Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-12
SOME PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. AspinwaL of the
Gle nails Training school were in
Olympia Tuesday to join with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Barnes of this city in cele-
braIing their joint wedding anniver-
saries with a dinner that evening.
The crypt of st. Johns Episcopal
church was crowded Wednesday after.
noon by many local people VINO attend
ed the annual fancy work bazaar of
the guilds of that church and enjoyed
the amateur farce presented in the
evening by young people of the church.
1t is announced that DR.. Mark A.
Mathews, the famous pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Seattle,
will deliver an address on Personal
Evangelism" at the First Baptist
church next Wednesday evening. His
sermon will be part of the campaign
preliminary to the January revivals
and his appearance here is expected to
attract a banner crowd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Hinsdale
went to Salem, Ore, this week, where
Mr.. Hnsdale will act as chief auditor
of the Oregon Industrial insurance
commission.
DR.. and Mrs. w. E. Cass of Sedro
Woolley, WASH, where the former Is
superintendent of the state hospital,
were in Olympia visiting friends and
acquaintance the fore part of this
week. DR.. Cass reports conditions at
the hospital as excellent and states
that better discipline is being en-
forced among the employees.
Mrs. John NJ. Patton has returned to
her home here after a several weeks
visit in Portland with her daughter,
Mrs. Lindsey.
A big tine and large crowd are ex-
pected at the New Years eve dance to
be given at the Tumwater club under
the auspices of the Women's Union
Label league Of this city. The league
had planned to use the Lobby for this
dance, but the large advance sale of
tickets convinced them it would not
be big enough to accommodate the pe0s
pie who want to attend.
Mrs. Lou G. Diven and Mrs. Charles
e. Bowen were the chief speakers at
the meeting of the Parent-Teacher
circle of the high school Tuesday az
tersoon when the general subject of
Magazines" was discussed, while one
of the interesting portions of the after
noon was the report of the committee
on Dress" appointed two months ago.
DR.. O. P. S. Flummer, father of Mrs.
Stephen ]. Chadwick of this city. died
at the home in Portland very unex-
pectedly last Saturday and Judge and
Mrs. Chadwick went to Portland Sun
day afternoon. DR.. Plummer was n
years old and one of the pioneers OF
Oregon. 4 widow and eight children
survive.
| The TANGO Is ''the stunt" around
Olympia these Gays, for this new-fan-
gled dance has caught the society peo-
pie of the capital IN it's wave OF popu-
larity and they are climbing over each
other in their efforts to join the class
Low learning the new steps
The next dance of the Married Folks
club tonight will be varied by the in
/ PRODUCTION of basket social as one of
, the features of the evening, when the
ladies' will prepare basket lunch, con-
ceal their names in the baskets and
the men will draw for the baskets,
eating lunch with the partner thus
chosen. Rumor has 1t that the famous
tango will make its first formal local
appearance at this affair.
Silas M. Collins, 81 years old, faith
er of Mrs. j. M. Hit of this city, died
at the home Of his daughter Sunday
morning after a long illness. The
body was taken to Tacoma for crema-
tion from where 1t was taken to San
| Francisco to be placed in the family
vault. Mr.. Collins was native of
Montpelier, VT. though he had made
his home with his daughter for several
years. He came around the Horn In
the gold rush 10 California in '49, was
in Virginia City, New, during the Civil
war, then went back to Des Moines
and later to Council Bluffs, Iowa, re-
turning to San Francisco in 1875,
where he stayed until the earthquake
swept his business away and he came
! to Olympia to live with his only child.
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