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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1916
Page
6
Social notes from Mobile describe home remedies and salon events. An advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound to restore dark, glossy hair with simple applications. The social calendar lists musical teas, sewing club meetings, church fundraisers, and showers for Miss Estelle Ollinger and Miss Norma Marshall with vivid party details.
Miss Elsa Adrienne Richard wed Clarence Adler in Government Street Temple with Dr A G Moses officiating. The celebration featured palms ferns and a six course supper at the Battle House with about two hundred guests. The couple depart for New York at home at Manhattan Square Hotel with many gifts awaiting them.
The rou Like It Club marks its Shakespeare focus with a celebration at the Ashland home of Mr and Mrs L L Davis. Mrs Watt Johnstone leads the program assisted by Mrs Harry T Inge as Washington guest deputy. The event features pink decor and a varied program including instrumental duets and a vocal solo, reflecting a season centered on Shakespeare and Browning.
Sport suits are the rage for tennis girls this summer. A stylish coat-suit by Mme Marguerite, Fashion Art League of America, uses Niagara Maid glove silk for the Norfolk jacket and skirt lining. The second gown features the same material and a flowing tie trim.
Thursday events include a dance to N O N A R D with Mrs Harry Cox at 8 p.m. a bridge party for Miss Mary Allen and Miss Estelle Ollinger at 3 30 p.m. a neighborhood sewing circle with Mrs J W Harroun in Semmes and a Wood Nymphs dance at German Relief Hall at 7 30 p.m.
Thursday calendar lists joint meetings of Mothers Circle and Young People's Jewish Association at Bnai Brith Hall and Mothers' Club at Settlement Home. A Home Economics cooking demonstration and a 3:30 gathering led by Mrs. C. B. Percy are noted. A Lyric Theatre benefit performance Saturday supports the School of Organic Education at Fairhope with a three act farce featuring teachers and students from several states.
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