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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
6
A fragmented excerpt notes unusual athletic scenes where basketball and bowls mix with sinewy maids and distant hills or shore. The piece hints at playful sport and sport in motion, though details remain unclear.
A fragmented note highlights a figure titled the Langorong summer maiden achieving the highest score amid a group described as trip maids with men’s hearts laden. The text is unclear but emphasizes the top score.
A compendium of maxims and quotes contrasts folly and joy, noting renewal of effort turns failures into lessons. It cites Katherine Tingley on experience over sorrow and La Bruyere on self-judgment, plus a Philadelphia Public Ledger view that hate spreads ill tidings.
Mrs Gordie McGehee entertained the Wednesday Bridge Club and friends on the lawn. Honored guest Miss Mary Charlot Berney of Birmingham received a shampoo jacket as top scorer, with consolation cards and another jacket awarded to Miss Berney. Dorothy Perkins roses provided a scenic backdrop as guests enjoyed punch and an ice course.
The Mothers' Club gathered at Settlement Home on Thursday with full attendance. Miss Jeter and Miss Grizzard will depart for new posts Wednesday. gifts included a leather traveling case and gold shirtwaist pins. Miss Windham directed the Bible lesson on Thy Word Have I Hid in My Heart. Music by the Victrola followed refreshments.
The wives of the W O N A R D members hosted a social day at Dog River on Thursday with their husbands as guests. The event featured shared activities and community fellowship among the group and attendees.
The passage quotes multiple women claiming health benefits from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound in relation to pregnancy and childbirth. They describe improved strength, successful pregnancies, and even life-saving effects, endorsing the remedy as essential for expectant mothers.
The group entertained the ladies with a spend the day party at Dog River on Thursday returning in the afternoon by auto. Attending from Alba Club were Mr and Mrs Dave Bauer Mr and Mrs Roy Albright Mr and Mrs J D Sutton Mr and Mrs William Van Antwerp Mr and Mrs S H Colvin Mr and Mrs R L Braswell Mr and Mrs Floyd Macon Mr and Mrs John Rutherford Mr and Mrs J P Roe Mr and Mrs Newton Mrs Ed Whalen Mrs Dumas Mr Bernard H Eichold and Mr Denning.
Miss Nettie Redsheimer of New Orleans arrived this week to visit Miss Helen McDonald and later Miss Katherine Hughes. She was the guest of honor at the Sewing Club Thursday morning along with four other guests Effie Soost Pearla Soost Katherine Hughes and Mamie Tovart. The ladies sewed chatted and a delicious plate luncheon was served at noon by the hostess.
Miss Hilda Broadwood acted as hostess for the Friday Bridge Club. Four substitutes joined the regular members for an afternoon of play. Three tables competed for white silk hose with Miss Alba Gower winning. Jean Traise joined later for an ice course after the games.
A parade of visitors checked into Mobile hotels on Friday including Harry Marska of Selma Evelyn Schamburger of Lauderdale Miss and guests from Americus Ga and Bay St. Louis Miss Rotary Club Pensacola members and other notables also registered at the Cawthon St Andrew Battle House and Windsor hotels with various departures planned for New York and Moss Point and trips along the railroad line.
Knights of the Maccabees of the World gathered at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco for their annual session. Officers were elected D P Markey of Detroit as supreme commander and S W Hall of San Francisco as lieutenant commander, with L E Sisler Detroit as supreme record keeper A W Fry Chatham Pa as chaplain and M J Bulgar New Orleans as sentinel. A plan to raise a one million dollar fund for orphans and members in need was adopted, proposing each of the 335000 members contribute one dollar.
Wil lam Carcher of the 1915 McGill Institute class hosts a Bay Shell Road hay ride Friday night for fellow graduates awaiting diploma ceremonies in early June. The group will depart about 7 30 from the Carcher home for a bay shore ride with refreshments to follow.
Miss Annie Mae Stoddard and companions sail on the Peerless for a round trip to Mobile. Ethel Schwarz leaves for Montgomery to visit her sister. Louise Cowan of Moss Point visits Mobile relatives. Marie and Alberta Tanner of Birmingham visit Mobile relatives. Claudia Friedenthal and Mrs. Friedenthal plan a trip to New York. Mattie Hickey travels to Richmond Virginia to see Miss Ward.
Kalamazoo announces the purchase of the Kalamazoo Telegraph Press by Senator William Alden Smith Arthur H. Vandenberg and Lindsay 8 McRae. Cairo reports Brigadier General Bridges of the Austrian expeditionary force wounded and died aboard a hospital ship. Denver says Ward E Pearson will succeed his father as chairman of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company. Cuba marks its thirteenth independence anniversary at the Panama Pacific Exposition. Montgomery notes Tennessee game warden W D Howser visiting the Alabama capitol. Geneva reports Father Ledochowski arrives at Einsiedhn monastery to stay through the war. London’s Times indicates a royal warrant will remove enemy aliens from British Orders of Knighthood.
Postmaster J Bloeker Thornton announces extended stamp and general delivery hours. Stamp sales began last Monday and continue nightly until 8 oclock, with the delivery window open for the same period, benefiting the public.
Advertises Q-Ban Hai Color Restorer as a safe treatment to darken gray hair and stop dandruff and itching. Claims it works on roots, is not a dye, and leaves hair dark and silky. Bottle offered for 50 cents at Van Antwerp Drug Store Mobile Alabama with out-of-town supply.
Mamie E Smith’s heirs sue Atlas Life Insurance for 172 dollars in the law and equity court. The suit alleges a policy on Mamie Smith, who died February 22, as part of a family action brought by Gaillard and Mahomer. A party of prominent Selma and Summerville residents traveled to Mobile on the steamer Peerless and arrived Friday morning.
Public invited to University Military School exercises from May 23 to 28 at multiple venues. Events include commencement sermon by Rev Henry Wade DuBose, field day on campus, military drills at Monroe Park, graduation exercises and diploma awards by Matt Mahomer Jr and Mell Frazer, and a students hop. Notable graduates listed. Richard III performance by De La Moriniere draws Mobilian and Springhillian attendance with Shakespeare Club and Newman Circle participation.
A well attended lecture on Richard III was delivered Thursday evening by Father, drawing interest from local clubwomen. The event showcased a splendid and masterly presentation that engaged attendees through detailed historical analysis.
Mrs. H. K. Dawson, chair of the chapter’s relief committee, names cake and sandwich, coffee table, ice cream, and cold drinks groups for a June 1 Ceas na boat ride to aid veterans and families. A full relief committee meeting is set for Saturday at 5 o'clock in Battle House’s Parlor C.
Miss Willie Duncan of Tuscaloosa hosted a Thursday afternoon bridge party for guest Miss Zara Solomon of Montgomery. Attendees included Kathleen Willis, Marguerite Festorazzi, Mary Knight Rush, Marie Layette, Eula Walsh, Clara Sims and Mrs. E. D. Flynn. Solomon received white silk hose. Layette won more hose and Festorazzi the consolation deck of cards. A salad course followed.
The Birmingham News reports the engagement of Dr Moses and Miss Feld, both well known in Birmingham from prior visits. Miss Feld was a charming guest at Miss Alice Phillips on the South Highlands, and Dr Moses led the Temple Emanuel dedication. A reception is planned at the National Park Hotel after the ceremony. The couple will reside in Mobile where Dr Moses serves as rabbi.
Exchange rates between New York and London fell to their lowest in more than a generation. Bills were sold with quotations around 4.78, signaling a sharp tightening in the international money market.
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