Special Curtain Lot Our Woile and Marquisette Styles Sale
Irish Point Marie Antoinette Renaissance Cluny curtains featured with Voile and Marquisette options. Lot 1 to 5 offer white cream ecru voile with edge trimming, lace insertions and valances at special prices alongside Real Brussels Arab Renaissance and silk Froo Froos. Portieres and tapestry designs priced from 3 yards to 234 yards with varied patterns and net mounting. Special prices range $1.00 to $9.75 per pair with multiple higher value items.
Boston experts rebut charge on women as buyers of improper books
A Boston panel led by Mrs Bracken and Miss Badger rebut the judge’s claim that women are not the principal customers for immoral books and nude art. They argue men are more drawn to risqué material, while women mostly study economics and employment issues, with a minority reading such works for curiosity.
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Boston
Mra
Cllo Brachen
Foigate
Anc
Ise Kerthi
Impoonent Problem Association
Ftanon
Birt
Bracken
Jai
Sleep Like an Ape and Grow Fat in Chicago
Special to The Washington Poat reports a Chicago craze promoting jungle sleep. Leader Matt Roeder vows health gains by a sit up, stiff posture, supported head, and snoring effectively, claiming 20 pounds gained since an idea inspired by Lulu, the Lincoln Park ape lady.
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Washington
Chicago
Matt Roeder
Roeder
Lulu
Lincoln Park
Busy women ignore novels as clubs plan meetings
The piece notes that the average working girl is too busy earning daily bread to read novels. It argues married women with children cannot read due to household duties and poor equipment. It then lists Twentieth Century Club meetings across sections with leaders and topics like Titian Edmund Gosse and French songs, inviting all interested members.
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Twentieth Century Club
Lowe
Woodley
Parliamentary Law
Dayton Ward
A R. Crandall
Marshall
Eighteenth Street
Mme. Cartier
Farquar
Parker
Edmund Gosze
Scudder
Powder and rouge in 1916 fashion critique from Newark
A Washington Post Special column notes a Newark young man’s push to end powder use, while a female observer argues women powder and rouge to please men and cope with vanity. The piece critiques male indifference and urges men to emulate women's humility and independence.
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Hood
Red Cross Adds 4000 to Aid for Wounded Soldiers
The American Red Cross appropriated 4000 additional funds, bringing total aid to 6000 for Europe relief. It targets healing facial wounds of soldiers and teaching those blinded by wounds to read and write by modern methods.
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American Red Cross
Uaa
Europe
Epiphany Church parish reception features music and remarks
A parish reception at Epiphany Church Friday night included a church quartet with Mrs Hugh Brown Miss McLean D G Angevine and William Clabaugh, plus a Mrs Metcalf solo and Mr Ann and Mr Clabaugh solos. Moving pictures on bamboo industry were shown. Speakers Rev Dr McKim pastor, Rev Dr Percy Foster Hall, and C X Osgood gave brief remarks. The receiving line included Rev Dr and Mrs McKim, Rev Dr and Mrs Percy Foster Hall, Dr and Mrs Shands, Mr and Mrs C TM Osgood, Mrs John Speel, and Mrs Grace Berry.
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Epiphany Church
Church Quartet
Mra
Hugh Brown
Miss McLean
D G Angevine
William Clabaugh
Mra Metcalf
Ann
Clabaugh
Dr McKim
Percy Fos
Ter Hall
C X
Osgood
McKim
Percy Foster Hall
Shands
John Speel
Grace Berry
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H. S
Sheery
Batiste
W. WB
Woses & Sons
Jattern Tal
Ile
California
Drapery
Washington Post
Printa
Mos Brachen
Miss Badger
Misa Hedser
Boston University
Nixola Greeley Smith
Nixola Greeley-Smith
New York
Newark
Lanyway
Jack
Eventide
Red Cross
Epiphany
Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detrot
Mich
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