Washington Woman Hostess Promotes World Cruise to 650 Tourists
Mrs. M. Landon Reed, a Washington hostess, organized a globe spanning cruise for 650 travelers aboard a chartered ship. She managed entertainment, lectures, and matchmaking, guiding romances and marriages while touring Ceylon, India, Japan, and the Mediterranean. The venture aims to continue future world tours with new tours and a traveling entertainment bag.
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Washington
M. Landon Reed
Antil
Northwest
United States
Feed
Howe
New York
San Francsig
Spex Canal
England
France
Guhvantar
Mediterranean
Mes
Ceylon
India
Japan
Manila
Reed
Bond
Philippines
Eros Putj
Aegean
Reen
Globe
New Year Payday in Paris Narrowly Loosens Credit Chains
In Paris the New Year brings relentless bills as residents face universal credit demands. Americans abroad face constant charges from apartments to utilities, while local shops and grocers extend credit through January. The piece notes holiday foods and customs but centers on the financial squeeze of New Year’s Day in the city.
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Buddha
Adam
Siva
Ceylon
Lanka
Ireland
Adams Peak
Great Britain
Plymouth
Falthough
Kandy
New England
Colombo
Pedrotalagalla
Peradeniya
Royal Botanic Gardens
Ene
Dalada Mahigama
Buddy
Kalinga
Fovernor
Rue Dauidu
Paris
France
Aland
Kew
New Year Credit Lobbies In Parisian Homes
A fragmentary Paris piece reveals how households struggle with New Year debts as milk butter and egg bills roll in, plus gifts, servants, and masse of annual expenditures. It notes shopkeepers press for weekly or monthly bills while postmen and tradesmen solicit calendars and tips, and how bachelors juggle dinners and social teas to settle yearlong obligations.
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Paris
Louise
Monsieur
Frances
Mother
Gome
Mamma
Suzanne
Teast
The Thousand Franc Bonbons Trick Returns to Donor
A chain of gifts from an American woman leads a proud old maid to send a bonbon bag containing a thousand franc note through a sequence of noble names. The note ends up back with the original giver who, after tasting the chocolates, faints on discovering the concealed fortune and escapes disaster.
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France
Lucifer
Mile de X
Mme. de G
Mme de G
Marquise de H
Mme. de T
Countess de K
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Veyance
Hera
Muwara Hliva
Galt
Aston
Ime
Ceston
Jewry
At's-Eye
Gulf of Mannar
Europe
Orient
Iver
B.C
Sihald
China
Congoes, Saal
Rtagt
Pilthe
Australia
America
Aunches
Roosevelt
Knoxville
Dakota
George Hood
George
Irs
Harris
Landon Reed
New
Taundra
Hutcher
Ameri
M. Georges
M. de Schneider
de Schneider
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