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10 - TTTE MORXIXP OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914. OiilNG as a genuine surprise was fl the pni'npmpnl nf Aflsfi" 'RlAonnr ' Menefee and Linwood. B. Cornell, which was announced at a card party ; at the home of the bride-elect yesterday. i .Place cards, which were tiny envel opes) held twin hearts bearing the names of Miss Menefee and her fiance. : It was a military whist, and was a charming: affair, after the buzz of the .-; -excitement subsided. Guests were asked ; lor eight tables of the game, and the rooms were adorned artistically with clusters of yellow chrysanthemums and .Autumn foliage, augmented by strings of red hearts and the many handsome floral gifts sent to the bride-elect. Mrs. Menefee received with her daughter, ' &nd wore a handsome gown of corn- ' colored charmeuse embellished with lace, and a silver-beaded tunic. Miss .Menefee was charming' in a pink " Broadcloth gown with overdrape of filmy lace. She also wore a corsage bouquet of violets. A feature of the afternoon was the group of songs sung y Mrs. Edward Reed. Miss Ada Otten assisted the hostess. - Miss Menefee is a charming and pop "' tilar belle, and is a graduate of Lin coln High School. She is the daugh er of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Menefee, and Is connected with a number of Portland families. Mr. Cornell is also- popular in the younger set, and is a former resident of Massachusetts. He was a student of Columbia University, of New York. The young people will be consider ably feted at prenuptial affairs. The wedding day will be some time in January. Another surprise of yesterday was the announcement of the engagement of Mr. Cornell's chum Estes Snedecor, an attorney of this city, to Miss Julia Dearing Searcy, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The announcement is made by the lride-elect'a father. Dr. James T. Bearcy, a prominent physician of Ala llama. Mr. Snedecor is also- of an old Southern family,, and the engagement comes from a romance begun in col lege days. Mr. Snedecor attended the University of Alabama, later gradu ating from the Michigan University law school. He has been in this city about live years, is a prominent member of the Rotary Club and recently distin guished himself by climbing Mount Hood. The bride-elect is a relative of the Preston W. Smiths, of this city, and is a charming girl, also attending - the University of Alabama. The wedding will be an event of the latter part of "December, and the charming Southern . belle will be a welcome acquisition to local society. Mrs. O. M. Clarke was elected presi dent of the patronesses of the Manu facturers' and Land Products Show at a meeting at the Multnomah Hotel yes--terday. Mrs. W. T. foster is vice-president. This is the organization of Portland society women which will participate in the opening night ceremonies at the land show, October 26, and also have charge of society night, November 10, when one of the features of the pro gramme will be the Portland Oratorio Society. The patronesses will act as reception committees for the various events. Mrs. W. D. Scott was selected as chairman of the committee on society night. Mrs. AV. F. Turner was made chairman of the committee in charge of the can ning demonstration at the exposition, tn which clubs of young women will compete. Mrs. C. C. Chapman is chairman of the committee to assist with the old fashioned baby show at the Armory October 31. Mrs. O. M. Clarke, presi dent of the patronesses, will be chair man of the committee to receive guests opening night. Mrs. E. T. Hughes, woman commissioner of the land show. Is secretary of the organization. At the next meeting of the patron esses at the Multnomah Hotel, Friday, badges will be distributed and final details completed for the part the pa tronesses will take in the exposition. The Catholic Women's League benefit to be held Monday evening, October 26, ait the Baker Theater, is arousing con siderable interest in social circles. The league has bought out the bouse for that evening and many prominent ma trons will act as patronesses. There !will be several box parties, and de licious homemade candy will be sold toy a number of prominent matrons, as sisted by a bevy of the younger belles. Tickets can be secured from Frank O'Neil's grocery. 581 Hood street; King A Company, Alder street, and Wascher Eros., Fifteenth and Broadway. -. I - The marriage of Miss Minnie Wetzel and Mr. M. Schenek. two popular young people of Lebanon. Or., will take nines tiunday at the home of the bride's moiner. airs, . A. Wetzel, in Lebanon. After a brief honeymoon they will be at home to their friends in their -nAnr cottage on West Grant street, Lebanon. A dinner will be served tomorrow by the women of St. Lawrence Parish. Third and Sherman streets, from 1? o'clock noon to 4 P. M.. for the benefit of the church. The executive officers of the committee arranging the dinner re: Mrs. James Hyland, chairman; Miss Daisy Fleming, treasurer; Mrs. W. P. Lillis, secretary. W. L. Everett Knowles, president of the Mutual Art Association., will give free exhibition of his original paint ings, including "Christ, the Light of the World." "Priscilla. the Puritan Maiden" and "Young America on His .Way." as well as a collection of land scapes, etc., in oils and water colors. The exhibition will be afternoons and evenings on October 20 to 26, at Til lord building. The "Homemakers"' department of the Rose City Park Club will meet Thursday. October 29, at 10 o'clock to bear a discussion on "The Thanksgiv ng Dinner." by Miss Bertha E. Jen nings, head of department of home ad ministration of the Pacific University. All members of the club are urged to attend. The next regular auction bridge and f(0 party given by the woman's de partment of the Rose City Park Club will be Monday at 2:30 P. M. The hostesses are: Mrs. A. Laidlaw, Mrs. C H. Leadbetter. Mrs. W. A. Lovette, Mrs. J. N. McDonald and Mrs. F. A. Perry. . One of the pleasant affairs of the ; week was a five hundred party given unursaay arternoon by Mrs. Harry Greene Knott, complimenting Mrs. EL Richmond Sutton, of Astoria. The honors were won by Mrs. F. W. Bav. . Mrs. J. Penny and Mrs. Paul Sievers. Additional guests were Mrs. Elza Na than Howe, Mrs. F. W. Bay. Mrs. S. IX Penney. Mrs. A. G. Rushlight, Mrs. J. Penny, Mrs. A R. Smith, Mrs. F. L. jtteneuict. .Mrs. Paul fc-ievers, Mrs. Rob ert Craddock, Mrs. Maud Estes, Mrs. jiosselmann and Mrs. Mercer. Mademoiselle Marie Louise Alexandre, CHARMING PAB.ISIENNE WHO HAS COME TO PORTLAND TO LIVE AFTER TOURING UNITED STATES. who has come to Portland recently to make her home, is a charming and in teresting Parisienne. She is domiciled at the Hotel Portland, and undoubtedly will become popular in this city. Mrjind Mrs. Harlin W. Curtis, who have been residing at the Mallory Hotel, left recently for Dillon. Mont., where Mr. Curtis will locate in business. TarentTeaehep Associations A THE Parent-Teacher Association of the Buck man School adopted a resolution at the meeting Thursday afternoon in opposition to the proposed dental bill that will be voted on in No vember. It was the unanimous senti ment of the meeting, composed mainly of mothers, that this measure would be a menace and dangerous to the state, and should be defeated at the polls. This action was taken after the ad dress by Dr. W. Claude Adams on "Re lations of the Teeth to Health," who, in connection in his talk, explained this dental bill, showing what its require ments are as compared with the re quirements of the present dental laws in this state. Dr. Adams said that should the new dental law be passed it would open the bars to all Incompe tents in the United States to come to Oregon, file their licenses or -certificates and practice without any examin ation. In connection with the address, a toothbrush drill was held in the base ment by the school children to illus trate the new department that has been started in the Buckman School. Pro fessor Van -Tine; principal, said that six grades of the Buckman School daily go .through the toothbrush drill. Mrs. P. G. Nealand urged the women pres ent to make a careful study of all the measures on the ballot so they can vote intelligently on them in Novem ber. Mrs. W. A. LaidlaW, who has served ably as head of the social service de partment of the Portland Parent Teacher Association, will leave soon for San Diego, and Mrs. C. W. Hayhurst will head the work. A special meeting of all the workers will be held on next Thursday in room G, Central Library. Mrs. C. R. Hellyer is secretary and Mrs. A. Bonham, treasurer. MRS. SARAH A. EVANS, who re turned on Thursday from Eugene, where she presided over the state con vention of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, of which she is presi dent, said, in speaking of the gath ering: Ws had a splendid convention. Much was accomplished and the fine feeling of good fellowship and co-operation and the federation spirit reigned throughout." When told of the school of domestic science that would be conducted under the auspices of Mrs. Vaughn in the old Heilig Theater next week, Mrs. Evans said: 1 think that lectures on domes tic science and demonstrations of cook ing are vitally important- Any oppor- unity offered housewives to Improve their ability in these lines should re ceive the hearty co-operation of the clubwomen. In my annual report at the state convention I strongly advo cated vocational training, and the keep ing of the home is a great vocation." The Council of Women Voters will meet this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Library. The measures to be voted on at the approaching election will be explained. All women voters are in vited. The Mount Scott Woman's Christian Temperance Union has elected the fol lowing vice-presidents and department superintendents: From - Methodist Church, Mrs. Inez Richardson: Evan gelical. Mrs. Eva Scheuerroan; Baptist, Mrs. L. McKinley; Friends. Mrs. Mae gie Carr. and Seventh Day Adventists, Miss Bertha Camp. Superintendents. Evangelistic. Mrs. Esther Fankhauser; literature, sirs. r. McKinley; system atic giving, Mrs. Sarah Fankhauser; temperance work in Sunday schools, Mrs. J. W. Wilklns: out-of-town moth ers' meetings, Mrs. .Lillian Clark; Lenta mothers' meetings. Mrs. Christina Som merfeld; health, heredity and medical temperance. Mrs. Inez- Richardson; labor and parliamentary usage. Mrs. L. H. Additon; press and medal con tests. Miss Edith Train; work among sailors and soldiers. Miss Minnie Chap man: anti-narcotics, Mrs. C. Drake; flower mission, Mrs. Ella Fankhauser; social and red letter day, Mrs. T. Walsh; political science, Mrs. L. H. Additon; purity work, Mrs. Christina Sommer feld.. ' A women's reading club is being formed to meet at the Sellwood Branch Library. The first meeting will be held next Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. A11 women interested are invited to at tend. All those interested in a drama reading circle are requested to leave their names with the librarfan. "Romeo and Juliet" will be presented in January by the dramatic department of the Portland Shakespeare Study Club. Mrs. Herbert Garr Reed, who has appeared with great success in several amateur theatricals, will play the part oi Komeo. Mlss.Alleen Brong will be Juliet. The other characters are cast appropriately. Miss Grace Llndley, of New York secretary of the Woman's Auxiliary noara -oi .tiissions or the Episcopal Church, will arrive in Portland tomor row morning. During her visit here miss undley will be the guest of Mrs. W. J. Burns. Beginning: at 9:45 o'clock tomorrow morning Miss Lindlev will lecture to the Sunday-school children of St. David's Church, at 2:30 in the afternoon she will address the Junior auxiliary of St. Stephen's Church: Mon day at 1 o'clock she will address the stuay classes of Trinity Parish, and at 3 o'clock Miss Lindley will speak to the Woman's Auxiliary of Trinity. A reception or an miormal nature will iouow. Miss Lindley will leave Mon day evening to visit other Coast cities. Central W. C. T. U. met on WHn. day afternon in the headquarters in the ueKum Duiiding. Mrs. Hattie Wilson presided. The next meeting will be neia on Wednesday, when interestina- talks and reports will be heard. All women are welcome. DlLKS ON DpMFSrCSCENC , Bit Lilian Tangle. PORTLAND. SeDt. 21. Will vou kindly five In The Dallv Oreronlan recipes for fudsa that is smooth and fine-grained, and for "nousat" or "divinity." also anv other candy you think suitable for a candy sale? l nanitiDK you. - s E. J. CARE in cooking syrup to the proper temperature and skill In recogniz- ng the temperature by "tests." if you have no thermometer, are both very important in candy-making. Anyone who is planning to make a large quan tity of candy for a sale and Is not in good practice with sugar boiling or not sure of the tests should beg or borrow a thermometer, or get some skilled friend to show "just how" the proper degrees may be recognized by dropping the syrup into cold water. Fudge Two cups granulated sugar. M cup glucose or corn syrup. 1 cups cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 cup cut- up nuts or candled or dried fruits, or a mixture of nuts and fruit- Stir the cream, sugar and glucose until dis solved: boil to the "soft ball" degree. or 236 degrees Fahrenheit, stirring gently occasionally to prevent the cream from .scorching. Let the syrup stand until quite cool, then add the nuts or fruit and the vanilla and beat well until it thickens And grains very slightly. Then turn Into a bread pan or baking pan lined with parafine paper. When set, turn out, take oft the paper and cut neatly into squares or "fingers." If chocolate fudge is wanted, add two squares, or ounces, (or less if preferred) unsweetened chocolate lust before the pan is taken from the fire. A pinch of powdered cin namon or alsptce and a few grains of salt tend to "develop" the flavor of the chocolate. Fudge in which a little glucose is used is generally softer and finer grained than that made from sugar only: but it requires a little longer beating before it thickens. Divinity One and one-half cups granulated or light brown sugar, cup glucose or corn syrup, cup water. 1 egg white, 1 teaspoon vanilla. 1 cup chopped or broken nut meats. Stir the sugar, glucose and water- until dissolved, then boil without stirring to the "medium soft ball" (236 to 40 de grees), then pour half the syrup in a fine stream on the stiff-beaten egg whites, beating constantly. Cook the rest of the syrup to the "crack" (290 degrees), being careful not to caramel ize it, and pour it upon the egg mix ture, beating welL Beat in the nuts and vanilla. Pour into a bread pan lined with parafine paper. When nearly cold turn out of the tin, cut in "fingers" and wrap in thin parafine paper. This sometimes improves in texture by be ing allowed to stand 24 hours before cutting. Candied fruit or a mixture of nuts and fruits may be used for vari ety and the mixture varied as to color and flavoring. Different varieties of fudge and nou gat are usually most popular at a candy sale. Both make good "centers" for dipping in chocolate. Both also may Be "dropped" in "drops or "Discults" Instead of being cut in squares, but the drops dry out quicker as a rule. Snapshots . Barbara Boydv Are We Kindred to Snails r THE Biological Lady was discours ing on the ways of snails. "They carry their houses on their back,"' she said to her Housekeeper Friend. "Snails are not the only oes who do I. II L, muuvu mo ULUCI. "No," said the Biological Lady, peer ing into a little pool of water. "Her mit crabs will get into snail shells and scurry away with them. And if two or three crabs happen to want the same shell they'll have a pitched bat tle over it. j "Wonderfully like humans," observed the Housekeeper Friend. "Eh?" said the Biological Lady. "You don't need to study snails and crabs to find those traits," commented the Housekeeper Friend. "I know plenty of women who carry their houses on their backs." The Biological Lady looked at her as If she thought her Housekeeper Friend was losing her mind. "Lots of women go around bowed un der the care of their house. I don't know whether snails are bowed or not. Perhaps they take their house-carry ing proposition more lightly. But some women, all the while they are at a. club meeting or at church or a matinee are wondering if the cook has burnt the roast, or if she will make the pudding right, or. if the children have left all the doors open or are tracking mud in. or making soap bubbles on the parlor carpet. Or if they go away for a Sum mer vacation they keep .worrying for fear burglars will break in, or- the house burn down, or the man they hired to water the flowers forget to do it. and so on. Their house is right on their back all the time." The Biological Lady laughed. "I don t believe snails trouble themselves that way. Their house Is simply right handy to curl up in whenever they want to. And the rest of the time 1 do not be lieve they think about It." "That would be the way to accept it." responded the Housekeeper Friend. "Then our homes would be what they are intended to be 3. joy and service. But a lot of us make them only a bur den, or we are conscious of them only as a burden." "I guess the snails can teach us something beside structure and hab its," reflected the Biological Lady. "I think they can. And the hermit crabs, too. The way they fight over a shell is really funny. Only it doesn't seem funny but terribly serious when we do it." "But we don't fight over snail shells," objected the Biological Lady. "There are too many of them all about." "Yes, we fight over snail shells," re plied the Housekeeper Friend, "not withstanding the fact there are lots of them about. . That s the funny and pa thetic side of It. We all struggle to live in a certain place in a certain way, notwithstanding the fact there are plenty of beautiful places in the world to live in and any number of ways to live happily. We all fight for some certain position in society. Yet there is a-place for everyone where he can enjoy himself and serve others. I real ly think we fight a great deal more than do the hermit crabs. We all get our minds centered on the one little shell we want, and then we all go for it, and never see the equally good shells lying all about more than sufficient for us all. "Nature is certainly interesting, commented the Biological Lady. "Especially human nature," agreed the Housekeeper Friend. "I think it is more interesting than biology, and the study of it of far more service. The Biological Lady would not agree to this. "And if we could once find the laws governing it and the principle back of it, reflected the Housekeeper t riena, "we would have something definite to go on in all our relations with each other." "But you can't," said the Biological Lady. "That's the reason I prefer to study snails." "I'll take human nature," laughed the other. "The very uncertainty lends an element of excitement. The very woman who is most bowed down today under the load of her house may toss the whole thing off tomorrow and have nothing more to do with it. lou can't imagine a snail doing that." "Heaven forbid!" said the Biological Lady with horror. PERS0NALMENTI0N. O. V. Allen, of Boise, is at the Ore gon. H. F. Swartz. of New York, is at the Seward. E. B. Jones, of Coos Bay, Is at the Carlton. C. G. LeMasters. of Amity, is at the Perkins. A. J. Gerrard. of Seattle. Is at the Multnomah. Robert K. Smith, of Roseburg. is at the Seward. " M. S. Jackson, Seattle attorney, is at the Benson. W. J. Jamison, of Silver Lake, is at the Perkins. L. G. Fernsworth. of Banks, is at the Perkins. A. C. Little, of Raymond, Wash., is at the Imperial. C. H. Williamson, of Ashland, is at the Cornelius. James Kyle, Mayor of Stanfield, Is at the Imperial. O. S. Sprague. a Chehalis hotel man. is at the Benson. Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Lawson, of. Salem, are at the Seward. E. R. and J. E. Reed, of Ashland, are at the Washington. A. W. Reed, of South Bend, -Wash., is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. Carle Abrams, of Salem, are at the Benson. W. E. Phelan. of Miles City, is regis tered at the Carlton. M. P. Bozart and family, of Wendllng. are at the Washington. W. C Stripp registered at The Oregon from Seattle yesterday, O. Jorgen Olson, of Yacolt, Wash, is registered at the Seward. Thomas Durgnan is registered at the Washington from Seattle. C. L. Ireland, editor of the Moro Ob server, is at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Murphy, of Ash land, are at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Carvlll, of Minne apolis, are at the Oregon. The University of Oregon football squad Is at the Multnomah. Mr. and'Mrs. C. J. Pendleton, of Rose burg, are at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker, of La Grande, are at the Cornelius. Judah Boas and Walter Llllanthal, of San Francisco, registered at the Multnomah yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Finch, of San Francisco, are at the Multnomah. Mrs. J. M. and Miss Ruth Stevenson, of Stevenson, are at the Cornelius. Mrs. Mark Thomas and Miss Thomas, of White Salmon, are at the Benson.'' Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Marks, of Canyon City, are registered at the Imperial. T. L. Melundy, of the United States Navy, is registered at the Perkins. F. E. Carroll is registered at the Carlton from Shipherd's Springs.. Wash. Misses Adelen Person and J. John son are registered at the Carlton from Glacier National Park. x CHICAGO. Oct. 16 (Special.) D. L. Webster and W. H. Jones, of Portland, registered at the Great Northern Hotel today. VOLLEY BALL TEAMS FORM Y. M. C. A. Organizes Business Men for Tournament or Five "Weeks. The business men's volley ball league, recently organized at the Y. M. C A., will begin its schedule next Monday. Games will be played on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for a period of about five weeks. Each team will play each other team twice. Each team will score five points for attendance at games, and ten points for a victory. No prizes will be award ed. The league is under me mrecuop of Harry T. Smith, assistant physical director. The following is the personnel oi me four teams now organized: . First team A. J. Bale, captain: w. H. Lewis. O. M. Smith. W. I. Kalter. R. P. Stanley, A. M. Crocker and R. C. Wright. Second team J. JJ. Mnwonny, captain: H. C. Krum, H. J. Cress, M. G. Russi. C. C. Lilly, M. G. McCorkle and Mr. Thompson. Third team R. R. Brooke, captain; K. H. O'Mara, J. D. Darton". F. S. Shull, Robert Tegan. E. F.. Dunlap and W. H. Giles. Fourth team Frank Kerr, captain; E. H. Schultz, Joe Evans, S. C Lapham, C. W. Whittlesey, L. S. Martin and F. R. Cook. EXAMINATION BOARD PLAN Mr. Dlcek Would Relieve Pressure of Jfanilnjr City Orriclals. ' rru- 4 1... ..Ivi .orvl,-. rrl ma V be - ... , ,.v- ,,n with tta work of holding examinations to secure eligibles for positions in tne city jrrco filled by temporary appointees. City rnmml,alnn.P Oi U tiaa aUCGTeSted that a board of examiners be selected to conduct the examinations. At preseni one man. the secretary to the board, hnnHina nil thA work in addition to his other duties and it has been found an impossibility to keep up wltn tne ex amination work. Th.ere are now about 30 examinations listed ahead, with no hope of all being held within, possibly, a year. This means that during that time temporary appointees will hold the positions pend-tn- k minmA ft the examination. This system, it is said, caused mutli trouble because a temporary appointee just reaches the point where he knows , u - urw whn tHe lamination Is held. He may not pass and a newly-appoint ed man must learn me worn.. YOUNG ROBBERS CONFESS Prisoners Soy They Obtained 83 Cents From Two Women. Harry E. Hunt, aged 18. and Avery Brush, alias John Walters, aged 17, ar rested by Patrolman Ferry Thursday night at Grand avenue and Harrison streets, confessed yesterday morning to plans of wholesale highway robbery. In the possession of the youths were a revolver, strands of wire ana a towei, with which victims were to be gagged. Both admitted to holding up two women and a man, but said that they had been unsuccessful, in that the ac costed persons had all fled. They are suspected of attacking and robDing Mary Dunn, of 860 Brooklyn street, and Mrs. Grace Coates. of the Damascus Creamery, at Gladstone and Twenty sixth streets, last Tuesday night. Only 85 cents was obtained from the Jwo women. Hunt may face a felony charge, but Brush probably will be taken to the Juvenile Court. BURGLARIES LAID TO TRIO Men Arrested at Salem Believed Looters of Many Safes. Arrested at Salem Thursday night by Sheriff Word. Duputy Otto Kulper and Special Agents 'P. E. Kelly and B. McShane, of the Southern Pacific Com pany, Walter Brennen, John O'Neil and James Taylor were brought to the County Jail yesterday, where they are held as suspects in connection with 19 safe robberies that have occurred in the Willamette Valley during recent months. The robbery of the Aaron Fox safe in a Troutdale store last Summer, a number of similar jobs between Port land and Albany on the Southern Pa cific and the recent dynamiting of a saloon safe at Oswego are all laid to the trio just arrested. With the three when arrested, was John Adams, a paroled convict. He was serving a term for burglary -in Lane County when released and was returned to the Penitentiary yesterday. MEN'S CLASS HEARS TALKS Presbyterian Current Events Club Holds Open Meetings. Interest is being taken in the lec tures which are delivered every Sunday at 12:15 in the main auditorium of the first class. These talks are open to the public, and it is the aim of the committee in charge to have topics of general interest discussed. James B. Kerr spoke on "The Moral Values In Certain Measures to Be Voted Upon at the November Election." on October 4. Rabbi Jonah B. Wise spoke on "The Relation of the Jew to the Present Conflict In Europe" last Sunday. Professor Hodge, of the University of Oregon, will give an illustrated lec ture on "Alcohol and Dogs" Sunday showing the result of experimentations made over a term of years at Harvard University of the effect of alcohol on dogs. The following Sunday it is expected that an ex-saloonkeeper and two other well-posted authorities will speak on "The Liquor Business From the View point of the Man on the Inside." JOINT RULE IS FAVORED Six of City-Connty 3overnment Com mittee Give Views. The committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to consider the feasibility of consolidation of city and county government within the limits of Multnomah County and to draw up rec ommendations as to the form of such government and methods in which it is to be brought about, completed and adopted its final report at a meeting yesterday. Six members of the com mittee favor a recommendation for consolidation. The other two have not yet had an opportunity to look over the The Balmacaan $10 to $50 Every garment is a true-style Balmacaan no makeshifts are sold here under that name! This store foresaw the extraordinary demand result: We are showing and selling more Balmacaans than any house in the city. BEN SELLING Morrison A Shop for 11 AsWRia-'LiJ-""' report in its final form, but it is un derstood that th'.-ir votes -will also be affirmative. The committee was to have presented this report Wednesday but postponed it and will submit it to the Chamber next Wednesday. The committee consists of: W. J. Clemens, J. D. Abbott. Jay Bower- man, A. L. Barbur. W. M. Cook, Roger Sinnott, C. H. Jackson and George Stapleton. IDEALISM J0 BE TOPIC Dr. C. H. Chapman to Talk at Tl. M. C. A. Monday in Auditorium. - The .second lecture of the series on Modern Literature" to be given in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium by Dr. C. H. Chapman will be held next Monday at 8 P. M. The lecture is open to both men and women. The topic will be C. B. Smith's "Social Idealism." "This lecture will be an analysis and criticism of Mr. Smith's book." said R. C. French, educational work secre tary of the Y. M. C. A., yesterday. "Dr. Chapman will trace the evolution of the social gospel, and the-influence of the church In widening the conception of social service. The lecture is in tended not only as a book analysis, but will endeavor to show the meaning of Idealism, as expressed by our best mod ern literature." CITY'S EX-EMPLOYE JAILED Man Discharged for Thefts Found With Stolen Bicycle. H. C. Allen, former elevator man at police headquarters, who was dis missed recently for petty thefts, was sentenced to 100 days in Jail by Municipal Judge Stevenson yesterday morning upon convlcition of stealing a bicycle. The bicycle was Identified as the property of J. R. Durst, a drug gist at East Twenty-fourth and Al berta streets. Allen declared that he found the whwl. but admitted that he ON THE FIRING LINE. What it means to most men. There are many true heroes ihat have perished in the European war who "never smelled powder." but who succumbed to sickness after hard campaigning coupled with bad water and lack of food. The sick and de bilitated man Is as much out of place in his struggle for life and existence as he would be on the firing line. On the other hand the strong, vigorous man, his veins filled with rich, red blood, has an enormous advantage in whatever position he may be fated to occupy, in war or business. The prompt and certain action of Dr. Plerce'B Golden Medical Dtscov ery in driving all harmful germs and impurities from the blood, sets in mo tion the repair process which works actively on the diseased membrane where Catarrh flourishes unchecked or where the skin gives warning of the bad blood beneath by showing pirn pies and boils, also the skin clears up and becomes wholesome and ruddy. Thus by building up a new and per fect covering and carrying out of the system the Catarrh infested matter Ty way of the blood, liver and kidneys. Catarrh is overcome and permanently conquered. There is not a drop of alcohol or any narcotic In Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, but in this safe vegetable remedy there is a mighty alterative power which by replacing the blood impurities with pure, rich blood, not only ends Catarrhal condi tions wherever located, but vitalises the kidneys, stomach, liver, bowels and every organ of the body. 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Yeu have a throbbing sensation in your head, a bad taste tn your mouth, your eyes burn, your skin la yellow, with dark rings under your eyes; your lips are parched. No wonder you feel ugly, mean and ill tempered. Your system is full of bile not properly passed off, and what you need Is a cleaning up inside. Don't continue being a- bilious nuisance to yourself and those who love you, and don't resort to harsh physics that irri tate and Injure. Remember that most disorders- of the stooiw:h. liver and bowels are cured by corning with gentle, thorough Cascareis they work while you sleep. 'A 10-cent box from your druggist will keep your liver and bowels clean; stomach sweet, and your head clear for months. Children love to take Cascarets because they taste good and never gripe or sicken. Adv. BAD OPERATION AVOIDED By Timely Use of Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Sowers Own Statement. Hodgdon, Maine. "I feel it a duty I owe to all Buffering women to tell what Lydia tt. 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