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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
9
The Main street school hosts about 200 Oriental students learning language culture and citizenship. Principal Ida Mahon praises their diligence, discipline, and progress, noting cross-cultural music, flags, and a planned parent teacher association as 320 parents join the night English class.
June 6. Hindus in Hindustan may be real prophets yet Pendleton’s claim to prophecy meets skepticism. Aba Ney, a man calling himself Egyptian, amazed Eugene listeners with his answers and likely would have profited from gullible credit questions if Pendleton college staff had not identified him as a half breed Indian from that town.
Paris report notes silk stockings priced at $19 a pair and up tearing quickly. Fashionable French women including Mme. Marguerite Valois attended Longchamp events in extreme outfits with no stockings, high-heeled slippers cut away at the instep and sides, leaving leather thong networks. Low cut necklines and sleeveless gowns completed the look.
A school display shows Oriental children learning American customs with a native parasol dance. Named pupils George Washington Alexander Losendel Kabuto Okiteu and sister Mary Jane star in the presentation as part of a cultural exchange at the Above Main Street school.
Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Apply daily to face, neck, arms, and hands to reduce freckles and blemishes for a clear, soft complexion. Harmless and non irritating, available from grocers and drug stores.
What causes wrinkles and sagging skin includes premature aging and poor nutrition. A facial wash claimed to tighten skin uses saxolite dissolved in witch hazel, sold as an easy harmless remedy at drugstores. The ad promises immediate firming and wrinkle reduction.
A Philadelphia incident reports a woman in an ultra tight skirt unable to board a car on 123rd Street. A street cleaner used a shovel wedged between car and curb to lift her aboard, then the vehicle continued. The story ends with a plug for "The Day of Days."
Debates in Congress signal momentum for a national woman suffrage bill. Report notes party lines, possible passage, and implications for Hartey corn appointments while a mix of economic and political notes appear in a fragmentary nationwide update.
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