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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1915
Page
6
A soldier returns on Easter day amid joyous crowds and church bells. He recalls the long road to glory, the pull of home, and the wish for peace as he contemplates love, war’s scars, and the bright awakening of spring personified by an April fool maiden.
The K. O. R. Easter ball will be held Monday night at German Relief Hall starting at 9 o'clock. General Chairman H. J. Griffin and a large reception committee including W. G. De Molly Gregory L. Smith Paul Danner Ashbel Hubbard and many others will run the event.
The Bachelors Cotillion Club presents their last dance of the season on Tuesday evening at the Battle House Auditorium. Attire is strictly costume de rigueur with Mr. Maiden Cammack leading with Miss Willie Luscher.
Mobile Lodge No. 108 Elks issued invitations for an Easter Wall event on Wednesday evening April 7 at 9 o'clock. Several hundred tickets have been sent out for the affair described as costume religious.
The Phi Psi Chi chapter of Delta Sigma hosts its fifth annual dance Friday at 9 PM in the Battle House Auditorium with costume attire. First couples should arrive by 8:30 PM. lists committees and chaperones including Frank R. McConnell as general chair and John P. Courtney leading reception duties. A Pickwickian Club dance follows April 5 at 8:30 PM in the Armory Auditorium with C A Gordon chair and EF Grove and C F Delhomme as members.
A group of residents favors retaining the Bishop Wilmer Memorial Church Home for Orphans at its current location. They cite the site donation by John Johnson Esq as a primary reason and argue that moving the home requires careful consideration of all viewpoints before any action.
A group urges razing current buildings to install new church home on the consecrated site funded by Church Home endowment and donations. They seek a modern facility with better compensation for sisters and long term self sufficiency, honoring Bishop Wilmer, with support from dozens of local families and friends. A school fundraiser adds four golden eggs prizes for students, with a prize cake for the top-ticket seller.
The regular monthly Red Cross seal committee meeting at Mobile public library focused on expanding anti tuberculosis work. Members stressed education, sun shine, and proper ventilation as keys to prevention and the role of sanatoria and camps in caring for patients and reducing community risk.
The ladies of the Raphael Semmes school organize an Easter egg hunt at 2 p.m. on a selected date to raise funds for improving the school grounds and making them more attractive.
The Needham Bryan Chapter D A R met at the home of Mrs. George Threefoot and Mrs. J. Walker as joint hostesses with many members in attendance. Delegates were chosen to attend the Continental Congress in Washington, Mrs H T Inge acting regent and Mrs John McAlpine selected.
The Easter season edition of the Colonial Minstrels will showcase a large cast under Mrs. Rowley with performances by Esther Reynolds Genevieve Sherman William Wall Lucy Cullinane Cecile Sherman Irene Steele Pat Brown Isabelle Sullivan Mignon and Sheryl Vautrot Francis Dean Reynolds Jack Hurliburt Bob Courtney and others. A second part features a ballet by Gladys Tompkins and songs saxophone solos by Elizabeth Sisson Ora Lee McMillan Max Lavelle Irvin Little. A third part presents the sketch Pygmalion and Galatea with Miss Marie Richard and Mr. Hunter. Dance revue directed by Miss Shaffer and Mr. Neuberger with Mobile society participants and Vera Williams introducing a maid chorus.
In Easter week Mobile society turns to philanthropy with the Passing Show at the Lyric Theatre on April 17 benefiting the Ladies of Charity directed by Mrs Hardee Senter Rowley. The event aims to raise funds for relief work and to bolster the charity’s long record of aid to the poor, including food clothing medicine burial and employment for the destitute and fallen girls. The Penny Fair for Grace Chapel Sunday School has been postponed to April 6 at 3 30. Also noted are the Smith Creary wedding on Wednesday at Six at the Creary home and the Christ Child Sewing Society meeting at McGill Institute Wednesday at 11.
Mr and Mrs William Webster Rayfield announce the engagement of their eldest child to a local partner. The couple plans a forthcoming wedding in the region with family and friends invited to celebrate the union.
Announcement for the marriage of Anne Lou E to Nicholas J Vickers set for June sixteenth at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. No cards.
Mr. Thomas J. Sheridian declares his daughter Mary Blondina will wed William Dillon Bridges. The marriage is set for April 7.
Miss Ethel Burgess will entertain at dinner Tuesday evening at her residence at 8 o clock in compliment to the Smith-Creary bridal party. Mr and Mrs G H Randall will entertain a buffet supper Monday evening in honor of the Arnold Overall bridal party after the rehearsal.
The regular meeting of the Ladies of Charity will be held on Monday at 4 p m at the Conti street asylum.
Mrs Ed Flynn hosts a morning sewing party for Miss Marie Webb a leading April bride to be at 11 o clock with a buffet. Mrs Rhett Goode hosts the Arnold Overall bridal party Tuesday evening with a buffet supper. Mrs J O Dickens hosts the Arnold Overall bridal party at luncheon Tuesday at Cawthon Hotel. Miss Madelaine Maury to spend Easter at Bedford City with Mrs Griffin. Mobile Graduate Nurses Association meets April 7 at the Medical Society Hall. Missionary Society of First Baptist meets at Bush Auditorium Monday at 11. Easter Egg Hunt by Angels Sodality at St Marys Asylum grounds Easter Monday proceeds for orphan meals.
The Mobile branch of the Southern Association of College Women will meet Friday at 3 30 p m in Parlor C at the Battle House. A clean up day begins Monday with Governor Henderson issuing an April 5 proclamation for the campaign.
The piece urges Federation of Women's Clubs to back Health Day urging schools to teach cleanliness for a healthier state. It lists New Britain Connecticut and Mobile as relevant, and quotes a Ten Commandments of Spotless Town with practical tips from not littering to proper trash disposal. It notes the Trinity Workers meet Friday at 4 to finalize plans for a Japanese Fete on April 16.
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