Defends Divorce Liberal Reform At Washington Meeting
Mrs Relva A Lockwood and Mrs Sarah H Sawyers led a Sunday discussion urging a less disgraceful approach to divorce. They backed a liberal statute allowing divorce without public stigma and proposed attaching a divorce coupon to marriage certificates. They argued education and reform would reduce divorce stigma and cited Edmunds Law as overly harsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Secular League
Relva A. Lockwood
Ivorce &N
Sarah H. Sawyers
Sawyers
Felix Adler
Lockwood
Trinity Branch Formed At Holy Trinity Parish Hall
About 300 people attended a Catholic Total Abstinence Union meeting at Holy Trinity Church parish hall. Rev Harlin and other priests spoke on abstinence. Thirty two pledges were taken, a parish branch organized, officers to be elected next Sunday, and more branches planned across city parishes. Jonadab delegates invited attendees to Washington's Birthday celebration on February 22 at 910 Pennsylvania Ave NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Thomas Maloney
Thomas Harlin
S. J
Joseph Brick
S. J. William F. Downey
Matthew Maley
William Hickey
Father Harlin
Catholic Temperance Workers
Catholic Temperance Movement
Sons of Jonadab
Emmet O’brien
Moving picture concerts entertain large Lasco audience
A moving picture concert at the Be lasco drew a good crowd with humorous and varied pictures including realistic fire scenes. Carl Haydn of the De Wolf Hopper Opera Company sang selections including Pagliacci and pieces by de Koven and Luders. the Academy of Music hosted a similar program. Marsh's Majestic Theater showed a pan to mime panorama with notable films The Vendetta The Deserter and The Arakan Nights. Mrs Mary Miller Scott and Exposition Trio provided vocal and instrumental music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belasco
Carl Haydn
de Wolf Hopper Opera Company
de Koven
Luders
Academy of Music
Marsh
Majestic Theater
Mary Miller
Scott
History and Message of Bahá Ollah lecture series opens
The Green Acre Fellowship outlines a lecture program at the Washington Club auditorium with Howard MacNutt of New York City as the first speaker on The History and Message of Bahá Ollah. Other speakers include Maj. James Albert Clarke Dr Fillmore Moore Rev Ulysses G B Pierce and Arthur W Dow. The Palm Limited to Florida and other winter trains depart Washington daily at 655 p m with electric lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Acre Fellowship Association
Washington Club
I Street
Howard MacNutt
New York City
James Albert Clarke
Fillmore Moore
South Carolina
Ulysses G. B. Pierce
Arthur W. Dow
Southern
Florida
Siso Aiken
Augusta
Washington
Brown
G. A
Southern Railway
15Th St
Children Will Dance at Columbia Tomorrow Afternoon
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 15 o clock the Mother Goose story book will open and the familiar nursery characters will appear in a Columbia event for children. Brick Ice Cream that’s Famous and 8 Pure Cream Ice Cream offered by local druggists are mentioned in the listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
ABC
Travel Talk on Asia by Washington YMCA speaker
Washington YMCA members gather for February meeting in the assembly room of the new building. Frederick Bennett Wright will lecture on Records of the Past and Present in Northern and Central Asia after committee reports. Wright and his father traversed Japan, Manchuria, Siberia, Turkestan, Russia, the Caucasus, Palestine, and Egypt. He traveled 303 miles by mule in Northern China and 1,560 miles in Russian tarantals, taking over 2,000 photographs to illustrate the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Young Men's Christian Association
Frederick Bennett Wright
Central
Asia
Wright
George Frederick Wright
Cherlin
Ohio
Japan
Manchuria
Siberia
Turkestan
Russia
Caucasus
Palestine
Egypt
China
Tid
Rights of the Soul Speaker at YMCA Meeting
Rev. Charles L. Jackson of Philadelphia led the YMCA big meeting at Belasco Theatre detailing seven principal rights of the soul. He argued the soul's rights include to God, to the Bible, to rule the body, to clear conscience, to fellowship with others, to influence lives, and to eternal life, noting God restores these rights when asked. The monthly YMCA session featured a stereopticon lecture on Records of the Past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Jackson
Philadelphia
Belasco Theater
M. CG. A
Jackson
Cad
Needlework Exhibition Opens at Kann Sons & Co
The Washington needlework contest at Kann Sons opens today and runs through March 3. Exhibits include shadow work, French embroidery, drawn work, tapestry, and knitting with many pieces for sale. The display, free to the public, offers expert guidance and is promoted with low rail fares to nearby destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kann, Sons’ & Covs
Washington
Kensington
Mount Mellick
Bruges
Mother Goose Rhyme Show For Charity At Columbia Theater
Talented children who danced in the Kirmess perform Mother Goose novelties under Miss Hawke. The event benefits the Children's Country Home St Michael and All Angels Church and a St Johns Sunday school boys guild. Seats are on sale at the box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhere
Miss Muffet
Jeck
Jill
Mary
Littles
Bo Peep
Mother Goose
Miss Hawke
St. Michael and All Angels
St. John’s Sunday School
Columbia Theater
Hygienic Exposition Seeks American Exhibits in Vienna
Consul General Rublee urges American manufacturers to send exhibits to the Universal Hygienic Exposition in Vienna on May 12. American articles must arrive before March 1. The show features sanitary articles for buildings, refrigerators, medical devices, sanitary wear, sports gear, and equipment for mine, factory, ship, rail, and theater safety, plus food and drink displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Rublee
Lecture on Gettysburg at Confederate Hall by Capt Drubthal
City items announce an illustrated Gettysburg lecture by Capt R W Drubthal of West Virginia University next Friday at Confederate Hall on Seventh Street. Drubthal, a former Pickett’s division member, participated in the battle. Also notes a reorganized Washington Heights Men’s Club with officers named, a bottle-dealing fine case, and local ads for groceries shoes lamps and wines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
R. W. Drubthal
West Virginia University
Confederate Hall
Seventh Street
Drubthal
Pickett
Lee
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
Dr. Robinson
W. P. Mayfield
J. J. Lampton
IL. D. Pace
J. S. Walser
J. F. North
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Saks & Company
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Heurich Brewing Co
Heurich
Maerten
Senate
Phone West
Trinity Branch
Georges
Bunion
Shields
Georges & Son, Foot Specialists
Ave. N. W. Manisuring
Blair
R. P. Andrews Paper CO
la. Ave
D St
Ieee
Ceres
Rollet
Ehmann
California
Magruder’s
Connecticut Ave
K St
Barclay Rye
Tobias Bush
E St
N. Ww
Iachive
Cravenette
Victor E
ADLER
Clothing House
7Th St. N. W
Henry F.miller
John F. Ellis & Co
Ave
N.W
Tieff Tief
Oepontine
M. Stieff Chas
Comlife
11Th St
The
Belasco, Majestic
Academy
Kann’s
Maria Grau
New Orleans
Mapile
Pensacola
Alf Price
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Sloan’s
G Street
U.S. Treasury
Westminster and Whittington
Harriet Lane Johnston
White House
Buchanan
D. K. Este. Fisher, May S. Kennedy, Wm. G. Johnson
G St
Treasury Dept
Johnston
C. G. Sloan & Coo., Aucts
City Bulletins
J. T. D. Pyles
Thos. W. Smith
Washington, D. C
Violeta
Kramer
Bottie
James Jackson
Kimball
Great Bear Spring Company
Great Bear Spring
Joyce Engraving Company
Star
Lindsay
Welsbach
C. A. Muddiman In & Co
Keene's Shoe
G St. Nw
Doody
Kuppenheimer
Bes Garments
Grosner
18Th St. Nw
R St Uw
A. Eberly’s Sons
7Th St
Eable
EYE
Elesee
Massachusettts Avenue
Louisiana Avenue
Tenth Street
North Side
Harrison RealtyGo
G St. N. W
Rubbard
F Street
W. W
J. T. Walker Sons
10Th Strent BM
W. ’Phome
Washington Post
District of Columbia
J. Maury Dove Go
N. W
Ereat
Atlantic & Pacific Tse
Burchell
Warner
Wareral Cure Company
Rochester
X Y
Vineral
Liquore Company
Wabash Ave
Chicago
DR. Bell
Ana
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