Single Comb Buff Orpington Leads Field In Egg Contest
Virginia Bird tops the list with 168 eggs in 196 days as the weekly totals for the Storrs contest show broodiness lines. The report lists pens and owners across Connecticut and nearby areas with Cornell’s 257 eggs noted, detailing yards, breeds, and farm names, highlighting the ongoing egg production by single comb white and red varieties and various breeders in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storrs
Carlinie
Eee
G. Yost
Sayre
Marwood Poultry Pa
Stratford
Barwee. Rocks
Candee
Rep
Ham
Nore
Cornell
Thomas
Baron
Catforth
Ensland
Can
Marwood Poultry
Butler
Farmland
N. J
Connecticut
May fashions in New York at Peacock Alley and St Regis
A fashion writer describes a May scene in New York with women in exquisite gowns at Peacock Alley and the St Regis Tea Room. Mrs Robert Goelet and Mrs John R Drexel display jeweled gowns, hats, and vibrant Oriental trim, while Philadelphia guests dominate Gotham society. Violet flowers, colorful plumes, and elegant wraps accent a lively spring display amid social teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hotele
Peacock Alley
Waldorf-Astoria
St. Regis
New York
Robert Goelet
Elsie Whelen
Philadelphia
St.Regis
Fads and Fashions Show Spring Styles and Accessories
Fashion notes describe black touches in tulle and lace, all white bags, and new beaded trims. Silhouettes feature cutaway jackets, scalloped edges, and changeable taffeta coats with bold color schemes. The piece also highlights hats, bonnets, blouses, and decorative details like ribbons, beads, and embroidery.
Pirates of Penzance at Park Theatre Excites Bridgeport
Social and personal notes report the Opera Society of Bridgeport presenting Pirates of Penzance to a good sized audience, with Lucien Warner Arthur Tinker and several ladies in solo parts. Conductor Herbert L. Cotler led the production as Birth to Alice Elizabeth Barter is announced, and upcoming nuptials for Mabel Stubbell and Earl Stratton are noted. Harmony Council O U A M hosted leaders from multiple districts and voted to hold the next association meeting in New Britain on June 21, with a 1 cent a word farmer want ad section following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Operatic Society of Bridgeport
Lucien T. Warner
Arthur N. Tinker
Florence Cate
Adam Tuck
Catherine Richards
Joseph Wieler
Thomas Driscoll
Edgar Perry
John S. Finch
Anna Mae Hammett
Herbert L. Cotler
Bridgeport
Council State Past Councilors’ Association
Connecticut
Clar
Harmony Council
New Britain
Household notes for summer living and homemaking
Practical tips for warm weather care and kitchen tasks. Highlights include inexpensive asbestos mats, warming lemons for juicier flavor, higher bathroom sash curtains, selective wall picture hanging, sun-drying winter garments, moth prevention, thickening olive oil dressings with cornstarch, proper butter and sugar mixing, ribbon threading for laundry, and stylish table linens with Japanese toweling for a dollar per ten yards.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawn
Buff Orpington
Virginia
Edgerton
West Willington
Comb
Rhode Island
Scoville
Ane
Raven Rose Peasley
P._ Denning
Robertucille
Brook Farm
Central Village
Tilley
Packerville
Whit Rocks
J. Clark
New Haven
Louis Hilles
Unionville
Am- Dominiques
Yards
Hartford
Stages Farm
East Leiden
Wntymouth
Arthur
Eg Cobalt
William
Joe Eagleville
Colbrow
New Canaan
Zee
Rockville
Groton
Clay
Wenilingford
George A. Cosgrove
Wee Willington
Wyandotte
Rashebr Bose
Babe Tot
Spinks
Saas Bela A Tao
State Street
Hita
Joe Widener
Washington
Girls’ Reform School
H. M. Barter
Adams Street
Mrs. Barter
Alice Elizabeth
Mabel Stubbell
Frank Hubb
Myrtle Avenue
Clara Corbusier
South Avenue
Hubbell
Earl Stratton
Thaese
Gately“Brennan
Scens
Heidelberg
The
Lyric
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