Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-25

son was the tea yesterday afternoon
when Mrs. Benjamin Clarkson Miles
Mrs. Burpie Laban Sleeves, Mrs. Rob-
ert Bvens Downing and Mrs. Clyde
Oregon Rice were at home to their
friends at Mrs Miles residence on
Court street About three hundred
women called during the afternoon.
The rooms throughout were graced
with most elaborate floral decora-
tions In the receiving room were
great clusters of pink roses and maid
en- hair fern and a iardineir Of pink
and white roses stood near the en-
trance.
The hall motif was red. An i'm
mense bunch of peonies was placed
near the door and jardineirs were
filled with quantities of roses. Tall
palms separated hall from the rooms.
In the living room the gray stone
mantle was garnished with snow
balls, pink roses, and pink ribbon
tWined with maiden hair fern. The
fireplace was concealed with snow
balls and foliage from the cut leaf
birch
The dining room decorations were
most beautiful Here yellow and
green predominated. Palms and
yellow roses filled the bay window
William Allen Richardson roses COW
cred the mantle and CRATE. The table
was centered with a great cluster of
yellow azalias and ystreamers of
chiffon in the same color wound with
maiden hair fern, stretched from cleo
troller to corners of the table. Mrs.
A. N. Avison and Mrs. William q
Allen cut the ice cream, Mrs. Thomas
Kay and Mrs j. d. Sutherland shar-
ing the honor Assisting in serving
were a bevy of pretty girls: Miss
Ruth Manning, Miss Laura Bell, Miss
Ida Bell, Miss Hazelle Downing
Miss Alice Bingham, Miss Irma. Bots-
ford, Miss Jennie Pearce, Miss Altbea
Moores. Miss Rita Steiner and Miss
Lyra Miles.
Miss Laura Bell and Miss Irma
Botsford served yellow punch on the
prettily decorated porch.
Floatlng about the rooms were Mrs
j. ~ Smith, Mrs. f. h. Smith. Mrs
f. M. Brown, Mrs A. N. Moores. Mrs
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Charles Robertson, Mrs. Edward
Barnes, Mrs. Charles Weller. Mrs
Eoff, Mrs. Boise, Mrs. Frederick I,egg
and Mrs Eldridge. 90
Two dainty little maids, Eva Miles
and Muriel Sleeves, received cards
and directed the guests.
MRS. Miles received in a gown of
cream silk marquisette over white
silk. ""''e
Mrs. Sleeves wore a handsome
hand embroidered, white marauisette
over blue silk.
Mrs. Downings gown was of white
lingerie elaborately embroidered and
MIS- Rice's cream satin elaborated
with cluney lace.
AS delightful ending for the
charming afternoon, husbands of the
hostesses and Of the women who as
sisted about the rooms were asked
Ior siX o'clock refreshments and
rest hour.
Mrs. S. NJ. Endicott entertained in
formally last Thursday afternoon
win a kensington complimenting the
helghborhood women. There were
punk and white roses everywhere
and a pink oaTnation was placed on
each napkin when the dainty refresh
ments were served.
Mr.. Fl. A. Wagner, of Portland, is
the house guest of his sister, Mrs.
seymour Skiff, for two weeks visit.
$50
Mr. and Mrs. W. w. Plimpton mo-
tored from Portland for an over SUN
cay visit with the W. Melvine Plimp-
TONS Mrs. George H. Hines and her
daughter Mildred, accompanied the
Phmptons and are visiting the P. II.
Raymonds.
among the young women who enter
famed most charmlngly with an exhi-
oltlon of folk dancing in the Oregon
Agricultural college on Friday even
ing OF last week, were Miss Dorothea
Steuslon, Miss Marie Hofer and Miss
Gertrude Walling, Miss Jessie Harrltt
Miss Lois Wilson, Miss Mildred VIII
son all from Salem.
go
Miss Grace Edgington. of Hood
River, edited this weeks issue of The
Gollegian, the official publication for
willamette students, and the work
was entirely in the hands of young
women of the university. On the
stan were: News editors, Mabel Wag-
ners Daisy Mulkey and Edith sher-
wood; society editor Esther Plum
mer; exchange editor, Lola Belle
Cook; sporting editor, Lottie Penn.
Ihis is the first attempt to place The
Collegian under management of young
women; but It is expected to be an
annual feature from this year. This
months issue is credit to the in
slitution and the young women are
receiving congratulations for their
excellent work.
The Commencement recital of the
Willamette university School Of Mu-