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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1918
Page
9
New Fall and Winter suits and coats feature loose panels, extended lengths, and cuff buttons. Fabrics Chevrette and Twisted Velour in brown taupe plum and navy debut, with pockets and belted styles. Prices from $37.50, limited stock as materials sold out.
Annual August fur sale highlights seal and mole items with reduced prices up to 30 percent. Featured are mole capes, muffs, stoles, sealt sealskin ensembles, and beaver trimmed pieces including prominent mole capes at $112.50 and a beaver shawl collar cape at $100.00.
Fire crews aided salvage operations as a central warehouse burned through last night. Dozens of calls and nearly as many volunteers contributed iron, metals, old sewing machines, furniture, rubber and paper to a junk sale. Proceeds go to the Red Cross.
An official statement from the Department of Labor clarifies that the District of Columbia community labor board cannot draft unskilled labor. It can only publish advisory lists of nonessential occupations and must follow War Industries Board priorities. It urges fair, rapid adjustments as war needs rise.
President and Mrs. Wilson hosted a box at the Belasco as Dr Haltsam Brum of Uruguay and staff visited. Luncheon at the White House followed, with later receptions at the Pan-American building and various social gatherings featuring numerous diplomats, officials, and society figures.
Princess Ghika of Moumania returns to Washington and stays at the Richmond Hotel after visits in the mountains. She was guest of Miss Amelia Defries at an Arts Club dinner and Defries plans a series on modern art philosophy on Tuesdays. Also noted are marriage announcements for Ruth Alberta Zates Tramey and Hillrold Roberts, plus social notices involving Mrs Nicholas Longworth and Mile. de Chambrun in New York after White Sulphur Springs.
Three questions will occupy the farm organizations convention at Bibitt at 2 pm. Topics cover winning the war boosting 1919 crop production and the farmer’s postwar role. Called by the Federal board of farm organizations, representatives from across the United States attend. Speakers include Senator Hoke Smith Col John Temple Graves and Craargne Creel. The convention spans two days.
The national war work council of the Y M C A has acquired three plots totaling 3 200 square feet north of Walter Reed Hospital to build a hut and small recreation grounds for hospital medical corps members. A large hut will rise on two plots with a third for outdoor recreation. The hut will include letter writing facilities magazines and reading material. Over 800 medical corps personnel will benefit. S T Allen plans to leave for a training camp to join the army. His colleagues hosted a dinner in his honor and Prof Ralph Hickok spoke. S B Burchard of Jamestown will succeed Allen as secretary.
Funeral services for James B. Royce, died at his home on 18th Street NW, are set for 3:30 PM at 332 Pennsylvania Ave. Interment will be in New London, New Hampshire. A War Department retiree since 1917 after an injury, he was 72, survived by wife Nable C. Royce and three daughters Carrie Davis, Julia Hess, and Lillian Royce. He held Rawlins Post G A R, Old West Inhabitants Association, and Excelsior Lodge Odd Fellows memberships.
King Leopold of Bavaria announced the engagement of Crown Prince Rupprecht to Princess Antoinette of Luxemburg after a family dinner in Copenhagen. Rupprecht, born 1869 and widower, led the German armies on the northern front and recently traveled to Munich. Antoinette, born 1854, is one of Luxemburg's five grand duchess sisters. The couple’s match has been speculated by neutral sources amid war context.
A 1918 humor piece debates matrimonial life with wry observations on gender roles and marriage. It jests about men in domestic ranks, promises, and the comic misreadings of wifely expectations, ending with a farcical note on the pull between independence and home.
An old adv describes a cheap home shampoo using Canthrax dissolved in hot water to cleanse the hair. It claims quick drying, cooling scalp feel, removal of dandruff, and a bright luster with even drying, offered by a druggist.
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