THE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, M"EDuiw, OREGON,
;NOVEimiORilP, .1009.
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LADIES CLUB LISTENS TO INTERESTING ADDRESS
Urn. IMwIu Sh1j- Put-sons of liululh KntcrtuliiliiKly SM-ks on Topic, "Who Is My Sister?" Mrs. .1. V.
Hwhly KlotOd 1'n'sldent for KiimiIiik Yrnr, as Mrs. W. K. Mmt Was I'imblo to Soivo In That Cu-IHtrlly.
At the mooting of the Creator Mod
ford Club Monday afternoon somo
twonty-flve ladles wore present and
matters iiortalning to the park and
the plantliiR of shade trees were dis
cussed at length. The principal or
der of husluoM was the election of
president for the ensuing yorr. Mrs.
F. W. Streets, who was elected at
tho annual business meeting last
month, being tumble to servo. Tho
election rest Hed In the cl'olce of Olrs.
J. F. Uoddy as presldont, on tho first
ballot. The ladles then listened to
an address by Mrs. Edwin Seely Par
sons of Duluth. which follows In full:
Who Is My Sl-ter?
If you will permit me I will begin
by roadlng three stanrns from Whit
man's addross to tho world his sa
int on Mundo stanzas 11S-U5M20.
This announces eloquently and ad
equately tho Ideal we all share as a
soaMmsnt; -we have all been llftod
to It In our moments of exaltation;
we have all wondered time and again
how wo might realise all this su
premo fellowship; and after woider-
Ihr and longing to know how to
work It all ont for ourselves, we
have all, at times, settled ba"ck with
in ourselves ard wondered again if
It pold If It were even possible, tho
realization of such an Ideal state If
It were anything more than a bright
chlmora a vaguo and beautiful
dream.
Ilatlicd in Lore.
Emerson says: "Maugre the self
ishness that chills like east wind the
world. The whole human family Is
bathed in an atmosphere of love like
a fine ether." Hero Is something
else wo long to believe, and wo turn
eagerly for proof to those dark times
of emergency of fire, famine, earth
quake, oppression, when the whole
world, It seems, rises to pour forth
its love, and plenty upon the afflict
ed. We are proud, with a profound
pride, that somo how, as human be
ings, we have Justlffed ourselves.
There is no mistaking the fact that
we all want to share In maintains
this fine ether of love; but It Is
equally true, that we seldom know
how. It has remained for such wo
men as Jane Addams and Mary Mc
Dowell of Cnlcco nlalnly to indicate
to us the how. Tu " "ry fact that
we are Interested in the civic devel
opment of Medford proves that we
aro all seeking to know more and
more clearly how. I only regret that
this message which I shall make as
nearly as possible that of Jane Ad
dams and the well known others
who have discovered and employed
workable principles of sisterhood,
that this mesage must but be imper
fect since It depends on memory and
my own subsequent amplification up
on the themes.
Words Impersonal.
It Is impossible that I should say
a' directly personal word to you
even were I qualified to do so be
cause I am a stranger here. I do
not know that you have needs along
the line of which I speak. I do not
know but that If you Lavo such
needs, they may already have been
met.
I must mako my word imperson
al, feeling sure you co-operate with
mo In the general truth It may be
cblo to utter. Come, let us reason
together.
First In the most simple terms,
whom do you in your ieart most
rnturally call sister Isn't It she
with whom you meet or live on a
Iiasis of reciprocal contribution?
Without expecting it or demanding It
you have found that she contributes
to vou, to tho richness of your life,
ami you know tho knowledge bring
surprise and Joy that she Is happy
in n equal contribution from you
n contribution which you have made
with equal unconsciousness and with
out effort of any sort. You have
both found yourselves expanded, In
vigorated, instead of wearied and
nt cross purposes. Wo all quickly
acknowledge tho wrnan whom we
meet on that bads, to be a sister, do
we not? Hut how about tho others
with whom we fall to find that
charmed level? It all hlnge3, does
It not, upon tho question: "Aro wo
sure that this Is all wo need? Aro
wo sure that this Is tho only sort
of association through which recip
rocal contribution, reciprocal enrich
ment may come? The club women
In Chicago, in many cities, have ask--od
that question among themselves,
and then often out of llttlo real
knowledge of tho situation they havo
leBlred to approach, they havo gone
blunderingly forth, I speak of the
wave of "friendly vlsltlnc" that
ewept somo timo ago ncrosB tho coun
try Into nil our cities. Women be
gan to realize that in perfecting tho
Internal orgrnlzatlonH of their clubs,
In promoting and maintaining har
mony among tholr members that had
not filled out their round. Having
dovoloped first the solid symmetri
cal trunk and then the .trrceful, rar- forceful, yet simple. Tho oxpluim
Ifylng branches or demrtmunt3. thoy. tlon of her standpoint enmo easily
next naturally longed tree-wise, to I enough. Tho thing wo count valua
shed a cooling, refreshing shade upon bio may bo so according to somo
tho communicant at large, for a tree false valuation, that Is all. Human
which Is beautlfuul and complete ln!"nt 19 about th0 same every
Itself may not dive by Itself. j wlr. " ot materia! Pwb-
Should Knrlntc Culture. slo8 or tho,r ,ack- f,m ot the SiU
These club women began to feel possibilities for good and evil. In
that thev somehow stood or should , lr own cases, wo who aro carefully
otand. for culture, and that naturally protected from tho pinch of hunger,
thov should radiate culture. Ot not Indeed wrestle with tho
'course, though filled to repletion ' no sort of evil Impulses that oth-
.wlth love and leal and courage. It less favored experience, but
was Inevltablo that the first manlfoa- unions us, Instead, aro other sorts
Itatlons of that love, and zeal and ot Impulses to ovll which nre tho
courago should bo blind and consld- l"co w0 must pay for our prosper
crably mistaken. They went at It Uy. In ws U. too, opulent prlvl
too seriously, In too lofty a. fashion, lPKCd. or very humble, aro tho God-
leaving proved, though humble, hu
man nature quite out of the quos-
sont Impulses to good, to gentle uu-
assuming holpfulnoss, personal brav-
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making the cost $1.55 per week
Mnn. Thov ilpelilo.i tn seek out those cry, cheorfnl endurance. It Is lie-
who In tho vory nature of things cause thes0 things nre Indisputably
must be most greatly In need of tho true. In tho fact of tho balanced
softening effects of culture, tho vory psychology of man. that the real
unfortunate poor, the forlorn the des- working principle of slstorhood must
porato as they might be found In the soon bo utterod. To quote Miss Ad-
so-called slum regions of the settle- dams again as nearly as I can quote
; monts. They thought that they In "r, "it is oecatise 01 mo innuamen-
decldlng to do "friendly visiting" tal prerogatives of human nature
In these quarters were taking their that you can, acknowledging them,
clear, shining light from undor tho go In your friendly visiting as sister
bushol, and that they were acting to sister, that you will know that
upon quite tho samo Idea wherewith you look Into eyes that possess tho
had been developed the effectiveness samo spirit as your own; that you,
and lnfluenco of the social settle- will extend your hands In fellowship, ,
ments. They acted with tho very not patronage, and thus help, as such
best motives In the wcrld. They visiting must help, to removo more
were only mistaken, and that only nnd moro tho bitterness that comes
from lack of real knowledge. To-' from tho falsely placed stigma of
day I am happy to say many of, caste of difference. If this visiting
them are far wiser. In those mis- Is done as patron to protege, dls
taken times, first of all, they had Unctions aro emphasized becauso our
not understood the Idea that was tho non-privileged feel nnd resent that
developing germ of settlement, life, method, as ardently as would we."
and work; had not learned how tho Mny Not Apply Here,
very opposite of Intmsive or ob- I am awaro that possibly all this
truslve had been the settlement Idea, may havo no significance for your
or that the settlement people had but situation here In Medford nnd that
aimed to assimilate and collect and you may already bo very familiar
llvo with Just the things at hand, with this whole point of view, and
that they were not guilty of tho pre- yet It Is all too vital not to bear re
sumption of thinking they were able peatlng. or so It has seemed to me.
to Impose upon the people among, And now to sum up: Jane Addams
whom they lived, something a long and other thought along the same
way better than what those people . line have made evident to us that
already had. Tho settlement people we may find our sister here, there,
were content to bo and llvo there, j everywhere, always; that sho Is not
trusting to active co-operation to re- only tho one we find easily, but tho
snect, to lead Indiscretion to dlrcc-.one we first think we go r.ut of our
tlon, when needed or demanded In J way for; and we are not "too buty"
crises, as the need was acknowlodg- to go out of our way or to forgt our
ed by the humble folk, mostly for-'own untrained natural Impulses In or
elgners, who might appeal to them, j dor to find this sister. We arc not
Tho democratic principle has net- "too busy" because we cannot afford
ually flowed in settlement work, and , to be. I once heard Dr. Jenkyn
It Is a hopeful sign. Lloyd Jones say: "Some peoplo are
Pride i Bane. so busy that they couldn't oven find
In the second place, the club worn-1 time to go to the door If tho Lord
en In those early efforts left entirely himself knocked." I leave It you to
out of account the very human pride draw tho parallel,
of the people, of tho women and : Overlook Xone.
children they sought to benefit, nnd , There are so many reasons why
pro-supposed in them rather an attl-j every woman's peculiar contribution
tudo of gratitude and hum'1"'-. Tint cannot bo overlooked in these days
human nature must be human nature j of ours. So many civic problems that
tho world over with quite all that we must solve, so many heights wo
means. Pride must remain the om-j must grow to or toward, togethor,
nip'resent attribute, self respecting, 1 1f social movemonts are to mean
humblo or otherwise, and It is an at-! anything whatever. Tho low-splrlt-tribute
that Is worthy not only of ! ed. neglected, over-tired woman who
consideration, but respect. It shows! lives In the llttlo houso around tho
corner from us may possibly not
agreo with us upon tho question of
ROGUE RIVER ELECTRIC CO.
MEDFORD, OREGON
axsa
Itself, Instinctively nnd ilr.Inly, even
among the cblldrep of the very poor
It was about this time of which I, tho school curriculum, but sho may
havo been speaking that I had tho
good fortune to hear Miss Jano
Addams address a prominent wom
an's club upon "Friendly Visiting'
solo purposo of giving some of the
women, over ambitious for such
things their deslrod chance to hold
office, and yet. I have felt suro that
tho modest, silent llttlo mother over
In a far corner ot tho room might
havo had something rarely gentle nnd
wlso to say about tho wolfcro of llttlo
children, though Bho novor to my
knowlcdgo spoko or was at all re
garded. If wo only know what wo missed
at such times wo would bo ready to
pauso and consider, but nt least we
can pre-supposo what wo might be
missing and act accordingly.
Ignore No Itenourccs.
If wo women so co-opornto for
thoso things which wo call good for
our children and tho whole raco, wo
must not Ignore any of our resources.
Any great co-oporatvo Industry
works on that basis. Wo havo easily
within our reach if wo will but sum
mon It nnd appreciate It many con-;
trlbutlons of many colors and tones,
highly specified for a propor divi
sion of labor and of real co-operation.
Every woman is then my pos
sible sister. Upon a basis of actual
reciprocal give and take. Tho Idea
gives us tho suggestion. The sug
gestion once firmly hold will glvve
us tho Impetus, tho Inclination, and
then tho working out will come. In
ovltaby, and nt last.
Disinclination Is tho greatest foe
with which women. In any social or
civic movement, cope, nnd that mad
magician Is housed with ourselves.
Isn't It true that wo fix our atten
tion upon tho good moves for which
wo aro Inclined nnd forgot, often,
even to consider, thoso cood moves
own experience) Is often all that Is
needed to put self depreciation nnd
over much modesty to full rout. I
have visited somo mothers' clubs that
seemed to bo perpetuated for the
for which wo aro disturbed 1
confess I but apeak for myself. I
may have fnlled to speak for you,
but wo may nil sense the vision, mny
we not, tlint Whitman Huggents In tho
closing lines ot his song of tho
Open road: 'biS
"Cnmnrado, I give you my hand!
1 give you my love, moro precious
thnn monoy,
I give you myseir boforo preaching or
law;
Will you give mo yourself? Will
you travel with mo?
Shall wb stick by each othor as long
as 'wo llvo?"
Th Tuol Rlvtr.
The Tugohi river him been Known tc '
rite forty feet in u night owing to
tliii it', ' MMiipilriv
WE 00NT BELIEVE
YOU CAN BEAT THIS:
Thirty-two ncres in this tract, fine
fruit land, about two miles from
n shipping point. Tho buildings
consist of n fivo-rootn box house,
good-sized bnni, etc. There are
12 norog of 5 and (l-yevrold ap
ples, mostly Nowtowns with com
mercial peaches planted botwoon
as fillers. Also thrco ncroa of
young penr trees and somo fnmily
orchard. Four norcs in alfalfa.
Six or chrht acres of timber, most
ly oak and laurel. Thoro is n
pumping plant on tho place which
mipplies water for tho garden and
nlfnlfn, equipped with gnsolino
engine. About -10 rods from n
good school. Hns rural mail de
livery nnd telephone. Prieo
$10,500. Terms.
W. T. YORK & CO.
surprlso us with her wisdom and
sweetness, when It pomes to. tho
meaning of affection and trust. Ev
ery contribution from any earnest
Sho stood before them in her great, heartt Is not only "worth whllo"
Impersonal charm and simple , (often a snobbish word), but perhaps
strength and spoko beautiful, cour-'moro necessary to us and society
ageous words. Few women would l than our own esteemed contribution.
hav0 dared to address that particular Co-operatlon as a prlnclplo Is only
club In Just that way. She stood Just beginning to be exploited, Is Just
there so alone, stripped of all non- beginning to descend to earth out of
essentials, her spirit so illumined by , tho vacuity of flights of sentiment,
belief In both the "privileged" nnd nnd real unity for women workers is
tho "non-privileged" Is she called , only In Its Infancy; but co-operation, !
them. It was only sho said that as has already been demonstrated, Is
those two classes had not as yet un-'a workablo Idea. Tho whole matter
derstood each other. I think I can of theo to me and mo to theo Is n
remember substantially all that sho reciprocal mattor. For somo of us
had to say, and I'm glad I'm able to' (wo must confess) It Is easier, It
repeat It hero. She said: "Culture Is glvos us greater sonso of freedom, to
not an especial prerogative or pos-'glvo than to recolvo. Wo must stop
session of tho privileged. It Is nnd remember that nt least half tho
found among them occaslonnllv, , world Is famishing for a chanco to
sometimes in .whole groups, qulto , give what It In Its turn has, Is fom
gonorally, but It Is as often found ( ishing for this outlet, this chnnco of
among tho vory bubble, too, that Is, , expression. Wo can't confer half so
If you will understand by culturo a Breat a favor ofton times by giving
gontlo Irradiating refinement of ns by giving someono else a chance,
heart and mind. I think you will j to give to us In return, by foster-1
agreo with mo that culturo Is tho dl- ing In every way all such chancoR. i
rect anthlthesls to self-vaunting and. Wo must ceaB0 condescending. Wo'
that I am nearly correct In my def-1 must, must wo not? Look oursolvoH
Inltlon of culturo as It Is possible to j squorely In tho oyes. I bollovo wo
bo of anything so essentially spirit-(havo como thus far In our reason-,
unl and fine. Then, to repeat, I find . Ing together, havo wo not? 1
that raro quality as often among thft Olvo the Shy n Chance.
people among whom wo settlement , To bo practical nnd concrete, let
workers havo tho prlvllego of living, j us glvo tho Bhy, retiring woman an
tho non-prlvllpged, ns I call them, ns offlco or put her In chargo of a com
I do among thoso to whom society , mltteo, leaving her freo and un
hns seemed to glvo everything. These coorcod In It, hollovlng that In num
wero her words In effect, and thoy bors will ho tho balancing power
havo remained with me profoundly anyway. Sho may surprlso you with j
over Blnco, partly becauso of tholr, her aptitude, provloualy this untried
own Innor truth and partly becauso chairwoman you havo choson. Ro-:
of Jane Addams' own personality, so Bponslblllty (wo know It from our
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