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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1913
Page
5
Poem lines describe a child asking a mother to escape to a dreamland filled with moonlight stars and music. The speaker vows gentle care and a secret, dreaming escape where worries fade and sleep comes softly. Eugene Field is referenced as the author.
Hamilton Whist Club hosts with Mrs H G Donald at 3 p m Newman Circle meets with Mrs J Duffy at 7 45 p m Organ Recital by Mr Edwin Lyles Taylor and the choir at Government Street Presbyterian church at 8 p m After the Ball Supper Party at the Brooks home Silver Anniversary Ball of the Drag Club planned.
A D A R event highlights Harriet Fitts, Mobilian actress, as Martha Custis in the Society Almanac prologue at the Orpheum. The piece details her social charm and rising prominence, along with a packed week of galas and balls in Mobile, including a Thursday card party in her honor.
Mr and Mrs W F Tebbetts hosted a three table bridge party Saturday evening. A petit souper in delicious tas g1 followed the game.
Mobile society notes a remarkable wedding season with young couples making headlines. Church music stands out with grand instruments and skilled organists, featuring Lohengrin and Mendelssohn while Ave Maria and Thais selections feel less fitting for nuptials.
Next Thursday at the Seamen's Bethel Miss Van Aller with her German class will present an entertainment featuring comedy and quaint recitations in foreign tongues. Refreshments follow the program and Miss Van Aller, a cosmopolite with foreign capital experiences, will add to Bethel affairs with her original program.
In rubber play 250 is scored in the honor column for the winning rubber. Simple honors count twice the trick with four suit values listed as spades four clubs twelve diamonds fourteen hearts sixteen spades nineteen. Three aces at no trumps count 30 four aces 40. All four aces in one hand count 100 in the honor column.
Edna Faust of New Orleans Leola Scudamore of Natchez Miss and Louise Amsler of Hempstead Texas led a Friday Lyric matinee box party to see Freckles. The group included Mrs John A Fox Miss Ernest Thompson Mrs C B Hervey Miss Annie Lou E Rafield and Mrs Hattie Arnold.
Miss Mary Frazer entertained as Miss Edwin Scott, the bride elect, received a basket of rose decorated gifts in a domestic bridal shower at the Fraze home. Helen Madler staged a charm as Cupid with a red heart. Miss Scott wore taupe crepe de chine and a velvet picture hat with white ribbons.
An advertisement targets women with grey hair and dandruff concerns. It promotes Hay's Hair Restores claiming immediate greys color return and scalp cleanliness. The copy touts endorsements from druggists and offers purchase incentives and free Harfina with a 60 cent or one dollar bottle.
Mrs Vida Croly Sidney, daughter of Jennie June, discusses childrearing with her daughter Marjorie, arguing honesty and independence build self reliance. She recalls her mother’s concise guidance and reflects on balancing a child’s conscience with personal happiness.
Cupid hosted a wedding shower for Miss Scott with bridesmaids Ida Polk Ross Mildred Dortch Virginia Creary and Elizabeth Winn assisting. A two course luncheon followed in the dining room with tea served by Aliée Frazer and Jessie Bethea and dainties by Mabel Mighell Emily Gray and others. The room smelled of violets and narcissus as friends attended including Ida Ross Virginia Creary Mildred Dortch Elizabeth Jarvis Winn and many other named guests.
Mrs. Howard Wagner of Milton Pennsylvania writes that two months of cold and persistent coughing improved after taking Vinci cod liver and iron medicine. She reports six bottles eased coughing, boosted appetite and weight gain, and sleep improved. She urges others to try Vinol and notes a money back guarantee.
The Merry Fun Makers held their second meeting Friday evening at Agnes Sherman's home on 213 South Claiborne. Present were Sadie Simmons, Gatie Mae Robertson, Agnes Sherman, May White, Cecil Sherman, Lillian White, Anita Meyer, Irma Meyer, Adelaide Johnson, with guest Emilio Gonzales. Prizes were awarded.
Read this convincing letter from a trained nurse explaining how Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment improve the skin. Regular use stimulates the skin, reduces pimples and redness, and smooths rough areas at little cost.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap sold by druggists for eczema rashes pimples and minor skin ailments with free samples available from Resinol Chem Co Baltimore. A testimonial from nurse E Virginia Peterson praises Resinol in clearing facial acne after trying the products.
The article recalls Jennie June and three of her children, Herbert Croley, William Mather, and another, shaping a clubwoman’s legacy. It notes her belief in honesty as the cornerstone, her gentle upbringing principles, and how she prepared her children to think for themselves. It mentions the mother’s charitable bequests and the children’s instruction to “pay all the other bequests first.”
Bishop C M Bobrwith of the Episcopal diocese of Alabama confirmed a class of twenty six at All Saints Episcopal Church. Rev Wyatt Brown assisted. The rector noted the class size matches four years ago when he began. membership has grown to 76. Weather did not deter a large attendance. At St John’s Episcopal Church Sunday night Bishop Beckwith preached a special sermon.
The Union editorial warns war appears inevitable as Bolivia readies for conflict and Bolivian officials in Paris express ambitions for a Pacific port, reflecting mounting tensions between Lima and La Paz.
MISS JULIA MARLOWE stricken with poisoning Friday night but performed with the Sothern Marlowe Company until Sunday when rest was urged. She left for Chicago to recuperate at a friend's home. Her illness is not serious. Mr Sothern left for Springfield where the next engagement is scheduled. Miss Lenora Chippendale will fill in temporarily.
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