The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-17
MISS E. NELLIE BECK
WRITES FROM CINCLNNAT

heard 1T, Little Mac never stopped in
his mac galloD to another part eli the
field but yelled back-"Yes Go and
hr -ff
Wonder if those eighteen men and
their ten minutes a day classes
81 ere the OriginatOrs tOf the new
school of practical politics.
By the way. Mrs. c. A. r. Devereux
al one time the society editor of the
Commercial under Mr. Halstead and
later Of the Enquirer and wife Of
Gen. DevereuX. is well known in Flor
IDA. where she spends a portion of
the season every year-usualy on
the East Coast
Paving Suggestion for Pensacola.
Notwithstanding the increased pop
uiation and greatly multiplied street
hustle the new Cincinnati is q much
quieter city than the OLD was in my
school days Then the old paving
was of boulders-rOund. smooth sur
faced individually but the j0lliest
nOisest paving ever used. Gradually
that was replaced by huge limestone
Oblongs that slightly modified the
noise into a deeper sound. Now. how
e1 err, all harshness has been eliminat-
Cd ia the shopping and residence ais
tricts by broad, smooth roadways Of
asphalt or Just as good" Pensacola
might profit financially and otherwise
by asDhalting from the start.
Two Pictures.
Wish it was possible to portray
some of the exquisite sartorial
triumphs seen recently so that the
feminine readers of The Journal
might see them with their minds at
least. But-after all-it is the
woman not the gown that is the mag
net Just look at this picture.
A large framed, coarse featured.
woman "Of forty or upwards" with a
facial make up as red and white as
a clowns and less artistic; burnt cork
DroWs and lashes and all crowned
with a mop of horsehair Of a dead
black, Ornamented with an insurance
tigatiCn-salary's worth in dia-
monds-real diamonds pure as dew
drops ana bigger. Many many more
Of the same rare gems around her
neck, her arms. and holding up the
fine old rose pOinte bertha that
Graped the neck CD of a Sfaphonous
gown of printed maline over chiffon
over liberty satin On a taffetta foun-
datiOn, with a train from here to
yonder. A diamond studied grdIe
or lace and satin outlining creak-
ing tWenty-eight inch waist that
threatened 20 burst its straight-fr0nt
stays every time the fifty-six inch
bust heaved in an effort TO C0umuai-
cate with the suffering abdomen be-
low. O. yes-and a nose that blushed
from fashionable orchid TO everyuIy
plum color Is its owner barrelel her
slow way down the line. Then look
on this
A little woman. not very fair but
uudeniably fat and past forty. with
rCal brown hair. with more than a
touch of gray on the temples ana fore
LCad, O gown of soft, creepy looking
Cn about the color of her hair. the
dutch neck and puffed elbow sleeves
having a deep dOunce of creamy lace
fine and pretty but inexpensive
and her twenty-six inch waist clasped
b5 a soft girdle of the dress material.
She was about FIVE fee- i've. and an
CXpcrt-a man and an 3r-.s said she
was the best dressed woman ln tie
reum. Il required no expert 10 cfs-
cover that she was undoubtedly The
tt'le Of the evening-the most ADMIR-
eddy and the most popular with, both
men and women
The Christmas Rush.
Though tha Christmas rush Is on
and stores and streets are fhrnnsei
with shoppers. thus far & have seen
nothing new. So far as appearances
- 81 niEhr hp the e1u1a r.ssrra In
sfeclng the same windows holdiuE
The same things bearing the same
price TAGS. that saw last time Z was
here SIX years ago. Ins.-e thu great
department stores only two changes
are particularly noticeable rsee
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