Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-26

Mrs r. E. Lee Steiner and Mrs. Dan
j. Fry are week end visitors in Port
land.
Miss Ruth Fleming will spend the
week end in Salem at the Fleming
home on Court street.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Powell and
small son of Lafayette will pass the
week end in Salem at the home of Mrs.
Powell s parents, Judge and Mrs
George G. Bingham.
Marked by an exceedingly dainty,
arrangement of lovely pink carnations,
intermingled with smilax, were the
table decorations, at the meeting of
the Monday Afternoon Bridge club
this week, with Mrs. Ralph Glover
acting as hostess, at her home on Court
street The customary three tables were
circled by the members, with Mrs.
John Brophy, Mrs. Joseph Austin and
Miss May Stittler as additional guests
Mrs. Arthur Moores will entertain the
club next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Roberts have
returned from a stay of several days,
spent at Tacoma, where they went the
fore part of the week. Mrs Roberts,
accompanied by Mrs. w. Carlton
Smith, who is temporarily located at
Tacoma, where DR.. Smith is stationed
at Camp Lewis, spent a day visiting
the eantonment and meeting Salem
friends, now at Camp Lewis.
Mrs. Roberts came away strongly i'm
pressed with the need of central wait
ing quarters for the guests of the
camp place where the relatives and
friends can either arrange to meet the
men, or in the case of necessitated de-
lay pass the interim of tedious wait
ing in comfortable and convenient
surroundings. These conditions are met
to certain extent in the case of
Camp Lewis, Mrs. Roberts says, by the
hostess house, already located in the
camp, but there are many environments
over the country standing in vital
need of just such tarrying quarters as
the so-ealled hostess house, now es-
tablished at the northern camp.
Inasmuch as the visits of friend or
relative, play so large a part in the
life of the enlisted men in the camps,
the subsequent ease and comfort of
the visitors is factor to be taken
seriously into account. And how many
a strained farewell might be made
much less of an ordeG. when che has
been ordered to France, +" if those in |
evtably personal goodbyes might be
said in the quiet privacy of four shell |
tering walls, such as a hostess house |
would afford, instead of the infinitely |
drearier environs of lemonade stands |
and curious passerbys, as has more |
than once furnished the unforgettably, |
eheerless setting of parting between
mother and son. And it is the fulfill /
ment of this want, felt so keenly in
numbers of the camps scattered from
coast to coast, that the Y. w. G. A.
drive this week, includes as one of the
main purposes of the campaign and
hopes to accomplish by the establish
nent of these hostess houses.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. c. Miles were most
hosts on Friday evening,
when they opened their home to the
of the Flyneh club. The rooms
we're attraetively deeNed with a pro-
usion of greenery, and quantities of
riolets always welcome at this sea
on of the year were in fragrant evi.
lence everywhere.
Mrs. f. j. Swafford assisted Mrs.
diles in the serving. Additional
uests asked for the evening were Mr..
nd Mrs F. A. Elliott and Mr.. and
drs. w, G. Allen.
The members Of the Flynch club
resent were: Mr., and Mrs, J. H. Ba-
r, Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Mills, MIR. and
irs. w. + Kirk. Mr.. and Mrs. U. g.
'oyer, Mr.. and Mrs Z. G. Holt, DIR.
nd Mrs. II. J. Clements, Mr.. aud Mrs.
. +. Millard, Mr.. and Mrs R. r.
ones, Mr.. and AIRS L. T. Barnes, Mr.
nd Mrs H. H. Vandervort. Or. and
Irs. H.. c. Epley, MIR. and Mrs, B. f.
arrier, AIR. and Mrs. A. A. Lee, Mr..
nd Mrs. f. A. Legg, DIR. and Mrs. B.
Sleeves, DR.. and Mrs. NJ c. Findley.
Another wedding, which will carry
way as bride, popular Salem girl,
i'll occur tomorrow afternoon when
iss Ruth f. Boyer and Harry Z.
ice of Chicago viii be quietly mar
ca at the home &C the brides par-
Is, Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Bower. ASS
orth Winter street. The ceremony
III take T &c at four clock, in the
essence of the immediate family. Di-
city after the wedding, the Young
Il.