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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1908

Page

12

Rebels Alarm Shah Fails To Restore Authority

Aug 3 Teheran dispatch reports Tehran council of ministers plans to negotiate a truce with revolutionists in Tabriz and wait for troops. Officials draft regulations for a new parliament with a nominal upper house to curb the lower chamber.

Council of Ministers Teheran Satar Khan Ruler Tabriz Baghshah Palace Shah St. Petersburg Persia Ab-ed-Dowleh Afim-ed-Dowleh

Nineteenth International Eucharistic Congress in London

London hosts the ninth international eucharistic congress from September 9 to 13, drawing cardinals bishops and lay Catholics from around the world. Cardinal Vannutelli will preside with nearly 100 bishops and nine cardinals attending to showcase faith in the Real Presence. The event includes a Byzantine mass on September 12 and papers read in English and French across Westminster venues.

Wallington Post London Princes of the Church Vatican Metz Rome Brussels Jerusalem Vannutelli Palestrina College of Cardinals of the Merarchy Cardinal Moran Sidney Cardinal Gibbons Baltimore Cardinal Logue Armagh Cardinal Lecot Bordeaux Cardinal Fisher Cologne Cardinal Mercier Mechlin Farrar Milan Mathieu Toulouse Westminster United Kingdom Cardinal Vannutelli United States Canada Australia India Chile Peru Europe Russia Inj Holy See Albert Hall Cathedral

Tree's New Faust to Be Staged at His Majesty's Theatre

Social notes from London report Beerbohm Tree's forthcoming Faust at His Majesty's Theatre. Stephen Phillips and Comyns Carr adapt Goethe to focus on Faust and Margaret in simple dramatic lines. Tree will portray Mephistopheles. Marie Lohr plays Margaret. Henry Ainley stars as Faust, with Constance Sheldon as Constance.

Washington Post London Faust Beerbohm Tree His Majesty's Theater Stephen Phillips Comyns Carr Goethe Margaret Mephistopheles Mr. Tree Marie Lohr Henry ‘Ainley Constance Sheldon

Archduke Leopold Woelfling in Simple Normandy Cottage Life

Special cable reports Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, also known as Leopold Woelfling, living quietly with a new wife in a Normandy fishing village. They reside in a small cottage with no servants, the archduke performing daily marketing while Mme Woelfling cooks in peasant dress. His sister, former crown princess of Saxony, is reportedly separated from her Italian pianist husband, Toselli.

Woefling Leopold Normandy Washington Post Paris Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria Leopold Woelling Adamovics Saxony Signor Toseil

Special bargain on navy blue diagonal serge cloth

Readily available wide wale all wool diagonal serge in navy blue. Width 54 inches. Priced at 73 cents per yard, now offered as a special bargain. Also available 4 inch diagonal serge at 73 cents per yard. Limited quantities.

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GENSOR FOR REALISTIC ART IN NEW YORK EXHIBIT

Hugo Reisinger aims to shape a German art collection for the Metropolitan Museum of Art show in December. He and scholars Arthur Kampf and Carl Marr weigh works for artistic merit and suitability to American taste. Reisinger expects a reciprocal American exhibit in Berlin within a year, with the Kaiser allowing use of Boekling’s private collection in Munich for the U.S. display.

Washington Post Berlin Hugo Reisinger New York Sis Arthur Kampf Art Academy Carl Marr Munich Milwaukee Metropolitan Museum of Art Reisinger Germany Hat River Boekling Schlack America

Schemes to use Vesuvius intrigue Rome

Two foreign projects for Vesuvius propose drastic options. A German named Lichtenvers seeks to extinguish the volcano via subterranean canals to make lands safe and productive. An anonymous American envisions cremation fleets and international law to relocate dead from cemeteries to Naples, with railways ferrying corpses to the crater mouth for collective interment.

Washington Post Rome Victor Emmanuel Naples Vesuvius Herr Lichtenvers Herr Lichtenberg Bay of

Romans Wrote Shorthand and Beavers Build Houses

London reports the British Museum acquired a tenth century Latin shorthand lexicon credited to M. Tullius Tire a Cicero freedman. The volume titled Cicero His Dictionary of Cyphers is a three column word list without an alphabet showing full words or prefixes as shorthand signs. Also from Circle Magazine a note on the beaver and muskrat as clever builders describing how beaver houses are constructed to protect against enemies.

London British Museum M. Tullius Ttro Cicero Moseum Tullius Tire Circle Magazine House of Tate

Special Sale on White Fabrics and Colored Suitings

A broad assortment of 17c to 36-inch wide white cloths and linens. Includes Belfast Isish Linen, White Check Lawns, Nainsooks, Basket weave Cheviot, White French Percale, and Mercerized Black Batiste. Heavy weights, finishes span sheer to medium. prices from 12c to 29c per yard with a special sale on colored linen and cotton suitings from 40c to 60c down to 29c per yard.

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Silk Dress Fabrics In Raw Silk Values Listed

36 inch Black Dress Messaline smooth lustrous pure silk warranted to wear priced at 1.59. 36 inch Black Princess Duchess fine finish all silk with wear warranty 2 value for 1.69. 36 inch Black Peau de Soie strong soft lustrous silk priced at 1.59 value with wear warranty.

Women’s gowns of cambric with lace and tucks

Woman’s gowns described in cambric fabric with high or low necks. Yokes feature lace embroidery insertion and hemstitched tucks. Sizes 15 tall and regular, Be value, CC special.

Beaver Builds a Dam and House to Survive Winter

An illustrated tale explains beaver engineering from gnawing with sharp teeth to felling trees, laying a midstream dam, and building a mud house with a chimney. It describes water-impermeable construction, winter food storage, and protection against wolves, wildcats, and lynx as the cold season begins.

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