Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-04-13
By Adelaide v. Lake


Worchester, Massachusetts.
VINO has spent three and a half
months in Salem, expresses her
appreciation of the courtesy she
mas found here and of Salem s
many very excellent and able peo-
pie Mrs. Bliss plans to depart
thls week for Missoula, Montana.
where she will live for a time and
make a survey Of conditions. She
is interested in educational up-
lift and advancement and is de-
voting her time travelling in the
united States informing herself
on economic and social conditions
here before making a trip to Eu-
rope where her work will be on
the same order. Mrs. Bliss calls
Massachusetts home, but she has
lived for considerable lengths of
time in other states and has de-
voted most of her life to social
work.
Mrs. Bliss declared that the
Oregon state prison was one of
the finest she had ever visited.
and spoke with appreciation of
the other state institutions md
their management of which she
has made careful survey. She
was especially delighted with the
Chemawa Indian school, which,
she said, was the largest school
OF its kind she had ever visited.
1T is fine institution" she de-
clared. 'Tts methods are progress
lsive and its people are devoted"
Mrs. Bliss loves the quiet and
the green trees of Oregon, al
though she has not grown accus-
toned to the rain. In spite of
that, however, she declares that
"Oregon is thousand miles
ahead of California, where she
did not find the people congenial
and where, she said, the cities
cater to the rich. "If l had seen
nothing more, the trip across the
continent would have been worth
while only to have seen Multno-
nah Falls and the gorgeous Co
llmbia highway" she said. "The
Willamette valley is one Of the
most beautiful spots in the cOun-
try and the people of Salem are
courteous and progressive. The
vast country with its farms and
orchards and it's beautiful wild
flowers are a delight to the
eye." Mrs. Bliss is especially i'm
pressed with Oregon's timber re-
sources, which appeal to her as
almost inexhaustible.
Mrs. Bliss made few COM
ments of kindly criticism in an
yesterday. She found
from experience when arriving in
Salem that this city is in need of
some organization of women to
cooperate with the Commercial
club to help women who come
here to find a place to live at a
reasonable price among decent
people. She also remarked that
the mail boxes of the city are
in need of having the
hours of mail collection renewed
in writing on their faces.
When she first arrived in the
city, Mrs. Bliss lived for a time
at the Marion hotel and calls Sa-
lem particularly fortunate in hav-
ing a hotel of such high class.
''This is one of the best hotels l f.
have ever found anywhere" she
said. "It is clean, and warm and
is done for ones COM
fort. | was treated with great
while at this hotel, which
I believe is one of the best in the
United States.''
DuEing her time in Salem Mrs.
Bliss has met and had pleasant
acquaintance with number of
the women of Salem to whom she
in her interview paid a gracious
tribute, and who, without doubt,
will feel it a loss that she is
leaving this city so soon.
Mrs. Bertha Junk Darby pre-
sented a large number of her stu=
ients in piano in recital on Sat
lrday evening at her studio. This
IS Mrs. Darby's second recital of
he wear and twenty one studt hts,