The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-25
SIDEWALK PENClLINGS
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 icism of the "peekaboo" waists, there is being entirely too much impor,- ance attached to the airy-fairy littie garment.
 'sTne writers in the various newspa- pers and periodicals who are attacking so n4erctieesly the peekaboo waists, she said, ''are losing sight of the fact that it Is not the dainty little outer garment of woman's vanity that is deserving of criticism. but that which is. or is not. worn beneath the seem ingly offending peekaboo "Womankind have worn piouses or thfnnest materials; of open-worI de- signs and Of cobwebby lace. these many years. Our grandmothers and cur greatgrandmother wore their gowns cut just as low in the neck and Just as high in the sleeve. if the. daguerreo- types and the tin types Of 'ye oiden times tell the truth, as do our society bslles Of today.
 After all in the matter of women's dress there Is nothing new under the sua' and the change is more In the eyes of the beho)der than in the garments which women wear"
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 High Speed of Autos.
 Something ought to be done 10 put stop to this automobile scorcning In Montgomery," said a citizen. yesterday Tt is time that somebody should take a hand 10 prevent the loss of lives. l came very near losing mine the other night.
 Avenue at a high clip. It was one of these big machines and it meant death to get caught ir its pathway. Ihe person who was driving the machine saw me but he didn't slacken his speed not even at the corner. The machine was about twenty yards from me and was advancing rapidly upon me. didn't know which way to turn. The autoist turned his machine, first to The the left. was confused but had presence Of mind enongh to noke a dash for the nearest sidewalk and barely escaped being run over.
 against such fast driving, and espe- cialIy the autoists should be compelled to reduce their speed at street cross, ings where so many pedestrians pass.
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 Great Revival at Huckahee.
 Rev George W. Townsend, the Bap- fist evangelist, has just returned from a revival meeting at IinckaDee. Aa> tauga County, where he assisted pr. Upshaw, the pastor of the evergreen Mf' Townsend says he fell completely in love with the people Of that com munity, and that 1t is one Of the gar den spots of Alabama. He says it was one o fthe finest revivals In the entire history of old Evergreen Baptist Church. There were quite number of conversions who were baptized ny the greatly beloved pastor; pr. upsna~'
 MT. woodford J. Judklns, Chief Clerk of the YArdmaster of the Louisville ana Nashville Railroad, has resigned ms position to accept more lucrative one press Company Mir. Judkins Is the youngest son of Capt. H, Judkins' United States Marshal. of this city.
 v VI v Mir W. r. Nicely. travelling sales man, was thrown from his buggy while in a runaway yesterday and his. shoul- der was dislocated. He is confined m his bed at his residence on Adams Street.
 Rev. J. C. Sturgeon of Troy was m Montgomery yesterday. Mir. Sturgeon is one of the veteran Presbyterian ministers of the State and IS greatly beloved by a wide circle of friends.
 snnar,,teDaent x ". < x x. Cox of the western of Alabama Railroad, Ter. yesterday for Seymour, Ind. for visit of couple of weeks Prof c. L. Mccartha of the Troy Nor mai School. was in Monfe emery .yester day en route to Talladega springs to spend a few days
 Messrs. J. F. Morris of Noble rsasl and | A. ! listered at the Mabson:
 A 5e & | MT w. D. stratton and Mir. Floyd r; Dawson of Birmingham are registered l at the Imperial.
 Messrs L. F. Metealf. c: H. Brown an1 M l c. s. Kingman of Mobile were In the 1 city yesterday.
 MT James c. Simpson of Mobile was registered yesterday at the New Ex- change
 Messrs. Daniel Pratt and Merrill Pratt of Prattville are at the New Ex- change E % %
 Mr R. c. Conner of Enterprise is stopping at the Imperial.
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 Mir. S. H. Carter Of Booth was m Monteomery yesterday. x & Se
 MT. c. E. Williams of Notasulga was in the city yesterday.
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 MT. W. D. Mcleod Of OzaTK IS reg istered at the Mabson
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 MT. Edgar M. Wright of Troy was m the city yesterday