THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY
1918.
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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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,
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Misses Mabel and Frances O'Brien
entertained last nicrht with an Informal
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