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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
9
A milliner argues most women do not know how to wear hats and should position them further forward. She advises hats to cover the forehead and suggests made to order hats for unusual head shapes. To soften lines, she recommends targeted curls and bangs rather than stray wisps.
Grandma used Sage and Sulphur to darken gray hair and restore fullness and shine. A drugstore bottle now offers the same recipe as a convenient remedy for hair color, dandruff, and scalp irritation, with instructions to apply strand by strand for overnight results.
An advertisement touts using an ounce of mercorized wax nightly as a gentle facial peel to remove dead surface skin and improve chapped or blemished complexions. It claims deep lines fade with a Saxolite face bath and warm water rinse for rapid results.
Inquiries on love affairs to Miss Eros printed if brief. personal names omitted. A married man seeks advice on a distant wife who is self confident and pleasure seeking. Miss Eros urges communication and realism about lasting change. An eighteen year old asks whether to return to her father or seek independence while living with relatives.
Friday features Main Division Craighead Club at XG Ay S380 p ob Business Woman's Division at Y W CLA 7 pm Veritas Chapter Order of Eastern Star in Masonic Temple 8 pm Christian Endeavor Society at Government Street Presbyterian Burgett Memorial 8 pm Saturday lists Shakespeare Club with Mrs C J Torrey 11 am and YMCA Gymnasium Class at Moose Auditorium 10 30 am
News from Montgomery reports the sudden death of Colonel R. L. Glenn of Florence from acute indigestion. He served on Governor Henderson's staff and earlier on Governor O Neals. He sat on the State Normal School Board and was a respected figure across the state. Separately, Emmett A. O Neal visited the Capitol, with other notable Alabamians present. Nearly $8,000 was raised in Montgomery for Jewish relief. Children’s Dancing Contest advertised at the Columbia Theatre Friday night.
Mizpah Lodge No. 222 meets at Oda Fellows Hall to vote on constitutional amendments and discuss issues. A birthday surprise honors Joseph W. Kercher at his parents home. Mrs. S J Davis and Mrs. Robert Turner visit relatives. several notices of sickness and shop hours are posted. sewing circle and dance class events held. Palm Beach society notes and local schedules wrap the page.
A narrative piece follows Margie and Jim as they navigate personal despair and marital strain. Margie longs to escape her troubled mind, while Jim questions devotion and explores the balance between husband and self. A quiet shift toward self reflection and a yearning for purpose unfolds.
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