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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-10

ARNoLDs BRoMo; ;oaLaHai' aHs1 Neuralgia,
,nr;veled remedy for Aeaos'h'''
@oanieSunsaa, M 10 cent?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-10

The sooner cough or cold is cured withs
out harm to the sufferer the better. Linger-
ing colds are dangerous. Hacking cough is
istressing One Minute Cough Cure quickly ;
cures it. Whv suffer when such cough
cure is within reach? 1t is pleasant to the
taste. Edgar Wsr6eld, jr., corner King and
Pitt streets
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-10

Gifts PURCHASED HERE ARE SU9E
VI to be appreciated. Our stock is Won
derful. You will revel in what you will
find prepared for you It is needless TO at.
tempt to tell what battles description. Three
times the stock, three times the variety
you will find anywhere, and comparison will
assure you that our prices are 20 per cent
lower than other dealers. Exquisite Imported
Novelties. Always look for something cut Of
the ordinary here.
Stationery Novelties.
T EATHER DESK PADS, LAP TABLETS
IL and Desk Sets A beautiful assortment
of Cut Glass, China and Sterling Silver Ink
Stands, &c. Elegant Cabinets of Fine Sta
tionery, Fountain Pens Gold Pens and Pen
ellis. Pocket Knives, Opera Glasses. Work
Baskets and Cameras. Dia les for 1899 all
styles and sizes
Fine [ Gather Goods.
BAGS AND DRESS SUIT
Il Cases. latest shapes and newest leathors
Pocket Books and Card Cases in great variety.
Handsome Toilet Sets in leather for gentle
men and ladies. Cigar Cases, Collar and Cuff
Boxes, Flssks &c. We have taken special
pains to have this lire of Popular Git Goods
better than ever. The variety hss b en- ~
creased AID the prices we quote for values
offered are without precedent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-10

Is nice p esent for Christmas gift. We
have line of the very freshest oonceits iu
Vestings of all sorts-very handsome and ef'
fective they are, too. Come in and look them
over A new line of Mems Fine Neckweai
for the holidays. Ladies' snd Gents Mackin'
toshes TO ORDER from So. % up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-12-10

e MEMS OvERCOATs 81 65.
MEMS HEAVY ULSTERs $3.50.
MEMS BLUE AND BLACK BEAVER
OvE8COATs So 40.
MEMS NOBBY LIGHT COLORED TOP
COATS Sc 40. WORTH SIP.
BOYS OvERCOATS $1.69.
BOYS STORM COATS 81 IA.
CHILDREN's SUITS Csc.
OHILDREN's OvERCoATs 99c.
CHILDRENs' REFERS $1.29
MEMS HEAVY TROUSERS 98c
BOYS KNEE PANTS 24c.
MEMS WOOL SUITS S314.
BOYS CAPE OvERCoATs $1.59.
CH1LDREN's vEsTIE SUITS SOC.
MEMS sToRM COATS S2.79,
MEMS SINGLE COATS, all sizes, Sl.39.
MEMS SINGLE VESTS 74c.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

The sIxth day win be given to dis
cussion OF methods TO be employed.
from the individual. social. municipal
and national standpoints, which shall
give TO the child both before and after
birth such conditions as shall insure to
each successive generation higher
type OF humanity.
General receptions will be held on the
first and final evenings OF the congress-.
For the accommodation of visitors
and delegates there will be n temporary
postoffice and a bureau OF information
in the building where the congress Is
held, and arrangements are already be-
ing made for the accommodation OF del
egates. Mrs. J. II. McGill OF lie Droit
Park, District OF Columbia, chairman OF
the committee on entertainment. has
charge OF this department..
! All delegates from any mothers club
in the Union will be given badges and
specially accredited seats. Clubs OF five
members are entitled TO send one dele
gate and those OF 20 or more to send
two.
The expenses of the first congress
were borne almost exclusively by Mrs.
Phoebe A. Hearst. the first vice presi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

dent and generous friend OF the organi-
zation. Feeling that the public should
now be given chance 10 contribute
toward the expenses OF the congress.
the board of management has organ
ized a fund, called "the memorial fund,
to which all who wish TO make an Offer
ing in memory of some dear dead child
are asked to contribute.
The congress will be regularly organ
lied at the forthcoming meeting. in its
constitution will most probably be en-
bodied the principles at present held by
the society.
From every part of the country ever
since the initial step of the congress
the board of management has received
offers, suggestions and advice of all
sorts. All of this that was worthy has
been courteously and carefully ~consid-
cred. but in the main the lines previ-
ously laid down by Mrs. Birney have
been followed.
mot that l feel myself to be wiser
than Others" the president said recent
ly in a personal interview. but some-
times these suggestions come from peo-
pie who do not realize that the ques-
tions that they are now considering for
the first time OF the new thought that
has just flashed across their minds Is all
old ground to me. Every detail OF the
congress. every possible contingency.
the pros and cons OF each question, were
mnutely and carefully thought out
months, years, before the idea was
mooted at all. The matter brought to
me for consideration, by some good
friend of the congress perhaps, is very
likely one over which / have pondered
through sleepless nights long months
ago and which. having been thought
out exhaustively, has been relegated
to the regions of impractical or at pres
ent unwise procedure"
1t Is useless to try TO reform social
abuses. TO stem the torrent of moral
evil that is deluging the world, unless
the fountain head be reached. Follow
the torrent back to the little stream.
the little stream to the source, to the
one who Is the head OF all society be-
cause the head of the home, the moth
er. Teach her world principles. world
duties, world needs. and she will re-
spond and through her the whole social
world. Such is the idea OF the moth
ers' congress. and such being the idea
society bids IL godspeed.
MRS. ALMON HENSLEY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
TcopyrIght. 1851

There has never been a society FORM
ed in the history OF America that has
attracted and held the attention OF wo-
men as has the National Congress OF
Mothers, and necessarily SO. Every
woman on the face of the earth is a
mother at heart unless indeed she be
monster in feminine shape. The ma
jority OF women have children of their
own, either fruit OF their bodies or al
lied TO them nearly by ties OF blood.
Every woman mothers some one--if not
a child. then some other dear one who
is in some way dependent upon her.
When Mrs. Theodore Birney made
public her thought for a national Or
ganization of mothers. she sounded a
pibroch that summoned the whole
mother clan to her side. The first con-
eress last year In Washington was a
surprise even TO it's enthusiastic found
er. Hundreds of women were crowded
out at each session owing to the i'm
possibility of accommodating the eager
crowds. Child life and motherhood were
treated in all their aspects by the able
speakers. and absolute satisfaction and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
BRIDES AND BRIDAL TOURS.
Bah Chats Merriy the Wedding Functions of the Spring
Season-Some Queer Types Of Men.

up boxes OF lint and Scotch whisky and
pound cake to strengthen him during
the wartime. while she pictures him as
coming back with more gold lace and
buttons about him than were ever worn
off the stage. She never thinks OF him
as being among the killed. None Of us
ever thinks OF trouble on our wedding
trip. 1t would lose all OF it's delight IL
we did.
Apropos OF wedding trips. what do
you think of the latest achievement OF
the handsome young woman who bears
the title OF the Countess of Warwick.
but who is commonly known as the
"Babbling Brook" owing to her propen-
slty to tell those things she ought not
to tell and to keep quiet about those
things of which she should speak? She
believed In DIR. Schenck, and she has
given confident. living proof Of the
strength OF her belief 1t makes every
body much more interested in reading
"The Massarenes," Ouida's latest book.
in which London society is portrayed as
seen through clear glasses, but by a
cynic. The characters all represent well
known people. The chief lady villain.
who is particularly villainous In nine-
teenth century fashion. is prettily enough
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

harmony prevailed throughout the en-
tire session. To an outsider the alb
sence OF hitch or confusion and the
calm demeanor and decisions of the
president were evidences that this
movement was not only the outcome OF
long continued and concentrated
thought, but the life purpose of noble.
wise woman. One used to the average
or even the superior womans club and
its administrators was especially struck
with the gentle yet decided wisdom
shown i'm moments OF crisis by woman
who started this gigantic movement
with no club knowledge or experience
TO guide her.
This year the board OF officers who
are arranging for the coming congress
have something TO guide them In their
preparations. The work has grown
tremendously during the past year, and
Mrs. Birney could easily keep busy 25
instead OF the FIVE clerks OF the secre-
tary who are at present employed.
The chief work OF the secretary and
her assistants consists OF correspond
ence with and advice to mothers clubs
all over the country. the distribution
OF circulars giving details OF proposed
work and the keeping OF records. Re-
Gently. IN response TO urgent demands
on the part OF clubs and OF individuals.
there has been organized a book de-
partment. and arrangements have been
made 90 fll all orders for books rec
commended by the congress as suitable
for children or for mothers clubs.
Among the books recommended by the
congress are Felix Adler's Moral In
strhction OF Children" Froebels books.
"A Study OF Child Nature" by Harri-
son: "Children's Rights by Kate
Douglas Wiggin: Rils' Children OF the
Poor" Fernald's THE New Woman
hood" Nursery Ethics" by Florence
Hull Winterburn, Little knights and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

economical in their language. chopping
off their words In the fashion that the
average Scotchman does. must under
stand the noble art OF saving to the
last degree. Yet have liked some
Scotchmen. Haven't you? All, my
friend. you know as well as I do that
there are charming men OF all nation
alities. and you and l would be very
poor types of women IL we did not rec
ognize their value when we met them.
How? oh. by their general niceness-
usually, though, by the fact that they
are intensely appreciative OF your
charms and OF the charms OF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
Caprices Of Fashion.

A new tea gown is OF light green
sicilienne silk. with hens OF sable and
pale yellow lace and a touch OF light
blue at neck and belt
A trimming gaining I'm popularity Is the
fringe in all styles. that OF chenille per-
haps leading in favor when used on
dinner and evening gowns.
A pleasing blouse Us of antique ivory
satin tucked I'm vandykes across the
front opening with n friil fastened with
turquoise buttons to show vest of
yellow lace.
On some OF the new evening gowns.
where three OF four frills OF mousseline
do sole form the sleeve. each frli ~
edged with small paste diamonds.
Turquoise is very popular Jewel In
Paris and IL worn In amazing profusion.
Nun chains are set with them ribbon
slides. tollarcttes and stickpins also
bearing a bit Of blue gem.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

Nature has not been lavish in the
amount OF tact dealt out to the mascu-
line half OF the population. The great
mistake Is to imagine all girls are alike
and that what pleases one must Of ne
cessity please the other.
The majority of men make love as
though their inamorata were kind of
fort which can only be captured by
strategy. This is all very well some-
times, only. unfortunately. girls are
quick witted--much sharper than you
are yourselves. messieurs!---and IL they
discover the strategy either they will
begin TO laugh at you. which will be
absolutely fatal TO your hopes, or else
grow angry. on the whole nearly as un-
desirable an occurrence.
All girls hate 20 be made conspicuous.
especially when their minds are not
quite made up And the man I'm love
Is rather like the ostrich In his opinion
that because he r. too much occupied to
see the rest OF the world the rest of the
wosld does not see him. SO he hangs
ove- the object OF his affections. never
takes his eyes OF her or talks to any
enc else.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

called by her friends THE Mouse" and
the tiny. innocent little creature-inno-
cent of all goods said TO have been
intended for Lady Brooke. just as her
husband Is reputed TO represent the late
Duke OF Marlborough. while the par
venues who bought their way into Lon
don society are well known family OF
English birth who made their fortune
In the Nevada mines.
IL Is funny how many women omit
the getting of their Easter bonnets to
the very last thing and then are dis
satisfied with them. AS a natural Sc
quence comes a bad temper. That doesn't
give a pretty look. for IL makes the
wrinkles come. shrivels the skin about
the eyes. changes the mouth into a
hideous shape and draws the lips to-
gether after the fashion of n steel
purse. Every blessed woman had plen-
ty OF time TO get her Easter gown and
bonnet. but the general one only decid-
ed just what she wanted q week before.
and the most obllging dressmaker in
the world has not learned yet how.
when she has coo frocks on hand. TO
make each OF the 500 first. each becoming
and each well fitting. The smartest
millner you ever talked 20 can't toss
up a bonnet like an omelet. and the con-
sequence Is a lot OF disappointed women
who complain OF dressmnkers and mil
liners and call them everything disa-
greeable. covering the alphabet Of un-
pleasant words from alpha to omega.
A disappointed woman IN always n
great mistake-that u. the one who
shows her disappointment She will cry
ergo her nose viii be red. She will be
cross--ergo her digestion VIII be out
OF order. She VIII sulk--ergo the man
unto whom her heart gocth out viii de-
scrt her for another woman whose face
IN wreafhcd ga smiles oven n II
should be framed In an old bonnet. Men
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

like a woman 10 be prettily dressed, but
above all things they prefer that she
should be pleasant. So that when IL
comes TO a sulky woman and new clothes
and a pleasant woman and old clothes
they are certain 10 choose the latter.
Men hate sukiness in a woman. Iney
count IL as their own prerogative. fer-
sonally the conclusion l have come 10
is that what a man really likes Is
thoroughly good, healthy, violent tenn
per that wears itself out in words and
Is ready to be dreadfully sorry after
ward. There Is type OF man that likes
dishes thrown at him. but he is speciai
rather than general. There is another
kind that is best governed by violent
attack of hysteria, but with that sort or
man the game Is not worth the candle.
But anything. either plates or hysteria,
rather than sulkiness!
You know what a mania there has
been for Scotch books. The mania has
not taken me. for the Scotch lam
guage is a something beyond me. The
other night / was told a story by
a Scotchman which requires a transla-
ton TO go with 1t. but which shows the
possibilities of the Scotch language. 1t
Is said that the famous Duchess OF Cor
don went into a shop to buy some cloth,
and the following was her conversation
with the Scotch shopkeeper as she look
ed at the fabric she liked
"Oo?" (WoolO
"Ay, co." (Yes. wool
"a oo?" tAll wooI?)
"Ay, a. co." (yes, all wool)
IA ae oo?" (All one wool?)
LAY, "a ae co." (Yes. ell one woolD
/, What do you think OF that? I no
longer wonder that the Scotch are sue
cessful in life. for any people that are so
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

black velvet ribbon, while straps of the
blue ribbon bordered in the same way
go down each side OF the front width.
The bodice is of the embroidered crepe
de chine, and the full frlls that form
the sleeves are OF the blue ribbon edged
with black velvet. The belt is OF blue
ribbon, with a rosette on the left side.
Long white gloves are worn, and the
tiny feet are dressed in pale blue silk
and blue satin slippers. The
hair is In the received pompadour FASH
ion, and a tuft OF blue feathers. with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
BALLROOM
FASHIONS
FOR THE
COMING
SUMMER.
Copyright. 1851

copyright, 1851
The summer girl Is just now thinking
OF the gay times that she will have at
the pretty balls given at the great wa
tering places. Already she Is design
ing the dresses in which she will dance.
and so there are offered for her some
special Partisan designs that may give
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

gloves are white. the stockings white
silk and the slippers white, satin.
For a matron an extremely pretty
gown (No. - is made Of pale green
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

high aigret coming from them, is the
head decoration.
A simpler costume (No. p is of fine
pink cashmere. The skirt is bordered
with white satin. overlaid with guipure
lace. while the bodice is entirely of the
white satin. covered with guipure lace.
The sleeves are formed OF loops of deep
ruby velvet, while the belt. a crush
one. Is also of the ruby velvet. The
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

satin. The front is OF pale green
mousseiine de sole, laid I'm fine plaits
and decorated by two broad stripes OF
black lace. The bodice has fiaring
collar of white satin covered with black
lace. and vestlike front OF white
mousseline de sole. overlaid with black
lace. The sleeves are of the mcusseline
de sole, yelled with black lace. and come
far down over the hands. About the
waist Is a crush belt OF purple velvet.
The gloves are OF black undressed Kid.
The stockings are Of black silk and the
high heeled slippers of black satin
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-24
Whitauntide Customs.

At Naples on Whit-Sunday there is
Etill celebrated a curious festival
known as FIESTA de Monte Vergine-'
Early in the morning the Neapolitans
start for a certain church situated o. a
mountain neal Avelino, which
days journey by carriage from Naples.
On their return their carriage and
carts (many of which are primitive in
the extreme and frequently drawn by
a bullock and an ass yoked together)
are decorated with all manner of floral
decorations and gay colored ribbons,
while their owners, instead of occupy
ing them, dance untiringly alongside,
carrying in their hands sticks deco
rated with wild flowers and supporting
different gayly colored pictures repre-
senting the Madonna.
In Russia up to the end of the former
century there existed a curious custom
connected with Whit-Sunday, that of
holding a huge marriage market in the
summer gardens at st. Petersburg, to
which all maidens who were DESTROYS
OF finding husbands f1ocked from all
the various parts of Russia. They were
supported by their friends and rela-
lions, who gave all information aN~,t
them to any of the numerous ba -
Tors who attended this annual fair and
who might be struck by the charms of
their fair relations.
AS a rule every maiden held a num-
Der of silver spoons or one large silver
ladle or some article of jewelry or do
nestle utensil in her hand, which was
Of greater Or lesser value and served
as a token that on her marriage she
could bring something of value toward
the furnishing and setting up of the
house. When a man saw a maiden who
seemed likely to make a suitable wife
he entered into negotiations with a
member of the family or, falling a re-
lation, with a marriage broker or sales
woman, who. for a small fee, undertook
to manage all the business details and
arrange the match. What connection
this curious old custom had with Whit
suntide is hard to say, but nevertheless
there exists no record of it ever having
been held during any other time of the
year
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-24
ORIGIN OF TITLES.

The lowest ana the highest OF the Of
ficers OF l. company bca: titles derived
from the same word. Captain and
corporal arc both derived from caput,
a head. Captains a2d corporals are,
therefore, head man. The word from
which captain is Immediately derived
is the mediaevai Latin capitaneus. a
head man. German hauptman and Pc.
lish lletnlan carry the same idea.
lieutenant IS French for place hold.
er. He serves in place OF another,
taking tho place CT his superior when
occasion demands.
n major was Gree Il captain-major
or superior captain, Just as now the
highest nonccmm:ssioned officer is a
sergeant-maior. nc captain was lone
ago dropped from II compound title
and the major alone retained. A gen.
eTaf was Che whose command was owe
the army in general. From general
officer the ti;,e came to be simply gen
oral.
i Until recently sergeant was held to
6e from tire Persian sarjank, a subor-
dinatc military officer. thus being the
only n of car military titles not
tracoab!c To- Latin source.
Colonel is from the medieval Latin
co%ronella, a diminutive of columna. II
column. \ colonel was an officer who
marched at the head of the column.
Most of the navy titles that differ
from army titles explain themselves.
Ensigl is an old title obsolete in the
land forces. but still preserved in the
army. Admiral comes to us from the
Spanish. who borrowed it from the Ar,
able amiralbarrh. commander at sea.
Commodore is a corruption of the
Spanish and Portuguese commentator,
a knight, a commander, so our two
highest naval titles come from the de-
spised Iberian peninsula.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1898-11-24
THE WHEELwoMAN.s ERRORS.
h Forgets That Her Costume Il Always
tho Main Point of ObaorratIon.

She Forgets That Her Costume Is Always
the Main Point of observation.
Most women will, of course. follow
their own tastes in dressing for outdoor
exercises. and many of them present a
woefully misapplied appearance
writes Mary Katharine Howard de-
scribing Costumes for Outdoor Sports
in the Woman's Home Companion"
Especially Is this true of the wheel
woman, many Of whom seem to go on
the plan that nothing shows on a gall
Looping horse and feel that when the
wheel is in motion no one remarks
about her clothes. But right here she
Is mistaken. Whether riding or rest
ing her costume is always the point
or observation, and ~bystanders over
look a multitude of sins in grace and
speed Ii the costume be suitable, be-
coming and fetching. Many women
yes, the majority OF them-amect a fool
ish modesty concerning the length OF
the bicycle-skirt, and are not slow to
vote the short-skirted girl as bold and
rapid. Neither do we advocate an un-
calmly abbreviated skirt, but we do in
dorse the skirt that is short enough not
to go Hopping in the breeze as soon as
a little speed is desired. A skirt to
the shoe-tops does. to be sure, conceal
the stocking, but that is the only point
in its favor, for 1t is ugly and ungrace-
bul both on and off the wheel. Wear
the short skirt, and conceal the stock
ing by the use of a high bicycle-boot,
which Is an addition to all wheeling
costumes. To be sure, they are warm
in summer, but your only alternative
is a low-cut boot or an Oxford tie. The
latter should never be worn except by
boys, men and very small girls, while
the former display the stocking when
riding. For both looks and comfor
moderately heavy glove should be We e.
Never wear a trimmed hat; that is, in
the sense of flowers and lace or fluffy
effects. The more severe the hat the
more suitable, durable and tasteful it
is. The much-abused Alpine shape
should only be worn above pretty and
youthful faces. Quite the prettiest
wheeling costume Is the divided skirt,
which falls so close together that no
one knows whether 1t is an all-around
skirt or the bifurcated one, worn with
a pretty shirt waist, either Of silk or
some washable material, and an Elton
Jacket to match the skirt, with boots
Of tan or black"