Social gatherings and events in Vancouver and Portland area
A roundup of social happenings includes a Wing Point party hosted by Mrs. Catharine Marpole with about one hundred guests, a Vancouver weekend dinner by Mrs. John Considine’s circle, and a Little White House event in North Broadway with Mrs. M. C. as chair. Golf results note Lyman T. Banks defeating Mrs. Bacon at Eagle Harbor. Proceeds from a Red Cross shop dance support Uw W Iva P. Gordon visiting Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Brooks
Fisher
FE. W
Catharine Marpole
Norman Tulk
John Considine
Vancouver
North Broadway Guild
Little White House
M. C
Cragin
B. J. Perkinson
May Cardin
Mary Cheal
Catherine Niblock
Ruth
Laura Cardin
Lyman T. Banks
Eff Bacon
Eagle Harbor
Indifference and Fear Versus Courage in Daily Life
A brief note discusses two germs described as indifference and fear that ruin effort and progress. It urges maintaining pep and resilience while referencing a local store name in Florence for apparel and home goods.
Oklahoma Girl Evelyn Varden in The Honor of the Family
Evelyn Varden, discovered by Daniel Frohman, stars as Flora Brazier with Otis Skinner in The Honor of the Family at Moore. The Oklahoma born actress rose from stock work in California and Somerville to stage fame, reflecting on hardships before Frohman engagements and her shift from German roles to a French character in the current production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Brazier
Otis Skinner
Evelyn Warden
Miss Varden
Daniel Frohman
Oklahoma
California
Los Angeles
Oliver Morosco
May Robson
Somerville
Mass
Union Ht, N. J
William Faversham
New York
Charles Frohman
Mr. Skinner
Evelyn
Frohman
Flora Brasier
Miss Warden
Local residents take varied summer trips and gatherings
A long list of Seattle area residents and guests plan or undertake travels and visits. Newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Eden return from Chicago to dine at Highlands. Several couples motor to Spokane eastern Washington and Vancouver trips. Others visit Victoria Santa Cruz Lake Chelan and the Olympic peninsula, with reunions at Yale and a Bohemian Club event in San Francisco noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Burch
Spokane
Seattle
R. G. Denney
Know More Than Your Own Job Secret of Success
San Francisco feature profiles Miss Hermine Kaur a stenographer who rose to assistant secretary at a major flour company by mastering wheat milling and government flour orders. Her study and accurate blue pencil marks prevented missteps with Uncle Sam and earned her higher status and salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hermine Kaur
Tive
Uncle Sam
Miss Knur
Dance of Death on the Ocean Floor Revealed
In a suspenseful sea tale Mary recounts a dangerous underwater escape with Tiny Goff as their sub sea routine spirals into peril. The narrator Jane notes the dive reveals past entanglements, a missing oxygen tank, and a life threatening moment under the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Ocean
Mary Thomas
Jane
Tiny
Smith
Tiny Goff
Live stock raised by school children movement expands in Ontario
Ontario Agricultural Department organizes boys and girls live stock clubs following success in the United States. The aim is to boost future supplies of sheep calves and pigs as school programs grow across Toronto and Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
United States
Ontario Agricultural Department
Memorial for Nurses Proposed by Dominion Association
Ottawa July 8 more than 600 nurses from Ontario went overseas. A memorial for these heroic women will be established and its form will be considered at the Dominion Nurses association June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Ontario
Dominion Nurses* Association
Community club notices and social gatherings listed
Multiple club events planned including Ridgeley Rebekah Auxiliary meetings at 6434 Marshall Ave with supper at 6, Home Sewing Club luncheon at 2138 N 2nd St, and parish guild farewell picnic for Rev Shayler at Woodland Park. Also Lorraine and Kensington clubs meet, and a public court report notes William Crooks fined $260 for morphine possession after federal arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeley Rebekah
Home Sewing Club
of the Grand Army of the Republic Home Sewing Club
Dick Allen
N. S2nd St
Order
KE. F. Shayler
Women's Guild of
St. Mark's
Woodland Park
HB. F. Shayler
Nebraska
Shayler
Ladies of the
Grand Army
The
Grand Army of the Republic Home Sewing Club
N. 50Th St
William Crooks
Neterer
Crooks
Fourth Ave
Letters on Oriental immigration and mixed marriage stir debate
Cynthia Grey publishes letters from readers debating Japanese immigration and mixed marriages. A contributor warns of competition from Orientals and “picture brides” while another shares a neighboring American woman’s happiness with her Japanese husband, arguing against racial prejudice.
Would Not Condemn White Wives of Orientals
A Red Cross nurse writes that many American women marry Japanese men and that such unions, though not flawless, are no reason to condemn these couples. She cites clubs in San Francisco and local examples, urging thorough investigation and rejecting blanket judgment based on a few failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Grey
Mr. Miller
Seattle
Congress
Secret Service
Grey
California
Altho
Orient
San Francisco
RED Cross
Made in Japan lecture targets American shoppers
A reader letter argues against Japanese goods flooding the U S market noting most toys and everyday items come from Japan and urging patriotic purchases. The writer mocks “racial purity” critics and presses readers to support American-made products despite casual mentions of Japanese Americans.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Betty Brainerd
Katharine Bacon
Wing Point
Thomas J. Reid
Portland
Albert Dickinson
Bernetta Barbour
Miss Allan
At the Red Cross
Leschi Pavilion
Eastern Star Club
Hy Pavillion
U. W.W
Iva
P. Gordon
Grand Presstre
State of Washington
Tacoma
Evergreen Hall
Gordon
T Florence
Union
Dan Frohman
Moore
Faversham
Miss Evelyn Varden
John C. Eden
Chicago
the Highlands
Frederick T. Fischer
Harry Sumner
F. H. Kilbourne
Washington
Frank H. Nowell
Dorothy
Vashon Island
Mr. Haller
Wee
Patrick Tidmarsh
George Tidmarsh
Shelton, Wash
W. E. Boeing
Bohemian Club
Mr. Reynolds
Winlock Miller
Yale
Pierre Ferry
Charles E. Burnside
Victoria
Lewis Schwager
Theodore N. Haller
Mrs. Haller
Calvin
Hall
Mrs. Warren Hinton
Mrs. Sander
Ellensburg
Archibald DeVoe
Olympic Peninsula
Farwell P. Lilly
Henry Sander
Elsa Michaelis
Mr. Prentice
D. A. Mitchell
Guy Carleton Williams
M. M. Moore
North Yakima
Bo Sweeney
H. W. Salmon
St. Louis, Mo
C. G. Smith
T. A. Fransioli
Josephine
Thomas Fransioli
Lake Crescent
James W. Sayre
Elinore
Santa Cruz
Cal
Richard W. Perry
Lake Chelan
George Faris
Nancy Farnsworth
Nestlé’s
Nestlé's
Nestlé
Meeks
Francisca, Cal
Nestle's
Hermine Kanun
Montana
Rogers
Iyaradi Eae
Lojarantee
Challes
Coterie Club
Roosevelt Park
20Th Ave
N. E
L. W. Sloan
Kenwood
Lorraine
Lorraine Social Club
William Haitz
Twelfth Ave. N
Boston St
One Hundred and Sixty-first Infantry
County City
Mystic Jewel Auxiliary
William Gafford
Roxberry St
Pierce
Thurston County
Point Defiance Park
All King
Kensington Club
Zora Kensington Club
John Petrovitaky
Eighth Ave. W
Seattle Woodcraft
F. J. Schmutz
24Th Ave
Annie Wright Seminary Club
Raynor
N. H. Latimer
Norval Hall
Port Madison
Pier 3
Madison St
12Th Ave
Eastern Star
Cynthia Grey
America
Corn Products Refining CO
Japan
Germany
Nippon
Horlick
Lund
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