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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
11
Instructions invite women readers to submit items for the Telegram Woman's Page. Contributions must include sender name and address and may be telephoned to Barnum for $100. The notice emphasizes signature, address, and the office accepting entertainment or social notices from readers.
Mrs. Ann Burdick hosted a farewell for Miss May Wougan bound for Y M C A canteen work. Guests included Edyth Berquist, Bessie Werner, Loretta Finlayson, Ray Rogers, Helen Reilly, May Douglan, Hazel Provost, Helen Robbins, Florence Carroll, Sarah Hawkins, and Etta Levy as music and supper followed.
In a tense scene Mrs Allis presses for leverage as Dicky cosgrove and others maneuver to keep Mrs Graham out of public scrutiny. The spouses debate leverage and safety while the narrator and Dicky secure the home and plan to move the matter until Monday. The tension centers on custody of Mrs Graham, the safety of the narrator, and the looming court appearance.
An entertainment in the rotunda at Harold C. Mathews’s Norwalk home on September 7 features Julia Arthur reciting The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Madame Pavin Frijah, Metropolitan Opera singers, and a lawn tea served by Italian-clad staff. Patronesses from Fairfield County back the event to aid war sufferers. notable attendees include officials and diplomats, with a broad society turnout promised.
Mrs N J Till entertained the Le Taidlies Sewing Society of Creenfield Till Congregational church at the Naravanidie camp near Fairfield head Thursday afternoon. About 90 attendees arrived in the afternoon and stayed through evening for a covered dish supper. Former pastors J Ros Wottle Curtson and Winchester spoke with their wives, along with the current pastor, in brief addresses. Mrs H Olmstead, mother of a former pastor, attended as a guest.
Bridgeport Trust employees held their annual dinner at the Black Shark Shore Club. The evening featured swimming, club activities, dinner at seven, and dancing through the night. Attendees included Pauline Hall, Dorothy Cruden, Violet Ober, Gertrude Landon, Ilsie Hervick, Ivor Roberts, Arlene Curtis, Father Isidd, G C Hawkins, May Crelend, Louise Wissner, Marguerite Thompson, W Dundas, Gertrude Wirren, Doris Wilson, Teresi Sistrand, Edna Molroy, Caroline Kales, Blazer Peay, Doris Sanford, Judson, Edmund Judson Jr, Curtis Morris, Carl Grasse, Frank Roger, Ralph Eldowney, Robert Thompson, and others.
Miss Olga Frances Miller of New York City will wed Staymond Melville Franks at the groom's mother Mrs Thamus Kelley 249 Harral Avenue. Rev Alexander Alison Jr of the First Presbyterian Church to perform the ceremony. Afterward a reception at the home. The couple plan a Hartford honeymoon then a seashore stay at Milford.
Advertises stenographers needed for Boyd's syllabic system or shorthand experts. Encourages immediate registration at Stenson's School 189 State St States Hank Building, with contact by telephone or mail. Sessions run daily with late evening hours and weekend options available.
A catalog of JUNIORS fashion items featuring practical dresses in Voiles and serge with Autumn models in silk frocks. The sale includes skirts and voiles formerly at 3.50 to 4.95, on the second floor. Heavy Shaker-knit sweaters in gray, brown, navy from 6.00 to 9.50 with high grade knits and collars.
A compact list of notable poets and designers for decorative books and artful library or living room display. Names include Kipling, John Masefield, Alan Seeger, Robert Bridges, Katherine Tynan, Sara Teasdale, Henry van Dyke, Rupert Brooke, Vachel Lindsay, Walter de la Mare, and Theodosia Garrison.
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