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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
Social and Personal

, church Mrs Mason Thompson, the
1 president, will preside at a business
meeting and social hour with re-
freshments will follow. An invitation
is extended to all women and friends
of the church.
Jolly Neighhors" yesterday en-
joycd charming bit of hospitality for
which Mrs. L. l. Rogers was respon-
sible Her guests shared n delightful
l.15 O'Clock luncheon at JollN's Inn.
adjourning later to Mrs. Rogers home
for an afternoon of 5000. In the
play Mrs. c. X Cranston captured
high score honors.
Judge and Mrs. C. w. Phelps asked
a group of friends to be their dinner
guests last evening, covers being laid
for ten at an attractively appointed
table where the guests gathered at
$40 o'clock.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
WHOLE FAMILIES
FREED FROM COLDS
Half a century breaking
colds is behind DR.. Kings
New Discovery

T>ROM the little tots to grandma.
every one in the family can
L use this fifty-years-the-stand
ard remedy in perfect safety and
confident of beneficial results.
Incessant coughing, disagreeable
grippe, stubborn cold promptly
Checked, the phlegm dissipated, the
congestion loosened.
Same high quality today as al
ways. DIR. Kings New Discovery
lives up to its time-tested reputa-
tion. 6Oc. and $1.20 bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03
The Results Of Constipation

are sick headaches, biliousness,
nervousness, sallow skin. waste
matter In the body. Correct this
undermining evil with DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. Feel good every
day. Keep the system cleansed.
2Jc. q bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

Mrs. ora Hamilton is to be hostess
tomorrow for meeting of the Law
ender club. the guests having been
asked to her home at sos Aura street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

meeting of the Baptist womens
Missionary Society, postponed from
last week, is TO be held tomorrow at
2:sO O'Clock in the west room OF the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-12-03

Thursday Afternoon club member
are 10 meet tomorrow with Mrs. w
G. T. Pruitt and Mrs @. l. LaDow a'
hostosses Their guests are asked &C
the club room OF the library and the
days program win be devoted to AM
crican music
Members Of the Research club are
to be the guests tomorrow of Mrs. j.
=. Richardson anu Mrs. Clarence Ed.
munds The meeting Is TO be held al
the home OF Mrs. Richardson.
The Spizzerinkum club is to meet
tomorrow aftercou with Mrs. F. ].
NeMonies at her home ON Perkins
avenue.
I Iucst Crockett j. Chosen.
Ernest Crockett, former Pendleton
boy who IS attending University of
Drcgon. has been chosen as MEM
Ter OF the debating team of the coll
tee which will debate with O. \. c.
Euo Reed collee.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

Brig. Gen Charlton, G. B.. c. N. G..
D. s. O., who comes to Washington as
air attache of the British embassy,
arrived yesterday with the ambassa-
dor and Countess Reading. He has
been an aviator since 1912.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

and charming costumes OF the wona-
en-, and the small ballroom, where
supper was served at midnight.
More interesting than all other
boxes were those contributed by Mrs.
A. Delos Blodgett and Mrs. Joseph e.
Thropp for the use of the wounded
boys at Walter Reed Hospital, who
looked upon the gay scene with
smiles Two of the younger heroes.
mere boys, wore stars of great mag
nitude, one of them having gone over
with the first thirty thousand and
the other with the first hundred thou
sand. Many men in uniform danced
from the first to the last of the en-
tertainment and in the audience Were
many guests from Baltimore, New
York, Pittsburgh and other cities.
Mrs. L. David Meade Lea, president
of the board of directors, stood at the
head of the receiving line she
wore a stunning gown of black velvet
with the bodice of tulle and long
flowing sleeves of tuile. Others in
the receiving line were Miss Leila r.
Draper, who wore gown of black
thread lace mounted over orchid
moire satin; Mrs. William K Petty
wore black satin and tulle trimmed
with jet and Mrs. II. w. Offutt was
in pink satin combined with tulte
and trimmed with iridescent sequins.
Among the box holders were the
minister of the Netherlands and Nine.
Cremer. whose guests included ME.
and Mrs. Walter S. Penfield and Miss
Thompson; Capt and Mrs. c. c. Cali
houn, whose guests included NINE
Zaldwar, Princess Ghika- Mrs.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

monkey and hurdy gurdy, while Miss
a gypsy tent. Miss Courtney Let's is
chairman for debutantes, all dressed
as milk maids, who will patter in and
out of the big hay stack in their
wooden shoes. distributing favors to
make merry al the carnival hour of
1890. Miss Virginia Hunts flower
girls will push around wheelbar
row filled with bouttonieres from
an old-fashioned garden At the
country store. candies and cakes
will tempt the reyelers, while
Mrs. Theodore Starke Wilkinson
will be chairman of the cigarette
vendors Some box holders have
even engaged two boxes, in order to
accommodate their dinner guests in
this way throwing together the two
picket fence shaded by an apple tree
in full bloom. Rustic posts entwined
in morning -glories will support the
rural mailbox bearing the box hold
ePS name.
Mrs. Albert Ruddock has a box for
the evening, in which she will en-
tertain guests and rest from her
arduous task of making the ball a
great success.
Mrs. Arthur Glasgow is giving a
large dinner before the bali. Am
bassador and Nine. Riano are enter
tanning the minister of the Neither
lands and Nine. Cremer among their
dinner guests before the ball. Others
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Ball Like Fairyland.

Some interesting touch is constantly
being added to make the mardi gras
ball at Wardman Park Hotel on
Tuesday night the greatest success of
the season, and the broad corridor is
fast assuming the atmosphere of a
midway plaisance, which it will really
be on the night of the ball. 1t will be
completely converted into a pastoral
scene, with handpainted wall hang
ings and ceiling, even utilizing the
-colors to carry out the pastoral effect.
one being converted into windmill
as a part of the accurate reproduction
of the Laiterie and Tour de Marl-
borough part of the little village in
the Petit Trianon gardens, showing
the old mill where the more intimate
friends of Marie Antoinette played at
being miliers. Not trusting to mem.
ory, Mrs. Sydney Ballou. to whom is
entirely due this clever scheme of
decoration, has refreshed her memory
by much reading, in order to accu-
rately portray this scene.
Miss Virginia. Eckles win fake"
milking the real live COW at the en-.
trance to Pre- Catelan. Miss Warns
lev promises to have live dancing
Evening star., 1919-03-02

brellas under pink towering chest
nut trees in the dining room.
Three orchestras will furnish music
during the evening.
One of the little sideshows will be
a performing cat, little animal
which will be put through all OF its
PAGES for the spectators and shoot
ing gallery also adds charm.
Whole families of quaint little owls
will find their home in the branches
of the apple trees. and the touch of
really rural life will be carried out in
dozens of similar suggestions. The
thirty boxes already sold will hold
the elite of society and give those in
possession an opportunity of seeing
the spectacular side of the ball to
good effect The few boxes yet to
!, be sold will, some of them. be taken
by out-of-town society folk.
Mrs. Lucian A. Clarke has leased her
home, 23oS Wyoming avenue, to the
Siamese legation and on her return
from Atlantic City, late in March,
will be at 1870 Wyoming avenue.
Evening star., 1919-03-02


Mrs. John Phillips, mother of the as
sistant secretary of state, who was in
Washington for some time, has re-
turned to Boston. While here she was
several times a guest at the series of
diplomatic dinners which Mr.. and Mrs.
Phillips have been giving.
White roses, palms and smilax
formed an effective setting for the
marriage of Miss Marie. Bernadette
Hacker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Newton Hacker and Mr.. Wilbur
Emmons Forbes, grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. George T.. Wilbur of Taunton.
Mass, which took place last evening
at o'clock, at the home of the brides
parents, on Lamont street.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. James S. Montgomery in the
drawing room in the presence of 'rela-
tives and intimate friends.
The bride, who was escorted by her
father. wore beautiful gown of white
satin and georgette crepe, elaborately
EN- broidered. Her tulle veil was held
she carried shower bouquet of roses
and orchids.
Miss Elizabeth Swanson, the maid
of honor, wore a gown of orchid chif-
fon and silver lace and carried a bou-
Quet of pink roses.
brother of the bridegroom. acted as
best man.
reception followed, when the
bride and bridegroom We're assisted in
receiving by Mrs. Hacker. mother of
the bride, who wore a handsome gown
of black panne velvet and silver CLOTH
and Mrs. Wilbur, grandmother of the
bridegroom, whose gown was of black
brocade with touches of cerise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forbes left later for
their wedding trip, the latter wearing
smart blue serge suit with a straw
toque to match, trimmed with moss
roses. and a mink scarf.
They will reside at Taunton, Mass
Mr.. Forbes served as an ensign in the
Navy throughout the war.
The bride is the granddaughter of
the late Representative Walter Pres
ton BroWnlow of Tennessee, and she
pressed the button which was the
signal for opening the Soldiers Home
at Johnson City, Tenn.
The out-of-town guests here for the
wedding included Mr.. and Mrs. Kyle
Marion King of Johnson City. Tenn,
uncle and aunt of the bride.
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Ball for Children's Home.

The benefit ball at the New Willard
last night, given for the beneflt of
the Episcopal Home for Children. was
the popular meeting place for sew
eral hundred members of society, who
came early and stayed late, proving
the excellent arrangement carried
out through every feature of the ball.
Both the large and small bathrooms
were used, the former for dancing,
where soft pink shaded lights sent
their rays over the flag-draped walls
Evening star., 1919-03-02
FEVERISH HASTE OF SOCIETY
TO FINISH PROGRAM BEFORE
LENT GIVES BRILLIANT FINALE
TO THE MIDWINTER SEASON
Mrs Wilson's Return Stirs Society, While 1t
Arranges a Full Program of Teas Dinner
Parties. Musicals and Card Parties
to Fill the Forty Days of Lent.

WASHINGTON society itself to dozens of interesting
w phases social life last week chief of which were the de-
ghtiul evenings and afternoon tor
the relief fund the ball for the beneht OF the
Episcopal Children Friday night for which Mrs wilson
There dinner parties
parties unceons the week all
the ever the few days intervening
between much entertainment possible
WILSON'S White House brought its rifle OF
AVA been able and perhaps VIII
the social However, she
and her first act returning
the ball Friday night Wash
will little her before the President returns to
Europe her mother the klpe
those who had bought lengthy hobbe skirts and
disappointed them with Mrs Wilson's oer-
and her conservative but taultsy
CLOTH with which she
walking She has busted herself
turning visiting family the OF
looking packages enumerated by cable from Far
when packing souvenirs
cigarette cases
things fill boxes weighing hundreds OF pounds avo
hundreds of pounds sterling Then there were gifts
delivered and the thousand and one things woman
land many weeks
La
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Evening star., 1919-03-02

volatile, petites brooches fourrees a
| Ia Franchise, occurs a Ia. creme,
biscuit Tortoni, friandises and moka
/ will be served at round-top iron ia
bles shaded by purple-ighted UNI
Evening star., 1919-03-02

who are giving large dinners are
Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Mrs, Mar
shall Field. Mrs. Walter Dillingham;
and many others.
A dairy supper of mayonnaiSe de
Evening star., 1919-03-02
Members of Cabinet Guests.

The Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Glass and the Secretary of the
Interior and Mrs. Lane will be the
guests of honor at a dinner which
Capt. and Mrs. c. c. Calhoun will give
Friday evening.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

season. They have as guests for the
week end two of their daughters.
Miss Paula Lucas and Miss Louise
Lucas, who are in school in Balti-
more. and their friend, Miss Julia
McMorris of Norfolk
Mrs. Lucas entertained the young
folks at theater last night.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

Mrs. Baker wife of the Secretary of
War. will sing this afternoon for the
hoys at St. Elizabet Hospital
Evening star., 1919-03-02

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Evening star., 1919-03-02

The ambassador of Japan and Nis-
countess Ishii were the guests for
whom Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick E.
Chapip entertained. distinguished
dinner company last evening.
Evening star., 1919-03-02

WASHINGTON itself to dozens OF interesting
Nv social life week chief of which the de
rriren
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
MUST PRODUCE
MORE LUMBER
Increased Production Is the
Only Avenue for Low
ering Cost.

More firmly convinced than ever
that tle only avenue remaining in
the movement toward the lowering
Of building material prices is through
increasing production, architects and
builders are now urging with all vigor
the adoption of methods that will
develop our national resources and
industrial facilities so that an era
of unprecedented effectiveness will
be attained. states the American Ar
Chitect editorially. The shortage of
labor we are now facing demands
Immediate application of all methods
that will increase efficiency of manu-
factUre and distribution.
Enlarged output must now be the
slogan. Authorities offer no encoUr-
agement that there is to be a lower
ing OF costs in any other way on
account Of influences beyond con-
troll. the shortage of labor and ma
terials, political complications and
tax burdens. Price recession through
the Curtailment Of exports or the in
crease of imports is at this time
impossible. Increased and steady
production can alone reduce the cost
of living.
England is taking the Ions expected
turn toward enlarged output This
is decided evidence Of growing con-
fidence, as well as a factor in re-
dUcinE prices.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
SHOWS ADVANTAGE
OF OWNING HOME

1t is easier to own a home than
to pay rent Listen to this: Rent
for eighteen years at $3.50 a month
means $500 paid out; with interest
at per cent for half that time
ASA; or a total of s12.474 paid out
with nothing to show for it but a
bunch Of worthless receipts.
The man. on the other hand. who
buys a 5000 home, paying $500 cash
down and scattering the rest of the
payments over eighteen years at $3.50
a monrl, while he gets the benefit
Of a home equal to the one rented
for $3.50 a nnonth-the s27.5sO includ-
ing interest-pays a total of $3.50
for $3.50 a month-the $3.50 includ-
and has paid out actually 81. 5O4 less
clan the renter has paid in the s-me
time. Taxes for the home owner
are offset by the moving expense
and wear and tear on furniture for
the renter.
The "Own-your-hone" movement is
going forward again by leaps and
bounds. Prominent real estate deal
ers report a constantly increasing
movement to suburban bungalows and
cottages
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
BUILD S140,000
STORAGE HOUSE
Smith Co. VIII Erect Six
Story Modern Structure
Here.

Immediate erection of a big six-story
storage warehouse at 1907 U street
northwest is announced by the Smith
Storage and Transfer Company.
Contracts for the work nave been
awarded and the building is to be
rushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
Ground floor dimensions Of the build
ting. 1t is stated. are to be 70 by 10
feet, which, with its six stories, will
make the building one OF the largest
of its kind in the city.
Architectural design OF the structure
is to be unusual, the barnlike effect
usually noticeable in buildings of this
character being avoided and the front
having what might be called a mission
or Spanish effect.
The new storage warehouse is to be
of. reinforced concrete construction.
with metal partitions. doors, room
walls, etc, the whole to be absolutely
fireproof as far as concerns the struc-
ture itself.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
S125,OO0 PAID
FOR APARTMENT
Mamie E. Goss Buys Emer.
son Building in Belmont
Road.

The Emerson Apartments, at 1924
Belmont road, were sold last week
by the firm Of Gardiner & Dent, Inc.
to Mamie Z. Goss at a consideration
Of about s125.OOO. This is a Ave
story brick structure, containing
twenty apartments, and producing
an annual rental of about $4,000.
The arm also reports the sale OF
property at 24O2 Twentieth street,
a new three story basement brick
recently constructed by Charles W
King, jr-. builder and owner. The
lot has q frontage of twenty-five
feet by a depth of ninety feet. II
contains twelve rooms, three baths
with all modern convenience. II
Sas purchased by Mrs. Dorothy T
Garner at a consideration OF $17.5OO
The purchaser will occupy it
Houses at 5s0S TO 1914 Thirty.
first street Chevy Chase, D. c.
were also sold by this Arm. They
are described as being three stories
and cellar detached homes, occupy
ing lots ninety feet front by a 12O-
foot depth to an alley. They are
new and contain ten rooms, two
baths and all modern conveniences
They were sold for the Guaranty
Trust Company to a local investor
A two-story attick brick resi-
dence at 1900 Crittenden street was
sold to DR.. c. 3. Conklin for Charles
E. Wire. The house contains eight
rooms, two baths. hot water heat,
electric lights and hardwood floors
throughout The consideration was
said to be $4,000.
Property owned by Dorothy 7.
Garner, los Girard street. was sold
for her to a purchaser whose name
was withheld. at a consideration
of $500. The improvements con-
sist of a three-story and cellar
brick house, containing ten rooms,
bath and all modern cOnveniences.
It also has a garage.
\ three-stOry and cellar brick
house at 2325 First street was sold
TO Mrs. Elizabeth Rose for $1,000
The house contains ten rooms and
bath. 1t was purchased as a home,
Another recent sale made by
Gardiner & Dent was the premises
at 1910 H street northwest known
as the Hall of the Ancients. for the
St Louis Trust Company to a local
business man The consideration
was stated to be S125,OOO.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
Spotless Complexion
Easy To Have
Provided You Make Use of the
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Stuart's Calcium Waters.

The camera catches the expires,
sion. but it cannot show the beau
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
Home for Carpenters
Plans Taking Shape

Plans of the building committee of
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and JOiners for a permanent home for
e .he organization are taking shape,
and the brotherhood will have its own
quarters before the end Of next year
Pc Decision has not been made whether
the organization will purchase A
building which. with alterations. will
be suitable for general office and con-
yentiOn purposes, or will erect its own
building
A deal by which the brotherhood
hoped to acquire the building at the
northwest corner Of Eighth and Z
streets. It is stated, has fallen through.
chiefly because of the heavy expense.
The brotherhood has four unions
here, with a combined membership
of about 500. The District Of Co.
lUmbia Council Of the brotherhood
, which includes a portion OF Virginia
in its Jurisdiction, has its headquar-
ters here, the organization now oc-
cupying a part Of the DeDroit Build
Ing on F street between Eighth and
Ninth streets
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
BUILDING BOOM
! HITS DISTRICT
1000 New Houses Now
Under Construction in
Washington.

Washington real estate operators
and builders in close touch w tn tn.
local housing situation declare that
never in the city's history has II
known such a volume of apartment
house building as at present. New
apartment houses are in construc-
tion, nearing completion or con-
tracted for in dozen or more local
tiles, even as far north as above
the reservoir on Sixteenth street
Additions in apartment houses built
only two or three years ago are
under way. in some cases the addi-
tions being designed to double the
original size of the buildings. vari-
Gus home buildings operations now
under way. it is declared, tota
about 1000 new houses. Many OF
these are for individuals, it is said,
though several operations nearing
completion, or we'll under way, com
prise from twelve residences up to
200 homes.
In the Petworth section more
thar 400 homes are nearing compile
ton The Armsleigh Park opera
ton, just east of Connecticut ave-
nue.. a short distance north of Pierce
Mill road, includes about 200 de-
tached homes and Is the largest sin
gle home building operation ever
undertaken in a single project in
the District A block of semi
bungalows" in Buchanan street, Just
west OF Georgia avenue, is one of
the large operations in Saurs Ad-
ditlon. Several operations in the
territory near the Soldiers Home
will provide a total Of about lao
nef homes in that section. One OF
the hotels in the upper part of'the
northwest downtown section has
awarded contracts for an addition
and for improvements that will
practically double the accommoda-
tions Of the hostelry. Plans have
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21

advertised for another large hotel
to be built only g few blocks from
the business section, near Fifteenth
street and New York avenue.
While homes. apartment and ho-
tel construction is more extensive
now than at any time in recent
years construction of once buildings
is not being wholly neglected. Work
has been started on an eleven-story
office structure not far from the
Department OF Justice. The build
ing is to be of reinforced ,construc-
ton. Another Office building OF ap-
proximately the same size and OF
similar construction Is proposed for
the downtown section north Of r
street. plans already having been
prepared.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
NORTHWEST CORNER
Is SOLD FOR S20,500

Roget B. Reamey has sold to the
American Security and Trust Com
Pany. the property located at north
east corner of Seventeenth and T
streets and northwest corner OF
New Hampshire and T streets. The
price paid was about S2O.5OO.
II has a frontage of 81 feet on
S, venteenth street, 72l5 feet on T
:jreNt and 67.76 feet on New HamP-
shire avenue
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
S3S,300 PAID FOR
LARGE APARTMENT

\ decd recorded on September IS
transferred from Cecilia E. Spangen-
berg to Felix Lake the property To-
Gated at 1I15 Ninth street north
west. and known as the Montrose
Apartments
The consideration was about sSS.-
500. II has a frontage of SLY feet
on Ninth street by depth of 90
feet
II is understood the new owner
will hold the property as an in
vCstment
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21

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The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
Medicsl Society to BniId Hnm.

The Medical Society Of the District
Is planning the erection OF its new
home on NJ street northwest. near
Seventeenth street. The structure will
cost S9o.0o0, Of which more than $50. coo
has been subscribed. This society has
a membership OF 5S0
The Washington herald., 1919-09-21
Leases Property.

Edward J. Quinn has leased to c. ID.
Kenny Company the store property at
636 Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
for a term Of two years. The yearly
rental will be 500, payable monthly.