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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY - 21, 1915.
MANY HOMELIKE DISTRICT CLUBS THRIVE IN PORTLAND
Trvington, Portland Heights, Rose City Park, Laiirelhurst and Kenton Support Organizations That Impart Community Spirit in Affording Entertainment for Young Folk and Grownups.
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BY CHESTKH -V MOORES.
DO you belong to a community club?
Do you fnjoy the benefits and
comforts of a neighborhood home?
If not, and you want to find out what
you are missing, ask your friends in
Irvinpton or Portland Heights, in Rose
City Park. In Laureltiurst or in Kenton.
Portland, the pioneer of tae North
west in the social center movemenf
which now Is sweeping all large cities,
lias five attractive community cluS
buildings which serve as social clearing-houses
in as many residential dis
tricts.
These are the lrvington Club, on the
north side of Thompson street between
KHt Twenty-first and East Tweaty-
recond streets; the Portland Ueignts
Club, on the southwest corner of
'i'wenty-first and Spring streets; the
Kose City Park Club, at the intersec
tlon of andy road with East Fifty-
seventh street: the Laurelhurst Club,
on East Ankeny street between Lau
relhurst avenue and East Thirty-nint-a
street, and the Kenton Club, on West
ltusst-. rtrect between Fen wick street
And Pi n avenue.
Ulbrr BollUInsa Planned.
Plans have been put forward recent
ly in Uadd Addition, lrvington Park and
estover Terraces for the construction
of similar buildings in those localities.
The standard community club of Port
land and the one of the entire North
west which represents the model ideas
lor such an institution is the Irving-
ton Club, the first of its character or
ganized in Oregon or Washington.
It was 18 years ago that Walter M.
Cook. Walter A. Goss, Vernon Hardy,
Frank J. Raley, rr. li. W. Morse, Ralph
TV. Wilbur and William F. Woodward
organised a modest little tennis club
that has since grown into a powerful
institution for good and happiness. At
first these men had to be satisfied with
any vacant lot they could find for their
Katherings and their games. But they
and their initiated associates were not
content, as they acquired quarters that
were more and more pretentious, nor
are they content now with their beau
tiful and commodious building. In the
near future they hope to own a club
house that will instantly become one
of the proud show places of Portland.
The club grounds embrace a double
nlock. 200 by 500 feet. This property
and the comfortable building which
rovers a small strip of it are owned
Ty the club members free of any debt
except for bonded street and sewer as
sessments! Weekly Functions Held.
The building is the scene of a popu
lar function every Friday night, the
present plan being to alternate .be
tween card parties and dances. Occa
sionally a children's party open to all
the children in the neighborhood,
whether their parents are members or
rot. is given under the chaperonage
of prominent clubwomen, who volun
teer their presence gladly to insure
proper conduct In every particular. Of
ten 150 or 200 youngsters are made su
premely happy on these occasions,
dancing folk formations and romping
through the best-liked children's
rames. After the time has arrived that
the little boys and girls must disperse,
a committee of grown-ups is at hand
to see that each of the tired tots Is re
turned home safely and soundly.
Although these playgrounds, as
largo as the ordinary city block and
fully equipped with up-to-date . appa
ratus, serve a valuable public function
by beinir open to all children every
month of the year, they have been main
tained by the club membership for three
years without any assistance from the
rity of Portland. A kindergarten and
caretaker are employed to be In at
tendance at all times and every reason
able precaution is provided. No other
playground In Portland is open through
out the year and none is better man
aged, but the lrvington Club still pays
taxes on this public utility as well as
on all of the 20 lots within the club's
domain.
elgrhHornood f ae Allowed.
Whenever desired the) building is
used by the women or men of the
neighborhood for afternoon teas, or for
afternoon or evening affairs of any
kind. Even those who do not belong
t the club, may rent it for private
entertainments of any respectable kind.
There is a well-polished dancing floor
with a large fire-place at one end and
with suitable dressing and rest rooms.
During functions a maid has charge
r the the ladies' dressing room and
catering provisions have been made.
The club now Is used as a kindergar
ten during the Winter months and one
Winter a series of educational lectures
was given. The attempt of the club
officials to keep tne building In use
all the time has usually proved suc
cessful. Card parties, dances, social re
unions of college associations and out
door dances held on the tennis courts
in tho Summer are among the jolliest
affairs.
The six tennis courts t the Irving
ton Club are considered the best in tho
Northwest. They have been the scene
of many championship tournaments and
have been visited by some of the most
skillful tennis "sharks" In the country.
Shower bath and other supplementary
rooms provide conveniences for the
players.
W. F. Woodward President.
Officers of the club are: W. F. Wood
ward, president; Frank S. Fields, vice
president; F. L. Eddy. secretary
Walter M. Cook, treasurer: and H. M,
Haller, Johnson Porter, J. L. Bowman
W. J. Hofmann. E. Seufert and H. P.
Palmer, trustees, in addition to M
Woodward. Jtr. Fields and Mr. Cook
The social committee which Is respon
sible for the entertainment features
of tho club is composed of W. J. Hof
mann. chairman, A. H. Cousins an
Frank E. Smith.
"We try to have everything that
might interest the community and meet
all demands within legitimate lines
said Mr. Woodward. Mr. Woodward
has been president of the club for th
past six years and has been a prim
mover in its successes since its in
ception.
Our principal attention, naturally
is directed toward the growing child
ren. The club gives these children op
portunities of becoming "acquainted
under happy neighborly surroundings
and creates.for them social relation
snips or tne rignt sort in tne presence
of their parents. This tends to keep
them off the streets and offsets the
wrong kind of gatherings and theaters.
District Made Papnlar.
The club has been" a powerful factor
in making lrvington a popular com
munity to reside In. Our qualifica
tions for membership have been lib
eral, character being the one test. The
fact that the club embraces represen
tatives of every honorable calling has
done much to make the community
thoroughly democratic.
"The new club building for which
we are now working is the one dream
of my life. I don't care if I die poor
so long as that clubhouse is erected on
a sound footing. To finance the build
ing. which as planned at present will
cost between 1U0,00 and fll.v0. we
will sell bonds In such small denomin
ations that the community will own
the building after a term of years. Be
fore- actively launching the building
construction, we are going to pay off
the street and sewer indebtedness by
attracting 150 life members. Recently
we have added 25 new life member
ships for that purpose and we hope to
complete the prescribed 150 before our
next annual meeting the second Tues
day in April.
The club now has approximately 600
members, 155 of whom have cards for
life. As the community has built up
year by year, the club membership has
swelled in increasing proportion illus
trating that the community wants the
institution in its midst.
Natatorium Is Planned
The proposed new building will,
when completed, satisfy every social
and athletic possibility. There will be
a large natatorium. a spacious roof
gymnasium and a special women tr.
naslum. library, dancing and social
rooms, living apartments and every
other characteristic of comfortable
club life.
Next to the lrvington Club, In the
order of its organization, comes the
Portland Heights Club, which was es
tablished as a social center for the resi
dents on the Heights, September 3, 1908.
Since that time the scope of the club
has been broadened to include members
residing in many parts of the city.
At present the club entertains for
members and their guests every Friday
night either with a dancing party, a
card party or both. Billiard and pool
tables have been provided and two
bowling alleys are at the disposal of
the members at all times.
Situated on a - large tract of land
dotted by many large firs, the club
house is most attractive and inviting.
The dancing pavilion and smoking
rooms are on the main' floor, while the
pool, billiard and bowling rooms are be
low. In the Summer, tennis courts and
croquet grounds are furnished the
membership.
Tho social features of the club are is
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managed by a committee of three wo
men who serve for one month at a
time.
The present board of directors of the
club is composed of W. S. Dinwiddle.
President: D. A. Pattullo. treasurer; T.
J. Ueisler. William Young, W. J. Pat
terson, Rufus Holman, and J. W. Ham
mond, secretary.
Club's Entertainments IVovel.
For novelty and variety (if entertain
ment the Rose City Park Club is per
haps the leader. For instance last Fri
day night a Deestriok Skule was
staged at the club building under the
direction of Mrs. D. J. Russell as
teacher.
Other features on the calendar for
the half year are a minstrel show, an
April fool party for children, a cotton
ball, children dancing parties, auction
bridge, 600 and informal dancing par
ties, children's parties, a masque ball.
St. Valentine's night, a colonial ball,
an evening in Dixie land, member's
evening. May Day and a children's par
ty for belles and beaux. Each of these
affairs is under the chairmanship of
one or more patrons and patronesses.
This club was organized under many
difficulties three years ago when Rose
City Park was yet young. The site for
the present J10.000 club building vas
purchased from B. S. Josselyn. ex-io- esi-
dent of the Ptfrtland Railway, Light &
Power Company.
The club bulldincr contains a larsre
assembly room for dancing with the
supplement of kitchenette. A large
clubroom occupies the main part of the
ground floor, with smoking rooms and
women's rest rooms adjoining. An ap
preciated feature of the club is its mod
ern bowling alley installed recently.
Several bowling teams have been de
veloped under the direction of Dr. Ar
thur Laidlaw and have tested their skill
with that of other teams in Portland
Community Center Established.
The club is essentially a communltv
social center providing a place where
all of the people of Rose City Park
can meet frequently to become ac
quainted. There are 225 members, dl
vided Into three classes, life, resular
ana social, in addition there are many
auxiliary societies, the ladies' auxll
iary. "The Home Makers Club" and the
reading circlaa which gather occasion
ally to hear lectures on various tonics.
Arrangements nave been made so that
tne entire clubhouse or major portions
of it may be rented out for exclusive
uses.
The club Is ruled by these officers
W. A. Lovett. president: Frank Schlce-el
vice-president and chairman entertain
ment committee: V. A. Crum. secrets rv
E. F. Allshaw, treasurer: L. R. Bailey,
chairman house committee: Frank v.
ttiiton. chairman finance committee
uireciors frank E. Hilton. E. F. All
shaw, W. .A. Lovett. T. T. Gr. K M
Carlton, D.- B. HowelL Frank Schlegel,
a. o. oiaraing, a. Laiaiaw, Fred Brook
er, Floyd Campbell, L, R. Bailey. W. P.
Richardson. V. A. Crum. Louis Barter
A little more than two veara asm th
Laurelhurst Club was organized by a
few pioneer residents in that new addi
tion to Portland's restricted residential
area, uuring tne first year the meet
ings were held In the homes of the
members, but now the club boasts of a
permanent home that was completed
and dedicated recently on a well-situated
site adjoining Laurelhurst Park.
Already the club has two tennis
courts and It is announced that two
ore will be finished and readv for use
n the Spring. The grounds are to be
terraced and landscaped to harmonize
Ith the park surroundings.
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room, kitchen and dining-rooms. On
the second floor are the billiard and
cardrooms, shower baths and dressing
rooms. The furnishings were chosen to
give an air of simple elegance througn
nut the hiillrlinB-
The social activities of Laurelhurst
center around the club. uuring tne
season many important formal affairs
are held, as well as frequent Informal
evening parties and afternoon affairs.
Every other Friday extension lectures
are given by the faculty of Reed Col
lege, followed with an informal danc
ing party.
The proximity of the-park to the club
makes it Ideal for the mothers who can
entertain their friends at the club
while the children romp In the shade
of the towering firs, free from danger
of passing cars or vehicles.
The Laurelhurst Club Is so arranged
that members may hold private parties,
while other members may enjoy the up
per quarters without interfering with
the private entertainment. The club is
open from 12 o'clock until midnight
and a caretaker is always In attend
ance. Women Raise Funds.
Funds to build the club were raised
by subscription to life .memberships by
the regular members. The furnishings
were purchased from funds raised by
the women of the club at entertain
ments held prior to the erection of the
building.
The club has an active membership
which takes a great interest in the so
cial work of the club, as well as its ac
tivities in civic improvement. It was
through the work of the club that arc
lights were Installed In the district and
vacant lots kept cleared of weeds and
undergrowth.
At the recent election H. S. McCutch-
an was elected president; Allen McCur.
tain, vice-president; Dr. E. x. parKer,
treasurer, and Owen Summers, secre
tary. The directors are Mr. J. C. Eng
lish. Mrs. H. S. McCutchan and Mrs. J.
O. Humohrey.
The infant of Portland 'community
club group is the Kenton Club, com
posed of the residents or iventon ana
surrounding territory, which is now
entering upon its second successful
year. The handsome clubhouse is at 23
West Russet street. Just west of Patton
avenue.
The club proper Is . of the bungalow
type with large reception rooms, rest-
rooms and a large cement basement
with kitchen, shower bath and all the
modern conveniences. At the rear is a
large hall. 40 by 60 feet, with an excel
lent floor. This is used for a gymna
sium, dances, card parties, concerts.
etc. Large tennis courts that will be
ready for the players early In Spring.
Among the club members are a large
number of active tennis players who
have planned an active Summer on the
courts. They hope to make tennis one
of the prominent features of the season.
Social Affairs Many.
During the past year various com
mittees arranged many . social enter-
partv for the children of the entire
neighborhood. The progressive 600
parties are held on the second WodneH
Uiiv niRht of each month, ami the
dunces on the fourth Wednesday even
ins. Those Hffalrs are for the members
and their friends.
The women arrnnced a, ."h ristmns
party- with a antii for the children, at
which tlicy were ably assisted by the
teachers and pupils of the Kenton
School. Tim school orchestra rendered
a number of selections, and the pupils
gave Die usual holiday programme
and Santa gave tovs, baers of candy ami
nuts to 3J0 children.
The success of the Kenton Club has
been due to the fact that each member
has seemed willing to put his shoulder
to the wheel when he Is needed to
carry forward imy club enterprise. The
club Is intended primarily as a neigh
borhood benefit, but its membership is
open to all residents in tno nortnern
part of the East Side.
The club recently elected the follow
ing officers to serve durinir the coming
vear: c 11. Jbuilcn, president: ur. ft.
M Strohecker. vice-president; John II.
Seyfert, secretary, and Warren Heeler,
treasurer.
OREGONIANS IN EASTERN
CITY ONE HAPPY FAMILY
Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College Alumni in Schenectady Form
Close Corporation Five Oregon Students at Johns Hopkins.
Inrtiminu administrat ion as to t-Ttain
reforms.
l'ete Hurns, well known In Portln n,l,
still in dolnv Orphrum time with hi
eidloirc men a Irlo. He ban been play
ing at the Orpheum In Brooklyn, htil
leave on a aeries of oiit-of-toun rn.
ic.'iRemrnts shortly.
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Professor William Guthrie, who h
tried morn cases before tho Supreme
Court of the United 8tatea llian nn
other Ilvtns; man. paid Oregon a rather
doubtful compliment In a .lecture thfa
week before hta class In constitutional
law at Columbia University. "i"irenou
is the most progressive or advanced
or radical state." he said, putting en
tirely too, much einphaHia tipu the
"radical."
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BY ARTHUR M. GEARY. I shooting before sunrise or after sun-
EW YORK. Feb. 20. (Special.) I set
Harold Cockerline, of Eugene, a
1912 graduate of the University
of Oregon, came to New York from
Schenectady, this week, with a strange
tale.
"Tell them for me," he says, "that the
Oregon Agricultural College students
are a fine crowd. The Oregon and Ore
gon Agricultural College alumni in the
employ of the General Electric Com
pany, form one large happy family. We
camped on Ballston Lake during five
months last Summer and are going to
do the same this Summer. During the
three years that I have been at Schen
ectady we have had our parties to
gether, gone on picnics, and in fact
formed a close corporation.
"There are a couple of University of
Washington alumni that club with us.
Twice we have gone down to Pough
keepsle and yelled ourselves hoarse for
the crew from Washington."
"Don't forget to mention that I have
found that the Oregon Agricultural
College graduates are hard-working.
capable students and good fellows. For
instance, you could not find a better
natured fellow than McMillan. Last
September, when he left to marry I
classmate and bring her baok, we pad
locked a cowbell around his neck
without making him angry."
Among the alumni of the Oregon
Agricultural College at Schenectady
are Mr. and Mrs. H. Phandhoffer, who
have been the proud parents of a baby
girl, christened Dorothy, since Janu
arv 20. Mr. Phandhoffer is in the
Western sales section of the switch
board department. The others from
the Agricultural College are Mr. and
Mrs. F. O. McMillan (Elizabeth Deny;
of Salem; Hugh L. Smith, of Marsh
field, in the industrial control depart
ment: "Shorty" Gordon, of Portland, in
the engineering department, and
George Morris, in the student engineer
department. The University of ore
gon alumni are J. P. McGulre, whose
home is now in Ucana Junction, coio.
and Harold Cockerline, of Eugene. F.
W. Peters and John Dewhurst. of Se
attle, are the two University of Wash
ington graduates who have been
adopted Ty the Oregon family.
There are five students from Oregon
in the Johns Hopkins Medical School.
namely, Harold Bean. Carl Martzloff
and Harold Bates, of Portland: Harvey
Slater, of Salem, and Chris Sturgls, o
Pendleton. They are all enthusiastic
about the training that they are re
ceiving. Harold Bean says: "Being
the only medical school in the country
that now requires an A. B. degree for
a prerequisite of entrance. Johns Hop
kins should rank with the best. The
hospital of Johns Ifopklns receives
patients from all parts of the South,
due partly to Baltimore's being nearer
than other hospital centers. These
hospital facilities give the students
opportunity to seo loading 'experts at
work upon all kinds of case.
Harold Bates ranks ninth In the
senior class. This Is the highest rank
ing received by an Oregon student
since Dr. Horace Fenton, now practlc
ing in Portland, was a student at Johns
Hopkins University.
Harold Bates is in New York at
present, taking the competitive exam
inations by which Internes in the New
York hospitals are chosen.
talnments. card parties, dances, lec-
divtded into a ballroom, a lounging-tures and a most successful Christmas
It will be of interest to sportsmen in
Oregon to know that a Federal District
Court, sitting in Arkansas, had held un
constitutional the statute of Congress,
nassed March 4, 1913, regulating the
hunting of migratory birds. A note
upon this case, united states vs. Shau-
ver (214 tea. ion. in ine reoruary
number of the Columbia Law Review
reads: "The argument that the mi
gration of birds constitutes interstate
commerce is more ingenious man con
vincing." Last Fall there was considerable
complaint in Oregon concerning the
new Federal law, especially in Klam
ath County. It shortened the open sea
son for ducks and geese and prevented
Among the Oregon residents who
sailed from Philadelphia on the Great
Northern In Its initial run through the
Panama Canal were Drake C. O'Reilly,
lone Lewis and George Trowbridge, of
Portland, and Colonel Young, of Van
couver Barracks.
POTATO STARCH DATA OUT
Plant (o Cnt About $15,000 Will
Care for 5000 Acres, I Intimate.
EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 1?. S.-. ImI )
A potato starch p'unt coallna frnir
110.1100 to (15.000 and properly con
ducted during a aeaeon will take r
of the cull product from about Rout
acres, according to figures galhered
by the Inlverslty of Oregon school .r
commerce. The University snva:
' Potato starch commands three to
four cent a pound In the New Enclnnd
marKet. It bring, as a rule, one nd
one-half limes the price of corn starch.
Analysis ot more thnn 50 varieties of
potatoes crown In Oreeon give an
average starch content of 18 per cent.
"Potatoes are not peeled for starch
munufai turlng purposes. Roughly.
bout 48 hour la required for pro
duction; thereafter the reaidur may b
used for diallllution of alcohol or re
turned to the ground for fertiliser. Th
starch-making proces la briefly:
Orindlng. settling, clarifying, drylns..
Only one grade I produced."
Monday a Nrreaaarr la.
Exchange.
Monday Is largely devoted t lir'-nK.
Inc the loafing habit une arqulre.l n
Sundn y.
WOMEN IN VIENNA
As the Winter has advanced the Ore
gon baked apples, like the loaves ot
bread, have grown smaller. The price
of bread has finally been raised to 6
cents. The loaves would be taken for
buns if they were further decreased to
meet the rising price of wheat. Baked
apples are still 5 cents, wtlh cream 10
cents. At the present rate we will
be eating crab apples by Spring, un
less the supply of small sizes gives
out. j
So long as the restaurants continue
to serve Northwestern apples there
will be no objection. Oregon students
at Columbia have the habit of causing
a disturbance In the fruit stands
where any but the Western product
Is offered.
The Oregon and Washington apple
have no serious competitors at this time
of the year. There are a few fancy
packed Virginia apples in the market,
with red notices, reporting insinuat
ingly the fine flavor that they possess.
If they have merit, it must be In the
flavor, as irregularity of size and ocas-
sional blemishes are only emphasized
by their fine clothes.
George Merrlt, of Medford. formerly
director of education for the Boy
Scouts of America, has resigned his po.
sitlon to accept a position with the
Municipal Research Bureau. He re
cently returned from Albany, where
with other experts, he Investigated the
books of the different state depart
ments, with a view, to advising the
VIENNA. Feb. 21. Kverj body
their duty for the endangered Nllnr-
land. Tho poor woman on her way In
factory contributes her mile to the
collection boxes. The rich women open
their parlors, bedrooms and kitchen
to the wounded officers and soldiers.
Not only do the women of Austria.
France. England. Germany suffer from
war's depredations, but the women In
America are every day suffering from
the many Ills that women are heir to.
The diseases which weaken and tor
ment women may In almost alt esse
be cured by the ue of Dr. Pierce
Favorite Prescription. It establishes
regularity, heals inflammation and ul
ceration, and cures womanly weakness.
Every woman whe has reason to be.
lieve that backache, headache, unnatural
pains, low spirits, sleepless nlchta. Ir
regularities or a catarrhal condition In
caused by a derangement of the worn,
anly functions, owes It to herself and
dear ones to speedily overcome, thn
trouble before a genersl breakdown
causes permanent prostration.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription l
a temperance remedy that any alllnn
woman can safely take because it H
prepared from roots and herbs with
glycerine containing tonifl properties
and is not a secret remedy becaua lis
ingredients are printed on wrapper.
Get rr. Pitrce's Favorite Prescrip
tion today, elthtr in liquid or tablet
form, at any dealer in medicines. If you
want to better your physical condition
surely and speedily. Every Ingredient
in "Favorite Prescription" I printed
along with the directions. If you want
a specialist In women's dlaesaes to
diagnose your case, consult Dr. Tierce
by letter, correspondence private and
confidential, address Dr. Pierce, Is
vallds' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.