Woman's Section Special Features SECTION FIVE Pages 1 to 12 vol. ixxv. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, DECi:3II5ER lO, 1916. NO. 50. " - GOTHAM NOW IN THE GRIP OF VERY NEWEST SOCIAL WHIRL Young Folk, Curiously Enough, Take to Serious Tasks, However Portland People Attain Recognition Events of Interest Are Noted. V: 7 H "Buy is- .-r-V I I I I lilt W J- Furniture This Christmas Pay for It Next Year Useful Lasting Reasonable S ealy Mattresses A single giant bat of pure, bouyarit cotton, without layers or sections, that makes the most wonderful mattress in the world. The Sealy is absolutely body conforming, because there isn't a tuft in it;1 nothing to keep it from instantly accommodating itself to any position of the body. The Scaly is sold only at this store. 60 NIGHTS' FREE TRIAL Just $1 Delivers a Fine IMPERIAL AXMINSTER RUG to Your Home And then the $1 weekly payments soon pays for it in full. These most exceptional credit terms place this splendid gift rut? within reach of all. A Full 9x12 Room -Size Run In very attractive designs aid a larso rrfnge of coloring. The rugs are splendidly made, with thick, heavy pile to insure lasting wear and, at this very special price, are the best rug values presented today. Make your gift a rug this Christmas. $26.85 A Wonderful Toy Store This big, new toy store supplies your every want. at its best and comprises most every wanted thing. The showing is now Baby dolls 49 New submarines at. .79 No. 2 shoo flys at. .1.19 16-piece set of doll dishes .$1.39 Whistling locomotive with two cars. . .81.20 20-in. Yama Yama dolls .-.$1.49 11- piece set of doll dishes 69 12- key pianos. ... . .$1.49 Velocipedes at $2.50 Coaster wagons at $4.00 This Victrola Outfit for Victrola VIII, Quartered Oak Record Cabinet. One Record Album, Six Double-Faced . Records 50O Needles. 1 Record Cleaner. $5.00 Cash $1.25 Week Victrola Credit Terms Extraordinary- This' $25 Victrola First Payment Join the Ckrtttai Club at Once. These extraordinary terms are offered to demonstrate the superiority of this wonderful musical instrument and acquaint you. with the lib eral "DIGNIFIED CREDIT" SERVICE of this store. Come in and make your selection of any $25 Victrola and pay only 5c cash. Each following payment you add 5c a week second payment 10c. third payment loc, etc. until the $25 is paid, covering a period of several months. The largest and last payment will be $1.55. iHHHHHha Ivory Reed Chairs, Rockers Vpholstered in Cretonne, at Savinjc Price $18.50 Cretonne Upholstered Reed Rocker, loose- t QtS cushion seat, closely woven PJLt70 $19.50 Ivory Reed Chair, Sleepy Hollow design, f C 4 C deep cushions...: PXO.xO $15.00 Cretonne Upholstered Chair in Craft de- ( 1 ) A f sign, at OliflU $16.75 Low - Back Reed Chair, with pad seat, 25 $29.50 Large Arm Chair in ivory and black, un- 4fcO "1 OC usual size wultuj $17.50 Rocker, loose-cushion seat, upholstered back, J J 2 95 $19.75 Reed Chair, with pocket arms, pretty ere- ( -t (J Af tonne . cusUon8u.,.n,.n . . ,..u. ... . . ... O X O.x 1 Work Tables All Kinds $17.75 Martha Washington "Work Tables, in ma- 1 ? QC hogany, reduced to i)lfatJ ift-Top. Pedestal-Base Work Tables, in mahog- d e z?B? any, dainty design... 9 C.OO $11:00 Drop-Leaf, Two-Drawer, Mahogany-Finish ; i g Work Tables - D.IO Largest Showing of. Doll and Child s Deco rated White Enamel Pieces You'll Find $4.25 22-inch Decorated Table CtC Qfi and Arm Chair to match D O.J Four - Drawer Decorated 0 OC Chiffonier, 13i inches.. J.OO Child's Decorated-Dressing Table, with mirror. . Decorated Double - Door China Closet. ' height 1$0 QC Inches.. .- 9OJ Three-Drawer Decorated ttJO A C Dresser, 15 in. wide DOrO 24 - inch- Decorated Doll Bed, solid ends 17-inch Decorated Table tfjf e and Chair to match . . JTr. 1 3 Decorated Child's Rock- eg ir at I 1JJ Five - Drawer Decorated t r? !f Chiffonier, with mirror... OUaDU 19-inch Three- Drawer (J Zf Child's Dresser for wO,OU $2.25 $95 "Karpen" All Upholstered Tap estry D avenport $69.75 In offering this $95 Tapestry Upholstered Davenport, with spring-filled loose cushions, at this very special price, -we are offering the best quality furniture produced today. The Davenport is extremely comfortable, with deep, filled back, large roll arms and mahogany frame. The Karpen trade mark is a guarantee of its quality. t'.V ' .1 - " "v-H c p High - Back " Comfort Rockers A complete showing of High-Back Comfort Rockers, in both wood and leather, luxurious styles, with high head-rest backs that make excellent gift pieces. Most every wanted style and kind is on show U!SjaSf.r.$6.S0 to $39 A 'Hoosier' Kitchen Cabinet For. Her Christmas Acknowledged the very best cab inet produced today. A cabinet that has places for 300 articles, and a kitchen help that will save her miles of steps each day. The Hoosier can be bought on the most liberal credit terms $1 a week. $15.00 Tennessee Red Cedar Chest, The Best Gift of All What woman would not appreciate a gift of this nature? A genuine Tennessee Red Cedar Chest that will provide a safe storage for her furs and wearing apparel. The chest is fitted with a splndid lock, measures 40 inches in length, 19' inches in width and is 17 inches deep. The quantity is limited. 1 Genuine Leather $23.85 Surely a gift that any man would appreciate deep spring construc-i tion, all upholstered in genuine Spanish leather. A rocker that in the ordinary way would retail from, $6 to $7 more. t $29.75 Tarnish - Proof Hicksite Lacquer. Brass Bed $21.85 A Handsome Continuous-Post Brass Bed that is guaranteed against tar nishing and one that will always keep bright and new. It is massive in appearance, has a 58-inch head and a transparent finish. The price is a very special one. si I'wpp1 I!' i-i Out-of-Town Customers Out-of-town customers are invited to take advantage of the special items listed in this advertisement. Shopping may be done by mall as safely as if you were here in person. No charges whatever for packing or delivery to local boat or freight station. SHOP. BY, MAIL $28.75 Ivory Enamel Dressing Table for $19.95. This Pretty Dressing Table is exact ly as pictured, with adjustable tripli- , cate mirrors of large size and beau tifully finished case. An Adam de sign finished in - old ivory that is very appropriate for gift giving. For "Her" Room This Home Desk Specially Priced $13.40 , In our entire stdtk there is not another pattern, that represents the same great value as the desk shown here. It is roomy, well constructed, conveniently arranged and very well finished. The shelf below provides an excellent space for books. Other Desks in Mahogany, Walnut, Maple and Oak Use Your Credit We Charge No Interest F14.7S MahotranT Tea W a g o n, trltU port-tfQ Q able tray Hand - woven Reed - Work f (g Baskets....... 0XS la. ' !HVrf.llr-il $10.75 Mahogany Drop - Leaf Tables $735 Just as Illustrated. Closed the table measures 7J by 30. When open it forms a 30-inch round table. MUFFIN STANDS $21.25 Inlaid Mahogany 1 l Qt? Muffin Stand 014.00 $12.75 Mahogany Cane Rack 7 O C fuffin Stand D I 9u $16.75 Ma hog: any Cane Rack p f f QC Muffin Stand. ....Oll.OO BY GETTA R. WASSERMAN. , NEW YORK, Dec. 9. (Special.) The real social season has been late in starting and it is only within the past few days that assem bly balls, subscription dances, debu tante teas and the usual round of such affairs- have followed each other in rapid succession. However, the crop of debutantes is exceedingly large, so a more than ordinarily gay Winter is anticipated, with, according to present indications, the -regulation instead of the bizarre predominating. In spite of the effect of all of the "upper ten" trying to outdo and out vie one another in the manner of dressing and the matter of living and entertaining, the real underlying ten dency of- the times, especialy among the younger set. is toward more serious things, examples of which are the de cision of a T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, second son of wealthy and probably indulgent parents, to cut short his career of luxury and join a regiment on the Mexican border, while young William H. Vanderbilt. son of Mrs. French Vanderbilt. who was divorced from Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, is pre paring mmseir to enter the York for the Thanksgiving holidays, has returned to Newport, where she is studying at the Toltorp. School. ... Mrs. Otto Goldsmith, a recent bride, is quite ill at a hospital in Stanford. Conn., with typhoid fever. Mr. Gold smith, a young attorney, now located in this city, lived In Portland for a great many years and has a. number of fa truly connections there. . Mrs. John C. Bell, who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. S. Z. Mitchell, at 246 West End avenue, has improved very much in health since her arrival in New York and is now able to be out and around each day. Mrs. Mitchell's son. Sidney, a Junior at Yale, was home for the Thaanksgiving vacation. ... Mr. and Mrs. George Willett have been visitors in the metropolis. ... Mrs. C. M. Maxwell, who has lived at the Hotel St. Andrew for several years, has taken an apartment at 490 West End avenue. The 100th performance of "The Man Who Came Back." Jules Eckert Good man's dramatization of John Flemine Naval I VY1Ison" siory or mat name, was eel- - in.d.m,, a n i; a , I ebrated recently at the Plavhouse. ber of the ultra smart set. Miss Mar- w,he56 jarse audiences are the order Jorie A. Curtis, has a number of her orJn? day- ui ins new mays or the week: was J. Hartley Manners' "The Harp of Life," with the wife of the author. Laurette Taylor, in the principal role. works on exhibition at a public sho-v- ing of American sculpture and there are any number of others constantly joining the Tanks of those who desire to do instead of just to be. . . . . The Blue Cross Society, of which Lady Smith Dorrien is president, is en deavoring to .interest men and women throughout the country in the work of the organization. The object of the society is to ameliorate the unhappy condition of our four-footed friend, the horse, especially in the war-ridden countries of Europe. A gala matinee in the Interest of the fund was given here this past week. Most of the well known artists now in the city partici pated, including Tom Dobson. ... The trustees of the church- pension fund of the1 Protestant Episcopal Church, headed by Bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts, have reported that about two-thirds of the $5,000,000 fund they are endeavoring to obtain already has been pledged, but only on condition that the remaining third be raised be for the 1st of March. 1917. . The executive committee of the Free Synagogue has created a new office assistant to Dr. Stephen S. Wise and his assistant rabbis. Louis I. Newman lias been appointed to the post, which is an endowed office, much in the na ture of a scholarship. Mr. Newman who studied theology under Rev. Mar tin Meyer, of San Francisco, will con tinue to prepare himself for the min istry. Dr. Wise has been in the Mid dle West on a speaking tour of a num ber of colleges and other educational institutions, Mrs. FredeVick B. Pratt was one of the large contributors to the paralyzed children's fund, which on Thanksgiv ing day was enriched by $72,500 through local contributions. ... Six opera directors and eight other men have planned a grand revival of French opera in New l orkj under the patronage of a new Franco-American Association for Musical Art. Loudon Charlton will act as impresario and is soon to announce the names of distin guished French artists to appear. The Federation for the support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies has about raised $2,000,000. the amount nec essary to get the central agency under way and to assure to the affiliated in stitutions the essential funds for their work, Sir Rabindranath Tagore will leave for San Francisco January 20. on his way back to his home in India. Mrs. Victor Blue is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Isaac T. Mann in Washington. D. C, where the Manns are entertaining very extensively for the debutantes of the Winter. Lord and Lady Aberdeen are at the Ritz-Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Simon gave a din ner this past 'week in honor of Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer are domiciled for the Winter at the Hotel Majestic. John Logan, who arrived in New York on Thanksgiving day, has been the guest of Tom Dobson in his apart ment at the Royalton. Mr. Dobson gave a recital on the Saturday of that week at Lawrencevllle, N. J. ... Mrs. Delphine Marx, the Portland contralto, has gained access, or rather active participation in the musical life of the metropolis, much more rap idly than usually falls to the lot of i visiting musician. Mrs. Marx had only been in New York for five days when she obtained the position of chief con tralto in the Beth Elohim choir, of Brooklyn, of which Mrs. May Dearborn Schwab is soprano. Six weeks after she arrived Mrs. Marx tried out in company with 12 other deep-toned singers for the coveted position of contralto in the Temple Emanuel. She was singled out by the choir director, Kurt Shindler. and engaged for the post. On December 24 Mrs. Marx will sing in Hwley's "Christ Child," a can tata to be given in Orange, N. J. Mrs. Marx is located at Beacon Hall. 618 West One Hundred and Forty-second street. Mrs. May Dearborn Schwab is one of the busiest of the ex-Oregonians now living in New York. She has quite a large class and on Thursday last a number of her pupils gave a recital. Besides this Mrs. Schwab is first soprano for two choirs, the Firs Presbyterian Church, of Englewood and the Temple Beth Elohim. in Brook lyn. and in addition is studying with Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Sleight, preparing for concert work, which she plans to do later in the year, Mrs. Henry Haussman and Miss Mar gery Haiissman have engaged rooms at the Berkeley for the Winter. Miss Haussman will continue her musical studies with Franz Arens. Mrs. J. B. Montgomery has been at the Hotel Wellington with her son-in law and daughter, the Rev. and Mrs. Russell Talbot, who sailed on Satur day, the 2d of December, on the steam ship Rochanibeau. Rev. Mr. Talbot is to drive one of the ambulances for the Harjes unit of the French service Mrs. Talbot will do Red Cross work in Paris. The child of another of Mrs. Mont gomery's daughters. Mrs. Lewis Fris- sell, has been ill -with typhoid fever. but la now convalescing. Jlias Louise Burreii, who wa in New a part unlike any she has ever done, and undertaken, it. is said, to show the puono mat she Is not a one-part act ress. Miss Taylor, who some years ago was a member of the Empire Stock Company, of Portland, is a great fa vorite wun -New York audiences and s assured or a loyal following when ever she does anything here. In this play, which is a drama of motherhood, she plays the role of the mother of a. la-year-oia boy and the storv in her struggle to rescue him from the wiles of a woman of the underworld, with wnom ne fancies himself in love and. wishes to marry. Among the first nighters were Ben Teal, Miss Blanche Bates and Dr. Louis Anspacher. ray cainter. formerly of the Baker Stock Company and last year with the rrincess Players, of Des Moines. Iowa, has made one of the dramatic sue- -cesses of this season in a play by Grant Stuart and Robert Baker, called "Arms and the Girl." Miss Flora Stern, of San F a niece of Mrs. M. Flelschner and of mrs. A. Hexter, has just made a suc cessful debut on the vaudeville stage. Miss Stern play3, sings and is excep tionally talented. She and her mother. Mrs. E. Stern, are at the Hotel Wni. cott. Hugh Dillmaii. formeriv in Portland with the Baker. Stock, is the juvenile in me aii-star cast of the Faversham production of Shaw's "Gettinz- Mar ried" and is giving & delightful pre- aeniauon ox me roie. Michio Ito. producer and director f the Japanese play, "Bushldo," which has created the sensation of the vear on the repertoire bill of the Washing. ton square Players, gave his first re cital in America of original character dances at the Comedy Theater on Wednesday afternoon. He was ossiistrrl by Tulle Lindahl. a Dane. Madame Sarah Bernhardt, who com menced a world tour here on Monday at the Empire Theater, has 20 or more plays and playlets to select her pro grammes from, among them a tragedy, "The Holocaust." by her son. Maurice Bernhardt, and Rene Clarance. "From tne stage to the Field of Honor," by an officer at the French front; "Jeanne d'Arc" and a romantic drama by Jean de Letraz, entitled "Opium Ashes." Some of the plays will be given in Eng lish. The hotels are so overcrowded that numbers of persons desiring to live in Manhattan have been compelled to take roms in adjoining cities, such as Jersey City, Newark and even as far away as Philadelphia. All the large hotels have turned every extra room into sleeping accommodations. Tickets for theatrical and musical en tertainments must be reserved weeks in advance. In fact. New York is in the throes of the most . gigantic growing pains any cits in the world has eves experienced. .... This year, as last, most of the big en tertainments being given have social service as'the key note. Thus far the largest and most elaborate of these was the "Ten Allies" ball, held in Madi son Square Garden. November 28. The entire expense of the affair, which Was enormous, was defrayed in advance by individuals. The scheme of decora tion was Oriental, and consisted of Indian cities. Indian gardens, bazaars and other exotic effects, with jugglers, snake charmers and magicians adding color to the scene. Apart from tils. there was much entertaining of a more modern character, including all the best known professional dancers. A decided novelty was a series of tab leaux staged in the different boxes, in various parts of the house, and named after the countries- of the allies. Ma dame Sarai Bernhardt. Yvette Guilbert and other artiste were in the French box; Lina Cavalieri, Enrico Caruso Amato and Scotti in the Italian one: Madame Alice Verlet, Eugene Ysaye in the one for Belgium; Ma dame Nazimova and Anna Pav- lowa representing Russia, and Lady Colebrooke, Madame Alda, Harold Bauer and Percy Grainger, England. The money obtained, well into the thousands, is to be used for the gener al relief of distress in the countries of the entente. Walter Wanger. a con of the late S. Feun'it-Wanger, who lived in Portland for many years, had the di rection of the entertainment. - A philanthropy in which Portland will be much interested is t"ie "Child Adoption Bureau" of the Free Syna gogue, which Mrs. Stephen S. Wise or ganized, and of which she Is president. Though less than a year in existence, there is already a large members'.iip. and an annual fund of $3000, which it is planned to increase to $5000 before the first of the year. So far. the so ciety has placed 16 absolutely home less babes in loving homes, and more than 25 others jire being cared for at present in private homes in tlie coun try, one baby to a home, until they are old enough, or in proper condition, for adoption. The Drama League of America has sent an invitation, signed by many Americans, high in literature and the arts, to George Bernard Shaw in an effort o induce him to give a series of lectures throughout the United States. A syndicate, headed by Georpe H. Bren nan, has undertaken to finance the tour. If Mr. Shaw is found in a re ceptive mood, it is hoped to have the first lecture before Christmas; the place probably to be Carnegie Hall, in this ity. Another of the activities of the jtCeaaludsd oa C&ge 4, Column S.i. i