Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-02

M YITH the last gift box to COM
wv pany M, packed and started on
- its adventurous journey across
SEES. Salem society is taking grateful
r1dsantage of brief respite from the
breathless whirl Of s. o. s. entertain
ing, which has characterized the social
calendar Of the past two weeks, which
were marked, in addition, with two red
letter festal days. st. Valentines Day
and Washington Is Birthday, both Of
these annually calling forth an ensem-
bic of celebration. Indeed, Spring has
seemingly taken matters in her own
hands, and decreed that it was time
mi-lady should be given benefit her
self, she who has heretofore done all
the giving for others, and clearing the
skies in wash of June blue, announc-
ed etSunshine benefit" for all the
winter-weary workers, who have APP
plied themselves so zealously these
many months to indoor war relief and
social service.
For. unlike the seasons of former
wears, there has been a dearth of idle
vnaids and matrons this season that
well nigh threatened failure to the
launching of any formal daytime func-
tion. For the woman of today "must
do something'' of serious nature, or
she finds herself left standing alone
on meaningless sidetraek, while life
and its big war time experiences go
whizzing by her ON the main line OF
purposeful activity.
The point of this truth is humorous
1y brought home in little sketch by
Edna Ferber, the much read writer OF
stories featuring the business woman
of the large city. In recent article
in the American Magazine on "The
Joy Of the job Miss Ferber says:
FtWhile every vol h-while woman
today has a job, it Is also true that the
not so worth while woman has gone
and got herself one, too; and it has
brought her very little joy. She forces
herself TO it, this one, not for any love
of the work. but because it's the thing
to do. Last year, she argues, it was
tho skating craze Chat was hard on
her, because her ankles were weak },
and the year before that it was the
Castle dance dementia. Now she has
discovered that there is very little
point TO rising lahguidly at eleven
only to find world too occupied to
play with her. In answer to her tele-
Phoned:
- Hello, FHorencel I'm shopping to-
day. Can you meet me at enc for
lunehs' comes the answer;
q Sorry, dear, but this is one of my
Dependent Relief days--Monday, We'd
nesdays, and Fridays, you know
~. ftr
- sYes, ! took the course in the
school of Civics while you were away
this summer and passed the exams.
"sThat's very nice. How about to-
morrow, thenS'
'Oh, Tuesdays my Navy League
day And then, of course, Thursdays
and Saturdays l captain division at
the Red Gross shop.
Don't you find your Sundays a
drag on your hands, dearf' The acid
of it eats its way into the wires.
"'Sundays3 Oh, mol You see, we
pledged my Sunday mornings to the
''But a sharp elaek, followed by a
-clamorous silence, tells Florence that
the connection has been broken at the
other end
"wth her whole day stretching
dreary and companionless before her,
what is thoro left for Miss Lie-abed to
do but to go and get a jobl If she
doesn I She s eyed askanee.
cit wasn't so long ago-was it,
when this might have been considered
a choice bit Of scandal:
/" Girls, have you heard about
Ethel7 They say she's gone to work.
Actually! And with all her money! But
then, she always was a little queer,
even at college. Her poor motherl
''Now when heads are close together,
the modern gossip.monger has another
tale to tell: MY dear, | have it on
good authority. She isn't doing any
thing, not a thing. And they say she