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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
10
Ellen Lane Spencer argues that the phrase fifty one percent right is a dangerous myth. She warns it promotes complacency and would ruin efficiency in trains, laundry, taxis, and postal service, urging true commitment beyond partial correctness in business practice.
Mrs. Thomas Carey hosts guests as family visits. Miss Helen Rogers plans New York weekend. knitting and Red Cross meetings fill afternoon. many locals host or attend gatherings at churches, clubs, and city homes. weddings and health updates appear among social notes.
The season offers varied fashion with enthusiasm for silhouettes that flatter. Paris authorities Cheruits Dorulillet promote oval skirts while new plaid gingham frocks feature front cutouts and a girdle of plain linen underblouse. Serge skirts with plaited panels or a simple self belt suit many tastes.
The war taught the value of recreation and its essential function for workers in France and the United States. Mary Dingiman, sent by the National War Work Council, studied conditions in munition centers and helped plan recreation programs for women, highlighting needs for recreation, housing, and food facilities. The piece argues no great industrial city should be without a recreation center to serve expanding workforces and mobile labor.
The Bridgeport Protective Association held a board meeting to review the shelter and support provided at the 754 Myrtle Avenue Protective Home. Miss Kathryn J. Hewitt and Miss Gratia Rice oversee a facility housing 54 women and 181 lodgings, offering meals, rest, guidance, and employment assistance. The home serves elderly and younger women, convalescents, and a mother and child in need, with care limited to those able to work and contributions managed via circulars and mail campaigns.
Post office announces one delivery trip today as stores and merchants observe the holiday. Clerks will take a holiday, and postal savings windows remain open for War Savings and Thrift stamps sales.
Large numbers of men and women must occupy rented rooms in places lacking social facilities. Old plans for recreation are no longer adequate and longtime families find it hard to mingle with many strangers. The YWCA and early groups have led efforts to address this need, with Charleston illustrating possible approaches.
The Minute Women in Bridgeport held a chamber of commerce meeting with William Hincks, war stamp chairman, urging systematic selling of stamps as government bonds. Captains will organize groups to cover city sections, aiming for substantial funds in 1918, with plans modeled after successful programs in other cities.
A sub committee formed to organize women voters proposes one woman captain in each Manhattan election district and equal representation on the county executive committee. The plan calls for a temporary auxiliary county committee with seats matching male members per district and equal voting power for women across political units.
Men who recently enlisted for service in the Canadian army left Bridgeport yesterday after noon on the 4:59s train for Montreal. The recruits will enter a training camp near that city preparatory to leaving for France. The men who left yesterday are John Hackett of 429 Central avenue, Peter W. Ross of 355 Carroll avenue, John Kilroy of 87 Summerfield avenue and James J. Wilson of 396 Remington avenue.
The piece covers a chat at a dance where a man named Mr A hints at secrets and a possible secret service angle. It then shifts to fashion notes on jersey dresses, Ceasar Getta crepe prints, and Vogue Dress Shop trends. The diary also mentions baby carriages, strawberries at Whiting’s, and Wadham ice cream as a weekend treat before praising a school club dance.
In New York Dicky's sister Harriet and nurse Miss Sonnet arrive, and a plan forms for Sonnet to join Dr. Braithwaite's hospital team in France. The narrator wrestles with guilt and hope as Miss Sonnet receives permission to travel, while personal feelings surface about Jack and fate.
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