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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1913
Page
2
Society column notes concern for women with references to prison of thought and resistance to change. It then previews summer school lectures by Miss Rutherford on Southern life before and after the Civil War, with fashion notes and a 6 PM recital by Miss Mell and pupils.
Invitations issued for a large tea at the Hodgson home to honor Mrs Walter Hodgson and Mrs Robert Winship Woodruff of Atlanta. The event runs Wednesday from 6 30 to 8 30 PM with a society crowd expected, hosted by Mrs E R Hodgson Sr and assisted by several society ladies.
An important meeting of the Y W C A Board of Directors is set for this morning at the Villa at 10 o clock. Members should attend to plan the opening of the new gymnasium. The summer hosting several visitors includes Mrs Haskins Williams of Birmingham and Miss Eleanor Lustrat of Athens among others.
Mrs S H Williams hosts a foray for her granddaughter Sarah Hamilton Southerland's fifth birthday at Milledge Avenue home. A pretty party includes lawn games and refreshments with many children invited. Previous week events featured Miss Letitia Johnson's bridge and other social teas with guests from Athens and Dallas, sunflowers in green and gold, handpainted souvenirs, and a posted card-table bridge scene.
Sunday evening at 7 at the Stevens home Lucy Ste vens married Harvey Seagraves. Rev. William Saye performed the ceremony. Mrs Seagraves is a Nantahala school teacher and Mr Seagraves a local young businessman. The wedding was small, with only family and a few friends present. Mrs Spalding to entertain follows with a tea at the Piedmont club for Mrs Edgeworth Lamkin and Miss Mattie Wilson DuBose arriving Thursday.
An advertisement touts Wilson's Freckle Cream as removing or fading freckles with a 50 cent jar and a money back guarantee. The note also lists product sizes and mail order options. The rest of the items are social notices detailing visits, travel, and greetings among local residents and families.
Mrs Lee Mances of Megadore Ohio says she suffered female troubles and pains that would have required surgery. After three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained health, bore two healthy children, and avoided the operation. The ad promotes the remedy as a standard treatment for female ailments and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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