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Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1920

Page

4

Social News From The Tip Of The Tongue Column

Miss Edna Northrop hosts Mrs. Lawrent Feinler of Garden City before her Sept. 1 wedding to Rev. Hal T. Kearns. Several residents plan weekend motor trips, visits, and engagements, with Joseph Rogers entertaining Dorothy Sniffen for a September 15 wedding to Harry Shropshire.

Edna Northrop North Avenue Lawrent Feinler Garden City Long Island Hal T. Kearns The Universalist Church

Tableau Featured At Surprise Party

Miss May oversaw a lively surprise party arranged by Miss Mary Jane Crowe featuring musical selections and dancing. The highlight was a tableau presented by Crowe, followed by a bountiful supper with guests including Miss McPhey Ward Flannigan Gerrity Crowe Sullivan and several others. Mrs Andrew Smith of Brookview Avenue will host The Little Sisters gathering Monday afternoon. On the first anniversary of the Brooklawn Avenue ds expected home signing of the Peace Treaty there Ltrom Long Island next week. Miss were 30 wars raging in the world.

May Mary Jane Crowe Mary McPhey Mary Ward Margaret Flannigan Della Gerrity Marty Jane Crowe Mapna Anna Sullivan T. Sullivan Andrew Smith Brookview Avenue Little Sisters Elizabeth Seeley Brooklawn Avenue Long Island

Lydia Pinkham Product Endorses Women Health

A vivid advertisement claims hundreds of girls suffer from female ailments and must rely on Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore health and ease work fatigue. It touts forty years of claimed success in managing women's diseases and urges tried and trusted use.

Lydia E. Pinkham

Beach Party Held by Trust Co Staff

Members of the Bridgeport Trust Co staff enjoyed a Fairfield beach party last evening with swimming canoeing and a frankfurt roast followed by dancing. Attendees included Theresa Sistrand Ana Lambert Caroline Eales Dorothy Cadman Edna Molloy Dora Sanford Gertrude Bancroft MacCleland Florence Greening Bettina Buonocore Mary Hoadley Williver Mrs Harold Adams Mrs Charles Cyrus Ray Whitney Charles Cyrus Paul Meyers Clarence Reid Milton Blank and Harold Adams.

Bridgeport Trust, Co Fairfield Frankfurt Theresa Sistrand Ana Lambert Caroline Eales Dorothy Cadman Edna Molloy Dora Sanford Gertrude Bancroft MacCleland Florence Greening Bettina Buonocore Mary Hoadley Williver Harold Adams Charles Cyrus Ray Whitney Paul Meyers Clarence Reid Milton Blank

Dr G E Conterno on music taste and jazz skepticism

Dr G E Conterno explains audiences love music by innate tonal needs and rejects jazz as fleeting novelty. He praises grand opera and worthy comic operas for enduring appeal, noting jazz pieces fade as phonograph favorites. He argues true music endures because it satisfies inner harmonies and tonal expression.

G. E. Conterno

Miss Seymour and Ray Shepard Bride at Blessed Sacrament

Miss Loretta M Seymour and Raymond A Shepard wed at Blessed Sacrament church in a 9 o'clock ceremony officiated by Rev T B Smith. The couple hosted a reception at the bride’s Revere Street home and departed for a honeymoon to multiple points of interest.

Frances Burlant Lafayette Street Elmer Moore Harral Avenue Sacred Heart Church O'Clock Lena Cremanto New York Louis Burlant Miss Burlant Catskill Mountains Federal Street Blessed Sacrament Church Loretta M. Seymour Raymond A. Shepard T. B. Smith Laura Carroll Leon Gully Revere Street Mrs. Shepard

Prize Fox Trot at Black Rock Carnival Tonight

The Black Rock Country club hosts a midsummer Mardi Gras with public viewing of grounds and a prize fox trot drawing strong entries. Tomorrow features a prize waltz and entrica, plus Miss Mae Hall presenting a fancy cine program with dancers Mignon Marguerite Perrott Ruth Judd and others performing selections such as Dagger Dance and an Oriental Group.

Black Rock

Pretty party honors Miss Gertrude A at birthday

Miss Gertrude A Picuen, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Blehel of 652 Harral Avenue, was feted yesterday afternoon for her twelfth birthday. Guests included Kathleen Harding Mary Mullins Jane Green May Morrissey and several other schoolmates. Yellow asters decorated the room and an illuminated twelve candle cake stood at the center.

Gertrude A. Picuen Uausires George Blehel Harral Avenue Kathleen Harding Mary Mullins Jane Green May Morrissey Gertrude Keane Catherine Barske Mary Mooney Kathryn Stein Florence Ryan Ethel Diehl Lorraine Mullins Louise Hagen Helen Keane Loretta Hogan Margaret Zende May

Advice to the Lovelorn by Beatrice Fairfax

A reader asks how to express love to a younger girl who treats many suitors well. The column urges candidly speaking about feelings rather than guarding dignity, insisting the suitor must reveal true intent or risk being seen as self centered.

Beatrice Fairfax Miss Fairfax Tarol

Automatic Time Recorder Trial In Paris Phone Stations

A new automatic time recorder for pay phone calls was installed in a Paris exchange as part of a government program to modernize France's telephone system. The device aims to replace copper wires with upgraded facilities and larger switchboards across the country, with testing ongoing and plans for expansion. Names listed include Keane, Neomia Singer, Helen Kunkel, Morrissey, Hedrick, and others.

Aris Paria France

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