Y W C A To Form Summer Outing Club For Women
An outing club for office women is proposed by the Y W C A in Quincy. Invitations went to 240 city women. about 60 attended a supper and discussed activities such as sketching, photography, nature study, Bible study, basketry, tennis, swimming, and hiking. Membership limited to Y W C A members. officers to be elected next Monday. Victrola program concluded the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Edwards
Miss Hyde
Miss Edwards
Carver
Quincy
Minnie Wittland
Nell Crawford
Y. W
Control of Thoughts and Mental Exercises
A letter-writer muses on memory and the impossibility of forgetting. It suggests pushing out unwanted thoughts by filling the mind with constructive topics, exercising mental muscles, and balancing control with play to avoid rigidity and fatigue.
Late spring gray faille suit shapes a Paris inspired look
Fashion notes defend American dress freedom amid flaring trends. Julia Marlowe favors close reefed lines over extreme silhouettes. The gray faille suit features navy facing, self colored stitching, a twelve inch peplum, and a defined waist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marlowe
Faille
Poplin
Matting as a Floor Covering Debate and Trends
An article weighs matting as a floor covering, noting hygiene concerns dust and wear, high cost and limited longevity. It discusses Chinese and Japanese matting, cheaper Japanese options, and a growing substitute made in America prairie grass rugs. The piece also reports John Henry Saeger enlisting in the U S Army from St. Louis, with initial deployment to Peoria and then Jefferson Barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Army
John Henry Saeger
South Eleventh Street
United States Army
Peoria
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Atlantis Club Meeting Features Skit The Neigh bors
At the Atlantis annual meeting hosted by Mrs. Ira R. Calkins the main feature was a skit The Neighbors written by Iona Gale from Wisconsin. Cast with Mrs. Abel Mrs. G. A. Wells and others, the stage decor and period costumes echoed old fashioned kitchen life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantis
Ira R. Calkins
Iona Gale
Wisconsin
Calkins
Abel
G. A. Wells
Elsworth
Mary McCann
Trot
Kirk Shango
Moran
C. D. Center
Ida Stewart
Peter
Ira Calkins
Inez
Robert Halbach
Ezra Williams
Mamie Tripp
Co. D. Center
George Gardner
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertises Clear Skin
An 18th century style ad urges a clear healthy complexion by keeping bowels active with Dr King’s New Life Pills. The medicine claims to move bowels gently purify the system and improve the skin for 25 cents at the local druggist.
Local social notices highlight club events and gatherings
Miss Mary Hummert hosted the L O Q club at 637 Spruce Street with sewing and conversation followed by refreshments. A Bayview Interurban camp outing honored Mrs Korn's sister Ivy and her son Sam as they prepare to move to Fairbanks Alaska. Shakespeare and other club meetings are noted along with birthday surprises, readings, and picnics at Riverview Park. A fable closes the column with a moral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hummert
L. O. Q. Club
Spruce Street
Ted Urban
John Korn
Bay
Bayview
Josephine Meyer
G. T. H. Club
Riverview Park
Miss Meyer
Ella Moshage
Helen Schaffer
Edna Strakeljahn
Mabel Lampe
Myra
Lissetta Lageman
Edna Schlipman
Mabel Hodges
Elsa Rasche
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Outing Club
Y.w.ca
Mrs. Homemaker
Quincy Society
John Wall
Frank Simpson
Chicago
Percy Brown
D. F. Cover
Simpson
Bessie Shumaker
Jackson Street
Helen
Pearl
Lillie
Rock Island
Mr. Shumaker
Mother's Club
Berrian School
Shumaker
A.S. Parker
Machias
Maine
Evelyn Gurley-Kane
James E. McNutt
Quincey College of Music and Art
Lulu M. Felt
Henry F. Dayton
Catherine Montgomery
Chester Poling
Emery Lancaster
Ella Rogers
Miss Montgomery
Florence Halbach
C. Lawrence Wells
Margaret Murphey
Leavenworth
Kan
Margaret Lyford
Jack Hoeffier
W. T. Duker
Cora Montgomery
Joel Benton
E. A. Rogers
Silas Hayworth
Arthur Glenn
Cleveland
Marie Stahl
Charles Cottrell
Historical Society
Dorothy Quincy
W. H. Alexander
Aldo Zimmerman
T. D. Woodruff
Polly Sumner
W. J. Henry
Julia Sibley
Samuel Eldred
J. W
J. W. Emery
Auction Bridge
Samuel Moorman
Grand Rapids. Mich
J. Willis Gardner
J. ©. McConnell
Helen Louise Pringle
Chester Pringle
Kans
Oliver Willams
W. W. Williams
James Tatman
Unionville
Hakey
Lutheran Church
Marcelline and
Quincey
Tatman
Tan
Shakespeare Club
James McNutt
Bastian
Edward Higgins
van Buren Street
George Roger
South Sixth Street
Hazel Higgins
Cherel Otterpohl
Arthur Higgins
Joe Schaeffer
la Grange
Esther Reeder
Melrose
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ursa
Elizabeth Frazier
Miss Reeder
Quincy College of Music and Art
Edna York
Franklin School
Roland M. Holder
August Grewe
Double Six
The
Sonora
San Francisco Exposition
Victor
Edison
Pathe
Columbia
E.T. Hill
RISCO
Panamas
Shapes
Crooks & Cox Millinery Co
Maine Street
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