Deb Parties and the Debutante Season in New York
A social column describes New York winter debutante season with 300+ young women introduced at events costing from a thousand to twenty thousand dollars. Debutante secrecy relies on dossiers held by top social secretaries, who assemble lists of families backgrounds schooling and looks to tailor parties with targeted guest lists and stag lines. The piece notes shift to simpler, high society events, and cites prominent secretaries and notable past debuts by Barbara Hutton Natalie Mai Coe and Edith Drexel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Newspaper Alliance
New York
Simon
Huntington Tappin
Tappin and
Ten
Chester Burden
Burden-Littell Entertainment Bureau
Barbara Hutton
Natalie Mai Coe
Edith Drexel
Barbara
California
Joseph Urban
Woolworth
Standard Oil
H. H. Rogers
Coe Plantation
South Carolina
William K. Vanderbilts
Eccentric Portland Doctor Writes Unconventional Last Will
The will of Dr. Arthur J. McLean, famed neurosurgeon, bequeaths to Portland medical practitioners and the public a biting critique of care and ethics. He directs no funeral service, assigns cremation ashes to be scattered on the Straits of San Juan de Fuca, and notes a lone alias of distrust toward his own name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Arthur J. McLean
Warren Hunter
Swineburne
Prosperpine
Bryant
Straits of San Juan de Fuca
McLean
University of Oregon Medical School
Northwest
Senate committee studies profit sharing to aid employment
A special Senate committee began drafting a profit sharing plan aimed at stabilizing employment and funding old age retirement for workers in 10 major industries. The plan envisions joint employee and employer contributions into an irrevocable trust fund to support retirement pay and sustain payrolls during downturns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Herring
Iowa
Vandenberg
Michigan
Donald Despain
Despain
Ex Justice Breaks 30 Year Mark in Civil Appeals
E. L. Klett, former associate justice of the Seventh District Court of Civil Appeals in Amarillo, reveals in Lubbock that he has not appeared as a criminal lawyer in 30 years. He told the judge he is acting for clients in a civil case brought before WA District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Klett
Seventh District Court of Civil Appeals
Amarillo
Lubbock
Yule Tree Fund Inches Toward Amarillo Christmas Event
The Yule Tree Fund for Amarillo nears its goal with 8200 needed of 500 to stage the community Christmas tree under the sponsorship of the American Legion. The party is set for Friday night December 23 at Municipal Auditorium. S. F. Rose, Hanson Post finance chairman, provided the first detailed report: donations from the American Legion 100, American Legion Auxiliary 25, Kiwanis Club 25, Lions Club 25, Southwestern Public Service Co 10, FEW Hardin 10, Spanish American War Veterans, Southwestern Printing Co, Panван??.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
American Legion
Municipal Auditorium
S. F. Rose
Hanson Post
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Southwestern Public Service Company
FE. W. Hardin
Southwestern Printing Company
Pan
How to Sleep Sound
Common sleep disturbance is linked to bladder irritation. A four day treatment uses juniper oil and seven other drugs in green tablets to help kidneys eliminate excess acid. The ad promotes Bakers products available at City Drug Store, Fox Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Drug Store
Fox Drug Co
Adv
Fine for Kidney and Bladder Weakness
Advertisement urges better kidney and bladder function for health. Recommends Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, 35 cents, claiming quick relief and safety. Warns readers not to substitute and to ask for the original from Haarlem, Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Yagdal Haarlem
Holland
Debutante Balls Show Glitz and High Costs in 1940s Style
An article details lavish debutante parties with hosts like Mrs Burden and Mrs Tappin spending over 12000 on each ball. Orchestras cost around 2500 plus informal bands, buffets at 3 a head, champagne, carved invitations, and decorations under 1000. Debutantes such as Brenda Frazier attract 1500 guests at the Ritz Carlton with Emil Coleman as favored bandleader. Enduring rhythm runs until 4 A.M. and 12–17 piece orchestras command 50 a man plus supplements. Flying Officer A E Clouston and Mrs Kirby Green set a London Cape Town record in 45 hours 5 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munn
Fernanda
Burden
Mrs. Munn
Brenda Frazier
Brenda
Ritz-Carlton
Emil Coleman
Benny Goodman
A. E. Clouston
Betty Kirby-Green
London
Cape Town
Beauty Lotions Decried For Girls of 13 to 15
Dr. Carroll S. Wright of Philadelphia warns parents to keep daughters aged 13 to 15 out of beauty parlors. He says using beauty creams early does more harm than good, a view presented to the Post Graduate Medical Assembly of South Texas in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Carroll S. Wright
Philadelphia
Post Graduate Medical Assembly of
South Texas
Local Attorney Based in Lubbock Courts Involved
A court proceeding centers on an attorney who operates from Lubbock. The case highlights legal representatives in the region and the ongoing litigation.
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup Ad
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup as a child friendly, non narcotic remedy. It claims quick cough relief and helps loosen phlegm for adults and children, with pricing 20¢ to 60e at local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Speerdy
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Last
William Cullen Bryant
Justice
KLETT
Yule Tree Fund Grows
OLD Quaker
OLD Quaker CO
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Warla
Green River
10Th ST
Betsy Wetsy
Sterling
Amity Bill
Schick
Wrisley
Shavemaster
Gillette
Velvet
Granger
Skipper
Bengays Balm
Schenley's
Seagram's
Liquor Permits
Dorothy Perkins
Mit
Shanghai, Tweed
Helena Rubinstein
Flower Shop
Cologne
Eau de Cologne
Shalimar Cologne
Lucien Lelong
Sins
Yardley
Lifebuoy
Shaw
Kodaks
Curren
Eastman Bulls-Eye
Fox Store
FOX
FOX Drug Stores
Eamead Pitts
Overland
Willys and Overland
Toledo
Willys- Overland
Willys-Overland
Great New Overland
Grain-Hour Motor Company
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