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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1921
Page
11
Mr and Mrs Manson F Backus plan a dinner at High Cliffs estate with Mrs Robert E Coontz Admiral Edward W Eberle and Mrs Eberle as guests. A garden tea and large luncheon are also announced for the week ahead in the social notes.
Mrs. Charles L. Hibbard hosts a garden tea at High Cluff on Magnolia buff Friday afternoon honoring goddaughters Evelyn Col vin and Janet Henry. Guests include Mrs Langdon C. Henry and others. assistors are Mr Robert Snowden and Mrs W W Felger with ten young companions.
Several hostesses arranged tea and dance events this week. Miss Alice English hosts a Saturday shower and tea, Mrs. Gordon Fullerton hosts an informal tea, and the Orthopedic hospital Interlaken guild invites battleship officers to a Thursday dance at the Yacht club with several patronesses. Miss Ethel and Imogene Gibson and Mr William Gibson of Los Angeles are honored guests with a summer dance planned by Miss Margaret Duncan in Mount Baker Park Friday. Mrs. O W Helwig prepares a luncheon for Miss Helen Bolster in honor of her engagement to Mr Ralph Lehman on Friday evening August 26 at her mother’s home.
Yesterday afternoon a tea was hosted by Miss Marguerite Brown at her home from 3 to 5 o clock in honor of Miss Eileen French and Miss Frances Dickey, faculty members of the University of Washington music department. Also noted is a call for children's clothing by the Thrift Shop of the Orthopedic hospital and a mid-summer lawn fete organized by All Saints parish auxiliary at 9685 List St. hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lemagie with an 8 pm program and dancing.
President Harding announced that women will have a part in the disarmament conference. It remains to be decided whether a woman will serve as a delegate or as a member of an advisory body the president contemplates appointing.
A sacred fire in a Buddhist temple near Bakyoh, Siam, has burned for more than five centuries, earning status as the world’s oldest manlit fire. Local historians and temple guardians attribute the blaze to ancient rites and continued maintenance by monks.
Personal items list dozens of residents returning from trips to Aberdeen Mount Rainier Seabeck Victoria B C Hellingsham and other locales. Included are visits from Nellie Nelson Boxe man Mont Helen Wills Los Angeles and guests hosted by Dr H M Stryker K E Deming and others with plans to depart for South and East venues.
Richard Burton and Victor Dyer star in Kapt Kidds Kidd a comic opera travesty opening at Loew's Palace Hip Thursday The Fortune Queen a Cantor and Yates production joins the program described as a musical revue Added attractions include Galloway and Garrett in a blackface skit Hal Stryker as contortionist Frances and Dey in A Musical Serenade and a feature film Just Outside the Door.
In South Bend Indiana during August 17 a bread price war erupted between local bakers and an outside bread company. Wives bought two cent loaves to protest and support local shops as tensions rose in the public market.
The statement notes that the energy in the daily rations of the average man, if converted to mechanical power, would raise 3,860 tons by one foot. It frames a comparison of human energy output to lifting capacity.
Gen Sherman Circle invites members and families to Woodland Park on August 18 with basket lunches and tea. Interchapter tea for P BR O at Frederickson grill room 3 to 5 p m. Evergreen Drill Team meets Olga Petersen 1421 Third Ave W at 150 p m. Seattle Catholic Women plan Providence Hospital meeting from 10 a m to 6 p m. St John s parish moonlight excursion August 18 on Puget Sound visiting Alki Point Blake Island and Bremerton navy yard with dancing at Community Hall in West Seattle. Steamship Kitsap II departs Colman dock 7 p m and West Seattle ferry 7 15 p m returning about 11:15 p m. Tickets 1 round trip. Elite Rebekah basket picnic at Mrs Jane Welch 4244 Morgant et followed by lawn supper and cards. Thygesen auxiliary outing at 3110 Finley, take Rainier Valley car. Rainier Noble Auxiliary meets at Veterans Hall Armory with convention reports. Totem Club holds special meeting in Hoge Annex Thursday at 2 p m.
Community notices list a series of upcoming society events. Tea for Katherine Shank. weddings for Dorothy Morehouse and others. moonlight dances at the Yacht Club. bridge teas. summer home parties. and a ramp of social gatherings at clubs, parks, and churches across August and September.
About 48 disabled veterans under federal board orders study at the School of Commercial Art and Design in the McDermott building. The program, started by R. C. Coxe, trains ex servicemen in still life casts, posters and lettering, design, and interior decoration with hopeful results and notable student work on display.
Seattle art scene delays the Fine Arts exhibit planned for September 1 as C Bertram Hartman oil and watercolor collection from the Montross Gallery arrives from Berkeley. The works will hang September 2 through October . Hartman linked to the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in Munich and Paris. other notes mention Meany hall Irish plays August 19 with coach Glenn Hughes and H L Dettz as scene painter and stage manager.
The Alumnae and former students of Washington State College plan a picnic Saturday afternoon and evening August 20 at the grove near Bathing Station No 3 on Green Lake. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Ladies Auxiliary join in an allday picnic at Mount Walter Park on Sunday August 21 inviting members and families. Associate Matrons meet Friday at 1 30 p m at Mrs M D Ford's home. Minute Women requests candy fruit and delicacies for disabled veterans to 157 Stewart building by 6 pm Wednesday August 17 for transport to Port Townsend hospital Thursday morning.
Mahoney sits in court as his murder case against Mrs Kate Mahoney is paused while a panel of physicians led by Drs Nicholson Gulik Wilt Calthoun and Brier assesses his sanity. The judge refused a jury trial on the insanity accusation and set medical evaluation as the next step in the proceedings.
Washington August 17 Japan will renew efforts to settle the Shantung question directly with China prior to the opening of the Washington disarmament conference, according to official circles.
The Concentric club will hold its weekly luncheon at Blancs cafe at 12 15 p m Thursday. Fred W Graham assistant general agricultural development agent of the Great Northern will speak on the club motto We not I.
Howard Durnin founder of Cosmic Cree will lecture Wednesday night at the New Thought auditorium. A Manitoba University graduate he envisions a Cosmic college to teach the Cosmic Cree as a universal religion.
New York Giants outfielder George Kelly belted his 20th homer of the season in the first inning against Cincinnati as bases loaded challenged pitcher Rube Marquard in the New York Cincinnati game played in New York.
A woman seeking counsel from Miss Grey about a secret relationship with a married man and the clash between heart and law. The piece includes reader letters and Grey’s guidance on honesty, marriage fidelity, and choosing a suitable partner.
Marie Parrmeles Nues, an art student and San Francisco's first Buddhist bride, ties the knot with architect Carlos Yoss in a Buddhist rite at a ronm house altar. She later observes a modern wedding ceremony and declares indifference to marriage yet vows to follow U.S. law for happiness.
W C Payton 27 a corporal from Fort Worden was tried in Judge Gordon's court on threats to kill his wife and her sister. He denied before being sent to his commanding officer J Rockwood for future court martial upon arrival at Fort Worden. Payton was arrested after loitering outside a cafe waiting for his wife. A .45 revolver was found on his person. Wife Mrs Payton and sister in law Mrs Holland testified Payton attacked his wife at 1634 Terry Ave after a quarrel. Mrs Payton fainted. she alleges insane jealousy.
Paris reports Premier Briand accepted the invitation to the November 11 Washington conference. Briand met Ambassador Herrick and will likely lead France's delegation in the disarmament talks.
O Sam Cummings chairman of the international committee on education of Kiwanis will be guest of honor at Thursday's Seattle club meeting. Tacoma and Everett clubs have been invited to hear Cummings. The event takes place at the Washington Annex.
Walter Warren Robert E and Elmer Gamble three of five American Legion men to be arraigned before Judge O W Brinker at 2 30 Wednesday for formal pleas Thad and Ward Gardner held for same offense have consulted and will plead later The forgeries totaled substantial sums in July and June prompting post officials to seek post expulsion and stricter oversight by county authorities.
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