Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-05


beautiful duets.
The dining room was most at
tractively decorated-a basket of
daffodils graced the center of the
table and the color scheme was
accentrated by the yellow shades
of the lights overhead Oregon
grape and yellow crepe paper were
woven together and festooned
from the center above the table
to the four corners of the rooms.
Mrs. F. B. Southwick and Mrs.
l.. S. Bean presided over the tea
and coffee urns, members of the
club, assisting in the serving.
The committee for the arrange
ment of this tea was Mrs o. P.
Hoff, chairman. and Mesdames
Seymour Jones, W. F. Buchner, 5.
S. East, George Brown and Mark
Skiff.
Mrs. Leo Schmidt is planning to
i1oNC oOOl IOI lilItt WG6hS
motor trip thru southern Calf
ornia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Bacon and
small daughter Jayce are coming
from Portland to visit for a week
as the guests of Mrs. S. McElnea
of the Court apartments.
Complimenting DR.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Mott, DR.. and Mrs. G. ..
Cline entertained at a well ap-
pointed dinner Wednesday even
ing. A huge cluster of violet;
combined with fern made an eX-
quisite table centerpiece. Besides
the host and hostess and the
guests of honor, covers were
placed for DR.. and Mrs. VIM,
Mott.
An attractive dinner party was
given on Tuesday night by Mr..
and Mrs. c. P, Bishop, honoring
Speaker and Mrs. Louis Bean,
Senator and Mrs. Gus. Moser and
Representative and Mrs. c. Carter
A gorgeous cluster of red poinset-
tas graced the table and red can
dies added the final color note to
the appointments.
Later in the evening additional
guests were invited for Five hun
1ro6 Tndora ao1 NTrc IIanrH pao,,
Judge and Mrs. L. T. Harris, DR..
and Mrs. H. e. Chase, Judge and
Mrs. George E. Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Seymour Jones and Mr.. and
Mrs. o. P. Hoff.
The Salem Woman's club is
planning a very interesting pro-
gram which will be held in the
Commercial club auditorium on
Saturday February twelfth at two
thirty o'clock, when Miss Lulu
Rosamond Walton will read John
Drinkwater's famous drama "Abra-
ham Lincoln
1t is this drama, published in
1919, that has brought John
Drinkwater most prominently be-
fore the American public His po-
ems and literary studies previous
ly published, had, however, foun
many American readers. Concern
ing the drama, which is to be
read at the meeting of the Salem
Woman's club on February 12,
many interesting criticisms have
been written. The appreciation
written by his English contem-
porary, st. John Ervine than
whom there may be no greater lit
erary critic in England, appeared
in the North American for Decem-
Der, 1919. Marguerite Wilkinson
described in the Touchstone for
February, 1920, an interview
which it was her privilege to Sc
cure with Mr.. Drinkwater on his
of the play Another not
able criticism is that of NJ. ]. !
Moses "Drinkwater's Lincoln" /
published in the Bookman for
February, 1920.
Very recently his Lincoln, the |
great emancibator," has appeared. |
This is a brief biography, pictur-
ng Lincoln as a type of the broad !
'pirit which may be instrumental
n unifying the English and Amer
can peoples in their common
hought. Just off the press, not
ret received by the public library
$ a volume of his one act plays
ntitled "Pawns." An early ap-