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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1910
Page
3
Children from Nebraska visit Morgan School for spring trips aboard a small mechanical ride. They eagerly urged the chauffeur to shorten the demonstration as teachers and Brownie volunteers cheered. The scene featured students waiting for rides, with late-arriving crowds and a celebratory mood despite a brief halt in the mechanical display.
New York Grain reports a spiritual program by the Assocation of Perennial Adoration and Work for Poor Luciea at the chapel of the Lon pnt of Perpetual Adoration. Events include Masses and benediction from Monday afternoon through Friday, with a schedule of lectures, prayers, and vestment blessings led by Arthhrop Falvonio and others for poor churches.
A health report says scarlet fever in a mild form is spreading in the district with 7 new cases last week and 345 cases under quarantine. Three deaths are linked to the disease as health officers announce intensified house to house inspections and thorough skin and code checks.
Cardinal Gibbons presided at a month mind Mass for the late Father Walker S Caughy of St Stephen’s Church. A large clergy gathering attended the service, with deacons and subdeacons, as mourners and parishioners honored the deceased pastor and heard a eulogistic sermon.
A historical note describes Halley’s Comet approaching Earth, visible near twilight in the western sky as it nears the planet. Observers in the United States note the comet’s increasing brightness and anticipate farther visibility by tomorrow.
The sacred oratorio The Crucifixion will be sung at Christ Episcopal Church Georgetown Sundays at 7:20 PM. The parish choir and an additional chorus with orchestra perform with Donald B MacLeod directing and Miss Mary Rosa at the organ. Soprano Mrs Brown sings at the offertory and The Green Hell by Gounod is noted.
Father John B Pittar has returned to Gonzaga College after more than ten weeks away due to pneumonia. He was treated at Georgetown University Hospital and left ten days ago for a visit to Philadelphia, and is much improved and will resume his duties next week as director of pariah schools.
A dance at the Pythian Temple supported the Milwaukee fund to send J T Coldsell Company Knights of Pythos to Milwaukee for a competitive drill. Dancers wore rural open mouse costumes. Prizes for lost costumes awarded to Alfred Wo Copeland and Miss Jeasle A King.
Mme Marcetla Sembrich delivered a 1910 Washington recital to a near full Na ona Theater, sharing the stage with Frank La Forge and Francis Rogers. The audience roared for encores, praising her voice and artistry in a program featuring Verdi, Strauss, Mozart, and Debussy style weights, with strong support from Rogers and La Forge.
Charles E Wise, longtime prominent busi nessman and well known pacing horses driver and owner in the southeast city area, died at his residence 1101 Seventh Street Southeast yesterday morning after several months illness. Present at his bedside were his wife Annie Wo Wise, sisters Mrs Ed ward F Buckley and Visa Jenma Wee, and many intimate friends. He is survived by four children two girls and two boys. Funeral arrangements pending with interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
A district will purchase a herd of Holstein cows for the Home for the Aged and Infirm. The commissioners allocate funds for the purchase and require tuberculin testing by the dealing department for whoever supplies the cows.
An ad peddles Stuart Dyppepsia tablets claiming free trial packages to prove their stomach curing power. It boasts ingredients like Hydrastis Golden Seal and lactose, touts aseptic pepsin, and urges readers to mail for a trial from Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
Mrs Richard Butler left Washington on Thursday for the South stopping at the Chamberlin Fort Monroe After two weeks in Florida Mrs Perry Heath returned to the city Lady Paget has been in the country for weeks and will sail for England mid next month Mr Herbert G Kubel plans European study in Frankfurt Paris and London for about a year Mrs fr Dana Durand will not receive this afternoon Mrs Charles H Bates at home today Mrs William Henry White 3 Park road will receive today from 3 to 6 Mrs Cleveland Paris Paris Mar 3 Mrs Grover Cleveland is visiting Paris with Prot and Mrs Mark Baldwin
The Southern Bazaar at Old Wagonte Temple ends tomorrow after a week of events to aid Confederate bereavement efforts. Senator Joseph F. Higgins of Alabama gave a speech on Confederate experiences, and a diploma flag was presented at the close. President Taft and former Senator Gordon were invited to speak but could not attend.
The rector of Gonzaga College will lead a novena of grace at St Aloysius Church starting today in preparation for the feast of St Francis. A dedicated shrine to St Francis in the sanctuary houses a golden monstrance to be exposed daily for veneration. Morning brief exhortations follow the 7 oclock mass, with recitation of prayers after the 8:30 mass and benediction at 9 oclock each evening.
Tourists aboard the Bluecher on its maiden South American cruise were reported in Buenos Aires on March 1. The ship will stay twelve days, with passengers taking excursions to Mar del Plata and a seven day trek across the Andes to Santiago and Valparaíso. The transand tunnel won’t be ready until May 1910, forcing a detour via Cumbre Pass at 17000 feet. The Bluecher departs March 38 for Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro.
Reported figures show Mrs Ava Willing Astor accepting a $60,000 yearly alimony as John Jacob Astor’s lawyers resisted naming a higher sum. The interlocutory decree will become permanent at a routine hearing before Justice Mills, with the exact settlement left to attorneys. Palm Beach gatherings and social notes accompany the legal update.
A reflective piece arguing beauty in women rests not only on appearance but inner character. It contrasts superficial adornment with inner warmth, kindness, and intellect as enduring beauty, urging women to cultivate a noble heart and pleasant disposition rather than rely solely on dress or cosmetics.
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