THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 29, 1911.
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IN THE REALM FEMININE
Noble-Buehner Wedding Date.
PORTLAND society will lose for m
time one of Its very popular young
member when, on Monday. Janu-
JL ary 15, Miss Meta Buehner will
become the bride of Robert Noble
and leave at once to pass some time In
niiinin Mnnv 'dnllrhtful whinners
have been going the rounds' B.bout the
engagement which was informally made
known Christmas day. Miss Buehner
Is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Buehner, and a sister of Mrs.
Oeorge Sailor (Miss Margarita Bueh
ner), Miss Lillian Buehner and Henry
Buehner. . She completed her education
at Laselle seminary. In Boston, travel
ing abroad during a portion of the time.
Mr. Noble has spent time In Portland
off and on for several years. H Is
connected with the Westinghouse com
pany, of Chicago, and is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey H. Noble, of Gouver
neur, N. Y. Mr. Noble is a Perdue uni
versity man and a Phi Kappa Psl. The
wedding, which is being planned on a
simple scale, will be solemnized at the
Buehner home. Miss Lillian Buehner
will be maid of honor, little Miss Jane
Talbot, flower girl and Carl Wernicke
best man.
Sorority Dance.
The Chi Omega alumnae of Portland
and the active chapter at Eugene, have
every reason to congratulate themselves
on the brilliant success of their first
large "at home" given last evening at
Maaonlo temple. At least 800 guests
enjoyed the dances. The orchestra was
screened In with palms and about the
balcony where many sorority banners.
Beautiful and attractive gowns were
much in evidence. Patronesses for the
dance were Mrs. Prince Luclan Camp
bell, of Eugene, Mrs. Robert S. Bean,
Mrs. Charles W. Fulton, Mrs. T. T.
Qeer, Mrs. Ray Goodrich, Mrs. Alexan
der Skene Moody, Mrs. Roscoe P. Gllt
ner, Mrs. Pliny Snodgrass and Mrs.
Ellen Pennell, both of Eugene.
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yf Pre-NupUal Dinner.
Miss Mildred Morgan and her flange,
Owen Summers, Jr., were guests of
honor at a small dinner given them
last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Buehner whose additional guests were
Mr. and Mrs. George Sailor, Miss Dor
othy Bour, of Chicago, the Misses Meta
and Lillian Buehner, Robert Noble and
Henry Buehner. The table wa cen
tered with a miniature Christmas tree
and lighted with candelabra shaded in
red.
Tea for Sister.
Mrs. C. F. Adams, who leaves -Monday
for her European tour, has asked
friends In for tea tomorrow to meet
her sister, Mrs. Cochran, of San Fran
cisco, who will occupy the Adams home
while Mr, and Mrs. Adams are gone,
'
Southern Banquet.
About 50 southern men enjoyed a
banquet at the Hotel Carlton last eve
ning when Judge Samuel White was
the toastmaster and the speakers were
Tom Richardson. Judge Martin L. Pipes,
Dr. A. K. Hlggs, R. Nelson, Frederick
A Jacobs and George Wilson, of Pen
dleton. There Is no formal organisa
tion but for a month men of the south
have been enjoying lunch together on
Saturday at the Imperial. It is a broad
and open affair to all southern men and
It Is the purpose to be of use in ln
traducing southerners who come hore
and Inducing others to come. The ban
quet was the first formal affair and
will be an annual event The table was
gracefully decorated with pink and
white carnations and ferns.
Surprise Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Levy announce
the wedding of their daughter, Edith,
to Max Hardman, of Seattle, at 2:80
Tuesday afternoon In Temple . Beth
Israel. Rabbi Jonah B. Wise officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardman went directly
to Seattle and will take their wedding
Journey to southern California the mid
dle of February as was originally
planned.
Dance and Five Hundred.
The women of the Madeleine parish,
Irvlngton, will entertain their friends
with dancing and five ' hundred this
evening at Alumni hall. Grand avenue
and Clackamas street. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all. The patrons
and patronesses are Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Seufert, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Clarkson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O'Brien, Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Dunne, Mr. and Mrs. M. G.
Munley, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Maglnnls.
Mr. and Mrs. J.'N. Casey and Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Luckett.
Married Folk Have Celebration.
Cottage Grove, Or.. Dec. 29. That
they are not yet too old thoroughly to
enjoy themselves and can yet tell stories
with the test of youth was demonstrated
by the married people of the city
Wednesday night, when the Married
People s club held a banquet In Phillips'
hall. The entire evening was one round
of mirth and enjoyment, and the staid
old married people entered Into youthful
games with old time energy. Ninety
six sat down to the chicken banquet
After the banquet, Toastmaster Bede
called for the following toasts: Ernest
Purvance, "The Pastor and His Wife";
Rev. Mr. Sutcllffe, 'The Ladles' Aid";
Mrs. V. D. Wheeler, "The Newcomers";
S. L. Mackln, reply to welcome to new
comers. A program of readings and
music was then rendered.
Select patronage with efficient serv
ice makes Oaks rink popular plaee.
Some Sartorial Woes
Difficulties That Fashionable
Street Toillette of Today Pre
sents to Middle Aged Women.
By Elisabeth Lee.
MIDDLE-AGED and elderly women
certainly have reason for com
plaint this season, for practi
cally all of the models launched
favor only the young and per
haps those women who have retained
their figure even though first youth
has fled.
To many women this oversight on
the part of the designers seems nothing
THE BACHELOR'S TERROR
Written for The Journal by Darra More.
HE'S a bachelor, and a very "eligi
ble" one, thai Is, he lays claim to
many bags of gold, considerable
social prominence and a fairish
appearance. He is always in de
mand by hostesses. He's afraid to an
swer the telephone, he Is so pursued by
invitations to dinner, to parties, to "help
out" this masculine friend or to lend
his aid to some feminine friend In
distress.
It Is a very difficult thing to be an
eligible bachelor. His Ufa Is not the
one sweet song that some would have
us believe. He has to pay for his dis
regard of nature's rules. It Is one thing
to be an unattached man, and quite an
other to remain so. For, living as he
does at his club, he la the target for
every man's and every woman's machinations.
But this one bachelor In particular
was almost rude when I saw him. He
was rude because he was mad. He was
mad because "nobody would let him eat
his Cnrlstmas dinner in peace." "Why,"
he eald, in angry accents, "you'd think
I was some little waif of the streets,
the way theBe fool women ask me to
Join their family parties at Christmas
dinner. I don't want anybody feeling
sorry for me, and I don't want any of
their dinners, I want to be left alone
In peace and quiet. But, by Jove, they
won't have It that way. I must be
dragged Into a family circle, and made
to feel like a blooming Idiot. And it's
always those places with a couple ef
'young ladles' In the family or a wife
with wandering affections, that are the
most Insistent. Did you ever notico
that?
"And it rather compromises a man.
you know, to mingle with a family on
such occasions. It sort of lays the
foundation for a breach of promise ac
tion or the co-respondent "In a divorce
suit. A man has to be careful these
days. Sometimes I feel like Jumping
headlong into matrimony Just to save
myself the Irritations of these holiday
home festivals. A wife makes a good
watch dog, that's certain.
"And there's Mrs. Thornton, an aw
fully good friend of mine, and a corking
fine woman; but I can't stand those two
namby-pamby daughters of hers. Seven
or eight times lately I've had the
youngest girl fairly thrown at my head.
So much so that Dikes came Into my
office the other day with an ape-like
gr!h on his face and wanted to know if
'we would honeymoon In Cuba or Hono
lulu?' The silly ass I
"And three weeks before Christmas
Mrs. Thornton asked me to dine with
them Christmas day. There was only
one thing to do, and that was to tell
her uiat 1 was going to Seattle to spend
the holidays with my sister. And the
worst of It was that I had to go. And
as my sister was dining that day with
her in-laws, I was left to drift, with the
result that I got Into another family
party. Oh, well, what's the use?
"But I'm sorry about the Thornton
affair, because Thornton is in a posi
tion to make things very unpleasant for
me In a business way, and if he gets
piqued about his girl and these dashed
reports well. It's either Jumping into
the deepest part of the blue, blue sea
for me or a wife and family of my own,
I guess. But, my! I'd hate to be in
Thornton's shoes!"
In other words, there Is no royal
road to peace and comfort.
short of downright cruelty, because they
feel they cannot accept the conven
tional modes and keep their self-respect
at the same time. Not one Is willing
to sink into dowdylsm apparently the
only alternative and so a constant
struggle goes on between what "I
should like to wear'' and what "I am
compelled to wear." The elderly woman
of only a year ago had no such diffi
culties to contend with as she has at
present, for the styles worn by younger
women were equally appropriate for
those of middle-age arid past It.
But we have seen the most radical
changes since then and few, If any, are
adaptable to the needs of the elderly
woman.
Take, for Instance, the conventional
fashionable street toilette of today
the short, narrow skirt, the shapeless
blanket coat with its loose, not to say
sloppy, lines, and the hat with its perky,
ungraceful trimming covering the whole
of the hair and many times half the
face as well, topped by a veil perfectly
grotesque In Its effect.
Why, the average elderly- woman
would look like a freak dressed up in
this style, and be It said to their credit
very few in this class make the at
tempt, but sink Into a half content to
give up the idea of being modish and
to wait for greater consideration from
Dame Fashion.
But there Is really no necessity for
waiting for better things to come;
rather make the best of existing condi
tions and so modify prevailing fashions
to suit lndlvldaul needs until a woman
may be at once stylishly and becomingly
dressed.
"No, no," I hear it said, "modification
may have been possible In the past,
but not today. One must either make
the plunge or refrain altogether." But
I say, "It can be done."
Suppose we attack the narrow skirt
first of all. When one comes to think
of It, should njot middle-aged women
and those older be thankful they are
not compelled to carry around yards
and yards of material such as the
pleated skirt contained only a few years
ago? They should be really grate
ful that the weight has been lessened
to such an extent. Each type Is really
benefited. The Btout woman does not
look her weight In a well-cut, fairly
narrow skirt; the tall figure can adopt
the becoming oversklrt effect with only
the slightest addition to the weight,
while It is obvious the delicate woman
will be much more comfortable when
carrying as little material as possible.
I do not auk my fellow-women to ac
cept the short skirt, but they can, one
and all, wear the narrow skirt If modi
fled to suit the Individual.
AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW
"Y
In the Good Old Days.
By Walt Mason.
OU seem to have trouble on your
mind," remarked the star
boarder, sympathetically.
"I am greatly distressed," an
swered the melancholy board
er. "A very dear friend of mine, Mrs.
Vermifuge, has been arrested, charged
with having poisoned several people.
She conducted a moral family boarding
house, and It Is said that she adulter
ated her pepper with arsenic. These
pure food cranks are carrying things
with a high hand when a landlady can
be arrested upon such grounds. Things
have come to a pretty pass when a wo
man can't put what she likes Into her
own pepper box. Mrs. Vermifuge Is in
for a lot of litigation and Inconvenience,
and some people I redlct that she will be
executed some fine morning."
"There isn't much danger of that,"
commented the star boarder. "Such a
case as hers, when It comes to trial,
will give the medical experts the chance
of their lives, and they'll testify to so
many things that the Jurors will get all
balled up, and are Just as likely to
award the prisoner a geld headed cane as
to give her a death sentence Nowadays
the poisoner hasn't much to fear frorrf
the law. Consider the case of Dr. Jekyll
at Kansas City. He was accused of hav
ing playfully removed most of his wife's
relatives, and a Jury convicted htm, but
he was granted a new trial, and I'll bet
my watch aginst Mrs. Jiggers' recipe
for pumpkin pies that he will be a free
man by Christmas.
"It was different In the brave old
days before experts were allowed to
testify In murder cases. Poisoning was
one of the popular diversions of the
Indies two or three centuries ago. In
those days there was no bridge whist
and no suffragist movement and the
girls had to amuse themselves in some
way, so they poisoned their relatives and
friends. Just to be sociable.
"There was Brlnvilllers, a beautiful,
educated and refined woman. She also
had a pull, but none .of these things
could save her when it became known
that she was a poisoner. No lawyers
or. chemists were called In. She was
taken to an underground dungeon and
subjected to torture by water. She was
strapped down to a wooden horse, and
then a large funnel was placed In her
mouth, and the executioner poured water
Into It. The funnel Is in existence to
this day. It was made of leather and
brass, and one may see upon It the
marks of the pearly teeth of the unfor
tunate marquise, where she bit it in her
agony. Her suffering was so great
that the executioner's assistant, hard
ened as he was, left the dungeon weep
ing. Afterward the marquise was
burned. Ah, Mrs. Jiggers and gentle- ;
men, men had stony hearts In those
days, and punishment by the law had
the bark on It.
"In the year 1615 Anne Turner wis
tried in London, charged with having
administered white, arsenic to Sir Thomas
Overbury. It seemed that the countess
of Somerset, a cultured and charming
woman, was anxious to have Sir Thomas
canned because he was a busybody and
had Interfered in sundry matrimonial
schemes of hers. The countess was anx
ious to have him poisoned, as a rebuke
to his offlclousness, but she couldn't
attend to It personally on account of
her social activities, so she asked Anne
Turner to help her. Anne was a re
markable woman in her way. She was
the Inventor of yellow starch, which
was all the rage In those days of cuffs
and ruffs. All the linen of the elite
was done up with yellow staroh, and
Anne was extremely popular.
"She was naturally an obliging wo
man, anxious to be neighborly, so when
the countess asked her to poison Sir
Thomas she did her best But he was
too weary, or he was poison proof, or
something, for he refused to die, al
though he did get sick on a couple of
occasions. Then Anne Was arrested and
tried. It was shown pretty clearly that
she had attempted to poison Sir Thomas
but It couldn't be proved that she aid
poison him. Had the Judge been un
prejudiced she'd have been acquitted,
but that learned Jurist had passionate
hatred of yellow ruffs and cuffs, and
he was determined that Anne should
hang. Seeing that the poison charge
was going to fall through, he had her
accused of sorcery.
"Nobody could survive a sorcery
charge In those days. Bo the Jury found
her guilty and the Judge sentenoed her
to be hanged In yellow ruff and cuffs,
and also ordained that the executioner
should wear similar ornaments. Which
seems, at this distance of .time, like
rubbing it in. So poor Anne Turner
was hanged, and a similar fate should
overtake the man who sold you thla but
ter, Mrs. Jiggers."
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Pianos rented, $3 and $4 per month.
Chlckering. Kohler, Kimball. Kohler &
Chase, 375 Washington St.
The Marx -Rosen
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Weeks
We Bought from the Receiver, A. Weinberg, the Entire
;k at 4 1 Cents on the Dollar
The Entire Stock Will Be Slaughtered Out as Fast as Possible.
Sale Begins Saturday, Dec. 30th, 9 a m., Sharp Stock only six weeks old and look at the prices.
This is no fake; the goods are new, no old collars or swallow tail coats. Prices smashed to pieces; 'men come as quick as you can.
S&500.00 S
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5Qc-75c President Suspenders at 15c
$1.00 to $2.00 Dress Shirts at 69c
$1.50 to $2.50 Flannel Shirts at 88c
Men's 25c Cashmere Socks go at lie
50c and $1.00 Neckties to go at 17c
' 10c and 15c Linen Handkerchiefs 2c
Arrow Brand and Triangle Collars 5c
50c and 75c Work Shirts at 25c Each
$1.00 Merino Wool Underwear at 39c
MEN'S REGULAR $5.00 HATS at $1.39
Men's Regular $1 and $1.50 Caps 58c
Men's $10.00 to $15.00 Suits at $2.95
Men's $20.00 to $25,00 Suits at $7.69
Men's $8.00 Rubber Coats Only $2.68
Men's $3.00 Oiled Coats Only $1.39
Men's Regular $25.00 Slipons at $9.35
$3.50 to $5 Corduroy Pants at $1.79
Boston and Paris Garters, a Pair 10c
Men's Regular $2.50 Trousers at 69c
Men's Regular $5.00 Trousers $1.87
$4.00 and $5.00 Shoes, Pair at $1.95
$7.50 Hand Made High Top Shoes $3.19
Men's Fine $3.00 Hats for Only 78c
Men's 15c and 25c Socks, 5c a Pair
Men's 50c Heavy Wool Socks at 16c
50c and $1.00 Wool Gloves 19c Pair
50c to $1.50 Cuff Buttons at IOcPair
50c to $1.00 Tie Pins Only 7c Each
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