Romance Dies to Make Room for Hysteria in Modern Love Affairs
Special to The Washington Post outlines a cascade of sensational romances in 1900s style. It profiles Yale student Andrews and Alma Hayne amid royal pretensions, Grace Bowles and Alston Curtin eloping, and Lilian Munson’s romance with Ralph Lovell, an embezzler. The piece contrasts romantic fantasies with harsh realities, including Munson’s account of financial and emotional cost and her disillusionment after Lovell’s arrest and embezzlement.
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Boston
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Yale
Alma V. Hayne
Austria
Grace Bowles
Alston Curtin
Lilian Camp Munson
Ralph Lovell
New Jersey
South America
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Francis Ferdinand
Culr
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Tasnoe
Salt
Counterguit
Gregory
Andrewa
Cleveland
Tlandsome
Fapa
Mamma Andrews
New Elaven
Hayne
Andrews
Funeral of Abraham de Prince
Funeral services for Abraham de Prince 68 will be held from the family residence at 1523 Sixteenth street northwest tomorrow at 10. He died Saturday evening and will be buried in Hebrew Cemetery on Good Hope road. Prince a former Edinburgh native became principal owner of R Harris & Co jewelry and held posts with United Hebrew Charities and Retail Merchants Association. He is survived by two daughters Mrs Julius L Peyser and Mrs Alma Strauss. Separately the Washington Missionary College music department gave its annual recital at Takoma Park with a wide repertoire and student performers under Prof Clemen Hamer and Miss Barbara Knox.
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Louis Stern
Eighth Street Temple
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Good Hope Road
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Scotland
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R. Harris & Co
Seventh Street Northwest
Security Savings and Commercial Bank
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Masons and Armas Temple
Mystic Shrine
Highth Street
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M. A. Leese
Board of Governors
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Takoma Park
D. C
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Barbara Knox
Helen M. Steiner
Germany
Moszkowski
W. EF. Cool
Misa Mary Herr
Huerter
Lenon Huguley
Hale and Dale
Engelmann
Misses Spicer
Schull
Kleffel
Messrs. Hamer
Anderson
Girl Saves Burglar On First Job In Brooklyn Bathrobe
Miss Lulu Stone daughter of a Brooklyn merchant woke to a break in and calmly confronted a burglar in the dining room. She spoke softly asking what he wanted with a doll baby as he clutched silverware. The burglar admitted it was his first job but fled when a trailing bathrobe tripped a pursuing officer.
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Washington
Alston Martin
New York
Tate
Orthersaid Society
Thetos
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Meyer
Llorinel
Ntc
Alston
Washington Post
Lawa
Lulu Stone
Lyman M. Stone
Commission Mertehant
Brooklyn
Misa Stone
James McDevitt
Marshall
Miss Stone
Boy Land Pirate At 12 Fools Officers Two Days
David Richmond aged 12 years fled his uncle’s farm in Kansas and robbed a horse and buggy and a man’s gun. After two days of roaming the sand hills, a search by county officers failed to find him until his father Roscoe Richmond tracked him near Medora. The boy tried to escape bareback, but was captured and returned home amid family reckoning.
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Butchinson
Kans
Rollo
Sand Hills
Davie
Rulo Richmond
Hutchinson
Father
Medora
Elmer
Elmer Kerns
Hutchingon
Roscoe Richmond
Richmond
Snowstorm Delights May Snow In Monroe County
A heavy snowstorm in the Ponaco K Lake district Monroe county, later turning to sleet, marked the first May snowfall in the area. Ice formed to about half an inch while Scranton recorded 47 degrees with heavy frosts in the outskirts.
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Scranton
Ponaco K Lake District
Monroe County
Two Sisters Rank as Beauties of Italy and France
On Artist Day at the Red Cross sale for the British Red Cross Society the fund rose by 42410 dollars. Blank canvases awaited painters, with Philip A. de Laszio's blank portrait starting at 1000 dollars and selling for 3650 dollars. Mme Marthe Letteler, a noted beauty of France, sold for 300 dollars. her father was French and mother Swedish. Her sister, the Countess San Martino Martino, is married to a prominent Italian senator and art authority.
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London
Red Cross
British Red Cross Society
Philip A. de Laszio
Mme
Marthe Letteller
France
Mme. Letteler
San Martino Martino
Tape measure method promises perfect match says Dr. Baff
Special to The Washington Post from Boston reports Worcester scientist Dr. Max Baff claims a tape measure can reveal temperament and guarantee a compatible marriage. He cites Governor David I Walsh as observed subject and lists precise height weight and traits for the ideal wife including mezzo soprano singing ability.
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Washington Post
Boston
Max Baff
Worcester
Clark University
Baff
Massachusetts
David I. Walsh
London Expects Few Americans This Summer Because of the War
London officials report no American season this year due to wartime conditions. Steamship offices and hotels show little preparation for US travelers, with businessmen likely to visit briefly for work and depart. British lines still carry many passengers, but overall travel to England from the United States is down.
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London
Washington Post
Atlantic Steamship Offices
United States
England
Naval War Game Put Off One Day By Fleet Review
Newport May 16 The great war game following the fleet review by the President is delayed 24 hours to allow the New York parade and to position Admiral Fletcher's defending squadron at Newport. The exercise will begin at midnight May 19 with fleets approaching from the Azores and a defense including thirteen submarines.
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Newport
R. E
New York
Fletcher
Navy Department
Azores
Aerchantman
Fourth annual rose show rules and premium list
Rules regulations and the premium list for the fourth annual rose exhibition of Brookland University Heights and Vicinity and the Rhode Island Avenue suburban citizens association and the Brookland Rose Society. Held Thursday evening and Friday show prizes and an arrangement for the flower show include classes for individual roses cut cases artistic baskets red white pink yellow climbing and hedged roses. The gold medal donated by Bishop Thomas J Shahan rector of the Catholic University will be awarded to the entrant winning the greatest number of blue ribbons.
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University Heights
Rhode Island Avenue
Brookland Rose Society
Thomas J. Shahan
Catholic University
Many Girl Drinkers Heavy Increase Warns Bennet
Former New York representative William Bennett warned at a temperance anniversary in Philadelphia that excessive drinking among girls and young women is rising sharply as men abstain. He urged state legislatures to attack liquor traffic and proposed government purchase and closure of breweries as a public welfare measure.
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New York
Temperance
Washington Post
Philadelphia
William 8. Bennett
Natonal Temperance Society
First Baptist Church
Bennett
U. S
Nquor
Dr William T S Duvall Dead in Washington
Dr William T S Duvall, long time physician and former Postoffice Guards member, died yesterday at Garfield Hospital after a year long illness. He graduated from Georgetown in 1865 and practiced in the city for years. He leaves a son William S Duvall and daughter Mrs Carl H Claudy, plus two sisters and a brother. Funeral at 1715 U Street tomorrow at 2:30 PM with interment at Oak Hill.
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Kentucky
Duvall
Georgetown University
William S. Duvall
Carl H. Claudy
U Street
Oak Hill
President Wilson Heads Fleet Review in New York City
President Wilson's visit centers on a long naval review in New York. The Mayflower and Dolphin will maneuver around the fleet with salutes as Admiral Fletcher and city officials join the president aboard for a day of parades dining at the Biltmore Hotel and viewing races and a water carnival.
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George McAneny
Biltmore
Daniels
Lane
Redfield
Wilson
Dolphin
Isis
New York and
New Jersey
McAneny
Wyoming
States of Liberty
Armg Presidential
Washington
Police
Secret Service
Woods
Flynn
White House
New York City
Arlington
Elections Held in Peru Returns Likely for Pardo
Lima electric polling continues today with results not finalized until tomorrow. Early indications favor the return of former President Jose Pardo to the presidency.
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Lima
Peru
Jose Pardo
Flowers From a Hidden Admirer Surprise Helen at Bridge Party
Helen hosts a bridge club in her stylish apartment as four tables fill with guests. A lavish bouquet arrives with a card reading Lieut Bard sley Roberts, prompting questions from her mother and friends about a possible admirer while Warren stays away in a fit of temper. The flowers, a costly gesture, spark curiosity and amusement among the guests about who sent them and why.
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Lieut. Roberts
Nora
Viet
Lieut
Bardsley Roberts
Taeut Treberis
Colon
Porgemus Sq
Wii
von Golueg
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