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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1914
Page
6
The piece notes eight social events ahead of Lent. Diverse venues like the Vineyard and Battle House host dances, masquerades, and practice parties. Highlights include tango and “diners dansants” amid planetary dates and organizers such as the Manassds and Trailers clubs.
Peter Vredenburg hosted the Hiwell Club’s last meeting before Easter with four table prizes in wicker baskets. Winners included Mrs. B. F. Wns Miss Mabel Heustis Mrs. H. P. B and Mrs. J. T. Cochrane. Substitutes favored by Mrs. Vre were Mrs. A. W. Brooks and Mrs.
The Mobile Chapter D A R met Saturday afternoon at the Scottish Rite Cathedral to elect delegates to the Continental Congress convening in the near future.
Readers are invited to count circles in a puzzle chart for a chance at $1,500 in prizes shared by 150 winners. Entrants work alone, needing only accuracy and patience. First prize is $360, with contest closing next Saturday at midnight.
The Mobile chapter D A R elected Mrs Harry Inge to represent them in Washington with Mrs Shawhan as associate and alternates Mrs Gregory L Smith and Mrs R I Gould. A January meeting at Mrs Smiths featured period costumes, debates and dances followed by a modern feast. The next social will be at Mrs John McAlpin with a continental tea and a paper on Fraunce s Tavern by Miss Metta Thompson on Saturday March 14.
Miss Mollie Thurber regent of the Virginia Cavalier Chapter D A R will travel to Washington in April as the chapter's delegate to the continental congress. Alternates include Mrs Stanley Finch Miss Elise Brown Mrs Royster Miss Warren and others. Guests at a Mardi Gras diner dansant in Mobile included Mrs Roderic Watts of Iowa and Mrs John Widmer.
Associated Press reports President Wilson notes business leaders show greater interest in the new legislation. He says Congress may adjourn by June 15 while both chambers may work on the trust bill. He argues public misconceptions about publicity features of the trade commission bill and that the Bureau of Corporations could be enlarged by the new measures. The president expects early action.
Bessie Mayers inspired Homer Flynn for a Saturday diner dansant with Hon. George Taylor as distinguished guest. Dr. and Mrs. Bondurant presided as hosts at the table decorated by red carnations and valentines. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Adams Cochrane Rush Smith Bradley Read Gil bert and Marshall.
Miss Margery Caldwell of New York and Miss Harriett Gitts of Birmingham led a deco filled diner dansant honoring Miss Sadie Shields. The gay group included Miss Agnes Orton Otis MacMahon Weil Hagan Tom Strong and John Rolston with red carnations and Valentine hearts recalling February 14.
Rebecca Herndon and a guest list of Louise Mason Jane Polk Mary Cummings headline a Vineyard dansant for the Imperial Court with a party of fourteen. The McMillans hosted Valantines roses and ecard greetings as attendees included Annetta and Leila McMillan Aubrey Raines Joe Bibb Manning Spotswood and more.
Dr and Mrs Marion Inge and Mr Walter Inge arrived aboard the Seeberg liner Crathens after a notably delightful Jamaica trip. Also aboard were Mr and Mrs Hart of Kansas City and Mr Dalton, stopping in Mobile for carnival time.
Thirty eight crew members from Frederick W. Vanderbilt's yacht Warrior arrived on the Prinz Eitel Friedrich in New York and said the vessel was standing up well after grounding off Cape Augusta Colombia. The wrecking steamer Relief had rescued most of the crew on February 4 and landed them at Puerto Colombia.
The motorboat Dixie R owned by George Rogers finished the twenty-one mile course in two hours seventeen minutes, beating Owl owned by Dr. 8 C Frederic by three and a half minutes. Boats started at Government street, circled Twelve Mile Island, and returned with Dixie pulling away at the end.
R I Chester and wife and other Jackson residents travel to the city for the carnival. William Ramer and wife from Chicago, I Abell from Irvington, F H Young from St Paul, and several cotton buyers and visitors from Montgomery Fort Worth Rushton Logansport and Catskill are listed as staying at the Battle House, Cawthon and Bienville. Dr G H Semers and family from Birmingham visit, with E B Holt and wife from Catskill accompanying them.
Southern Railway passenger agent Porter King arrives at the Cawthon Hotel and says the event will draw at least 1,000 visitors. The statement hints at a major gathering and potential railroad traffic implications for the area.
Maysville receives drainage upgrades after the board of revenue and road commissioners ordered enlargements. The jail improvement plan was referred to the jail committee with Sheriff urged to press inspector requests. A printing contract for county blanks was awarded to W. B. Delchamps for 201 dollars. The board also discussed bids for four months of county supplies and funding needs for the Alabama Home of Refuge for White Girls.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baker and Miss Dora Baker, prominent St. Louisians, stay briefly at the Battle House while traveling with the carnival mobile base from Selma Alabama along the Southern line.
The Birmingham group listed at the Cawthon on Monday includes F. Larkin, W. Western, E. H. Reeder, W. H. Barnes, George Korman, Miss M Ansley, and J. W. Miller. Haiden Miller, general freight traffic manager of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in St. Louis, is in Mobile Monday on business.
Judge H T Toulmin in Mobile ordered R M Wame ley as receiver of A Lemore & Co and Ed E Carriere & Co to sell 1 000 000 slaves located at Mobile in the Klepec against A Lemore suit. In Patterson against Barclay the judge dismissed for want of prosecution.
Chief Crenshaw has a report on Mrs. Bushnell and her three month old baby in destitute condition at the Southern Hotel. The baby is seriously ill and the mother lacks funds while trying to reach Greenville, S C. An effort is made with Mrs Belle Daly to relieve their destitute state.
The board authorizes widening ditches on No Man's Land at 200 cost, fixes courtroom chairs, and directs repairs to the circuit court jury room. A jail report prompts investigations into sanitation, locking systems, and kitchen windows while inspectors urge minor almshouse repairs. Fire extinguishers to be bought for courtrooms.
Privy Councillor of Japan Viscount Ii Aoki dies at Tokio aged about 60 after long illness. Born 1844 he studied abroad in 1869 and rose to high rank as diplomat serving in Berlin London and Washington. He married Russian Baroness Von Bahren and was ambassador to the United States in 1906 and 1907.
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