Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-11
By R s. DIBBLE

the hcme Of Mrs. John Brcphy, The
hostess for the occasion. The juvenile
guests comprised for the most part, the
classmates of the small host. Those ad
ditiOnally hidden were: Donald Friz
zeh, Paul Philips, Maxine Glover.
sherman Plimpton, Lucia Hunt, and
Aibertine Adams. Mrs. Ralph Glover
and Mis-. Walter Garth assisted Mrs
lL.5fhy.
4 group Of friends Of Mr.. and Mrs
Lee Ia iell we're hidden informally
if. a nary evening Of dancing at
( tn ir residence on South High street
Thursday night. Included as guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Kurtz, Mr..
and Mrs. C. E. Kiowland, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Full
lerton.
The following officers were elected
at the monthly meeting of the North
Salem Woman's club, Wednesday af-
t%ernoon at the home of Mrs. A. A.
GRADER: President, Mrs Ella Toothaere
vice president, Mrs Peter GRADER; see
rotary, Mrs. Fred Cook; assistant see
rotary, Mrs. NJ. L. PrunA; treasurer,
Mrs. A. A. GRADER. A short program
followed the business meeting, when a
number eff poems, composed by Mrs.
Edna Daley, a member OF the club,
were read. including my Prayer -
"Winter Time and f'Paintings. -
Mrs. +. L. Purvine gave an interesting
talk upon the culture Of dahlias. Sew
ing for the Belgian ehilcren also oe-
cupied the attention of the club mem
bers.
Mrs. NJ. Vernon Parsons of Eugene
has been the guest of Mrs. John Maur-
err at her home, 3l7 North Liberty
stree, for several days this week. Mrs.
Parsons was on her return from Port
land, having made a short stay there,
following an extended sojourn in San
Francisco, where she visited her hus-
band, who was stationed in the marine
corps at Mare Island. Sergeant Par
sons has been transferred to Quantico,
Virginia.
Miss Louise Ruth Benson. who will
graduate this year from the depart
ment of music at Willamette Univer-
sity, viii be presented in senior recit-
al Monday night by DR.. Frank Wilbur
Chaee, at the First Methodist church.
Miss Benson possesses a lovely soprano
voice, that will be heard to special ad-
vantage in the numbers on her pro
gram for Monday night. The exeep-
tiOnal pleasure accorded those who
have heard Miss Benson sing from
time to time, is invariably heightened
by her winsOme charm of personality.
The program which will begin at S
o clock follows:
o Where Are Thou (0rfeol ...~....
~.-. .-~-.... .~~-...JosePh Hayden
Elsa's Dream (Lohengrin) ....--..--
... -... ...... Richard Wagner
Piano-Novellcten .....~~..... Schumann
Miss Florence Scheuerle
Lie Nil (French) ....... Xavier Leroux
An desert .......-...... Rhene-B Baton
La Melodie des baisers, Jules Massenet
Floods of Spring (Russian) ....~~~-.
.......... ..........-... E. Rachmanninoff
Peasant Cradle Song...M. Moussorgsky
VioLin-Caprieietto ........,.. ....~.~-....
... -. Mendelssohn- Burmeister
Viennese Melody .........~.... Kriesler
Romance ...-,.- Spohr-South
Charles South
Mrs. A.. A. Schramm pianist.
Yet, All that Spring Should Van
ish (Amerisan) 1900. Arthur Whiting
Ny Desire ..-........ Ethelbert Nevln
The Years at the Spring, ......~~~...
....... ..-........A. H. A. Beach
Mrs. George Thaeher Guernsey, pres
ident of the Daughters of the Ameri-
ean Revolution, who brought her first
Continental congress to o close last
week. not only proved herself the best
executive officer this society has
known in its twenty even years of ex-
istenee, but a real dress reformer also.
For the first time the pages of the
congress appeared in uniform, and in
a uniform that pleased not only the
thousands of delegates and visitors,
but the sixty young women, who rep
resent every part of the country, them
selves. As in the past years all wore
white gowns, with great latitude as to
model and material, but each girl wore
a Russian blouse of French blue silk,
with long sleeves and self eolored Cir
die in exactly the same model. A SINH