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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1915
Page
6
A reflective poem by Lella Maud Leslie recalls a bygone romance and the ache of memories, with imagery of a garland of beauty and faded blossoms. The piece contrasts a past love’s voice with the ache of absence and the inexorable passage of time.
Faust Spaghetti prepared 30 minutes with tomato and cheese makes a nutritious easy to digest cheap meal. Durum wheat product marketed by Maull Bros Saint Louis USA advert promotes it as a ready partially substitute meal with bread and butter.
Betty Brown introduces the Lady in Brown in a two tone brown princess gown by Mme Reichert of the Fashion Art League of America. The design uses seal brown satin and lighter brown chiffon with fur trim and buttoned satin bands. Bronze boots complete the ensemble as Evansville readers note fall style. plus local social notes on residents and visitors from Evansville Ind and surrounding areas.
The Junior Band of the Christ Child Society plans a witches' dance Friday November 5 at 7 30 pm and invites the public to attend. Also notices Sewing Circle and Busy Workers Sewing Club announce meetings with designated hosts at specified times and locations.
Tuesday afternoon sewing club with Mrs Bruce Oakdale Informal luncheon Mrs Harry T Wednesday bridge club with Miss Margaret Blacksher 3 pm meeting of Spinsters Parlor Battle House 4 pm five Hundred Club with Miss Winnie Grown 3 30 pm Wednesday bridge club with Miss Mildred Shaffer 8 pm k H C C with Virginia Thorn ton Government Street 3 30 Discards With Mrs Joe M Mc Phillips 3 pm Halloween party at home of Mr Mildred Shaffer 3 pm Thursday M D M First Annual Ball German Relief Hall 8 30 o clock Friday Tea Protestant Orphan Asylum by Board of Managers 5 to 7 pm Card party and hosiery shower or Miss Alice Streb at home of Miss Adelaide Tierney Witches Dance Christ Child Society M T C Dance German Relief Hall 8 30 pm
The Ladies' Aid Society plans a musical entertainment at Odd Fellows Halls in Whistler on Friday November 19 to benefit Bethany Baptist church. Mechanics' Lodge No 69 INC Cees meets on Carr Street this Tuesday at 7 o clock. Ella Mae Gosson returns from Montgomery Union Springs and Greenville. Edward Lavett returns from Bayou la Barre. John Ranagier Jr resumes foreman duties after a ten day vacation. L Crabtree fills in during his absence. J M Street returns to work in the mill department.
A 100 pound frosted cake delivered by Gordon Smith Bakery at the Protestant Orphan Asylum delighted the children. City scales inspector Jack Hughes weighed it, and N. W. McVoy was first to guess the weight, though the prize was set to benefit the orphans.
After a week of illness J A Jackson of Viland Ala returns home from a Gulf Coast Fair visit. Judge James Rawls and wife of St Stephens return home from visiting Thomas Rawls Sr. Ernest Meyers Bay Poplar Lumber manager returns from Cincinnati after two weeks with company president. Mrs J S Smith of Hattiesburg visits father Finis E Long then travels to Oak Grove. J N Wright Mobile and Ohio attorney visits Whistler on business. Mr and Mrs A G More return from Gulfcrest visits. Robert Sutton Jackson editor returns home after visiting cousins Henry G and Robert M Peterson.
Mr and Mrs E A Knapp visited the Hubbards last week. The Ladies Guild met with Mrs Eva Delchamps Wednesday. A Halloween party at Mr J E Delchamps drew a large crowd. Harold Read visited Mrs Denekie over the weekend. Gulf Coast Fair attendance pleased many. plans for next year are hinted. Glessner family took an auto load to the fair Saturday. C A Smith conducted business in Mobile last week. Notable attendees at the fair included J A Hubbard L S Lossing Abby Denekie W H Delchamps and L
An advertised home beauty treatment promises a clear youthful complexion using mer corized wax from drug stores. Application at night and washing off in the morning supposedly sheds old skin and reveals fresh underlayers, with a saxolite and hazel formula claimed to reduce wrinkles after the first use.
Glessner and Cuthbert families report good health. Mrs. Will Heironymus visits Mobile for a week. Bart Chamberlain Case Dr. R. C. Jones and Senator Hartwell took a hunting trip to J. G. Cleveland's last Tuesday. Joe Eastburn had business in town Saturday along with Sonny Delchamps. The oyster business paused due to hot weather as Heironymus company nets fine fish recently.
The Fellowship Bible Class will meet at the YMCA tea room Tuesday night. A supper will precede a lecture by Rev. H W Du Bose, who will outline the course of study to be followed by the class.
Directors of the Mobile Home Garden Association will meet Thursday night to discuss adding more gardens. Secretary E Q Norton urges full attendance as many important matters will be disposed of.
Gladys Coleman in Society World recommends using a toothbrush with pure liquid silmerine to transform straight dull hair. Apply after brushing and rinse, yielding a natural-looking curl and shine by morning. The method requires no preparation. four to five ounces lasts months.
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