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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
6
You cannot judge a cigar by the band nor a man by his clothes nor character by money nor wealth by rumor. Yet good cigars have attractive bands capable men wear. Some intelligent moral people with money exist, and rarely an American dies leaving as much as rumor gave him.
Interstate Commerce hearing in May will decide if free freight delivery by Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads ends in Baltimore and Washington. Merchants argue discontinuing free service hurts Baltimore, asking equal action in both cities. witnesses cite higher costs, warehousing limits, and competitive pressures.
The Society for Social Hygiene held its first invitation committee meeting to present Brieux's Damaged Goods to a representative audience in April. Invitations would be limited to high officials and selected government figures with others drawn from social workers clergy physicians and press. Mrs Owen Kildare praised the play as essential reading and a powerful missionary effort addressing social disease through Brieux's dramatization.
Acting on advice from Corporation Counsel Thomas the DC commissioners order removal of all real estate signs from sidewalks and parking areas. No more than three signs may be placed on a lot abutting a street, with permits and a fee to cover costs to be implemented. question remains on legality of regulating signs on private property versus public space.
Dr C William Beebe of the New York Zoological Park will lecture on Our Pursuit of the Pheasant at the National Geographical Society event tomorrow afternoon and evening in the new Masonic Auditorium. He recounts a two year search through twenty Far East countries with Mrs Beebe and native guides to study living pheasants.
Beatrice Mason files suit in District Supreme Court seeking to terminate their marriage and obtain permanent alimony. She alleges years of cruelty from Clarence Mason, including attempts to poison her with carbolic acid, repeated beatings, and a loaded revolver threat. She recalls numerous assaults from 1912 to 1918 and a later arrest, with ongoing police case and demands for support.
A $5,000 gift from D G Ambler supports the erection of an industrial school, reported at the Southern Industrial Educational Association annual meeting. Chief Justice Seth Shepard noted total year collections of $8,793.54, with disbursements at $5,703.95. Plans for locating and operating the school remain undeveloped. The association reorganized its officers and committees, with Ambler and Hobson among the leaders.
The board of managers opened bids yesterday afternoon for a new National Geographic Society office to be built on land at Sixteenth Street beside Hubbard Memorial. Bids varied with some as low as 3000 but bidders favored longer completion times. Architect Arthur Heaton, designer of local landmarks, is involved. Construction is expected to total about 125000.
Preparations for active work in raising Washington's share of 250000 for the George Washington memorial will be commented at a joint committee meeting of the Board of Trade Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association today at 3 o'clock in Chamber of Commerce rooms. The Chamber committee will meet at 1 30 and the Pennsylvania avenue elimination committee at 1 o'clock.
The Public Library invites all Washington children to a lecture on birds by Henry Oldys of Woodside Maryland tomorrow at 4 p.m. Oldys, formerly with the Agriculture Department Biological Survey, will illustrate with imitations and stereopticon pictures. Adults may attend only if accompanied by a child.
The District plans to replace 7% candles with about 160 lamps of 1,600 candle power along Pennsylvania avenue by December 1. New glass spheres of 22 inches will top taller posts designed by Hornblower & Marshall, with lighting extending to Market Space and nearby streets. Estimated annual cost rises about $13,000.
City bulletins list a Magnificent Breel feature with Jane Fernley Kathleen Mavourneen and a Housewife Who Gets Along. A laundry ad invites serf to send linens to Yale Laundry. Harvey's offers a 50¢ lunch daily noon to 3 pm. Fountain Pen Shop at 1421 Pa. Ave NW promotes expert service. Chas. Macalester runs Mt. Vernon Daily except Sunday at 10 am. Fare stated as including everything.
Judd & Detweiler, Inc announces the Big Print Shop at 420-422 Lith Street as offering distinctive and superior printing workmanship. The ad claims high character of workmanship as the secret of their popularity and busy service.
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