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me stand" I took the little strangers
place, glancing to see if the ousted man
saw the other side. He did.
We have no right to go to place where
people have assembled to hear certain
thing and regale those ABOUT US with pri-
vate affairs.
Invent once to hear Congressman Mcguire
talk single-tax. Like the man who aston
ished the Circumlocution Office. wanted
to know, you know. ] didn't know more
about single-tax after, but such charming
tales heard of the last illness of the
woman behind me.
And, lastly, of my younger sisters,
They, too, take more than belongs to them.
The schoolgirl tyrannizes over male
teacher in a way that is pitiless. She
does and says what he would never en-
dure from boy, and does it with con-
scious impunity because she is girl. If
once in q way teacher lets discipline
override sex consideration what wall
arisesi The bruteI to punish girl.
Why, girl without doing enough to
hang a complaint on can nag the life
nearly out of teacher. l have pitled a
young instructor, only boy himself. in
the tolls of cruel girl. 1 have said to
him. elf you show her she is subject to
the same laws and the same penalties as
her brother she will cease"
don't exactly ike to tell the rest of it.
He took my advice and lost his position.
They said, .'Of course, if it had been boy
it would have different, There is no such
and "of course"
The average girl on wheel takes her
share of the road and as much more as she
wants. She expects the boys to keep from
getting in her way and to keep from getting
where she will be in their way. know.
I heard mans opinion of me when I
nearly ran him down before learned to
manage my wheel and I said to myself,
''My friend, them's my sentiments, too,
and next time I'll keep to my side OF the
road If take off the panel of fence.''
did want to speak of the right of girl
to DO mans work and do it well for less
than enough to buy her clothes and food,
but that will make another story.
OLIVE HEYpEN.
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John
Chinaman on
the CIiH-DweIIers

A group of Eastern tourists dropped in
yesterday at the museum of the California
Academy of Sciences and were soon deeply
engrossed in contemplation of the minia-
ture reproduction of the homes of the cliff
dwellers OF Arizona, New Mexico and
Colorado. The scientific method adopted
to bring up these scenes of antiquity is
the plaque plan, the walls. battlements,
precipitous cliffs. ETC., appearing thereon in
relief. The scale being largely reduced, it is
possible that the overhanging cliffs which
menace the roofs and heads of the sup
possible ancients are little too beetling
and the cliffs are trife too lofty and pre-
cipitous and inaccessible.
"Ah," sighed a very engaging young
lady, how could any one ever live up
there nowp''
Suppose so see hole; that for ketchum
inside" said Monaghan bystander.
Window, you mean," interrupted the
fair Fastener. "Do L understand you
that these interesting people climbed in at
the windows?"
"All samee climb in at window. Man
he walkum heap hard until he Gimp up,
four. five thousand feet"
Yes, and then q
He lookum down. see heap high; he
fallum down into soup-what you call
him 20
Soup? Oh, yes, understand. The
aboriginal fell into the soup. How in
teresting."
'S'pose he not walkum. Then man at
top he haulum. He go up, up, all same
like Chicago house-heap way up"
did you ever see the cliff dwellings?' p
This question was asked with fine Bos-
tonian irony.
NO." admitted the Chinaman who
knows it all. mo, but / lived three
months at Chicago and / savoy Chicago
all same.'
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Maybe she is fatigued from her after
moons standing and choosing; perhaps
the thought of jolting along fifteen
or twenty minutes hanging to
strap is not pleasant one. Justice is
justice, and you know how often we quote
OF late that God created all of US free and
equal. That shabby man with a tin pail
between his feet is tired too; he was first
in the car, paid for his place and has a
right to it.
The woman with dog in her arms has
no right to seat, even when no one else
wants it.
do not like TO stand in car I do not
enjoy sitting in one, either. If I cannot
sit on the outside like to stand there, and
often would rather stand than sit. Be-
cause of the bad habits of my sex / have
to explain this iaborieusly every time 1
stand.
The other evening going out Suffer street
after long day work sitting in one chair
my heart beat high with hope. The car
was iammed. The only possible place for
me was standing.room on the front plat
form with two men. What good breath
OF damp air l would get, how my tired
back would relax and how hungry 1 would
be.
But 1 had forgotten who 1 was. The
conductor came as quickly as he could,
and with glance through the door he
said, 81 will make room for you to stand
inside, Miss"
"Oh. DON'T" pleaded; ''it is so stuffy.
1 would rather stand here"
"You are quite right" spoke up one of
the men; 'the air in there is enough to
kill"
So escaped for the time. IN. B. Should
1 have been offended at the mans speech n
At the next corner two women got off.
Two men went to sit down. "Lady on
the platformi' announced the conductor.
and one man hung himself up again. The
lady on the platform looked away with
stony face, but no use. The polite man of
fares was bound to do his duty. Room
inside, Miss"
II would rather stay out here If you do
not mind"
think / must have gone in wiily-nilly,
only man got off the dummy and waved
me to his place. Seeing that the earth was
disturbed and the heavens shaken by rea-
son of my obstinacy, sat. 1 didn't have
any right to the place, and didn't want it.
The most enjoyable ride ever took ION
carl was across the bay going to Blair
Park. 1t is a fine ride anyway, through
fields and over hills and I got on a car
full of women and children. There was
no one to say me nay, no man to give me
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an turned, heard and saw. She came
There is one right which is no right our
sisters are fond OF taking-"keeping seat
for my friend.'
In crowded hall where no seats are re-
served, where often they are not even
paid for, my lady will calmly put her fan
In the next chair and for an hour tell the
people, men ana woman who have a right
TO that chair. that she is keeping it for
friend. And she insists u pom keeping it,
too, turning deaf ear anda blank face
upon demands for the seat and remarks
about her right to it. When "my friend"
comes she rustles into the empty place
with an air of proprietorship most engag-
ing-if you are not the one defrauded of
the seat. If were an artist 1 would draw
that woman in the likeness of nice clean
pig.
/ saw her last week biackmail man out
OF his chair in way wonderful to see.
Her friend came up to her, late as usual,
and she said: II tried to keep your seat,
dear, but this gentleman took it and l
didn't like to ask him to give it up. I'm
so sorry you have to stand"
The man left his chair and stood by me,
soliloquizing, and 1 said for him to hear,
"The selfish you have with you always"
1 felt sorry that the man should have
brought home to him SO forclbly the weak
side OF my sisters. and was glad when, an
hour later black glove was laid on mine,
and a quiet voice said, Now, you take
this chair for the rest of the time and let
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lon des Refuses of 1868 a conspicuous
and distinguished ezhibition) Whistler
settled in London and very soon after the
present portrait was painted.
Miss Cicely Alexander makes ms think
of the little Spanish princesses. It is per-
haps the dress, which is of white muslin,
with wide sleeves and skirt that hangs
out in crisp stiffness like the skirts of a
ballet dancer. The child has large gray
hat in her hand. with a black ribbon and
floating feather. With white and black and
gray, and tone hardly warmer over the
siiver-blonde hair and the soft little Iumi-
nous face, with the big eyes and the one
touch of crimson on the lips, everything
that could be said has been said.
Did Whistler give or had the child
really all that soft dignity. that mixture
OF reserve and graciousness, that fine
flower OF an appealing, shy reserve that is
as Intangible as fragrance2 The delicacy
OF extreme youth rests upon the little
figure as lightly as the two butterflies OF
pale gold that have huttered into the
background. or the gold-hearted daisies
that tremble in the shadow behind her.
On the opposite wall, equally badly hung,
hangs the older sister, not quite so delight
full and equally understandable.
young girl in black, that is not dead.
that is not shadow, that is a clear, fresh.
soft light-black; the head painted low in
tone; around the neck bit of transparent
white crushed muslin. Sha is buttouino
her gloves and looking outof the canvas
In the background, the which is of yellow
ish-gray, there is dark f1r and flutter
of tiny vivid yellow doweis. In both nor.
traits even the signature seems indispensa-
bic, that Characteristic butterfly caught ON
the wheel.
The nocturne is one Of the dim-blue
evenings, Whistler so lived to paint. and
which started the rage for painting moon
lights and starliehts and twilights as no.
body ever before saw tbsm. It is aImosta
heartbreak to think that these portraits
are not in public gallery, although the
generous frequency with which thew arc
exhibited cannot be 90 highly appreci-
ated.
At the Fine Arts we see the DRAWINGS
and studies of Sir Edward Burne-JoDes
1t would be well to urn the entire art
school into this little exhibition. in order
to marvel at the uniring energy. the re-
markabIe industry d this wonderful man
who. although over 60 years of ,aga
makes his studies with the same nai6s,
] taking care, the same devotion 10 evar,y
detail that charactfized the youth Of ali
the great descendants (if they NAV be az
cailed) of the greatest of all the nrn.
Raphaelites, DAME Gabriel Rossetti,
! VAN DYcK Brown,
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paper but has a point if you look deep
for it.
Woman's rights and woman's wrongs
are so thoroughly discussed just now that
it would seem she has none OF the rights
she ought to have and ali the wrongs she
ousnt not to have. l have noticed few
of my own and my sisters failings.
We take rights we have no right to.
Sometimes it makes me so out OF patience
l wish | were something else than q
woman-not a man though. / am like
Topsy.
That standing up in car, now. Why
shouldn't she? She claims and proves
her claims to strength, and why should
skirts make man give up his seat to her,
except in cases where he would do the
same for another man?
never want man TO give me his place
in a car or else where. have no right to
it. There is nothing makes me feel my
downtrodden condition so keenly as TO be
compelled to take the place OF some old
gentleman not one.half as able TO stand,
but whose old-school politeness makes 1t
impossible for him to sit while one OF the
"fair sex'' stands.
When a woman with q baby comes in
every one, man anu woman hike, 10 III
duty bound to rise and insist upon making
her comfortable. We are not giving place
to the woman, but TO the mother and child.
We would do the same for man with
like burden, or we would offer to hold the
baby. The weary woman with seven
bundles and a trail of children like flight
of steps-well, she has no real right to my
seat or my brothers., but would give her
mine gladly.
am so glad not TO be in her place that
would stand half day just for the pleas
ure of seeing her for once at rest
The woman with crutch or cane it is
needless 10 mention.
California men stumble over each other
to help her, and the tired conductor
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Wild
Leap Of a
Daring Wheelman

A few nights ago the chains which held
the Piedmont to the pier in San Francisco
had been released with the customary
ciank, the deck hands had pushed up the
apron attached to the pier which bridges
the gap between the pier and the boats
deck, the signal had been given for the
Wheels to revolve and already the paddles
were churning up the water under the
boat into resemblance TO soapsuds; the
thrill of movement was already ex-
perienced and the people who habitually
frequent the lower deck while crossing the
bay were amusing themselves IN customary
fashion, smoking, gossiping and preparing
to sniff the cool air as soon as the boat
passed out beyond the piles and into the
ship channel
suddenly there came into view a start
ing apparition. Down the wharf, clad in
sweaters and bicycle garb, sped an impet-
uous wheelman straight for the fleeing
boat. The spokes of his bicycle wheels
were Invisible. His feet went up and
down with regularity and great speed. AT
once there was feeling of apprehension
on the ferry-boat, and warning shouts in
stlnctlvely were uttered. The scorcher
paused not nor hesitated. The boat was
moving, but the bicycle easily outclassed
1t by many degrees as racer. Just as the
clear water was about to show between the
edge OF the apron and the deck of the
ferry-boat the bicycler leaped from his
bicycle with the speed OF thought. seized
the machine and boldly jumped toward
the boat. He was cool as well as nervy,
and his wheel was not permitted to strike
the deck with perceptible jar. Then the
men breathed easier and women specta-
tors laughed Historically. The bold rider
took fearful chance.
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little girl stands, very erect and very SELF
possessed in a rather stately, il entirely
child1ike. dignity. and the ssul OF every
painter beats almost audibly az he regards
it. If it be not treason / woud suggest
that Miss CiceIy Alexander coud be hung
next 10 the Infanta Margherta, in the
Louvre. and the masterpiece OF San Diego
di Velasquez would not seem more re-
markable.
Some one has recently written that
Whistler's art is the quintessene OF all
that the nineteenth century has To otfer to
the artistic gourmet. He has taket to him.
SELF the best of every art with wAlch his
subtle and delicate fancy has ben mo-
mentarIly impressed. In his youth the
mysterious charm of the creations OF
Dante Gabriel Rossetti surrounded him.
something of their still, deep glance is II
the ewes of all of Whistier's women and
children.
Impressionism as it was first understood
taught him the lesson of surrounding his
figures with air, OF bringing them forward
out of cool depths of background by atten.
ton to the form and modelling of the points
where tights and shadows meet. From
Velasquez himself he gained his beautiful
great lines, the simple solid backgrounds
the lovely silver-gray tone, and from the
japanese, at last, he took the understand
ing Of great fat masses of color, the dec
orative arrangement and the wonderful
attention to detail, which makes every
jar, every flower he adds to his compost
ton absolutely necessary to its perfect
harmony.
Whistlers powerful tongue is weapon
to be feared and his whole scorn is di-
dicted against the realists, whose creed is
contained in the single rule that nature
cannot err, that everything in nature is
lit subject for the art OF the painter. that
to make a servile copy of the model, not
closing an eye to one unpleasant or inhar-
monious touch, is the beginning and the
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with a question, put
his foot on the cloth
and tore a piece out.
He started for the
owner to apologize. /
could not stand it.
With my hand on
his arm / expostulat-
ed. "Don't you ex-
cuse yourselfl Don't
dare 10 apologize !
She owes you an apol-
ogy instead! She had
no right to the whole
stairway! 1.-THE wom-
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cuQ VI buS nESL anu
the last lesson.
To Whistler nature
IS a vast garden,
from which he plucks
only the flowers that
he desires; his world
is a world OF music
in which every dis
cord, by subtle rela-
tions, by careful Sc
lections, can be used
in a general har-
mony. In his own lit
tie pamphlet, which,
alasl I am not able
to quote word for
word, he says some
thing like this:
when the veil of
evening falls mildly
over the banks of
the rivers; when the
little houses sink
into soft mist; when
the tall chimneys
look like church
towers and the ware
houses gloom like
palaces in the night
when the whole
world joins and Is
one with the vast
sky. and the twilight
wonderland is before
the enchanted eyes
then the Philistine
ceases to understand,
because he has
ceased to see sharply
everything, every de-
tail - the bald, the
ugly, the shapeless
truth"
The portrait of lit
tie Miss Alexander,
done long ago, was
one of his first and
most striking sue
cesses. After his first
picture had been re-
fused at the Salon
(that won erfuI
woman in white
which made the Sa-
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cross face grows all
gentleness again. 1
think nowhere are all
classes more tender
to bodily affection
than in our home
city.
The old lady with
the snowy puffs and
the placid far look in
her eyes, as if she
had pa ssed all the
puzzles of life and
could see something
beyond, is willing to
stand, and protests
with her gentle hand
and soft voice against
putting you to any
inconvenience. You
would no more sit
and see her swaying
from a strap why
you feel like standing
in her presence any
way.
There is often a pc
? culiar look in a girls
eye when she has to
stand that, were I a
man, would effectu-
ally put to flight any
chivalric purpose. 1t
is the same because
I-am-a-woman look |
have spoken of be-
fore. l notice that
girl usually stands
unless there is an old
man in the car, and
in my secret heart I
rejoice.
Then there is the
comfortably circum-
stanced shopper, on
her way nome Just at
tn season VIII en-
workingmen are fill
ing the car. She not
only has no right to
expect one of these
men to give up his
place to her, but she
has no rightto accept
it if it be offered.
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her side With a con-
trolling had on her
loved shoulders. all
the homelyd details of
a respectable rather
m g ager iousehold
are indicaed with
that knowedge of
a man whf under
stands his medium
and uses it to the
test Of bis ca
pacity.
And here at the
- w1. An
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striking defect or merely through the
accident of vivid light.
There was small, very choice loan ex-
hibition to be seen for five days at Camp
den House, and single portrait made
every picture in the place as shadowy as
the figures in very many of the modern
pictures of evening.
1t is only fair to add that this is essen
tally personal experience, People col
lected in groups before the great canvas
by Luke Fildes called 1.-THE Doctor !;
looked in solemn respect at Paul Della
roche's great tragedy of Marie Antoinette
going to ner execution; at Gainsboroughs
and Romneys and Sir Joshua Reynolds;
sighed pensiveIy before Sir Frederick
legations great decorative illustration
and wept tears of joy before anything,
new or old, bad or good, painted by the
present president of the Royal Academy,
Sir John Millais. And hanging in the
shadow of a great window, with the un-
shaded light binding the eyes, was the
exquisite portrait of little girl, Miss
Cicely Alexander, by that prince of jokers
and king of painters. James Mcneil Whis-
tier. And this little white rose bloomed
almost unnoticed IN the corner.
To live in London is to pass from expe-
rience to experience. Nowhere IN the
world. not in gay Paris itself is the oppor-
tunity for enjoyment so rich or so varied.
Besides the great picture shows at Bur-
lington House and the new gallery there
have been three swell exhibitions opened
and closed within one week, and each
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Passenger ION q Powell
street car, rising politely
Excuse me, mum, but do
you believe in woman's
rights
New woman-Most GER
tainly, / do.
Passenger resuming seat)
oh, we'll, then stand up
for them.
There is no carica-
ture without a truth
behind it; none from
which truth cannot
learn a lesson; no la
bored Joke in a comic
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LONDON, Eng,
June "a. = To pass
through a room con-
tanning a mum Der OF
pictures means gener-
ally to carry away an
impression as indis-
tinct as the faces of a
crowd in the street.
Sometimes a single
picture riyets the at
t e n t n, Ell t h e r
through some strong
characteristic charm,
som G particularlv
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-07-03

PoRr TOWNSEND, June 2s.-Fred
Miller shot and instantly killed John
Marinhoff, COMMONLY known as
Crazy Jack" at Duckabush, Hood
Canal. last evening. Both men were
farmers and the quarrelis said to have
originated over woman. The men
quarreled about woman last Friday,
It is said, when Miller drew a knife
and threatened to kill Marinhoff.
The latter got gun, Miller put his
weapon away and the mel ghbors sep
arated. Last night Miller armed him
self and visited the ranch of Mr..
Pearce, for whom Marinhoff was
working. The latter was in the back
yard, some little distance from the
house. A few moments later shot
was heard, then Miller walked up to
the house, handed Mr.. Pearce his
pistol, which belonged to Marinh of,
saying that "Crazy Jack was in the
back yard dead" He was found with
bullet hole in his mouth, having
been instantly killed.
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HAPPY VALLEY, June 80, 1896.

~
Lester P. Adams, road supervisor of
district No. 8, has commenced work on
the roads and is doing good work.
We think Lester is just the man to
fill the Office, he will pay out the
county money to as good advantage as
he can. He is now working on the
roads which have been neglected for
the last four years. He already has a
good road to his own place and will
devote his time to the good of the pub
lie.
There will be three prominent can
didates in the field this year for presi-
dent. The Republican party has a
gold standard man, the Democrats
will nominate a silver man, and the
populists quick silver man, so you
see, as the Republicans and Democrats
are worked up into gold and silver,
and at the same time trif1e scattered,
it will be necessary to have the quick
silver to properly amalgamate them.
81. F.S. M.