The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 21, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Page 3, Image 59

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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 191?..
PLACES AND PERSONS FIGURING IN NEWS ARE PICTURED
. ' Florida Gets Winter Tourists Who Usually Go Abroad Ruin of War Is Seen Over Vast Territory in Europe. ,
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WINTER excursionists cut off from
Switzerland. Egypt. Algeria and
Spain are flocking to Florida
and It will have a record list of visitors
this year. One of the wonders which
Florida boasts is the concrete railroad
Ibuilt over the coral reefs which form
the Florida Keys and lead to Key West
on the way to Havana.
The ruin of war is seen on the west
ern front where a road is flanked by
srhastly -stumps and shattered remains
of what were once trees. The fields
on all sides are covered with heaps and
mounds of wrecked houses, torn fences,
and debris of all sorts.
Twelve husky young police rookies
are undergoing a series of diet tests to
determine a way for reducing the cost
of living. The men are probationary
members of the New York police de
partment. The test is'being made in an
effort to find a way iri'-which the aver
age family may mak a dollar go fur
ther than it does at the present time.
The men have pledged themselves not
to eat between meals. The first meal
for the 12 men, roughly estimated,
cost 1.20. ,
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has bought
the Billings estate and adjoining prop
erty to the extent of 67 acres in all and
it is reported that he will present the
whole to the city of New York for a
public park. The Billings house was
built by the millionaire horseman. C. K.
O. Billings, on the highest point of land
in New York City, Fort Washington
Heights, overlooking the Hudson River.
The approach was built from Riverside
Drive only two years ago at a cost of
250,000. Mr. Rockefeller is said to have
paid 15.000,000 for this and the adjoin
ing property. If not presented to the
city, it Is said it may be made a re
stricted residence section.
It is reported that the Lloyd George
administration proposes to have British
merchant ships make Halifax instead
of New York their western port, be
cause of the shorter route and the
. greater ease in guarding the ships fn
transit. Halifax is the chief city of
Nova Scotia and has one of the finest
Harbors on the Atlantic.
Sidney D. Farrar. father of Geraldlne
Farrar. was once first baseman on the
Philadelphia Nationals. Sidney Farrar
followed a variety of occupations be
fore he became widely known as the
parent of America's most famous opera
singer. He was for ten years a member
of the old Philadelphia Nationals and
could pull down flies and pick up can
nonball grounders as quickly as any
man on the diamond.
Canadian women war workers, are
adopting the practical overall costume,
following the lead - of their American
cousins. Women in Canada are more
and mo.e taking the place of men in
many of the munition factories where
It is found difficult to keep anywhere
near the full staff owing to the num
ber of men who join the army and are
sent overseas. ;
The Kaiser received his troops at
Verdun while peace overtures were
made by Germany. Little has been
heard of the Kaiser's activities during
the past few months, but he is still
visiting the different, fronts, instilling
new vigor and courage In the troops.
TWO NEW YORK AUTOMOBILE
SHOWS CENTER OF INTEREST
(Continued From First Pe.)
Leon Hall,- has been appearing in
playlet called "A House of Cards" at
the Palace Vaudeville this past week.
, The first step toward establishing
community drama' centers was taken
at the beginning of the new year, when
two of the five planned in the five
boroughs of Manhattan were Initi
ated. There are four courses, dra
matic, folk dancing, morris dancing
and classic dancing. .
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Two of the society leaders of the
metropolis gave large dances on the
same night of this week. Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt 'gave a dinner,
followed by dancing, at their home. No.
677 Fifth avenue, for their daughter
and son, which was the last of a series
of reunions the younger set have had,
during their midwinter vacation. The
dinner was for 80 sub-debutantes and
young men. not yet out of college, and
these were Joined later by an. equal
number for the dancing and late sup
per. The other dance was that which Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent Astor gave for Hiss
Alice Huntington, the debutante sister
of the hostess. This was the first large
affair given In the Astor home, at No.
840 Fifth avenue, in over 10 years. The
original 400 of New York society must
have increased with the passing years,
for there were 1000 invitations to this
latest dance. In addition to the dan
cing there was bridge playing for
those who preferred that diversion ana
the midnight supper was served at
small tables.
An engagement recently announced
In this city which will be of local in
terest is that of Miss Margaret Nich
ols, daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Will
lam Ford Nichols, of San Francisco.
Mies Nichols made her debut three
years ago In the Bay City. Her fiance
is Edward Clark. Jr., whose father is
president of the Homestake Mining
Company and active in the manage
ment of the Haggln estate. A number
of prominent Californians sojourning
in New York were present at the din
ner when the announcement was made,
among them J. Le Roy Nickel. Jr., the
Misses Kate and Marion Crocker, Em
ily Pope and Henry J. Crocker, Jr.
One of the quite up-to-the-minute
ideas which will characterize the- pro
gramme, of the Junior League enter
tainment will be called "After Zuloa
ga" and will be a dance number in
spired by the paintings of the artist of
that name. Mrs. C. C. Ramsey, who
was then Miss Mary Harriman, found
ed the Junior League 15 years ago. At
that time it consisted of but a small
group of debutantes, who acted a little
play and gave the receipts, a few hun
dred dollars, to charity. From that
small beginning has sprung the pres
ent nne organization, with a member
ship of nearly 800 and an annually dis
bursed social service fund of over $35,
Among the Oregonlans at the Sunday
reception given by Miss Emilie Frances
Bauer were Mrs. S. Z. Mitchell, Miss
Constance Piper, Miss Myrtle Gram
Mr. and Mrs. Max Fleishner. Mrs. Henrv
Metzger, Mrs. Kate Lawlor, Mrs. Edna
Irvine, Mrs. Henry Haussman, Miss
Margery Haussman, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Schwab, Mrs. Delphine Marx, Dr. Gus
tav Baar.
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Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Colgate, the lat
ter a sister of Sherman Hall, enter
tatned for the Halls with a theater
party on Friday night of the past week.
Miss Mary E. Squire, of Portland. Or,
and Charles L. Tolford. of Portland,
Ale., were married at Old Trinity
DUBLIN, Dec 10. Owing to the In
crease in cost of production the Cork
Free Press, Cork, has suspended publi
cation. It was the official organ of
the All-for-lreland League, in which
William O'Brien. M. P.; Lord Dun
raven and other prominent politicians
were interested. It was established In
110 and had a large circulation in the
South of Ireland.
Church on New Year's day. Rev. Father
Hill was the officiating-clergyman.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hall, who
have been visiting here with Mr. Hall's
sister. Mrs. Gilbert Colgate, left for
Portland on Sunday. The Halls spent
the holidays in Washington with Mrs.
H. P. Fairbanks (Frances Lewis.) On
the Wednesday before they left New
York, Mr. and Mrs. Hall gave a theater
party to a group of relatives and
friends, to see "Little Lady in Blue,"
In which Frances Starr Is being fea
tured under the Belasco management.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard Barbey
have taken a cottage, "Keewaydinn,"
at Palm Beach, Florida, for the season.
Wilfrid Gibson, the famous English
poet, author of "Fire." "Battle," "Daily
Bread," "Womenkind" and other won
derful poems, arrived in America dur
ing the week, and Is the guest of . Rev.
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, at their
residence, 23 West Ninetieth street..
Dr. and Mrs. Lewis F. Frissell were
members of a family group assembled
at Newport over the New Year festivi
ties. Others in the party were Mrs. J.
B. Montgomery, Captain and Mrs Rufus
Zogbaum "and Miss Louise Burrelh
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J. D. Sherwood, of Spokane, joined
Mrs. Sherwood at the Vanderbilt Hotel
during the early days of the month.
Later the Sherwoods wfll go South for
a few weeks.
Mrs. L. Fleishman, of San Francisco,
who is passing the Winter at the Hotel
-Gotham, entertained Thursday, with a
matinee and tea at the Ritz-Carlton.
for a number of girls from the West,
who are in the metropolis. Miss Jean
nette Brandenstein, of San Francisco;
Miss Margery Haussman, of Portland,
and Miss Beatrice Wanger were among
the guests.
Mrs. Arthur Mlnott has arrived in
New York and iaat the Hotel Biltmore.
Miss Dorothy 'Collins -who is a stu
dent at Wellesley College, has been
visiting friends in Washington. D. C.
Mrs. CharUs Rosenfeld and Miss Del
phine Rosenfeld expect to leave this
city for their home in the West about
the end of this month. Miss Rosenfeld
has registered for Smith College, and
will enter this coming Fall.
A. D. Browne, of Portland, Is at the
Hotel Astor. " -
A little "buy-your-home-paper" news
stand at Forty-third street and Broad
way is often the unexpected meeting
place of out-of-town visitors from the
stme city. A few days ago I ' heard
someone asking for The Oregonian, and
discovered it-ato be O. H.Fithian,. who.
with his son "Bob," is passing a few
weeks in New York. 1 -:
Mrs. Otto Goldsmith Is convalescing
splendidly from a recent attack of
typhoid fever, and Has returned to her
home, from the hospital in Stanford,
Connecticut, where she waa for several
weeks.
Henry P. Fairbanks, of Washington.
D. C, was at the Hotel Belmont for
several days this past week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. i W. Gilson, of Port
land, are at the Manhattan Hotel, as
are also John W. Hill and J. N. Parker.
Mrs. Isom White and Miss Edith
Nanz will remain at the Hotel Bilt
more until about February 3, when
they plan to go to Palm Beach for a
short stay. Mrs. White Vill sail March
20 for an extensive touj of the Orient.
O. H. Fithian. who il at the Hotel
McAlpin, entertained number of
Portlanders at dinner, ahen to see
"Captain Kldd, Jr" anr afterwards at
supper. Those partying of Mr.
Fithian's hospitality ere the Misses
Myrtle Gram, Constanse Piper, and the
Messrs. Bob Flthian 'and Jake Proeb
stel. Mrs. Flthian and her sister, who
were here for a lew days, have gone on
a trip to Bermuda. v -. ,
Miss Agues Beach who has been vis
iting her sister, Mrs. Graham Mitchell,
at her home. 620 West One Hundred
and Twenty-fourth street, left Monday
for Portland.
Mrs. Maurice Blum (Josie Jacobs),
who was born and raised in Portland,
will give a luncheon Wednesday for a
group of friends from her native state,
who are in the metropolis at present.
Miss Margaret Porter, who Is East
at school, passed the midwinter va
cation at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, in
this city. .
Dr. Gustav Baar is registered at the
Hotel Plaza. ,
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Miss Margaret Montague, assistant
professor of psychology at Vassar Col-
lege, has been visiting friends on Long
Island for the last two weeks, and Is
now staying with Miss Myrtle Gram, at
her apartment on Madison avenue. Miss
Gram is studying vocal music with
Byford Ryan. Miss Leah Cohen, another
pupil of Mr. Ryansi Is winning most
flattering recognition for the beauty of
her voice and her earnest application
to her work, and much Is hoped for her
musical future.
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Mr. Thompson, the optician, who has
been In New York at the Hotel Bilt
more. has left for Battle Creek. Mich.,
where he will remain for a rest cure,
before returning to his home in Port
land. m ' ' .
G. H. Bishop, of Stillwater. Or, Is
at the Hotel McAlpin.
I. A. Roy, of Oregon, Is at the Hotel
Ansonla.
E. Miller Is" at 1113 Broadway,
i Mrs.. E. C. Shevlln, who has been In
New York for the holidays, plans to
leave shortly for the West.
' Norwegians to Build Auto Plant.
CHRISTIANIA. Dec 20. Plana' are
under way for the erection of an auto
mobile .plant here capable of turning
out about 200 cars . year. This is
about one-fifth of Norway's annual
consumption.
Learn To Prevent
As Well As Heal
Skin Troubles
With Cuticura
Y. M. C. A. WORKING IN WAR
Special Fond for British Work lias
Reached Million Pounds.
LONDON. Dec. 14. Since the. begin
ning of the war the Young Men'. Chris
tion Association has expended on an
average of 1850 pounds sterling a day
for the benefit of soldiers and war
workers. Its special war fund has
reached 1.000,000 pounds.
Mr. Yapp, the general secretary, has
just returned to London after spending
several weeks in France.
"The Red Triangle," said Mr. Yapp,
"now is to be seen along the whole line
of the British armies at the front jn
France, and at each of the big bases
there are from 20 to 30 huts. In the
foremost positions we have opened buf
Vt3. some of them in the ruins of
shell-wrecked houses
"Women have done noble work for
us in France, much of it entirely at
their own expense. Throughout France
between 300 and 400 of them are help
ing the Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation. Social distinctions are not rec
ognized by them. They are all doing
their 'bit.' Is a hut used by mud-
How much be'tter to prevent
skin suffering by using Cuticura
lor every - day
toilet purposes,
the Soap to
cleanse and
purify the
pores, 'with
touches of Oint
ment now and
then as needed
to soothe and
heal the first
signs of ec
zemas, rashes,
dandruff and
pimples. You
will use no
other once you try them.
SAMPLES FREE
Address post-card: "Cnticura, Dept.
27, Boston." Forsale by your drujjist.
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