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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1918
Page
7
My Style Diary Lucile travels to Palm Beach with a striking hat and matching knitting bag. The hat features a tall crown and medium brim in rough straw, black satin trim, and bright blue worsted stitches with a red yellow ball centerpiece. The bag uses the same straw, black satin lining, matching trim, oval blue handles, amber needles.
In this piece Ellen Lane Spencer argues workers should request help when overwhelmed rather than overstrain to seem superior. She contends employers value efficiency and profit, and will respect staff who set vanity aside to ensure timely, accurate outcomes.
A surprise party honoring Mrs. M. A. Racke at 2099 North Main Street featured gifts music and dancing with a buffet luncheon. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Atkins Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Valentine Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Williams Arthur C. Atkins and other friends.
West End Hebrew Ladies' Aid society hosted a social with Krause's orchestra and a Hungarian Gypsy band at Rackory hall. Over 100 members and friends enjoyed modern dances, Hungarian csardos, folk dances, and old time songs. A refreshments room was open in the vestry. Committee includes Bertha Rozenscheme and Julia Weiss among others. the event supported Jewish aid in the West End.
Protagonist narrates domestic strain amid marriage to Dicky as spring arouses tension over potential summer moves. Jealousy toward Grace Draper surfaces with plans to relocate, while Dicky’s volatility and a mother-in-law’s measured counsel shape a fraught evening. The scene ends with Dicky’s return after a drink, promising a country move, and the tale closes with a “To Be Continued” tease.
Southport notes the death of Henry Albert Lyman at Bridgeport hospital after a long illness. He was 65 and is survived by daughter Florence. Funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 pm from the Spruce Street home. Also: Lenten services at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Milford February 24 A D A R war relief event at the new Municipal building featured Miss Olive Peterson announcing, Miss Harriet Allen performing piano solos, baritone Harry Butterworth, Mrs Clifford Platt, and pianist Lorenzo Oviatt. Recitations by Irene Comer and Geneva Gojiner, a dance by Geneva wearing blue overalls with red straps, and a symbolic La Marseillaise finale with flags. The show united local talent, raised funds, and donated services, with a $25 gift added to the collection.
Superintendent Samuel J. Slawson travels to Atmnade City New Jersey to address the national convention of superintendents. He and Mrs Slawson joined a reception for 25 superintendents and their wives from multiple states, and he later spoke at Sherman School on Friday evening under the Connecticut Council of Defense with films of action on the French and British fronts.
In the village, Dicky reveals Miss Draper has found a house for them near her sister, unsettling the narrator who fears Miss Draper’s growing influence. The couple clash over propriety as Dicky defends the artist’s model and the narrator accuses him of unreasonable intimacy and jealousy. The dispute escalates with scornful retorts about moral character.
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