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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, .APRII 14, 192?- CHS- Li; -ret. iO" '0& 3 American Legion Auxiliary Yill Hold Annual Benefit Uridqe on Tuesday Extensive plans are already un der way fori the annual benefit bridge tea which the American V-gion auxiliary; will sponsor next t;esday. April 19, at the Wom an's club houise at 460 N. Cottage .stroet. The proceeds will go to ward welfare j work. On Monday of this week the auxiliary entertained with a 6uc fKSful "hard-time" party. The two losing teams in the recent membership drive sponsored the nfTair as their' debt to the winning ttams. The losing captains were Mrs. Lloyd Demarest and Mrs. Cuy Yung. The winning leaders Were Mrs, Albert C. Gragg and Mrs. Stanley Ji. Ostrander. The Legionj minstrels gave en jovable features. All manner of tost u rues, both amazing and am-n.-inK. made their appearance in the hall. Mrs. Mollie Breck Is Honor Guest at Bridge I'orty on Tuesday Mrs. Affie B. Hanna entertained with a delightful two-table bridge party on Tuesday evening at her home in the Fisher apartments honoring Mrs. Mollie Breck. The prizes of the evening went to Mrs. -Seymour Jones, Mrs. Menry W. Meyers and Mrs. Mollie fcreck. the honbf guest. Those in the group were Mrs. Mollie Breck. Mrs. Henry W. Mey ers. Mrs. C. K. Spaulding, Mrs. Seymour Jones, - Miss Rachel Cayne, Mrs. Ross W. Babcock, Mrs. Harold Hughes, Mrs. E. E. Fiags. Mrs. Lora Wright and the hostess, Mrs. Affie B. Hanna. Superintendent and Mrs. Hug- Same Daughter Superintendent and Mrs. George W. Hug have given the name of Ann Kathleen to their small iKt -wr n u tkrivn In Xrwt lcnd last month. Mrs. Hug and Ann Kathleen will not return to Salem until after Easter. Institutions Department Sponsors Program at State Deaf School One of the most enjoyable in the series of programs which the in stitutions department of the Sa lem Woman's club has been sppn soring at the different state insti tutions took place on' Tuesday night at the state school for the deaf. The program contained particu larly attractive numbers by pu pils of Miss Carol Dibble and of . iss Lena Belle Tartar, the for mer giving dramatic readings -and the latter vocal solos. Delightful readings were contributed as fol lows: .1 "When Jim Gets to It and'Jane Jones,v reading, by.Xaura Crabb. "One of .Those ; Awful j Child ren." Grace' Elizabeth Holman. s "Mrs. Holiday Tells About the Play." Mrs. Albert Richard Wet "The Pied Piper," (Browning) JMrs. S. H. Van Trump. f "The Raccedv Man" and "Lit tle Arphant Annie," (Riley), Mrs. George Bishop. "At the Ferry," Norma Suther land. "Penrod's Affliction," Dojis Ha ley. The pleasing vocal program in cluded "Sweet of the Year," (Sal ter) sung by Jewell Gardner. "Lelawola," from the operetta "l.elawola." by Cadman, sung by 'Jewel I Gardner and Thelnua .Da vis, accompanied by LuciLo Cum uiings. "Sweetest .Story Ever Told," and "Romanny," sung by Fred Blumhart. Those who motored out for the I: Cocial Oalemdax entertainment were Mrs. L. O. Clement, Mrs. W. F. Fargo, Mrs. David Wright, Mrs. S. M. Endi cott, Miss Carol Dibble, Miss Helen Litchfield, Mrs. Sutherland, Mrs. Roach. Son Is Born Willamette university alumni will be interested in the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Archie W. McKeown (Martha Ferguson) on March 4 in Hood River. The baby has been named David Ferguson. Guests Will Arrive for Easter Judge and. Mrs. Henry J. Bean will entertain as their guests on Easter Sunday their son-iri-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Larsen of Portland. Kensington Club Will Meet Mrs. Herbert Hauser will en tertain members of the Kensing ton club this, afternoon at her home at 625-North Winter street. Miss Edith M. Haver son Becomes Bride of George J. Strang on Sunday A particularly attractive pre Easter wedding was solemnized on Sunday, April 10, when Miss Edith M. Haverson became the bride of Mr. George J. Strang. The ceremony took place at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, with Rev. Thomas A. Acheson, pastor of the Jason Lee Methodist church, of ficiating. The impressive single I ring service was used. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Mary Haverson, as maid of honor, and by Miss Bessie Strang as bridesmaid. The groom chose Walter Haverson, brother of the bride, as best man. The bride was lovely in peach georgette, long-sleeved, and cut on simple lines. The gown was rich ly ornamented with old rose crepe de chine, embroidered and appli qued. The bride carried a gor geous bouquet of deep pink carna tions and cala lilies. Miss Mary Haverson, the maid of honor, wore old rose taffeta. The becoming frock was enhanced with a bouquet of red carnations. Miss Strang, the bridesmaid, was charming in peach crepe de chine. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride, 920 South Com mercial street. A wedding dinner was served immediately following the cere mony. The richly iced wedding cake, which was cut by the bride, centered the table on which bowls of pink carnations were also used. Mrs. Strang has been employed fo?V number of " years in the ele vator, service in the Masonic Tem ple building. Mr., Strang is en gineer at one of the. state institu tions. Mr. and Mrs 'Strang will make their home on South Com mercial street. Among the guests at the wed ding were Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Hammer and children Rosebel and Harry of Westport, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Hunter of Silverton, Mrs. Lee Weckley and son Lee, of Port land, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Forgard and children. Mr. and Mrs. Jay L. Strang and family, Mrs. R. J. Hav erson, Mary Haverson, Walter Haverson and Bessie and Hazel Strang. Vera Beechler Celebrates Sixth Birthday on Tuesday Afternoon A delightful birthday party of the Easter season was that on Tuesday, April 12, at which Vera Beechler, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Dj X. Beechler, celebrated her sixth birthday anniversary. jGames were, featured through out the afternoon. A color scheme of pink was used in the rooms and on the tea table where the delicious birthday refreshments wre served. Mrs. Beechler was assisted by Miss Acansia Beechler, Jaunty Suits For Easter's Fashion Parade li Gray and Tan Tweeds and Navy Perfectly tailored from the tips of their notched. collars to the hems of their wrap-around and kick pleat skirts. All have short box jackets, some with and some without a I belt in this group. " ! J Today " 1 Degree of Honor lodge. State convention. Portland hotel. Marion County Veterans' asso ciation. Woodburn, 11 a. m. North Salem W. C. T. IT. Mrs. Mary,Wooten; 2255 North Church Street, hostess. 2 o'clock. Woman's Benefit association. Masonic Temple. Friday . Du Bois "The Last Seven Words." St. Paul's Episcopal church. Hal Hibbard Auxiliary. Mrs. John Bertelson, 110 Lefelle St. Woman's alliance of Unitarian church. Election of officers. Saturday American Association of ' Uni versity Women. Gray Belle. 12:30 o'clock. Mabel Holmes Parson, speaker. 1 Elks dance. Elks temple. Sunday Sacred concert,' Knight Memo rial church. Easter cantata, 7:30 o'clock. . ; Monday Mrs. Arthur J. Rahn's costume recital. Waller Hall (on Willam ette University campus). 8:15 o'clock. Tuesday Benefit bridge tea. American Legion auxiliary. Woman's club house, 4 61 North Cottage street. Mrs. I. M. Doughton and Mrs. H. E. Crawford. Twelve little folks participated in the gayety of the afternoon. In the group were Vera Beechler, the honor guest, Harriet Crawford, Clara Marshall. Barbara Belt, Leone Spaulding, Rose Gibson, Elizabeth Ann Herrick, Charles Mills, Richard Steeves, Donnie Doughton and Quinnie and Joe Benjamin. Easter Cantata Will be Given at Knight Memorial Church on Sunday The Easter cantata, "Life Ever lasting," by H. W. Petrie. will be presented by the vested chorus of 3C voices Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The. cantata includes the following 12 numbers: Chorus, "Darkness Reigned." Incidental solos, Mrs. Currie and Lawrence Deacon. Duett, "Come, Only Salvation," Mrs. F. E. Brown and Marlow Miller. Chorus, "Easter Dawning." Solo and chorus, "The Easter Tidings," Leonard Chadwick and chorus. Solo and chorus, "Ye Slow of Heart," Jeannie Higgins and chorus. Chorus, "Life Everlasting." Contralto solo, "Earth Could Not Hold Him," Miss Pearl Eyre. Quartet, "Crown the Risen King," Mrs. G. C. Newgent, Mrs. H. L. Braden, Mr. .H. L. Braden, and Jay Thompson. - -Tenor, sola a nd.chor.ns,-"Praise Him," Ronald Craven and chorus. Trio, "Teach Me to Love Thee," Mrs, Newgent, Leonard Chadwick and Lawrence Deacon. Bass solo, "The Great Exam ple," Everett Craven. Final chorus. "Joy to the World." Donald J. Allison, or ganist, will play "Pilgrims Chor us," (Tannhauser-Wagner), and "Le Cygne," by Saint Saens, as prelude and offertory numbers. Woman's Alliance Will Elect Officers The Woman's alliance of the Unitarian church will meet at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Emerson room of the church. The annual election of officers was beld at this time. A large attend ance is desired. Refreshments will be served. Woman Benefit Association Will Meet An important meeting of the Woman's Benefit association will be held tonight in the Masonic Temple. The captain of the guards has made a special request for a large attendance. Miss Klamv Announces Engagement A pseudo mailman brought the news to Oregon Agricultural col lege of the engagement of Myrtle Klamp of Woodburn to Preston Drew of Junction City to the Del ta Omega sorority house at a fire side party held for the announce ment. Miss Klamp is a member of Delta Omega sorority and Mr. Drew is a member of Beta Kappa fraternity and Sigma iTau honor ary in engineering. 1 Lecture in Portland Tells pf the Vital Influence of Color Orcella Rexford, lecturer on the practical use of color, submit ted to an exceedingly interesting interview yesterday in Portland, which an enterprising; reporter on the Oregon Journal .tabulated in that paper last night as follows: Men are color starred and that's the reason they don't come home at night, but go hunting for ex citement. Pretty clothes will do more to keep husbands at home than the best pies and puddings. ' The main reason staid married men suddenly start chasing flap pers is bet ause young girls wear pretty clothes, and these men are "hungry for color. I The reason tired business men get to be tired business men is because they work In drab, depres sing offices and go home to drab, oppressive homes. The day Is coming when color will be used everywhere in offices, in, homes, and on the street, even to. the extent of livening up side walks, fences, walls and pave ments. Orcella Rexford, lecturer on practical use of color, is authority for this diagnosis, prescription and ptodictlpn. ' Shcvlsited la Port land Tuesday' on her way to Call- SEDPERCWIU m 11 PLANTIF'BSi ATiD -ACREAGE OF ALFALFA This Is the Progressive Showing Made in; Polk County, Where There May Be Found 75 to 1 00 Plantings, and Where the Grimm Alfalfa Is Certain to Make a Con spicuous Showing in the Progress of, Dairying in That West Side District in the Immediate Future By J. R. BECK Between 75 and 100 Polk coun ty farmers have preparations un der way for the seeding of from an acre to 15 acres of alfalfa each this year. This is a large increase over the plantings at any time previous in the history of the county and is due to the very fa vorable results obtained in the past two years. Like all other Willamette val ley farmers, those in Polk county had tried off and on for years to obtain stands of alfalfa, but near ly all of them proving failures. These failures were probably due to seyeral causes, such as wrong variety of seed, improper prepa ration of the ground, lack of in oculation, too sour soil and too early seeding, but during the last four years, through the concerted efforts of farmers and representa tives of the O. A. C. extension ser vice, several of these factors have been eliminated, with the result that throughout the Willamette valley there are now quite a few successful alfalfa plantings of from one to five years of age, with a few considerably older. Very Large Increase The summer of 1926 really dem onstrated to Polk county farmers that alfalfa could be grown in their county. Some of these plantings were seeded as a result of information from farmers in Washington county. Others were seeded as a result of the activities of Paul H. SplllmaB, county agent of Polk county at that time. These seedings are scattered here and there over the entire county, and at the present time almost all of them are showing that they will make good growth this year. Such evidence as this has resulted in several hundred per cent increase in the number of plantings and acreage. Inoculation Culture Ready Through the office of the coun ty agent at Dallas, twenty-four farmers have secured 114 8 pounds of No. 1 certiSed Grimm alfalfa seed. Some of the larger seedings will be put out by Andrew Camp bell of Ballston, Joe Harland of Rickreall, J. S. Hiatt of Spring Valley and H. G. Keyt of Perry dale. Thee four men will seed approximately 53 acres. Many other farmers have secured their seed from various sources, one of the principal ones being through the Monmouth cooperative ware house. There is every indication and every reason to believe that alfalfa will play an important part iu the dairy and; poultry industry of fornia and spoke Tuesday night at the Metaphysical library. She is accompanied by her husband, Dr. Gayne V. Gregory, Alaskan dentist and now her personal man ager. Tuesday afternoon Miss Rex ford, clad in a glorious Russian dress made for her in Paris by an exiled princess, sat on the mezza nine floor at the Multnomah ho tel and told about her theories and her life. "My marriage was romantic," she said. "I knew my time had come to , get married. I know these things, you see. I feel them. I decided Alaska was the place where I should be married. I got my trosseau and went to Alaska. I had my wedding gown made be fore I started. It was made of all the colors of the rainbow and I was called) on that account the Aurora Boreal is bride. I met my husband in Alaska and we were married. He also believes in color Look, here he comes now. See, entering the door. It is easy to distinguish him by his turquoise hat." Miss Rexford had spoken truth fully. It was as easy to distin guish the genial doctor by his hat as it would be to tell in which di rection the sun was rising on a clear morning. "He has a great many hats of different colors," she said, and ex plained that she had the largest wardrobe of any woman on the platform. She has 50 evening dresses alone. "Every person has 10 shades they can wear. This is determ ined by the eyes, hair and skin. One should wear three of the 16 at a time. Black should never be worn. Evening clothes should be bright. In Europe men are al ready wearing lavender and cerise evening clothes. Black is the sym bol of death. Dark brown cloth ing and dark brown homes will leave dark brown tastes in the mouths of wearers and inhabi tants. Red is a hard color for rugs and hangings. It causes irri tation. She told of saving a restaurant from bankruptcy by redecorating it to build up trade. She told of changing a client's personality by Changing the color of the-walls. She told of the houses of the fu ture with rooms decorated for stimulation and oVhers for relaxa tion. She told of selling merchan dise by making the display attrac tive with proper color combina tions. Her mother was an artist. She studied at the University of Cali fornia and has just completed a 50,000 automobile trip over the world. In Egypt she was the first woman to enter the tomb of Tutankhamen. Easter Is a Gala Bay on Fashion Calendar Choose Your Easter Costume At WILSON'S The first rule of the smartly dressed woman lies in the choosing of her frock and coat. Since Wilson's Fashion Shop is the place for Ready to Wear, the smart woman will choose her Easter Costume" from the Wilson collection. Wilson's Fashion Shop -Style and Quality Without Extraragance State Street -r Next Door East Below High ... . .Oregon-Theatre Polk county during the immediate forthcoming- years. A number of plantings this year are being made on ground that has been limerocked at varying rates for the purpose of reducing the soil acidity, and as a final move to aid in insuring he chance for a good stand. The artificial inoculation culture is available to the interested farmers at the coun ty agent's office in Dallas. (Mr. Beck, who furnishes the above, is the very efficient and hard working agent of Polk coun ty. Ed.) The Midget Meat Market nerer fails to give you the finest meats and fish. There is but one place in Salem to get the finest fish. The Midget Market has it for you-. ( ) The Dixie Bakery leads on high class breads, pies, cookies and fancy baked supplies of every kind. Best by test. Ask old cus tomers. 439 Court St. () Everything in the book store line, books, stationery, 'supplies for the home, office or school room, at the Commercial Book Store, 163 N. Com'l. , () Evangelistic Services Attracting Many People Evangelist James Pointer and Gilbert Cays, singer, are leading the Court Street Church of Christ i na promising evangelistic cam paign. The meetings began last Thursday evening and have grown in interest nightly. Nearly a ca pacity house heard the evangel ist's chart strraon on "The New Birth" Sunday evening. , A. splen did week-night - audience greeted the evangelist again - Wednesday evening and htard him 'speak on the attractive theme "Lover's Lane." The sermon subjects this week are: Thursday, "The Of fence . of 7 tht. Cross"; Friday, "Jesus 'Is Coming"; Saturday. "A Faithful, Saying." Dundee Walnut Association! handled nuts worth 3178,551; last; year. .k ' :''' ' 1 Easter Bonnets Two Special Groups at $2.75 and $3.95 No Hats Over $4.95 We Have a Large Line of v Children's Hats Salem Variety Store - The Heart of Your Bank Account Is Your Charge Account at Kafoury Bros. Easter Costume Essentials You may be ready for Easter in a large way and for that you should be proud. But what have you done in jhe way of garnering distinctive costume essentials? You'll find here many lovely things to brighten up your costume. Women's Dainty Easter Gloves of Kid or Silk Kid Gloves 2.75 - 4.98 Silk Gloves at 1.50 pair A. Showing of Swagger Stylish Handbags Smart New Shapes New Colors The new arm bag, the new pouch' baff so many of the leathers are in the new snake grain. j 1 Priced 3.95, ; 5.95, 6.95 up to 12.50 i Fascinating Stylish Silk Scarfs Good Quality Silk in Neat Floral Patterns of Gay, Pretty Color Combinations Priced 1.95, 2.95 and 3.50 Jewelry j No Yel ties ni uioveci 9fw Covtfed Stm Silhouette Brooches, Buckles, Earrings, Necklaces , all in the latest and newest ideas to enhance your Easter Costume Unequalled Values in ';Silk:Hpse Dependable Qualities, Kayser, Phoenix, Hummingbird, Ar- , rowhead and Blue Crane Eyery New Wanted Spring Shade : ; A pair 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1,65 to 2.00 Lovely ' Silk Underwear Good Values Splendid Quality armems Enjoy, the; luxury and real comfort of Soft Silk Underwear Glove Silk Rayon Silk Crepe de Chine , Bloomers 1.93 Vests at ......i.00 . Combinations Bloomers ....2.95-3.95 Vests ..........2.25 Gowns and Com- binations JL95 at . .1......1.89-2.39 Gowns ' at '....2.98 up to, 12.00 Combinations at .... 13.45 to 4.95 Pajamas i2.25 to 7.75 t Easter Boutonniers As lovely as fresh ' flowers. Some, flowers, but what flower5wfll you wear on Easter morning? 50c, 75c, 95c to Salem Store 466' State St. '..Portland Silk Stors ' i 562 Alder Stf -1