Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-09

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~ goes, the back ground Of ever.
view these days has military as
pcct
Even if it is a wedding with all tn
time honored festivities of toasts Il
the happiness of the newly weds th
hero of the occasion is probably abou
TO rush from wedding garments init
the khaki of the army camp.
If the gayety be dinner party ONT
sees the familiar red, white and blu'
used in lavishness in the decorations
and the luncheon, bridges and teas, ar'
but interludes between Red Cross worl
of all kinds in preparation for another
time.
Red Cross benefits of course, contin
ne to claim the largest share of atten
tion among society folk, and barely
do the doors close upon one big pro
jeet before we are asked to participot'
in another.
Week after next however, all benefit:
will be held in abeyanee, as it has beer
set aside for the "big drive After
the enormous sum apportioned to the
Salem chapter of the Red Cross has
been realized, the benefits will again
whirl society into all manner of enter
fainments and will continue through
out the summer months.
Brides-elect will add impetus to the
social affairs of the next few weeks,
as the weddings of three popular girls,
Miss Jennie Harbord Fry, Miss Veda
Mae cross and Miss Gertrude Cunning
ham are all to be charming events of
this month.
AlI-impOrtant on the social calendar
this week was the charming bridge
tea and dance, given on Wednesday,
for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The affair was given at the Elks
club, and was sponsored by the Illihee
auxiliary composed of group of prom
inent socitey matrons who are among
the most assidious of the women work
ing for the Red Cross.
IL was huge success financially, and
more than rs dollars was realized from
the bridge and dance which followed
in the evening.
Twenty eight tables were arranged
for the bridge players, who represented
the most prominent women OF the CITY.
At the tea hour the rooms were
ihronged with many more matrons and
maids, all eager to contribute their
mite TO the biggest and finest philan-
thropy of the universe.
Mrs. Edwin l.. Baker won the high
score h0nors at cards and several other
matrons including Mesdames John ID.
Sutherland, Henry J. Bean, Hooper
and Miss Grace Bean were given at
tractive corsage bouquets for holding
the highest scores in the rows in which
they played.
A delightful feature of the afternoon
was the vocal solos by Miss lsobel
Young Of Albany and the ukelele Sc
lections by a group of young girls in
cluding the Misses Margaret Griffith,
Pauline Dick, Mary Jane Albert, Har-
riet Griffith, Gladys Moore, Ruth
Barns and Eva Miles.
Quantities of yellow genista, Ocean
spray and greens deeked the attractive
rooms, and the tea tables which were
arranged to form a huge cross were
decked with an artistic basket of Grim
son peonies
The members of the auxiliary were
all charmingly attired in crisp white
aprons and caps, with Red Cross aprons
Presiding over the tea tables were
Mrs. Thomas A. I.ivesley, Mrs. Charles
l.. McNary, Mrs. Zadoc J. Riggs and
Mrs. George Palmer Putnam.
Assisting them were other members
of the auxiliary including, Mrs. Chaun-
eey Bishop, Mrs. Frederic ID. Thielsen,
Mrs. Thomas G. Smith Jr.. Mrs. Will
liam II. Lytle, Mrs Clifford Brown,
Mrs. John j. Roberts, Mrs William IL.
Burghardt Jr.. and Mrs. Bernard o.
Schucking.
In the evening society and the dane
fng contingent again flocked to the
EIks club to participate in the dance,
which wound up one of the largest and
most delightful benefits yet given for
the Red Cross.
IN interest such as it seldom shows
for anything either purely social or
for charity, has been manifested by