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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1914
Page
11
Harvard graduate Stuart Chase and his wife played roles in earning a living after marriage. He applied one hundred times for jobs before securing a position as bookkeeper while his wife worked in a cheap restaurant and in a cravat factory.
A report by Stuart Chase traces the experiment examining how newlyweds earn a living and survive in modest means. It details varied jobs from ragtime piano, store work, factory labor, and bowling pin boy to bookkeeper roles while exploring the social dynamics and everyday stress of wartime and postwar life.
The Tawele Club entertained guests at a reception featuring a lecture by Arthur Bowell and a presentation by Mr Os ket from China. The event highlighted educational program developments and a commission report on Turkestan, with plans for upcoming classes and committee work.
Report from a Baptist association meeting recounts disputes over leadership and doctrine. Delegates confront accusations of fraud and malfeasance as pastors discussed oversight and governance amid tension.
War censorship remains tight under Sir Stanley Buckmaster as British chief censor and F E Smith's successor. He defends vigilance but rejects martial law, saying editors should avoid both excess and absence of news. Censorship targets information that could aid the enemy or mislead allies. Americans are urged to judge news themselves with no deliberate editing.
New York society notes recount the fading of the annual Madison Square Garden horse show due to the war, with December charity events planned for Red and White Grass Societies. Social season openings continue with receptions, dinners, and theater parties as families travel to New York and Greenbrier for holidays and weddings loom.
New York jurist Justice Charles L Thy in the Berry divorce says a wife who cancels a marriage contract is not entitled to life income, endorsing moderate alimony of 10 dollars a week for Pauline Berry while noting lack of mutual courtesy as the chief cause of divorce. He stresses earnings power, living in modest comfort, and the need to keep both parties motivated to work.
George Fred Williams, the former minister to Albania, claims he could have become Albania’s king with $25,000 and vows he quit his U.S. post by choice, not government action. He describes a Swiss-style cantonal system and says Albanians urged him to lead, though he did not expect U.S. support.
Redmond C Stewart, a Maryland South rider and master of hounds at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club, lies unconscious at Union Protestant Infirmary after a fall at Farmington with hounds. Initially thought to have a broken leg, doctors later diagnosed concussion of the brain. He is being transferred to a hospital as his condition remains serious but hopes for improvement persist.
A series of musicales will be inaugurated at Washington Hebrew Temple on Eighth Street NW to foster interest in music among Hebrews of Washington. Special numbers by Temple Musical Club led by Mrs. Abram Simon and performances by Miss Aline Kronhein Charles Simons Miss Florence Herman Dr Leopold Glubaich Mrs Julian Brylawski and Ralph Goldsmith. Prof A Green will offer a special opening act. Open to the public tomorrow evening.
Mrs Elizabeth Daer Bronson Griscom wife of Lloyd C Griscom diplomatist and former head of the Republican county committee died at Florel Plaza after a weeklong illness of bronchitis. Survived by her husband her mother Mrs Adrian Iselin and two children ages six and a baby born last February. She was about 35.
Former Justice Job Barnard of the District Supreme Court was to deliver a lecture on The Bible and Modern Law last evening at the parish hall of the New Church. The lecture, now rescheduled for Thursday evening, remains open to the public.
Previously acknowledged donations total 1506.22 from multiple donors including Mrs. Nicholas L. Anderson at 825 Mish Lee and Mr. W. B. Orme, along with Mrs. C. A. Stedman, a friend, Miss Courtney, F. He. B., and FW. E.R. Bt.
Three Abydos ladies visiting the University of Pennsylvania display 550 B C fashion. Ivory carvings show Marcel hair, ankle hugging skirts, tunics flowing from the hips. Prof Flinders Petrie notes the relics are among antiquity’s oldest from Abydos tombs.
Martha Randle, a milliner aged 40, sues John W. Humphreys, 76, wealthy Los Angeles realty operator, for 138000 in heart balm claiming he proposed, courted, and then married another. Humphreys denies proposing and says she was too much of a sport. Witnesses recount letters detailing romance amid wealth, politics, and business.
Washington school authorities and the American Federation of Labor say a teachers union is unlikely here. They cite satisfaction with current pay scales and educational facilities, noting past efforts elsewhere and that local associations act independently of labor unions.
Mrs Frederica Morgan Cameron of Brookline Massachusetts files for divorce against Ivan S Cameron of New York and Washington alleging cruel treatment and nonsupport. She seeks custody of a 3 year old boy and alimony amid a London society romance shattered by a 1909 Boston incident involving a stranger and a knife wielding chauffeur.
Announcement of engagement of Katharine Holden of Philadelphia to Baron Eugene von Meyer of Dresden Saxony. Hochstetter lineage noted. Miss Holden's father Dr Francis Holden linked to athletics. wedding date not set. Vermont meeting report mentions Green Mountain Ideals address by Rev Jay Stockmar and musical program. Vermont Association gathering details.
A. W. Crosby entertained about thirty guests in a Virginia cave 200 feet underground. Guests arrived by carriages from Homestead Hotel and wore cowboy costumes. A sudden booming sounded like shells as red lights revealed the storming cave as diners crawled through a tunnel by auto lamp to reach the dining chamber.
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