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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. ,..
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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..
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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.
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v Vlsltom Always Welcome
MAX 6. BUREN
, FURNITURE LUGGAGE - WALLPAPER
RUGS
170 .North Commercial Street . . Salem, Oregon
of 100
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Beginning
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Morning
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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!
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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
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