Signs Taft's Name for Him in Washington
Two officials in Washington hold the legal right to sign the president's name Wm H Taft. One is the president, the other Mrs Mabel Pound Le Roy who signs land patents by act of Congress. She is Taft's ally widow of Jas A Le Roy and supports three children.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Wm. H. Taft
Mra
Mabel Pound le Roy
Congress
Kivery Land Office
Arthur
Mabel P. LeRoy
le Roy
Taft
Daniel Manning
the Treasury
Manning
Jas A. le Roy
Philippine
Pontiac
Mich
Votes for Women by Mrs George A Smith
Washington educators endorse suffrage with Dr James Allen Smith of the University of Washington voicing strong support via extracts from a King County Political Equality Club lecture. The list includes Elliott, Jordan, Dewey and many other college and university leaders backing woman suffrage.
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James Allen Smith
State University
Washington
Graduate School
University of Washington
Smith
King County Political Equality Club
Charles Eliot
David Starr Jordan
William Slocum
Nathaniel Schmidt
L. G. Stewardson
John Dewey
Chas. Strong
W. G. Simkovitch
Henry Seager
W. P. Trent
James Robinson
Herbert Mills
Chas. Beard
Wendell T. Bush
Herbert Lord
Dickinson Miller
Dear Miss Grey Beauty Qs From Cynthia Grey Correspondents
A letter from a reader asks how to reduce a bulbous nose tip and improve a receding chin through massage or beauty parlor advice. The column suggests gentle forehead rubbing and notes adult chins rarely change. consider a beauty expert. It also covers pimples on the upper arm with internal cleansing and Skin scrubbing, warning against harmful behavior. It discusses whether 16 and 17 year olds should date, emphasizing parental judgment, propriety, and chaperoned visits at home.
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Miss Grey
Fall hat fashions feature light facings and dark shapes
Light colored serge covers frame hats for early fall. High grade fall millinery uses contrasting under brim facings in bright colors. Shapes are dark, facings light or vivid. Arcot style ties with wide pleated ends pair with tailored walnut fabrics. Red patent leather belts and girdles show fading novelty.
Suit of Pongee with Blue Embroidery Details
An illustrated sketch presents a natural-colored pongee suit featuring a blue embroidered collar and chemisette. A blue satin covered hat trimmed with pongee embroidery and blue beaded band completes the ensemble.
A Kiss While Sewing on the Coat
In a Brooklyn Life vignette a narrator recalls a nimble fingered seamstress who helps with a coat. He confesses his gaze as she looks up, their eyes meet, and he blushes then kisses her while claiming he would do the same for his sister.
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Brooklyn
The New Mrs Gould and Edith Kelly in Paris Society
A Washington Post note on Edith Kelly, former chorus girl and wife of Frank Gould, gaining Paris attention for wit and charm. It mentions her brief remark about race at Longchamp and her social ascent aided by associations with Paris boulevards. Also noted is Mrs Clara S Foltz becoming California’s first woman public prosecutor with duties on women and children cases.
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Frank J. Gould
Edith Kelly
Paris
Gould
Longcamps
Frank Gould
Longehamy
Washington Post
Clara 8. Foltz
Los Angeles
Cal
Hash Biscuit Dinner and Spiced Currant Cherry Dishes
A recipe collection outlines extensive preparations for a hash biscuit dinner and a currant cherry dessert. Instructions cover sifting graham and white flours with salt and baking powder, mixing sugar nuts and milk, making a dough, and simmering stock with tomatoes and rice. A separate cherry currant jelly preserves with sugar, and a spiced fruit cake-like batter uses sour cream brown sugar molasses flour and nuts.
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Meath
Fish Cream and Yorkshire Bread Crumb Dish
Instructions describe making Fish Cream by chopping cooked fish, mixing with breadcrumbs and boiling water, then adding fish, salt, pepper, olives or parsley, butter, and eggs. Mold and steam three quarters of an hour, serve with tomato sauce. Yorkshire Bread Crumb Dish uses chopped hog heart and liver with stale bread, simmered in broth, formed into rolls, baked until well done.
The Lazy Violet Learns to Rise with Spring
A spring tale shows a violet sleeping while others wake and bloom. The gardener uproots the idle violet, casting it to the ash heap, leaving the flower to fear it won’t grow. The violet pleads a moral to urging lazy blooms to rise.
Mercy and Marriage Law Sparks Commons Debate
The Prince of Wales faces an 18 year threshold for marriage under a new law requiring parliament consent. Anyone aiding a marriage below 18 could face high treason, carrying death. A Devonshire radical mocked the severity, while Sir Frederick Banbury argued against such harsh penalties in the house of commons.
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Prince of Wales
England
House of Commons
Devonshire
Frederick Banbury
Conspiracy Over Marriage Treaty Sparks Laughter
A heated session ends with the bill passed amid laughter over a proposed marriage alliance. Debate centered on bringing about a marriage between a daughter and a future king, with critics questioning possible conspiracies and motives.
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Sally
Alcohol bath for California oranges gain popularity
Denatured alcohol is used to separate frost bitten fruit from sound fruit as frost fruit floats while sound oranges sink. The alcohol also kills fungi spores on good fruit reducing decay. The process preserves flavor. Also notes on linen hats with coronation braid and lighter white hose.
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California
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George A. Smith
Cynthia Greys
Mrs. Gould
Graham Nut Bread
Garvey-Buchanan Co
London
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