Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-10-01
Rebekah Hosts 80 !.
Entertain Guests

1914 contains four such dates
March 81. June so, September %
and December %. These are outsid de
( the pale of the regular schedule OF
! lodge meetings, and the Rebekahs
have hit upon the happy eXpedient OF
making them the occasion of special
demonstrations along the social line.
Such an event occurred Tuesday niEht
of the present week, when Odd Eel
lows hall was thronged with men,
bers of the order and invited guests.
A semi-formal program was ushered
in with a vocal solo by Miss Creek
paum. The writer did not catch the
exact words accompanying the mel
ody. but they are supposed to re-
fleet the sentiment of a fair fraulein
in the Austrian Tyrol prompting her
lover 10 join the militant colors. Mrs.
PeroZzi gave the historical sketch of
the evening devoted to the founding
of the order. a paper full OF interest
ing facts and figures. incidentally
ii might be stated that the charter of
the Ashland Rebekahs dates from
1880. She paid a tribute to Schuyler
ColfaX and Mrs. Louise Hall. found
ers of the women's auxiliary to odd
Fellowship, which now numbers over
100000 members. The peculiar
idiosyncracieS of the Sweet Family"
now touring the country and which
made the stop here the only one be-
tween Portland and Frisco. were por-
trayed by Mrs. w. L. Moore as MA
Sweet: Mrs. W. A. Wiltshire. Eliza
beth Eliza; Miss Pearl Wiltshire,
Dorothy Deliliah"; Mrs. A. S. Payne,
Arminta Ann; Mrs. w. w. Usher,
'Betsey Belinda; Mrs. c. w. Banta.
Caroline Cordelia'; Mrs. Alice
Stubbs, Frances Fedora" and Mrs.
P. A. Bonney, "Loriana Gadabout.v
The Family brought along its own
kazoo orchestra and staged a lot Of
interesting vaudeville stunts, all duly
censored. A post card shower ap-
pears to be a concomitant of these
social entertainments, and is a most
thoughtful way of expressing frater-
nal regard for and remembrance of
the absent ones. In this particular
instance the shower was invoked in.
behalf of Mr.. and Mrs. Marble, yfor-
mer residents now living in Nebras-
ka. The social instinct at these gath
erings does not overlook the impor-
tant refreshment feature by any
means, neither does the high cost of,
filling restrict the menu to ,nabisco
wafer and paper napkin diet. mas
much as an abundance of substantials
were on the overloaded banquet ta-
bles. served am d ideal surroundings.
Supper over, cards, dancing and
social converse were in order until
after midnight. The late. or rather
early hour did not afford homegSers
a very favorable opportunity OF gaz-
ing upon the new comet. Dancing
was not confined to the young people.
Elderly gray headed people-men-e es-
pecially- participated in toeing the
light fantastic trip. and it was a mat
ter OF comment particularly when a
loop-the-loop or doughnut twist evo-
luton was involved, to note the at
tentions several of these gay cav
alters paid to certain bright and vi
vacious mesdames (names deleted.
having been expunged by terpsichor-
can censor).
Hope Rebekah Lodge. No. II. has
about $50 members. Mrs. Alice
Stubbs is noble grand; Beulah Cald.
well. vice-grand; Bessie Updegraff,
secretary; Mrs. Leah Caldwell, finan-
cial secretary; Mrs. y. NJ. Long.
treasurer; Ethelyn Harley. warden;
Silva Brown, conductor; Mrs. Mary
Wiltshire, chaplain; Mrs. Louise Pc
rozzi. past noble grand; the support
ers to the noble grand are Mrs. Jes-
sic Rondeau and Mollie Songer: to
the vice-grand. Edith Rhipps and
Pearl Wiltshire; inside guard. Mary
Walker; outside guard. sIrs. Mary
Murray. II will be noted that the
masculine persuasion is taboo in the
official family. In a social way. how
ever. men are admitted as partners,
especially in the waltz and Quadrille.
Last spring the subordinate lodge
met with a severe accident in the col
lapse OF the roof of the building.
Ordinarily such a defect would be
patched up. but instead the organiEa-
tiOns wisely decided to install nota-
BILE changes, and the results have
been most gratifying. Present con-
ditions witness an almost complete
remvenation OF the entire second
story, and although the cost was over
$4,000. the expense has enhanced the
accommodations and incidentally the
value OF the lodge property almost
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