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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1913

Page

17

Social Realm Notes Dinner and Bridal Party Details

Social calendar lists Miss Marie Richards dining with bridesmaids at the lite-Pope bridal party and other gatherings. Entries include Mrs Stanley Finch, Clara Scheuerman at the Scottish Wire Cathedral, Hamilton Whist Club, Ladies of Charity meeting at Gonti Street Asylum, Atberstan Club informal session, Circle with Mrs Miller, and a White-Pope wedding at the Jest.

Ladies of Charity Gonti Street Asylum

Debutante Recherche Affair Shines With Marguerites

A detailed social pagina highlights Marguerite Festorazzi as a leading debutante. Mrs. C Lawrence Lovretta hosts a heart party and luncheon with marguerites and rose buds as the afternoon’s centerpiece. The event opens with a luncheon at 10 o'clock in the festively set Vineyard room.

Marguerite Festorazzi C. Lawrence Lovretta Lauretta Angelo Festorazzi

Chandler's Weird Art Decorates Whitney Home

New York dated November 23 Robert Chandler the divorced husband of the opera star Link Cavalier has received many commissions to decorate Fifth Avenue homes of society. Mrs Harry Payne Whitney ordered Chandler to decorate her home with multi colored birds fish and animals. A society luncheon and heart party followed with prize gifts and a long guest list. The Leinkauf School Improvement Association meets Monday at Leinkauf school.

New York Robert Chandler Link Cavalier Fifth Avenue Harry Payne Chandler

Elwell Club Puts On Pleasant Friday Tea and Games

Mrs E D Bondurant hosted the Elwell Club gathering with five tables of play. Guests included Mrs Virgie Bixlee Sawyer Mrs Sydney Robbins Mrs Sykes Gilbert and others. Prizes of silver and cut glass vinaigrettes crowned the winners led by Mrs Gregory Luce and others. Afterward the group enjoyed tea salads and beaten biscuits in a dining room neatly decorated with white chrysanthemums.

Elwell Club E. D. Bondurant Virgie Bixlee Sawyer Sydney Robbins Sykes Gilbert O. M. Otts Mabel Houstis Cary A.W. Brooks Minor Gregory Luce Heustie Sawyer B. F. Adams Peter Vredenburg

McEvoy Hosts Theater Outing With Friends

Cora A McEvoy entertained her cousin Miriam P Clark and two friends Ethel C Norden and Margaret Mary Doyle on Wednesday afternoon. They were escorted by a gentleman friend to the theatre and then enjoyed an automobile ride around the city.

Cora. A. McEvoy Miriam P. Clark Ethel C. Norden Margaret Mary Doyle

Oakdale School Improvement Meeting Set for December 1

The Oakdale School Improvement Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at Oakdale School on Monday December 1 at 7 30 o clock. All members are requested to be present.

Reguar The Leinkauf Oakdale School Improvement Association Oakdale

Mrs. Gaylord B Clark and Miss Clark Guests at Hotel Grafton

Mrs Gaylord B Clark and Miss Clark are listed as guests staying at the Hotel Grafton in Washington D C during a social visit.

Gaylord B. Clark Miss Clark Hotel Grafton Washington, D. C

The Piper for Benefit of Scholarship Fund at Alabama

The Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma at the University of Alabama rehearses The Piper by Josephine Preston Peabody for a Christmas benefit to fund the club’s permanent scholarship. Press praise from Liverpool Post and New York Times calls it a beautiful child play with strength and sustained poetic drama.

Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma University of Alabama Endymion Josephine Preston Peabody Edward Russel Liverpool Post London Academy New York Times

Yancey Schottgen Wedding in Birmingham Alabama

Miss Lilian C M Schottgen and Charlies R Yancey of Mobile wed Thanksgiving evening at Blessed Sacrament Church West End Birmingham Rev Father Turner officiated. Bride daughter of Mr Mrs B Schottgen 211 Springhill Ave Mobile groom son of Mr Mrs Frank Yancey 104 Augusta St Birmingham. Bridesmaid Miss Ethel Johnson groomsman F A Myers. Bride wore Alice blue satin with white chrysanthemum and white rose bouquet. After ceremony guests returned to 522 Berry St West End for supper and dancing.

Yancey-Schottgen Lilian C. M. Schottgen Charlies R. Yancey Mobile Blessed Sacrament Church West End Birmingham Ala Father Turner B. Schottgen Springhill Avenue Frank Yancey Augusta Street Ethel Johnson F. A. Myers H. T. Buntyn Berry Street

Whidby Family Host Birthday Night for Lola Whidby

Thanksgiving night celebrations at Malcolm honored Lola Whidby on her seventeenth birthday. Guests from Fairford Calvert Mcintosh Selma Mobile and Mr Vernon gathered for songs games and a cake with seventeen candles.

T. H. Whidby Malcolm Lalo Clara Kelley Wivlan Yonge Brucie Johnson Evelyn Tucker Marion Grady Yonge Fairford Willie Wickfield Willie Myers Lola Whidby

Bridge Party and Afternoon Tea Honors Miss Elia Packer

Mrs. W Lott hosts a bridge party and afternoon tea on December 10 to compliment Miss Elia Packer and Margaret Blacksher, named as this season's pert popular buds.

W. ©. Lott Elia Packer Margaret Blacksher

M. T. C. Dance Planned at German Re lief Hall

The M. T. C. announces a Christmas dance on December 12 at German relief Hall beginning at 8 30 o clock. Proceeds will support club activities.

German Relief Hall

Afternoon Reception for Debutante Hilda Broadword

Mrs. L. J. Broadword hosts an afternoon reception for Miss Hilda Broadword, a debutante of the season, with invitations extended to friends and family.

L. J. Broadword Hilda Broadword Recep

Social events listed for December evening schedule

Readable fragments show a dance at 8:30 PM and a segment of a schedule from December 9 with multiple individuals named Clifton Miss Leila McMillan and Miss Annetta McMillan involved in social or ceremonial events. Further context is unavailable due to fragmentary text.

Lyons Hosts Bridge Luncheon and Tea at Athelstan Club

Mrs. L. Le Baron Lyons will entertain with a bridge luncheon on Thursday at 2 p m and an afternoon tea at 5 30 o'clock at the Athelstan Club.

Alex. Bloch New Bridge Club J. D. Sutton

Miss Richards Hosts Dinner for Miss Pope and Bridal Party

Miss Marie Richards will entertain tomorrow evening at dinner to honor Miss Pope and her bridesmaids.

Miss Richards Miss Pope Miss Marie Richards

Debutante Honor Event at Country Club

Miss Elizabeth Hobart hosts a December 19 gathering at the Country Club to honor three leading debutantes, including Miss Marie, in a social tribute marking the season's most attractive young women.

Elizabeth Hobart Marie

Box Party at the Lyric After Spring Hill Game

Three old News Messrs Clarence Black Sherman Par due and John Becker attended a Lyric theatre party after the Thanksgiving football game at Spring Hill College. They complimented Miss Druhan Katherine Brown and Katherine Hughes and John Druhan to view the performance of The Firefly.

the Lyric News Clarence Black Sherman Pardue John Becker Spring Hill College Druhan Katherine Brown Katherine Hughes John Druhan the Firefly

Athelstan Club Proposes Informal Monday Dance Night

The Athelstan Club announces an informal dance Monday at 8 30 P M. The event promises a pleasant evening with music and socializing for members and guests.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Marie Richards Mrs Stanley Finch Clara Scheuerman Scottish Wire Hamilton Whist Club Atberstan Club Bell W. R. Pope Varina Gould Cawthon Hotel Chautauqua Circle W. B. Pope Rs. Palmer P. J. M. Acker Jas. W. Cox CG. A Etwell Bridge Club J. St. G. Tucker Chas. Mohr Dansante Katherine Willis Ella Packer Blacksher Shakespeare Club C. J. Torrey Harte Auditorium Whitney Home Harry Payne Whitney Little North Carolina Mountaineers Mrs. W. T. Wilkerson Lyons Avenue Manhattan Dye Works Robirton Prop St. Francis St. Mobile Herpin St. Emanuel Street Service Mrs. Bondurant Bee Oy Rogers Peet & CO Peck Norfolk Fone Dauphin Street Athelstan Club Jerenalds Dauphin St
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