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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1909
Page
13
Store closes at noon on Labor Day as the Second Annual September Sale of Pictures begins. Featuring colored and sepia prints etchings hand colored photogravures facsimile water colors old English and French prints and genuine oil paintings at reduced prices from a fourth to less than half. A wide stock includes framed items in oak bronze gilt and other tones with many bargains listed and ready for fall and winter decorating.
Delegates from the Army and Navy Union will travel from Washington to Avery for the encampment beginning Wednesday. They aim to convert Fort Stevens into a public park with a monument, and seek national recognition including a fee-free Mount Vernon grounds and a Washington memorial hall for veterans.
Advertisement urges readers to visit the department for economical and sanitary kitchen equipment. It highlights superior utensils, modern cooking devices, and the store as the accepted authority for new housekeeping tools with consistently low prices.
The Young Men's Christian Association held three open air park meetings under favorable weather drawing large crowds. Rev AH Thompson of Eckington Presbyterian spoke at Lincoln Park, Rev EK Cockrell led the Rosedale grounds gathering, and Rev WL Lynn preached at Franklin Park. The event occurred on Sunday, September.
Prominent party at the Andersons in Washington includes Astor Anderson and Mrs. Anderson in attendance. Guests such as Mr John Lilley and Mrs Theodore Lilley, cousins, arrive from Boston and New York. Several naval and diplomatic figures attend, with plans for return to homes and continued social engagements.
Report covers the growing women aeronauts club led by Mme Blériot near St Cloud, its social aims, future solo flights, and the appeal of flight safety over submarines. Mentions of Mme Blériot, Stella, and a cross-channel aviation milieu including an American actress seeking a passenger ride. Also notes on London auctioneering, royal circles, and fashion at court events.
An athlete endured three months on an exclusive banana diet to boost weight lifting. The piece argues that nitrogenous meat is less essential for hard work and that carbon rich foods like sugar in prunes figs dates and bananas save digestion energy for physical effort. It warns against mixing foods to avoid digestive waste and promotes chewing to a pulp to conserve energy for work.
A critical view of Japanese aims in China highlights Manchuria tensions, the Peking funeral incident with Prince Fushimi, and the impact of naval seizures like the Tatsu Maru affair. It notes boycott effects on Japanese trade, government missteps, and China’s passive resistance shaping future relations and open-door issues.
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