Cones Capable of Photos in Any Weather, Riverside Adv
Cones is equipped to take photographs in every kind of weather as noted by the Riverside building advertisement.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
6
Cones is equipped to take photographs in every kind of weather as noted by the Riverside building advertisement.
Mr and Mrs Sidney Prentiss Skinner host dancing at the Gunter for guests including Misses Catherine McGown Margaret Kokernot and Willie Clyde Cahloun. Miss Mary Louise Carter hosts a 1 o'clock luncheon at the Menger for Miss Mabel Lowe and Lowe’s bridal party holds a Danseante at the Menger after rehearsal.
Last week and next week bring many visitors and social events as Phi Alpha Sigma hosts a tango breakfast on December 24 in the Travis Club ladies parlor. Miss Birdie Elizabeth Coleman and Florabelle Townsend arrive December 22 to join their families for holidays. Mrs Coleman plans to meet her daughter in Cincinnati before joining Miss Birdie in San Antonio on December 22.
The Maja Daka Club met last week on Eighth street with Fay Fountain as president Hazel Schramm as vice president Helen Gregory secretary treasurer Mae Wood press reporter. Officers were elected and a two course luncheon served. Members include Ella Mae Neville Emily Orr Lucile Johnson Lassie Wassenich and others. Next meeting is Monday afternoon at Helen Gregorys home to plan a New Years party. Bascom Bells tea for Miss Margaret Bate of Louisville and Miss Clara Mae Brooks moved to Thursday afternoon.
Swift and Company reports fresh beef sales in San Antonio for the week ending December 13 at an average of 9.27 cents per pound. The weekly market reflects Advy pricing data.
The parish house will host a hot menu on Tuesday December 16 from noon to 2 pm featuring oyster cocktail chicken a la king corn souffle chipped potatoes combination salad rolls cakes pie and coffee. Also Xmas photos from Powells Studio at 512 East Houston Street orders promptly finished.
The bridal attendants for the Hoeffauer Walters wedding will be Miss Margaret Moore maid of honor Miss Lena Schumann bridesmaid Charles Swears best man and Adolph Smith groomsman.
Cloudy weather does not interfere with photography at Cone's Studio located in the Riverside building, according to a brief Adyv. notice.
Harvard students Ralph Bunker and Watson White played Archies in The Blindness of Virtue in Boston. The experiment, by Mrs William Morris, sought educated actors and proved successful with two days and five days of rehearsal. Cosmo Hamilton praised their polished performances and urged more college actors to be given chances in American theatre.
The Plaza Theater presented a diverse vaudeville bill with Edna The Flying Venus as headliner. The show featured mystery illusion, singing, dance, comedy juggling, and scenic numbers, drawing crowded Sunday performances and strong acts from Hungerford and Fuller Beach and Carroll Nolan and Nolan LaVelle and Finney Apollo Duo and Bertha.
Gertrude Hoffmann speaks through her dancing and impersonation while Ching Ling Foo headlines a Shanghai roster. George M. Cohan’s Broadway Jones debuts at the Grand, with Augusta Glose delivering a distinctively original act and dazzling costume changes.
American violoncellist Frederick Preston Search returns from Europe to give recitals in the United States. His West Coast tour drew enthusiastic crowds and over sixty city appearances, with plans to extend the tour. A New York recital may be arranged if his schedule permits, possibly next winter. Admission is free for Travis Club members and 126 non members pay a nominal fee.
The Octoroon by Dion Boucicault in three parts will play at Wigwam No 2 today. Set in the old South during slavery it promises dramatic scenes including a steamboat fire and rescue. Also featured is Stolen Identity a detective tale and a song by M. Clen de Bruin.
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