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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1911
Page
9
Miss Betty Matthews and Miss Catherine, society reporters, report updated contact phones. Betty changes from 2951 to 1359, while Catherine’s home number remains 2862.
Mrs Henry Roos has returned from a trip to Dallas and Shreveport Louisiana, where she visited relatives during her journey.
Dorothy Dix surveys male presumptions and the bite of masculine arrogance from courting myths to wage gaps. She argues men equate dominance with virtue and resist women entering paid work or politics, despite women’s equal intellect and civic interest.
Sir Frank Newnes recalls London’s amusement over the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall and its facilities. A London judge’s Turkish bath misadventure ends with a rubber’s forceful bounce and a retort about prize fighting.
A compact verse fragment frames a wary bard who loves money over beauty. The speaker hints at deceit and profit linked to selling value when prices rise, implying a moral tension between art and commerce.
SOCIAD CALENDAR notes the Woman's club holds an open session tomorrow at 6 p m at the club house. Miss Fenita MccMill hosts the Afternoon Five Hundred at 8 p m at her home 509 San Pedro avenue. Commencement exercises of San Antonio Female College at 10 a m.
The Tuesday Five Hundred club met at 201 Woodlawn avenue with prizes awarded to Mrs. M. B. Wright and Miss Bessie Sherman. A San Antonio Female College musical program featured students including Miss Lucile Smith and Miss Irene Longmaid. Commencement exercises awarded certificates across English literature music English history Latin Spanish and physical training. The Central Woman's Christian Temperance Union seeks fruit and flower donations for Flower Mission Day to visit jails and charitable institutions.
The Parish Aid society of St Mark's mission on Laurel Heights will meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the mission house. The new officers will preside. The Young Ladies' auxiliary of Madison Square Presbyterian church will meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with Miss Mary Stone on Park avenue.
The Ladies' Aid society of Madison Square Presbyterian Church will gather at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon with Mrs. Hundson hosting on Alamo Heights. Miss Nell Quin of Galveston visits Mr. and Mrs. Alex Villaret on Magnolia Avenue for several weeks.
The Lescas British Woman's Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at 525 Nolan Street this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Full attendance is desired due to important business coming before the club.
Miss Fenita McMillan hosts a 500 Club event this afternoon at her Pedro Avenue home. Handpainted tallies will serve as souvenirs while two rounds of games conclude with three prizes. Guests include Eleanor Stevens Kathleen Scott Fort Sam Houston Alice Richards Kansas City Lamar Brewster Laredo Luceda Spuier Mexico Bessie Austin Fanns Maddux Josephine Woodhull Jean Aubrey Lucy Atkinson San Marcos Fannie Maud Du Pew Palestine.
Miss Fairfax Janin returned yesterday from New Orleans where she was attending Miss Blake s school. She was accompanied by her mother Mrs C C Janin.
Miss Lucy Atkinson plans a quick return from a visit with Miss Omer Austin and Miss Mallie Shropshire. The First Presbyterian church Young Ladies Aid postpones a 4 pm musical due to Mrs. Florida P. Tunstall’s death. Chow Chow high school fraternity hosts a May 26 dance at Casino hall. Willard W. Co. T. A. meets May 3 at 3 pm with Mrs. Geo. Nies. attendance urged. Thursday Bridge club cancels meeting out of respect. resumes May 11 with Mrs. William Cassin. Miss Mattie May Lowe departs for Manila via San Francisco May 6. Tuesday Musical club meets May 8 at 4 pm. Low Seniors host dancing May 12 at Harmony hall for graduates. Miss Margaret Haile hosts a dinner Friday for Beta Tau Zeta play cast.
Mrs Adolph Herff will entertain at dinner at the Gunter hotel in the latter part of next week in honor of the senior class from Bonn Avon school.
The graduating exercises will be held at Beethoven hall on the evening of June 1. The class plans to present Tennyson's Princess in a dramatic program.
Mrs Emily Matgear and her son George depart for Europe this Saturday traveling via New Orleans Washington Baltimore Philadelphia to New York. They will board the steamship Campania on May 20.
Miss J M Vance hosted a bridge luncheon with Mrs B F Yoakum honored. Five courses were served and prizes awarded to Mrs Yoakum Mrs T A Coleman Mrs Charles Starr Mrs Nellie Jamison and Mrs Sam Bell. The guest list included several local ladies and Mrs P H Swearingen will host the Woman's club open meeting this afternoon with a supporting committee. Miss Lucile March returned to San Angelo after visiting Mrs George Hagelstein.
A reader shares long standing home remedies for foot calluses and skin care. Instructions include using hot water with washing soda and pumice, petroleum applications, and guidance on cleansing blackheads before applying astringents. Additional recipes cover a breath freshening lotion, cleansing cream, and skin food used by European women.
Jeff Davis, the fire eating senator from Arkansas, was admitted to the bar at age nineteen. He observed neutrality during the Civil War, being three years old when Lee surrendered.
Quick household hints include folding table linens widthwise to prevent wear, sewing coat hooks under a pad to stop slipping, boiling china with lye to remove paint, and sprinkling sugar on sponge cake before baking to form a crust.
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