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The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

v YSANDER had so much ambi-
tion that it kept him awake
4 nights To be sure he WASH [
~ quite certain what he was am
bilious for or what particular
department of human endeavor was TO
be gladdened by his strenuous partici-
patton, but that was mere detail that
could be attended to in the course of
time after he had got down to business.
One of his principal occupations was to
lie on his back and gaze up at the fleecy
little cloud, picturing to himself the
while, if not Oftener. the roseGte fu-
ture that was to be his when he could
get around to it. The extreme nebu
losity of his dreams was compensated
for by their great breadth and inten
sity. No matter what he set out TO do
he was convinced that he would be the
only strawberry in the ice cream, to
speak seasonably.
Sometimes he could get far-away
glimpses of himself holding down the
Presidency of this United States and
giving away pens that he had signed
tariff bills with. There is nothing
strange about this, as the native born
American youth who has not seen him
self in the White House must have
something wrong with the ocular
equipment of his Imagination. Then
Lysander would shift the scenes and
decide that he was cut out for a hero;
not a cheap hero of the ordinary. evan
escent variety, who has never done any
thing more than save two or three hun
dred lives at the risk of his own, and
has written q book about the expert
ences that he never experienced, but
genuine, dyed in the wool investigation
proof hero who worked at his trade all
the time. When he should get fairly
under way the Hero Fund Commission
would find its work cut out for it look
ing after Lysander's activities.
Perhaps he would keep his eyes fixed
on the hero graft for two or three
weeks and then he would decide to be
a great author. You will notice that
he was never anything but great wher--
ever and whatever he was. To tell the
truth Lysander had rather more than
half an eye on the gallery all the time.
or course it was great thing to be
great all by yourself. but it was much
more to the point, according to his way
of thinking, to- pick up the medals when
there was a crowd around and gang
of city officials to give him the freedom
of the municipality and a row of young
ladies to sing him sweet songs Of well
come and a lot of little girls to strew
roses in his pathway So it happened
that when Lysander determined to add
himself to the number OF those who
are daily running ,reams of good white
paper and wasting gallons of ink. he
made up his mind at once that he would
nc the real thing in the author line. 1t
wasn't quite clear to him whether 1t was
better to write prose or to daily a little
with the muse of poetry and he didn't
know that it made any particular differ
ence. AS far as he could discover the only
difference was that rather more than
half of the people could understand sim
pie prose and only about one in ten could
unrayel poetry.
NO matter what Lysander concluded
was the proper thing for him TO do for
the purpose of adding to the worlds
sum total of greatness he always got
around sooner or later to,the address OF
welcome. the young ladies in the white
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while ones dress must be very light and
cool and simple, still 1t may be pretty
and becoming.
Gloves are of course, out of the ques-
tion but lignt mittsAcan be worn to pre-
vent the hands from being Drowned "to
a turn" In Paris, mitts have been all
the style this year, and there are many
different styles in lace nard net. The
handsomcst OF them are netted by hand
of fine twist, and there are both black
and white real duchess and point lace
mitts, and there are also openwork silk
mitts in colors to match Any gown.
A particularly necessary adjunct in the
tropics is a parasol, more especially now
that hats are being reduced to such
small proportions, and in this line the
choice is bewildering. There is the smart
coaching parasol with the club handle.
or the dainty lingerie parasol, that goes
so well and looks so attractive with the
lingerie hat
The coolest parasols. or rather those
that have the coolest appearance, are
made OF white taffeta White is said to
be the best color Tor absorbing the heat
rays of the sun The helmet hats of
Indian or African English travellers are
always white, though some of them are
adorned with a loose green band around
the base.
A parasol of pale mignonette green
more, trimmed with frills of narrow
lace on the border and on top, is very
dainty and attractive 1t is something
new TO see painted parasol, but there
are a good many of them this summer.
| saw short time ago very pretty one
made of white 'taffeta, with hand paint
ed trailing design. of water lilies, and
their long green stems. The handle was
white enamel.
dress that can be worn both on the
steamer and on shore at the island is
white pique, linen or duck skirt, with
a shirtwast of cool lawn, especially when
a lingerie hat and parasol are added.
It is costume dressy enough for after
noon tea. Afternoon tea at Tahiti. by
Tho wav. is not exactly the same thing
as that function in San Francisco In
Tahiti it is served on the broad, shady
veranGa. and drunk cool with plenty
of lemon and without milk, and very re-
freshing it is.
The lingerie hat is the best to wear in
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have pleased me most. and for which /
can imagine skipping all the other courses
that is the alligator pears. l do not
hesitate to confess my weakness for this
delicate vegetable Cor is 1t fruitO and
fancy that 1 could easily have passed the
raw fish, the bread fruit and the pig
and have devoted myself to the alliga-
tor pears. And by the way. the alligator
pears are really quite an important item
in the exports from Tahiti now, besides
the oranges and vanilla, etc.
Mrs R. also told me about the coffee
of the island. which it seems is not emu
merated among the exports. but which
grows in all the gardens there. The peo-
pie go into their gardens and pick the
coffee berries, which are of course pre-
pared in the same way that all coffee
berries are treated. But Mrs. r. found
it to be a most delicious coffee. She had
not heard of any large plantations of
coffee, but only Of the. small supply that
the people get from their own gardens.
She spoke, too, of the beautiful scenery
of the island-the mountains, the valley
and the sea-all in so small a space as
to form Il glorious effect. OF the people
she saw, of course, but little-her time
there was too short. But she was i'm
pressed with their gentle natures and
their soft voices, and their evident de-
sire to please and to be of service. She
told me that she was very sorry to have
so short a visit, but to stay longer she
would have had to await the Mariposl
on her next trip, a stay of thirty days.
and that was too long. She would gladly
have prolonged her visit ten days more,
but she was compelled to embark and
start for San Francisco on the Mariposa
on her return trip.
Sailor suits are almost always pretty
and becoming, and just the thing to wear
on an ocean steamer running through the
tropics.
One of the illustrations shows sailor
suit that is in very good style. 1t is
exactly like the suit of debutante of
last year, who this year made the trip
to Tahiti. II is of duck and so made
as to draw over the head like a sweater,
and it can be worn either with or with
ont the little vest The skirt is quite
short. which is not only proper but nee
tssary on board a steamer. The sailor
hat worn with this suit is very pretty
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ecru lace, though I confess to a prefer
ence for the embroidered linen ones.

ecru lace, though I confess to a prefer
ence for the embroidered linen ones.
Another illustration shows a particu-
larly pretty linen suit that saw at
Davis the other day. So pretty that
had it photographed on that account 1t
was a lovely shade of blue, made with
very long coat, which buttoned straight
down the front with white bone buttons.
Its only ornapentation was that the col
lar and cuffs were made of blue panne
velvet This combination was striking
ard effective, though it may seem an
odd one.
1t goes without saying that all the
costumes that 1 have tried to describe
can be worn on any trip to the tropics,
but it is of Tahiti that l am thinking
all the time. People go to the Hawaiian
Islands or to Panama or Central America
for business or to visit friends, but when
they get aboard the Mariposa bound for
Tahiti it almost always means simply a,
trip for rest and recreation. The long
sea voyage is salutary, the rest is delight
full and the stay at the island is just
long enough 20 enjoy the beautiful scenery
there and to create an interest in the
simple and gentle people that live there.
The descendants of the old royal family
the Ttva family-still exist there, and
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seas. where sleep was difficult and spas
modic, and where seasickness made life
seem not worth living. There. when We
ventured on deck, we found some pallid
sufferers like ourselves wrapped up to
their eyes in rugs and cloaks, clinging
to their chairs and looking as if the
crown of martyrdom' could not COM
pensate them for their misery.
Then, too, there are always a few ex
tremely obnoxious ones who parade in an
offensive manner their freedom from sea-
sickness. odious men who delight to
smoke their cigars in the face and eyes
of ,ne suffering crowd, and whose eman-
cipation from all the trials and hardships
of the voyage only emphasize the general
detection of the others.
All this Is so very, very different from
my friends description of her voyage
to Tahiti that as / said before, l am
wild TO go there, and shall certainly try
to accomplish it.
Her dresses, she told me, were all Of
thin lawn and dimity. after she
reached the day. of change, that is.
the fifth day out. How many such
light and cool garments she had / do
not remember. but she must have
had a great many, for the stay at
Tahiti was only about -four days. surely
not long enough TO wash and iron many
OF her beautiful robes and underclothes
ard lingerie. and soft and fluffy mus
Inns.
She told me that one of her fellow-pas
sengers was native Princess, who. as
soon as the steamer came into the
10 .rI- hn~
Hubbard gown which she wore with all
the grace possible to that primitive gar
ment. The Princess was gracious and
communicative. and it pleased her to an
swer questions about the people of Ia
hiti and their customs. She bemoaned
the contact Of European civilization,
which she thought was answerable for
the degeneration ard shrinking of her
people-and she delighted to tell of their
simple and kindly natures.
And so the voyage passed, delightful
trip and health giving rest, and the ISL
and was reached at last.
Ny friend, Mrs. r.. was of course for
tified with letters of Introduction, but her
stay there was very short. and she was
mostly with the Goupils. who were most
hospitable and kind. This family is by
far the most important one at the island.
They gave Mrs r. a native dinner,
which she seems to have enjoyed inn
mensely. The menu will no doubt sound
peculiar, and perhaps not altogether ap-
petizing.
Beginning with soup of some singular
kind, the meat course was called by the
familiar name of oysters, but turned out
to be raw fish with dressing of lemon
juice-'perfectly delicious" said Mrs.
R. (only excuse me. If you please from
eating my fish uncooked)-then prawns,
something like miniature Holsters or mag
nified shrimps (the- description was not
very clear. baked bread fruit. fried
plantains and roast pig. The pig, she
was careful to explain, was home raised,
clean, and of unexceptional character.
But 1 forgot the one item which would
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Y T is something new and interesting to
take the sea voyage of thirty days
or so to Tahiti, and to sail through
tropical airs, baimy. soft and warm
tempered by the ocean breezes. And
It is new and interesting to see the Gus
toms Of a lazy. tropical race. TO whom
fashions are not only unknown but IN
thought Of The one garment worn by
the native women is merely a Mother
Hubbard, loose and free, and utterly de-
void Of style or grace.
What is il to them that sleeves are
worn large at the top, down to the ell
bow. with q tight cuff from elbow 10
vrist7 The meaning Of a lingerie petit
coat with q detachable iounce is as OBJ
scure 70 their unsophisticated minds as
was "BaraIipton" to Charles Lamb.
They would scorn the confinement and
Imprisonment Of a corset at any price,
and one can fancy their terrified in
credulity at a corset costing the sum of
s35o-almost Princes ransom.
They little know that when excursion
fists start from this port for their tiny
kingdom the subject of clothes is care
fully considered. and large trunks are
packed with all kinds and degrees of gar
ments to be worn first on board the
steamer and then on land
The single steamer bound for Tahiti is
the Marposa, and it is described to me
as being a very comfortable and pleas
ant steamer TO make a sort of home on
for about four weeks. for the round trip
is usually about thirty days Now thirty
days of travelling, and travelling in tropi-
cal weather. with no laundry facilities TO
be had, means a whole lot Of clothes in
pretty large trunks We must start out
too, with warm wraps, underclothing,
coats and rugs, which are shed gradually,
one by one. and the lighter garments sub
stituted for them.
Leaving here in June and encountering
the cold and foggy air and the rough
winds of our coast. my friend was well
wrapped up in her coat, and kept her
steamer rug well around her when she
sat on the deck On the third day out
the coat and steamer rug were discarded.
on the fourth day a lighter dress was
tried, and on the ifth day costume
for tropical wear was finally and perma-
nsatly assumed.
Perhaps it is not always smooth sail
ing on tropical seas. and possibly my
friend was particularly favored. but she
Calm, peaceful and tranquil, the waves
were scarcely rude enough to rock her to
sleep. and the moonlight nights on the
ocean were warm and delightful. Her de-
scription has fired me with desire TO go.
1t seemed so different from my expert
ence in crossing the Atlantic. where we
were pitched and rolled about by angry
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and serves a good purpose as sunshade,
but when the ocean breezes blow, then
this hat must be securely dashed" to-
some part of the wearer's rigging
Caps are much preferable to hats on
board a steamer, and much more COM
Portable. but they seem TO have gone
out of fashion entirely.
Even this sailor suit of duck will be
found to be too warm the steamer gets
into the tropical zone, and is about to
"cross the line.r Some thinner material
must be substituted for it-something that
is more gauzy, that the air can pene
trate, and for this purpose organdie is
perhaps as cool as anything. and GER
tainly as pretty Some very pretty
women can be seen on a Tahitian
steamer, prettily and becomingly dressed
in organdies. dimities or mulls, which
makes the deck look very gay and at
tractive. This is a very different appear
ance from a bleak Atlantic liner whose
passengers are bundled up in coats and
steamer rugs, and sit round on deck
looking cold and cheerless.
One of the illustrations shows a very
pretty organdie dress, made with a great
deal of lace and insertion The skirt is
particularly eHeCClVe, mace Win tuckS
and large wheels of insertion. The wheel
pattern seems to be a very popular de-
sign this year, and in this gown there are
some large wheels inlaid in groups of
tucks.
Underclothes have to be considered and
they must be of the thinnest possible ma
terial. Flannel is hardly to be thought
of. but the lightweight linen mesh may
prove to be a good substitute for 1t, with
fine light chemise over it.
A very nice material for gown In the
tropics is net. 1t is cooler than organdie,
even, and is more dressy. One of the IL
Illustrations shows d very pretty white
net gown. 1t is lined with silk of the
softest variety and prettiy made with
insertion and shirrings. The net worn
this year is SO soft that it is very at
tractive. OF course. these net gowns are
hardly appropriate for steamer wear, but
they are just the thing after the steamer
reaches Tahiti. and the passengers are
on shore.
1t must be understood that 1t is not all
Mother Hubbard" gowns in Tahiti.
There is quite a little society there, and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06

Some of the sociological factors in
the maternal irrigation movement was
the theme of an address last week
before the Philadelphia congress of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, by Guy Z.
Mitchell, an extensive writer on irri-
CATION and public land subjects.
No question before the public to-
day, Mr.. Mitchell declared, presents
more interesting sociological phases
than does the national irrigation
in America, not only through the
great number of homes to be created
by artifieially watering the desert
wastes. but through the far-reaching
effect of the working out of a great
government irrigation policy and the
general education of the American
people on the advantages of this prac-
tice, both West and East.
The social side of irrigation can
be described in the single clause
Irrigation subdivides and resubdi-
vides land into small home tracts.
Irrigated communities average the
smallest farms in the world. The
west contains thousands of five and
10-acre farms from which men are
making comfortable livings. The so;
cial conditions of some of the most
intensely irrigated tracts are perhaps
the most nearly perfect of those of
any communities in the world.
Education for Eastern Farmers.
Now the effect of the great gov
ernment irrigation works, which are
being pushed rapidly forward, will be
to create a Western empire of new
homes and at the same time to Incl
dentally thoroughly educate the peo-
pie of the entire country on the sub
ject of irrigation. The consequence
will be that irrigation practices will
finally enthrall the Eastern farmer
The facts as they exist in European
countries show that irrigation can
be practiced with great profit on land
which has sufficient rainfall to
grow paying crops. Irrigation is a
crop insurer besides guaranteeing
double yields and when it is applied
to Eastern farm lands the result will
be to divide them into smaller and
better titled tracts.
A Nation of Rural Homes.
Along with the prosecution of the
government irrigation policy and its
great agricultural education will
then come the establishment of rural
colonies throughout the entire coun-
try and a vastly improved agricultur-
al and social condition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06
COMING EVENTS.

January s--oregon legislature con-
venes at Salem.
January 1O-11-oregon Historical
Society, Portland.
January 10-14-National Livestock
convention, Denver.
January 16-1S-Northwest Fruit
growers Association, Boise City.
February 7-9-Western Lumber
mems Association, Spokane.
February 12-100th anniversary OF
the birth of Sacajewea's baby at Fort
Mandan, with Lewis and Clark's ex-
pedition.
June 1, 1905-Opening Lewis and
Clark exposition.
June 22-28-National Woman's
Suffrage Association, Portland.
July 11-14-American Medical AS
sociation, Portland.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06
NEWS OF DALE NEIGHBORHoOD
A Mild Winter and Outside Range is
Good.

Dale, Jan. 3.-The winter has been
very mild so far. Very little snow,
and outside range is good.
Miss Rita Andrews, who is teach
ing a nine-months school on Mckay
creek, visited her parents during hol-
day week, returning to her school
on Monday.
B. v Shelts, proprietor of the Dale
hotel has gone to North Powder to
visit his wife, who is stopping with
her parents this winter.
L. G. Markham and wife attended
the New Years ball at the home OF
G. S. Andrus, which was a grand sue
cess, both socially and financially, III
persons being present.
Mrs. Daisy Markham and son, Al
lyn. were visiting friends on Granite
creek the latter part of last week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-01-06
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