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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
6
Katherine M. Joseph reports on a Romantic School reading by Mrs. H. L. Lathrop covering DeMusset Lamartine and Gautier and a talk by Mrs. Guy McFarland on Gothic Architecture of the Thirteenth Century. The event included a table discussion led by Mrs. McFarland.
Social calendar notes a banquet for the High School football team at Cafe Mexicana in the evening hosted by the girls. Mrs Aubrey Mrs Tuttle and Mrs Herff are chafing dish supper hosts at the Coun try club with the Chafing Dish club as guests. Mrs Dick Terrell hosts a luncheon at 1 PM for Miss Mattie Terrell. Musical Round Table meets at noon with Mrs Clarence Northrup Jones Fort Sam Houston. Children of the American Revolution meet at Mrs E A Holland’s Cedar Street home in the afternoon.
The Bonn Avon Thanksgiving dance delighted the collegiate department with seventy five bachelors and many girls. programs featured miniature footballs and twelve dances plus four extras. Punch circulated in the library as Misses Hall Estes Dexter Strang and Greathouse helped reception. The expression and music pupils gave a first recital of the year at St Marys hall with many named participants. The History club met at the club house where Mrs Floyd McGown presented Napoleon Bonaparte Vive lEmpereur and Mrs T H Milburn prepared a second paper.
Mrs J B Marvin of Sheldon says years of womanly ailments ended after using Cardui the tonic for women. She praises relief from left side pains and recommends others try it. The Chattanooga Medicine Co advertises a 64 page home treatment guide available by request.
Dr and Mrs Frank Paschal welcomed the Laurel Heights Wednesday Evening Five Hundred players to their West Cypress street home. A multiple course luncheon followed the game and handsome prizes were awarded to the winning players.
Mrs. Victor Eckhardt hosted a linen shower for her sister Miss Jussie Ives on Elmira Street last evening. Guests hid gifts around the house then showered them from a large basket. Red carnations decorated the dining room and pink and white the parlor. About thirty guests attended and music and contests followed refreshments.
Miss Virginia McDonald entertained the Pi Sigma club at her Mistletoe Avenue home yesterday afternoon. Sixteen club members played hearts at four tables with prizes going to Miss Katherine Ramstetter and Ross McKenzie. Musical selections followed by refreshments.
A large number of women attended the event hosted by the Women's Auxiliary with Mrs. H. C. Peterson as chairman and Mrs. Titus Eldridge as vice chairman. Palms and ferns decorated the auditorium where Misses Mildred and Margaret Chambers Claudia Smith and Mrs. Charles Denison presented a musical program. Refreshments were served.
The fall fashion notes a shared silhouette in afternoon frocks with surplice bodices and kimono sleeves, raised waists, and tunic skirts. Gem-tailored gowns mix charmeuse with velvet or striped silks, while imported serges and velvet remain in demand. pile fabrics in rich seasonal hues complete the look.
A pleasant reception took place yesterday afternoon at the Young Men's Christian Association hall with attendees enjoying light refreshments and socializing. Local leaders praised community spirit and youth engagement during the event.
Breakfast features grapefruit corned beef hash English muffins and coffee. Dinner includes tomato soup roast beef pan roasted potatoes onions carrots and plum pudding. Supper offers a cheese omelette creamed celery olive and potato salad orange marmalade sponge cake and chocolate. Vivid flower display and new/old phone numbers listed for contact. Maverick Clarke Litho and gift items advertised.
The narrator argues against a proverb and promotes meticulous grooming. She describes keeping hands soft with cold cream and lemon juice, shaping cuticles, filing nails, and using buffers, enamel, and rouge. She emphasizes nail polish, palm tinting, and eyebrow shaping to enhance beauty while preferring natural lines.
Helen and Delia contemplate moving chaos as two men pack and haul furniture from Warren's home. Rooms fill with dust, damaged veneering, and mislaid bills while Helen manages tasks, tenders tips, and arranges meals amid a delaying, tiring move.
A historical essay argues that women bore the brunt of frontier travel and settlement, yet earned little recognition. It condemns ungrateful male memory, praises women's struggle, and notes the push for voting rights as a sign of growing intelligence and appreciation.
Harper’s Bazaar notes surplice effects used in draping bodice gear with elbow length sleeves. Waistline lower than Empire line of last season. Peasant style features plaited girdle of soft material set above the line in many gowns.
Mrs W J Sutor of Austin is near her daughter Mrs D G Ell. The fragment notes family visits and addresses one city relation and kin.
Will C. Hoge of Houston attends a local city event as a guest, with details incomplete but noted as a civic or social occasion in the Mengd area.
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