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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1913
Page
9
A Paris dispatch describes a calmer social scene after the Grand Prix week as Americans and European hosts entertain in elite circles. Notable attendees include Mrs Rutherford Stuyvesant, Mrs Potter Palmer, Mrs Carroll, and Carnegie guests at gatherings hosted by Poincare and various Paris salons.
Mrs William Draper of Washington announces Margarét Draper betrothal to Comte de la Tour d'Auvergne, a French noble now with the Draper party at the Ritz London. The season highlights American hostesses energy and wealth elevating social life in British metropolis.
The report lists American travelers in France including FE Clarence Jones of New York at Besancon and Lewis W Riley at Aix les Bains. It notes arrivals and en route journeys to Vichy Evian and Boulogne, with families and couples visiting hotels and resorts. Grace Lee Hess underwent an operation. others depart for Dinard and Villegenis.
Special dispatch from Aix les Bains notes many American visitors at the French resort during the London and Paris seasons. Names include Mrs Henry B. Kingeley, Mrs Samuel Bell, Miss Florence Bell of New York, Mrs Henry P. Taft sister-in-law of the former president, and others from Philadelphia Chicago Los Angeles Baltimore and Pasadena.
Twenty six residents from Richmond Virginia travel on a European tour visiting Odessa Constantinople Athens and Cetinje along with an American conductor in St Petersburg also guests include suffragists Anna Shaw and Lucy Anthony visiting for weeks. Local social figures Burt Fitzgerald and family from Chicago are in Vienna for a week on a broader tour of European capitals and planned South American visit. Additional Richmond and New York figures, Miss Sutan Whitehead Oakland and Miss Rose Ridgeley among others, are listed as present.
Special to The Washington Post Orkney Springs Va July 6 The season opens with many guests from Washington DC listed including Mrs M E Stickney Miss Stickney Mrs R G Smith L D Bushong R F Poole and the Malcol Price family plus B C Spransy and W J Spransy among others.
Lucerne July 6 Arrivals at the Grand National include Mr and Mrs Charles Wig gins and party of St Louis after a long tour of Algiers and Italy with Mrs Ballard Smith Mrs Sedley Mr and Mrs Baldwin Mr and Mrs Arthur HooSeribner of New York Mr and Mrs Andrew Garnette and niece on rapid Swiss tour since Berlin now at Schweizerhof Many Americans at the Palace at Zermatt including Mr and Mrs Prank K Watson Mrs Frice Mrs J Hall Ben On Thursday Luis Lombard conducted the orchestra Kursaal gave a concert of music by American composers.
Dr Holmes Beckwith of the United States Bureau of Education urges a revival of the apprenticeship system in a form suitable for the United States. Based on German practice, he calls for industrial schools to supplement traditional apprenticeships and argues costs could be borne by employers. He favors broader industrial education over narrow specialization to train mass industrial workers efficiently.
Prominent Knoxville society leaders organize the women’s department for the national conservation exposition to be held in Knoxville in September and October. The article lists officers including President Mrs Horace Van Deventer and Vice Presidents Miss Droyd set Mrs Wood Shields Mrs Johnston Mrs G W Denny and Mrs WOW Woodruff with secretary Miss Louise A Neilson.
The latest Ladies' Home Journal patterns offer kid play outfits in sturdy fabrics like galateas percales ginghams linens and crashes. Designs include a tube-look dress with blue gala tea contrast trim a box plait waist with button fastening and options in four sizes up to 14 years patterns cost 16 cents and are obtainable through Washington agencies.
Civil service examinations for two posts in the Department of Agriculture's newly created office of markets will be held August 4. The assistant in cotton marketing, salary 1300 to 2000, will study cotton marketing and handling methods and assist in field demonstrations. The assistant in cooperative organization accounting will prepare forms for keeping records of producer cooperatives and marketing organizations, with pay up to 2400.
A column offers home remedies for skin care, hair care, and complexion concerns. Advice includes a simple four ounce spur e max lotion, eyes and complexion tonics, a dandruff remedy, a light hair shampoo, and a safe Parana formula for slimming. Readers named Fay Wilma Laura Kitty and Mrs X receive personalized instructions.
The Panama and Tehuantepec routes saw about 133 million dollars in traffic for the just closed fiscal year, 10 million less than last year. The decline stems from lower sugar prices and quantities from Hawaii to the U S east coast. In 1907 the Tehuantepec road opened and traffic reached 421 million, with earnings rising except for one year. The main growth is in weatherbound tramps from the Atlantic to the Pacific via Hawaii.
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