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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1915

Page

6

Bridge Club Hosts Elegant Friday Gathering

The Friday Bridge Club met this week at Miss Gabriella Barret’s home, nine tables in play with pink roses filling the parlor. Miss Celia Webb won the club prize, a ribbon work bag, while Miss Jane Gordon took the consolation prize, a cut glass vase, followed by a formal luncheon for guests including numerous local ladies and visiting girls.

Gabriella Barret Barret Celia Webb Iane Gordon Bridge Margaret Blacksher Eleanor Gray Gertrude Arnold Adelaide John Miss Davis Hopkins Fitzpatrick B. F. Adams, Jr Robin Swift Harry Childers Martha Bradshaw Birmingham Anna Lou E. Anfield Jamie Grace Edna Manning Anna Boulet Mary Knight Rush Coraine Cunningham Annie Moore Provost Mabel Hartwell May Leatherbury Mattie Hickey Lee Barclay Nellie Scott Varina Gould Isabelle Norwood Montgomery Emily Gray Corinne Roberts Kathleen Willis Mary Charlot Berney Alba Gower Elma Reed Clara Sims Eula Walsh Agnes Fowlkes Agnes Belle Goldsby Rebecca Herndon Jean Traise Ella Blacksher Katherine Harris State Line Miss

Freckle-Face Removal Ad Promises Clear Complexion

An advertisement touts ethine double strength as a home remedy to remove freckles. It claims few applications yield a blemish free complexion and notes higher sales in February and March due to sun exposure. The druggist guarantees money back if freckles are not removed.

Baskins Move to Birmingham From Reynalds Music

Mr Joel L Baskin longtime Reynalds music store figure will relocate to Birmingham around April first He has led Dauphin Way Sunday school and taken active church roles His wife Mrs Baskin led Sun day school primary work The Baskins join Love man Joseph Loeb in Birmingham as prominent local church and business figures.

Baskin Birmingham Joel L. Baskin Reynalds Dauphin Way Mobile Southern Association of College Women Battle House Elise Braun Langston Gadsden

River Trip on the Peerless to Montgomery and Selma

A congenial party enjoys a round trip aboard the steamer Peerless headed to Montgomery and Selma. The group includes Miss Ethel Kimball Miss Hilda La Marie of New Orleans and Miss Aline Spencer, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. J D Murray of Courtland.

Peerless Montgomery Selma Ethel Kimball Hilda la Marie New Orleans Aline Spencer J.D. Murray Courtland

No Trump Card Club Meeting Delights Members

The No Trump Card Club met Saturday with Miss Rebecca Herndon hosting. Two tables played. Mrs. W. L. Whiting won the club prize, a pair of silk hose. A luncheon preceded the games. next week’s meeting is set for 1:30 p.m. with Miss Julia Creary.

No Trump Card Club Rebecca Herndon W. L. Whiting Julia Creary

Entertaining Miss Lilly Harmsen in Mobile Society

Mrs W D Bellingrath hosted a dinner dansant at the Battle House for Miss Lilly Noble Harmsen of Atlanta, the cousin of Mrs W D Bellingrath. The 24 guests included Mr and Mrs C F Sackhoff, Mr R E Williams Sr, Miss Rosa Tacon and others, with masses of Killarney roses enhancing the event. The evening followed informal gatherings and a lively diner dansant as the week closed.

W. D. Bellingrath Miss Harrison Mobile Lilly Noble Harmsen Atlanta Miss Harmsen Battle House Killarney Harmson C. F. Sackhoff R. E. Williams, Sr Rosa Tacon J. H. Campbell Do. Edgar Mira Celia Webb George Gage Margaret Blacksher W. L. Ross Miss Tacon Tacon Ann Street Henriette Tacon Aancy Lilly Noble Harrison Alice Tacon Tone Gordon Virginia Woolf Amelie Ladd Lilly Harrison May Leatherbury Augusta Hargrove Anna Bridgeman Brookie Marie Cowles Vera Williams Dr. Woolfe Messrs Frank Todd, Jr Aristide Minnis Mr. Beck Joe Hargrove Tom Ramos Victor Dugatte Tom Burns Paul van Antwerp George Lawrence Mitchell Cunningham Donald Cowles Mr. Gibson Earl Vautrot

First Child Adopted Into Alabama Freemasonry

In Mobile the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite adopted Charles Hervey Douglass, 11 months, son of Robert L. Douglass and Amelia Sheffield Douglass, in a ceremony at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. The event marked the first adoption of a child into Alabama Freemasonry, with regalia, roses, and a formal oath amid a large, representative gathering.

Alabama Mobile Charles Hervey Douglass Robert Leroy Douglass Amelia Sheffield Douglass John H. McCormick Leon- Rea K. C. Eels Thomas M. McMillan Isaac Lichtback Triangle James L. Cawthon EK. M. Cunningham Henry L. Gaines John V. Falck James W. Cox Charles A. L. Johnstone John D. Wilkins P. B. Dixon Er. A. Donnelly Hardee Senter-Rowell Scottish Rite Choir John $$. Garrison A. EF. Thayer F. Norquist J. Leslie Taylor Charles B. Hervey C. C. Coffee B. C. Pickens L. G. Cameron R. B. Fothergill H. M. Price H. A. Forcheimer W. H. Armbrecht C. 8. Shawhan B. F. Adams, Jr

Engagements announced for Helen Octavia and Sallie Ward Lawrence

Ville announces the engagement and approaching marriage of Helen Octavia to Allen M. Grayson of Selma Alabama with a quiet April wedding. A photograph and notice reveal Miss Sallie Ward Lawrence engaged to Seth Crawford, with her lineage including Mr and Mrs Wesley Eaton Lawrence and ties to Captain John Craft. wedding planned April 7 at Trinity Church New Orleans.

Sallie Ward Lawrence New Orleans Wesley Eaton Lawrence Miss Lawrence Seth Crawford Harrison H. Roundtree Randolph Mass Pasadena Cal Miss Ward John Craft Trinity Church

Open House at Elks Joins Sunday Concert Feature

Open House today at the Elks Lodge from 4 to 6 p.m. invites ladies who are friends or relatives of members to view the Elks Home as part of a new custom. A Sunday concert is a feature of these afternoons. Lenten devotions at St Matthews Church continue tonight at 7 20 with rosary sermon and benediction. Rev Richard Gerow will preach. Lawn fete for St Matthews Church planned May 11 12 on rectory grounds with new novelties and extensive preparations.

B. EO. E Elks The St. Matthews Church Richard Gerow St. Matthews Rectory

Barton Academy Chemistry Class Visits Mobile Gas Works

Barton Academy chemistry students visited Mobile gas works with teacher Ms. Barton. Students listed include Alice Randall Bernice Cunningham Lillian Sandoz Marion Roberts Grace Worden Lucille Tisdale Bailey Westbrook Norma Staples Olivia Immler Lucille Martin Annie Belle Demon y. They learned about the navigable ditch now at the works and byproducts such as ammonia sulfur and tar.

Barton Academy Mobile Alice Randall Bernice Cunningham Lillian Sandoz Marion Roberts Grace Worden Lucille Tisdale Bailey Westbrook Norma Staples Olivia Immler Lucille Martin Annie Belle Demony Wycoss Birmingham Mobile and Ohio

Visitors See Modern Gas Plant Facilities On Educational Trip

The manager contrasts a packing house with a gas plant noting even the squeal. Meter testing and gas testing were key features of the tour. The group observed that the war had not affected the gas works and praised the machinery, lockers, showers, and up to date employer accommodations. It was a memorable trip for the group.

GETS-IT Corn Cure Promises Immediate Relief

An old advertisement touts GETS-IT as a sure painless remedy for corns warts bunions callouses and other foot irritations. It claims two drops vanish the corn making morning shoe-wear comfortable and lists Lawrence & Co. of Chicago as the seller at 25 cents a bottle.

Lawrence & Co Chicago

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