Wanted Her As Wife Checkered Designing Woman
Dr Mary E B Walker recalls why former President Arthur proposed marriage but she declined due to his tobacco use and desire to protect her identity. She recounts early courtship, her “designing woman” label, an army life, and her advice to Spaniards during a smallpox epidemic amid a period of strain between Spain and the United States.
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Arthur
Mary EB. Walker
Ninth Street
Walker
Washington
Cot Arthur
Dr. Walker
Col. Arthur
Hit
Neeve
Wall
Br Walker
Spain
United States
Suffrage Rally in Paris Faces Police Dispersal
Paris March 2 Paris suffragettes attempt outdoor meeting on street off boulevards but few respond as main associations frown on the rally. A compact male crowd watches as a balcony sign declares We Want votes for women. After speeches demonstrators try to march but are dispersed by police.
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Paris
WINS DIVORCE IN LONDON
London court absolved Mrs. Gwendoline Maud Boosey from her marriage to Harvld Boosey a New York businessman after New York law allowed a divorce under statutory grounds while her first husband remained alive. The ruling confirms that Boosey could not remarry in New York while his first wife was living.
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New York
Washington Post
London
High Court
Gwendoline Maud Boosey
New York State
Boosey
Other Fellow's Sister sermon arouses vice critique
Evangelist Charles R. Drum spoke at Poli's Theater under the Y M C A auspices on The Other Fellow's Sister, denouncing vice as a growth driver. He warned strong drink and foul language lure youths, and after the talk 300 men signed pledges to back the cause, with singing before the address.
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Charles R. Drum
Poli
Drum
Y.M. Cs
Women History Move Urges Teaching Suffrage Role in Schools
Miss Hill and Miss Lord urge adding women’s deeds to school histories as essential for future recognition of the suffrage movement. Miss Burns discusses Bristow resolution while a Washington parade looms. Resolutions call for Senate reporting and House judiciary action, with education officials urged to record women’s national contributions as facts.
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Congressional Union
Lucy Burns
Bristow
Senate
Milas Sissile Hime
1420
F Street
Martha Washington
Betsy Rosa
Elizabeth Green
Emerson
Miss Lord
Miss Hill
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Milton
Herbert
Lucy Burna
Congress
Washington
Judiciary Committee
House
Eilifs
District Board of Education
United States
J. Ceila Longcope
Snell
Estelle Willoughby Sons
Jesse Hardy Stubbs
William Claggett
Longcope
Doris Stevens
Open Society Tea Shops Run by English Ladies Abroad
English society women plan continental tea shops at Riviera towns and Venice with staff chosen from their class. A countess aims to open at Le Touquet in summer, employing young waitresses of modest means. A famed novelist will handle bookkeeping as a hobby and cost saver.
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Washington Post
London
Riviera
Venice
le Toupuet
Seek Ballot in West Campaign Is On in Seven
Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of the National Woman's Suffrage Association spoke at Pythian Temple urging help from friends in the seven western states Nevada Montana North and South Dakota Nebraska Missouri and Ohio where suffrage will be placed before voters. She criticized President Wilson for turning down the suffrage delegation and said 4,000,000 women were offended by his stance. She denounced Southern chivalry and laws restricting women as abominable, calling for broader support in the campaign effort.
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Jessie Hardy Stubbs
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Pythian Temple
Socialist Party of
Stubbs
Nevada
Montana
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Wilson
Cats and presidential pets span ages in U S history
An illustrated look at how great figures from Isaac Newton to Woodrow Wilson housed cats and other pets. The piece recounts Diamond the dog, Black Cat of the White House tales, Pink the Marshall family mascot, Duke the racing cat, and two legged cat skeletons at Princeton, plus parrots like Papita with William Jennings Bryan.
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Isaac Newton
Diamond
Sir Isaac
White House
Whites House
Wilson
Col. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Pink
Marshall
Duke
John Sullivan
Indiana
Columbus City
Marshalls
Indianapolis
Mr.Marshall
Mrs. Marshall
Chauncey
Depew
Cardinal Richelieu
Petrarch
Browning
Bryan
Papita
Pilnk
Dr. Hall
Diplomatic pets light up Washington social life
The article profiles Papito the blue headed parrot from Rio Janeiro kept by the Bryan family and other notable diplomatic pets. It mentions Mme Dumba's Highland terrier Muganns, Secretary Daniels's dogs Boynton and Mutt, and Secretary Wilson's shepherd Skeebo, highlighting how these animals reflect embassy life and the social scene.
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Polly
Papito
Bryan
Germany
Mme
Dumba
Austria-Hungary
Mme. Dumba
Muganns
America
Americans
Heather
Beans
Daniels
Danielses
Boynton
Mutt
Daniele Boys
Lane
Jack
Matt
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Skeebo
Clark
Aid for Dominican Sisters Benefit Plays and Dances
Social leaders present two plays and a dance to aid the Dominican Sisters at the Play house on April 13. Judges Preston Gibson and George Eustis. afternoon program starts 2:80 with Personal Crisis Reports, then L Autre Motif. Dancing 4:80 to 7. Patrons include Countess Gizycka Mrs Gerry McLean and others. professional dancers Miss King and Berber perform.
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Preston Gibson
George Eustis
Playhouse
Countess Gizycka
Peter Goelet Gerry
James McMillan
Edward B. McLean
Mr. Gibson
Leonard Merrick
Pailieron
Viscountess d'Azy
Thea Erdey
Countess de Bertier
Miss Elliott
Baron I. de Nagall
Edward Douglas White
Viscountes d'Argy
de Sibour
Countes de Bertier
Henry May
Henry Corbin
George Howard
Patten
King and Berber
Castle House
New Fork
Church curbs Paris fashions prompt Cardinal interview
Haé-baart, troubled by church stricture on modern dress, met Cardinal Merry del Val today. He noted Paris houses fear South American orders will be countermanded, leaving firms with unsold dresses. He said the Vatican cannot police fashion and must rely on common decency, intervening when necessary.
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Haé-Baart
Merry del Val
Paris
South America
Cuardinal del Val
Vatican
Lulu Burt Wins Chicago Police Pistol Medal
Chicago reports Lulu B. Burt policewoman wins gold in the Sportsmen's Club of America women's revolver match with 92 of 100 at 1 1/2 yards. Clara Olson ties for second with Agnes Walsh. Olson wins shoot-off. Burt had never handled a revolver before her appointment. Westbrook notes few officers exceed 60.
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Chicago
Lulu B. Burt
Sportsmen’s Club of America
Clara B. Olson
Agnes Walsh
Olson
Burt
Quent. Westbrook
Plan City of Blooms as 55000 Recruits Join Campaign
Financial Secretary outlines a sweeping civic campaign to beautify Washington by mobilizing 55 000 school children and Boy Scouts to remove debris plant flowers and vegetables on vacant lots. The plan with aid from commissioners civic groups and seed from the Department of Agriculture targets April 7 preparations and an April 13 18 work period in the District building.
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Saga
Boy Scouts
Washington
Plana
Department of Agriculture
National Capital
Financial Committee
Charlton M. Clark
Warder Street
Lark
Dandel
Board of
Educcation
Wins Bride With His Eyes and Engaged in Riviera Romance
Paris romance blooms as tenor Chevalier Tadward Scovel and Mrs. Rushr ton Holmes Field announce engagement after a brief courtship in Nice. Field, widow of Denver mining magnate and founder of Field's Point, formerly Agnes Boggs, and Scovel, famed for hatless style, are set to marry. Scovel’s family links include son Frederick Roosevelt Scovel who married Vivien Sartoris, and his uncle relationship to war correspondent Sylvester Scovel.
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Washington Post
Paris
the Riviera
Chevalier Tadward Scovel
Rushrton Holmes Field
Ruhl
Wield
Field's Point, R. I
Colorado
Field
Agnes Boggs
Manafield
Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
Sylvester Scovel
Gen
Shatter
Sugar Crop Recovery Forecast for Philippines
The Bureau of Insular Affairs announced a full recovery from last year’s drought and storms. The 114 sugar crop is expected to exceed recent records, with cocoanut and hemp plantations poised to resume normal production.
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Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Women hostesses to greet clerks at Interior Club
The Interior Department Home Club plans to have women act as hostesses on club evenings for 1200 members. Edith Spofford and C J Blanchard say the plan will shift masculine views and improve relations, with motherly hosts arranging gatherings when nothing special is on. The idea, ratified by Secretary Lane, is broadly approved and will begin soon.
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Interior Department
Lane
C. J. Blanchard
Reclamation Service
Edith Spofford
Buréau -Ottminés
Miss Spofford
Warkman
Civil Service
Department
Women At Retreat Of Perpetual Adoration And Work
Members of the Association of Perpetual Adoration and Work for Poor Churches begin a spiritual retreat tomorrow morning in the convent chapel on V street near Fifteenth. Rev. Sigourney Fay of the Catholic University conducts it with a 7 am mass and a 4 pm sermon. closing Friday with benediction at 4:45 pm. Officers attending include Mme Jusserand, Mme Pezet, and Mrs. George Bliss among many others from diplomatic and residential circles.
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Association of Perpetual
V Street
Fifteenth
Sigourney Fay
Catholic University
Association
Mme. Pezet
Peru
George Bliss
G. C. Reid
Harold P. Norton
Robert Hinckley
William K. Carr
Henry May
D. K
Fine Linen and Lingerie For Eleanor Wilson Bride
Washington dispatch notes Eleanor Wilson plans to outshine her sister in fine linen and embroidered lingerie. Margaret Wilson and Helen Woodrow Bowes sourced handkerchief linen and floss, while Mrs. Wilson works on embroidery. A White House hatbox from New York arrives with trimmed hats to be finished by Eleanor and her sisters.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
American Says
Eleanor Wilson
White House
Francis Bowes Sayre
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bowes
Hubby Must Fasten The Wig At The Washington Fest
Spatial Cable reports from London on March 29 that women increasingly favor carnation, navy blue, or grass colored hair and impose new duties on husbands to secure back fashion. A back-fastened shape covers a padded knot, with colored hair styled over it. Hairpieces are mainly sourced from convents and Hungarian Italian peasants. Dyes include emerald green and Saxe blue, though any color is available.
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London
Backed by Referee Stonebreaker Divorce Suit
Joseph R. Stonebreaker should be granted a divorce from his wife, a former Baltimore society girl, according to Enos S. Booth, the supreme court referee who heard the case. Co respondent Lester Orr was named from twelve originally named men. Custody of two children remains undecided as parents seek custody. Baltimore parents Stillwell seek the kids, and Stonebreaker with his parents seek custody as well.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
New York
Joseph R. Stonebreaker
Enos S. Booth
Supreme Court
Lester
Orr
Stonebreaker
New Gowns Feature Rigid Lines and Foamy Lace
Paris fashion reports describe a shift from full traveling gowns to tailored silhouettes with waistcoats or blouses and foamy lace trim. Pleated skirts mold to the body, while new evening fabrics like Duimousselin du sale and embroidered tulles emphasize simplicity and artful cutting.
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