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G THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 8. 1920 1 WomGnAcUviasg' L A cJ-" --;V fit? 11 SA ,- M; .It:. - feiM Hill V xWfl " ikteiutj'-wit Vj .13. SZrsJirgfZPz CnnfAndezjan, JJr - . ' Chairman fpee&eryjPureeu.' 1 fe Ctllins ZXins, Vice Tres. Oregon Feferetet N Oregon-products luncheon win be given February 14 at 12 o'clock In the Portland hotel. with the Portland Women's club as hostess organisation. Mrs. Bert N. Denison. East 2168. and Mrs. N. TJ. Carpenter, East 1322, will have charge of reservations. Presents will be given to many of the guests. A. G. Clark will speak. Mrs. C E. Rimyon will preside. At the regular monthly business meeting- of the Corvailis "Women's club, held Monday afternoon at the clubhouse. It was voted to pay off MOO of the club's Indebtedness on the building. This leaves but 1400 and Interest still due on the building, which was erected four years ago at a cost of about 37000. After the business meeting Mrs. J. O. Wilson presented Rev. Mr. Varney of the Baptist church as speaker of the afternoon. He spoke for 20 xnin ntes on the subject of psychology- In its relation to every-day tasks. Mrs. Hawley, Red Cross secretary, also ad dressed the club on the service that might be received from the Red Cross in reference to numerous matters other than those arising from war work. She Introduced a traveling nurse. Miss Elizabeth Carlyle, of Se attle, who spoke on the subject of "Home Nursing." The club contributed to the scholar ship loan fund and later cake and cof fee were served by the committee, consisting of Mrs. J. O. Wilson. Mrs. W. K. Taylor, Mrs. Harold Warren. Mrs. Rose Wilson, Mrs. Wilkins. Mrs. M. S. Woodcock. Mrs. C H. Woodcock. Miss Lulu Wells. Miss Wintler. Mrs. F. H. Whitham, Mrs. Fred Yates, Mrs. Youngblood, Mrs. Adolph Ziefle. Mrs. Allen, Mrs. F. S. Appelman. Following Is the message of the hew president of the Women's Ad club to the members: If yon would boost the dab along Co-operate! Bvea though your plans so wrong' Co-o Derate! TT perchance the other man Wants to work as per his plan, Work his war you surely can - Co-operate! There's one way to advertise Co-operate! Tont take time to criticize Co-operatel When things go the other way After you have had yonr say. XX you're in the club to tsy Co-operate! Let's make success our common aim Co-operate! Bo a sport and play the game. Co-operate! If someone gives you a sfap, Laugh It off don't give a rap But keep oar club right on the map-Co-operate! HELEN CAMPBELL JESELSON. ZrsJiTatXtt CrantMiderjon, Chairman SpealteryjPureeu, JfearZast Relief. ttBushin Xrs.Koy 3ishop, Chairman liofO, Womens Zuildzn? 1 sions and a report by Mrs. Boudinot ' Seeley rrpon the student volunteer conference at Des Moines. A special invitation to attend is extended to Young People's Circle and Christian Endeavor members. The devotional service will be conducted by Mrs. Fred W. Neal, missionary from Cam-, eroon, Africa. At the close of the ' meeting tea will be served in honor j of Mrs. Neal and the new members of : the society. The prayer circle at 2:15 will be led by Miss Emma Warren. The current literature department of the Portland Woman's club will have charge of the programme at the regular meeting of the club on Fri day, February 13. Mrs. G. Kellogg Martin will sing. Major Thornton Mills will speak. Isabelle Alice Steele will play the violin. Eva Ollivotti of the Alcazar, accompanied by Mrs. Warren E. Thomas, will sing. The popularity of this gifted young singer assures interest. Tea will be served after the programme. Mrs. W. H. Siegner and Mrs. E. J. Steele will preside. m m The regular meeting of the Mount Tabor Parent-Teacher association will be held Thursday, February 12. at 2:30 P. M. A splendid programme will be given by the school children. At the close of the meeting tea will be served for 10 cents. All interested are urged: to attend and brink a friend. WOMEN WHO HAVE VOTE TAKE KEEN DELIGHT IN PARTICIPATING IN PARTY COUNCILS Forecasts of Opponents of Suffrage Are Belied by Developments and Many Women Are Active in Affairs of Both Parties and Do Not Form Promised One of Their Own. m v 1 -0 1c VJCL & s 11 V lit 1 Committee. Mro Sustmezi Miss 2&v Seize Xzce, Vice Ires. W&niezSsAa Club. P2i0fo GinnSfzrdia Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin Plans to Take Long Rest. Mrs. Ariatene N. Felts Appointed Successor in Social Work. ' M RS. LOLA G. BALDWIN is plan- World W. C T. U. Conven tion to Meet in London. Delegates From 40 CoontTlea Are Expected to Attend Coast Con ference Set for Febroary 1S-18. Mother Makes Home, Holds Parent-Teacher President. Mrs. C W. Bayhnrst Finds Happy Family in Depth of Wilds. rrE world's W. C T. TJ. conven tion will be held in London. Eng land. April 1 and 19. .1920. Vicitors from the 40 different countries in which the W. C T. TJ. is organised will be present. Many noted lecturers and social service workers will speak. ' America's recent decision on the prohibition question is expected to make reports from this country of great interest. From each state organization in America will go a sterling silver tea spoon to Rosalind, countess of Car lyle, world's W. C T. U. president. Oregon has sent one with Portland's harbor engraved In the bowl, a tiny fTiss Caroline XScTiemr, Assisting Wear last Fund. be prizes offered for the best essays on "Cigarettes and Athletics," "Tobac co and Efficiency," and like topics. The windVup will be a public meeting at which prizes will be awarded. Thursday evening the Harlequin club held its Monthly business meet ing at the home of Mrs. W. & Pierson, Portsmouth avenue. The members of this club, with the assistance of other local talent, are working up a vaude ville enow, which will be given the latter part of this month. The Clinton-Kelly Parent-Teacher circle will meet Thursday at 2:30 P. M. Hestine Holliater will open the programme with a violin solo. The talk of the afternoon will be on "School Credits for Music." Lillian Jeffries Petrie will give the address and play piano solos. Columbia Lodge No. 1, Degree of Honor, will entertain visiting mem bers and friends February 9. Re freshments, cards and dancing will be features. Tabor No. 65 will entertain Colum- the fact that she is holding a leave of absence from a city position and has had many government honors and is now tendered the appointment as di rector of the bureau of protective measures, she will stop work and "just play and be a real lady for while." And so when a big honor is offered Mrs. Baldwin she smiles firmly an says: "No, not now, I must rest for a while. Mrs. Aristene N. Felts, formerly president of the Oregon Congress of Mothers and more recently working under the government In the Puget sound district and assigned to th Washington State Board of Health has been named successor to Mrs. Baldwin and is now in Washington arranging to take up the work, Mrs. Baldwin is still on leave of absence from the office of the Women's protective division of the Portland police department which organized in 1905 and she still holds her civil service standing. Biit 15 years of public service and an ac cident that resulted in the injury of her knee entitle her to a playtime for a while she believes. Added to her opinion is the double argument of insistence from a big husky son and a husband who would like her to quit work. It was at the request of the gov ernment that Mrs. Baldwin was re leased to be northwest field agent in charge of war .camp activities. In 1919 she was transferred to . the United States interdepartmental so cial hygiene board as supervisor of the sixth district, which Included the states of . Oregon. Washington, Call fornia and Arizona with headquarters in San Francisco. Much interest was aroused among social workers, as this section on women and girls during the war was the first attempt to deal nationally with the problem of de linquency. The object of the new office that was offered Mrs. Baldwin is to con serve in peace time the work done in the war period. Mrs. Baldwin has had supervision of the work of women in 41 camps. She had 31 men wording under her direction; 134 women under government pay and 123 paid by out side sources. Some of her best work mmmim WW I are the following member: Mrs H. P. Preble, Mrs. C. M. trltr.r, Mrs. J. C Hare, Mrs. Alex Hunsteln. Mrs. O. H. Horton and Mrs. H. C. Haven. A" prst-presldentj of club and those servirg at present are inviled to at- tend. At Glencce school Tuesdav evening :a community g.ilhfrlng and dsnclnit party was held. The ertrrtalnrrs were from the Monday Mu'lrnl club, Mra Stone, whistler; Mimes Harper, violin and piano: Miss I'cutll, vopmI Ist, assisted by t-o tiny tcts In the persons of Knma tanres Ollllhan. reciter, and Phyllis Drake, danneu-a. The function was sponsored by the Parent-Teacher circle, and its pres ident, Mrs. W. H. Bathgate, and the chairman of the muMral end enter tainment departments. Mrs. L. 1L Han sen and Mra, J. E. Bonbrlrht. v. ho ere also members of the Monday MuslfuL The Ladles' Aid of the Wood lawn Methodist Episcopal church will hold an old-fashioned Valentine social Friday evening. February 11. An Interesting programme will be given and an invitation la extended to all in the community. Portland Woman's club metnbcru were the guests of the Vogan Canrir company Wednesday when about .'.( called at the factory and were show n through the entire plant and served with a delightful luncheon. Plans Perfected for Near East Relief Drive. In A bar are ef Mrs, C. R. Mrnmou, Others Will Direct Campalgsu beaver, a rose, a fish wheel and Ore- gon grape on the handle, a typicaJ No. 1, vitor souvenir of Orecon. I. O. O. F. hall. Second and East OH- ...fc hoJ m Five regional conferences nlanned I san streets, February 13, at 8 P. M. by the national W. C. T. U. are to be I Tne Degree of Honor state banquet AFTER all It's the mother that makes the home and that gives the children the right ideas and the start they have whether it be good or bad." This is the opinion of Mrs. C. W. Hayhurst, who is making oc casional visits to various parent teacher circles. Her Journeyings last week took her to a newly-logged-off section where she rode on a logging train and got all muddy and wet, but she was happy for at her destination ebe found a neat little cottage, a shack the un obserring might call it, but in fact It was a home for the mother was neat - and clean and pretty. Her room was in beautiful order and her children clean and Well cared for and her din ner was well cooked. Her voice was sweet and well modulated and the air of hospitality and kindliness pre vailed. And in this cot the family had to take a ladder to the loft sleeping quarters and there was but one table and stove and everything bespoke a lack of funds. e A parent-teacher association was organized by the state president, Mrs. C W. Hayhurst, at Chapman, Colum bia county, a few days ago. The Portland council of Parent Teacher associations is sponsoring a chain of community dances to be given at the Franklin. Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson high schools on the evening of February 28. A balance of 3225 is still due on the pledge of 3500 made by the Oregon Parent-Teacher association to the University of Oregon woman's build ing fund and the proceeds from these dances will be used to fulfill that ob ligation. The small towns throughout the state have raised their quota and Portland hopes to clear the debt in this way. Mrs. C W. Hayhurst, state presi dent of the Oregon Parent-Teacher association, was honor guest and speaker at the Newberg Parent Teacher association Tuesday and was greeted with a large and enthusiastic audience. Dainty cakes and tea were served during the social hour. The Parent-Teacher association of Newberg is doing a good work. Among Its enterprises is the hot lunch served daily for 150 to 200 chil dren. Officers of the Newberg association are: President. Mrs. E. L. Evans; vice president, Mra W. W. Silver; secre tary. Mrs. Newhouse; treasurer. Miss G. Wilson: supervisory board. Mrs. V. Wood, Mrs. Vandell and Mrs. P. Hilbert. The Newberg women are ac tive in civic and child welfare mat ters and have accomplished much good work. The Ockley Green Parent-Teacher association will hold an evening meeting Friday at 8 o'clock, in the assembly hall of the school. There will be a short business session and a musical programme. Parents of the district are cordially Invited to at tend. Children must be accompanied by parents. Punch will be served and dancing- will close the evening. held in the near future. The Pacific coast group, including -Oregon, Wash ington, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona and Wyo ming, will be held in San Francisco February 18 and 19. This confer-' ence promises to be of great interest iu wcuore wurjiera. muse wno wui attend are: Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, noted lecturer from Georgia; Mrs. Mary Barnes, director of Americani zation work; Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins, director of child welfare work; Mra Gertrude S. Martin, director of scien tific research work; Mrs. L. O. Mid 'dleton, social morality. Mrs. Chris tine Tingling and Miss Frances Wil lard Wang (Chinese girls educated by Miss Anna Gordon, national president of the W. C T. U.), both under ap pointment as missionaries to China under the direction of the W. C. T. U.. also will speak. Mra Mattie Sleeth. state president of Oregon, will speak on "Does Prohibition Prohibit?" Mra Jennie M. Kemp, well known in Ore gon, will speak on "Team Work In the W. C. T. U." Anyone interested in this confer ence will be welcomed at all ses sions. Mrs. E. S. Collins, Mrs. G. L. Buland and Mra Mary L. Mailett are being urged to attend this conference from Oregon. All of them are especially interested in the topics for discussion in conference. - A committee, consisting of Mrs. G. L. Buland, chairman; Mra Madge J Mears, Mrs. Helen Davenport and M. Frances Swope, were appointed by the county president, Mrs. Marion Gilbert, to ararnge for a big county jubilee rally to be held in the near future, at j which time Mra Margaret Munns, na tional treasurer, will speak. Mra Munns will be just out of the re gional conference, in San Francisco, and with her position as a national officer is expected to have something I of great interest to women interested in the welfare of the nation. - and reception to new members has been postponed for a short time. It will be at the Portland hotel. Woodburn Woman's Club Honors Mrs. Callahan. President of Oregon Federation Hospitably Entertalaed. Federation Monthly Meet- ing Next Saturday. - Rollcall Feature WUI Be Contin ued and Report on Success of Legislation Against Dance Balls to Be Given. THE Woodburn Woman's club had as guest of honor recently Mrs. Ida. B. Callahan, president of the Ore gon Federation of Women's club, who gave an interesting address and was hospitably entertained by the club women of Woodburn. The club made a special offering of 310 to .the scholarship loan fund. Mrs. J. W. Sadler of Aurora, a director of the state federation, was a guest. Fol lowing are those who had charge of the refreshments, presiding at the tea table and assisting about the rooms: Mra Flora Poorman, Mra Arlette Lawrence. Mrs. Annete Simons, Mra Luella West. Woodburn club is rep resented in the feleration special com mittees by Mrs. F. W. Settlemier, chairman of thrift. The ladies of the guild of Grace Memorial church have made all plans to give their pancake feast on Shrove Tuesday, February 17, from 11:30 un til 4 P.M. Woodlawn Parent-Teacher circle will entertain the boys of thjs district next Wednesday night with refresh ments, stereopticon pictrues, music and a general good time. All boys are invited. . Mrs. G. L. Buland of S06 Maple street Is chairman of the W. C. T. U. prize essay contest that will be put on in the publlo schools. There will I ' H K Portland Federation of Worn- A en's organizations will hold Its regular monthly meeting Saturday, February 14, at 2 P. M., In the as sembly room of the- Hotel Portland. The rollcall by clubs In which the president is asked to give the pur pose, membership and other interest ing tacts concerning her organiza tion, will be continued. Mrs. A. C Newell, chairman of the legislative committee, will report on the success of the Federation's dance hall bill in the recent session of the legislature and there will be other business of interest and importance. Walter Jenkins, head of the depart ment of mass -singing of the newly- organized community service, will be in charge of the programme, speaking on tne value or mass singing as an element in community service and Illustrating, his points by demonstra tions. The president, Mra Alexander Thompson, will preside. All presidents and delegates or their alternates are asked to be in their seats promptly at 2 o clock. '-'mm m Interest is already keen in the var ious classes that are being offered through-the newly-formed Girls' Com munity Service club and several are scheduled to meet this week. The class in community singing will I meet at the Hotel Portland Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. On Thursday evening those interested in dramatics. short story writing, Btory telling, ten nis and hiking will meet at 8 o'clock in room 436 Northwestern bank build ing. On Friday evening at 8 o'clock the first class military drill will meet I at Trinity parish bouse. For further information concerning these and other classes Call Main 654. which she had 13, all college women who gave valuable service. Splendid co-operation was given by T. W. C. A. camp morale officers and the mili tary police. The work was quiet, defi nite and not exploited, but it did vast amount of good. Some of the most interesting features and experi ences aren t to do tola, can t De printed, Mrs. Baldwin says, and so the general public can never know just how great and how good the work done during the war was in maintaining home morale. The hous ing problem was one of the great drawbacks and was responsible for many girls getting into bad and un fortunate surroundings. Throughout the work Mrs. Bald win insisted on the single standard and whenever a girl was called be fore the bar of justice the man had to appear and have a reprimand, too. The girls that were up for de- . Grove. Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin tendered appointment as director of bu reau of protective social meas- nasium class of the Mount Tabor nqnenc7 ln. 5" CaSeLS cam.! ehool entertained thei- ,in on tne neaus Ol mose wuo were eimer prospective members at the regular Prlr educated, who went to work meeting held in the assembly room wh,f,nXtr6.mely J0"."' anything. A poor background with meager advantages and a relatively low standard of living was the story in most cases. It is to' remedy these causes that the post-war work was planned and the office tendered Mrs. Baldwin was instituted. Oregon is offered a chance to have a big part in this work. Mrs. Baldwin hopes that Oregon will answer the call to service for the young woman hood of the state, the friendless girl. the unskilled worker, the women with the sordid background, the women of limited opportunity, Mra-Felts will return to the-coast Tuesday evening. A short exhibition of the regular work done by the class was first given and following that came a number of lively and hotly contested games and an impromptu circus which were the cause of merri ment. At the close of the exhibition mem bers and guests were taken to the domestic science rooms where an ap petizing and generous supper was served. The tables were decorated with red tulipa The February meeting of Glencoe Parent-Teacher circle will be held at the school. Fiftieth and Relmnnt streets. Tuesday, February 10. at 2:30 soon and will have her office at 1305 o'clock. - Entertaining features will Yeon building. Miss Sadie Friendly be furnished by the children and oth- will be her private secretary. ers, the topic of the day being "Abra- I For women who would do social ham Lincoln." All (friends of youns service or work that is to help de- people, wnetner resiaents or this dis- l linquent or inenaiess gins airs, .tiaia REFORE women got the vote in many of the states, and when trict or not, are invited to be present 9 m The Woman's Missionary society of the First Presbyterian church meets next Tuesday afternoon in the Sunday school auditorium. Mrs. F. L Fuller has prepared a most interesting pro gramme which will consist of an il lustrated lecture upon medical mis- win says there should be special training of the head and heart, there should be tact, discretion, judgment, untold patience and a love for the work. These attributes will be a good starter for the woman who is willing to put her heart into the work. the fight for woman's suffrage was still distinctly on in not a few sections, one of the stock arguments of the opposition was that . after women got the ballot they would not use it to any extent because most of them were not naturally politically inclined and really did not care to vote- Another thing not infrequently said in reference to women as voters was that thev would form a woman's party of their own, and vote against the existing political parties with most direful results. There are still a few states where women are deprived of the ballot and in ouite a number of them tney nave not been voting long. Sufficient time has elapsed to demonstrate that both of these arguments naa not mo slightest foundation In fact. Every where women voters nave snown a surprising Interest In political af fairs and have registered and. cast their ballots faithfully on election day and in no section has the slight est movement materialized among them to form a party of their own. Rather have they selected to worn within the confines of the old estab lished parties. Within such ranks some of them are pushing ahead so fast that they are beating the men and have already become party lead ers of distinction. Whether there will ever be a woman president or not is a question. Stranger things have happened, and one thing Is cer tain, that during , the approaching presidential campaign women politi cians are tfestinedl to play a by no means unimportant part in the nam ing of those who will run and in vote getting for the most popular candi dates, as today, at the head of the two major political parties in both state- and national affairs, are many brainy women. Kentucky Women Prominent. Mrs. John Glover South of Frank fort, who was for three years presi dent of the Kentucky Equal Rights association, and at present its first vice-president, is not only the Ken tucky member of the woman's com mittee of the national republican committee for her own state of Ken tucky, but was elected some months ago as chairman of the national re publican women's committee. The Kentucky Equal Rights asso ciation has done double duty in fur nishing women to the national po litical parties. Mrs. Samuel T. Castle- man of Louisville, second vice-president of this association, is the Ken tucky member of the women s com mittee of the national democratic committee. This is no inconsiderable triumph for Kentucky- which is thus catching step with Illinois' previous record for women in party leadership. The two states are now - running neck and neck, with the. Illinois organization still one step to the good, since it has already furnished two national party leaders, Mrs. George Bass of the na tional women's democratic committee, and Mrs. Medlll McCormick, the re tiring leader of the national re publican women's committee whose place Mrs. South has now filled. Mra Fletcher Dobyns of Chicago is state chairman of the republican women's committee and Mrs. Howard T. Wilson of Virden Is state chairman for the democratic committee. Other active Illinois women who are now giving diligent attention to the service of their political parties are: Mra Mabel Ulimore Keinecke of Chicago, who is executive secretary the national republican women's committee, and Mrs. Samuel Slade of Highland Park, who is assisting Mrs. Wilson In organizing and lining up the democratic women of the state for the next election. Mrs. Charles Frankenthal is treasurer of the 1111 ols republican woman's committee and Mrs. E. B. Griffin of Grant Park is a member of the Illinois republican women s committee. While thus far Kentucky and nil nois are the high spots for women's party leadership, since they have fur- ished the only national women chair men, New York and Missouri are pushing them hard, .New York city having furnished Miss Mary Garrett Hays, as chairman of the executive committee of the women's division of the national republican women's com mittee, and Mrs. Arthur Livermore as state chairman of the Republican women's committee. St. Louis Women Active. To St.. Louis, the national demo cratic committee was indebted last ear-for its Missouri member, Mrs. David O'Neil, one of the most beau tiful and well beloved women in her ty. and who was "America in the Gorden Pageant Lane." This year Mrs. Alfred Bruggeman of St. Louis became a national republican' commit teeman, while Miss Alma Benecke Sasse of Brunswick, Mo., has recently been made, state chairman of the Mis souri republican women's committee. She has the no inconsiaeranie distinc tion of being the youngest state chairman of a political party in the United States. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio is a member of the national republi can committee's advisory committee, and Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of Texas is state chairman of the Texas democratic women's committee. Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of Bir mingham, Ala., is state chairman of the Alabama women's committee, and Mrs. John K. Ottley of Atlanta. Ga., is state chairman of the Georgia wom en's committee. Mrs. W. C. Cathcart of South Carolina is the state chair man of the women's committee. These three are what may be called one party states with democratic commit tees only In evidence. In North Carolina the democratic state chairman la Miss Mary Owen : - ? J iiiiiliiiiiii Jfss Zyj7 fVasZ cfjor . rrors t jr ffirr'cr. m v. Graham. She is an educator; first a teacher in the 'state normal college. later assistant county superintendent of education in Mecklenberg county, and now president of Peace institute, a school for girls. . Another educator among women in politics is Miss Carolina Kuuts-Reese, founder and principal of Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn. She is state chairman of the democratic women's committee and a prominent politician having held state, national and inter national posts. Among the democratic leaders of the country is Miss Mary Foy, an at torney of Los Angeles CaL, and state chairman of the woman's committee. She was a presidential elector of the democratic party in 1912, and was a delegate to the national convention in St. Louis in 1916, the convention which for the first time in democratic annals inserted a suffrage plank in its na tional platform. She is one of two women the other being Mrs. George i Bass who is appointed on the com- 1 mittee of 17 to make arrangements for the national democratic conven tion to be held In San Francisco on June 28. Party Takes la Legislature. Mrs. William R. Pattangall leads the women democrats of Maine. Her husband served in the state legisla ture and was attorney-general for Maine for four years. Mrs. Susan Fitzgerald is state chairman of Mas Bachusetts democratic women and has also held national officea Massachu setts republicans have chosen Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird to lead the wom en's republican committee. Wisconsin has so far given two nromlnent women to political leader ship Mra Henry T. Toumans of Waukesha, who heads the republican women of the state, and Mrs. E. R. Bowler of Sheboygan, who heads the democratic women's committee. Arkansas has two ardent women representatives in the state political committees, Mrs. J. D. Head of Tex arkana is national democratic com mitteeman for the women's division, and Mrs. Stella Brizzelara of Fort Smith is the first and only woman member of the state democratic cen tral committee. Mra M. A Hildreth of Fargo, N. D., is the women's democratic committee chairman for her state. Both Iowa political chairmen got their training in suffrage work Mrs. Anna B. Law ther, who is state democratic chair man for the woman's committee, was president for several years of the Iowa equal suffrage association; Mrs. Frank Dodson qf Des Moines, chair man of the state republican women's committeer was the chairman of the legislative committee of the associa tion when the Iowa presidential suf frage bill was passed. Mrs. Dodson held public office In her state befoac suffrage was won, having been counr ty recorder for Polk county, in which Des Moines is located. From Michigan, Miss Blna West of Port Huron, known all over the coun try as head of the benefit association of the Maccabees is serving on the women's executive commitee of the national committee, of which Miss Mary Garrett Hay is chairman. Dr. Emma D. Bower is a member of the women's national auxiliary of the democratic national committee of Michigan. The democratic chairman rrom mew Hampshire of this same committee Is Mrs. Robert Jackson of Concord. In Oregon, too, as is well known to Oregonian readers, women are taking an active part in politics. PRETTY WARDROBE FOR BABY SIMPLE MATTER NOWADAYS Shops Offer Variety of Dainty, Sensible Garments Which Mean Saving in Time and Wear Compared to Other Days. ALC :. BY EDITH KNIGHT HILL. LONG time ago the making of baby's layette, was considered great task. Baby dresses were so terribly long and so intricate. The little sleeves were so hard to shape and put in and there were so many yards and yards of lace to be whipped on. But nowadays, the clothes for the tiny stranger are made so sen sibly, so simply, so artistically that the making of them is a perfect joy. Of course one may purchase them all ready made and in many cases this Is a good plan. If this is done I think I may recom mend with perfect safety the follow ing ideal list of articles that will make up baby's first complete outfit, Sixty-four pieces ready for use would Include: Twenty-four Red Star diapers, 12 Daisy cloth diapers. Merino shirts, 3 fine wool binders, pairs cashmere hose, 1 small blanket. 1 double blanket, 1 quilted pad. piece rubber sheeting, 1 Daisy lap towel. 2 hemstitched towels, 3 wash cloths, 3 cards safety pins, 1 cake soap, 1 boric acid, 1 absorbent cotton, 1 vaseline, 1 talcum powder and 1 sweet oil. Add to these 14 pieces cut ready to make or stamped to embroider, in eluding ribbons, buttons, crochet and embroidery cotton and silk. This work is Just enough hand work to give the mother touch. Four fine nainsook slips, 1 fine nainsook dress, 2 fine nainsook Gertrudes, 2 flannel Gertrudes, 3 outing flannel nighties and 2 outing flannel wrappers. There are such lovely and such slm pie little dress designs made and stamped right here in Portland that no mother can pass them without a longing to make them up. The ma terials are so good and so plain and the dresses when finished will wash so. easily that they appeal to the busy mother. The dresses nowadays are only 22 inches long and are made with kimona sleeves and after baby has ' arrived at the age of three or four months his clothes don't have to be shortened as they once upon a time did. He just naturally grows into the dresses and they are good for at least eight months. The rompers that are planned for the bigger baby are of poplin, ging ham, linen or cotton material, stamped in a design of conventional pattern with just a touch of cross stitch in contrasting or harmonizing color to lend character to the romper. The dresses for the older baby too are wonderful confections of daintinesi but so simple that they require very little work. One particularly beauti ful model shown in a window not a dozen miles from Morrison street la of white poplin embroidered in pink buttonholing with wee pink flowers in the border and another is em broidered In yellow. Scotch zephyrs in tan, pastel blue and rose are very cross stitch at neck and sleeve edge. Everything fussy in trimming is eliminated and baby can be all dolled up at small expense and with little trouble. The material used should be 30 Inches wide and then the dress can be cut fulL Some of the package de signs are pretty and neat but may not be round as wide as they should be. However, this may not be so with all brands. Little bootees may be held on with wee garters "like dads' that are pinned on. They cost next to nothing ana are a great invention, I think. . With a sensible outfit of clothlna-. with the right diet and with plenty of fresh air and a wholesome atmos phere the baby Is going to have fine start in life. Don't overdress the baby. Don't keep him too warm, but by all means see mat no nas a good warm coat when he takes his walk. When he is able to trot arounj himself see that his shoes are not too thin. For out ing there are such cosy little knitted garments. White is prettiest but should be washed often, as nothing looks worse than a baby- in dirty clothes. Medford Woman to Speak at Lincoln Day Banquet Mrs. Elisabeth R. Hauler Sched uled to Attend Chamber Cath erine Next Thursday. MRS. Elizabeth B. Hanley of Med ford will be a speaker at Lincoln day banquet next Thursday at 6:30 P. M. in the Chamber of Commerce dining room. Mrs. Hanley is known as an inspiring speaker, and many women will be eager to hear her. She was here a few years ago and cre ated a great deal of interest bv her clever addresses. Tickets may be purchased at roDub- llcan headquarters, 308 Wilcox build ing or rrom the following- women: Mrs. George W. McMath, Mrs. Lee Davenport. Mrs. Julius Louisson, Mrs. A. M. Dibble, Mrs. George Stapleton, Mrs. H. E. Northup, Mrs L. W. Ther kelsen, Mra Frank L. Benedict. Mrs Clara B. French. .A . . . Auxiliary to Batteries A and R 147th field artillery, will have their regular meeting tomorrow night in the Gray parlor of the Multnomah hotel. Th President's club is anticipating delightful session at the annual luncheon to be held at the Benson hotel Wednesday, February llth, at 12 o'clock. Mrs. Percy Lewis Is in charge of the music, which Is an as surance of an unusual treat, and a number will speak informally. The fresh and pretty with just a touch ofcommlttee in charge of arrangements J I MANY club and society etrcles of the city, all other activities have been suspended for the time being, so that time and energy may be devoted to tho caue of Armenia's 250.000 starving children. Mrs. C. U. Simmons, who baa hud charge of the women's division for the Near East Rollef campaign, whli-h opens its ten-day drive on Tuesday, has been mobilizing her executive and canvassing forces for the past two weeks to assist fetate Chairman Kam uel C. Lancaster In rolling up Port land's 373.200 quota. However, Mrs. Simmons was com pelled to leave for Chicago lact tilEht In order to be present at the Fifty first and lust nnt'.inal convention of the National Suffrage Alliance, to tut helj tire Ferruary 12-18. and her work in the Near East Relief cam reign Is to be taken up tomorrow by Mrs. HuKh McUiilte. Whlie the wo men of OreBo.i are greatly pleased at having Mrs. Simmons as a represen tative lit the final sexton of (he lil torlo suffrase organization, the work ers for the coming rampuign, anion it whom are Included nimerous club women, rrpret her necerary absence as a grea loss to tho drive oritnn Ization. 1 Announcement wan made by Mrs. th women who will have chnrfre of the different departments In the Nrsr EnsL Relief drive. Mra Elliott It. Simmons l.efore she left of some of Corbett will not bo able lo take any chairmanship, but will be active In the c-imp.iign, and is enlisting her friends for service. Mrs. Otto Grlcn and Mrs, Warren A. Morce will hive charge of several hundred milk bottles which have been equipped with printed appeals and which will be u4 ns receptacles for contributions in lobbies of the down town hotels, theaters, office bulld Irgs and In other locations Amonu their aides will b' Mrs. E. II. Hurst. who is alFO contributing the use of her a.itomoblle. Mrs. Ralph Tomllnson Is chairman of the committee In charge or booths, and has enlisted a score or more of friends to serve In this de partment, which will have booths in the stores, banks and other (lorn town centers. Mrs. Bertha Low-ey will ruperlntend . the work in ths fraternllles nnd Mrs. Nl.than O. Andersen will hnvo charge of the fneAkTV bureau. Mrs. Kilua R.lle. with Miss Caroline Stbertr win hive the responsibility of the work In the nubile and prlvnte schools. Willamette chapter T A. H. is pro viding .1 corps to assist Chairman . A. Raker in th industrial canvassing. Mrs. A T. C-cc l chnlrmnn rf tins committee, with Mra. Esther Jobes. Mrs TT. a. Smith and Mrs. Murry Manvllte m her aides. AmonK the tenm cantnln for down town cunvasslnir will bo V Charles E. Pant of the Tortland Women's . club team: Mrs. O. J. Ooffln. of the Multnomah chapter D. A. R. team, and Mrs. C. L. Dutcher of the City Federation team. Mra. P.uth Adams la In charge of the Information department, and Mra. A. E. Richards and Miss Ida Jonts will handle the -diMrlct assignments. Mrs. Besa!e E. Mills will superintend the distribution of supplies. Mrs. I. Aronaon will be In charee of the motor squad for the campaign. She h secured the co-operation of the Woman's league for National Service, which did such untiring and faithful work In the various drlvee durlrnr the war. Amonir' those who will loan their cars for the Near East Pelief In Mrs. Aronsnn's division are Mrs. T. J. Stevenann. Mrs. V. R Hurst. Mra. J. Peters. Mra. TT. .1 O'Velll. Mrs. J V. Booth. Mrs. Ralph Tomllnson, Mra K. TV McNntiirbton. M". .T. TV Rlplev, Mra. George Raker Mra Wal ter Holman. Mrs G. E Glulch Mra. Owen P'irler. M-. .iofcph Kenoe. Mrs. T. OerWV. Mrs. M R. While head. Vra. C. R Simmons ai,d ?'s. Alice Benson Beach. Lavender clnh. west side branch No. !. will meet In room A. Central llbrarv. Tuesday at 1:30 P. M. There will be the Insinuation of offlrera and a splendid pros-ramme. Mrs. Nellie Guatln. nist president of the Rebecca Assembly of Oregon, will be the new president for the coming year. The special service chairman of the parent-teacher council la going to call on each circle for IS to buy ahoea. clothing and other thins for the poor. Patriotic education committee of the Multnomah chapter. D. A. Tl.. with the aid of the chapter, will give a card party Saturday. February 14. In the ballroom of the Multnomah hotel, at I o'clock. Proceeds from the entertainment are to be used In the lithographing and publishing an Illuminated poster, emhodvlng the flag code and ethlca of the flar These poster when printed are to be presented to the nubile schools and placed In public buildings Hostesses mv enrage tables and entertain their friends or single handa may be obtained. Tickets for a sin gle hand. Including refreshments, are to be 75 cents, and may be obtained from Mra. P.obert Farrell, 70S Ixve Joy. or Multnomah hotel or hv tele, nhonlng Mlaa Virginia Whitfield. Co lumbia 30. Metzger Woman's club will give a card partv at the home of Mrs. Mne. Donald Potta. Friday, Fehrusry 15 at 1:30 o'clock. Music will be a fea ture of the afternoon and refresh ments will be served. As this Is a benefit party a small charge will h made for carda. The State Women's Press club held a meeting last Wednesday evening nt room F. central llr.rnrv. The treas urer. Mrs. Nora Armstrong, cnntrlh. uted one of her poems, entitled. "n Author's Dream." Mrs. Jane MeMII lan Ordway gave several of her patri otic poems, some of which she hn set to music. Dr. Nina Eveline Wood presented the subject of 'capital pun ishment, and after a discussion the