Monday, January 29, 1917
PAGE FOUR
AFHLAND TIDINGS
In the Social Realm
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Pniriil-Tearliers.
The Parent-Teachers' meeting at
the East Side school February 5 will
lie favored with a reading by Mrs.
Grace Melllnger. The meeting com
mences about 3:45 p. m.
Social Club Meets.
The Dial Club met with Miss Amy
Ramsey at her home on Scenic Drive
Thursday afternoon. A pleasant af
ternoon was spent in needlework and
conversation, after which dainty re
freshments wre served.
St. Mark's Will KntertMln Trinity.
The St. Mark's Guild of Medford
will entertain the Trinity Guild' of
Ashland at St. Mark's hall in Med
ford next Thursday at 1 o'clock
luncheon, after which cards will be
played.
Aid Will Knlertain.
The llaptist Ladies' Aid will enter
tain all the ladies of the city who
are in any way Interested in the Bap
tist church or Sunday school. Wed
nesday afternoon. January 31, at 2
o'clock. The affair will take place
at the Baptist church.
Local trainmen are looking for
ward with pleasure to the big annual
hall of that railroad brotherhood at
Dunsmulr on February 22. This is
the entertainment de luxe given an
nually by S. P.' employes In that
terminal city. The event Is being
extensively advertised here.
Many From Out of Town.
Many out-of-town ifolks are plan
ning to attend the band dance which
Is to be given by the Ashland band
at the armory Friday evening of this
week. The band dances of i .ie j.ast
have always ranked as the most en
joyable affairs of the sort of the sea
son, and the coining event will prove
no exception. The band boys all do
nate their services for the evening
and do not receive any remuneration,
all of the receipts going tor mnlc,
Instruments and other band expenses.
The people of Ashland aupreda'r tbe
value of the band to the city and can
give substantial evidence of tuelr ap
preciation by attending tlu dau;e.
The music alone, if one does not care
to dance, will be worth goln to heat.
All of the latest In dance musiO and
popular airs of the day will be play
ed, together with the old fa-oiiKs
which never grow out of Jate.
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Doreus Society.
The Dorcas Society of the Chris
tian church met at Mrs. Reebe's home
on the Boulevard last Thursday.
Some business was transacted. Vis
iting and fancy worK was another In
teresting feature of the program,
aside from the dainty refreshments
served by the hostesses, Mesdames
Beebe and Hale.
Those present were as follows:
Mesdames H. S. Emory, George
Dunn, O. Booth, G. C. McAllister, J.
W. Hasklns, Jennie Brady, J. N. Den
nis, Espey, Hale, Mary Hale, Grace
Melllnger, 0. W. Long, May Austin,
Monroe, C. 0. Porter, Yates, Bates,
Alex Livingstone. Frulan, Beebe and
Miss M. Benedict and W. L. Mellln
ger. Entertain For Hauns.
Mrs. Haun ?.nd her daughter. Miss
Florence Haun, of Oakland, Cal., plan
to go on to Portland, Wednesday.
These ladles have renewed the ac-
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Armory, Friday, Feb. 2
Maiic hi M Pitct Orchestra
Ticktti t t Ont DolUr
The Loveland
SCHOOL FOR DANCING
All the Latest Modem Ballroom Dances
Class and Private Instruction
Memorial Hall
PtpU f W. L. Waltiey, lotton,
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Mrs. Henry Terry Elmore
Soprano
Valet riaclatf, CMchlarf aaa tke Art f Slnfln
g Studio, Itoeuts I and 4,
First National Bank Bids.
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iquaintance of former friends In Ash-
land and have received many courte
sies socially. A dinner "en famille"
at Dr. and Mrs. Uutlerback's home
on Pioneer avenue, Thursday at 6 p.
m., was much enjoyed.
The Hauns spent a happy day with
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sayles and daugh
ter, In company with three other In
vited guests, and enjoyed a choice
dinner and reminiscent conversation.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Goodman also
Entertained at dinner for them. Choice
music was a feature of this visit.
Petite Clara Wills' talent In fancy
work and music was highly commend
ed.
Their farewell dinner will be given
by Mrs. Hockctt tomorrow (Tues
day). Other guests will be Mr. and
Mrs. George Allen.
Pleasant Hour Club.
Mrs. F. M. Lynch, assisted by Mrs.
L. O. Van Wegen, entertained the
regular bi-monthly meeting of tho
Pleasant Hour Club at her honi'. on
Liberty street, on Thursday. An
terestlng program, which was wnl
rendered and heartily applauded
consisted of several piano solos by
Misses Meryl Swaggart and Helen
Walker; a reading by Mrs. B C.
Tabor, In her usual pleasing maiinc"
the reading oif a selection taken from
the Fourth Reader, entitled "A Live
ly Sleigh Ride," by Grade Lucke, a
little five-year-old girl, who is notli
lug short of an Infant prodigy; also
some clever recitations by little Gail
Lynch. The time passed quickly and
pleasantly, while needles and tongues
made an accompaniment for each
other, and at 5 o'clock delicious re
freshments were served, after which
meeting was adjourned until Febru
ary 8.
The following were present: Mes
dames George Carpenter, John Do,
ran, J. K. McClaren, W. E. Glenden
nlng, James Rudd, J. E. Crowson,
R. P. Watklns, C. Cantrall I. Swag
gart. B. C. Tabor, Wright, E. K. Hall,
Denton, F. H. Walker, T. M. Lyncn
and L. O. Van Wegen, and Misses
Meryl Swaggart, Helen Walker, Nel
lie Perry, Grade Lucke, llttlo Mildred
Doran and Gall Lynch.
' ' Farewell Recital.
Earl L. Rasor, who is soon to leave
Ashland, will eppear in a farewell re-
cltal at the Presbyterian church on
Tuesday evening, January 30. Mr.
Rasor's soloist work will be supple
mented by Mrs. Olive B. Parson, pian
ist and organist, and Carl Loveland,
'cellist. The recital will commence
promptly at 8 o'clock. A charge of
25 cents will be made. The entire
city regrets losing Mr. Rasor and will
no doubt take advantage of this op
portunlty to show their appreciation
of what he has done for the city
along musical lines.
The program will be as follows:
1. a '"Beam From Yonder Star,"
Dullard; b "The Message," Cov-
erly;; c "At Dawning," Cadman.
2. "A Son of the Desert Am I," Phil
lips.
3. 'Cello solo, "To a Wild Rose,"
Hartman.
i. a "Kathleen," Lowdon; b
"Nora Mageo," Burke; c "Believe
Me, If All Those Endearing Young
Charms," Moore.
5. "Blow, Blow Thou Winter
Wind," Sargent.
6. 'Cello solo, "Salut D'Amour,"
Elgar, Op. 12.
7. a "Can't Yo Heah Me Callln?"
Roma; b "Then You'll Remember
Me," Balfe.
Political Science Class.
The political science class meets
next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. The legislature proceedings
will bo discussed and a short parlia
mentary drill held under Miss Towne.
Cllf Payne makes stepladders.
Phone X 70
aut Vannudnl, Noreace, Italy
Resldonce, IS 9 N. Main
Phone 438-R, Ashland, Ore.
Birthday Party for Pastor. .'
Last Wednesday evening after the
prayer service the "members off the
Men's Bible class and the "Good
Cheer" Bible class of women and oth
er members and friends gave a birth
day party to their pastor, Rev. H. A
Carnahan.
Mrs. William Mathea baked the
birthday cake and Mrs. A. H. Russell
was the artist who did the decorat
ing. Very artistically It was done
His initials, "H. A. C," and "Fifty
years" were very neatly placed on
the top of the cake, and the cake was
decorated round about with Oregon
grape and set on a raised piece in the
middle of ono of the long tables and
carried into the lecture room. The
pastor also received a fine box of
chocolates from Mrs. Emma L. Jack.
Mr. Shlnn, In behalf of the church,
In well-chosen words of greotlng and
friendship presented Dr. Carnahan
with a very fine silk umbrella with
a gold-mounted handle. Dr. Carna
han responded. Rev. W. J. Douglass
of the M. E. church was then called
upon and brought congratulations
and felicitations from neighboring
church friends. Delightful refresh
ments were served by the ladles and
a very pleasant evening, spent In con
versation and good cheer, all too soon
came to a close. Dr. Carnahan has
just rounded out three years of serv
ice as pastor of the local church.
Farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Rasor.
On Saturday evening, January 20,
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Parson,
the Presbyterian choir gathered to
enjoy the evening In honor of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Rasor, who are soon
to leave our city. It was to haye
been a real surprise, but there was a
leak somewhere. But It was none the
less a very pleasant and happy time
in Dr. and Mrs. Parson's hospitable
home. The table was most beauti
fully laden In the dining room. The
piece do resistance was chicken, and
since all were musical people, the at
tack (I believe that Is the musical
term) was In perfect harmony, and
the way thoso good things disap
peared well, It was a caution, . ,
Dr. Carnahan, on behalf of the
choir, members of the choral soojety
and some friends about the city, pre
sented Mr. and Mrs. Rasor with a
handsome traveling bag, to which
Mr. Rasor responded in a few well
chosen words.
The evening was passed In a happy
mood, and all regret that our choir
and church and the musical circles
of our city arc to lose these very
estimable people. Mr. Rasor goes to
take further studies In music, and the
best wishes of all go with them for
future success and the hope that
sometime they will come back to us
again.
Keep It Dark.
It is a dark secret and please don't
ask us who told. If you had been up
In the neighborhood of the Perozzl
residence Saturdajs.nlght you would
have guessed that some kind of mer
rymaking was going on behind those
closed blinds, but the chances are you
never would have guessed that It was
the degnlfied membership of the C. L.
S. C. breaking loose from the routine
of study and scicntfic investigation
to enjoy a merry evening of fun. The
costumes but we will go no further.
Life is too sweet.
Two-Two.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Loveland will
hold another open dancing class
Thursday evening of this week, com
mencing at 9 o'clock or immediately
after the "first show at the Vlnlng.
Instruction In "London Taps" will be
given to those who have not already
learned this simple yet Irresistible
dance, and Instruction in the Two
Two, with new steps, will follow.
Elks in Overalls.
Elks In overalls and their ladles In
uprons and braids romped together
nt the Elks Temple to enlivening mu
sic furnished by Loveland's orchestra
Friday night at a "hard times" ball
which proved to be one of the jolllest
of the many jolly affairs which the
Elks have instigated. A light supper
was served and dancing lasted until
2 o'clock.
Sixty-dollar Singer sewing machine
for $25 If taken Tuesday. E.' L.
Rasor, 337 Scenic Drive. Phone
414-R. It
Jess Willaid Had
Better Look Wild
Jess Willard had better "look
wild." So says E. R. Grcive, who has
the smile that won't wear off and
ean't quit telling about that great big
ten-pound boy that arrived out at. his
house yesterday morning. He Is
talking of challenging the heavy
weight champ Immediately on behalf
of his son. . Fred Herrin has put in a
bid for the movie rights and "Slim"
Beeler will act as second. .
Phone newi itemf t the Tidings.
A Policeman's Life
Is Not a Happy One
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1916, by the McClur
Newspaper Syndicate.
"My son," began the officer as we
walked bis beat together, "when you
see a patrolman sauntering along the
street and swinging his club you thiuk
to yourself bow easy he earns bis mon
ey. It Is not so easy when you come
to understand everything. I may not
make an arrest once in two weeks of
an offender against the law, but I am
busy all the time, and you shall bear
about it
"In the first place it seems to me that
four out of five families have a row
three or four times a week. In winter
I do not hear so much, but iu summer,
when the windows are open, I hear
much more thau I want to.' The dwell
ing houses on my beat are mostly three
stories and of brick. The first story is
occupied, as a rule, by bookkeepers,
salesmen and the like, wbo can afford
to pay about 20 a month. There are
two families above them which belong
to the laboring class.
"I am sauntering along my boat and
the first floor family are at supjicr
when I hear the husband call. out:
" 'Maggie, what In the devil do you
get such meat for?'
'"It was all I could get with the
money you left me.'
" 'Then why didn't you run In debt a
little?'
" 'Because we owe now more than wo
can ever piy.'
"'Don't you concern yourself about
what I can pay or cannot This meat
isn't lit for a dog to eat! It is all bone
and fat and gristle.'
" 'Well, you must eat it the best way
you can. I am always pinched for
money and always have to buy the
cheapest things. We have got to keep
you well dressed, you know, and the
rest of us must wear our old clothes.'
" 'Darned if I don't wish I had never
married 1'
" 'And so do I, for that matter.
"And then I hear the busbaud shove
back from the table, and In a minute
more he is on the street and walking
away. Half a block below I hear an
other row.
"You may say, my son, that these
family skeletons do not concern the pa
trolman ou the. beat, but they do Just
the same. About three out of five of
them end iu a row Iu which furniture
is smashed and blows are given and
tuken. Then It is his duty to make his
appearance and take a hand in. We
try to be peacemakers, but it often hap
pens that we have to take the whole
family to the station. Wives drink as
well as husbands, and when It happens
that both have beeu drinking they are
very hard to handle. When they ap
pear in court next morning one or the
other has a black eye to be ashumed of,
aud they are so repentant that his hon
or generally lets them go on suspended
sentence. There Is another thing, my
son, that may surprise you. Take them
as tbey run on any patrolman's beat iu
this city and not one out of five chil
dren up to six years old has learned
the number and street of his home.
As sure as they get three or four blocks
away they are lost. They can tell the
first name of the father or mother, but
that is the best they caa do. It would
take a father or mother about fifteen
minutes to teach a child the street and
number, but they don't do It. It would
take about ten minutes to write the
address down on a card and sew this
card to their clothing, but they never
take this precaution. When a child Is
lost the first step of the mother is to
find me. She seems to think I ought
to know every child on my beat.
"I can't leave my beat to go hunting
up lost children, and so I send ber to
the station. Nine times out of ten I
havo got to go looking around after
my regular hours of duty. Sometimes
I find the child not more than two
blocks away, and sometimes I have to
hunt for two hours, with my feet ach
ing as If somebody had clubbed them
I tell yon as a fact that not one moth
er in ten can so describe a lost child
as to make easy w ork of finding blm or
her. We will suppose that a woman
comes running up to me to say that her
llttlo girl, five years old, is lost. I must
first calm her, for she Is greatly excit
ed, and then the conversation runs
about as follows:
"'When did you miss your girl?
" 'About two hours ago.'
" 'What was the color of her hair?'
" 'Brown, sir.'
" 'And were her eyes blue or black?'
" 'I can't be sure which, but I think
they wore black.'
" 'What sort of a dress fild she have
on?'
" 'A brown calico.'
"'Did she havo shoes onT.
" 'I think not sir.'
"'Did she wear any sort of a hat?'
- 'No, sir,;
'"Is she a good sized girl for her
age?--
"'Mary people have taken her for
ten years old, sir.'
"I take all this down in writing, but
I am pretty sure that it is useless.
Four blocks tip my beat I come across
the lost girl. She bag walked and
walked , until she bag become weary
and Is Bitting on the curbstone to rest
Iler hair, her eyes, ber size, her dross,
are all different from what the mother
described them, and yet she is the lost
girl. When I lead her back to the cor
ner from which she can see her house
he Is alt right. If I badh't happened
to pass her .the hunt might bare gone
oa for two or three days."
Vining
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MONDAY
Charming Metro Star Viola Dana
"Gates of Eden".
An especially fine Metro drama which will
receive your enthusiastic praise.
TUESDAY A picture everyone will want to see
June Caprice, one of Wm. Fox most popular stars in
Caprice of the Mountains"
Wednesday Big and Handsome
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Man From
Story of the great north
S. F. Thinks Hi
Coming Thru Oregon
Commenting on newspaper stories
sent out from San Francisco last
week that there will be something
doing shortly In providing a direct
connection between Portland and San
Francisco via the Spokane, Portland
& Seattle railway system, the-Stra-horn
line from Bend to Lakevlew and
thence over the existing line from
there to a junction with the Western
Pacific, Friday's San Francisco
Chronicle says:
"Rumors and belief In them per
sist to the effoct that what are known
as the Hill railroads are at all times
looking to an entrance to this city,
which they will effect at the first
favorable opportunity. The Hill
roads are as certain to reach San
Francisco as the Central line was to
reach Hill territory In the northwest.
What is sauce for the gooss will be
found Lauco (for the gander. The
goose has got hois. The gander will
get his.
"But, aside from the natural and
healthful rivalry of railroad systems,
a public necessity will be served by a
direct line from this port through
undeveloped territory to connections
in the west and northwest. It will
give the natural outlet to the prod
ucts of the rich country opened up
and give quicker and cheaper service
than now exists between this port
and the Lake Superior region. It
will do what the existing steamer line
never can do. for bulk freight can
not move In that way.
"The map published in yesterday's
Chronicle shows that the natural line
of approach is through Bend and
Lakevlew, Ore., to a junction with
the Nevada, California & Oregon, and,
entrance to this city over tho West
ern Pacific rails. The Nevada, Cali
fornia & Oregon road is now being
broad-gauged to a connection with
the Western Pacific, and with that
accomplished to Lakevlew there will
remain only a link of 130 miles to
complete the connection. Nobody
can be made to believe that this con
nection will not be made.
"It is made more certain by the
situation of the Western Pacific,
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& jl lMj-A 1 ITltj sill
Good Travel Insurance
Every foot of the
System between Fortland and
Chicago is protected byAutomatic
Electric "Safety' Signals.
Go EAST via the famous Columbia River
Route and enjoy the security from delay
and annoyance these sentinels assure.
WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, PORTLAND
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Theatre
Fan
Bitter Roots"
woods Regular Admission
which needs traffic which a Hill con
nection would give it. The financial
condition of the Western Pacific, al
though now perfectly healthful, has
only tho healthfulness of the infant.
It Is ready to grow, and cannot but
be benefited by close association with
such systems as the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific. It is assumed
that Western Pacific bonds and its
floating stock will drift into the
hands of Hill interests, if they are
not already there. The outcome
which is indicated would be good for
both railroads and for San Francis
co." Three Days at
Vining Theatre.
Tonight.
Tonight's Vining feature is "The
Gates of Eden," with Viola Dana in
the leading role of a young Quaker
girl who falls in love with a New
'Yorker with many resulting complica
tions.
Tuesday.
Juno Caprice, newest film star, who
has flashed like a meteor onto the
stardom screon, will come to the Vin
ing Tuesday In a William Fox feature,
"Caprice of the Mountains." Wil
liam Fox told this seventeen-year-old
girl that In a year she would be the
most popular girl in the movies.
Tuesday evening you may pass your
Judgment on her smllo and beauty.
Wednesday.
Wednesday brings another Fox
film starring William Farnum in
"The Man From Bitter Roots." Love
and adventure vie with each other
for the principal interest in this stir
ring drama of mining and the great
west.
R. C. Porter has been ill at the
Granite City hospital for some time
past. Ho underwent an operation re
cently and was moved to his home
last Friday. It will be a week or ten
days before he will be able to' be
about.
A. W. Bartlctt left Sunday for San,
Antonio, Texas, on a business trip.
He will bo gono probably ten days.
Walter Jennings Is now employed
as chauffeur by the Hotel Austin.,
Union Pacific
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