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THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 16. 1Q1T.
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night at the Multnomah Hotel In the
assembly hall.
Marie Stuart Court, No. 506, Women's
Catholic Order of Foresters, will hold
a bazaar and social December 21 at the
Columbus Club parlors, Williams ave
nue and Morris street. The bazaar will
be open all day and the public is in
vited. William McKlnley Woman's Relief
Corps, No. 45, Grand Army of the Re
public, will give a supper and enter
tainment Tuesday at Oddfellows' Hall,
Eightieth and Glisan streets. Supper 6
to 7 P. M. Entertainment 8 P. M. Mon
tavilla car. .
Een Hur Court. No. 9, will give a card
party on Thursday in Allsky Hall,
Third and Morrison streets. Prizes of
Turkey, chicken and a roast will be
given, with additional prises.
Mt Hood Crcle No. 151 is arranging
to give a Christmas tree party Tues
day evening at their hall. Tenth and
Taylor streets. All member are invited
to attend.
WEDDINGS.
Zeller-Iagalls.
EUGENE. Dec. 15. (Special.) Miss
Eernlce Ingalls, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L, Ingalls, of Eugene, was
married to Earl M. Zeller, of Lebanon,
Penn., at the home of her parents,
Tuesday, December 11. The ceremony
was read by William Moll Case, pastor
of the Central Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Zeller attended the University
of Oregon -for two- years and after
wards the University of Washington.
She is well known in Eugene for her
musical talent. Her father is resident
manager for the Oregon Power Com
pany here. The family moved to
Eugene from Portland about five years
ago.
Mr. Zeller attended college in Penn
sylvania where he was a member of
Alpha XI Sigma and later came to the
University of Washington where he
graduated and took post graduate
work along scientific lines. Mr. Zeller
is now in the Government service and
will be stationed at Vancouver in the
pruce production regiment.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeller will be at borne
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to their friends in Vancouver after
January 1.
Stocker-SkeldoB.
' The wedding of Miss Madeline Es
telle Sheldon and Sergeant Randolph
C. Stocker, solemnized on December 8,
came as a complete surprise to their
many friends. The ceremony took place
at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
H. C DeToung, at 554 Prescott street.
Rev. W. C. Kantner, of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church, officiating.
Only relatives with a few close friends
were in attendance.
The bride, who Is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Sheldon, of this
city. Is a talented musician and is
prominent in musical circles.
Sergeant Stocker was formerly from
Billings, Mont., where he was engaged
in stock-raising. He Is a graduate of
the Billings Polytechnical School and
later bad two years' training at the
Roller School at Fort Defiance. Va,
which is under military discipline. Mr.
Stocker expects to leave very soon for
an Eastern camp, where Mrs. Stocker
will Join him later. She will remain
with him until his departure for
France. .
Say-Fort er.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bradley Say
were married in Eugene Friday night
by Rev. George H. Parkinson in the
Methodist Church of that city. They
are well-known University of Oregon
students.
Mrs. Say. who was Miss Lillian
Porter, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur E. Porter, of this city, and a
sister of Victor L Porter, now In
France with the 18th Engineers. She is
a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and
of Theta Sigma Phi, the women's
journalism fraternity. The young peo
ple were sophomores in the university
last year.
Mr. Say held . the position of city
editor on the Eugene Dally Guard pre
vious to his enlistment in the Oregon
Coast Artillery now stationed at Fort
Stevens.' He is the son of N. O. Say, of
Sherwood, Or.
Mrs. Say will continue a business
course and reside with her parents
while her husband is in the service of
his country..
Wlndell-GIUqilaa.
Miss Frances Helen Gilifillan and
Homer Clarence Wlndell were married
Saturday night in the study of the First
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Mr. John
toa. The bride Is a daughter of Mr.
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and Mrs. R. H. Gilifillan, of Grants
Pass, and the bridegroom is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wlndell. Mr. Windell,
Sr., is a well-known mining engineer.
He is In the engineering department
of the Columbia River Shipbuilding
Corporation.
The bride wore a gown of midnight
blue broadcloth, with mole fur trim
ming, and a large black velvet hat, also
trimmed with mole. Mrs. Frank W.
Simmons, a Bister of the bridegroom,
acted as matron of honor, wearing a
gown of blue Georgette crepe and lace.
D. H. Hotchklss, of Seattle, acted as
best man.
Only close friends and relatives were
present at the ceremony, which was
followed by a wedding banquet at the
Oregon Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Wirraell
will be at home at the Berkeley Apart
ments, 39 Trinity place.
Stodter-Sfceldosu
At the home of the bride's parents,
554 Prtfscott street, Saturday, December
8, at 7 P. M., Sergeant Randolph G
Stocker. of Vancouver Barracks, and
Miss Madeline Sheldon, of this city,
were manried In the presence of a few
Intimate friends.
Dr. W. C. Kantner, of Pilgrim Con
gregational Church, was the officiat
ing clergyman.
Weiieaborn-MacDoaild.
A preAy wedding at which Miss
Kathryn B. MacDonald became the
bride of Edward vWeisenborn was
solemnized Thursday morning at St.
Stephens Church. The bride was at
tired in a beautiful gown of blue satin
and carried a bouquet of white roses.
The maid-of-honor was Miss Ingrid
Simonson and Ernest W. Stauble was
best man.
Sno-TT-Slttel.
Miss Elsa Louise Sittel became the
bride of Corporal Robert H. Snow,
Fourth United States Engineers. Rev.
W. B. Hinson, of the Second Baptist
Church, officiating. The wedding took
place Saturday, December 8. It was a
surprise to all their relatives and
friends. Corporal Snow expects to
leave soon for active service.
ENGAGEMENTS.
The engagement of Miss Claire
Habekost to Joseph DeBoest was an
nounced last week. Miss Habekost is
visiting friends In Bend for the Winter,
and her fiance has enlisted in the
Navy. Hp is a well-known member of
the Portland Rowing Club and the
.Multnomah Amateur Athletic .Club.
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Plans for the weddlny are Indefinite,
and depend upon Mr. DeBoest's order
from the Navy.
SOCIETY PERSONALS.
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert P. Snoke left
last week for their new home in Se
attle. Recent arrivals at Hotel Portland
are: Judgre and Mrs. J. L. Crawford
and three children, of Edmondton. Can.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S..Erickson. of 468
East Twenty-fourth street, are bein
J congratulated on the arrival of a baby
ooy, oorn -iionaay, November 26..
A baby daughter arrived at the home
of Mr. aqd Mrs. James C. Haydon. Earl
ton Apartments, Wednesday, December
S. She will be named Leola Enid.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brandy, who
came from the East several days ago
and stopped at the Multnomah Hotel,
are en route to Shanghai. China.
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Storey, of
Seattle, the former being a prominent
business man of the Sound City, spent
the week In town at the Multnomah
Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Saunders, of
Houston, Tax., left for Southern Cali
fornia, Texas, Florida and the East and
upon their return they will make their
home in Seattle...- .,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dl wieden and
daughter. Hazel, returned to their home
last week after spending the Summer
and Fall months at their orchard home
in Hood River, Or,
Maurice Boucher, the noted lecturer,
recently of Paris, spent several days in
Portland at the Multnomah Hotel last
week. He gave a lecture at the Little
Theater during his sojourn here.
Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Rossman (Esther
Erickson) have returned from their
wedding trip, which took them to New
New York or six weeks, where Dr.
Rossman took a special course In den
tistry at Columbia University, v
Mrs. Verne N. Walton, wife of Lieu
tenant Walton, of the Eighth Company
Oregon Coast Artillery, Fort Stevens,
has returned to the fort after a de
lightful visit in Portland where she
was extensively entertained.
Mr. and Mrs. II. R. Blauvelt left last
Wednesday for a trip East for the
holidays. They will visit New York,
Washington and Kansas City, return
ing about January 8. Captain W. H.
Blauvelt, U. S. A., Is a brother of Mr.
Blauvelt and is now recruiting officer
at Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mitchell have ar
rived here from Wauna to pass the
Winter and are domiciled at the Port
land. Mr. Mitchell is in charge of the
Government manufacture of airplanes
at Vancouver. Others are Lieutenant
and Mrs. Cecil E. Lovejoy, of Washing
ton, D. C, and Mr. and Mrs. D. Steward,
maid and three children, of Bowman,
N. D.
Public Library Notes.
FROM Newark, N. J., comes a power
ful arraignment of "modern school"
theorists who view Latin as "dead
wood," to be thrown, out of the present-day
curriculum.
"Why Study Latin?" is the theme of
an exhibit prepared by the Newark
Public Library and loaned to the Port
land Library Association, which has
arranged the series of pictures, charts,
maps and other data comDosinsr th ex
hibit in the rotunda of the Central Li
brary, on the second floor, near the
circulation department.
The argument, the evidence and the
proofs are all there, shffwing the "Re
lation of Latin to Practical Life," a
subject discussed with some warmth
in New Tork and Its vicinity about the
time this exhibit was prepared.
Caesar's arrival on the coast of Brit
ain, a Roman camp, a triumphal pro
cession passing under a victor's arch,
a huge amphitheater with gladiatorial
combats and other sports of the tinrJ
In the- great arena. Palatine Hill, a
Roman wall, the Senate, some temples,
a Roman home, shown In exterior and
Interior aspects all in color give the
"atmosphere" of the days when Latin
flourished as a living language, while
a map of ancient Rome and pictures
of some great Romans give the touch
of reality.
The statement Is made that Latin is
not rea,lly a dead language only
changed in name, as it still lives in the
speech of Italy, France, Spain, Portu
gal. Sicily and Roumania, of which it
forms the foundation.
A" bibliography is given of articles in
leading periodicals and books "for"
and "against" the study of Latin. Of
these, "Discipline versus Dissipation,"
by Dr. Paul Sporey, the classical schol
ar, an argument favoring the study of
Latin, and "Dead Language Supersti
tion." an article opposed to it, are rep
resentative. Some of the points made are:
Latin helps one to see clearly the
meaning of familiar English words,
such as tent, fine, secretary, trivial,
etc.
The English language contains many
Latin words in their original form, un
changed since Roman times, viz.: Cen
sus. Iron or, actor, etc.
Names of inventions , come from
Greek or Latin roots, thus adding-new
words to the English language, as lo
comotive, incubator, dirigible.
Latin helps one to spell, and to un
derstand abbreviations, for instance, A.
D., L e., et aL, etc .
Its value in mastering literary Eng
lish, mythological allusions, everyday
phrases, the sciences, botany, zoology,
medicine, also in law, music and art,
as well as the modern languages, arc
forcefully presented.
That today's problems we're once
"live questions" in Rome is another
blow to the argument of Its lack of
modernity, for, election of candidates
by direct vote of the people, suffrage,
capital punishment, government control
of publio utilities, and eugenics, are
cited.
We still express many Ideas la terms
of Greek and Roman thought.
"Patronize home industry is as good
a slogan for reading matter as for any
thing else. Our recent "Home Prod
ucts week" has made us give a thought
to home publications, and we find,
somewhat to our surprise, that Port
land's periodicals constitute a list too
long to publish in this column. But a
few titles selected will show the versa
tility of Portland as a publisher. Choos
ing the broad field of agriculture as
an example, we find we have on fil
in the periodical room the following
products in this line: Poultry Life, Rur
al Spirit, The Oregon Farmer, The Ore
gon Grange Bulletin, The Western
Farmer.
Among others in the library (these
to be found in the business and techni
cal department) are The Republican
Radiator, whose motto Is "Bigger, Bet
ter. Busier Portland"; The Spotlight,
published by the Portland Ad Club; The
Timberman, The Oregon Country, Th
Northwest Insurance News, Journal of
the Oregon Society of Engineers, The
Commercial Review, a weekly journal
devoted to the grain and milling trade
of the Pacific Coast; and last, but not
least. The Shipbuilder and Marine News,
a new magazine which began publica
tion last August.
Anyone willing to part with the fol
lowing aviation magazines will confer
a great favor by communicating with
the business and technical department
of the library: Aero Club of America
Bulletin, January, November and De
cember, 1912; Aerial Age Weekly.
August 16, 1915, and August 20. 1917.
Flying, February, October, December,
1913. These numbers are out of print
and can not be obtained from back
number dealers.
George Clemenceau, France's new
Prime Minister, is called tha "Fernch
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Continued interest in the baby tests
at the Parents' Educational Bureau, 551
Courthouse, results in a perfect swarm
of babies applying for admittance con
tinually. Here are some fine babies
discovered recently. Rolbert Denhart
Powell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Burns Powell, is one of the most lovely
of the dimpled darlings. He came with
in a half point of being perfect. His
father is a musician and lawyer and his
mother is gifted in many ways.
Harry Woodrow Harlow is a Hood
River babe of perfect score. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harlow.
Saxeman Ruppe Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Ruppe and is a perfect
baby!
Stanley Gordon Jewett Is a 100 per
center. His daddy is serving in the
Department of Agriculture and the
baby, doing . his bit, holds a liberty
bond.
Evelyn Marie Smith, of 198 Church
street, is the daughter of the paymaster
of the Hill lines. She is a 99 per cent
baby.
Gladys Willabell Smith, of Tillamook,
is another that missed by one point, but
is so beautiful and healthy that she
may be called a perfect baby.
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HOME-COMING OF FRENCH WAR
PRISONERS STIRRING SIGHT
Sirs. June Richardson Lucas, American Woman in French Station, Writes
of Return of Exiled People to Native Land.
CAN you imagine the play of feel
ings that surge through the mind
and stir the soul of the French
exile, separated from his beloved land
and relatives while held for long
months a. prisoner behind the German
lines, on being set down again on the
soil of France?
The'exlle an aged man, a woman or
child in this instance may perhaps re
turn to the arms of loved ones; pos
sibly not, yet he or she is at least
again away from the watchful eye of
the German guard and among friends
among those who care whether they
live or die.
Few in America have known any
thing of the process of repatriation
that has been going on; this return
by the Germans of men, women and
children too young or too old and
feeble to be of use in the prosecution
of war and war preparations.
American Women Writes.
Portland friends have received
through mutual friends a series of let
ters, written by Mrs. June Richardson
Lucas, a charming and talented Amer
ican woman who is with her husband
at the. . little French station, on the
border of Switzerland, where these re
turning exiles are received. The let
ter gives a mearkable picture of the
home-coming of these people and they
show, as well, one little phase of the
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work being done in France by the
American Red Cross; for the writer and
her husband are engaged in the Red
Cross work.
Here is the graphic picture of
scenes and events attending these
home-comings that Mrs. Lucas por
trays:
"I promised to write you about the
rapatries at Evain well, I'll make a
beginning.
"Rapatries -are. easy to, define but
most difficult to describe. Indeed, that
generalization fits a good many situa
tions in France today, but I want to
tell you of them, so begin with a defi
nition. They are the people old men,
old women, a few young women, chil
dren of all ages. Including a few
babies that the Germans are sending
back into France through Switzerland.
These' people have been either in Bel
gium or Germany since the Germans
took their villages. Now, as Winter
comes on, these many mouths to feed
must be gotten rid of, and so the Ger
mans are sending back all those they
are unable in any way to use in fac
tory, trench, or agriculture. This is
the definition of rapatries.
Tralnloads Arrive Daily.
"They are coming into France at
Evain-les-Bains, in Lake Geneva two
trains, a day bringing 500 at a time.
They are leaving Evan daily, in special
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"The little station at Evain gives you
a picture no, a realization of what
war means to the civil population
that a devastated village fails to give.
The arrival of the train is most dra
matic It comes slowly into view and
the crowd of rapatries on the platform
begin to cheer, and those in the train
crowd the windows and shout and
wave their hands, calling, "Vive la
France! Vive la France!"
"The doors of the train are quickly .
opened by nurses, our ambulance men.
government aides and members of the
local committees who are helping, and.
the train is soon emptied. The women
with their precious bundles are so
cheerful it breaks your heart. They
try to smile and look ready for the
new demands. The old men seem the
more depressed. There is a finality
about it all for them that you never
forget. The children are dirty and
tired, but excited and eager to see"
what is going to happen next. The
sick and the feeble are taken to the
ambulance in wheeled chairs and on
stretchers, and our American Red
Cross men have a way with them that
helps so much with these weary peo
ple. They put them into the ambu
lances, or use a big bus for the small
est kiddies, and off they go down the
winding street to the Casino. The rest
of the crowd walk down.
- France. Welcomes Returning People.
"The sunset tralnload gets a, won
derful welcome from their beloved
France, the great splashes of pink of
the soft sky, the distant hills, deep and
green, the blue waters of the lake be
low reflecting all the glory of the sun
set and they feel it. A sweet-faced
sister said to me as we came down in
the ambulance: 'Oh, it is so beautiful
my France must be saved!'
At the Casino the weary people find
the big room full of light, and the col
or of the flags everywhere helps to
make them realize that they are at
home at last. The hot meal is ready
for them and they quickly take their
places, and very soon the warmth and
kindness of It all reaches their tired
hearts, and they begin to smile and
talk to each other, or to you.
After a little, the band, made up of
rapatries who are detailed in Evain to
help, begins to play some gay, stirring
French air. The children laugh at first,
but the older ones can not bear it and
you see many tears. Then the prefect
of the district speaks to them in stirr
ing, friendly fashion, welcoming them
to their country once more, and with
all the tenderness of the French lan
guage speaks of their sufferings.' of
the sufferings of France, of the brav
ery of the soldiers, of the final vic
tory of France. "Vive la France!"
he shouts in closing, and those home
less people respond with a cheer that
blinds and chokes you. You wonder
how they can, and yet you see that they
must. It helps them to go on. Then
the playing of the "Marseillaise" they
can not sing. At first it sounds like
one great sob from a broken people,
but the ringing "JIarchons, Marchons!"
becomes a cry of victory.
Balcony Interesting Place.
The balcony above Is a most Inter
esting place. It is the children's place.
While the older people pass into the
big room adjoining, to go through the
long, careful process of registering, tho
little ones are taken up to the balcony,
checked,, and left there to be washed,
brushed and amused. There are many
tears at first; they fear to.be sep
arated from their mothers, "but the
nurses are so friendly and so kind and
the boxes of glistening toys on a toy
table, quite convenient for small fin
gers, are so tempting that the battle is
soon won. There are rows of littlo
mattresses on the top. of the balcony
that have clean pads and fresh littlo
pillows where sleepy or tired children
can rest. But it is too exciting for
most of them..
That balcony is rather a critical spot
in the whole care, for here Is the grave
danger of contagion most evident the
skin lesions, the dirty heads, the ver
min in their clothes. It Is here th
American Red Cross will begin to help,
by co-operating with the dispensary,
just under the balcony, in greater care
in selection of the children and clean
er methods of handling them than have
been possible to obtain in the hurry
of this daily rush of caring for 1000
people.
Reglatratlon Carefully Done.
The registration is so carefully done
and so important you must know about
it. The big circular desk at which
some 200 government clerks sit is ar
ranged alphabetically and the people
pass along in line. Each rapatrie is
talked with carefully and kindly, and
many stories are listened to. This
registration bureau is also in receipt
of many inquiries from relatives and
friends who are making every effort
to get in touch with their own as they
come through, and each rapatrie's
name' is instantly referred to that sec
tion of the registration. You may see
the letter or telegram delivered to a
sweet-faced woman or-a trembling old
man that tells them they are claimed
by one who knows them and cares.
Yo! find yourself longing so for more
letters and telegrams than there are.
You cannot bear the disappointed look,
the sort of dumb resignation that is in
many faces.
After their registration they pass on
to another room and there they are as
signed to their lodgings for the night.
The dispensary sends the sick men,
women and children to the different
hospitals, and here is where help is
needed. So the American Red Cross
has opened an acute hospital of 60 beds
for children.
WorkersWorlc Late.
The Casino slowly empties; the vol
unteer workers fall to and clean the
great room ready for the morning. The
tables are laid, and it la long after
midnight when the last worker goes..
The little village quiets down.
It was clear moonlight last night
as I walked back to our hotel des
Quatres Saisons and stood for a while
looking across at the convent Clarlsses.
As I watched, suddenly from the shad
owy courtyard the figure of a sister
stepped quickly out into the light of
the street and went hurriedly away
into the night. I waited. In a few
minutes the sister came back with a
priest. He limped badly and they could
not walk" so fast. They disappeared
under the low archway. In a few min
utes I saw a light in the room above
the gate. The old priest came closo
to the window and knelt In the full
light of the lamp, his hands before
him with the rosary held high. I knew
he was kneeling at the foot of a bed;
I could see the white cover. The little
Mother Superior. I had seen earlier
stood near with her hand over her
eyes. I could not see the dying rapa
trie, but I knew that all the comfort
this world can give was being offered.
It was long before the room was dark
ened again; then the old priest came
slowly out and went down the wind
ing street in the moonlight, his shad
ow seeming that of giant against
the convent wall.
Pig Clubs in Douglas Proposed.
ROSEBURG. Or., Dec. 15. (Special.)
L. J. Allen, of the Oregon Agricul
tural College, state leader of the Pig
Club work; O. C. Brown, County School
Superintendent, and C. J. Hurd, county
agricultural agent, are formulating
plans for the county campaign. The
club members will be assisted in get.
ting pure bred pigs at a reasonable
price from the local breeders. Each
member will keep a careful record of
his work and a number of valuable
prizes wIH be offered- It is expected
that several hundred boys and girls
will enter the work, and their slogan
will be "grow corn to feed'pigs to feed
our soldiers."