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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1917
Page
18
A wide assortment from Paris and American mills is featured with luxury fabrics including Organdies Chantilly Voiles Voiles and novelty Ottomans. Early inspection urged to secure exclusive pattern lengths. Prices listed for linens towels bedspreads crash towelings and more with discounts and special offers across fine fabrics and domestic textiles.
A historical ad lists Moses Special Cot ton Sheets and bordered pattern linen items from John S. Brown & Sons. It promotes tablecloths in various sizes, napkins to match, and pure linen cloths with substantial reductions, including Moravian linen and wholesale line items with scattered prices from the era.
In connection with ongoing sales the Drapery Department will host a special sale of lace curtains and yard goods starting Monday January 8 1917. Promotions showcase White Irish Point Curtains Cream Dutchess Net Novelty Net and other fabrics with prices ranging from 1.25 to 18.00 per pair or yard.
A fragmented excerpt mocks modern marriage proposals with satirical lists and pop culture references. It contrasts fictional proposals with advice to record mentions and test responses, noting a playful but critical take on courtship norms.
A fashion piece on schoolgirl frocks featuring a blue serge model with a sailor collar and masculine accents like pockets and suspenders. It discusses color options, trim choices, and fabric combinations for winter and early spring wear, plus stylistic notes on accessories and overall look.
Famine sweeps through central Alabama as floods and cotton and corn failures ruin crops. Whites and blacks suffer. white landlords mortgage plantations, while negros hunt rabbits and collect wild nuts to survive. Many families lack bedclothes and endure cold nights by fires. Some settlements need immediate aid. relief is expected.
Savannah automobile club proposes beautifying every foot of Georgia’s Dixie highway with shade trees. Counties, civic bodies and clubs will be asked to line the highway with a double row of trees from the Tennessee line to the St Marys River in Florida. Also notes that scientific tests find women outperform men in tasks using larger muscles, while men excel with smaller muscle work.
A rowdy, tongue in cheek discussion on marriage proposals and literary spoofs. The speaker contrasts spoofing a man versus accepting a marriage offer, noting a woman’s heart, editor’s choice, and the elusive dream of a loved one’s proposal. The tone mocks idealistic romance and editorial publishing norms.
Denver January 6 Travelers used to fog bells on coasts may hear warning rings next summer from 10090 to 14000 feet in the Rocky Mountains. After the disappearance of Rev Thornton R Sampson in 1915 on a walking tour, Lt Way plans fog bells along Flat Top Longs Peak Hallett Glacier and Hallett Weah posts seven feet high. Tiny wind driven pads will tilt to strike bells. breeze would almost always ring. Bells on dangerous trails warn travelers when clouds obscure sight and mislead by wind.
A greenhead wild duck bearing a leg band reading Write Box 49 Greenville Ontario was shot near Milledgeville by T H Clark. Clark reports he has written as requested and awaits a reply. A new nautical instrument is described to measure sea object directions and distances from a ship’s compass.
Robert J. Dow of the Brooklyn Entomological Society lectured at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, presenting a whimsical tale of Lilith as the first Mrs Adam and Mother of all bugs. He traced Lilith to ancient texts, linked Beelzebub to a bug boss, and offered folkloric etymologies and entomological notes about the names and myths surrounding Lilith and insects.
Kensington Md Jan 6 The Girls Club hosted a New Year reception and dance for local ladies and nearby youths at the town hall decorated with Christmas greens. Guests included Misses Virginia Wilson Pauline Jones Ellen Chapin Margery Clumer and Mrs Little. Mr and Mrs Dick Waters served as chaperons. Dancing drew youths from Rockville Germantown Forest Glen and Washington. The Montgomery County Association of Past Masters held its annual dinner in the Masonic Hall with about 75 masons and wives in attendance chaired by Mrs George Snyder with several helpers. Also noted are students returning to college after holidays and a Sunday school gathering at St Pauls M E Church with games and refreshments.
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