Lyric Opens Les Miserables With Dr Laws Party
The Lyric presents Les Miserables as the first gala of the budding season. A theater party in honor of Dr Sophie Laws of Nova Scotia will attend with Miss Margaret Austill and Mrs Croom, joined by Mrs Sydney Robbins. They will arrive Wednesday evening and have dinner afterward at the Battle House Roof Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric
Hugo
Sophie Laws
Nova Scotia
Margaret Austill
Spring Hill
Laws
Miss Austill
Croom
Sydney Robbins
Battles Wharf Hosts Six Moonlit Evenings Of Summer Joy
Dances and lawn parties light up Battles Wharf as Belmont society enjoys a week of seaside gaiety. Lucille and Mary Knight Rush, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Rivers Rush, rank among its most popular young ladies. Lucille Rush departs for Brown's Well today with Miss Jewell Davis of Vicksburg to visit Miss Davis, then returns to Vicksburg. The Stoll sisters entertain with Miss Eloise Ibach, a former Mobilian living in Vincennes, and Miss Hattie Arnold notes her earlier visits to Point Clear. Miss Katherine Hughes hosts the visiting trio, while Miss Marian Overton welcomes Miss Eula Walsh and Miss Alba Gower at Battles Wharf for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayety
Battles Wharf
Lucille
Mary Knight Rush
Rivers Rush
Battles
Lucille Rush
Brown's Well
Ibach
Vincennes
Ind
Hattie Arnold
Point Clear
Katherine Hughes
Marian Overton
Sea Sands
Eula Walsh
Alba Gower
Coden
Point Clear Seashore Aides a Lively Summer Scene
At Point Clear the big hotel fills with agreeable people as summer fun continues. Misses Aline and Irwin Fearn visit with their parents, joined by Elise Hail and other young guests enjoying beachside games, dancing, and swimming with local families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Clear
Aline
Irwin Fearn
George Fearn, Jr
Elise Hail
Margaret
Ella Packer Blacksher
Helen Terrill
Daphne
Celia Webb
Billie Lott
Billie Ponder
Julian Watters
Edward Hughes
Howard
James Mahomer
Vincent Beroujon
Nellie Beroujon
Fried
Away to the Mountains Travel Theme Emerges
In Mobile the weekend rush shifts from seashore trips to mountain escapes as August arrives. Mr and Mrs Tom Marshall departed Thursday for Hendersonville North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Point Clear
Tom Marshall
Hendersonville
N. C
Social notes outline summer travel and visits
Mrs A S Huntington plans a sequence of trips from Point Clear to Reedsville and Mount Airie North Carolina then Asheville and Washington for visits. Mr and Mrs C T Duncan travel to Tennessee to see Mr Duncan’s parents. Miss Kate Alley of Montgomery has joined Hunter house party duties in Fayetteville North Carolina after a Gulf Coast visit. Mrs Stelle Partridge heads to Belle Fontaine to visit Mr Partridge’s parents at their seaside home. Master Eccles Holloman enjoys a plantation vacation near Catherine Alabama. Van Alen Holloman returns to Mobile from Selma. Miss Agnes Fowlkes and Miss Lula Harris of Macon Georgia end a ten day Point Clear sojourn and head home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.S. Huntington
Old Homestead
Point Clear
Reedsville
Mount Airie
N.C
Asheville
Washington
Kate Alley
Montgomery
Gulf Coast
Gabrella Barret
Coden
Fayettesville
N. C
Hunter
Stelle Partridge
Belle Fontaine
Mr. Partridge
Sea Shore
Eccles Holloman
Joseph Robbins
Catherine
Ala
van Alen Holloman
Mobile
Selma
Agnes Fowlkes
Lula Harris
Macon
Mrs Harry Inge Heads to Canada for Season
Mrs Harry Inge departed in the latter part of last week for Canada and plans to stay until midsummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Inge
Canada
Misses Goodloe Invitees Spark Jackson Alabama Social
Misses Jessie and Lola Goodloe with Vivian Goodloe of Mobile hosted a day ride and supper party in Jackson at the Choctaw Inn run by Messrs. Sutton. The program opened with a harvest home feast and included games and moonlight trips to White Sulphur Wells followed by a summer dance featuring the Virginia Reel and other historic dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie
Lola Goodloe
Vivian Goodloe
Mobile
Jackson
Ala
Sutton
Moonlight Bay
White Sulphur Wells
The Doorman And The Boot Insight On Dominance
A reflective piece compares ruling and submissive natures to a boot trampling a doormat. It warns against forcing others or surrendering entirely, urging self critique, balance, and a middle course to avoid discord and achieve lasting peace and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bleont
Agray
Dalles
Social event highlights with notable guests and hosts
Calvert and Jackson joined hotel guests in a notable affair. Mr. Slaughter and Mrs. W. W. Lamb opened the grand march, with the reel led by Mr. T. Pace and Miss Berry. Miss Edna Dukes visits Mrs. Davis in Mt. Vernon and Miss Hernanie Partridge of Demopolis, a former Mobilian, visits Mrs. J. D. Oliver in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvert and Jackson
Mr. Slaughter
W. W. Lamb
Edna Dukes
Mrs. Davis
Mt. Vernon
Hernanie Partridge
Demopolis
J. D. Oliver
Birmingham
Social Guests Visit Local Homes in Battles and Fairhope
Miss Clara B. Crossland visits Battles as guest of Mrs. Barron. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Sundberg and their child stay with Mrs. Sundberg's mother Mrs. E. C. Slosson at Fairhope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara B. Crossland
Battles
Barron
Reuben Sundberg
Little One
Mrs. Sundberg
E. C. Slosson
Fairhope
Residents and Visitors Make Summer Itineraries
Mrs Goode and her children have returned to the city from Fairhope where they stayed with Mrs M M Crawford. Mr Mark Molyneux visits relatives in Fairhope. Miss Stella Kern of Battles leaves for Asheville NC for the rest of summer. She is accompanied by her sister Miss Anna era. After a Gulfport visit with Mrs Sally Davis on West Beach street Mrs George William Cleveland returns home after a pleasant stay. Mrs Raymond Davis plans to return Monday following a six day visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Kern
Battles
Asheville
N. C
Annaera
Gulfport
Sally Davis
West Beach Street
George William Cleveland
Raymond Davis
Maggie
Mr. Thurston
Helen
Mrs. Thurston
Minnie
Warren
Thurston
Syawcaie
Jove
Mrs. Thruston
Mia
Henry
Scott
Conflicts of a Housekeeper and a Polish Hostess
Helen struggles with Maggie the housekeeper over cleanliness and cost while hosting the Thurston guests. Maggie’s bluntness clashes with Helen's desire for a flawless dinner. Warren and Mr Thurston offer pragmatic, contrasting views on Maggie’s value and loyalty. The piece centers on domestic strain and social expectations.
Villa marching south at head of large force
Ex-colonel Juan Dozal reports General Francisco Villa leads 1500 troops moving south from Ascension Chihuahua toward San Buenaventura about sixty miles west of Gallego station on the Mexican National Railroad.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
Juan Dozal
Constitutionalists
Francisco Villa
Ascension
Chihuahua
San Buenaventura
Gallego Station
Perfect Health sans Crown of Glory and Woman’s Diseases
Question prompts admiration for aged women in perfect health and warns women to guard against female diseases. Mentions Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as nature’s remedy for organic derangements, touting forty years of success as a grand record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Forgiveness and Friendship Remembered in Memory's Cold Storage
A reflective essay argues that true friendship survives only with full free forgiveness. Withholding forgiveness widens rifts and hardens hearts, while generous, spontaneous forgiveness awakens the nobler side of human nature and brings peace, reconciliation, and renewed joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memry
Suffragist Leaders Arrive To Launch New York Campaign
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt arrives from Europe to lead the Inter national Woman Suffrage Association fall drive in New York. She will train suffrage orators and oversee sixty three Greater New York districts while Miss Mary Garrett Hay coordinates party conventions to secure five minute addresses and push for pro suffrage candidates at primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Carry Chapman Catt
International Woman Suffrage Association
Europe
Catt
Mary Garrett Hay
Woman Suffrage Association
Alien Land Law Criticized as Ineffective in California
The Alien Exclusion League executive committee reports California's alien land law is meaningless and ineffective. It urges a federal statute to bar Japanese entry and warns of imminent colonization of California by Japanese under current conditions.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
California
The
Alien Exclusion League
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Cattle Queen Celebrates Acquittal by Jury
Steamboat Springs Colorado reports Queen Anne and friends celebrating an acquittal as bonfires and processions fill the downtown after the trial. Citizens march through streets while businesses close for the night in a festive outpouring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Steamboat Springs
Col
Aug
Mee
Aneard
Colorado
Woman Feels Compliment When Compared to Actress
A humorous remark notes that many women appreciate being told they resemble an actress. The line suggests flattery through familiar glamour and social norms surrounding beauty and performance.
Faust Spaghetti Promises Nutritious Cheap Meals
An advertisement from Maull Bros in St Louis promotes Faust Spaghetti as a nutritious affordable option for families. It claims high protein content and easy digestion, touting a tenth the cost of meat and promising a free recipe book.
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News of Feminine World
Bell
Theater Party
Dr. Laws
Gayeties
Mrs. C.T. Duncan
Tennessee
Mr. Duncan
Jackson Wells
Castoria
Irene North
Mark Molyneux
Boston
John Bross Lloyd
Chicago
Harvard
Lloyd
West Everett
Miss SuLlivan
Miss Mary
Sullivan
M'Am
Elen
Jane
Marie Lescalle
Mrs. Catt
Miss Hay
Exclusion League
Maull Bros
St. Louis
Willis & Percy Jewelers and Silversmiths
Dauphin Street
Bank of Mobile
National Banking Association
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