The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-26
WOMAN and
SOCIETY.
A Spring song.


If you're waking call me early--call
me early, Jenny, dear:
Tomorrow'l be the busiest day of all
the brisk New Year;
OF all the brisk New Year, Jenny, |
say, the busiest day.
And I've locked the doors and VIM
dows, lest the Old Man gets
1For he's got to take the stovepipe
Though he swears the angels out oil
town;
And move the old piano roun'.
And hang new pictures upside down.
And help us rip the carpets broWn!)
So, if waking, call me early, Jenny
Jenny, do you hear?
For Spring weaves garlands OF
bright flowers, and wants the
pathway clear!
The Old Man half suspected us-a-
dustin roun' today,
But we've locked the doors and win
dows, and he'll never get away
(For he's got to paint and whitewash
Though he swears the angels deaf and
dumb
Be useful all the place about,
And put the new generaniums out;
And clear the weeds from the garden
path
And beat the carpet to ease his wrath
IF. L. Stanton.
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Mr. Andrew Crinkley. Of Warren
county, is in the city the guest of his
son, Mr.. D. F. Crinkley.
Miss Pattie McRae, of Rocking
ham, arrived in the city yesterday and
is the guest of Mrs. ]. K. Wood. No.
213 Hillsboro street
Mr.. E. a. Jones and Wlfe' OF
Portsmouth, are in the city visiting at
DIR. r. H. Battle. Mr.. Jones was long
a popular resident of Raleigh.
Mrs. A. w Graham. of Oxford,
who has been attending her sick hrs-
band, Judge a. w. Graham, at Chief
Justice Clark's home. is seriously i'll.
Mrs. r. w. Winston, of Durham. sis
ter of Mrs. Graham, arrived in the city
yesterday to be, at the bedside of Mrs
Graham.
Mrs. Laura M. Jones, of Asheville.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. j. I. Ed
lmundson, ON Elm street.
Mrs. M. n. Anderson, who has
been visiting in this city, returned 10
her home in Fayetteville yesterday.
Mr.. Ernest Martin returned yes
terday from Louisburg,, where he at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Martin $
sister, MIS-. 81. Ildy . @ANNA
remained in Louisburg.
Mrs. r. S. Stephenson left yester-
day to visit relatives in Atlanta, Ga
Mrs Herbert Rosenthal left the
CITY Yesterday for Norfolk. to visit
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace r. Dowell
returned yesterday from a visit to
Wrightsville Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Drewry left
fot (x1.sa1l aF VYh thew Will
visit friends for several days.
Miss Bessie White left for Dur
ham yesterday, where she will spend
several days visiting friends.
Miss Lucy Heel left yesterday for
Durham.
Mrs. Charles Horne and Miss
Horne. of Clayton. are visiting at the
home of Mrs. c. H. Belvin.
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Tuesday Afternoon Book Club
The Tuesday Afternoon Book Club
will meet with Mrs. r. O. Burton
Tuesday afternoon at half past four
O'Clock. The regular program of the
afternoon will be carried out.
A Week of Prayer.
The mem bers of the Woman's Mis-
sion Society of the First Baptist
church will observe this week as a
week of prayer and self-denIal Tor
Home Missions and will meet each af-
ternoon at the MONIES of different MEM
bers in prayer service. on Monday
afternoon the meeting will be with
Mrs j. c. L. Harris. The hour for the
meetings is half past four o'clock.
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Is She Her Own Mother?
A couple in Winston married a short
time ago are in a. mixed up condition
as to relationship and kin as a result
of another marriage in the family, as
told in the Winston Guide.
The marriage was that of Mr.. Mar
tin Peoples, of Winston, and Mrs. An
ma Hine, of Old Town, the groom be-
ing a widower. On the End day OF
last November, Peoples and his first
wife were in the reservoir disaster
and his wife was killed. Peoples was
compelled to remain in the hospital
several weeks for repairs. Getting on
his feet again, he purchased pair OF
nice bay horses had their tails
wrapped in ribbon and kept the ice
and snow moving between Winston
and Old Town till his recent marriage.
Now comes the peculiar part of it,
His last wife was his first wife's step
mother, and hence he becomes his
OWN ldlH0F. mol only lndt, out lie IL
now his stepson's grandfather and his
mother-in-law's husband, and the IA
Their of his first wife. His present
wife is in nearly as bad fix, as she is
her husbands mother and her grand
children's mother also. This is a case
for an expert, as the complication
gets more complicated the deeper it is
investigated.
Apex Society.
One of the most pleasant social
j events of the season in Apex was n
reception given Friday night by the
young men of Apex in honor of Misses
Iolantha and Vara Parks. of Houston.
Texas. who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. j. NJ. Holleman. Mrs. A. V.
Baucom, one of the most charming
young matrons of Apex, turned her
residence over to the young men for
theoccasion. and she and her sister.
Miss Edna Hudson received.
ThcSepresent were Misses Iolantha
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