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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1918)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 1918. : - - . ' M A1 "'-- It I vi:.'-v V- VTX V..fiMl If V - . x . x II 7 'v.: rSi!: a 'Fl ' -"yJ HP') w i - , i if I ; I ,----J 'J CLOdlXO with decided Umprln of th oulbarat of aarprta ad promlt of still roor. th ink Jui ndcl U but a. forcrunnar of tba irom aarprlara and Ihrtlla that an la alora for i'ortUad'a aoclclr. Tbara raa aufftcteat diarlon to Mtlafy tha tnoat bUa porsoa. B'Ktnnlna; with lb w C. A. drlr wlr ach mornlnr od andina- with lb few Informal trta ln( function", tha wrek'a aoclil nl'n- ar baa not brn rllr mlnu." Grind onora. aunar hr tha fn Carlo Jpra npr. nurd tha Auditorium avary n. n of tha waaJc. with two nallntM for thoaa who k not car for nln foncttoaa: tha ptaoo roocart by Harold Jur at taa llm Thaatcr Wednesday llf ht waa brimful of Informal parlies of concerns I folk, who aarllar In tha wak attended tba Orpheum vaudeTilla and tba latter part viewed the per Tormanre of "The Thirteenth Chair." la addition, there was an anuaual mount of exaitemcnt and pleasurable thrilla owtoned br lha weddinira and taia(tnnu announced, and the pros- peet af tha forthcoming denouements and hastlte planned weddings that are on tha tapia. I'urtUnd woman ara tsklna aa actlTa loterrst la the Hostess House at Vao- couer. an4 durtar tha week just ended there were a number of parties made tip of prominent restdeats of this city who spent several eveninsr la i an coutrrr entertalnlnc tha soldiers. A -croup of tba members of tba San Carlo oera Corapanr weal over there AVrdneadar and e an Impromptu performance for the benefit of tha men. about 44 catherlns; In tba Y. M. C A. recreation hall t hear the operatic ncers. Mim Mamie Helen Flynn piael tha piano accompahlments and , arraneed other proKrammaa the am itn:-g, tha latter event bavins; local artists as contributors to tha en tertainment of tha thousands of sol diers. It Is for tha establishment and ir.aintennre of such houses for tha comfort and entertainment of tha sol -ci.ern that the T. W. C A. drive and the FoJuk Commission have b-n In- Slltuted. A (Unci ahead Into the social eaten dr shows It t tie of Interest, but as the days are bom new ideas and new plana ra made, and the weak may be replete with frivolity and gaiety aa well as considerable lotereet. . e . a a Mrs. Thomas Haller and her daugh ters. Misses )nevive and Elisabeth, left last week for San Francisco, tha latter l re-cater aUiotil a.1 lickclejv Ura. llailey and her elJcr daughter will pass tha remainder of the.Wlnter Pan Franrh-co. where they have hosts of friends, by whom they always are extensively entertained. Miss llatlry especta to take pelnl courses In pre paratory work for war relief, Y. V. C. A. and Red Cross. They will return to 1'urt.and In ilay. e All those who have completed knitted or crocheted squares for tha Serbians are requested to have them delivered at Trinity llectory to Mrs. A. A- Mor rison not later than Tuesday, and those who are making the squares Into blan keta roust nave the finished article at the rectory not later than Thursday morning. Mrs. Morrison Is making these attractive and gaily colored squarta Into blankets for the wounded soldiers, and figures on having at least 100 blanket-, representing 3000 squares, all of which have been made by the women and children of 1'ortland as well as those In other towns sur rounding the city. - Bach blanket con sists of 20 squares, and those who de sire to put the squares together are reminded of the need to hasten the work and delivery, as Mrs. Morrison wants to make a shipment of tha blan keta very shortly direct to the wounded men In the. base hospitals. The blanket squares are made from all sorts of scraps and colors of xj srn. the more varied In color the better for the pleasure of Ibe wounded men that they are to cover, and Jhey may be knitted or crocheted la "-Inch squares. The work wl!l go on' as long as the war lasts, and Mr. .Morrl-on Is at the head of the committee for this section of Oregon. see Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Marmlllan, Major F., B. Kd wards and Captain U Cook, rhe trio of Csnadinn srmv of ficers who are touring the country In behalf of their government. were uests of honor at a dinner party Monday night at the Benson Hotel and later at a box party at the Orpheum, given by Lieutenant Burnett, of the Urlllsh recrultlnw office In Portland. Adoltlonal guests were His Majesty's Consul Harry 1 Sherwood. Vice-Consul A. K. Browne, Colonel George S. Young. Colonef Wallace. Dr. E. K. Scott. U. S. N.. Captain Carter, Canadian army; Lieutenant Sampson. In charge of tha British recruiting office at the British Consulate: Captain Oeorge F. Wilson and William MacMaster. a a Mrs. George T. "Willett left yesterday morning for Tucson. Arts., where she -till visit with friends for a month. She was accompanied by Miss Genevieve Thompson, who went to spend several weeks with old friends. x. . a a Miss Ailsa MacMaster Is the guest of Colonel and Mrs. E. N. Jones, of Ta coma. for the week-end. Her fiance. Lieutenant Ireland, la with Colonel Jones' regiment. Much interest centered In the appear ance In Portland last week of the re nowned iiianUt. Harold Bauer, who cav a charming concert at the Helllg The ater. One of hla pupils. Miss Dorothe Nash, had planned a large tea and re ception In his honor for laat Sunday, the day he had arranged to spend Ip 1'ortland with old friends, but owln to the uncertainty of tha railroad traf flc, Misa Steers rushed the artist off to Spokane to Mil an engagement, so th tea had to Li given up at the last mo mrnt ' However, Mr." Bauer gave the mem bers of the Professional Woman', League a most delightful and Interest Ing talk at their meeting on Wednes day at the L'nlveraity Club, and late spent several hours enjoying a tramp with Miss Nash and a few other old friends through the picturesque coun try adjoining the city, e a a Mrs. J. D. Karrell and daughter. Miss Helen, are In an Francisco at the Palace Hotel, where they are takin? an active Interest in war relief work. They have hosts of friends In the Southland, and their visit there la brimful of lie llghtful and charming socials unctions. It Is some time since Portland society bas been thrilled aa It waa at the mar riage of Mise Margery Hoffman, who displayed such unusual pluck In becom Ing the bride of her stricken fiance Ferdinamd C Smith, while he was auf frring from a severe case cf scarlet fever. The young somier. who haa been at tached to the ambulance corps at Cnmp Lewis for some time, came to Portland Sunday on sick leave, and, when his sweetheart discovered the nature of his nines, the hastily planned wedding was carried out before the quarantine was placed on the patient by the health enicer. Kev. W. Q. Fliot read the service at the sickbed. The only other attendants were the parents of the bridegroom. Mr. and Mrs. C. C Smith, the mother of the bride, Mrs. Lee Hoffman, and Mrs. Lymin. The same evening the Patient was placed under strict quarantine, and his bride waa forced to leave his bedside. nereoy naving one or the most unusual honeymoona that Portland soclatv has ever known. Mlas Patsey Stewart waa hostess for tea Tuesday afternoon to announce he marriage. AboutiO of the relatives and friends of tha couple were Included in the guests asked to ah ara In the ex citing news. This la the eecorei marriage In th Smith family within a month. Mr Smith's sister. Miss Alice Smith, be came the bride of ftCl rence Olmetead laat month. Her marriage also took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman. Mr. Smith is a brother of Mrs. Clifton N. McArthur, wife of Rep resentative McArthur at Washington, and one of the moat popular young men In town. He Is a member of several of the leading clubs of the city and prior to entering service in the Army he was In the insurance and brokerage busi ness. The bride Is an unusually Interesting and clever girl, having an enviable reputation as an artist and musician. She is a sister of Lee Hawley Hoffman. In addition to being a social favorite, she is a devotee of outdoor sports, and is an jactlve member of the Waverley Country Club, and several other or ganisations of a social and philan- tropic nature. She Is also an ener getic worker for the Red Cross and social service organisations. . a 1 a a Now comes another drive for the philanthropic-ally and generously in clined Portlanders to support the Knights of Columbus drive, which Will open tomorrow, with headquarters in the Morgan building. A complete can vass of the city will be made by promi nent and energetic women, assisted by many men, aa well as the members of the association, who will enter into the campaign with a vigor that will surely bring forth results. The funds will be used to establish and take care of "Huts" at the numer ous cantonments around Portland, the Huts being necessary to the moral wel fare and comfort of the soldiers In camp. They furnish reading material, recreation, and diverse amusements ,of which otherwise the men would be de prived. A thorough campaign will be started, with Mrs. J. P, O'Brien in charge of the hops, banks, hotels and business houses. She has chosen a large corps of assistants, all of whom are noted for their devotion and zealousnese In all the work that they undertake. Mrs. Wheelwright will be in charge at the United States National Bank, and she will be assisted by a corps of Honor Guard Girls. The Northwestern Bank will be taken care of by Mrs. James P. Cooke, Mrs. John Cronan and Miss Clarlsse Wiley: the Hibernian Bank. Mrs. Wilber E. Coman, Mrs. T. H. Mc- AUla and Mrs. A, C. Smith; Ladd & Til ton Bank, Miss Margaret Burke and her assistants. Pqrtland Hotel, Mrs. M. W. Daly; Multnomah Hotel, Mra. W. P.' Sinnott; Benson Hotel, Mrs. J. A. Cranston and Mrs. Charles Chenery; Imperial Hotel, Mrs. George Wentworth; Oregon Hotel, Mrs. Charles Barenstecher; Meier & Frank. Mrs. Chester G. Murphy; Lip- man. Wolfe & Co., Mra. James Laidlaw; Olds, ' Wortman & King, Mrs. Joseph McCusker; Roberts Bros., Miss Mary Meehan, Mrs. Katherine Cook; Union Station, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Fenton Michall. Mr. and Mrs. Duflley D. Moreland (Be atrice Hill-Gadsby) have returned from their wedding trip, which was spent in Seattle, visiting Mr. Moreland s rela tives. a jtr One of the prettiest dinners of the week, was that presided over by Mr, and Mrs. Russell E. Sewall, the affair being planned as a celebration of Mrs. Sewall's birthday anniversary. Covers were placed for ten of their closest friends, and a nosegay of violets, hya cinths and rosebuds marked each place. The" , table was adorned with a huge basket of Richmond rosebuds and ferns. a e e , Mrs. A. D. Charlton left last week for New Haven, Conn., where she will visit her niece, Mrs. Wellington Gilbert, for couple of months. Mra. Gilbert was Miss Lovell Young, and her wedding in. this city was an event of last year. e a An event of Friday afternoon waa the bridge party given at the home of Mrs. Cornelius Gardener. The party was one of a series which were begun early In December for the benefit of the F eonjes Institute. After cards a few guests came in for tea. Mrs. Jay Smith poured. . m m a Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barnes, with their children, are here from Prlneville, Or., and are living- at the Benson for the present. Mrs. Barnes and the chil dren will remain in Portland while Mr. Barnes is in the East on a business trip. Later they will spend some time In Tacoma, where Mr. Barnes has in terests in shipbuilding. Mra. Lucile Foreman Harlow, one of Portland's most attractive and charm ing matrons, has surprised her many friends here by her marriage in San Francisco to Charles Edward Thomp son, a well-known business and club man, formerly of this city. The wed ding waa a simple affair, being read by Rev. C. S. S. Dutton. of the Unita rian Church, on Saturday, December 29, at the apartments of the bridegroom. 1069 Pine street, where the couple will make their home for a while. Mrs. Thompson is a daughter of Madame Foreman-Emerick, who re cently went to California, to take up her residence, and she has the distinc tion of being; one of the foremost and best-known dancing teachers in Port land, her studio being the mecca of the present-day representative men and women of the city. The bride went t San Francisco this Summer to visit her mother, and during her sojourn there she haa been identified with the kin dergarten work in the St. Francis and Oakland Hotels, as well as instructing many prominent folk in the art of dan cing. Mr. Thompson and his bride have many friends of years' standing; nev- theless, the marriage comes as a gen uine surprise to their friends in this city, as well is in San Francisco, a Misses Mabel and Frances O'Brien entertained last nicrht with an Informal mv. ......... mu, ia JT The -ffij 0 Latest Modes w rnHE pleasing V; 3 I fabrics, the 2 if comfortable i and satisfying as- : surance of be- E Af. ing properly J? tTft attired are the M tf undeniable ll VI qualities of M Norman Bros', fef jl ft Tailored Gar- MORWWfSTERN BAflK BLOC. iIIIIIII!lllllllllllltllllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIII!U W. G. SMITH 0 CO. Ki MORGAN BLDG, and VISITLNG CARD ENGRAVERS Schweitzer 5c Eagin LADIKV TAILORS 3MV Waaklagtaa. 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