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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1925
Page
3
Allene Summer reports from Florida on conditions faced by women who work or run a household in Miami. The piece notes the going rate for room and the social environment surrounding these women as part of a series for NBA Service.
A Miami report surveys hotel scarcity as population booms from 75 000 to nearly 300 000 with tourists en route. Working women face $20 a week rooms, many double up or live without hot water while YWCA expands with $8 to $15 weekly rates.
Paris reports the discovery of a Victor Hugo manuscript written more than ten years before Les Miserables. Gustave Simon, Hugo’s literary executor, plans publication and promotion to blind French readers via the American Braille Press. The text promises a novel nearly new, with significant differences from Les Miserables and no Cosette.
Allene’s first day in Miami reveals scarce hotel rooms soon to vanish by year end. Working women face high rents with single rooms over $20 a week, few hot water or gas heaters, and only about fifty women earning up to $75 weekly.
Havana December 12. Playing of tambor tom tom or other instruments of African character with dancing has been prohibited by presidential decree. President Machado's order says this music and the rumba are contrary to good custom and public order in Cuba.
In Southern California sun dried bricks regain favor for ranch houses and small homes. Adobe, once used by Franciscan fathers for missions, faded to ruins as eras passed and tourism grew.
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