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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
2
The Grogan’s store advertises furniture bargains in Washington with reduced prices clearly marked on every item. Customers are invited to select quickly and be offered open account payments tailored to the purchaser’s wishes.
In the Latin Quarter Mme Jouven’s cafe hosts American students amid sketches on the walls and bohemian chatter. Marion’s studio friend Marion arrives with Helen and Warren. the group enjoys a two franc dinner, claret, and coffee on the terrace as music, cat stories, and playful napkin jokes fill the lively evening.
A group of several hundred mainly female bathers plan a secret final swim of the season by crossing the tidal basin. They have measured pool turns to equal three quarters of a mile and will be escorted by boatmen. Six swimmers will begin from the sea wall on a quiet morning, aiming to set a capital record.
The article describes simple yet elegant dresses in satin and crepe de chine with lace bodices, tunics, frills, sashes, and trims such as silver ribbons rhinestones and jet. It details two patterns with white crepe de chine and pale blue satin materiel, three-piece skirts, and decorative blouses, plus sizing and material requirements and a 15 cent pattern price.
A program featuring March Semper Fidelis Overture Oberon Moonlight Sonata Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Wedding of the Winds Hall Xylophone Solo Theme and Variation Lewin Sousa Musician Peter Lewin I Paglacci Leoncavallo Pilgrim Chorus and Song to the Evening Star Lohengrin Slavische Rhapsody The Star Spangled Banner presented in a mixed concert lineup.
In a Paris style night, Marlon invites friends to her studio then, at the Boulevard St. Michael, Helen and Warren clash over returning underground and Bohemian life. Warren criticizes the Bohemians and urges those sartorial dreamers to seek steadier careers.
The Very Rev Eugene de L MacDonald rector of Gonzaga College and St Aloysius Church and all assistant rectors return from vacations. The trips were not rest but summer missions and spiritual retreats in remote places requiring mental effort. They have seventeen days before the college reopens. Plans include advanced study features and augmented courses.
Decorators begin work at St Augustine's Church this morning to give the building a new look inside and out within two months. A Munich made window showing St Augustine with his mother will be installed over the main altar at a cost of $1000. The feast of St Augustine will be observed quietly Friday and formally after repairs finish.
World famous Benedictine Abbot Gasket travels from Bhéland to the United States for an eight month tour visiting Benedictine monasteries. He will visit schools and colleges in North Carolina Florida and Louisiana where the order has established many institutions.
A debate among goddesses about inviting newcomers to Olympus with different opinions on hospitality. Minerva urges caution while Ceres and Venus push for quick guidance to prevent intrusions. The dialog highlights misaligned intentions and the challenge of balancing friendliness with exclusivity among the divine residents.
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