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The times., 1901-03-24
THE WOMAN AT CARDS.
shylock Could Not Equal Her in Col
Iecting Debts.

Card debts with fashionable people take
precedence of any other obligation-that
is, a man or woman may owe money
right and left TO tradespeople, and not
lose caste, but an unpaid score at
bridge" will Ostracize him or her at
once. OF course, there are certain reasons
for this rigor. In the first place, the loser
would have taken his opponents ny If
he had been the winner, and therefore
the risks must necessarily be equal, and.
secondly, such obligations are purely
debts of honor. But it is a curious in
stance of the unwritten laws that gov
ern society that a winner at cards must
be an uncOmprOmising creditor Easy
going, generous men and women, who
would lend money willingly to their poor
er friends and never think of it again,
turn into ineXorable creditors when the
money is lost at the card table. A story
is going the rounds that at a fashionable
house recently one of the guests found
that he was unable to pay his losses. says
the New York Tribune" Il will send
check tomorrow" he said, thinking that
such a promise would be quite sufficient.
but his hostess touched a bell. My
footman is at your orders, Mr.. x"
she said; you can send him to your
house for anything you want"
Women are quite as strict among them
selves as men on this point. The father
of a pretty young woman who heard
vociferous discussion going on in the
drawing room one afternoon, on his re-
turn from business, looked into the room,
and was surprised to find a friend of his
daughter, who was a great favorite of his,
sobbing violently, while half a dozen
other girls were all talking at once.
Dorothy says she cannot pay her losses
at bridge papa" answered his daughter
to his enquiry as to what was the trouble.
She has lost $25, and says she has spent
all her allowance, and hasn't a cent to
pay it with" 'Qh, is that alp exclaimed
the good naturSd man. Here, Dorothy,
child. let me be your banker" And he
drew out roll of bills from his pocket.
mo, papa"' mo, Mr.. X-!" chorused
Dorothy's accusers. She would have
taken our money if she had won! She
had no right to play with nothing to pay.
1t was not fair, and we won't have her in
our club any more" and. despite the
kind-hearted remonstrances of her cham
pion and poor Dorothy's tears, no COM
promise was allowed, and the latter was
suspended until she could pay what she
owed, legitimately. It's Pay, pay, pay!'
for your credits sake" at bridge"
The times., 1901-03-24
OnIv Womnn JaiIer.

Mrs. Evelyn Smith. of Greenwich. Kent
County, l. l., is the only woman in the
country who officially occupies the posi-
ton of Jail keeper Mrs. Smith was born
in the building over which she has pre-
sided for the last twenty years. For
more than fifty years some member Of
her family has served in the position
which she now occupies. She has never
been attacked by prisoner, and during
her long term of service there have been
only two escapes, both of them at the
same time. before the present modern Jail
was completed. Mrs. Smith rarely has
trouble with a prisoner, even those who
are brought into the jail by force quiet
ing down under her influence. She de-
clares that no class of people are quicker
to appreciate kind treatment and cOur-
tesy than criminals, and that ii is much
easier to handle them with pleasant words
than with handouts and solitary confine-
ment The number of prisoners under
Mrs Smiths care averages ten. During
her temporary absence from home her
place as iailer is taken by her daughter,
Mrs. Annie BurdiCk.
The times., 1901-03-24
MADAME La MODE.
Who Is This Mysterious Creator of
Fashionable Fads.

Whence come the modes? The student
of history may well lay aside his foIios
and his original manuscripts and his work
in the British museums and devote his
attention to the contents of his grand
mammals s garret, those chests in which
silks, embroideries. wOOIens and coarsely
woven cottons and homespuns viii tell
the more truthful and the more vivid
story.
When Chateaubriand got back from ex-
lie he went as was natural TO a youth of
his temperament, not to the Assembly
first. but to the salons of his few remain
ing friends. They were all good royalists,
but through closed doors and shut blinds
and upon whispers, fearful and hoarse,
had entered-the Fashion.
These ladies who were ready to die for
the old regime, who would mount the
scaffold tomorrow with a "vive le roi,''
were decked in short-waisted garments
that were bound beneath the arms with a
girdle; the latter were bare, and their
hair was cut short and curled in tiny
waves over their heads. The "cOiffure a
la guillotine,'' as they described it in the
hairdressers' shops, was style adopted
as we'll by the ladies of the court as by
Camille DeSmOulinS. Even England,
shuddering over the horrors of the RevO-
luton, and afterward training her mill
tia and throwing up useless breaStworks
against the invasion of Bony, discard
ed her stays put patches on her ruddy
cheeks and was an insular copy of the
Partisan dressmaker.
When Eugene became slim and a trihe
awry on one side, says the Baltimore
Sun hoops were the mode, and it was
impossible to crowd more than two dOZ-
en- women into the largest ballroom. In
vain the tender maid whispered Come
nearer, 1 can't hear you. The most ar
dent of lovers could not get within three
feet of his adOred one, and those who are
inclined to Scon at the influence of the
styles may as well look at a picture of
Victoria shortly after her visit To her
cousins in the Tuilleries. The Prince
of Wales, who is supposed TO be leaning
against her, Is five feet off, separated
from his loving mamma by what seems
to be hOgshead made of cOOper's slaves
covered with lowered brocade; the in
fant Dukes of COnnaught and Edinburgh
held maternal fashion under each arm,
but at such a distance from her figure
that they look ike animated pillars in
kits resting on a billowy wave, and
Prince Albert for once in his life was out
of sight and incapable, on account of the
space that separated them, OF whispering
the sound. moderate, Teutonic advice that
made the Empress of India something of
a hausfrau and the maids of honor plain
but respectable.
The times., 1901-03-24
THE MELoDIoUs RAINBOW.
which Do You Prefer, Pink Music
or Red?

Nine. Alice lie Plongeon gave reading
in New York the other day, when she told
a drawing-room full of people all about
THE Rainbow and Its Melodies
The speaker illustrated her theory con-
cerning the Importance Of color as one Of
the great forces Of nature by wearing a
green gown with draperies of vivid red
The trimming was used to demonstrate
the value Of red lin raiment and in ma
ture." The New York Tribune" dis
cusses the lecture as follows:
ITO exemplify the warlke effect of red,
Miss Munro, In a rich contral< voice
sang a Scottish battle song, Bonnie
Prince Charlie but she was robed in a
Greek gown of pale blue, with First
Empire comb in her hair. To the I'M
initiated this was an igcongruous note,
but, as the speaker said, Color is accord
ing to our vibrations. and scarlet may
not be scarlet to you, the Greek gown
may have appeared as royal purple or
rose pink to those in the audience whose
vibrations leaned that way.
Every object, said Nine. lie PIongeon,
has its own tone, and every sound has
color, and If your color is violet your
voice will be sweeter when you are sur
rounded by violet
The connection between color and music
was illustrated by the harp, which is sup
posed to suggest red and warlike and san
culinary things; the lutte. to which belong
green and verdant lawns. while the guitar
is accompanied by yellow, the faded color
of Spain. To illustrate pink music Miss
Mary b. Sinclair played Elizabeth's 3
Prayer from 'Tannhauser, on the
piano Later on she gave the introduction
TO Sonata Tragica.' by MacDowell, and
the Sonata Pastorale,' by beethoven.
The speaker implored her hearers to
consider the uses of color apart from their
Importance in the fine arts. adding: By
studying the effect of color upon ourselves
We may better understand our own tenn
perament and learn to know ourselves. A
knowledge of the curative properties OF
light and color may diminish our bodily
pangs, and enable us TO increase our Vigor
as well as our beauty According to
Nine lie Piongeon, when a criminal COM
mits a crime, or the enterprising burglar
goes "a burgling, a red aura exudes from
his body. However, II one in a red gown
approaches Gagged birds they win exhibit
intense excitement
The lady failed TO state what dreadful
thing would happen II "one in red
gown were to approach a pasture field
in which browsed the average COW.
The times., 1901-03-24
The Thin Woman.

The slirn-built graceful woman will al
ways have the advantage OF looking bet
ter than her heavier sister. She VIII re-
tain q youthful appearance often until
she is 50, when her daughters may look as
old as she does. while the Over-pIurnp yyo-
man begins 20 look matronly when she is
rs, often earlier. For that reason It IS
entirely right that women should do all
they can to remain within the weight
that eccords with their height and tVpe.
Five pounds increase in weight IS easily
discerned. It can as easily be put away
without any trouble or any rigorous diet
or treatment. Ordinary exercise or a do
Ing away with whatever article OF diet
or mode Of life causes the gain viii rap
idly remove the result. Sometimes an al
most uunOticed item will add rapidly to
weight. When strawberries come IN sea
son many people will take on flesh not
through the fruit. but on account Of the
cream that is taken daily with the ber-
ries.
Physicians generally are opposed to the
strenuous banting methods that women
indulge IN in the endeavor TO rapidly dis
pose OF bulk, says an exchange
Walking in the open air, mild ex-
ercise begun moderately and gen
orally increased is advocated by every
doctor. but the druggiug resorted to IS
most injurious and often fraught with
serious consequences.
There is hardly a probability that the
present rage for thinness among women
will become more than a fad At the col
lege the American girl remains the same
splendid normal type that she has become
within the last ten years which have
bsnished so many evils IN the way Of un-
healthful dressing The society woman
may copy the English Burne-Jones angel
for the spring of 1901 but in all likelihood
the summer girl will return 10 her chf-
fons, her frills, and her ruf1ed petticoats.
The spasmOdic attempts that fashion has
made IN years past toward pulling the
feminine skirts tight about the limbs have
always yielded TO the more sensible and
modest moderation that has marked the
dress Of She American women. who long
ago sbjured the hideous eccCntricitics
which the fashion plates Of twenty-five
years ago bear witness TO.
The times., 1901-03-24
The ROMANCE of n Rinm

He was gazing with dreamy eyes into
the far-on-ahead
''Ah. my darling he murmured what
matters it that sorrow and trouble must
of necessity be lurking in the unknown
future2 While / am with you | think OF
nauEht but the present-the beautiful su-
perb PRESENT.
so do /. dearest" she replied but
you'll take me with you when you buy II.
won't you? Men have such queer tastes
in rings "-ICslie's Weekly
The times., 1901-03-24
A Woman Butcher.

II is trite observation. possibly. that
women are pushing their way into occu-
pstlons formerly occupied exclusively by
men. One would hardly expect however.
20 hear OF woman butcher. but Roches-
ter has one, and Is rather proud I'm the
belief that che is the only example of the
kind IL the United States. She Is Miss
ID. z. Stevenson. and does all the work of
q regular butcher. the buying quartering.
etc, and as her photograph would indi-
cate, is young, rather pretty, and not at
sl such s person in appearance as one
would expect to find engaged In such a
masculine pursuit
The times., 1901-03-24
Hernhnrdt us n Hunter,

Few of those who have seen Sarah
Bernhardt behind the footlights know
that this famous woman is a great hunter
and enjoys nothing better than a day se-
hind the dogs when the weather is fair
and the game good. She has been in n Nv
Orleans recently. and while there took
one of her hunts She was accompanied
by Louis Rapo, the famous hunter, SFd
had successful day.
The times., 1901-03-24
Why She Grinned.

Carrie-Charley thinks my new gown
just beautiful. He said last evening It
vas a perfect dream. What are you
grinning at?
Madge-Oh, nothing. I was only think
ing that Charley told me only today he
has such horrid decentralization Tran
script.
The times., 1901-03-24
Over the Bridge.

Mrs. Galloupe-Be sure and come, Mr..
Gibble | promise you you shall meet,
oh. quite a number OF pretty women.
Gibble-How can refuse you. my dear
women. however, but for you that | shall
come.-Brooklyn Lie.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31

become more bearish than for long while based largely on continued free crop move ment. The amount to be brought into sight for the week is likely to exceed the most extreme estimates made at the weeks beginning, say about 250,0OO bales. Another weakening factor has been and still is the continued indisposition to buy at current rates spot cotton. While the exports have been rather full such shipments recently have been to fill old engagements. What is needed to give better tone is a general demand from spinners. This for some time has been lacking. A small short interest has also tended to give a weak aspect to the situation. In the absence of the usual short interest on the breaks market feels the ab- sence of this buying element.
 Spots are quoted down 1-16 cent on very small sales and dull markets from most of the ports are also reported.
 We do not look for any very active new buying except on the basis of a somewhat lower market. It cannot be overlooked that selling of present crop is dangerous by reason of liability to manipulation later on, but no good markets think sales of new crop, say October or November delivery at about cents, offer a fair chance of gain if well margined against any sudden upward movement
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Financial

New York, January 90.-The Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram saysi
 Business was brisk on the stock market here today. The cheerful tone was general The American department was active once more. London was buying quietly of Amer ican shares until the New York opening and cable selling orders caused a setback Ar ter that this department was dull up to the close. The chief demand for American stocks was in Southern Railway. This buy ing was stimulated by the report that the Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railway se- curities were being sought in fight for control Money was little stiffer again today and 1t Is to be still dearer. The bank continues to lend to the market. Silver was fiat on the cessation of the Eastern de- mand
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Sunar and Coffee

New York. January So.-Spot Rio easy; Mo- invoice 7c nominal; mild dull; Cor dova, Sd121sc Futures opened steady with prices 10 points lower and weak under gen. eral selling and scarcity of buyers, based on weakness abroad, tremendous receipts in the crop country, absence of spot de- mand and heavy general selling pressure. Sentiment was bearishly inclined all day and prices further eased off Closed barely steady with prices net 15 points lower. To- tai sales were 29,26O bags, including May, $5 25; June, $5.40; July, $b.45; September, $555; October, $5.60; November, $565; De- cember, $5.75.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31

posters. Now. for the information or tns above experts I will state so they VIII nlio" M not to tell any more lies, except they oo so wilfully and maliciously. that until com menced to exclusively treat private ois- eases as a speciality was memper ol eno State Medical Association; also secretary of the Cullman County Medical Society anu one of its board of censors. or medicai aminers. (See Transactions Of Meancal AZ, An sociatIon of Alabama. 1887. for proof). l will still give special attention to private trou bles, and also treat at my office paeien.s with any disease they may trust eo my care.
 refer you with permission to First Na- tional Bank, Alabama National Bank, ger ferson County Savings Bank and ntelner Bros, Bankers, as to my responsibility I3r my contracts. I cure many patients by Ha,i % treatment Write for prices and terms Au. dress Dr. Y. E. Holloway, 1S61h Second avenue, Birmingham Ala .
 Office, Second avenue and Eighteenth opposite postoffice.
 office hours. s:sc a. m. to 5:so p. m. Sun days. 10 a. m. to 12 m.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Birmingham City Bonds.

Fruit and Produce. Butter-White clover. pound prints, 27c; Elgin (standard), 23c; best creamery, 25c; Mississippi best grade esc; good country. zoe: mixed country, 10013c.
 Irish potatoes, 75c per bushel. Sweet Potatoes-White,$1 $150; yellow yams, $2.00.
 Apples, s2 7593. 50 per barrel. Bananas-Culls, SOcQ$1; stra1ghts s1.7592 per bunch. Lemons, 2. 25D5.
 Oranges, $2.75.
 Poultry, best friers,1592Oc; medium, 1ec: hens. 463oc; ducks, Pekin. 30Q35c; puddle. 15@2Oc: turkeys on foot, S@9c; drawn, head and feet off 12c
 Eggs-Fresh country, 1215c. Onions, 2A@213c per pound. Cabbage 11ac per pound.
 Rutabas, ,1@1Ac per pound. Lima beans, 71k9sc per pound. White peas $2.2S per pushel Dried apples, 31Aq5c per pound.
 Local Staple Groceries. Flour, best patent, s475; Tennessee pat ent, 4. 40; half patent, $385.
 sugar-Granulated, 57so; Y. C., 5asc Coffee-Green, Lz@l31kc; Arbuckle's pack ages, S12.30; Lion packages, S11 .3O Cheese-New York full cream, 13hc. Lard, Sasc basis.
 Meats-Clear rib sides, TAG; bacon bellies 9Ac; dry salteu peileS, o9sc; best hams 11Ac; four X hams He; California hams Sc; breakfast bacon, 12c.
 Molasses-CentrffugaL 15635c; sugar house, 20035c; Georgia cane. 371zc. Rice-41ac; fancy, To.
 Corn. mixed, 54c; white, B7c. Meal-Jim Dandy. 90c; Joe Darter s6c. Hay-Choice timothy, s19.0O, No. 1, s1ssso; clover mixed. SIS. %; prairie, $11. .5O. Oats-Mixed, 36c; white, 3Sc Bran-Mxed, S1700; pure wheat, s1S.50, Cotton seed meal. S23.00
The age-herald., 1901-01-31

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour barely steady. No. spring wheat 65@79c, No. red 751ac. No. corn 37Ac, No. yell low corn STAG No. oats 244c, No. white 264@27aIc. No. rye 51Q52c, low grade 400 47c Fair to choice malting barley 5O96Oc. No. 1 faxseed $1.75, No. 1 northwestern $1.75@1.76. Prime timothy seed $4.60. Mess pork per barrel $13 .571s@18. .621a. Lard per 100 pounds $7321kQ7 .35. Short rib sides, loose, $6. .90d7.1 10. Dry salt shoulders, boxed, GAO GIG. Short clear sides, boxed, $7.2537. .S5. Whisky, basis of high wines, $1.27. Clover, contract grade. $11 .0O@11. 25.
 On the Produce Exchange today the but ter market was active; creamery 14Q2Oc, dairy 111A@1sc. Cheese dull, 10AQ11%c. Eggs quiet; fresh 17c.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
SPECIAL RATES VIA SOUTHERN BY

The Southern Railway now has on sale winter tourist rate tickets to all prominent resorts for the winter season. Elegant train service on quick and convenient schedules.
 Remember the Southern Railway now op- crates a through sleeper Birmingham to Richmond, Va, leaving Birmingham train No. 36 4:10 p. m.; no change now.
 Apply to union depot ticket office, or Southern Railway passenger office, No. 2019 First avenue for full particulars.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Cotton Letter.

Brttin & Co.'S Cotton Letter to H. D.
 Cothran & Co.
 New Orleans, La.,> January 3O.-Market opened weak at to points lower though officially quoted steady at the decline and continued weak and feverish with a decided ly downward tendency throughout the ses- sion. January manipulation ceased to have effect as all shorts save those having cotton for delivery on the last day, tomorrow, necessarily by noon have made settlement The continued depression was accentuated by stop order limits on long cotton which went overheard as such limits were reached. Sentiment within the last day or two has
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Murphy 6 company's Grain Letter

Chicago, January 3O.-Lverpool wheat was q shade lower this morning. Our market here opened Ac lower, May wheat selling at 763sc, eased off to 759sc, but near the close rallied to 76c, at which price it closed. Corn also ruled a shade lower, while oats were unchanged. Provisions were easier on liberal hog receipts. While the demand for wheat has not been large we are in favor of the long side of both wheat and corn.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Dry Goods.

New York, January 30. = Spot business quiet in all directions, but road trade shows some improvement. Brown cottons in hand are irregular, but sellers arc very firm on forward business, owing to the course of the market for raw material. There Is no change in bleached or coarse coIored goods Prints are in fair request. Ginghams are dull, print cloths inactive. Mems wear woolens are in fair demand for new heavy weights. Dress goods continue dull except for few specialties in waist and heavy skirting fabrics. 4
 New York Cotton Futures By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran 6 Co. "
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
Chjcauo 'Chanue.

Chicago, January SO.-In decline of 70 5sc in May wheat today indifferent cables, liberal receipts, favorable weather and other bearish considerations played part Corn dropped 1sc, oats a shade and pro- visions 5a711c.
 There will be no session of the Board of Trade on February 2 = Queen Victorla's s funeral
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.

All purchases and sales are made direct on the Exchange for which the order is Correspondents-J. H. Parker & Co.,, c. W. Lee 6 Co.,, Purnell. Hagaman & Co. New York; Fairchild 6 Hobson, New or iSans, Ware & Leland. Chicago.
 Refsrsnces-First National Bank of Bir- minghami First National Bank of Rome, TELEPHONE No. 11N
 special attention given to orders over telephone and orders sent from out of the city.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
DR. Y. E, HOLLOWAY,
 Physician and Surgeon.

Young physicians and the lesser lights of the medical pro- fession, probably for the want of other practice try to ere ate the impression that they are expert in the treatment or priv t e diseases They delight in tell ing people that doc tors who advertise are quacks and lm-
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
ARRIVALS.

No. 1 from Macon, Albany, Columbus opelika, Americus, etc., $40 p. m. No 8 from Savannah, Augusta, Macon Columbus, etc., 1920 p. m.
 Elegant through sleepers between Bir. mineham, Columbus. Macon and Savannah on Nos 8 and 4.
 Connection Is made at Savannah with the fast freight and. luxurious passenger steamships of the Savannah Line from and to New York, Boston and the East Close connection at Macon with the "Dixie Flyer for all points in Florida and Cuba
 fully illustr ated matter write or apply to
 sOLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent w. D. HAMMET, Traveling Passenger Agent, 1921 First Avenue. JACK w. JOHNSON, Union Ticket Agent, Birmingham, Ala. I. c. HALLE, General Passenger Agent E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager,
 Savannah, Ga.
The age-herald., 1901-01-31
-pool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, January 30.-Cotton-Spot duii' prices easier; American middling of-lou. The sales of the day were foVo paies' oi ,yhicb 5OO were for speculation and export, and inoluded $500 American. Receipts 32OOO bales. including 17,4OO American Futures opened quiet and closed steady. American middling: January 5.2O value, January-Feb- ruary 5.19 sellers, February March 5.16@ 5.16 sellers, March-April 5.1S@5.14 sellers, April-May 511@5.12 sellers May-June 5.Oe as 10 buyers June-July 5.H buyers, July August 5.04d5.05 buyers, August-Septem- Der 556 sellers, September 5.56 sellers. Oc- tober g. 0. C. 4.35 nominal, October -Novem- Der 4.2S nominal.