San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-02

most Overt has been the innovations
Of paper parasols, which have fowl
across the ocean from far-away japan
and settled like flock of multi-coi'
orcd butterflies on the sun 'bake1
streets of the city. Pink. green. yer
low. brown. red. purple and black III
all varieties, shades and Combinations
of color they have appeared and nave
added gay little splashcs OF color 10
the glaring downtown streets, rs We.
rs 10 the shaded pavements IN the
residence districts.
No fashion in recent years has
been So universally adopted-and, tcI
once. new fashion came in about
which no one wondered, on seeing ii
for the first time. What is this wori1
coming to? What silly thing Will
women think of next" No one could
make any but favorable comment OF
any custom which is.at the same time
as pretty, as sensible and as econom-
zeal. as the general use of paper para
sols. The wonder is that combining all
of these qualities of being pretty,
sensible and economical. il should have
become so universal fashion. New
fashions. as a rule-at least, in their
beginnh1g-are none Of these things.
But here they are, really fashion
able. If being twirled with equal plea
sure by middle aged society women on
Z cool club house porches. or by little
( office girls who run across the hot
downtown streets when business Is
dull. TO get an ice cream soda. at the
! nearest drug store, be any test. And
+, they are equally becoming and appro-
pirate TO 1.-THE maiden of bashful III
teen" or TO the matron of fifty.
In a way the gaily colored paper
parasols which are seen on every SIDE
4 seem almost more sort of civic dec
Grafton used to call attention 10 the
pretty women of the town-in the
| same way that flags are used as a
means of expressing pride in the dis,
tinguished mcmillan as a persona
vanity of women, themselves. \ nun
in one of the converts, with her mind
and thoughts far above small personal
, feminine vanities, said, not long ago
that. 10 her, one of the pleasantes-
features of this summer had been the
/ ylimpses she had had of vivid colored
I. paper parasols.
About two weeks ago a big blue
and white parasol was seen in the
I. Army Boulevard neighborhood, which.
apparently, was floating gently along
!" on the ground without any visible
means of propulsion. On being oyet-
/, small curly headed baby boy absolutely
naked except for the background of the
parasol. His only concern seemed TO
be 90 lift his parasol high enough
from the ground to keep it from scrap.
ing-in which effort he was too small
to be entirely successful.
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Mrs Jessie Daniel Ames OF George
town. Tex. state president of the
League of Women Voters, will arrive
in the city on September 6 10 perfect
plans for the state convention of
women voters, which will be held in
San Antonio on October 1926 in
elusive.
Mai. and Mrs. Charles c. Cresson
returned to San Antonio Friday morn
ing from a week spent in Galveston
q where Mrs. Cresson was sOlolst for
the state convention of the American
- Legion held there on August 2S, %
and 90 Tuesday night, August 2S,
Mrs. Cfesson sang program of
strictly American songs TO a legion
audience of about 1000 persons in the
big auditorium, with Walter Dun
ham as her accompanies. On Thurs
day. Mrs. Cresson sang again at the
Rotary luncheon TO the legion, where
Judge Kenesaw NJ. lands, Senator
Morris Sheppard, Maj. Gen. Edward
NJ. Lewis, Brig. Gen. Paul Il. Ma
lone were speakers. During their
stay in Galveston, Major and Mrs.
Cresscn were present at a luncheon
given at the country club by Mrs.
X. II. Rogers, and at dinner parties
4, given by George Seeley. and Colonel
and Mrs. Harrison. at Fort Crockett.
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- Miss Clorinda Jackson returned
!, Saturday morning from a year spent
. in the East, part of the time study
IS ing III the school at Chautauqua,
. :. New York, and part of the time visit
Z. ing relatives. Just before returning
= TO San Antonio. Miss jackson had a
delightful visit with friends in Cape
{. Cod, Maine. The trip home from
!. New York was made by boat. Miss
ssJackson will return. to New York
Z, about the middle of September, where
Y, she will spend the winter. She is
~ 1he guest of her parents, Mr.. and
l. Mrs. c. H. Jackson.
81 Miss Durinda Wright returned Sat.
= 0rday from a visit OF ten days with
her cousin, Miss MILFORD Mae Wright
E. of Fort Worth.
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Miss Olive Ellis who has spent tn,
summer with her parents, Colonel ant
Mrs. George w. Martini will leave OF
( q September 10 for a visit with he,
uncle and aunt and Mrs. Walter B
+ Nancy, of Larchmont Manor, New
y York, before going on TO Westove
school in Waterbury, Conn, wher
she will enter her senior year.
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Invitations have been received iron
Jasper Foulkes Lynch to The mar
riage of his daughter, E'lenita Angus
tn, to Victor John Eric Westrott a
. O'Clock on Saturday, September
in st. Wilfred's Parish Church j
Hayward Heath, Suffolk county, Eng
land. A reception was held imme
diately after the Ger niony at tn
Birch Hotel. Miss Lynch will b
remembered as q guest of Mr.. an
Mrs. Il. j. Nye of East Ashby plac
when she was maid of honor in tn
wedding of her brother Hylton Sper
Ger Lynch of Mexico City, and Mis-
Rowena Nye. She has many friend
in the city. Mr.. Westrott is a liet
tenant in the Royal Sicnal Corps an
is son of Brigadier General Yves
rott. retired from active service wit
. tae British army.
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Nice Varua 7 ATTN ~ L.. -.