Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-09
By Carol S. DiBbEe

sen, is adding a pleasurable note to
She varied round Of local gayeties'
was the inspiration of jolly little
line party given at the Oregon Wednes-
day afternoon by Mrs. Clifford Brown,
the guests including a few former
friends of Mrs. Thielsen s.
Sunday evening Mr.. Thielsen will
arrive in Salem from San Francisco
and join his wife for short visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. IL. b, Thiel-
sen, and other relatives and friends.
Mr.. Thielsen viii probably remain a
week.
Mrs George Il. Waters was hostess
at charming little dancing party at
her attractive residence on Summer
street Friday night. The guests mum
bered a small neighborhood coterie of
six couples.
The Memo club met Monday night
at the home of Mrs. J. A. Wilson on
y orth Cottage street. A guessing game
provided a variation to the customary
evening of five hundred.
Mrs. Joseph Baumgartner and o. 9.
Locke captured the high card scores.
The prize in the guessing contest fell
to Reuben Boise. the prize money in
each case being turned over to the Red
Cross. additionally playing beside the
club members was c. B. CLANCY.
Mrs George Rose assisted the host
ess at the serving hour. Mrs. Rose will
entertain the club at its next meeting.
Avouched one of the merriest among
the informal parties of the week, by
the participating guests, was that Civ
en- by Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Smith on
Tuesday night, when a number of init.
mate friends were biddeu to assist in
observing the sixteenth wedding ami
versary of the hosts at their home on
Summer street Stepping was the main
diversion of the evening.
OF paramount interest among the
events, along the lines Of food conser-
walton. now so prominently upper
most in everyone s mind, will be the
talk by Prof. A. T. h. Boquet, the
vegetable gardner of the Oregon Ag
ricultural College, next Friday in the
Commercial club auditorium, March
tho fifteenth. His subject viii be
" Home gardening. one which holds
more than ever this spring, special
appeal fer women, as the well balanc-
cd menu Of today, when kept within
the prescribed wartime bounds. must
have as a daily basis, the varied pro-
ducts of the back yard garden
Mrs. George W. Lewis was a delight.
full bridge hostess on Monday at her
homo ON South Twelfth street. when
she entertained the Monday Afternoon
club this week Miss Calista Moore and
Mrs George Schaefer assisted at the
serving hour. Playing additionally be
sides the club members were Mrs. H..
s. Poisal. Mrs. G. A. Wood, Mrs, Hen
nv Cornoyer. Mrs. +. G. Bowersox will
be the next hostess
With practically the last gift box TO
the Salem soldiers overseas packed and
shipped by the S. o. ). committee in
charge, more or less natural curiosity
has been evineed among the relatives
and friends of the boys as 10 the gem
eral nature Of the surprise packets,
which would greet the Salem men on
the arrival of the boxes in France. A
running inventory of the contents or
these iuxIriously stocked, gift chests
includes chocolates, prunes, King s veg
eta5ies, tablets and envelopes, tobae-
co, knitted articles coeOanut, raisins,
dish towels. sheet music, Victor rec
ords, soap, candy, Khaki handkerehiefs,
pipes. gum. sugar, washing powder
candied figs
Several members Of Company N
have been transferred to n headquar
ters company in France, so besides the
large box sent 10 the members Of Com F.
pany NJ, a smaller one was forwarded 4
10 the thirteen or more Salem men in 4
he latter division. To each Of the Sa- I
en- soldiers attached 10 the service