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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

To say that it was most delight
full concert would only be express
ing the general opinion of the au-
dience as manifested by the hearty
applause. Miss Gertrude Kirk.
smith is a superb performer on
that rare and lovely instrument,
the viola, as we'll as being fine
singer Miss Maud Kirksmith
proved herself thoroughly oapa-
BILE musician both as leader of the
quartette and as a solo violiniste,
while Miss Lillian Kirksmith, the
third member of this sister trio
betrayed suoh marvellous skill as g
fiutiste as to create astonisbmeut
She is doubtless the greatest young
lady performer on the flute in the
West.-FIenton ono Republican
With the Harmony Lady Quar-.
tette Co.. at Hooff's Opera House
Friday night, Feb. 9. under the su.
spices of The Four O'Clock Club
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

Miss Lillian Kirksmith handles
tae flute with the skill of vetersn,
executing passages of seeming i'm
possibility with ease and ce nfi-
denoe.-Eureka Springs, (Ark.) J
Times. Echo.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31
Church Notices.

M. E. Church. South-Until
further notice. 1 will fill my ap,
pointments in the following order.
First Sunday: Beech Bill, II
MT p. m.
Second and Third Sundays
Point Pleasant. 1 1 a. m. Up. m.
Fourth Sunday: -Rayburn Chap
ell, IL a. m. and Point Pleasant. Z
p. m. j. M. ROLAND. Pastor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

Service to night 7:so O'Clock at
Christ Church.
Choir practice after service.
Service Sunday IL m. and Z. 80
p. m.
Administration of the Holy Com
munion at the IL o'clock service.
There will be service at Spilmen
Chapel Friday night 7:3O O'Clock.
Come and worship with us.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

The B & O., section Grew barely
had time to leap from their hand
car yesterday. near Eight-mile. as
a special freight turned a sharp
curve and was upon them. The
men are all right but the lever car
ia a wreck.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

Some nice. new B MOS. Victims
and Mandolins at Van GiIder's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

Petersburg has an ordinance
against the distribution of hand
bills within the CITY limits; and it
is enforced. The handbill is gen.
orally a nuisance. and it might be
well for Point Pleasant to follow
in the footsteps of that city.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31
We are in receipt of the follow.
ing which will explain itself:

You are cordially invited to be present at the
marriage of
Miss Lille Virginia Markham
MIR. Karl Winfield Scott
Thursday, February fast. nineteen hundred
and six, ct five-thirty p. M,
on High Street, Buffalo, West Virginia.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31
Six Hand Eucher.

Misses Irene and Media Bowyer
nicely entertained last Friday after
noon at their home at six hand
euoher, Mrs. j S. Spencer. Mrs.
L @. Riddle, Mrs. W. B. Huston,
Miss Mamie Nease and Miss Reba
BeaIe. Nice refreshments were
served and greatly enjoyed.
A young man who was very fond
of dancing took a pedometer with
him to a ball recently. He found
that in the course of the evening
he had galloped, waltzed and palka-
ed through thirteen and one-haIf
miles. A girl usually dances more
than a man and is calculated to
cover more than sixteen miles in a
single evening.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

AS Mr.. Pete Gardner, of Heights,
was returning home from this place
last Saturday evening, between Z
and 8 O'Clock. and when just above
the electric light plant, some I'M
known person, standing between
freight cars, struck at him with q
razor, knife or other sharp instru-
ment. Mr.. Gardner saw the mo.
ton or shadow of his arm and dodg-
ed. This probably saved him as
the crown of his hat was hit and
almost entirely out off The ruffisn
then made hurried tracks into
darkness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

Miss Lillian Kirksmith, flute
soloiste, is a very girlish person
and has a great future before her.
She handles her instrument with
ease and her tones are sweet and
smooth.-Traverse City, Mob.
At Hooff's Opera House Feb. 9.
Under the auspices of the Four
O'CLOCK Club.
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OF all the plays that have come
from the pen of Lincoln J Garter,
by far the best is 1.-THE Eleventh
Hour" which will be seen at
Hooff's Opera House, Friday mig hit,
Feb. 2 The play is a melodrama
of the higher order in which virtue
is triumphant and vice in the per-
son of the polished villain is duly
punished before the finale. The
old mill scene in the first 40, is
said to be very pretty. as is also
the Bismarck Garden, with it's
varied colored lights and Chinese
lanterns The famous fight in the
last act never seems to tire but in
stead, thrills and enthuses one the
more they see it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31
Ii January

Wise Women Remember
that up-to-date Dry Goods
Stores are disposing of
many useful and necessary
things at very Low Prices.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-01-31

Mr.. O. Chapman. of Hartford,
was here Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

Which he knew was right. He gave
me back my birds and refused to take
cent. Now / have them with me-
They say we will all get turkey on
Thanksgiving day, and my pets can
have just bit OF It. Then I feel
that they will know that all of us
should be thankful, and they Will
sing to me TO tell me So"
There are only two things ! am
thankful for said Mrs. E. Tenny, a
silver-haired woman, who dwells in
tent No. 1<s, camp Z, Golden Gate
Park 'one is that my boy Is a good
boy and works faithfully for me; the
other is that there is some place else
on earth than San Francisco. I have
been here in the park for seven months
and during that time / have not been
given 81 with which to help myself.
l find that I must go elsewhere. and
when the spring comes ] am going to
lean on tho strong arm of my boy and
go away where others will help me.
On Thanksgiving day ] will pray for
my boy and give thanks that he was
given TO inc. Every day sit here and
watch the carriages of the rich roll
past my tent, and sometimes the re-
lief officials go by in their automobiles.
1 am not envious of their good for
tune, but I wish they would think y
little moro of us. Then we would lie
am thankful that God gave me such
a good boy"
when Thanksgiving day comes I
will offer up thanks that the scriptures
hold out for US the promise of he'll"
was the astonishing observation of
James Sutton in Jefferson square. Hop
ing to make a. little money, I went to
work cleaning old brick, and somehow
or other skinned my knuckles and got
blood poison. I sent for the camp doc
tor, and after he examined me he said
there was nothing the matter with me I:
that I could cure myself and told me
not to send for him any more, but that
IL wanted anything to walk up to the
headquarters and get ii. My limbs are
so sore from the poison that 1 cannot
walk, and were It not for my children
1 would starve. AS for the good things
OF this world ! have but few thanks TO
offer, but as for the promise OF a hell
for that doctor 1 would offer thanks on
my bended knees were they not so sore
that / cannot lsnecly
Out at Ingieside camp Ellen Ahern,
Elma Ehrenstrom, Mary Green. Gather
inc Kennedy, Katherine Morisey and
Bridget O'Brien sat in group, each
wearing quaint widows cap. They
had been neighhors In the nte%confla-
grafton days.
When Thanksgiving day comes"
said one Of the old women, I'VE will be
more thankful than we have been for
years"
With one accord the other aged wo-
men nodded assent.
Every day we have three good
meals she continued. and here we are
very warm and comfortable Seated In
what had been box stall for race
horses at the Ingleside track these aged
refugees surveyed the newly white-
washed walls and tanbark walk with
thrilled satisfaction.
Captain Kilian is good to us and he
says we are going TO have turkey on
Thanksgiving, and Captain Kilian al
ways keeps his word piped another Of
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signs furnish good examples Of modern
fiat point. The corners are symmerri-
cal and formed on the diagonaIs Of the
square as center lines. while the diame-
ters or tho square again bisect the
forms which appear in the ;en.er OF
each side Limerick lace. which is en-
embroidery or net, is Of two varieties.
run" and "tambour." 1t II made In
Limerick at the Dominican convent. at
Cobra. at Kinsale and at Golden Bridge
convent An examination OF ths two
accompanying examples will illustrate
the difference between the old Limerick
tambour lace and the run lace.
A collar and panel Of Cork crochet
AFFORD other examples OF the effect that
may be obtained by good arrangement
There is evenness of distribution, the
forms are well shaped and have evil
IDENTIFY been made from good drawings
The Improvement in the modern lace
over the old is due to the energy and
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untiring efforts of few persons who
became interested in the Irish lace in
dustry and in turn interested others.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
In demonstrating to the teachers and
the workers that IL was possible to
inaugurate system in work as wen as
in design and that the workers should
be taught knowledge or design.
Today in many places In ireland
work is conducted In an intelligent
and efficient manner and the output Of
lace greatly excels In merit that Of
former years. Until lately the work.
ers in Irish lace had many difficuities
in reaching a market worthy OF their
work. Much OF the finest lace is made
by country girls, who. living on farms.
give to lace making only so much Of
their time as they can spare from
labor on their relatives farms. The
guipure and applique of Lough and OF
Monashan. the crochet OF Monaghan.
Armagh and Fermanagh are In large
part manufactured under these coudi-
tions. The point lace OF youehal, kin
sale. and other centers Is produced in
much more favorable circumstances. if
by that we contemplate better rooms
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WHY / Am THANKFUL
By Many Refugees

tContlnued from Front Page.)
my heart burst for JOY. I 90 not wait
Tor Thanksgiving day, but as Cod
spared my baby TO me I thank him
every day"
Gathering her little one in her arms
this mothel, happy in rne face OF pow
ertys arose, then kneeled in the dirt
before her tent. She prayed in silence.
In tent No 26as at JEFFERSON Square
lives Mrs. II c. Hunter. an expert in
the textile art. Among her treasured
possessions is a promise OF employ
nent, and for this she is thankful.
To say that I am thankful for my
life would only be to repeat what
every person who went through the
disaster of April Is has said 1000
times since then" added Mrs Hunter.
but then ! know that few had a mar
rover escape than ] had I was living
at sos Polk street and the partitions
Of the building were OF brick. Within
ten seconds OF the time the earthquake
began these partitions collapsed L
managed 10 make my way to the hail,
only 70 find that the exit had become
5smmod and that we were prisoners.
Finally we made our way through A
window into the back yard. Then some
men found an AK and after a hard
struggle chopped Our way through the
basement 10 the street. Just as We
reached the street the gas main In
front of the house blew up. and that
our lives were spared Is a miracle. For
two days ] wandered toward the out
skirts OF the city and finally secured
this little tent here. ] am going 70
move soon: that is, IL 1 can find e
room. and then, when I feel can lock-
my own door behind me, am going TO
work. When Thanksgiving comes I
am sure IL will find me busy at the
trade ] have followed since / was a
little girl Then ! will have all want
in this life, and do not think want
too much
I nave been reunited TO my three
cauaries." said Mrs. Elizabeth Spiro,
and had ] not found them I know
there would have been nothing for me
on Thanksgiving day. I have no reia-
tives; no one cares for me but my
birds, and out here in the park. where
the sun shines. they sing for me all
day long. ] was ordered out OF my
room on Kearny street about noon on
April is. and as i had to carry my
bedding and clothes I could not take
my birds and their big wooden cage.
] asked a soldier IL he would care for
them and see that they fell into good
hands. He was kind hearted and asked
cevalryman 10 carry them beyond the
FIRE limits and give them 10 some one
IN the crowd. This was done. A month
ago I was walking along California
street, out IN the Richmond District,
when ] saw my pretty birds in their
same old cage hanging from a window.
j rang the bell and told the gentleman
who answered that the birds had been
mine and ] wanted TO know IL he would
let ne buy them back. I told him
that II Il had not been for him my
pets would have perished, but that as
j cared for them SO much would
give him what little money I had for
them.
Iic knew that told the truth, and
wnlle he said he had become attached
70 the birds himself, he would 90 that
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matte and intelligent designing Is IN
progress at all the larger institutions,
schools and converts.
Raised needle point. or, a. 1t is
called, Inishmecsaint lace. Is made in
the schools at Enniskillen and at Cap
poquin, at the new Red Cross Carme-
lite convent at youghal and at Ken
mare.
A very good example of modern
slightly raised needle point lace can
be seen in tho accompanying iilustra-
tion Of cuff. A glance is suf1icicnt TO
show that there Is construction in the
design, but there has been no careless
throwing together Of the forms. bot
that the whole arrangement has been
well planned The general arrange
ment, though symmetrical, is not Sc
vere The forms are well drawn and
the small enrichments on the surfaces
OF the leaves and flowers are managed
with Judgment Irish handkerchief de-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

ana higher plane OF living.
Where the officials OF the congested
districts boards are the guides OF the
workers. the marketing OF the lace is
duly provided for. The workers are
supplied with suitable designs and In
structed how to use them: their work
is sent to the best markets, and souae-
times they receive good pay for their
product.
The Royal Dublin Society holds an
nual exhibitions OF laces and offers
prizes for excellence OF design and
workmanship. and so stimulates this
particular industry Much has been
done to place the product systematical-
~ on the market, the Royal Irish IN
dusrries Association and the irish Lace
Depot being the chief ~ for the
SAFE or Irsh i7c rerdeen,
uuTinE the p~r arl OF
Aberdeen wa> t7ra amt OF
Ireland and dursf4 ta.. tv years
since then. has intereste herself in
the practical and successful develop
ment OF the industry. and much OF the
success OF lace making IN ireland today
may be traced TO the activity OF her
ladyship.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
REVIVAL 0rLACf MAKING IL RELANDU
gUHD C5mes from Dublin That
there IL at present going on q
very marked and gratifying

lace. OF true lace there are but two
classes, needle point" or that made
by the needle. and pillow lace" some
times called ''bcbbin lace" because the
threads are twined around small bob
bins of bone. wood or ivory. In both
instances the whole of the fabric Is
made by hand, but this is not true of
the Limerick and Carrickmacross lace.
In needle point lace the pattern is
carefully drawn on a piece of glazed
calico--sometimes parchment or paper
is used. but not often--and this is laid
upon a piece of calico where the pat
tern is carefully outlined or traced by
the worker with a thread. This thread
is the framework or skeleton on which
the lace is made. When the work is
completed the lace is removed from
tae calico by carefully cutting away
with a sharp knife between the two
pieces. In pillow lace the pattern is
drawn on piece of parchment 1t is
then pricked over by an expert and
placed on a cushion. In each OF the
holes fine pin is inserted, and upon
the pins the threads are plated and
twisted by means of the hands, the
various methods OF twisting and the
arrangement of the holes resulting in
the varieties of grounds and filings.
In the making OF any lace a knowl-
edge of drawing is of the greatest i'm
portance, as much depends upon good
construction and good drawing In g.
lace design. To this end teachers pos
sesslng a knowledge of drawing and
design have been sent whenever pos
sible to the lace centers throughout
Ireland. In some OF the old needle
there has been no idea of construction,
each portion being Independent and
there being no growth in the patterns
II will often appear as though separate
portions had been taken from different
designs and put together on tho paper
in perfectly haphazard fashion.
In any OF the modern Iaces the dif-
ference will be at once noted. Syste-
the i've in a splendid burst Of courage.
Yes, we're going TO have turkey and
maybe cranberry sauce" and she
smacked her thin lips out Of the joy OF
anticipation.
And so IT Is with the refugees. Coming
from many walks OF life, they have
reached a common level of poverty. But
they are rich with hope and to them
Thanksgiving is q halIowed day. and
no voices will rise higher than theirs
in the offer of thanks for those poor
things that arc theirs
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

night their battles IN Tbs 1ontfcai
world.
This duel is the mental fight to .
finish between two worlds as repre-
sented by the daughter Of the Glasses
and the daughter OF the masses. The
girl of the people and the lady OF the
highest social position meet and op-
pose each other principally on the
question of class differences, but finally
on the subject of their love for the
masses, and the girl OF the people
finally succumbs to the gentIeness,
honor, high feeling and fine breeding
of the lady. But the lady has learned
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

not do unto others as you would they
should do unto you"
When the daughter of socialism
comes in contact with the daughter of
vice she shows her false sense of de-
corum, for the daughter of vice de-
mands the perfection of good breed
ing in others that is so conspicuously
absent in herself II is a triangular
duel between these three women---a
curious exhibition of feminine psychol-
ogy.
The daughter of the plutocracy and
the daughter of the people love the
same man. He IS an ideslist and Il is
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

her fesson- The woman or the under
world has taught her that the discon-
tent or the people Is not q mere rufie
on the surface OF the times. but q deep
rooted resentment of the inhumanity
OF man TO man as exenplihed by the
cold indifference, selhshness and brutal
apathy Of womankind to womankind-
The girl OF the people on her part dnds
out that self-deprsssion and gentle
manner mean more than mere class,
more than mere good breeding-it
means a something that she has not.
and the absence OF that something has
lost for her the man she loves.
That something. she hnds out. IL not
social position plus nnery, feathers and
beauty; not temperament. headstrong
will. determination to be, TO do or 70
have. but a deep-rooted faith In the
principle OF good. Q gentle. loving,
kindly disposition. with q tendency to
self-eRacement: and thfa, she discovers.
is the real copyright % ths title OF
lady, the real conversions of aris-
tocracy.
She realizes that society has 70 dsaI
with it's own carrion much the same
as the people, and that the good and
bad In all classes are always opposed.
They both learn that the light between
the classes and the masses 10 envy.
hatred and greed on the one side. with
avarice. apathy and seif-indulgence on
the other; that the hope OF the future
lies in the women OF the weird setting
the men Of the world an example. In
volving. II not self-denial, at least a
repression Of the passions Of greed,
avarice and brutal self-lndulgence.
which is at the base OF all selnshness.
This In turn will enable men Co think
OF their fellow beings. to feel for them.
perhaps In time to love thems and the
relation Of capital and labor will re-
solve itself into question OF morals,
and not Of economy.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
LE GRAND MONDE

the difference in their method Of show
ing their love that furnishes psychoio-
gical values. The daughter OF the peo-
pie, as do certain materialistic skeptics,
believes idealism to be weakness and
thinks IL her duty 70 strengthen the
man she loves. TO Undue him with the
spirit Of force, of class hatred. The
French Revolution is always before her
and she sees nothing but animal exist
ence on earth. Force must be met with
force. she reasons. Thu is false so-
cialisn.
On the other hand, the daughter of
aristocracy believes herself to be So
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

beyond the fact that fdealism threat
ems to interfere with the tempo OF her
existence. and that aristocraey despises
her because she has robbed it of one
OF it's noble scions. She thinks both
the upper and the lower world are
peopled with fools who don't know how
to live. because they don't know how
to love--at least, they don't understand
love as she understands it-and so she
leaves the upper and lower world
women to fight it out alone, as the
selfish old families" of America today
have left the unsophisticated reformer
and the oversophisticated politician to
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

cizIiy apove out InentaHy interior to
the man and is afraid she will inter-
fere with his career OF loving his
neighbor as himself. She approves Of
the idea of good overcoming evil. but
cannot rise to the point OF aelf-sacri-
fee involved in carrying out the idea.
Both women are willing to sacrifice
themselves for him-but not for each
other.
The courtesan looks on--laugis--
wonders--she doesn't care one way or
the other--she doesn't understand IDEAL
ism and hates aristocracy because she
can only play at it. She knows nothing