Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-09

Iphigenia in Tauris (Euripedes.)
Argument.
Overture: Prelude, Ballet music from
Alceste (Gluck). Piano, Miss Dorothy
Pearce. Violin, Miss Elizabeth Levy.
Reading, Messengers Story Ora
MAJ, Miss Lulu R. Walton.
/ Musical setting, Chorus of Furies
from Orpheus (Gluek). Tableaux (a)
Orestes and Pylades accommodating the
temple; (b) messenger bearing news
to Iphigenia; (c) OTestes and Pylades
brought as prisoners to the priestess
Reading, Revelation OF the Identity
of Iphigenia (Drama).
Musical setting: (a) Cavatina from
lSemiramis; (b) Aria from Paris and
Helene (Gluck). Tableaux (a) Iphi-
genia questions Orestes; (b) Orestes
pleads for the life of Pylades; (c)
Recognition between Orestes and Iphi-
genia.
Reading, The Edict of Minerva
(Drama.)
Musical setting: Chorus from Paris
and Helene (Gluck). Tableaux GAY
Messenger seeks the king; (b) King
Thoas hears the MESSENGERS tale; (c)
Minerva commands Thoas to spare
Orestes.
Contributing all manner of festivity
to the somewhat colorless calendar of
social affairs for the week, was the
progressive dinner given Wednesday
evening by a jolly group of friends,
who gathered in turn, at one another IS
homes to partake of the various cours-
es, served amid much merriment. at
most attractively appointed tables,
Mr. and Mrs. John Traeger were hosts
for the soup course, at their home on
Court street, which was daintily deck
ed with daffodils for the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward entertained
the party for the second course, the
table being delicately centered with
lavendar primrOses. For the salad
course, the merry-makers assembled at
the Court apartments, where Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Wallace presided as hosts.
st. Patrick decorations marked the
serving of the fourth course at the
home of Mr.. c. T. and DR.. NJ. f. POnt-
eroy, where a rich eenterpieee of ferns
massed in an art basket and caught
with brilliant green ribbon adorned the
table. Little Irish hats and clay pipes
formed novel reminders of the seven
teenth of March, as did also the little
shamrock place cards. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kurth served the next course
the guests eircliug a table eentered
with realistic Easter nest, the bask-
ct foundation being eleverly overlaid
with straw, heaped with eggs, while
the handles were bound with clusters
of wheat and daffodils. Cunning, miu-
iature chickens, in all their white and
yellow fiuffiness, were scattered over
the table. The CAV eoterie of diners
adjourned to the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Siege on Twelfth street for the
next course, the rooms being adorned
with jaunty ionquils. The seventh
course was enjoyed at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Smith, amid a
prOfusion of lovely spring flowers
which were massed throughout the
house. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lamport Were
hosts for the last course, which was
followed by an imprOmptu dance. Mrs
Margaret LOvelaee was hidden as an
additional guest for the jolly occasion.
The Polk Community Red Cross aux
fliary met Friday afternoon at the
home OF Mrs. W. Gibson on the Wallace
road. This auxiliary is a wide awake
band of woT Sers, who accomplished
the following work during their all
day session Friday: "A triangular
bandageS, 55 stalled bandages, 60
many tailed bandages.
Mrs. W. NJ. Bouffleur. whose son is
in the aviation department of the ser
vice in France read a number Of inter
esting letters during the day from him.
Mrs Bailey, the seerstRry, gave an en-
eeuraging report Of The work, finished
and sent into the Willamette chapter
headquarters The Community auxl-
iarv viii meet next time with Mrs. Don
Gibson