Women’s Club Bulletin on suffrage clash and White House linen orders
The bulletin notes there will be no meeting until December 30. It discusses Mrs Caroline Fairfield Corbin’s pamphlet against woman suffrage, urging suppression by the society opposed. It also praises Mrs Roosevelt for ordering Porto Rican linen for the White House and considers a housing dispute where women pay the same room rate as men, questioning fairness and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Club
Caroline Fairfield Corbin
Feminine Prejudice in Service Across Venues
A writer laments narrow prejudice among some women against performing personal service for other women. The piece cites restaurants and dry goods stores where women customers receive grudging service while men are treated better, noting tips and a culture of man worship that influences workplace conduct and social norms.
Vaudeville at the Savoy Delights Lowell Society
Society ladies fill the Savoy as a large audience enjoys a polished amateur vaudeville program. The show opens with Rostand inspired The Fantasticks followed by dances, costumes, and clever sketches. The Yale/slate of acts features Grace Cumnock and Frances Plunkett balloon descent, Ginnery jests, and a closing Mary’s Garden dance with roses, violets, and daisies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy Theatre
Lowell
Edmond Rostand
Percinet
Elizabeth Farrington
Sylvetta
B. H. Pillsbury
Harriet Coburn
Bergamin
Pasquin
Alex. F. Hobbs
Helen Coburn
Stratorel
Miss Duckworth
Blaise
Braves
Louise H. Kennard
A. F. Hobbs
Spieler Brothers
Gus
Max
Grace Cumneck
Frances Plunkett
Market Street
Yorick Club
Miss Cumnock
Ames-Pearson
Lowell Gent
Pawtucket Bridge
Young Women’s Hospital Guild
Ayer
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bette Soubrette
Miss Farrington
Dorothy Bllingwood
Boyden H. Pillsbury
Isabel Nesmith
Ethel Shaw
Pauline Farrington
Rebecca Sherman
James J. Kerwin
Arthur Markland
Miss Plunkett
Abbott
Perry
Raynes
Miss Noyes
Hylan
Bessie Coburn
Harriet Greenhalge
Frederick Flather
Julia Stevens
Flossie Plunkett
Marion Stott
Belle Shed
Louise Ellingwood
Save the Trees Urges Respect for City Guards
Middlesex Women’s club tree committee promotes tree guards and posters to protect city trees. Citizens praise efforts though some tin labels and a wire guard were damaged by a careless driver. A city ordinance prohibits tying horses to trees and petitions for tree removals have not been granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Women’s Club
A. F. Spalding
Clara Beard
Ella Hildreth
Chapel Hill
M. Abbie Morrison
Hamilton Burrage
Belvidere
C. A. R. Dimon
Guy Holbrook
Henry Barnes
L.S. Fox
E. K. Baldwin
Centralville
G. C. Brock
Lathrop
F. N. Weir
Calef
Pawtucket
Mary C. Hall
M. Ella Russell
E. M. Lovejoy
Frances M. Webster
Pawtucketville
Weston
Underwood
Highlands
George Bowers
William Eastman
Club Tea Draws Big Local Attendance At Savoy Afternoon
A club afternoon at the club rooms featured a strong social draw and a well received musical program by local musicians. Mrs Ida E Merrill led hospitality with many volunteers pouring and assisting. Performers included Miss Mae Stevens and Mrs O A Gelino, with a varied piano and vocal lineup and a crowd lingering after the Savoy theatre show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy Theatre
Ida E. Merrill
McGannon
Andrews
Agnes Fay
Harriet Bennett
Kate Brazer
Sidney R. Fleet
Jane Warfield
Chadbourne
Bachellor
Alice Saunders
Libby
Women Speakers Inform Dinner Talk at Boston Club
At the Massachusetts Schoolmasters' club dinner at Hotel Brunswick in Boston the women speakers were Miss Laura Fisher Miss Sarah L Arnold Miss Laura A Knott and Miss Mary G Woolley. They discussed kindergarten elementary and secondary education stressing character formation and life preparation over earnings. Attendees from Lowell included Gharl D Burtt and Hugh J Molloy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Schoolmasters’ Club
Brunswick
Boston
Laura Fisher
Sarah L. Arnold
Laura A. Knott
Bradford Academy
Mary G. Woolley
Mt. Holyoke College
Miss Fisher
Miss Arnold
Miss Knott
Richmond Chops and Apple Rings in Classic Dinner Plan
A historic menu outlines breakfast and luncheon items followed by a dinner plan featuring Richmond Chops with seasoned crusts and baked apples. The recipe instructs salting, sage, and bread crumbs, then frying and oven finishing. apples are prepared as rings with core removed and caramelized in pan fat.
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Richmond
Traditional Pillsbury Style Household Staples
A collection of old fashioned recipes including Butter Cakes Corn Chowder Salem Spice Cake Veal Camelon Indian and Apple Pudding. Instructions cover mixing batter frying corn soup veal bake and serving with butter syrup or sauces, with precise measurements and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Worthen Street Baptist Christmas Festival Preparations
Unusual preparations are under way at Worthen Street Baptist Church for Christmas. A Sunday school concert led by the choir and quartet will be held next Sunday evening with fine children’s singing. The Christmas festival continues on Wednesday evening with extensive decorations and festive activities. Everyone is invited to attend all Christmas tide gatherings at the church.
Helen Gould Honored At New York University Reception
Miss Helen Miller Gould presided over a Washington Square reception for the Women's Advisory Committee of New York University as the council awarded honorary Master of Letters degrees to Gould and several associates. The event signaled peace with the School of Pedagogy, drew nearly a thousand teachers, and included gifts and remarks from city and state education leaders.
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Gray
Helen Miller Gould
New York University
University
Washington Square
Miss Gould
School of Pedago
MacCracken
Emily Ogden Butler
Harry Palmer Draper
Katharine Bacon Smith
Martha Buell Munn
Women’s League Educational Society
Women’s Advisory Committee
School of Pedagogy
J. P. Gordy
William H. Maxwell
Jennie B. Merrill
Charles R. Skinner
McCracken
St. Loui
Gordy
University of Ohio
MacDougal
Harvard
Lough
Wisconsin State Normal School
Charles G. Shaw
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Mattinata
Mrs. Jenkins
Mise Stavana
Frorence Greig
Bene Mt
Chadwick
Hawley “Danza
Gelino
Dennee
Hollaender
Nevin
State Normal School
Massachusetts
Schoolmasters’ Club
the Citizen
Worthen Street Baptist
Fed
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Rondence
Helen Gould
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