Society Notes Highlight Summer Travel and Visits
Haverford dinner honors Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson. Numerous families plan summer homes from Chestnut Hill to Bar Harbor and Newport, with many guests. engagements announced and relatives visiting from Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund G. Hamersly
Haverford
J. B. Hutchinson
John Bofth Mann
Southampton Avenue
Chestnut Hill
Mann
Corinne Olga Greim
Florence Meyers
Daniel Meyers
Franklin Street
Joseph E. Schloss
New York City
Charles J. Harrah
Henry
Jeanes
Spruce Street
Shelter Island
Arthur Biddle
Bar Harbor
Wadsworth
Sunnyside
Ambler
William F. Jenks
Elkins
The Room Wall Papers And Interior Color Choices
The article discusses how wallpaper choice affects a room's look and mood. It advises blue or green light tones for bright rooms, rich yellows to brighten dark spaces, and an array of pinks and geranium tones for dining rooms or libraries, noting perceived color effects and personal preferences.
What One Woman Thinks Heartache Is the Worst
A quirky column surveys sayings and social quirks. It notes the ease of finding trouble, the charm of small annoyances, and playful observations about fashion, superstition, invention, and class distinctions with a cheeky tone.
Amber Traditions Surrounding the Golden Substance
The article recalls ancient beliefs about amber as protection against witchcraft and illness. It notes talismanic powers, including insects preserved inside amber, charms for throat ailments, and amulets used in East trading, with legends of hair through holes and a Persian royal circle guarding against assassination.
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Philadelphia
Persia
Mahomet
Vision of Prettiness at a Philadelphia Lunch
A fashionable Philadelphia lunch scene features a woman in a sky blue linen frock with three godet flounces and cretonne pink rose trim. She wears a blue silk underbodice, a lacey straw hat with pink roses, a blue parasol with butterfly appliques, and a frosted crystal handle.
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Philadelphia
A Beauty Hint for Younger Looking Nails
The article notes nails tend to become corrugated dry and brittle with age. Regular nightly use of a nail emollient keeps nails healthy and youthful. A mix of lanoline almond oil and cocoa butter works best, with olive oil or lanoline as alternatives. Apply to each nail with the fingertip.
When the Bride Wept and the Old Custom Faded
The article recalls a bygone wedding ritual where brides were expected to cry as a sign of honesty and fidelity. It notes the superstition that a crying bride proved she was not a witch and had not pledged herself to Satan, with the legend that a witch shed only three tears from the left eye.
Umbrella de Luxe Shows Luxury Upgraded Design
Fashion notes describe a new umbrella feature where the rolled umbrella is secured with a gold ring and a cabochon gemstone button such as turquoise sapphire ruby or emerald. The change marks a shift from the modest button to a lavish jeweled closure.
Means rose petals ready for permanent jar
Correspondence suggests that after six weeks the means will yield one quart of rose petals suitable for preparation in a permanent jar. The note implies timing and readiness for processing.
Jury of Tone Experts to Certify Heppe Pianos
The Heppe Piano Company hires a panel of American tone critics to judge pianos with certificates affixed to each finished instrument. The jury includes Hugh A. Clarke, professor of music at the University of Pennsylvania, and W. W. Gilchrist, conductor of the Mount Olive concert cycle.
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Heppe
Heppe Piano Company
Hugh A. Clarke
Ofusic
University of Penns Lonia
W. W. Gilchrist
Mt Solon Oeyond Atdecket Etre Cc
Memorial Tablet For Dr George Yardley Taylor To Be Un veiled
A memorial tablet for Dr George Yardley Taylor, a China missionary murdered by the Boxers, will be unveiled on June 30 at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. The article also notes summer evangelistic tents, sermons by several pastors, and efforts to pay off mortgages at West Hope Church along with multiple church activities and meetings across Philadelphia.
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Taylor
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Thirty-seventh
Chestnut Streets
George Yardley Taylor
China
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
8. W. Dana
C. P. H. Nason
West Hope Church
Aspen
Preston Streets
Presbyterian Evangelistic Committee
John H. Converse
Tenta
Second
Lancaster Avenue
Jefferson and
Randolph Streets
Twenty-fourth
Wharton Streets
J. B. Ely
Evangelistic Committee
Arthur J. Smith
Savannah
Fifty-second Street
Jefferson
H. H. Wells
D. D
Cleveland
Ohio
A. H. Schiveren
Cynwyd
Epiphany Baptist Church
Chestnut
Thirty-sixth Streets
Wayland Hoyt
Hoyt
Girard Avenue
Sixty-first Street
C. L. Seashores
Broad Street Baptist Church
Denison University
Granville
ISS
South Branch
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Pine
Fourth Street
Harry Pringle Ford
Forest E. Dager
St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church
Christian Endeavor Union Social Committee
Strawberry Mansion
J. Calvin Mead
Bethesda Church
Germantown
Vernon Park
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Tenth Presbyterian Church
Delaware Branch
Philip H. Elsenbrey
Horace P. Camden
Margaret 8. Elsenlohr
Florence I. Gerhart
Eugene IH. McBride
Charles Leatherberry
John Palm
Mabel A. Walton
Nellie L. Cash
RE. Taylor
John &. Hamill
Calvin O. Althouse
Everett W. Mills
Christian Age
John W. E. Boettner
West Hope Presbyterian Church
Preston
Aspen Streets
Emma Pennington
W. Scott Houseman
E. K. Mahoun
Lookout
John Pleming
J. H. Sweetwood
James L. Semple
Thomas Latimer
Sara Huddle
Christian Endeavor Lesson on a Saloon Rooftop Tale
A temperance tale recalls a toper who lingers in a saloon and is told by a saloon keeper’s wife that he is “shingling our roof.” Weeks later the man reports he is now “shingling my own roof,” illustrating personal reform and moral uplift.
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Toper
Adewer
Jack
Temperance Lessons From Paul and Corinth Races
A junior devotional compares Paul’s church teachings to athletic contests at Corinth. It urges temperance through a noble earthly aim such as education or a trade, then pursuing a Christian life modeled on Jesus Christ as a drillmaster and path to a lasting crown.
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Paul
Corinth
Jesus Christ
Theo
The Heavenly City and Its Inhabitants Lesson
Sunday School lesson notes on To-Morrow's Sunday School lesson about a new heaven and a new earth. Golden text emphasizes faith and divine inheritance.
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THE
Heavenly City
Philadelphia Times
Passage as closing lesson reflects Christ's earthly kingdom
The text presents the closing lesson on Christ’s life as fitting, highlighting God the Father as speaker. It links the Revelations passages to the building of Cologne Cathedral and imagines Elder Brewster foreseeing New England’s future, suggesting renewal despite sin and earthly flaws.
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Kingdom
Earth
Lord Jesus Christ
God
Father
Cologne
Brewster
New England
Dream of earthly prosperity and heavenly renewal in modern faith
A reflective meditation contrasts earthly retirement dreams with the heavenward promise of a restored creation. It cites Bismarck as a symbol and moves through visions of Jerusalem, the church as bride, heaven’s divine presence, and the need to overcome to share in the new heavens and new earth.
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Bismarck
Christ
F. B. Meyer
John
Jerusalem
Church of Christ
Earth
Heaven
Gates of Heaven Open Yet Entrance Requires Renunciation
Excerpt portrays heavenly city with ever open gates where access demands leaving sins behind. It contrasts Guthrie’s image of a flawless city with quotes from Hall and Wilberforce on rest and love, reflecting contemplation of eternal life and moral purification.
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Heavden
Dr. Guthrie
Robert Hall
Wilberforce
Biblical Museum
Answers to Correspondents M M T The Times
The column discusses astrological predictions from Zadkiel and Raphael Almanacs published in London and offers ordering through Central News Company Philadelphia. It notes Mrs Surratt’s execution and the history of capital punishment by electrocution in this country. It also mentions cycling safety and Times response limits for debate arguments.
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Zadkiel
Raphael
London
Central News Company
Philadelphia
Chestnur Hill
Surratt
Ancoin
E. York
The
Hell
Women Candidates Take Board Medical Exams at Industrial Hall
The Pennsylvania, Medico Chirurgical and Jefferson College graduates finished a state exam at Industrial Hall on Broad Street. 289 students sat, including 30 women. Board President Dr Henry Beates Jr notes 11 to 13 percent fail rate. results will be announced later.
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M. M. Eichler
Beth Israel
Eighth Street
Joseph J. Krauskopf
Keneseth Israel Synagogue
Broad Street
Columbia Avenue
Jewish Hospital
L. Saenger
Jewish Foster Home
Germantown
8. M. Fleischmann
Gratz College
Mickve Israel
Greenstone
Moses A. Dropsie
Himalen
Jastrow
Pennsylvania, Medico- Chirurgical and
Jefferson College
State Board of Medical Examiners
Industrial Hall
Henry Beates, Jr
Staff Changes at St Josephs Hospital Promote Nassau
Dr. Charles Nassau of 1515 Wallace street was elected yesterday to the surgical staff of St. Josephs Hospital replacing Dr J Chalmers Da Costa. Dr Nassau previously served as staff dispensary physician. Dr J Cajetan Flynn of 1618 North Second street will fill the vacancy as resident physician at the hospital. Dr Rae Shepard Dorset, noted pathologist, left yesterday to travel in New York State before becoming chief pathologist at Bar Harbor Maine Hospital. Dr George La Motte, this year’s physician, filled Dorset’s former position.
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Charles Nassau
Wallace Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
J. Chalmers da Costa
Nassau
J. Cajetan Flynn
North Second Street
Rae Shepard Dorset
St. Joseph's
New York State
Bar Harbor, Maine
George la Motte
Philadelphia and nearby youths to enjoy annual outing in park
Tickets were sent to city officials for the annual outing of poor children from Philadelphia Camden and Gloucester. Philadelphia children will go first on Wednesday and the other two cities the next day. Extra boats will run from Arch Street and South Street. Chief of Police Marple will oversee the Gloucester group.
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Washington Park
Philadelphia
Camden
Gloucester
Arch Street
South Street
Gren Xo
Jeffries
Marple St Marple
Glucester
Sunday Seashore Trips to Atlantic City and More
Sunday excursions priced at 1.00 run to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City and Sea Isle City via Philadelphia and Reading Route. Trains depart Chestnut Street and South Street ferries at 7 50 A M and operate Mondays through June.
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Atlantic City
Cape May
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Philadelphia
Reading
Chestnut Street
South Street Ferries
Jervis
Sea Ie
May report shows 97 cruelty or neglect cases
The May report for the Society to Protect Children from Cruelty records 97 cruelty or neglect cases reported during the period, involving multiple children. The summary notes eight linked to abuse and placement in care, highlighting ongoing child protection concerns.
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Society
Duncan Must Face Charges Against Park Guard Officer
Lieutenant Duncan of the Park Guard is accused of conduct unbecoming an officer. He is said to be absent on vacation and will face action upon his return July 1 as charges are prepared by Chair man Sno Pegg.
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Mfe
John Wesley
England
Heaven
Hannah Moore
Duncan
Park Guard
Sno Pegg
Tendence
Thousands of Settlers Destitute Reported in Kansas Border Camp
Thousands of men, women, and children camp along the Iowa border awaiting land in the Comanche area of Oklahoma. The scene depicts widespread hardship as settlers face uncertain futures amid a massive land program.
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Kansas City
Iowa
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