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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1915
Page
9
A mixed page item notes poetry praising a city of dreams and reports on May Pencil Day events. The Mobile Infirmary Association plans a fundraising sale led by Mrs. e with committees announced. proceeds support charity patients and long time care, with headquarters at the City Bank and the slogan Buy Pencil throughout the day.
Miss Edna Lewis will appear as Miss Cle mentine in A Bachelor's Romance to be presented by Blackfriars in May. The Christ Child Society hosts a free Garden Party on April 22 at 982 Government street with ice cream cake candy salads and sales. Proceeds aid the Maternity Home and other young beneficiaries.
Isabel Hamilton saves money from housekeeping and offers to pay her husband John Dennis life insurance, funding his new overcoat. John, touched by her generosity, accepts the loan to keep up appearances as they face modest means and ensure her security. The scene explores marriage, frugality, and mutual care.
The next action in the plot is hinted through Henry's and Gloucester's speeches, signaling the ensuing play. Their dialogue builds anticipation for the forthcoming events and outcomes.
The Old Shell Road School Improvement Association will hold a called meeting on Friday April 23 at 3 p.m. A large attendance is requested.
The annual meeting of the Ladies of Charity will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at Conti Street Asylum. Reports from all officers and committee chairmen will be read and a large attendance is earnestly requested as officers are to be elected.
Freidrich Froebel born 1782 Oberweissbach Germany died 1852 is honored on April 21, the 133rd anniversary of the founder of the kindergarten. Mobile kindergartens hold At Homes on Wednesday morning with visits open to parents and the public from 10 30 to 12.
Advertises Brownatone hair tinting as safe and easy to use with a comb or brush. Claims quick results, monthly touch ups, and that it does not rub off or contain dangerous dye ingredients. Two shades offered golden to medium brown and dark brown to black. Samples and booklet available for 10 cents. sold in leading drug stores or by direct order from The Kenton Pharmacal Co. Covington Kentucky.
Leinkauf Barton Russell Semmes Clark Oakdale Whistler Marechal Old Shell honored in city birthday notice highlighting residents with anniversaries and community recognition.
The Mobile Kindergarten Study Club will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Russell Kindergarten.
The executive board of the Mobile Federation of Women's Clubs is convening on Wednesday at 10 30 in the Colonial Room of the Cawthon Hotel. The notice specifies the meeting time and location for board business.
A Georgia delegation heads to the D A R congress in Washington on April 19 as Mrs. S W Foster of Atlanta is nominated for vice president general from Georgia. She is widely supported by state regents and prominent Georgia women and has earned endorsements from D A R leaders nationwide. The race includes Mrs. William Cumming Story and Mrs. George T Gurnsey with politics expected to be pivotal. Mrs Guernsey recently visited Atlanta, guest of Mrs Foster during the state conference.
A lawn party for St Vincent's School will be held Tuesday afternoon starting at 4 o'clock. Home made cake candy and ice cream will be offered among the refreshments at this charitable af fair.
Mrs. Jack Ross hosted a Saturday tea for Mrs. David Riley Cook of Selma. The setting featured dogwood blossoms and a pink rose centerpiece with silver candlesticks. Mrs. Cook, guest of Mrs. J. W. Hunter, will visit Mrs. Charles Syler next. An April 30 mask dance is being organized by Miss Marie Shaffer’s dancing students and friends at German Relief Hall.
A birthday party honoring Miss Maud McIntosh was hosted Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. BE. M. Martin. Friends and relatives enjoyed a pleasant event with refreshments and socializing as the celebration continued into the night.
Miss Hilda Kern, Mobile's gifted performer, starred as Pauline Pavlovna in the Lyric theatre Passing Show. Her graceful delivery made the Russian love story a dramatic highlight alongside many local players including Anna Belle Smee May Barnes Ruby Smee Inez Barnes L D Gilbert Florence Gilbert Jennie Finkle Ellie McIntosh and others.
Pensacola society column records visits and travel plans of Miss Mabel Byers, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rudd, Miss Maggie Newberry, Miss Alice Gullahan, Miss Isabel Johnston, and others. It notes Mrs. Roy Allbright’s return from the Drahan home and travel to pass Christian and New Orleans. A fashion survey highlights beaded bags, amber spheres, colored heels, and silver sandals with jeweled buckles, plus dragonfly designs and spring trends.
A London fashion note describes the submarine hat a close fitting elongated tube straw piece in Bordeaux color with a long cross aigrette that sits above the eye and nods to naval names. It joins the pansy bonnet as a quirky trend with vivid purple pansies on taupe and purple straw toques and turbans.
The First Baptist Sunday School under Mrs R V Taylor shows 60 in the enrollment with 35 average attendance on Sundays. A push to reach 509 attendees next Sunday is underway while Mobile county ranks highly at the recent Dothan convention. The supply class meets monthly for business and social time with visits to absentees and sick. Missionary work includes supporting a girl in Miss McKenzie's China school.
The Home Economics Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday morning April 20 at 11 o'clock in Chamber of Commerce rooms. Members expect full attendance as elections, weights and measures report, and a Lyons Park basket picnic April 28 with reciprocity day guests are on the agenda.
The Mobile Equal Suffrage Association shows growing interest in suffrage study and fair minded Mobilians. Meetings are open to the public and both supporters and opponents may attend. The regular semi monthly meeting is Tuesday at 8 at the Cawthon Hotel and all members are urged to attend.
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