Girl Who Beat Rasputin Comes to America to Sing For Red Cross
A striking women with raven hair arrives in New York on June 29 to sing for the Red Cross. The contralto singer draws crowds and headlines as she travels to support war relief efforts.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1918
Page
11
A striking women with raven hair arrives in New York on June 29 to sing for the Red Cross. The contralto singer draws crowds and headlines as she travels to support war relief efforts.
A long, lurid account follows Vera Smirnova and Rasputin at a Petrograd ball and a conservatory confrontation. Rasputin’s alleged hypnotic advance ends with Vera’s blows and a dramatic escape, signaling the fall of the Russian court and the rise of Milo Smirnovas, per the tale.
Free lesson offered to learn the complete K, I shorthand system in a few hours. Improve dictation and speed for speeches and phone messages. Send for free lesson to King Institute EB 110 Station F New York NY. Learn at home or on the go. small cost, big benefits.
J. B. Powell, former Missouri instructor now with Millard's Review in Shanghai, predicts a major development in Chinese use of advertising media. Powell helped establish the Advertising Club of China and notes rising value in newspaper ads.
A travel party in the Scottish highlands questioned a local girl about deer in the area. She notes that deer were present once but the men at the hotel were shooting and shouting, and she believes the deer have left the district.
Report notes authorities bar relatives from discussing fallen soldiers within the family and impose penalties for disclosure. Also recounts early veterinary education, from Bourgelat in Lyons 1742 to London 1781 and New York 1857, plus a stray school exam anecdote about gender forms.
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