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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
12
Friday clearance highlights a rare chance to fit a man with several small lots of winter high shoes. The display includes 33 pairs of gun metal calfskin laced shoes in varied models and sizes, 37 pairs of patent calfskin laced and blacher cut shoes, and 18 pairs of tan Russia calfskin laced shoes, with multiple size options.
Color prints copied from old masterpieces offered in rich antique gilt frames with ornate corners size 9x12 inches. Previously 68 cents each, claimed as a dollar value, now priced at 35 cents each with special sale. Tra oh flaar.
Vice President and Mrs Marshall and Secretary of the Interior and Mrs Lane will join the official party traveling from Washington to San Francisco for the expo dedication. The VP, then at his Indianapolis home, will represent the President at the ceremony, with the group departing next Tuesday night and returning before Easter.
In Belgium when the war began rescue parties joined war coverage with Capt Fortescus as a correspondent. The Biddles from Philadelphia stay at the Shoreham for a few days. Mrs Moran plans a Massachusetts Avenue musicale on March 20 with Miss Frances Netrin from Boston to sing from Lohengrin. Mrs Perry hosted a small bridge party and tea for Miss Harding sisters from Boston at the Willard.
Miss Catherine Birney, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Birney, will wed Ensign James Hale Strong on April 15 at the Birneys home on Twenty second Street. Matron of honor Edith Birney, bridesmaids Marie Adams Lillian Birney Hazel Cox Josephine Newell. Flower girls include Helen and Agatha Varela and others. News items mention society guests and moves including Rep Hubert Tent Jr leaving Washington for Alabama, Chilean embassy appointments, and social visits to Shoreham and Willard.
In Trinity Chapel New York Rector William T Manning attacks easy divorce as the rich luxury, blaming modern literature and reform movements. He argues marriage is indissoluble, defends the word obey, and likens easy divorce to immorality worse than Mormonism, urging adherence to the church and divine law.
London March 11 Maurice Maeterlinck in the Daily Mail compares modern war heroism with ancient bravery. He argues courage evolves with civilization, noting present fighters include all ages and that death has become an all encompassing, pervasive fear rather than a clear face.
The speaker argued the wedding rite should mark solemn responsibility not social display and condemned clandestine marriages. He urged action to reform the marriage system, reduce divorces, and prevent orphaned children with living parents. He cited gaps in prayers and emphasized parental leadership and child-rearing.
Mrs Wagnstine Birrell wife of the chief secretary for Ireland died in London on Wednesday. The notice records her death and identifies her prominent spouse without further details.
Judge J Wilmer Latimer told a weekly conference on charities and corrections that delinquency stems largely from indulgent or intemperate parents. Widowed mothers working away from home hinder proper upbringing. Probation officers can reform children at home rather than in institutions. Tribute to W H Whitaker for work at Occoquan aiding drinkers into jobs. Efficient probation services may prevent later court action under the nonsupport law. William H W Baldwin presided with Margaret Simpson also speaking.
A Baltimore campaign story notes Mrs Joan Philip Hill, formerly Miss Susanne Carroll of New York, assisting her husband’s mayoral bid. She argues women in Europe would back public service, while Baltimore doubts change. The item shifts to club luncheon coverage and auctions of Washington Irving letters at Merwin Galleries. A Greek ship, Andreas, sails from Charleston with a cotton cargo to Rotterdam.
Miss Lucille Lacoste, frightened by legends of a phantom cavalier in Chartres Street tenements, attempted suicide by bayou bridge. Sheriff Fred Hahn saved her, pulling her from the water as she fought to die. she was kept at home with her mother until arrival of her family.
Centennial display at the Library of Congress honors the 1815 transfer of Jefferson’s Monticello collection. Portraits after Stuart and Veale, interiors of Monticello, and a Jefferson library with books and pamphlets are shown. curator A G Parsons leads. The Jefferson Library purchase in 1815 followed the May 1814 burning of the government library by the British, cost 23950 dollars.
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