Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-03-03

OGAlEEH RANON hAlN III
Mania Tor Private Smuggling and
sell ACcJrCtnClS-Nlany DisappOint-
mcnJS an Results
II the arrivals on one OF the big ?
liners were drawn up in rows on the
pier and searched. IL Is doubtful IL
i've per cent OF them would escape the
charge OF smuggling. The women are
said 20 break the law In greater mum
ocrs than the men, although the latter
cheat the Government Of larger
mounts. The majority OF women don't
understand the customs laws.
said a nervous little LAZY or the
promenade OF the Deutschland as the
tugs were pushing the big steamer into
t-e dock I've Eot two china salt eel
lars under ny hat DO you suppose
-acyu hear them click together They
cost cents apiece az TIC i'a.ais Royale.
but they're SO cute "Vhy you dear
old goose. said q bucinCss-.Ike person
near her. I guess you'd jump over
board II YOU hal uy trunks 20 wricgle
through the exam nation. Just listen
You know you're allowed 20 replcnish
your wardrobe ~ you're gone year
When l decided 20 80 over twelve
months ago. ] Just took all the old
trunks In The house. 7 had eleven in all
and / filled most OF them up with the
stun you usually send 20 the Salvation
+ Army. Thought some OF them would
20 to pieces on the trip Cot rid %
more than hair Fin London. and bought
/ beautiful English leather trunks 20
take their places. And the things I've
| brought back in nv reDienished ward
/ rObei" Eut the fore "a names on so
many dressos7" rasped the nervous
one Eve ripped them ont and sewed
In The names that were II my old
dresses
She was even clsverer than the white
haired gentleman who condfed 20 his
lci-hb or at table that he had brought
back some lace gowns worth az least
$4,000 francs lS.'NIl "a piece that
we're entered in a sworn invoice al
tO.f francs each. But said the
i.tIe maid az his elbow. won't the ap-
0raiscrs h1ow the real value" The ven
cradle sinner strokei his white beard
couplacertlv- why should they sus
, 0eof The invoices approved by the Am
erican Consul at...----.2 Al. they
arr my very good friends at the con
srllte. De purred
Real Syrian Tugs.
Even the Storage has It's smugglers
There was a cOmmotion on the immi
srAut deck OF a French liner one morn
ing. Several hundred Syrians we're
westward bound. one OF them had
stolen roll OF bedding from another
{ The officer 90 whom complaint was
{ made was not deeply interested
Hadn't the immigrant good berth IN
= the Storage Why so much fracas for a
bundle OF dirty rags that should have
( been slowed in the hold9 The com
p-ainanr waXed desperate. Mother OF
p the Prophet. his bed-ot dirty rags, II
was OF Syrian rugs. the best a dOzeT
Sent by a merchant OF Damascus 10 his
brother merchant ia New York" tn,
luty on Syrian russ is heavy-but vho
would think 20 find them ia the dirty
bedding Of an Immigrant
A glove buyer for one o. the big Am
eri-an houses used % BRING back or
each semiannual trip for his own pur
poses. twelve dozen pairs Of gloves care
fully hidden in many pockets Of hu
coat and 0yercoat. Almost every touris
who can afford II buys diamond rim
while abroad A feather boa IS al
most the FIRST purchase OF the America,
woman arriving in London. and wha
customs Official can prove that she al
not carry Il out Of her own c0untr
with Ter.
How seldom DO those first purchase
IN London and Paris outlast the evaI
leScenr cl4rm or novelty. FlimSlly bull
Of fragile material. they drop 20 piece
before the owner has had time 10 wear
OF them. II they 90 last for any lengt
Of time, IL IS only 10 become a sourC
OF anger and disgust The SILK PETE
coat bought az the Bon Marche. PART
for which YOU paid SS-what bargai
IL was until one day you felt mystic
iOuS prickings at your ankles an
stopped 10 find that the nalf inch wild
steel ribbon which gave such a ch
set 10 the bottom. had broken loo:
from the dust rufie and slashed n
silk 10 bits. and your stockings TO "a
ters. To comfort you. every depar
ment store in New York and Chicas
is showing you identicaily the san
ed skirt, without the steel stiHening. Z,
~ s.. Sometimes, remembering thes
y. things. the high prices that assaile
an you in London and Paris. you may wo
ng der how the French women or modera
he means manage TO dress so well.
er Americans Charged Double.
n The answer IS that Americans a
be abominably over-charged. A raw cler
&c in the Louvre once told an Americs
10 customer that the house would nal
I'd her up a pOngee suit for 150 francs
be was sharply contradfcted by an old
ce employe who explained that the su
az would cost 800 francs. As the Lac
ut moved awav without ordering II
ID gown. she heard the novice reno
Sc strate. "Ycu told me $50 ffancs