Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-11
WEEK IN SOCIETY.
(By Gladys Canter.)

| UST now all one nearS WneTe
there are several maids or ma
y irons is talk about Perkins, the
Printer
1t tells the story Of wanderlust,
one Hiram Perkins, who becomes so
disgusted with the monotony and
sameness of a little country town that
he decamps and leaves his young
wife and two children with a load of
debts to fight the battle for existence,
alone
After time he returns to find his
wife a successful printer and in
moment of indecision is hired by her
as cook. Little Mary Jane who has
grown into big girl falls in love
with "Nabal" which name Hiram has
seen fit to assume, and through love
of her, Hiram becomes reconciled to
simple lHe and settles down."
About the whole a plot is woven
which is delightfully."- interesting and
leaves one wondering at the end of
each act until the final curtain.
The night chosen for the play is
Friday, October 25, and it will be
given at the armory. The door re-
ceipts are to be used to defray the
cost of new books for the library
and tickets may be secured from any
member of the Young Woman's club
after Saturday, October IL. Songs
dances and other etr'act amusements
are to be presented by the different
members of the club not in the cast
Poster Girls" appointed are Misses
Gladys Smith, Caroline Gohrke, Alice
Miles, Ruth Campbell, Leone Will
IL VNf
Zula Hiestand.
The cast is as follows:
Hiram Perkins, printer. ...
............... George Gerlinger
Portia Perkins, his wife
.......... Miss Bertha Serr
Rome Preston, young lawyer
......."...... Robert VanOrsdel
Barrett Sheridan, a young actor
.............. Gilbert Kiefaber
Joel Skinner, a scoundrel
........ Charles Kennedy
Star Skinner, who suffers
...........t...... Norval Gates
Gene, the printer. Herman Hawkins
Link Watkins, a bus driver
Fred Zeller
Lucille ....... Miss Gladys Canter
Ivy Wilcox Miss Pauline VanOrsdel
Miss Faxon, the milliner
...... Miss Roberta McCallon
Postmistress 80. Miss Edna Morrison
Mary Jane ...... Miss Halle Coad
Servants, guests, office boys, etc.
Mrs w. Wynn Johnson of Sidney
Orchards, has as her guest this week
Mrs. w. c. Mcbride, of Portland.
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Halloween Party.
The Philogean girls are planning
a big time Halloween with recep-
ton for the high school students and
a several course luncheon. This will
be one of the largest events of the
semester.
For Mrs. Parks.
Mrs. j. G. VanOrsdel was hostess
at a special meeting of the Woman's
Missionary society of the Presbyter-
ian church on Wednesday afternoon
when she entertained Mrs. Parks,
president of the Ladies' auxiliary of
the Willamette Presbytery. Mrs.
Parks gave an interesting address.
Mrs. Babcock, of Salem, was present
and gave a few remarks. The pur-
pose of the special meeting was the
"Silver Offering" of the church and
a faithful few responded.
Birthday Party.
Students living at the college dor
mitory gave a birthday party Friday
evening, October 4, with President A.
A. Winter as honor guest. Supper
was served in the dining room at
which Prof. d. M. Metzger presented
a fine umbrella to Mr.. Winter as
token of the appreciation of the stu
dents for the incessant work of the
president. About 20 guests were
present.
Mountain Day.
Loaded with heavy baskets, tin
buckets, blankets, sofa pillows etc,
happy crowd comprising students
of Dallas college left this morning
for the annual Mountain Day." The
crowd this year will probably go to
Ellendale although the exact location |
was unsettled when they left this
morning. About 80 students will go
as well as members of the faculty.