some elaborate weddings and mid parties

1902-12-14 - News and Observer

  • Dr. Ware of the VA legislature has introduced a bill to prohibit kissing
  • The above item serves as context for a poem from the Baltimore News, which I am imagining set to the tune of something from Gilbert & Sullivan, about how sad we will be when everyone is arrested for kissing
  • Miss Lizzie Buffalo gets married, is 2nd VP of the NC UDC
  • elaborate description of a different wedding: White liberty sattin illusion over silk & real lace
  • Music recital at Peace: Mendelssohn, Leschitzky, Von Fielitz, Gennod [Gounod?], Hollander, et al
  • Greenville, NC: End of the Century Book Club 4th annual meeting/party; “unusual éclat
  • Very mixed reviews of this party, down to the decor: “artistic;” “a bewildering display of potted plants and flowers”
  • The overall impression of the party is something like “The house is really, really big; no one here is hot”
  • Henderson: The Halcyon Club! “merry… scintillations of wit and humor” with some Coopers, Parkers, Perrys, Tuckers, etc, plus Sam Jr. Watkins and Carroll Singleton.
  • Reidsville: UDC collected $31.64 in proceeds from putting on a “military play” [Ken Burns documentary intro music]; the money will soon be put toward a monument.
  • Great Summer School for teachers over at A&M (electric cars travel between campus and various parts of town!)
  • Want ads: lots of familiar Make Money At Home! schemes
  • Hancock’s Liquid Sulphur – nothing like it on earth for skin disorders, eczema
  • Wanted: man with experience to manage a table factory. Write to “G,” Burlington.