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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
MUSICALE OF COURT
STREET EPwoRTH LEAGUE.

The Tennyson and Musicale Evening of
Court Street Epworth League. held in
the double parlors of DR.. and Mrs. A. ].
Lamar on last Friday evening, was quite
an enjoyable occasion.
Pictures representing the different char
acters of Tennyson's poems were used
as subjects to test familiarity of his
writings. Hand painted cards sketched
by Miss Annie Chandler, with short quo
tations from Tennyson on the same. were
used for recording guesses., out of the
many contestants only two succeeded in
guessing correctly all the characters rep
resented. These were Mrs. j. l. McKn-
ney and Mr.. Fred Geibel. After this part
of the program several solos were sung,
selected from the music composed and
written by Professor Galloway and Mrs.
j. 1. Mckinney. by Mrs. P. ]. Minder-
bout, Misses Katie Booth and Lille Bing-
ham, Messrs. w. l.. Van Pelt and Hugh
Stuart. A reading OF a poem from Ten
nyson, 1.-The Optimism Of Locklesley
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.LIBRARY LEAVES.N

The Library is in receipt of the follow
ing books:
The Virginian. owen Wisten; The For
tunes OF Oliver Horn, F. Hopkinson
Smith: Emmy Law. George NJ. Martin;
The Two Vanrevets. Booth Harrington;
The Misdemeanors of Nancy. Eleanor
Hoyt: Castle Craney Crow. G. B. Nc
Cutcheon; The Blazed Trail. Stewart E.
White; Donovan Pasha, Gilbert Parker;
The Maid-at-Arms, Robert Chambers;
Captain Macklin. r. H Davis; The Vul-
lures. H. Leton Merriman; Phases of an
Inferior Planet Ellen LAGOON.
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Middleton-Lyon.

Friends in the city have received In
vitations to the marriage Of Miss Rosa
Ralph Lyon of Collirene and MI.
Thomas James Middleton of Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, which will take place on
Tuesday, November 18th, at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Lyon in Collirene.
Miss Lyon has many friends in Mont
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
SPONSOR FOR THE ALA
BAMA DIVISION U. C. v

The sponsor and maid of honor APP
pointed by the Alabama Division United
Confederate Veterans. who will attend
them at their reunion this week are Miss
Annie Hobson of Greensboro. and Miss
Josephine Crow of Sheffield. Miss Hob
son will act as sponsor and Miss Crow
as maid of honor.
Miss Hobson is a daughter of Judge
James NJ. Hobson, and Miss Grow is a
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Standardization.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Jefferson Richard
son announce the engagement OF their
daughter Miss Emily Frances Richard-
son to Mr.. Sydenham Moore Smith, the
marriage to take place on the afternoon
of December 9th in the First Baptist
Church.
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position as solo soprano at the Court
Street NJ. E. Church. The supporting
voices are among the best musicians II
the city and the music rendered py thiS
choir will be of the highest order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
Moore-Pepperman.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Pepperman an
nounced the engagement of their daught-
err, Maud Gertrude. to Mr.. Avery Clark
Moore of Boise, Idaho. The marriage
will take thace Thursday evening, Decem-
Der 4, at the First Baptist Church at
oclock.
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WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Cody-Brame,

Mr.. and Mrs. William whitman Brame
announce the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Miss Camilla Brame, to Mr.. Dupre
Cody, the marriage to take place at $50
o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday
December 10, in the Court Street Meth
odist Church.
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council of Jewish Women.

The Council Of Jewish Women will meet
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. The
subject of the paper read by Miss Rosa
MaTcus will be: What Should Mothers
do to Awaken Religious Sentiment in
their Children"
Julia Moses, Secretary.
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observation-disclosures.

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. La Prade an
nounce the engagement of their daughter
Miss Zadie La Prade and Mr. Matt
Eugene Barganier. the marriage to occur
at o'clock on Wednesday, November
2s. at the Dexter Avenue Methodist
Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
Thorington-Clark.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Clark of Hope HUI
have issued invitations to the marriage
of their daughter. Mary Sproule, to MI
Robert Granville Thorington. the mar
rage will take place Thursday after
noon. November 80, at 4:So o'clock. In
Hope Hull Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
MNRRILL E. PRATT
CHAPTER, q. d. @.

A U. D. c. Chapter in Prattville is
named the Merrill E. Pratt Chapter, and
at a meeting held recently the following
officers were elected:
Mrs. Julia A. Pratt, President; Mrs.
8. G. Sims, vice-President; Mrs. d. N.
Smith. Recording Secretary; Mrs. J. E.
Wilkinson. Corresponding Secretary;
Mrs. N. l.. Ellis, Treasurer; Mrs. Mary
Minis Historian; Mrs. Edward Shackel-
ford, Director; Mrs. N. T. Northington
was elected delegate to represent the
Chapter at the New Orleans Convention.
The work OF the Chapter will be for
the coming year that of helping the Old
Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek.
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IMPORTANT NOTICES.
D. A. R.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Peter Forney Chapter, d. A. r. will
take place at the residence of Mrs. j.
Walter Black on Washington Street on
Wednesday afternoon. November Il, at
$3.50 o'clock All members are urged to
be present as business of importance is
to come before the Chapter.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Willy, Regent,
Mrs r. Bosworth Smith Secretary.
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Her Mothers Friend.

London Globe.
fond mother impressed upon her in
FAINT daughter that when she was naughty
IL was Satan who made her so. On
subseouent occasion there was an extra
disturbance in the nursery, with much
stamping Of tiny feet and arrangement OF
the furniture ELSIE cried her mother
entering the room, what does TINS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Our Vegetables are the talk of the
town-crisp and fresh every day. All
kinds of Pickles.
Phone 324. Morris q StucKey'
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ing such books which they could contrib
ute would confer favor by leaving them
at st. Johns Rectory at once. Geogra-
phies, United States histories and arith-
metics are most needed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

daughter Of Major James A. Grow. Both
young ladies are daughters Of distinguish
ed Confederate soldiers and personally
are distinguished themselves as possessed
OF intellectual charm and grace.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
CURED BY
WHITE RIBBON REMEDY

Committee of the First White House AS
ISOLATION will be held on Monday,
November 10 at 545 South Lawrence and
Grove Streets. Mrs. c. j. Campbell.
Chairman.
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Ladies' Auxiliary Y M G. A

AauleS AUXILIARY 4. III. y. "A.
The regular meeting of the Ladies' Aux
iliry of the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION will be held Tuesday morning
at II o'clock. This will be the time for
the election OF officers and plans for the
annual Thanksgiving dinner will be dis
cussed. A full attendance of members is
requested.
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gomery, who will be interested in this an
The young couple will go on brldal
tour to New Orleans and other Sonth-
ern cities. and be at home to their friends
after the twenty-ffth of November, Muir
freesboro, Tenn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Last Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. g
w. Freeney entertained few friends ir
honor of Miss Alice Freeney Of Macon
Ca, and Mr.. Louie Linkous of Radford
Va. Delightful music was enjoyed dur
served and at a late hour the guests de-
parted, having spent a very pleasant
evening.
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Order Eastern Star.

Regular meeting of Elizabeth Arm
strong Chapter No. 10, will be held at
Masonic Temple, Monday. Nov. 10th at
1880 D. m.
Business of Importance.
BY order Of Worthy Matron.
Ellen NJ. Austin,
Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

In The Arena for October Is an article
by a Florida woman, Leonora Beck Ellis.
on "the movement to restrict child labor"
which gives succinctly and sympathetic
cally the history Of how England wiped
out the crime of putting little children
In factories, and preserved the health,
morals and the efficiency Of the laboring
classes by her gradually increased pro-
hfbitory laws.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Camp Stew and Barbecue by the
Ladies of Clayton Street NJ. Z.
Church, at lit N. Perry St., Wednes-
day, Nov. IL, n m to p. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

yesterday of the organization of chap
ter of the United Daughters OF the Con-
federacy at Prattville The organization
of the Prattville Daughters was ehected
Friday. Onicers were elected. and plan
or work adopted. It was decided that the
EFFORTS of the Chapter should be devoted
during the coming year to work for the
Soldiers Home at Mountain Creek.
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mean?" And a small voice replied. "Oh,
| spose it's your old friend Satan again."
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Daughters of the Confederacy.

All ladies who are on the committee for
the Auditorium for Veterans
reception will please meet at AUDITORIUM
promptly at $50 o'clock TUESDAY morn
Inc November II, ready for work.
Mrs. Margaret C. Clanton.
Chairman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
Sidney Lanier Club.

The members of the Sidney Lanier Club
are requested TO meet at the residence
Of Miss Rutson Hatchett Tuesday after
noon promptly at o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
MErrTNa OF THE 1oN1AN CLUB.

The members of the Ionian Club at
their meeting Thursday were the guests
OF Mrs. McDuff Cain and the meeting
was presided over by Mrs. William STRAIT
ford. The program was as follows:
Rival Queens-Brunehilde and Fredi-
gJnde. Mrs. Fisk.
Re-esta blishment Under Charles Mar
tel, Mrs. Cain.
Pepin and the Alliance Of Kingship and
Papacy, Mrs. Glenn Andrews.
Open Discussion,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Mrs. Mary Brickell of Huntsville, Will
arrive tomorrow and be the guest for
several days of Mrs. Mary Arlington at
her home on Church Street. She will at
tend the U. D. c. Convention in New
Orleans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Our Ice Cream and sherbets are
only 35c per quart and the best that
can be made. The Noe Redit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
Let Him Have it,

"Binks," said the man with a large
heart has often said that II poison were
within his reach he would commit sui
eide. Do you really think ne would?"
We'll" ambiguously replied the man
who knew Binks, "I-er-I wouldn't put
1t beyond him"
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ton Of the furnishings and the result In
m artistic effect.
The Comus Club was organized on
February "a. 1902, and has twenty-five
members The officers are:
President, Mr.. Dozier Turner; Vice.
President, Mr.. CASTOR Lewis: Secretary
and Treasurer, Mr.. Lewis H. Moore;
Leader, Mr.. Forte Finch.
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Court Street M. E. Church.

Court Street M. E. Church.
The ladies of the Court Street Method
list Church are invited to meet with the
Ladies' Aid Society at the Church at $3.50
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. e. T. Cook,
Vice-President Ladies' Aid Society.
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White House Association.
An important meeting of the Wood
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Mrs. Harry Smith of Eufaula is the
guest Of Mrs. Lester Smith on Perry
Street. Mr.. Smith also spent a day or
two in the city of which he is a former
resident and where he has many friends.
Friends in the city learned by telephone
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09
ROCKS NEEDED Ar WEST END.

School books are greatly needed at the
night school at West End. Any one hav-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Mrs NJ. s. Graham and her sister Miss
Kate Stubs, who have been visiting their
aunt. Mrs. Mary McIver, left Friday night
for their winter home in Delta, La, at
ter spending a day or so with friends in
Selma
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-09

Mrs. E. ]. Hardy, who has been spend
ing several months in Petersburg, Tenn,
is in the city visiting relatives.
The Press., 1902-08-07
The Fairy Lam plighter.

Affection often inspires ingenuity.
In life of Joseph Severn the narra-
tive of the artists care of the poet
Keats in his last illness includes a
graceful incident. Severn, worn out
with watching and tireless service,
would sometimes drop asleep and al
low the candle to go out, thus leaving
the sick man in darkness, which he
dreaded. Realizing that this was liza
BILE to occur. Severn hit upon happy
device to keep the light still burning.
One evening he fastened thread from
the bottom Of the candle already light
ed to the wick at the top of another
unlighted one set ready near by.
Not being sure the experiment would
succeed, he had not mentioned it, and
when later on he fell mapping as the
first candle was burning low the in
valid was too considerable to awake
him, but lay patiently awaiting the ex-
tinction of the f1uttering flame. Sud-
denly, just as he expected gloom and
blackness, the connecting thread-too
fine and distant for him to see-caught
fire, and a tiny spark began to run
along it. Then he walked the sleeping
nurse with an exclamation of joyful
surprise.
Severn! Severn he cried. "Here's
little fairy lamplighter actually lii
up the other candle"
But 1t was only the good fairy OF
many sickrooms loving forethought-
that had lighted the candle.
The Press., 1902-08-07

In the seventeenth century ladies
wore masks in public, and great was
the variety Of face screens that We're
seen. Ladies who had "coraline" lips
preferred them short, as was natural;
for others who wished to hide the
lower part of the face the mask was
completed by a chin piece of linen,
which afterward passed under the chin
and over the ears. In 1852, says NJ
Engerand, new mask called the
mimi, from the Italian mimics, was al
the rage and threatened to usurp the
place of the black one. 1t was even
the cause of violent quarrels between
the ladies who held to the latter an.
those who preferred the latest novelty.
Some years later it became the fashion
to trim the upper part Of the mask
with ruche of lace. to lengthen. II
with u beard Of the same material ano
even to cover it more or less with lace
to the borders of the eyeholes. Young
ladies Of this period, however, fire.
quently contented themselves with
covering the face simply with piece
Of black Grape for coquetry's sake and
to appear the fairer.
The Press., 1902-08-07
Flowers of the Cranberry.

One of the daintiest of wild flowers
of June is the blossom Of that time
honored concomitant of roast turkey.
the cranberry. While, however, every
body knows the berry, few are ac-
uuainted with the flower, for the peat
bogs where it blows in the choice fell
lowship of the stately pitcher plant
and the golden club and Of many a
rare orchid are quite remote from the
beaten paths of travel. The cranberry
plant is a small, slender, somewhat
trailing shrub, with the neatest of
evergreen leaves, from amid which a
few threadlike stalks lift their nOdding
flowers. When fully expanded, the
pink lobes Of each corolla are curled
back like lily's, and from the heart
of them the compressed stamens pro-
trude in the shape of spear point or
beak. The imaginative may see in
this long beaked little blossom a re-
semblance to tiny cranes head,
whence some hard pressed etymologist
has thought to derive the word cram
berry-that is, crane-berry.-"Country
Life In America"
The Press., 1902-08-07

There was a time "in the wide re-
volving shades of centuries past" when
our globe was wholly in the possession
of walking, swimming and flying rep
tiles. Being the dominant type, they
divided naturally into three great
classes. In the oceans they became 81
gantic padding enaliosaurians; on dry
land. or, rather, wet land, for the whole
face of the globe was doubtless a
quagmire at that time, they became
monstrous, erect dinosaurians, some of
which had legs fifteen feet or more in
length; those which inhabited the re-
gions of the air were the terrible flying
pterodactyls.
For a vast but unknown length OF
time these awful creatures literally
ruled the earth. Finally after they had
"seen their day" they began to grow
less and less. One by one they died
out in the face of the younger and more
vigorous fauna until at the present
time only a few miniature alligators
and crocodiles and few toy snakes
remain as reminders of skulking liz
ards and geckos and of the enormous
reptilian types that once crowded land
and sea-
The Press., 1902-08-07

Immediately after a wedding which
took place in Washington the best man
started for South Africa, where he re-
mained more than a year. On his re-
turn, says a writer in Harper's Mag
azfne, he was given a dinner and wore
evening clothes for the first time since
the wedding.
In the midst of the evening, fum-
bling in his waistcoat pocket, he as
tonished himself and his friends by
pulling out a hundred dollar bill.
Where had it come from? A sudden
thought flashed across his mind.
The next morning he went to the
clergyman who had married his
friends. @
do you remember marrying Mr.. Ar
mitage and Miss Bently about a year
agoY
"Oh, perfectly" replied the clergy
man. 81 see them constantly at my
church"
"Well, will you pardon me If ask
you a delicate question in strict con-
fidence. How much did you receive
as your feeT
81 will return frankness with frank
ness" returned the clergyman, smiling
whimsically st was the strangest
fee ,aat ever came my way. After
the ceremony the best man, with a pro-
fusion Of thanks, slipped into my hand
small silver of plug tobacco wrapped
in a wad of paraffin paper!'
The Press., 1902-08-07
A Weed That Eat. Fish.

An English naval officer, writing
from Suakin. Red sea country, contrib
utes the following remarkable instance
Of plant preying upon one Of the YER
tebrata. The instance noted was OBJ
served by him when surveying the
Paracel islands, in the south China sea !:
"As I neared pool cut of by the tide
from the sea noticed among other
submarine plants very ordinary look
Ing flesh colored weed. Bending to
inspect it closer, / noticed numbers of
small fish lying helpless in its fronds,
apparently with little or no life in
them. Putting my hands down to pick
one Of them up, found my fingers
caught by suckers on the weed, the
fronds Of which had closed tightly
upon them.
1.-The fish had been caught in every
conceivable way-by the head, the tail,
sides, etc.-and some Of them had been
held until the skin was completely
macerated. Those Of the fish that
were still living had evidently been
caught at different times. they appear
ing in all stages of exhaustion. re-
greet being unable to name either the
plant or the fish, but that the botanical
cannibal really preyed upon the finny
denizens of the deep there isn't the
least doubt"
The Press., 1902-08-07
Peasant Life I'm MOravia.

The days of the village fair were in
teresting. Peasants in curious quaint
costumes came from every direction. 1t
is rather embarrassing for an American
to have men and women take his hand
and kiss it. Nor did they seem one whit
degraded thereby. says Donahoe's Mag
azine. All appeared to be happiness,
comfort and contentment. The hard
grind of American farm life was no
where visible, but laughter and song.
beer and wine made each day seem a
fair day. Not once was any drunken
ness observed. or any quarreling, or any
loud, profane talk. A simple. God fear
ing people. well to do, comfortable in
their homes, happy in their occupa
lions, respectful. yet self respecting,
their lives glided on, "darkened by
shadows of earth, yet rejecting the i'm
age of heaven" Nowhere can you find
a more ideal community than at Schloss
Grussbach. in old Moravia.
The Press., 1902-08-07

In Sweden and Norway there are
several homes for spinsters. One Of
these at least is as attractive as it Is
unique. 1t is monument to the mem
DRY of an exceedingly wealthy old
man, who, dying more than 200 years
ago, left the major part Of his fortune
to the old maids among his descend
ants A superb home was built, fur
nished and managed by salaried trus-
tees 1t f1ourished and has continued.
Any unmarried woman who can prove
blood relationship to the founder of
the institution is entitled to admission
to the home. She is given a suit of
rooms, servant. private meals and is
subject to no rules save such as ordi-
nary good behavior demands.
The Press., 1902-08-07

"Are you a minister's wife" was
query encountered so frequently by a
young matron in search of maid that
she scented a story.
"Why this mania to live under the
droppings of the sanctuary" inquired
the matron or words to that effect.
Then it appeared that the minister's
family is considered most desirable
place because of the opportunities for
witness fees in wedding cases. There
are few bridegrooms who come with
out a witness to be married who will
not bestow a generous tip upon the
girl who furnishes this small but nee
essary feature of the ceremony.-New
York Tribune.
The Press., 1902-08-07

OF certain bishop, famous as about
the plainest man in England, the Liv
erpool Post tells this pleasing tale:
One day as this homely parson sat
in an omnibus he was amazed by the
persistent staring of a fellow passen-
ger, who presently unburdened himself
as follows:
you're a parson. amt your"
"Well. yes; that is so.'
Look ERE, parson, would you mind
comm home with me to see my wife?'
Imagining the wife was sick and
needing assistance, the clergyman at
great inconvenience to himself went
with the man. On arriving at the
house the man shouted to his wife to
come downstairs, and, pointing to the
astonished parson, said. with a grin
Of delight:
Look e ERE, Sairry. Yer said this
mornin' as l wur the hugliest chap in
England. Now, just yer look at this
blOkep'
The Press., 1902-08-07
Bones For Bread.

There is an interesting child's story
called "Jack the Giant Killer" in
which one of the giants is supposed to
use the expression '.fe-faw-fum," or
something like it, when Jack has climb
ed a beanstalk and been hidden by the
giants wife, the rest of the growl be-
ing, Il smell the blood of an English
man, but be he alive or be he dead I'll
take his bones to make my bread"
Possibly it has not occurred to many
to ask where the idea of making bread
out of bones originated, as we do not
often seriously investigate fairy tales
1t is historical fact that during the
siege of Paris by Henry w, owing to
famine, bread. which had been sold
while any remained for more than 81
a pound. was made from the bones In
the charnel house of the Holy limo
cents. This occurred in 1594.-New
York Press. ~
The Press., 1902-08-07

1t seems as if the acme Of frugality
had been reached by a French officer
who explained with many appropriate
gestures his system Of sustaining life
on a pension of five francs week.
sit is simple, veree, veree simple"
he said to the friend who had ex-
pressed a1nazement at his feat. Sun
day go to re house of good friend,
and zere l dine so extraordinaire and
eat SO veree much Eat need no more
till Wednesday,.
"On Eat day l have at my restau~
rant one large, veree large, dish OF
tripe and some onion. I abhor re tripe
yes, and re onion also-and tOgeZzer
zey make me SO seek as have no more
any appetite till Sunday. You see, it
is yeree simple"