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Coat Suits and Skirts.

Coat Suits and Skirts.
All of our fine $40 SUITS made of nice quality chevio in
brown and gray Elton coat we'll lined with romain lin
ing and stylshly trimmed with satin bands, skirt cut
with Aounce and trimmed with bands we'll lined and
tailor finished. for only s6.67.
Swell Gibson suits made of fine cloth, in and
CASTOR skirt with pecane drop lining and coat taeta
lined; trimmed with stitched bands. These suits offered
at cost.
Swell $40 chevot dress skirts handsomely trimmed with
MORE bands and made with full sweep, for $3.50.
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AT THIS SEASON

OF the year we offer many stocks ar greatly re-
duced prices in order to move them out before
Fall Goods come in.
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Mating Specials.

rs pieces extra fancy China mattngs, worth 25c per
yard at &c. pieces fine Japanese cotton chain mat
ting fine carpet patterns at pieces finest China
mating, very closely woven, soc.
To Close Out pieces grass Irvine mating the best
wearing floor covering produced for the money,
the regular price Of these goods is 4oc. We will sell
them as long as they last at 29c
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Underwear.

You will be surprised when you the nice garments
that be purchased for little money at under
counter. 1t your interest these bargains.
Corset Covers made up in good styles and nice material
and trimmed, for 2sc and soc. Corset covers made of
long cloth and beautifully trimmed 75c 81 and 81 So
Drawers-Fine cambria drawers with tucks and wide
rufles of embroidery only soc. Long cloth drawers
deliberately trimmed with lace embroidery 7sc and 81.
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Waists.

Beautiful White Waists Cheap-sI. 90 non waists with
embroidery and tucks, 75c. sr.a5c and $3.50 very
sheer white batste waists tucked and embroidered ST.
$r7s waists beautifully tucked back closing with fancy
pearl buttons and embroidery front, for sI.25
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-05
Sill

One lot Odds and Ends in Short Length
Silks sold at 35c yard TE@
10 close out. ..... ...'...''...s eS&
One lot Drapery Silks. plain taffetas, dress
silks, plain brocade and polka dots g GAA
worth up TO 100. to close out at. JOG
One lot Silk Foulards, assorted patterns and
colors, % inches wide, worth up 9G~
to !. %, choice at. .................. VSL
Ten pieces Az inches wide Black Silk Finish
Briliantine worth 90 a yard, EEAM
Five pieces Very Fine Silk Brilliantine, AZ
inches wide, good fast black, wortf a.
!. so. to close out, yard. ......... GSG
Five pieces Black Armure Dress Goods, "A
inches wide, suitable for mourning o.
wear, worth l so, at yard. ...... GJS
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MODERN REASONING POWERS



Nhod tell each New One all about how the Others Land
Fellow and would make
lew moi o
we'll that he used all the He his Pockets
pI OIL o o
in o
would snow" under ms Ioa wheh ne became very
he
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a Screen Window. Her Idea OF meet
ing Lover was to slip out on Dark
Night and find him at the Trysting
Place, muffled in a Cloak There was
no particular Excitement in being un-
der Contract TO one who came in the
Front Way. So she wearied of the
Alliance and Gilbert began TO have
Visions of himself losing his Number.
He knew that she wanted Love At
fair with few streaks of Melodrama
in it, and rather than pass up Good
Thing he fixed it for her.
He got her Father into a Poker
Party and bluffed him out of his Money
and then joshed him. Alice's Father
went home and said that he had been
mistaken in the Young Man and per-
haps she had better call the Deal off.
Then a lot of Gilbert's Friends went
around TO see her and they began to
Knock. They told her that Gilbert was
an ali-night Bat and Sport and that
he had Past.
"They are trying to Separate u"
said Alice, with her Hand on her
Heart. But Courage ! will be True"
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100 Comfortabes. filled with pure white
cotton, full size, 2. 90 value. q 90
IS pairs White and Gray Blankets 4 aE
our 2. 90 line per pair. ............ Es&J
90 Quality White Bed Spreads CO.
at, ,..,....,.,......,.. 0VI
so dozen Full Size Bleached Pillow ZIa
Cases ..........'...,........ IN
Good Quality Soft Finish Bleached 7lm
Pillow Case Cotton, sc value, ..,,. q ~
Good Quality Soft Finish Bleached Ale
LOnebtic' z "
100 Ladies Zephyr Shawls, worth up to
/, 80 some slghtly soiled, aE~
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the
U my that's awful Cheap" said
the by
IN it,
70
They SO busy looking at the they did not notice that Edward had
os but bs DESTROYED the sYsr Estimate and the Real Thing was
tcverag by him ne or
an MORAL There always Way of getting rid of him
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Copyright, 1902, by r. H. Russell

MODERN oUIETUs
Once there fellow Edward who could dollar
If
~ Swell
Wardrobe a would
and Backed his Shoes and borrowed read
enabled
ing Msrimony
Edward estimated his
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HandkerChiefS.
Ladies' Cambria Handkerchiefs

Ladies' Cambria Handkerchefs OIL
Az ssU ~
Ladies' White Cambria Handker- e.
chiefs at. Observation-Disclosures. 0G
Ladies' Cambria Handkerchiets EM
with colored borders, at. ..,,.... JG
Ladies' All Linen Hemsttched dr.
Handkerchief ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sSG
Ladies' Embroidered Scalloped Edge 9En
Handkerchefs worth soc at. .... e. SG
Ladies' Lace Trimmed Cambria Dr.
Handkerchiefs, worth soc, at. JI
Ladies White Cambria Handkerchiefs with
wide Duchesse lace corners, N0A
worth !, 90, at. MISREPRESENTATION. sou
Ladies' Mourning Handkerchiefs AMn
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him. Window and he
lin the tain waiing I | a
the Worlds and
madear i'm
nor thai he had beer
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"' sove and tells lor that she is the only
ne in the whole Patch but I let her
), = now that | am more than Friendly
rs 18th at least five or six. Competition
the life of Courtship. I play one
:. "a Igainpt another. Its Shame the
L,Way String them"
II chanced that this Circulating
d 2 uitor one day met a sweet and shape
vi, Venus and immediately flashed his
. late- Book.
i 4 Have you any Open Timer" he
lr 'sked.
Iank.h Come up tomorrow Evening" she
~ = eplied. 81 have another Booking, but
y NlwiIi cancel it
~ He arrived before she had her Make
colin. 0p on. He started early, because he
go, ad SO much to tell her. She didn't
'''''o'' now him very well, so it was nee
,sary to give her a Line on his Rec
Ar.d rrd as Girl Subduer.
II -. She came dawn and he got Busy.
ny PIE showed her a Ring that had been
III as ulvcn 10 him one Night on Boat,
I'D heslet her read part of the Letters
prove that they called him Darling
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Boys Double Breasted Square Cut All Wool
Suits, in plain and checked effects, 4 Err
Boys All Wool Tweed Suits in q en-
broken sizes worth 4 co. at. EsGU
Boys All Wool Suits, assorted cuts, q En-
broken sizes, worth 90, at. WJV
sWEATERS-Boys' 45c and 65c Or
Sweaters at. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. GaSG
Boys Suspenders E.
at .,..........,.. ......-....... %S
e eGgs a fancy Red. Blue and Gray 15c
Boys Outing Night Shirts De-
Boys Silk Windsor Ties ga
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Rent would be so much and the Gro
ceries would stand him something and
then he allowed 5000 year for Cloth
ing He knew that he could worry
along on half OF that Amount and he
had heard that Dresses were cheaper
than Suits of Clothes
One Evening just about the time
when he was waiting for Chance
to nab the Girl he was at the House
with other Callers. among them sew
eral Women.
They we're asking the Real Thing
about some Finery she had just pur-
chased. She said she knew it must
be an awful Bore to Men, but she
supposed she would have to show it.
So she went upstairs apd came back
with enough Merchandise to fill one of
Wanamaker's Windows.
The Women Callers went into Con-
vulsions and the Men looked at it SOL
EMMY and said: Eyes, it's Purity"
Amt it a Dream?" asked the Real
Thing, holding up a Picture Hat. Il
got that for next to Nothing lie
wanted 60, but jewed him down to S.
How much did your Tailor-Made
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n
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az The Girl intensely interested For Woman Mans conhdante
ed r0D1ns AHa IT h h en I'M lxuIy
o o
Tell
a
lie
La Mex
MODERN EARLE OF THE RotNDABoTT WAY IN WHICH GIL
- HIMSELF STRONG WITH
20
Eigies Mother had Writing
Cloud a
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a
Ladder
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Hosiery.

One lot Ladies Assorted Colors =
Hose at a pair. .........,......... ~
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Hose, pair. Observation-Disclosures. ESS
Ladies Fast Black Seamless Silk AE
Finish Hose at, pair. ........... w
Ladies Fast Black Seamless Drop Stitch
Lisle Finish Hose 60
aI....,.-..' .'''.''' '''.'''..'. wv
Ladies' Opera Length Hose black A7ln
tops and colored feet, pair. ...... ~
Ladies Fancy Drop Stitch Hose in tan.
blue and white and blue and red, polka dot,
assorted tops and plain feet, AE
worth up to 75c, choice. .......... 01G
One lot Ladies' Black "Hermsdorph Dye
Lisle Hose, lace work, guaranteed A0A
stainless. worth 90, at a pair. d SJC
Misses Fast Black Seamless Hose, 4Sa~
small sizes, worth zoe, at. .,........ W.
Chidren's Fast Black Seamless Silk aEm
Finish Hose. worth 30c at. pair. SG
Boys Fast Black Seamless Heavy fE@
Ribbed Hose, worth SOC, at OG
One lot Children's All Wool Hose, AZ
worth 25c, CSC and soc, choice. $50. SC
Chldren's Wool Leggings TFA@
at. 500. ''..'.'.''- W ~
Misses Drop Stitch Fast Black Seamless
Hose worth up to soc, 4Em
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
1T SO HAPPENED THAT MARY CROSSING THE STREET."

there was no longer any chance of the
yawning chasm being bridged. 1t was
early announced by the county fair
officials that an extra prize would be
offered that year for big squashes.
Farmer Warren had always taken
prizes for potatoes almost as large as
q peck measure, and farmer Gray had
always gone in for corn, with ears a
foot long, and they didn't care to
change. AS conservative men, they
didn't care to risk their regulations on
something a tramp might carry off on
his shoulder. Tom, however, decided
to go in for big squash. and the news
had no sooner reached Mary's ears than
she determined to beat him. Naturally
enough under the circumstances, he
prepared his ground and planted his
seeds close to the line fence, where the
sight of his squash, growing and swell
ing every day, must make Mary wish
she hadn't done it, Just as naturally,
as soon as she saw him at work, the
girl got as close to the fence on her side
as convenient and the two worked
away there for hours at time within
twenty feet of each others presence.
No sooner had the seeds sprounted
than there was bitter rivalry between
the vines, and later on, when the
squashes themselves appeared, it was
which and 'tother day and night. They
were watched. and watered and tended
as no two squashes had ever been be-
fore in Darkin county Something
upon their welfare They grew and
grew They swelled up and bulged out
and became conceited. They regarded
each other with jealousy and disdain
and contempt. Every day Tom War
rem got two or three peeps through the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

fence at the rival squash. and wished
it might be stricken down in its prime,
and every day as well Mary managed
to note whether her enemy was gain
ing or losing. An unbiased tramp, TAX
ing those two squashes for watermel-
ons in the warkness, would have hesi-
tated long as to which should become
his captive.
The days passed and the weeks
passed, but those squashes did not
stand still They knew their business,
and toed the mark. Every family
along the Six-Mile Road knew of the
lovers quarrel and entered into the
contest, and they were about equally
divided in their hopes and fears. There
was one good feature about the affair.
Neither Tom nor Mary were mean
spirited enough to believe that the
other would take any undue advantage,
such as using a club or a pitchfork in
the dark. From the size of filberts,
those squashes grew to the size Of
quart bowls-to peck measures-to beer
kegs, and the end was not yet. 1t
seemed as If they had got hump on
themselves and couldn't stop growing
as long as there was any room left in
the garden At shutdown one night in
the early days of September, and when
a week more would have seen them on
their way to the fair, a last look
showed them to be all right. At sun
rise next morning. when Tom Warren
sauntered out to see If the perils of
night had been safely passed.. he be-
held a scene to raise his hair. The line
fence had been hooked down by a COW,
which was lying dead and swollen on
the ground, while Mary Gray sat on a
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

so happened that Mary was crossing
the road to the barn to deliver some
message to her father, and there was
a case of assault and battery. In other
words, the spotted hog drove against
her and upset her and rolled her over
in the dust. and Tom Warren never
came running to help her up. That he
had witnessed the accident was a GER
tainty, and that he was glad ont"
Mary got up and limped into the house
she vowed that she would never, never
forgive him. When she reported that
Tom Warren had coolly. calmly and
maliciously encouraged a spotted hog
to attack her the old folks had to come
into the quarrel and so it came about
that there was an end to the borrow
ing of plows, hoes, shovels, flatirons
and Quilt-frames.
During that winter Tom Warren en-
gagged himself to no less than seven
different girls, and Mary Gray had
about fifteen young farmers riding up
and down the highway in all sorts of
weather. 1t was Mr.. Warner and
happened to meet, and though both
realized that they were making idiots
of themselves. pride whispered to
them not to give in. When pride
wasn't whispering Mrs. Gray was say
ing:
IF that Tom wants to make a fool
of himself, let him go ahead, but as
for you, if you don't hold your chin and
your nose up and show him that you
are forty times better than he is,
won't own you for daughter"
Mrs. Warren encouraged Tom in the
same strain, and when spring opened
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

for garden party costume. When all
the details of the design had been
settled she asked the price of
the finished robe. 1.-TWO hundred
dollars said the manager,
The customer flung the dainty
fabric down with contempt; she want
ed something much better than that!
They tried in vain to persuade her that
that was the best material that existed
suitable to the light, summer style of
costume she desired. In the end he ap-
peased her-and to secure her order
they had to bring out an almost pre-
cisely similar stuff, and price the cos
tune of that at $500. And even then
she pouted;" said my informant.
He FASTENED, by the way, to justify
his action by the interesting remark:
"Our clients are already paying by
their own will and knowledge such
colossal prices for our 'cachet,' quite
apart from the value of the material,
that hundred dollars one way or the
other makes no great difference" AT
a recent trial. where couturier sued
a bankrupt society dame for his bill,
it was shown that some of her dresses
had been priced at as much as 1000
francs. This. 1t was calculated, was
just nine times the trade value Of the
fabric.
a reputation in Paris for good taste
They like to pay high prices for stuff
and style that suits them, but they will
not consider for a moment a costume
even though it cost thousand dollars
which it not in keeping with their
physique and personality. My friend,
the manager, confessed with sigh that
often enough people dressed" Gas they
call it, at his world-famous establish
ment were hideous rights, none the
less. These are people with no taste or
a great stock of obstinacy; they can
not choose properly for themselves and
they will not listen to the suggestions
of the highly skilled experts of the
place.
This" he said. almost never hap
pens in the case of my American GUS
toners; nearly always they have
most delicate sense of color harmonies
and OF the hang and flow a garment
must have to suit their own personal
style. Quite apart from money consid-
erations. II Is a pleasure to serve them;
they do credit to the house with their
admirable taste and their noble figures
and carriage"
In which opinion. may remark, by
the way, the couturier In sustained by
the critical opinion OF Paris. At nearly
every great fashionable reunion some
Of the ladies OF the American colony
are singled out by the society reporters
40 having been conspicuous for their
attractive costumes and splendid pres
ence" That is no small compliment
in the city which pridea itself on the
beauty Of its women and their fine. arr
tlstie sense.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

moment that a visitor to Saratoga
learns the manners and studies the
minds of the set which has thrown
convention to the dogs and made the
place what it has become this sum-
mer. The restaurant of the club
house is so arranged as to open upon
the gambling parlor. yet not to COM
mand a view of the barroom, where
the men sit at a dozen tables drink
ing.
The old Saratoga and the old-time
life of those who go to drink the wa
tiers and to be toned up by the strong.
pure air, are perhaps not deeply af-
fected by the excuses of the smart
set. the Wall street clique, the pro-
fessional sporting men and those who
follow in the footsteps of all of these.
There are still the score or more of
small family hotels. frequented by
quiet folk, who keep their carriages
lake the choicest treat that Saratoga
offers, and a fish dinner by the lake
side. the furthest limit of decorous dis
sipation. But the old Saratoga and the
new Saratoga, which boasts that those
of its voters who favor a wide open"
town are heavily in the majority, are
two families under one roof and con-
cord cannot abide with such opposing
tastes as theirs.
Saratoga is changing, and we are to
see which rule will win the battle, the
quiet rule of the old family resort or
the new and rapid ordering of those
who have made the springs the wick
eldest place in America and stamped
the evil with the seal of fashion.
Julian Ralph.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

eyes" said the manager, there are
DAVIS when a visitor might be excused
for supposing that this was simply an
out and out American institution run
ming full blast in the center of Paris!
We were in the superb salon of one
of the greatest, if not the very great
est. of the Partisan couturiers or Ia
dies tailors, one of the two all-pow-
orfuI autocrats of ia mode, whose
word on matters of costume is law in
every civilized center, and whose ere
ations." or designs, win admiration for
their fair wearers at every brilliant
social gathering in the world.
AS the autocrat himself piloted me
over his immense premises, explaining
the mysteries of the creation of costly
gowns, he amply justified incidentally
his statement about our country peo-
nile. It is a fact that rich Americans
are the mainstay of the great industry
of Paris. They are the best customers
of the establishments of the Rue de
10 Paix--much more profitable than all
the English duchesses and Russian
princesSeS OF Whom we near SO MUCH
in this connection.
The Partisan dressmaking firms al
WAYS had an immense and unrivaled
reputation, but it is since the American
began regularly to come over in shoals,
some ten years ago, that princes OF
fashion have become so rich. They
build splendid private hotels out of
American money, and every year they
increase their space and multiply their
work people to keep pace with the
growing demand from American cities
or from the wealthy Americans who
come themselves every year to stock
their wardrobes with the latest Paris
robes.
According to what I was told, there
is absolutely no limit to what the bulk
of the Americans are willing to pay for
their costumes. The richest brocades
the rarest silks, the most unique de-
signs are what the American women
demand-and are willing to pay for. "A
German grand duchess" the manager
said. wants the best she can get for
her money: but she knows to a cent
how much she can afford to spend. and
she keeps within the mark The Amer
lean woman. on the contrary. seems
never sure that she Is paying enough.
She Is not satisfied that she Is getting
the hest Paris can offer her unless she
feels u IN the bini"
And he told with q hearty laugh
how once ne found himself forced al
most 20 cheat an American customer
20 prevent her going away IN disgust
u was the Weli-knOwn daughter OF a
prominent millionaire politician. She
had chosen light summary fabric
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

stone sobbing, with her face in her
hands. AS for the squashes, they were
squashes no more-they were only man
gled remains In the dead of the night
that stray COW had broken in from the
highway to satisfy her hunger. AS her
choice lay between potato tops and
squashes she selected the latter and
overdid the thing and yielded up her
life to her appetite. 1t was all plain to
Mary, and it was all plain to Tom.
'Durn her hide!" said Tom as Mary
looked up at him through her tears.
I'm gosh-durned sorry" he added as
the girl sobbed.
"Do-do you mean it, TOMB" she
gasped after a bit.
"Of course / do"
"Then I'm sorry, too"
She's eaten up our prize squashes."
But she-she hasn't eaten us up!"
No" slowly replied Tom as he
helped her up and kissed her and whis-
pered that they'd better quit fooling
and get married
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31
PRIZE SQUASHES;
BY GEORGE WooDs.

There was only forty rods between
the farm houses of Joel Warren and
Abner Gray, and they had lived at
peace with each other for fifteen years.
when break came. 1t was not at all
the fault of the old folks. Tom War.
rem, the 20-year- son on one side,
and Mary Gray. the 1S-year-old daugh-
ter on the other, were responsible.
They had grown up together as chill
dren, gone to school together and
looked upon each other as brother and
sister. There had been no such feel
ing as love between them until the
last year, though the sentiment had
been lying dormant like field mouse
in cold weather. 1t was only after
Tom had seen Bessie Raynor home
from a spelling school and dallied as
long as he could on the way, and Mary
had gone to a circus in town with
Ben Fletcher, that jealousy, which is
often the first sign of love, entered
their hearts. Then they set out to
make each other feel real bad. Tom es-
corted one of the Parson girls to pic
mic, and Mary went boat riding on the
lake with Charlie Taylor Tom praised
the gray eyes of Lucy Hopewell, and
Mary went into raptures over Pete
Dingwell's Roman nose. The two in
stinctively drew away from each
other, and never met except to peck
and sneer. There had been years of
monotony before, and the break was
one to be enjoyed
Matters had only become half seri-
GUS when spotted hog precipitated
things. Hogs have seldom mixed
themselves up with love affairs, either
in the city or country but in this case
the porker was full of enterprise and
ambition. He belonged to farmer Gray,
and one day he got out of the field
where he had been roofing for treas
ure and brought up among the potato
hills of his neighbor. 1t was Tom War
rem who discovered him and dubbed
him out and dubbed him down the
highway homeward. Every time he
thumped that hog with a stone or
brought him a whack with a club he
felt as if he were bestowing a box on
Mary's ears, and there was a calm,
quiet enjoyment in it. Once in the
road and headed for home, the hog,
urged on by last thump, struck a
gait and didn't propose to turn out for
anything smaller than haystack. 1t