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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1909
Page
20
All wool breadcloth capes in black navy garnet amethyst raisin taupe. Some feature velvet and gold braid collars others velvet embroidered or satin braided collars. Variants include soutache braid trims and button embellishments. Capes are 50 inches long and finely made.
An exploration of fortunes and misfortunes among stars like Fanny Davenport Richard Mansfield Nell Burgess and Ellen Terry. The piece notes dramatic earnings vary widely, with many grandes earning little after years of fame, while costly productions and management practices have doomed careers. It cites Henry Irving Sara Bernhardt and others to illustrate shifting fortunes and evolving industry wisdom.
Bayonne residents report a locust invasion described as a sign of coming war and want. Truck farmers fear crop losses as bands of locusts strip fields and even eat painted wood, with thousands of dollars of produce at risk. Edward Hawkins cites a superstition linking insect wings to future events, recalling a similar warning before the Spanish American War.
A catalog describes suits for street and calling wear, dresses with coats, and the full range from morning dresses to decollete evening gowns.
A historical remark notes fewer actors and a less exacting public in the past, contrasting it with today where higher standards and larger dramatic scales create many chances to earn money or sustain careers on stage.
A corfoad of Chinese pheasants, likely the largest number raised in captivity in the U S, will be shipped in coming days by RP Simpson of Lebanon Oregon to Idaho game officials. The birds, imported from China to Oregon years ago, will be released to stock the state for hunters during the fall open season, promising fine sport for shooters against these wary birds.
In Hitchin district England a healthy lavender harvest nears cutting time. Rows of dusky green plants thrive after favorable rain and sun, with about three to four weeks to go. At harvest, crowds travel miles to inhale the fragrance as distillation begins, yielding roughly half an ounce per five pounds of flowers.
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