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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1916)
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Xrxoooo ooo o ooo oo oooo oo oooooooooooococooo o oooooooo oooooooooo o ooocoCOx3 a ; rJ : ' It 5 U THE "Buffragre Envoy," the special bearing the party of about 30 prominent suffrage women from the East, will arrive in Portland next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Arrange ments have been made to have autoa at the depot awaiting: the visitors and they will be taken out the Columbia River Highway to Crown Point chalet, where a luncheon will be served in their honor. The Portland Chamber of Commerce has volunteered to assist the local com mittee In entertaining the Eastern women and everything possible is being done to provide for a delight ful visit. The mass meeting will be held in Library hall at 8 o'clock. Dr. Florence Man ion is in charge of the committee on automobiles. The election of a director for the Portland Woman's Club next Friday will bn quite an interesting event. All the officers were elected last month, but there was a tie on the office of director, requiring another election for the one place. ' Laurelhurst Study Club is to be con gratulated In its officers. Mrs. C. W. Hayhurst Is president: Mrs. R. E. Wat kins, vice-president; Miss Ethel Handy, secretary and Mrs. Phil Eastrday. treasurer. They were all re-elected last Monday. The Tortland Fruit and Flower Mis sion is preparing to make its annual piiKrimap to the Multnomah Farm Mav 1. This visit will take cheer and gifts to the poor people who live at the farm. Flowers, candies, music and all sorts of treats and surprises will be provided. At Salem there will be a band and autos to meet 'he Eastern suffragists. A iiieetinir at the Armory and a re ception afterward will mark the visit there. The Progress Club will hold a musi cal tomorrow in the Irvington club house. Special artistic features will be given by Portland musicians and by a band of pretty little children, who will appear in costume. Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, candidate for the Legislature. Mrs. G. L. Buland, Re- niihlffnn fAnriirlate for delegate at large to the Chicago convention, and ! art department, will be glad to wel Mn. 8. M. Blumanuer, candidate for , come a!! who are Interested in art. be School Director, spoke to the Woman's : tween 9:30 and 10 o'clock during the Civic Welfare Club Thursday after noon. Portland clubwomen who are plan ning to attend the biennial in New York City will be interested in the plans that are being made by the New York City local board. Among the eventful days at the big gathering will be Conservation day. Saturday, May 27. This department will have one hour of the general pro gramme at the Seventh Regiment Ar mory in the forenoon, followed by a luncheon and conference at the Hotel Astor. The subjects of the addresses during the dav are as follows: "Our Country's Natural Wealth" This will touch upon the. vital question of the development of water power and waterways. In addition to other phases of the general subject. "Rural Planning" City planning is engaging wide attention; the planning of rural communities is possibly even more important. "Preparedness and Reclamation" This address will set forth a plan for creating a working Army instead of a standing Army: an Army occupied with industrial work in time of peace and instantly available for, defense in time of war. "Our National Parks" Their high e-onomic value and uplifting effect on th people place them among the great est of natural resources. More is he inn done now for National park de velopment than ever before, and hence forth National parks are to b treated bj the Federal Government as Impor tant as.-et. ron.-erva tion headquarters durinir the biennial will he in room A. Seventh Ileariment Armory. Mrs. John Dick inson Sherman is chairman of, this de partment. The art . programme is rirh and Yuried. beginning on Wednesday. May -t. at 2:."0 P. M.. with a meeting for the members of the art department o-ily. where reports and dissuasions on raif and means will be heard. 'in Friday. May 2. at l:Jti A. M., the report of the art chairman will be Rien before the convention, followed bv an address on "Community Art." by William I'liflley Foulke. of Indiana, president of the National Municipal league from 111 to 1?1S. Mr. Foulke is a life-long student of art in many lands, and is an eloquent speaker. At the art luncheon, the same day, at the Hotel Astor. there will be a pro gramme of short speeches by well known artists. Four hundred tickets will be iued for the luncheon, and ea h state federation art chairman is expected to eend names of those de siring to atend from her state to Mrs. David Bail. Two Hundred and Thirtieth , : if f'O -4" V J 1 ; t v v CLI B KVEMH. J , York, a member of board of di rectors of Women's Political Union of New York and a mem ber of advisory council of Con gressional Union for Woman Suffrage, will visit here on Sat urday. Mrs. W. H. Loane. correspond ing secretary of Florence Crlt tenton Home, is prominent in clubdom. Mrs. Eugene J. Mann is active in the Rose City Park and Dra matic clubs, Miss Anna Palmer is a mem ber of the current literature de partment of the Portland Wom an's Club. street and Hudson River. Tickets may be secured and paid for after reaching the city. Mrs. Ball will then be at Hotel Astor. Such reservations must all be taken up by 8 P. M.. on Wenea day. May 24. At the art conference, following the luncheon, there will be reports from members of the department, an address on "The Poetic Art in America," by Robert Underwood Johnson, secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and another by Frank Alvah Parsons, president of the New York School of Finf and Applied Arts, on "The Power of an Artistic Environ ment." Henry Turner Bailey, of Boston, will speak on "Art in Life." on Monday night. May 29. on the programme de voted to music, art and literature. The art headquarters will be in room I. Seventh Regiment Armory, where Mrs. M. F. Jdhnston. chairman of the biennial days. Southern Oregon Clubwom en Convene April 26-28. (ialhrrlnc Will Re In Ashland and Topics fur lle,yialon Include Women on Juries. Juvenile Court. School Medical Examination and Art. THE call for the Southern Oregon District Federation of Women's Clubs for the third annual convention is Issued in the form of an attractive yellow booklet The important gather ing will be held in Ashland. April 26, 27 and 28. The programme has many attractive features of interest. At 2 o'clock. Wednesday J. A. Churchill. State School Superintendent will speak. At 3 o'clock. Professor Sweetser of the University of Oregon will give an ad dress on "Some Microscopic Friends and Foes of Kvery-Day Life." Medical In spection in the schools will be discussed also. On Wednesday night there will be .a reception at which there will be music by Mrs. Sylvan Provost. E. L. Rasor. Miss Doris Bagley and Miss Alice Van der Sluis. Mrs. C. B. Lam kin, president of the Ashland city fed eration, will give the address of -welcome and talks will be Riven by Mayor Johnson and V. O. N. msth. of the Commercial Club. Thursday morning's progra mine "in cludes: Patriotic songs, business, re port state federation. Mrs. C. L Schfcf felin: "The Text Book Problem." Mrs. K. K. Gore: report, Mrs. C L. Cleavinger: discussion, "Shall Women Serve tin Jurirs?" led by Mm. C. W. Courtney: address. "Juvenile Court." Mrs. V. Clement: "New Ideas for Civic Improvements." Mrs. Lamkin. In the afternoon there will be music by Miss Edna Daughcrty. solo. Mr. Loveland; address. Miss Marvin, state librarian: address. Mrs. E. R. Seely. Medford Parent Council president; re port. Mrs. W. W. I'sher; reports of Parent-Teacher presidents: auto ride given by Ashland city federation. For Thursday night there will be a musical directed by Mrs. K E. Gore and George Andrews, of Medford. Among the speakers on Friday morn ing will be Mrs. G. S. Eaton, chairman of art department; Allen H. Eaton, on "Household Decoration." and Miss Francis, of Oregon Agricultural Col lege, who will tell the club women how to plan the daily dietary. Friday afternoon will be marked by a reading by Miss Minnie Jackson, a yY-r??, of solo by Professor McMurray; reports, the question box and the always in teresting election of officers. The officers of the Southern federa tion are president. Miss Marion Towne, Phoenix; first vice-president, Mrs. J. M. Root, Medford: second vice-president. Mrs. J. A. Buchanan. Roseburg; recording secretary, Mrs. C. D. Hoon, Medford; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. Hearn, Phoenix; treasurer, Mrs. F. C. Smith. Jacksonville; auditor, Mrs. J. H. Roto, Ashland; district organizer, Mrs. E. C. Gard. Ashland. There are many active women in the southern part of the state and they have a live organization which bids the north look to its laurels. Mrs. Jennie Kemp was entertained recently by McMlnville W. C. T. U. She sp.oke of plans for "White Ribbon week" and of the efforts to do away with the "cigarette evil." The McMinnville Civic Improvement Club Is "up .and doing" all the time. On May 5 tho club will entertain neighboring clubs with an all-day ses sion. ' The club has several live de partments and it is constantly accom plishing things. ' The Library Board bf McMinnville recently made an excellent report. They stated that $146.75 had been do nated by the Home Dramatic Com pany; from public markets. S3S.10; from Valentine tea, $14; from donation, Mrs. Fuller. $1; from candy sale. $10; from W. C. T. U.. $12. These gifts have enabled the Board to make many im provements. Mrs. Martin Miller te sec retary of the Board. Rev. Mr. Clark, of the Episcopal Church, has given" a talk to the educa tional department of the McMinnville Woman's Club on "Mary, the Mother of Our Lord." The last of the series of talks on women of the. Bible will be given by Mrs. Potter, of McMinnville College on May 9. These talks have drawn a large number of 'the club women and their friends out to .the monthly meetings of the department. Pasco. Wash.. April 25. (Special.) The ladies of the Shakespeare Club of Pasco will honor the tercentenary of William Shakespeare by numerous af fairs to be given next week. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. T. B. Hop kinson will entertain the club at an English tea party at her home. Mr, Hansen, of the Empire Theater, has se cured two films. "The Taming of the Shrew" and "A Winter's Tale." three reel features, whihe he will run Thurs day evening, with a matinee in the afternoon for, the benefit of school children. The club has offered two cash orizes to be awarded to the two eighth grade pupils subrouting the best paper on "Why We Celebrate the Shakespeare Tercentenary." The civic committee of the Portland Woman's club, which distributed about a ton of plants and flower seeds at Meier & Frank's 'auditorium for the benefit of those who needed such serv ice are grateful for the co-operation they received in this work. The com mittee in charge of the collection and distribution of these seed.s and plants included Mrs. Albert Brown. Mrs. C. B. Simmons. Mrs, John Toft. Mrs. M. H. Lamond. Pythian Sisters in Portland who are unaffiliated with any local lodge, please call Main 3539. The Warrenton Civic Club, of which Mrs. George Greer Is the president. Miss Clara Munson secretary, and Miss Le ona Townsend. treasurer, and the PRr-cnt-Teacher Association, of which Mrs. .1. W. Dletrick Is president and Mrs. J. T. Lee secretary-treasurer, are car rying out elaborate plans for the com munity. Laura Baldwin Doolittle, a member of the Self-Culture Club, in a letter from lpnolulu to Mrs. R. R. Rohr. pres ident of the club, tells interestingly of experiences in the Islands. She speaks of the study clubs organized by Mrs. Willard Terry, an Oberlin graduate, and by other college-bred women. The Limakokua (Helping Hand) Club Mrs. A. J. Stiles, 827 Gantenbein ave nue, entertained the Tuesday Afternoon Club last week at luncheon. Tho rooms were decorataed with sprays of seed ling apple blossoms. The proKramme for tho day was of particular interest. Mrs. E. H. Whit ney discussed Tolstoi as a dramatist and gave readings from one of his plays, "A Live Corpse." Mrs. Hgnri Berger, Jr.. read a humorous one-act play. "The Marriage Proposal." by An ton Tchekoff. - The club will meet this week at 1 o'clock, with Mrs. E. H. Whitney. 1384 Missouri avenue. Take Kenton car to Portland boulevard. The Alvord Drama Club had its final meeting for the session at 516 Eilers building on Thursday afternoon. The object of the club has been the study of notable plays of technical power and seldom produced. Adeline M. Al vord read "Hindle Wakes." an unusual play. At the Coterie's meeting on Wednes day Mrs. J. H. Barbour sang two pleas ing numbers, "Jean" (Burlugs) and "Messages" ( Neldlinger). An open dis cussion on the humane treatment of our dumb friends proved? not only en joyable but profitable. ; Mrs. E. R. Root added to, the pleas ure of the morning with a piano solo. "Hungarian; Dance" (Brahms), and Mrs. Root and Mrs. F. O. Miller gave a duet. "Polish Dance" (Czarwenka) in a delightful manner. The department of public speaking, Allen Miller Senn, chairman, will meet Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock In the Imperial Hotel. A large and enthusiastic meeting: of the Daughters of Isabella was heldJ last, monaay nignt. April 17, In Ca thedral Hall, Seventeenth and Couch streets. Mrs. Margaret Zerzan was appointed chairman of a committee to arrange for a social to be given on the night of May 15. The other' members of the committee are Mrs. Nellie C. Hughes, Mrs. Agnes Sullivan, Miss Genevieve Ryan and Miss Helen Buck ley. A large number of applications were submitted and will be balloted on at the next meeting of the Court. It is planned to hold an initiation in June. Those desiring to Join the class should hand in applications at once. The next meeting of the Court will be held on Monday night. May 1. An excellent programme will be given in the Y. M. C. A on April 25 at 8 P. M. by Central W. C. T. U. Teach ers and graduates of the Oregon Con servatory of Music and of Madame Jo melli's class will assist. Readings and dramatic impersonations will be given by Mrs. H. V. Hartzell. Miss Grace Mil ler and Miss Melba Browning. Vocal numbers by Mrs. Elizabeth Bond, Miss Edythe Byer and Isabel Stuart will be attractions. B. V. Dowlar and Miss Hilda Byer will give duets. The public is" Invited. Alberta Woman's Improvement Club will hold a business meeting Tuesday nrght In Vernon School. The Woman's Guild of St. David's parish has arranged an attractive pro gramme for the entertainment to be given in the parish house on May 4. The committee includes Mesdames S. E. Josephi, Alfred T. Warren, Frederick P. Stauffer. James F. Davies, E. E. Miller, Arthur Vial, M. E. Lee and Mrs. Hamstreet. Mrs. N. T. Palmer opened her home on Thursday to the members of the current literature department of the Portland Woman's Club. Mrs. Harry E. Chlpman gave a clever and delight ful reading of "The Master of the Inn." Miss Anna Palmer sang. Mrs. Fred Whitfield gave a solo. Both were ac companied by Mrs. Warren E. Thomas. A dainty luncheon was served. Members of the Visitine Nurse As sociation and others Interested should not forget the annual meeting on Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock in the Li brary. Miss Grittinger. superintend ent, will speak on visiting nurse work and will show stereopticon slides. The election of officers of the Port land Psychology Club will take place on Thursday at 2 o'clock In the Li brary. Mrs. Alva Lee Stephens, who has been president of this organiza tion and of the Portland Parent Teacher Council and has held both offices with ability and success, is being asked to .be president again but whether or not she will accept will be decided on Thursday. The Social Workers' Club will meet Monday night In the Library. ' Mrs. C. S. Jackson's home was the scene on Wednesday of the meeting of the Multnomah Chapter, D. A. R. As it was the anniversary of the battle of Lexington, the day was particularly Interesting. George H. Himes spoke of the early pioneers and of early events in Oregon. Mr. Prentess as sisted with stereopticon pictures. Mrs. A. H. Breyman reported on the pres entation of the flag to the Shattuck School. A request 'came from the new Junior Agricultural School at Gresham for a flag and it was voted to present one to them. Dr. J. D. Corby is presi dent of the school. Chapter A. P. E. O. Sisterhood will meet on Monday -with Mrs. A. C. Mc Gill. Rivera. Southern Pacific train leaves Fourth and Yamhill streets at 12:53: luncheon to be served at 1:30 o'clock. Portland Shakespeare Study Club will have a big social event on Wednes day afternoon when they will give a card party at Masonic Temple. Their friends are invited to-share the plea sures of the day with the members. Following is the Delphian calendar for the week: Portland Helg-hts Delphian Club will meet Monday at 10:3O A. M. with Mrs. K. L.. Thompson. 481 Montgomery drive. Soy Delphian Club wlTl meet Monday at 1 P. M. with Mn. J A. Sanborn, ST7 East Twenty-elehth street North. Richmond Study class. Monday. 2 P. M., with Mrs. D. K. Mathews, 1184 Ivon street. Monday Evening; Club, open to an Del phlans. room E. Library building, 8 o'clock sharp: Mrs. S. Slocum in charge. Delphian Matrons Club will meet Tues day, 1 :30 P. M., with Mrs. H. R. Crandall, l-7 East Couch street. Tho Ansora Club. Tuesday. 3 P. M., room E. library buildlnpr, Mrs. Joseph R. Burke In charge. All Ielphiftns welcome. Central Delphian Club will meet Tuesday, 8 P. M.. with Mrs. W. A. Teusche, 7S8 Over ton street. 1 Delphian Oracles' Club will meet Tuesday, 8 P. M.. at the Y. W. C. A. clubroom, Mrs. Emma L. Birrher, president. Delphian Sphinx Club, Thursday evening;, 8 o'clock, at 1334 Northwestern Bank build ing, Mrs. Louise Cecil, president. Mrs. John Claire Monteith has been asked to talk before the St Helen's Club, of Chehalis, Wash., next Wednes day on the work and organization of musical clubs in Portland. Mrs. Mon teith will accompany her husband, who has been engaged to appear in concert In Chehalis that night. The April luncheon and conference of active presidents of all women's organizations of the city will be held next Saturday at 12 o'clock at the Hotel Mallory. it Is expected Jhat the attendance will be large, as the various women candidates for office will be discussed. They include Mrs. G. L. Bu land. delegate to the Republican Na tional Convention; Mrs. Helen I. Tom llnson, delegate to the Democratic Con vention; Mrs. M, L. T. Hidden, member E are having a baby test and the mothers are all eager for advice and help." the mothers are all eager ror ru.-oi.iiij. avium b cenemy. j r7ii I 4 viX This is the report from the Parents' Educational Bureau several times a week. The bureau In the Courthouse is recognized as an institution of great helpfulness. Literature telling young mothers how to care for, feed and train their babies is given to those who ap ply. The bureau Is conducted by the Oregon Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations, and is a credit to the organization and to the state of Oregon. Mrs. George W. McMath, president of the state organization, who has Just returned from the National convention at Nashville, Tenn., says that women from every state in the Union asked her about the bureau. It is the only one of its kind in the United States, but very soon there will be another, for Medford, in Southern Oregon, will open a bureau this coming week. Mrs. McMath and several Portland women of prominence will go south to attend the opening and be present at the con ferences. r The Portland Parent-Teacher Coun cil, which has been ably led by Mrs. Alva Lee StephensJ has done a vast amount of social service work this year. The organization is also plan ning to establish a bureau of social re lations. At the regular business meeting of the Fulton Park Parent-Teacher Asso ciation on Tuesday it was decided to hold an anniversary meeting, celebrat ing the first anniversary of the new school building. Miss Lucie Schmidt, of the Benson Polytechnic School for Girls, addressed the association on the "Art of Home making." She especially commented on the necessity of modesty in the dress of girls and women. A special note of "interest and co-operation was noticeable as the company of 100 mothers and guests of the Sun nyside Parent-Teacher Association sat down to luncheon Wednesday in the school auditorium with Mr. Curtis and the teachers of the school as their guests. A happy, informal, indoor picnic it proved to be. The tables were tastily decorated with Easter lilies and Spring blossoms. After luncheon a short time was spent listening to book reviews given by Mesdames Bliss, Emerick, Raude, Padja, Baker, Dunning and Giles. Mrs. S. Blumauer and Dr. Drake, can didates for Portland School Board, .also Mr. Curtis gave short talks. The lit tle tots from Mrs. Pedicord's kinder garten sang. May 5 a matinee and evening enter tainment will be given, part of the proceeds to be used for purchasing good pictures for. the higher grade rooms. A good programme is being arranged. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mre. A. M. Web ster, president; Mrs. L. Baker, vice president; Miss Hell, treasurer; Miss Beason, secretary. The Hawthorne Parent-Teacher Cir cle, in .conjunction with the W. C. T. U gave an entertainment in the audi torium of the Washington High School on April 14. The following programme was rendered: Piano solo by Gordon Soule; essay, "Bad Effects of Tobacco," by Shirley Morgan, of the sixth B; essay, "Effects of Tobacco on Human Life," by Andrew Yunker, seventh A; vocal solo, by Mrs. Crawford; essay, "Effects of Alcohol." by Tolbert Faw cett, seventh B; essay, "The Use of Tobacco," by Nan LaRoche, eighth A; of State Legislature; Miss Abbie Wright. County School Superintend ent, and Mrs. S. M." Blumauer, member Portland School Board. The Chamber lain land-grant bill relative to school lands also will be discussed. All dis cussions to be opened with five-minute speeches by prominent women. Miss Emma Grlebel, president of the Asso ciation of Collegiate Alumnae, vice chairman for the day, will preside, Mrs. J. F. Chapman, the chairman, being ill. m The entertainment committee of the Portland Education Association Is con gratulating itself upon Its good fortune to obtain another engagement with Miss Katherine Jewell Everts, who is now professor of English in the Uni versity of California.. Miss Everts will read "The Blue Bird." Between acts Mrs. Lucile Whitlock, who is en route East with Miss Everts, will Interpret some of her charming children's songs. The programme will be given in the secdrid week of May at the Lincoln High School. - The Woman's i-'ress Club and friends enjoyed a programme Wednesday night, when M. A. Goodnough, pianist, played two highly appreciated numbers, "Valse Brilliant" (Mozswokski) and "Sorren tina" (Lock). Miss Hattie M. Haynes sang pleasing ly "A Spirit Flower" (Campbell Tip ton) and "Absent" (Tirindelli). Every one enjoyed Mrs. C. J. Allen's reading of "The Transfiguration of Miss Phtl lura" (Florence Morse). A. G. Tindolph delighted with two solos, "Toreador's Song." from "Car men." and "Ich Llebe Dlch" (Grieg). Miss Hattie M. Haynes accompanied. ' A. Whlsnant delivered a lecture based upon the thoughts. "Dreams Are the Reaiest inings in j.iie, me greatest oi which Is the dream of the brotuerhood of man, the French saying. "Fixed ideas tend to falsehood," and two ideas control society, "the preservation of the human race and the perpetuation of the race." Mrs. Ethel Cranston Taneyhill will talk on "China" Tuesday at 4 o'clock in Meier & Frank's auditorium. This is the second of the series which Mrs. Taneyhill is giving under the auspices 'Vhgj 7SoZ2? Cfenn .ttpe piano solo, by Gordon Soule: essay, "Nicotine, Man's Een'emy." by Ruth Cleland, eighth A: vocal solo, "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark." by Miss Eloise Hall; essay, "Effects From the Use of To bacco," by Ruth Jenkins,, eighth B; reading, by Miss Lotspeich; essay, "Why Business Men Demand Total Ab stinence on the Part of Their Em ployes," by " Lloyd Davis.' eighth B; essay, by Daniel Nlswonder. Mrs. G. L. Buland. past president of the circle, then presented ribbons for essays to the following pupils: Mor gan Shirley, Andrew Yunker, Tolbert Fawcett, Nan LaRoche, Ruth Cleland. Ruth Jenkins, Lloyd Davis and Daniel Nlswonder. The next meeting of the. circle will be held on Wednesday, May 10. The postponed meeting of the Mount Tabor Parent-Teacher Association will be held in the school assembly hall on Thursday, April 27", at 2:30 P. M. Re ports of the year's work will be given by the chairmen of the various de partments; a report of the recent en tertainment given, and a nominating committee will be appointed. The usual programme will be omitted, and a so cial hour will follow the business meet ing. Ockley Green Parent-Teacher, -Circle will hold. Its regular business meeting at the home of Mrs. E. H. Whitney, on Thursday, April 27, at 2:30 o'clock. Matters of Importance pertaining to next year's work, also the Rose Festival feature will be discussed. All mothers interested are especially invited to at tend, as the next meeting in May will be for the election of officers.- The officers elected will be expected to carry out the plans made at this meet ing. E. Hope Davis Is a darling baby, ex amined recently In the parents' edu cational bureau and found to register 89 V4 per cent. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Davis. Allen S. Bates, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bates, of 1115 Belmont street, scored 99 per cent at the parents' edu cational bureau. He is ten months old. Carl A. Rasmussen, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. -L. Rasmussen, 721 Vaughn street, is a 99 per cent score baby. He Is a Jolly little man and the Joy of his home. Noble Glenn Powell, Jr., is 18 months old. His home is at 356 East Forty fourth street. He, too. Is a high-score baby. Russellville, under the direction of Mrs. N. P. Gale, has organized a parent teacher circle and is right at work for the betterment of the district. Mrs. H. A. Lewis is president. The next meeting will be April 28. E. H. Whitney, candidate for county school superintendent, will speak. Rose City Park Parent-Teacher As sociation Is planning two programmes for the afternoon of May 5. Rev. William G. Eliot gave a valua ble and instructive talk on "The Moral Awakening and Training of Children" before an interested audience in the Courthouse on Friday afternoon. ' The series of practical talks and demonstra tions, to which all are Invited to attend, are given . at the County Courthouse every Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, under the auspices of the Parent Edu cational Bureau of the Oregon Congress of Mothers? . Kennedy had an interesting meeting on Monday, when Mrs. Lee Davenport and others spoke. Awards were given for prize essays to Jeanette Schwan, Donald Dick and. Eleanor Wells. On Wednesday night Kennedy had a most attractive programme. Mrs. J. J. Koegel sang: Peninsula Park children of the Association of Collegiate Alum nae. , Since current events are included in these talks, they are attracting an unusual amount of interest. The class in applied psychology that has met .every Thursday morning at the residence of Mrs. W. E. Potter. 871 East Forty-ninth street, held its clos ing meeting April 13. Although the results of the year's work under the leadership of Mrs. F. H. Perry are most gratifying, the club has planned even bigger and broader work for the next year's work. "Wild Flowers" was the subject dis cussed in a talk by Mrs. E. W. Scott at a meeting of Chapter P, P. E. O. Sisterhood, Tuesday evening at the home of .Mrs. Theodore Osmond, on Fourth and Washington streets. In Oregon City. Miss Florence Grace gave "Butterfly," by Grieg, and Men dlessohn's "Spring Song" as piano se lections. The rooms of' the Osmond home were made attractive with wild flowers and choice blossoms. The hostess served refreshments to her guests. The next meeting will be held the first Saturday in May at the home of Mrs. E. J. Tooze, when her sister, Miss Isabel Frey, will act as hostess. RIDGEFIELD GRADUATES 7 School Has Grown Rapidly and Will , Require Extra Teachers. RIDGEFIELD, Wash.. April 22 (Special.) The Ridgefield High School will graduate- a class of seven, one girl and six boys, at the end of the pres ent term. They are Miss Myrtle Funk houser and Messrs. Wallace Keim, Frank Keith, Claude Potter. Eugene Burger, George Zahn and Warren Snook. There are 35 pupils ' in the high school class this year and 253 in all grades of the public schools. Last year the total enrollment was 206. This year so far has been the most successful one that the schools have had. The rapid growth of the school will require several additional teachers I uioittnu. eientn a; vocal soio, iti. near i if & -: . . IVWS -w Ai t !. . , -y . : ,, . "..- :J -Vi :. i ?W ' . .'. J7 2 fe5-. gave folk dances and club drills; Agnes Kennedy, clever little 'cellist, and her sister, Mildred, pianist, contributed ex cellent musical numbers; Isabel Mc Kinney gave a highland fling; Edith Patterson read, and Miss Degermark gave an illustrated lecture. Mount Tabor Parent-Teacher Asso ciation is Jubilant over the success of the two farces, "Spreading the News." by Lady Gregory, and "Mrs. Baggs' Bargain Day." which it presented last Friday and Saturday evenings. The success of the two plays is due to the efforts of the members of both of the casts and Miss Nina Great house, the coach. The financial suc cess is due to the excellent co-operation of all concerned, which included most of the Mount Tabor people and many friends outside of the district. On Friday evening. William Wallace Graham, violinist, and Mies Ada Alice Tuttle, pianiste, contributed several interesting numbers which were great ly appreciated. On Saturday evening, an orchestra composed of Mrs. Ward Woody, violin; G. H. Grler. cello; Earl Wood, drums, and Miss Mildred Hurd. pianiste, played selections which were much enjoyed. In all, the perform ances were entertaining and well at tended. The Association has applied the proceeds of this entertainment to the purchase of the hot-lunch equip ment. The School Board provided a new stage and .the Association pre sented the school with a fine curtain. The Association takes great interest In Its own community and the rest of the money will go to social service work, which has been carried on by an ac tive committee. The selection of officers of the Port land Grade Teachers' Association on Wednesday was one of the events of interest this past week. Miss Viola Ortschlld was re-elected by a good majority. Miss Sarah Allen, the only other candidate for the presidency, received a flattering vote. She took her defeat gracefully and was one of the first to congratulate the success ful teacher. After the meeting, there was a dinner at the Hotel Imperial. Miss Ortschlld received a large box of American beauty roses as a token of appreciation from some of the mem bers. Addresses were made informally by Judge M. G Munly, S. P. Lockwood, C. A. Rice, Mrs. G. J. Frankel and Edith Knight Holmes. 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