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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1915
Page
6
Poem fragment by Ella Wheeler Wilcox urges women of the east to step forth in virtue and pride. Some hesitate, some speak clearly, but all must assemble soon. The patient host waits for the group to join, ready for either joy or sorrow.
The Mobile Floral and Horticultural Society aids the Children's School Garden directed by Miss Isabelle Perd with the Home Economic Club Junior Civic League. Members report encouraging progress at the city farm near St Emanuel and Canal, noting well laid plots, sandy drained soil and teaching moments on using manure and garden tools.
New York announces the engagement of Eleanor Taylor and Gouverneur Morris Carnochan Jr. She began with the Delineator and became editor of Today’s Magazine in Canton before returning to New York. The couple will reside in Chatham Conzries.
Readers learn of youth garden programs with prizes for flower and vegetable displays. The piece notes supplying children with proper tools, a future play area with swings and slides, and a Mobile born editor Katherine Glover profile highlighting her drive and early career.
The Item launches a new department "Women's World and Work" seeking news of women focused groups and meetings not yet in society pages. Notices of church, philanthropic, fraternal, musical, and literary groups are urged. Submissions due by 1 o'clock Saturdays.
Mrs C B Vincent chairs the membership meeting at 11 AM with Miss Charlotte Davis slated to speak. The board of directors meets Tuesday at 10 AM. A Friday parlor conference at Mrs J T Cochranes featured Miss Davis address, Mrs Lavretta singing, and guests from Tuscaloosa assisting.
The fifth district Older Girls Conference meets at Turnerville with Miss Willie Mae Discher presiding. G irls assemble at Royal and St Francis at 1 50. Octagon House Chapter US 1812 meets Parlor C Battle House at 4 p m. Woman's Musical Club at 8 p m. Mobile Public Library Association meets 4 30. Clara Schumann Club meets 11 a m at Scottish Rite Cathedral. College Women's Club and IMS and city federation education committee meet 3 30 in Parlor C Battle House.
The Mobile Equal Suffrage Association meets at 8 p m in the Cawthon Hotel assembly room and invites the public. The Newman Circle gathers with Mrs Julian Duffee at 7 45 p m. The Junior Band of the Christ Child Society meets at 4 p m in the Mobile Public Library to appoint committees for an April card and garden party. The Virginia Carolina Chapter D A R meets with Miss Mollie Thurber at 4 o'clock and the Five Flags Chapter D A R meets at 3 80 p m with Miss Meta Huger.
Regular monthly meeting of the Cathedral Sanctuary Society will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o clock. A knitting party for Belgian sufferers is arranged with Mrs Louis Donald at 10 o clock. St Clare Sewing Circle meets Wednesday at Conti Street Asylum at 4 p m.
The Mothers' Club of the Settlement Home meets at the home at 3 p m. The Parliamentary Law Study Club convenes at 11 a m at the Cawthon. Craighead Parliamentary Law Club morning division meets Thursday at 10 30 in Parlor C Rattle House with Mrs. Erwin Craighead director. Mr. Roderick McKenzie lectures at the Bethel Thursday at 8 p m for charity.
Friday events include Division meetings of the Craighead Parliamentary Law Club at 2 45 and 7 in Battle House Parlor C with Mrs W K Linscott directing. A 4 pm regular business meeting and a 3 30 pm adjourned Mobile Branch S A C W meeting also in Battle House. Musical entertainment at Dauphin Way Baptist Sunday school Friday at 8 under Mrs Mathilda Mann Crosby. On Saturday William Bryan Chapter D A R meets at 4 pm with Mrs John W McAlpine and Shakespeare Club gathers with Mrs C J Torrey at 11 am. Barton Academy auditorium hosts talks at 4 pm.
The United States department of labor sent Postmaster Livingston a number of applications for the unemployed seeking work and another blank for farmers needing farm help.
The Mississippi Valley Suffrage Conference discussed publicity methods with speakers including Mrs. Florence B. Peterson Dr. Anna E. Blount Mrs. Cyrus Field and Mrs. Roger Perkins. A resolutions committee was formed and a report on Southern suffrage work heard as the fourteenth annual meeting opened with Mrs. Rosika Schwimmer. Twenty one states attended.
A collection of household hints on mildew removal with sour milk and lime, bean and meat stews, pink beet icing, and stain removal. Includes standard measures and conversions, boiling spaghetti with sauce, and basic recipes for mayonnaise dressing and white cake.
Allen Alabama March 8 Irish peddler Charlie McGuire a longtime Clarke and Monroe counties resident says he will leave Alabama for Kentucky soon He is a familiar figure to locals after more than forty years in the area
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier for impure blood, promising clearer skin, improved digestion, and renewed energy. It claims purifying the blood reduces pimples, boils, eczema, and other skin blemishes, and mentions free advice and a booklet from Dr. W. M. Pierce.
Miss Marie Van Vorst returned from Paris praising American women’s work in wartime hospitals. She spoke in New York about the American ambulance hospital and urged continued funds to sustain the relief effort.
Acquaintances wish him health and prosperity in his new home. Miss Maggie Warren of Mt. Vernon visited her parents Newton and Mrs Warren this week after two months away. The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Paul died from burns after coals popped from a fireplace while parents were out. The twin brother survived with minor injuries. The child was loved dearly and died after three days of suffering. The body rests at Union Church cemetery. Local farming hustle slows due to weather. Schools plan Tem perance Day on March 12 with Pee Pee Paa speeches. An agricultural meeting at Sage auditorium Grove Hill featured opening by FE Calhoun and closing by Prof Burleson Auburn on Ways to Improve.
Professor Burleson discussed soil productivity citing humus value to crops and that plants obtain about nine tenths of their food from the air. He explained why young boys leave farming and Miss Tapin of Montevallo expanded on gardens and farming methods with several other topics.
The Item lists numerous visitors and their hometowns staying at the Cawthon Battle Bienville St. Andrew and Klosky hotels on Monday and Sunday. Names include Walter F. Scott Philadelphia J Kaufman Blue Island Martin Field New York Dr S S Allen and wife Terre Haute BE Losky Dayton George W Rubicam and family St. Louis C C Hairston New Augusta Dr E E Devol and wife Decatur W N Johnston Montgomery T M Curtis Hattiesburg J F Spell New Orleans B L Smith and wife Atlanta G E Kimbrough Montgomery Adonis Le Blanc Lafayette R M Dyer Robertsdale J S Kennedy wife Nashville Mrs G H Mathis Gadsden H A Gould wife Tampa G A Roberts Portland Mrs A E Chamberlain St Paul Edward L Thornton Luther R Cannon Chicago C A Pigford H A Smith C M Wright A N Griffin M V Boone Atmore J W Pennell Irvin A R Baker Morgan W J Galloway Roy T H Yarbrough Lopez Frank H Stone Baldwin A F Hutchins Battles Wharf T Jones Fulton Charles Smallwood Vinegar Bend W J Thornton Klosky Mrs George Mallett Mrs C A Cowart Lucedale H Windsor C S Howell Oak Grove H F Wilson Jr Birmingham E B Chipard J W Page Auburn.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills for liver and stomach relief. It promises to stop dizziness constipation biliousness and indigestion and notes the product costs 25 cents at your druggist.
The event drew about 390 attendees from the high and graded schools and local citizens. Everything proceeded with perfection and smooth execution.
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