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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1918
Page
13
News for the Telegram's Women's Page invites items from readers. Contributions should include sender's signature and address, and may be telephoned to Barnum 6100 for appearance on the page.
Long list of personal notices from Hartford residents including births illness and recoveries. Mentions Mr and Mrs Charles Ford, Mrs Dennis, Rev Edward James, Agnes Leary, families visiting Highland Point West Point and Hartford relatives. Also updates on hospitalizations and society events such as PTA and guild meetings, home economics plans, and upcoming classes at local venues.
At the United Congregational church headquarters a steady stream of calls seeks nurses trained or untrained. Mrs. W Bramann reports two new volunteers yesterday and urges many more as families of up to six sick members need care. Trained nurses are registered and serving, but a large need remains for domestic nurses and first aid certificate holders.
Howard Speer will be the principal speaker at Maplewood Community Association’s first meeting tonight at 7 o'clock in the Junior High School auditorium. He will discuss the Fourth Liberty Loan. Master Paul Haviland and Miss Emy Tou Havens, both students, will present talks. There will be singing and a general good time. All in the community are invited to attend. Meetings will be held weekly to help residents get acquainted.
Mrs C Wy Morgan will have charge of the food demonstration held in the delivering hut this evening at seven thirty. Men and women are invited to attend this demonstration which has been weekly and of benefit to many women citywide. Miss Arene Weed will be present to answer questions and assist attendees.
Fourteen hundred members of the Lake Torpedo Boat company and guests attended a dance at Quilty's Colonial Wall to boost the Lake band uniform fund. Music by two Lake plane orchestras and Gustave Roberts solos complemented the evening. committee led by Joseph Armstrong and others organized the event.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Vreeland hosted a Saturday evening party at 147 Capitol avenue for relatives and friends in honor of their nephew Private Letang Jraienild Ferry of the Signal Corps. The event featured music, dancing, decorative surroundings, and a midnight supper. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. DeMott, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Tubb, Mildred, Miss Paul, and many Vreeland relatives and friends. Private Ferry recently left City College of New York where he trained for duty at Camp Meade, Maryland.
The Contemporary Club plans its first Brooklawn Country Club gathering on Phage ay day at 8 35 pm. Ralph Paine, a noted author, will speak on The Fighting Fleet after recently returning from abroad and will show pictures. Each member may invite a guest.
Mrs Nichols oversees a Red Cross diet kitchen feeding sick and needy families. Food from the kitchen is prepared with help from Officer Buckley and S&S Hinecks and delivered hot in paper containers to patients. Nichols invites public reports of any families in need of nourishment.
The first meeting of the Y W C A cooking class will be held tonight in the dehydrating hut on Slate Street. Ithryn L Aor risey, to lead the class, will be away. Weed, the home demonstrator, will take charge. Many have already joined and more may attend to learn details.
Prunes, figs, and raisins should feature in wartime diets due to local production and lower transport costs. The piece recalls prunes rising in status from mere stews to rich desserts, with recipes for prune pudding, prune pie, and prune dessert layers, highlighting economical preparation methods and flavors.
The piece urges women to train or volunteer as nurses as nurse shortages loom. It argues placards show influenza prevention rules but many homes lack care when illness strikes. It asks for patriotic action, offering to do basic caregiving tasks to save lives amid a deadly outbreak.
Former President Wilson is the guest of honor at Bridgeport Club events to be held Thursday night instead of Saturday. A large dinner attendance is expected as reservations will close tomorrow night, with plans for a big program and ongoing entertaining for members in mercantile business.
A visit to the Wall Street Navy Cantin in New York shows the growing number of women enlisting and wearing dark blue Navy uniforms. The canteen and offices operate 24 hours with eight hour shifts, serving workers from the Censor’s office nearby and reflecting an effort for individualized dress within military constraints.
The article notes a strong shift toward soldier and sailor inspired boys clothing with belts, buckles, and military names like Sergeant and Captain. It praises durable, warm uniforms though praises about wool shortages are tempered by affordability versus last year. It contrasts military mode with old fashioned styles and highlights design sources from Russian, French, and U.S. uniforms.
In a warm wartime letter, Harold is coming home from France to assist in training men locally for three months before likely returning to Iyanea. The writer, joyful yet anxious, notes Harold’s hospital return and strong leadership, while worrying over the Spanish influenza and home preparations.
Reversible plaid motor and steamer rugs in greens reds golds with fringe priced 11.00 to 25.00 gray black blue brown and green options 7.00 7.95 8.50 for hemmed edges. Knitted wool petti coats in blue pink gray rose tan Copenhagen blue natural and white. Petticoats 75c to 1.75. Skirts all wool black white natural and drab 2.00 to 5.00. Second floor display and pricing.
An array of hosiery including Interwoven Lisles at 40 cents a pair and Shanknit sanitary hose at 45 cents, plus Silk Plaited Fibres in gray and black at 65 cents. Also listed are warm gowns in flannelette and corduroy, robes in satin and Indian tones, crepe kimonos from $2, and a perforated silver table ornament. A small solid eau de Cologne stick costs 25 cents.
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