Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-01
BY MoL11E RuNcoRN.

One of the most delightful affairs
of the week was the japanese tea, CIV
en- under the auspices of the Womans
Missionary society of the First Pres
bytorian church, in their church par
lors, Thursday afternoon.
The tea was ON the day of their
regular meeting, but the subject being
"Japan,n the unique entertainment
was planned to be given in addition.
The spacious parlors were controvert-
ed into a veritable japanese tea gar
den, blossoming branches of realistic
cherry trees being used in every avail
able place, the branches meeting over
head. The Oriental effect was fur
ther suggested by baskets of wisaria,
which were suspended from an arbor-
like arrangement.
The program opened with devotional
exercises by Mrs. Carl H. Elliott.
''The Church Work in Japan and
"What the Christian Faith Has Done
for the Women of Japan was pre-
sented by Mrs. j. II. Lewis and Mrs.
Robert Eakin.
Miss Wilson followed with vocal
number, and Mrs. Irving 7. Raab gave
a reading from "Sada San.
Miss Mabel Marcus delighted the
guests with her sorg, "Oyuchasan.
Hostesses for the afternoon were
Mrs. A. L. Brown, Mrs. Max Buren,,
Mrs. Amanda Hcrren, Mrs. j.. H..
Lewis and Miss Applegate, wearing
quaint Japanese costumes.
Al. tab1n Mrc n
A. Park and Mrs. Elliott, who poured
tea. They were assisted by Mrs. VIM
McGilchrist, Jr.; Mrs. Marvin, Miss
Zoa Stockton, Miss Dorothy Dick and
Miss Mabel Marcus, also wearing the
costume of the women of the " "flowery
kingdom"
The Frame shop has some beautiful
landscapes in oil in its show windows
original work of Captain H. Thorton
of London, England. Captain Thorn
ton is retired English army officer
and is an exponent of the "Old
School" of painting. He has exhibited
at the Royal academy and studied ex'
tensively.
The new picturey on exhibition are
"Spring" and "DevOnshire Cottage
There are also some pictures that have
been shown here before.
The splendid painting proofs of the
"Mona Lisa, Erasmus, Rem
brant's picture of himself, cage OF
Innocence, "L Indifferent" and the
"Infanta Marguerita," which has
been loaned them by the Brown-Rob
erts company of New York, will be OF
exhibition only q short time longer.
These copies.Aafss masterpieces -hays
been greatly admired by art lovers
Miss Paula Linn entertained in
formally at $500 Wednesday evening
at her home on Capital Street in homo
of Miss Carree Howard, recent -addi
tion to the younger society circle.
Prizes at cards were awarded to Mis-
Teresa Towle, and Hugh Constable.
Those asked to meet Miss Howart
were the Misses Carolyn Dick, II,
Spaulding, Margaret Rodgers, Marger.
Kay, Irene Curtis, Bernice Craig, Ger
trude East, Teresa Fowle, Ruth Schultz
and the Messrs. Allen Carson, Eugen
Houston, Frank Durbin, Fredericl
Deckebach, Allen Jones, Claud Steus
loft, Orrin Fry, Hugh Constable, Loui
Griffith and Franklin Miller.
Miss Bertha Eckeren who is train
ing for nurse at the Sisters of Prov
idence hospital, in Oakland, California
is not expected to return home thi
summer probably spending her thre
months probation with friends in Cali
fornia.
Mrs, F. NJ. Magers, Mr. A. G. Meyers
and two children, and Mr.. and Mrs
Jack Grove, of the Marion Hotel, lef
this morning on the II O'Clock trai
for Newport where they will spen
Sunday. They will return Monday