OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915
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EORGEM FABLE
V 1
GEORGE APE-
. Written by Frederick
R. Toombs From
George Ade's Scena
rio, Which Has Been
Filmed by the Essa
nay Company.
THE FABLE OF THE MEN
AT THE WOMEN'S
CLUB
Copyright, 1915, by Essanay Film Co.
CAMIIE WILGDS PODD, better
known under the Alias of Mrs.
Podd, was President of the
Plymouth Rock Literary club.
She prided herself on her Superior
Ways and -for years had been noted
for her Uuugbty Manner. She just
couldn't be happy without her Air of
Reserve.
As president of the Club Mrs. Podd
was the Social Dictator of the town
and the Severity with which she con
ducted the Affairs of her home, was
proverbial for Miles around. Every
body knew that Mr. Podd was not al
lowed to smoke In the bouse and that
years of Curtain Lectures bad finally
succeeded in utterly Breaking his
Spirit
Mrs. Podd, the High Brow, being in
troduced to 'you as Exhibit A, now
take a Peek at Looloo, the same being
Exhibit B.
Looloo, a Joyous young Damsel of
the blue eyed Blond persuasion, was a
member of the Club who would not
Persist In trying to be Unhappy. She
enjoyed a Pleasant Time without
grieving over It. Her twenty years
of life had not taught her to refuse to
smile. "Peacherlno" was her defini
tion among the lads in the High
School.
Suppose you were a Tired
Business Man, which would you
pick? V
Looloo's real Monicker was Joseph
ine Beadle, but the boys gave her the
nickname because she was so Swift
The Literary Club was organized by
Women too old to Tango but not old
enough to stay home and Knit
The club spoiled a sunshiny after
noon by holding a Meeting at Mrs.
Podd's residence. All the Elite were
there, Looloo Included. She was In
terested when Mrs. Houston-Alexander,
announced as the Orator of the
Day, arose and pronounced her topic
to be, "Why is a Man?" That is, Loo
loo was interested because she knew
she would not remain to listen to the
Lecture.
After Mrs. Houston-Alexander's open
ing statement that "Man Is a useless
her on her Way. Some of the club
members observed the episode from
a window of the Podd mansion, where
upon Mrs. Wilkinson S my the observed
to Samanthy Punko:
"She is a Shameless Hussy who
chases the Men."
Once a year the Club pulled a
Big Show to which the Hes were
invited.
Looloo heard about her Unseemly
Conduct at th Literary Club and con
cluded that she would endeavor to
Live it Down. Whether she would
pay her annual dues, now in arrears,
or resign was a question that she
found difficulty in Deciding.
Days passed and Looloo became still
more proficient in playing Fan Tan
without a Joker. j
Finally the young lady received a
Missive that caused her to Wail In
Anguish. Here is the wording of the
Note:
PLYMOUTH ROCK LITERARY
CLUB.
DEAR MISS BEADLE:
May we have our annual meeting at
your home? ?ou have a lovely front room
with double doors.
Sincerely,
' CARRIE WILGUS PODD.
Looloo gave the communication the
Once Over and then sought Refuge In
pure Irascibility. She was All In at
the thought of having to put up the
Literary Hens at her Retreat.
But the flossy little minx was Game
and she concluded to face the Firing
Line.
In due time Mrs. Podd received 'the
following Epistle:
DEAR MRS. PODD:
Sure Thing.
Truly, etc.,
JOSEPHINE BEADLE.
The president of the Literary Club
became very Sniffy when she read
Looloo's slang. The Old Lady had
been on Earth almost three score years
and had never been known to have a
Kindly Thought
In due time the Daddies and Bach
elors of the Burg began receiving In
vitations. They were of the Swellest
sort, the words engraved on heavily
embossed paper:
PLYMOUTH ROCK LITERARY
CLUB.
Annual Meeting
At the Home of Josephine Beadle,
1440 Prospect Avenue.
June 10th, 8 P. M.
R. 8. V. P.
The afternoon before the meeting
the Men Folks gathered at the Down
town Relaxation Club, where - they
could Liquor Up before they had to
endure two hours' Thirst They all
were Stuck on Looloo, for she was the
Town Pet, but they hadn't the Nerve
to be Happy in the Gang of Wives that
was to be on hand. Mrs. Podd bad an
awful time getting her Hubby togged
out in his Evening Clothes. She
couldn't understand- why he did not
feel Gay at the-outlook.
The Merry Festival opened on time.
The Men were led In, pulling at the
Halters, with their Ears laid back.
Looloo made a Hit with the Sports
when she plunked Deacon Dobbs on
the back and told him he was the Can
dy Kid. all right all right
Mrs. Podd called the club to order
and Sprung a few Soulful Thoughts on
the advance of Science during the
Elizabethan era. The Onward March
of that period would have had a far
higher Score, Bhe Demonstrated, If
Galileo had not discovered the 'Tele-
i scope so early.
Then she threw Sophlnuba Wllkins
to the Wolves. This untarnished maid
en bad Thoughtfully prepared her Ad
dress in writing so that she would be
Sure not to leave anything Out
Her topic, selected after a consulta
tion with the staff of the Weekly
Splash, was announced to be "A Treat
tse on the Ravages of the Buffalo
Moth; What is the Remedy?"
Mrs. Podd Had an Awful Time With
Hubby' Necktie.
Appendage to the Human Race be
cause he Consumes so much, making
him an Economic Loss," Looloo got up
on her neat little Tootsies and Fox
Trotted to the door. She may have
been a member of the Club but She
was not a Dead One.
As Looloo proceeded along the side
walk Who should greet her but the
well known Bunny Wriggles, son of
the chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Chemical Cheese Company.
Bunny took her Parasol and escorted
tuning room the Sufferer was lea;
There was an abundance of cigars,
cigarettes, siphons nnd bottlrs contain
ing Other Liquids. The shock almost
Killed Father.
"Wait till I get some of my friends,"
he Snorted. lie went buck to the
Meeting and in Diplomatic Manner
threw out the Life Line to a few of
his Pals.
. Saved from the Clutches of the
Old Dodos the Outfit proceeded
to Break In on Looloo's stock of
Soporifics. They puHcd the
( Throttle, wide open and1 lilt the
'Down Grade with a full head of
Steam.
Then they recollected that the Light
of Mrs. Podd's Life hud been left out
of the Reunion. He was seated in the
front row between the president and
Miss Euphremesia Stubbs, secretary ol
the Swat the Fly Crusade Society.
There seemed no hope for Him. He
had fallen off the International Bridge
and his wriggling carcass wus swiftly
whirling to the very cu6e of the Falls:
Then somebody let an Idea percolate.
V V
Sopbinlsba demonstrated In her
Introduction that the Buffalo
moth caused the loss each year
of enough Doughrhlno to pay for
the Bullion- War. She went
straight at ber subject and Ate
It Up.
Mrs. Houston-Alexander's Meal Tick
et stealthily left bis seat and edged to
the door, where he found Looloo.
"None of that stuff for me," be whis
pered Into her "Sympathetic ear.
"Don't you like this Literary Guff?"
the innocent young thing queried.
In answer came a Growl resembling
a Sunset during the EqulnoxlaL
"I Gotta education when I wnz too
young tub know any better an' I don't
need no morevlt"
"Come with me, and I will shovr you
something," said the Hostess. To the
The Life Saving Station.
A Fake telegram! Just the thing to
save Little Eva from the Bloodhounds.
A servant was soon seen to tap Mr.
Podd on the shoulder and hand him a
sheet of yellow paper. These were the
words he read with Gladdened Eyes:
"HURRY, HURRY TO THE LIFE
SAVING STATION."
Seriously, gravely the Intended Vic
tim arose, holding the yellow paper
conspicuously before him and gained
the New Freedom.
Just about this time the Hens got
Hep to the fact that Looloo had slipped
something Over on them. They sent a
War Scout to find out what had be
come of the Bums and discovered thnt
they were having a Dizzy Debauch.
Looloo was sitting on the dining room
table reading from her latest copy of
Drummers' Jokes, and the whole Fleet
was rapidly verging on Hysteria.
Looloo refused highballs and cock
tails, but she Dipped into the Butter
milk something Fierce.
The Meeting ended In a Hurry when
the News of the Scandal was received
The Crew of Harpies flew into the din
ing room and Smeared the Push with
Gloom.
Next day Looloo received a letter by
special messenger to this effect:
PLYMOUTH ROCK LITERARY
cma.
MISS BEADLE:
By unanimous vote of the Executive
Committee you are suspended from the
club. CARRIE WILGUS PODD,
President.
At first the Chicken was angry, but
finally she shoved a Grin across her
Dainty Cheeks.
"They're a jealous Bunch of Hags,"
she muttered. "Just because 1 put
the Town on the Map they want to
send me to Siberia for lifo. Well, I
Just won't go to Siberia. I might
catch Cold."
Another messenger soon arrived. He
carried a long pasteboard box. Open
ing it Looloo found fifteen dollars'
worth of American Beauty roses.
In an envelope she found a card. On
It was inscribed:
"FROM THE BOYS."
"There you are," was her next Mut
ter. "Even the married men have
hearts. They can't forget that I gave
them a rainless Hour when they least
expected to get It"
The problems of the Buffalo Moth
have never been finally settled. Mrs.
Podd has suggested that the club have
It Debate on the subject some night in
August at Firemen's Hall. The ques
tion to be decided will be:
"Which is More Destructive; Fire,
Water, War, Rum or the Buffalo
Moth?"
Mrs. Podd will choose the debaters,
and she will render the Decision as to
who makes the ablest Exposition of
the Points involved. A First Prize
and a Booby Prize will be awarded by
Mrs. Podd. Looloo has been Invited
to attend. She will get a Prize.
MORAL.
THE ONLY LITERARY MEN
ARE THOSE WHO HAVE TO
WORK AT IT.
IS
IS
New York, May 24, 1915.
No easy time will milady have
with her lingerie this summer, for
lingerie having- forsaken its Btraight
and narrow way shows signs of slack
ening its mad rush toward fulness.
It is useless to deceive yourself by
thinking you can make your petti
coats and slips of last season do for
this. The old tube-like undermus
lins are out of tie question with the
voluminous skirt of the present mode.
Far better bow to fashion and buy
a hoop skirt.
If; - hoop skirt sounds far-fetched
to you, it's only because you have
not seen the dainty creation mas
querading under the old name. They
are useful and graceful, these skirts
with the reed, and they are actually
going to wear them with filmy frocks
this summer. One store features
several in white and pastel shades of
crepe de Chine with a flexible wire
inserted above a deep lace flounce.
As the skirt measures only two
yards where the wire is placed, it
acts the same as a stiffly starched
skirt, without the bulk and clumsi
ness. Another house, in the very
heart of the shopping district, hereto
fore noted for its conservativeness,
shows a model of ribbon and net, con
spicuously placed in the boudoir win
dow. This in itself is not a petti
coat, but merely a foundation com
ing to the knee, formed of a shirred
piece of net three inches wide, stif
fened on either side and suspended
from a waistband with half-inch ribbons.
Significant of the change in under
wear fashions, lingerie petticoats
measure from three to ten yards in
width. Now, when you buy an un
derskirt you do a patriotic act, for
these cambric and muslin skirts
consumed a large share of those fa
mous bales of cotton we heard so
much of last fall. Some especially
pretty fine cambric and muslin
models are shown in three and five
gores, trimmed with galloons of em
broidery and Valenciennes, filet or li
erre lace. These threaten the vogue
of crepe de Chine which has come
to be almost a staple. The novel
ties of the 3eason are skirts of mull
combined with narrow net ruffles.
An Empire design, made to wear with
the new Empire dresses, is fashion
ed in this fabric and hangs straight
from the bust. All in all, however,
staples outnumber the novelties this
season. The white washable sateen
skirts offered with wide-pleated
flounces are splendid to wear with
thin frocks. The texture is so close,
that there isn't the slightest chance
of the wearer's figure being silhouet
ted in the sun.
Drop skirts for cloth suits are, of
course, more moderate in ' width,
measuring from two to three and a
half yards. Here, taffeta predom
inates, and as in the suit itself,- blue
is the leading color; although there
are some white taffetas and Dolly
Varden effects, which bid fair to be
extremely popular during the sum
mer. Ruchings and pinked ruffles
are the two modes of trimming. It
is surprising how many designs can
be accomplished with these. A taf
feta skirt of the deep Rocky Moun
tain blue shows an odd effect in the
ruching which is placed zig-zag fash
ion in the center of the flounce,
Others have the ruchings in straight
rows, and the pinked ruffles are put
on in the zig-zag manner or draped
like garlands, on the lower skirt.
Many of the stores display these
skirts with brassieres, the tighter the
better, no doubt for contrast, or per-
3k
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lillili
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chance because there is so much new
in brassiere fashions. It is interest
ing to note that the front closings
have completely replaced the old
crossed-in-the-back styles, which at
best were ill-fitting, uncomfortable
garments. Above the bust line, some
of the new waists are elaborately em
broidered and trimmed with lace.
One expensive, hand-made model of
linen has a yoke and short sleeve em
broidered with a conventional rose de
sign, and the edges buttonholed with
tiny scallops. However, brassieres
are not at all fancy. Others have de
generated into mere strapless bust
supporters A rubber brassiere they
offer for $6.00 is said to reduce the
bust two inches. If this is true,
there may be no doubt of its future
popularity.
Indeed, so many types are featur
ed, it is difficult to say what is what
in underwear fashions. In the sum
mer sales of white, where everything
white is shown, each garment saams
different and more adorable than the
one before. Nightgowns, chemises
and combinations for instance, find
inspiration in every period of the past
hundred years and to make the choice
more bewildering the garments are
taking, special names. "Simplicity"
is a batiste set, chemise and night
gown, with baby waist and puTfed
sleeves of the first Empire. "Vic
toria," a set of chiffon cloth of
"Dawn Rose," a fabric similar to in
destructable voils in a filmy rose
color, comes from Victoria styles as
one might readily guess, being made
in sections joined together with fag
oting. There is a name to fit every
style and almost as many fabrics. In
some of the sheerest models, striped
Georgette crepe, French voiles, mous
selines, nainsooks and chiffon cloths
in DollyVarden patterns, elaborately
frilled or plainly piped, trimmed with
Flemish, lierre, Valenciennes, filet or
Baby Irish crochet lace.
Just at this season, when the parks
bloom with flowers and the shops
Geo. C. Brownell
LAWYER
Caufield Bldg.
Oregon City Oregon
Residence 6 1 2 Phones: Main 1 1 0 1
Center St.
M. 172
Dr. A. McDonald
. Veterinary Surgeon
Office. ed Front Barn
Phones: Main 116
B-9 OREGON CITY
with lingerie, it is refreshing to lin
ger over the fluffy frills for the
boudoir. How charming the Robes de
interior are! Again, crepe de Chine
is the fabric of the moment, coming
in attractive leaf pattern, stripes and
Dr. L. G. ICE
DENTIST
Beaver Building Oregon City
Phonaa Paolflo, 1221. Horn A 18
polka dot designs. The polka dot
idea is used in a smart kimona in an
Avenue shop. The silk is white with
large and small green dots and is
made, with an Empire bodice and full
skirt; the neck, sleeves and lower
edge are finished with wide ruffs of
C. SCHUEBEL
LAWYER
DEUTCHER ADVAKAT
Oregon City Bank Bldg.
Oregon City
maline and the waist with a twist of
ribbon and a pink rose in front. Crin
oline wrappers are also featured for
morning wear in dainty dimity, Swiss
mull and point d'esprit, ruffled in
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Store Opens
1 8:30 A. M.
Saturdays at
9 A. M.
Pacific Phone
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Store Closes
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Saturdays a
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A 2112
A CLEAN-UP SALE OF SPRING
LACES
YOU HAVE CHOICE FROM 18 to 42-INCH ORIENTAL
FLOUNCINGS, Oriental and Venise Allovers, Shadow Laces,
Black and White Chantillas, Etc. --Hundreds of patterns in Regular
$1.00, $1.50 and $1.75 Qualities, Priced for this sale at. - - -
Hero-is the season's greatest Lace opportunity a great clean-up of broken lines
short bolts and odd pieces. All desirable goods, including many exclusive patterns of
exquisite daintiness and distinction. Here is just a hint of the assortment: 18, 27 and
42-inch Oriental Flouncings in dozens and dozens of light and heavy patterns, in cream
and white; 18-inch Oriental and Venise Al lover Laces, in cream and white; 36-inch
Shadow Laces, in floral and conventional designs; 12 and 18-inch . black and white
Ohantilly and Shadow Flouncings. and a great many others in qualities regu- Aftf
larly sold at $1.00; $1-50 and $175 a yard. At this sale all are to go at, the yd, f JjG
Overstock Sale of Women's Footweat
$2
37
Pair
Included in the lot are All Fashionable Styles One, Two and
Three-Strap, La Valliere Side Buckle. Kewpie, Princess and
Colonial Pumps Come in all sizes and widths and in Values
Worth up to $4.00 Specially Priced Tomorrow at - - -
The dark weather has retarded the sale of Spring Footwear somewhat and we find an
overstock on our shelves. Therefore,, the result is -this positive price reduction, In
cluded are the most fashionable styles one two arid three-strap "La Valliere" side
buckle Kewpie and short vamp Princess and Colonial Pumps; also straight no strap
styles, button and lace Oxfords, etc. All leather and fabrics, in all sizes
and widths. See our window display. Regular val. to $4-00. Per pair
.Infants' Mary Jane and Instep
Pumps, sizes 1-5, on sale at
Children's Mary Jane and
Instep Pumps, 5-8, for.."....
Children's Mary Jane and
Instep Pumps, 8-1 1,
97c
$1.22
$1.57
Misses' Mary Jane and In
step Pumps, lly2-2, for
Women's Mary Jane and In
step Pumps, 212-6, for
Roys' $3-00 Goodyear Welt
Jockey Boots, on sale at
$2.37
$1.77
$1.97
$1.79
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