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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
5
If this is your birthday you may receive presents or benefits from employment and should weigh decisions carefully. Those born today are fortunate and can rise to great heights under proper guidance. In youth they may try many paths without finding lasting success.
Society notes list a debutante dinner for Miss Glass hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Krassin at 8:30, plus a string of gatherings including German Relief Hall children’s entertainment, New and Elwell Bridge Clubs, Dalton and C A R board meeting, Mobile Graded Union, Y W C A tea, and a Fidelia Club Thanksgiving Ball at the Battle House celebrated with ivory and gold salon decor and souvenir dance cards.
A fragmentary early 20th century note mixes advice on gray hair remedies with a social page recounting a debutante grand march. It details Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy and profiles several debutantes including Loris Pincus Rita Pake and Sadie Marx with escorts and outfits.
Miss Tina Lerner says Russian women stay fascinating through acute mental sympathy for others, especially their children. She notes selflessness and the art of understanding others as keys, with suffering shaping heightened sensitivity and lasting appeal.
The grand match featured many couples including Miss Lucile Zelnicker with Sidney B Simon and Miss Augusta Pincus with Maury Hess. Notables from Charleston and Greensboro attended. committees chaired by E H Frenichstein and J H Zelnicker organized reception floor and entertainment. The Fidelia Club again earned praise for this successful event.
A gay group feasted last evening in the Cawthen colonial room decorated with flowers. The table setting showed covers for seventeen while blossoms adorned the place settings.
Miss Rita Pake and Milton A Eichold Miss Loris Pincus and Myron Kahn Miss Sadie Marx of Port Gibson Miss and Leonard Metzger Miss Augusta Pincus and Maury Hess Miss Birdie Feld of Vicksburg and Maurice Elgutter of New Orleans Miss Lena Metzger and Noah Schwarz Miss Lena Hanan and James Adler and Lloyd Richard Dr A G Moses and Bertram Pake.
Noted amid yesterday's feast was the Order of Moose ball at German Relief Hall marking its third anniversary. Drago's orchestra provided lively music while masked costumes created a radiant tableau. punch flowed and dancing ran late. Committee members included John E. Toomey and M. D. Lavelle among others.
Three alumni and three accompanying guests traveled from the alma mater to watch Spring Hill play Marion on the college gridiron. The party included A. R. Bloch KB Simon Hugo Eichold and Misses Lucile Zélinicker Pauline Lichtbach and Carol Leinkauf in an auto riding purple and white.
The regular Saturday story telling hour resumes at 4 p m with Mrs Alice Randall and Miss Helena Krudop as narrators. A fine program is promised for the children.
Thanksgiving week featured a brilliant Pink Ladies ball at German Releph Hall marking their first anniversary. The hall glowed with pink roses and fairy-like decor while the Excelsior band provided music. Committee members included C. L. Simmons as chairman with N Koster V Bru F Robertson J Langan C Pate J Smallwood I Donahue G Southall N Stuardi and others.
Cassidy led the procession with Miss Gladys Turner and Miss Ethel Hoyle following as the loveliest Pink Ladies. They guided roseate garlands of dancers through the dreamy pink mazes of the ball, evoking a beautiful spectacle.
Thanksgiving scenes unfold in Mobile with multiple households hosting guests. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Donald welcoming Kenneth and Mrs. Donald, and Lt. Edwin Barlow with Mrs. Barlow from Fort Morgan. Other gatherings occur at Dr. Forrest R. Hurst home and Leatherbury seaside estate in Coden.
Concerning Our Friends notes Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Maxon, part of the couple spotlighted, have returned home this week from Havana.
Miss Ella Wheeler enjoyed a round of festivities in Savannah where she served as maid of honor Wednesday at the wedding of her cousin Miss Cecelia Woods and was noted as one of the very attractive attendants.
Mrs. Erwin Craighead conducted a weekly parliamentary law class yesterday, delivering a morning session that proved profitable for attendees in both science and law topics.
The guest list includes Mrs H Hanson Mrs C Shawhan Miss Elizabeth Fonde Mrs W B Delchamps Mrs Daly Mrs Courtney and Mrs W T McGowin. Ruth Rosenbaum visits her brother in St veda and is at home again.
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