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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1915
Page
5
A column merges Omar Khayyam verse with social items. It lists the W C A Membership Luncheon set for January 25 with table seating coordinators and a January 20 payment deadline. It also notes a birthday party at the Ellis home with prizes and guest names, a luncheon at 5:30, and a Maccabees meeting in Mobile.
Local notices list meetings for the Sirens, Home Economics Club, Cathedral Sanctuary Society, Parliamentary Law Study Club, and St. Claire Sewing Circle with dates and venues. A dance program features Mrs. Taylor hosting guests Jean Truise and Dorothy Talcott, with transport from Van Antwerp's. A veterans’ program includes readings and songs at Appomattox.
Thursday night plans postpone installation until the first February meeting. Commander Lady Anna McGowan to host at her home at N E Hamilton and St Francis Streets. Mrs D S Nathan hosts next on Wednesday with a large guest list including Miss Willie Rowett and Miss Minnie McKenzie among others. A Lee and Jackson birthday celebration program is set for January 19 at McGill Institute with a Confederate Veterans procession and camp reminiscences.
The Clara Schumann Club presents a concert and reception Wednesday, an event eagerly awaited by musical and social circles. The program highlights performances by club members and featured guest artists, with attendees invited to a post concert reception.
Monday features a 7:30 p m M. M. Ball at German Relief Hall and an 8 p m Woman's Musical Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Winston Jones. Captain West hosts a Winona dinner for Miss Augusta Searcy of Tuscaloosa on Wednesday at 7 p m at the Cawthor Hotel celebrating the club's twenty first birthday with a concert program of multiple composers and performers.
The following young matrons will serve on the reception committee for the Spinsters ball Friday with a list of chairmen chaperons and couples. Doors will close promptly at 9 p.m.
The Euterpean Society meets Friday night at 8:30 in the Y M C A Auditorium with Mr. Frank W. Evang presiding. Program includes characterizations of Saint Saens Wadsworth and Turner. piano and vocal solos. a trio. and readings. Ethel Marquis of Mobile attends as guest of Miss Amelia Schad.
Mrs. T. L. Lacy of 219 South Cherry street writes Richmond police to locate her son Richmond D. Lacy who vanished November 17, 1914. She believes he uses the name Harry Smith and fears he was shot in Olive Florida and is hospitalized in Pensacola with a leg fracture.
Washington January 18 information at the war department gave no word on the whereabouts of Second Lieutenant Frank B. Clay Seventeenth Infantry. Relatives have started a search near New Orleans while friends say he may be ill and unable to prove his identity. He is the son of the late Senator A B Clay of Georgia and was expected to rejoin his regiment at Eagle Pass.
Mrs Medill McCormick announces the National American Woman Suffrage Association will shift focus to state action after the Mondell resolution vote. A campaign for passage of the Shafroth Palmer resolution in the Sixty-fourth Congress will push for referendums in states upon eight percent voter demand.
President Wilson directed Attorney General Gregory to investigate possible causes of rising wheat and flour prices including pooling agreements. To date the inquiry has disclosed no facts warranting criminal action.
The board reports active travelers aid work aiding girls and women, and a strong athletic and gym program. A health talk by Dr Seale Harris drew attention to diet and body care. A planned basketball match with local schools is set for later. A February 3 and 4 song recital by the National Board co operates with YWCA, featuring Wilmot Goodwin and Maurice a violinist and Lee rm pianist.
A public demonstration promotes Vi talitas as a tonic claimed to aid bowel and blood disorders. The notice invites the public to sample the remedy at Sutton's drug store or write for information.
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