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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1939
Page
17
A gardening column discusses pruning figs by variety, spacing Cosmos seeds, and timing for early and extra early Cosmos varieties. It advises pruning, fertilizing with phosphoric acid and potash, and notes climate differences across Texas while urging note keeping and pest control with nicotine sulfate and lead arsenate.
World renowned French cellist Maurice Marechal to perform in San Petro play house on Tuesday afternoon January 31. Noted for debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1925 and for extensive tours, Marechal will be accompanied by Brooks Smith as the assisting artist. The recital is the third of four Tuesday Musical teas sponsored by the Tuesday Musical club.
A fashion note highlights an ostrich feather comb with black velvet hawkknots as a chic accent for high piled hair. Another gold stone set design offers a bold jewelry touch for festive wear among fashion-minded readers. The piece contrasts Parker’s Victorian vibe with a velvet bow and gardenia. Nearby, the Incar nate Word College School of Music will host a Sunday afternoon concert at Falestiba hall on January 22 at 4 40 p m featuring Semues ta Lockhart Marjorie Trott Ann Marie Geyer and Margaret Geyer with an open invitation to the public. The Alpha Chi sorority plans a Monday meeting at Jerly Nonee’s home to elect officers and conduct business.
Sarita, famed dancer, appears February 1 at Jefferson High School auditorium at 8 15 p m under the local American Association of University Women branch. She morphs from Flamenco gypsy to shy Indian girl to Spanish aristocrat with authentic, colorful costumes designed by Sarita. Velasco, her Madrid born partner, and Ricardo Romero assist at the Plano with Sener Romero composing Spanish music and trimming numbers.
Mrs Vivian Brown Gillespie directed the Tuesday Musical Club program on Rococo arts with quotations from Van Loon. The event included Giordani and Pergolesi songs by Tocci and Terrell, a two piano piece by Weber, a reorganized string ensemble led by Dr Erich Sarantin, and Mozart Pastorale. Guests included Mrs Gabriel Kateenherner and Mrs Augusta Howley Rhodes.
Mrs. G P Roberts, president of the Art League, previews Sunday program at the Wilte museum with talk on art influence in Norway and Sweden. She describes artists employing crafts, fashioning artistic packaging, and raising labor and progress themes. Exhibition by Dasburg Higgins McFee shown through Feb 12.
The Aurora hotel sponsors the third Wednesday morning musicale on January 25 at 11 a.m. featuring Cecile Kern, lyric soprano, with pianist Jewel Carey. Kern, known in modem circles, sang with the San Antonio civic opera and led Fort Worth’s First Christian Church solos. Program includes Old English, French, Italian and modern English songs. no concert charge. luncheon parties may follow. Gibbons Club to Hear Review. Mrs. Mendel reviews The Importance of Living by Lan Yutang at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Gibbons Club, with Mrs. Binclair also reviewing Bamtrace Miteham's The Sumneneing Up for Mr. Doyle, who reads a paper on News of the Orient.
The San Antonio Federal Symphony, conducted by Willer Dunham, opens the second half of the 1988-39 season with a free concert funded by the city. The program features Tschaikowsky including March Slay and honors a benefit for wounded divers from a 1876 Turkey Serbia conflict. School concerts are planned for Saturday mornings with details to follow.
Bigma Alpha Epsilon members from San Antonio and Texas Rho chapter at Texas University plan a dance at the San Antonio Country Club. Dack Hornberger leads arrangements for the event scheduled for Tuesday evening.
Noted actress Joan Crawford favors vivid high crepe emerald green shoes with front draped skin detail and white bark oxford pumps for afternoon wear. The Tuesday Musical Club Junior Department meets Saturday January 21 at 3 PM in the Anna Hertaterg Hall of Music. program themed in Spanish vein.
Nelson Eddy baritone to launch a tour with a February 10 recital at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio. The schedule shows return engagements through late April, with a mid April New York recital at the Metropolitan Opera House, Eddy’s first there in four years. He follows radio and film work with Havana and Eastern dates, then returns to Texas for Friends of Music series finale. Telephones and mail orders are being received by Friends of Music.
Provence Rice, star of Poor Girls in White, wore a white silk faille gown with ribbon bodice and wide skirt at a social affair. She paired rhinestone trimmed slippers and an ermine cape, stepping out in formal style as the event drew guests. The scene included a Soresis clip meeting at 3 p.m. with Mrs. FE. Wards as leader at St. Anthony.
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