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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1912
Page
10
A London women’s league has doubled its membership in the last year and seeks larger quarters for meetings and lectures. The group aims to expand activities and host visitors from abroad while continuing its charitable and educational work. Notable attendees and speakers include prominent society figures and international guests, with plans for ongoing lectures and social events.
The society under Mr George Fox has grown in influence, aiding self help and relief. A literary author benefited from their care after illness. Mrs Whitelaw Reid and others funded two years of work, settling at 31 South Audley Street. After Mrs Fairbanks died in 1910, Mrs Wilat R Comings led as vp. Clubhouse opened in spring last year, membership doubled, space too small, plans for a larger, more comfortable home proceed with renewed social and educational aims.
Albert Grover, a London journalist, recounts encounters with the devil in dreams and visions of spiritual forces. He describes a microscopic mind, a dream of Fifth Avenue, and meetings with a luminous cloud figure representing the Mycenaean concept of the Double, tied to Confucian and ancient Egyptian ideas.
Wealthy art trustee allegedly left a fortune to Lady Sackville while two elderly sisters claim a larger share. Private wills, legitimacy battles, and a looming danger to Knowl Ken estate fuel gossip as the court of public opinion weighs a new will said to rewrite the fortune. Lady Sackville, once disliked, now contends for control as siblings seek rightful heirs.
Reports from London indicate King George V plans a tour via Canada to celebrate the Anglo American peace centenary with possible stops in the United States and Paris and Berlin for other state visits. The trip would mark a major royal presence at major transcontinental events and the Panama Canal celebration in San Francisco.
The Duchess of Rutland and Mrs George Cornwallis West organize a Shakespearean event in Elizabethan dress starring daughters and Cosmos Gordon Lennox. Prominent peers including the Dukes of Westminster and Manchester are tapped to participate in plays or tilting contests, aiming to raise funds at the Albert Hall.
Special Cable describes a Studio Club event where 40 members and guests dressed as animals paraded as humans. A novelist and poets attended in costumes such as Ichthyosaurus and Chinese personae. The night featured animal-themed costumes, a meatless menu, whimsical acts, a caterpillar race, and a planned next gathering with gnomes and brownies from the Hatz Mountains traveling by autobus.
Reported in Madrid the ailing King Alfonso is undergoing nose and throat issues requiring frequent operations. State duties weigh on him as advisers urge outdoor time and smoking cessation. He is in Bordeaux consulting a specialist and may visit Biarritz before returning home.
A Newark line advertisement recounts Louis Taubenfelds relief from a severe facial rash after shaving. He describes intense itching swelling and pimples that vanished after using Cuthura Soap and Ointment over about a month. The testimonial credits the products with restoring his skin at New Lam.
Auguste Rodin rated Michelangelo’s Christ, Virgin and Angel as the greatest sculpture. The article covers Rodin’s impressions on the piece found in a Palestinian chapel, Rodin’s thoughts on marble limits, and reflections on his own works including The Thinker and Victor Hugo in Paris. It also notes social and art world chatter about museum displays, church visits, and related figures in Rome and Paris.
A letter debate questions a potential fare system like the United States, urging London to adopt a secure prepayment receptacle on street cars and tubes. It argues current paper tickets waste time and temper, noting delays and the need for a faster system to ease urban locomotion challenges.
London view shows cups, saucers, and a teapot valued near $1000 with an estimate of $4500 to $5000 at auction. The service honors Edmund Burke’s Bristol MP election and forms the centerpiece of the Trapnell Bristol porcelain and glass collection, now in the Amor rooms in Bristol.
A Tatler page shows Lady Curzon and Miss Dorothy McAlpin of New York in rival beauty portraits for Shakespeare Festival honors at Barra Court this summer. Miss McAlpin, noble American beauty, drew praise for her refined style while Curzon’s position as queen of beauty advances the London event with tilting and other medieval pageantry.
A resident of Southampton Bt Burraio in the 20s era reports eight years of constant itching and scaly patches on the scalp. The sufferer describes continuous scratching and seeks relief, mentioning Cuticura as a possible remedy.
Special Cable to The Washington Post reports that Prince Adalbert of Germany, third son of the Kaiser, has installed Fraulein Paula Freiden in a Kiel villa and has not wed. The affair has caused palace displeasure and sparked gossip in Berlin, Kiel, and New York. The prince, 25, is stationed with a torpedo boat squadron and reportedly loves the actress, while his parents seek to separate them.
Anxious agitation signals a broad coal strike led by South Wales reps and mine workers. The movement, described as class war, seeks a national wage scale, with leaders pledging to resist owners and government and prepare for a nationwide upheaval as New York delegates plan a conference before upcoming talks.
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