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The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
BOUDOIK CHAT.

Women have gone in for tucliin@ and
faggoting frillings and stitches. and all
the rest of it. and now the industrious
woman has the chance of turnin" her
work to the advantage of her summer
wardrobe. Crochet belts, crochet lace
cdgings. crochet yokes, and crochet col
lars will all come in useful if only Il
good pattern be chosen, bearing well m
mind that they should resemble lace rs
much rs possible.
In the impatient mood we are apt n
spend far more than is required i'll t"r
doing of our work, and this excess is
lost. We cannot estimate the value of
the power thus misplaced.
ReamS of advice are unloadcd upon
woman telling. instructinG and admon-
slin- her how to make home pleasant
so that the lord and master may find
comfort therein. SO, then, why should
not some advice be given to the said
lord and master? For verify, there is
more than one of them who make home
mighty unpleasant.
A woman of Binghamton dreamed on
two nights that the postmaster was
beckoning her. On the third day she
determined TO go to the postotfice. and
when she got there she was given
letter in which she was told that she
had fallen heir to $500. 1t is said that
Binghamtonians have taken to early
bed going these ni@htS.-Rochestci
Union and Advertiser.
The American putfS her hair. some
times too elaborately: but she does not
expect to 90 to the coit1cur every other
day. and have her trcsses arranged in
a set pattern. Some women do. Gt
course. but they are not in the majority.
Nor are such colfurcs generally ad-
mircd.
Although beauty doctors do not Siu@
the praises of hot water treatment for
the toilet there are many ways in
which this is invaluable. TO drink Il
bowl of it every night is splendid for
the digestion and warrants Il good
sleep and clear complexion. a bag OF
hot water ut ones feet when one has n
cold: to the back when it aches and lu
the nape of the neck when one has ::
headache or feels slecpless is one of tho
best remedies.
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VALUE OF PRAISE.

Has it ever struck you what a sweet
ener of life is few words of apprr-
citation and encouragement How few
of us take the trouble to stop Il few
moments and praise servant for
work well done. or even pause 10 tell
our nearest and dearest how we appre-
ciate all the daily services, which W.
have apparently never noticed.
When our friends die we hasten 10
send beautiful flowers as Iast appry-
citation of our love for them. Eut
would it not be better if we had helped
them by a little praise when they Were
working. or if we had cheered them
in the dark days when they Were
troubled and suffering:
Only few kind words of apprccia-
ton. The cost is nothing, but the re
compense is beyond price. Let the
husband tell the wife how much lie
prizes her love for him, and the wifi"
tell her husband how truly she recog-
niZeS all his care for her. And the
mother should reveal in words how
much she values her children's affcc-
ton. while the child who says TO its
mother. "Thank you for all your love
TO me-" has rewarded her far beyond
knowledge or understanding.-Wo
ans Life
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
THEATRE BOW,

We may return to that old style of
wearing bow rather than hat 10
the theatre. At any rate, such bows
are now being bought for the purpose.
AS matter of fact they are likely
to be as exactly as much in the way of
the person sitting behind as the hat of
moderate size. the turban, for instance.
And what is worse, no woman will eX-
pect to remove mere bow upon re-
quest. That they make an effective
headdress, however, there is no deny
ing.
On the head such an arrangement
looks like an Alsatian bow merely. 1t
is usually double or triple and rests
crosswise, appearing to the advantage
with low cOiffure.
OF the head it looks more like bon
net. The bow rests on a stiff. fiat. OBJ
long with crescent tendencies. 1t is
two inches in width and fully seven in
length. 1t is paved with fiat roses and
edged with thick tulle pleating. In
this case it is all pink, roses. tulle and
bow.
There is no color limit. however. \
charming example is done in white
roses and white tulle with dashing
black velvet bow.
Dainty blue. crushed raspberry. re-
seda and ivory, and any number of col
ors and color combinations serve in
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I his Majesty, and in his palm lay the
crushed fly.
1T is done, your Majesty he said
The King commanded him to leave
the room. and again resumed his play
Il see" | said after pause. "A
mans word goes for naught in King
Charles court. But your Majesty, If
| have your permission. l will tell
you my reason, or rather my mission
in London"
He nodded. Having successfully
demonstrated his object lesson he was
in good humor.
My father, you already know, is
Lord Waters of Long Haut, and was
Master of the Bed Chamber to
Charles L.
The King frowned. and thought it
best to get to the very gist OF what
| had to tell at once without any pref
acing.
THE two beings he held dearest in
life were His Majesty King Charles I
and his young wife. One night-it
was the night of the 18th of January
1639-being stationed in an anteroom
by the express command of the King,
page came to him, saying. "A mes
sage from the King Thinking it only
an ordinary missive pertaining to the
business on hand, he took it from
him, opened and read it. Here is the
paper"
took from a ieweled locket wore
fastened to my waistcoat by rosette
of ribbons the paper l had received
from my father l had kept 1t secure
ly hidden in its ieweled receptacle
did not intend it should be stolen from
me second time.
The King took it daintily, rather
disdaining that old slip of paper. He
opened it with bored look; that look
turned to animated interest when he
saw it had his deceased fathers sig
net attached to it.
"A love letter." he asked.
nodded Read it, SIRE" begged.
"A forgery-cleverly done-and
signed with the Kings signet!" he
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calculated when he had finished.
Who would have dared?"
"A forgery. as you say" I said:
"and so Lord Waters. my father, in
his later years came to think. but not
at the time. The artlessness of the
page, young Kenneth. son of old Sir
Longville Che is dead, so nothing can
be proved) and the King knowing he
was on duty out of the way, all tended
at the time to lend confirmation to
the deed. Lord Waters questioned
the page. He told him that he had
made mistake, and handed him an
other note, which proved to be merely
a message from the King sending him
upon a mission that should take him
from the court for few days. AS he
was delivering cutting reproof to
the careless page before letting him
go, he saw something in the fellows
face that made him stop and ask him
to whom he was to deliver the other
note? The page stammered and ap-
peared so confused that Lord Waters
was determined to be answered. His
manu- "aS nv iShl anu lie SUOu Knew
what he feared 1t was intended for
Lady Waters, the page confessed.
You see. sire, the name in the note is
Elaine-it was her name"
"Ah." the King said.
should have been hard to please,
indeed. if I had not been satisfied
with the Kings change of manner.
h.
seeing either the King or his wife.
'Tis a matter of history how he joined
Cromwell, forsaking the King"
Yes he cried impatiently But
why did he not see the King and have
the note authenticated? Why act
like jealous fool?"
Yes, why?" I said. He was too
sensitive think"
He had great provocation if it were
true" he said, but not enough, me-
thinks. to join that assassin's army
and give him service. and good serv-
ice, too" he finished bitterly.
Not so good. perhaps, as Cromwell
would have wished. however" | ha-
stened to say, "else the war had been
sooner ended and his Majesty a pris-
oner some months ere he was"
How so?" he asked.
After the battle of Marsdcn, Lord
Waters had the honor of taking his
Majesty prisoner" | said.
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Great Bank squeezes Pennies.

The Worlds Work. in recent is
sue, shows how carefully the First
National bank of Chicago looks to its
postage account Stamped postal
cards are not used. and not one of
the thousands OF routine letters that
are written every day is stamped and
sealed until the whole routine mail
of the day is assembled in the after
noon. Then all the cards and letters
to one correspondent are put in sim
gle envelope. and-eXcept for letters
from the officers and the like-the
bank comes as near as possible to get
ting its entire mail carried at . cents
an ounce. or l cent for every postal
card. instead of often paying cents
for quarter of an ounce. as it would
have to do If every communication
were sealed and stamped separately.
This little matter of getting full value
out of 2 cent stamp makes a saving
of s25 to $50 day."
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
coNvIcTs SIT AND GAMBLE.
In Western Prison They Are allowed
to Play for Stakes on Sundays.

A few weeks ago, while sojournins
in Carson City, the capital of Nevada,
witnessed scene that struck me as
exceedingly curious, and which prob
ably was never duplicated anywhere
in this country" said r. b. Gardiner
of Chicago at the Shoreham.
"A friend of mine who was on good
terms with the warden of the state
penitentiary took me to that inst'tu-
ton on a Sunday afternoon, and there
| saw all the convicts, numbering sew
eral hundred, assembled in the long
dining room of the structure, playing
poker, seven-up. monte, faro and near
ly all the gambling games known to
western sports. Don't think for mo-
ment that these men were merely
playing for fun; they were betting
money and the play was just as Sc
rious and as much on the level as
though it were taking place in a reg.
ular gambling establishment.
This gambling, my friend told me,
was never allowed on any other day
but Sunday, the idea being that as the
state laws licensed it there was no
valid objection to the inmates of the
prison engaging therein. Every con-
vict was issued checks showing how
much cash there was to his credit.
and if he chose to lose these checks
representing his money at cards it
was his own affair. While the men
played, which they did with all the
guards sat watching them with loaded
Winchesters in their laps, ready to
put down the slightest outbreak or
least indication of disorder with a
form Of argument that scarcely ever
fails to persuade e''-Washington Post
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AGAIN THE LOCKET BANGLES.

LocketS are in vogue once more.
Time was Il couple of decades or so
ago when she who had not some such
glittering pendant on her watch chain
or hung by a strand of its own was
as incOngruOus in the eyes of E-s-e &i..%;-
ters as Il bride without Il wedding ring.
Then the locket passed out OF fashion,
almost cOincidently with the custom of
wearing a loved ones hair in it. Again
it is here, and it will be interesting 10
see what tho twentieth century jeweler
does with its many possibilities.
Gladys Vanderbilt wears il rose gold
lOcket crusted with diamonds and
rubies and containing Il miniature of
her mother not much larger than Il gold
dollar. Beatrice Mills bangles from
a string of tiny pearls Roman gold
locket with foX'S head in relief. Rey-
nard is shifting superciliOuSly at a
bunch of grapes done in blue enamel.
Gwendolyn Burdens Grccian lockct is
adorned with an alto-rclievo of Minerva
in token of that young woman's well
known love Of learning.
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And why does Quentin Waters,
son of Lord Waters, dare venture into
London?" he questioned imperatively
why have ventured into London.
and seek this interview is-well-I
am come upon my fathers affairs I
managed to stammer.
Il see," sarcasm rang in his voice.
meanwhile you spend your time
threatening fair subject of mine
with meaningless piece of paper
profitable business, indeed" he
sneered.
Evidently Sir Raoul Dwight had not
had the ear of the King for naught.
Not So" replied; you, sir. have
been misinformed. I threaten no
lady"
Say you so?" he retorted. Then
much about-the court is wearied to
death with the various stories atioat
concerning it-I would see it."
IF it Is the promise of marriage
won from the lady's father you mean,
have it not in my possession" l said.
Promise of marriage" he repeated.
Poof. it is nothing. | can do away
with it as easily as | can squash
this fy.'
He raised his hand and brought it
down upon, he supposed, that trouble
some insect, buzzing about so late
in the season. When he raised his
hand there was nothing under it; the
fly had flown to the wall
1T is not always so easy to squash
even so mean a thing as a fly" l
murmured.
Think so?" he questioned.
He rang a bell. One of his guards
came at its summons.
There is a fly on the wall to the
right: kill it, he commanded
The man proceeded upon the chase.
1t required some effort. His Majesty
leaned back with half-closed eyes,
waiting, while he fingered the long
coat of one of his pets. Once he
tapped his foot impatiently at the
mans delay. l watched the fellow
with more interest than the case de-
manded, and had been in any other
presence than the Kings | should
have laughed at his frantic move
ments and the cleverness of that
small insect.
A, last he had him-his day vas
oonc-the man held ont his hand to
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
AR! FRMES )N
MMMAAEAsHreM@

Large patterns on net or malnc
ground are i'll better style than bor-
dcred wells.
Light spats increase the apparel6y
size of the feet. and white linen ones
will do this even more than soft cloth.
The latest thing is linen spats. TO be
worn with tailored linen gowns. These
come i'll white and colors.
\ great many Suspcndcr dresses have
been noticed among the new simple
gowns.
The linen parasols are new, and will
doubtless enjoy great popularity for a
time.
An example in these tip-tiIted hats
is charming little sailor in rough
violet colorcd straw.
Monotone effects are most liked. bvt
often the pastilles offer a color con-
trast to the ground of the veil
Wings and quills divide popularity
with flowers on hats. Sometimes uuills
and flowers are combined with good
effect
Great bargains may sometimes be
picked up in handmade French lingerie.
sometimes garments become soiled and
musscd. making their sale a little
doubtful. These are marked fairly low,
although handmade lingerie is never
cheap.
one of the surprises of the fashion
SNOW Is the comparative rarity of shirt
waist suits.
\ ruby velvet hat with n wide and
very irregular brim is stylish. The
ilhes or the hrim are wavy and arG
cured sharply upwards in the back.
Gowns in shepherds checks in blue.
black. brown. mauvc ana red wol
white, are up 10 date.
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was LING NdStICi
Wagner. German folk tale relates.
became afflicted with headache and
determined to have his hair cut. He
accordingly arranged with a barber
to perform the operation on certain
day. That worthy resolved to make
1; good thing of it. and accordingly
Informed all his customers of Wag-
1er's impending sacrifice.
Most of them paid him certain
sum down. To the BARRIERS horror,
Nine. Wagner superintended the cut
ting, and when it was over appro-
priated the whole Of the coveted locks.
The barber, in despair, confessed
that he had sold them many times
over, whereupon madam suggested
that the butcher had hair much like
Wagner's.
And the story goes that that night
half Dresden slept with the butchers
hair under its pillow.
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THE SHIRT WAIST SUIT.

Evidently the shirt waist suit is to
be as good as ever. 1t is certainly trim
and smart. and positively distinguished
as compared with skirt and waists
totally unrelated to each other.
In white lawn there are dainty affairs
rs fetching as they will be suitable.
Fine tucks, Valenciennes lace. cmbroid-
cry and French knots are noted in the
decorat ton of these crisp suits. There
are cape-yoke effects. and there are
straight up-and-down effects. The
skirts show only enough trimming to
keep them in countenance with the
waist.
Heavy handsome linen suits are to be
Lad both plain and ornate. The former
needs no description. One of the latter
sort. an effective creation for real oc-
casOns of an outdoor nature, is
trimmed with a quantity Of heaviest
crochet lace. which seems to be an
applique. Embroidery, dcftly intro
duccd. also cnrichcs the scheme. \ Val
yoke is in the blouse, which shows a
graduated box plcat at both back and
front
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
Two Great Men.

1t was when Odell was governor of
New York state and a visitor to the
fair at Mineola. l.. l., that a plain
looking, plainly dressed woman showed
her way through the crowd and said
to him:
Governor. I want your permission
10 bring my husband here and intro,
duce him."
Whats the name, please?" queried
Odell.
Jones. sir-Tim Jones'"
Jones? Jones? l beg pardon. but
don't remember to have heard of
HIM before"
No, don't s'pose you ever did !;
hut he's just won the race for 3-year.
ulds, riding his own horse. and is now
as big a man as you are"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
CHAPTER XII.
An Interview with the King.

~ Will tHC Nlu4.
door opened and courtier Gt
was my bette noire, Sir Raoul Dwight
came from the anteroom. into which
was waiting TO be admitted. 1t was
evident that his MaHstys mission
had not retained him from court So
long as he had anticipated.
frown was on his brow and his
head hung. He would have passed
me had not my deep look forced his
eyes. The frown broadened, and a
curse burst from his sulen mouth.
His hand slid to his sworG
will not tomorrow be time
enough, Cousin Raoul'?" | asked.
Fore God, I'll kill you then" he
growled venomously.
AT your service" | said.
My name being called, turned my
back upon him and walked to the
room where | was to have my inter-
view with King Charles II. Had
Raoul Dwight knife then and no
one been about doubt not but that
] should have felt it between my
shoulders.
His Majesty sat surrounded by his
dogs. pulling the ears of one, slapping
another over the nose with his lace
kerchief, chiding yet another who
would be too fond. Doing thus he
kept me standing, inwardly chafing at
the delay.
At last. tired of this play, he con-
descended to speak; before doing so,
however, he gave the dog nearest him
a vicious twist of the ear, which sent
him yelping back of his masters
chair
so he said, so this is the re-
doubtable Quentin Waters, son of that
renegade Lord Waters of Long Haut,
is it,"
He looked at me long with heavy
frown on his thin face. Not an aus
picious opening certainly.
Yes" | affirmed. Il am Quentin
Waters at your command sire"
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An Assurance.
Summers tunin' lIp again;
Hear II sweet an low
In de rnurrnur of de win

Summers tunin' lIp again;
Hear II sweet an low
In de rnurrnur of de win
An Whah de waters flow.
DE robins swingin' in do :.se
An listenin' close an long.
A-waitin' foh to catch de key
An jine de general song.
Oh Miss Lindy.
Don't YOU weep, or sigh.
Because you see. dar's gwinter be
A concert by an bye.
Oh. de steamboat Whistles blowin'
An de engine ring de bell,
An whah de country'S Soin'
Is mo- dan | kin tell.
But when de breeze is strayn'
Frum de stars across de wood.
We will listen TO de playin'
An We feeln' pretty good.
Oh. Miss Lndy.
Don't you weep, I say.
Cause you'll have a invitation
When de music stahts to play.
Washington Stal
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
WATER GARDENS IN THE YARD
A Plea for Something Different in the
Small Home Inclosure.

a PIea ror something Oinerent IN the
Small Home Enclosure.
A small outdoor water garden is
just the thing to make ones place diff
ferent from the general run of COM
monplace gardens. says a writer in
the Garden Magazine. Why not try
some hardy water lilies this year.
| have two pools in my garden, and
both are source of great pleasure
to my family and myself, as well as
the stranger in my gates. One is
planted with water lilies and the other
with lotus. In the former we have
flowers from early spring to late
autumn. The colors are white yell
low and pink The lotus blooms for
a period of about two months, and l
have nothing in my garden to com
pare with its flowers in beauty.
If you are lazy gardener try water
lilies. They require no watering, when
everything else is drying up. and no
wedding at any time. They multiply
so fast with me that most of them
have to be dug up every spring, and
the increase sells at good prices. Do
not grow geraniums, cannas. coleus
and the like, when so many beautiful
plants can be grown so different from
your neighbOrS
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
WiIIinu to Help Him Out,

After the doctor had examined the
patient and the mans wife wanted to
know the nature of the illness the
conscientious physician said:
Your husbands condition is such
that it will take some time to differ
entiate the symptoms to arrive at an
accurate conception of the malady
from which he is suffering. The
treatment must be symptohnatic. l
must first make a diagnosis"
Il hope you can make it of calico,
remarke the woman. for haven't
piece of flannel in the house."
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THINGS WOMEN SHOULD KNOW

No man is ever really in love who
can say so with all the ease, aruor and
eclat of a stage lover.
No man ever loved woman just be-
cause she was good.
The husband who never gives his
wife decent word or Il compliment
would knock down any other man who
would treat her in the same way.
The sincerest lovers are those who
are tongue-tied and don't know where
to put their feet.
There are two kinds OF coura gc-thc
courage of the limclight. which prompts
Il nice young man in white ducks TO
jump overheard after Il girls handker-
chief. and the real courage that makes
a man face the horrors of a fashionable
wedding. the torture of meeting the
bills of a housekeeping apartment and
the agonies of walking the floor all
night with the baby. The two arc
seldom coupled in one young man.
A man is like a piece Of cloth war
ranted to wash-and matrimony is the
laundry. 1t may improve him, give him
starch and freshen him up. or it may
take all the color out of him. You
have to take the chances.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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In Her Dreams.

Miss Ascum-Just back from Palm
Beach, eh?
Miss Bragg-Yes, and oh. you'd nev-
er dream all the proposals l had
there.
Miss Ascum-No; but l suppose
t...at's the way they came to YOU
Philadelphia Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-05-05
New Tooth in an Old Saw.

Then he doesn't find that all the
world loves a lover'?'
Not exactly. His experience is
that all the world guys a lover"
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NUMBER ONE.
KNOW NOTHING

Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Hardy and
children spent Tuesday in Number
Seven the guests of Mrs. Hardy
mother, Mrs. Hunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. B. Cheatham
we're the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ]
e. Felts in Fulton last Saturday.
Miss Pearl Chambers, who has
been staying with her grandmother
and attending school in Union City,
is at home now to spend vacation,
Mrs. Will Jonakin was called to
Paris last Monday to see her moth
er, Mrs. Bell, who is very sick
Misses Ina Woods and Pollard
Massengill took in the street fair at
Fulton last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Fry visited
relatives in Fulton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scott and little
son, Eugene Mcclure. are visiting
Mrs. W. q. Massengill this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ovens aud
spent Sunday in Number
Sixteen visiting relatives.
Mrs. Arch Fowlkes and Miss
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-05-26
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Added to that the fact that any
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provided it remained on deposit
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Mechanics and Farmers Savings Bank
Paducah, Ky.