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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-20
a 6io Pumpkin

A pumpkin on exhibition at the Tasley
Fair in Aceomac county last week weigh
ed SO pounds.
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Tn THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE
i CIrcuit Court OF the County OF Stafford on
the 3ist day Of July, 1908.
Mamie W. Blackburn. Plaintiff.
against
j. +. Ioflne..........ss'' '''''' '''ieiehdhhI
IN ASSUMPSIT AND ATTACHMENT.
The object OF this suit i to attach and
subject the e.tate OF the defendants In the
county Of stafford, Va, to the payment Of
the plaintiffs claim In assumpsit, damages
one hundre and twenty do lars.
And an affidavit having BEEN made and
filed that the defendant, +. HORNE, Is not
a resident OF the State Of Virginia. IL Is or
dered that he do appear here, within D
DAYS after due publication he'eof; and DO
what may be necessary 20 protect his inter;
eat In this suit And IL Il further ordered
that a copy hereof be published o'ce n week
for four weeks In the Free Lance, and that
copy he post d at the front door OF the
coiIrt-house OF this county on the first day
Of the next term OF the County Court.
topy-reste:
GOOL RICK, D. Il. anRo-Wt"
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CANDIDATES CARD.

To the Voters OF Caroline County:
am a candidate for the office OF Com
missioner of the Revenue Tor Port ROyal
Magisterisl District. OF Caroline county
and will be grateful for The votes aud in
huence of all of my friends, promising, i
elected, aiaithful and impartial discharge
OF the duties of said office. Should nom
nations for said office be made by pr
mary or otherwise, | am subject 10 the
action of the Democratic party OF my
county.
Respectfully,
J. T. BrOaddus,
Rappahannock Academy, Va
A.,uat AZ 1nnD lUi
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Clearing Sale

75c. For a pair Ladies Patent
Leather Strap Sandals.
9Oc. For a pair Misses Patent
Sandals, turned soles.
$l.O0 For a pair Ladies Kid
Skin Oxfords, all solid.
Sl.19 For a pair Ladies' Wei
Kid, French heel, Colonial
Ties.
$50 For a rair Wei Kid Ok
fords or 4-Strap Sandal.
Sl.49 For a $500 Wei Kid
Oxford, f. xlble sole.
$500 For any of our 1925
and $3.50 hand-sewed Ok
fords.
Sl.49 For a Mans Box Calf
$500 Chords, a big value,
or a pair of Boys Genuine
Russia Calf 1925 Tan Shoes.
soc For a Mans Rubber Sole
Canvas Shoe, white or black
25c. For any of our Children s
Canvass or Duck Hats.
39c. For a Straw Hat that is
cheap at SOC.
25c. For a Mans White Duck
Cap.
Many other bigvalues in broken
lots of Children's Oxfords
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Bowling Green FGn0IG Seminary
Bowling Green, Va.

Unsurpassed opportunities at the
lowest possible 60 1.
Literary Course. Music lInstrumen-
tai and Vocal, Art, Elocutiou.
EVERY TEACHER A COLLEGE
GRADUATE.
A Catalogue for the asking.
Il. Il. PHELPS. A. ~,
jyl4-2m Principal
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
School for young ladies. Its merits
are we'll known Send for catalogue
Next session opens Sept. %.
SIS II. w. TREBLE, President.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-20
PUBLIC SALE
OF DESIRABLE
CITY REALTY.

Pursuant to the terms Of two DEGREES OF
the CifcJit court OF Fredericksburg. Va.
entered IN The chsneery cause OF krigh,
and others VS.. King and others on the 9TH
day OF June and the 24th day Of July, Il %.
the umde signed special commissioners will
a2ain o Yer Tor sale at public aUc, ion before
the premises, to the highest bidder, on
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-08-20
Respectfully
To Elect Teachers.

Kappahannock Academy, va
August lat, 1908. Ina
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they would be and that many good stories
were being spoiled by pictures poorly oone
we made Inquiries and soon made w
our minds that here was virgin field. we
spoke to several publishers and artists and
Finally we took studio, loaded it up with
all sorts OF artistic things, and waited for
some one TO come around and hire us to
give him soma ideas.
"The first job we got came from one OF
the best known illustrators In this CITY
pictures for. He was frank enough to say
that he didn't have any cor hdence IN our
ability to do what he couldn't do himself,
but was willing tostry us
Give us an advance copy OF the BOOK.
We said, and let US read 1t. Then come
around the day after tomorrow prepared
to make some sketches.'
well, he came and we had our place
arranged for him In good style. We blocked
out Ave pictures for him. dressed UP TO
the characters In the book. and did tie
posing ourselves. He was delighted. and
him, with the aid OF a young man he brought
around 70 do the hero,
sThe illustrations for that book were
much commented on. They made a repu-
tation for US and we became demand.
Now we keep several other young women
as two good-lookine young men, and we
are busy most Of the time. It's little
ti,eeome to soc ones face In 80 many dill.
ferent characters. but It's business. and
we have our living to make
As for the artists; they are delighted q;
blocking out their pictures from the tex,
OF the stories Fer some reason that I
don't understand, they don't like to do
that. Maybe tia becnuse they can't
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When the newspapers announced last
Wednesday morning that the White Star
liner Cymric had reached port with $50 Irish
girls aboard many a housewife headed for
the Battery i, the hope Of getting good
cook, maid or nurse. But while Irish lasses
are coming to New York now at the rate OF
1000 a week they are vanishing import
and not per cent. OF them are In the
market for employment when they get to
the Barge Office.
In the first place one must subtract the
number that arrive here with railroad
tickets or passage money ca t1ke ,hem
to other parts OF the United States A
soon as they have passed the immigration
officials they start on their inland journey
Then there are those who are booked
for New York and have relatives and friends
TO receive them. They are held at Ellis
Island until clock. When their relatives
or friends call and satisfy the officials that
all is right the immigrants are turned
over TO them.
There remain then the girls whose rela-
tives have failed to call for them and su,h
AS have no relatives or friends here. All
of these are turned over to the representa-
tiyes of the Roman Catholic charity called
the Mission OF Our Lady of the Rosary Tor
the Protection of Irish Immigrant Girls.
The girls are brought to New York and
housed in the mission building at State
street.. Here friends can call for them
ND to 10 o'clock at night The house can
accommodate about fifty girls. That Is
more than the number uncalled for as
rule.
When the Cymric got in last Tue sday
with her big cargo Of girls all we're taken
away by relatives except thirty-fve. These
the Rev. Anthony j. Grogan escorted to
the mission house, where they we're lodged
and fed without cost.
By noon on Wednesday all had departed.
in charge OF friends. but one. In the mean
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dog that weighs more than three
pounds is no longer really fashionable,
And TO he a real love OF a dog" the pet
shouldn't weigh more than two pounds
when full grown.
Such dogs are. Of course. worth many
times their weight in silver. Some Of them
are worth more than their weight In gold,
90 fine; tina. is, for those who want them.
Mrs Jack Gallatin. for instance. paid
5000 for her toy terrier Cigarette Ciga-
reue weighed two pounds. Two pounds OF
rure gold, Troy weight. is worth about
t6n0
The smaller the dog the greater the
market value.
There is fashion in dogs just the same
4. there is in corsets or hats. A woman
on Fifth avenue with straight front and q
dog that was dog would be all right as to
the front, but very much out OF style as to
the beast.
This toy dog fashion began about 1890
with the importation of Japanese spaniels
They were the first coat pocket dogs Of
recent times, and their average weight was
four pounds. The average price was 500.
but good many sold for 81 900. and one Of
them, Ping Pong. brought 81, 200.
Rut Japanese spanicls arc too expensive
even for folk who prefer two pounds Of
dog to two pounds Of gold. They can't
stand this climate and seldom live more
than year after reaching New York. One
woman lost three Of them in year and then
changed the breed.
While the small dog fashion is getting
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and they are all cock sure that they will
never see him again. They are even surer
that they will never, never come here to
visit him.
How little they know what they arc
talking about! BY the end of the first six
months they get over the shock Of surprise
as not hearing that the absent one Is IN
jail or the poti"r's field-that particular
waA pdySa "P so0d the S' end
Of the first year the bold''st of the maiden
aunts viii screw up her courage and after
weeks study OF the timetables and many
postals to make sure that she will be mot
a, tn. station and not left alone n there a
THAT : when the young man must move
into fiat with guest room, no m'tter
whether he is getting $500 or 81 900 year.
They will all follow the aunt 'Sunshuie
and Shadow will he swept from half a
dozen or more sitting room tables up in
the country and in its place will acc, mu.
late, year by year, neat little stacks OF
theatre programmes, saved as souvenirs
of the various visits to Jim in the city.
"The acquiring Of those souvenirs &C. &C.
s4oO that have charged up against fun.
It's fun for the folks anyhow. But ! enjoy
it, too, so let them come and d, II still have
contrary understanding,
Theatre going, however, Ia not the only
form Of amusement for the dweller on
Washir gton Heights. He discovers when
he moves up there that New York city is
as a ie place in summer as it il in winter.
1T isn't really necessary to go away for
a vacation. There ere the two rivers,
tn, Hlrl,m and tn, Hudson, within Ave
mi lutes walk on either side Of him and
with scores Of small boat club houses along
the banks The cost Of membership In
such a club Is not much more than nominal.
Than after the first cost Of owning a boat
a man has his holiday fun all cut out for
him without any additional expense ana
without having to waste hall day on
trims 10 got somewhere.
Besides the rivers there are acres and
acres OF open country. tho ball grounds,
the Speedway and the Palisades to climb,
without charge, just over the river
THAT Speedway and the other fine
drives up there are easily wit hin reach OF
the 90, 500 a year pocket book. Four persons
can have an afternoons drive in present
able livery stable rig behind half decent
horse for less money than II would cost TO
20 to the theatre, and, Of course, have
the fun of doing their own driving. That's
a form of recreat ion that the downtown
man, on n small SO. 500 salary. never thinks OF.
aThat's about all l know on how to live
on $500 year. Smoke a pipe and the
tobacco bill will never trouble YOU and the
other small-pricc (uxuries can be squeezed
o,It somehow. That table OF expenses,
although absolutely fixed on some items,
il elasiic enough in other points to bring
the ends together at the close OF the year..
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THAT 81 600 for food covers the ice and
gas Fun is a very comprehensive term.
II includes for one thing what you call enter
tanning.
the same thing to the native New Yorker
that IL DOS to the transplantad citizen.
II doesn't mean to me for instance. the Civ
inc of dinners to friends and acquaintauces
WHO live here. 1t means the giving OF break
fasts. dinners and supp"rs and lodging to
the friends and relatives from out OF town.
.That accounts in part for the 81 0p'
allowed for food II means the paving
rent all the year for room that Is occupt d
perhnps only half Of the year and that a
family Of three all alone doesn't really
need.
"A great many years ago someb My
wrote book called 'Sunshine and Shadow
in New York He knew wat would Sal
best, 80 he put In ten pag''s OF shad W Tor
every one Page Of sunshine and told 'put
PLACES on the Bowery in comparison with
which Suicide Hall would be Sunday
well, the book agents were all accom-
plies.e Of the author and they managed to
plant that book on about every farm and
IA every village home in New England.
II was about the size of the Old family Bible
and you'd always find the two books to-
gether on the same tidy on the sitting room
table.
sThc folks got their notions about Now
York from that horror OF q volume and that's
WHY the departure of the young man for
this town II generally looked upon up therc
with misgiving. An the folks afe down
at the train TO bid him fearful good-by
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woman on the avenue the othorl day,
Feel in your muT,- sugges'ci her s.fe,
pressing her own ,wo-pound darling closer
to her bosom
II have. He isn't there"
Look again: he may be way In the
middle"
The temporarily bcreaved woman thrust
her hand into her muf again and there,
sure enough was little Divorce sound asleep
In the very middle.
"Oh. you d,ar little Divvy!" exclaimed
the d lighted womln, kissing tn, b,ast.
did he try to play hid, and s,eksimse with
his mother? go
"Oh. / wouldn't los, Divvv for tta wnrlo
You know Dcky gave him to N, on tho
same day got my d cree. How Dicky
laughed when told him wat had na d
it. He got right DIVA and ,apsrsd aaoLs
just like lutte dog himself.
think of Jim d ring ,vthiny mic, or
jolly like that. Ii, n,v,r ix d Gttl, d'sa
That was really one OF the reas MS why I got
a divorce.
~He wanted real babies. Oh. thu brute
but there I'm not g)ing TO think aboutit
1t will spoil my whole Afternoon.
"There that's a good brave girl. just
think Of Divvy and D!cky.' -'."'
A little book published in an edition do
luxe, sold on subscription only and entitled
Race Suicid, B, Hang, or HOW to Care
for D2gettes," mas just b,en brought out.
| 1t says that the care of the pats should nsver
| be left 10 careless or ullsyno pathetic SER
wants. and there are helpful chapters on the
bath, toilet and heaS -.t ..
Under pleats on little dog coats are strongly
| condemned because the ridges in the fabric
are apt to chafe the soft, tender. hairless
| skin. II bootees are worn at all they should
be Of the softest unborn lambs skin, a.. and d
| jewelry should never be worn by, the tiny
pet except on the promenade, when the
! dictates Of good taste absolutely require 1t;
Neither terrapin nor lobster q Ia Newburgh
should be fed to a pet less than one year
old, but the dryest of wines may be used
sparingly. -,y.,
How to protect our little ones" In the
last chapter, -How to protect ourselves,
ia this hint as to how to act in case OF great
sorrow or calamity. .lt~. .-.
If doggy grows and grows ana ge'ss. iiy
and horrld, you have been deceived. s'e0o
for the dogcatcher and sue the dealer"
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OF shore from Plymouth for the first glimpse
OF the next ship to come from England
with more folks and something to eat.
And for generations after that the habit
was kept up through watching for the
whaler or the clipper ship to come into
port.
-Thats why the New Highlander in this
town Is willing TO add IS or $40 to his rent
for the privilege Of seeing something be-
nides a Ere escape and brick wall. It's
an extravaganza that he can't help.
-The first problem In the $500 a year
get OF troubles Is to get your window out
look without the humiliation OF going on
Of Manhattan Island for IL. Nothing Is 80
bad az the suburb, IT'S neither city nor
country. It has the disadvantages OF both
and the delights OF neither.
~ wouldn't say word ABOUT Brooklyn
II the man who wrote In THE Sun last Sum
day about the alleged delight OF living In
that borough hadn't gone out OF his way
to knock Harlem and TO accuse everybody
on the north end Of Manhattan Of being a
new geological chart Of New York city
published BY the United States Govern
ment? There are az many oolors In It as
in a po,lsse cafe to indicate the different
kinds Of rock formation.
Wel.the Brooklyn region is colored with
the key means formation not determined.
AREA deeply covered by drift and arti-
Acially made land Just think Of living
in a place which even the Government
experts have to give up as q hopeless CO
uundrum and admit that the Lord only
knows what it's made OF.
.Of course every prospective tenant
does not ask the janitor TO what geological
period the foundations of his house belong,
but It's pleasant TO know that this f,ne old
island Of Manhattan Is made OF good ma;
teriai that can be vouched for, all solid
Seni. .nd tvo yni)es vide And the farther
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the seven-roomers in other parts of the
town. Over in Brooklyn. | suppose. the
room a music 70 )m or something like that.
He would have TO in order to get his mo- =
worth.
But the best thing about the PLACE is
that in those seven rooms there are eleven
big windows. each of them opening on all
outdoors, and from all of them you can see
the Hudson River and the Palisades over
on the Jersey shore. So there IL the view
that's Just az essential as steam heat or
open plumbing and ] put that first because
it's about the best thing | manage to pay
for out Of my $500.
so allowing $45 month for rent and not
forgetting the 10 per cent, to be saved, my
So, 500 gets used up in the service Of my wife
and young daughter and myself on a sched-
ule something like this. figuring on the totals
OF year:
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MAKE ARTISTS WORK EASY.
TWO Young WOMEN HAVE MADE
STILL ANOTHER PROFESSION.
They Can't Draw. but They Have Ideas,
So They Show Book lllustrat ors Just
what Kind Of Pictures TO Make-Thus
We Get tho Right Sort Of Heroines.

Two Young women In this city who have
discovered that some OF the best-known
book and short story illustrators In the
country have very poor ideas OF blocking
out a picture are making more than COM
Portable living by doing this work for them.
II la a brand new industry, but 1t Is q money
maker for those who can do IL, and, although
they have only been In business about
year, the two young women have all the
work they can attend to and are already
getting fancy prices for their time.
One OF these young women entered the
Office Of downtown lawyer, who is also
a well-known literary man. . short time
ago with a note Of Introduction.
Surely. I've met you BEFORE. said the
lawyer as the young woman entered HIS
office.
Il think not, said the woman. with smile
"but you've seen my picture so much that
you think you have seen me- Lots OF people
make the same error
y don't recall having seen your picture '
said the lawyer.
.Of course not said the young woman.
still smiling; -but YOU will when tell you
whore you've seen It,
The young woman then proceeded to
name half dozeL novels In which her
picture appears as one Of the characters,
And I'm in the magazines lot, too, she
added, and then explained what she meant.
To q SUN reporter who heard OF the new
profession one Of the young women en-
gagged In II gave this account the other
day:
Neither Miss Blank nor ] can draw
she said, .but we are both artistic and have
good ideas. We were at college together.
and about year ago we discovered that the
very men who do the high class illustrating
for the novels and the magazines are the
crudest of the crude when 1t comes to ar
ranging their characters. We found that
their girls and their men were nothing like
the text Of the stories led one to suppose
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WE HAVE no SERVANTS.


1t did not appear to act as a deterrent,
for women who came by street car. in car
riages and in automobiles read 1t and calmly
rang the bell just the same. arguing. woman
like, that II wasn't meant for them.
On the priests desk In the office inside
we-s many letters saying. send me q good
CIR, at once, or please let me have q good
cook" or Il would like frst-class nurse
girl right away
"We can't fill one in twenty OF the ap-
plications that come to us in this way
said Father Grogan. The girls who are
booked for New York arc. OF course. the
only ones available, and they prefer to
60 with their friends and let their friends
find places for them.
would be much better located II they would
take the offers OF employment that are
open to them here, but they all seem to
prefer to lei. the relatives or friends they
know here locate them. or course, we
do not argue it with them yet often, when
friends who have not these qualities, l
wonder IL her future life would not be
brighter II she came to America without
single friend to greet her.
There Ia plenty Of employment always
for Irish girls in domestic service, because
they make the best servants. OF course,
a large percentage Of the girls who come
here have got to earn their own living, and
1t is rather surprising that so few of them
will accept the offers OF good wages as
domestics open to them here.
From the last part Of April until the end
Of June is the big season for Irish immi-
grafton. The ocean liners bring about 1000
irish girls week during that period. Then
the number falls OF for the rest Of the year
I'VE make no charge for the care OF the
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bouquet are three forms to which an IN.
finite variety can be impaired according
to the sort of flowers employed. The
gardenia, one OF the whitest and most; de-
In vogue in combination with roses ana
azalias ig,
preeminence because Of the fine piiabi!ity
of the blossoms, and their cost illness Nlo-
let's to the full number OF 5000 are re.
uured for a shower bouquet, the dropping
pendants of which shall almost touch the
hem of the bouquet holders gown az she
bears it along. It takes 300 sprays Of lily
Of the valley to fashion a bouquet OF reg.
uisite proportions. Double white Vioiets
are much used
II is no small accomplishment TO construce
these ceremonial bouquets corr ectly, ana
give them just the air Of careless exactness
desirable. and that member Of the. florist q
staff who has the surest instinct for bou.
quet building has abundant work In tho
wedding season and is allowed full liberty
in the choosing of the flowers to be used.
In a certain prominent shop q woman -
intrusted with this delicate mission. ana she
devotes much time when OIL duty. to ex.
pei inenting with new combinations OF
flowers and new effects in for nation, and
the character of foliage that will hest show
of the flowers. ... .,.s
The swiIsonia. a small whiteflower much
like the sweet pea in shape, but having
more clusters to each stem. is COM
ing into rivalry with the better-known
blossoms. Expert growers are developii &
small flowers of little known varieties
in white and the paler color on purpose
to provide novelty and distinction 10 this
bridal bouquet. Ard the most exquisitely
fine ferns are sought after for a green
foil to the blossoms .....--.t
The designer and maker Of bridal bouquets
often gives suggestions that are profitable
to the patron willing to he guided by her.
For instance II a bride OF plump proper.
tiors ard rosv. smiling countenance has .
leaning toward azR.e,s or long.stommed
MIics FOR her altar flowers the bouquet
designer will advise roses or small featur,
blossoms as b. st suited to her style. Then
when the tall stately girl comes In to de-
eide on her bridal flowers she will be recon-.
mended to choose gardenias, cailas or
other beauties most appropriate to her
type.
The sectional bouquet fashioned in
graceful profusion Of separately tied and
apportioned groups Of flowers ia much
used by brides who wish to dis
tribute souvenirs Of their bouquet 70 their
wedding attendants. The number OF sepa-
rate lunches that make up the whole Is
anged to correspond with the number
OF maids in the bridal train. The ehower
bouquet formed Of a myriad knots of flowers
tied In with floating ribbons, loop, upon
loop, il meant to be cut into sniV~ and hunG
broadcast among the guests. II The ass3o
30 desires