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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

The point of view of the successful
business woman and her ideas regard
ing business as a career for women
and especially for women of social po-
sition and refinement. is always an in
teresting one The opinion of such a
woman of experience also, concerning
other questions intimately affecting her
own sex, carries a. certain amount OF
weight
II venture to say" declared Mrs
Mary Hutton Pell TO representative OF
the press, that few women adopt a
business career from choice. Even in
America, which led the way for the now
universal invasion of the business world
by women, the average woman, as well
as the woman of society enters upon
such a career with more or less reluct-
ance 1t is usually only when she is
cOrnered by circumstances that she
forces herself into the fight for exist
.ence in the world of men.
in my own case, for instance, l am
in business solely for the purpose of
making money enough to retire from
the field some day, and to enable me to
order my life according to my own idea
of living"
In answer to the question whether or
not social position for woman is an
advantage or a handicap in business,
Mrs Peu continued, ones position
simply doesn't count. The commercial
world takes a woman strictly on her
merits and her capacity for business.
Whatever her position may have
been before, she soon finds ner level.
Men pay no attention in their prac
teal dealings with women as to Wheth
er they are ladies or not, it is mat
ter of very small Importance to them.
lone of the most annoying features
encountered by the lady in business and
one not often commented upon, is the
idle curiosity of a certain class of per-
sons whose interest, piqued by sensa-
tiOnal accounts published in neWspa-
pers, poster her by coming to her office
simply to look at her.
Il remember an instance of this sort
when the Grand Hotel at Harrogate,
England was under my management.
A woman travelled all the way from
London one day to see me, and when
/ was pointed out to her in the office
of the hotel she refused to believe that
it was |. evidently expecting to find me
presiding in state in my Court presen-
tation gown at the hotel entrance.
another woman came into my office
a few days ago, and when / rose to re-
ceive her she said that she knew Mrs
Pell very well indeed, and wanted to
see her-she talked most entertainingly
to me about myself.
LAS an evidence of the inevitable no.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

| toriety that woman of. refinement
must face in business, an amusing in
cident occurred to me not long ago in
| an experience with a man from the
West. 1t seems that this man, total
stranger, had read about me in some
| newspaper and cut out my picture
which he carried about with him. Fin
ally, on coming to New York, he found
out where l lived and proceeded to
offer me his heart and hand, coupled
with the alluring promise of a home in
Alaska"
Mrs. Pell was asked her opinion about
the Ideal Woman" as DR.. Lyman Alb
bolt sees her and described her to an
audience recently She said, rather re-
luctantly, Il have always wondered in
the first place where the strange ex-
amples of women are found who are
| held up to public view-these scape-
goat women who are made use of for
purposes of comparison With the var
iOus ideals of men. In my own personal
experience / have never met them.
while no two men agree about their
ideals, they all agree about the scape-
goats.
While 1 agree in great measure
with the views expressed by DIR. Alb
bolt, think it is impossible to have a
made to- order ideal for the whole
world. For instance, he says that wo-
man should not consider her hands
when it comes TO a"question of work,
forgetting the fact that many men pre-
fer that WOman's hands should be
white and we'll cared for.
when he also says that the ideal
woman must not change her styles at
the dictatiOn of men in Paris he makes
rather sweeping assertion. All new
styles are not invented by these vague
men in Paris, for numbers of them or
iginate in the brains and the WOrkrOOmS
of American women" After ALL" says
Mrs. Pell, what man is not proud of
We'll and appropriately dressed COM
panion?
DIR. Abbott asserts that A womans
idea of modern industry is playing
bridge whist morning, noon and night
In saying this he forgets that there are
many fish too large and many too small
to be caught in his net. and that the
few women whose mental attitude he
holds up for our derision are not re-
garded with any degree of considera
ton by their more self-respecting SIS
ters. When he adds that Woman's idea
of modern life is to be supported by
some one else 1 would say in answer
that this is anything but the concep
ton of most modern American women.
My own personal idea, however, is that
a woman should be supported by some
one else, thus giving her ,time and OPP
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

til the outbreak of the revolution.
After the battle of Lexington, he ac-
companied a band of minute men to
Cambridge: and was for several weeks
attached to the beseiging army before
Boston. Returning to Worcester he
displayed zeal for the cause in every
way possible and was appointed a
member of the Committee of Cores
pondence. He rapidly achieved dis
was successfully county prosecutor,
clerk of the court and judge probate.
In 1881 he refused an election to con-
greSs. He was member of the general
court of the state in 1896, and of the
state senate in 1797-1S00. In 1900 he
was elected to congress, where he
served only fe Wweeks before being
appointed attorney general in the cab1-
net of President Thomas Jefferson.
He also discharged the duties of sec
rotary of state until Mr. Madison ar
rived in Washington. He resigned
from the cabinet in 1905, and returned
to Worcester, resuming his former
prominence in local affairs, serving
several years as member of the state
executive council. He was lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts in '07-09.
and for several months after the death
of Governor James Sullivan was act
ing governor. In 1911 he was appoint
ed associate justice of the supreme
court, but being threatened with to-
tai blindness he resigned the position.
He was an original member of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

Classified q 1s for results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

The Wright brothers, Wilbur and
Orville, and their sister, Miss Rather
inc. received a great ovation on their
return from Europe, where the tri-
umphs of the Dayton CO., inventors,
with their wonderful aerOplane, not
only linked their names with those
of kings, but excited the interest of
the greatest scientists of the old world.
The Wrights are still as modest and
as silent about their invention as they
were when they went abroad, although
they return with half a million dollars
profit and contracts with foreign gov
ernments that will net them many
hundreds of thousands more The re-
ticence on the part of the Wrights was
the subject Of comment in all the Eu-
ropean capitals that they visited, but
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

the reason is not far to seek. When q
deputation of French experts visited
them at Dayton few years ago moth
ing had been published concerning
the actual construction of their aero
plane. Their patents were not then
fully perfected and up to that time
they had maintained all possible Sc
crecy through fear Of imitation and
Infringement Before the Frenchmen
had returned to Paris full diagrams of
the machine had been published broad
cast in Europe and many imitators
were busily engaged in constructing
aerOplanes. Thereafter the Wrights
steadily declined to be interviewed.
Now they hint that they will have
some surprises in store when they
again demonstrate the workings of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
THREE WEEKS
TO THE END
ONLY SHORT TIME NOW IN WHICH THE IN THE
GREAT VOTING CONTEST WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO
GARNER SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Girl Race RerM AreD Their
Land Undoubtedly Be the Offered
As Prizes in

Three weeks from today the Dig
voting contest will be over and. those
who have been working faithfully for
the trips promised as prizes will have
been given their credentials. Only
three weeks in which TO work, but in
those three weeks the workers in the
contest are planning to do some great
rustling for subscriptions. Every girl
in the contest is now working every
minute she can spare and from all in
dications the race on the home stretch
will be one of the closest that has ever
been known in the finish of such con-
test.
Miss Grlnstead led Miss Bashore this
morning by nearly two thousand votes,
but the lead is not alarming the latter
worker in the least In the second dis
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

trict' Miss Arlie Rouanzion still moi,
tains her lead and looks to be q VIM.
although three weeks NAV cbara,
things considerably. Miss Douie NaSL
of Dayton leads in her district b,,,
she is not safe in her premier positIos
by any means. In the fourth district
Eva Irwin of Kennewick is leadinr
with nearly half million votes to hep
credit.
Today closes the work for this week
The work has been quite satisfactorv
both to the management of the con-
test and to the contestants themselves
and the beginning of another week win
mark renewed and even more de-
terrnined effort on the part of the work.
ers. The vote this morning stood as
follows:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
D0LL|VER A DEMOCRAT
SAYSAU7HOR OF BILL
Claims That Former Scion PIagiarized
Arguments of Minority Speakers
in the Debate on Dineey
Tariff.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 10
While Senator Dolliver was ripping
up Senator Aldrich and the senate bill.
the Rhode Island leader was more ir-
ritated and agitated than he has been
at any other time this session.
His hurried risings and panied or
angry responses to thrusts were only
less noticeable than those of Piles
while McCumber was firing broadsides
at the lumber tariff
As DOlliVer Numbered away at the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
Cruiser Reconnaissance.

BROOKLYN, May 15.-The cruiser
New York was reconnaissance today
after being out of commission two
years.
The work of rebuilding the cruiser
which was done at the CharlestoWn
navy yard, was the largest CONTRACT
ever undertaken by the naval con-
structors at that yard.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

American Academy of Arts and Sci
ences, and of many other learned So
cieties. He died in Worcester, April
IA, 1920. His son, Levi, became gov
ernor of Massachusetts, and the other
son, Enoch, became governor of
Maine
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
No Longer a Life Job.

NEW WESTMINSTER. B. c., May
15-At a meeting of the May day COM
mittee, yesterday, ]. ]. Johnston was
elected master of ceremonies for lSlV'
succeeding J. j. Cambridge, who mas
served for two years. The master OIL
ceremonies will be elected annually III
the future, instead of one man holding
the office for life After paying all ac-
counts the May day committee has
balance in hand of $251.38.
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ed in 1897, it is not remarkable that
his close investigation disclosed the
same evils dug up by the senators
aforementioned-pr the afore-
said senators actually made the dis
cOVerV
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15

portunity to develop all the loving, low
able, and feminine qualities so much
admired by men of all centuries, and
of all civilized countries"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-15
Women I'm Business
(sY MRS. MARY HUTTON PELL)


trade
successfully
London and then the head of bureau
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-18
A DIVIDED REPORT.
After Several Hours of discussion
York Delegation Cannot Agree.

After an evening Of long and at times
acrimonious argument the YORK coun-
ty delegation failed to agree upon the
question of court house removal and
will present divided report today on
the question.
Nine of the delegation will sign a
report favoring the bill as redrafted.
providing for the submitting of the
question of removal to the vote of th2
county with provision that the city
or town to which the court house
comes shall raise $4,000 for the new
court house and the county $l50,O00.
The eight dissenting members We're
at first willing to sign the majority
report, providing that the amounts
raised be $4,000 by the city or town
to which the court house comes and
100000 by the county. Failing to
make compromise upon this change
the eight dissenting members of the
delegation will present a minority re-
port, ought not to pass. upon the ques-
ton of court house removal.
The bill as redrafted will contain
the four questions originally proposed:
Shall the Court house be removed?
Shall it be removed to Kennebunk?
Shall it be removed to Saco? Shall
it be removed to Sanford?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-18
A LIVELY HEARING.
Bill to Regulate Fare and Tolls Be-
fore Committee On Railroads.

The Hersey bill to give the railroad
commissioners more power came up
Wednesday before the committee on
railroads and expresses and gave that
committee its livelest hearing of the
session thus far. The measure cham
pioned by the gentleman from Ioul-
ton was opposed at the hearing by
representatives of the leading railroads
OF Maine The bill purportS to be gen
cral in its scope but Mr. Hcrsev i'll
answer to questions frankly admitted
that his bill was Designer to reach tn"
Bangor Il Aroostook Railroad
The hill would compel the railroad
commissioners to make. establish, re-
wise AMI regulate all fares. classified
tions. tolls, tariffs, rates ana charges
upon all passengers and property CON
vtyed aud transporttd by any common
carrier doing business wholly within
the state. and to give hearings in cacn
county once a year for the purpose OF
securing the necessary Information"
The phrase. wholly within the
State" gave rise to an interesting size
discussion. In reply to the question
of Hon. Forest Goodwin Of Skowhe-
gan. who appeared for the Maine
Central Railroad Co.. Mr., Hersey said
the bill would not apply to the Maine
Central as that road would be taken
care of by the interstate commerce
law. hEt when il was pointed out by
Hugh H. Chaplin of Bangor, attorney
for the Bangor e Aroostook Railroad
Co, that the interstate commerce
commission could not touch g rate for
a shipment over the Maine Central
from one point to another point also
within the State Mr.. HcrScy said that
he would have the bill amended SO that
it would apply to roads doing bust
ness wholly or in part within the
state. From this point on the at
torneyS for the other roads began To
sit up and take notice.
MIR HerSpy explained at some length
the provisions of his bill. He said that
it was cut of the question for shippe:
in Aroostook or Washington counties
to come to the seat Of government and
bring witnesses for a hearing on
freight rates. but by providing that the
commissioners should give one hear
ing in every county once q year the
shippers would get a hearing without
great expense and ii would impose no
hardship on the common carriers 10
be represented at such hearings.
Hon. George D. Bishee of Rumford
Falls asked Mr.. Hersey If he would
have any right of appeal. Mr.. Hers2y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-18
GRAY SQUIRREL AND RABBITS
Occupy Attention Of Fish and Game
Committee Wednesday Afternoon.

\ hearing was held before the In
land Fisheries and Game committe"
Wednesday afternoon upon the h.'i
making an open time on gray SOUR
reis throughout the State.
The advocates of the bill urged that
the squirrels were most destructive of
bird life and that their killing ought
to be permitted for this. if no other
reason. Chairman Carleton of the
Fish and Game Commission, who SAID
that he wasn't interested IN the bill
one way or the other but only wanted
to present the facts to the committee
:" they could decide as they thought
best. called attention to the fact that
1t had been found necessary to rid
Boston common of the animals in Or
der to prevent the birds from being
driven away entirely.
Senator Kncwlton of Piscataquis
hoped that the bill wouldn't be passed
ana that the committee would report
unfavorably upon it. He gave his rea~
sons 70" feeling this way at some
length. He said he mad taught school
for about 40 years and that he had
constantly endeavored to impress his
pupils with the Wrongfulness of the
lust for killing.
The sharing of rabbits In Hancock
county was also discussed before the
committee. 1t was explained that when
the present law making the sharing Of
these animals Illegal was passed Han
cock county was exempted at the re
quest of former senator. RepreSen-
tative Jones of Bucksport told of many
bows who made :; business of ShipDlng
rabbits to Boston and of many luck
less partridge who became entangled
In rabbit snares. No one appeared to
object to having Hancock included in
tire prohibition with the other counties
and the bill was tabled for executive
session.
Hearings on Il number of other fish
and game matters were held but none
of them was contested and nothing of
interest developed.
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MAINE LEGISLATURE.
CONTINUED from Page Nine.)

needs no comment 1t is self-eXplana
tory. will simply say. gentlemen. that
it is introduced at the suggestion Of
the speaker to expedite the business Of
the House and bring us nearer the de-
have Il passage.
Mr.. PIKE, of PASSPORT: Mr.. Speaker,
would it be possible under this order
to table a matter to a definite time be-
yCmd the Wednesday if any gentleman
might wish to?
The SPEAKER: This order, as tho
Chair understands it. simply applies
to matters that are on the table,
placed there the week preceding and
unassigned. not having definite day
assigned for their consideration.
MI BGRLEIGH Of Augusta:
would make enc further inquiry of the
Chair. There was tabled by my col
league (Mr. Andrews> and no date as
signed, An Act to provide for the re-
moval of foreign paupers. That Act
places the administration of its provi-
sions in the hands of the Board Of
Charities and Corrections. The bill es-
tablishing the board has not yet pass
ed and it seemed proper to table this
Act until final action could be taken
on the other. My present inquiry is
whether a further motion to table and
assign definite date would be in or
der.
The SPEAKER: A further motion to
assign a definite date would certainly
be in order.
The order then received q passage.
Reports Of Committees.
MI. Bigelow from the committee on
inland fisheries and game reported
ought not to pass on bill An Act to
regulate fishing in Mattanawcook
lake. Long, Crooked and Folsom ponds,
in Lincoln, Penobscot county. as an
other bill has been reported in relation
to the same waters.
Mr.. Nickerson from the Waldo coun-
ty delegation reported same on bill.
An Act to amend Chapter 1873 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1907 relat-
ing to records of real estate in the
county of Waldo
The reports We're accepted.
Mr.. Bigelow from the committee on
inland fisheries and game reported
| Ought to pass on bill An Act to rcsu-
late fishing in Mattanawcook lake, Long.
| Crooked and Fulsom ponds in Lincoln in
| the county of Penobscot.
| Mr.. Bigelow from same committee re-
ported same on bill. An Act to amend
| Chapter 176 of the Private and Special
Laws of 1897. relating to fishing in Bart
! lett and Cooks brook in the county of
| York
| Mr.. Bigelow from same committee. on
petition reported bill. An Act to regulate
| fishing in Stratton brook and tributaries
| situated wholly or partly in the county
of Franklin. and that it ought to pass.
| Mr.. Bigelow from same committee, or
petition reported bill, An Act to open
|
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I'm JAPPYLAND."
Carnival Of All Nations
At City Hall.
Oriental Musical Comedy 1.-THE
Merry Geisha' Presented.
Attractive Sale Booths...Fair Con.
tinues Thursday and Friday.

Tie Carnival of All Nations in Jap
pyiand," under the auspices of Seth
Williams Post, G.. \. r., opened sue
ccssftilly Wednesday evening ut city
hall The Oriental musical comedy
The Merry Geisha,' under the man
ag2mrnt of James Augustus Beall of
New York and with its cast of 100 peo-
pie mostly pretty girls from Augusta
and Lewiston. proved q very taking at
traction The fair was formally opened
ly Mayor Frederick w. Plaisted and
the patronessess 10 the opera were Mrs,
T.. u. Nickcry, Mrs. G. A. Robertson,
Miss Mauuc Andrews and Mrs. w. H.
Gannett.
The sale booths were attractively
decorated with crepe paper and bunt-
ing and the displays of goods upon
them merited the generous patronage
which they received.
The patrorcSSeS of the Japanese
booth We're Mrs Lila +. Rice and Mrs
G. F. Witham. while at the American
booth We're Mrs. G.. r. Gannett and
Mrs. Genthner. Ice cream was dis
penscd at the Iceland booth with Mrs.
Charles II. Pettis and Mrs. T. Nj. Ware
as natronesseS. The Sons of Veterans
wecr in charge at the Mexican booth.
the representatives of the Camp being
Frank NJ. Dow and Fred T. Benn. At
the Grand Army booth. where punch
was dispensed Mrs. Arthur L. Brown
and Mrs. g. +. Gannett were in charge,
assisted by Commander j. w White
and TIL. other officers of Seth Williams
Post. Mrs. II. r. Hopkins was in
charge of the Irish booth Shaw Bust
ness College had an attractive booth.
where Work done by the college was
| exhibited BY p. f. Hamilton, manager
of the Augusta Shaw Business College.
a double booth was taken by the Ben
nett-Stoddard CO. at which all kinds
of electrical appliances We're displayed
a floral booth was in charge of q. p
Robbins q Son, assisted by Carl
| Brown
The songs and dances in THE Merry
| Geisha' were cleverly done and the
| leading parts in the musical comedy
We're in excellent hands. Miss Harriet
| Cole. who took the part of Sang Foy
the wild flower of Japan. has charm
ing soprano voice and Mr.. Beall in the
leading role of Carl Neville, ensign OF
| the American navy, showed marked
ability and his tenor voice was heard
to excellent advantage The leading
comedy role Of Pin Tu, Emperor of the
Island of Dreams was we'll interpre
ted by James LaChance and the sou
brette part of Petite, drum major of the
gallant l.. s. A.. could not have beer
better treated than it wa.
by Mrs. Lawrence Colgan Tht
main cast was well support
ed by the Geisha girls. American
beauties. Mexican maidens, toreadors
| yachtsmeG. moon girls and dancers
who helped to people the "Island o
Dreams" The opera was followed b,
dancing. The fair will continue Thurs
day and. Friday in City hail. and Sat.
urday 'rhe Merry Geisha' will be pre-
| sentad at Togus.