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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1911
Page
8
Washington society notes numerous guests and hostesses over the holidays. Details include exten sive lists of prominent visitors, ambassadors wives and daughters, naval attaches, and families across cities, with Christmas and New Year engagements in Brussels London Washington and New York.
Society gossip paths through royal Christmas at Schorbrunn with Archduchess Valerie and nine grandchildren joining Emperor Franz Joseph. Mentions of Archduke Ferdinand, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Valeria’s family customs, plus unrelated society notices of fashion, marriages, and animal welfare efforts in New York and across the capital.
A reflective reminiscence honors Gifford Pinchot and his mother, noting her noble appearance and support for his forestry calling. The piece recalls Pinchot’s youth in France and admiration for conservation, contrasting wealth with service to the small man and democracy.
A reflective piece urges keeping Christmas truth and goodwill as an daily consciousness not just a holiday ritual. It contrasts fleeting seasonal joy with enduring spiritual joy found in immortal life, eternal love, and acting on Christ’s teachings.
Controversy spills from Amherst College scholars and Boston women as Dr. Robert Sprague’s remarks about old maid factories spark debate. Residents clash over women’s education, marriage choices, and business careers amid humorous reflections on culture and manners.
The two and a half month old daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Fanning in Russellville Arkansas had a front tooth extracted by Dr A O Cryssom the earliest known case of a baby born with a tooth The family also had twins born in October and one tooth appeared within days prompting medical advice to pull the tooths roots were fully formed in one case and undeveloped in another though the babies remain healthy and normal.
Ragged lines describe a playful scene at Tattytown where Miss Gould and Miss Helen appear with clothing, while Rockefeller and others take roles in a Santa Claus act. The text reads like a fragmented social note about a railroad workers event and holiday merriment with partial dialogue.
A speaker warns that overreliance on machinery leads to skill specialization. He argues workers may lose sight of meaning in their tasks when machines replace habitual occupations and money becomes their primary interest, threatening civilization.
A former clerk Patrick Tierney, missing fourteen years since 1894, returns to Raritan with gold nuggets. He had boasted of riches from Alaska and Peru after years of hardship, bringing comfort for his aging parents before dying earlier, then reappearing to surprise family.
Special cable from Rome reports the remains of a famous villa owned by Lepio Flaccua, once host to his friend Cicero, found and identified near the Brindisi seashore.
Prof Fisher of Tate University argues that superior power comes from reducing protein, suggesting lean meat and egg whites be used sparingly. He cites experiments showing 10 percent albuminous food suffices for adults, achievable without eggs, flesh, cheese, nuts, or even fat. He notes some diets exclude meat entirely yet still prove adequate.
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