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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1911
Page
6
The page lists Sunday services across Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist, Christian, and Lutheran churches in San Antonio. It names pastors, church addresses, service times, Sunday schools, and special activities for each congregation, inviting all residents to attend.
Communications from editor Katherine M Joseph note social notices at the post and city events. Guests include Miss Mary Winter and Master James Clark with chaperones Mrs Churchill and Mrs Stewart. A Twenty second infantry band dance at the post and a St Anthony hotel dance featured twelve regular and four extra dances.
Mr and Mrs J T Wood Hull host a dinner for Miss Madeline White of Boston. A Girls club dance is at the Men ger in the evening. Miss Eleanor Herff is honored at a luncheon by Mrs John Herman Kampman on Lexington Avenue. Miss Flora Bell Townsend hosts a Plaza box party in the afternoon.
Members of the Pi Sigma club entertained about thirty guests at Miss Grace Neuman’s Baltimore avenue home. Decorations were red and green with Christmas flowers, dancing and refreshments were enjoyed. Several local residents and military officers attended the event.
A younger set of girls enjoyed a progressive luncheon yesterday at Fort Sam Houston. The first course was at Miss Barbara Ripley’s home, followed by Miss Katherine Treat for the second course, Miss Susanne Rice hosting the third, Captain Harper hosting the squad course for the fourth, and Miss Marie Thayer hosting the fifth course.
A crowded church bulletin lists offerings from German Evangelical Friedens church at Main and Elmira, St Marys and St Henrys Catholic parishes, and St Josephs. It notes New Year services, Holy Day of Obligation masses, devotions, and weekly prayers. Also covered are Christian Mission alliances and Bible Students gatherings with sermons and lessons at local halls and homes.
Tables are being reserved for a St Anthony hotel celebration featuring a soupes de lux at 10 30 p m in December.
Miss Clara Webb, guest of Miss Maud Barnes in Floresville, arrived home last night. She received many social courtesies during her visit.
Box parties are being arranged for a Plaza theater benefit matinee by the Daughters of the Confederacy on January 3. Our Reading club enjoyed an afternoon at Mrs. Rufus Lewis's home with a Chantecler scene performed by a volunteer group. The Epworth League at Travis Park Church will host a Sunday 9 10 PM watch service and sermon, replacing the usual service due to weather. The San Antonio chapter of the Southern Association of College Women postponed yesterday’s event to today from 3 30 PM to 6 PM due to rain.
The Christmas Cheer association halted operations after reviving post Christmas, unable to buy supplies for the poor. About 1400 baskets had been distributed from the headquarters at 329 West Commerce Street before a 6 pm closure. Mrs. Herbert B Linscott and Mrs. Mildred Brown announced reports and urged ongoing small charity to Una McCray at 310 Sherman Street.
A Harper's Bazar piece suggests a bride starting housekeeping after marriage would be charmed by a bath room shower. It highlights compact fittings like a rubber spray and small accessories such as soap dishes toothbrush holders sponge racks towel rods shelves bath mats towels wash cloths sponges and decorative bottles with gold labels along with toilet waters and bath salts.
A fragment notes Theo Artzt's Orchestra and identifies A Colliman the plumber at 416 Main Ave. No event details or date provided.
The engagement of Mrs. Oliver Cromwell a Washington and New York society leader and widow of yachtsman Oliver Cromwell who died in 1909 to Edward T Stotesbury of Philadelphia a financier linked to J P Morgan interests is announced. The marriage is planned for early 1912. Stotesbury is noted as a several million heir and president of Drexel Co the Philadelphia branch of J P Morgan Co.
A humorous essay about Mrs Lysander John Appleton chasing youth via afternoon rest and beauty ideals. Her pursuit ends in chaos as she hunts for a supposed beauty book, misplacing tasks and revealing the impracticality of aging woes. The tale mocks cosmetic trends and male approval of inner calm over surfaces.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia secretary of the National Municipal League and a national authority on municipal affairs will speak at Beethoven Hall on the nights of Crees 24 and 25. No admission charge is planned. Webb says San Antonio citizens gain an unusual chance to hear a recognized authority on municipal subjects and likely to discuss the advantages of the commission form of government.
The St Anthony hotel will celebrate New Year with a souper de lux served Saturday December 30 at 10:30 p.m.
Helen in a department store rushes through a long Christmas shopping day. She discovers a missing ten dollar bill after a frantic search, fears asking Warren for money and endures a tense evening. A kitten unravels the mystery when the bill is found inside a muff.
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