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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1914)
lO TTTE MORNIXG OREGOXIAIT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1914. INNER dances have grained an impetus with the advent of the Fall season, in spite of the few j days of Indian Summer that . are : being enjoyed at the present time. " " In addition to the Hotel Multno- man and the Commercial Club, the ; ; University Club has decided to in ; ! augurate dinner dances beginning Fri- day, October 2, 'and continuing every first Friday of the month during the ', ; social season. Dinner will be served ' " from 6:30 to 8 o'clock, and dancing will last until midnight. It will, of , course, be necessary to make reserva F tions in advance, as there is no doubt of the popularity of these functions. ''.r A smart affair of yesterday was the bridge party for which Mrs. Leon Peters and Mrs. Walter Lucas were hostesses at the Peters residence. . Guests made up six tables of the game, " ; and at the tea hour an additional num ber called, ihey will entertain -again ' this afternoon at a similar affair, to i which they have asked a number of prominent matrons. Mrs. Lucas plans , to return to her home in Minneapolis, October 1, and during her sojourn in thiK rltv KliA 1 'J a hon phormitio-lv An '. ' tertained. . ' The opening dancing party of the , Chanticleer Club was held in Christen !. sen's Hall Tuesday night. About 130 ..couples attended the party and many charmingly gowned young women add ed a gay atmosphere to the affair. -j Announcement has been received . from Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Irwin tell ing of the marriage of their daughter. Miss Annie St. Clair, to Dr. Alfred Tingle, formerly of this city, on Fri ; . day, September 18. The ceremony was , solemnized in Christ Church Cathe : dral. Ottawa, of which city the bride ') is a resident, and Dr. Tingle recently went there to make his home. ' 1 The wedding of Miss Dorothy Eliza beth Stanley and Sydney Alan Crysler . will be solemnized this evenin? at 8:30 o'clock in the First Universalist Church, - Rev. J. E. Corby officiating. The bride will be attended by Miss Alice Louise Stanley as maid of honor, and . little Mary Louise Rhodes as flower , girl. George Hotchkiss Street will act as best man, ami the guests will be ushered by Dr. Frederick Gulick. Clif--. lord L, Stanley, Allen Jobes and Paul , ;.. Machette. Miss Flora Credo will play : the wedding march and a vocal solo will be given by .Miss Katherine Crysler. Mr. and. Mrs. Harvey P. Barnhart l i.. knew UHUgU- ' ter, Katheryn Ethel, to Grover C. Brown Tuesday, September 22. , Mrs. James Edward Harvey has re . ceived word from Fairbanks, Alaska, that her sister, Mrs. Edmond Milles L.Taylor, will be in Portland about .. October 1. Mrs. Taylor is making this ' : her mother, Mrs. Pauline Reichwein, and sister, Zaidee, of New Tork City, who are with Mrs. Harvey. m m m Miss Jean Morrison and Miss Violet Erskine are passing a fortnight with . Mrs. Thomas Sharp at her attractive home in Prineville, Or. . Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Farrell returned "Irom a trip to the Sound cities. Invitations are out for the wedding of Lewis Hunt Mills and Miss Elinor Lawrence, of Boston, Mass.. which will be a brilliant event of Thursday, Octo ber 1. The bride-elect is a pretty girl, charming and Interesting, and will be a delightful acquisition to Portland so ciety. Mr. Mills is building a hand : some home on Irving street for his - bride-elect. She is the daughter of - Bishop Lawrence of the diocese of Massachusetts, and he is the eldest son - of Mr. and Mrs. A. L Mills. The wed ding reception will be a smart after noon affair at the home of Bishop and Mrs. Lawrence in Brush Hill road, Reedville, Mass. Mount Hood Circle, Women of Woodcraft, will give its opening dance this evening in the East Side Wood men's Hall, at 112 East Sixth street. The committee is: Mrs. Jeanette Ram- . sey, Mrs. William Trembly and Miss ; Lizzie Evans. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hen derson was the scene of a pretty wed ding Monday evening, when their daughter, Ruth Theodora, became the bride of Gysbert Van Steenwyk Har vey. The bride had no attendants and only the immediate family witnessed . the ceremony, which was read by Rev. J. A. Goode. After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Harvey will make their home in Grants Pass. iMrs. M. Bagley has returned from a visit in New York. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bennison an nounce the engagement of their daugh ter, Ellen Bennison, to Dr. Alfred Swennes. Mr. and Mrs. David C. Lewis have ' returned from an extended sojourn at Sol Due Springs, and are to pass a few weeks with Miss Sallie Lewis. m m m One of Galsworthy's plays. "The Mob," has been selected by Alfred H. Brown, M. A., for his lecture this morn ing at Hotel Multnomah at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Brown's lectures are prov ing popular with the genera) public. THE regular business meeting of the board of managers of the '.. Portland Grade Teachers' Association . will be held today in the headquarters, room 300 Courthouse, at 4:30 o'clock. The regular monthly business meeting of the association will take place Oc - tober 7 at the same hour in the li " brary. At 6 o'clock the members will adjourn for dinner. Miss Hallie C. Thomas is president. The Grade Teach '" ers' Association was organized in May, 1912, and has 5S0 members, but an ef fort will be made this Fall to Interest many more of the teachers of the city in the movement- During the Summer ; the comfortable rooms of the organ ization were kept open. Among those , who acted as hostesses were Miss Ab bie Wright, Mrs. Ada Farmer. Miss Grondahl, Miss A. G. Orth, Miss Nora :' Green. Miss Edith Wright and Miss ; Viola Ortschild. The association has ; . put out a little bulletin This month that is a decided credit to the organ .; ization and is full of interesting mat ter. ; . Many of the prominent clubwometi of the city are preparing to attend the Estate federation , meeting which will convene in Eugene, October 12. The speakers for the first night will be :; Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, state president; ;.; Mayor D. E. Toran, President P. L. Campbell, Alexander Martin, president of the Eugene Commercial Club; Mrs. W. P. Boynton, president of the Fort- POPULAR YOUNG UNIVERSITY HER nightly Club, Eugene; Mrs. Vincent Palmer, Neighborhood Club, La Grande. Music will be furnished by the Girls' Glee Club of the University of Oregon. A reception will conclude the evening. The following day Mrs. W. H. Fear and Mrs. J. A. Pettit will report on the biennial. Mrs. Mabel Parsons will speak and Miss Bethesda I. Beals, of the Washington State Anti-Tuberculosis Society, Miss E. K. Bailey and others will appear. Miss Beals' talk will lje one of the important features of the convention. Since the state federation has decided to take over the entire charge of the sale of Red Cross seals, the clubwomen will be more than ever interested in the anti-tuberculosis work. Theq have done splendid serv ice throughout the state in the past and this Winter will take up the work in Multnomah County, which hereto fore was the province of th Visiting Nurse Association. In many states there is a branch of the National Anti Tuberculosis Society, but in Oregon the clubs have undertaken the responsi bility of this humanitarian work. a The Portland Graded Union will meet in room A, Central Library, at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. At 2 o'clock the newly organized teachers' training class will meet with Mrs. N. Perry as leader. Mrs. F. R. Cook is president of the union. The organization is the means of bringing together Sunday school workers who discus3 and study the best means of teaching and work ing in Sunday schools and making them interesting and attractive. The state convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held September 30 to October 2 in The Dalles. At yesterday's meeting of Cen tral Union, Mrs. H. Wilson, president of the union. Mrs. M. L. -T. Hidden and Mrs. L. F. Additon were among the speakers who told of the wdrk being done for "Oregon dry." A large num ber of delegates will go to The Dalles on Tuesday morning by boat. There will 'be no meeting of Central Union next Wednesday on account of the con vention THE regular executive board meet ing of the Young Women's Chris tian Association was held on-Tuesday. Quarterly reports from the chairmen of the different committees were given, which showed a gratifying increase In the work as compared with the Sum mer months one year ago. The resignation of Mrs. J. Thomas Roberts from the board of directors was received with regret, and Mrs.. W. D. Wheelwright was elected to fill the vacancy. Mrs. Roberts has been the chairman of the employment commit tee for some years. Mrs. Vincent Cook was appointed to fill the vacancy left on that committee by the resignation of Mrs. Roberts. Classes are now forming in all de partments for the new year's work, and the beginning of October will find the association in full working order for the Winter. . The Young Women's Christian Asso ciation is doing for the women of Port land lines of work undertaken by no other association, and some of its best work is being done through depart ments that bring little or no compen sation to the association. The vesper service of the Young Women's Christian Association will take place on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, when the Rev. J. J. Staub will speak and Mrs. Hutchinson will sing. The social hour will follow. Last Sun day was Miss Georgia Wicker's firet public appearance as head of the re ligious department, and her talk, was heard by a large number of girls. The Rev. Frank W. Gorman's solos were an additional attraction. Friday night a unique feature will be the masquerade track meet. All girls who are interested In the gym nasium will be welcomed. Last Fri day there was a happy reunion and informal tea for the classes, v ... Miss Katherine Wandold. a distin guished missionary from Corea. has been stopping at the association for a 3 " , r tK f ( . "r: w c. A GIRL WHO RETURNED TO RESUME STUDIES. & r & S-Z g ' 0 s- short time. She was cordially wel comed by Miss James, the general sec retary, and by all who were privileged to meet her. The Bible study classes will begin October 5 and the classes in English for foreigners will start October 8. Registration for millinery, cooking, commercial and other classes is now going on. Drfrederccf.RbssIter. AFFLICTED writes What causes spasms or contractions of the muscles? 2. A. doctor told me once to take hydrobromide of hyoscine for it in small doses. Would this cure it? 3. Would the taking of thyroid ex tract help the secretions any? Where can I get the parothyroid extract in Portland? REPLY. - 1. Irritation of nerve centers or of nerve trunks. Qramps in the legs are often caused by some pressure on the nerves in the pelvis. 2. No. 3. The thyroid secretions help to maintain the other secretions of the body, so if there is a deficiency in the functions of the thyroid gland the tak ing of the extract will help. Do not take the parothyroid extract without the advice of a physician. It can be obtained at some of the down town drug stores.. NERVOUS SYMPTOMS. S. writes: I would greatly appre ciate it if you would tell me what to do for the following symptoms: I feel very stiff in the legs. . After I have been sitting for a time and go to get up I can hardly move my legs. They feel as though they were dead. In two or three minutes they get all right, I have chronic constipation and have suffered from this for years. The last doctor I saw said I was suffering from stopping up of the gall ducts and that my blood was full of bile. I don't feel refreshed when I get up in the morning and I dream much and am very nervous and irritable. The least thing upsets me. I also feel as though there were ants crawling in my stomach. What should I do to get the bile out of my system? REPLY. Your symptoms indicate some ex haustion of the nerve centers, probably due to the accumulation of poisons in the tissues, covering some length of time. The stiff legs could be due to both of these conditions. I would sug gest that you take 'a hot hip bath at 105 degrees for 10 minutes every night before retiring, or if this is not con venient take a bath by sitting in the tub with the water above the hips and the legs out straight. Have the water 100 degrees and remain in it 15 to 20 minutes. This simple treatment has a very beneficial effect. Dry yourself quickly and go to bed. If you have bile in your blood it will show by your being jaundiced or yel low. If these signs are not present you need not be alarmed about bile be ing in the blood. . A person in your condition can be helped the most and in the quickest and most satisfactory manner by spending a few weeks in a sanitarium where you can be treated in a rational manner. PREVENTING RHEUMATISM. Mrs. L. II. writes: Will you please tell me if I can do anything to prevent inflammatory rheumatism from re turning? I have just recovered from an attack, but have not been able to bend the knee yet. This makes 11 weeks I have had it. My limb was in a cast for two weeks. I can bend the knee-about two inches. Will it always be stiff? Is it a blood or germ dis ease? s REPLY., All acute forms of rheumatism, and probably all chronic forms of what is called rheumatism, are due to germs that gain entrance to the blood. These germs come from the intestines, from the tonsils, from pyorrhea of the teeth and other infections about the mouth and nose cavities and lungs. So the only way to prevent acute attacks of what is called rheumatism is to keep these places free from sua germs. Many of these acute troubles that we have are due to infections through the tonsils. . Good massage to your knee now, given by an expert manipulator, will do more than anything else to increase the motion. Snapshots Barbara Boyd, Some Klads of Womea. (FA ID you ever wonder just what J kind of woman you are?" A friend asked the other day. "How do you mean?" I inquired. "We are apt to classify our friends and neighbors and acquaintances," she explained, "but I wonder do we ever really classify ourselves. I have a friend, for instance, whom I classify as extravagant. Her father gives her a fair allowance. But he is not wealthy and he works hard for what he gets. But she never seems to think of the long hours of toil that provide her the money. She buys herself evea-ything she wants and she always gets the best. Good quality is of course a good in vestment But that is not1 the basis on which she buys. She must have the latest, the most fashionable costly things that have little use or wear but are stylish. As a consequence, she ex ceeds her allowance and runs up enor mous bills on him every month. She is always penitent and promises not to do it next month. . But next month it is the same story. I think she is frightfully extravagant, really selfish ly extravagant. But such an idea never enters her head. She sees the things, wants them, and buys them. I doubt if she knows there is such a word as 'extravagant' in the language. If she does, I am sure, she has no idea of its meaning." "I know a woman whom I would call Ineffective," I mused, following my friend's train of thought. "She never accomplishes anything. She is always going to do, but never does. She is going to work in the garden of a morn ing, but she sits around and talks about it. Her home is always in confusion because she .can't decide whether this carpet should be in that room and that piece of furniture in this, or vice versa. And so it is never fixed. She fiddles around wondering what to have for dinner, until the dinner hqur arrives; and then at the last moment, she puts on the table the odds and ends that happen to be in the house. She's that way about everything talking and wondering and undecided, and not get ting anywhere. But I do not think she realizes what is the matter. She is always saying that she never gets any thing done and wondering why. But she doesn't seem to glimpse the rea son." "That's the odd part of it," laughed my friend. "I know a woman who is really very wasteful. But she thinks she is tremendously economical. She is always telling with glee how small her household bils are. That's because she buys inexpensive things. But she will buy twice as much as she needs and throw half of it away. The amount of stuff that woman wastes is incredible. She will cook an enormous quantity of rice rice doesn't cost much you know but the family can't eat it in one or two meals and they get tired of it and won't touch it and then she throws it away. And if you say anything to her about her wastefulness in throwing so much food away, she'll tell you tri umphantly how small her bills are and that she doesn't beieve any family of their size live on as little as they do. But she is not truly economical. They could live better on the same amount if she bought judiciously." Then I thought of the woman nn could classify as disorderly, the one wno leaves a trail of untidiness behind her. When she comes in from shop ping, her packages go here, her hat there, her coat somewhere else, her gloves on the couch, her handbag on the mantel. In five minutes after she arrives, the room is in confusion. When she gets a meal everything is left where she happens to be usintr it. When she sews, thread, pins, scraps, patterns are everywhere. And she is blissfully unconscious oi tne disorder. Things are left that way until somebody else tidies up. One could go on enumerating monv kinds of women, couldn't one the kinds our neighbors are. But perhaps it might be really more helpful to turn our eyes inward a bit and see into which class we ourselves might falL Are we any one of these or of the many other kinds we can easily think of? BARBARA BOYD. J 7b-NiGiffJ Mother's Helper. ' ONE morning Nettle's father came to her room and said: "Mother is sick this morning. I wonder if we can get breakfast and take care of the baby until I get someone to come and help?" Nettie was only 10 years old, and she had never done anything to help about the house, but she jumped out of bed and dressed herself and ran downstairs. Her father was making the coffee, and Nettle began to set the table. She was surprised to find she had to take so many steps back and forth to the pantry. The eggs were not cooked right and the coffee was muddy, the toast was burned and then the baby awoke Just as Nettie was sitting down to her breakfast. The baby was brought to the table, but he wanted bis breakfast, and Nettie had to prepare it before she ate hers. "We do not get on as well as mother, do we?" asked her father. Nettie shook her head. She waa too busy to reply any other way, and she wondered how her mother could get breakfast every morning and have it right and take care of the baby and be so pleasant ait the time. Nettie had to stay at home from school until the woman came to take care of her mother and the baby. Nettie went to her mother's room to ask if she wanted any breakfast, but her mother was too ill to eat. "See if you cannot bathe baby's face and hands and put on a fresh dress and wash the Wishes before the woman comes," said her mother. It was noon before Nettie had the work done, and still the woman did not come; then came a message from her father that he could not get any one to help and that he would come home early and help he- with the din ner. Nettie got her lunch and gave the baby his bottle, and while he was hav ing his nap she went to her mother again. "Do you think you could make moth er a cup of tea?" she asked Nettle. Then she told her how to make it. and Nettle went to the kitchen to try her hand as a cook. The tea was rather strong, but she put more hot water in the cup, and the piece of toast she had made was a delicate brown, so she felt quite pleased with her work. Nettie put the napkins on a tray as she had seen her mother do when her father was sick, and carried the tea and toast to her mother. "How delicious it looks, daughter," said her mother, "and it tastes o good. You have been mother's little helper today and I know you are tired." Mother came to the table that night and they all laughed at the dinner. The potatoes were soggy, the steak over done, but they managed to eat it, and A human under hot lOi ijps? lift Ut JMI' III rHwJi 1 kMIMmiJte' His wife snubbed by lier neighbors His daughter turned aside from at church He himself blackballed at the club A man in a small city tracked down the cause. He was square, clean and likable; well known, with a charming wife and daughter, plenty of money, and yet why wouldn't folks have 'anything to do with him and his? The man tells the story himself see page 13 IN THE O C T O B" E R ISSUE OF Theladies Home Jour nal Fifteen Cents the Copy, of All News Agents Or, $1.50 a Year (12 issues) by Mail, Ordered Through Our Subscription Agents or Direct Our Sales Agent is J. K. HAVELY 269 Taylor St. x Portland THE CURTIS PUBXISHINTG COMPANY Independence Square PMladelpliiaHennsxlxiania when Nettie put her head on the pillow that night she thought it had been the longest day she had ever known. The next morning- mother was well and up getting breakfast when Nettie came into the kitchen, but when the baby cried. Nettie did not wait tor her mother to so to him; she took him out of his 'bed and bathed and dressed him for breakfast and put him in his chair. "I am going to. beJp a lot more than C have been dotns," said Nettie. "I did not know before you were sick." And she kept her word. iCopyrigrht, 1914. by the McClure News paper Syndicate. New York City.) FOREIGN TRIP HAS TRIALS Sirs. Fritz De Kock Says Belgium Presents Scene of Desolation. That she would not undergo the trials of her trip to Europe again for $10,000 was the assertion made y ester- ITCHED AND BURNED INTENSELY Breaking Out Covered Whole Body. Came in Pimples. Clothes Irri tated. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment.' Now Healed. 2623 Stout St.. Denver, Colb. "The breaking out started on my mother's back. Later it covered her whole body and caused intense burning and itching. It first came in pimples and later became rough and itchy. The flesh then hardened. It was so itchy that she scratched and caused it to spread. Her clothes irritated the break ing out; she could wear only silk garments. She got neither sleep nor rest. The eruption was also on her face and caused disfigurement. "She tried everything that was pre scribed, but there was no relief. Then she began to use Cuticura Soap and Ointment and they gave her relief at once. It lasted two weeks after she began to use Cuticura Soap and Ointment and then she wu healed." Signed) Mill Dorothy Crissman, Apr. 21. 1914. Samples Free by Mall To prevent dr thin and falling hair, allay Itching and irritation of the scalp, remove crusts and scales, and promote the healthy condition necessary to produce a luxuriant growth of hair, frequent shampoos with Cu ticura Soap, assisted by occasional dressings with Cuticura Ointment, afford a most ef fective and economical treatment. A single set Is often sufficient when all else fails. Cuticura Soap (25c.") and Cuticura Oint ment (50c) are sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. Liberal sample, of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston." document that casts new light on a subject discussion in this very community today. day by Mrs. Frits De Rock, wife of Portland's professional diver, who has just returned from a trip to her former home at Fieldrechd. "I did not see any battles," said Mrs. De Rock, "but I was near enough to hear the firing. The Belgians believe that the Germans were planning the war long before it started." Mrs. De Rock says that all Belgium presents a look of utter desolation. Harvest Festivals in Willamette Valley Cities Special Round Trip Fares on the Fast, Frequent Trains of the Oregon Electric Railway to Lane County Fair, Eugene, Sept. 22 to 25. Washington County Fair, Forest Grove, Sept. 23 to 25. State Fair, Salem, Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. Sale dates, fares, limits and . other details may be obtained of local agents at all points and at PORTLAND TICKET OFFICES Sth and Stark, loth and Stark, Jefferson St. Depot, iota and Morrison, .North Bank Station. Money for You and what you can buy with it Consider this: A piano that would cost yon 250 elsewhere can be bought now for J97.20. an actual saving of cash in your pocket of $152.80. This money will buy 152 music lessons, meaning three years of weekly instruc tion with a first-class teacher for that boy or girl of yours. This is a fact too important to bo overlooked. Soule Bros.' Failure Sale. For further par Ucularasread page 5, this paper. 'CTRIG Some day other Electric Car Man ufacturers may copy the Body lines of the Detroit Electric Frank C. Riggs Cpmpany CORNELL ROAD, 23d at Washington street. WHY MODERN WOMEN'S HAIR IS GETTING THIN By Hdm. Beaopre Wigs, switches, curling tongs, arti ficial waving-, singeing, etc., have com bined to ruin the hair of many women, so there is decidedly an in crease in baldness. But proper care will develop heavy, beautiful hair upon any head. In washing the hair do not use a makeshift which may remove more than the excess oil. leav ing the hair dangerously dry, but use something which is made for shampoo ing only. A perfectly safe, economical, invigorating shampoo, that makes the hair so fluffy it seems much heavier than it is, can be had by dissolving a teaspoonful canthrox, which every good druggist sells, in a cup hot water. This mixture cleanses gently, yet thoroughly, removing all dandruff, ex cess oil and dirt, giving to the scalp and hair the vigor that Insures scalp health and hair-beauty. Canthrox shampoos make the head feel good, make the hair look good, are very beneficial where hair is faded, dull nV brittle, and the regular use of can - tnrox will greatly enrich the color of the hair and gfive a beautiful tloss and softness. Adv.