La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 19, 1924, CITY EDITION, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextFriday. December 19, 1924- THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE THREE NEWS of SOCIETY lined with Kreon swing's from the. shoulders and is fnste,ued -ly a long row qf buttons to tho outuldo of ouch sleeve. Ono of the moat tttlmctivo of thH lioliOuy season parlies took plaep j lust eveninK ut the Country club I when Mr. und Mrs. C. 1. I'utman and Dr. and Mrs. J. I, lntflo en-; tertulrfed with a clmrming dinner dunce. Tlio Yuletlde. spirit prevail ed everywhere throughout th club J) oust!, tho Christmas color sen emu fcjf red mul Krcen butntf In evidence In- tho decorations. The dinner t a tiles, whent covers were laid for iwonty-seven couplet, were Ror Kebusly decornted with red carna- !iuna und holly. Clever favors, in h.form of tiny Christmas trees veiv piven each guest. Vol lowing an excellent dinner l;ui(-hiir wum the feature of the cve tiin, with music furnished bv l''riu'h's oifhestra. ' ' he I'nlverslty of Oregon Alumni r and students will Rive u dance next TuVnday , evening, December 23, at the,'l$ti;8 club to which all univer sity, .people, all Ift Grande high school students und graduates nr invited: The V. of O. orefcetr;j will turt playing at nine o'clock und it good' time is anilciynirtr ror vcryotiv who utlends. ,. -,-,. rrir - Tho Hnppy Homes club-met yes terdtiy: uflernoou ut the home 'of Mrs. Louise McMunus, IGifC Z uve- nue. The constitution and by-laws were presented to lac ciuo anu ac- j nieeting the remainder of tho af- ternoon was spent socially. Dainty, refreshments were served by the hostess.' The l'urltdale club met Wednes day for Its regular meeting at the homo of -Mrs. Homer Wilson, with M rs. Wilson n n d M rs. St and 1 ey Stokes as hostesses. On account of tho exOeuiely cold weather all of the members were not present. Af ter the business session the after noon vas spent socially and a two course luncheon was1 served. - Maxvllle. (Special)1 A delightful Muh Jongg und dancing party was given- at the J.og Cabin Saturday byiMrs. Laird und Mrs. Slover. hon oring Miss Vera Kvengard. who will leUvo in the-near future for Idaho, where sho will attend college. Interesting Costume , :;igln. (Special) A merry p;irty oft Klgln young people serenaded Mjti and Mrs. David HlumeiisMn recently, who were married at Lit Grande at the surprise of their nniny Klgln friends. .Miss Aubert of business is defined by two linos yn I his churl. The central one, or so-called X-Y Hue. followsi tho path of national growth regardless of the immediate situation. It pictures total transactions und re London. Sport huts aro growing slightly larger following somewhat j fleets tho reul expansion of bus! tho trend toward tho poko type. ness, commerce, and finance. Tho Ono becoming example hus u stiff I second line which runs alternate- two und u half inch brim turned y above and below it shows tho down all around and a bell crown j exact present condition of trndo. of tho square topped coachman's i In their interpretation these . two type. A broad bow of felt, extends ' lines might be likened to a treo. across tho cntlro back. V ' The tree grows u little euch year , j ns is Hhqtwn by tho ring you see Paris. One or two new, fur de- j (n t,0 t.ron Kectlon of its trunk, signs are making their appearance t pnU growth is slow and hardly to spur the Christmas fur sabs, i spectacular enutiKh to interest us Tho lutesl Is a mantle of btrtck ve- j mUch. At certuln st-usons at the lour loose and fastened only at lliciyc-.u., however, the tree does show neck, with huge ermine collar nnd j ll(-ttvlly on the surface that cuffs. This Is worn overu. long-! changes the appearance of things. ermine waistwat. Paris. Kine feathers make fine birds and plenty of them arc being used on spring garment models. On' coat of black satin Is heuvlly adorned wilh lurge flower, designs formed by pasting small Tealhers in their natural colorings on the material. p j New York. "Strong winds from tho northeast," That sort of u weu thor lft'diction spells "bloomers' to tho wintt'r shopper. ' ThosY useful pieces of lingerie an: being pur- ehused in glove like and jersey ra- llum and crepe de, chine and usual ly ure made with. a cufl Udee. (THUS frock succeeds In being very J interemlng by means of a tiered iklrt. each tier of which Is u darker ahn.i0 thnn tho frock, nnd thus It New York. The arbiters of fashr Ion declare that this is gblng to be a white Christmas no mailer what the weather uutn may have to say about it. Kyening dresses lor noli- day wear functions they assert are to be of glittering white satin, geor gette or chiffon, thickly studded with rhlnestones. ' ' i New York. KasUlbn' is u. stdong advocate of bimetallism so far- as evenlnc footweUr is concerned. No matter what the material, silk, sa tin, brocade inetu cloth or kid, or doe skin, eveiiljiK" slippers Jire nearly all colored jfold or silver. Business at Normal in America, Says Babfcon In the spring, when the leaves are budding, it seems o be growing rapidly, but In the autumn, when these name h-aves shrivel ami fall, tlio tree looks as though It were dying. It Is mime what the same with blisiness and these two lines business comes back into balance. 'Kit her extreme Is dangerous and wo uro realty soundest when activity coincides most closely with the normal JC-Y l!?.o of national growth, lly normal business then wo mean that activity is neither running ahead, nor lugging behind the X-Y line, but Is-running ut thu fastest pace wo can contlnuo to hold. Normal business Is healthy business and at present, business is in exactly this normal healthy condition. Stabilisation Needed. "President Coolldgo hus empha sized the necessity for 'stabiliza tion' in the prennt situation.' concluded Mr. Itubson. "Secre-) turn Mellon and Hoover uro stressing economy and the dan gers of inflation. The government is uwuke to the tremendous ad vanlugea of this normal situation and the losses that will inevitably accrue If the present Improvement is allowed to develop Into a spree of speculation, personally, 1 have spent tho last twenty years in an business men und moro wagu f. workers rccognlzu these changes in tho business weather their to- j suits aro modified and tho pen- aliies imposed by this economic I lam become less. Wo are ap proaching tho period of temptutiou j when the urge to gamble, to get I without earning. Is strong. It wo I c"an only remember that wo get that measure Its two , kinds of i effort to cut down these jumps progress. The X-Y line traces hind humps in American business, the gradual growth regardless of to lessen these extremes and to season while the Une " of present j eliminate loss and suffering by activity reflects the surface do-j helping business men to keep velopment of the individual sea-1 nearer to this line of normal (Continued from Page 1.) election business stood at S per rent below normal. Today It has made up this loss ami things sunup " ' .' . J .. i.w. st und at an even balance; Sh:ldcs iron, coeu.. Xnnni H-flncd The scarf ends do the Rimo. inner- iiw. frnek is us nlnin and -nrc lieved as a frock could be. , You muy wonder just what Is meant by 'normal business und an explanation is certainly due. Wo have heard of normalcy ln: busi- iln liiiurhi KclwtiJ h.Tt tor three in iiii-4;inL- enmfm-ti-rs and in mak-ini-ss und we huvo heard about ly.iirs and Is liked by all who know jn pinws for the Oddfi-tlows home pre-wur conditions. her. Mr. Itluinensieln is an Klgiu in Portland, ltefreshnunts were boy, having served as post muster h rved at the close of the ufter- ire for some time, lie Is also a noon pijuilur member of Elgin's baseball Among those t'fctm. Thi-y plan lo have In a few jt.u Cohiing ditys to spend their honeymoon Sen. Mrs. with Mrs. Itluimnsleln's parents ku, son. - Hiisiness "Siuim iis." "Our business and financial worlds aro beset by 'seasons' even as the tree is, except that I he changes from prosperity to decline from decline to depression, from depression to Improvement, and from improvement to prosperity do not occur with any regularity iiu tn tinii lliittlnoMit fteiiHotiH are of varying length and of different!' ( iniensities. Tlieso changes hnve u miLfbi moiiev for manv neolle. and I i huvo carried others to their graves. 1 n fact , the presence of ext rente fluctuations in conditions presents one of the greatest problems in our entire commercial and eco nomic worlds today. Abnormal prosperity gives us false ideas of values. Kasy profit h due to rising J price!) and speculation undermine our habits of work and thrifts We become interested In spending rather than earning, then the great basis Law of Aellon-Keactlon steps in and a depression result Losses wipe out business profits, the bread tines form, apd by suffer ing and by want, we again learn the fundnmentul lessons of indus try and thrift. As our overdraft on the bank of prosperity is grad ually paid back by tho hard pro cess of working more and spending less, things gradually improve and growth. It Is Improbable, that these fluctuations will ever bo completely eliminated but as more T 7, 1 , mm or SccilpSov Ww' air 'near Hood Hlv Ada present were Mrs. Mrs. Albert Uasinus- John Webb. Mrs. A. De- Mrs. Levi Parks and Mrs. Fulton. l:iKln. (Hiiflt lal) I Ho piirty (tlv- K..n. (Knvciul) Thu Women' Ijy ihc miinlniH of the loom "I'-'elub iulU Un-ir ri'iiiilnr iihi-Ucik hi Ih-I(!IIi loillfi' li'iH n i-iini-Miuy u . sluuur Uamu lii ru Tliurwlny r cleclileJ mn:cis8. The followinB in- u.rnoo. Th alti rnoon opi-nvd lli-iil prujirain wu itlvi-n:' ruciiu- ... ,.,, i,.,s,.i,i irlvliiL- llu lion, Uonuld lIlKt'lns; souk. Unrolliy .... . Uotiition from thill' lliBBlns mul Myrllo Huckl.-y: "-fllv(ll.t i,ini. Mrs. Iliowni-ll n-ui! loKUf, "A MlnlHtcr h JimiuKi'. Bi,.n,iid piii1er on the sulijeel of .Muy .ItiLsiinmseii. Mm. I'enu ..Woiin-n ill Kiitluiml Life." Due lu CMIler eom- puriuons have been nimle with the lioom year of mill und still others wilh the depression year of 1921. So many different bases h live been used anil the term 'normal' has been applied loosely to mean so many thinits that our present use should be carefully deilned. In studying, business conditions and I he riianKeft fll-Uwrliwuiea weath er here, at tyapson Turk, wo show the fluctuations on a larjjo chart which comliims all the twenty- six leading barometers of business Into one picture. So far as Kcn eral fietlvlly is concerned the path jiollriiil can be boHcrnor prodmv quicker results than ilte twiiarkable SCALP TREATMENTS augmented by the frequeiib use of that Wvtiderful ncW tonic SCALP-TONER , MAR1NEM.O COS.MEl'IO SHOP Itm. 25, New 1'olej Itlllc. l'hone Main 120 IF A lfa II I.IKI WMWuVht! BSKTHMIBffl WnXBTT'rB CLAUDE C. PRATT Two hours of sunshine yester day afternmm bimight. us uu of rice full nf gtMMl customers. ( We hooked Ibclr order and Klaiied our delivery tbU litnruiiig at 0 in. to get the material on the Jobs before they changed their infmN. We can truthfully say we have neve i bad tin idle moment s.nce no came to i-n i.rnmie. Cellar hhlnglci, und y:t.U5. The Claude C. Pratt Lumber Co. "Ilia 1'uor Alaii'a rrlcnd" Oppo. Foundry. I'llvJNi: tli M No biimlKy Uiislciui i! RECHARGEABLE RADIO A-B BATTERIES HIE BAl'I'KKt LelKlilou ' 1311 t I-.IJX-IIIIO SI.RVlOb Oil Machine Worka ImI. Waslilneton Atb. STORAGE fl BATTERIES H L-:irlh and Mrs. lOva 1,'hrislenson: I the proximity of the holiday s.u- recltatlon. Dorothy lllsiBins, ".; , M u. ,i.,Ui.r8 were pros- Wilmalllll and Helen Iteed: piano . ., . llo..(1 lo iavl. xrB. isolo, Gladys Tracy; recitation, Hel- lrown,.r!1 .,.,, Bv, n at a Intel Krcd: nionoloKUe. I,r''",",i- tmu when more cun hear it. Hie Ni s." Mrs. Ilessle lUKBuna. I'olloivius Hie program Balm s and dallciiiK made up the rvclllnga ulertainineiit. KlKin. (Slieclul) The Three h.inks club met Wednesday nfler- noull at Hie home of Mrs. I haries .arson. The allernoon wna speni DON'T FORGET WALLING'S DIG I'RE-HOLIDAY Sale Kvcrything Reduced. WALLING'S Announcements Social nniioiincc-iiients mny be pilnKil in this column frcu of cIioi'kc. Any niiiiouticu nienis pn lnliihis to any func tions suiii ns cooked rood sales, etc., will be refused. An nouncements, to be printed the sanio day, must bn In society editor's hands by o'clock. News editor's note. t-i'.'-vi',.v-;- I A Christmas Treati 7 RICH in good thlngi. t ECONOMICAL In prie. 1 it., t ib. cuuh rio' i. .. fi f , S lb. rutoai 2 I lb. tUu H T T I iO.f, " ere is rzer out New Frock . A Practical Gifts are decidedly desirable so much more appreciated than those gifts that merely deJight the eye. ... 1 Why not a new Frock for this Christmas? LADIES READY-TO-WEAR AND MILLINERY what we my fur und my for what we Ket; lr we can only continue to work aH hard an we have work ed durinvr lhtn year to Ret back to normal, all will ko well and we shall not have to face the un pleasant taxk of paying the fiddler." YKTKItAX tiirrs lIVOItl'H , MKDIMUU, Ore. K. C la7.ol t.lne of .AHhland,. veteran nf tho civil wur, S3 yeara old, obtained a. divorce from his wife Mury. 7i yeHterday In clrouit court at Jack Monvlllo on a charge of desertion..; Mr. Uuzeltlno suld liu viw tor- At Tonr . Orocar. or Oonf.ctlon.r'1 We have an assortment of Fancy Boxes packed with : OUR FRESH CHOCOLATESw, , ,., The Candy Shop 217 Fir Street "The Home of Home-Made Candy" (Retail only) SATURDAY SUNDAY The Junior dance which wan lo have luUen place at tile fount ry club this evening has been post poned until after the holidays on uccount of the cold weather. ... Tile Iiapttst Youns People's I'n lon will Klvc their first party since reorirnnly-atlon ttiis evening at tin JJaptlsl church. ... ! The nieiuliirs of the N' lBlibors or Woodcraft and their funilies wil enjoy a family I'liristnias dinner Tuesday evening, li-eember Fashion Notes 1 London. An idea of costumes to be worn on the Rivera this wintw is jrivf n by the frocks worn by Heuther Thatcher, the muslin I comedy actress. One ol these Is of white fUnin. I, ehecked in reen frmn kn" to h"iii. A whltf Inexpensive Good Looks K isn't nicissary to spend much nion. y in order to en Joy the 1m n-fit of our beau ty service. There Is no substitute for the finality Iha' the folloiv iiiK prices Insure hero: Marcel an I Hob l.'iirl....l.l Top Marcel nnd Hob furl '- Sicalp Tr utnu nta . CK1ST MARINKLLO S1I01' fliinnl ft. Sioiln-r flMf. IVant7 Ahl for Stml" l'hone Main 577 'lHE SPARKPLUG Vitamins t6 nourishment ' arc what a spark-plug is to a motor. To susaun vitality, the body needs three thou sand calorics of food daily, yet if this food is not activated by vitamins the body is un able to thrive in health or strength. Scott's Emulsion brings to a weakened system vitamin-activated nourish ment of highest derec. A little taken regularly helps i wonderfully to build strcnydi and resistance, j if you would keep strong and vital ac ! tivate your diet with pif Scot'') I'sw a. am. LfiEME presens . tr, ,.7 rnfj I r Ir. j IT.16aftW2I!.JJ f 1 I T , 111 Directed W A UNIVERSAL GIBON PRODUCTION And the (Jumps in "ANDY'S HAT IN TIIK IUN(i" TODAY C II AKLKS Y. RY AND W.M.LACK IJKliRY IN "DYNAMITK SMITH"' Be What Would Christmas Without Candy? Of all llic things that Christmas ilenmnds in every honm; and in every sluckiiijj, Candy is most characteristic everyhody 'likes candy. i You can't select any gift that is more certain of a hapury reception for Wife, Mother, Sweetheart, Daughter, Child and Friend. Wliat a joy it is, therefore, to give A box from this fresh stock of delicious I Lowncy's, Liggets and Owyhee Candy. Tho original I.iggetl's lmx is a n tlintial favorite, and the new Aristyl'.' boxes nie gaining the same popularity the Artslyle Red Pox with 19 cllbico varielies of chocolates, the Aitstyle Wonder liox designed in Talis (a package within a package), and the Aitstyle Crinoline offer ideal selections. Another favorite is Liggelt's "Little Hits From the Fast." They arc here in one to fivc poiuid boxes at ?l to Lownoy's and Owyhee displays include the fancy packages that are espe cially nice as, gifts containing chocolates of choicest quality. One to five pound boxes at ?l lo if 10. ' For Children and Old Folks, too the Special Assortment of Liggelt's Hard Candies is ideal tvo-iiund boxes at 1. j ' GLASS DRUGS Inc. Psl'. 5