Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-20

Another charming and exceptionally
attractive affair honoring Mr.. and Mrs
Mack Hofer was the dinner for which
/ Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Roberts were
hosts last night The table was love
ly with an artistic arrangement of
snap dragons in tones of pink and yell
low.
Covers were placed for Mr. and Mrs
Hofer, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Thielsen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Bishop, Mr..
and Mrs William Burghardt, Jr., and
the nosts.
An announcement that caused a rip.
pie of pleasureable surprise during the.
week was the engagement of Miss
Alta Lucinda Jones to Calvert Coles
man Clinton of San Francisco, Cali
! fornil.
The news was first made known Tues
day at formal luncheon for which
Mrs.uL. X. Page and Miss Mabellb
Page were hOstesses at their residence
on Cottage street. Only the intimate
friends and relatives were asked to
share in the excitement of the an.
nouncement. The rooms of the Page
residence were aglow with yellow genis'
tl and buttercups. There were five
tables arranged for the guests, all
done in a pretty pink and blue color
scheme with center of lovely sweet
peas.
Dainty hand painted place cards
marked covers for; Mrs. R. B. Flem-
ing, Mrs. Donald Miles, Mrs. Lloyd
Mott. Mrs Gordon McCilchrist, Mrs
w. Al Jones. Mrs. Louis Loehmund
Mrs. Ralph Glover, Mrs. Ralph Jack.
son (Maude Durbin(, Mrs. ]. N, Me
Cune of Portland, Miss Hazel Downing
Miss Cora Talkinqton. Miss Minnetta
Mayors, Miss Zoe Olmsted. Miss Laura
Grant, Miss Marguerite Miles. Miss
EVELYN Nutting, of Silverton and Miss
Bervl Braekett, of Portland
The h0stessds were assisted nv Mrs
Harry Wiedmer and Miss Priscilla
Fleming.
After luncheon Mrs, Donald Miles
favored the guests vita several charm
ing readings aud Mrs McGilchrist a
vocal solo, ACCOMPANIED by Miss Laura
Grant. The afternoon was devoted ia
sewing for the hride-eleet
Miss Jones is the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs II, B. Jones, an old and well
known Salem family She received her
earlier education in Salem, later at
tending st. Mary S academy in Port
land, and Miss Head S school in Ber'
kelley, Calf.
MIR. Clinton who is a resident of San
Francisco, formerly lived in Portland
and is representative of the intertypC
corporation of New York City.
; The wedding viii be an event of the
early fall.
Mrs. Frank Speneer's bridge Thurs
day afternoon was charming in every
detail. Guests played at six tables
} of the game and the card honors fell to
Miss Grace Bean and Miss Elizabeth
Lord AT the tea hour the party was
! augmented by about half dozen
more matrons and maids, An array Of
beautiful and fragrant roses, which
'wero sent to Mrs Spencer from Rose.
burg by her sister, Miss Florence Aiken
were used in the card rooms, and also
; to mark places at the bridge tables,
Miss Vedl Cross and Miss Ellen
, Thielsen presided over the coffee urns
; and Mrs, Guy Sargent and Miss Grace
Bean assisted
Mrs. Speneers guests included; Mrs
Henry Meyers, Mrs. Guy sargent, Mrs
Rollin X. Page, Mrs. Chauncey Bishop,
! Mrs. Melvin phmpton, Mrs. George w
Gray, Mrs. Curtis Cross, Mrs. Harry
Clay, Mrs. L. g. Shipley, Mrs. Frank
Spears, Mrs. Clifford Brown, Mrs
Ralph Jackson (Maude Durbiu), Mrs
Elmer Luddcn, Mrs Clyde Graham
; Miss Ellen Thiesen, Miss Rita Steiner
Miss Margery Marvin, Miss Jennie
Fry, the Misses Ester aud Catherine
Carson, Miss Veda Cross, Miss Marie
Hofer, Miss Elizabeth Lord, Miss
Grace Bean, Miss Florence Cleveland
Miss Ivy Ford Miss Mae Steuslofi
and Miss Aline Thompson.
Mrs. John 7. Roberts win 90 to
Portland Tuesday, where sac win he
guest Of honor az a bridge for which
Mrs. Robert Berger will he hostess, al
her attractive residence in Melrose
Drive.