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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
2
Rise of the Glee Club at Seney Stovall Chapel and a series of local events fill the page. Meetings of the Junior Division of the Woman's Missionary Society and the Athens Woman's Club are announced, with a Lucy Cobb Institute recital set for April 23. Memorial Day auto rides are requested for the Col William Delaney monument unveiling.
Crawford Chapter youths and mothers invited to a large 4 PM gathering at the Villa with Miss Rutherford. War curios will be shown. Drum Corps meets at 3 45 PM at Mrs. Crawford’s on Hill Street and marches to the Villa. Childs Street School in play.
An operetta titled Four Leaf Clover will be staged in the auditorium of the High School on the evening of April 27 with a cast including Lords Ladies and Gypsies in costume. Tickets are $30 and the program will be announced later promising an evening of talent and music. The Daughters of the Confederacy met with Mrs Peeples and discussed Memorial Day plans and a veterans dinner at the Y M C A. Mrs Peeples presided and committees were named for decorations flowers and cemetery displays. Luncheon for Miss Katherine Rowland by Miss Marie Riviere highlighted social events of the week with pink and white decor.
Mrs. George T. Hodgson hosted a morning sewing party at her Prince Avenue home. Honorees included Mrs. R. D. Mure and Mrs. Alban Hodgson. Fragrant flowers adorned rooms and a lavish luncheon followed. Hodgson daughters assisted and many guests attended the gathering.
Yesterday afternoon at the Cloverhurst avenue residence of Miss Frances Powell teachers from Oconee street school honored Miss Susie Kroner a June bride elect and former public school faculty member. Dogwood blossoms wild honeysuckle and spring flowers enriched the Powell home. A game called Woodland Lovers challenged players to name trees while Mrs Lucy Leah Mathis gave a reading of My Ship.
The vogue for black and white effects highlights a one piece frock in shepherd plaid with white satin collar and cuffs edged in green. Patch pockets form the decorative scheme, requiring 4 14 yards of 44 inch material and 1 2 yard satin. Pictorial Review Costume No. 6125. Sizes 32 to 46 bust. Price 15c.
Miss Julia Frances Hodgson enters the drawing room with a ship shaped display of towels for the fair honoree. Ice cream and cola punch are served as about twenty guests enjoy the gathering.
Tonight at 8 30 oclock in the Y W C A auditorium Prof Jere M Pound will lecture on The History of Alabama and Georgia Indians. A renowned specialist, he has studied Indian languages and history and is well known in the state. The free talk should draw a large Athens audience.
Describes a waist pattern using soft crepe meteor fabric in poster red with a V-shaped silver lace vest, bound by black satin. Includes yardage, material widths, cut directions, and options for neck shapes and sleeve length. Mentioned fabrics include chiffon, net, organdy, batiste, and lawn with color guidance.
A composite feature notes a quip about a father's reliability in business and politics while lampooning fishing and dinner excuses. It recalls Franklin advising in conversation to listen, distrust self, and amplify others' wit, and ends with a note on bean oil derived paint hailed as fireproof and waterproof from Manchuria.
A Mrs Thomson of Philadelphia reports relief from long illness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises its effectiveness for pain and daily chores and brands it a woman's friend. She warns her letter should not be republished.
Instructions describe a ladies side closing skirt with a high waist line draped with a four piece pointed tunic. The pattern offers perforations and notches for front openings and back flounce seams, with belting and optional square tunic finish. Pattern No. 6236 from Pictorial Review. Sold by Sol J. Boley.
The article argues a room needs ornaments beyond fine wall coverings floors rugs and furniture. It notes pictures lights and other objects complete the space. A humorous exchange contrasts love’s drive with practical money limits.
The article notes Leonardo da Vinci’s early ideas inspired modern inventions and credits the first patent or publication for invention. It also covers sailors' belief in horseshoes as luck charms and cites Nelson nailing a horseshoe pointing upwards on the Victory mast before Trafalgar.
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