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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1921
Page
14
An ad-style piece touts Edoward's Buttermilk Cream as a secret method to whiten and preserve skin with no wrinkles. It claims a concentrated buttermilk extract blended into a cream sold in first-class drug stores and department stores.
A vintage health ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel. It claims the tablets improve liver and bowel function, banish bilious looks, and revive natural buoyancy by clearing impurities, asserting ninety percent of sickness stems from inactive bowels and liver.
Musterole ointment is advertised as a quick relief remedy for neuralgia headaches sore throats bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma and other pains. The white mustard oil preparation is claimed to draw out inflammation and not blister. Prices listed 35¢ 66¢ and hospital size 3.00 with doctors and nurses said to recommend it.
Society pages report Theta Delta Chi will hold a birthday banquet Saturday night at the Washington club with John W. Thompson as speaker. Mrs Amelia Dutton returns from Philadelphia. Miss Concetta Maria Bovello to marry Francesco di Prima at St Aloysius on April 4. Army Relief society plans a dance at Washington barracks with numerous patronesses and Mrs Henry Jervey as president. Further visits include Ensign Paw Nibecker at Stoneleigh Court and families of Goodwin and Hustvedt hosting guests in Chevy Chase and at Wardman Park.
Misa Hiane Rosenthal, a golf player, rescued vehicles as a blaze broke out at the Palm Beach garage. She ferried out 53 patron cars, saving many. J T Havens reported ten cars lost. Damage totaled 25009 dollars. Notables in the garage included Cosden, Vanderbilt, Stotesbury, Symington, Mann, Slater, Hubbell, Sheppard, Glidden, Dierks, and Heilman. The Everglades club board met and reelected officers. Social events followed at various Palm Beach homes.
Special to The Washington Fest reports Mrs Susie Johnson Robinson of Lynchburg Virginia granted an absolute divorce from Peyton Robinson on statutory grounds. The court orders the defendant to pay fifty dollars monthly alimony.
A lengthy essay argues that hotel and restaurant meals harm health due to improper foods, urging a shift to home style diets rich in fruits dairy yeast leafy vegetables. It links obesity wrinkles and disease to restaurant fare, cites Pasteur and McCollum, and calls for kitchen access in hotels to improve longevity.
Helen Rowland humor piece ridicules male explanations for a woman's moods and foibles. It jokes that tight shoes, cooking, nagging, or hats will never fully explain a woman's temperament, arguing the real cause is man. Copyright 1921.
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