THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POKTLAXD. DECEMBER 25, 1910. ( 1 1 I Mrs. TV. A. Fpanton. Mr. Byron K- LaJdlaw were hosts at an Informal tvk la honor of Mr. an4 Mrs. Walter Hall Mathewson. who trt leaving Portland nog tor Mission. Can- a small town t miles from Vancouver. B. C. Mr. Mat hewaon expects to dpart for h!a nw home the Brut wselc In January, but Mm. Mathewson will t here another month. durtna which time aha la to be entertained both formally and In formally by her friend. Mrs. O. N. Denny and Mra. B. O. Fcott. grand mother and mother of Mra. Laldlaw. assisted at the tea and coffee urns, while Mtaa Charlotte Laidlaw and Mlaa Catherine UMliw aerved the cake and aandwlrhea to the aaaembled aTueata. Then Sunday afternoon (rathsrlnas at tea are distinctly English and axe delightful, as they are not limited alone to the pleasure of tbe women. but the men. no matter how engrossed durlnr the week with business, may spare the time also to attend. Among tnose who will entertain for Mrs. Mathewson this week are Miss Lulte Hall, who will be nostras at a tea Wednesday after noon, and Mra. J. C Robinson, on Port land Heights, who has Inrlted ruesta for two tables of bridge on Friday. Mr. and Mra. Walter V. 8mlth expect to leave Portland thla week for an ex tended tour of the South and East, go- Ing also to the West Indies for a Winter tourner. Mr. and Mrs. Smith win re turn to Portland after an absence of several months. Mrs. John Claire Montelth was hoatesa last Bunday to a box party at the con cert at the Helitg Theater, after which she entertained informally at tea at her home. e un r nur cTmini, Fur. Thompson Invited a number of her mends to ninner aa a lareweu iiwr ner aepaxture tor tne twi. aiiss wmp son la prominent socially among thi younger set. and her absence will ji distinctly felt. Jodge and Mrs- Thomas O Tay are en Mary Reber. Efflnger L. Beber and W Pteele. of Seattle. TETRAZZINI, "HEAVENLY HERALD," TO SING HERE Portland People to Hear Soprano Whose Glorious Tones Have Caused World's Critics to Rare Notes "Liquefied Golden and Silver." iu Mr. and Mrs. Marc Bunnell, of Peat tie, who were recently the gueats of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge D. Peters, have returned to their home. Mrs- G. H. Nottage. of Seattle, will be the guest of her mother. Mrs. T. 1 Williams In this city for several days. In line with the excitement which the busy Red Cross seal Umea are causing la our city a little news of what la going on in the same work In other placea may be of Interest. Ke- rently In fan Kranrlsco the palm court at the Palace Hotel was thronged with handsomely gowned women when Mme. Tetrazstnl aided the National Tubercu loma Fund by selling their Christmas stamps. Every available place was spoken for where milady might enter tain her frlenda at tea during the hour. Of much Intereat to the younger set la the newa that Miss Use Koehler is making plana for a dancing party set for January 10. e e e Mrs Walter V. Smith returned Thar day from a ten days' visit with her mother, Mra. E. B. Carter, in Baker. Or. e e e - Among the affairs In honor of Mra. John Prrclval Allen, the popular sis ter of Frederick Morey. who waa Miss Maude Morey. of thla city, until her marriage to Mr. Allen, waa a matinee party given by Altss Oenevteve Thomp son at the Orpheum laat Wednesday afternoon followed by tea at the Port land Hotel. e e Mrs. J. Perclval Allen will also be an honor guest at the farewell tea which Miss I.ulle Hall la giving for Mrs. Walter Hall Mathewson. Another honor guest of Mtsa Hall will be Mrs. Clyde Hlrkson Reade. of Tacoma. see Mr. and Mrs. Antolne Lab be (Mlsa Winifred Loomta. of Taoomai. returned from the wedding trip last Friday and have been the guesta of Mr. Labbe's parenta until today, when they leave the city for Ellensburg for a short vlatt with Mrs. Labbe's mother. Mrs. Lyman t'pehur Loomts. e The patronesses for the annual dance to be given by the atudenta of the Allen Preparatory School next Wednes day at the Irvlngton Tennla Clnb house are: Mra Oreenbury W. Allen. Mrs. Oeorge W. Rates. Mra. John P. Ford. Miaa Ruth Prlngle. Mrs. Guatave P. lerln. Mrs. Jamea M. Moore and Mra. William H. Saylor. The members of the graduating claaa are: Miss Evelyn Baylor. Miss Constance Moore. Mlsa (cnevleve Mathewson. Miss Edith "lerin. Mtaa Mahle Markell. Bophua It loom. Rosa Oearhart. Arthur Piatt. Walpole Nurkhardt. Walter White. luan Smith. Aaron Frank and Well ington Ullbert- Mra. Edwin Caswell waa hoatesa laat Wedneaday evening at Ave tables of bridge. The lucky four to whom fate and aktll awarded the hlgheat score were: Mrs. Roacoe O. Ashley. Mrs. E. 1- Harmon. I. C. Stanford and Robert Jlech. Chrtetmaa holly and flowers composed the decorations, of which narcissus were also a part. e Miss Margaret Ayer will be hoeteaa at a dancing party Tueeday evening. I December t;. see Mrs. Henry flood left Portland early In the week for the East to visit her son and daughter. Henry Uoode. Jr.. and M!as Helen Coode. who are both at hool there. Mrs. Goode will not re turn home until the Spring. The wedding of Kathleen Burns and Tom Robertson will be the most Impor tant event In the eoclal activities of this week. It will take piace at Trinity Episcopal Church Tuesday at : o'clock, when lr. A. A. Morriaon will perform the ceremony. The wedding will be one of the quleteet of the season, despite tta Im portance, only a small number of In timate frlenda and the Immediate rel atives having been bidden. Miss Burns mill be unattended, and Oeorge Warren will be Mr. Robertaon'e best man. The engagement of these voung folk waa 'announced last Thanksa-lvtng day at dinner, when Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Hums were bosta at their home. The daughter of Mr. and Mra Walter J. Tiurns Mis Burns Is the sister of Mrs. llawlev Hoffman iM'sa Caroline Burns), of M! Anita tSurrs. a handsome de butante of the Fall, and Louise and Jack Burnt, who are students at school In tr-.e Ket. although they are at pres ent In the citv for the wedding and the holiday season. Mlsa Burns hereeif at tended school in the Kast. Mlas Finn Ington s Xcroml for Young Women, prior to her travels abroad. Mr. Rob ertson is one of the moet prominent members of the younger set. and la the son of Mrs ". k. Kohertasn and the brother f Mis Nan Robertson. Both Miss Burns snd Mr. Robertson are of tie irrr oldest famlltea of Portland and number among their relatives the lw-tes. Flanders. Couches, Corbetta, Falling and Wilsons. The wedding will attract attention not only In this city, but also through out the Middle wist and East where both yeung persons have many friends to wish them well. e The ercsgement of Miss Alice Maud Forbes, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Forbes, to Lome King, which waa recently announced, la creating muck Interest among the younger set. M n I Forree. whe pa seed the greater f v. -Nb. MADAME TETRAXZ13TI, WHO WILL SIJTO IJf POBTLAll. T 19 the best newa of the season that Portland la actually to hear the new soprano, whose triumph so say the critic ecltpea all ancient and preceding objects of adoration! TetrasslnL the new exponent of the Italian "bel canto" la a great alnger. Her wonderful voice ha not been worn by countless year of study and toll under the exacting technicians. Her native genius baa en abled her to master the subtleties of song and "voice placement." Tetrasxlnl sings as a bird sing, ana so true is her art that when she carried musical London by storm a few weeks sgo. singing to a throng of 14.000 de lighted people, not a critic but raised hla voice in enthusiastic comment. The remarkable ovation iuat accorded her in San Francisco has never been duplloated In the history of music on the Pacific Coast. Besaud. In the Chronicle, aays: "My recollection of dramatic occa sions runs back a couple of decades, but never within that period waa there such a night! Old-timers grumble enviously and rake out events for which they claim equal distinction Edwin Booth's return to the stage at the old inter Oarden Theater In New York, for in stance, or Henty Irving' reappearance at the Lyceum in London, after death bad cast dice for him and lost: but. we of the present generation wot not of tneee eventa. ror us. niruiiun ""in coming, to the acene where her world aucceas had It birth, will atand aa the standard for publio emotion at high tide. "The night bad its glorious artlstlo side. It Intimate and tender aspect, and even . K... aWA ell thlS l IIUUHIIVU V 1 ' . M - there was something impressively grand ana sumng in m" wuiii, -- . i kl.k .. en-h eoerlntr at Ui pram xiim.ii " w. the feet of this smiling woman whose girt it is to sing. "When Tetraaalnl opened her lips she seemed a heavenly herald. Absolut quiet fell with the first note, and In that smpty but palpitating silence her al most painfully sweet, clear tone swelled like an audible fragrance." Tetraxxlni'a voice haa been variously, always and Inadequately, described. Critics refer to her "clear amber note," ber "high white note" and diver other note plucked unkindly from the speo trum. Tetrasxlnl' note are liquified gold and silver. portion of her life in Portland, is a graduate of Oealnlng-on-Hudson. where she attended school for two years, air. King, who is well known and is pop ular with th young oclty folk here, was one of the ushers at the wedding this Fall of Mr. and Mrs. Berwick Wood (Miss Alice Howe). Mr. King baa. also, been absent from the city re cently with his parents. Mr. and Mra. F. P. King, treveling through Europe. Among those who are entertaining for Mlas Forbes prior to the wedding, which haa bean set for January S. are, Mr. Jamea Alexander Elite and Mis .Mary Erunn. Miss Elizabeth Stewart waa hostess at a dinner In har honor last Tuesday evening, when the guesta were Mlas Forbes. Miss Mary Dunn. Miss Jeanette Thomas and Miss Maud Etches, of. Michigan: Mr. King, Bert Whiting. Joseph Mulder, of Michigan: Joseph Ferguson, of Kansas City; John Wheeler and Mr. McOowan. The table decorations were of Kllarney roses, and following th dinner, which waa at 7 o'clock.- Informal dancing and musio wsre enjoyed. V v Miss Elisabeth Eggroan and Miss Berenice Maynard will be holiday guests of Mrs. Percy Allen (Miss Maud Morey). who ie In Portland with her sister-in-law. Mra. Fred Morey. for the first two month of the year. Mrs Allen arrived her from her home In New Tork about two week ago. see Mr. and Mr. Jamea Elliott and the Misses Elliott left the city recently for Seattle, where they will be the holiday guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. 5. tverry. Wl UarmaHl Temnleton. dsuahter of Dr. and Mrs. Templeton. of this city. ho ha been passing ins inier in San Francisco with her motner ana brother, graduated laat week from the Den man a School ror loung Particularly lntereting 1 th fact that Us Templeton waa ine jo"' - - - - mnA not Onlv CSCel VSd hOn- orary mention, but was awarded a med- I for the higneai acnoiarsnip mut. ess Vrs. W. J. Van Sehoyrer and her aiighter. Miss Helen Van Bchuyver. til entertain with a bridge luncheon at 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Herbert rtoiman. wno ml leave the city January 7 ror ner European travels. Mra. Holman naa been In Palo Alto. Cal. th past wsek for the very quiet wedding of her on. Ravmond. and Mis Ann bnumata, or that place. Mrs. Van Schuyver will en- ertaln at three table of card. see Dr. and Mrs. Otla B. Wight passed the reek-end at Hotel Oearhart-by-the-Sea. e Crda have been received In Portland announcing the wedding oi miss uiiish Ochnild'.l. daughter of Rev. and Mra. Jacob John Scrrmldli. of Kansas City. ru, to Nathan Bishop Blackburn, of this city, which will take place In that city at the home of the bride's parenta. ST. I Kast Twcnty-flfrh street. Thursday even ing. December i. at $: o'clock. Mr. I Blackburn. It will be remembered, was prominent In Portland, where he at tended school and was well known among the younger set. Mr. and Mrs. Black- bum will be at home after February is at city. mi East Twenty-sixth street. Kansas and Mr. R. TT. Wallace, of Hood r . mrw luv v .. - v. Mrs. C C. Smith, at their Twelfth- M Rive and street home. Miss Bertha Maatars. the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mas- era returned to Portland Friday after noon from Stanford University, where she baa attended school since August. Miss Masters Is a member of the sopho more class and Is also a prominent so rorltv maiden, belonging to the Gamma Phi Beta chaptora at both Stanford and the University of Oregon, where Miss Master began her college course laat year. Mlaa Master will remain In the city until the oloa of the Christmas recess. see Lieutenant and Mrs. B. Ruttencutter, of Vancouver Barracks, were hosts at the Helllg Theater last Wedneaday. when they entertained the following gueats at a box party: Captain and Mra Robert Offley. Miss Louise William and Lieutenant Spencer. e e e Members of the Oregon University chapter of the Oamma Phi Beta so rority who ar passing the holiday In Portland gave an Informal luncheon at the Portland Hotel laat Wedneaday afternoon. The table decoration waa of flaming polnsettlas. The guests who assembled were Miss Edith Wood cock. Miss Mildred Whittlesey, Mis Ada Kendall. Miss Lenore Henson. Miss Florence Cleveland. Miss Edith Sheehy, Miss Marie Zimmerman, Miss Pearl Wil bur. Miss Ruth Beach. Mlaa Helen Cake, Mlsa Elva Burneff. Mlas Florence Ken dall. Mlaa Frances Fuller, Miss Jessie Hurley. Miss Helen Beach, Miss Evelyn Harding and Mrs. Fuller. Miss Lenore Henson will sntertaln the same young women at her home this weefc with tea, following a matinee performance at the Orpheum. e e Miss Susan Clark ha returned to Portland again, after an absence of several weeka, which she passed in the Middle West, the guest of relatives at ft. Paul. Mlaa Clark returned a week ago Friday. see Mrs. J. Andre Foullhoux will be hoet eaa Monday afternoon at an "eggnog" party in honor of th Chrlatmaa aaa son. e e Mis Isabella Oauld will make a haaty trip to Tacoma thla week to at tend the largeet aoclal event of the year In that city, the Aasembly ball, held annually at the Tacoma Hotel. Mlas Oauld will be the guest of Mr. and Mra. H. F. Alexander (Miss Ruth Cold well) until her return to Portland on Thursday. e s Miss Oenevteve Thompson and Miss Elisabeth Sear will leave the city Tueaday for New Tork. expecting to re turn In about alx week. ' e s The officer and ladles of Vancouver Barracka will entertain with a formal fancy dance cotillion New Tear'a eve. and they have Invited a large number of Portland folk to be their guesta ess Mra Edward Alden Beal left Port land recently to visit her brother and hla wife la Spokane. Mr. and Mra F. W. Mlddaugh. Mra Beal will be away a fortnight. ess Mr. Lloyd Wickersham will entertain at her Irvlngton home next Friday af ternoon with five tablee of bridge. s s The guest, who will be entertained at dinner today by Mr. and Mra Charles E- Runyon are: Mr. and Mra. R. IX Cannon. Miaa Eleanor Cannon, Mr. and Mra B. M. Denlaon. Mra M. Denlaon. Mra W. H. Groh, Miss -Madeline Groh and Miss Marjorl Cannon. I The guesta who enjoyed Miss Gene- j vleve Thompson' hospitality at the J Orpheum Wedneaday afternoon and tea at tbe Portland Hotel later were, Mra David C Lewis. Mrs. 8. p. Morrey, Miss Louis Cary. Mlas Cornelia Cook, Ml , ' Haael Crocker. Miss Barbara Crocker. Mrs. W. A. Fpanton. Mrs. Byron R Nlcholas and Mra Preston Smith. The honor guesta were: Mra Perclval Allen and Mra Harold Charters, who will re turn this week to her home in Eureka. Cal. e e e Mr. and Mra J. P. Q,Brien will have as their dinner guests today Mr. and Mra T. B. Stanley, Miss Cornelia Stan ley, Miss Sarah Harris and Robert Smith. see Among the faithful workers in the cause of the Red Cross seals last week were: Mrs. Robert W. Lewis. Mrs. Wil liam S. Blddle. Mrs. Everett Ames, Miss Marguerite Boschke, Miss Gretchen Klosterman. Mies Ruth Small. Mis Elsie Gill, Miss Ethel Gordon. Miss De lia Hahn. Miss Ethel Chamberlain. Mrs. C. B. Woodruff. Mrs. J. Andre Foull houx. Mrs. Ralph Walker, Mrs. Felix Frledlander. Mrs. K. A. J. Mackenzie. Miss Isabella Gauld. Mia Jean Morri son. Miss Jeanette Noble, Miss Lucille Dunne, Miss Elizabeth Goldsmith, Mrs. La Mond, Mis Margaret Dunlap, Miss Ruby Crlchton, Miss Mildred Grlnd ataff. Miss Lisa Wood. Miss Malda Hart. Mlaa Bertha Tongue, Miss Angela Kin ney, Mrs. Harry Lltt, Mrs. John Cronan, Mrs. Marlon Dolph. Mr. Joseph Brad ley. Mrs. Henry Falling, Mrs. Donald Munroe, Mrs. Morris Whltehouse. Mrs. pnha,t iTrarKes Mrs. Frank Gilchrist Owsn and Mra'john K. Kolloclc General and Mrs. Thomas M. Ander son will entertain four of their children and three of their grandchildren as well as Mrs. Cairns, of Manila and Cap tain and Mrs. Patten from Seattle to day at dinner. ess Miss Grace Lansrdon, of Albany, ai the gueet of her couain, Mlas Constance Piper, for the week ending Friday. Miss Langdon expocta to come to Portland to live early In the Spring, oa her return from California, where she will visit during January. Miss Langdon 1 well known among the younger set of Port land, having attended school with several Portland girls at both Miss Somere" school in Washington. D. C. and M'ss Ben nett's, near New Tork City. Mr. and Mra Edgar B. Piper entertained recent ly at the Helllg Theater, when the guest In their box included Miss Langdon. Mrs. D. C. Bogart and Mise) Constance Piper. s The Auction Bridge Club met Monday at the home of Mrs. B. F. Weaver. The 10 o'clock luncheon preceding the cards waa a delightful Innovation. The table waa attractive with cut glass, Cluny luncheon cloths and the antique candelabra The house decorations were of red berries and greens, symbolic of the Christmas season, and gathered about the card tables were the following members, of whom the high score winners were Mrs. W. H. Chatten and Mrs. McKinley Mitchell; Mra McKinley Mitchell. Mrs. W. H. Chatten. Mrs. John Manning, Mra Wil liam Gadsby, Mra C. E. Runyon. Mra F. E Harlow, Mra J. H. Cook, Mrs. L. M. Hubert. Mrs. C. C. Hlckok, Mrs. B. M. Dentson, Mrs. J. B. Moffatt, Mra O. W. McMillan, Mrs. Julia Blnner, Mrs. R. P. Graham and Mra. G. W. Simpson. The next meeting of the club will take place at the home of Mra C. C. Hlckok on the afternoon of January 2. ess Mr. and Mr. I. N. Llpman left Port land Tueaday for the East.- whence they will sail in a few week for Europe for the year of 1911. see rioaelo ehont fntereatlnsr folk In other cities is always 'welcome, and thus when the San Francisco papers m-Iam Xf. mrtA Tr-m Theodore Raima. velt. Jr the attention of the reader 1 at once attracted, xnese mucn-ais-cussed young person were hosts re- , n f n fr i iii 1 luncheon t the Hotel St. Franola in compliment to Mra xtooseveit s moiner, ' - v . i m i o Alexander, of New York, who 1 pass ing a few week with her at her at tractive home on Pacific avenue. see to know that a recent arrival In it midst writes enthusiastically about her new associates to her home, and that is what word from San Francisco tells us that Mra Thomas Scott Brooke has done. see Mra J. F. Dickson left last night for California. where she will pass Christmas In the sunny southland. Chritma and Christmas gifts Is the subject of universal Interest today, and it may interest and act as a New Year's inspiration to Portland's young belles to know what Miss Helen Taft, the debutante daughter of the Presi dent. Is giving to her friends this day. Mis Taft la an adept in the art of "fudge" making, and she has made a large quantity, put It into dainty boses and, tying them with holiday ribbons, has Honored her friend. In many casea the tops of the boxes are the set ting of photographa of the fair donor, see vAilnwtno. tha narfarmanm St the t r l t l . XfrhiAmv nleht tinder the auspices rt the Portland Press Club. the members or tne ciuo entertained about a hundred guests at supper at r t- ernn, h.l n... 11 till 1 o'clock. The affair waa decidedly a delightful success. see The first of a series of talks before the Portland Art Association was given Monday by Miss Henrietta Failing at th Art Museum. The second of this series will be given Monday at 4 o'clock and will carry the subject of Greek art forward from the age of Carthage. which waa the closing point of Miss Fallings addresa The entire course of Miss Falling' lecture will embrace Greek art up to the Renaissance period. Stereoptioon slides illustrated the talk last week and aided in the general Intereat. c--jia K heen sent nnt Annnnni. " - Ing the marriage of Mlas Sara Glance A xvartln T TlnviniB. Both vountr persons are prominent in musical cir cles of this city ana are me ioremosi concert and chorus singers among the - n .. aat nf talented follr here. Mlxf Glance la the daughter of Mrs. Reba Glance and has neen lcienurieq witn tne Becker, McLaughlin & Sweeney 441 Washington St. Telephone Marshall 2213 WE WISH OUR PATRONS A HAPPY CHRISTMAS 'We also btp to announce that commencing this week e in tend to close out oar entire stock of dryfroods, men's furnishings, women's furnishings, notions, umbrellas, etc. This becomes necessary as we expect our new Spring lines im mediately and are pressed for space. We are forced to rid ourselves of our present stock, and in order to do so will cut the .price of every article in two. Agents for Warners' and Thom son's Glove-Fitting Corsets. HEADQTJAR. 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Mr. and Mrs. Bowman were married last Tuesday. They will be at home after January 1 at the Wheeldon Apartments, Park and Salmon streets. s s Mrs. Luther R. Dyott entertained the Ladles' Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church at her home on Wednesday afternoon. A large num ber were In attendance. The programme Included a reading by Mrs. Frank Tows lee and two baritone solos by Fred Smith, of Toledo, O. s s Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Woodward were dinner hosts Wednesday In honor of Mr. and Mrs. C B. G. McCarthy, of Des Moines, Iowa, where Mr. McCarthy la the State Auditor. EVEXTS OF THE WEEK. Mrs. M. Doble entertained laat Fri day at luncheon In honor of the 12th anniversary of the Ladies' Auxiliary to Company H of the Second Oregon Vol unteers. Mrs. A. D. Klnnon. the presi dent of the organisation, spoke of the purpose and history of the auxiliary and also presented Mrs. Dobie with a cut glass dish from the women, as the occasion was also Mrs. Doble's 36th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Roy Dobla and Miss Grace Richardson assisted Mrs. Doble in entertaining. s s s A b'rthday surprise party was given in honor of Mrs. J. A. English of Hood River, the evening of December 17, at the residence of Captain J.- W. Shaver, 169 Cherry street. A handker chief shower was given Mrs. English. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John A. English, Captain and Mrs. Delmer Shaver, Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. J. DePenning, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hardy. Mr. and "Mrs. I. W. Jones, Mrs. Matthew and Stephen Matthew, and Miss Hannah Schloth. s An unusually interesting meeting of the Portland Shakespeare Club was held at the home of Mrs. H. L. Chapln Monday, when the members and guests were entertained by a programme pro vided by the dramatic committee. Un der the direction of Mrs. Herbert Garr Reed selections from Richard III were given. During the social hour, when luncheon was served; Miss Genevieve Chapin and Stanley Chapln entertained the guests with music. Christmas deco rations prevailed, with brilliant poln settlas, Oregon grape and holly in pro fusion. s s The teachers and pupils of the Ockley Green School gave a most successful series of entertainments on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week. The pupHs participated in the activi ties, mpm hers of the primary class be ing particularly clever. The affairs netted In all over $200, which sum will be used for the purchase of books for the class rooms. s s s The kindergarten conducted by Miss Marie Claussenlus, at Stl Thirteenth street, held its Christmas tree on Fri day forenoon. The tree was decorated by the children with many ornaments which they had made, and which were presented to their respective mothers by the proud little makers. Wednesday, December 21, the "Au wax" girls and their friends were de lightfully entertained at the home of Miss Carrie Fltzpatrick in honor of Miss Gladys Crokett, who Jeft the city Thursday to pass the holidays with friends in Seattle. 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