THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1908.
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THE consensus ot opinion is that
the assembly on Krjday night at
the Portland Hotel eclipsed all
previous attempts in that direction in
elaborateness and perfection, even to
the minutest detail, while the gowns
ami jewels worn were, unusually smart J
and attractive. To a complete account
and a lensthy list which appeared in
yesterday morning's Oregonian, the fol
lowing names of ofttcers of Vancouver
Barracks and a few additional out-of-town
guests are added: Lieutenant
Colonel S. n. Jones. Lieutenant-Colonel
and Mrs. AV. H. Corbusler, Captain and
Mrs. C. H". Martin, Captain and Mrs L.
S. Lyon, Lieutenant W. S. Wood, Lieu
tenant and Mrs. 11. D. K. Zimmerman,
Lieutenant G. W. Harris, Lieutenant K.
J. Nowlen, Lieutenant G. V. Packer,
Captain and Mrs. II. O. Shaw, Major A.
N. Stark, Major and Mrs. A. P. Block
Him, Miss Glass, Captain C. C. Lansing,
Mr. Shearman, Salt Lake City: Mrs.
Gue, New York City, Mr. and Mrs. W.
K. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Parker,
Dr. A. S. Nichols, Mr. Carroll Hurlburt,
Mr. and Mrs. K.U. Eyre. San Francisco,
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One of the largest card parties of the
year is to be given at the Masonic
Temple, West, Park and Yam
hill . streets on Friday afternoon for
the women's scholarship fund of the
University of Oregon. The Oregon State
Federation of Women's Clubs has ln
pugurated an educational loan fund for
the women of the State, their aim be
ing to help any worthy young woman
to advancement aloqg educational lines
by a loan without interest for an Indefi
nite time. Already $500 has been ex
pended in this direction, and It is ow
ing to the fact that funds are low that
all the women's clubs are to unite in
giving this benefit card party. Tables
nn be reserved by applying to Mrs. S.
M. Blumauer. The patronesses are the
presidents of the various clubs of the
city, and are Miss Helen V. Spalding.
Mrs. Frederick Eggert, Mrs. Stiles, Mrs.
Hen Selling, Miss -Elizabeth Matthews,
and Mrs. Sarah A. F.vans. Those con
ducting the affair and preparing and
taking care of the tables will be Mrs.
V. J. Mann, Mrs. Henry W. Coc, Mrs.
Jt. M. Cake, Mrs. A. A. Courteney, Mrs.
.1. C. Hare, Mrs. W. J. Hofmann, Mrs.
Hose Hoyt, Mrs.' Flora S. Hubert. Mrs.
John Manning, Mrs. George W. McMil
lan. Mrs. McKlnley Mitchell, Mrs. H. A.
Moore. Mrs. James Muckle. Mrs. W. G.
Perkins. Mrs. J. A. Petit, Mrs. A. Stei
ger, Mrs. D. C. Stratton, Mrs. A. Til
zer. Mrs. J. F. Toft. Mrs. B. F. Weaver,
Mrs. Neustadter, Mrs. Meyers. Mrs S.
M. Blumauer is In charge of. the floor.
Several society girls will assist in serv
ing. Miss Lisa Wood is traveling abroad
with Mr. and Mrs. Drake, of Bend, Ore
gon. They are at present in Italy, having
engaged apartments at Capri, until
Spring.
The presence of Miss Ethel Carothers,
of Princeton, N. J., who is a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. K. C. Shevlln, has occasioned
' a number of Informal hospitalities. On
Thursday her hostess gave a prettily- ap
pointed luncheon in her honor, asking
the following matrons: Ms. L. Allen
Lewis. Mrs. C. F. Adams, Mrs. Walter
V. Smith. Mrs. S. R. Johnstone, Mrs.
Fiank Warren Sr., Mrs. J. (.. Robinson,
Mrs. A. E. Rockey, Mrs. George White
siUcs and Mrs J. K. Kollock.
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Mrs. Theodore B. Wilcox. Mr. Raymond
Wilcox and Claire and Teddy Wilcox have
gone to California for a visit. ,
Catallna Islands are serving as a mag
net for a number of prominent Portland
ers. Mr. and Mrs. John Shepard and their
little daughter Elizabeth and Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Alnsworth and little Miss Kath
evlne' Alnsworth being registered there
tills week. This coming Friday, Mrs
George Flanders and her two daughters.
Miss Louise, and Miss Carrie Flanders,
are to leave for the islands where they
will visit ea route U & trip through tho
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cox who is now In California will also
include Catallna In her itinerary.
Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Handbury,
who for six years were stationed in Port
land, have announced the engagement of
their daughter Miss Ethelwynne C. -Lewis,
to Mr. F. W. Ritter, of Tine .Tsin,
China. The wedding to take place o'ri the
26th of March at No. 90 Bluff Road Yo
kohoma, Japan, where Miss Lewis and
her sister have resided the past year.
Colonel and Mrs. Handbury having joined
them there in November last.
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Honeyman are
now domiciled in their attractive new
residence on Portland Heights, plans
for which were drawn by Mr. David C.
Lews and presented to them as a wed
ding gift.
Dr. and Mrs. K. A. J. Mackenzie, were
hosts at a theater party on Monday,
to e De Wolf Hopper In "Happylan"
which was followed by a supper at the
Portland grill. The affair was in com
pliment to Miss Use Koehler, a debu
tante of the year. Present were Miss
Frances Wilson, Miss Caroline Burns,
Miss Mllla Wessinger, Miss Effie
Houghton, Miss Koehler, Mr. Kenneth
Beebe. Mr. Tom Robertson. Mr. Harry
Falling, Mr. Plowden Stott and Mr.
Eltot Corbett.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Warrens were
the chaperons for an impromptu din
ner dance which was given last Satur
day evening at the' Waverly Golf Club.
Present were Miss Caroline Burns, Miss
Use Koehler. Miss Kreda Grelle, Miss.
Margaret Walter, Miss Dorothy Hol
brook. Miss Frances Wilson. Mr. Tom
Robertson, Mr. Kurt Koehler, Mr. Ir
ving Webster of Brooklyn, X, Y.: Mr. E.
P. Moller, Mr. Gerald Beebe and Haw
ley Hoffman.
Much interest is in order anent the
proposed immense skating carnival,
which is to tie given on Tuesday even
ing at the Oaks Rink as a benefit -for
the Oregon Yacht Club. The affair will
be marked by many original features,
and it- is to be decidedly the largest
party of this kind ever attempted here
before. A number of informal dinners
are to precede it.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Burns and Miss
Caroline Rurna are to Kive a small
dancing party at their residence on I
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Edsar B.- Piper and
family went to their Seaside "cottage
on Thursday, where they remained over
the week-end.
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Lieutenant and Mrs. Parker, en route
to Fort Bliss, Texas, spent a day in
Portland as guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
G. Gauld. Their brief stay was made
the occasion for a number of calls from
Mrs. Parker's girlhood friends. Mrs.
Parker was formerly Miss Kate Wool
sey. .
- Mrs. Alma D. Katz entertained with
bridge on Monday evening at her apart
ments on Twenty-third street, in honor
of her sister, Mrs. Harry Gue, of New
York City. Thos'e "accepting Mr. ' and
Mrs. Katz' hospitality were Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. B. Lon
don. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Teal, Mr.
and. Mrs. L. H. Tarpley,' Dr. and Mrs.
Otis Wight, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ames,
Mr. and Mrs. Wells Gilbert, Miss Mor
ris, of I)uluth,.Minn., and W. H. Shear
man, of Salt Lake. Following bridge,
an informal, musical was given by Mrs.
Gue, who has a charmin.g contralto
voice. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Ames were
dinner hosts on Monday in honor of
Mrs. Gue.
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To Mrs. C. F. Beebe belongs the dis
tinction of giving the initial party jn
Portland of duplicate bridge to the
score. The guests were all enthusiastic
bridge players, who met at her attract
ive residence at Kings Court on Thurs
day afternoon, and, under the direction
of Miss A. B. Shelby, spent several
hours in this delightful variation of
the ever-interesting game.- Duplicate
bridge to the score is a recent innova
tion, as it is a comparative test of skill
and retains all the essential features
of bridge, of which the declaration and
play to the score are among the most
important. It is not surprising there
fore that It is a Veritable boon to
scientific bridge players, and that it
vies only with skat; in general interest
and popularity. Mrs. Beebe's guests in
cluded Mrs. James Laidlaw, Mrs. Solo
mon, Hirsch, Miss Ella Hirsch, Mrs.
Howard Mather, Mrs. W. B. Ayer, Mrs.
J. Wesley Ladd, Mrs. W. J. Burns, Mrs.
George Good, Mrs. Morton Insley, Mrs.
William T. Muir, Mrs. Richard Koehler,
Mrs. L. Allen Lewis. Mrs. Holt C. Wil
son, Mrs. R. Lea Barnes, Mrs. John
Eben Young. Mrs. Arthur Minott, Miss
Glisan. Mrs? Samuel M. , Mears, Mrs.
William MacMaster. Mrs. W. C. Al
vord, Mrs. Frederick Sykes, Miss Fail
ing, Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs. J.
Frank Watson, Mrs. John K. Kollock.
Prizes were won by Mrs. W. J. Burns
and Mrs. Insley north and south, and
Mrs: William T. Muir and Miss Glisan
east and west.
Mrs. Frank Warren, Jr., will enter
tain with a few tables of bridge on
Monday, in honor of Miss Ethel Caroth
ers, of Princeton. Miss Grace Warren
will also entertain with bridge on Fri
day for Miss Carothers, both affairs
being very informal.
Mrs. Frederick Eggert has sent out
cards for a large reception to be given
Saturday, February 29. at the Hotel
Portland, when she has asked her
guests to meet Mrs. William Harold
Staiger, a recent bride, who will be
remembered as Miss Florence Blagen,
who was formerly of Portland, but who
has resided in latter years at Hoqulam,
Wash. Mr. Staiger is a nephew of Mrs.
Eggert.
Mr. George Gould and Mr. Benjamin
Treat, both of Bangor. Maine, who are
touring the West, have been guest? while
in Portland of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C.
Buffum. Both Mr. Gould and Mr. Treat
are cousins of Mr. H. W. Treat; of Seat
tle. From here they will go to Washing
ton, where they will be entertained by Hie
Treats. On Wednesday Mrs. Sarah
Forbes asked- seve'ral of her friends to
meet Mr. Gould and Mr. Treat and to go
horseback riding, and later followed it
With a luncheon.
Mrs. E. D. Kihgsley. a comparatively
new arrival, was the hostess at a pretty
reception on Friday afternoon' at their
residence on Cornell road, to which were
bidden about 150 matrons to meet her
mother and' sister, Mrs. A. D. Wright and
Miss Wright, of Chicago. Serving were
Mrs. David Lorlng, Mrs. William Mc
Kenzie, Mrs. Fred D. Chamberlin and
Mrs. J. C. Robinson. Presiding at the
punch bowl was Mrs. Frederic Strong, as
sisted by Miss Rosalind Klngsley and
Miss Leslie Knapp. - .
A pleasant surprise last week was the
announcement of the engagement of Miss
Agnes' Hill, the handsome daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George H. Hill, to Mr.. Horace
El Chapman, of New York, which was
made known on Monday last at the resi
dence of Miss Hill's sister, Mrs. Walter
M. Gadsby, a bride of the year who was
formerly Miss Beatrice Hill. Two other
recent brides assisted in receiving, Mrs.
Benjamin Gadsby, who was Miss Daisy
Freeman, and Mrs. Ambrose Scott (Miss
Frances Honeyman).
Mr. and Mrs. George Willard Brown
have gone to California'' for a stay of
short duration.
Mr. C. B. Lamont, of Seattle, the fiance
of Miss Maud Halin, has been a Portland
guest this past week. .
On Thursday Mrs. Marcus Fleischner en
tertained 20 matrons at bridge.
Walter J. Rosenfeld is now on a trip
East, having left about a week ago. Dur
ing his stay there he will combine busi
ness and pleasure and will visit his sister,
Helen, who is attending the Benjamln
Deane School in New York City, and his
brothers, James an(l Arthur, both of
whom ae attending, the medical depart
ment of Johns Hopkins University. He
will be gone about two months.
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Mrs. William T. Muir is to give a
bridge party in honor of Mrs. Frank
Vincent du Mord, of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ehrman were
hosts at a theater and supper party
on Thursday evening, asking Mr. and
Mrs. Marcus Fleischner, Miss Flora
Fleischner, Miss Flora Stern, Miss Mil
dred RhL'lnstrom; William Heller Ehr
man, of San Francisco; Henry Metzger
and Dr. Jonah B. Wise.
A change has been made in the date
for the series of bridge 'whist parties
to be given by Miss Van Schuyver. In
stead of entertaining on this coming
Wednesday, as previously stated, she
will .entertain jointly with her mother,
Mrs. W. J. Van Schuyver, orf Thursday.
The latter will again be a bridge
hostess on Saturday.
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Miss Gertrude White entertained at
dinner Wednesday In honor of Mr.
William Llpman, who leaves shortly
for. Europe, in company with Dr. Gue
tav Baar. The additional guest were
Miss May Hirsch. Miss Florence Wolfe,
Mr. Samuel BIsinger and Mr. Herman
MetKger.
Mrs. R. P. Marsh gave an informal
tea on Thursday at her home on Port
land Heights. The matrons in the
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dining-room were Mrs. Clarence Nich
ols, Mrs. E. C. Mears. .Mrs. C. J. Schna
bel and Mrs. Allen Ellsworth, assisted
by Miss Veda Nichols, Miss Mildred
Nichols and Miss Josephine Smith.
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For several years It has been the
pleasant . custom of Multnomah Chapter,-Daughters
of the American Revo
lution to entertain February 22. This
year Mrs. A. E. Rockey wijl again
open her hospitable home for the
event, and the chapter wilt present
Miss Edith Coburn Noyes, a member of
the faculty of the Emerson College of
Oratory, Boston, in Charles Reada's
brilliant comedy, "Peg Woffington."
Miss Noyes comes with the enthusias
tic recommendation of scholar, critic
and public, and Multnomah Chapter
feels its members are fortunate in
being able to give this opportunity to
their friends.. She is said to possess
in wonderful degree the art of 'self
effacement and the power of placing
before the eyes of her audience char
acters as full of life and vitality as if
they were present in material form. A
reception and tea will follow the. read
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Cannon and
little daughter Marjorle left Friday to
spend a few days at Collins Hot
Springs. .
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The most successful costume and
character party of the season was that
given by the Irvington Club Wednes
day evening. About 50 guests were
present, who appeared in picturesque
costumes representing the different
nations.
Mr. H. M. Carlock has been confined
to his Willamette Heights residence,
too ill to receive his friends.
John M. Scott, who Is on a tour of
California, has taken apartments for a
February visit at Coronado Beach.
One of the largest and most success
ful teas of the season was that given
on Friday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. W. B. Ayer for the benefit of
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the Visiting Nurses' Association. The
cards . had announced a Valentine tea
and were accompanied by tiny bags, in
which were to be placed coins for each
year of the donor's life, which resulted
In an increase of several hundred dol
lars to the treasury. The very hand
some residence -of Mrs. Ayer, with its
objets d'art, la- ideally situated for en
tertaining, and throughout the receiv
ing hours there was a steady stream
of callers. Presiding In the dlnlngroom
were Miss Virginia Wilson, Miss Val
entine Prichard, Mrs. A. A. Morrison
and Mrs. N. E. Ayer, and at the candy
table were Miss Frances Lewis and
Miss Dorothy Morrison. The following
officers of the Association received
with Mrs. Ayer. the president, Mrs.
Millie 11'. Trumbull; vice-president,
Mrs. Adolphe Wolfe: treasurer, Mrs. A.
F. Biles; corresponding secretary, Miss
E. A. Baldwin. The directors are: Mrs.
A. A. Morrison, Mrs. George W. Mc
Bride, Mrs. R. J. Marsh, Miss Virginia
Wilson, Mrs. P. J. Cronin, Mrs. Hel-n
Ladd Corbett, Mrs. John Cran, Mrs. II.
S. Gale, Mrs. W. B. Ayer,. Mrs. S. M.
Blumauer, Mrs. James S. Reed. Miss
Valentine Prichard and Mrs. R. B. Lam
son. Mrs. Walter Codke and daughter
Margaret have returned from a trip to
California. While in the South, Mrs.
Cooke was made the honor guest at a
number of dinners and lunclteons given
by her tormer girl friends who at
tended the same private school in San
Francisco.
Mrs. J. C. Robinson entertained with,
a few tables of bridge Thursday after
noon at her Kings Heights residence, in
honor of Miss Davis, of New Jersey,
who is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wallace
McCamant. .
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Earle E. Grant, of the University of
California, left yesterday as a delegate
to the 57th Chi Psi convention, con
vening at St. Paul.
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Miss Stella Cannon,- who has been
visiting her brother, R. 1). Cannon, city
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