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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
4
A reader challenges Cynthia Grey on the double standard and urges respect for pure-minded men. A follow up poem warns against sending boys where girls go, while a young housewife asks for tripe cooking methods with practical kitchen tips included.
A simplified method claims to remove hairy growths with a stiff paste of delatone and water applied to the skin for 2 to 3 minutes then rubbed off. The advertisement asserts no injury if real delatone is used and that all hairs vanish after washing.
Cecil B. De Mille’s Joan the Woman with Geraldine Farrar opens at the Coliseum Sunday. The photodrama stars Farrar with Wallace Reid, Theodore Roberts, Hobart Bonwell, Raymond Hatton, and Charles Clary in notable roles. Dramatic reviews praise direction, acting, battle scenes, and spectacular photography as among the era’s great screen achievements.
Rev. Matthew Simpson Hughes, bishop of the Portland district, was the chief speaker at the event held Wednesday night in the First Methodist church. The campaign to raise 140000 will be waged in the fall to clear their churches of debt.
The Pacific Northwest Rose Society sets June 18 and 19 for its annual rose show. Proceeds benefit a fund for fatherless children in France.
A widely shared home recipe promotes lemon juice mixed with three ounces of orchard white as an inexpensive facial lotion. It claims to beautify, soften, and clear skin, remove oils, reduce sallowness, and fade blemishes with daily massage, noting lemon juice should be diluted to avoid excessive acidity.
The Central Labor Council voted to sever ties with the Industrial Workers of the World and urged AFL affiliated groups to prohibit IWW membership. A heated debate over excluding IWW members followed, but the exclusion clause passed with minor revisions.
SAN FRANCISCO May 17 An independent training camp for Negro reserve officers will be established soon in the western army department according to announcement today. All Negroes recommended for reserve commissions will be excused from other duty until the camp is established.
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