SECTION THREE
Editorial Page and Doings in
Realm of Society
VOL. XL
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1921
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FORMAL, balls havebeen the order
of the evening for most of the
social gatherings of the week.
The subscription dance of Friday
night in the Multnomah hotel was the
most Important of the smart gather
ings, not only In point of the per
sonnel of its guest list, but because it
marked the revival of the subscrip
tion dances that from time to time
nave been the most Interesting of the
exclusive affairs of Portland social
life. The dancing club of before-the-war
days was a social factor, but war
clouds gathered and society men went
away Into training camps and the
girls donned Red Cross aprons and
made bandages and did the thousand
and one helpful things that were
called their "bit." And long before
the dancing clubs there were the "as
semblies." One may turn back the social rec
ords of the city, page after page, and
see some of the same names that ap
pear on the list of today. Many of
the girls and men who attended the
subscription dance of Friday are the
sons and daughters of those young
people who made the assembly of 30
years ago so brilliant. An old recoil
tells hat "the assembly club met In
Marquam hall and that the pro
gramme was unusually long and the
party did not disband until a late
hour." Just as important then as
now were the gowns. Perhaps then
they were moro important, for they
seemed to have been quite elaborate
then and. In many instances, the rec
ord concludes the description of the
costumes by saying "ornaments, dia
monds." Peeping Into the pages of 1891 the
person Interested would find a de
scription of the gowns of Mrs. Solo
mon Hirsch, Mrs. H. D. Green, Mrs.
James R. McCraoken and other dis
tinguished matrons and of the girls
who won admiration because 0f their
grace and beauty. Mrs. McCraken is
Spoken of as wearing cream point lace
trimmed with silver threads and span
gles, and her diamonds are noted.
Mrs. H. D. Green, at that ball It
years ago, was said to have worn "an
elegant lavender petticoat with court
train of black silk." She, too, wore
diamonds. Mies Gllsan wore a sim
ple little evening dress of crepon.
Miss Sladen, the social record tells us,
'looked very sweet In white India
ailk and her coiffeur was dressed
high and relieved by a spray of
smllax and she carried a beautiful
Easter lily." Miss Edith Macleay
was described as wearing "a dainty
lavender gown, trimmed wtlh soft
folds of chiffon."
The subscription dance of 1921 was
In reality not elaborate, for there
were no decorations- and the supper
was quite simple. But there were so
many dinner parties beforehand that
an elaborate supper would have been
a mistake. The music was excellent
and the gowns were attractive. There
was present a congenial set who en
tered Into the spirit of the festivity
In a way that made it a success and
encouraged the committee to look
forward to another dance of the kind
later in the season.
Another society record of the old
assembly describes a beautiful hand
painted fan worn by a Miss Duncan,
whose dress was of cream crepe fes
tooned and held in place with vio
lets. Miss Elliot "was .-imply but be
comingly attired In white swiss knot-
wlth pink ribbc .s." No note ll
de of dinners preceding those as
semblies. Everyone went in cav-
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riages then and there was quite a
ceremony included In the arrival of
each equipage at the entrance of the
hall.
Last Friday night the young so
ciety folk assembled at ever so many
dinners, some given in the homes,
some In the University clubhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jewett enter
tained at one of the attractive dinners
at which they had 20 guests. The
table was artistically appointed.
Aubrey Watzek gave one of the
dinners that had as Its setting the
University club. It was one of the
smartest before-the-ball events. ,
Mr. and Mrs. S'dney Van Wyck
Peters were hosts at a dinner for
coterie of friends. Mrs. Peters was
Marie Louise Winslow of San Fran
cisco and she has not resided here so
very long, but in that short while she
has endeared herself to Portland be
cause of her charm of manner.
Miss Virginia Mean was hostess for
a party of the younger society set.
Mr. and Mrs. John batourette dis
pensed hospitality at a dinner for an
other group of those who attended
the subscription party.
The ball was primarily for the
younger married set, and some of the
bachelors and maids were Invited. In
all about 200 guests attended the fes
tivity. The ratronesses for the
dance were Mrs. Spencer Biddie, Mrs.
Henry L. Corbett, Mrs. L. Hawley
Hoffman, Mrs. Kurt Koehler, Mrs. C.
Hunt Lewis, Mrs. Roderick L Mac
leay, Mrs. George B. Maxwell and Mrs.
Cameron Squires.
Gowns for the occasion were of the
smartest modes, a little longer than
those of a short timeago, with quite
a goodly percentage in the rich colors
of this season, and many of silver and
gold metal cloth with dashes of color
in flowers or sash.
Mrs. Cameron Squires wore a gown
of silver cloth.
Mrs. Kurt H. Koehler was beauti
fully gowned in a becoming shade of
pink chiffon with a sash of turquoise
blue.
Mrs. Stanley Jewett, who was
hostess for a dinner of 20 covers pre
ceding the ball, was attired In a gown
of black lace draped along graceful
lines.
Mrs. Sidney Van Wyck Peters, one
of the attractive young matrons, who
also was a dinner hostess before the
dance, was admired in a gown of
orange brocade.
Miss Katharine Laidlaw was at
tired in a gown of green brocade with
silver and pearl trimming.
Miss Hannah Laidlaw was one of
thedebutantes attired in rose georg-ette-ith
silver trimming.
Varied shades of pink chiffon were
combined in the gown worn with dis
tinction by Jlrs. Antoine G. Labbe,
who was one of the guests at the
Stanley Jewett dinner and later at
the ball. Mrs. Labbe's gown was
pearl trimmed and smartly fashioned.
Miss Louise Llnthlcum was gowned
In a becoming shade of apricot silk.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Miller en-
tertaiiaed at a dlM)r before the sub-
scrlption dance. The affair was in
formal and covers were placed for
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mlnott, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Noyes, Mr. and Mrs. Era
kine Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Swift, Mrs. Meredith Bailey, Wendell
Kuhn and tlfe host and hostess.
Miss Virginia Mears, who enter
tained at one of the dinners, was
gowned in orchid-colored chiffon in
the pale pinkish tints.
Miss Margaret Blddle was one of
the charming girls who attended the
dance and was admired in green chif
fon with trimming of silver. She was
one of the guests at the Watzek din
ner. Miss Anna Wheeler, ont of the
younger girls, was a picture of loveli
ness in white satin.
Mrs. Charles E. Miller was attired
in white chiffon over satin and em
bellished with silver lace.
Beginning with tomorrow society
may anticipate a period of many so
cial affairs. The bridge tournament,
planned for last Monday, but post
poned because the cards did not ar
rive, will be played as originally
scheduled, in the crystal room of the
Benson hotel. Miss Annie Blanche
Shelby, chairman, has received quite
a large number of additional reserva
tions. Playing will start at 2 In the
afternoon and 8:30 o'clock In the eve
nlns. Players must be prompt.
By a strange coincidence the Seattle
cards did not reach the Sound City
last week and It postponed its tourna
ment until Monday and so Portland
and Seattle will be playing the same
bridge hands at the same time. The
tournament la a part of a nation-wide
event for the benefit of child hygiene
and relief work under the auspices of
the American committee for devast
ated France. Names of players to
participate were announced last Sun
day but the following are the names
added this past week: Mrs. T. S.
Barnes. Mrs. Sidney Peters, Mrs. Will
iam Wheeler. Mrs. Edward Thompson,
Mrs. Paul E. Froehlic. Mrs. Harry
Failing, Miss Bertha Tongue, Mrs.
Fred Gram, Mrs. Robert Hudson, Mrs.
R. J. Klrkley, Mrs. H. S. Rudd. Mrs.
Thomas G. Halley. Mrs. Edwin J.
Burke, Mrs. Seth Catlln. Mrs. T. C.
Taylor, Miss Llssie Myrick, Mrs.
Frank E. Hart, the Misses Flanders.
Mrs. Clyde Mount, Mrs. Llnne Jones.
Mrs. H. E. Straight. Mrs. Nita Barlow
Lawrence, Mrs. Eber Chapman. Mrs.
M. B. Latourette, Mrs. .Hugh Mount,
Mrs. It, A. Morris of Oregon City, Mrs.
E. J. Swindells, Mrs. L A. Andrus,
Mrs. J. S. McCool, Mrs. Carl H. Ben
son, Mrs. E. L Thompson. Mrs. Ed
ward R. Hatch. Mrs. William A. Mac
Rat, F. G. Donaldson, Dorsey Smith,
H. W. Isaacs. Henry Berg. Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Dewey. Mrs. Hawarth, Mrs.
Dan Kelleher, Mrs. John Plagerman.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Giesy, Mr. and
Curtis Bailey, J. N. Levlnson. W. T.
Stott, George Folsom, Mrs. Moore. H.
P. Barnhart, Mrs. John Frederick
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Norrls.
Mrs. E. C. Wlllard. John Scott, Dr.
and Mrs. Arthur Chance, Dr. and Mrs.
Earls O. Henton, Mrs. Frank B.
Kistner.
Quite a large number of society
folk attended the dlnne'r at the Mult
nomah hqgsl on Thursday when Mar
shal Foch visited Portland. Ths din
ner guests were thrilled with the ad
dress of the marshal. Even those
who did not understand him caught
the Inspiration of his personality and
sincerity and of course received the
message which was so cleverly given
by his interpreter. It was Interesting,
too, to meet the Count de Chambrun,
the descendent of Lafayette. Quite a
number of society men and women
made up parties for the dinner and
many of these later went to the Ap
polo club's concert at the auditorium
Instead of going to the armory meet
ing. Society and musical Portland found
Miss Mabel Garrison and the male
chorus delightful. The soloist was
pretty as well as a good singer. She
wore a taffeta frock with the skirt
in petal effect and the bodlce all
cloth of silver with a spray of silver
and pink flowers at the waist.
Musical events are taking an im
portant place in society's schedule
this season. To attend the many
splendid concerts and dances and
dinners planned for the various
groups of society's pleasure-loving
set Is enough to keep one busy.
An event for Friday "will be a sub
scription dance at Portland Heights
clubhouse. This coterie has met for
several seasons. The members have
Jolly times, but so far their little
club has never had a name. Mrs.
Homer V. Carpenter is chairman of
the committee for the dance.
The marriage of Miss Anna May
Chipping and George Archibald Kings
ley was solemnized Sunday at Hood
River, Rev. W. H. Boddy officiating.
The ceremony was held in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Chipping,
parents of the bride. It had been
planned a a. church ceremony, but
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the storm came over the valley and
the Columbia gorge and brought wkh
Ifa mantle of snow, causing the plan
to be changed. The bridegroom's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Kingsley
and several of the attendants went to
Hood Illver for the ceremony. Miss
Helen Gantenbein was bridesmaid and
Henry Goode was best man. Mr. and
Mrs. Kingsley came to Portland and
from here started on a motor trip to
California. They will reside tem
porarily at Llnnton on their return,
about January 1.
For ths wedding the ushers were
Alexander Llnthlcum, Medford Reed,
Hamilton Kingsley of Mlnden. Nob.,
and Kenneth Lincoln of Fall River,
Mass. About 125 guests from the val
ley atended. At the reception the
table was in charge of Mrs. Trafford
E. Smith. Mrs. Stuart Moore, Mrs.
Berkeley Snow, Mrs. Loroy Chllds,
Mrs. P. S. Davidson and Mrs. C. W.
McCullough Mrs. Lucius Meacham
sang during the afternoon.
The Portland Hunt club entertained
last night with a dinner at their club
,house. The reception at. Daniels hall, Hill
Military academy, on Fridav, will be
in honor of Captain and Mrs. Earl
Flegel. The army set will be Included
in the guest list.
Miss Helen Teal has returned from
Hood River where she passed a fort
night. Miss Teal is at Alexander
court.
A formal dinner dance of December
8 will be given by the committee of
100 of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. William MacMaster will be
chairman of the patronesses. Assist
ing her will be Mrs. H. B. VanDuser.
Mrs. Max S. Hirsch. Mrs W. S. Klrk
patrick, Mrs. P.alph L. Burnslde, Mrs.
R. S. Howard and M t .- Peter Kerr.
Multnomah Amateur Athletlo club
will hold a formal dinner dance De
cember 18 at the clubhouse. This Is
the first affair of this kind sver
given by the club and it is the plan of
the committee to make it a smart
and attractive evet)t in the social his
tory of the club.
Social and civic circles are keenly
Interested In the luncheon which the
local branch of the National League
of Women Voters is arranging for
Will Irwin, the noted writer and
lecturer, otv Monday noon, December
12 In the Arcadian grill of Multno
mah hotel. Mrs. Dallas Bache. presi
dent of the Oregon branch of the
league, will preside, and tables are
being arranged by many prominent
matrons who will entertain four or
more guests at that time. Among
those who are inviting guests for the
function are Mrs. J. B. Montgomery,
Mrs. A. A. Knowlton, Mrs. Julia Mar
quam. Mrs. Dallas Bache, Mrs. George
S. Young. Mrs Warren E. Thomas,
Mrs. Sarah A Evans. Mrs C. B. Slm-
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