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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

/, A birthday is an important event in
a chd's life. and should not pass I'M
noticed
a small party for little children is US
ually more enjoyable and more easily
managed than large one. With many
mothers it is the custom to invite as
many little guests as correspond to the
number OF years of the child whose
birthday is celebrated.
Make the table look as attractive rs
possible with flowers A pretty arrange
ment for a fifth birthday Is to have a
round table with vines. or a rope Of wild
flowers or leaves, arranged over it to
represent a five-pointed star The sand
witches. confectionery and fruit may be
placed within the star. the birthday cake
in the centre, and the five guests seated
! between the points of decoration.
For a sixth birthday. a pretty arrange
ment would be a six-pointed star, the
points to be made with the long frouds OF
the sword fern. Tho money myrtle Is
also effective for this decoration. and,
IN summer. the. little partridge vino. with
dts red berries. to be found In the woods
makes very pretty trimming. The cake
should be in the centre and thn other
viands placed within the star, the chill
| drens plates between the points. Either
L
| preferred.
| For an eighth birthday. n square table
may be used with walls OF Troy decora-
| tions and two children seated on side.
| II the birthday comes in winter. ~ rope
OF evergreen is appropriate, with flowers
punched at the corners.
For tenth birthday. n long table Is
needed, ana pretty arrangement OF
snllax in scaliops, With flowers at each
point may he carried out, n plate being
In each one Of the scallops.
In all these arrangements. due prom!-
nencc must be given the birthday cake,
tho principal feature of the feast 1t IS
usually placed in the centre. decorated
with frostlng and holds as many tiny
candles as the child is years old.
These are placed IN holders that arr
thrust into the trostlng The candles arr
lighted lust before the children 80 to tn
table. Much merrlment usually arises
over souvenirs placed in the cake;
A candy house is n novel form or dc
coratlou gar the birthday table, 1t MAJ,
be built OF red and white candy stick
ana have !. roof OF chocolate strips 10
a rail fence sticks of chocolate may b.
utilized and green spun candy cal
lsimulate grass.
For Il childrou's party. try the follow
ing device tlbce Tour emma ~ VIZ
end OF a room and throw over them {
large rug or shawl IN cover them com
plctcy, down u the floor tla
Have some one, clever Mt cntcrtainlna
to double his hands into fists. and Of
+, the back of the hands, with q piece 0
charcoal, paint eyes nose and mctt
/ aud on one, q moustachs. Put dolls
/ dresses on the arms, reaching down I
, the elbow, and hoods or caps on lii
j hnadp,
! l-ei the person thus prepared crawl !
4 between he chairs, and resting llis d
. bows on The floor hold his iqrenrnis pcl
gpudicular, 10 that li.e 6baekAs or III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
OUR SHAKESPEARE CONTEST.

n Tho editor Of the prize Of avo dollars 70 m
aae.n published the hrea answers to tho twenty
s's ss s s Ta s Pss.
should No seo n sam ns IN question Answer.
an s n Ths @ syssy lis, must
Attention f. called to tho published plays announced for omp
on thames prize winners and prize DO published
wo 20 pihs n asstss the sa
sasna best sns ssst Twa
@ ,es s By T Ssssa
February Is 1stR ua on the mamie
ss Sas w Fs ss s gsa
Of M &c @ 'anu ant will published
reached he ,s ss es, by s s sn'
JANUARY QUESTIONS
What Elbhan which by vfe
] ' rs ss 4 tanning ~
zion Was s,Il easmsr 81, ]
to-" yay a sss' an and 9 ansqnssss
@ DID r,aeG select SUNDAY his wedding
chic y wharf 7s ,n,snss , .sn by action
stage wna. the m ass arsso give
What ahss,nes description .
S takes s pa s Ps'u sSs ah h katherine to tho
petruohls conquest of 1sather
~ What Q by
this sy sT s sstss love sas s' sas P s
ADO A0 Who S fsa As roH 1 1s T' mis-
what celebrated Zebra men ~ were students hsrey
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Reader, Not Crater.

There are many strange ideas Of bust
ness. The young woman whose applica.-
ton is recorded In the Kansas City 'riunS
may have been n sister of the wife who
applied for admission to the New York
Medical College on tho plea that she
wanted to do something to occupy her
spare moments. * FL l
"This morning q young lady came in
here" said the man In charge of the
book department of a large store, '.and
asked for a position to sell books. eN-
planned had nothipg to give hor and
then said pleasantly. I'm aWfully
sorry.
.Oh,, slo said, turning to go, you
needn't be sorry. | really don't need the
money, ] simply wanted to work hpra
4 ,9nlpa piSlu, ,i,d ilfrga 8
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
ITO BE-" RATHER THAN
"TO APPEAR TO BE-"
The Difference in Society Between People of Fashion
and People of DISTINCTION.

I ion is not always well-bred. Such a one
has great dread at all times of being
too genuine, preferring what has been
cquivocally styled tact to the least
suspicion OF sincere straightfowardness
Between 1.-The seeming" and 1.-THE be-
ing" there is, then, an unbridgeable
difference. Not because the things donc
by the two classes are SO unlike. but be.
cause of their diverse attitudes. Whn-
constitutes the vital existence of tho
former Is tho surface amusement OF
the latter.
TO illustrate this difference suppose
a case in question between q hostess.
recognized as q distinguished young
matron, and one who is a strenuous wo-
man of fashion. Both may have people
to dine. But the company OF the one
is apt to be made UP OF amal, but con-
genial circle. Not one OF the circle will
feel that no or she is assisting at
function. On the contrary the hospital
fly enjoyed. although perfect In its way.
has the charm of informallty and OF
having csase to pass by fortuitio,ls
chain Of circumstance. A dinner party
given by the other Is nothing II not
formal. It is largely attended by peo-
PIE attired resplendently, md accom-
panied by all the paraphetnalla of an
eventful occasion, the successful con-
duct OF which taxes the nerves of the
woman giving 1t to the last degree.
To sum up the matter IN a nutshell
Tho woman of distinction has many re-
sources and interests which preclude
tho possibility that society is all of life
to her. The woman OF fashion may be
n good wife and mother and success
full hostess, from certain point OF
view, but she is making hneirass of her
pursuit of pleasure and giving that busi-
ness an undue Importance, not only In
so far as she herself is concerned, but In
so far as many others. who come under
l7er influence, are concerned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

fourlshes. still in her
prime;
Her lifc,fahr!c broldcrcd, but not fin
ished yet.
Though It's seventy years since the
first stitch was set.
Edna kinssly Wallace in Harper
Bazaar.
The Door.
The door is shut; what lies beyond
may not see nor know.
Thou of the paat,-O dear and fond,-
Go not the way 20.
The door is shut and am blind
To star, If star there be;
The fire of morn lies far behind;-
Lord, hold the light for me!
Virginia Woodward Cloud
The Choice.
hung a light In the window,
Made ready the bread and wine;
Then, idle and atl. waited loves will
10 enter this house OF mlto
My ncighbor sat Mt her spinning.
And brave was her song and Cav.
But she gave no heed to 20 yagrant',
need
Nor cared II lie came her way.
Love stole through the purple shadow
And what were the gifts he bore
hastened to sec. but. ah woe is roe
lie knocked at my neighbor's door
char'o,te Becker In Ainslecs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Valuable Scrapbook.

AS a homo dressmaker, have what
I consider valuable scrap-book com
prised of old cuts from fash,oh books,
carefully selected for grace and unique
ness. For the society woman or tho
dressmaker this is an Invaluable aid in
planning gowns The STYLES return
in few years and by referring to the
old plates suggestions, correct in style,
but differing in detail from tho now de-
signs may be obtained, Ono woman OF
prominence, dressing along these lines,
always gets the credit of importing her
gowns.-E w. D.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
PARTIES.
THE BIRTHDAY.

hands will lo facing the audience. All
the rest of the persons body should be
concealed, of course, under the shawl.
Call these two little people Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Thump. Have some one for
their manager who should stand beside
them. and tell them what to do. lie can
have them perform n number of clever
tricks in bowling to tn eaudience, kissing
each other. and pushing each other. They
can answer questions in a little fine voice,
or say How do you do?"
This entertainment will prove very
pleasing to little people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

since fashion has decrced that she mus
If she would be up to the minute.
This touch-length skirt naturally re-
quires a foot finish In the way of braid
or velveteen binding to prevent the hem
from cutting through when coming In
contact with the ground, and with this
necessarily In View one foresighted man
ufacturer has brought out a new velve-
teen binding that presents the advantage
OF handsome finish with excellent
wearing qualities. Velsa, the saleswo-
man calls 1t. and She will tell you its
advantages over the old velveteen bind
ing which was first basted around the
bottom of the unfinished skirt then
nachine-stItched. after which it was
turned UP on the skirt facing and fellcd
down by hand, this operation requiring
ut least three hours time. This new
product is sewn on In quite the same
manner as the mohair braid which many
use, the lower edge finished with
stitched welt. the upper having mar
row piping of mercerized cotton lining,
this being found better to sew through
than the velveteen. special advantage
which the velveteen binding has over
mohair braid Is that it does not rub or
scratch the shoes as does the braid
The Latest Fad-the Skirt Ex-
tender.
Another new production right in line
with tho mode for voluminous skirts ia
tho skirt extender- This Is n series OF
three pliable featherbonc hoops running
around the body held together by means
of ribbons running up and down and
fastening to the ribbon belt The first
hoop comes just below tho hip line. the
lower two at about knee depth; to this
lower hoop IS attached deep petticoat
fiounce of taffeta finished with numerous
narrow rufiles which cover the tiny
featherbone cords which serve to hold
the flounce about the feet. With the
thin sheer voiles. batistes, silks and
cotton summer fabrics made up Into
modish volumnous skirts, something of
this kind Is absolutely necessary. We
cannot go back to the days OF the stlhly
starched pett.coats nor the ingainly
hoop skirts. but we must have something
10 take their place as far as extending
the outer skirt is concerned, and this
the new skirt extender does most sat
isfactorlly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
JUST FOR FUN
The Sad End.

d
Mr.. Monkey:-'.what became of tho
baby?"
Mrs. Monkey:--"arr Hippo. who is
running for office, came around and
kissed him."
Mrs. Neutrality-suspicious. you not think
in every nature there is sealed room,
holy of holes. to which the world Is
not admltted2"
Mrs. Plainthought:-"Yes. I know; my
cook won't allow me in the kitchen"
Cynic. savagely:-"They say the fash
ionablo mother of to-day recognizes her
baby only by looking at the nurse.
Fashionable Mother unmoved How
extraordinarily clever. when ono changes
nurses so often! I<always tell ours by
the mailcart."
"Halloa, old man, what's the
matter with your head ~
Henry:-"It was an accident; all Miss
Browns fault,
charle:--Indeedl How was sho re-
sponsible for itP
Henry:-oh we'll. you know, she's got
an unfortunate habit Of sticking pins
into her waist belt
Mamma, what is splnster?
a sptSter, my deHr, ~ " WolHali q "
lie envied, but don't toll your father
said no.
What Is meant by "a glad surprise, !.
par
1t was glad surprise, my boy, when
your mother didn't give mo cigars for
Christmas
IIe.--Has she been married long?
she;,No; She still thinks that her
iNhuSband eats cloves because he likes
them
Grace;-Aro Jack and Inuise engaged?
Nell:--No, but it's only y question OF
time before they will be married. !
| heard them assuring cacn u otner tt H.at
| their fiendship was purely platonlc,
Beyond Conception.
Mr. NowhalI. tho bridegroom, was hum q,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Diversity Of Gifts.

4There's lots Of things
THAT grown folks make
Mother makes clothes.
And cook makes cake;
Granny makes mlttens
And hoods and things,
Father makes whistles, Hgg
And kites and swings; 3sss
And once cried fSH
When was small. 'NtF-l
Cause I couldn't make gT.pT
A thing at all, IiIr
But mother said, Honey, 'lit
Now don't you grieve,
For 1T takes a child
10 make belleyel"s
Hannah G. Fernald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
A Pithy Sermon,

Here is the pithiest sermon ever preach-
ed: "Our ingress into life Isl naEed. and,
hare, ON progress through life istroliblo
and care, Our eSress out of 1t va know
not where; but, doing we'll here, wa shall
dn we'll there, I could laa tell more BY
prcuchlAS y 1cac." ~ sfaW ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28
Beyond Conception.

Mr. NowhalI tho bridegroom, WAS nun
bly, trying Ia learn some or tho simpler
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS h,U 3Pfsminlne7GaFn
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13
IRRIGATION IN Callahan.

W. X. Boatwright and W. D.
Dodds were pleasant callers at The
Star office Saturday. Mr. Boat
wright is enthusiastic over his irri-
CATION project The dam he built
last year across Deep Creek is full
Of water and he has already irrigat-
ed part of his land. The Star hopes
TO see the day when in place Of two
or three irrigated farms in the coun-
ty, we Will have hundreds Of them.
Store up the rain water wherever
practicable and drouth> will hurt the
farmer but little. Major McManis
and sons have an irrigation plant
on the Bayou put in too late for last
season but We expect to hear good
results from there this year.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13

The Bonham man must have his
rabbit. He will have his fayorlte
dish. Not many moons ago Bon
nam man was blowing his garden
when an innocent bunny got too IA
mliar and hoped along in front oil
him in the iurrow. The plowman
stopped in his merry way: his day
dream of Irish potato spuds, Eng
lish peas and spinach-no, not spi-
mach, the Bonham man does not eaS
erass-was ended and he sighed for
brick with which to down the car
cass of Brer Rabbit. There was not
a thing in sight. At last he thought
Of his nickcl's worth of star tobacco
and let drive. The throw was good
one, the compressed essence Of "ham
gravy" striking the cotton tail in
;he optic and placing it in the atti-
tude of the General Wood "paciticd
Eillipinos," making meat for the
pot.-Bonham Herald.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13
Proposed Amendment to the State
Cor@titution Authorship the Levy
o. Tax to Pay Jliors.

o. a Tax to Pay Jurors.
Joint Resolution amending Section
8, OF Article S. of the Constitution OF
the State Of Texas. providing for the
levying Of a tax OF not exceeding I'll
teen cents On he one hunilei dollars
valuation, 10 pay jurors.
Section /. 3 it resolved by The Leg
isla,ure Of the State of Texas That
Section 8, Of Article s, Of the Coos-ltG.
ton OF tha state OF Texas. be so
amended as to hereafter r,aI as fol
lows:
Section 8. The State tax on proper
". exclusive Of the tax necessary TO
pay the public debt. ald Of lh= taxes
provided for the bene ii Of the public
free schools, shall never exceed thirty.
five cents on the one hundred dollars
yaIuation and no county. city or town
shall levy more than twenty-five cents
for CITY or county PURPOSES, ami not
excCeClhS Eiecn cents Tor ROAD ana
pFllse.' aAd h0i e@cse.I..A III ee"
cents 10 pay jurors, on 'hs one nun
area doiIaIS Fa.natioh' except lJ' me
payment ol deDta incurred pslpI 10 l"e
adoption oi IN amendment september
Z''h, Io6@' ana lor me erection OF pup
lie buildings streets sewers water
works and OH r permanent improve
mnntS, not 20 exceed twenty-five cents
on 'he one hundred dH.iaFs Naiuatioh
IN any one year, and except as is IN
lhls cons. l'H' ION Otherwise pro'lIsd'
ana N l. -l'i.'l:e may ai7p au1hor
i%e an aoHi iohsl ahh'ai 40 VaioFeH TAX
10 De ItFled ana corrected Tor the luf' |
thei ma. H,,'-a'.Ce 81 me pUpf!c lodaS' |
saJ ..,,'-,,- - ~, ~ 49,
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13
Proposed Amendment 10 the Sh7t.
Co lstitutio1 Relating 10 Certain E
en- ptlons from Taxat en-.

W iSNNtlO' t'c'@N'hJ ~ III No'H <
captions from Taxat.cn.
Joint Resolution to amend Section
Of Article VIZ oi the Constitution 4
the STATE Of Texas, relating to certain
exemptions from taxation
BE Ii resolved by the Legislature Of
,ht Sale OF Te&a5:
vrou !. That Section ,, OF Article
E.II, Ji the Constitution Of the State
III Ie,as be so a:agaIed that the same
ah-ll read as follows. tu.wit:
An occupation taxes snail be equal
and uL'iuiU upon tn, same class Il
subjects VIII "a the limits Of The au.
h5Ity Of leyyng the tax: but the
!.l Stature may. by Ecacral laws, *
eHp. from taxation public property
used lor public purposes: actual places
Il religious wor hp; places OF burial
ct held for p,igSt, Or corporate
profit, all buildings used exclusively
and owned by pa sens or assoc atoms
If persons for school purposes and the
necessary furniture of al schools, also
the eHIOWW,l, fun Is If such institu-
lions Of learning ANA LgisA not used
with a view 10 pgOat and when the
,a"a, ar ,an5 ~ "o ~, y, u'o, !,
9Lrh hng L.a" a.a .,,.,n ~ nl p'1pv' ~,
bought in by such institutions under
foreclosure sales made 10 satisfy or
'',,9t 10 -. ,n''
shaii 'o.s w. ',oi, '"" ','f piup
ara ,ho ,nyntas' - ~ ' sa ,"o ''h
sale by such institutions and no long.
or. and institutions Of purely public
charity; and all MS e%smpting prop
nro,er,y ah,,e ,,.o,e, ' ahau nv
null and vol"
section Z. T. * -, or Of the State
Si'aII anu ne l. Il i'D' alrec'sn TO issue
suhnItss an ~ ~. -,.,.ndn,art 70 mo
qualified voters Of state of Texas
al the mex. general l. elton for State
anu LINN y,
members Of the L,cislaturn Of the
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13

Blanks for plating, SEMI
inches with one inch square blocks
printed, at The News office.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13
TAYLOR Wants Interurban.

We have been informed that all
the right Of way for the Gidding-
and Taylor electric road has been Sc
cured and $1,000 bonus subscribed
Tor ,unc, ing. The work is progres,
ing nicely and the road will be built
some day in the near future, then
when it Is too late our Elgin citi-
zens will wish they had taken some
steps 10 retain all the good trading
territory that this road is taking up
Tor Taylor and Giddings.-Elgin
Courier.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13

Send The News TO "a friend.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13

When man brags OF good deed
II is because be knows SO few Of them
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13

Try The News for Job Work.
Evening journal., 1906-09-01
DEMocRATs nor ACTIVE.

I JUDGING from the list of candidates for
J Democratic nominations filed with the
,ounty Committee, the party is not taking much
lterest in the coming election. This is to be
GREETED. live, vigorous, strong opposition is
ne best thing that could happen to the Repub-
cans 1t would put them on their good be
avior and make the Republicans consider care
ully the kind of fcandidates that they should
nomnate. 1t is presumed that most OF those, ex-
cept the ones in the Republican districts have
paid their fees. The Democrats during the last
campaign had considerable trouble on this score.
Some of those who were candidates for high of
ices and who are called prominent" Democrats,
refused to pay a modest assessment for the party
expenses. They wanted to make the other fellow
do the work and put up the money also. And
the Republican party is not free from such men
who occasionally get upon the ticket.
In some of the Legislature districts there are
to be contests. In those where the Democrats
will probably win, there is more or less interest
in the nominations. 1t is, perhaps, needless to
say that the corporations will have firm grip on
some of the Democratic aspirants for the Legisla-
ture The corporations in Delaware do not pro-
pose to give the people a chance, if they can pre-
vent it. The Democrats for the nominations
should defeat all those men who are controlled
by the corporations 1t is about time that Della
ware is breaking away from such rule.
Evening journal., 1906-09-01
TO REPUBLICANS:

We are anxious to have every
Republican in close touch, and work
ng in harmony with the Republican
National Congressional Committee in
favor Of the election of a Republican
Congress.
The Congressional campaign must
e based on the administrative anC
legislative record of the party, and
hat being so, Theodore Roosevelt
personality must be a central figure
and his achievements a central
thought in the campaign.
We desire to maintain the work of
his campaign with popular subscrip-
ions Of One Dollar each from Repub-
leans. To each subscriber we viii
send the Republican National Cam
Paign Text Book and all documents
issued by the Committee.
Help US achieve a great victory.
JAMES S. SHERMAN, Chairman.
P. o. Box ao61 New York.
Evening journal., 1906-09-01
Personal and Pertinent

A number OF Eks seated in Of the cigar
store senates recently discussing the emblems of their
order when of them remarked III you start out TO
buy elk tooth the first thing you will discover will
be the scarcity of these articles you win learn
enough write a book about them The who sold
the my watch chain said they all
from the of Indians whore the teeth found
sewed the garments of the dead Indian chiefs lie
told the teeth OF the elks killed by
different and those sold for charms from extinct
species of the elk He said the price of teeth
from IS $780, according their size This one cost
S. because It is small
"The style Of envelope" said well-known Mar
ket street stationery merchant yesterday lis such
Improvement on the old that wonders why the idea
did not occur to a manufacturer sooner The new en-
yelope like other except that the Zap gum-
med Instead the is the envelopes back follow
ing the flaps edges in V-shaped strip You the
idea does away with the gum eating When you
OF gum to give bad taste for half after but
simply lick the plain white edge Of the flap
press usual IL attaches itself to the dry
gum and is firmly sealed"