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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1908
Page
8
Grace Maury left yesterday to visit her uncle Reverend Achur Goddy and family in Austin before returning home.
Community groups host card clubs and bridge gatherings with prizes for Mrs Wright and Mrs Cotter. Families entertain at country dinners with guests from Omaha and Fort Worth. Alumni meeting scheduled, Harmony and other club activities listed, a Beethoven Hall vaudeville benefit for tree kindergarten, and Miss Sarah Lee Williams expected home from Chicago.
A collage of confection notes describes icing using sugar and glucose, corn syrup substitute, and ways to prepare pound cake with butter eggs flour and brandy. It mentions cheese marguerites, delicate brown biscuits, and Genilé rice cakes from oriental shops. The piece invites a Japanese themed party with a butterfly motif and a Monday recital.
A recent university dining event featured Japanese influenced sandwiches prepared by a graduate with expertise in Japanese customs. The menu included a single course and a cheese option, bread sliced thin and moistened, molded into oval shapes, and arranged with chrysanthemum garnish, presenting an unusual themed presentation for attendees.
Advice to young wives about maintaining social ties beyond the home. It warns that neglecting friendships can lead to isolation, narrow thinking, and unhappy marriages. Keeping up visits or polite invitations helps sustain support from friends during hard times.
Social notes report Miles Mary Evans returning from relatives in Uvalde, travel plans for the Maverick and Richardson families, and gatherings hosted by Magdames Grice and others. The column lists numerous visits, dinners, and social events involving Mrs. Healy, Miss Grogan, Judge and Mrs. Scott, Miss Hart, and guests from Omaha to Del Rio, with plans for summer residences and journeys to Oaxaca and Monterrey.
One of the wealthiest American girls to marry forefathers, Marshall Field's only daughter, Mire Pred, became wife to Captain David Beatty of the British navy. The Beattys reside in Guicestershire, England, a center of sport and high society. Mrs Beatty, renowned for American adaptability, is an accomplished horsewoman and hunter and is well known among the hunting set.
To her home to Brownwoot Mrs Moora has been a valuable addition to social circles while spending the winter with Mr and Mrs W C Moore Mr and Mrs O Sommera and children will return home today after an extended visit to Mrs Sommerster Mrs Max B Moyer Mrs Hegre PL Craight was invited to company of intimate friends to
Five years of schooling in Dresires and Europe ends with a return to Hime for debutante duties as two visiting airia groups plan wedding invitations for San Antonio friends. Notable weddings also loom for two well known local girls, while Adah-Chanter No. 49 of the Order of the Eastern Star hosts a Friday tea from 4 to 7 at 210 Auguste Street inviting fraternity members and friends.
The marriage unites Miss Malitona Bena Vides of Laredo with Kenneth Re Myman of Fort Worth. Prominent families from San Antonio join relatives for a ceremony at the Tenavides home, decorated in pink and white roses, amid social prominence.
A detailed wedding notice describes the union of Miss Salal Hyrdan and Kenneth R. Hyman with a white lace gown, orange blossom wreath, and diamond jewelry. The groom’s Andalusian Spanish-ancestry family links to Laredo’s founders and local leaders. Following the ceremony, Fort Worth residency is planned and a large dance party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Shifts honors Mrs. Maria Shafer, with a long guest list and a literary program. Community clubs schedule meetings, lectures, and socials, including the Abtic-Culture club and Phoenix club sessions, plus a weather forecast and ongoing literary questions in a school-like study segment.
The Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs holds an educational conference in Dallas on May Day with delegates announced from Bra. Jos B. Dibreil Seguin to Mrs. Pred Fleming Dallas and many others. Trayla School Mothers club meets Friday at the final hour. officers to be elected for the coming year. Reports will be read by the virtous Yele.
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