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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
6
A large cast performs a clever fantasy at the Lyric Theatre in Mobile. The piece features numerous named individuals and parties from Pensacola and nearby, touted as the most elaborate amateur event yet staged, with a Friday December 18 matinee and evening performances.
A quoted verse encourages friendship, fearlessness, and cheerful perseverance. It urges readers to wander with a quiet mind, accept whatever fortune provides, and let the heart declare that living itself is luck. The lines emphasize faith and resilience.
Miss Rosa Coates and Mr. Alb Treadway opened with fox trot steps at the Battle House Web evening. The event drew a refined audience in Mobile with reservations at every table and a fashionable dinner dansant.
The Century Book Club met on Tuesday with R P Pope as hostess. Mrs J W Hunter chaired. resignations from Mrs R B Gordon and Mrs D T McCall were accepted with regret. The club set Health and Education Day after New Year and will reconvene January 6.
Rehearsals progress for Fi Fi of the Toy Shop on the third floor with bridesmaids in costumes, china and paper dolls, and Miss Louise Perry delivering the solo dance. Groups rehearse separately before the full Lyric staging links all parts in coming days.
Miss Margaret May Borden guest of honor at an informal dance hosted by Miss May Leatherbury at the Leatherbury home on Wednesday. The event featured a buffet supper during intermission with attendees including Miss Eula Walsh Miss Loraine Cunningham Miss Alln Gower William Hagan Maury Lyon Hugh Caffey Jim Radcliff Aubrey Raines Daniel A Harris W L Ross Jr and Mr and Mrs J L Davis Jr Mr and Mrs Herndon Radcliffe and Mr and Mrs St John Wilson.
Mrs Sydney R Prince led the Wednesday Bridge Club with guests Mrs Harry Hardy Smith and Mrs Robin Herndon. Potted poinsettias served as trophies for each table while Mrs Smith Mrs L J Davis and Mrs Heverly R Wilson won. A salad course capped the host’s hospitable afternoon.
The Henry Hall residence hosted the Discards for a Wednesday tea meeting. Miss Clara Cary entertained with two tables awarding embroidered handkerchiefs to winners Miss Mattie Cary Mrs P J M Acker and Mrs Brooks. Tea and sandwiches followed with substitutes Miss Cary Mrs A W Brooks and Mrs Henry Hall.
Mrs H T Toulmin entertained the Afternoon Tea Club at her home outside the city on Wednesday afternoon. Richmond roses poinsettia holly and red candles set a festive scene as Mrs Louis Donald led the tea table with Miss Lillian Toulmin Ethel Gaines Freda Donald Agnes Belle Goldsby and Lillian Pillans serving sandwiches bonbons and wafers. Guest of honor was Mrs Alexander Pitts of Selma.
The Chautauqua Circle met on Wednesday with eight members and one guest Miss Eleanor Skinner of Saginaw Michigan a high school teacher. They changed the next meeting to Wednesday after Christmas at 345 PM. The program included a quiz on the last two chapters of Through England with Tennyson and an historical sketch of England from 1820 to 1830.
A Toulminville resident and charter member of Baldwin County Equal Suffrage Association corrects the Loxley account. The association was organized at Fairhope in January 1898, not Loxley in 1914, and two delegates went to the New Orleans convention and remain active suffragists.
The marriage of Miss Willie Jones and Mr. F B Sale of Mobile will be held on Tuesday December 15 with Mrs Louis H Moore as matron of honor and Miss Myrl Abercrombie of Washington D C as maid of honor. Tridesmaid is Miss Eloise Cromwell and flower girl is Little Miss Sarah Moore. Best man is Brooke Sale of St Wayne Ind, brother of the groom.
Elma Reed entertained at her Michigan Avenue home in a late season hearts party honoring Miss Margaret Blacksher a prominent sub debutante. The setting featured potted plants ferns Christmas greens and decorations in green and red to match the festive mood.
Rumsey's statue of Francisco Pizarro, a towering equestrian piece in mail and plumed helmet, is placed at the Fountain of Energy entrance at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Rumsey is a well known New York society figure.
On Tuesday morning Fanny Hedd en began work with a sinking heart and an aching head. She fears losing her job but needs to keep it. She had just received last week’s pay and gave $6 to Mrs Sharpe promising to decide tomorrow about her room. If secure she might pay an extra dollar per week demanded by her landlady.
Mrs Browne Dawson hosts a 1 30 bridge for Mrs W S Moore. Nellie Scott honors Eleanor Gray at hearts at 3. Lieutenant and Mrs Bennett entertain aboard the Winona for Miss Hartwell. Electra Semmes Colston Chapter meets 3 50 at the Y M C A. Mothers Club of Settlement Home gathers at 3. Clara Schumann Club musical at 3 at Scottish Rite Cathedral. Athelstan Club rathskeller dance at 8 30. J D G s celebrate first anniversary ball at German Relief Hall 8 30. A sick girl fears grippe and asks to go home as Mr Hall contemplates staffing changes.
Guests arrive for a refined gathering featuring twelve tables in the reception hall dining room and parlor. Miss Elise Hall wins the first prize of silk hose, while Miss Kathleen Brown secures a handkerchief box and Miss Eula Walsh claims a catsup bottle booby prize. Rooms glow in green and white with heart shaped sandwiches and mint reflections.
The Parliamentary Law Study Club held its regular weekly meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the Cawthon. Mrs. James O. Smith chaired the session and Mrs. J. B. Harvey served as recording secretary.
The Tuesday Sewing Club held its first meeting with Mrs Charlies A Hilmer as hostess. Refreshments of hot chocolate and fruit cake were served after a pleasant afternoon spent in the company of members.
Mr. Richard J. Farrell of Birmingham England visited his cousins the Misses Farrell on Augusta Street and left Monday for Chicago. Miss Marion Overton visits friends in the city. Mr. Henry Spira of New York stays with relatives in Mobile. Lt. John P. McCaskey Jr. now at Fort Morgan will spend time at the Coast Artillery School in Norfolk. Lt. L. D. Pepin, to replace McCaskey, moves to the Ninety first company and heads to Honolulu. Miss Aline Rosen returns from New Orleans where she stayed with her sister Mrs. D. R. Miller who accompanies her home for Christmas.
All Saints Guild will hold its regular monthly meeting in the guild room on Friday morning after the litany sermon. The Sigma Delta Phi Sorority social is postponed to the Christmas holidays. A Charity Fair by the Ladies of Charity supports Mobile’s poor at German Relief Hall from today through Saturday, Dec 12, featuring a Christmas sale, lunch, crafts, dolls, candy, and Santa visits. Mrs. B Talbort hosts next Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
Fanny Hedden falls ill after a strained confrontation with Mr Hall and her employer Mrs Sharpe. A feverish bout ends with medical care provided and a move to find affordable lodging as she grapples with mounting debt and job insecurity.
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