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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1912
Page
5
Poetic New Year message describes future as a veiled figure with radiant promises and past achievements. A school holiday hop by the U M S team featuring 475 invitations, crimson and gray colors, Alabama and Missouri pennants, Excelsior band, and punch served during intermissions.
Society notices list the Seventieth Anniversary Ball at the Strikers-Battle House, dances with Miss Sadie Boehm of New York, and various afternoon events chaired by Mrs. Guggenheim, Mrs. Han son, and others. It also describes a choral verse on Time and New Year reflections, plus a bridge luncheon hosted by Miss Cary Hall with Miss Lells Abercrombie as guest, and prizes awarded to Miss Marie Webb and Miss Emily Gray.
Ada Patterson notes that New York houses often feel like departures rather than places to live. She shares frugal decorating tips from author Emmett Buel and Mary Anderson, urging light walls, minimal furniture, and spaces that feel large.
Dalton and other clubs with Mrs A N Roach and Mrs C E Howell filled substitutes for Hamilton Club’s Monday bridge event. Three tables competed as Mrs Landry hosted for the first time, with Mrs Hodgson and Mrs Bright among table winners. Tea and wafers followed the game. Mrs Anna Rutherford Dawson arrives in Mobile to visit her Rutherford brothers on Spring Hill avenue. Mrs Patrick Meyers of New Orleans enjoys pleasant days in Mobile, entertained by Miss Mary Rutherford and the Rutherford brothers.
Rutherford hosts cheerful suburban gathering on Spring Hill avenue. Miss Ethel Schwart enjoys social honors in Montgomery as guest of her sister Mrs. H A Schwart at the Sophronia.
Announcement cards sent in Mobile reveal the engagement of Miss Irche Hearin to James Burton Reynolds with a December 28 1013 wedding in Mobile Alabama. A second card states the couple will reside at home after January 16 at The Highlands Washington DC.
Miss Annie Gulley, guest of Mine Glen McKenzie, will return to Meudiah Thursday with friends laments over her brief stay. A social note highlights a minuet dance planned by Midas Rosa Contes for the young married set on January 28, aiding the Barton scholarship fund through the Mobile Chapter, D RA.
The Merry New Year Greeters society marks its first anniversary tonight with a ball at German Relief Hall. The venue will glow in green and red holiday colors with abundant lights. N. Newson serves as general chair of the event committee.
Washington officials say El Paso and other sites will host army depots with plans for three new storage hubs at Philadelphia St Louis and San Francisco to bolster military logistics.
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