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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1921
Page
9
William T. Taylor, renowned feature producer, will begin a new production titled The Lifted Veil by Henry Arthur Jones. Ethel Clayton will star, returning after Taylor recently directed Wealth with her.
Fatty Arbuckle has come back from New York to prepare for a new Paramount vehicle. Lila and Tea are again set to appear opposite him in this Sterling production from George Patulio’s story Mir.
Memorial events honored hymn writer Fanny Crosby at First M E as in prior years. King's Daughters Junior Circle and Willie Workers recalled her leadership while a luncheon for 62 featured violets and a life size portrait. Rev Sedford Hearn, longtime Brooklyn City Mission head, contributed reminiscences at the memorial service.
Personal notes announce the arrival of a son to Mr and Mrs Andrew RK Smith at Mrs Davis Brook lawn park March 1. Acquaintances report births, social events, meetings at 25 Main street and at United church. Cadet A J Crawford returns from Manlius NY to North avenue, plans ROTC service. Various social visits and club activities listed with dates and venues. The record notes hospitalities, Easter plans, and a Connecticut Daughters of 1812 conference March 24 at Motel Garde with RSVP details.
Paris reports France will establish several aeroplane squads modeled on American cities to guard frontiers and aid customs authorities. The units, to be called the customs police, will operate under police direction and can be deployed to pursue fugitives as needed.
Mrs. Frederick Munroe state chairman of the National Federation of Musical clubs arranged the judging of state entries for the Young Musicians contest. In the Stratfield ballroom Saturday Miss Teresa Hoyt of Darien and Harold McCall of Stamford won awards and will enter the national contest in New York City in May. Judges praised the high order of the numbers. Hoyt, a repeat contestant, has performed locally and is set to sing with the Schubert quartet at a Washington Park M E church concert. State hosts present included Mrs. Joan Downs of Danbury and Myre Albert Bouse of Stamford among others.
Los Angeles report notes heavy rain disrupted exterior filming for Through the Back Doors and postponed Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbankss Mexico honeymoon plans. The tale lists multiple concurrent projects and upcoming productions across Metro Goldwyn and Vitagraph studios, including Henry David Smith and others, with various stars like Will Rogers and May Allison in different settings.
The Council of Jewish Woman Service Club The Misses club held a ballroom dance at Stratfield Saturday with about 200 attendees. Notables included New Haven guests and elder council members. Funds go to the Reconstruction Committee. club members remain unmarried.
In Columbus Ohio the National Federation of Music Clubs announced winners from the biennial American composers prize. Grand prize went to Pauling Arnoux McArthur and Henri Pierre Roche for Apocalypae. Other awards honored Lloyd Loar Irene Berge and Miss Bessie M Whitely among others with 100 dollar prizes. no prize for the children’s chorus.
Representatives of 106000 college women of America will welcome Marie Curie at Carnegie Hall on May 18. The event reflects respect for the famed scientist and showcases university graduates of her sex. An alliance of college alumnae, Woman's University club officials, and the Marie Curie Ratum Fund outlined a program and collection drive to raise 400000 for a gram of radium to aid Curie in cancer research.
Mrs Floyd Ireland of Warsaw Missouri describes five years of weakness and a nervous breakdown then reports improved health after seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter promotes the product, claiming it aids nervous conditions in women without narcotics.
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