Summer Social Notes Highlight Local Moves
A digest of Brooklawn and surrounding area residents includes trips to Lake Mohonk Niagara Falls and Laurel Beach and news of engagements vacations and club events. Families plan camp Pootatuck outings while several residents travel to New York City Boston Detroit and Montreal for business or leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Severn
Clinton Avenue
New York City
Laurel Beach
Douglas
Detroit
Mich
Beauty Hints for Gentle Face Care and Skincare
The article offers a step by step facial care routine emphasizing gentle massage with water and upward strokes, soft towels, and thorough soap removal. It recommends orange flower skin food, oiling and shaping bushy eyebrows, removing stray hairs, and possible electrolysis. cautions against rich foods, red noses, and strong tea or coffee. It also warns against relying on scents and cosmetics to cover blemishes, urging proper cleansing for lasting youthful skin.
A DISTINCTIVE SPORTS BLOUSE INSPIRED BY THE ORIENT
A new sweater blouse trend features an Oriental influence with bright trimmings in Chinese red blue and yellow. The white wool blouse uses a stocking weave with a patent leather belt adding a bold accent.
Meet the Summer Heat with a Negligee
Fragile lace and georgette craft an intimate negligee designed for milady’s private taste. The white georgette fabric features white lace trim and criss cross tucks, with white crocheted balls used as weights on the pointed sleeves.
Hand knits and summer chic on the boardwalk
Fashion notes spotlight unusual boardwalk costumes crafted in hand knitting. Navy wool outfits trimmed with camel hair feature tuxedo collars and crocheted button lines. White Norfolk dresses, chif fon taffeta frocks with flower embroidery, Paris silk blouses, and fall jackets in hip to fingertip lengths highlight the season’s style mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Women Summoned in Campaign Expenditures Probe
In St Louis on July 10 three more women were summoned for the Senate committee investigation into presidential campaign expenditures. Mrs John R Rutledge, Mrs Frank Hayes, and Mrs Anna L Meehan, linked to the Missouri Women's High Cost of Living Bureau, testified yesterday as witnesses. The group faced charges of advocating Palme’s candidacy using bureau influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Senate
John R. Rutledge
Frank Hayes
Anna L. Meehan
Missouri Women
Palme
Lady Astor Wins Confidence Vote Over Divorce Disclosure
In Plymouth England on July 10 Lady Astor Member of Parliament received a confidence vote from her constituents after she explained her divorce from 1903 in response to charges in a London newspaper. She denied any collusion in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
England
Lady Astor
London
Zionist conference proposals meet opposition in London
Dr. Max Nordau urged transferring half a million Jews to Palestine within a year, at the International Zionist conference in London. Dr. Chaim Weizmann criticized the plan favoring a more moderate program. A separate fashion note mentions how lace contrasts with tight skirt lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Palestine
Max Nordau
Chaim Weismann
A Smock For Sports Pattern and Materials
A summer girl’s sports smock is described with a wide front panel and cuffed bottom, shown as easy for amateur dressmakers. Suggested materials include green cotton crepe or natural pongee with lavender, gull blue, and yellow embroidery, plus linen, sports silk, or ratine options.
Where Hand Stitchery Tells of Childrens Frock Trim
Children s clothing appears simpler today yet not severe. Hand work dominates with blanket stitch and smocking on a yellow poplin frock. Brown stitches highlight the Peter Pan collar yoke and bag pockets, suggesting youthful comfort and juvenile charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ately
Household Hints For Polished Furniture And Clean Bottles
Household hints show how to revive dull furniture by paring paraffin on a rag and polishing with papers for extra gloss on doors and insides. Milk bottles and teapots are cleaned by shaking tea leaves with cold water, removing deposits for sparkle.
5317 Sought Jobs in Month of June Hartford
The state bureau of labor reports June filings show 5 317 sought employment at five free bureaus in Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Waterbury and Norwich with 6309 applications for help 4412 placements made a plump girl remark ends the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
State Bureau of Labor
Thestate
New Haven
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Norwich
Curious Facts About Buttons Through the Ages
The button revolutionized clothing from thirteenth century ornaments to practical fasteners. Men rely on buttons for function while women use them as trim. The first button industry began under Queen Elizabeth. Early cloth covered buttons with metal shanks appeared, then tufted canvass shanks, then silk covered buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ges Logic
Suffrage Leaders Target Two States for Ratification
Washington July 10 suffrage leaders plan a sustained push in North Carolina and Tennessee legislatures to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. Maude Younger urges doubtful lawmakers to act, while Sue White notes Senator Simmons shifts on ratification. The party says ratification would enfranchise about 26,883,566 women, with 17,000,000 already eligible for president and 7,000,000 for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Carolina
Tennessee
National Woman's Party
Senator Simmons
Simmons
Woman's Party
Congress
Weatogue Club Mixed Doubles Starts Today
Enthusiasm surrounds the mixed doubles tennis tournament at the Weatogue club beginning this afternoon and running to next Saturday. Draws follow the 1:30 golf match, prizes await winners, with entrants including May Topping Helen Hyde Harriet Hyde Helen Jennison Dorothy Peck L I Snyder Walter Wheeler Esther Dunn Dorothy Smith plus Harold Goddard E W Morey Ellsworth Brown Robert Fay Harold Dunbar H A Knight Ted Warford Roy Youngs.
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Weatogue Club
May Topping
Helen and
Harriet Hyde
Helen Jennison
Dorothy Peck
L. I. Snyder
Walter Wheeler
Esther Dunn
Dorothy Smith
Harold Goddard
E. W. Morey
Ellsworth Brown
Robert Fay
Harold Dunbar
H. A. Knight
Ted Warford
Roy Youngs
The Woman and Her Clothes in Everyday Life
The article discusses how dress reflects a woman's mind and value, noting that costly attire is not essential. It cautions against seeking marriage solely to flaunt wealth, stresses self-respect and daily effort to look presentable, and argues fashionable excess is unnecessary for genuine affection.
Bullfighters Show Bad Form in Pamplona Fight
Despatches from Pamplona report El Gallo performed poorly and had to hide as a bull escaped into the arena. Mejias was thrown twice and slightly injured, while picador Zurito was hurt when tossed beneath a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Pamplona
el Gallo
Corral
Mejias
Picador Zurito
Double Birthday Party on Monday at The Anchorage
Jean and Roderick McNeil children of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wylie McNeil of The Anchorage Black Rock will celebrate a double birthday Monday afternoon with a party for their mates Jean turns nine and Roderick likely six. Various games prizes and surprises planned plus an invitation list of many local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Buechler
Clinton Avenue
Niagara Failte
Canada
Paul
Great Barrington
Mass
Richard
Morristown
N. J
Jean
Roderick McNeil
Kenneth Wylie McNeil
Anchorage
Black Rock
Roderick
Thys
Mfolly Trecartin
Susan Beeuf
Barbara Goodsell
Billy Ene
John Reysburn
Nathaniel Burn
Historic hill scene play “A Lesson in Friendship”
Atop Academy Hill in Stratford the play A Lesson in Friendship will be presented on Saturday evening July 17 at 7 o'clock. The production features elaborate costumes rented from a New York costumer and involves over 100 participants under the Knights of Pythias of Bridgeport. Joseph L. Peabody directs the show with delegates from several cities in the cast.
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Academy Hill
Stratford
Nature
Ai New York
Knights of Pythias of
Bridgeport
Joseph L. Peabody
FINE PROGRAM PREPARED FOR BAND CONCERT
A Recreation Board concert at Seaside Park tomorrow from 8 to 5 features a program donated to Bridgeport by Harvey Hubbell. Dr Conterno leads a BE men band through marches overtures and selections including The Star Spangled Banner Sambre et Meuse Light Cavalry The Rustle of Spring American Patrol La Mezza Notte William Tell Thunderer and America among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Recreation
Seaside Park
Sambre
Sleepy King
Giovanni E. Conterno
Herbert
the Thunderer
America
Sousa
Felicitas and Sons Martyrdom Under Marcus Aurelius
A Roman noble Felicitas, living in year 162, and her seven Christian sons faced torture and death during Emperor Marcus Aurelius persecutions. They refused to renounce their faith, and Felicitas was executed last to endure watching her sons die. A late moral comment follows on sympathy and lending money.
We Need Strength Women We Need Strength City Ad
An old city advertisement claims women suffer from undernourished blood and weak health and touts Vinci as the best remedy. It cites a long local track record and asserts the tonic contains an elderly famous ingredient, urging readers to trust the label formula.
University School Begins 29th Year at Fairfield Avenue
The University School at 836 Fairfield Avenue announces the 29th year opening with sessions from July 27 to September 17 under Headmaster Vincent Peck Peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the University School
Fairfield Avenue
Vincent
Peck
Peak
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Waldemere Avenue
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Melbourne
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Pockett
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D. D
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Hanlover Street
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State Street
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