Local social notes highlight bridge parties and travels
Mrs Wilbur Smith returns from Newman visit while Mrs A H Bullard hosts a College Club bridge party on Washington Avenue. Numerous social gatherings unfold as Miss Margaret Hughes prepares to come home from Panama and many members join Universalist delegates in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Smith
Grovers Avenue
BlackyeRock
Newman
A. H. Bullard
North Avenue
College Club
Washington Avenue
Margaret Hughes
Panama
Morris Gilmore
John Bray
Vinestreet
Avignon Club
Joseph Savard
Sarah Grant
Charles Biltz
John Greene
Florence Hastings
William Chew
Charles Hough
Callahan
Brooklyn
Trane Haviland
Philadelphia
Emma van Stone
F. A. Lafftin
William E. Allen
George T. McCarthy
Charles Kalman
New York City
Robert Hawkins
Irene Burns
Torrington
Thomas Devitt
Bead girdles and beaded accessories dominate fall wear
Costume shops show about 1,000 bead edged autolrs and girdles priced cheaply. hair ornaments trend, notably Spanish crystal combs. a Duchess bag, vanity cane, and bracelets in gold, sterling silver, and galalith are featured. Necklace novelties include Bakalite in garnet and green, Italian jet and amber.
Mardi Gras at Black Rock Country Club Draws Big Crowd
The midsummer Mardi Gras opened with high acclaim as one of the era’s most ambitious outdoor events by a local club. Invited clubs include Algonquin Seaside Bridgeport Brooklawn Beaver Hill New Haven and Silver Beach Shore Milford. A detailed dance program features performers led by Miss May Hall with solos duets and themed dances. Special guests Tomorrow include the Chamber of Commerce and the Shriners. The Coast Artillery band provides nightly dance music programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Rock
Algonquin Club
Seaside Club
Bridgeport Club
Brooklawn Country Club
Beaver Hill Club
New Haven
Silver Beach Shore Club
Milford
Coward Wit and Kitchen Help Jealously Mocked
Cartoon snippets reveal playful exchanges about husbands, private stock, and a joke about a doctor and a snake charmer. A remark on Coward’s wit notes his humor about a wife who is harsh, while another quip says he hires cooks to spare himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Cartoons Magazine
Howard
Coward
Jay
Judee
Advice on propriety and gentleness in social rules
A New England poet scholar offers guidance on etiquette for lovelorn women and gentlemen, arguing that kindness and common sense should trump rigid custom. He weighs mourning and gifts, asks what truly counts as propriety, and cites climate and habit as factors shaping manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Edmund Spenser
American Fabric Outing Planned to Roton Point
An outing by American Fabric Co employees from Connecticut avenue will take place Saturday at Roton Point. Trains depart at 8:30 AM with events including athletic games between the office and factory, foot races, tugs of war, swimming contests, and prizes. A 20 piece band will provide music for dancing, followed by a noon luncheon organized by E. J. Funk and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Fabric Co
Connecticut Avenue
Roten Point
George Hale
E. J. Funk
B. ©. Guggenheim
W. Keeler
A. Piepinbring
Frank Mueller
Geggee Hale
T. Challinor
Effie Ford
Hazel Molyneux
New Jersey Women Are Enfranchised
Attorney General McCran concluded that ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment automatically enfranchises New Jersey women. He reasoned the Nineteenth Amendment will erase the word male from the state constitution and grant suffrage to all, making enabling legislation by state or Congress unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
McCran
Martin
New Jersey
Congress
Captain Shapiro Weds Girl in Dijon France
Miss Germaine Pelletier and Captain Louis Leonard Shapiro wed in Dijon France on July 28th. Shapiro directs the Central Medical Laboratories at a Red Cross station in Albania. The ceremony was at the bride's home with Rabbi Levy officiating. The couple begin a honeymoon and will live in Albania until his work there ends, then sail for America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dijon
France
Germaine Pelletier
Louis Leonard Shapiro
Central Medical Laboratories
Red Cross
Albania
L. 8. Levy
Paris
Pelletier
Captain Shapiro
America
Gibbons Warns Women Will Tire of Vote
Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore predicts only a small percentage of American women will exercise the franchise after the novelty wears off. He regrets the move and doubts it will alter national morals after the first election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbons
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Local Drum Corps to Attend State Convention
Warner Brothers Grenadier Drum corps votes 27 members to attend the 12th annual New York State Fife and Drum association convention in Yonkers on Saturday. They depart by motor buses at 7 30 under leaders Fred Church Sergeant James Dunn and John Archer. Prizes will be offered for best players and best ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Brothers Grenadier
Seaside Institute
New York State Fife and Drum Association
Yonkers
Corp
Fred Church
James Dunn
John Archer
Thomas H. Jones
Main Street
When A Girl Marries Continued
A newlywed wife wrestles with jealousy and social pressure as she spots her husband Jim with his friend Betty Bryce at a seaside inn. The pair exchange delicate signals while the wife questions her own fit and wonders if she has failed Jim. The daybreak scene hints at unresolved tensions and looming revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Tower-by-the-Sea
New York
Haldane's Magazine
Kim
Betty Bryce
Prisee
Mrs. Bryce
Tommy
Jack
Marcers
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William A. Allen
Lenox Avenue
Fairfield Beach
William J. Mlaughlin
Boston
Mass
Weatosue Country Club
Wag Agia
Hal T. Kearns
Universalist Church
Henry Reid
H. 0. Chase
Montreal
Canada
Samuel Levy
Aragowan Cottage
Burrell’s Beach
Waldo C. Bryant
Doris
Park Avenue
Griswold Hotel
Eastern Point
New London
Charles Gregory
The
Harvey Hubbell, Inc
Trumbull
Grace Smith
Brooks Street
Friends
Eva Thiebault
Park Apartments
Mauqua, Me
Edward McLar Street
New Yok City
Miss Mae Arnold
Locomobile Co
Rhode Island
Robert King
William McLaughlin
Park Place Club
Harriett Allen
Stratford
Portland
Penna
Miss Allen
Cornell University
Ithaca
Esther Foote
Park
Plage
Lake Waramaug
New Preston
Conn
John P. Haley, JR
Wood Avenue
Haley
Minnie Lund
Anna Keenan
Tranistan Avenue
Lake George
Edna Murkette
DeKalb Avenue
Mabel Rasmussen
Carroll Avenue
Denver
Colorado
Josephine Brown
Green Mountains
Anna Ryburn
Walnut Beach
Laurel
Maud Reilly
Ruth Greenwood
Helen Eaton
Mary Wall
Mary Fishinger
Nell Ryburn
Mazie Riordan
Edward J. Riordan
Beechwood Avenue
George Scanton
Bunnell Street
St. Peter's Church
Gertrude Lee
Edward Scanton
J. J. Lyddy
Walter
Brookview Avenue
Adirondack Mountains
Agnes Doughty
Mot Avenue
William Roberts
Central Avenue
Newfield Methodist Church
East Side
Wilmot Avenue
Edith Borg
Hartford
Dorland Smith
West Avenue
Freundschaft Rebekah Lodge
Stoehr's Grove
Upper North Main Street
Read's Corner
Stoehr's Place
Asust
Roton Point
Reggie
Miss Bute
Boston Transcript
Miss Moss
Jimmie
Jeanette Roger
May Varden
Little Bird
Bluebirds
Princess Anne
Iran
Che
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