Bribes for Suffrage Crusade Reaches Top French Figures
Paris January 21. Lady Tyian Glentworth, famed for beauty, says she bribed deputies and senators to sign her suffrage petition in exchange for roses lights and compliments. She claims to have secured about 12 000 signatures and plans to target Poincare Fallieres Clemenceau Rostand and later Roosevelt Wilson and Bryan.
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Poincare
Fairlieres
Clemenceau
Rost
Wilson
Bryan
Roosevelt
Paris
Europe
Tyian Glentworth
Léttan
Germany
Camelots
Ducky Darling
Messieurs
Buckingham Court Opens Amid Fashionable Rush
London reports the first Buckingham court of the season will be February 1 with a rush of applications to the lord chamberlain s office. Princess Arthur of Connaught will appear on the royal dais for the first time, her fashion drawing noted while Queen Mary disapproves of the slit skirt and extravagant hats. King George and Queen Mary may undertake state visits abroad in spring, a prospect they fear but cannot avoid.
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London
Buckingham P
Arthur of Connaught
Quasn Mary
King George
Queen Mary
England
George
Faris
Mary
Prince of Wales
Paris
Queen Alexandra
Lady Dalkeith
Buckingham
Hoves
Atorm
Lord Wen- Gover
Sandringham
Countess Craven Rival In Warwickshire Duchess Invades County
London reports the Duchess of Westminster seizing Ettington Hall near Stratford-on-Avon igniting fury among Warwickshire’s elite. The American Countess of Craven, once Mrs Bradley-Martin, dominates local sympathy as gossip swirls about royal disfavor and the duchess’s fractured marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duchess of Westaminster
Ettington Hall
Stratford-on-Avon
Craven
Bradley-Martin
Stratford
Have
Grosvenor House
Red Cross Memorial Building Plans Approved
Secretary of War Garrison announced the commission approved plans by Trowbridge and Livingston New York architects for a Red Cross memorial building to honor Civil War women. The project, costing $700,000, will rise on Seventeenth Street between Continental Hall and the Corcoran Art Gallery. The commission includes Senator Lea Representative Slayden Misa Mabel Boardman and Gen Sosee W. Davis of the Red Cross Society. The plans were sent to the fine arts commission for final decision.
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Garrison
Red Cross
Trowbridge & Livingston
New York
Fing Arts Commission
Senator Lea
Slayden
Misa Mabel Boardman
Soseee W. Davis
Seventeenth Street
Continental Hall
Corcoran Art Gallery
Excellent Skin Lotion For Use in Winter
Powder roughened skins can be made soft smooth and velvety by dissolving magatone in hazel. Apply each night and morning after cleansing and drying the skin. Helps ridding blotches sallowness and weather beauty upset from harsh winter winds. Regular use imparts clearness and tint rivaling healthy youth.
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Powier
Dull Week in London as Society Seeks Winter Escape
London society endures a dull week after New Year as members avoid the capital for Swiss Alps and Riviera locales. Mrs Whitelaw Reid visits Castle Forbes in Ireland while Baroness Von Hutton tours London with novelist’s ties and royal education plans loom for Holland’s future queen. Dorothy Taylor sails to St Moritz for winter sports. Whitney party heads to the hotel before a yearly hunting expedition.
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London
Mayfair
Switsérland
Riviera
Egypt
Mrs. Reid
Ireland
Whitelaw Reid
Dudley House
Park Lane
John Ward
Lord
Lady Granard
Miles Beatrice Mille
New York
Castle Forbes
Raid
Paul Draper
Chebes
William Draper
Baronese von Hutton
Yeith Wuronta
Grahame White
Dorothy Taylor
St. Morita
Weymer Milla
Switseriang
Chelgpa
Cheyenne
New York Fashion Debutantes Embrace Boneless Corset Trend
The high court of fashion hears pleas from milady and energetic debutantes for new corset designs in New York. A boneless model with steel support fronts and backs promises flexible movement, short skirts, and a 29 inch average waist as factories race to meet demand. Other season inventions include an invisible buckle and a Japanese influenced dress in rose taffeta with kimono bodice.
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New York
Gerread
Madame
Thuete
Queen Mary and Lloyd George feud over taxes at Balmoral
Report from London claims Queen Mary has become a bitter enemy of Lloyd George after palace discussions about the inheritance tax. The Duchess of Devonshire allegedly prompted royal anger by detailing exactions she says the chancellor sought against the crown. The piece paints Chatsworth costs and estates as a backdrop to political strife.
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London
Mary
Lloyd George
Balmoral
Duchess of Devonshire
Kngwa
Idoyd George
Debutantes Aid a Charity in Neighborhood House
Miss Genevieve Clark and other Belfes form a Neighborhood House Auxiliary under a committee including Miss Champ Clark and Mrs Brown. They aim to create a permanent group to support the local kindergarten and neighborhood work. The committee met and will hold an event at 2401 Massachusetts Avenue NW, with Mrs Clara Neligh explaining the work.
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Genevieve Clark
Belfes
House
Genevieve Champ ‘Clark
Agnes Hart ~ Wilson
Bsentcd
Lavor
Wheator Connolly
Ester
Onnolly
Town
Nina Floyd
Mayd
Arkengas
Misa Jean Roberts
Aoulety
Organidiga Fimfor
Hovas
Teschion
Ite
Misa Clark
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
Yolock
Clara &. Neligh
Sfeste
Glimpses of Astor Heir and London Visits Highlight Society Notes
The 17 month old John Jacob Astor is described as sturdy and charming with blue eyes and golden hair, heir to a 33 million trust. Society events detail Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish’s entertaining, Cec il Pan ning and Idilla Ide’s Irish sketch, and a large dinner party at East Seventy eighth Street with notable guests. Two year old Alfred Vanderbilt unexpectedly shows strong lungs aboard the Nieu Amsterdam. London guests include Lady Clem entine and the Duke of Roxburghe at a Christening, while the Prince of Wales faces recent romance setbacks after love interests in England. Ambassador Walter H Page’s son travels with Mrs Page to London for two months.
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House of Astor
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Madeline Force
Fifth Avenue
New York
Cecil Panning
Idilla Ide
Mra. Mwh
Capt
Vassilief
Mme. Vassilles
George Jay Gould
Henry F. Eldridge
Frederick A Juilliard
J. Coleman Drayton
Lispenard Steward
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Nieu Amsterdam
Allence Bia
America
Mr. Vanderbilt
England
Arthur W. Page
Heth Street
Walter H. Page
Mra. Pemwe
London
Old German Millionaire’s Heir Quest Sparks Family Feud
The 83 year old Benedict who died in Silesia around 200 years ago left an estate valued at about 730000 marks. Descendants of his second wife, including three score claimants in the US Canada and Britain, seek their share through the State Department and Ambassador Gerard in Berlin.
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Benedict
Harrier Wite
Silesia
Solictbeen
Rudolph Ferdinand Fratherr Bilber von Silberstein
Pillmikan
Whee
Guy
Bocrates
Lwts
Weller
John Guyer
West Hoboken
N. de
Trials of the regicides at Old Bailey in 1660
The record recounts the regicides of Charles I, focusing on key figures like Col. Thomas Harrison and Adrian Scroop. It notes the trial at Old Bailey on October 10 1660, the roles of members of the high court of justice, and the varied fates of the accused including executions and exile.
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Charles 1
High Court of Justice
Holland
England
Thiee
Connecticut
Goffe
Whalley
Dixwell
Old Bailey
Old
Beiley
Thomas Harrison
Thomas Harrion
Harrison
Hurst Castle
London
Adrian Scroop
Hla
Parliament
House of Commons
Carew
Cook
Peters
Scott
Clement
Scrosp
Jones
Hacker
Axter
Hulet
Cromwell
Bradshaw
Ireton
Pride
Tyburn
Mike Corbet
Col John Okey
John Berkstead
Gine
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Lady Lilian
France
Countess Craven
New Yorker
Fine Arts Commission
Wilhelmina
Dull Times
Swiss Alps
Bie Hague
Quéer “Writeraniindstag
Alla Vil Sond
Princeaa Tullgne
Netherlands
Lewisohna
Newmarket
Gecar Lewteotm
May
Heve
Able Aia
Morton Aitchell
J. Gittings
Monte SS
Harry Payne
Whitney
Its
Juliana
Rulex
Milady
Duchess
Devonshire
Arthur
Connaught
Promlaéa
Chatsworth Park
Sukar
Debutantes Aid
Lorgnette
John Want
Clementine
Duke of Roxburghe
Elizabeth
Harold
Lady Bragsey
Tan
Opera House
Gotham
A. Lisner
Palais Royal
Union Trust Co. Savings Bank
B.F. Keith
McAllistha & CO
Davin Co
Milt Collins
Hoowward
Bhetlands
Therie
Cha Ke Rao
Tomenr Kid Egan
Youre McCue
Gedalon
Ray Ve. Marx
Take W
Cere Artnington
Hotel Gotham
Wetherbee & Wood
Avery
City
Columbia Fe
Waits
Charlotte Walker
Eugene Walte
John Fox
Newis Mat
Charles Dillingham
Doris Keane
Edward Sheldon
Chicago
Lawrence Grant
National
Joseph
James
Brandon Than
Pauling Frederick
Charles Yeoman
Bohald Briar
Comsat
Mollie Williams
Queen of Bohemia
Academy
Old Kentucky
Keantucky
Pickanicoy Brats
panciNe
Poli’'S
Poli
William Fagersham
Ysaye, Gorowsky
Gerardy Deint
Mational Theater
Jaz
Moore
Fedora Re
Symphony Orchestra
Vodat
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