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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Bell 2linn.

On Wednesday, April 1e. our chapter was entertained at the beautiful old family home of Mrs J. W. Woo iroof, Il charming hostess whose friends are only limited by her acqualntances. The Easter season was emphasized In the floral decorations-bright colored tulips and narcissus and lovely fern palms all calling on our eyes to be- hold the resurrection of things Tn na- ture and also the frozen dainties in the form of brown ice cream rabbits timidly sitting beside a white Easter egg on which with a view to the oc- casion the mother hen had laid the magic letters, U. D. C. in pink. If you knew this hostess my dear Editress you would also know without telling, that one had d most delightful after noon for she is one who does nothing by halves, and has the happy faculty of getting as much pleasure out of the afternoon as her guests. After the re- treatments had been discussed and we thought Mrs. Woodroof had nothing prettier to offer us, behold. into the parlor came two fairies (for so they looked) with long golden curls and the bluest of eyes, each with a waiter of Easter Crosses wreathed in the colors of the U. D. c. as souvenirs. They were so tiny and the crosses and rib 'bons were so mixed up with their curls 1t was hard to tell where nature ceased and art began.
 We bade our hostess a reluctant good by, when 1t was high time the housekeepers were at home attending to their supper and young chickens.
 Mrs. Porter Bibb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Hat Economy.

Take a standard shape like a French sailor, for instance, and see how often 1t may be recovered. The shape of the crown may be varied by the addition of buckram; the trimming may be any thing from a detachable wreath of flowers to a couple of ostrich plumes. The hat, If built on the right lines and in proper proportion to your face, will be a joy forever. In the winter you can cover 1t with strips of velvet or fur, in the summer with pretty white straw. No one will ever recognize 1t, and 1t will be good form, with the ad- dition perhaps of few twists, until the wires drop apart.
 A todue shape, a French sailor shape and a shape that is straight in front and bent down to the hair in the back ought to make smart summer milli- nery assortment. The straight shape can be trimmed with two ostrich plumes, and one side can be bent up If desired: even both sides may be tackled up on the crown, allowing the feathers to pass under. Perhaps the most prac- tical way to trim French sailor hat is to make a ruche of soft ribbon stitched on a stiff band and to pin this around the hat. Different ruches may be made to go with different wash frocks and everyday gowns, provided the hat itself Is white.
 The most chic toques of the season are of valenciennes lace about an inch wide sewed in tiny ruffles. the edges pointing upwards. of course. It seems as if almost any woman could cover hat shape in this way and trim 1t with a soft bow of pale colored ribbon. A straight shape covered with dead white German valenciennes lace and tiny bows of pale green satin ribbon is per haps one of the smartest warm wealth CT hats to be obtained
 The parasols this year are extremely long handled The black handle seems to be a new fad so far as pale colored parasoIs are concerned. Its head is carved into the likeness of some gro- tesque animal or bird.
 The pump is the shoe for the sum mer season. whether in patent leather, with military heel and straight bow or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
CHAPTER NEWS.
 PraffviIIe Chnnter.

The regular meeting of the Merrill F. Pratt Chapter held at the home of Mrs S. c. Morgan was one Of unusual interest. After the opening prayer and reading of the minutes by the sec retary, the president read resolutions of sympathy to be sent to the family of Gen. J. H. Reagan which were unanimously endorsed bv the chapter.
 There were two appeals made to the chapter for aid which were responded to by the contribution asked for: One from the L. D. c. chapter at Rock Hill. S. C., for aid to erect Confeder- ate monument; another from Johnson, S. C.. for assistanceto build Mem oriaI Hall as monument to Confeder- ate private soldiers.
 Plans were then discussed for plac- ing the tombstones which had been bought by the chapter for the un- marked graves in the cemetery here. The program was then formulated for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
FRENCH WOMEN.
Apply Pins So CIeverly as to Secure Results That Best Dressmaker Cam
 not Give a Gown.

At recent reception clever Frenchman is said to have remarked of an exceedingly well-dressed American woman that her costume was spoiled by pin"
 In his eyes the effect of Her beauti- full costume failed because an ordinary pin, used to hold some of the trimming in place, showed.
 An American woman hearing of the remark, says The New York Sun, ob- served to a French friend of hers:
 I'm sure a French woman would never be guilty of such blemish in her appearance. I suppose she would insist upon her costume being so per- fectly finished that she would not need to use a single pin in it when sine put 1t on.''
 You have a wrong idea" came in re- sponse. eve French women use more pins in dressing than any other women. That is why we have the reputation for being so chic.
 Every gown when 1t is put on-no matter how exquisitely 1t is made needs Title readjustments to suit the mood. expression and person of the wo- man as she Is when she is to wear it. A woman is not always the same.
 Besides even if she were always the same, no dressmakers last stitches, no matter how great her reputation, could prevent a French woman giving her gown little tweeks and pulls that make 1t part of her own personality. Pins are needed to keep these little person. al touches intact.
 But a French woman calls no time wasted that is spent in hiding the pins so carefully that there Is not the faint est chance of their intruding their ugly little selves on the beauty of the cos tune. No. it is utterly un-French not to use pins galore
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Theirs not to reason why.

Theirs is to do as they are ordered 1 This week they will hold a conven- tion. and the convention will do it's appointed work. There will be no friction. Senator Penrose will get ex- actly what he wants, and in November the old Commonwealth will roll up' all the majority required. In Virginia the dominant party will be fortunate if the present contest for certain nom- nations does not leave a legacy of jealousy and bitterness that shall plague the party for years to come. In Ohio the Foraker lion and the Dick lion and the Dick lamb and the Foraker lamb are picking succulent grass in the same pasture and drink ing crystal waters from the same brook in all the peace and harmony so deliciously depicted in the 133d Psalm. But just across the river, in old Kentucky, the marsh note of dis cord burdens the fragrant breeze of the springtime, drowns the welcome music of the frog and arrests reverie as 1t sweetly meditates in the eve ming hour to the rapturous note of the whip poor-will.
 Senator Blackburn is on the stump and has hurled defiance. n habit to which he is much given. The Senator has declared war against the ma chine" and, like the noble Roman, his speech sounds something like this: I should have blusnd if Cato's house
 had stood.
 Secure, and flourished in a civil war.
 The Senator has invited his com petitor for the nomination. who, by the way. is the chief justice of the State Supreme bench. to meet him on the stump, from Mills Point to the mouth of Sandy" but the judge will not, whereat and wherefore there's trouble in de lan." 'The machine as they call it, says nothing. but whether or not 1t is saving wood mo- body seems to know. However, that may be. it is evident that the fires on the altars of patriotism in the old Commonwealth are ablaze, as usual, and before dog days and the katydids come old Kentcuky can be depended on to be the hottest community be- tween the Mississippi River and the rising sun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Women of the old School.

We are falling into the habit of thinking of woman as entirely regen- erated We fondly fancy that the day for Vapors, fainting spells and imagi- nary complaints is over, but there are still a few fiowerets of the old school left. In my varied circle of acquaint- ances is one of these. She is wont to fancy everything under heaven IS the matter with her. She spends half of the time with doctors and half of the rest of the dime writing mournful let ters that would give the ''willies" to a stone. These she sends to all her rel atives. some of whom tear up on sight these "cries from the soul" as they have learned to call them.
 ] was that way once myself, but was about 15 at the time, and I be- lieve every girl of that age has passed through a trying period when she thought herself misunderstood and used to write poetry and cry all over it or else sit in the gloaming playing pussy cat airs in minor on the long suffering piano.
 Alas, those happy days when one could be perfectly happy on anything so cheap as tears, and ones own tears at that!
 We many of us have such sentiment tai memories to laugh over. but there Is nothing laughable in the spectacle of a grown woman indulging in doc- tor worship. soul searchings and. above all, the letter habit. What such a wo- man needs is not sympathy, but the strong arm of the law to incarcerate her somewhere where she cant write or speak, but must enjoy the luxury of sorrow all by herself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
JOY AND HEALTH FOUND
 IN TROLLEY CAR.

Blessed be the man that invented the trolley car. even though he thought only of devising a way of gettms over the ground quickly at moderate cost and not at all of the great gain Tn health his invention would bring to women and children.
 Are you weary and run down! HaV9 the children spring fever" and indi- gcstion, the result of being housed away from the air and light? Then take them for a long trolley ride
 sunny days journey through the open country by electric car comes as near the borders of paradise as any thing mortal mind can conceive unless it be flying In the city. with the crowding and possibilities Of acclaeht' trolleying is not pleasant.
 But in the country-ah, that Is dlr- ferent! The electric car becomes glo- ritied vehicle The rails are not usu- ally laid in the middle of the road out along the side. There is no danger or collision In the beautiful open laho there is no obstacle to travelling at the rate of a hundred miles an hour except the possibility that the car may fly 10 pieces.
 Ahead of you, around you, are beau- tiful trees yelled in tender green which soothe your sight as you fly past them' On you go! Emerald light flashes up from the grass fields, azure light flashes downward from the field Of blue overhead, and over all and in all Is the ineffable light of lights from the sun, filling all space with the true etherlc principle of life
 You breathe 1t in a-trolleying; all your being is full of health and joy Your car stops at a station beside d grove. Flecks of red dart hithcr anH thither in a nearby field. Robin red breasts, dozens of them, are skipping over the pasture Gray squirrels chase one another along the iron track fear less as their breed was before man came. for man is learning gentler ways and kindlier thought toward squirrels and robins.
 On again like whirlwind, the wind and the sun in your face, in your soul the pride and glory of belonging to the race that could invent all electric car. You whirl, you fly, as though among stars and planets; no smoke. no dust no dead and dying air in your lungs, no worries.
 On again. and now shining cows look mildly up from the field as the flying car sings past them with its pinginS drone. Beautiful creatures they are, black and white Dutch Belted and Hol- steins, fawn Jerseys, sleek and red and orange Guernseys. at peace with all tho world.
 The children's young hearts are full of ecstacy. You, toe, are at peace, like the cows. The life of nature has en- tered once again into your soul. Where is that worry which kept you awake last night. the apretiteless palate that turned with lcathing from even broiled bird and lobster a la Newhurg? Now you could cat pork and cabbage and be happy. Is this the same tough old
 ,fs sI,,1I VI ar Is 1T the new heaven and the new earth?
 Let us all go a-trolleying in the coun- trv-voung. old and middle aged. moth CTS. swecthearts and wives. maids and widovst Mary Iould Lytle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
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invariably trimmed with pure white valenciennes or Irish lace.
 The full length coat sleevs is be- coming rare because the three-quarter mode is so much more chic as well as cool and nowadays coats are designed to be worn all the time.
 It is strange that dressmakers rare ly consider the needs of small peo- pie in designing their modes. If the little persons happens to be thin. well and good-she does not look ludi- crous. but if she is at all well built woe he unto her!
 Why will a dressmaker make square yoke for a small woman?
 Why will she decorate her victims skirts with piped bands. cutting her length midway?
 Why finish her collars round instead of with V effect. which lengthens the neck?
 Why have hunchy shoulders and cape effects and why build jackets cut square across the front?
 These are just a few questions l should like to get behind a dressmak- CTS thinking apparatus.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

Playing Pussy Cat Airs IS SaVeu! 0ne has no fixed home, but goes where she can do best for herself or do others, best. Well, of course, you could say that she Is merely a parasite. Yes, but how many people succeed in keep ing up the parasite game on that mar row margin for five years in little old, prosaic New York?
 It reminds me of an insurance agent too lazy to make money at the game who moved from boarding house to boarding house, insuring the landlady of each and taking out the commission in board. And even that he did only because he was too lazy to commit sui- eide.
 By the way, speaking of commits sions, do you know what percentage of people make an actual living at this sort of thing? They spend their time disposing of old watches. old jewelry. old clothes, old furniture and in buy ing new things or letting a friend use their charge account or in boom- ing a new enterprise. In fact, there is no limit to the things and enter prises that may be worked on the com mission plan.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
The PasSInr of FOuIord.

Foulard silk is hopelessly out of 1t. so if you have any foulard dresses let them rest for another season. Jn- stead of the foulard we have messa- lines, louisines and a variety of very soft and durable taffetas. The silk dress can take it's place for afternoon calling for shirt waist suits and for general wear on occasions where a tailor made is not required and a more lacy gown is not the proper thing.
 In spite of its fading qualities, much lavender is to be worn. This is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Cure Them with Doan's Kidney Pills.

Backache and urinary troubles are danger signals sent to tell you that the kidneys are clogged and congested: that the system is rapidly filling up with uric acid and other poisonous waste that should be passed off in the urine.
 Healthy kidneys filter out of the blood every day more than an ounce of poi son. But when the kidneys are sick. this Altering process is either hindered or suspended So the body can never be well when the kidneys are i'll; and It is because so many people neglect sick kidneys that kidney diseases are causing more deaths than any other human ills.
 It is easy to cure any form of kidney trouble with Doan's Kidney Pills be- fore 1t reaches fatal stage, and there are many symptoms to tell you when you have kidney disorders.
 The most common of these symptoms
 Pain in the small of the back,
 hips. or sides; pain when stoop-
 ing or lifting.
 Headaches and dizzy spells
 Nervousness, languor.
 Too copious or too scanty dis
 charges of urine
 Thick, cloudy, discolored and
 ill-smelling urine, with deposits
 of sediment.
 Having to get out of bed al
 night to pass urine&etc. 1 The blood carries the urlnOuS waste Ito every part of the body. It gets into ithe nervous system and causes neu- Iralgia or sciatica; 1t gets into the mus Icles and causes rheumatic pains and lgout; 1t weakens the lungs and irri- itates the heart, causing the heart to hutter and palpitate: 1t crystallizes into gravel and stones in the bladder and kidneys.
 You lapse into a general rundown and lansuid condition and drift every day towards diabetes and Bright's Dis ease.
 You may have only one of the above symptoms, or you may have several; but danger turks in every one, and you should begin treating the kidneys at once with Doan's Kidney Pills. This great specific is composed of simple vegetable elements which are absorbed immediately by the kidneys and act on the kidneys alone. It heals and cures diseased tissues, allays in- fiammation and congestion. and restores normal kidney action
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Campaigns in Four States.
Washington Post.

There is to be an election in Penn sylvania next autumn, and there is to be an election at that time in Vir- ginia. Kentucky and Ohio will also hold elections on the same date. The Republican party dominates the two Northern States mentioned and the Democratic party holds supremacy in the two Southern States. Everything political is as serene and as balmy as a May morning in Pennsylvania and Ohio, while in Virginia the political caldron is boiling hot, and in Ken lucky 1t Is fixing to get even hotter than 1t Is in Virginia.
 There never was such a party for discipline as the Republican party, and the Peppsylvania squad is the Tenth Legion of the Republican army.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

I am afraid that in my old age l am becoming a cynic. I certainly am be- ginning to distrust the so called af- fectionate person. the woman who slops all over you and insists on kissing you on every occasion.
 I have seen the havoc created by this type of loving disposition, and l am afraid 1t is the most selfish in the hu- man category Beware of the woman whn always calls you "dear." "Dear'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Like Fly Paper.

Chicago News.
 Castro and his army were preparing to descend on New Orleans.
 Great scott" exclaimed the Chicago man Have you made no preparations to repeI the invaders? Where are your guns?"
 We don't need any guns" chuckled the citizens of the Crescent City. We have just filled the principal streets with New Orleans molases and when Castro and his army land they will get their feet stuck and can't get out"
 And fin the moonlight the city resem- bIed a gigantic sheet of fly paper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

the celebration of Memorial Day, Ex- Governor Oates being the orator.
 This chapter has originated a very pretty custom for Memorial Day, that is. a wreath made of the chapter flower emblem. white roses. is to be placed upon the graves of those members of the chapter who have died since the chapter was formed. These wreaths are to be tied with the chapter colors. The Merrill E. Pratt Chapter has loss two of its most faithful members so, when we decorate the graves of our Veterans" on April 26th. two snow white wreaths will be Fiaced upon the graves of the deceased members. Mrs. Mary Bateman and Mrs. J. c. Hearn.
 Mrs J D. Rice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

lady. $ h Q wastes no time in talking about imag- mary things, but when you are In trou- ble-ah, that's where she comes to the fore! In the same quiet unobtrusive manner she does you a good turn, and doesn't expect you to turn yourself wrongside out to show your gratitude, either.
 Did you ever study the economy of buying hats made on frames? When you buy a felt hat or one made of straw without a good foundation you may think you are saving money be- cause such hats come trifie cheaper, but you are not.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

a young woman " h O W O u l d starve r a [ her t h a n work. D o e S s h @ starve? Not on your life! Fifty times a year
 she is on the point of being
 d 1 S posses s e d, and at the psy- chological mo- ment, behold, some one in vites her for a visit or she gets a check from some kind hearted victim, and again she
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
How She Keeps Quiet.
Chica go Journal.

Chicago Journal.
 Visitor-How beautifully still the children sit while you talk to them.
 Schoolmaster-Yes; I've got them pretty well trained. told them at the start that every time I caught boy moving in his seat while was talking to them would talk ten minutes long CT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

and darling are cheap phras- es, but when 1t comes to doin 2 things for you that is different. On the other hand. the un- demonstr a ii V c woman get lit tie or no sym pathy. Just be- cause she does not c natter anu hatter and mush around she can only count her friends by ones and twoS in stead of by doz- ems. like the de-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
A SPRING NOVELTY
 AN ALL BLACK HAT.

Nearly all the spring millinery is so light in coloring that an all black hat is a decided relief 1se pretty hat il- lustrated is a modified marduise made of fancy horsehair braid. The brtm is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

Don't tell me there is not special providence for the improvident!
 Of course some of them do fall by the wayside, but it's a wonder to me that the entire tribe doesn't I know
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

in delicate kid with the more careless bow. It is made with two eyelets and cut very low in the vamp to give the foot a short effect.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
MONTGOMERY PROOF.

George Bernard, the well-known Sruit-dealer. of no Jefferson Street says: T knew for some time that my kidneys were affected. There was dragging pain through the small of my back, and I was weak and easily tired. The pain grew very sharp and annoy, ing when I worked hard for any length of time. heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and got a box at E. c. Fowler's drug store. They did me 50 much good that procured another. The pills soonl cured me entirely. The aching pains, disappeared and I have not been trou- bled for some time."
 A TRIAL FREE-To prove what Doans Kidney Pills will do for you wel will mail trial box free on applica-f tion- Address Foster-Milburn CO, Buff falo. N. Y. ?,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

run with folds of tuIIe, and the IOW crown is swathed with the same mate rial.
 An odd ostrich aigret something like a naint brush is stuck through the crown. Several small black ostrich feathers trim the bandeau in the oack and curl gracefully over the hair at the side.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

4 Weak, . Lame, or an Aching Back is Natures Warning that the
 Kidneys are Sick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

We announce with exceeding regret that Mrs. Virginia Clay Clopton will not attend the coming convention at Mobile and are deeply grieved over the circumstances barring her attend ance. She writes that her physical disabilities affect her to the extent of invaiidism.
 One whose history is so fraught with the beauties and attractions of her early life together with the privations and deepest sorrows linked with the Souther Confederacy can but hold a high and sacred place in the hearts of not alone the Daughters of the Con- federacy" but the Daughters of the whole State of Alabama. In her me moirs-"The Belle of the Fifties'-we see her as the gentlewoman of the sos in the prosperity of the 'Old South" and to us she les told the truth more beautifully, forcefully and daringly, than any of her predecessors in song and story.
 She has retired from active life with the same grace and charm of manner as her inherent Southern womanhood well deserves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

Kate Clyde

Contrasts the Gushy with the Un- demonstrative Woman to the Advant- age of the Latter--The Lady of Imas- mary Complaint. Also Come.e in for a ToAstins- F Fashion SussestionS of the MCrreuf