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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
13
Trade School girls held a harvest party in the gymnasium at the Tall Home settlement with Miss Clark head teacher and Miles Della Melvin among guests. Games, pantomime, a peanut hunt, and a T shaped supper table demonstrated festive décor crafted by the students as they rehearse a forthcoming gymnasium exhibition.
The She Theatre League hosts a dress rehearsal tonight and tomorrow in their West Avenue home for three plays. Sidney Powell leads Harlequin in Matinaw and Motinata roles, praising Miss Ermantase Columbine and Feyeron Spencer Pierrot, with David Morehead and Kemp Bargneior guiding scenery and production.
The Christmas sale of the Beltxe pore Art League opens this week at the club house on Clinton. Different hostesses are named for each day. Today in the Search parlor Mrs W S Cornwell and Mrs D J Whitney are in charge, while in the auditorium Mrs J Morgan and Mrs Kate Richardson supervise.
Personal items note the Ninth District Republican Women’s club annual meeting tonight at East Side Library with trection of others in attendance. Sheridan whist and pinochte vlob will be entertained at the home of Mrs Mizabells Seurth of 811 Myrtle avenue at 8 o'clock. Mrs M Sears and her niece Mins toulse Norman of Liberty Street have left for Vermont to spend the next few arcs.
The Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs state officers will meet in the Liberty building club rooms Saturday at 2 30 pm. Mrs Mabel C Foster will preside. A 6 30 dinner in the assembly hall honors visiting officers followed by a reception. Baroness Leonia de Boulay of New York League will attend tea and dinner to learn more about B and P club work outside New York City.
Announcement of the wedding of Catherine Gallogly of New York City and T Edward Dingo of Southport at Church of the Assumption Westport with Rev Richard Carrall officiating. The bride wore a white georgette crepe frock and carried a bridal bouquet. bridesmaid Mary Gallogly wore peach georgette. A wedding breakfast followed at the couple's new home 887 East Main Street.
A fragmentary Lowell epigram portrays Piety indifferent to entry by eye or ear. Beauty is barred from the meeting house door, while Piety notices the access through the face, suggesting moral judgment and perception across senses.
The annual Charly ball by the Associated Charities will be held at the Tivild Hotel on December 27. Attendants plan bridge and mahjong games in the sun parlor and colonnade, with Mrs. Lawrence M. Cornwall as chair of the ball committee and Mrs. Eleanor Bartram handling Yuletide decorations. Dinner precedes the ball and supper is served at midnight. Proceeds benefit the Associated Charities with leadership from Mrs. William Griffith and others guiding the nursery and Air Home units.
Miss Ethel Williams of 2939 Faisfield avenue was guest of honor at a birthday party Tuesday evening at her home. Red and green decorations set the scene for games and music followed by refreshments. Guests included Miss Francena Von Tiwren Miss Mary Farwell Miss Edina Christenson Miss Edna Roberts Miss Dorothy Newell Miss Jorhel William Revert Carroll Edward Rocklett Sterling Redding Donald Ward and Roland Benjamin.
A readably garbled recipe describes making corn flake macaroons with egg whites sugar vanilla coconut corn flakes and chopped nut meats. Whip egg whites with sugar then fold in vanilla coconut corn flakes and nuts and bake spooned drops until delicately brown in a moderate oven.
A narrator and Edith browse Broad Street stores and the Arcade for Christmas gifts, admiring glassware, a musical instrument, and a drum. They plan purchases at Murray and Mayers and the Bridgeport Trust Company, then shelter from rain with tea at White Rose Bakery. They discuss clothes care, dry cleaning, and the Crawford Laundry as a practical ending to a shopping day.
The Bridgeport post office posted November gross receipts of 64722.61 dollars, a rise of 3813.56 dollars from the same month last year, according to a report sent to Washington by Postmaster Charles F. Greene.
An advertisement touts Bulver Off, a German oil blend claimed to dissolve rheumatic pain quickly. It alleges rapid absorption, universal relief in many cases, and a money back guarantee via local druggists like Hindle Drug Stores and J A Levarty.
An ad touts Bexy’s Mustarine as a mustard plaster substitute made of strong real ingredients. It promises quick relief from sore throats headaches neuralgia toothache earache and backache in minutes and claims to draw inflammation from the chest and bronchitis without severe pain. It markets as a speedy remedy for various pains and warns against choking or jaw wrap effects.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil for backache lumbago and sciatica. It claims rapid relief from rubbing the oil into the back and assures no skin burning. A small trial bottle is offered through a drug store with promised lasting comfort.
The Girls' Friendly Society of St. Paul’s Episcopal church hosts a masque dance tomorrow evening at the Spanish House. Serpentine Moonlight and Confected dances feature prizes for best comical and original costumes. Lilian Martley chairs the event with Miss Beat rice Fox and Mrs. Thomas Wat.
Fragmentary OCR lists two women and a floor committee mention with odd spellings. Limited readable text references Greshmenta Beatrice Fok and Mise Dolbler as possible participants or committee members without clear roles or context.
The Black Rock school Parent-Teacher association hosts a Christmas gala with an auditorium show tomorrow afternoon and evening. Dancing from 6 30 to 7 30, supper served, and a band or scouts performance. Grammar school students perform at 4 00 and high school pupils at 7 00.
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