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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1915
Page
7
A poem celebrates multiple footpaths and lanes from wood to river and mountains, but declares the road home as the dearest journey. The speaker Mildred Stewart evokes musk breeze and fern fringed scenes to frame homeward longing.
The article lauds Henri Dunant as the originator of the Red Cross and the Geneva Convention of 1864, detailing his role after Solferino and his influence from Florence Nightingale. It also notes the mission society meeting and presents home recipes and a cake filling recipe.
Betty Brown notes Paris enthusiasm for the ruffled skirt and semi-fitted gowns. A model shows a straight-lined waist with bronze-tinted silk accents, while judges set modest prizes for home crafts and textiles in a local club competition.
A bedtime tale unfolds with Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane discovering Mrs Wibblewobble’s party, finding the invitation on a cabbage leaf as Uncle Wiggily jokes the leaf also served as his invite. The gag turns playful as Uncle Wigzaily agrees to attend.
An old catalog of Miss Eros personal advice letters offers guidance on love and family choices. The page also lists social events, meetings, and a long comic tale about Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Jane at a party with a daring ice cream save.
Instructions discuss jelly reforming in a hot oven with water bath, tips to prevent jelly breakage, and using alum to aid setting. It also covers repacking ice cream with salt and ice to ripen, plus tricks to remove dust from books with bread crumbs and cleaning grease with blotting paper and benzine. A note invites clubs to send year books to the society editor. Fashion notes describe shorter skirts, parasol stripes in lakewear, velveteen sport coats, and a black velvet cap with adornments for autumn.
Calendar notes a 4 p m meeting at the Alabama Maternity and Infants Home to finalize plans and appoint committees for a garden party on the grounds to benefit the babies. An informal mask dance follows at German Relief Hall at 8 45 p m with Mrs C E Nichols hosting for Miss Edward Webster. The entry also mentions the Coffin Barry wedding to take place Tuesday.
The Empire presents The Whirlpool a three act photo drama with Nell Craig and John Cossa r in leading roles praised for emotional climaxes and moral. Also on the bill a Bud Duncan comedy Nearly 4 Bride and the chapter The Diamond From the Sky starring Littie Pickford Irving Cummings plus Nerves of Steel from Hazards of Helen and Hearst Selig News Pictorial. Five cent admission. Southern chivalry noted amid lynching and child labor themes.
A playful scene centers on Gily and a lemon squeezer in a pie filled with pudding. The odd domestic vignette hints at upcoming style changes as Gily reveals new shoes.
In Vienna Sept 16 the article urges women to contribute to relief for wounded officers and support war efforts. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for female ailments and urges women to seek medical advice from Dr. Pierce for backache headaches irregularities and related conditions. The ad claims ingredients are listed on its wrapper and notes the medicine is not a secret remedy.
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