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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
3
Miss Iola Laurendine and Crane High School graduates are hosted by Mobile clubs and homes including Alba Club and 1121 Palmetto Street. A 500 party and multiple bridge and dance events mark graduation celebrations with attendants named, venues listed, and the season’s bride announcements noted.
Pard of Mobilian plans marriage to Miss Helen B. Burgard at 2433 Milan Street home. Meanwhile Miss Louise Mason and Mr Howard Hempstead announce engagement from Philadelphia and English‑line families respectively. Autumn wedding expected. Mason has stayed with Judge Norborne Clarke and guests include Miss Rebecca Herndon and Mrs Henry Hall Clarke.
The touring company of Kismet has disbanded after a successful run in major cities. Miss Rosa Coates, premiere danseuse, vacationing in Tampa with brother Alfred Coates and mother Mrs. G M Coates. Tampa guests included Mr and Mrs Alfred Warren hosting a dinner dance at the Yacht and Country Club in honor of Miss Coates.
Miss Elinor Madison hosted a birthday party at her home for about forty Bartonians, assisted by Miss Odette Burgoyne. The event featured a guessing game, a birthday cake with seventeen pink candles, prizes, and refreshments as the Mobile Kindergarten Training School prepares to grant diplomas to graduates in Mobile.
Francis X Bushman headlines the Empire showing The Voice in the Wilderness two reel Essanay feature with Irene Warfield and Gerda Holmes. The bill includes The Rival Undertakers from Vitagraph with Shea Sadler Mack Beggs. Tomorrow adds Ruth Roland Brennan in Tight Shoes and other films along with a Fall 1914-15 fashion reel.
Mrs Erwin Craighead and Mrs Milton Brown lead the orchestral setup for the Gulf Fishing and Hunting Club annual feast at their Dog River Clubhouse. Members and favored guests travel by automobile from the city, with arrangements for a fresco style barbecue as the banquet highlight.
Local notice reports Mrs. Cuas of Bellevue Ohio recovering after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It details severe backaches pains nervousness and periodic troubles before rapid improvement and renewed strength. The ad urges women to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co providing confidential female advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
The D A R held an adjourned meeting Monday at 4 pm at Scottish Rite Cathedral for revising the constitution electing a second vice regent and voting on amendments. Notice was given at the previous meeting and members are urged to assemble in force to consider the changes.
Miss Madeline Maury, a charming Barton graduate of 1914, will join the week's roster of hostesses at a commencement dance tomorrow evening. Miss Annie Kate King of Meridian, Mississippi, is visiting her cousin Mrs William J Goodman at 312 North Jackson Street.
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