Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-11-04

GlVens; Messrs Guy DOan, Jess Saw
age, Henry Hewitt, Dan Gleason, Ber-
nard Richey, Will Zozel Clarence
Hickox, James Lansing, Delaney
Colyin, Paul Hauser, Lloyd Hauser,
Ivan Pooler, Fred Zimmerman, Ben
jamin Dunn, Lee Davis, Lloyd Stiff
fer Homer Davis and Cecil Small.
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A most charming affair was the
elaborate miscellaneous shower given
last Wednesday evening by Miss
Winona Savage and Miss Frleda
Spitzbart, at the home of Miss Saw
age, 1855 North Front street, com
plimenting Miss Edith Haney, whose
marriage to Mr.. Oscar Holcomb will
take place on the twenty-second of
this month. The invitation cards
asking twenty-five young women,
bore pink shower girls with pink
umbrellas-all handpainted.
A book had been compiled for Miss
Haney with frontice piece of dain-
ty shower girl in pink and the first
page elaborated with portraits of
the bride-elect and her fiance. The
volume held about thirty leaves of
most interesting matter gathered
from events in their happy lives.
This souvenir was tied with pink
ribbons holding the leaves in place.
To the guest were given cards.
with pencils in pink, and the re-
quest to form words from Oscar"
and Edith. In this contest Miss
Elizabeth Mclaughlin won first prize,
a beautiful water color of the pink
shower girl. Miss Haney received
her gifts in most original manner.
A youth in graduation gown, with
domino mask covering his face, es-
cOrted the honoree to a beautifully
decorated throne, all in pink and
white blending artistically with her
gown Of pink; and setting off this
picture were ferns and garlands of
pink.
Pink shaded candles and globes
softened the light of the rooms. Mr..
Holcomb coming in later was placed
beside the throne and witnessed the
crowning, with pink roses, of the
bride-elect; the youth performing
the ceremony in the following man
ner:
Ode to Queen Edith.
To Edith
Beloved! Of those assembled here
To you their homage pay
And by a kindness dearer far
Than all of valor's bay
We bow the suppliant knee
In recognition Of your worth;
A queen OF man whose duty is
The noblest art on earth
Behold, from out this chaos comes |
Fair hands to do their parts,
And now before Almighty God
We crown you queen of hearts.
To Edith
Most noble queen, your loyal sub
1ects, having your welfare always in |
our hearts, and realizing that you
are young and unused to the WAYS of
the world, and knowing your prefer
ence for certain youth, have as
sembled here with the victim to
prove If he is worthy to rule with
you
To w. o. H
We know that you love our queen
truly, but to prove you worthy to
rule with her. we would ask YOU to
answer these questions to the best
of your ability, and when you have
answered them, we will accord you
our decision.
l. VIII you build the fires every
morning?
q viii you sacrifice club life for
the comforts of home?
Wban unur tt,ifo n,t., |
fifth hat in one season, what will
your answer be?
a. VIII you always love her and
her only, and pay no attention to
other pretty girls even in the most
trying circumstances?
b, VIII you promise not to let your
angry passions rise If the meals are
not served when YOU think they
OUGHT to be-
g. If other men find your wife at
tractive, will you be jealous?
L VIII you sew on your own but
tons?
s. win you let your wife be your
banker?
g. Who is going to be boss?
TO- Don't you think you are a
lucky dog, that a queen should love
YOU?
William Oscar Holcomb, since you
have so satisfactorily answered these
questions put to you by the loyal
subjects of our queen in order that
we might prove you worthy of her,
we pronounce you worthy to rule
with her in equal authority. But as
the throne was not made for two,
would you mind standing by her
side?
To Edith
And now most beauteous queen,
we would be honored If you would
accept these tokens of esteem and
love from your most faithful sub
ieCts.
The Salem public library was given
forty per cent of the net proceeds
from the presentation of "A Popular
Matchmaking one hundred and for
ty-seyen dollars and five cents.
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