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She Talked Too Much.

Said an auburn haired girl noted among
her friends for her excellent sense and
good Judgment: "A good deal is said in
the newspapers about talkative BARRIERS,
but l am convinced that not the most
garrulous knight Of the razor that ever
lived could exceed in conversational pow
ers the saleswoman whom 1 buy my shoes
from.
She's a very crafty young woman, is
this saleswoman, for she doesn't begin to
chatter until she has both my shoes off
and is beginning to fit me in others, then
she tells me the story Of her life. / learn
ed yesterday while l was buying 4 pair
OF slippers that she was an orphant;
that she lived with her sister-in-law; that
her brown eyes were hereditary, her
grandmother having had orbs of the same
color; that she preferred roses to lilacs
in summer millinery; that her cousin had
a child that had the Group regularly once
3 week. that there were red chairs In
the parlOr Of her house. and that hair
could be- made 70 stay in curl by damp
enin" il with alcohol
Incidentally, quite by accident, indeed.
4eaIaeu the price Oi the shoes ] had
decided upon while her Voluble ladyshiD
talked. Then induced her 10 replace nay
old footwear and walked away hastily.
but with averted face, for ] knew I had
hurt hlr feelings She was right in the
midst of vivacious description Of her
spring frock, and. losing me- whom had
she 10 sympathiZe with her in her happi-
ness. II Was cruel, but il was necessary
that / should go
Dye think a barber could have talked
on more subjects i'm as snort a timer
asked the authenticated girl, dsflantly
well, ] trow not.'-Chicago Chronicle.
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Just the same thing that you can buy now
ana then on the New York bargain coun-
ter. You can buy German leather work
in New York and German pipes and Bo-
hemian glass and Sheffield plate and Lib
erty silk and French bronzes and Rus
sian enamels and Geneva watches and
Paris dolls and German toys and Swiss
carvings and-anything OF course, You
pay more over here, but unless you can
dodge the duty on your own purchases
the difference isn't so tremendous.
For years and years we Americans
have gone signing up and down Europe
telling about the good things we have TO
eat when were at home. Do the Euro
pean landlords and restaurant keepers
ever try 10 find out anything about these
dishes2 No, They simply have a plying
smile for US as benighted beings who are
fools in everything except our power to
accumulate money.
It's different enough here. We want
TO know everything good and having made
its acquaintance we insist on being al
lowed to continue it. You can buy in New
York all manner of French and Italian
delicatessen. If you like any especial va
riety OF bread, be it French bread, Wen
ma rolls, English mullins or Scotch
scenes, you can get il.
Any kind of wine, or beer, or whisky
or ice cream, or cheese, or water, or JAM
or candy or flesh. or fish, or fowl, no
matter what it is. you can get it in New
York Whereas in London or in Paris
you could sit by the hour and ask for
things which couldn't be found in the
whole city"
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AZ England Sees Us.

Here is the answer an English paper
gave TO ''VOyageuse.' who wanted TO
know what clothes she would need for
her trip to the United States:
If 'sVoyageuse" wants TO hold her own
in America in the matter of clothes she
must take with her only the best modes
made by thoroughly good houses. They
think a great deal of tailOr-made gar
rnents on the other side of the Atlantic
She viii not want full evening dresses
unless she mas many intrOductions. but
bv the end of May society is leaving New
York American people do not wear full
evening dress for dinner. except on state
occasi0ns They have the sort OF tOilettcs
people adopt on the Rivierd-dreSsy high
gowns The heat in New York i'll the
summer is often terrific.
Americans are very careful of all the de-
tails of dress and know exactly where the
best clothes are made and what they
should be With regard 10 luggage only
the strongest boxes are of any use I
recommend the compressed cane. or to
store the English boxes on arrival I'm
New York and To invest in some Ameri-
can ones They have "a system iu hotels
of sending the luggage down a slide from
the very top of the house 70 the bottom.
and few English trunks Will stand this
IL does not matter how large the lug
gage IS. there is every facility for treat
ing huge baggage Small packages are
very inconvenient in American trains, and
few people have them. IL is very dusty
travelling. and a dust cloak of some kind
Is essential
The times., 1901-05-05
Afrnih of Feathers.

It is a well-knOwn superstition that pea
cock feathers bring ill-luck to the house
whose walls they adorn, and an amusing
incident of the rummage sale conducted
by the United Women Of Maryland has
been the unavailing effort day by day OF
each committee IN charge to dispose OF
Hfe-size silver and bronze peacock
whose spreading plumage forms a fire
screen and which is at once a thing OF
beauty and utility.
The screen was given by Mrs. Charles
J. Bonaparte and was regarded as very
salable. and a high price was fixed upon
it. But women came, admired. and went
away giving no specific reason for not
buying it. The price was lowered and il
was even offered at a bargain figure to 4
wealthy club woman whose family crest
included a peacock, but she averred she
would not have il for a gift
1t finally dawned upon the ladies Of the
committee that the club woman and pro-
Sressive woman, alike. are as superstiti-
Gus as the rest of womanlSind. and that
the real reason the peacock has not been
sold is that they are afraid OF bringing
down the wrath Of the gods upon their
dOmiciles.
An independent club woman of Mount
Washington. who processes to have ab-
soIuteIy no superstition. finally accepted
a challenge to prove il by purchasing the
meut even she weakened. Her husband.
she said, had a violent antipathy TO pea
cock feathers. On one occasion. after 4
series of accidents 70 his house hold. he
had seized a treasured collection of pea
cock plumes and thrust them in 10 the
fire upon hearing someone inadvertently
remark that they brought disaster in their
The times., 1901-05-05
Women ON ,Chnnrc.

IN these days when the open door has
been dema nded and conceded TO women
in the trades and professions, 1t appears
rather strange that any woman should
consider it a necessity 10 attire herself in
mems clothes in order to trade on
Change, as one did In St Louis this
week says the Globe Democrat" If wo-
men desire. what is TO bar them from go
ing on the floor here and elsewhere and in
dulging in puts and calls and squeals and
bawls ard beilowings and finger -shakings
and SCREENINGS and leaping and visual
glarings and perspirng and bursting out
their hooks and eyes and making $1,000
I'm two minutes? 1t is hard life, but it
is the quickest way Of making a fortune
known TO man. The claim is hereby put
forward that women should be allowed to
go into the Stock Exchange the same as
men. They couldn't make confusion worse
confused than It is now, and some of them
could be as shfewd and witful in stocks
az they are at bargain-counter. Prop
erly clad IN rainy-day skirts so that they
wouldn't be stepped on by their frenzied
brethren, we can easily imagine them In
the wheat pit at the Produce Exchange
or gathered around industriais at the
Stock Exchange, their voices adding a
new note TO the racket, and doubtless a
diStincter one.
women's nerves would be too great, but
no woman was known to faint in a crisis
until she had won her point. Then, of
course, she has a right TO faint. What
matters a little spell of suspended anina-
ton after one has cleaned up $4,000 or
sl0o. 600 In a deal7 CONSIDERING The natural
aptitude and rapidity OF action of woul-
ana mind its readiness TO adapt itself
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world. At first sight it appears to be or
namenta only. Without it, with its leis-
ure. its cultivation and its wealth, what
announcement would there be for the
arts and sciences and the great CONNER
cial enterprises that have made England
what it is? 1t is society, in the sense of
the aggregation of the Ioveliest the fair
est, and the brightest, the influences OF
wealth and taste, that attracts TO our lit
tie England the commerce of the nations,
and makes London the heart of the great
worlds financial doings.
But, unfortunately, there is a black spot
in our English society. which, though but
small part of the whole. causes it to be
nisjudged by the superficial observer and
condemned as corrupt. The so-called
smart set has earned very unenviable
reputation for itself 1t is canker upon
our high society and is a threat against it,
for the world cannot be expected to dis
tinguish very clearly between the mem
bers OF the smart set and those of the
good set The former are frivolous, ire
sponsible, self-seeking and artificial.
The moth woman is a meet companion
for the butterfly man. She lives for dress
and show, to peacock In the park, and
have her gowns described in the columns
of the society papers. She may have be-
gun her social life as a pleasant, good
hearted girl, but in the smart set souls
shrink, hearts are occupied with self, and
minds drift vaguely upon the shadows
MeannesS is rampant A woman who as
pires to be smart viii do anything for a
new froCk.
There is a dark side to the life 1t is
jealousy. If some others Of the moth wo-
men have more adorers, finer jewels,
greater fun. and are more often men
Toned in the papers then jealousy grips
her hard and cruel. That is why those
pretty faces in the park are far from
happy faces. Look at them as they pass.
There arc lovely faces. but clOuded with
discomfort; sweet faces that should be
blithe in a fair world that gives their
owners of the best, but are darkened with
the sullen shade of jealousy. They have
everything, but it all turns to ashes if
they have and beauty. But that girl just
come out is younger and prettier Men
admire her, and papers paragraph her.
What Is the use of being pretty if some
one else is prettier2 Have they wealth
and high estate? So have others, and
therefore they want more
''Who can be satisfied that leads this
empty life? How can the moth woman
be happy who wastes all the good gifts
that are bestowed on her? Small wonder
that she forever asks for more when she
makes so little real use of what she has.
Life passes like an empty dream, and
gone? A few social successes, and many
a bitter Injustice done to others. for du
ties ca mot be neglected without involving
hardships to others, to children, to serv-
ants, to almost all those workers whom
the smart woman regards merely go
much machinery to make life smooth and
beautiful for her
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70 quickly changing circumstances its
ilShtning-lige intuition, its nice sensitive
ness TO varying conditions, it would seem
fh2t she is even better fitted by nature
than man to be a stockbroker Coupled
with natural optimism distinctive of
her sex lit is the men who are the pessi-
mists) is also an innate caution that
would prevent her from ranging herself
on the bull side of the market when such
course would be disastrous. In fact
her strongly developed sense OF economy
IN money matters would save her from
that pig headed plunging which has been
tne Fulnation of so many men on change
IL is nigh time the gates were opened TO
women, and it ought to be within the life
time OF those now living to go into the
stock Exchange and see as many women
active on the floor as men.
Mary could then have her little lamb
as often as she could catch him. and
fleece him as satisfactorily as a male
broker does. She would no doubt enter as
ealiy into the sports that sometimes break
out IN the closing hours before HOLIDAYS
ana suffer her hat to be smashed and her
clothes torn with the same pollity and
freedom from restraint that the men do
she would neither resent having the roses
pulled out or her Easter bonnet or having
1t banged over her eyes, nor hesitate to
cave in the stovepipe worn by her nearest
neighDor. Aside from some faint resernb-
lance TO the French ball at 4 O'clock in
the morning, q scene Of closing yaiety
like this on the Stock Exchange would
be quite inspiring and very twentieth
centuryish.
The times., 1901-05-05

the injured parts. Many canaries with
broken legs are brought to the hospital
Here is what Miss Pope has to say on
the way to treat broken legs: When
canary's leg is broken at the joint. dis
solve gum arabic in a little alcohol, set
the joint and put on an application with
n camels hair brush. This, when dry,
holds the leg in place Apply the mixture
lightly every day until we'll When the
treatment is discontinued and the bird is
able to take its bath. see that the water
is warm or rub the leg with a little vase
line; either viii soften the gum arabic,
and eventually the limb VIII be perfectly
natural
when a canary's leg is broken be-
tween the joints il can sometimes be set.
continued Miss Pope, by applying a mar
row strip of court plaster TO hold the
parts together. Prepare a soft linen ban
dage, using good salve to start 1t with.
Then bandage untu you have used suth-
cient to fill a small quill tOothpick, which
has been cut the proper length, and split
up on one side. Open this and slip II over
the bandage. IN this way the little leg is
protected" "
Miss Pope has many patients sent TO her
hospital suffering from fits or commissions.
She says: Fits are frequently caused by
ifidiscreet eating. A correct diet will often
remedy the trouble. If constipation is the
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three states. begIdeg Other well-known per-

three States, besides other well-known per-
sons.
The signatures include those of Grover
Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William
Mckinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Mark
Twain, but that of which the collector is
proudest is Russell Sage's.
When asked how she managed to get the
financier for a subscriber she says she Just
asked him. and gives no further details.
except that she didn't find him the crusty,
parsimonious person he was generally sup
posed to be.
Mrs. c. DunwOody Smith is the name OF
the book eanvasser who vanquished Mr..
Sage Her great grandfather was Co
lonial Governor of Virginia, and her father
n graduate of West Point. Ten years ago
her husband died. leaving her with two
small children. a boy and girl. and scant
resources to face the world. She contrib
uted to magazines. but found book selling
a much more profitable occupation.
She is now educating her son and daugh-
ter and supporting her father. She pays
premiums on two large life insurance poll
cies travels on first-class steamers and
trains and stays at the best hotels. She
says she finds the public polite and gen.
erogS,
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Cures Canary Birds.

Miss Virginia Pope is New York wo-
man who has discovered an original field
for usefulness and profit. She has es-
tablshed a hospital for canary birds and
advertises to attend to all their physical
ailments and bring about a speedy recov-
cry where a cure is possible. Since she
has taken up the study of birds and their
diseases she has had under her personal
care many unusual cases
Frequently there are $50 patients at the
hospital at one time suffering from such
diseases as consumption, paralysis. verti-
go wind bloat tumors. rheumatism, in
hammation of the bowels nervous pros
tration. and acute Indigestion.
Miss Pope has remedy for every all
ment. She has little baskets with small
hot water bottle fitted into the bottom
and covered over with flannel. into which
she puts the birds suffering from chills
and Inflammation of the bowels and kin
dred complaints.
For birds with broken legs or wings she
has a cleverly coDtrived bandage swing
which gives the little patient much relief.
The swing is SO suspended that it rests
The times., 1901-05-05

uine, but were effective The other day I
was on Fourth Avenue car when one OF
these identical shields reposing In the win
dow OF one Of our antiquity shops caught
nay eye.
Two years ago in Tunis ! bought a
pArced brass incense burner saw one
exactly Ike Ct in a Broadway shop last
week And by the way going back TO
the clothes. ] went West this winter after
j came back from Paris and / saw a
gown made by q dressmaker in a small
iowa town that was prettier than any
the Paris couturieres had shown me.
When you're IN Florepce you think the
oolored reproouctions OF Fra Aneeiico' 6
angels are peculiar TO the place and you
Jay In a supply along with a few FloTen.
tine frames intending TO bestow them
Upon genr frisnds. When you get home
ySp hnd that your frames are All broken
end ss fog the angels, they stare at you
from every picture counter in towni
You look at Dresden china and see
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cause the fits can be cured by giving the
bird laxative foods, such as a piece of
fig or apple.
The birds diet is most important. and
it is surprising how many people there
are who love canaries and yet are grossly
ignorant as to their care.
'Canaries require a special mixed seed.
Give them four parts of the best quality
of Sicily canary seed. carefully cleaned
and fresh, three parts sweet German sum
mer rape, two parts India millet, and one
part Turkish man seed. Be careful never
to give canaries hemp seed 1t will make
them too fat, spoil their song, and cause
them to shed their feathers out of season.
In preparing their diet avoid sugar or
cake. piece of apple occasionally is
good for them and the yolk of a hard
boiled egg with a little dash of cayenne
pepper. Lettuce. watercress. and dande-
lion are excellent to vary the birds menu.
ITO ensure good digestion gravel in the
cage is absolutely necessary. Clean gravel
should be put in the cage, silver or red
gravel, not less than three times q week
The red gravel is good for the bird on
account of the iron it contains
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and faithful husband until death shall
separate us" After a similar recital has
been made by the bride both resume their
former places. The first waiter places
before him q small stand bearing the mar
r'age license, and both sign the docu-
ment, which is then read aloud by mem
Der of the meeting,
\ short time is allowed to elapse after
the wedding party has retired before the
meeting is broken. The invited guests
then repair to the home of the bride
where there are congratulations, we'd
ding repast, and general signing of the
marriage certificate
The times., 1901-05-05
SOCIETY SCORED.
n sermon Concerning Moth Women
and Butterfly Men.

In an article concerning the London sea
son, the gayety of which will be greatly
decreased this year owing to the death
OF the Queen. the London Daily News"
has this to say about some of the mem
bers of society who are not a credit either
to England or to themselves:
There are some who doubt if high So
ciety serves any good purpose in the
The times., 1901-05-05
A Champion Book Agent.

A Missouri woman is the champion book
canvasser. In the last ten years she has
collected on her order blanks the auto
graphs of 1900 persons, including Presi-
dents, Vice Presidents, Supreme Court
Justices Senator'S and Congressman and
Governors and ex-GovernOrs of thirty
The times., 1901-05-05
BUYING CLOTHES ABROAD
A Travelled American Declares She
Can Do Better at Home.

Her Gowns Became shabby From
Many Fittings. and the Serving
Was PoOr-S0EvcBir shopping II
Failure i'm Regard 10 Novelty.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-14

By an oversight we failed to mention
the recent departure Of A. L. Jones,
for Hampton, Va, where he will
enter the old Soldiers Home. Mr..
Jones has been with us for a long
time, coming here for the purpose of
engaging in hop culture. He was
journalist and inventor having been
editor and publisher of the Hop
Growers Journal, published at Ham
lton N. Y. He invented the corruga-
ted paper now SO extensively used in
this country, and has had quite
varied life since the war ended. We
wish him peace and comfort in his
last days, and feel that the govern
ment is justifiable in caring for those
unable to care for themselves.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-14

Carson Seawell, who has been at
tending the Bingham School, at Meb-
ane, N. c., has returned to Southern
Pines and resumed his former posi-
ton of clerk in the Johnson Pharmacy.
Mr.. Seawell was one of Bingham S
honor graduates this year, winning
the University of North Carolina schol-
arship, worth sixty dollars; the Bible
prize; and, at the commencement ex-
cercises, the orators medal.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-14
EMMANUEL CHURCH.

Hours eff Divine Service at Emmanuel
Church during the summer. beginning
next Sunday. Sundays 9.45 a. m. and
500 p. M Holy Communion on the first
and third Sundays in the month. Sunday
School 300 a. m. Friday, Litany, $50 a. m.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-14
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Preparatory meeting in the chapel
of the Congregational church Satur-
day afternoon at a o'clock. The Com
munion of the Lords Supper, follow
ed by the usual sermon, will be cele-
brated at 1890 Sunday morning.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-14
LEAVE YOUR LAUNDRY

with A. S. and L. P. Ruggles, agents for
one of the best laundries in the state
7 First-class work guaranteed and prices.
reasonable. Call for price list and get
tgood service cheapF. quickly and
Satisfactory Phone II. - ~ ..l.e-.-E-- Z
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-14
SHORT LOCAL MENTION.

OHUhI 4OCAu M UN llON.
+*+.*
A large lot of poison fly. paper at
Johnson S Pharmacy just received. n
P. B. Wilkes, route agent of the
Southern Express Company, spent
Wednesday here on routine business.
Mrs. N. D. Wells returned Tuesday
from Princeton, n. c., where she has
been visiting with freinds and rel
atives. s2%ta gieFa'Ri
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Lettis, who
have spent the winter here, returned
Monday to their home in Albion,
N. Y.
H. O. Parker this week did the nee
essary surveying preliminary to break
ing ground for the new residence of ].
N. Powell, on Bennett street.
A. S. Rugg1es and family removed
this week from Mrs. Young's cottage
on Bennett street, to Rest Cottage,
(the Dr.. Lasker house,, which they
will occupy during the summer.
VIII. Tranter, called to Pinehutst
for business reasons, has removed to
that place from the J. w. Elliott cot
tage, on Leak street, which he rented
recently.
E. B. Hodgin, of Greensboro, form
er manager Of the J. VanLindley Or
chards, is here to assist R. w. Cavi-
ness, the present manager, during the /
rush Of the shipping season.
Pure ice cold milk by the glass and
fine rich cream any way you want it
at the fountain We are anXi Gus to
push these articles as they are of the
finest quality. Southern Pines Phar-
macy.
Mrs. Ida R. Watson, Miss F. Helen
Watson, Master Dwight Watson, and
little Dorothy Watson, accompanied
by Miss Augusta Hodges, of Marshall,
Texas, departed last Sunday night for
Leicester, Mass, Mrs. Watson S north
ern home.
T. B. Martin left Monday morning
for Buffalo, N. Y, accompanied by
his seven year old son, Jack, who is
suffering with spinal trouble. It is
Mr.. Martins S intention to have him
examined by his former surgeon and
fitted with new supporting jacket.
At regular meeting of the South
ern Pines Volunteer Department held
Wednesday evening, only routine
business was transacted, aside from
vote to hold practice drill on next
Wednesday evening at 100 o'clock.
T, L. Thomson and wife left Tues
day morning for a trip through the
New England states. They intend
enroute at Mr.. Thompson's
former home, Washington, D. c., and
also visiting Mrs. Thompson's rela-
tives in Brockton, Mass.
The Delineator for July is gem,
both in matter and get up. Its arti-
,les on the Pan American Exposition