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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
OverdressinK in Business.

The girl who overdresses when she goes to business has ideas of inn pressing her friends with the impor- tance of her position.
 With this end in view she puts a bow of ribbon in her elaborate coif- fure. dons a silk blouse and q trail ing skirt Sand proceeds on her mission thoroughly satisfied with herself.
 An elaborate white gown. Gains borough hat dripping with feathers and all the fascinating little waves of hair in the world make small inn prcssion upon the average man of business.
 He finds fault with her just the same, and generally he discharges her in the end when she begins to learn that there is a difference between be- ing well dressed and overdressed. Neat. well fitting clothes are for office wear and are duly appreciated. But fine feathers" are unnecessary and ir- ritating in a business house.
 The girls who succeed in business have the good sense to wear dark clothes and neat hats and boots.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
A Dainty RlCuse.

A friend of. mine has just bought a dainty blouse of this embroidered ba- tiste inlet with deep ecru lace me- dallions. It is perfectly plain with the exception of the incrustations of lace and embroidery-that is, it has no tucks or shrrings to mar it's simplici- ty. She wears it with a full corset cover having three ruffles in front and a big pale blue bow. I mention the corset cover because it plays an i'm portant part Nothing spells a thin waist like wearing it over an ordinary corset cover instead of these ruffied shirt waist slips. For skirt with this mademoiselle wears one of white yelling over cream silk drop skirt the whole being cut to lie on ground about an inch. A soft high belt of white silk completes the costume With this she wears when driving or auto gee coat and a coarse white straw hat draped with tulle. The whole effect is decidedly chic and Is rendered even more so by the addition now and then of white Illusion veil dotted in white and very pale blue.
 There is nothing like creamy white for summer wear. especially if it be varied with touches of pale blue or deep crimson. Indeed. there cannot be anything much prettier than a cream costume with "a tiny red hat deep red belt and tie and d red coach- ing parasol.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
SCHOOL AT MONTEVALLO
EXAMINER WILKINSON REPORTS
 IT IN FINE CONDITION.
Institution Is Out of Debt and Presi- dent Peterson Is COmme n det-- More Applicants Than There
 Is Room.

The past scholastic year was the most successful in the history of the Alabama Girls Industrial School at Montevallo and was the first year since its foundation that the school has been out of debt.
 These interesting facts are shown in report submitted to Governor Cum ningham yesterday by W. F. Wilkin- son, Assistant Examiner of Public Ac- counts, who has just completed an in vestigation of the books and accounts of the institution.
 The examination covered the books and accounts of Prof. F. NJ. Peterson, President, and Hon. Frank s. Moody, Treasurer of the school for the scho- lastic year 1903-04.
 .The business affairs of this insti- tuition of learning are in a very satis- factory condition" says the Examiner. 'The books and vouchers are accurate ly and neatly kept, the vouchers so ar ranged in numerical order as to be easily checked the books of the Pres ident and the Treasurer were found to correspond and the balance the same All additions in both were verified and found to be correct" It was shown that $42,335 0S was received for the students fund and $42.- 295.48 was expended, leaving a balance of $39 60. For the building fund s50.000 was received and S49,3S6 60 was disbursed. leaving a balance of $613.40 For the general fund $2S,- 595.77 was received and $26, 364.46 was disbursed, leaving a balance of s2.- 231.3l.
 Continuing the report Examiner Will kinson says:
 This has been the most successful year the school has ever experienced and is the first year in the history of the school that it has been out of debt. There were 479 girls enrolled during the year.
 Some needed work has been done since the close of the school, especially the annex to the chapel, furnishing six more class or recitation rooms which were very much needed, and the en- largement of the chapel.
 There are one hundred more appli- cations for girls to enter than there were at this time last year. The ques- tion now is how to accommodate the girls who desire to attend this school. The buildings are incomplete and a very great necessity exists for their early completion so that all who de- sire my attend this great and growing institution"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

Their tongues are disparagingly busy this gown was the belt of pale blue silk run through slides of turquoise enamel. The gown was worn at luncheon where the soup was left out, it being a broling hot day, and grape fruit filled with sherry and crushed strawberries was served instead I wish more hostesses would adopt this little wrinkle Soup is impossible in warm weather and cold bouillon is Hot nice. to my thinking. Try the grape fruit, and you will find that 1t puts your stomach at peace with all the world and ready for a twelve course meal.
 While l am on the subject of dress I want to put in a word about shoes and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
Passing of the Train.

l am simply crazy over the embroid- cred cream null gown inlet with rather heavy lace medallions. One of these which I saw recently had it's entire shoulder portion of this heavy lace, the soft null being fulled into the yoke effect. The skirt was also full ed from hip yoke of the lace, and 1t was finished very simply around the bottom with oneclustor of three and one cluster of five tucks. The skirt was quite "hobtailed," there being no train to speak of. and this disappear ance of the train, let me tell you. Is a feature of nearly all the smart i'm
 ported gowns. A pretty touch on
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
The Gadhies.

You see the women of this class at summer places. There are even a few here at this resort of gayety. They sit on the hotel piazza with an embroidery frame propped up on the fingers of one hand, while the other draws in and out the eternal embroidery thread, and while it goes in and out their tongues are ever disparagingly busy with the regulations of the people in the hotel.
 We call them the ''rippers," because the scissors poised In their hands are not more sharp than the edge of their tongues. But the woman who has nothing in her life. who hovers always just on the edge of things. is the one who probably because she is envious) is least kind to others. Give me the men and women with busy lives.
 l shall have to interrupt this moral dissertation to describe bathing suit which has just passed me q am writ ing this in full view of number of them) The creation I refer to Is per fectly stunning on the red haired girl who wears it. It is of brown silk with an irregular yoke of fagoting, the edge of the full skirt being likewise decorated. The belt Is a wonderful af-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
MINE AT FLAT TOP.
Inspector kufrner Reports on Its Con-
 ditiOu

The condition of the mine at Flat Top where State and County convicts are employed was complimented in a report submitted yesterday to Cover nor Cunningham by NJ. NJ. Kuffner, Associate Mine Inspector.
 This mine is operated by the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Co. It has a fan ventilation with split air system which the Mine Inspector says is "very fine" He adds that he considers the ventilation as near perfect and the mine as near safe as a mine with ex- plosive gas in it can be made.
 There are 1S9 State convicts and ITO County convicts at Flat Top.
 Concluding his report Mine Inspector Kuffner says:
 This mine. as whole, is a credit to the Sloss company and its local man. agement. The company works the right hand side of this mine with County convicts and the conditions on that side are the same and as good as the side worked by State convicts."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
Ezz&al!!HAt zlz4a5 HaA5Ht1tHRsXk4A ' tHs

Summer is certainly a trying time of the year. You start out all crisp and fresh, and in one hour you are a sight. If you put on a thin waist it musses into a string; If you wear one of those heavy tailor made affairs with a towelly arrangement in the way of a pique four-in-hand 1t rumples at the neck and looks hot and uncomfortable. l am not so sure that the white shirt waist suit is success. Give me rather the pale blue or pale green gingham made up into an unlined
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
Where's Motlerf

Bursting in from school or play. This is what the children say. Trooping. crowding, big or small. On the threshold. in the hall Joining in the constant cry. Ever as the days go by
 "Where's mother?" From the bed of weary pain This same question comes again: From the boy with sparkling eyes. Bearing home his earliest prize; From the bronzed and bearded son. Perils past and honors won
 "Where's mother?" Mother with untiring hands At the post of duty stands; Patient. seeking not her own; Anxious for the good alone Of the children as they cry. Ever as the days go by
 Where's mother?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
"He is." was the reply.

"He is." was the reply. 'Colonel Blank died an hour ago."
 Well, MT. Governor" continued the citizen, T dislike to exhibit any un- seemly haste in the matter. but I very much desire to make application for appointment as his successor"
 Whereupon the Governor courteously motfoned his caller toward an ante room. Pray walk into this room, sir" said he, and take your place in the line"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

of color out of your face and makes the tip of your nose shine. Then the laundress always does up a costume of this description so "bluey white" and so painfully stiff. However. perhaps It IS the laundress who Is to blame that fend who punches holes in your most cherished lace finery, scorches your favorite shirt waist right between the shoulders and pulls all the draw ing strings out of your petticoats.
 All the same. I like the soft ecru shades These dotted mulls, batistes pretily embroidered pongees and lin- ems are becoming. no mater how you look or feel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

stockings. The very low garden tle Is the thing now. It has about three eyelets and Is supposed to set or the charms of the silk stockings. The smart tie is either of patent leather' of white canvas or Of champdshe leather. The stockings of course, match, and the latest thing in biack silk stockings (price seven fifty palr' if you please) has a large Ameri- can beauty rose embroidered Tn front above the slipper buckle. There are also some mighty pretty champagne colored sil stock ings inserted with string colored SIX lace1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
EnrlY Rirfla.

Mir. Garfield of the Civil Service Commission, says that year or so ago there walked into the office of the Gov ernor of a Western State citizen who, with suppressed excitement, said:
 MT. Governor. I understand that Colonel Blank, the President of the IT, risation Board, is dead"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
Vacation COnveniences.


 If you are carrying away many muslin gowns to swell hotel why don't you invest in an electric iron n. It will more than pay for itself, con- sidering that a muslin gown has to be pressed every time it is worn and that each time means 50 cents or tip, or both. The iron costs about $4; it de- pends on the make. You attach 1t to your electric light bulb, and, behold, it irons indefatigably and never grows cold. You can wash out thin shirt waist and iron 1t wringing wet, which gives 1t a delightful crispness. all in half an hour. With 1t you can dry anything you want in about five min- utes, and it Is a wonder at taking out the wrinkles of a linen skirt.
 Among other novelties to take away to the country is the food chest. This is not as bulky as it sounds. It is really no larger than camera box. One side drops down, disclosing two cups and two plates, with knives forks and spoons. A tiny spirit lamp reposes within, and there are three tiny drawers holding crackers, tea or beef tea extract and salt and pepper. The whole is lightweight and pack ed in so small a space 1t is the easiest thing in the world to carry around with one. Think what a boon it would be in ones room in a hotel or on 8 drive or an automobile trip!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24
Muslin Is the Thing.

I think a girl is very foolish when she wears elaborate materials in summer Believe me, girls, muslin Is the thing You cant have too many dresses of this demure material. The other girls may prefer to deck them selves out in taffeta or in crepe de chine, but you take my advice and stick to the muslin, and the men will stick to you. Muslin is a fabric es- pecially dear to the heart of man. and l don't suppose you are dressing main- ly for the purpose of inspiring the admiration of women and proving that you can afford to wear heavy silk material at $2 per yard The time for taffetas and silk materials will come soon enough, and then you will be wishing that you could look well in muslin.
 Life is a funny thing. Have you ever noticed how many people, both men and women. seen to stand on the outer edge of things? It is either that they do not quite dare to enter or that they have never had any one to show them the way. and now it is too late. There are a lot of people also who are too lazy to bestir then selves to get the good things of life. They stand by and envy the others when all the time they wouldn't dream of doing any of the work that led to the very prosperity they envy. There are some poor spirited souls. too. who read tales of good eating and never have the nerve to spend money on a decent feast. who read tales of daring and haven't the nerve to earn a raise in their salary. They are the people who enjoy life secondhand; they even take their religion and their wickedness secondhand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

fair. very wide and boned to snow off the fig ure to its best advantage. The blouse in front Dc low the yoke Is inlet with
 o m e dyed crown lace, and there are me '!tIlions of this Nerhanging the sleeve nun.
 pullS S. hroWn s 1 l k stockings com plete this sym phony, and in the mass of deep red hair reposes A brown yal1,at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

bolero and ] a plaited skirt ef- feet, with a wide hat drap- ed with a chif- ion veil to match. There is something chic a b o u t tn 1 s, and it outlasts a few hours of heat
 There is an- o t h CT thing about the white linen costume. It is certainly trying on a scorching day B5u aul u7QM
 takes every bit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

bow. which accentuates the whiteness of the neck and arms. You may be sure that neither the bow nor that lovely hair will get wet.
 Narragansett Pier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-24

done tried dem on. an dey fits purfect- ly, sah, grease spot an all"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
The Light of Nebraaka.
(Ky.l Herald.

Lexington (IAy.) Herald.
 Some years ago, pernaps before or dur- ing the canvass Of 1892. there was formed In Omaha, Neb.. a club of Democrats which called itself the Jacksonian, Ciuh. u became one of the largest. most power- ful and attractive Democratic clubs of me Republic. The leading Democrats of Omaha in those days were Dr. Miller. Sterling Morton. Governor Boyd. Hon. MT. McShane and men of like views and standing. In 1S)6 the members of this club carried a majority of the Demo- cratic conveation of Nebraska in fayar Of sound money; and MT. Bryan boltcd and headed a contesting delegation to the Chicago Convention, which delegation, without the slightest legal pretext, WIS given the seats for the perpose of giving to the free silver men two-thirds of the convention. 1t was a hold. constituencies political robbery. But it caused the nonii- nation of MT. Bryan and the disastrous defeat of 1Sg6 and the defeat of 1900.
 The Jackson Club spit; the free silver Democrats were in the majority and ex- pelled all who declined to support Mir. Bryan. Very recently the club has in- vtted the old members who are still alive to re-enter the club. and the invitation was accepted. Dr. Miller, who was the leading. Democrat of Nebraska in th0se olden days was selected to make the trance. It was a remarkable speech Ifank and yet courteous; pleasant in tone but very definite; We select the sentence that contains the essence of the speechi This action means that those Demo- eats represented by the Jacksonian Club are now willing to accent the Eastern idea of Democracy and to- support an Eastern candidate. They recognize the hopelessness of Bryanism. and that tho Salvation of the Democratic party -lies in the East" f'
 The strange fact is that this speech was received with tumultuous applause by those who had expelled D= Miller and his associates. What win he the politi- cal effect of thisyis az matter Tdf specu- lation. Bryan and his friends. announce only a few 'lxid-g -gloved"' busihess men Of Omaha who were never, sincere in their advocacy of free silver Tho club iA however strong in numbers and it's mem. bers have been infuentiai-in party eOln- eils. It is demonstrated, that the fusion in Nebraska can not longers unite the Democrats in its supBort.~' ' --'-.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03

Bears have come into Massachusetts in consequence of the increased growth of forest. Reports from Berkshire county occasionally show that bruin is crossing roads and leaving footprints on the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
A Mule That Travels on Sundays.

Raleigh (N. co News and Observer.
 The Southern Railway has issued a gem eral order that freight trains must not run on Sunday between a. m. and D. m. The law forbids such running any time on Sunday until sunset. but it is largely a dead letter. The law and the Southern Railways order excepts freight trains carrying perishable products and live stock. That kills the law and the order. It is said that the Southern Rail- way has an old, deereplt mule that it em- ploys only to ride up and down the North Carolina Railroad so as to permit running of Sunday freights when desired The mule has made so many trips that he is said to sway backward and forward when off the cars. to keep time to the motion of the running train. If any person should seek to put the law" to the rail- road for running trains on Sunday. they would point to the old. sway-back mule and say, See. we are hauling live stock" As the mule is nearly dead with old age and continuous travel, the question of whether the mule Is really Tive stock might be raised. but as long as he can stand up and be hauled. a jury might say he came within the meaning of Tive stock" though not a member of the jury would pay $10 for him. A mule is a very convenient animal, and has been used for offensive and defensive warfare, but it re-
 mained for the Southern Railway man
 agers to make the conscience of a mule stand between them and the violation of
 the law and breaking the Sabbath day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
SECRETARY WILSON SEES
 ONLY PROSPERITY

to aasure the fAfmeys q the West that they wesA Soca ana rel16bla ipvas1merta instead Of ssaltad mtnea.s thex would sup ply the menay to. sea them gping. Is the farmers had some means of knowing that the International Mercantile Marine was substantial and e good invsstment which would pay dfvidends, they would.pu for ward the money, to fioatstt. only specify that as an illustration. but Ismean what I say. and that is. that if the schemes of Wall street were not regardedf with suspicion-not always, well founded. if you please-akhe sfarners' money would be invested therA and then. where would be all these predictions of . panic because water is suueesed out of the stocksf As 1t Is. the farmer is going ahead attending to his business. putting his money where 1t will be safe. and he does not care whether they are saueezirg water out of stocks or dumping it in.'
 10 Keep Farmers p~nsoerous. - .!
 Steps are being taken to keep the far mere prosperous. even if some crops sh0uid fail. There are many questions that have to be seriously ccnsidered and solved. For instance. the boil weevii is threatenenine the cotton crop, The gov ernmert is undertaking operations to as- certain the cause of the pest and to stamp 1t out. We hope we will succeed, or ths consequence may. be very serious.
 'Contant experiments are Ibeing made to show that there are other crops with which the American farmer is not familiar that can be raised at 8 greater profit than some of those he is now en- gagged in producing The cultivation Of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03

the sugar beet is going to become muen more reneral than ft is ct the pre4eut time. Six years ago the produeapn e1 beet sugar in this country was &.Wa sqnS as1 One year ago the prcducten .wae - tens. The production,is going to increase, and 1t meats . sood paying crop TOT .me farmer He Is learning. that his by-pro- duct. instead of being thrown away. can be used to great adyautase for the feed ing of the cattle and other live stock. 'Thousands of carloads of this hy-product are sold in the Hast every year.
 Wheat Growing Improved.
 'aThen, again, great progress has been made in proving that Q large portion of the United states which has not sufficient rainfall to raise the ordinary crop plants can be used to great advantage in the growing of a peculiar kind of wheat The land between the Tooth and leoth principal meridians is thus affected and comprise ona.third of the area of the United States. On, this land as a result of our experi- ments year before last ten million bushels of wheat were harvested. Last year Fit was twenty-five million. In a few years the production will be. ooe bushels. ,', j.
 '"I shaye. the greatest confidence in the agrieplturist as the real sustaining power of the prosperity of the United States. So long as the crops are boundless the railroads will make money hauling to the market or to the seaboard. So. long as the railroads make money they produce dividends and they keep the shops going, When the railroads cut or pass dividends the whole country takes alarm. Mer- chants curtail their stocks, manufactur- Ing establishments shut down and conten- pated industries are abandoned Hence there is no question in my mind as to the important part the farmer is playing and VIII continue to play in the financial affairs of the United States.'