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NO. Io3 EAST 18Th STREET

George Augusta Sala, the greatest
writer of hack special articles in the
history OF English journalism: blanche
and Andrew Halliday. From the
White Hart the Savages migrated to
other taverns until finally the present
clubhouse was acquired. to answer to
the name Of the "wigwam."
r.. l.. SIS London Home.
A certain similarity of names sug-
gests after the Savage the Saville: the
Saville was Robert Louis Stevenson's
club. To 1t he was proposed by Sir
Sidney Colvin, elected in June. 1874,
and thereafter the club became his
home in London. To him the Savllle
Club was more important than the
city. The organization. which takes
its name from the original clubhouse
in Saville street. is now at 107 Picca-
dilly. a house overlooking the Green
Park. Among literary members later
than Stevenson's time may be men
toned Thomas Hardy. Edmund Gosse,
Maurice Hewlett. Rudyard Kipling,
Rider Haggard Ian Maclaren and
Egerton Castle.
Carrying on with rare success the
old vagabond tradition of meeting in
public taverns is the Whitefriars,
which dates from the COS. 1t be-
gan in Radley's Hotel, Blackfriars,
migrated TO the Mitre Tavern in Fleet
street, and for more than thirty years
has been holding most of its weekly
gatherings in Anderton's Hotel in
Fleet street. where the present writer
has more than once been fortunate
enough to share in the talk and the
material good cheer. There too the
present writer learned the danger that
turks in trying to tell an American
story to an English audience. For the
purpose of comparing English and
American literary clubs in the matter
of expense in membership. the writer
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turian summed I'M his cIuh as fol,ows
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become an institute OF mutual an.
liehtenment among men knowing the
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OF his clubs to another, and some Of
his most brilliant pages were penned
In the writing room of the Athen@um.
At table in this writing room
Dickens, another member, wrote his
last letter TO one OF his sons who did
not receive it until after his fathers
death. Robert Browning. Tennyson,
Darwin, Anthony Trollope, Matthew
Arnold, Macaulay and Carlyle We're
some OF the great literary names
associated with the mid Victorian
Atheneum; and among the successors
OF the present day who are carrying
on the writing tradition in the club
are such men as Rudyard Kipling Sir
James Barrie. Maurice Hewlett. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle. Anthony Hope
Hawkins and Sir Gilbert Parker;
while among the Americans who have
been elected TO membership have been
W, W. Story, Henry James. Edwin A
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Laurence Hutton. William Bispham
and Thomas Bailey Aidrich, was a
guest of E. c. Benedict on board the
latter's yacht Oneida. Then the new
club was discussed and the name of
1.-THE Players" suggested by Mr.. AID
rich. In the following year the club
took definite form, and at the moment
the ringing OF bells and the footing of
whistles began sounding the arrival OF
the year 1889, Mr.. Booth made over
the clubhouse by deed of gift.
The Grolier.
The Grolier is the New York club
Of the bibliophiles. Named in honor of
Jean Groller de Server, Treasurer
General OF France and one of the most
brilliant figures in the history OF book
making. the club had its inception at
an informal meeting at the house of
Robert Hoe, Jr.. on the evening of
January 90. 1884 At the meeting were
present Messrs. William Loring An
drews, Theodore L. De Winnie, A. w
Drake. Albert Gallup. Robert Hoe. Jr
Brayton Ives. Samuel w. Martin. Ed
ward S. Mead and Arthur b. Turnure
all keen lovers of books, makers OF
books by profession, or makers OF
books by taste. Within three months
the club was installed in its first home
at Madison avenue.
Brander Matthews, writing about
the Grolier when the organization was
young, held that 1t was unique, saying
that he could find neither In France
nor England an organization exactly
equivalent to the New York club. In
London the Burlington Fine Arts Club
and in Paris the Societe des Amis des
Livres were representative of similar
interests, but neither OF these societies
aimed at the double function OF unit.
ing book lovers and book makers. ant
OF gratifying the needs and wishes oi
both classes OF it's members by collect.
ing and exhibiting the best works OF
the great artists OF the past and by
producing new books serving as type.
OF the best Of modern skill and taste
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nous Literary Cubs Their Leading Spirits Past and Prese
Fellowship Flourishing in London and Paris Finds
Counterpart in Organizations of New York,
BOSTON and Other American Centres

But neither Boston nor Non. Wi.
has monopoly in the matter Of clh,
or literary flavor and atmosphcrs
Challenging In spirit the best q, ~.
older world and the two America
cities already discussed are such :.
cieties as the Franklin Inn Of phil
delphia, the Bohemian Of San Fron
cisco, the University of Indianano,,,
the Cosmos of Washington. the fnu,
Roomers and the Cliff Dwclers =,
Chicago. The Franklin Inn CIuh =,
Philadelphia was born OF meeting a,
ten men in February, 1902. Tbs,.
men were Francis Howard William,
j. Bertram Lippincott, Frederic W
Unger, John Luther Long, Cyrps
Townsend Brady, S. Decatur Smith
Churchill Williams, Harrison s Nor
ris, William J. Nicolls and C. Llnnr.
colt. During the latter years Of hi,
life the late DIR. Weir Mitchell was a
familiar presiding figure at Tho
Franklin Inn.
A few years ago 1t would have been
worth a long journey to IndlanapolI,
simply to have seen the figure o,
James Whitcomb Riley at ease in tho
University Club there. Although no,
by taste a clubman, Riley always had
deep affection for the University
Other writing men whose association
with the club goes back many year,
are Booth Harrington and Meredith
Nicholson. In the old days Thanks.
giving eve at the University was
known as Harrington night, the author
Of THE Gentleman From Indiana
usually conducting elaborate ceremo.
MES in which he was ably abetted BY
George AIDE and George Barr McCutch.
con. No distinguished stranger fol.
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lowing the professions of letters or the
drama or painting or sculpture IS
likely to leave Indianapolis without
taking with him a vivid impression OF
the warmth OF the University CLUBS
hospitality.
Justly famed throughout tho land
and in countries beyond the seas IS
the Bohemian Club OF San Francisco.
1t was there that Rudyard Kiplins N
his blatant youth discovered America,
but although he spent two weeks there
as the guest of the club the l1he-
mians did not discover kipNng u0'll
the publication of American Notes
made up of the letters he sent TO the
Allahabad Pioneer. When he went
away he wrote some pleasant farewell
verses in celebration of his visit to
Bohemia, which verses remained tor
some time in the club album.
Associated with the earlier history
Of the Bohemian are such names a.
Samuel Clemens. Bret iartc, Charles
Warren Stoddard and Henry George
the last named then merely o.
periencing progress and poverty. mol
writing about them.
The Oliver Wendell Holmes JIEN'
given many years ago by the b.
hemian Club were responsible f'r
what are perhaps the only verses o.
occasion ever sent by telegraph. T'
sire OF the "Jinks' early IN n" e'''
ming telegraphed to DR.. Holmes ne
clubs affectionate greetings, forget
ting that early in the evening in San
Francisco is midnight In Boston. BIT
the oversight proved a happy one. b.
cause before the links were at an end
the wire brought the reply:
Message from San Francisco W.'2I
low
| Asleep in bed an hour and more as.
While on his peaceful pillow lie -,.t."
Say to the friends who sent these ,oNHS
lines:
Silent. unanswerng, still To- friendship
true,
He smiles in slumber, for he dreams o.
you
Boston. February IS. 1874. Midnight
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seniors, while among the representa-
tives OF the younger men are Winston
Churchill. Jesse Lynch Williams,
George McCutcheon, Irving Schiler'
Edwin Lefevre, Arthur Train and ROD
ert w. Chambers.
The Players.
As the Centu5 is often compared
with the AthenGum of London, SO the
Players is frequently referred 10 as
the Garrick of New York, and In each
case 1t is the younger organization
which is rather the richer in active
writing men. For example. Of the men
lust mentioned as belonging to the
Century, DR.. Van Dyke. Brander Mat
thews, DR.. Williams, Mr. Bachelor, Mr..
Churchill and Mr.. McCutcheon also are
members of the Players. In addition
the membership OF the club facing
Gramercy Park and preserving so
beautifully the memory of its founder
Edwin Booth, includes Booth Tarking"
ton, owen johnson, Rex Beach. Gelett
Burgess, Ellis Parker Butler. Thomas
Dixon. Oliver HEREFORD. Will and Wal
lace Irwin, Samuel Merwin, Cleveland
Mofett, Will Payne, Ernest Poole,
Julian Street, Stephen Whitman, Stew
art Edward White, Irving Bachelor
Ray Stannard Baker. the David Gray
son" of the Adventures; Harris Dick
son, Hamlin Garland. Emerson Hough
Rupert Hughes, Compton Mackenzie
Percy Mackaye, Meredith Nicholson,
Brand whitlock and a score more.
Although the itea of the Players
had long been in Mr.. Booths mind 1t
was 1887 before it took concrete form
In the summer OF that year Mr.. Booth
| in company with Lawrence Barrett
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By ARTHUR B. MAURICE.

TIME color and anecdotal interest
of club life always has been as
ISOLATED more with the men
who have earned or tried to earn their
livings by the pen than with those OF
any other profession. The arch@ologist
may trace the club idea back to the
roots of history and find quotations
from Cicero on the subject of his clubs,
but the direct progenitor of the club
as we understand Il to-day was the
eighteenth century gathering in a tav-
ern Of London's Fleet street with DR..
Samuel johnson dogmatically storm
ing, Boswell patiently listening and
taking copious notes Of the great
mans talk, and oliver Goldsmith sup
ping on borrowed money. There were
plenty of other clubs in the London of
that day. for example. the Mohocks,
who organized for the purpose OF car
rying out with greater efficiency their
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the old year out. At the stroke OF
i1idnight the lights are turned down
and all join in singing AUD Lang
Syne." Then up go the lights ana the
tune changes to For he's a jolly gooo
fellow" Since the organization OF the
club there has been in addition to the
REGULAR membership, which numbers
more than two hundred, some thirty
writer's, including a woman, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, on whom honorary
membership has been conferred. The
present roll of honorary members IN
cludes such distinguished foreign au-
thors as Lord Bryce, John Morley
Thomas Hardy, Jean Jules Jusserand'
Austin Dobson and Maurice Maeter-
linck. 1t was in the spring of 1895
that the name Of j. NJ. NJ. van der
Poorten Schwartz-that having been
the real name of the distinguished
Dutch novelist widely known as
"Maarten Maartens"-came up for
ele ction. There were gasps of amaze
ment. The late "Bill" Nye offered the
suggestion that the membership com
mittee act on the first half Of the name
at once, but hold over the last hall
until the autumn, when the weather
would be cool.
Bygone Clubs and Others.
Back almost to the age of Diedrich
Knickerbocker goes the record of the
literary clubs of Manhattan. There
was one such organization which met
in a room known as the Literary Der
rack of little publishing house far
down town. Among its members were
William Cullen Bryant, James K
Paulding, Col. William L. Stone. Chan.
cellor Kent, Fitz-Greene Halleck, G. c
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SAVAGE CLUB MENUS

done by John Henning and celebrated
by Ruskin, who was a member OF the
club. The opposing members wanted
an icehouse instead. and there was a
Quatrain running:
I'm John Wilson Croker.
l do as ! please.
They ask for an icehouse,
I'll give 'em a Frieze.
Among the original literary mem
bers of the AthenRum at the time OF
its foundation in 1924 were Sir Walter
Scott and Thomas Moore. Then came
the days of the great Victorians.
Thackeray was one OF the most active
members despite the widely clrcu-
lated story to the effect that at the
time of his first candidacy he was
blackballed on the ground that he
might portray members OF the club in
subsequent novels, and was finally adj
mitted by the rule calling for the
annual selection of nine men OF dis
tinGuished eminence." To all practical
purposes a bachelor during the last
twenty-five years of his life, Thacke-
ray when in London fitted from one
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
NO UNEMPLOYMENT ON
THE PACIFIC COAST
Farm Labor Shortage I'm.
pends in States of 18th
District.

SAN FANCISCO, May 26.-Unem-
ployment in all sections of the Twelfth
Federal Reserve district. except Utah
has decreased. according to the report
which was issued today by the Federal
Reserve bank.
The report states that not only has
the labor market nearly reached rock
bottom, but that there is an incrcas-
ing shortage of farm laborers and
skilled mechanics in the shipyards.
Returning soldiers and sailors are be-
ing placed without delay.
In the lumber camps, supply and
demcnd are equal There is practical
ly no unemployment in oregon, and
none is expected during the summer.
There is total surplus Of about 1000
in California, compared with 1000
last month. This number is rapidly
diminishing with the demand for farm
laborers and increasing activity in
building trades.
Utahs unemployed total 5000 prac-
tically the same as last month. In
many parts of Nevada and Idaho the
demand exceeds the labor supply.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
One Vassar Girl May
Lose Sight of Eye

PoUGHKEEPSIE, May 26.-At
VassarN Brothers Hospital today II
was stated that two of the three
Vassar girls who were taken to he
hospital suffering from the effects of
glass which entered their eyes when II
retort exploded in the physics labora-
tory during an experiment in vaporiz-
ing ether, probably will be able to see,
as the glass particles entered their
ewes from an angle and did not pene-
trate the pupils. The students are
Miss Lucy Hale of Martinez, Cal.
and Miss Helen Hewitt of Granville,
n. Y.
Miss Margaret HubbeI of Garden
City. L. l., was not so fortunate. Al
though the doctors hope to save her
right eve they believe her chance is
not great. Miss HubbeIl was Standing
directly in front of the experimenter
and the particles of glass went into
her eyeball. She is a niece of Con-
gressman Edmund Platt of this city.
The authorities can give no eSpla-
nation as to the cause of the eXplo-
sion other than that there must have
been an imperfection in the tube.
The heads of the department, Prof.
Frederick Saunders and Miss F. r.
Tscbaler, say the real cause probably
never will he known. The tube had
been used on frequent occasions for
before for the same experiment.
\Th retort was about foot long
and the thickness of large lead pen
Gil When the explosion occurred 1t
burst into powder with such force
that particles were forced into the
girls skin and had to be removed with
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
Two Years in War,
Listed as Stacker

DENVER, May 26.-After nearly
two years service in France with the
16Sth field hospital of the 117th sani-
tary train, Capt Joseph L. Enedec. NJ.
D., of Pubelo. has returned home TO
learn that he had been listed as a milf
tary Stacker" he visited the provist
marshal's office at the statehousc
Saturday to correct his record.
Captain Enedec, registered for the
draft with Pueblo local board. He
enlisted with the field hospital unit
July 81, 1917, but failed to notify the
board. The unit went overseas before
his name was called for the draft,
with the result that the board was un-
able to get in touch with him and he
was consequently put down as having
failed to answer the draft call.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26

sident expired. he was elected to the
United States Senate from Tennessee,
but died within a few weeks of this
vindication.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26

The only effort that has been made
i'm American history to remove the
chief executive was strictly legal A
bill impeaching President Andrew
johnson was passed by the House of
Representatives and was sent to the
senate on March 4, 1858. The princi-
pal accusation was that johnson had
disobeyed the tenure of office act,
which prohibited the removal from Of
flee. without whose appointment had
to be confirmed by the senate. In
reality, the Impeachment followed
bitter quarrel between Johnson and
congress because of Johnson's lenient
policy after the Civil
War.
johnson was brought to trial before
the senate, as provided for in the con-
stitutfpn. 1t required a two-thirds
majority to convict The vote stood
lhirty-five for conviction to nineteen
against. one less than the necessary
johnson was thus acquit-
ed. Six years after his term as pre-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
About Digestion.

Digestion begins in the mouth. The
food should be thoroughly masticaed
and insalivaed before it Is swallowed.
When this is habitually neglected
stomach trouble is almost sure to fol-
low. If you now have indigestion eat
no beef or veal and sparingly of other
meats. masticate your food thorough
ly and you may recover without TAX
ing any medicine. If your bowels
are constipated take Chamberlain's
Tablets. They not only cause a gem
tie movement of the bowels but aid
digestion and strengthen the stomach.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
AFTER Ell EJIS OF FLU LEAVE
SYSTEM BADLY SHATTERED

will prove of great value. This
splendid tonic and purifier so thor.
oughIy cleanses the blood of all
Impurities, that the appetite Is inn
proved and new lille and vigor Is
added to the entire system. Do
not delay the important work OF
getting back your strength, but
get bottle of S. s. s. today.
For free medical advice address
Chief Medical Adviser, 40 swift
LaboratorY. Atianta. Ga.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26

II you have been through a siege
of the flu, you know the severe
strain which this disease puts on
the system. The body is left sore,
nervous system is alf out of gear,
and it seems that you will never
get back your old-time strength.
Even though fortunate enough to
survive the flu, do not make the
mistake of thinking that you are
out OF danger.
Right now few bottles of S.S.S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
For a Bilious Attack.

II yon have bilious attacks give
Chamberlain's Tablets trial They
are excellent. Willis Browning. Plat
tonsburg, Mo, has this to say of.them:
About a year ago my wife used a
bottle Of Chamberlains Tablets and
they cured her of n bad bilious attack
also Of constipation from which she
had been suffering for years"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
u G PROHIBITION OFTTCIAD
GUILTY OF STEALING WIISKEl

VANCOUVER, r. c., May 26.-wal-
ter Findlay. prohibition commissions
er of British Columbia, was found
guilty of the theft of "A cases of whis-
key and today faces the probability or
a Jail sentence. The whiskey was al
legged to have been stolen from the
government stock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-05-26
CbambcrIaIn's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy,

Every family should keep this
medicine at hand during the hot
weather OF the summer months. II
v almost sure TO be needed before
the summer is over and when that
time comes is worth many times its
cost. IT has no superior for the pur-
poses for which 1t is intended. Buy
IL now.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-10
PRICE OF SUGAR MAY
 SOAR FIRST OF THE YEAR

WASHINGTON, D. C., Get. T. Told by George Zabriskie, president of the sugar equalization board, it was practically certain that unless so'Ge legislative action was taken immedi- ately sugar prices would increase after January 1, the senate committee Investigating the sugar shortage re quested W. A. Glasgow, counsel for the food administration to formulate legislation designed to alleviate the situation and to make possible nego- tiations for the purchase of the 1920 Cuban sugar crop.
 The present sugar shortage, the board president said, was due to some extent to the recent marine strike, but more largely to the unusual demand, the American people having consumed 300,000 tons more sugar up to October 1 than normally.
The Coconino sun., 1919-10-10
VISIT THE OATMAN
 AMALGAMATED MINE

Charles Prochnow, Ed Whipple, J. K. Raley, and Fred Hensing, of Flag staff, accompanied by Etienne A. Rit- ter, the well-known Colorado Springs mining engineer, arrived in Kingman Thursday last on their way to the Oat- man Amalgamated mines, west of Goldroad. MT. Ritter is the consulting engineer of the company and is here to let contract for the further devel- opment of the property of the com pany.
 The Oatman Amalgamated mines are situated at point where the Tom Reed vein system and that of Gold road converge, and it is the belief of many mining engineers that the possibility for encountering large ore bodies in the property are good. A large amount of work has already been done on the mines, which have been well equipped with machinery. Further development will be in the way of going deeper to intersect the big veins below the 800. This work is expected to be under way by the 18th of this month.-Kingman Miner.