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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1911
Page
7
A critical reflection on brain laziness in modern life. The piece contrasts grand intellectuals diagnosing others with long words to the simple truth that people avoid deep reading and complex thinking. It laments reliance on easy entertainments over sustained mental effort.
Read tips from Mrs Martyn on skin care hair care and tonics. Advice covers avoiding face powder using spurmax lotion and glycerine for a refined skin look. delatone for hair removal. a home tonic with sugar and alcohol for vitality. crystal and quinine eye care for clearer sight. a dandruff scalp tonic with quinine. parnotiy weight loss drink. and a canthrix shampoo for glossy hair.
A wartime era beauty tip prescribes mixing almoroin glycerine and cold water to make a grease free facial cream. The paste is said to remove blackheads freckles and discolourations and to massage into the skin for a smoother complexion. Ad promotes Mrs Martyn's book Beauty priced at five dollars.
Katherine M Joseph serves as editor for the office with old phone 176 and new line 1359 at home 28632 contact details for publication authorisation.
A busy afternoon and evening feature a B Natural 35 club meeting with Eleanor and Katherine Clarke on Mistletoe avenue, the marriage of Lester D. Gilmore to Elsie Juliet Seebe at Cedar street, and a 4 to 6 pm reception at Rev. and Mrs Porter's home. Laura Crider hosts a Halloween party on Brooklyn avenue and Harland children host a goblin party. N. M. Karney at Alamo Methodist hosts the event. Mrs Pendleton hosts a birthday social at Central Christian church.
Miss Katherine Farmer and Miss Carrie Gallagher host a Hallowe'en party in the evening at Miss Farmer's home.
Mystical ceremonies mark the eve of All Saints Day with Halloween festivities in San Antonio. Young people perform entertainments to reveal future spouses, while a farewell reception for Rev. J. H. Groseclose closes the service at Government Hill Methodist Church. Mrs. C. H. Bertrand hosts the Laurel Heights Bridge Club tomorrow at Mistletoe Avenue.
Mr and Mrs T A Jones and daughter Marion attend the Schackelhoss Herpel wedding in the city tonight. Kathleen Hall returns from Atlanta to spend winter with her daughters on Waklana street and guests from Victoria visit Mrs Eugene Sibley at 829 Grayson Street until after the fair. The Prospect Hill Methodist Women’s Missionary society meets at 2 pm tomorrow. L L Francis host a Hallowe en party at 211 Carson street. Shakespeare club postpones to next Monday to study Julius Caesar with Mrs William Luke hosting after. Miss Nina Greathouse postponed recital to next Friday at Bonn Avon school. Several box parties at the Plaza include Mesdames Hart Surkamp Lane Smith Davies from the Philippines and Misses Luedinghaus Beckman and Lillie Bell. Self Culture club social at Mrs Stephen Stumberg’s on Erie avenue. prizes won by Miss Long and Mrs Dooly and Mrs Eldridge and Mrs Walker in second contest. A luncheon is served at the chocolate table with Mrs J ee presiding.
An advertisement touts Pinex as a fast acting cough cure for deep seated and even whooping cough. A 50 cent bottle mixed with sugar syrup yields a pint and promises relief within 24 hours, with guarantees and a mail order option via The Pinex Co. in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Dr and Mrs Brockway hosted guests in the hall with Mrs Dauchey Mrs Houston and Mrs Johnson greeting in the parlor. Miss Claudia Rachel hosted a five hundred party at her Garden Street home from 3 to 6 with tables for forty and prizes awarded after the games. Miss Coltrane and the San Antonio Female College club planned a Hallowe en party at 380 Lake Avenue while Miss Lucile McGoldrick hosted a Hallowe en gathering on Avenue B.
Miss Mary Dearling hosted a china shower for Miss Emma Jehl at her Nolan street home. The event featured fern and flower decor in green and white, lotto games, a three course luncheon, and hosting by Mrs. William Dielmann and Mrs. 8 Joseph Ripps. Attendees included Fay Neuhaus Anna Dielmann Kinda Dielmann Teresa Courand Lillie Aschbacher Milly Wagner Josephine Tarrillion Mrs. A Seffel and Mrs. Leo Dielmann.
Miss Pauline Stippich hosts a Hallowe'en party this evening at 515 Fast Elmira Street. Theo Artzt's Orchestra will perform and partygoers may call taxi using both listed phone numbers.
In Wilkes-Barre Alderman Donahue condemns dining conduct after Walter Gordon and Kimball Clements clash over table manners. Clements is found guilty of disorderly conduct for heckling Gordon and causes a restaurant to be evacuated during a chaotic pie course scene.
The Fawcetts’ son Sid returns home for a holiday and, once shy around women, is coaxed by family to pursue courtship. A staged tease with the Curlew sisters backfires as Sid openly roams with Emily Leeke, then confesses a love match with Miss Penton. News of engagements follows as Sid faces consequences.
The Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society will meet at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon in the vestry rooms of the temple. The San Pedro Circle of Travis Park church meets at 4 tomorrow afternoon with Mrs George Altman at 623 Jackson street. Mrs Sol Frank and Mrs David Frank of 311 West Laurel observe the first and third Wednesday of each month as their days at online. The goblin fete at Harlandale school has been postponed to Thursday evening on the school grounds.
A midcentury ad promotes Cottolene as a pure vegetable oil cooking fat. It contrasts Cottolene with lard and butter, claims no hog fat and less cost, and argues it reduces indigestion in foods prepared with it.
An advertisement touts Lax Fos as a liver and digestive health tonic promising strength and overall wellness with a money back plan. It urges readers to ask their druggist for a second bottle and proclaims the product the best bill ever seen in the south.
Harper's Bazar notes new bib styles with triangular ends and pointed outlines. Thin rubber bibs gain popularity for baby wear, finished with lace and a fine weave like nappier silk, though practicality of rubber over the chest remains debated.
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