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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1913
Page
5
Today events include a Shakespeare Club meeting with Mrs C J Torrey at 11 a.m. A Children Story Hour is set for 4 p.m. at the Harte Auditorium. On Thursday, a Bridge Club gathering with Mrs Peter Vredenburg at 4 p.m. Feminine Interest Society note lists Editor’s phone 1972 Bell.
The passage advises on handling birthdays with honesty and steady judgment. It warns those born today may be sentimental and self centered at first, risking friends and status, and urges guardians to teach true values to reveal their best qualities and support future success.
Utica Ohio woman Mary Earlewine reports relief from postnatal weak spells, dizziness, and yellow complexion after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Nebo Illinois resident Het tie Greenstreet credits ten years of female trouble relief and renewed strength to the same remedy.
The quotation reflects that one is never alone when accompanied by noble thoughts. It notes the importance of learning first to form opinions, emphasizing sequential development of knowledge and judgment. The source cites Sir Philip Sidney and Mendelssohn in a reflective tone.
Yesterday the New Bridge Club enjoyed two hostesses and three tables of play at 3 o clock. Pink decor with Sweet peas and roses accompanied refreshments as Mrs. Chaudron won first prize a cut glass nappie. Mrs. H K Dawson earned a lace fan as second prize. Arthur Shirley Benn M P. of Mobile departs for New York and England after serving with the British delegation to the peace conference in Washington.
The Mothers' Club bids farewell to Miss Monahan who departs Monday to assume deaconess duties at Readsville North Carolina. They gift her a leather hand bag and welcome Miss Jeter of Macon who will fill the Settlement Home post. Also noted are social visits and upcoming picnics as the season ends.
A London gallery girl said to be the duchess's rival is blamed for stirring jealousy in the Duke of Westminster. Reports say the duchess sought to win back the duke by flirting with other men, provoking the duke to seek divorce with royal objections.
Helen and Warren tour a historic abbey viewing tombs of Edward I and Edward II and the Duchess of Gloucester. They linger in the poets' corner and the Lady Nightingale tomb while marveling at the abbey’s age, architecture, and solemn atmosphere.
William O Hares visit to River Junction Florida is noted as a business trip with plans to stay several days. The column aside jokes about fashion and a light exchange about engagements, court, and weather, reflecting a humorous personals tone.
London May 17 militant suffragists altered tactics in their arson campaign by targeting a tenanted Cambridge residence. Interior woodwork suffered heavy damage and a nearby university laboratory was affected. A canister of gunpowder was found at Boxmoor Station on the London and Northwestern Railway.
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