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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
17
Miss Slocum hosted an autumn reception in her Stratford studio yesterday afternoon and evening. Guests wore white crepe gowns and carried pink rose buds. many gifts were exchanged amid blue hangings and fine statuary as plans were discussed for upcoming events and concerts by Vera Curtis and others.
Arrangements are complete for the Black Rock Country Club Halloween fair opening tonight. The Danbury fair week spirit returns with a private event featuring Miss Ethel Purdy the young state renowned spiritualist, and Mrs Nellie Loverdige a noted palmist. Local politicians and guests are expected to attend the Halloween attractions including educated pigs and goats and hot frankfurts and cider.
Bridgeport group held one of its most successful donation days at Fairfield Avenue and beyond, collecting about $1,500 in gifts and booth sales. Prominent society women aided, with harvest displays of fruits vegetables pastries jellies and preserves. Volunteers organized bags baskets candies and Halloween surprises for the home, while the Max Howe school orchestra provided afternoon music.
Miss Margaret Slattery, Boston writer and lecturer on secular religious and educational topics, will address the United Church Forum Sunday night on Go to War Afterward. Her talk draws on wartime work with the War Council of the YWCA and experiences with women in France Belgium Italy and England. A musical service will precede the talk under the direction of the church organist.
Seaside club hosts a Halloween frolic dance with lanterns, electric lights, and festive decor. Reservations include numerous couples, with Speidel's orchestra providing the music and a surprise late entertainment planned by the committee led by Mrs. Tubbell and Mrs. Frenel.
Readers are advised that after November fifteenth all major stores in the city will close at 6 PM. Shoppers are urged to cultivate the habit of buying before 6 to keep with a new routine, similar to the old Saturday evening rush.
Read's Main St. door corner shop targets men with a range of fashion items. Neckwear expected in various styles, knit ties and mufflers, shirts in Madras and woven prints, undergarments, sport wear, and hats priced from a few dollars to over twelve. Includes hosiery and silk Lisle options for refined dress.
A catalog of junior dresses and outfits with velvet gowns in brown blue and green silk poplins and middy suits for ages 8 to 19. Items feature tailored lines belts sashes embroidery and button details with prices from 3.95 to 35.00 and hosiery specials on thread silks and lisle threads. Main floor and second floor.
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