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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
6
Mobile leaders trumpet a cotton ball gala as Battle House hosts a formal opening. Montgomery and Pensacola eye replicas while debutantes and society matrons prep many “At Home” afternoons. Notable Saffold sisters and other prominent belles are announced as season candidates with patronesses listed.
A fragmentary society note describes a bride-elect Pauline Lichtbach and her bridal party. Miss Lucille Zelnicker hosts sewing activities and a luncheon, with Miss Simon and Miss Ja Kohn noted in entertaining roles as afternoon plans unfold.
The Monza Journal notes the Beau Blub opening reception held last Friday marks the start of debutantes’ society visits and the sisterly ties between Mobile and nearby Omery girls as they begin their social season.
A fragmentary note from Michigan references women describing fatigue and common medical concerns. The text shows incomplete dialogue and lacks clear events, dates, or clinical details to summarize further.
Women leaders act as patronesses for the National Cotton Style Show in Washington opened Wednesday to promote the South's cotton. Mrs. Josephus Daniels displays nearly a hundred North Carolina made articles. Mrs. Champ Clark and Mrs. James R. Mann showcased model cotton gowns. The exhibit continues today.
Announcement of Miss Montiel Allman of Mobile Alabama marrying Mr Wallace Daniel. The ceremony occurred Tuesday evening at the bride’s aunt Mrs C H Glass home in Linden Alabama with her mother Mrs William H Allman presenting her. Dr E W Gamble officiated and Hamilton Douglas served as best man. News of the marriage surprised Daniel’s friends in Sacaie as the bride reportedly left the city for vacation in the North.
The steamer Charles FE. Cessna sails from the foot of Dauphin street at 8 o clock for a moonlight hop. Drago's orchestra provides music and the young society set anticipates a most enjoyable time aboard and a return before the last car.
The graduate and senior nurses of the Mobile Infirmary host Miss McLean of Birmingham and Miss Sutton of Montgomery at a dinner at the Cawthon Hotel Thursday evening. Afterward the group returns to the Mobile Infirmary where Miss McLean and Miss Sutton will help organize a nurses association to cooperate with the State Nurses Association.
The Hodskin home in Prichard hosted Helen Hodskin’s seventeenth birthday Tuesday evening with Halloween colors. Music, dancing, and games lasted to 10:30 PM followed by a two course luncheon served by Mrs. DeWitt and Mrs. Hodskin. Seventeen guests attended including Doris DeWitt Katie Hall Flora Saunders Winnifred Ewton Ethel Hall Alyce Ewton Mrs Campbell John Christman Will Carpenter Grady Armistead George Harper Albert Yost Fred Saunders Harry Elliott Arthur Davidson Mrs DeWitt Mr Hodskin.
The Informals, Mobile's young men group, announce a Friday 8:30 p.m. dance at German Relief Hall. Chaperons include Mr and Mrs John Meador and others. Floor and reception committees list event organizers and aides for a lively, informal social occasion.
Mrs. Thomas F Logan announces the marriage of Julia Alcorn to Hugh Jamison Mooney on September 15 1914 in Memphis Tennessee Mooney a Spring Hill College graduate son of C P J Mooney managing editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal is widely known in Mobile and Memphis for his marriage to Julia Logan a popular Memphis girl
A quiet wedding took place at noon Thursday uniting Emmett McFadyen and Hazel Torrance both well known in Mo Dillans. Miss Torrance daughter of Mrs. R. P. Torrance is described as pretty and popular while Emmett McFadyen is a prominent lumberman.
Readable notices announce the Clara Schumann Club vocal department gathering with Edwin Lyles Taylor at 3:30 PM, Mothers' Club at 32 PM, a rescheduled Church Home Guild meeting Thursday at 11, YWCA committee with Miss Augusta Hooks at 4, and Mobile Graded Union activities at the Burgett Memorial building. It also covers a new physical training class led by Mrs. A W Metcalf, Moose auditorium facilities, and a Babies Home garden party from 4 to 10 PM.
Atlanta led with a Cotton Ball hosted by the Piedmont Driving Club. Mobile plans a Cotton Ball at the Battle House on October 17 with a king and queen and guests in cotton costumes. Pensacola is urged to host a similar event and flotation of society opinion is requested.
The Chautauqua Circle held its first meeting at Mrs. H H Duffee's home on Wednesday afternoon. President Miss Sallie Withers and ten members discussed a year long study focusing on England with plans for books like Through England with Tennyson and Democratic England.
Mr and Mrs John Douglass and family and Miss Mina Poetz return from a summer at Fairhope. Mrs Henry Crawford visits Fairhope, guest of Mr Tom McKenzie. Myrtle Adams returns from Mobile after social courtesies. Mrs Norwood Richards and Mr and Mrs C H Driesbach Jr back from Europe and the West respectively. Miss Edna Ingalls back from Washington and New York. Hale Caldwell leaves to join the University of Alabama Medical Department in Mobile.
The piece extols cotton fabrics as stylish alternatives to silk and satin for women and children. It notes price ranges from fifty cents to $2.50 per yard, urges seasonal use, highlights a planned spring cotton display by Montgomery merchants, and encourages a South wide shift to cotton goods in dresses and coats.
The article notes her opportunity and study under Professor Myers, Vernon Castles graduate, with plans to resume classes upon return alongside Miss Eleanor Gray. It recalls the old quip God bless me said after sneezing, tied to plague-era beliefs.
The Federal Reserve Board announced class C directors for all twelve regional banks on Oct 8. D C Wills of Bellevue PA was named federal reserve agent and chairman of the board for the Cleveland bank.
The Panama Pacific Exposition yachting bureau announced a postponement of the international yacht race from April to August and September. The decision aims to adjust scheduling amid concerns over prior conflicts and venue preparation.
An advertisement touts making a pint of cough syrup at home using plain syrup water and Pinex, claiming a cost around 54 cents and faster relief. It urges readers to buy Pinex from a druggist, notes long shelf life, and asserts it eases hot chest colds, bronchitis, and winter coughs within 24 hours.
J C McCabe of Detroit proposed using steam instead of water to fight fires at the American Society of Municipal Improvement meeting in Boston. He argued steam lines could fill a room and expel air, reducing water damage and drying from condensation, especially for inflammable liquid fires.
In a dated parenting note, a household remedy touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children to prevent illness from constipation. The ad advises mothers to check tongue coating and symptoms, seek the 50 cent bottle with full directions, and ensure the product is made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
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