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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1918
Page
11
Telegram's Woman's Page invites news of interest to women. Contributions should include sender signature and address. Items may be telephoned to Barnum 6100.
Bridgeport notes report a morning executive board meeting for the Bridgeport Art League at 10 in league rooms. Medical and social updates include infections influenza influenza and pneumonia among local residents, and several weekend visits to and from New York, Springfield, and Maine.
The National League of Women Workers ran an emergency recreation and patriotic course at Columb University to train girls for war industry labor. It drew rapid demand for workers and highlighted the need for supervised recreation among young women workers under wartime stress. Mrs Bernard B Pollak of New York heads the league, with headquarters at 35 East 30th Street.
Mrs. William Brodie hosted a Friday gathering at 790 William Street in honor of Miss Mary Langdon who will wed Daniel Killeen this week. Guests danced and heard piano selections by Anne Corcoran and another performer. A late supper was served. May Langdon received many gifts as attendees included numerous Langdon relatives and friends such as Anna Johnson, J H Langdon Sr, J Langdon Jr, George Langdon, William Brodie, and Edward Mulvoy.
The Y M H A members held their season opener with Dorothy Spinner, a noted opera performer, singing solos accompanied by Samuel Taback. Spinner, who has performed at Carnegie Hall, was featured in a program of vocal numbers and dancing. The event drew over 200 members, with refreshments and dancing that followed. Plans are underway to feature Spinner again in winter recitals and to continue weekly member-only entertainments.
A wedding of interest to Pridgeport residents united Miss Lucille Willian daughter of Mrs Pauline Killian Belvidere New Jersey with Holand Hill of Stath Maine in New York last week Rev H D Stafford of Queens New Jersey officiated After a short wedding trip they will reside in Cynwyd Pennsylvania where Hill works for the International Shipbuilding corporation Both formerly lived in Deity where a large circle of friends gathered Also reported Lane employee Elsie Kelley wed Frederick Olsen in Norwalk with attendance by relatives and lodge members The Corinthian Lodge notes a Yellowcraft meeting urging members to write to service members from the lodge to boost morale and keep contact with those serving
Woman's editorial urges continued Red Cross and Liberty bond support as news from overseas lifts spirits. Calls on all to stay at munitions and factory work, visit Red Cross rooms daily, and persevere with renewed vigor until the war ends. Encourages everyone at home to maintain tireless effort and avoid relaxation despite any hopeful headlines.
Announcement of the engagement between Aliss Mabel Howard Havens, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eimer H Havens of 904 Clinton Avenue, and Lieutenant Gainer K Birdseye, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Birdseye of 1161 Franistan Avenue. Birdseye is in the flying corps overseas, Pratt Institute and Boston Institute of Technology graduate. Havens, a Wellesley College alumna and war worker in the city, there is no wedding date yet.
A morning visit to Ruth reveals a thrifty seamstress who buys a silk and lace neithing much too large. She trims it, adds double edged lace, makes a camisole from a leftover silk piece, attaches it to the skirt, and uses ribbon for straps and bows. Her undergarments and negligees show skill and frugality. The Danish parliament nine women members.
The narrator frets over her mother-in-law inviting six relatives for a birthday visit and the seating and rooms for Dicky's sister Elizabeth and her family. Negotiations about sleeping arrangements lead to clashes over hospitality, housekeeping critiques, and a planned kitchen visit with Katie. The scene ends with the narrator recalling childish temper and awaiting the outcome of the impending discussion.
Promotes spreading a fortnight's rush over three months to save labor and confusion. Lists ready stocks including furs coats muffs scarves hosiery neckwear lingerie. Also features Pathophoney music, furniture pieces, books cards jewelry toilet wares art needlework ready for embroidering.
A fashion feature notes how wartime practicality spurred home sewing and wool dressmaking, praising ready made materials for ease and cost. It highlights French Serge and other all wool fabrics, listing colors and sale prices such as 3.00 a yard for French Serge and 2.50 a yard for all wool Serge and Premier Cloth.
A catalog lists new fiction by Mary Johnston and Baroness Orczy with prices of $1.40 to $1.60, plus other titles. It notes clothing swatches on the third floor with wool serge and wool taffeta in navy and taupe, prices cut to $1.50 and $2.00 a yard.
Readers learn that Pearl Beads are popular with a string of imitation pearls matching genuine Oriental varieties in milky whiteness and lustre. Prices range from $1 to $15 for neck and opera lengths, with forty eight inch length at $2.50. Jewelry section Main floor.
A display of Little Chests of Books for Children includes tiny volumes such as The Night Before Christmas Cinderella and the Sleeping Beauty Tales from Grimm Tales from Anderson The Story of Peter Rabbit Little Black Sambo and Malin floors priced at $1.50.
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