consideration.
Although it is well known that the
al as the Woman's Edition of the Times-
Mount aineek.
MUSIC AMONG THE GREEKS.
In all probability, the Greeks bor
rowed the elements of their musical
system, as they did many other of the
arts and sciences, from their neighbors,
the Egyptians and tho Phcenecians.
They carried it, as well as the plastic
their name to the scale that became and it is interesting and worth remem
remained the national one. The Dorian bering that the father of Greek tragedy,
scale, or mode, was always employed Aeschilus fought in the battle of Sala-
when singing the praise of their gods
and of their native land, and when
glorifying all that is noble and sublime.
In 676 B. C, Tyrtaeus, the warrior
and bard, roused the Spartan youths to
acts of heroism by his patriotic songs.
It is he who introduced the use of the
art. to a degree of perfection never at- trumpet among the Spartans. The gan their musical theories. They con-
remain, it you
in the fall it matters little about loca
tion, but protection from winter frost
mis and Sophocles led the dance of and spring winds is necessary. When
the , Athenian youths celebrating' summer comes they have root enough to
that victory on the same day ' that stand the hot t sun if properly irrigated.
Euripides was born, September, 480, if planted in spring or summer good
B. C. ; - succees has been had as late as June
. In the beginning of the fifth century find a partially shaded place protected
B. C, Pythagoras and his disciples be- from wind. It must be kept constantly
tained by their older neighbors.
The music of early Greece is closely
connected with their myths; and much
that is historical is; blended with
legend to such an -extent that it is
often difficult to separate them. By
familiarity with their myths and semi
historical stories illustrated in their
art and poetry we may draw many con
clusions as to the important place oc
cupied by, the tonal art in the lives of
these people, from whom we haye in
herited much that is beautiful. Apol
lo, god of the muses, is frequently rep
resented in art with the lyre; Hermes,
the reputed inventor of the lyre, being
obliged to surrender that instrument
strange and warlike sound of that in
strument put the Messenians to flight.
The father of Greek music, Terpander,
who flourished about 640 B. C, founded
the famnus Sesbian school sometime
after the first Messenian war.. This
ceived the idea that the universe is gov
erned by musical intervals founded
upon mathematical rules. Pythagoras
claimed there exists a mysterious rela
tion between the seven tones of the scale
and the seven planets. He believed
damp, either near a small stream of
water or supplied by a leaking hydrant
or a large oil can, for once drying out is
sure death. If you follow this plan you
will be surprised how many of your slips
will grow. , ;
You may make some mistakes at first,
school was proud to claim such names firmly that sweet harmony and flowing but the lovely rose garden you will soon
as Arion, Alcaeus . and Sapphy. Ter- melody alone were capable of restoring have will pay you a hundred fold for all
pander had great influence among the the balance of a disturbed mind f and of your trouble. , Mrs. G,
Soartans and was lone erratefullv re- renewing its harmonious relation with mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
membered by them, chiefly because his "the world; Playing on the lyre formed
melodies were found to exercise the a part of the daily exercises of his dis
highest moral effect upon the spirit and ciples. It is to be regretted tfiat all
courage of the youths. His influence search for any of their melodies has
THE ANTELOPE FAIR
was so great, that according to a proph- been in vain. Pindar, the greatest of
ecy of an oracle he - settled, by . the the lyric poets of Greece, was a disciple
power of his song, a great party dis- of Pythagoras and a celebrated writer
to Apollo in payment for cattle stolen turbance that threatened the safety of of melodies, several of which have been
from the: latter.. The Homeric myth the . state. He. made a collection of preserved and deciphered. Thus we can
is this: "Apollo ? wings death dea ling Asiatic, Egyptian and Aeolian melodies form some ndtion of the practice of this
arrows but his bowstring, being doub- and set to music a number of foreign school. For a long time there was much
led or trepled suddenly produces sweet poems. He is .supposed to have in- difficulty in deciphering Greek musical
sounds that heal the wounds, and give vented a new notation and enlarged the manuscripts satisfactorily till it was dis
comfort to the troubled mind. Thus zithern from four to seven strings. About covered that they thought the scale
president of ' the congress and of the he of the murderous bow also presided twenty years later there was introduced downward instead of upward.
State Equal Suffrage association is an over the manly and e.hical element in .into Sparta r both ; choruses and war- The greatest philosophers of Greece
anti-prohibitionist of the . most . pro- music which stimulated the warrior to dances , which , became ; very popular made music the subject of their most
nounced ' type, who claims that prohi- deeds of daring and supported the soul among the youths of that country. Near serious deliberation.' They claimed that
bition, being a doctrine of force, cannot in its struggles with adversity." ; the close of the sixth century B.? C.,: fe- only that character of music should be
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