Paris Grand Prix Fashion Foretells Furdom On Summer Styles
Paris dispatch reports the Grand Prix de Paris fashion show signaling a shift from sheer gowns to heavy fur trims and fur stoles for summer outfits. Snares of stockings with animal motifs and pearl adorned heels drew attention among attendees including Lydia Lipkowska and numerous American guests such as Mrs. August Belmont and Mrs. Perry Belmont. The event also featured a record betting pool and a large crowd arriving by car and taxi to Bois de Boulogne.
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Deauville
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August Belmont
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H. B. Duryea
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Perry Belmont
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Philadelphia
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George B. Newton
New York
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Detroit
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Washington
Philip Thompson
P. Williamson Roberts
Gladys Reed
Baltimore
Helen Draper
Boston
George J. Harding
Jean Bullitt
Breslau Centenary Festspiel Angers Hauptmann Over War Play
Berlin reports the Breslau city authorities pressed Hauptmann to write a war praising play for the centennial expo. He refused twice and warned of disappointment. They offered 10000 dollars and sent a deputation from Italy. Clerical and Conservative papers attack him as well. A Berlin pro-Hauptmann demonstration is planned with Rudolf Christians delivering the text.
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Ismay Retires as Ismay Imrie & Co Closes
The Times notes Bruce Ismay retires today from International Mercantile Marine Company presidency marking the end of Ismay Imrie & Co and its shipping era.
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Duke of Connaught Accepts Canadian Governor General Extension
The Duke of Connaught has agreed to a one year extension of his term as Governor General of Canada. He was sworn in October 1911, and his original term would have ended next October.
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Prince Henry May Visit Us For Marblehead Regatta
Berlin reports Prince Henry of Prussia may tour the United States in summer as a rival in Marblehead races. He steered the Sonderclasse yacht Tilly to victory in Kiel elimination races, but he has not decided on crossing the Atlantic.
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Two Aviators Die In Separate England Paris Exhibition Crashes
London reports Robert Wight, a noted English aviator, died when his plane crashed at Shoreham and exploded after impact. A large crowd watched as rescuers failed to free him before he perished from injuries hours later. In Paris, another aviator Parisot perished after a wreck during an exhibition injuring two spectators.
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Times Urges Public Funds to Save Crystal Palace
The Times reports on a Lord Mayor led effort to raise about 1.15 million pounds to preserve the Crystal Palace and its 200 acres, with an additional 450 thousand needed. The newspaper appeals directly to readers to subscribe, aiming to safeguard a nation’s public resort.
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Japan's Jingoists at Work
An anti American meeting in Tokio resolved that the Cabinet failed to settle the California question and urged a more determined national posture. Attended by agitators and two opposition MPs, it planned further anti American meetings and manifesto distribution. The speakers had long pushed radical anti United States agitation.
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Prince Grand Duke Mecklenberg Strelitz to Wed Princess Patricia
London dispatch reports the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz engaged to Princess Patricia of Connaught. Evidence from a state ball suggests engagement is official at court, with a royal wedding likely in London or Windsor next year, though no formal confirmation exists yet.
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Hammerstein declares star policy in New York season
Paris June 29 Arthur Hammerstein says he will outdo the Metropolitan by hiring stars. He has engaged Spanish coloratura Mme Barrientos for forty performances at 2000 dollars each, calling her greater than Tetrazzini. Barrientos, after opening success in Astruc Opera, is in Buenos Aires and reportedly rejected Chicago offers to avoid singing with Titta Ruffo.
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Chicago
Ambassador Page Praises Roadmakers at International Congress
London hears Ambassador Page at the International Roads Congress recounting a road-building tale. He notes a Washington campaign on good roads during election time. A road expert uses Julius Caesar to stress that builders of good roads gain lasting fame.
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