Ashland tidings. (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, February 06, 1913, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextASHLAND TIDINGS ' PAGE FOUR Thursday. February 6, Ifll.T. 4 t m i i i i i i l.to the Social Realm j 0tiiUA HHHI 1 1 1 1 H H 1 Society News. Please phone all news items, so ciety or otherwise, to the Tidings, No. 39. It is often necessary to leave late items over until the net issue, so as to insure insertion please phone them in as early as possible. The Tidings goes to press early each Monday and Thursday afternoon and items must be in and in type by noon if possible. The Pleasant Hour Club will be entertained today by Mrs. L. S. Hunt and Miss Mary Orr. The ladies of the ItaptiHt church will hold a market sale at Holmes Bros.' store Saturday. The V. M. U. of the Congregation al church met Wednesday at the homo of Mrs. H. P. Boughman on Fairview street. Mrs. E. H. Bush was hostess to the Chrysanthemum Embroidery Club at its meeting last Friday. The guests were: Mesdames Casey, Malone and Miss Coffee. The Misaes Amy Stannard and Minnie Beaver were guests of the Fleur de Lis Club at its last meet ing in the Beaver block. After the business meeting a lunch was served during the social hour. W. F. M. Society will meet with Mrs. M. VV. Wheeler, 131 North Main street, next Friday at 2:30 p. m. Topic, "An lOducatioual Revolution." Come. Look for your mystery box questions and quia on Bryant's re port. The Baptist Missionary Society met with Mrs. Bert Greer yesterday and the following officers were elect ed for the coming year: President, Mrs. Keller; vice-president, Mrs. Mattlngly; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Satterly. Mrs. F. G. Sweedenburg enter tained a few friends at bridge Satur day evening. Those who enjoyed this delightful evening were: Miss Anna Mattern and Mesdames Provost, H. Pracht, C. If. Vaupel, Mattern, C. L. Cunningham and C. H. Veghte. Miss Arnold of Ashland has taken a position as nurse at the sanatorium at Glendale. She was for three years superintendent of the Granite City Hospital. Miss Thome, night nurse at the Glendale Hospital, was taken sick tl.o first of the week aud was brought to her home in this city. The Metanhe Club indulged In a Dutch feed" at Crowson's. Mondny night, the business of the club being transacted aa its numbers gathered around the table. A party has been planned for the near future, invita tions for which will be issued this week. Miss Angela liomar entertained j the Tri Sigmas at her aunt's home, Mrs. C. A. Cotter, on Harriso.i street, at its last ineotin.;. Those present were: l ue Miascii Kutn v lutney, Edna Dougherty, Rose .Taverner, Beatrice Miller, Alta Long and Flor- ence Olds. Miss Belle Moore was an Invited guoKt. A dainty collation was served during the afternoon. The Ladies' Qui Vive Club met with Mrs. Young Friday on Granite street. There wera 21 present. Mrs. Parker of Butte F.tlls being among the visitors. After the literary lio- i gram refreshments were served in honor of Mrs. Payne's birthday and the monthly social of the club. Af terwards Mrs. Youug and Mrs. Car ter gave clairvoyant readings. All present enjoyed a good time. Mrs. G. A. Culcy entertained a number of ladies at her homo on Liberty street Tuesday afternoon at an old-fashioned rag tacking. At 5 o'clock refreshments of coffee, sand wiches, pickles and cake were served to the following guests: Mesdames JJ. C. Culy, Murrny. Carpenter, Cur tis, Yates, Greenwood, Wright, Chamberlain, Burns, Cunningham, Vac Scoy, Robinson, Anderson. Mc Claren, Hartley and Ball. The Teacup Club was entertained at the Methodist parsonage Tuesday afternoon by Mr-,. Poor, who was assisted by Mesdames Daugherty, Milner, Homer Billings aud William Yeo. ' A huinoroiia duet, "Aunt .Jemi ma's Pastor," sung by Mesdames Poor and Wolf, and two piano solos by Miss Myrtle Daugherty, were very much enjoyed. A "cat" guess- ing game provided part of the after noon's entertainment. Mrs. George A. Briscoe won distinction by correct ly answering all of the questions. Light refreshments were served at Hit- c'.ohs of the afternoon. The Misses Beulah Caldwell and Floy Cambers were hostesses to the Alpha Chi Club at a meeting at the home of the former Saturday even ing. The annual election of officers was held during the evening, result ing in the eelction of Miss Martha Gilchrist for president and Miss Beu lah Caldwell secretary. Those in at tendance were the Misses Martha Gilchrist. Edith Merrill, Margaret Power, Victoria laveruer, Fiances Tave-rner, Ethlynde Sanford and Ethclyne Hurley. The Citizens' League met in the parlor of the Temple of Truth Wed nesday. Twenty minutes was devot ed to Parliamentary Law, the re mainder of the afternoon being spent in the discussion of the bills now pending before the legislature. This is a study club, in which they have taken up the study course of the Women of the Republic and the uni versity course, pertaining to citizen ship and self-government. Anyone wishing to become a member of this club will be cordially received. Mrs. Roland is president, Mrs. C. H. Ban ta secretary. Mrs. Freeberg treasur er, and Mrs. E. C. Gard is the lead er of the university course. The club meets the first and third Wed nesday of each mouth. Wednesday evening of last week Mrs. Herman Mattern entertained six tables at five hundred. The high est scores were made by Mrs. Emil Peil and A. E. Kinney, the latter be ing presented with a tie rack and the former receiving a dainty china plate. A box of cold cream was pre sented in consolation to Mrs. C. L. Cunningham. A delicious lunch of chicken patties, tomato salad, hot rolls, brown bread sandwiches, olives, salted almonds and coffee was served at small tables. The guests of the occaison were: Messrs. and Mesdames Vaupel, Roy Davis, Peil, J. M. Wagner, Kinney, C. L. Cun ningham, Swedenburg, Veghte, Whlt ed, Simpson and S. Saunders, Mrs. E. D. Brtggs and Willard Veghte. Saturday Miss M&dge Eubanks en tertained at a delightful three-course luncheon In compliment to Miss Car rol Fish of Phoenix, who is to be one of the spring brides. A hanging fern was suspended from the ceiling above the table and narrow pink and white ribbons led from it to a small basket of dinner mints found at each plate. The place cards were dainty af fairs bearing hand-painted wedding bells. After the luncheon the guests spent a merry a"ternoon making a "First Aid to the Honie-Makers," a j l)ook whk.h wil, po wjth the brlde. Lect to her new home. Choice recipes, noll9(.noU1 nints rnd other useful UcUH were ,,iaced In this book. The luncheon guests were: The Misses Carrol and Sybil Fish, Frances Ham lin, Ruby Palmer, Nellie Briggs, Mil dred Applegate, Hope Burdic, Angie Neil and Marlon Huntley. Fortnightly Club. Mrs. Stuart Saunders was hostess to the Fo,.tnK-ntly Club last Friday afternoon. Mrs. C. C. Page won highest score. Mrs. F. D. Wagoner will entertain the ,.,,, this wcpk in thc evening, whe.i the gentleinou will be guests. Merry Matrons. The Merry Matrons were enter tained by Mrs. Sylvan Provost Friday afternoon. Mrs. Mattern won high est score and was presented with a lrasa jardiniore. Mrs. H. Barnebiirg ,.,,,., jVed consolation prize, a silver tea strainer. The guests of the club wore: Mesdames Mattern, Foster and J. J. McNair. Federation Meeting. The Federation f Woman's Clubs met at the library rooms Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Kormann sjpoke on city sani tation. In his taik he reviewed our city laws regarding sanitation. He said: "This city has as good or bet ter sanitary laws than any city out side of one that he has investigated; but these laws are not enforced." His lecture on thU line was the best ever given in Ashland. Mr. Kormann recommended thai the ladies take this matter up in their clubs and see that these laws are enforced. Mayor Johnson addressed the la dies and took up the question of the electric railway franchise. He is in favor of the franchise from every standpoint, but he believes it should be thoroughly reviewed by a conipe tent attorney, so that nothing may be lacking to protect the city's Inter est. Mr. F. W. Moore talked about the normal bill now pending before the legislature and asked the ladies to use their Influence to create senti- inent in its favor r.nd help financial ly if railed upon. The Chautauqua ladies took charge of the program which followed. Piano solo, Edna Dorherty; reading, "Little Boy Blue," by Mrs. Wynne Scott; song by Frances Hamlin. The j social hour ended with refreshments j to the sixty who were present. j Joint MeetinK of Parent-Teachers' ! IT libs. The meeting Monday afternoon opened by singing "America.'' Mrs. Gard, president of the East Side Cir cle, made a few remarks and wel comed the visiting circles. Reports of the work done by the different circles was then given by their re spective presidents. Mrs. Gard, speaking for the East Side Circle, asked the member.) of the other cir cles to give their votes in the Koha gen piano contest to this school. Both the East and West Side schools are fitting up rest rooms for the teachers. Mrs. Geyger of Neil Creek reported that they had served two dinners and given one entertainment and had used the funds derived therefrom to paint the school house and provide it with screens. Mrs. Gordon of the Belleview Circle re ported that electric lights had been installed in that school house and that an entertainment is to be given ! Friday evening to pay for the same. Two excellent papers on the subject of good roads were read by Mrs. Barrows of Neil Creek and Mrs. Schoenthal of Belleview. The dis cussion of these papers was led by Mrs. Gard. A solo by Miss Engle was followed by a talk on the sub ject of uniform dress for the school room, by Miss Kaiser. Her experi ence as a teacher in a girls' board ing school in Seattle, where a uni form was worn with excellent re sults, made her an earnest advocate of that method of dealing with the dress problem. Professor Briscoe made some pertinent and sensible111 l,,e luea- uos ne inrer tnat tne remarks on the necessity of parents j children are of less importance than and teachers working together on , 1'8 roads? the question of suitable dress, show-j T e sure, as Mr. Sturgess oil ing that the teachers can do very I served, we should all know enough little without the co-operation of he j l have our children's drinking cups narents. He also deprecated the i scalded with lye water, because none wearing of short sleeves and low necked waists on the ground of health and comfort and said that the mothers should see that their chil dren were clean end orderly in ap pearance, when sent to school; and if anything happened to a child on j the wnv it wns th? teacher's business to send him to the basement to re pair the damages. While several of the mothers expressed themselves in favor of the uniform, the majority of both mothers and teachers seemed to he against it, chiefly on the ground that it would make school life mo notonous to both pupils and teach ers, but all agreed tnat a simple mode of hair dressing and plainer dresses were greatly to be desired. This discussion wts followed by a general social time and the serving of light refreshments. No Joke to Get Married in Armenia. An Armenian wedding is not read ily forgotten. It lasts for several days, and starts with a general meet ing of friends and relatives, who are entertained by a band of minstrels and dancers until the arrival of the groom. In the midst of the uproar it is Armenian etiquette that the "happy" man shall totter in with fal tering footsteps and blanched face (it has just been whitened with a little powder) in order to go through the ordeal of preparation. He is first publicly shaved and then adorned witii the various gifts sent by the bride-eiect. His broth ers next fall upon him, and with such vigor that he speedily stands forth as nature made him. Then they completely re-cloine him in new gar ments as best tbjy can a difficult job when one remembers that custom forces them to hol.l candles in their right hands throughout the opera tion. The evening terminates with bon fires, more music and much dancing. Upon the following evening the bride puts in her first appearance by rid'.ng to church the bridegroom walks. The priest meets them at he porch and reads them a very season able little homily upon the obliga tions they are about to undertake. They next march la procession to the altar, where then- foreheads are bound together Willi gold chains. Even then, however, another three days must elapse before the expect ant groom is allowed to take posses sion. They are a long-suffering race, the Armenians. German wontor. have formed housewives' associations, based on the principle of co-operr.tlon between the housewives of town and country. Among other things they maintain market halls. SUNSRT MAGAZINE and Ashland Tidings one year $2.75 to old or new subscribers. Regular mice of Sunset Magazine is $1.50 per year. The income of the king of Spain is $1,400,000. Favors School Supervisors. To the Editor: With all due respect for our honorable coun ty judge and ye editor, I should like io write a few lii.es in answer to the eon'uiunication of .Mr. Sturgess in regaiV to our school su- pervision. Of course, evei yone has a right t0 nis 0Wn Vinion- ,,ut lwm' ing too hasty an opinion is tault everyone should avoid. To judge the work of supervisor.' by the noteti read at the Parent Teachers meetings would be as un fair as to judge the merits of p. lec ture by the notes jotted down uy some auditor, as in both case; the notes were brief and to be used sim ply as reminders of the fu"er and more complete work. Su.ely, no oi;e wnuld thin: that children w-.ho of less value ihf.i. fruit trees or roads, yet we have fruit inspectors and road supervisors, so why not have school supervisors? No one would think of letting an -n-experienced person go to work on their place without watching aud in structing them, so why shouli we allow inexperienced teachers to go into our school rooms and ga'n ex perience at the expense of our chil dren, when by intelligent school supervision, the supervisor, who has been a successful teacher, could cor rect their mistakes before any dam age was done and give them valuable hints which prove of value to both teacher and pupil. Then, too, he see3 that each district receives the benefits of the O. A. C. literature and U. S. Department of Agriculture bulletins without any expense or loss of time. Would Mr. Sturgess, who is or was a road supervisor, hire some stran ger to work on his road and pay him wages without going to see how much or how well the work was done? No! He would simply laugh of us would wish our children to drink after children who have skin or blood trouble, but as far as that is concerned, a man knows he should work well to draw good wages, but will they all do so if they know that no one wln know whether they work "or not? It is the same with a teach- er. When a teacner knows that the directors seldom if ever visit her school or inspect her work, what is to prevent her becoming lazy or care less? Mr. Sturgess says pictures do not bring in any money, but if you are simply looking at monetary values, neither does music nor many of the other studies, but who would wish to live without music, art and litera ture? As I understand education, it is the means by which a person is fitted to go ino the world, min gle with people and be able to con verse intelligently on all subjects of common interest. Could he do so did he not know, at least, a few of the world's most noted artists and their work? Who would wish to have their children to be dumb and embarrassed in a company of per: sons who were speaking on subjects everyone should be familiar with and have them realize they might have been conversant with the subjects had their parents or school directors allowed these subjects to be taught when the supervisor advised the bet ter method by which they might be taught? I cannot see why anyone who has thoroughly investigated the matter should in any way object to our system of school supervision. GLADYS E. MILLER. Centra! Point, Ore. . His Temiterance Sermon. The temperance reformer was just ly proud of having converted the big gest drunkard in a little Scotch town and induced him he was the local grave digger to get on the platform and spout his experiences. "My friends," he said, "I never, never though to stand upon thi3 plat form with the provost onone side of me and the town clerk on th' ither side of me. I naver thought to tell ye that for a whole month I haven't touched a drap of anything. I've saved me enough to buy me a braw oak coffin wi' brass handles and brass nails and if I'm a teetotaler for anither month I shall be wantin' It." Chicago Inter Ocean. An English firm has brought out a new luminous varnish for automo biles, which is said to render a car, without being fitted with lamps, vis ible for a long distance on a dark night. German distillers produced nearly 4,000,000 gallons of pure alcohol during the nine months ending with Juno, the smallest quantity for sev eral years. The PORTLAND EVENING TELE GRAM and Ashland Tidings one year. $5.00. i Mt M HIMUH Spring Goods Arriving Daily I And Are Now On Sale SHIKT WAISTS KMBKOIDEIUKS WHITE GOODS GINGHAMS THE PERCALES LACES, RIBBONS CUIiTAIN GOODS SUNSHINE ASKS AID. Hospital Fees of Boy Guaranteed By Them. A bill of $30 trom the Granite City Hospital for the care of a boy brought there some time ago by the S. P. and which had been turned down by the last city council, was brought up and Councilman Gowdy stated that the Sunshine Society had guaranteed' the bill, and he moved that the bill be allowed. Council man Beaver asked If the city council had the power to do this. Council man Gowdy stated that this had been done in the past. Mr. Gowdy's motion thereupon prevailed and the bill was allowed. Hot He Did! "Maudie," asked her dearest friend, ' "did Bob kiss you last night?" "The very idea' Why do you ask such a question?" . "Oh, I happened to hear him say he liked your cheek." New York World. Fire Mseramice Is $6.80 "about 40 per cent less than" $8.00? (Actual figures irom Agent's Policy No. 19933) AND the policy also says that the company will not be responsible for more than three-fourths of the actual cash damage. GOOD insurance will cost a fair price, as well as clear dry lumber. BILLINGS has big, good companies at lowest rates. And they pay good money, and pay it in a hurry, too. Billings Agency ESTABLISHED 1383 41 E. Main St. IiEAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. Phone 211-J V T " I 4 4 4 4 T I I I "4 f T 4 T I T 4" V r i Complete, w ith set of cooking utensils, will be Given Away Absolutely Free THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL To the child having the most votes. One vote with each 10 cents' worth of goods bought for cash. A. J. BIEGEL HARDWARE Nomination Coupon GOOD FOR 10 VOTES I nominate .' IN BIEGEL'S STOVE CONTEST "M"t"M- Ml H-M"M"I" Ml 1 1 ii A Car Load of Free Dishes Just Arrived Ask For Your Coupon BARGAIN STORE Where you are always welcome whether you come to look or buy. Notice to Wood Contractors. Notice is hereby given that bld3 will be received by the Board of Di rectors of School District No. 5, of' Ashland, Oregon, until February 10, 1912, at 6 o'clock p. m., for 150 cords of fir wood, to be good, solid wood cut from green trees. Wood received must not be more than eight nor less than three inches in diameter. Wood to be delivered and piled as directed at the Nortff and East Side school buildings, on or before Sep tember 1, 1913. A certified check for $25.00 must accompany each bid and a bond of $500.00 will be required from per son to whom contract is awarded for the faithful fulfillment thereof. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of tho Board of Direct ors. H. F. POHLAND, Cleik of School District No. 5. 71-3t The best cleaning and pressing Is done at Fuller's. Ladies' work a specialty. Phone 119. We call. AND PLUMBING an q q lea! mm 1?i