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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1925)
r', - J3UpCH' IT W "? r",- xmwoTosiBy. pi- i - - N , ! -( " 'r Ur i i -.lV A ''iU " V !r- Ii T - SIR CIA NOTE FROM MISSIONARIES Upper left : Peggy and David Thompson, son and daughter of Dr. and iws. Frederick Hill Thompson, both six years of age. Upper right: Francis Thomas, two and one-half yearepld, and HiilHlHerald Jr., four years old, .imatTsons of Mr; and Mrs. Phillip H. Jas koski.y Lower left r Little Miss Vera Louise Beechler, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. X. Beechler. Vera Louise s four and one-half years old. Lower right: Jane Mercer, aged five, and David Thomas, 3d, who will soon celebrate his fourth birthday, children of Mr.' and Mrs. David T. Talmadge. Mrs. Rice of Chicago ' Is Honored on Friday. ... Mi' Harry E. Rice (Ruth Koyer) of GhicagoT.vas; the h spiration for one of the most de lightful paHies'ot the week when Mrs. U. G. Boyer entertained on Friday evening for her daughter's pleasore. Th' guest ' group in cluded; girlhood 'frfends of Mrs. Rice, Aiany having been her class mates In Willafiiettd' University and in high school. Mr3. Rice plans to be in Salem until after the Christmas holidays. She has been the gueSt of her parents for the past b ,weesT , , ThcC rooms of the;Boyer home on Friday, evening were attrac tively jn keeping with the season with small decorated Christmas trees and baskets of, bUy about the rooms. Aa a iate hour de licious refreshments carrying out the Christmas motif, were served. Assisting' Mrs. Boyer were Mrs. II. t It. - Klpepping and Miss Dor othy Kloepping. vr;. - Piano . numbers by Misa .ODor othy I'earce added .to the plea Rure of the evening which was devotedV'for- the roost part; to Christmas needlework and con genial conversation. . The gjiestsat the Boyer home includt'Mral Harry E. Rice, the honor guest. Miss Dorothy Pearce, Oriental Fiests Pictured Letter Sent by Mr, and Mrs. Randie in An extremely interesting letter coming from Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Randie, missionaries in Suifi, China, and addressed to Mrs. Ran- dle's sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Henry of Route 1. tella in detail of the im portance of the feast aa celebrated in China. Says Mr. Randie: ' A Chinese Feast Feasts in China are anything but unusual. Every wedding must have Its feast. Even funerals and births must be celebrated in this way. Then there are a large number of national feasts as well as the private feasts. A descrip tion of the festivals of China would require a very long manu script but. Interesting as such a description might be. we will con fine oureelves to a description of an ordinary feast. First, the guests are invited, the invitations being written on a large sheet of red paper and en closed in an envelope of the same color. No note of acceptance is written for the host takes it for granted that no one would be o impolite as to spurn his request to partake of his "humble food. Sometimes In inviting guests all the names are written on one piece of paper and sent around by a messenger. In this case the in vited o"nes Indicate their accept ance or refusal by writing under their name the one character which means "will come" or the character "thank you" which shows that the guest would like very much to attend but finds himself unable to do so. It is not to be supposed that the feast will be served as early as the hour set so those who are oth erwise engaged at that hour take their time about presenting them selves at the home of the guest. Therefore the host must send to their homes several times and re new his invitation. Those who come early spend their time visit ing and drinking tea. In fact guests in China visit before the feast and not afterwards. A word about the dining room may not be out of order. The floor is of beaten dirt or of stone slabs. It would be exceedingly rare to be on a board floor, and naturally rugs and carpets are out of the Question. The guests throw the bones and undesirable portions of food on the floor and the ever present dog greatly ap preciates the custom. However, Round-up Club Entertained Mrs. J. T. Whittlg entertained the members of th Round-Up club in a delightful manner at their meeting early last week. The Christmas season was suggested in the lovely decorations, holly;' poin settas, and red candles in' silver holders, here and there about the rooms. At the tea hour Mrs. Jo seph Albert assisted the hostess Invited guests of the group in cluded Mrs. Max Buren, Mrs. F. G. Bowersox, and Mrs. Asel Eoff. Mrs. John L. Rand " won the prize of the afternoon. The personnel of th club in cludes the following prominent matrons: '.-'. -A.' Mrs. Joseph Albert, Mrs. C. J. Griffith. Mrs. R. E. Downing, Mrs. V.r. C.Allen, Mrs." John L. Rand, Mrs. Edgar Hartley, Mrs. John Scott, Mrs. S. P; Kimball, Mrs. John Albert. Mrs. E. Cooke Patton. Mrs.C. K. Spaulding. Mrs. two, Mabel Lockwood; council member number three, Frances Gourlie; and patriotic instructor. Bertha Bergman. The following appointive offices will be filled' by the president in the near future- secretary, press correspondent, guide, musician, inner and outer guards, and four color bearers. . Barbara Frietchie tent was first established in Salem on July 16, 1919, with forty-eight charter members. One hundred and six teen is the present enrollment. Marguerite Elliott was" tha first president of the tent. .The installation of officers will take place early in January. Oregania'ns.in California : Mr, Eldon Frink and Harold Thompson of Falls City have been the guests of the F. L. Purvine's In. Long .Beach for the past week, left for San Diego Dec. 7. They C Hi Robertson, Mrs. Lenta Was-, expect to visit Tia Juana and tacott, ; Mrs. " T": B. Kay ' and the Imperial valley before returning Mrs? R Fja!Qn,3ir9. Ola Clark. Mrs. "jJrazier. C, Small, Mrs. Beryl Jtoft 'frs-jifaoss Miles, Mrs. Aja .Miller .Harris;; Miss Mary TJfidley, Miss Ada; Ross, Misa Lncille Ross, .Mrs. La Verne Winkler. kMrs. Lyra" Miles Dana, Mrs. : Richard ; Robertson, . Mrs, Charles LShertnan, Mrs! f Ivan Ballinger;: Mrs.' Waldo Q:, Mills, lire. Ralph Mercer; Mra.-D.-R Ross, Mrs.'C F.' Chambers, ".Miss , Loretta .Ford Mia. Kenneth Legge.'Ava McMahan Barnes and Helen .WastellWinters. ,.. -' .'-;' ;' 4 a. . '" .' ' . - Profesqor Zone's, Class k , The 'lafct '- lesson -In Professor N. B. Zne'; stimulating first course Hadesign will be held on Thursday evening 'in the city U lrary.'feeomi course : ill open immediately - following the holidays 'when Professor -. Zane will open a r series of ; 1 2 lessons : on "Home.' Deorcting 'and - Block ., Printing.? jhe first. lessbpn will : he held at the city library on Jan , r.ary 7. ' .Those Interested may : . reglsterjeither jwith , Prof essor ; Zane, himself; of -with Dr.- Mary c, r Rowlanf The :tievJcpurse;""as well as the 'earlier course which will be completed 'this week, is under the sponsorship of the Sa jeia Arts League. . . ; hostess, Mrs. J. T. Whittig. The clnb plans a recess until after the holidays. ' Chicken Dinner at Church The women of SuVincent's Du Paul Catholic church will hold a chicken dinner today' in St. Jo seph's auditorium,' rom 11:30 to Z o ciock. Mrs. b , A. t-nglisD, Mrs. E. A. Pruitt, and Mrs. Marie Smith are in charge of the various ar rangements. - - Sacred Christmas Concert Lovers of sacred music, and par ticularly that appropriate to the Christmas season, will be happy to be in the audience tonight for the . annual Christmas : concert which-the members of the First Methodi3t church choir will , ren der at 7:3ft o'clock tonight. Pro fessor E. W Hobson is director of the choir and Professor T. S. Rob erts, the organist. ,' Solos.' and Incidental solo parts will be given this evening by Miss Gladys ,McIn tyre, Prof essor T. S Roberts, Ronald Glover, Mrs. Tre- val Powers, Miss Jooephine Bross, R. -JX - Bartons nd Miss Aldeane Smith. , Barbara Fritchie Tent Elects ; -Officers for the new ear were elected; at.f the ? regular meeting daring, the past week at Barbara Frietchie Tent, lio. 2f Daughters of - Union - Veterans of the Civil W.ar. Louisa Kezar was elected president of the tent, with the other officers as follows: Made line Nash, senior Tice president; Laura Arpkej "junior vice presi dent; ; chaplain, :T Neva "Johnson; treasurer, Julia' Kf WehsterJ'coun- cil member number one, Florence Ship; council member number to Long Beach on the 12th. They may decide to remain until spring as they are delighted with the cli mate. . Mrs. Claudius Thayer and Miss Genevieve Junk are at home after spending a fortnight in San Francisco. The Yomarco class of the First Methodist church is looking for ward to the annual Christmas par ty which will be an event of Tues day; December 15, at the home of Professor and Mrs. T. S. Roberts at 505 N. Sumnier street. Assist ing Mrs. Roberts will be-the fol lowing ' committee of which Mrs. Barton is chairman Mrs. R. D. Baiton. Mrs. Roscoe Van Orsda), aha Mrs. Cecil Hawley Each member Is asked to bring a gift for the Christmas tree These will be given to the Asso ciated Charities for holiday dis tribution. Notable Film at Church The notable film, "The Man Who Played God," will be an out standing - feature among the at tractions offered by ; the local churches when it will nhow at i :30 o'clock, tomorrow night at the First Congregational church The film Is based on a play by Jules Eckert Goodman, . founded on Gouverneur Morris' B:ory of the same came. v The part' of John Arden will be George Arliss while the sup porting- roles will be ' filled by Anne Forrest, Ivan Simpson, Ed ward Earle, Effie Shannon; Mir iam attista.' Mickey, Bennett Mary Astor,. Pierre Gendron, Mar garet Seddon and J. D. Welsh. , Socletr Continued to News Section It is written that It is bad form to throw these "morsels" under the ' table : They should be thrown a little distance from the table. It is also poor " taste for the host to have more than one dog in the dining room at one time for they might quarrel over the contributions -right in the presence of the guests. .The table is about three feet square and seats eight people, two on each side. They alt on. a bench : which is about three feet long and five inches wide. To be exact they are the same as the American car penter uses in his shop and calls a "horse." Two people on each side of a three foot table may seem a bit crowded to the western er who is attending his first Chi nese feast but as he has no big array of cutlery to handle and as it is perfectly good .form to hold Ms rice howl up in h's hanrl t:e will find that eight people can fci around this table quite easily. In fact, when he begins to dip into the bowls . the center of the '.h ble and to try to engineer a p.'ce of meat from the bowl to his mouth with a pair of chopsticks he may be glad that he is removed from the center of the table and no further than he is. When in quiring as to the number of guests at a given feast we ask not as to the number persons present but the number of tables that were set. Universally a table seats eight people. When the guest first arrives he may be served a cup of tea or he may be served only when all are seated at the table. In no cue A-onld cream or ugar be added to this delightful and refreshing drink. The native tea cup does not have a handle but inasmuch as the foreign style cup is becom ing vry common it would not be at all surprising if a foreign style cup without a saucer were used. The tea is steeped in the kitchen and not in the individual cup which has a little "inverted sau cer" for a cover. These latter are used only in tea shops or when re ceiving a chance caller. After the tea a cup of native wine (white in color) and a plate with drop cakes or other form of dessert is placed in front of each guest. In the Suifu district it Is understood that these cakes will not be eatery by the guest. Instead, he will wrap them up in th nap kin which he has brought with him for this purpose and take them home to his children. In some cases the host serves little packages of cakes already wrapped up In brown paper. In the center of the table are eight dishes con taining watermelon seeds, peanuts rock candy, sliced cold fowl or pork, or shrimps. These are call ed the "foundation" of the feast. Each guest helps himself to these using either his fingers or his chopsticks according to the kind of food. After the table has been clear ed of these eight dishes a large bowl or deep platter of hot meat is served. This may be sea slugs, fowl, pork or fish. It la the moat important dish of the feast and it is from this dish that, the reast gets its name. It Is a beanfeast, a chicken feast, a duck feast, a pork feast, or a fish feast. If tHa guests ! are many the host does : not eat with the guests but .at this time he comes In, apologizes for his "poor" food. Invites all to eat and then goes to the kitchen to give personal supervision to the prep aration of the food and to see that the wine is sufficient. If there is opportunity he niayVat his food in some secluded spot. Next comes a bowl of vegf t ible or meat which is followed by a bowl of soup or mixture which must be eaten with a china spoon. These dishes are alternated until there have been four of each kind, each dish having bbeen removed from the table before the next one is served. After these eight dish es four others are served, all of these being placed in the center of the table at the same time. Each guest is served an individ ual bowl of fluffy rice which he eats along with : the vcgetnbles which have just been served. It is understood that all at the trble put the chopsUck9 which they bare had In their mouth right into the commtn bowls or. vegetables ana without7 the slightest I Jea that this la unsanitary or that disease might be spread In this way. In fact .'bashful folks are often help ed by we'l meaning' frleeite., who, usins" theii own chopsticks, piie dainty itcrsels on the bowl of the slowvr eater. - : After thig course steaming tow. ols a '. passed for each e 'test to -ush his hands and faee. T-'-a s aifai; - sTed and the feast. 'S end ed. The host comes out to escort each guest to the street where with many bows he bids thera "walk slowly," If there are lady guests tttey sit at separate tables and are e-worUd tu the ttieet by th ci.n es. ' . MEDFORp. Growing of fran quette walnuts held to be Indus try of greatest promisj. ' WATCH YOUR CHILD'S (Continued from pf 1.) . to guard and "guide." Annual physical examinations will help -us to determine the load each young . person is fitted to bear but, in ad dition It is recommended that parents, guardians and others In whose care the training -of our youth Is entrusted take care that "no student is allowed to carry more than a normal study load, or do strenous r , team ; work- of any kind without a physician's certifi cate of physical fitness, to be re newed upon demand of ,the school principal at any time that signs of strain begin to appear." Besides the " study load, let us look after the "recreation ' load" and. this' is a responsibility that rests particularly upon i parents. At high school "age our young people are "just getting ready to live." May they not be ' getting j ready to live for years under the perpetual handicap : of damaged health? It is a. big responsibility for those to whose keeping these young .lives areentrusted.. '!j Maybe The Boy Isri't So Slow - TEACHER says he's backward, doesn't learn as ' quickly as other students. It may be his eyes. Defective vision is a handicap no child can overcome without glasses. ; Correct the fault now. You owe it to your boy to get the truth about his eyes. Pomeroy & Keene -- Jewelers'.'ind Optometrists , Salem, Oregon i "PATTERSON PICTURES" Oregon's scenic beauty spots such as Crater Lake, the Southern Oregon, Coast Line, Mount Hood and . Multnomah Falls are ; most beautiful as photo graphed and Hand Colored in Oils by "Patterson." We have secured the; exclusive agency for Salem of "Patterson Pictures" and extend to you a cor t'ial invitation to visit, the art department of this Bt ore at your earliest convenience. , ; - - ' ' i .... v Vlsltom Always Welcome MAX 6. BUREN , FURNITURE LUGGAGE - WALLPAPER RUGS 170 .North Commercial Street . . Salem, Oregon of 100 DOLLS LIMIT TWO DOLLS TO CUSTOMER Beginning Tomorrow Morning Basement ----- - , i Store We place 100 Mama Dolls on sale in, the morning at this very low price 16 and 18 inch dolls dressed in latest fashions. Hood, dress, underwear, art silk, half sox, and patent or white pumps. Their voices are loud and clear. AT THIS PRICE SHE SHOULD NOT GO WITHOUT A MAMA DOLL ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. Gome To Toyland ! Both American and Foreign Made Toys! '' N Pv ' ' Jtr, Musical Qifts TOKENS that will strike a note of appreciation on the leartstrings ot those who receive them! . . - ., ; If you have an "ear for helpful suggestions, take a hint from Santa who selects these practical gifts. , . - . " -j -AH of us are musically inclined to some extent. We all have that desire to play a popular tune, or . perhaps a sonata of one of fhe old masters. .For the younger set, a wooden-ukelele for tone, Apr a banjo-uke for volume is always a safe bet! v All types of musical instruments everything on a large scale except our prices: Moore's Music House MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ': 409-413 Court Phono 083 i ... (..
