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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1914
Page
11
New York gossip on the dancing craze cites Mrs Vernon Castle predicting a waning craze while acknowledging dancing as beneficial exercise. Thomas Allen Rector says the waltz will endure as other fast dances fade, and Trixie Friganza mocks modern dances on stage.
Mrs George D Widener will donate the Robert Louis Stevenson manuscript and letters collection to Harvard University upon the completion of the Widener Memorial Library. The set includes 57 Vailima and Pacific letters from Stevenson to Sir Sidney Colvin, plus the Memoirs of Himself draft about Stevenson's childhood, gathered by Harry Elkins Widener and his mother.
Mrs George Prewitt described Ellis Island as a gigantic machine separating the human wheat from the chaff while delivering a lecture on The New Americans at Vermont Avenue Christian Church. She urged missionary work among immigrants and suggested churches offer edifies for worship. The program included readings, prayers, and a Russian boy playing America.
The government board of tea experts for 1914 was announced by Assistant Secretary Hamlin in charge of customs. Members include John J. McNamara of Brooklyn H G Woodworth of Boston Frederick Hellyer of Chicago C E Wyman of St Paul E R Rogers of Tacoma Charles B Platt of San Francisco and George P Mitchell supervising tea examiner of the Treasury Department. Hellyer and Es oppere are new members. The board will meet early in February.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish of New York unveils a new substitute for the tango a dance by Mrs Fish and professional partners to resemble a stately minuet dancers do not touch except fingertips. Mr and Mrs Vernon Castle stand apart as guests react that the dance lacks liveliness.
Bonnie Bleckerm of the Chicago Opera Company confronts a tights theft scandal as silk chorus tights vanish risking a $175 loss. Assistant manager Guy Hardy reports to police while chorus members vent frustration in the dressing rooms amid plans to imitate Mordkin. The affair coincides with Parsifal performances and changing costumes.
Washington debutantes and prominent families organize to aid Miss Genevieve Clark in directing a kindergarten at Neighborhood House. More than 100 young women elected officers including Genevieve Clark as president and Agnes Hart Wilson as finance chair, outlining plans to raise funds and recruit society interest for the kindergarten program.
Scientists and educators discuss eugenics as a movement seeking to prevent marriage of those with defects to reduce defects. They warn hereditary tendencies persist across generations and that even perfect pairs can produce imperfect children due to latent traits and natural variation.
Prof George Henry Howard head of the Lucia Gale Barber School spoke at the Partner under the Anthony League urging capital city musical interest. He proposed a concert hall and better music education in schools and hoped a national conservatory of music would arise in Washington soon. Selections by Liszt and Mendelssohn were played as he concluded.
The 1871 Tweed ring case marks the start of its downfall with William Marcy Tweed's arrest. The ring faced exposure for vast frauds including a $38 million courthouse scheme far over the initial $250000 budget. Tilden led citizens and the committee of seventy to gather proof, Tweed was jailed, escaped briefly to Cuba and Spain, and died in 1878 after a tumultuous career marred by trials and impeachments of his co-conspirators.
Major Richard Sylvester, superintendent, backs expanding policewomen to Washington police roles. He cites matrons already serving and argues women excel in enforcing amusements oversight and protecting women and children. He warns against gender-based handicaps and urges parity with private ranks.
Chief Frank J. Wagner of the fire department argues women cannot join or replace firefighters. He cites the dangerous, physically demanding nature of the job, heavy lifting, high climbs, and exposure to smoke and cold. He questions women’s ability to learn rope work, wear rough gear, and maintain chivalrous, protective behavior without impacting service.
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