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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
11
Early Lent dates force Atlanta modistes and milliners to brace for an opera season rush. Women plan ahead to avoid last minute costs and stress, while workers hope for steadier orders and smoother timing between Lent and Easter.
Best Cake bakers in Atlanta compete to raise funds for Gate City Free Kindergarten Association. Prizes awarded for best plain cake white loaf chocolate loaf lemon cheese coconut layer cake and other varieties. Event runs from 11 to 4 Friday to support neighborhood center associations and local school-building efforts.
A Shippensburg Pennsylvania letter extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs James A Beidel credits it with easing severe monthly pains after childbirth and maintaining long term health. The notice touts the product as made from native roots and herbs with no narcotics and invites others to write for confidential advice from a woman at the Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
A bright tea yesterday at the North avenue home of Misses Margaret and Susie Hallman in compliment to visitors Misses Nannette and Corinna Payne of Ferinfield. Decor used ferns and jonquils. gowns featured pink chiffons and blue charmeuse. guests included Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Trammell. A bridge luncheon followed with top score towels awarded to Mrs. Lowndes Connally. A second note mentions a silver tea hosted by Mrs Jane A. Aang at 246 Ivy street for the Atlanta Frances Willard Women’s Christian Temperance Union with recitations and music. A tea dance at the Piedmont Driving Club drew over a hundred attendees amid evening music and staged refreshments.
The afternoon tea scene featured bright grips and fond fare at lainty cafes with bonbons. The orchestra presented new dances and tunes, the hesitation waltz remaining popular, the one step regaining favor, and fashion notes highlighted spring hats and gowns. Announcements include Miss Amorous entertaining at the Capital City Club, a lecture by Father Rapier on De Profundis, and upcoming weddings and bridge parties among society figures.
Secre tary McAdoo and Houston will stay at the Georgian Terrace during a Atlanta visit while many locals return from trips to New York Washington and Florida. Resting at home notices include Noel M. Daley and Mrs. Moore in critical conditions and several families traveling to Knoxville Florida and Texas with social calls across cities like Ann Arbor Baltimore Nashville and Detroit.
Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers association holds its second annual convention at the Atlanta Auditorium Armory starting February 18. Fifty top fiddlers from East Tennessee to south Georgia compete for the medal, with profits aiding the Daughters of the Confederacy. Notables include Bagley of Cummings, John Carson of Blue Ridge, Gid Tanner of Gwinnett, and Red Neck Jim Lawson of Milltown.
Madam Melba will sing at the Baptist Tabernacle on February 21 before Atlanta audiences with Edmund Burke Marcel Moyse and Gabriel Lapierre in support. Society leaders including Mrs John Marshall Slaton promote attendance and section reservations as tickets go on sale at Cable Piano company.
Columbia February 4 A bill providing for a two cent passenger rate was approved by the lower house of the South Carolina assembly. The measure now goes to the senate.
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