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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1911
Page
14
A garbled catalog announces a mixed sale of clothing and accessories for misses and women. It lists gowns, lounging wear, underwear, lingerie, and shoes in various fabrics and trims, highlighting embroidery, lace, beading, and velour details. Some pricing appears, with references to school-age wear and third-floor displays.
Washington society items note the Japanese ambassador Baron Uchida sailing for Japan from Seattle on September 25 with Baroness Uchida, and the Beekman Winthrops sailing for four weeks abroad on the George Washington. Various weddings, engagements, and gatherings in Washington and nearby areas are reported, including Miss Julia Hoyt’s wedding in New York and notable social arrivals at Newport and Berkshire venues.
Social notes from autumn at Curtis Hotel and Hotel Aspinwall list hostess Mrs. George F. Loring and guests among frequent visitors. People such as Miss Emily Gracie, Rev. and Mrs. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. Dana, and many others are reported at Atlantic resorts with teas, bridge, and visits to Breezy Corners and Yonkers as Ill health and travel affect schedules.
Special to The Washington Post. Baltimore, Sept. 15. Actress-bride Mrs. E. J. Chalsty Jr. sues her mother-in-law Mrs. Sarah Chalisty for 55000 damages in two actions for alienation of affection and slanderous statements. The couple wed after a Palm Beach romance with show girl Mia Chalsty, formerly Evelyn Mitchell of Pittsburgh, who married Baltimorean Edward J. Chalsty Jr. after meeting in Florida.
The piece urges women to combat vulgar advertising by boycotting offending products and promoting tasteful ads. It calls for protest through authorities and communities, teaching seat-of-action in schools and clubs, and empowering women as buyers to drive reform with collective effort.
RS. Nicholas G. Penniman Jr is praised as a talented Baltimore society figure with studies abroad in painting and music. She led a society women’s play and remains devoted to art for enjoyment and charitable work rather than professional fame.
The Navy Department cabled its sympathy to Chile after five Chilean midshipmen were drowned at Valparaiso when their boat was dragged under a warship propeller. The message also conveyed condolences from the Naval Academy midshipmen. Post Want Ad columns invite free classified results.
Charles W. Glidden of Lawrence Massachusetts reportedly set a world corn eating record by consuming 58 ears in 1 hour 58 minutes. The piece speculates on a daily two hour corn only regimen for 20 days to compare health and work capacity versus a normal mixed diet, noting such a test would be scientific but not entertaining.
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