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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1911
Page
18
Katherine M. Joseph is editor. Clarence Brady visits D W Stafford on Pecan Street and attends a surprise dance at Mrs. Stafford's home. Guests include Alterkruse and several married couples. Dorothy Pagenstechey hosts a linen shower for Emily Fowler on South Presa Street with numerous invitees.
Little Miss Susie Maud Ward hosted a Friday afternoon watermelon party for her cousin Mary Billups of Edna Texas. Croquet and other lawn games entertained the visitors and a dainty menu followed. Attending were Verna Raby Margaret Green Mary Billups and the hostess along with William Robert Parkison Ellison and Hicks Green.
Miss Clara Rossey will entertain at her South Presa Street home Thursday evening for Miss Emily Fowler. Tables for the game of five hundred will be placed on the lawn with a guest list including several gentlemen and young ladies.
Miss Lucile Teagarden hosted a morning five hundred party for Miss Emily Fowler. The setting featured ferns and a gold and red color scheme. Four tables of players competed and guests received painted note books as keepsakes.
Last Friday evening the oily Boys' club hosted a watermelon hay ride for the Mystic Circle ladies and friends. Attendees included Lucille Lundberg Ella Lutz Paula Flaig Hattie Arnold Julia Dittmar Helen Piper Mae Grubbs Louise Heuberger Olga Hell Amanda Flaig Alma Grimm ence Heuberger Alice Goodier Elsie Hofer Selma MHoier and many others along with Mr and Mrs A W Bennett Mrs W Lundberg and numerous gentlemen including A Webb H Fraser C Stixrood Barney Neese Herman Arnold Howard Ooeeffinger Henry Rheiner Robert Hogan Frank Rutta Carl Michael William Simmang Maurice Fuller Robert Hopkins Dr Moody R Blowers Mr Wilson Jack Buck Werner Starke.
Miss Ophelia Brown, a teacher in the piano department at Miss Lewis schools, sends greetings from Denver where she is studying music and will not return before the latter part of August.
Mrs G Frasch and her daughter Mrs Minnie Schilling left today for a ten days stay in Corpus Christi with plans to enjoy the seaside and return refreshed.
Mrs J B Gill and her young daughter departed last week to join a month long camping group along the Guadalupe River at Waring, Texas.
Mrs W D Williams and family head to Bandera the first of August to spend a month with a party from San Antonio. Mrs B W Tynan and family are also at Bandera for a period. The Woman's Foreign Missionary group is mentioned in connection with activities.
The article touts sage tea and a sulfur remedy to darken and restore natural hair color. It notes grandmothers used sage tea for glossy hair, claims ease of use with a new prep, and advertises Wyeths Sage Sulphur Remedy as preventing hair loss and restoring color.
Miss Ray Verb entertained the Girls' School club at her home on 217 Sycamore street tonight. Honor guests included Miss Smilowitz of Houston and Mp. Kerns of San Diego Texas. Retiring Jewish Literary Club president Ben Adler received a solid gold umbrella with inscription from club members. Adler, who thanked the group, will depart soon for Des Moines Iowa then St Louis before returning to Texas to start a business venture.
Mrs J F Allport of Avenue B entertained last evening at her home for Miss Agnes Parks with a luminated lawn and candy contest. Winners included Mrs J Guelding for ladies and May Wagner for ladies second place. gentlemen prizes went to J F Allport and Charles Collins. Ices were served as guests, including May Wagner Vernerance Josephine Marie Hutzler and others.
F A Hornaday was hosted at the St Anthony roof garden dinner last evening in honor of Miss Wilda Mari Moore of Chicago, guest of Mr and Mrs F W Blackburn. A six course menu was served. Attendees included Miss Moore, Mr Hornaday, A Cowan of Detroit, H T Hansford, and Mr and Mrs F W Blackburn.
The Dignowity circle of Travis Park Home Mission society will meet at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with Reming at 619 Montana Street.
Mrs J W Combs of Alamo Heights returns from a visit with her sister Mrs William M Hazelton of New York City. Her guest is another sister Mrs Elizabeth Manford of San Marcos.
The Sphinx club hosted a Friday evening dance at West End lake with Mr. and Mrs. H Morris and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McCormick as chaperons. Punch was served and twelve straight plus four extras were danced, with attendees including Miss Townsend Helen Gunther Pearle Wilkerson Rowena Nye Annie Lea Kerr Helen Bolling Ethel Holmgreen Ruth Kelso Clara Grey Terry Marley and Messrs Allen Barnes Dr Herring Joseph Ryan Frederick Tips James Holmes Henry Clifton Sidney Lee Edward Swisher William Van Hoogenhuyze Raymond Woodward Guenther Froebel William Rote Edgar Tommins and Knox Walker.
Mr and Mrs Albert T Stevens have returned home after visiting Chicago and other Illinois cities.
Mrs B R Wilson or Mrs W H Bohart with her little son Wallace left yesterday morning for California Oregon Washington and other points in the west.
Hazel Luckenbach marked her first birthday yesterday at the South Olive street home. A large group of friends attended, and the afternoon was filled with cheer as the young hostess celebrated with family and guests.
J. A. Patterson, attendee at the Shriners conclave in Rochester New York, will return this evening after an extended trip through the eastern states.
Regular social meeting of the Playground association scheduled for Thursday evenings. Miss Penfield led last Thursday's program to a large attendance. The group extends invitations to the public to attend these socials.
The Willing Workers of River side Park Baptist church met last evening at the home of R. Calhoun with teacher Miss Fay Spencer. Attendees included Misses Iona White Hazel Granfield Elizabeth Rollins Eulah Smith Esther Ruby Dickey and Delia Calhoun.
Mr and Mrs A Harnisch host friends at home on 628 Montana Street with Miss Regina Martial visiting. local society note confirms residence and guest presence.
W A Chapman is very ill at his home 111 Callaghan avenue with appendicitis.
Riverside Park Baptist Church members plan a rally and roll call at the church this Friday August 4. The gathering aims to show support and confirm attendance with church leaders leading the event.
The San Antonio Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and Mrs. C. W. Childress will be the joint honorees of an elaborate function, to be held in the near future according to an advance notice.
In late July or early August Mrs. Harry Hyman will entertain her guest Mrs. C W Childress of Fort Worth with a Rock party at her home at New Braunfels and Hammond in Highland Park. Mrs L Hanford Tubbs and her daughter Mrs August Martin Herberich plan to travel to Chicago Michigan and other northern states with James Tubbs meeting them in Chicago before joining the northern journey. In September Mrs Herberich will go to New York to join her husband in Europe where they plan to make Switzerland their home for a few years.
Mrs. T A Simms will entertain at cards in honor of Miss Emmy Applewhite and Miss Sallie Simm at her home on 812 Nacogdoches Street Monday from 4 to 6 PM.
Mrs James A. Gallagher has as her guest at the Gunter hotel her sister, Miss Lucille Murphy of Laredo Tex.
Mrs E S Nordhaus and her daughter plan to leave Monday for Victoria to spend several weeks with relatives. Miss Ethel Minter ends a pleasant visit with her friend Mrs J W Pool at her ranch near Marfa.
Mr and Mrs Walter Napier of Mistletoe Avenue returned from Atlantic City where Mr Napier attended the Elks convention. They then visited Washington and New York. The Misses Hall, after weeks in California and the west, send greetings from Hollywood. They plan to arrive home August 1. Mike Erskine and Edward Donoho are vacationing in Galveston.
Miss Emma Gutzeit, traveling with a party of San Antonians and other Texans, reports from Versailles where she and friends spent last Sunday. She has attended operas including Gotterdammerung Riggotette and Salome and expects to return about September 1.
Miss Isle Haatman will entertain at breakfast Friday July 29 in the open air cafe at Hot Wells for Miss Emily Fowler and her bridal party. Mrs Roy W Hearne and children return from a two week stay at Port O Connor. Mrs Jack Burke and her son visit the city from Victoria for a few days.
Mrs James H Liebe entertained with a refined five hundred party on Friday night at Beacon Hill in honor of Mrs Henry W Flato of Monterey Mexico. Pink and white decorated rooms and iced refreshments set a festive scene with guests including Louise Holland Ruth A Kinney Eleanor Barclay Isabel Mayer Judith Rogers Constance Ball Lucy Hammond Edith Pancoast Virginia Wheat Leanora Bell Lawrence Bradley Jack Cassity Alfred Kilgore Fred Mayer Tobin Rote Winchester Kelso Will Mell Booth Edwin Seymour Maury Maverick Julius Barclay Clifton Harbadle and Crockett Snider.
A large attendance at the Jewish Literary club meeting on Thursday night July 20, 1911, in the Red Men’s hall. Leohie Henry was elected president and L M. [text incomplete] were noted during the session.
Nevelow was elected sergeant at arms. The building proposition was discussed and as the club will incorporate within the next month, action was deferred until August 1. The building committee includes Joe Brown chair, Ben Adler, Israel H Hahn, N E Alterman, William B Weininger, Mortis Novich, Louis Schwarz, Leon L Henry. Henry will appoint committees for the ensuing term at the next meeting. After the meeting, dancing followed to a late hour. The next club meeting is Thursday July 27.
A promotional note urges readers to ask their druggist about Weymouth Powder. It markets the product as a complexion tint suitable for every type of woman, emphasizing its cosmetic use.
A torpedo ray caught off Florida and sent to scientist A G Reynolds produced fourteen young in the lab, a first of its kind. The mother and offspring, preserved in formaldehyde, are now in the United States National Museum in Washington. Young measure about three and a half inches by two inches with nine males and five females. Photos appear in Popular Mechanics August issue.
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Thomas Barrington R A faces mounting debt in his sunlit London studio as Sydney Claxton refuses higher bids. With creditors pressing and a daughter to provide for, Barrington contemplates arson to burn the studio and its valuable canvases to clear his debts, risking all.
Advertisements claim Weymouth Powder gives a beautiful complexion with effortless use and noticeable results for daily beauty routines and vanity.
A Dés Moines Register quip jokes about mosquitoes emerging from a barrel of rain water as Mrs Hewligus asks where the insects come from and her husband tests if wigglers become mosquitoes.
A brief note observes that men tend to live longer in temperate zones than in torrid regions, suggesting climate as a contributing factor.
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