Dancing Masters Debate Future Dance Sensations in New York
In New York a convention of the American Society of Professors of Dancing weighs new animal inspired dances as old forms fade. Proposals include the kangaroo canter the elephant rope and the hippopotamus hobble as era defining steps. Public reaction ranges from moral alarm to fascination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
American Society of Professors of
New York
New York Society of Professors of Dancing
Social Department Phone Lines Updated at Bell
The Item lists new contact numbers for the Social Department with Bell 98 and Home 53. After 1 PM, Bell 3135 becomes the primary line.
The Phone Bell Echoes Through a Housewife’s Day
A bleak vignette follows a housewife as the phone rings repeatedly disrupting chores from breakfast to cleaning. She feeds her patience with biscuits while dust and rust pile up, and the day ends with the husband’s consolation after another ring.
Wedding Bell Balm Foretold In Mayan Tide
A jumble of society notices details Geraldine Hill and Emory Bush Peebles wedding planned for September 14 in Washington D C at the Hill home with relatives present. Lillian Dreaper honored at a Paris private ball in Tuscaloosa reported by Birmingham and Atlanta papers.
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Peebles-Hill
Geraldine Hill
Washington
Emory Bush Peebles
South Alabama
I. W. Hill
Washington, D. C
Birmingham News
Martha Truss
Birmingham
T. W. Hill
Alabama
Mr. Peebles
Skin Diseases Yield to Resinol Ointment and Soap
Resinol offers ointment and soap to relieve eczema ringworm and itchy eruptions with rapid itching cessation. The products serve as household remedies for pimples dandruff burns wounds and more. Suitable for babies as they are free from harsh ingredients and doctors have prescribed the treatment for over twenty years. Samples available from Resinol Baltimore Maryland.
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Resinol
Baltimore
Why Give Children Oil and Salts
A Somerville boy writes that after suffering a heavy head and repeated vomiting, four doses of Granger Liver Regulator, a harmless vegetable compound, relieved symptoms. The letter argues against castor oil and salts and notes that local druggists sell the product.
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P. Brindley
Somerville
The Turkey Trot In Ballroom Scene 1911 Era Turmoil
A soda of social change in 1911 marks the turkey trot entering San Francisco ballrooms turning tired businessmen and wives into keen spectators and teachers. The dance departs from strict rules with side to side sway while feet move, provoking wider public interest and controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Boston
Tuscaloosa Social Dance Scenes and Club Notes
Gentlemen and ladies of Tuscaloosa attend grand dances with Miss Brady Miss Dreaper Mr Robert Rogers and others leading the grand march. Mrs BP H Dure hosts a birthday dance on South Franklin Street with gifts and music from a Vic trola. The Settlement Home Mother’s Club holds its first meeting focusing on plans and outreach for the season. The piece closes noting shifts in dance fashion and space needs as fox trots fade from vogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Brady
Beauty
Hunter Burnett
Dreaper
Robert Rogers
Juiliam McPhillips
Frances Brady
G. B. Frierson
Laliah Burnette
Eleanor Barnwell
Margaret McCann
Tuscaloosa
BP. H. Dure
Franklin Street
KE. G. Gibson
N. Adams
Mother's Club
Miss Fail
Connie Feagin
Dance Reforms Parade Through Opera House Meetings
At recent meetings teachers presented plans to revise social dancing with partners showcased. Fox trot and dog walk may be retired while the piccolo snare drum and triangle face extinction in favor of violin and cello. The waltz and polka will return as revival dances and "The Blue Danube" may again fill the air. Miss Claude Malone entertained yesterday for Mrs. J A Holifield's class.
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Arthur M. Dodge
Charles H. Israels
Jack London
South Sea Islands
Mr. London
California
Acchus
Fashionable Footwear and Foot Care Advice
The column argues that ill feet stem from badly shaped shoes and improper bathing. It advises choosing foot type matched shoes, avoiding pointed toes, and using short vamp styles. Daily salt baths and boracic acid or talcum in shoes help perspiration. rubber heels reduce pavement impact.
Reader seeks help for persistent red nose with home remedies
A seventeen year old reader asks Beauty Chats for guidance on a persistent red nose. Despite nose specialist treatment and massages, powders, peroxide cream, and strong bleach suggestions, the redness eases only on the warmest summer days.
Medical Advice on Nose Congestion and Blood Flow
The text discusses clogged vessels at the base of the nose and blood circulation. It recommends seeking a medical specialist rather than a beauty expert and emphasizes keeping blood flow good and orderly.
Sunday School Party and Red Cross Plans Featured
The Sunday school class enjoyed games with prizes for Miss Bessie Muths and Margaret Jackson. Alice Holifield won both first and consolation prizes in a word-building contest. Ice cream and cake wrapped up the pleasant event. Red Cross Service School president Mrs. Rhett Goode led a meeting at the home economics rooms to plan entertaining soldiers bound for the border. A follow up meeting will refine winter plans and refreshments will be served in Blenville Square before departure. An advertisement for Magnolia Balm promises quick skin improvements and free samples from Lyon Manufacturing Company.
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Maurie Helton
Margaret Jackson
Katherine Sossaman
Bessie Muth
Alice Hottfield
Bessie Hannan
Mrs. Hottfield
Bessie Muths
Hooby
Alice Holifield
Assyve
Red Cross Service School
Rhett Goode
Blenville Square
Goode
Tuscaloosa
Social notes show visits of Mobile and Columbus guests
Mrs. W W Cleveland spends summer in the North Carolina mountains but stays at the Battle House while her home is completed. Miss Jennie Vaughn arrives from Columbus Ohio. Mrs L H S Chappel of Mobile visits with Mr and Mrs A M Cowan. Miss Marguerite Murphy from Mobile stays with Mrs F Cowles. Miss Dora Sternfeld returns from Selma and Mobile where her piano talent impressed friends. Miss Mamie D Kanning of Mobile visits Mrs T R Capell. Mr and Mrs M A Dozier of Mobile, en route to Tulsa for Mrs Dozier's health, stay with Mrs G B McDonald and enjoy an auto tour of the city.
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L. H. S. Chappel
Mobile
A. M. Cowan
Marguerite Murphy
F. Cowles
Moss Point
Dora Sternfeld
Selma
Sternfeld
Mamie D. Kanning
T. R. Capell
Montgomery Advertiser
M. A. Dozier
Tulsa
Oklahoma
James Williams, Sr
Harry Crabtree
High Springs
Flo
J. H. Longworth
St. Louis
Battles
Jack Meredith
Mentone
Meredith
Sam Clabaugh
Tenth Street
Constance Stoddard
Alma
Katrina Brown
Tuscaloosa
Stoddard
Savior of Paris Blinded by Wounds From Battle
Paris reports General Maunoury, famed for leading the French Third Army and guiding Paris’s defense after Gallieni, has gone blind from a wound received at the Aisne first line trenches. He is retired with his son Captain Louis Maunoury, who lost a leg in the war.
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Paris
Maunoury
Third Army
Gallieni
Aisne
von Kluck
the Marne
Louis Maunoury
Two Weeks Courtship Wins Pretty Typist
In Richmond on September 15 an announcement was made of the marriage in Washington on Saturday between Merion Allen promoter Birmingham Alabama and Miss Ruby Celeste Jones 22 pretty typist from Louisa County Virginia. They reportedly met two weeks ago when Miss Jones sought a position in Allen office.
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Richmond
Washington
Merion Allen
Birmingham
Ala
Ruby Celeste Jones
Louisa County
Virginia
Pearson opening draws society to Mobile fashion house
Society attendees flock to the Pearson opening at a Mobile store framed by elegant displays. Guests comment on the new line of coats hats and Paris blouses while noting the shop’s rich lighting fixtures and modern furnishings.
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Billie Burke
Mr. Pearson
Clarksville
Paris
Winter Safe and Fixture Company
Kaiser
Winter
E. J. Huguenot
Schenker-Allidor Company
Pearson
Estelle Merchan
Charlotte Corday
Flora de Laine
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Phant Lope
Hippopotamus
Marguerite Marshall
Sherry’s
Babylon
Aeaven
Sarah Knowles Bolton
J. C. Bush, Jr
Lee Jordan
Druid Hills Golf Club
Curtis Bush, Jr
Fonce de Leon
Atlanta
Lillian Dreaper
Helen Brady
William Fitts, Jr
Horlick
Zoo
Claude Malone
J. A. Holifield
Edna Kent Forbes
Red Cross Service
Hagan
Lyon Manufacting Co
South Fifth Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jennie Vaughn
Columbus
Ohio
Alexa Stirling
Huntington Valley Country Club
Philadelphia
Belmont Springs Country Club
J. C. Foreman
Ethel
Mac
Asheville
Eo G
Mamie
Irene Gordon
Daly's
Tunnel Springs
T. W. Vass
Waco, Texas
Cawthon
F. BE. Fisher
Little Gon
Citronelle Orchestra
J. H. Menge
Ray
Russell
Bergman
Carl
Armstrong
Degn
Leila Gordon
Robert Gordon
Howard Gordon
Isabelle Pope
Carlisle
Citronelle
D. M. Gordon
Mildred
Ella Posey Gordon
Probert Gordon
Miriam Thompson
Sophia Newcomb College
New Orleans
S. V. Woolfin
Marion
Sarah Jones
Lnitter
Convent of the Visitation
Solon Jacobs
Atlantic City
Birmingham Ledger
Robert McLean
Mobile Street
Crichton
CipAimere
Kate Phelan
Pass Christian
Gladys Atkinson
Airhope
Pass
N. Courtneay
National Toilet Company
McGill Institute
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