Southern Building: Nation’s premier Washington office hub
The Southern Building at 15th and H Streets is described as the South’s finest and most popular office building. It sees about 14,000 daily visitors and 1,600 tenants and guests per hour on peak days, with 93 percent of space rented. Leasing offices occupy the second floor and apply promptly for favorable consideration.
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National Capital
South
15Th
H Streets
New Financial Center of
Washington
Nine story Southern Building eyed for two extra floors
The Southern Building now stands nine stories high, completed fifteen months ago in modern style with four high speed elevators. Original plans by D. H. Burnham & Co. called for eleven stories, and management plans to add two more soon to meet demand from clubs, social groups, and businesses seeking space.
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D. H. Burnham & Co
Chicago
Married Life the Third Year by Mabel Herbert Urner
In a domestic scene, Maggie and Helen wash their cat Pussy Purrmen using Fuller’s Earth and a homemade shampoo. They blue the fur to prevent yellowing, dry and brush the cat for a lighter coat, then share how their methods upset Warren, who questions the use of such grooming and bluing.
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Mabel Herbert Urner
Maggie
Anne
Helen
Pussy Purrmen
Margie
Cattery
Warren
Fashionable spring wardrobe on a budget from Paris laces
The South to North fashion flow features bright colors and rework ideas for affordable wardrobes. Three piece Paris gowns inspire updates with blue velvet collars, colored buttons and belts, and fringed scarves. Crepe fabrics gain popularity for ease of care, with embroidered borders in roses and greens offering home copy potential.
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Dreslmakers
Paris
Qncluse
Sytcate
Feuding over gray hair sparks domestic squabble
In a tense scene, a couple quarrels about touched-up hair while avoiding a deeper clash. Helen shifts to lighter talk, asking about John Bent and stewed apples, as she muses on whether men are endlessly irritable and women must placate them.
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John
Helen
CHAT A WITH JINKING Wor by Barbara Boyd
A profile of a wealthy young woman torn between a planned butterfly life and a calling to social service. Her parents oppose nursing the poor, sparking a debate on women's fulfillment, independence, and duty within marriage and home life.
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Barbara Boyd
Gong
Prince Charming
Trey
Cross of Honor to Captain Rostron for Titanic mission
Captain A H Rostron of the Carpathia, who saved Titanic survivors, will receive the Cross of Honor from the American Cross of Honor. He will travel to Washington on March 1 to accept the medal awarded by Congress, with Ambassador James Bryce presenting. Rostron thanked the society in a letter calling the tribute a pleasant New Year’s gift.
Importers Seek Duty-Free Pulp From All Nations
Evans free wood pulp importers urged the Customs Court to admit Scandinavian and other pulp and paper products free of duty. Albert H. Washburn, counsel, led the argument as the case aimed to classify favored nation treaties as grounds for free entry. Assistant Attorney General Wemple was set to present the government's position today.
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Customs Court
United States
America
Albert H. Washburn
Frdom
Scandinavia
Coud
Wemple
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Frances Asnall
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Drees
Boston
Edmonston
Edmonston & CO
Jones
Tsell
McClure
Syndic
Evans
Baltimore
Washington City
Colonial Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S
Naval Academy
Maryland
Qur
Eastern Shore
Claiborne
Hurlock
Salisbury
Oxford
Cambridge
Gad
B. GC
A. Ry
Washington 14Th and. N.Y. Ave
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