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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
13
Florence Clancy updates announce Women’s Page contributions welcome at the Telegram office. Readers are urged to send signed pieces with sender addresses and may call Barnum 6100 to telephones items for publication.
Mrs. William Brennan and three children of Hartford visit relatives in the city while Miss Kampf recovers at 359 Park Avenue from ptomaine poisoning. Numerous military notices and social updates follow, including engagements, promotions, and local events at Lauralton Hall, Park Avenue, and Washington Park Church.
The City Home Economics committee met yesterday afternoon at the food hut on State Street. Present were Miss Dorothy Buckley from Connecticut Agricultural College, A. J. Brundage, Leonard M. Johnson, Miss Helen Bolan, and Miss Irene Weed presiding. Mary Jackson outlined effective city work for the Junior Food Army and after Christmas a planning meeting for the new year will be held.
Dr. Walter H. Brown will address the trained attendant nurses class at the Y W C A at 8 o clock Friday evening. All members of previous trained attendant classes and educational department members are invited. His talk will supplement Mrs. Frank Wheeler’s work that night as the class, popular this season, continues with two sessions and 66 enrolled members.
Miss Florence Victory daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter E Victory wed Wilfred Neale son of Mr and Mrs Harry Neale at St Pauls Episcopal church Rev Benjamin F Root officiated Miss Margaret A Watt the bridesmaid and George W Logan the best man A reception followed at the Victory home and the couple departed for their wedding trip on a late train
The woman of fashion will wear navy blue and cherry red to signify Allied victory. The combination is deliberate, not blended into purple, per the Textile Color Card Association of the United States. Blue and cherry appear in fabrics and designs already, symbolizing the war’s end through a union of nations.
A recipe for thick boiled custard using milk cornstarch eggs and sugar. Cook cornstarch with milk five minutes then add eggs and heat briefly. Cool and flavor with vanilla before freezing. Fold in strawberry puree and freeze slowly until partially congealed.
The Mothers' Comfort club hosted a charity bridge and whist event to raise funds for the Welcome Home fund of the 102nd Ambulance company. Forty tables were in use, with many prizes donated, including handiwork and edible items, and a large group of mothers and friends attended. The proceeds are expected to exceed early estimates, reflecting the event's strong support and organization.
A vintage recipe combines Victory flour salt and baking powder with eggs milk and melted oleo and molasses. Fold in drained rhubarb pieces then fry in small thick cakes for a sweet old fashioned dessert.
The Rector's Guild of St. George's parish holds its annual fair at Mrs. Charles TH Armstrong's home at Brooklawn and North avenues. A home cooked foods sale replaces the tea room. various tables run by named ladies feature gifts, candy, aprons, and crafts with Captain Henry Crsiine Kelly, army chaplain at Camp Devens, expected to attend.
Miss Ann Cullen presided at the Visiting Nurse association meeting at 715 Main Street. A resolution was drafted and sent to Hartford urging continued food conservation routines begun during the war to feed millions in Europe, with members urged to recall the sacrifices of soldiers and civilians as they kept their promises.
Mrs Prank Rennell leads the annual donation event at the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum this afternoon. Influenza delays moved the event from October. Mrs William Morrison oversees the Hoover food sale as part of the day. Decorations are led by Mrs John G Howland with Thimble club volunteers and Junior High orchestra providing music.
A whist, bridge and pinochle party will be held this afternoon and evening at Mrs. M. J. Rowe’s home at 621 State Street. Proceeds go to St. Vincent’s day nursery. Afternoon play runs 3 to 6 and evening 8 to 10 with Speidel’s orchestra providing music.
Under the Authors club, a Red Cross benefit entertainment is set for Thursday December 12 at the high school auditorium. Miss Rhea Massicotte of the Asylum Hill Congregational Church quartet in Hartford will perform, with numerous others including Mrs. Florence Legrea Hayes, Mrs. Dorothy Wall, Miss Edna Northrop, Miss Ruth Williams, and more slated to appear.
President Wilson in his address to Congress lauds women for their crisis time work and organization. He commends their sacrifices and aptitudes, pledges equal political rights, and affirms suffrage support as a lasting tribute to American womanhood.
A catalog note offers a diverse neckwear collection including Net Sets with narrow edges Venise and Satin Collars in white and color. Satin Vestees with pearl buttons, high collars, and plastrons for vests. Double-faced satin ribbon pieces hang like necklaces with glittering baubles, plus many novelty items.
Laces for delicate Christmas gifts include Valenciennes and Fancy Laces in wide and narrow widths for aprons camisoles boudoir caps Filet and Venise Laces for collars and vestees Embroideries for yokes flouncings for children's dresses Petticoat flouncings narrow edges for lingerie Embroidery for camisoles.
Local shop offers dresses marked down from ninety dollars and twenty two fifty to seventeen fifty and twenty one fifty. Additional reductions include thirty seven fifty to twenty seven fifty and forty five dollars to thirty five dollars with larger sets priced at forty five dollars.
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