Dress Reform Coming? Miss Grey Finds Woman Who Thinks Trousers Will Be Next Step
Cynthia Grey reports Betty Brainerd, juvenile court investigator, advocates dress reform for women citing practical and aesthetic benefits of trousers. Brainerd notes women in rail yards and munition work adopting functional garments. she envisions trousers with long coats easing masculine appearance and supporting independence and safety. She invites reader ideas for publication.
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Miss Grey
Betty
Miss Brainerd
Dear Miss Grey Answers On Religion And Bolsheviki
A reader questions if the Kaiser is Catholic. Cynthia Grey responds that the Kaiser is not in name Catholic but favors the Vatican and German schools. The letter also clarifies Bolshevik terminology, explaining Bolsheviki and Mensheviki as party factions with reference to Lenin and Trotsky-era splits.
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Miss Grey
Clarence
Altho
Bismarck
Vatican
Echoola
Misa Grey
Social Democratic Party of Russia
Lenine
Miekhanoff
Fieckhanoff
Bolsheviki
Flekhanoff
Mensheviki
Mr. Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Vv. Koreshkov
A Cold Meeting with a Disreputable Old Man
The narrator confronts a selfish aging father about his dying son. A sharp confrontation unfolds in an ornate inner office as the speaker pressures the elder to acknowledge the boy’s plight and a hinted financial motive. The scene ends with the implication of further developments.
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Tamara
Waverly
Ienid
Harvey
Tiz Foot Remedy Promises Quick Comfort for Tired Feet
A vintage ad extols Tiz as a quick relief for tired sore feet offering a 25 cent box to soothe swollen and chafed feet. It claims instant pain stoppage in corns callouses and bunions and promises feet glow with comfort and swelling relief.
Wilkes Players to Stage Mid-Channel With Ethel Barrymore
The Wilkes Players present Mid-Channel by Arthur Pinero starring Ethel Barrymore, starting with Sunday matinee. The play explores universal life facing crisis and the effort to glimpse the future, offering Seattle's popular company a chance to showcase its abilities with an attractively staged production.
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Mid-Channel
Wilkes
Arthur W. Pinero
Ethel Barrymore
Wilkes Players
Seattle
Banker Couch Ordered to Plead in Larceny Case
Charles Be Couch former teller at Union Savings and Trust Company was arraigned before Superior Judge Mackintosh on charges of grand larceny and false entries. He allegedly embezzled 16000 between May 1, 1915 and July 15, 1917 and was given ten days to plead.
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Charles BE. Couch
Union Savings & Trust Company
Mackintosh
Couch
Mitzi Hajos Returns to Pom Pom in Seattle
Seattle theatergoers will see Mitzi Hajos in Pom Pom the Henry W Savage operetta of crookdom. She plays Yom Pom a diminutive desperado amid thieves tavern scenes. The program also features Moores Orpheum bill with Maybloom Ruth Roye and more vaudeville acts.
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Mitzi
America
New York
Joseph Urban
Harry Beresford
Moore
Armstrong Girls
Gaiety
Mitzi Hajos
Metropolitan
Gerber Sisters
Orpheum
Lucille Kramer
Palace Hip
Addison Pitt
Wilkes
Georgie Bell
Pantages
Seattle
Henry W Savage
Mitai
Hyams and McIntyre
Maybloom
Ruth Roye
Harry Heresford
Valanova
Gypsies
Bernard and
Janis
Charles Burnett
Third
Madison
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle
Williams and
Williams
Australia
Rose, Heath and
Almack
Miatos
Sadie Deconia
Flynn
Howard
Potato profits claim 1000 percent in Beattie restaurants
A reported stunt claims Seattle restaurants earn 1 000 percent profit on potatoes. It notes 10 cent orders yield about eight ounces, with costs around five eighths of a cent and overhead still leaving profits claimed near 1 cent per pound. Compiled from Seattle potato dealers.
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Beattie
Seattle
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