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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1916
Page
6
A tangled memory scene describes old time garden favorites in bloom from zinnias to roses. A mistress in buckled shoes walks a graveled path as suitors flank her giving a bleeding heart and a rose, hinting at a tragedy of love and hate threaded through the garden.
A column offers eyebrow and eyelash grooming advice including temporary trimming with manicure scissors and peroxide touch ups. It notes permanent removal requires an electric needle and warns to treat the eye area carefully. The piece also mentions related beauty queries and social notices from Mobile including centennial celebrations and local club outings.
George L. Nicol of Mobile spent Sunday in Meridian visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ashley on his way to Tuscaloosa. Miss Carol Cowan plans a Missouri trip to visit her brother Pat Cowan in Columbia with her father joining later from the North. Mr. John T. Cochrane and son John Jr. traveled to Tuscaloosa after a Meridian stop. Odette Burgoyne arrives from Livingston for schooling. Mary Knight Rush and Ella Packer Blacksher attend a Tuscaloosa at home hosted by Augusta Harwood. Mrs. J. Whitehead and baby head to Starkville to stay with her father, a professor at A and M College. Andrew and Frank Coffin, Alabama graduates, attend events here.
Tuesday lists Miss Gertrude M Benson at home dance and a German Relief Hall commencement. Mobile Dancing Club boat ride leaves at 8. Wednesday features Discards with Miss Clara Cary and a Convent reunion, Barton Academy commencement at Lyric Theatre, plus a Joseph Burfoot social. Thursday includes No Trump Club and S S S C meeting, a wedding at St John’s Church, and teas. Friday offers bridge events, a recital at McGill Institute, and a Progressive Peanut Party for St. Vincent’s graduates.
Col ston Chapter 4 D.C. with Mrs Saf fold Berney hosts 5 p.m. anniversary event for Jefferson Davis birthday.
An advertising blurb touts Grove's The Old Standard as a general tonic with GonuNel and iON promising restorative benefits. It emphasizes superior taste and general wellness value in a period marketing voice.
From Cairo and Washington reports the Turkish Sinai threat nears remote likelihood as allied observers track Turkish moves. Allies cite Jijaffa occupation blocking a main advance toward the canal while routes via El Arish Katia and El Hassana are monitored amid weather and water shortages. Poverty and tuberculosis in Cincinnati are linked to housing, income, and urban density.
In Cologne on May 30 the Woman's Alliance of Cologne and 35 allied groups petitioned the fortress governor to forbid high-heeled shoes, long skirts, and imported styles seen as anti patriotic. They call luxuries a disgrace amid wartime suffering and urge action against fashion evils.
A group of Berlin and Dresden musicians completed an extended concert tour along the Hindenburg line in the German east front. The tour, requested by field marshal, entertained both frontline soldiers and wounded in hospital, led by Prof. Von Weikowski of Breslau who has served as a Red Cross delegate since the war began.
Constantinople May 30 reports Turkey will introduce a gold standard using the gold piastre as monetary unit. Old debts will be adjusted at the former rate, and graduated scales will cover recent liabilities. Official bureaus will handle money exchange.
You Like It Club plans officer elections led by Mrs Matthew Brew ster at 3 30 p m Closing Exercises at the Convent of Mercy Lyric Theatre 5 p m and a Blue Bird Party at Clark School Kindergarten Featured activities reflect local civic and youth group gatherings.
Mothers' Club settlement home hosts a 30 pm annual meeting. Woman's Auxiliary meets at 11 am. Colonial Dames led by Mrs. Rhett Goode at 5 pm. Pupils of Mrs. Batchelor to recital at Harte Auditorium at 8:30 am. YWCA Membership Committee with Mrs. Vincent at 5 pm. AB L Yerby Building meeting at 10:30 am.
May 30 report from Torio says southern Chinese revolutionists have sent canvassers to Japan to enlist Japanese naval reservists and officers. About two hundred seamen departed Kobe to join the rebel warships. Dr Kako Imai, a Kobe attorney and international law expert, has been hired by rebel leaders and is already heading to their centers.
Washington May 30 News paper advertising is most valuable to the tobacco trade Herbert Kaufman of New York declared before the Tobacco Merchants Association two day convention. Kaufman said the demand for tobacco ceases when advertising stops and urged advertisers to be sure of their product merit.
Berlin message via Copenhagen reports the Dutch vessel Holland was captured by a German warship and towed to Borkum island on suspicion of espionage.
A flying boat piloted by Albany N Y student John Birdsell plunged into Hampton Roads after a bad landing in Newport News. Birdsell and passenger Ted Hequembourg escaped with minor bruises.
Mrs J D Powell of Odessa Florida reports severe weakness stomach pains nervous spells and temporary blindness improved after using Cardus. She notes renewed appetite and energy enabling housework and urges others with womanly weakness to try the tonic available at druggists.
The article notes a shift from harsh cathartics to mild laxatives like Chamberlain's Tablets, praised for their natural, agreeable effect. They purportedly strengthen the stomach and aid digestion and are widely obtainable.
Mrs. Carey of Ilion New York commends six months use of Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion. She reports pleasure in the remedy and says she has never used a remedy that gave better results. the tablets are available everywhere.
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