Socks Win Soldier Hearts Spark Public Romance
New York dispatch recalls Ethel Chapman of Atlanta knitting gift socks for British troops. A wounded English soldier through Miss Jane Gail sent an engagement ring and word that he would marry Miss Chapman, after correspondence began in Paris hospitals and aboard ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Chapman
Atlanta
Washington
New York
Russ Ethel Chapman
Atlanta Ga
Jane Gail
Paris
London
Lord
Recital by Hofmann Showcases Masterful Piano Command
The concert showcased Hofmann's control and refined tone as he interpreted a demanding program. His varied touch, lyrical phrasing, and vivid dynamics drew praise from an audience that responded with enthusiasm and admiration for the masterful artistry.
Will of John E Parker Probate Update
The will of John E Parker, who died October 1, transfers his estate to his wife Musie HK Parker. It was offered for probate yesterday by Jasase Heishett. Mrs Parker is named executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John de Parker
Ivecober Jr
Mis Musie HK Parker
Jasase
Heishett
Parker
Shaved Bride's Hair and Hidden Heroine Revealed
Vienna society figure Fraulein Marie Weissman obtained a male volunteer's documents and uniform to fight for Austria on the Russian frontier for two months. She was discovered at headquarters and recommended for promotion to officer rank. Now serving with the Red Cross after the secret came to light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Headquarters
Red Cross
London
Mall Eays
Fraulein Marie Weissman
Fraulein Welsaman
Head Shaving Jealous Husband Shocks Santa Monica Woman
Mrs Matilda Bouris of Santa Monica describes the humiliation of her husband Angel Bouris who shaved her head with a razor after cutting her hair a year earlier. He fled and police search hopes to locate him. A baby girl has since been born to Mrs Bouris who focuses on her child for comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Matilda Bouris
Santa Monica
Angel Bouris
Bouris
R. Marquez
Teru
Rockefeller
Venice
Ile
Hot Suppers for 5000 Boston Pupils by Misses Slater
Boston will host hot suppers for 5000 needy pupils three times weekly from January 20 to February 20. The Misses Esther and Ray daugh ters of Mrs Horatio N. Slater fund and supervise 15,000 meals weekly with Salvation Army aid. The girls will attend meals to ensure all receive their share. They are long active in philanthropy at Webster and other local efforts. Esther Slater’s engagement to Benjamin Sumner Welles of New York was announced recently. Ray Slater, 13, is an enthusiastic automobilist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldler
Ree Sats
New York
Chap
Wallace
Oleured
the Marne
Munroe
Miss Chapman
Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Esther and
Ray
Horatio N. Slater
Back Bav Society
Salvation Army
Army
Slater
Webster
Voamous Slater Mills
Esther
Benjamin Sumner Welles
the Somerset
Mise Ray
First Dutch proxy marriage planned between Denver woman and Java fiancé
Denver Jan 15 the first marriage by proxy authorized by the Dutch government will connect Miss Eugenia Campbell of Colorado Springs and Harvey Deuell of Denver in Denver and John Pieter Scholten in Samarang Java. The ceremonies will be held simultaneously to evade immigration rules. Also noted is the burial of Gen Andrew Sheridan Burt with military honors in Arlington after his death in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Jan
Java
Eugenia Campbell
Charles Campbell
Colorado Springs
Harvey Deuell
Samarang
John Pieter Scholten
Pieter Scholten
Miss Campbell
Alexander Campbell
Campbellites
Criatian Church
Scholten
Netherlands
Dordtsche Petroleum Company
Ex Senator Faulkner Recovers After Surgery in Baltimore
Former United States Senator Charles J. Faulkner of Washington and Martinsburg West Virginia underwent an operation at the Union Protest ant Infirmary Baltimore on Thursday night. He was reported out of danger yesterday as friends received information. When in Washington he resides at the Cosmos Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Faulkner
Washington and Martinsburg
W. Va
United States
West Virginia
Union Protestant Infirmary
Baltimore
Washington
Faulkner
Cosmos Club
Smoking Suit Delights Shoppers At East Meets West Show
New fashion blends Orient flamboyance with Far East delicacy in a smoking suit. Turkish trousers or full skirt, gold embroidery, East Indian toque, and Mandarin jacket showcased by a leading New York department store. Heavy latin or velvet versions in black or vivid colors draw many buyers as prices range from $13.50 to $245 per garment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Far East
Leon Bakst
Revival of classical dance praised amid criticism
The article discusses Miss Phyllis Monkman and Isadora Duncan, noting the shift toward pure classical ballet amid prior indecent costuming. It lauds Duncan’s training of a gentler, artful group and emphasizes audience praise and mounting appreciation for refined beauty in dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Monksman
London
Isadora Duncan J
Kyven
Tsadora
U S Okra? No. George Washington Athletics Face Cuts
George Washington University athletics face possible abandonment if student support does not improve. Athletic director Leslie C. McNemar warned at the Interfraternity Association smoker at the Raleigh that only 122 of 1700 students had joined the Athletic Association this year. Other speakers included university deans. President Rear Admiral Charles E. Stoughton was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington University
Athletic Association
Leslie C. McNemar
McNemar
Interfraternity Association
Raleigh
Associaton
Ampker
Charles E. Stoghtons
Setback for Mrs Gould in Fifth Avenue dower case
Katherine C. Gould lost a Supreme Court jury trial bid in an appeal to preserve her dower rights in a Fifth Avenue property. George J. Gould holds a $54,609 tax lien on the estate, and the appellate division reversed, affecting the dispute with Howard Gould over the property and debts. The case centers on dower rights claimed under a 1909 separation decree and the tax lien later set by George Gould. War tax stamps go on sale today at the main post office and at Takoma Anacostia and downtown branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Katherine C. Gould
Fifth Avenue
George J. Gould
Supreme Court
Takoma
Anacostia
Pranches
Ghostly Husband Haunts Woman Then She Ends Her Life
In Pittsburgh a 32 year old widow named Anna Shaw Rush reportedly killed herself by swallowing poison after claiming the ghost of her dead husband haunted her day and night. She left a letter to a sister saying the specter remonstrated with her for the life she led since the Dixmont Hospital confinement months earlier. Residents said she feared the haunting and begged a physician as her two children and the house residents observed the doomed act. The note began Dear Sister and expressed remorse for her actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jan
Anna Shaw
Rush
Dixmont Hospital
Warning Note From Desperate Sister About Death Plan
A sister writes of poverty after Ed Rush’s death leaving her to raise children alone. She laments cannot support them on small earnings and mentions joining him in heaven if she fails to meet him, asking forgiveness and secrecy from her sister. Ed Rush was an electrician and former Washington resident who died at Diamont Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Join
Harry
Sunshine
Ife 7
Jed
Anna
Sunday Services at Various Churches and Unions
A summary of Sunday church services across Presbyterian, Unitarian, Episcopal, Christian Science, Baptist, Congregational, Evangelical, and Spiritist congregations. The notices list specific ministers, Sunday school times, sermon topics such as The Sin of Inefficiency and The Church of the Living God, choir concerts, and evening services, with addresses and venue details. Several churches include lectures on topics like Russia and the War, Thomas Jefferson, and The Land of Mercy and Francis Joseph, along with notes on special events and study classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian
ALL Souls Church
Fourteenth
L Streets
Ulysses
Bb Pierce
Taberal Religious Union
George A. Warren
Thomas Jefferson
Pierce
First Congregational Church
Tenth
G Streets
Jay T. Stocking
D. DP
Lewis E. Purim
Jassistant
Subject
Church OF the Living God
Mettce
Francis Joseph
Vincent
Matthew
A.m Christian Endeavor
New York Chamber Opposes Alexander Bill on Vessels
The New York Chamber of Commerce at a meeting today went unanimously on record opposing the Alexander bill for government ownership and operation of vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Chamber of Commerce
Funeral of Benjamin A. Smith at Capitol Street
The funeral of Benjamin A. Smith, formerly with management of several Washington hotels, who died in Philadelphia on Monday, was held at 301 East Capitol Street. Rev. Charles J. Warner of St. Albans Protestant Episcopal Church officiated. He is survived by his widow Hattie Meads Smith, daughter Elizabeth A. Smith, and sister Milas Maude Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin A. Smith
Washington
Philadelphia
East Capitol Street
Charles J. Warner
St. Alban’s Protestant” Episcopal Church
Hattie Meads Smith
Feliza
Beth A. Smith
Milas Maude Smith
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Fan
Kitchener
Walter Munro
France
Chapain
Monte
Decatur Wa
Hofmann
Koous
Josef Tief
New National ‘Theater
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Finfmain
Bariz
Ard Boas & Combinaten
Russia
Lvorsky
Jis Das
Holman
Ant
Ofatouiyer
West Dior
Eneare Pojlawis
Venda Vedtor
Dynam
Force Jo Macbb
John E. Parker
Newspapi
Aed Arama
Girlin Army
Misses Slater
Gen. Burt
Arlington
Andrew Sheridan Burt
Arlington Cemetery
St. Thomas’ Holocopali
Williams
H. Oden Lake
Army and Navy Union
Burt
Wiliam F. Barry
Hotel Gotham
Etiee
Feke Sceul
Ishower
Woomes
Wetherbee & Wood
Fifth Ave
Fifth St
New York City
Kipling
Greece
Miss Monkman
Miss Monkimman
el Daa Dee
Miss Duncan
Miss Moneman
U. May
Athletics
Howard Gould
Fifth Avenue Realty
Presbyterian
the Covenant
Conneciiut Avenue
Eighteenth
Charles Wood
Howard Hannaford
Harry Raremor Angus
Dock Chapel
Mater
Jonah
Constaut
Sydney Jiord Wrightson
Harvey Murray
Mildweek
North Capitol St. Cor
Florida
At. Ker
H. E. Brundage
J. D . Miniater
Mr. Nichols
Episcopal ST. Johns Cliute EH
Ixteentie
Belkad Cotton Srath
Edward Slater Dunlay
George Withamaen Smith
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Dumbe Road
Euclid Street
Suray
Pablo
Colorado Building
Second Church OF Christ
Oeleck
Colorado
Northeast
Centennial Temple
12Th
Wats
Friendship Clubs
Evangelical Christian Science
Evangelical Christian Science Church
Beryices
Pribian Temple
Ninth Street
Mra
B. Kates
Alt
Theosophical
Stevens
Nebraska
Theosophic Hall
Aiz
Alexander Bill
B. A. Smith
Junias A. West
The
Palais Royal
Mats
Charles Frohman
Billie Burke
Ans
Honedy
Sores
Jerry Oh
Philadelphia Orchestra
Alma Gluck
Leopold Okowske
Arthur Sint
National Theater
Droop’s
13Th & G
Kreisler
Peteueten
Henry
Sam
Newman Jeri Ssun
Eve Cils
Belasco Mit
David Belasco
Frances Starr
Marie-Odile
Edward Kool Inueh
Me Belasco
el Sir
Argyle Case
Maggie Pepper
F. Keith
Minnie Dupree
LA Milo
Arthee Pain Shaw
Havemann
Jungle Towle Tdoya
Eddie Leqhard
C. Em Ollie
Hylendid
Criler Todasse
Strayer’s Business College
Old Masonic Temple
Emily Freeh Barnes
Eleresth Stree
Phome
Washington School OF Accountancy
New Jase
Homme
the Sunday Post
Spe
Billy Watson
Frank Duns
Tires
Opera
Hedragis
Tima
Migwon
Ion Mon
Pelleas Et Melisande
Ise DL Syamsteck Studia
Suneb
G. G. Cornwell & Son, Inc
H St
Atlantic
Ths
Atlanti
Marlbeor Wugh-Bleshed
Char Preanhlest Gales Jiall I
Wirard Benats
Chelsea Shelblene Holmuurst
Rudolf
Joel Hillman
Frotel Dennis
Atlantic City
America
Ocean Sunshine Everywhere
Walter J Buzby
Pennsylvania Resorts
Alen Ralirnersville
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company
Fatace Steamers
Northland
Southland
7Th St S
Old Point Comfort
SEA City Ticket Office
TS 15Th
Woodward Dlg
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