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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1916

Page

6

Social sphere notes highlight mobile visitors and gatherings

Miss Flossie Kohlman returns from New Orleans to Mobile. Local families plan holidays with relatives, while church assignments and visits by Mrs. Southerland and Mrs. van Aller set the social calendar. An afternoon party honors Mrs. H B Phillips of Cleveland with roses, ferns, salad and hot chocolate.

Flossie Kohlman Mrs. W. Bloom New Orleans Lon Young Egcatawpa Mobile J. Bounds Adel D. C. Avent Antoinette Avent W. H. Bragg Gulf City Moss ‘Point Southerland van Aller Robert W. Southerland Order of the Eastern Star Veritas Chapter W. P. Toung H. B. Phillips Cleveland Fowlkes B. C. Ikes Virginia Woolf Huyler Gladys Gauthier Ste. Marie Mich

Gentle guidance and events lighten a busy season

A reflective editorial note opens with a plea for gentle kindness to children and the aged, urging care and patience. The page lists a chicken pie supper at the First Land Church, social gatherings at Georgia Street homes, a Floyd family reunion plans, and several club activities and charitable efforts including Criminology, welfare clothes drives, a Jewish association meeting, and a Settlement Home Christmas celebration.

First Land Church Dearborn Streets

Protect Your Eyes and Comfort in Daily Care

A column advises digestive health as the first beauty rule to ease eye problems and avoid glasses. Tips include daily eye washing, using dark glasses in bright light, brief rests during work, and boracic acid rinse after exposure to wind. A reader asks about nails, nail polish, eye size alteration, and corsets, with brief answers: Vapeline for brittleness, a basic nail polish, eyes enlarged by surgical skin trimming, corsets not harmful but hip supports help clothes.

Opticians

Reception committee listed for Richmond roses event

The article names the reception committee and floor committee for a Richmond roses gathering. Chairman George Fearn Jr leads the reception group with Dr FE Bondurant Lt J Davis and many others, while Co B Hayes chairs the floor committee with Irwin Creary and Hodgson among members.

M. Marshall W. H. Buck Henry Hall H. C. Flinn J. &. Taylor W. B. Paterson C. M. Otts J. P. Nelson R. A. Rush Co. B. Hayes L. K. Irwin George Creary, Jr A. J. Ahlum B. H. Percy Ee. E. Brogan Telfair Hodgson

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