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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1919
Page
11
At the Boston Shoe Style Show the participant with the prettiest feet among 30 contestants will be named Queen of the Models tonight. The winner will challenge Marjorie Ashton Frost of St. Louis, who claims the nation’s prettiest feet.
An advertisement and exhibit write up describe Fruit-a-tives medicine and a Massachusetts shoe show. It notes Boston and New England prominence, showcases designers from Rhode Island to Quebec, and praises Ros ton production, buckles, and runway footwear including foreign models and thick and thin hosiery trends.
Henry Ford revises his pacifist views during testimony citing over preparedness, disarmament aims, and war opposition. He admits responsibility for published propaganda and disputes Tribune charges while noting changes in President Wilson's stance. The day highlights include his flag controversy and war ethics remarks.
Senate debates Shantung fate with Lodge claiming the territory was a price paid for Japan's league pledge while Hitchcock and Borah defend legality of German rights and warn against under writing China's loss. The committee reads the peace treaty as sessions continue with no public access and questions on a 1918 secret pact linger.
Last night at the second session of the show Travelling Men's Night featured judges for the prettiest foot contest. Arthur D. Anderson editor of the Boot and Shoe Recorder C. Co Ferris of the National Retail Association and John E. Harven Parker Holmes sales manager were picked as judges. More business was done in the first two nights than in the entire previous semi annual sessions.
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