THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. OCTOBER IS. 1914.
ity for the entire course has to do with
MRS. VAUGHN IS PIONEER IN "BETTER
BABIES" MOVEMENT NOW FOREMOST
Lecturer in Charge of Home Economics School in Old Heilig Theater Long Has Taught of Proper Feeding of
Children and Food's Effect on Minds and Morals.
the study and care of babies.
OLD HACK IS CAST ASIDE IN FAVOR
OF MORE MODERN AUTOMOBILE
Dusty Corner Now Home of Once Popular Vehicle, Though for Comfort It Is Not Excelled hy Car Which Eu
Supplanted It.
The first will be an illustrated lec
ture on 'Heredity and Eugenics," by
Professor H. B. Torrey. This will be
given in the Library, but the rernain-
er of the course will be held in tne
Parents' Educational Bureau, 650 Court
house. To add interest there will be
demonstrations given in conjunction
with each lecture.
The complete course, to which all
who are interested will be welcome,
includes:
October 23. at 2:30 P. M. An illus
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trated lecture at Library Hall. "Hered
ity and Eugenics," Dr. H. B. Torrey.
October 30 No. 560 Courthouse, Pre
natal Care and Hygiene, Layette," Dr.
R. H. Ellis; demonstration by Miss
Kuehle.
November 6 "General Care of Ba
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No. 13 "Breast-Feeding and Wean
ing," Dr. J. Bilderback.
November 20 "Patent Foods, Their
Use and Abuse," Dr. E. J. Labbe.
No. 27 "Modified Milk," demonstra
tion. Dr. R. G. HalL
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MRS. KATE B. VACCHX, BETTER FOOD BETTER HOMES LECTURER AJTD HER CHILDREN.
MRS. KATE B. VAUGHN, the Better
Foods, Better Homes lecturer,
who will have charge of The
Oregonlxn Home Economics School In
JSleventh-street playhouse (old Heilig)
for five afternoons, beginning tomor
row, and who will lecture on foods,
their digestibility, assimilation and
proper preparation, for Portland house
wives, is a pioneer in the 'better
babies" movement which is at present
attracting nation-wide attention.
She has been - lecturing for three
years In an exceedingly helpful and
practical manner on the subject of the
proper feeding of children and food's
effect on mind and morals. She has
lectured before some of the largrest
and most important of the women's
. clubs of the country and particularly
before mothers clubs. She feels that
the subject of properly feeding child
ren Is a most vital one. She has
studied the subject thoroughly and
presenting it as she does in a helpful
and entertaining manner, she has en
couraged and inspired many mothers
to study it more fully for themselves.
Lecturer Speak From Experience,
Mrs. Vaughn does not present mere
book knowledge in discussing this sub
ject, although she has read all of the
best books on the subject. She Is the
mother of five children who look par
ticularly well fed, and out of her own
experience in providing proper nourish
ment for these five hungry, happy
youngsters, she has gained most of
the valuable instruction she gives to
other mothers, who have this same im
portant work to do. In her study and
work along this line she has gathered
together a fund of valuable informa
tion In regard to food and Its effect
MOTHERS AND TEACHERS
TALKS ON THE HOME
Programme for State Convention ,of Associations Includes Topics Dealing With Care of Child in Food He Eats
and Books He Reads Boy Problem in Cities to Be Discussed.
THE official programme for the
state convention of the Oregon
Congress of Mothers and Parent-
Teacher Associations Is annonuced to- J
day. The convention will openon Tues
day evening, October 27, with a. re
ception in the Hotel Benson, The
business sessions will be held In the
Library. The programme In detail fol
lows: 10 A. M., Tuesday Ex-Board meets In
doom 50, Courthouse.
Tuesday Night. '
Crystal Room In the Benson Hotel.
tS p. M. Call to order by the president.
Invocation Dr. A. A. Morrison.
Welcome from the City Judge John H.
Stevenson.
Greeting from Portland Council of Parent-Teacher
Associations Mrs. Martin
W'aguer.
Greetings from Portland Publlo Schools
Superintendent L. R. Alderman.
Response Mrs. George T. Gerllnger, Dal
las, Or.
Vocal Selections Miss Nona Lawler.
President's Address Mrs. Aristene N.
Felts.
Reception.
Library Ha.ll, Wednesday.
Morning session, Mrs. Aristene X. Felts,
presiding.
8::i0 to 9:30 Registration of delegates.
S:30 Call to order.
. Invocation Rev. John H. Boyd.
9:5 Report of credential committee.
1):00 Election of officers. Election of
delegates to Natlonar-eonventlon.
11:00 Reports of state officers. An
nouncements. Afternoon session, Mrs. Hugh J. Fltx
patrlck presiding.
1:00 President's conference.
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upon the body and mind, and she is
never happier than when passing this
knowledge on to someone who can
make use of it in the care of a family.
Mrs. Vaughn is a most devoted moth
er and loves to talk about her child
ren. She says that if she had time she '
could write a most interesting book
about the funny things her children
have said and done, and about the
struggle she has had in caring for
them.
Mrs. Vaughn's children are as proud
of their successful and talented mother
as she is of them, and their home life
is ideal. She is not at all the sort of
mother who believes in spick-and-span
orderliness that makes for the discom
fort of every member of the family, and
reduces the mother to a mere house
hold drudge.
Home Plan Her Creed.
She believes there should be system
in the management of the home, that
there should be a plan or schedule of
work for every member of the family
and that it should be strictly adhered
to, so long as it does not interfere with
the happiness of any member of the
family. Airs. Vaughn feels that the
end and aim of frictionless housekeep
ing is the happiness of each individual
member of the family. Her idea of a
home is a place that is clean and sani
tary in all its appointments without
being so painfully neat that the hus
band and children of the family would
rather go somewhere else to have their
good times.
She says, "I have known such homes
and am never surprised when the chil
dren escape the home nest as soon as
may be and. never return to it if they
can help it. On the other hand, I have
known of mothers who were not so
particular about their carpets, or their
2:30 Vocal selection, John Claire lion
telth. 2:15 "The Proper Literature for Chil
dren." Mrs. Ida D. Kidder. Corvallis, Or.
Discussion.
:O0 "Educational Country Clubs." Mrs.
H. F. McCormack, Eugene, Or. Discussion
led by Mrs. Ivy Davidson, West Springfield.
Library Hall, Thursday.
Morning session, Mrs. J. W. Kerr, of Cor
vallis, presiding.
9:00 Call to order. Invocation. Rev. W.
B. Hinson. Report of Parent-Teacher As
sociations for state.
10:t5 Reports of state departments and
standing committees. Announcements.
Afternoon session, Mrs. C. M. Collier, of
Eugene, presiding.
1:30 Call to order. Vocal selection, Mrs.
Henry Metsger. "Back to the Home." Runo
Arne (Boys' and Girls' Aid Society).
2:30 Vocal selections. Miss Ada Alllce
Tnttle. "The Boy Problem In Cities and
Small Towns," Professor Irving X. Vlnlng,
Ashland, Or. Address, Dr. Miriam Van
Waters.
Library Hall, Friday.
Morning session, Mrs. J. C. Elliott King,
presiding.
:00 Call to order. Invocation, Rev.
Luther R. Dyott.
9:15 Revision of the constitution.
11:00 Resolutions. Invitation for next
convention. Unfinished business.
Afternoon session, crystal room In Bensdn
Hotel. Council of Portland Parent-Teacher
Associations.
1:00 Luncheon, Mrs Martin Wagner
presiding.
1:30 Vocal selection. Homer Maris. Ad
dress, Superintendent I-.. R. Alderman. An
nual report of Portland Council P. T. A..
Mrs. F. B. Meyers. Soprano solo. Mrs. Fred
Olson. "School and Home," Miss Hallle
Thomas, president (Grade Teachers Asso
ciation). Report of social service commit
tee, Mrs. W. A. Laid law. selections. Mrs.
Helen Miller Senn. "Girls' Trade School."
CLUBS, HELD IN FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT
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hardwood floors, or their,flrniture that
there was never a place in the house
for the children to play or to eat a piece
of bread and butter, or to invite their
friends. They have made their house
keeping subservient to the moral and
cultural needs of the family and that
family has grown up with the idea that
home is the very best place in the
world and they are loath to leave it.
Mm. Vaughn's Home Showi ldfii.
As Mrs. Vaughn talks of these things
to her friends or in her lectures one
cannot help feeling that she is that
type of mother and that hers is that
type of home. Her pleasant smile and
musical voice, together with her whole
some and sane ideas of living, win
friends for herself and her cause wher
ever sh goes. She .impresses all who
hear her with the importance and the
dignity of the home-maker's great
work, and inspires women to better ef
fort along home-making lines. Many
a mother who has felt that her work is
a monotonous, uninteresting and thank
less drudgery, has been inspired by
Mrs. Vaughn to look at it in a different
light and to get a clearer vision of the
possibilities of her work and its In
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Mrs. Vaughn has made housework
more fascinating and interesting task
lor many women all over the country.
cne does not advance the theorv th
housekeeping and the care of a family
are all smooth sailing or that her meth
ods clear away all the difficulties. She
rather inspires women with a greater
courage to meet these difficulties and
triumph over them. She gives out to
others some of her own dauntless cour
age and indomitable spirit, inherited
irom pioneer ancestors, and gives to
their work a higher dignity and deeper
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Mns. A. Alexander. "New Work," Mrs. W.
o. nawKins. school lunches.
Saturday, t P. M.
The executive board will meet for a social
and business session at the home of Mrs.
William E. Fiebiu. Wo East Twenty-tilth
o-tn.
The convention subject will be. "To lav
prove Conditions Under Which Children
Live." All members and friends of the
i;uiisicbs uro welcome.
The Fernwood Parent-Teacher Asso
ciatlon held its first meeting of th
season Wednesday at 3 P. M. Three
tiny girls from Miss Metzler's room
entertained the society with a dainty
little song. The resignation of Mrs.
Cook, the president of the association,
was read and accepted and Mrs. J. H.
Bagley was elected for the unexpired
term.
In lieu of a regular programme ways
and means were discussed for increas
ing the attendance and interest in the
meetings. A committee was appointed
to be present at the next meeting, No
vember 10, at 8 P. M., and hear an in
teresting and important address by Dr.
Miriam Van Waters on "The Excep
tional Child."
Mrs. H. A. Anderson, who has served
ably as press correspondent of the
Fernwood Parent-Teacher Association
for the past year, has resigned and Mrs.
S.' L. Albaugh has been appointed to
the office.
The Oregon Congress of Mothers has
arranged a course of lectures for the
Winter and these will appeal especially
to the young mothers of the commun
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The Buckman Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation held its regular meeting Thurs
day afternoon.
A large audience listened to an en
tertaining programme. The -clapping
song by . pupils from Miss Ansley's
room was excellently rendered. The
audience descended to the basement to
watch a toothbrush drill by the pupils
from. Miss Ansley s room. The lnnova
tion of the toothbrush drill, estab
lished at Buckman School, has proved
to be excellent and of great value to
the younger classes.
After the audience had returned to
the assembly hall Dr. W. Claude
Adams spoke on "The Care of the
Mouth," and also against the dentistry
bill, giving many and forcible reasons
why everyone should vote "No" to
bill 341.
The association heartily Indorsed
Dr. Adams' remarks and the efforts
being made to defeat the bill.
The following programme was then
given:
Song by four girls from Miss Wil
liams' room.
Piano duet by Theodore Swett and
Clarence Todd.,
Recitation by William Swett.
Professor Van Tyne spoke on the
subject of establishing a school sav
ings bank, and the suggestion met
with the approval of the mothers
present.
A special meeting of thesocial ser
vice department of the Portland Parent-Teachers
Association will be held
the Library - on the afternoon of
October 22. The new officers will be
announced and important business
taken up.
Mrs. R. E. Bondurant, who was re
cently unanimously re-elected to the
presidency of the Eunnyslde Parent-
Teacher Association, resigned her of
fice last Tuesday at the organization's
meeting and Mrs. J. Ira Routledge was
elected to the presidency. The asso
ciation will give a reception Friday
night to the principal and teachers of
the school. Mrs. Bondurant is active
in social service work and the many
duties caused her to decline the office
in Sunnyside.
Lents Association met on Friday and
enjoyed a talk by W. Claude Adams.
Miss Bertha Houser directed the musi
cal programme.
Holman Parent-Teacher Association
will hold a joint meeting with the Ban
croft Heights Club on Monday night,
October 26, in Holman School. A com
munity sing will be in order and a talk
by Arthur Evans Wood, of Reed Col
lege, will complete the programme. An
explanation of the measures to be voted
on at the approaching election will be
the subject of Dr. Wood's address.
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Mrs. Martin Wagner, president of the
Portland Parent-Teacher Association,
who was in Eugene last week attending
the convention of the Oregon Federa
tion of Women's Clubs, returned Fri
day and Immediately indorsed the do
mestic science lectures and demon
strations that will be given in- the old
Heilig Theater every afternoon this
week. Mrs. Wagner will be a patron
ess for the opening afternoon, and, as
many of the circle presidents could not
be reached by telephone, the general
invitation to each president is here
with extended and their presence is
urged.
All members will be welcome and
every housekeeper who can spare a
few moments will find much of value
In the lectures. Those who attend will
be permitted to sample the cdokery
that is demonstrated by Mrs. Kate B.
Vaughn, who Is giving the lectures
and practical work. Mrs. Wagner said:
"I heartily indorse this movement as
one of great help to the mothers and
all who are interested in home
making and in providing the best as
well as the most economical food for
the family table. The child's lunch Is
a thing that the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciations always have considered, and
these demonstrations will be a boon to
those who seek suggestions for new
dishes and dainties as well as substan
tial in the way of food. I know all
the presidents will co-operate and
grasp the opportunity to get 'pointers'
such as will be offered free of
charge." ,
The regular monthly meeting of the
Creston Parent-Teacher Circle will be
held Tuesday at 2:30 P. M. After an
important business meeting a pro
gramme will be given. The circle has
been fortunate in securing Mrs. Myers
to deliver a lecture on the Gary school
system.
Preparations are under way for a
large meeting Tuesday evening, No
vember 17, in the assembly-room of
the schoolhouse. All residents of the
Franklin High School district, with
their friends, will be asked to attend
this meeting.
Centralia Registration 3384.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 17. (Spe
cial.) The total registration in Centra
lia for the general election on Novem
ber 3 is 3384, which il slightly less
than the total two years ago. A local
option election was responsible for the
extremely high registration in 1912.
EUGENE, OCTOBER 12 TO 15.
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AlPITOR, EIGE.E) MRS. AG7SES BRADSHAW, . DIRECTOR, THE DALLES)
IT was a good old hack, but it nas
seen its days.
When it first came to Portland It
caused as much sensation as the arrival
of a new model automobile. It cost
more than 13000. Its finish was superb
and it immediately became a sensation.
Prise Relegated to Coraer.
And last week It was sold for 50 to
H. C. Simmons, after having suffered
several vears of ijrnomlny. being hus
tled from one corner or tne oia oarn .i
the other and otherwise subjected to
indignities.
The carriage was the handsome 'C
springer, the pride of the Corbett fam
ily for almost 60 years. It was a hand
built carriage of the famous Brewster
make, the Packard or Pierce-Arrow of
days before the automobile.
And could those materials speak,
what they might say! What a tale of
woe over the lasc years of their life.
And to add insult to injury, the car
riage had to be sold to make room for
one more motor car.
The carriage was one of three re
maining of the several which Mrs.
Helen Ladd Corbett formerly owned.
Even four years ago. the family still
used the beautiful carriage and prided
itself upon the . splendid black horses
which formerly took place in front of
the dignified couch of the days ago.
Then came model after model of the
modern motor car. The demands of the
men of the family and the women, were
such that the pace of Dobbin, though
stately, and far more graceful than the
lurch and sway of the speeding auto,
could not keep up with the pace of the
woman of society and the man of busi
ness. Horae Takes Second Place.
Dobbin's position in the family be
came less prominent as the Cbrbett's
grew more accustomed to the motor
car. In the early days of the motor
the car was somewhat of a plebeian
proposition. It was too undignified
and too much of a matter of experi
ment for the business man.
But gradually the motor worked Into
the berth of Dobbin. First there was
never a day when the carriage was not
called for. Then, the owners occasion
ally lapsed a day.
The horses did not notice it. Their
stable and berth of luxury pleased them
just as well when they did not have to
work for it.
Then the lapses grew ' from a day
to two. then to three, then to weeks
and finally, the horses were called upon
only on rare occasions. The horses no
ticed it. But it was too late. Finally,
they were sent to pasture, up the river.
The carriage was rolled into a far cor
ner. But not even there could they hold
their family connection. The dust ac
cumulated on their lines. It looked like
their grave until Mrs. Corbett wanted
to make room for a new Franklin Six.
Along came Mr. Simmons, also con
nected with the automobile business.
representing the Shell Oil Company of
California.
"I'll give $30 apiece for those three
carriages," sard Simmons. His offer
was told Mrs. Corbett and the carriages
went from the family. Now they are In
the loft of Anderson Bros.' stable at
Second and Jefferson streets, still in
an obscure corner.
Discarded Carriages Many.
Around them, stand a host of other
horse-drawn vehicles. On the lower
floor the motor car already is taking
a place beside the horse-drawn vehicle
and the position in the world, of the
handsome "C" springer, can not be said
to have been materially improved.
On all sides, the purring motors are
doing the business and pleasure serv
ice of our world today, but the hack,
still looking polished as if ready for the
call, waits in vain.
The type was formerly familiar to the
public. It got. its name from the long
rear springs being arched in the back,
making the letter "C," from the top
point of which hung the carriage body,
suspended by heavy leather straps.
Workmanship of Beat-
The workmanship of the body and
frame is not excelled by the finest
motor car of today. The Interior fitting
is like the best. And no car today has
near the easy-riding qualities of that
carriage.
With this outfit came a pet of beau-
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Sold Last AVer fa for 9tO On the Box. by Coincidence. Is Charles Oitmin,
One of Portland's First and Last H aok - Drivers He Has Driven Many
Prominent Portlandera to Their Weddlna-s and Their Graves 2, Showing
the Luxurious Fitting of the Hack; Comfort Had othlnff to Yield to the
Modern Car.
tlfully studded and buckled harness
which alone cost several hundred dol
lars. This went the way of the car
riage. -An offer of $35 was promptly
accepted and a Mr. Anderson, of Albany,
owns the entire leather equipment
So ends the chapter concerning the
life of that carriage, midet the derisive
snort of the collection of eight or 10
motor cars which occupy the former
places of those "hacks" and their
horses.
Among the Corbett collection today
ahe two Pope-Hartf ords. a Franklin,
two Chalmers and several Pierce Ar-.j
TOWS.
Menus for the Week.
BY LILIAN TINGLE.
Tuesday.
Cream of celery soup.
Peppers stuffed with lima beans.
Tomato Sauce Brown potatoes.
Banana and Peanut salad.
Brown Betty.
Coffee.
Wednesday.
Creole soup.
Baked heart with dressing.
Mashed potatoes. Spinach.
Lttuce salad.
Bread and grape juice sponge.
c or tee.
Thursday.
Vegetable broth.
Curry of minced heart with rice.
Peach chutney.
Sliced tomato and lettuce salad.
Crackers and cheese.
Coffee.
Friday.
Fresh corn chowder.
Salmon cutlets. Potatoes.
Cucumber salad.
ADpla nle.
Coffee.
Saturday.
Vegetable puree.
Chopped steak with Spanish sauce.
potatoes.
Lettuce salad.
Jellied fruits with cream.
Coffee.
Sunday.
Tomato bouillon.
Roast ls of lamb, currant jelly.
Sweet potatoes. Cauliflower.
Apple and celery salad.
Grape whip.
Coffee.
Monday.
Cream of cauliflower soup.
Sliced lamb In casserole with vegetables.
Sliced tomato salad.
Baked apples.
Coffee.
Pacific Highway Work Proposed.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 17. Spe
cial.) R. M. Oillis. engineer in charge
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of the construction work on 2 miles
of the Pacific Highway south from To
ledo, the improvement of which was
completed this week, began a survey
yesterday for an extension or the im
provement to a point beyond Olequa,
covering- one of the worst stretches of
road to be found in the state. This
work will be done under the direction
of the State Highway Department-
CENTRALIA TO CELEBRATE
Completion of Gravity Water System
Reason for Jubilation Tuesday.
CEN'TRALIA. Wash., Oct. 17. (Spe
cial.) Details have been completed for
the Pure Water day celebration in Cen
tralia Tuesday in observance of the
completion of the new local gravity
water system. The completion of the
water system ends a long tight for
gravity water, and no stone has been
left unturned by the various commit
tees in providing entertainment for the
visitors. The celebration has been well
advertised, and it is expected that Cen
tralia will entertain one of the biggest
crowds in her histony.
W. H. Cameron, a local attorney, will
be speaker of the day. The programme
will open with a-civic and military pa
rade at 10:30 A. M., and will close with
a street carnival at night. Many busi
ness men have provided individual en
tertainment in their stores, and. other
features of the day will be public
speaking, music by four bands, and a
demonstration by the Fire Department.
Invitations have been sent to 45 Com
mercial Clubs of Southwest Washing
ton, and acceptances have been received
from many of them.
DOLL IN WELL FRIGHTENS
I. Inn County Woman Thinks Object
Is Her Baby.
ALBANY. Or.. Oct. 17. (Special.)
When the wife of a Linn County farmer
residing several miles east of this city,
went to the well a few days age to
draw a bucket of water, she noticed
in the bottom of the well floating on
the water what she thought was the
body of her young daughter.
Screaming ihe rushed into the house
and told her husband that the baby had
tumbled into the well.
The farmer quickly procured a rop.
and making a noose in one end he
looped it around the body and brought
up the baby's doll, much to his relief.
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