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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1923
Page
133
A famed beauty figure touts four preparation systems totaling 32 factors including White Youth Clay, Facial Youth cleaner, and Hair Youth. She claims skin benefits, wrinkle reduction, and glossy hair, with prices from 60 cents to $3, urging buyers to purchase via druggists and counters. A Beauty book accompanies the set.
Mrs. Marjorie Sabin Pilson, previously divorced from Edwin H. Pilson, married Washington lawyer Alexander Britton at the Britton home in Chevy Chase Maryland. The ceremony, performed by Rev. Charles Wood, drew a few intimate guests and followed by a weeklong honeymoon.
Dorothy Has sett age 3 and Jack Courtney age 4 from Bates Street attempted a global voyage but ran out of food near Soldiers' Home. They foraged for berries with little nourishment and returned home with their parents aiding a relief effort. Miss Hassett hid during interviews while authorities recovered the children. Their second attempt to travel the world followed an earlier stop at Breckington freight yards. The parents fear Santa Claus may hear of the escape.
Naples reports a slight eruption of Mount Vesuvius attracting American tourists who venture near the crater. Night views show a glowing summit and burning stones with detonations. Professor Mahndra of the Vesuvian Observatory links the phenomena to Etna activity and recent heavy rains driving seismic events.
Charles Bowers 60 and his daughter Rolfe 16 wed neighbor Mrs. Mary Shreve 60 and John Stevens 24 in a double ceremony at the Bowers home 479 N street southwest. Rev J J Briges officiated. The couples defer a honeymoon and will live together as Mr. Bowers notes the arrangement lets Rolfe learn housekeeping from an expert.
E F Albee named national chairman of the Thomas Jefferson memorial foundation to acquire Monticello for a public memorial. He is a great grandson of William Albee, who with 80 colonial volunteers sailed from Machias Maine in a dark night before Lexington to win the first naval victory of the Revolution.
The Polish singer Ganna Walska met her husband Harold F. McCormick’s first wife Edith Rockefeller McCormick at a dinner at the Casino in Chicago. The social gathering, hosted by Miss Elizabeth McCormick, aimed to unite the two women connected by McCormick’s life and arts interests.
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