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TJIR 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. APRIL 18, 1919, Permit Us, Madam, to Help You Solve Your Hat Problem HI 'w',NVJ.XilX't!IX nMMa;i,t lw tj i II' VISIT OUR STORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 12 "11 ASTER bonnets and rmart Easter H frocks are claiming the attention ot maids and matrons Just now find visits to the modiste and the mil liner are alternating with attendance tit church services or working for one1 pet charity. Great preparations are on ier tray for house parties and for after-Easter events. The florists' shops are filled with lovely blossoms and plants, and the habit of giving these tokens of Easter friendship and greeting is becomin; more popular each year. A merry house party bound for Un derwood. Wash., will leave on an early boat tnis morninar to be iruests of Mrs. E. C. Goddard and Miss Elisabeth God ilard at their country home for the faster holiday. The Crescendo club has set Mayl as the date for its annual musical and dance. Tbe Rose City park clubhouse will be the scene of the festivity. Mrs. Kose Coursen Reed will direct tbe mus ical features. m Miss Eva Boscovich of this city is registered at the Grand-Atlantic at At lantic City. X. J. Saturday has come to be regarded s a day belonging: to tne Portland Hunt club, for on That afternoon, ail ouring the fall and winter reason, eith er the senior or Junior members of the club start toward the open country for one of their popular paper chases. Tomorrow afternoon the closed paper chase is for the seniors, and many in terested spectators will be on hand to ii rite to victory a favorite horse or rider. The barest Miss Alice Moore and 3fi3 Mabel Barker, have an excellent trail ready, starting near the club .-rounds at Garden Home. Immediate lv after the chase, tea served at the clubhouse will claim the attention of .all. The Professional Woman's league will rive a reception Monday night for .Mrs. Colin Pyment (Dr. Bertha Stew art,. The league will entertain at the University rlub. At the ttome of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Robinson In Irvington their daughter. Margaret, entertained a number of Jriends with a dancing? party recently. Tne following were present: Frances Milne, Dorothy Eltinfrer, Jmo ftne Lewis. Cathryn Overbcck. Nan T.ounsbury. Marion Bowman. Madeleine Jitker. Helen Parker, Frances Dick. Marsaret Robinson. Harvey Dick, I.loyd iiyerlr. Walter Simpson. Ralph Stah-l-y. Thomas Touell, Marshall Wood, Heryl Coyle, Joseph Lipchutx, Corlls Saerraan and Kenneth Rinsler. Mrs. 3. R. Teasdale of Seattle was a guest in this city last Sunday and Mon day. Mrs. Teasdale is the niece of tanner Governor and Mrs. Robert S. Vessey of Soutb. Dakota, now located in roitUnd. m m An enjoyable surprise was given Mrs. Winifred W. Walker Tuesday afternoon by a, number of friends, who assem bled at 1445 Garfield avenue to honor Mr. and Mrs. Walker, who leave soon to make their home in Gresham. A Junciiton was served and musical selec tions were furnished by Sirs. Harold Riley, Mrs. Pearl Nubson and Miss Fern Vpbara. which were enjoyed thorough ly by all. The guest of honor was presented with an Armenian fern by ber friends. Among those present were Mrs. Miranda Morrison, Mrs. L. James, I baod and two children survive her. Mrs. T. Looney, Mrs. J. Riley, Mrs. Har old Riley. Mrs. S. Watley, Miss .rjnia Watley. Mrs. Pearl Nubson. Mrs. J. Mor rison, Jack Morrison, Mrs. G. Sebold, Mrs. W. Walker. Mrs. C B. Edwards, Warren Walker. Mrs. Elva Upham and Miss Fern Upnam. An enjoyable event will be the social of Corinthian chapter, ?o. 64. u. b.. Tuesday evening. A special Easter pro gramme has been prepared. The Monday Musical club has taken a block of seats for grand opera for next Thursday and Friday at the audi torium and the club is selling reserva tions rapidly, co-operating with the Portland Opera association of which Mrs. E. L. Thompson is president. The opera season will be one of the bril- I liant after Easter events. Many promi nent society folk will attend the per formance. . Rehearsals promise an artistic performance. The Monday Musical club Junior de partment will meet tomorrow at 1P.SI. In the assembly room of the Portland hotel. The chairman, Mrs. Emma Welch Landry. has been requested by the president of the Monday Musical club. Mrs. Anton -Giebisch, to use for her I talk the libretto of the "Elixir of Love.' This she will do, interrupting her pro- I gramme on tbe progress of music. which has been listened to with sucn appreciation by students, parents and teachers alike and will continue with the "development of the opera next I week. On account of the array of talent to be presented this week, Mrs. Landry will curtail her remarks to the story or the opera. The board of management of the I Monday Musical club will meet in regular session next Monday, April 21, in tbe Central Library at 2:1S Sr. 61. The Portland Opera association is receiving hearty co-operation through the efforts of the following telephone I committee. Miss Anna Finley, Mrs. Helen Riddle, Mn. Ira Kimroons, Mrs. I A. W. Claxon. Mrs. A. R. Mattingly, Mrs. L. H. Hansen. Mrs. William Yeo, Mrs. Ella Jones. Miss Helen Hansen, Miss Ruth Confrcy, Mrs. F. W. Youney. Mrs. Epperly Bristow and Mrs. H. C. Burton. Members of the club must form these chairmen at once as to the number of seats desired. Reserved seat I coupons for the Monday Musical club section may be bad as soon as the box I office opens. Society maids and matrons will be busy tomorrow assisting in the drive for funds for the benefit of devastated France. The committee will meet this I afternoon in the Portland hotel and complete plans for the sale of friend ship bonds for the worthy cause. Alpha Chi Omega will meet Saturday I t 2 o'clock at the home of Miss Ada I Reed. 895 Castle avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cook of Seattle re in Portland visiting their relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine B. Coles. Mrs. Cook was a well-known soprano in this city, formerly Eloise Anita Hall, member and star singer of the Portland Opera association. Mr. Cook has Just returned from France, where he saw active service with tbe U. S. engineers. Special Selling of and Easter Sailor Trimmed, Tailored Hats lO.OO EXTREMELY UNDERPRICED Your last opportunity for your Easter hat. You cannot afford to overlook these hats of correct style and special values. JWith the approach of Easter the hat problem looms up nearer and greater. .We are equipped to solve it for you, for all. the efforts of our large staff of milliners and all the resources of our tremendous buying power are directed to furnishing the most stylish and the most reasonably Tiriced hats in town. ' FRIDAY AND SATURDAY'S special event 'is another demonstration of our fitness to serve you best. Misses' and Children's flower trimmed hats and nobby droop with ribbon trimmed in Milan Leghorns and fancy weaves are one of our big specials. We have the largest assortment to choose from and for this week-end the prices are specially arranged from 95c to S6.SO J llMri Your Easter Bonnet Is Here! Jstt&i&Zk !V TN ' " Shop Early for We Will Be Crowded mSF' X 7 Friends of Mrs. R. F. Monges were grieved yesterday to receive a telegram from Berkeley announcing the death of Mrs. Monges at her sister's borne in Berkeley. Mrs. Monges was formerly Miss Mabel Grant. She was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Grant and was i well known socially and as an active worker in patriotic service. Her hus- Women's Activities By Helen V. Driver. PLAN'S for the culmination of the bis final drive on Saturday for funds for devastated France are being rap Idlv put into working order. Today, at I o'clock, in the blue par lor at the Hotel Portland. Mrs. C. B. Simmons will meet with all the, mem bers of the National League for Women'a Servico who have tendered their service as sellers of friendship bonds on Saturday. Mrs. Simmons urges that women who are interested m re habilitating France and can devoto a few hours to selling bonds be rrrscnt at the meeting today. Returns will be announced tomorrow from the Easter egg contributioa from the children In the public schools Miniature cardboard eggs were dis tributed to the school children who wrro asked to give anything from a penny upward for an Easter gilt to the babies in France. The Portland Woman's Research club will entertain with a card party and tea Easter Monday. April 21. at the home of Mrs. O. M. Clark. Twenty fourth and Kearney streets. Mrs. Clark will be assisted in receiving by Mrs. f.eorge Gerlinger, Mrs.Winthrop Har mon and Mrs. C. W. King. Five hundred and brldxe will be played in the charming Japanese ball room, and a delightful programme will b given in the spacious drawing room. The following women will assist in the timing room: Mrs. Warren Kceler. Mrs. J. Coulson Hare. Mrs. Herman Hcppner, Mirs Vcila Winner and Mrs. G. L. Bu lnd. Mrs. Eldon J. Steele is general chair man and table reservations may be made by calling her at Sdlwood Hi. A well-attended meeting was that of the Central W. C. T. U. at the library Wednesday afternoon. The previoufly Jirrunged programme was set aside that the wmen might hear a farewell talk from Mrs. Florence Ewell Atkins, na tional lecturer from Georgia, who so tapuvated the hearts and stimulated the minds of those who heard her last week at the Portland hotel luncheon and again Sunday night at Liberty hall. Mrs. Atkins gave an encouraging re port of her visit to McMinnvilie the lirj of the week. The quota assigned 1 McMinnvilie in the "Jubilee Drive- was but as they raised over two- thirds of that amount from the sub scription cards circulated at the close ef Mrs. Atkins lecture, the women hava Pl'-dsed themselves to "go over tho top" with JiOt). Mrs. Atkins lays great stress on the work of Americanising the families of eur forelsn population, which bas be come such a tremendous problem, and to which a large share of this money will be devoted. Any individual or so ciety giving 81000 to this fund will re ceive a personal letter of acknowledg ment from tbe national president. Miss Anna Gordon, written with the pen that tinned the proclamation for national prohibition after the amendment bad been ratified by the states. Vtss Jean WolJ Dill assist in the de partment of physical culture and aes thetic dancing for tho remainder of the term at the Y. W. C A. A treat Is in stote for those who will accept the invitation by Lincoln-Garfield Pot No. 3. G. A. R., to attend the talk to be given by Miss McAlastar this afternoon at 2:30 at the post room, 6T5 Courthouse. Miss McAlaatar Just returned from the front line trenches as a Red Cross nurse, and will tell all about the hard ships, especially of the six weeks' bat tle of Chateau-Thierry. a The current literature department of the Woman's club met yesterday after noon at the home of Mrs. Walter S. Hidden. The rooms were decorated baauufully in masses of spring blos soms nd more. nan. CO women were present. Mrs. George M. Wcister read a paper on "The League of Nations,' which was followed by a philosophical reading by Mrs. F. C. Whitten. Mrs. Petronclla Connolly Peets sang three charming contralto solos to piano ac companiment played by Mrs. J. B. Rock wood. Following the programme a pleasant social hour was enjoyed. A prettily appointed luncheon preceded tne programme. FOSTER FATHER WINS GIRL T. KING ALLOWED TO ADOPT DAUGHTER OP LATE WIFE. Court Makes Decision.' When Child Says She "Would Rather Stay la rrcscnt Home Than AVith Annt. . CAUSE OF DEATH PROBED The love of a blood relation vied with thel ove of a foster father in the court W ho I'cII Into Elevator I of County Judge Tazwcll yesterday and Physician Shaft, Appeared Innjurcd. SAX FRANCISCO, -pril 17. Mys terious circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. C. Henry Wells, Seattle and Shelton. Wash., physician, as the result of his having fallen into a freight elevator shaft in the Hotel Crockett here last night, were being Investigated by police and morgue of ficials todity. Dr. Wells was found suspended by one foot between the top of tho ele vator, which is an open affair and the side of the shaft. Kxcept for a slight abrasion on the head he appeared to be uninjured. Morgue officials believe he died from shock. No reason could be found for Dr. Wells" presence in the hotel. Dr. Wells was being treated here for a nervous ailment. There are 435 members in the United States house of representatives, when thero are no vacancies. The Democrats have controlled both houses for the last' six years and tho lower house for eight years, ending March 4. 1!1!. the foster father won. Though it was keen contest for the custody of 11- ycar-old Florence Watson, there was an uter lack of recrimination, each con testant admitting that the other loved the girl and would provide a good home. J. T. King of 7012 Fifty-ninth ave nue southeast was allowed the adop tion of Florence, daughter of his late wife by a former marriage. Mrs. King died January 5, 1919. Her daughter was S years old when the mother married Mr. King. On her deathbed, testified a witness yesterday, Mrs. King bad requested that her husband be allowed to adopt thec hild. After he had filed a petition for adoption, Mrs. Emma Myers of Ore gon City, an aunt of the child, con tested the action, requesting that she be allowed the girL She held that it would be to the best interests of the youngster, now at tho age of 11. if she was brought up with a mother's care, rather than in the home of a widower. She did not doubt Mr. King's ability to care materially for theo hild nor his love for ber, but insisted that a blood relative's Tovf was deeper. Also, she was the mother of a little boy who, she said, had always been, and would con tinue to be, a playmate of the girl. Probably the deciding factor in the case was the testimony of the little girl. Called to the witness stand, she timidly and in a small voice answered the few questions asked her. "Whom do you wish to stay with now, your father or Mrs. Myers?" she "Daddy," was her Instant, though shy, reply. "And why do you prefer to stay with him?" "I'd feel more at home with papa," she answered. Of the mrothers and sisters of Mrs. Myers who were called to testify, ali inclined to favor Mr. King as custodian of theo hild. "This is an unusual case," commented Judge Tazwell. in rendering his deci sion. "Usually, I am inclined to give a certain weight to claims from the maternal side of a family, for I believe that a child is better off with the care of a woman as a rule. This case does not come within the rule, as I take it.' At the Theaters. Hippodrome. HIPPODROME patrons will find plenty to delight and interest them on the new bill which opened yesterday. The big top line number alone is whole show in itself. Will and Enid Bland are its sponsors and they hail from the land of the kangaroo, where entertainment of the order of the Bland offering has a high standard. They are illusionists de luxe and have progressed far In their art of fooling tho audience into a state of not seeing is believing. One of their amazing offerings U MIIIIMtlllltltilllllllllMIIIIMIIIMtltllllinillMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi: The Famous Edison Mazda Lamps 35c The lamps that cut your electric light bill almost in half. Equip your house with them today! 10, 15, 25 and 40 watt 35c 60 Watt Mazda Lamps.. .40c Nitrogen Lamps, Type "C," 75 Watt ..70c New Piano Lamps A Shipment of Attractive Lamp Bases Priced $10 to $25 (Without Shades) A number of those beautiful, tall lamps that are so popular and almost "male" a room, from the decorative standpoint. Gracefully attractive designs, in handsome finish. Hand-made Silk Shades in Rose, Gold and Blue, special $24.00 to $27.50 III n p Dainty Class Hand Decorated Boudoir Lamps Many of them HALF PRICE and less than half. Two Days Only $7.50 Lamps at ..$3.25 $5.50 Lamps at ..$2.75 $3.50 Lamps at .,.$2.00 $2.50 Lamps at . .$1.50 The Upstairs Retail Electrical Store Offers J. C. English Co. 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Allen, Lindsay and company, billed as "Hokum," are responsible for a kill care act, replete with original comedy ideas in entertainment. Trailing right along after comedy's scalp are Hom burg and Lee, a pair of capital funsters who are billed as "foolish folk," but who are pretty wise when it comes to knowing how to amuse. Holland and Cathren are harmony songsters, with a pleasing repertoire and delightful voices. E. Wille offers an unusually divert ing ' aerial and novelty acrobatic act which gets over great- The photoplay is popular in every detail, showing J. Warren Kerrigan, a film matinee idol in a romantic thrill ing western story called "The Capture i of Rattlesnake Ike." WIVES UNTRUE 2 MEN SAY ' ! DIVORCE COMPLAINTS FILED BY RETURNED SOLDIERS. Irlo M. Watts Seeks Separation Al leging Uis Wife Spends More Than He Is Able to Earn. Two chaps who went away to war, providing for their wives as best they could on army allotments, returned to find their wives had been untruo them, according to divorce complaints filed in. the circuit court yesterday Charles H. Drake went into servic July 6, 191 S, served overseas and turned to Portland, discharged. March 26, 1919. Upon his return he discovered that his wife, Anna Drake, whom he had married in Vancouver, Wash., De cember 4, 1917, had been very friendly with a man named J. B. Mora and gon to Palmetto, Fla., with the man as Mrs. Mora, according to the allegations of Drake's complaint. Thomas C. Branner. declares , that Nellie Branner, whom he married in Portland July 12, 1917. about fou months after he had enlisted in the army, was untrue to him during his absence. Bo(h Drake and Branner allege they Get In the Parade, Boys! Easter next Sunday almost here only two days to prepare. Tell mother or father to come straight here for everything. "Head-to-foot outfitters" our slogan. "NIKS," "XTRA-GOOD" AND JUVENILE SUITS FOR BOYS AND KIDDIES, $10 TO $25 AND LITTLE SISTER, TOO COATS HEADWEAR SHOES Are here In abundance for the little girl to 10 years. Milan straws, in white or black, $2 to J9; coats of cloth or silk, $5 to J20; Easter thoes and slippers in abundance. OPE SATURDAY TILL 8 P. M. Member Greater Portland Association Outfitters yer Children t 113 Victory Way Kear Alder sent their wives at least J13 a month in the form of an army allotment. Drake asserting further that he had left his wife more than J100 when he went away. Irle M. AVatts, in a divorce complaint filed, asserts that his wife, Evangeline, "insists on spending more money than he is able to earn." Other divorce actions filed were: Maud E. Lansing against Chester I. Lansing, cruelty; Bert Honfor againtt Gladys Marie Hopfer, desertion; Flor ence R. Wert against Francis Lee Wert, desertion, and Mary E. Parker against Robert Thomas Parker, cruelty. 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