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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1918
Page
13
Florence Clancy edits women’s notices and contributions for the Telegram. Readers may mail or telephone items to ensure appearance, with signature and return address. Telephone numbers listed include Barnum 6100 for submissions.
Local society items report entertaining guests at Gregory street and Park avenue homes, club meetings, illness and recovery updates, relocations, and family news. A nephew joins the U S Navy, births are announced in New Castle Indiana, and civic notices include church and community group gatherings. Private travels include hunting trips to Maine and visits to New York. Cited districts include Bridgeport Fairfield and Stratford with multiple street addresses.
Commencing today with the aid of the Minute Women the Red Cross will survey Bridgeport’s nursing power. The effort targets graduate nurses midwives trained attendants trainees and others with any nursing background to gauge national nursing strength not for military duty. Mrs Charles G Sanford leads the Minute Women in the survey with Miss M Cotten Gros Claude’s team assisting and more crews to be assigned. Over 700 Bridgeport women hold first aid training and will register for this large task with lists arranged by territory and explanations of the questionnaires.
Bridgeport Minute Women plan another Tag Day on Saturday November 16 to support the United War Chest campaign. They have met all prior demands and will mobilize teams citywide though final arrangements remain pending, according to chairwoman Mrs. H W Fleck.
Miss Loretta Stadler and Miss Anna Dohert hosted a social evening at Stadler's Park pavilion with dancing and songs by the Black Rock Harmony quartet led by Edward Bergman. Refreshments were served amid a gathering of numerous friends including Gertrude DeVoy Ruth Lester Inez Lynch Alice Dohert Loretta Stadler Mary DeVoy Mary Cummings Gertrude Sheehan Marjorie Treat Gertrude Van Boskirk Minnie Hessler Agnes White Eleanor Tehan Mildred Hitt Katherine Brown M Savage Anna Dohert Edwin Borgmian Kenneth Miller James Coles Joi Teather Dan Shuize John Overly William Smith Henry Raymond Robert Williams Bert Bradley John Tee Jonath Meyers Jr Francis Maloney Frederick Schrink Harold Martin Robert Norwell Paul McElroy.
Officials of the United States Housing Corporation from Washington inspected the five groups of houses under construction in the city for munition workers. Frank Hay Howe, assistant manager, toured the sites to review conditions and discuss rent policy with Bridgeport officials. Occupancy is planned around December 1, with utilities being installed at four locations including Black Rock, Old Mill Green, Connecticut Avenue, and Grasmere.
A New York newspaper piece criticizes idle women who knit and boast of war efforts. It urges active, practical labor in factories only for those able, warning to avoid ostentatious sacrifice and stressing genuine effort over words.
The Connecticut State association opposed to woman suffrage will hold its annual meeting on Thursday November 7 at 2 40 in the Humane Society rooms 66 Prospect street Hartford. Miss Charlotte Rowe of Washington DC associate editor of the Woman Patriot will report on the Anthony amendment. Attendees will vote for the board of directors for the coming year.
Liberty petticoats become a popular fad among women as stores lack them. Women craft bright cretanty petticoats with straight lines and light trimming, offering stylish, affordable options that double as sturdy underskirts and can replace pricier silk skirts. The garments are washable and practical, supporting anti-suffrage sentiment.
The writer shares scenes of Natalie Dear Tevelyn admiring Pierre and Jean with Maeterlincks Blue Bird and notes a New York premiere of The Betrothal on the 14th at Schubert Theatre with music by Delamarter and conducted by Spiering. She mentions Edith Wynne Matthison and Reginald Sheffield in lead roles, book rescues at Berlin and Shropshire, Beatrice Forbes Robertson-Hale children stories, Peter Pan by Barrie, Arthur Rackham art, and Volland editions. She notes Leverty Drug Stores supplying hot water bottles and fashion tips from Vogue Dress Shop, praising coats and fur trimmings before closing with a kiss to Harold.
An old advertisement extols sawdust labor as natural cure for constipation. It claims two hours of sawing wood daily or a ten mile walk keeps bowels regular, while lazy exercise in a chair requires Cascarets as the only artificial bowel exercise. Druggists sell 10 cent boxes.
An advertisement touts Martha Washington and mahogany tables for home use with foldable options and organized work tables. It lists sets of 66 to 112 pieces in floral patterns with gold edges priced from 14.75 to 35.00, highlighting durability and choice for dressmakers and households.
The Read Shoe Shop offers a quick and satisfactory solution to the shoe question. A large and carefully selected stock of shoes, all Goodyear sewed, with extra soles, and made on Foot-Form lasts, is here awaiting your inspection.
The Tee Klub presents card tables in two styles cloth or leatherette, top. Regular price three dollars, now two twenty five. Made of metal with two or three shelves, a versatile article for between kitchen and dining room. When not in use the wagon may be folded.
Oak and white enamel kitchen cabinets priced from 35 to 44 dollars with numerous blue pink rose border patterns. Excelsior octagonal English dinner set color scheme yellow blue pink roses offered, with individual pieces priced from 2.85 to 8.50. Basement display also lists various shoe styles and sizes with prices ranging from 3.50 to 8.00.
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