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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1923
Page
11
Chief health inspector C Howard Dunbar announced Sylvan Crest will finish well inspections next week with water samples analyzed immediately after. So far 114 wells have been inspected and only a few were unsuitable for drinking. Sanitation workers plan to inspect 40 or 5 more wells.
Tea will be served at the Pequot Yacht Club Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. Hostesses include Mrs. G. A. Sherwood and others. On Saturday August 4, tea again from 4 to 6 with hostesses listed as Mrs. May and additional ladies.
For youngsters washable china prints in sand plaids and parka dots are used to fashion frocks for small children. A sash or trimming often repeats the color in the design, creating a cohesive look.
Bridgeport fans wake to the Sells-Floto Circus arrival with 7300 people and 425 horses expected. The 11 o clock street parade signals a day of 2 and 8 pm shows featuring Flying Wards, international troupes, and a grand opening spectacle A Night in Persia with 1200 performers and animals.
Circus day facts indicate wagons and gear arriving from New Haven on the Sels-Flota transport, unloaded at the yards and oiled for the circus lot on Fairground Street. A record parade, largest this year, moves downtown before noon along Muirfield, State, Main, Fairfield, and Circus avenues, with performances at 1 30 p.m. and 5 15 p.m. Tickets at Hartigan Drug Store and trains departing hourly from midnight toward Stamford.
The Palace features Poli's Vaudeville with Carl Larson leading the Palace Theatre Kings of Harmony act, Walter Preston, Leo Edwards, and Bernt & Partner in a six act program plus a bustling film slate. Polly’s Vaudeville tops the bill with Ideal swimmer and diver, Frank Sik, Hang Roberts & Co, Yus & Lee, Paulette Ray acrobats, and Belasco’s The Girl of the Golden West. Mary Pickford’s Tess of the Storm Country heads to Hippodrome after fourteen weeks of work with a new version by Grace Miller White.
A plain but distinctive line coats the wardrobe with satin moire fabrics. The轻ly understated outerwear provides relief from highly embroidered garments, presenting a simple elegance amid ornate fashion trends.
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