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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1915
Page
8
Florence Klein attends a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Dew on Monterey Street honoring her sister Miss Varina Gould and guests. Yellow jonquil decor and place cards set a bright table, with sherbet glass stems tied in jonquils and fern sprays.
Unusual interest centers on Electra mc Colston Chapter U D C planning a Salmagundi Party Saturday at 3 PM in the Cawthon assembly room. Eight games including euchre bridge pinochle flinch rook and dominoes offer prizes with entry fees. all to aid a treasury strained by expenses.
The Natona Company Inc offers an instant relief promise for dyspepsia with Natona Tablets. If immediate results are not seen, money spent will be refunded. The product contains no drugs and is made by a Mobile Alabama company.
The Hamilton Whist Club meets at 3 p.m. with Mrs. Hodgson and the Woman's Musical Club gathers at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Winston Jones. Miss Edith Michael will marry Dr. Howard Bailie Warren. Miss Elise Beaven hosts a formal bridge at 11 a.m. The Tuesday Auction Club meets with Miss Beaven at 3 p.m. The Southern University Glee Club performs at Harte Auditorium at 8 p.m. with a loggia reception to follow.
Mrs A W Brooks entertains for Dis arher home at 3 p m. Mrs John Quill hosts bridge in honor of Miss Mabel Hartwell. Mr and Mrs H T Smith host informal house dance at 8 p m for Mrs Smiths sister Mrs William Bromberg. Miss Gertrude Arnold entertains at hearts for Edna Manning Eleanor Gray and Marie Hermann. Wednesday Bridge Club meets 3 p m. Mrs Louis Donald holds knitting at 10 a m. Polymnia Circle meets 11 a m with Mrs J W Cox.
Mrs John W McAlpine hosts a luncheon at 130 p m in compliment to Mrs John C Anderson of Montgomery. Sewing Circle meets at 11 a m with Misses Helen and Ray Norville. Miss Norma Boulet and Miss Anna Boulet entertain at a tea for Miss M c ey B Scott of Columbus Ga from 4 to 6 p m. Mr and Mrs L LeBaron Lyons host a dance at the Battle House in compliment to Miss Amelie Hill of Montgomery at eight thirty five. Knights of Columbus minstrel show at the Lyric. Mothers Club of the Settlement Home meets at 3 p m.
Miss Agnes Belle Goldsby hosts No Trumps at her home at 10 a.m. The Friday Bridge Club meets at 3 p.m. with Miss Elise Hall. Hiwell Club and Miss Katherine Courtney host bridge at 3 p.m. in compliment to Miss Elizabeth Wiley of Ohio and Miss Mabel Hartwell. The Bachelors' Cotillion Club hosts a carnival german at 8:30 p.m. at the Battle House. Knights of Columbus present their second minstrel show at the Lyric at 8:15.
Saturday events include the Shakespeare Club meeting with Dc J Torrey at 11 am and the Electra Semmes Colston Chapter U D C hosting a Sunch Party in the eee room e Cawthon at 3 pm Mrs Joseph A Hynde hosts the Battle House diner Ransant at 8 pm for niece Miss Mabel Hartwell and guest Miss Kathleen McFadden of Memphis also A B L 8 meets Saturday morning in room 114 Bartom Academy at 10730 iM
The article recalls the Craighead Parliamentary Law Club founded in 1918 as The Parliamentary Practice Club. It tracks growth from private rooms to the Cawthon hall, enrollment of fifty members, and adoption of Lessons in Parliamentary Law by Mrs Erwin Craighead. The club now uses a four division system led by Mrs Craighead with Mrs K Linscott handling division work and Mrs Charles Shawhan as chairman of the governing board.
Mrs Lelia Owen Stratton of Tennessee charms Mobile listeners this week with sharp wit and pathos. She spoke Wednesday at Toulinville Missionary Society and at Crichton Methodist Church, drawing laughter and praise, then at Settlement Home and Whistler Baptist Church where her talks prompted strong support and requests for return appearances. Stratton, a Southern woman, was born and raised in Gear.
Officers and members are requested to attend the regular monthly meeting on next Thursday evening at 7 30 sharp at 2230 east street. John H Moore secretary
Notice specifies coverage from Monday February 8 for two weeks to replace the present stenographer on vacation. Address provided as P O Box 173.
The Merry Carnival Maids announce their first anniversary ball on February 1. Committee members include Binet as chairman Harold Partridge Willie Thompson Dick Winter and Claud Farrell among others.
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