Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-31

In response to a call for the purehas,
of the splendid reproduction of Rubens
"Infants, - which was on exhibition a
the Frame Shop, and viewed by man,
lovers of art, one hundred and fort!
tickets were sold and the picture, unde
glass, in its beautiful five inch antiqu,
frame with new chased effect, donated
by Mr.. Monroe Gilbert, will be hung il
the public library, a gift to the peopl,
of Salem.
Between eighty and ninety of the
ticket holders assembled Wednesday af
ter noon at the spacious home of Mr.
Werner Breyman, and were entertained
by Mrs. W. H. Eldridge with seventeen
tables of five hundred, for those who
preferred to play and later with music
The charming decorations were in
violet blues of the wild lupiR, that
brought to mind Van Dykes "Betweer
the Lupin and the Laurel. " Spikes
of the dainty blossoms were everywhere
combined with the bright green foliage
of vine maple.
A great brass jar of gorgeous iris in
deeper shades of the purple blue, stood
in the archway and almost concealing
the splendid Chinese embroidered piano
covering in the iris shades, were masses
OF the dainty upin. Clusters of forget
-me,nots were discovered in the riot Of
lupin and iris, and conspicuous on the
library wall was the exquisite picture
l.. whose honor the afternoon was given
Presiding OF different times over the
punch bowl, filled with delightful bev-
erage concocted by Mrs. Frank Spencer
were Mrs. Harry Clay, Mrs. B. 0.
Schucknig, Mrs. R. Monroe Gilbert, Mrs.
Clifford Brown and Mrs. Ralph Watson,
The donated prizes, framed picture
by Mrs. R. NJ. Gilbert, "The Flight in.
to Egypt" which will be exchanged
for a colored Seeman print of Rubens
"'Infants," as soon as it arrives in
Salem, was awarded to Mrs. John D.
Sutherland; an embroidered handker.
chief, by Mrs. s. C. Wall, Mrs. Richard
Cartwright; Robert Chambers, 'The
Streets of Ascalon," donated by Mrs.
Eldrdge, Mrs. Romeo Gouley; a small
hand painted plate, by Miss Margaret
Gill, Miss Zoe Stockton a dainty pin
cushion, by Mrs. Kelsey, Mrs. John jay
Roberts and Mrs. w. A. Cusick cap.
tured the fern given by Mr.. C. F. Ruef.
After the distribution of prizes, there
were victrola and pianola selections, a
soprano solo by Mrs. R. Monroe Gilbert,
Norton S "Maid of the Morning" and
for encore, "FOur Leaf Glover" by
Leila Browneil Mrs. William Burghart,
Jr., played piano Interpretation of
Meditation" from the opera "Tha-
is" and for encore "Danse Negre, " a
a French classic of the modern school,
by Syril Scott.
Mr.. R. NJ. Gilbert is planning to pro.
cure for exhibition the same style of
reproduced copies of "The Ford" by
Claude Lorrain; "Portrait of the Ar.
tist" by Velasquez; Erasmus" by
Holbein; "An Old Woman" by Rem
brandt, and "L Indifferent" by Wat.
team. Assisting with defraying the
expenses of this card party, Mrs. R, NJ.
Gilbert donated the pretty score cards,
The Elliott Printing House, tickets,
Buren, and Hamilton tables and chairs,
A society affair of last week in Port.
land, was the luncheon-bridge given on
Friday, by Mrs. Rudorph f. Prael, in
honor of her sister, Mrs William Brown,
VI tnlS clIy'
Dainty cards marked places for six
teen, and the table, S center was a
crystal bowl of pink sweet peas and
ferns.
In the living room, where the game
was played, lilies of the valley, sweet
peas and branches of pink hawthorn
made elaborate decorations.
Another interesting engagement was
added to the list Tuesday afternoon
when Miss Louise Small at a tea in
the home of her Aunt Mrs John 8
Bradley in Portland, made known the
hetrothal of Miss Lueen Moreland and
Chester A. Moores,
Miss Ruth Smith assisted her sister
o in receiving, and Mrs. Preston Smith
presided at the tea table. The reccp.
tion room was adorned with pink haw'