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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
9
A mother raising a model son, Clarence, learns a harsh moral about letting him encounter the wrongs to choose the right. He falls into business circles and marries a glamorous woman, shocking his mother who had idolized him. The tale ends with a warning about moral education and consequences.
A Victorian style description highlights the separate skirt decorated with embroidery as a key fashion feature for winter. The embroidery forms a utilitarian pocket band at convenient depth, adding distinction to wool embroidery on duvetyn fabrics and harmonizing with other garments for a smart, coordinated look.
The Queen of the Belgians is honored with a handwoven veil created in wartime by Belgian lace and embroidery workers. The piece, designed by a famed Belgian artist, weighs four and a half ounces and features the Belgian arms and city emblems. It took about 12,000 hours to complete, showcasing advanced shading and perspective.
A clergyman who allowed occasional drinking hires an Irishman to clean his cellar. The man hauls out empty whisky bottles, peeking inside each as the clergyman, wandering the lawn, notes they are all empty. Mike replies that they all had the minister with them when they passed away, a grim but humorous quip from the Tit-Bits tale.
In a Detroit Motor News item a woman driver defends herself after her car strikes a man. She boasts seven years of driving while the pedestrian retorts he has walked 54 years, highlighting a sarcastic exchange.
A reflective poem portrays a child leaving home to face a broader world. It contrasts maternal protection with the challenges of a future life, suggesting growth through toil, courage, and separation. The piece ends noting a 1919 copyright by Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Miss Frances Gulick, a YMCA welfare worker with the First Engineers division overseas, receives a citation from General Frank Parker for energy courage and devotion during bombardment of Varmaise on May 30, 1918. She remained at her post running a canteen despite shelling and a bomb striking her tent. She arrived in Washington from New York with ten other YMCA women workers.
James J Cannon of Charlestown West Virginia leaped from the east side of Aqueduct bridge into the Potomac river. Hundreds of canoeists gathered, thinking a dramatic stunt or attempted death. Cannon resisted rescue, was pulled ashore by a life preserver, then charged with intoxication and taken to Washington Asylum Hospital for cooling.
Mahogany cake recipe steps mix chocolate milk yolks and milk then thicken. When cool add shortening sugar milk and soda sifted in flour and vanilla. A division will arrive today and tomorrow for parade Wednesday Miss Gulick 18. A woman to be cited with the First division, two of whom have received the Croix de Guerre.
The article outlines four at home friendly hat designs favoring soft, moldable shapes over rigid forms. It details turbans with draped skull caps, duvetyn trims, and easy draping methods using circular templates, plus a brick velvet and velour two fabric hat with a padded double-faced brim and decorative stitching.
If you have not yet sown your winter onions, ground should be broken up at once and a good dressing from smother fire given it. Or wood ashes might be mixed with soot and sprinkled along the rows or over the plot. Then the ground should be raked level and the rows must be far apart.
In a spirited domestic portrait Mrs. Jarr needles Mr. Jarr over chaperone duties and the Stryver circle. Gladys is the focal point as they debate eligible suitors, with John Johnson and others critiqued for tact. The scene shifts through a dance invitation, mothball scented wardrobes, and brisk social rituals of 1916.
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