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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
5
A humorous verse parodies vanity and romance praising beauty brands while critiquing society. The speaker begs Dame Fashion for cosmetics and allure as bank accounts dwindle, ending with a light note on love and leap year.
Greensboro May 1 Although the State Normal college is 25 years old the first woman to make the chief commencement address will deliver it Tuesday when Mrs Walter McNab Miller of Missouri and Washington DC will speak on the Elimination of Waste a National Service Mrs Miller is a leading advocate of votes for women but will not discuss suffrage before the graduates this year Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia was unable to attend due to war demands The college will hear Dr Robert Watson of the Second Presbyterian church New York for the baccalaureate address on Sunday morning That evening M H Stasy dean of the university will address the YWCA in Peabody park The big musical event will be the oratorio Elijah Monday at 830 with a chorus of 200 and four soloists Dan Beddoe New York tenor Andrea Sarto New York bass Mrs Wade R Brown Greensboro contralto and Miss Kathryn Severson college soprano Class day exercises were held today alumnae activities start Monday
Mrs L L Brockaway and her daughter Grace Lynch left last night for Cherry Valley New York to visit a sister for several days. Mrs Brockaway will attend graduation exercises at the Ethical Culture school during the trip.
The text notes a member of the graduating class will return to High Point after visiting friends and relatives in Yonkers New York and Hartford Connecticut.
Mrs Darden and Mrs Salisbury entertained at three bridge tables yesterday afternoon in the city guest rooms decorated with cut flowers. A salad course was served with assistance from Miss Mildoway Baker Miss Lucille Sherrod and little Miss Louise Salisbury. Violin solos by Samuel Davis Jr accompanied by Miss Helen Reynolds provided entertainment for guests including Mrs E B Darden Mrs Robert Brockett Jr Mrs R B Terry Mrs Robert W Morrow Mrs Joseph Cox Mrs A Sherrod Mrs T D Gilliam and many others.
The First Baptist church Woman's Missionary Society holds its regular monthly meeting Monday at 4 PM led by Mrs. Clarence Smith with the R J Willingham circle in charge. The program includes scripture, prayers, songs, readings, a poem, an address on The Life of R J Willingham, and a business session. An invitation is extended to church ladies to attend.
The Civic Department of the Women’s club starts a fly killing campaign for school children. Mrs. William Pickard chairs the committee. Prizes total six dollars with top boy and girl receiving two dollars each, runner up one dollar each. The committee meets at Main street school next Saturday at 10 a.m. to enroll competitors and measure flies.
The Woman's Guild of St. Mary's church will meet with Mrs. Landreth Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Young People's branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet tomorrow at 3 30 in the Sunday school room of Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church. Attendance of all members is earnestly desired.
An informal dance last evening at the Commercial club entertained about 15 couples. The event honored wives and friends with Hood's orchestra from Greensboro providing music.
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of Sea Grove visit niece Mrs. Floyd Stewart. Miss Lula Burton visits Greensboro. Miss Nellie Martin and Miss Annie Burns spend time with friends in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burns and child from Greensboro arrive for weekend. Frank Weedon to return tonight from Buies Creek academy. Oma Klutz spends weekend in Salisbury. Mrs. J. B. Clements returns from funeral near Raleigh. Mrs. A. M. Gwathney and Mrs. Charlotte Leach of Richmond visit. Mrs. J. T. Forster and children from Durham visit North Main Street relatives. Movie line features Harry Hilliard and Richard Neill in The Ragged Princess with a Washington Monument joke.
Beals Becker of Kansas City opens spring with a .450 average over his first twelve games after joining from the Giants. The standout slugger looks to replicate last season's heavy swats and drive the lineup.
Pitcher Marty O'Toole returns to the Omaha ball club in the Western league. The former Pittsburgh hurler did brilliant work for Omaha last season and is again part of the roster.
A Wisconsin reader reports a severe cough last winter improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The letter endorses the product for coughs colds and related illnesses and credits Mann Drug Co. with availability.
The Woman's club awarded eight prize money prizes totaling 6 to school boys for the best bird houses exhibited at People House Furnishing Company. Prizes ranged from 25 to 125 cents with only winners described as rustic, twig covered, or log structures. Prize details and reclaiming procedures noted.
The High Point Morris Plan directors approve a program to sell Liberty Loan of 1917 bonds by weekly payments over 50 weeks. A Morris Plan loan covers the full bond cost, with the borrower paying 2 percent of the face value weekly for four weeks until the loan is paid. the bond is then owned by the borrower. This industrial banking plan aims to broaden bond ownership to wage earners, spanning 80 Morris Plan companies from Boston to San Francisco in 23 states, targeting millions of workers through New York’s network.
Rocky Mount May 19 with Sudan Temple spring ceremonial near. Local shrine club works daily on details for a major regional event expected to draw many divans and patrols from nearby temples. Earlier declines eased as Minneapolis meeting cancellation prompts broader attendance.
The 1917 Canadian Racing season begins with a double header as the Ontario Jockey Club opens at Woodbine Park Toronto and the Montreal Driving Club starts at Delorimier Park Montreal. Ontario runs eight tracks for 112 racing days yielding 140000 to the provincial treasury. Montreal area operates seven tracks for 98 days, totaling 210 days of sport across Canada.
London reports the British government will begin enforcing a maximum price scheme for staple foods tomorrow under Baron Davenport the food controller. Maize flour maize meal and similar goods are capped at four pence per pound while oat products follow a five and a half pence rate.
Former New York Giants player Art Bucs moves from the Columbia American association squad to the Baltimore International league club in a major league realignment.
Washington May 19. Conferees postponed consideration of disputed matters in the espionage bill including press censorship and export embargo. Senator Overman said conferees would refuse to include a newspaper censorship provision of any sort.
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