Summer to September verses and Belle Fontaine party
The excerpt mixes poems about the swift year and distant love with social notes. It reports Mrs. Robert Ss. Hunter hosting 600 guests at Belle Fontaine, lists attendees from Mobile and nearby towns, and mentions Dauphin Way Baptist church Labor Day excursion to Fairhope with chaperones and a full afternoon program of lectures and races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snina Holland Covington
Belle Fontaine
Robert Ss. Hunter
Meyer
Mobile
W. A. Weaver
Frank Dunlap
Benz
H. R. Lewis
V. K. Barr
Allan Barr
D. D. Partridge
Steele Partridge
Winslow Partridge
Allen
Lucille Partridge
S. S. Pugh
A. S. Johnson
Martin
Grand Bay Times
Hunter
Dauphin Way Baptist Church
Fairhope
J. B. Verghe
Government Street Presbyterian Church
G. W. Outerbridge
All Saints' Episcopal Church
Nannie Baker
John Bunyah
Mobile area social notes and visits from Mobile to multiple towns
A long list of visits and guests from Mobile to Opelika, Montgomery, Pensacola, Jackson, and other cities. People include Mrs. Lena Shaw, Miss Ida Clay, Mr. Grover Tisdale, Miss Christine Schmitt, Miss Mercedes Toenes, Mr. J. H. Blumer, Mrs. R. S. Hunter, and many others visiting relatives, attending events, or staying with hosts like Mrs. S. B. Naff, the Ham buys, and the Brutsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Shaw
Ida Clay
Mobile
Coden
Point Clear
Montgomery Advertiser
Grover Tisdale
Laurel
I. W
E. C. Grace
Columbus
Miss
Grace
Jack Cox
Prairie
Columbus -Commercial
J. Brook Clark
Ala
L. B. Hamby
Twentythird Avenue
Tuscaloosa
R. L. Braswell
H. J. Brutster
Butler
Choctaw Advocate
Breantley
Jacksonville
Christine Schmitt
Marion Rolls
Pascagoula Democrat-Star
Warren Christian
J. H. Blumer
Moss Point Advertiser
Nannette “Rosine
Pensacola
J. Jr
Pollard
George Strable
Spring Hill Avenue
Albert Hart
Pensacola News
L. J. Sw
Miss Eros letters offer dating advice in Mobile era column
The piece compiles reader questions on love and etiquette addressed to Miss Eros and provides civil, cautious guidance. It also includes notes on society events, a defense of hoops, home baking tips, and a Mobile society visit by Miss Maxine Biebesheimer with admissions to the Woman's Benefit Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Platten
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile & Northern
Platten
Mobile
Bondholders’ Committee
Miss Eros
Eros
Father
Maxine Biebesheimer
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees
Anna McGowan
Government Street
Biebesheimer
New York City
Waldorf-Astoria
Boy Explains Grades With Curious Alphabet Trick
A boy tells his mother he tops his class by explaining that letters on reports stand for unusual traits. He claims that the letter a means awful while others represent excellent and dandy. The humorous exchange ends with a quip about “giving away” the girl across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
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Rose
Richard LE Gallienne
Violet
Radclib Ife
Violet Radcliffe
Duggar
Auburn
Paul McCormick
Joan Allen Welch
John Allen, Jr
Welch
Daughdrill
Gulferest
Citronelle Call
Howard Walker
Montrose
N. H. Boykin
Rives
H. Walker
Clara Sims
S. B. Naff
Ashley Park
Atlanta Journal
Mercedes Toenes
W. Colle
Pascagoula
Nal
Browning
Warrior River
Hiram Freeland
Inga Olsen
Bertie Freeland
C. H. Dees
George Hatchett
A. B. Atchinson
Alethea
J. H. Bolton
D. B. Bolton
Theodore
J. L. Hill
William Powell
Douglas Crane
Katie Callahher
Q. H. Swinson
Montgomery
R. F. Smith
Blanche
Burnteé
Charles
Bay Minette
Smith
W.S. Sibley
Sibley
Willie May
Powell
Myrtle Richerson
Pass Christian
Gulfport
Biloxi
Gulf Coast
Baldwin Times
America
Miss Oros
Ladylike
Maccabees
Harriman
Rely
Ww. Harriman
E. Harriman
United States
May Manton
Gwen
Eng Ae Ote
Eos
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