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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 20, 1907. concert, to be given on Tuesday, the 29th, at Murlark Hall. On Friday Mrs. E. B. Coman left (or Oakland, where she will visit her two daughters, Mrs. Charles W. Jones (Miss Julia Coman), and Mrs. Robert Yates (Miss Helen Coman). "Helolse and Abelard." one of the latest booklets published by ,Faul Elder & Co. In New York, is from the, pen ol Ella Costilla Bennett, who is well known In Oregon and California. She has cleverly woven fnto verse the love letters of these two historic lov ers, whose history Is too well known to need further comment. This Is Ella Costilla Bennett's Initial book, and she is to be congratulated upon the manner In which the letters are writ ten. The book has been dedicated to Miss Constance Mattlngly, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. George Langdon are en route East, where they will visit In New York for a period of two months. Mrs. Ross Flummer, Mrs. Langdon's daughter, will occupy their residence during that pertod. The first Informal party of the Con cordia Club was given on Wednesday evening and largely attended. Bridge . was played. Captain and Mrs. J. Speier have as their guest Mrs. Speier's mother. Mrs. S. H. Solomon, of Leavenworth, Kan. . Mr. Solomon and Mrs. Speier will re ceive on the first and third Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. "Waldo A. Avery, of Detroit, Mich., have been guests at the Portland Hotel the past seven days. Mr. and Mrs. Avery who spend their Winters abroad are now on their way around the world. Their sons. Waldo Avery, Jr., and Bewail Avery, who is president of the United States Gypsum Company, of Chi cago, are to accompany them as far as San Francisco to bid them bon voyage on their long trip. On Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brlggs entertained in their honor, with a well-appointed dinner. Mr. and Mrs.' J. W. Cook are now oc cuping their attractive new residence on Portland Heights which Is opposite that of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Charlton. The portrait which appears on today's page of Miss Cornelia Cook is a charming bit of color which la unfortunately lost by reproduction. Miss Cook who Is at tending school In the East, is a dainty brunette with rich brown hair and hand some eyes. The miniature is painted In a simple Empire frock of rose pink chiffon. Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Blake are visit ing at present In Washington, D. C. Mrs. George W. McBrlde, wife of ex Senator Mc Bride, who returned to Port land after an extended visit In the East, was taken ill shortly after her arrival and for the last seven weeks has been In a hospital. Senator and Mrs. McBrlde have taken a residence for the Winter on Nineteenth and Laurel streets, Portland Heights. Mrs. N. Ev Ayer has 'returned from a several months' visit in Bangor, Me., and New York City. The football season is now at hand and the number of games scheduled for the coming months are eagerly anticipated. The first Interstate intercollegiate game ever given In Portland is to be held on the Multnomah field. October 26, between the University of Oregon and the Uni versity of Idaho. Many of the Eugene residents and University of Oregon Btu flents are to come down for the event. . An announcement of a wedding which cama as a complete surprise was that of Miss Edna Irvine, pt Corvallls and Horace W. Kerr, which "occurred at Madison, "Wis., on Tuesday, October 1. The bride, a petite demi-blonde, is highly accom plished and is popular here where she has visited considerably. For the last few years Miss Irvine has appeared on the stage, coming West for her vaca tions. The wedding is a culmination of a romance begun some time ago. Mr. Kerr Is a son of President and Mrs. Kerr, of the State Agricultural College, and until the announcement of his wedding had planned to go East to attend Columbia. The marriage involves the retirement of the bride from the stage, where she had made a most successful beginning. Miss Susie Stott. who has been 111 at St. "Vincent's Hospital. Is now rapidly conva lescing and has returned to her residence. Cards are out for a tea to be given Oc tober 21 by Mrs. Harrison ..Gray Piatt, of Mount Tabor. A number of informal affairs have been given for Miss Anderson, of Walla Walla, who is a guest of Miss Use Koehler. Miss Anderson and Miss Koehler were college friends at Briar Cliff. The annual meeting of the Consumers' League will be held on October 28 In the Portland Hotel. Misa Carrie jnanaers, Mrs. Elmer Colwell and Mrs. Gordon Vor hees compose the committee for the com ing meeting. Miss Clementine Barman who. with her aunt. Mrs. I. Kauffman. Is spend lng a year abroad, has met many In teresting foreigners In her travels and has been extended a number of hos pitalities. Mrs. Kauffman and Miss Barman have been again to Paris and at last accounts were with a large party that made the Rhine trip. The Irvington Tennis Club on Frl day night held Its first of the season members', night. The Hawaiian girls were present, and were Introduced and welcomed by Governor Chamberlain, They sang several native songs. Dane lng was' the feature of the evening, with Sam T. Lockwood, C. K. Henry and C. E. Fields in charge. On Hallowe'en night a domino party win be given. The two subscription dances will be given on November 22 and January 17. Mr. Howard Holland, Waldo A. Avery, Jr., of Detroit, and Edward de Schweinltz, of New York, have moved from the Norton and taken, bachelor apartments, having rented the Willamette Heights residence of Mrs. Cleveland Rockwell, who Is to spend the Winter In California. Mrs. A. G. Barker left last week for the Middle West, where she will remain for six months. , The visiting Hawaiian girls have been ' the guests at a number of affairs since their arrival less than a fortnight ago. The largest reception in their honor was given Tuesday afternoon by the Women's Club at the residence of Mrs. P. J. Mann. The seven girls from the islands re. ceived in the drawing-room with Mrs. Mann and afterward sang a number of the attractive Hawaiian melodies. Mrs. Warren B. Thomas had charge of the musical programme. Those participating were: Mrs. Blanche Kofold, soprano, from Seattle: Miss Mary Cahill, violinist, from Omaha; Mrs. W. A. T. BushongA con tralto, and Mr. John Claire Mortteith tenor. Mrs. Mann's residence was ar. tlstically decorated for the occasion and a number of the prominent women of the club assisted in .receiving and served In the dining-room. Mrs. A.- B. 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The voung ladies from the Hawaiian Isles who are making a tour oi me Pacific Coast, arrived from Portland at 3 o'clock and were met by a commit tee representing the ladies of the beau tiful city on the Columbia. Carriages were In waiting and the visitors were taken on a delightful drive around the interesting city and then through the Barracks and on to the State School for the Deaf and Blind, where they were cordially received by Pro fessor and Mrs. Clark. The commit tee of ladies then escorted them to the St. Elmo Hotel, where, they partook of a delicious banquet. In the evening the visitors were the guests of theciti zens at a reception In the rooms of the Columbia Club. Appropriate' Instru mental music was rendered by the or chestra of the Fourtenth Infantry Band and beautiful vocal solos were sung by Miss Connolly, Miss Breslin, Mrs. Fred Olsen and Dr. Taylor. The Honolulu girls sang several sweet Hawaiian melodies, which were . re ceived with hearty encores. The vis itors expressed themselves as delight ed with their cheerful welcome and voiced their hope to visit Vancouver again in the future. The visiting party consisted of Miss Saffery, Miss Lucas, Miss Rose, Miss Mundson, Miss Todd, Miss Lemin, Miss Dewight, Miss Sadler, Miss Aloiau, with Mrs. Weatherred as chaperon. Following Is the committee of ladles who received: Miss Florence Heavren. Mesdames J. P. Stapleton, H. S. Mclntyre, A. H. Fletcher, J. C. Wyatt, J. H. Jaggy, E. E. Beard, J. H. Elwell, A. B. Eastham, W. W. MeCredte, J. C. Huston and H. C. Phillips. The Monday History Club held the first meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. J. Allen Harrison. The roll call, "Summer Echoes," revealed many pleas ant thoughts, especially those expressed by the president, Mrs. Kelnath, who spent the Summer traveling through New Mexico and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Also by Mrs. Doud, who spent the Summer on a tour of Europe. Mrs. A. I Clark read an excellent paper, her subject being "Burning Brush." ' The club has prepared .an attractive programme for the year which includes "Studies of Greek Mythology." "Charac ter Sketches of American Writers," "His tory Sketches and Travel Description of Norway, Sweden and Denmark." Also a delightful musicale afternoon by Mrs. Amedee Smith and Mrs. E. C. Goddard. The members of the club are the Mes dames J. E. Bennett, James Bell, George Blrrel, A. L. Clark, George A. Cooper, D. A. Doud, J. P. Finley, A. W. God dard, E. C Goddard. M. M. Grant, F. S. Grant, H, A. Hale, J. A. Harrison, H. A. Kelnath. E. L. Lane, I. A. McKenney, A. Mulr, P. I. Packard, W. C. Puffer. S. A. Searle. I. A. Steadman, A. M. Smith, A. W. Smith, C. G. Tipton and Miss Anna Finley. Oregon Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, were delightfully enter tained on Friday afternoon at the horjps of the president. Mrs. George H. Stovall, this, being the first meeting since the election of new officers for the coming year. The president made an Inter esting address, outlining the needs of the chapter, and suggesting plans for the coming year's work. An Important bit of business was the election of a delegate to represent Oregon Chapter at the National con vention. Daughters of the Confederacy, to be held at Jamestown, Va., In November.- This honor was conferred on Mrs. Sylvia W. McGuire, secretary of the local chapter. After the regular business routine refreshments were served. The next meeting of the chapter will be held at the home of Mrs. G. H. Thomas, 4S7 H. Ankeny street, on Friday afternoon October 25, at 2:30 o'clock, to which all Southerners are asked. A very enjoyable evening was spent at the home of Edward E. 'Wedemeyer Monday, October 14, when he entertained a number of his friends In honor of George H. Morris, of Cleveland, who Is spending a few days In this city. The evening was spent with cards, and prizes were won by Miss Hortense Craig and William Doolittle. The remainder of the evening was spent with music and elo cution, Dan Johnson rendering a solo very pleasingly. Dr. Harry Stark favored the guests with a piano selection and the "Slave Song" was sung by Mrs. Olga Bartsch Lang, followed by a reading by Mr. Morris, after which a dainty lunch was served. Those present were: Misses Lllla Winters, Clara Wilson, Doris Leon ard, Mrs. Olga Bartsch Lang, Hortense Craig, Hilda Craig, Luella Clemens, Messrs. George Morris. Dr. Harry Stark, James Sharp. John Freeauf. William Doo little, Leroy Kadle, Stott Henrlckson and Dan Johnson. The New England Conservatory Club met at' the home of Mrs. J. M. Berry Wednesday afternoon, October 16, the first Fall meeting. Mrs. Gertrude Glea son Slettin, of Hood River, favored the club with some very fine vocal selections. Her rich soprano voice completely won the admiration of the club. Mrs. Slettin would be a great acquisition to Port land's musical circles. Following was the programme given: Vocal solo, "Fruhlingsteaum" (Schubert), Mrs. Ham ilton; duet, (a) "Ariso," (b) waltz, (Felix Dreyschock), Mrs. Schultz, Mrs. God dard: vocal solo, "Come to Me, Sweet heart" (Barlet). Mrs. Slettin; violin solo, "Serenade" (Dedla), Mrs. Berry; vocal solo, (a) "Dalsie." (b) "Song of Life" (Hawley), Miss Watt: vocal solo (a) "Rosemonds" (Chamlnade), (b) "Robert Robert" (Meyerbeer), Mrs. Slettin. i Miss Ruth E. Diller entertained a number of her friends Friday evening at her home, 1230 East Salmon street, with a card party, In honor of Mr. Henry Allen, of New York, who is vis iting here, and who expects to leave for Los Angeles In a few days. Mr. Frank Callahan won first prize at whlst. Music and games made the evening pass "very pleasantly. Dainty refreshments were served about 11 o'clock. Those present were: Misses Lllla T. Winters. Myrtle E. Long, Ada M. Matthews, Marguerite McNeill, Ger trude Kurth and Joe Kelleher, Messrs. Henry Allen. Fay E. Sims. Dean Ott. I Van Fleet, Frank Callahan, Amos Meln eger and Mr. Elliott. A large party of young people honored Miss Myrtle Huff with a surprise party Friday evening. October 11 at ner resi dence. East Fortieth street ana naw thorne avenue. The occasion celebrated the 18th birthday of Miss Huff and she as made the recipient of many appro priate presents. . After an excellent mu sical entertainment, refreshments were served, and those present voted Miss Huff a charming hostess. Among those pres ent were Miss Myrtle Huff. Miss Mar gurite Moore. Miss Bessie Bennett, Miss Myrtle Sears, Miss May Brown, Miss Zella Edwards and Willie Bolland, Alva Davis, Harry Van Horn, Albert Hitch cock, Harry Long, Vern Williams and Harry Ostrander. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Henkle. celebrated their twenty-seventh wedding anniver sary on October 14, surprised and sur rounded by 55 of their friends in their home, 603 East Eleventh street Al fred Blaucholm rendered several selec-. tlons on the violin. Mrs. Ella Jones pre siding at the piano. J. P. Stephenson read an original poem. A reading, "Dick's First Lesson tn Shopping," was given by Madeline Angell. Miss Flos sie Ferrler sang "O Promise Me," af ter which Mr. and Mrs. Henkle repeat ed their marriage vows. Their guests presented a very handsome rocking chair. The Research Club of the First TTnlted Presbyterian Church gave Its opening night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Barnes, . Monday night, October 14. The programme was under the direction of the Koinonia Men of the church, who gave a musical and literary programme, asisted by Miss Hlldreth, pianist, of Los Angeles; Mrs. Clarence Tripp, Miss Louise Stewart, Miss Winifred Hawley and the Lachene Quartet. Sixty young people were present. The Research Club meets every alternate Monday nignt aur. lng the Winter. October 28 the club meets with the Misses Hawley In the study of a modern newspaper. One of the perttlest affairs of the sea son was a dancing party given by Miss Lillian and Louis Gevurtz. In honor of their visiting friends in this city. The party was given In the Gevurtz Hall, on Front and Gibbs streets. The hall was beautifully decorated with vine maple and palms. Parsons' orchestra furnished music. Refreshments were served during HATS FOR THE HORSE SHOW Portland's first Horse Show will undoubtedly be a grand suc cess. Beautiful women, handsomely gowned, --ill be in evidence, but the effect of a handsome gown is lost if the hat worn is unbe- .coming. There is no reason why any women should wear a hat that does not harmonize with herself and her gown if she will inspect our stock of stylish, dressy creations, designed especially for this occasion, in all the latest shades of brown, green, navy and garnet. If you want a hat to match your gown, get it at McCreedy, & Campbells 400 Washington Street, Corner of 10th We make a specialty of designing hats from your own par ticular creation. the evening in the adjoining hall, which was decorated with American flags. The favors were steins and Japanese fans, neatly attached to the programmes. About 30 couples were present. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of 785 Brooklyn street,' gave a birthday party Monday, October 14. In honor of their daughter, Dorothy, being ner 7th birthday. Those present were: Misses Nellie Gaylord, Cella Wheeler, Descle Fisher, Mary Freedman, Neita Savage, Garnet Saulcer, Jennie Blakely, Dorothy Smith, Ruth Smith. Master Raleigh Stinson, Clifford Stinson, Ervln Grossmueller, Joseph Nixon. Merle Fisher. Morris Fisher, Ger deau Roeder and James Blakely. Tuesday afternoon at the Patton Home a surprise was given Mrs. L. Lambert, matron. It was the anniver sary of her birthday, and through her many acts of kindness the old people are very much attached to her, and Joined together and gave her a very pretty silver tea set and several other presents whlc'h she greatly appre ciated. The evening was spent In mu sic and recitations. The Tuesday Afternoon Club met with Mrs. Bailey. The following programme was given, under the direction of the hostess: "England's Troubles With American Colonies." Mrs. Crogster: "In fluence of French fOP-.volution," Mrs. Gllnes; "Greater Britain." Mrs. Jackson; "Irish Legislative Independence." Mrs. Miles; "New England." Refreshments were enjoyed during the social hour. On Friday evening, Miss Charlotte Layton, Rae Zimmerman and Miss Mas ters entertained Informally In honor of several Portland Academy students. 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