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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1919
Page
6
A page highlights Washington County women groups and education links. It quotes promises of joy and new values through girl and child welfare, with scattered excerpts from fairy tale style stories and moral instruction.
A whimsical tale follows Dumps the elf finding joy at a woodland party. The Wood Fairy reassures him that all elves can attend, lifting his spirits as he performs playful tricks with simple meadow props. The crowd nicknames him Delight, and his cheerful transformation inspires others. Help reach parents by sharing this item.
Queen Marie Amelia lives in Richmond Park near London after Portugal’s monarchy fell. Aged around fifty, she remains a striking European royal noted for science studies and a medical degree. Her hobbies include riding and swimming and she once saved a fisherman and two children from drowning.
Mrs. Mery Gleason of Watertown seeks the New York sheriff’s post becoming the first woman to hold the office. Her husband currently fills the position and cannot seek re election next year under the law, triggering a movement to nominate and elect Mrs. Gleason to continue the administration.
Fresh fruit serves as the base for summer desserts offering light, healthy options. Recipes include baked pears and peaches, snow pudding, baked bananas with raisin sauce, and coconut gelatin blends. use corn syrup or sugar to sweeten and serve with cream or custard.
Miss Ala Beckelx, a Washington county graduate and government worker, wed Mr. Harold Kruce Wednesday in Redfield South Dakota. The bride, recently in Waterloo for business studies, previously lived in Washington and Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota. The groom has just been discharged from the army. Details on future plans are not known.
About fifty girls attended the initial meeting at the Commercial club as Miss Valborg Jensen starts a multi week recreation program with Eunice Acheson as assistant and Frances Stewart on piano. Classes run 9 to 11 in the club gym with no fee and possible evening sessions if demand grows. Tennis sessions were also begun at Lincoln and Heights schools with plans to form girl groups and arrange convenient hours.
Miss Mary Harper of Milwaukee and Miss Marcella Reed of Peoria were guests of honor at two parties hosted by local families. Mrs. Mary Young entertained all her children and grandchildren at the George Young home on East Jefferson Street with a plentiful noon dinner and photos of twelve grandchildren. A Sunday picnic at the Statler home near West Chester celebrated birthdays of Mrs. Statler and Frank McAvoy with about fifty guests including relatives from Chicago Boulder Des Moines Columbus Junction and Muscatine and other distant places.
The Charles Faulkner and Frank Bishop families enjoyed a jolly outing yesterday as they drove to the English river near Kalona. They camped on the riverbank for a delicious outdoor supper and children swam and played in the water. The Cedar Community club held a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Will Booth’s home with papers on Serving Meals by Mrs. Charles Faulkner and Mrs. D Quinn. Music on the Edison accompanied the social hour after the program.
The Federation of Women's Clubs of Salt Lake City votes to boycott butter until prices drop. The action targets higher costs affecting households and prompts local shoppers to adjust spending.
The Mothers club meets Wednesday evening with Mrs. ER W Fletcher on East Third Street. The Kolah club meets Thursday evening with Mrs. Gertrude Brooks. The Central Park play hour ends tomorrow. girls aged 8 to 12 may attend at the Commercial club gym from 9 to 10 a m with Miss Jensen, with younger children welcome for games and activities.
The item surveys women's roles worldwide from China to India and Britain, noting photography scarcity of Chinese women, many women sailors among Finns and Norwegians, large female cotton workers in Bombay, and celebrated Indian women. It mentions theater demand in New York, War Mothers in Baltimore, and historical notes on Napoleon and women in the Legion of Honor. It also covers UK universities granting degrees to women, Turkish veiling practices, lawn maintenance movements in Kansas City, and Windsor dowry charity rules tying marriage portions to three years of service.
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