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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
6
A fragmentary social page note features a quoted Elizabeth Barrett Browning sonnet and stray lines about love and affection. The text repeats boilerplate department hints and a bell line, ending with the poem excerpt on love and eternity.
The Burgetts hosted Stella Wheeler and her fiancé Charles Rollin Camp at a rehearsal eve party with pals and family. Palms and cut flowers decorated. Music by T H Halliwell and Mrs Raymond Crosby. Ceremony by Rev Henry Wade Du Bose at 9 tonight.
A reporter observes workers at a downtown street corner and notes five minute rest breaks during shifts. The practice helps relieve nervous strain and tired muscles as workers, especially in large shops, use rest rooms with comfortable seating to regain calm between duties.
The narrator describes tired shoppers and anxious salesgirls rushing home after long days. Jeannette, a head stenographer at a large store, explains no lunch break and a brief rest only between busy periods, urging that stores should provide short rests for workers.
Bristol U S Navy chief of naval aeronautics leaves Pensacola for Tallulah Falls Georgia to join Mrs Rittenhouse Moore of Mobile at the Moore summer home, with a party that includes relatives and guests. Farewell tributes mark an extended trip for Miss Florence Willer to Lancaster Pennsylvania.
A reader asks for safe room antiseptics to curb odors in house areas while another inquires about how heavy typewriter use affects hands. The reply notes decorative blocks that disinfect and scent air cost about ten cents and that typewriting strengthens fingers without making hands coarse.
Chairmen presented annual work summaries including a music program recap and a full membership report. Mrs. Hans Curiel noted solid finances while Mrs. E. C. Harris was elected secretary as Mrs. Adam Glass Jr. resigned. New president Mrs. Howard Walker will chair next year’s prospectus committee and a meeting place at the retiring president’s home was offered.
Misses Marie Genevieve and Ame lia Walsh visit Zundles and Drahan family. Andrew and Frank Coffin return from Tuscaloosa. Mrs Slaton and Miss Fletcher Slaton plan summer with Mrs Crawford at Fairhope. Mrs Harlan Cleveland visits from Grand Bay. Alanson Wood arrives from St Augustine to visit Mrs Frank E Leslie. Mrs William Maddox back from Magnolia club. Miss Mabel Moore and Miss Gabriella Cooke return from Ward Belmont in Nashville. Olive Wood convalesces at Mobile Infirmary. Mrs Thomas Johnston and Miss Vera Green of Pensacola to return home. Johnston visits later. Mrs D W Goodman spends summer at Long Beach near Gulfport.
W McAlpine leads the pros pectus committee as planning sessions begin for upcoming year. Miss Mary Crocker hosts an informal party welcoming Miss Minnie Peavy of Jacksonville Fla with about fifteen guests. Roses sweet peas punch ice course and lively conversation attended by Mabel Mighell Mary and Grace Jennie Montgomery Alan Alice Mildred Shaffer Edith Jean Heckert Katherine Young Regina Altice Stella Keeney Theodosia Dobbs Maude Simpson and others.
This social calendar lists multiple gatherings including a Camp Burgett wedding at 25 Montauk Avenue at 9 p m and various informal exchanges such as Miss Crocker to Miss Feavy in Jacksonville at 11 a m. It also notes musical performances, dances at German Relief Hall, sewing and hostess parties, a Krudop wedding at St Catherine s Crichton and other social activities from 8 a m to 10:30 a m across Wednesday Thursday and Saturday with hosts Mrs F P Davis Mrs A L Clothier Mrs Ed one Gachet and Miss Etta Lord among others. The entries include a Pupils Recital by Mrs Mathilde M Crosby at 8 p m and an annual Mothers Club Picnic at Monroe Park.
Chicago dispatch reports Republican and Progressive leaders debating whether Justice Hughes gains or loses strength from the mobilization aimed at eliminating Colonel Roosevelt as a GOP option. Overnight conferences persisted with no clear decision, while Hughes’s Washington speech on Americanism and talk of Senator Lodge as a Roosevelt compromise candidate shape the strategic outlook.
Supporters hailed Hughes as making a substantial declaration on Americanism and clarifying an unseen issue. Opponents labeled the speech a string of platitudes timed for the moment, while friends noted the engagement was arranged weeks earlier and suited the occasion.
Republican leaders face a pivotal choice at the forthcoming Progres sive convention with a strong push for nominating Colonel Roosevelt as soon as possible. A late night conference led by Vic tor Murdoch Gifford Pinchot Henry J Allen and Hiram Johnson backed immediate action with Johnson in line for second place if Roosevelt accepts promptly.
A vintage beauty notice claims women can shed complexion flaws and gain a youthful look using mercorized wax as a nightly facial treatment. It notes wax absorbs dead skin, removes blemishes, and promises a fresh childlike glow. A saxolite lotion mix of saxolite powder and witch hazel is recommended to prevent wrinkles.
Tuesday events include St Clare Sewing Circle at Conti Street School 5 p m Catholic Knights and Ladies of America with Mrs M E Ruffin 4 Meeting Visitation Alumnae Association at McGill Institute 3 30 p m Chautauqua Circle with Miss Carrie Wilson at Mrs T H Halliwell 5 p m and Board Meeting of Boys Detention Home Parlor C Battle House 11 a m.
The Mobile Light and Railroad Employes' Benevolent Association hosts the season's first picnic at Monroe Park with races contests and games starting 4 30 pm. A greasy pig race follows the afternoon program while Pearson's band provides music both afternoon and night. Fireworks moving pictures and dancing plus prize contests highlight the evening events.
The Mobile Dancing Club charters the steamer Charles E Cessna for a summer weekly moonlight ride and dance. Manager Harry Cessna announces Drago’s orchestra will provide the music for the event.
A wartime notice recalls Earl Kitchener once appointed as secretary of state for war and hailed as Britain’s greatest soldier. It notes shortages in artillery ammo and the formation of the munitions ministry led by David Lloyd George amid criticism from Lord Northcliffe.
An Eckman Alterative advertises a safe treatment for pulmonary, asthmatic and bronchial troubles. It emphasizes nonpoisonous, habit-free composition with calcium chlorid and easy assimilation. Sold by R L Braswell and leading druggists, Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
The fishing smack Sir Knight, bought in New York, was sold today in Mobile to Captain Vincent of Campeche Mexico. Captain Capmany will use the vessel in the salt trade between Campeche and Vera Cruz. The new owner arrived with crews aboard the Mexican schooner Yalton and the Sir Knight will sail for Mexico once a logwood cargo is discharged.
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