THE MORNING OREGONTAN, THURSDAY 3IAY 25, 1916. 11 jooooooooooooooooooaDOffociooooodoooa ooooooooooo ooasooooa o oooooooo lffiliiiillllli; U! ..JHWT HOLMES HIIIHH oooooo o 0000000000900000000000000000000 oo ooooo o oooooooooo'ooooooC MRS. J AMPS N. DAVIS, regent of Multnomah Chapter. D. A. R., has called a speoial meeting of Mult nomah and Willamette Chapters tor 10 o'clock In room A, Library. There will he a discussion to determine the part the chapters shall take in the blgr preparedness parade of June 3. An interesting' meeting- is anticipated and all D. A. R. members are expected to show their loyalty to the organization by attending. Mrs. Josephine R. Sharp, who has been president of the Alberta "Woman's Improvement Club since its organiza tion in 1913. was re-elected to the of fice on Tuesday night, when the club held its annual meeting. Other offi cers chosen were: Vice-president, Mrs. Nellie Bozarth; second vice-president, Mrs. Mary B. Robinson; secretary, Mrs. Anna Fulton. The next meeting of the club will be held on the second Tuesday in June. The next meeting of the 'Woodstock Btuoy Club will be held today at 1:30 o'ciock at the home of ihe president, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, southwest cor ner of Forty-fifth street and Fifty seventh avenue. Mrs. Monroe Farmer will speak on "Russia, the Land of Contrasts," and Mrs. Shearer's paper will be "A Comparison of Little Rus sia and Great Russia." Members are requested to bring friends whom they wish to become members. This is the last meeting this Summer. The woman's party convention meets ' in Chicago, June 5, 6 and 7. Women who expect to be in Chicago at that time are requested to telephone Dr. Florence Manion, Oregon chairman, at once. Main 2233. Capitol Hill Parent-Teacher Associa tion will meet on Friday at 3 o'clock. I. A. Meleney will speak. . To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Its founding, the Portland branch of the Council of Jewish Women will hold a luncheon on May 31 in the Hotel Ben son. The past presidents will be the especially honored guests. This will be one of the most brilliant club events of the year and every member of the council should make reservations early. Mrs. Isaac Swett Is president. Toasts will be offered by the ex-presidents, Mrs. Solomon Hlrsch. Mrs. L. Altman, Mrs. Alexander Bernstein. Mrs. S. M. Blumauer, Mrs. Ben Selling, Mrs. Julius Lippitt, Mrs. Max Hlrsch and MJrs. Simon Selling. Mrs. L. Newmann, of California, will he the only former pres ident who will be unable to attend. Mrs. Harriet Eshelman. of Los An geles, formerly state president of the P. E. O. Sisterhood of Washington, is attending the P. E. O. convention here. She organized the first chapter in Port land. The last meeting for the season will he held by the Portland Woman's Club on Friday when reports for the year will be given by the officers, chairmen of committees and departments. The new officers will be installed and there will be an Informal reception to, the following new members: Mrs. Cora Bonney, Mrs. Homer Coffen. Mrs. C. Christensen, Mrs. George Combs, Mrs. A. tJ. Frost. Mrs. F. A. Kribs, Mrs. C. C. Lowe, Mrs. Nellie Leyman, Mrs. W. H. Horton, Mrs. Blanch Sherry, Mrs. Elma Shull, Mrs. S. H. Thatcher, Mrs. Nettie Greer Taylor, Mrs. George L, Baker, Mrs. Robert Berger, Mrs. Percy W. Lewis, Mrs. F. R. Kupper, Mrs. N. S. Keasey, Mrs. W. S. Dinwiddie, Mrs. Helen Ekln Starrett, Mrs. W. A. Smith, Mrs. F. L. Heylman, Mrs. Nettie Ber ryman. Miss Katherine King, Miss Es telle Macauley. SUPREME PRESIDENT OF P. E. O. SISTERHOOD, WHO ADDRESSED STATE CONVENTION YESTERDAY. The SmdtwjStory By Mrs EAWalker. - THE WISH1XG-WATEK. LAURA -was a very spoiled little glrL . Her mother, who was a widow, had to taken in sewing: to care for her' self and the child, so Laura could not get all the pretty dresses she wanted, or go to the moving pictures every day. Sad to say. this made her ill- natured. One cold January day Laura started out late to go for a hag of flour at the village store. Times had not been good of late, for the ladies for whom the work was done had been slow in Day ing, and though the mother worked hard, she had not been able to collect the money. So this day, when she gave Laura the 20 cents, she cautioned her to be careful not to drop it in the muo. Laura wrapped her coat tight about her shoulders and set out in the enow down the path. "How I wish I could meet a fairy or some sort of a dwarf," she said aloud as she pushed through the slush. "If I ever had a chance at wisning i would get what I wanted.' She did not see the round stone in her path. Her foot struck it end with a cry she felt herself fall down tin she hit plum on a soft mound of snow at the foot of the embankment. nut in a moment she was on her feet. let the place now seemed stransa. Down a stony road tramped a long procession of people with a queer look in their faces. Some wore cloth ing suited for Summer, some had on furs and others were pedaling along on Dicycies. suddenly it began to rain but in a moment it turned t. snowing and the people ran wildly about. Then the sun came out notly and tome faint ed from heat. Goodness, but tnis la funny, ex claimed Laura. "Where am I and what is the matter here?" Just then an old woman hobbled up and the girl asked her what kind of a place was this. "Oh! this is the land of the Wish ing-Wster," replied the old woman A Blessed Boon to Busy Brides easily and quickly prepared - full of strength - giving nutriment the cleanest, purest, cereal food in the world Shredded Wheat with Strawberries. A com bination that is a joy to the palate and a perfect, com plete meal. You don't know the greatest of all palate joys if you have not eaten it for breakfast or any meal. I 8 i -V" K:- . x IS I ! '-A !" V "When you fell off that bank you dropped into a mound of snow cam posed of water from the Wishing Well." "Never beard of the place," ex claimed Laura. "But how do I get home?" "Don't be in a hurry about that. child," replied the woman. "You can get on here all right. This is where all we wish for we have, but the- only trouble is that we are never satisfied after we get it. That is the reason it rains and snows, then is hot and cold, clear and cloudy so quickly one cannot prepaie everyone is wishing the weather, and it keeps changing faster than we can adter our clothing." "You will see that the richly dressed people look unhappy, and so do the others; but all have their wishes. Earthland is just like this in many ways everyone there has their trou bles, but they would be worse off if they all had their wishes as bad off as the people here. These people of the Wishing-Water . land are those who never tried to make things better but just wanted.-selfishly and lazily to have their wishes without any work. You see what they get." Laura walked down the road a way, but the same sad procession kept marching by. Then the light grew stronger she! saw her own mother bending over a machine while the dusty room the kitchen cluttered up with dishes, showed that no one helped about th house to lighten her labors. The girl felt ashamed. Here she had oien wishing for riches and neglected to bring the comfort in her reach to her own unselfish mother, who was cpend ing her life for her idle daughter. "Hello, what's the matter?" ex claimed a voice in her ear, and Laura opened her eyes to find herself in the arms of big, strong Mr. Edwards. "I found you down at the bottom of the bank," he laughed. "Knocked senseless by the fall, but I guess you are all right now. But come on home with me to tea," and he placed the girl in his carrioge and drove rapidly home. Laura ate a big supper and ftlt bet ter. Then she resolved to be brave and start right in now helping her mother. So she explained to Mrs. Edwards the hard luck in which her mother was and asked if the bill could be settled. Mrs. Edwards not only paid at once the full amount, but gave Laura a big cake, a bag of apples and a ham and sent the girl home in the carriage. As the horses stopped the mother threw open the door, showing a pale, anxious face in the light. 'Don't be worried, mother," cried the girl joyously; "I am all safe, and, what is better, I am going to be your partner in future, do the housework and collect your money." So it was a very happy mother and daughter that afterward lived in the neat, pretty cottage, for Laura never forgot her viBit to the land Of the Wishing-Water. exerted 'her energies to the bringing about of changes which she was con fident would make for greater effi ciency. In 1908 she took charge of the Civil Hospital of Manila, under Gov ernment civil service. Here she put many of her ideas into practice and became so favorably known that when she returned to the United States a few years later she was besieged with requests for advice on matters per taining to hospital efficiency. One successful venture followed another, until she became reasonably certain that there was a great National de mand for such a bureau as she could establish. She was spared the months or years of near starvation which are frequently the returns of the pioneer in a new vocation, for almost at once great in stitutions gave her recognition. The success of her venture was assured when the New Tork State Department of Efficiency and Economy employed her to investigate and report on the organization and administration of the State Hospital for Insane. Individuals, as well as governmental bodies, have since requested her services, and the new profession created and efficiently lined by a woman Is safely launched, CHURCHES' FATE PENDS UJilTED BRETHREN CONFERENCE TO OPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY. By Marie Delle.' Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y. Mable K. McCalmont, Hospital Consultant. TTISS MABLE E. M'CALMONT, Of XV-L New York is one of the most de cided proofs of the heights to which the average woman can reach, provided she be possessed of average Intellect, the power of observation and genuine en ergy and ambition. Miss McCalmont has not only succeded in attaining a posi tion unusual for a woman, but she has created the profession that she follows. She is the only woman engaged in the unique field of hospital consultant that J she fills. She has a salary that meas ures well above the Jio.ooo mark. The position of hospital consultant Is something of efficiency expert for hospitals. Boards contemplating the construction of new buildings first submit their plans to her and many little defects that are invisible to the average observer, but which would de tract much from the efficiency of the institution, are at once evident to her. She personally makes the plans for many hospitals and directs the equip ment of them. Her office is located in one of New York's greatest office buildings and here an entire floor is devoted to the exhibition of her sam ples and hospital appliances. Thou sands of men and women, representing hospitals from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, seek her here and con sult her before entering into the erec tion of hospital buildings. Miss McCalmont became impressed with the necessity of such a vocation as the one she now has chosen during her years spent as trained nurse in and out of hospitals. She observed the many inefficiencies of the average in stitution and mentally noted the slight changes that would bring many times the cost of remodelling in the return of reserved energy and time of at tendants. From the profession of nurse. Miss McCalmont passed to executive post tlons in various institutions, where the Los Anselei Bishop Will Preside Here, Oregon Asks Increase in Mis sionary Funds. The fate of several United Brethren churches, and possibly the First Church of Portland, will be decided at the meeting of the Oregon Conference which convenes in the Second Unites! Brethren Church, East Twenty-eighth and Alberta streets, next Wednesday at 9 o clock. The matter of more money to tide these churches over has been put up to the home mission board and will come up at the conference. Bishop W. M. Bell. D. D., of Los An geles, Cal.. who will preside, passed mrougn .Portland Tuesday and opened me (Joiumota lilver Conference at Spo kane yesterday morning. He will re turn to Portland next Tuesday. With Bishop Bell are coming Dr. fl. F. Hough general secretary of the foreign mis sion board, and his wife, former editor of the Evangel. Dr. C. Whitney, general secretary o tne nome mission board, and Dr. Sid tfall, general secretary of the Church Extension Society, will be present and la-ne part in conierence proceedings, r-resence or tnese leaders or the ie nomination will make It the most im portant conference the denomination has held In Oregon for many years. They will decide whether to curtail the work by discontinuing severa churches, or double the amount of mis sionary money that has heretofor been expended In Oregon. What is in effect an ultimatum has "been put up to the home mission and church ex tension boards of doubling the presen appropriation from the home mission funds, or the suspension of several churches, and these heads of depart ments will make an investigation and decide what action shall be taken. THEFT LAID TO EX-HUSBAND Mrs. Marie Riddell Would Substitute Karnes in Suit Over Boat. To substitute Alex G. Riddell as de fendant in the suit of Mrs. Marie Rid. dell against the Lamberson & Reld boathouse, a motion was filed In the Circuit Court yesterday. Mr. Riddell is charged in the complaint of his di vorced wife, with the theft of the motorboat Thistle, valued at $1000, from the houseboat of Mrs. Riddell the morning she was receiving her divorce by default. The boathouse company asserts it has no interest in the case, acting merely as the agent for Mr. Riddell, who took the boat there after taking it from where his wife had it moored. Mr. Riddell did not deny taking the boat, alleging it was his property. Mrs. Rid dell contended it was given her by her husband as a peace-offering following an unsavory escapade. Mrs. Frances Sanders Dead. News has come to this city of the death of Mrs. Frances Sitts Sanders, wife of-the vice-president and general manager of the Oregon-Utah Sugar Company. Elder Melvin J. Ballard, of this city, president of the Northwestern States Mission, was one of the speak ers at ths funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Sanders was held last Thursday in Salt Lake. Trading Stamps Pay a Substantial Dividend on the Money You Spend Start a Book! Manicuring and Hair Dressing Parlors 2d Floor. Soda Fountain in the Basement Store Hammocks 4th Floor Visit the Recreation Store and find out about the new Couch Hammock, Porch . and Lawn Swings, etc., for your Summer comfort. Olds. Wortmim S: King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 Trunks, Bags 4th Floor Don't make the mis take of buying your lug g-a g e until you have seen our splendid showing of goods on the Fourth Floor. Great Month-End Clearance of Millinery $12 TrimmedHats $5 $22 Trimmed Hats $10 Millinery Salons, Second Floor THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATUR DAY will be "Clean-Up" days in the Millinery Store. We are determined to close out all black and light-colored Hats at once in order to clear the stocks for midsummer Hats now arriving. Beautiful models in all the season's best styles sailors, turbans, back-rolls, poke effects, etc., in Milan Hemps, Leghorns, Panamas and other desirable straws. For easy choosing we have grouped them into three special lots as follows: LOT 1 TRIMMED HATS WORTH UP TO $12.00 CHOICE $5.00 LOT 2 TRIMMED HATS WORTH UP TO $15.00 CHOICE $7.50 LOT 3 TRIMMED HATS WORTH UP TO $22.00 CHOICE $10.00 Entire Stock Women's Sport Hats NOW A OFF J $3.50 Hat Shapes at $1.98 S8.5Q Hat Shapes at $3.98 Millinery Salons, Second Floor Over 600 high-grade Hat Shapes are in cluded in this Month-end Clearance. Up-to-date styles sailors, turbans, pokes, back and side-rolls and various other models. Hemps, Panamas, Leghorns, Milan Hemps, etc., in attractive light colors; also in black. LOT 1 HAT SHAPES WORTH UP TO $3.50 SALE PRICE $1.98 LOT 2 HAT SHAPES WORTH UP TO $6.00 SALE PRICE $2.98 LOT 8 HAT SHAPES WORTH UP TO $8.50 SALE PRICE $3.98 - Sale of Millinery Trimmings Millinery Salons, Second Floor Hundreds of bunches new Millinery Flowers, Wings and Novelties to be disposed of at sacrifice prices. Beau tiful Roses, Small Flowers, Berries, Wreaths, etc., in wonderful variety of styles and colors. THREE BIG SPECIAL LOTS NOTE PRICES. LOT 1 Flowers, Wings, etc., worth up to $1.00 SALE PRICE 50 LOT 2 Flowers, Wings, etc., worth up to $1.75 SALE PRICE 750 LOT 3 Flowers, Wings, etc., worth up to $2.50 SALE PRICE $1.00 Basement Underprice Store Department Six-Day Competitive Sale SIX DAYS OF UNPARALLELED BARGAIN OFFERINGS A tug o war among the department managers in the Basement to capture the Cash Prizes which will be awarded to the department showing greatest gain in volume of business for six days ending next Wednesday. Each day new bargains will appear in all the departments in addition to advertised specials. VISIT THE BASE MENT AND GET YOUR SHARE OF SPECIAL OFFERINGS. Cash Prizes Will Be Awarded to Depart ment Showing Greatest Business Increase Boys Suits Special $4.95 New 3-Piece Belts Drapery Memnants HALF PRICE Bargain Circle, 1st Floor 1500 Drapery Remnants Scrims, Madras, Cretonnes and Silkolines short lengths so useful about the house. These are pieces which have accumulated in the department and odd ilines which we wish to close out at once. Don't miss this sale of Remnants at just Ya the ordinary prices by the yard. 35c Curtain Goods 19c Yd. 25c Pillow Tops Special 29c Bargain Circle, First Floor Tapestry and Imported Cretonne Pillow Tops in assorted patterns and colors. Grades that aW7i; Bargain Circle, First Floor Cur tain Nets, Voiles, Madras and Marquisettes in assorted patterns. Qualities worth up to 35c "1 Q are worth up to 75c at priced special, the yard usually selling at 25c, specially priced for Thursday, yard CRETONNES in light, medium and dark colors. Grades f CZg -a. W THURSDAY 'Coffee Day' Model Grocery Fourth Floor Experienced Telephone Clerks at your service 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. Call Marshall 4800 or A 6231. 4Qc OWK COFFEE At 29c lb. No deliveries except with other purchases made in Grocery depart ment. OWK Imperial Qn Roast Coffee. Special, lb. 5QcTea.39c lb. Uncolored Japan, English Break fast or Ceylon; grades easily worth 50c, on sale Thursday at OA. special, the pound for only O ther Specials Baker's late, 1-lb, Baker's Ground Choco-7 if late, 3-lb. can, special at Try a cup at Demonstration Booth. Ground Choco- CZf can, special at Sponging & Shrinking At lOc a Yard Have the materials for your new suit, skirt or coat sponged and shrunk on our "Spotless Sponger." Takes full width of goods no creases, no folds. Satisfaction absolutely guaranteed. DRESS SKIRTS accordion, knife or box plaited, for only $1 if you buy materials here. See model in Dress Department, on First Floor. lor 2 Pair Pants Boys Store. Main Floor A recent special purchase of 200 Boys Norfolk Suits will be placed on sale beginning today at above price. New Norfolk models with pinch back, 3-piece belt and patch pockets. High grade ma tarials. Pants full lined. Some oil these suits have two pairs of pants. Ages from 6 to 18 years. J?i Q GL Sale price fixed today at prJtJiD Boys' TV ashSuits Main Floor Latest models, Billy Boy, Junior Norfolks, Middies and other styles in Repps, Linens, Cheviots, Charabrays, Galatea s, etc. Many in checks, others in plain colors or white. $1.50 to $3.50 Tennis & Golf Goods Basement PIT $1 and $1.25 Middy Blouses At 79c New Lot Just Received Assorted Styles There is sure to be a great demand for these Middies at such a low price, so come in the morning, if you can, while there are all sizes in the different styles. Some in plain white, others with colored trimming. Effectively finished with braids, emblems, etc. Blouses such as ordinarily sell at $1.00 Q, and $1.25. Priced special Z7G On Sale Thursday in Basement Pit n Household Needs at Special Prices Basement Underprice Store $1.50 Punch Cedar Mop Outfit $1 Mop, like cut, and one 50c P B Bottle of Cedar Oil special H -- 50 ft. -inch guaranteed Garden Hose with nozzle, special at $4.50 50 feet -in Hose, special $5.40 12-inch Garden Rakes, special 250 14-inch Garden Rakes, special 300 16-inch Garden RakeB, special 400 Round-handle, round-point Shovel, priced special for this sale at (50 40c Double Wash Board now 250 TtlMCN CEDAA OIL POLISH Aluminum Ware at Reduced Prices. $1.25 Berlin Cov. Kettle, 4-qt. 650 $1.25 Cov. Sauce Pan, 4-qt. at O50 $1.40 Lipped Kettle for only 750 $1.05 Lip Sauce Pan, special 590 GRAY ENAMEL WARE 8-quart Dish Pans for only 250 10-quart Dish Pans for only 3O0 8-qt. Cov. Berlin Sauce Pans 400 10-qt. Berlin Covered S. Pan 500 $1.40 Willow Clothes Basket 750 $1.65 Willow Clothes Basket 750 $1.75 Clothes Basket, special 880 Fourth Floor Tennis Racquets, Nets, Shoes, Tennis Balls, Markers, etc., in standard makes. Head quarters Golf, Baseball and Football Supplies. Eastman Kodaks and Cameras devel oping, printing and enlarging at lowest prices. 4th Floor. New Gray Kid Boots $8.50 Grade AO Thursday at P Main Floor Women's High-top Boots of gray kid priced lower for Thursday's selling. One of the very smartest models of the season. Laced effect, covered Louis heels and hand-turned soles. Nar row receding toe without tip. Perforated lace stay, also perforated around vamp. Shown in a complete range of sizes. Usual (7 iCk $8.50 Shoes priced at this sale V ciiJ EXTRA SPECIAL OFFERINGS IN WOMEN'S WHITE LOW SHOES AND PUMPS IN ALL POPULAR STYLES. DEPT. MAIN FLOOR. Women's Wool Jersey Sport Coats Second Floor Of wool Jersey in heavy or light weight. Plain colors, some with striped collars and cuffs, others trimmed with broadcloth. Also checked and plaid flannels in green, pink, tan, with white or plain colored Bolivian cloth, corduroys and golfine. Full-flare effects. ASHLAND WINS PRAISE L. L. MUUT PLEASED WITH DEVEL OPMENT OF' SOUTHERN OREGON. Banker Says Mineral Springs Park Srenlcally Beautiful and Boon Motoring Tourists. I. Jj. Mullt, vice-president of the Northwestern National Bank, who has returned from Ashland and other points in the southern part of the state. Is enthusiastic over the develop ments in progress there. Mr. Mulit was particularly Impressed with the earnest work and condlfence displayed by the people of Ashland in developing their mineral springs and natural park. "They have one of the finest parks at Ashland I have seen anywhere." said Mr. Mullt. "They have made splendid use of the money derived through the recent sale of municipal bonds and al ready are beginning to reap some of the benefits." He pointed oat that Ashland is one of the principal points on the route of automobile tourists between Portland and San Francisco and that adequate arrangements have been made to ac commodate visitors of this kind. Pro vision has been made for them in the public park so that they can camp out in comfort. The natural, medicated mineral water has been piped Into the park. "Ashland Is due soon to become one of the principal health and pleasure re sorts of the West," commented Mr. Mulit In a tone of prophecy. $3 6,000 to Be Spent for Sidewalks. CENTRALIA, Wash.. May 24. Spe cial.) The city commission yesterday passed first readings of ordinances creating Improvement districts in the northwest and south ends of the city for $36,000 in concrete walks. Centralis, Treasury Has Balance. CENTRAX.IA, Wash., May 24. (Spe cial.) The city commission today is sued its report for April, showing a cash balance In the City Treasurv on ASK FOR and GET HORLIGECS THE ORIGINAL 171 ALT ED EYllUC C&eapjubetttutoa cost .YOU. Mioe. pxlca. May 1 of 1.042.81. The receipts for the month were about $38,000 and the disbursements about $42,000. The gross Indebtedness of the city on May 1, in cluding warrants and bonds, 'was $686,467.43.- 15 Pounds Pure Cane Sugar First . grade and guaran teed by us. Only a limited amount to go at this price. This offer good only with 51 purchase of other Roods. Limit one order of sugar to each customer. Come early take advan tage of this big sugar offer SIMON BROS.' STORE 131-133 FIRST ST, Opposite P. R., L, & I. Co.'s Station. U ?M m