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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 9, 197.
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UPON hearing: of the sickness
among the Oregon troops at Camp
Mills, coupled with the reports of
the severe weather, the state chairman
of public health of the Oregon Feder
ation of Women's Clubs made special
efforts about two weeks ago to col
lect and send off another $100 for the
hospital fund.
Yesterday she received a letter from
the chief medical officer In which he
said:
"Your good letter with lnclosure of
1100 reached me at sick call and I
Immediately came to my tent to enter
the amount upon my council book and
read your letter, and I must say it
broifght tears to my eyes while I sat
by the little old coal oil stove and en
deavored to keep warm. The coldness
of the weather was more likely the
prime factor In my breaking down, but
I had just been attempting to make
those poor, nearly frozen boys, with
colds and cfeughs. feel better. The tem
perature both yesterday and Sunday
was about 20 above zero and the men
are living under canvas, with wood
very hard to get and difficult to chop
hickory). Understand, however, we
are not complaining." '
The letter goes on to say that out
of previous money sent a large box of
drugs that could not be procured by
the Army on account of high prices
and impossible to get at any price in
France had been bought and were al
ready packed to take along to France.
The letter concludes by saying: "The
ambulance (bought for the Third Ore
gon by the people of the state) has
not arrived, but we are expecting It at
most any moment, and we have needed
It everywhere, particularly here. The
division surgeon has ruled that we may
use it for our own sick and wounded,
which will be some consolation, and
such an Improvement, too, over the
little car which Is used nearly alto
gether in this frigid camp."
After reading the account given by i
Mr. Malarkey upon his return 'from
Camp Mills, in which he spoke of "no
permanent buildings, the camp flat
and open to the wintry winds, wet all
Winter from rain and frost, and no
floors in the tents," etc, the state
chairman of public health says: "It
fills me with joy and thankfulness to
know that the Oregon clubwomen have
been able to contribute even the
small sum toward the comfort of the
sick Oregon soldiers. If they could
only realize how much It is needed
now and how much more It will be
needed when they get to France, their
generosity would know no bounds. This
last $100 has almost exhausted the fund
and, of course, the good ( work must
stop If the supply fails."
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The Sumner Woman's Relief Corps
held their annual election of officers
recently, Mrs. Harriette Hendee was re
elected president, Mrs. Anna Gardner
senior vice-president, Mrs. Fannie Lamb
junior vice-president. Miss Jessie Hen
derson treasurer, Mrs. Hannah McMa
hon chaplain. Miss Alice Agnew con
ductor, and Mrs. Anna Young guard.
The Portland Woman's Social Sci
ence Club held Its regular meeting
Tuesday in room A of the Central Li
brary. Mrs. C. B. Simmons, president
of the Portland Woman's Club, ex
plained the organization of the city
federation of women's clubs. Dr. Flor
ence Manion addressed the club in be
half of the medical women's hospital
and Mrs. Mary Martin, of the Red
Cross Society, gave instructions in
knitting. The club will meet Tuesday
at Meier & Frank's for Red Cross sew
ing. Miss Mae Ross, vocalist; Miss Beula
Clark and Mrs. Gene Knight, former
active members of the Monday Musical
Club, are appearing in "Six Symphony
Belles" at the Hippodrome thi3 week.
The club will honor them with a. line
party on one evening of the week.
The club year book is out and copies
were distributed last Monday to all
members.
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The Montessori Association will meet
Monday evening at the home of Mrs.
Willis Hargreaves, 3123 Fifty-fifth
street.
The Franklin High School Parent
Teacher Association held a special
meeting Tuesday night and voted to
join the city federation of woman's
clubs. Mrs. E. H. Frazell gave a talk
on pure literature.
The regular meeting of the asso
ciation will be held on Tuesday even
ing and a good programme has been
arranged.
The Lavender Club, Branch 1, consist
ing of women whose ages are not less
than 50 years, held their regular fort
nightly meeting at the East Side Li
brary on December 7.
At this meeting the annual election
was held and the following officers
were elected: Mrs. R. Ross, president;
Mrs. William Duncan, vice-president;
Mrs. T. Thrall, secretary, and Mrs. C.
. Mellen, treasurer.
Arrangements have been made where
by the headquarters of the Bast Side
Business Men's Club has been secured
for future meetings, where more prep
ations for entertainment of the mem
bers of the club can be consummated.
The next meeting will be held there
on December 21 at 2 o'clock.
Montavilla Parent-Teacher Circle
held Its regular monthly meeting last
Tuesday. Mrs. Chapman save an in
teresting talk on the proposed city
federation of clubs and of the dental
Inspection in the schools. This was fol
lowed by.a discussion, the members by
vote indorsing both. Refreshments were
served.
The Willamette Chapter, D. A. R.,
will hold Its December meeting
Wednesday at 2:30 o'clock at the Cen
tral Library.
The Coterie met last Wednesday at
Mrs. C. J. Allen's home. Albert Gil
lette, of the University of Orearon. sang
the requiem, with Mrs. G. F. Alexander
accompanying. Mrs. Gus C. Moser
read an instructive paper on. "Treaty
of Berlin and Its Effects."
A luncheon was served by Mrs. Rob
ert Berger, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Alex
ander. Bandage rolling was continued
In the afternoon, when the women were
entertained with two solos by Mrs. Ella
Hobart Tripp and some delightful
leadings by Mrs. Helen Miller Senn
Mr. Reidt told of the work being done
lor the comfort of the Oregon boys,
At the Y. W. C. A. vesper service
today at 4:30, Miss Ida May DeWltt.
superintendent of the Portland Indus
trial Center, will tell of her work there,
Mrs. George W. Lilly will preside. Mu
etc will be furnished by Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Hamilton. All girls invited. So
cial hour, 5:30.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the First Presbyterian Church will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. The pro
gramme will be a review of Mary Sles
ser, of Calabar, by Mrs. K. P. Geary,
and "Africa's Missionary Tale." by Mrs,
B. A. Thaxter. ' The devotionals will be
led by Mrs. Fletcher Linn, and a solo
will be sung by Mrs. Jane Burns Albert.
The hostess is Mrs. E. J. Swindells,
With all its other activities the
Woman's Christian Temperance. Union
has contributed many articles to the
Allied Bazaar and also helped in the
preparation of the booths.
The Mount Scott Union Is preparing
Ac interesting programme for Crusade
day, Tuesday, December 11. A, history
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PROMINENT PORTLAND WOMAN
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of the beginning of the- W. C. T. U.
will be given in an address by a special
speaker. The Arleta Union will hold
ts regular meeting at the Cottage,
Sixty-fifth street, near Arleta Station.
This will be an all-day meeting, the
members working for the Albertina
Kerr baby home, knitting and other
patriotic work. While the work is be-
ng done a short programme will be
given. Mrs. Neal B. Inman will talk on
the topic, "Love the Foundation," and
Mrs. Frances Swope will speak of the
any work or the w. c '1. u.; topic.
Crusading Yesterday and Today."
The Albina Union will observe Cru
sade day.
The Woman's Pennsylvania Club will
meet at the home of the president, Mrs.
C. L. Fisher, 1230 East Tenth street
North, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Sarah Evans will give a talk on
her home town. Mrs. Fisher will be
assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth Fleishman
and Mrs. Hall.
On Wednesday the Ladles' Aid Soci
ety of the First Congregational Church
will hold an at home from 2 until 5
o'clock. Aprons, hand-made pillow
slips, liberty cake, fruits and Jams will
be on sale. At 3 o'clock there will be
a musical programme, which will in
clude solos by Eloise Anita Hall and
Mitylene Fraker Stites. The accom
panists are Mrs. M. M. Hall and Miss
Arata Barrett.
The Portland Woman's Club will cel
ebrate- its 22d anniversary by giving a
uncheon at the Multnomah Hotel on
Saturday, December 16. at 12 o'clock.
Mrs. Warren E. Thomas has charge cf
the programme and Mrs. Charles Run
yon is chairman of the luncheon com
mittee. Club members and friends are
invited and all reservations must be
made by Friday, the 14th. Phona Mrs.
Charles Bunyon, East 2124, or Mrs.
Bert Dennison, East 2168.
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Chapter A, P. E. O., will meet to
morrow with Mrs. C. B. Hurtt. 10C7
Burnside street.
The regular monthly meeting of Eliot
Parent-Teachers' Association will be
held Thursday, December 13, at 3:15 P.
M. The following programme will be
given: Christmas songs, by the pupils
of Mrs. Coovert; Spring dance, Char
lotte Doncaster; song. Miss Meta
Brown. A representative from the of
fice of W. B. Ayer, food administrator,
will be the speaker.
The Progressive Women's League will
hold its regular meeting at the Central
Library, room F, Tuesday, December
11, at 8 P. M.
Grade Teachers' Bazaar
Profits $1000.
Association Heam Report of Activ
ities at Monthly llnalnrna Meet
ingMrs. I.ucy I). Hoy r. Former
Treasurer, Made Honorary Mem
ber. THE monthly business meeting of the
Portland. GraSe Teachers', Associa
tion was held Wednesday afternoon. In
Library hall.
Mrs. Lucy D. Hoye. former treasurer
of the association, and an efficient
worker -until stricken by Ill-health, was
made an honorary member of the as
sociation. A report of the success of the grade
teachers' patriotic bazaar was given by
Miss Viola Ortschild, chairman, of the
patriotic committee. Approximately
tiouu has been raised, to be devoted to
patriotic purposes.
Miss Jessie McGregor, president of
tne association, expressed gratification
at the response of the teachers in re
gard to the Red Cross seal sale and. the
patriotic bazaar, and urged that mem
bers interested! in the making of sur
gical dressings for the Red Cross re
port at the workroom in the Lipman
Wolfe building Saturday mornings from
10 to 12 o'clock.
Miss Anna Dudley reported the sue
cess of the French class and stated that
other classes would be formed if there
was sufficient demand.
The Coterie haa rolled many bolts of
cloth into bandage during the past
months and aa funds are needed to con
tinue this work for the Third -Oregon
Regiment, an entertainment Is to be
given at the Y. W. C. A. auditorium
Tuesday evening, December 11, at 8
o'clock, at which a silver offering will
be taken.
The programme includes a cantata
sung by Mrs. Ella Hoberg Tripp's
Mignon chorus, fancy dances by Misses
Frances Hanrahan and Helia Berger,
patriotic readings by Agnes Cover and
Melva Brownrigg, as well as other
features.
The Michigan Society met Monday
evening In the assembly room of Hotel
Portland. After the business session
there was a programme and social
time.
Wlnslow-Meade Circle, Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic, will give
a dinner, card party and bazaar. In
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room 625 Courthouse. Monday. Dinner
will be served in cafeteria style from
10:30 A. M. to 2 P. M. Five Hundred
will be played from 2 to 5 ojclock.
During this time home-made articles
will be on display for sale. i
Vernon Circle of the Parent-Teacher
Association held Its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday. Mrs. E. H. Frazell e
gave an address on "Pure Literature."
The circle voted to present the school
with a service flag in honor of the
48 boy graduates of the school who
are now in service.
The Woman's Co-operative League
will have a Jitney" social next
Wednesday night at the clubhouse,
East Tenth and Weldler streets. A
"Jitney" dinner will be served from
6 to 7:30 and an entertainment will
be given until 8:30. The evening will
be spent In cards and dancing.
The Mothers' and Teachers' Club of
Peninsula will meet Tuesday at 2:30
o'clock at the schoolhouse. Miss Ruth
Crocker will speak on "Good Books"
and books for Christmas time. On
Wednesday there . will be an exhibit
at the Library of Christmas books and
books for Sunday school workers.
The regular monthly meeting of
Highland Parent-Teacher Association
will be held in the sewing-room of the
domestic science building Friday at 3
P. M. Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar will be
the speaker and her subject will be
"The Organized Campaign Against Tu
berculosis." The Woodlawn Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will hold its regular meeting
at 2:4o P. M. Tuesday. Professor Doug
las, of Reed College, will speak on
"Sociology." Mrs. Sarah Edwards
Evans will give a solo.
The Woman's Club will - have two
speakers at their meeting Friday aft
ernoon. Rev. John H. Boyd will give
his leoture on the war and A. R. Gep
hart, general secretary of the Public
Welfare Bureau, will give some phases
of modern philanthropy.
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The Mayflower Club met Monday
evening at the Portland Hotel. Fol
lowing the business session Mrs. L. W.
Owen addressed the club. The next
regular meeting will be held Monday
night, December 17, at the Portland
Hotel, at which A. R. Gephart, of the
Portland Welfare Association, will ad
dress the club.
The board of directors of the General
Federation of Women's Clubs will con
vene Tuesday, January 22, 1918, at 9:30
A. M., to continue in session through
Thursday, January 24, at The Home
stead. Hot Springs, Va.
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Clinton Kelly Parent-Teacher Circle
will meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:30.
Pupils of Miss Jessie Johnson's and
Miss Mabel Peterson's rooms will sing
some Christmas songs. Mrs. Quigley
will give a report of the convention at
Eugene.
Mrs. E. H. Frazelle's talk will be
on pure literature. After the business
meeting refreshments will be served
and a social hour enjoyed, so members
may "become acquainted.
The Meier & Frank Sewing Club
met Tuesday afternoon in the Dutch
room. A talk on texture and quality
of laces was given. The meeting for
Tuesday will be called at 3 P. M.
The Illinois State Society will hold
Its regular monthly meeting Tuesday
evening In the assembly room of Hotel
Portland.
The Monday Night Literature Club
of the First Presbyterian Church will
meet at the church at 7:45 o'clock.
Helen Miller Senn will give two plays
by J. M. Barry, "Pantaloon" and "Rosa
lind."
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The Alberta Woman's Improvement
Club will meet Thursday at the home
of Mrs. F. E. Hurt, 263 East Twenty
seventh street North, at 3 o'clock. A
full attendance is desired, as the ques
tion of Joining a central body of wom
en s organizations will be considered.
Women of the community wanting to
learn to knit are invited to come or
send in their names and addresses.
The Terwilllger Parent-Teacher Cir
cle will hold its regular meeting Tues
day afternoon at 3:15 o'clock at the
schoolhouse. The following programme
will be given by pupils of the third
grade: Song, "Flag of the Free," 14
boys; recitation, "Who Santa Claus
Was," Ion a Powers; song, "Long Boy,"
Lloyd Barker; song, "Cradle Song," 12
girls; address by Mrs. Blumauer. A
Snort business meeting will follow.
The President's' Club luncheon will
be Wednesday In the Y. W. C. A. This
will be an open meeting to all acting
club presidents.
S. B. Huston will address the meet
ing on "Woman's Property Rights in
Oregon." For reservations call Mrs.
G. H. Horton, Sellwood 610.
The State Woman's Press Club met
Wednesday evening in room A of the
Central Library. Mrs. L. B. Bartlett
presided in. the absence of Mrs. L. F.
Additon, who Is in Washington. D. C.
The programme was much enjoyed.
Mrs. Agnes M. Lawson spoke on "The
Spiritual Interpretation of Dante's Di
vine Comedy." Miss Eleanor Baldwin
gave a review of "The Food Oamblers."
a motion picture play. Professor Roy
Marion Wheeler played two piano se
lections. The meeting adjourned with
the singing of "America" by the club.
WASHINGTON, Dec 8. The state
ment of Mrs. James W. Wadsworth,
wife of the Senator from New York,
that woman suffrage carried in New
York by the pro-German, pacifist and
Socialist votes. was greeted with
amusement at National Suffrage head
quarters. In Washington, where active
preparations for the Federal woman
suffrage amendment campaign in the
coming session of Congress are occupy
ing a large staff of enthuslastio and
sanguine workers.
"Recently the House of Commons of
Great Britain vote unanimously to
extend the franchise to British women,"
commented Mrs. Maud Wood Park, Con
gressional chairman for the National
Woman Suffrage Association. "I sup
pose Mrs. Wadsworth thinks that was
due to the pro-German sentiment in
the British Parliament.
"But Mrs. Wadsworth Is unfair to our
own great political leaders," continued
Mrs. Park. "President Wilson, for him
self and as leader of the Democratic
party, asked the men of New York to
vote for suffrage. So did Secretary
McAdoo. Was it their influence that
won pro-German and pacifist and So
cialist votes 7"
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The Gearhart Club of the Y. W. C. A.
will give a Christmas party on Friday,
December 21, in the Y. W. auditorium
at 8:30 o'clock. A fine programme has
been prepared. Including a short play,
special music and .readings, after which
a social time will be had. The members
of the club extend a cordial invitation
to all friends of the Y. W. C. A. to
attend this party.
Chairmen of committees of the Port
land Council of Jewish Women are:
Neighborhood House, Mrs. S. M. Blu
mauer; religion, Mrs. Ben Selling; re
ligious schools, Mrs. Julius Goldsmith;
immigrant aid. Mrs. J. D. Dautoff; so
cial, Mrs. B. Neustadter; civic, Mrs. S.
Dilsheimer; peace, Mrs. S. W. Herrman:
calendar, Mrs. George Loewenson; em
ployment. Miss T. Rose Goodman; me
moriam, Mrs. Max S. Hlrsch; social
service, Mrs. William Bloch; press, Mrs.
William H. Ehrman; education, Mrs.
Isidore Koshland; membership, Mrs.
Solomon Baum; travelers' aid. Mrs. Max
S. Hirsch and Mrs. J. D. Dautoff; friend
ly visiting, Mrs. Samuel Boyer.
The following officers were elected at
the triennial of the National Council of
Jewish Women held in Chicago last
month: President, Mrs. Nathaniel Hat
rls. Bradford, Pa.; vice-president. Miss
Kos Brenner. Brooklyn. N. Y.: execu
tive secretary, Mrs. Ernestine Dreyfus,
Kansas City, Mo.; recording secretary,
Miss Grace Goldstein, Dallas. Tex.;
treasurer, Mrs. L. Stern. Terre Haute,
Ind.; directors, Mrs. Leo Hertz. New
Haven, Conn.; Mrs. Constance Sparberg.
New York; Mrs. L. Schwartz, Nashville,
renn.; Mrs. D. Metzger, Minneapolis,
Minn. ; Mrs. s. M. Blumauer, Portland,
Or.
Miss Myrtle Jacobsen was presented
in a recital by Mrs. C. M. Kiggins Tues
day evening in the auditorium of the
First Christian Church, where she
gave a number of dramatic readings.
Miss Jacobsen was assisted by Miss
Vivian De Lory, violinist. Miss Edna
Anderson and Miss Helen at the piano.
Miss Jacobsen will appear on the
Coterie programme next Tuesday at the
Y. M. C. A. auditorium.
The alumni of the Benson Polytech
nlc School will meet Thursday evening
at 8 P. M. "in the story-hour room, of
the Central Library, first floor.
AMANDA REED ASSOCIATION AT REED COLLEGE
IS BODY OF BROAD-GAUGED PHILANTHROPY
Organization's Mission Is to Bring All Women Students Together in One Common Purpose Social Service and
War Work Receive Special Attention.
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TO BE always busy and cheerful is
a trait of the Reed College girl
and the principle of the Amanda
Reed Association, an organization that
is doing a real .work in Portland as
well as In its own surroundings. At
the beginning of the third year of Reed
College, in 1913, a need was felt for a
big. demo?4jic organization that would
bring all of the women students of the
college together in one common pur
pose, so the Amanda Reed Association
came Into existence and was named in
honor of the founder of Reed Institute,
Mrs. Simeon G. Reed.
The membership of the association
Includes all of the women students.
It is an unit working system, divided
into many different groups, to carry
out successfully the various activities.
All work Is performed in a quiet but
efficient manner, with not only enthu
siasm but a serious earnestness of pur
pose. Freshmen Receive Welcome.
The junior sister plan is a feature
Just adopted this year and provides a
warm welcome for every freshman girl.
Before college opened, each new girl
received a friendly and chummy sort
of letter from her Junior sister, that
did away with first formalities and
established an acquaintance at once.
Then, on the opening day, the Junior
sister was fight on hand to smooth out
all of the perplexities of registration
and see that college routine was started
right. This is really such a pleasant
form of initiation that it has proved a
popular success.
In four years the association has grown
to cover a wide field of endeavor. It
is divided into two broad civic and Na
tional departments, to Include numer
ous forms of social service, educational
activities and war work. The officers,
who are elected at the same time as
the student council, are as follows:
Gertrude Hyatt, president; Ella Gunder
son, vice-president; Emma Thompson,
secretary, and Frances Greenburg.
treasurer. To assist the officers and
WomenS Patriotic Service
By Edith Knight Holmes
THESE are the days when women
are taking their place as co
workers in patriotic service. They
are giving their eons, their money.
their time and their best efforts. The
woman who isn't doing her part is so
thoroughly in the background that no
one can stop to pay her any attention.
One of the innovations of the pres
ent war has been the work done by
women for the soldiers In the training
camps. Of this work none is more
important than the establishment of
the hostess houses or homelike places
in which the soldier Is given a chance
to feel that home is near and good
women are near and that life has its
refinements and its good influences in
camp. In these hostess houses, found
ed by the war work council of the
Y. W. C. A., co-operating with the War
Department, soldiers have a place
where they can meet their mothers,
wives, sisters, sweethearts and others
who call at the camp. In the hostess
houses they find an information bu
reau and a friendly greeting. It's
worth a lot to the lads away from
home and many of them are only boys
and this Is their first severing of home
ties.
In Camp Lewis there is a fine hostess
house. 185 feet long, well equipped and
well managed. In Vancouver, Wash.,
the Y. W. C. A. committee rented a
large residence and fitted it up as a
clubhouse and It Is proving a great
blessing to the young people who are
in the barracks and town.
At Bremerton the association coun
cil has a girls' club, greatly needed
because there are so many girls em
ployed in the offices there now.
Among the local organizations a
large number of women are doing Red
Cross work. Truly, their efforts have
been splendid and have been officially
carried to success.
Among the organizations that has
done a large share for the boys of the
beloved "Old Third Oregon" is the
Coterie that has made Just "stacks" of
bandages and other articles for the
boys. And now to gather funds to con
tinue their work, the Coterie is plan
ning to give an entertainment Tuesday
night in the auditorium of the Y. M.
C. A.
The programme will be replete with
attractions. For instance, Mrs. Ella
Hoberg Tripp will have her Mignon
chorus there to. sing a cantata. Ruth
Heinrichs will be accompanist and Gil
bert H. Charters soloist. This will be
part one of the programme, and then
will come, a Spanish dance by Miss
Helia Berger, accompanied by Mrs.
Robert Berger, and the chorus will sing
"The Sweet o' the Year" and a Spanish
romance.
Melba Brownrigg, a gifted young
girl, will read "I'm a Regular Daughter
of Uncle Sam," with musical accom
paniment by Elvira Anderson. The
trio, Mrs. Tripp, Mr. Charters and
Ernest P. Town, will sing "When the
Boys Come Home" and Miss Myrtle
Jacobson will read an appropriate se
lection. Little Frances Hanrahan, that
spritelike, attractive little dancer, will
present as a solo dance "Liberty." Mrs.
L. Loomis will play the acocmpanl
ment. Other numbers will be a patriotic
reading, "The Song of the American
Eagle" by Miss Agnes Cover; vocal
music by Mrs. Tripp's pupils: violin
solos by pupils of Walter 'Bacon and
readings by young people instructed
and coached by Mrs. C. M. Kiggins.
The meeting is free but there will be
a silver offering for the boys.
The Portland Woman's Club Is con-
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direct the work of the committees a
cabinet is appointed. The members in
charge of the departments are: Civics
and National, Dorothy Poor; Bible work.
Louise Kennedy, and. social service,
Wilmoth Osborne.
War Work Is Important.
The most important feature of plans
for the present year is the war work
programme. A great number of the
members are interested in Red Cross
service, and groups of girls meet each
week to do sewing or knitting for the
soldiers. Every available moment they
keep the knitting needles flying, at in
formal social affairs, about the cam
pus, between classes, or whenever the
opportunity offers.
Another group of girls assists every
Saturday afternoon at the Central Li
brary with the war library work for
the soldiers. They assort the maga
zines and arrange them into scrap
books. Many of the girls think this
the most fascinating of all of the pa
triotic activities, and, with the ap
proach of Christmas, this work Is espe
cially busy and interesting.
An active part in Hoover pledge-card
week was taken by the Reed College
girls, who "Hooverized" all of that sec
tion of the city Included In the district
from the river to Fifty-second street,
and from Holgate to the city limits.
As a result of the campaign 2155 food
pledges were signed, out of 2307 bouses
visited, or 93.4 per cent. Considering
the number of foreigners in the dis
trict, the percentage is regarded as
very good. The lieutenants having
charge of the campaign were: Misses
Chuinard, Herron, Hollenbeck, Howes,
Huntley, Krlchesky, McGregor, Morey,
K. Piggott, Townsend, F. Wilson, Mrs.
Benyas, Mrs. Horsfall, Mrs. Tomllnson
and Mrs. Taubelle.
Social Service Followed.
The social service division devotes
much time to institutional visiting, es
pecially to the Waverly Baby Home,
where Dr. Bertha Stuart, physical ex
aminer of women, at Reed College, lias
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tinuing its work sewing for the chil
dren of France with Mrs. M. H. Lamond
as chairman. Many dainty and useful
baby dresses and other garments have
been fashioned by loving mother hands
for the little folk who are the unhappy
sufferers from the present war.
The Council of Jewish Women has
an enthusiastic Red Cross unit and Is
doing a vast amount of work each
week.
The First Presbyterian and other
church units are turning out generous
quantities of supplies.
The Oregon Field Artillery Auxiliary
has completed Us arrangements for the
benefit card party and dance to be
held Saturday evening, December 15,
at the Log Cabin Assembly Hall, corner
of Ivy street and Vancouver avenue.
The auxiliary Is working hard to
make this a financial success, as the
funds obtained are to be used for
i established a baby ward and does a
great deal of clinical work. In this
service she is assisted in many ways
by the Amanda Reed girls.
Gymnasium classes, too, have been
organized by the Amanda Reed work
ers, at the Boys' and Girls' Aid So
ciety, People's Institute and Neighbor
hood House. Another is soon to be
started at the Children's Home. One
is also held on Saturday afternoons
at the college gymnasium for the
Woodstock girls.
Story hours Is another diverting form
of the social service activities. These
are most often conducted at the Flower
Day Mission and the Woodstock Li
brary, although various other places
are visited by the story tellers at dif
ferent intervals. The Camp Fire Girls'
division is usder the direction of Miss
Virginia MacKenzle and Miss Elsa Gill,
as guardians. The Dramatic Club has
also attracted many members for study
and production, and the club usually
presents several plays for the public
during the year.
Bible Study Part of Programme.
The' Bible work is a part of the edu
cational branch. The freshman Biblo
study class and the class for the older
students are made Into groups, whicl
meet once a month. Mrs. Paul H
Douglas has charge of the course thin
year. She will discuss "The Develop
ment of Religious Thought" along his
torical lines.
The Amanda Reed Association is not
entirely devoted to work. It is the In.
splration for many pleasant social af
fairs, and at the beginning of the col
lege year a big party and supper for
all of the girls is held. The event in
for the girls exclusively, and on these
occasions the men students dine alon'
in the big dining-room and serve their
own meals, while the girls have a feasl.
in the cafeteria, followed by an hour
or so of amusing and highly interesting
stunts that are kept a mystery by the
organization. The evening is spent in
dancing.
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Christmss cheer for batteries A and B.
147th Field Artillery, who are now
stationed at Camp Mills in New York.
The auxiliary of Field Hospital Com
pany C will hold its regular weekly
meeting at the Library "Story-Hour
Room" tomorrow night. Members are
Invited to attend.
The regular meeting of the Oregon
Field Artillery Auxiliary. Batteries A
and B. will be held in the Public Li
brary Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. The
Christmas cheer fund will be discussed
and every member and friend is asked
to be present.
The Woman's Co-Operative League is
to have a mother's auxiliary. The
mothers of the members are requested
to Join this auxiliary. There are good '
times planned for them, and they are
to form a new branch of the league's
Red Cross work, which is needed.
The members of the Broadway W. C.
T. U. will sew for the Red Cross at
their meeting, which will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the -home
of Mrs. W. Scidmore, 246 Clack
amas street.
The Red Cross Auxiliary of the Glen
coe School will meet Thursday from 10
until 4 o'clock.
The Charles Dickens Club met re
cently at the home of Mrs. J. P. Howe.
Meetings are held twice during each
month, and while one member reads a
chapter from Dickens the other mem
bers of the club knit. During the week
several members of the club sold Red
Cross seals. Including Mrs. M. J. Long,
Mrs. J. W. Ethridge, Mrs. H. C. Em
mons, Mrs. Charles Hoge, Mrs. Roy
Meeker. Mrs. R. C. Miller and Mrs.
Frank Smith.
The next meeting will be held on
December 20 at the home of Mrs. Thom
as J. Ryan at 808 Glenn avenue.
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The women of the East Side Baptist
Church organized a Red Cross unit dur
ing the first part of July and they have
met on every Monday since. During
the Summer months they took their
work to Laurelhurst Park for an all
day session, serving a picnic lunch at
noon. They have made dozens of hos
pital bed shirts, shoulder wraps, vari
ous kinds of bandages, pajamas and
socks, scarfs, helmets and sweaters.
A recital was given last month under
the auspices of the auxiliary, in which
several readings wore given by Roberta
Downing, vocal solos by Hazel Mathews
and Miss Ruth Pfaender. On Novem
ber 2fi the members of the auxiliary
! made scrapbooks for the soldiers and
prepared 27 Christmas boxes.
East Side Central W. C. T. U. estab
lished permanent headquarters in the
church parlors of the united Brethren
Church. East Fifteenth and East Mor
rison streets, and will meet there every
Friday afternoon to work for the sol
diers and sailors under the Patriotic
Relief Division of Oregon. The sewing
room is large and light. Complete
equipment in the way of sewing ma
chines, cutting tables, etc., have been
secured. Any woman who can spare
time Friday afternoons is asked to
come and sew1 with East Side Central.
People who are making "housewives"
for the soldiers are requested to bring
them to state W. C. T. U. headquarters,
310 Selling building, by next Tuesday.
It requires 100 more to equip the Ore
gon engineers. The engineers espe
cially requested that the "housewives"
be ready at this time.
The report for the month of Novem
ber for the Vernon Red Cross Auxil
iary is as follows: Work returned. 68
hospital bed shirts, 12 surgeon aprons.
24 shoulder wraps, 10 pillow cases, 6
wash rags, 8 tray cloths, 12 dish towels;
cash turned in, $85.22; two new mem
bers. The auxiliary wishes all the women
in the Vernon district who are inter
ested in Red Cross work to come to the
sewing room, 674 Alberta street,
Wednesday afternoon of each week.
The Lipman & Wolfe Richet Sewing
Club met Wednesday. The time was
devoted to designing and dressmaking.
There will be no Christmas wees: meet
ing. The club will crochet squares for
the soldiers.
Chapter N. P. E. O., met with Mrs.
George R. Parks, 471 East Broadway,
Tuesday at 10 o'clock. The day was
spent In sewing for the Red Cross.
Luncheon was served at 1 o'clock. The
chapter had as its guest Mrs. 11. H.
Skinner, of Yakima, Wash.
Sumner Relief Corps No. 21 will hold
a bazaar and chicken dinner on Thurs
day in room S25 Courthouse. Dinner
will be served for 35 cents. A selection
of Christmas presents will be on sale.
Pressing a lever at the driver's seat
throws new anti-skiddlng chains under,
the rear wheel of an automobile.
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