Eleventh Anniversary At Holiday House Hosts Little Mothers
At Holiday House Pelham Bay Park the Little Mothers celebrated their eleventh anniversary with a luncheon and performances. Twelve children served as waitresses while twenty-nine day visitors joined in songs, recitations, and a calisthenic drill. Brooklyn auxiliary started with a $300 gift and plans year‑long outings for about two thousand children, with further fundraisers and a touring operetta schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kmeedeep
Gaisies
Holiday House
Pelham Bay Park
Lttle
Albert Hepp
Kittie
Happy Day House
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Auxiliary
Daisy Chain
Secondave
Payton's
Lecave
Taylor St
White Plains
Mount Vernon
Alma Calder Johnston
Association
Sergeant Mary Owens Unique Chicago Police Role in Child Labor Law
Sergeant Mary E. Owens has served twelve years in Chicago police work and is the world's only woman holding such an office. She enforces child labor and education laws, supervising stores factories and prohibited places, seeking truants and neglectful parents. Her work spans the city, with employers increasingly cooperative, though poverty can drive false age affidavits. She has seldom needed arrests, relying on tact and lawfulness to enforce rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Owens
Chicago
Board of Education
Owens
Donna Vittoria Colonna Engagement Highlighted
Donna Vittoria Colonna, granddaughter of Lady Walsingham, is engaged to Prince Teano, eldest son of the Duca di Sermoneta. Her connection traces to ties with the Duca di San Teodoro through her mother, the Marchesa Chigi, and she has spent little time in July at Rome with her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Vittoria Colonna
Prince Teano
Duca di Sermoneta
Lady Walsingham
Lord Burghesh
Duca di San Teodoro
Ai Sen - Teosere
Nee Onna
Donna Vittoria
Marchesa Chigi
Rome
Donna Hate Wins Rome Charity Dance Crown
A winter charity event at the Taverna Palace featured a dance where eight of Rome's most beautiful women competed for favor. The consensus crowned Donna Hate as the top for grace and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ures
Taverna Palace
Rome
Donna Hate
Grace
They Do More Than Quarrel Patriotic women build history work nation wide
The Daughters of the American Revolution chapters across states undertake extensive historical preservation and educational efforts. They copy old records, sponsor essays, locate graves, fund lectures, provide libraries and museums, and support public education with prizes and lectures, fostering patriotism and history knowledge. The work spans Connecticut Georgia Iowa Maine Massachusetts Minnesota Mississippi New York North Carolina Ohio Virginia and beyond, with chapters in forty one states active today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Connecticut
Farmington
Derby
Faith Trumbull
Norwich
Lafayette
Ruth Wyllys
Hartford
John Fiske
Georgia
Savannah
Council of Safety
de Shaw
Boone
Iowa
Francis Shaw
Anamosa
Lady Knox
Rockland
Mary Dillingham
Lewiston
Auburn
Massachusetts
Harvard College
Wrnter
Old Bay State
Lowell
Benjamin Franklin
Minnesota
Natchez
Mississippi
David Reese
Oxford
Missouri
The
Osage
Sedalia
Laclede
Louisiana Purchase
Montana
Butte
New York
North Carolina
Dorcas Bell Love
Ohio
Cincinnati University
United States
Innes
Ivania
Rhode Island
Flintlock and Powderhorn
Pawtucket
Memphis Woman's Building Opens For Clubs And Business Women
The Woman's Building in Memphis Tennessee offers unusual advantages to clubs and business women. A large auditorium seats six hundred for lectures and recitals. The prettily furnished office area holds feminine knickknacks potted ferns and pictures. It includes a library dancing hall studios club rooms and business offices rented to women insurance agents physical culturists dressmakers and professional musicians who often meet in the library or main office. Nearly every woman's club in the city has its room.
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Memphis
Tenn
Practical Temperance Work in New Zealand Union
The sixteenth annual New Zealand Woman’s Christian Temperance Union convention in Wellington urged practical efforts over street campaigning. Speakers pressed municipal and educational reform, urging homes with gardens, open spaces, and suburbs to curb intemperance, plus affordable public halls offering healthy entertainments to fill leisure time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-Zealand
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
New-Zealand Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Wellington
America
Harvard Baccalaureate Sermon Encourages Duty and Honor
Cambridge June 16 Harvard’s senior class gathered in the yard and moved to the chapel for Dr William De Witt Hyde of Bowdoin College to deliver the baccalaureate sermon. He urged graduates to work honestly, pay full price for what they gain, be brotherly, and live selflessly for the common good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
College Yard
William de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin College
John Gully Cole
Chic Empire coatee and summer gowns headline fashion notes
The article surveys current dress trends with chic empire glazes in black glacé silk, ivory crepe de chine gowns, and pastel chambrays. It highlights ornate lace, guipure, and satin chemisettes, plus new hats, throatiets, and hair accessories, detailing coats, fichus, and color accents for summer wear.
How bread costs and sweet dessert tips from Atwater era
A professor Atwater study shows bread costs a family of six three cents daily when bought and eleven cents when baked at home with fuel. The article then details foamy sauce mishaps, a strawberry Bavarian cream recipe, and a fruit cookie method using sugar, butter, eggs, soda, and dried fruit with step by step mixing and chilling instructions.
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Atwater
Rosa Bonheur Statue Erected in Fontainebleau Square
A bronze bull monument honoring Rosa Bonheur stands in Fontainebleau public square, donated by M. Gambart. Sculpted by Isidore Bonheur Hippolte Peyrol and architect Alexandre Jacob, the five metre high piece rests on Lorraine marble pedestal. Reliefs include The King of the Forest The Immortals Ploughing and The Horse Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Bonheur
Fontainebleau
M. Gambart
Isidore Bonheur
Hippolte Peyrol
Alexandre Jacob
Lorraine
A Bloom of a Perfect Soul in a Narrow Room
Poem by Henry van Dyke depicts a frail life blossoming from a seed and a box of earth by a window. It frames a sick child’s endurance as divine bloom through sorrow, joy, and patient love, ending with a pure soul’s emergence. The note says the piece is reprinted in response to an invalid member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Dyke
Sunshine Picnic Postponed for Arlington Juniors
Rain forced the Junior T. S. S. branch Sunshine Picnic in Arlington New Jersey to be postponed to Saturday June 22. One hundred fifty children expect a sunny day and cheerful activities.
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Arlington
N. J
Sunshine members aid family after illness
The father reports the Board of Health doctor has pronounced his scarlet fever struck children well. The family looks forward to a park outing after weeks of confinement, expressing gratitude for the Sunshine members who offered support during their time of trouble.
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Board of Health
Sunshine
Sunshine guests from Bahama island visit city
Miss Nellie Duncombe of the Bahama branch and Miss Paterson a Nassau teacher arrived Friday, delivering sisal crafts and gifts for Sunshine. They sailed Saturday on the Campania for Europe. Paterson returns in three months, Duncombe perhaps a year abroad, hoping to spread Sunshine work and engage more people in the T. S. S.
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Nellie Duncombe
Miss Paterson
Nassau
General Office
Sunshine
Campania
Europe
Miss Duncombe
Flowers arrive late for column with multiple senders
Boxes of flowers reach the office late on Friday and Saturday from Mrs G W Marler of New Jersey and others. Senders include Carlton McDowell of Purchase New Jersey Mrs S Keightly of Coopersburg Pennsylvania and Mrs John W Post of Long Island. The blooms were given to the Ninety ninths t. play promo for hundreds of children.
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G. W. Marler
New Jersey
Carlton McDowell
Purchase
N. J
S. Keightly
Coopersburg
Penn
John W. Post
Long Island
Bundle of Donations From Various Donors Listed
A list of miscellaneous gifts includes reading material, silk pieces, cards, pictures, magazines, seeds, trinkets, and clothing. Donors span New Rochelle New York Mabel S C Smallwood Pennsylvania A F N Miss Brockett M E P Jersey City M M Gibbs James G and William Pettit Bridgeport Connecticut and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
Mabel S. C. Smallwood
Pennsylvania
Miss Brockett
Jersey City
M. M. Gibbs
James G
William Pettit
Bridgeport
Conn
Clothing Boxes Reach Various Charitable Groups Across Regions
Donated dresses hats and misc items from Louise Harbison and Dorothy Joyce of the New Brunswick NJ branch, Jersey City branch, and the general office filled a press box sent to the South Ferry Littl Mothers. Other boxes went to the X L M Club in No 236 Second Ave and Crippled Children's branch. Contents distributed to Manhattan branch and to Sheharrie Schoharie Oneida Rockville Conn Hempstead Tyler Hill Conant Jersey City Brooklyn and Manhattan. A birthday greeting went to Miss Florence Poucher of Sodus NY. East Side box contents were given to four poor families.
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Louise M. Harbison
Dorothy Joyce
New Brunswick
N. J
Jersey City
General Office
South Ferry
Littl Mothers
X. L. M. Club
Second Ave
Crippled Children’s
Manhattan
Iave
Schoharie
Oneida
N. Y
Rockville
Conn
Hempstead
Long Island
Tyler Hill
Penn
Conant
Fla
Brooklyn
Florence Poucher
Sodus
East Side
Travelling library begins new bound book mission
A travelling library has started a new phase sending bound books to Lyndhurst Junior Branch led by president Miss Florence Griffin. Books will be labeled T. S. S. by branch members and returned to other branches after readers finish. Miss E. L. Dorr provided fifteen white sacks but injury prevented completing buttonholes.
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Lyndhurst
N. J
Florence Griffin
E. L. Dorr
Miss Dorr
Y W C C A AT CHAUTAUQUA
Women and Young Women’s Christian Association urges every branch to send literature samples and, if possible, photos of buildings to the international board at Chautauqua headquarters. An informal weekly talk will occur with a prayer meeting and daily scripture exposition. Parcels go to the International Board, Chautauqua, N Y, with return postage stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s and Young Women's Christian Association
International Board
Chautauqua
International Board of the Women's and Young Women's Christian Association
N. Y
Dressy aprons for children from New-York Tribune pattern
The pattern No. 3,856 offers a dressy white dimity apron for a child eight years old and a matching underdress option. It covers the skirt, leaves sleeves exposed, and can be worn over the petticoat or with a guimpe. Materials suggested include India linen and lawn. Pattern size ranges six, eight, and ten years. Send 10 cents plus number and years for pattern, or two extra cents for rush mail.
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India
Madras
New-York Tribune
Lehigh Commencement Sermon Urges Faith and Inner Life
The Lehigh University baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Dr. George R. Van De Water calls graduates to faith and a life guided by Jesus Christ. He emphasizes soul care, moral striving, and belief in a compassionate God as essential for a successful, meaningful life.
Stevens Institute Baccalaureate Sermon at Trinity Hoboken
The Stevens graduating class attended divine service at Trinity Episcopal Church Hoboken where Rev James Clayton Mitchell preached on Knowledge and Life His theme stressed character over material gain and urged graduates to seek being rather than having as they enter a demanding world in a crucible that strengthens virtue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Institute of Technology
Trinity Episcopal Church
Hoboken
James Clayton Mitchell
Baccalaureate at Rutgers College Sermon Delivered
The Rutgers College senior class heard Rev. Dr. Edward P. Johnson of Albany preach at First Reformed Church New Brunswick. The sermon titled A Perfect Manhood the Supreme Ideal of Life urged that the supreme duty is to make the most of oneself, beyond any chosen profession or calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers College
First Reformed Church
Edward P. Johnson
Albany
Johnson
Huxley
Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Phillips Brooks
Washington and Lee College 119th commencement baccalaureate
In Lexington Virginia on June 16 the 119th annual Washington and Lee commencement opened with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Dr. David G. Wyllie pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church New York City and moderator of the New York State Synod His sermon titled What Christianity Offers to the World was followed by an evening address to the Young Men's Christian Association in Lee Chapel by Rev Robert A Gibson Episcopal Bishop of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Washington and Lee College
David G. Wyllie
Scotch Presbyterian Church of
New York City
New York State Synod
Young Men's Christian Association
Lee Chapel
Robert A. Gibson
Episcopal
Richmond
Rev Dr Henry Swentzel Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon at RPI
On June 16 in Troy New York the Rev Dr Henry Swentzel rector of St Luke's Episcopal Church Brooklyn preached the baccalaureate sermon at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Henry Swentzel
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bucknell and Smith Hold Baccalaureate Sermons
Bucknell University marked its fifty first commencement with a baccalaureate sermon by President Harris at the First Baptist Church as the 52 seniors in caps and gowns filled the venue. In Northampton, Smith College’s baccalaureate was delivered by President L Clarke Seelye at the First Congregational Church to a class of 259, urging graduates to seek good and work with God toward excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Penn
Bucknell University
Harris
First Baptist Church
First Baptist
W. T. C. Hanna
Bradford
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
L. Clarke Seelye
First Congregational Church
Seeyle
Barrows Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon at Oberlin
President John Henry Barrows of Oberlin College spoke at the old First Church in Oberlin Ohio this afternoon delivering his third baccalaureate sermon titled The Nobility of Man before a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Ohio
John Henry Barrows
Oberlin College
First
Knights of St John Convention to Gather in Cincinnati
The twenty third international Knights of St John convention runs June 24 to 27 in Cincinnati with large Canadian and Western delegations and commanderies from California Colorado and New Mexico competing for the world drill championship. More than 30 000 knights and families are expected as over 25 000 is pledged to the entertainment fund. A constitutional amendment would extend the insurance department to boost widows and orphans fund revenue after 100 000 paid last year. The opening day features a street parade of 20 000 uniformed knights.
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Cincinnati
The
Knights of St. John
Canada
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Widows and Orphans’ Fund
Roosevelt Prefers Colonel Title Over Vice President
A Republican lawmaker asks about Mr Roosevelt’s health as he enters the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The ex governor of New York, en route to Oyster Bay, wears a Rough Rider hat and replies he feels well and prefers to be called colonel. He exits with Colonel Youngs into Broadway amid curious onlookers.
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Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue
New York State
Oyster Bay
San Juan Hill
Youngs
Broadway
Sasceven
Memorial Services for Dr. Maltbie D. Babcock
Memorial services were held at the Church of the Covenant for Rev. Dr. Maltbie D. Babcock of Brick Presbyterian, who died by suicide in Naples while ill. Rev. George S. Webster, who traveled with him, spoke of Babcock’s life, faith, and planned future works, praising his patience during sickness and his Christian resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maltbie D. Babcock
Brick Presbyterian Church
Naples
Church of the Covenant
Second-ave
Dr. Babcock
Brick Church
Mr. Webster
Excursion Steamer Perseus Disabled Twice on Bay Run
The Iron Steamboat Perseus carrying about a thousand passengers from Pier North River to Coney Island disabled its steering gear near Ellis Island. The Cetus aided by taking off most passengers, landing them ashore. Perseus towed to Erie Basin where repairs were swift, and evening voyages resumed.
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Perseus
Pier North River
Coney Island
Ellis Island
Etus
Cetus
Pier I
New-Yorker
Barret
Erie Basin
Arrivals at Buffalo Hotels from New York Region
Buffalo June 16. Special. Names of many guests registered at hotels include numerous individuals from New York and vicinity across several hotels such as TROQUOIS BROEZEL NIAGARA GENESEE TIFFT STAFFORD COLUMBIA MANSION. The list namesMr. and Mrs., Misses, and several couples, reflecting a steady influx of travelers staying at Buffalo accommodations.
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Buffalo
New York
G. E. Brun
G J. Block
Michael Kautes
Pratt
F. Hys B
G. Spear
W. Young
John F. Pullen
Pullen
Henry T. Exison
C Dillard
R. B. Cowley
G. H. Ross
G. H. Ross, G. =. hoe, 2. William H. Hibbard
A. Rhenbottom
G. A. McLaury
Samuel Gibson
G. C. McMullen
E. Karpen
P. T.cFeely
Niagara
George Gordon Battle
Bartow S. Weeks
Mary B. Weeks
A. A. White
H. Randolph
Ethel Royce
N. GH. Randolph
Henry L. Burnett
P. H. Burnett
David N. Carvalho
David B. Hill
M. HB. Taylor
Taylor
Dorothy Taylor
M. Schmidt
B. E. Wilkinson
Walter Coles Cabell
F. J. Menzie
W. F. Gade
F. Gade
W. H. F. Gade
Miss Wacker
Harry Wacker
TIFFT
H. B. Lisbesen
A. J. McKenny
William Lockett
John Selfridge
Newport day’s doings feature yachts and society
The harbor welcomed steam yachts Utowana American and the Katomba chartered by Lars Anderson with Mrs Anderson. Katomba stays for international races. Luncheon at Newport Golf Club honored by American Beauty roses. Notables include Lt and Mrs Miller Lt and Mrs Hubbard Cmdr and Mrs Mason Cmdr and Mrs Rees Paymaster and Mrs Cowie, Mr and Mrs Blake and Miss Hancock. Commodore and Mrs Ledyard arrive for the season. Alfred Vanderbilt polo field work nears completion. Miss Lyman arrives. Mr and Mrs Gardiner of Brooklyn visit. Old South Historical Society’s sixth annual pilgrimage to Newport next Saturday with remarks by Mrs Howe Rev Porter and Milan Ayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
New York
Lars Anderson
Anderson
H. P. Young
Newport Golf Club
Burke Roche
Elm Court
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Portsmouth
Miss Lyman
Herbert Gardiner
Brooklyn
Herbert Wilson
Old South Historical Society of
Boston
Julia Ward Howe
Charles H. Porter
Milan
Ayers
Dr Banks On The Theatre Sermon At Grace Methodist
The Rev Dr Louis Albert Banks preached a Sunday sermon at Grace Methodist Church arguing Christians should avoid the theatre. He said the theatre often mirrors the worst life and its irreverence and immorality clash with Christian morality and ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Albert Banks
Grace Methodist Church
Jesus
Jesus Christ
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