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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1914
Page
12
A festive verse by Tom Masson celebrates December with holiday images of Christmas spirit sleigh bells and blithe merriment. The poem envisions bright mornings frost and a wish for a girl to kiss in December's hallways.
Spring Hill College A B and B S classes held annual banquets at the Battle House in Mobile. A B class dined in Parlor A and B S class in Parlor C with decor and colors noted. The menus featured oysters creole gumbo mackerel tenderloin pork roast turkey and several desserts as part of a festive evening with faculty present.
The Tus-T Times-Gazette notes Proal Dorgan as a charter member of a new sophomore literary club at the university. Ten members inaugurated the society with faculty approval and plan for sixteen annual selections. Members listed include John Pell J E Adams Chap Blevinx Dunklin Roy Gar Conie Helms Solomon Garden Dorgan and Harry J White. The club aims for literary work with social aspects. The Vineyard supper and Toy Shop events draw crowds at Lyric Theatre, A B S & presenting amateur entertainment next Friday.
Society notes praise Miss Rosa Coates and partner Lawrence Neuberger for aeroplane waltz and Lula Fade at the Battle House dansant. Tables filled, exclusive guest list, and anticipation runs high for winter season dances and a Lyric theatre production.
Mrs. Laura Mervin Slaughter dies a citizen of Mobile and Baldwin counties with deep ties to early Alabama settlement. Born 1836 at Blakely to Thomas Mervin and Harriet MacDonald Mervin, her father hailed from Vermont where his grandfather fought with the Green Mountains Boys in the Revolution. Mobile friends express sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Matron's Club enjoyed a Thursday meeting with Mrs A Brooks as hostess. Euchre provided hours of entertainment before a plated luncheon. Mrs Elmer Noble won a hand painted butter dish as the afternoon prize. The club will meet next Thursday with Mrs Noble.
Music circles welcome Charles H Schofield who recently arrived in Mobile and opened a studio at 803 Government Street. The baritone trained three years in Chicago under Beresford and three in New York with Tate and Campanard, plus a year abroad with Muratti in Berlin. He first appeared in Mobile at the Y M C A during Satsuma Day singing Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves and an encore Invicta by Bruno Huhn.
The Ladies of the Maccabees Mobile Hive No. 3 held a Thursday session and elected Anna P. McGowan as commander and Mary Peterson as lieutenant commander among officers for the coming year, withLady Tillie V. Heil named past.
The L. O. F. announce their first anniversary event at the German Relief Hall on December 15 1914 under supervision of William Grandahl and Inge Lacey with George Bennett as committee chairman. Dancers will perform at the Vineyard. notable attendees include Gabriella Barret Adrian Taylor Marie Hermann Lloyd Cowley Edna Manning Howard Schrama and others. They enjoyed The Shepherd of the Hills and an after the theatre supper.
Crichton Alabama residents welcome Rev J B Trotter for another year. The Ladies Home Missionary Society met at the church with new officers and an engaging program. Miss Minnie Graf's Earnest Workers class held its first meeting at Mrs Jap Better's home. Refreshments followed. The Demeranville home hosts next month. A Baptist measuring party by Misses Marie Gill and Emma Fletcher drew good crowds and a dish drawing awarded Master Vivian Cazalas. Theodore Sems of Grand Bay visited Crichton last week. The debutante, adored by many, is set for a celebrated introduction awaited by the younger set.
Miss Lucille Cox will entertain as hostess at a dance December 22 held at her home in Le Moyne Place.
Messrs Jack Butt Jr and Eugene Bosarge announce the Merry Carnival Maskers ball will be held Monday night January 18 1915 at German Relief Hall at 8 00 PM instead of December 18.
A Florida Pine Barren house party hosted by the Curtis family includes Gladys Tompkins Varina Gould Liela McMillan with chaperones Mrs Horton and Mrs H D Smith and Pensacola resident Dan McMillan. The group traveled fifteen miles to Pensacola Saturday to attend a theatre outing followed by supper and plan to return Tuesday.
Visiting golfers from Montgomery Country Club in a tournament with Mobile Country Club members have inspired a number of delightful social affairs. The text notes celebrations and gatherings surrounding the event, reflecting cordial relations between the clubs.
President Wilson today received 100 Alabama and Tennessee supporters urging House rivers and harbors to fund the Mussel Shoals project on the Tennessee River. The visit followed a Saturday dinner at the Battle House and a golf tournament concluding Sunday with a club dinner at 1 PM. Attending guests included W Nash Read and J G Mason among others.
Mrs C 8S Woodson and Miss Claudia McDavid wed Friday at high noon in a simple ceremony at the bride’s brother Harold McDavid’s home on St Stephen’s road. Rev E A Donnelly officiated from Government Street Methodist church. No attendants. They left for a Kentucky wedding trip after a blue gabardine traveling suit ceremony.
Miss Minnie Stanford presented a studio tea at the Shepard's school on Catherine street. The hourlong event drew many friends of Miss Stanford and her pupils as Rod erick D. Mackenzie, noted painter, attended as a distinguished guest. Tea and wafers were served by the pupils.
Renowned pianist Beryl Rubinstein stays with the E. E. Richards family in Mobile until Tuesday. He will perform again at 8 15 p m Monday at the YMCA auditorium.
The Junior Band of the Christ Child Society led by Mrs. W. S. Pugh reports 83 members. They collected pennies in red socks to buy gifts for poor children and will give a Christmas tree to the Maternity Home on December 22 at 4 pm with open house and public invites.
A moving picture party for Miss Brookie Poetz and Miss Anna Bridgman drew a congenial crowd at the Empire on Friday. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw featured in Threads of Destiny while Miss Bianchi facilitated the event. Afterward guests went to the Campbell residence on Ann Street for dancing.
The City Beautiful committee proposes planting azaleas on neutral ground along Government Street and lists volunteers including Mrs. Tebbetts and Mrs. Maury. The piece argues azaleas stay green in winter and compares them favorably to oleander, urging residents to consent for communal beauty and future generations. It laments delayed Birmingham arbor day progress and remarks on oaks, palms, and plant choices for the local climate.
Potash and Perlmutter the popular New York stage comedy by Montague Glass arrives at the Lyric Theatre for December 29 and 30 announced by manager H C Fourton. The theatre will be dark this week except for Fi Fi of the Toyshop by local talent Friday matinee and night. On December 26 Maude Adams presents The Legend of Leonora and on December 28 The Old Homestead.
A pleasant social evening featured Vic trola music and a tempting buffet. Attendees included Miss Poetz with Mr Jim Duggan, Miss Bridgman with Dr Woolfe, Miss Thel Browne with Mr Victor Ougette, Miss Henriette Tacon with Mr Mitchell Cunningham, Miss Judith Quarles with Mr George Creary, Miss Carol Burns with Mr Henry Shields, Miss Sadie Shields with Mr Tom Burns, and Miss Bianchi with Dr and Mrs Douglas Campbell.
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