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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1913

Page

14

Dancer Saharet's Marriage Change Ends Romance

The famed European dancer Saharet, known as Clarissa on stage, married Friedrich F. von Frantzius of Chicago after he persisted despite her wish to keep a week of freedom. He sent roses and notes and the wedding occurred that evening, with public dancing to end.

Friedrich F. von Frantzius Chicago Hotel Plaza New York Saharet Fritz Clarissa Wever

Bell 1972 Sea Shore Club to Be Established

A large sea shore club will be established as Bell 1972 notes growing interest from Sermians and Montgomery residents visiting Mobile coast for vacations. The piece mentions first up state club by the sea and a friendly welcome. Miss Aline Spencer and her mother Roy Spencer arrived in Solis test night after seed work at Niagara on the Lake and visited Niagara Falls after the session.

Montgomery Mobile Aline Spencer Roy Spencer Solis Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara Falls

Bridge social notices and club gatherings listed

Monday Leona Wetherbee hosts a 4 oclock bridge party at the Point Clear Hotel. Thursday Mrs J D Sutton entertains the New Bridge Club at 330 pm in honor of her St. Louis daughter Mrs J B McField. Mobile Graded Union meets at 6 pm at Government Street Presbyterian Church.

J. D. Sutton New Bridge Club J. B. McField St. Louis Mobile Graded Union Government-street Presbyterian Church

Fourth of July events at Mobile clubs and Shriner gathering

Friday schedule includes a Fourth of July dance at the Mobile Yacht Club with an open house for members and guests. A Shriner excursion to Selma led by Chief Potentate Charles Shawhan and 25 Abba Temple members will attend. The Fourth will continue at the Country Club.

Mobile Yacht Club Selma Charles Shawhan Abba Temple Country Club

Miss Wefel Returns Home After Western Tour

Miss Marguerite Wefel plans a July 2 departure from Los Angeles with Mrs. Niemann on a circular tour through San Diego Coronado Beach Denver the Grand Canyon Chicago and Mobile expected to end mid July. The 1913 carnival queen will receive a welcoming hometown crowd upon her return. The Mobile Chapter D A R hosts a midsummer meeting under Georgia avenue with guest friendly informal cards and refreshments. The Fourth of July at Mobile Country Club features golf tennis and open house style socializing with tea and card games.

Marguerite Wefel Niemann Los Angeles San Diego Coronado Beach Denver Grand Canyon Chicago Mobile Country Club W. C. Dukes Georgia Avenue Mobile Country Club

Sunny South River Trip Names Family Party

When the Sunny South steams up the river Tuesday the log books will show a light hearted family party booking for the round trip. The party includes Mrs. A. J. Spencer, Misses Nina and Aline Spencer, Master Roy Spencer, Miss Dorothy McIntosh, and Miss Margaret Webb who has been her guest at Sea Shore Camp. They will spend several days in the city.

Nina Aline Spencer Roy Spencer Dorothy McIntosh Margaret Webb Sea Shore Camp

Misses Billings Enjoy Summer at Point Clear

The Misses Billings fresh from Convent of the Visitation celebrate with high honors and visit Mr. and Mrs. James K. Glennon on St. Joseph street. They attend an excursion and opening dance at the Point Clear Hotel with Glen McKenzie and Myrtle Cleveland. The group plans a several day stay. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Jackson and children will spend July at Point Clear, joined by Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Gould for weekend visits.

Billings Convent of the Visitation James K. Glennon St. Joseph Street Glen McKenzie Myrtle Cleveland Glennon Point Clear Hotel Point T. K. Jackson Laura Master T. K., Jr Point Clear R. F. Gould Jackson

Meridian and St Louis visitors arrive to visit locals

Mrs. J. V. Ulmer of Meridian and Mrs. Patten of St Louis arrived yesterday to be guests of Mr. Gus Chaudron. Mrs. J. B. McField of St Louis will arrive Wednesday to visit her mother, Mrs. J. D. Sutton.

J. V. Ulmer Meridian Patten St. Louis Gus Chaudron J. B. McField J. D. Sutton

Miss Varina Gould Plans Extended Summer Visits

Miss Varina Gould, a prominent Mobile social figure, will extend her summer travels visiting Chicago to see Mrs. Follawsbee and later stay with friends in St. Louis and Birmingham. Her sister Miss Gladys Gould attends summer school at Daphne on Mobile Bay combining leisure with study.

Varina Gould Mobile Birmingham Auburn Montgomery Chicago Mrs. Follawsbee St. Louis Gladys Gould Ashe Daphne Mobile Bay

Picnic and Launch Party to Nigger Lake by Hunter Hosts

A gay group of board game players joined Mr and Mrs J W Hunter for a picnic and river launch to Nigger Lake. Luncheon under the trees featured abundant fare and later auction bridge. Mrs S M Landry won the first prize of silk hose. List of attendees includes Mrs B M Landry, Mrs Winstead of Georgia, Mrs Montgomery, Mrs J W Woolf, Mr Parsons, Mr and Mrs T K Jackson, Miss Stella Searcy of Tuscaloosa, Mrs Howell, Mrs Stanfield of Birmingham, and others.

J. W. Hunter Stanfield Nigger Lake S. M. Landry Hunter 8. M. Landry Winstead Georgia Montgomery J. W. Woolf Parsons T. K. Jackson Stella Searcy Tuscaloosa Howell Birmingham

Mr and Mrs Shelton Sims Enjoy Paris Summer Sights

Mr and Mrs Shelton Sims, recently landed at Havre, France, enjoy a Paris summer amid horse chestnuts along the Luxembourg and Champs Elysees. In mid summer they will be seen among the American colony at a famous French spa.

Shelton Sims Havre France Paris Luxembourg Champs Plysees Ig de Boulogne Sime

Local visitors tour Mobile en route to Pelmette Beach

A group of gentlemen including Mesers G W Yancey Syd Bowen A 8 McGeor M H Wilson L Ba ot John Lowe J D Dabney Sr H on and ag one Jr were seen visiting Mobile last week while traveling toward Pelmette Beach.

Mesers G. W. Yancey Syd Bowen A. 8. McGeor M. H. Wilson L. Baot John Lowe J. D. Dabney H.!on Ag One Jr Mobile Pelmette Beach

Miss Brownell Returns Home After Mebtico Visit

Miss Ruth Brownell of Tuscaloosa returns home from a visit in Mexico as a guest of Miss Imogen Little at the Guntry Club events. Katherine Tonsmeire comes back to Mobile after a week with her uncle and aunt, Sydney and Mrs Tonsmeire, and Miss Rebecca McCutcheon.

Emma Clarke Thelma Clarke Meridian Mobile Brownell Ruth Brownell Tuscaloosa Mebtico Imogen Little Guntry Katherine Tonsmeire Sydney Tonsmeire Rebecca McCutcheon

Imogen Little Heads to Cape Cod Camp for Summer

Miss Imogen Little leaves today to join a summer camp near Cape Cod Mass with one of the prettiest groups of outdoor sports enthusiasts. After two months she will go with her mother Mrs John Vidmer to Westchester Pa for early autumn in the Allegheny foothills.

Cape Cod Mobile Imogen Little Mass Miss Little John Vidmer Westchester Allegheny

Point Clear Home Makers Plan Summer Home Visit

Mrs R Y Taylor and Mrs Hluntington will open the Old Homestead at Point Clear for the summer. Mid July Mrs Taylor will travel to Vancouver to greet her son Dr Adrian Taylor wife and children returning from a China mission. The party includes Mrs Adrian Taylor's mother and Helen Abbott.

Point Clear R. Y. Taylor Hluntington Taylor Helen Cox Adrian Taylor Mobile Pacific Ocean

Summer Time at Tallulah Vacation Notes

Mr and Mrs Rittenhouse Moore establish a pleasant summer home at Tallulah Falls for a vacation. Mrs Moore left for Tallulah and will be joined by other family members. Mrs Henry Goldthwaite is away from the city at Government Street Gardnjs. Mr and Mrs Will Moore and their two children head to Perdue Fill for the heated term.

Tallulah Rittenhouse Moore Tallulah Falls Will Moore Perdue Fill

Mrs Sam Irby and Bibb Return Home From Tremont Visit

Mrs Sam Irby and her young son Bibb, who had been visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs 8S Bibb on Tremont Street Selina, returned last week to their home at Lower Pearls Tree. Mrs Irby is a Mobile D A R chapter member and formerly Miss Mary Bibb who often visited Mobile.

Sam Irby Bibb Tremont Street Selina Lower Pearls Tree Mrs. Irby Mobile Mary Bibb

Mrs Abbott Heads to Little Rock and July Plans Mentioned

Mrs James Abbott traveled to Little Rock to visit friends and intends to join her daughter Mrs Terry Moore in Waynesville North Carolina later in July. Miss Nellie Taggart and Miss Susie Baumhauer were among visitors boarding Saturday’s boat for Battles for a week with Mrs Karl.

James Abbott Little Rock Terry Moore Waynesville N. C Nellie Taggart Susie Baumhauer Karl

Mrs Flagler Departs for Washington After Farewell Week

Mrs C A F Flagler leaves Mobile for Washington with Col Flagler to follow in a month. Friends hosted informal evenings and a farewell dinner at Dr Roach's Rapier avenue home as part of a lively departure period with Mrs Flagler and her companions.

Landry T. K. Jackson Kimball A. N. T. Roach Junius Woolf Henry Hall

Safe and Sane Fourth urged for Mobile celebration

Miss Molly Thurber and Mrs. C. S. Shawhan, leading D A R regents in Mobile, urge local associations and citizens to plan a safe Fourth of July event. They note injuries and deaths from reckless pyrotechnics have fallen but call for further improvement.

Molly Thurber Virginia Cavalier C. S. Shawhan Mobile Ameerica

Local Social Notes Mention Family Visits and Weddings

Miss Mary Imma Gass of Hattiesburg plans to return home after a local infirmary operation with sister Miss Irene Gass and Mrs. Hobson, heading to Mammoth Springs for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. William Bromberg of Birmingham visit Mobile for the Atkinson Smith wedding then depart. Mrs. Bromberg stays several days. Mrs. C. S. Shawhan will spend July 4 at Choctaw Inn, Jackson, then return to Mobile. Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Cox return to Talladega after their Mobile honeymoon. Mrs. Edward L. Moore and children, guests of Mrs. G. L. Smith and Mrs. Sydney Prince during the ante nuptial week, stay seven more days. As Miss Helen Smith, Mrs.

Mary Imma Gass Hattiesburg Irene Gass Hobson Mammoth Springs William Bromberg Birmingham Mobile Atkinson-Smith Blocker Thornton Government Street Bromberg City C. S. Shawhan Choctaw Inn Jackson Ala Howard S. Cox Talladega J. Williams S. Jackson Street Edward L. Moore G. L. Smith Sydney Prince Helen Smith

Landrum Eldredge wed in De Funiak Fla

Mrs F C Horton and her children Fennett and Mary return from De Funiak Florida where they attended the wedding of Callie Agatha Landrum to Inman Fowler Eldredge on Tuesday morning June 24. Mr and Mrs Erwin Little plan to move Tuesday to Government street loop to live with Mrs Little's mother Mrs W P Williamson at her home in this breezy precinct.

F. C. Horton Fennett Mary de Funiak Fla Callie Agatha Landrum Inman Fowler Eldredge Erwin Little Montauk Avenue Fuesday Government Street Loop

Mr and Mrs Donald Visit Charleston Son Honorary Guest

Mr and Mrs Harry Donald who went to Charleston to visit their son Lieutenant Gordon Donald are now guests of their daughter.

Harry Donald Charleston Lieutenant Gordon Donald

Patriotic Fourth Shopping at Staub's Up-to-Date Shop

Simplify your Fourth of July outing with a full line of paper lunch sets plates cups and napkins. Also available patriotic decorations flags garlands streamers and more to show patriotism through decor.

Staub

Glass set for three month trip to Germany

Mr. Adam Glass departed Friday night aboard the M. and O. for a three months vacation in Germany. His brother Mr. Fred Glass of Kalamazoo Michigan will meet him in New York and accompany him as his guest for the entire journey.

Germany Adam Glass Fred Glass Kalamazoo Mich New York

Also Mentioned on This Page

Clarissa Saharet Ross Battle House Millard Kirkbirds Leone Ballwegg Rosa del Buono Moore Gulf City Bessie Kelly Pensacola W. T. Kelly George Kearns Louisville Robert Hunter Frances Highland Lake Club, N. C Jarmon West Point, N. Y H. M. Friend Pennsylvania Minor Friend Mrs. B. C. Stanard Georgia Stanard Pascagoula Mrs. Turner George A. Leftwich Flat Rock James Hagan New York City Gardner Edwin Lyles Taylor Mr. Taylor L. H. Horn Margaret Lucile G. B. Shawhan Fairhope Kittie Belle Stirling Panama Florence Rose Frank Hopper Gulfport Clarence Robinson Washington Edward Raefield Lilly Powell Alabama Avenue Annie Carroll Hoffman Hilma Green Edwardine Connett Biloxi William Scales Scales Mrs Mr. Ingersoll Moffat Sydney Robbins Carl Fox Ashland Place J. H. Patterson Hall Place Irene Dunster Hilda Broadwood Bry News of Feminine World Leona Wetherbee Miss Wefel Boat Party Mrs. Stanfield Jucile Horn Christian Aletha Bennet Caroline Fuffin Emmettsburg Mrs. Rittenhouse Smith Mrs. Parker George S. Leatherbury Coden Emile Herpin St. Denna Street Kreptor Smountings A. F. Rockwell Optometrist and Manufacturing Optician N. Conception ST. Upataiss Dauphin St Plete Line of “Gorham” Sterling Gabriflsewelr E, Carre CO Mobile, Ala
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