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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

great tone poets. They are supplied to every club member at a nominal cost.
 Division of the federated clubs into sections, each under the care Of sec tional vice president, who arranges for annual or semi-annuaI concerts at some central point, brings the different clubs Into still closer touch.
 The work of this National Federation of Musical Clubs is not so well known to the musical women of the country as It deserves. No club. however unassuming' but can find in 1t a strong incentive to more active musical life and broader musical development.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
How to Make French" Hand
 kerchiefs
THE prettiest handkerchiefs are be De

TT HE prettiest handkerchiefs are be-
 ing made as fancy work out of
 A plaid and corded handkerchief lin- ems which came out in the spring for blouses and shirtwaists and morning dresses. French handkerchiefs, exactly like them. have been popular for. sev- eral years, but, if you hemstitch, dupl- cates of the French ones may be yours for the merest fraction of the cost. For yard of the stuff costs less than single made-up handkerchief. And a yard makes d good many handkerchiefs!
 Make them up with a narrow hem: and, if you can, embroider one or all three of your initials in the middle or une of the squares. setting the initial across on a slant.
 Or, if you've a short first name, write it on with soft pencil and embrolder 1t over a thread It's pretty, charac. tcrstic little touch that carries with IL the charm of individuality. ,,
 The long, narrow strips of the linen which may be left over in cutting OH me Ihe handkerchiefs will make pretty collar and cuff sets, or lingerie ties to wear with stiff. embroidered collars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
Embroidering With Braids

T HE search for ways and means of
 getting as much effect as possi-
 ble out of as little cause has
 brought about a novel form of braiding, which looks like heavily pad ded. carefully executed solid embroid- cry.
 The first braid was plain, rounded. cordlike thing, f1attened out on the un- der side. When that proved satisfac- tory, dozen variations of 1t were de- veloped; braids which widened and nar- rowed and were finished with a tight little stitch on one edge that made them perfect copies of buttonholing; other braids for stems, and some which seem ed oddly shaped, but which, cut off in short lengths, proved just right for the narrow petals of flowers.
 Most of the patterns already stamped can be used for the braiding, except, or course. designs which absolutely de- mand the filling in of rose leaves or such broad-petaled flowers.
 And the application is so simple that A fairly involved design can be "em- broidered" in an afternoon.
 It's an initiative form Of work, of course. and one that, for that very req son. doesn't appeal in the same way that inc results of patiently set stitches do nor has it the individuality. But for the woman who likes pretty things upon her table, yet has neither the time nor the money to indulge in them, they are a positive beae'
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which there is plenty of white. are gain ing in popularity, some of them only Eastern in design, the figures printed in the softest, palest blues and pinks, and formed into a deep border around white or pale blue or pink centre.
 They are printed upon crepes of every weight, or upon the chiffon or liberty silk.
 Chiffon is only one remove from the finer lighter crepes, and the new flower ed chiffons would have delighted the fiower-loving eyes of the famous beauty whose name goes like magic with flow self.
 Lace scarfs are in the minority as yet, although the new ones are so attractive that they bid fair to rival those of chif-
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bold stripes running down the whole length, as though satin had become etherealized and the result had been transferred to a foundation of sheerest gauze-that is what some of those fairy crepes are like.
 And the way they take color! Pink and blue flowers, printed in such deli cate tints that they are like the won derful gleaming reflections which drift over the face of pool, are laid on with such skill that the whole effect is of the softest iridescence, changing and shimmering from shade to shade and from color to color.
 Between those two crepes are a dozen others, varying widely in weight, or, rather, in degree of lightness.
 Persian effects, especially those in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

NF ALL the many accessories with
 which the summer girl bedecks herself, none is more fascinat-
 ing than her scarf; Draped from her shoulders as Bernhardt dis plays it. caught up mantilla fashion. as some dark-eyed Spanish beauty wears 1t, or flung around her in unstudied, careless manner, it is invariably becom- ing, and as invariably sets her dress on to its best advantage.
 Paris and London are both exclaiming over wonderful floral scarfs, made Of tiny artificial flowers sewed thickly over en like the long chains of flowers that children make. Wee roses, violets and forget-me-nots are the favorite flowers used for this purpose.
 So far, they've obtained scarcely any favor on this side of the sea, the soft. exquisite crepes. printed with flowers in delicate pinks and blues, holding their own easily. Somehow, the natural flow CTS on every hand, as they are in sum mer weather, put the scarfs made or ar tificial flowers to shame.
 Hand-painted scarfs are used more than they have been for years; yet they are the one exception to the otherwise invariable rule that decorating done by hand is prettier than is any other form. for, with hand-painted scarfs, you are made conscious of the paint. which seems to lie upon the surface instead of sinking into 1t.
 The newest scarfs of all are of liberty silk. treated in checkerboard fashion. in that tiny, glistening squares alternate with dull ones. the distinction made in the weave, and the scarf made all in a single tone. But the novelty lies in the way the little blocks are made to form a whirlpool of checks. the blocks pulled out into diamond-shaped bits, yet the general effect of the checkerboard kept.
 Stripes running diagonally across mark some of the other new scarfs of liberty silk.
 But the scarfs that belong to the crepe family are the ones to which woman loses her heart at first sight. Crepe de chine, as we know it for dresses. makes the most utilitarian of them, their very usefulness cleverly masked. For no one would ever associate hard wear with scarf of palest blue, for instance, over which is flung tiny June roses. printed in their own fresh pink. Yet the scarf will wear and wear and, with just a little care, will wash, without losing any of its beauty.
 If they are the hard-working members of the crepe family, those other ex- qusite things. which seem like veritable fairy gossamer, are undoubtedly the aristocrats.
 The airiest of fabrics. with the merest suggestion of the crinkle which is the coat-of-arms of the crepe family. with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
REDEEMING feature of our un-

A REDEEMING feature of our un-
 N pleasantly hot summers is the ~ open-air life they necessitate.
 Nowadays, one does everything but dress out of doors, and the porch has become the spot around which the family life centres from June to Sep tember.
 The charm of those days and evenings spent on vine-draped veranda actual ly almost compensates for unbearable swelterng, and we do not wonder hat the American porch-7which. unlike the American rocking chair. has not yet been introduced to European country homes-has such an attraction for for eigners.
 When I built my house." said one enthusiastic young woman, who was congratulated on the extreme "lov- ableness'' of her country home. T gave my architect just three orders-cross draughts in every bedroom, plenty of bathrooms and porches. covered and un- covered, upstairs and down, facing in every direction. and big enough to really furnish as I like. The rest of the house he could place as he saw fit, but the only way 70 live through our summers is to get all the breeze going and to be
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ion and crepe before long. Most of them are of Lierre lace. the scarf itself made of an allover pattern, and set about with a three or four inch ruffie, which makes 1t into pile of becoming nun, not unlil-e the pretty fichus which that other famous beauty (and unfor- tunate Queen). Marie Antoinette. made
 scarfs of plain tints are immensely popular for wearing with the pompa- oour gowns which are emong the marked successes of the season. And tne ower-printed scarfs are as popu- Tar TOT the many dresses kept to a slmgle pale, exquisite tone
 me Pierrot ruff, which came in last naLl and went out of fashion in so snort a while, is back again. After all, 1t belongs by rights with summer clothes and colors. and that pile of fiuff IS as becoming as anything can be.
 White or black, or those stunning new ones made of alternate ruffies lruches, you might almost say) of white and black, each with three or TOUT of the tiniest of tucks caught up into an inch-wide hem, are prac- tically the only ones worn - colors seeming to rob the style of its char acter. But an occasional one echoes last years use of great velvet dots powdered thickly over the maline, and few are made of point d'esprit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
TO LAY CARPET

p UT on overshoes. next time you are helping to lay carpet, then smooth out the wrinkles and stretch the carpet by. dragging your feet along it. The rubber seems to take hold of the carpet and makes the work a lot easier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
GRADUATION a1FTs FoR RoYs

Gold and silver pencils to wear on watchchain make attractive gifts. Also; if a boy is the fortunate posseSsor or everything he needs in the jewelry line' there are fountain penE in goH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20

For the average city or suburban porch the choice of this furniture must necessarily be limited to straight arm chairs, low rockers and the smaller ta- bles, with possibly reed swing, IT there Is room for it. One of the smaller settees Is always attractive. with broad arms or open basket effects. where ones belongings may be dropped.
 The colorings are either the natural tints-which have the merit Of wearing well and being easily cleaned.or are stained in various ways-sometlmes Tn solid tints. sometimes shaded. Green IS a great favorite, and Is especially at traCtive in the natural tones or the prairie grass.
 For the porch in the country, broad, roomy and secluded, many of them square and open all around, the more lounging types of wicker furniture should be chosen.
 What more delightful than to loaf away long hours in one of the numerous varieties of '.chaise tongues" propped with pillows and with receptacles at each side for fancy work ar book? Some of these chairs have independent leg rests that allow them to be converted at will into the ordinary armchair.
 The doctors who have advocated sleeping in the open air may be respon- sible for rather novel piece of porch furniture-a long couch of wicker, into
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
ARE HELD UNDER
BONDS OF $500
Mayor and PatroImen Held to Grand
Jury Furnish BaiI-Piea is Per
Torrance of Duty.

Mayor McCaskrin and Officers Page.
Mccarthy. Vogel, Kell, Kinney. and
Golf, who were bound over to the grand
jury yesterday afternoon by Justice j.
II. Cleland on a charge of impeding
and Obstructing railway traffic without
due process of law, were placed under
$500 bonds. The bonds were furnish
ed, DR.. J. F. Meyers signing for Mayor
McCaskrin and the officers going sure
ty for each other The defense,
represented by S. r. Kenworthy
held that the tearing up of the
tracks did not impede the traf-
fic of the D.. r. l. & n. w. railway as
charged in the complaint. though trains
of other roads might have been delay
ed or INSTRUCTED. Mayor McCaskrin, in
arguing for the defense, held that he
and the officers were performing an
official act for the city, in performance
of their duty. and that if it was a Grim
inal act it could be investigated by the
grand jury without the binding over
by the justice court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
TASK OF RAISING
QUINCY DIFFICULT
Under Direction Of Superintendent Xii.
Ieen of Diamond 10 Line-Dam-
age is $4,000.

The task of raising the sunken
steamer Quincy is proving more diff
cult task than was anticipated at first
by Superintendent Killeen of the Dia-
mond 10 line, but with his expert judg
ment and experience the feat will un-
doubtedly be accomplished without
great delay. The steamer is much sub
merged. and has keeled over on one
side. adding to the difficulty of raising
it. The damage resulting from the ac-
cident will be about $4,000 The loss
of the services of the steamer just at
this most busy and profitable time of
the year is the most unfortunate fea-
ture of the accident. The steamer will
probably be in service again in few
weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
AN INSTALLATION is HELD
Newly Elected Officers of Eudora Re-
becca Lodge Take up Duties.

Newly CiGClGu OHlCeTS OF ne
becca Lodge Take up Duties.
AT the regular meeting of the Eudora
Rebecca Degree lodge No. 73 the fol
lowing officers were installed by Depu-
ty Ella Godfrey:
Noble Grand-Mrs. Lena Reeves.
Vice Grand-Mrs. Affenia Hatch.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. May
Peake.
Conductor-Mrs Valentine.
Outside Guardian-N. Rothwell
Inside Guardian-MrS. Lucy Snyder.
Right Supporter to Noble Grand
Mrs. Ella Godfrey.
Left Supporter to Noble Grand DR.
Hada Burkhart.
Right Supporter to Vice Grand-Mrs.
Bertha Stang.
Left Supporter to Vice Grand-Mrs.
Elizabeth Simser.
Chaplain-Miss Annie Nissen.
Past Noble Grand-Mrs. Kate Peck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
COLLISION IN CAR BARN
And Two Street Cars Considerably
Damaged as a Result.

AS a result of carless operation by
one of the car men, two of the cars
of the Tri City Railway company are
at the Fifth avenue barn awaiting the
repair shop The barn man last even
ing was placing the cars on the barn
tracks, and sent one with great force
against the other The result was that
the Watch Tower car being of lighter
construction, was considerably dam
aged. while the Red line car, though
much heavier. had quite a hole torn
into the vestibule. The force of the
moving car telescoped the front of
the other
BRIEF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
Notice of Meeting,

The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the Black Hawk Homestead
Building Loan & Saving Association
will be held at the secretarys Office in
the Bengston block. Rock Island. H..
on Tuesday evening, July II. 1906. at
O'Clock D. m. for the purpose of elect
ing four directors for the period OF
three years. and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
i. ID. SWEENEY, President.
T. J. MEDILL, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
FILE A new BILL
More Complete Statement Made
in SchneIl- Tappendorf
Case.
MAKES OTHERS Defendants
Sets Up Bonds, Certificates and Con.
tracts In FulI-Prays Return
of Money Paid.

This morning in the circuit court a
supplemental bill was filed in the case
of Schnell and Tappendorf for an in
junction against the city of Rock Is
land, anent payment of the Twenty
fourth street storm drain. The
supplemental bill covers the
points mentioned as lacking in the
former bill by Judge Gest when he sus-
tanned the demurrer to the former bill.
The complainants seek to have all of
the outstanding bonds, contracts and
Indebtedness of the city declared void,
the city enjoined from payment of any
money on account of the bonds or con-
tracts, and to compel the return of
money paid by reason of these bonds
or contracts. The bonds from she
adoption of the constitution in 1870 are
set forth in detail. beginning with the
Indebtedness of $4,000 at that time,
paid with new bonds in 1897. The
water works bonds of 1872, refunded
in 1882 and again in 1902, for S25, 000,
are mentioned, as are the water works
certificates of Indebtedness of 1901 for
$4,000, of which $4,000 has been
paid.
Makes Others Defendants.
The supplemental bill sets up that
the owners of these bonds are I'M
known because the bonds and certifi-
Gates pass from hand to hand and are
payable to the bearer. These owners
are made defendants in the suit under
the name of unknown owners. The
contracts of the Peoples Power COM
pany for street lighting, the contract
of the Snow Steam Pump company for
the water works pump, the contract of
the Concrete Construction company
for the addition to the water works
building, and the contract of the Sea
grave Fire Engine company for the
ladder truck, are set up as void be-
cause of the excess of the constitu-
tional limit, and the companies men
toned are made defendants in the
suit.
Claim Waste of Funds.
The bill sets up that the city is
aware of its condition, and made use
of it to defeat the claim of Matthias
Schnell in 1905. The compIainants OBJ
ject and protest that the city is vast
ing its funds and using them for fraud
and oppression on the one hand, and
bounty and favor on the other
Th% supplemental bill involves a
number more in the case as defend
ants, and sets forth the various bonds
and contracts in detail. In his decision
on the original bill Judge Gest said
that with these matters set forth prop
erly the bill would be good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
DAVENPORTERS WILL
SAVETHE BALL TEAM
Meeting With Success in Efforts to
Raise $4,000 to Buy Hayes
Out.

The Davenport baseball franchise is
expected to be saved. The committee
of business men who were appointed to
make a canvass have been so success
full that they today assured Owner
Hayes that they would guarantee him
the $4,000 he has asked for the team.
Though no money has yet been paid
over. Mr.. Hayes is satisfied that the
promise will be made good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
NOVEL CAR Is COMPLETED
First of New Design for Excursions is
Given a Trial Run

The Tri-City Railway company has
completed one of the new excursion
cars which are to be used in conjunc-
ton with the Diamond 10 line service.
The car is equipped with a canvas top
and will seat 80 passengers. The top
is made so that it can be entirely re-
moved, leaving the car open. Several
of these cars are to be constructed for
the excursion business. The new car
was given a trial run over the lines
this afternoon. Its unique designs at
tracts much attention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
ANNUAL OUTING OF SCHOOL
Children of Memorial Christian Church
at Woodward's Grove.

About 300 members of the Memorial
Christian church Sunday school, are
attending the picnic at Woodward's
grove today. The steamer w. w. left
here at 9:15 this morning. The Eclipse
took a number this afternoon on the
trip which was arranged by the Sunday
school for those who were unable to
make the trip this morning. The usual
picnic festivities were INDUCED in. in
Guiding a baseball game and athletic
sports
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
Burned by Gasoline.

Charles Younger. employed as fore
man of the Thomas j. Peter company's
Twenty-fourth street plant. was very
painfully burned yesterday by the eX-
plosion of some gasoline. His left
hand was burned. A doctor was called
and dressed his wounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
PERSONAL POINTS.

Hon. E. w. Hurst has returned from
South Dakota.
e. G. Gilberton and son of Chicago.
were visitors in the city yesterday.
Miss Margaret Shields has gone to
Altoona. Iowa, for several weeks visit
Mrs. Ramsey of Guthrie, Okla. Is
visiting at the home of Mrs. J. f. Rob
inson.
H. b. Hayden. superintendent of
schools. leaves tonight for Boulder, Col,
on an extended visit
DIR. A. II. McCandless and family de-
parted this morning for Lake Geneva
where they will spend the summer.
Mrs. B. F. Hall and daughters, Misses
Grace and Florence. leave tomorrow
on the steamer st. Paul for several
weeks visit at Dubuque. Iowa.
o. l.. Hill of Peoria, travelling freight
agent of the Chicago & Alton. J. w.
Powell of Peoria. agent of the Mer-
chants Dispatch, and j. p Brady of
Burlington, agent of the Merchants
Dispatch. called on the local railway
men yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
TWO LOSE LIVES
Harry Hizer and George Hynens
Drown i'm River at Port
Byron.
HAD GONE IN FOR A SWIM
Too Far Away to HeIp-Were Bridge
Painters on the Milwaukee
Road.

Harry Sizer and George Hynens,
bridge painters on the Milwaukee road,
were drowned yesterday afternoon at
Port Byron while bathing. Their
homes are at Miles, Iowa Steers body
was found and search for the other is
still being prosecuted.
The shocking tragedy was the re-
suit of the victims, both of whom were
unable to swim, taking reckless chanc
es in water of unknown depth. They
were beyond the reach of help, and
when noticed struggling in the river,
aid could not reach them till both had
disappeared. They sank in 20 feet of
water.
There were four men in the gang at
work near Port Byron yesterday.
man, a man from Freeport named
Jones, and the two who were drown
ed. Finishing their work early I'm the
afternoon, they went to Port Byron to
take the train which leaves at 1920
for Freeport.
Went Swimming.
Having sufficient time, they decided
to go in swimming and all repaired to
the sandbar in fornt OF the village.
Jones and Wake went to the north
end of the bar, while SiZer and Hy-
mems were some distance away on the
west side, where the current is swift
and treacherouS.
Jones and Wake paid little attention
TO their companions till one of them
happened to notice that the latter
in the water. Though they had made
no cutlery, it was apparent that they
were in trouble, and the others hur
ried to their assistance. Before they
arrived, however, both had disap-
peared.
Caught with Fish Line
Search for the bodies was at once
begun, and in about an hour Byron
Skillen of Port Byron, who was work
ing with a fish line, caught it about
the ankle of Sizer and drew the body
to the surface. Dynamite was used to-
day to recover the body of Hynens,
but without success, and dredging.
which was difficult on account of the
depth of the water, was continued.
Coroner Eckhart went to Port Byron
ldSi evening anu ll1DduclSu jury
composed of Frank Rogers, Luther
Pearsall, Frank Shelton, S. S. Moody,
John Huntley. and Frank l.. Morgan,
and after examining the witnesses a
verdict of accidental drowning was
found
Sizer was about 25 years of age and
leaves a widowed mother. He joined
the Woodmen at Miles a few weeks
ago and the clerk of the camp arrived
today to take the body back home
Hynens was about % years of age
and also single.
Finds Infants Body.
Axel Christopher. living above the
Moline bridge across Rock river. re-
ported to Coroner Eckhart today the
finding of the body of a foetus in Rock
river this morning. Upon acquainting
himself with the circumstances the
coroner decided it was not necessary to
hDII
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14

street and Sixth avenue. The dog
was acting in a peculiar manner and
the residents were afraid some one
would be bitten. Alderman Dauber
was notified and the dog Immediately
killed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-14
COMES BEFORE JUDGE GRAVES
Tampico Saloon Fight Likely to Wind
Up In Circuit Court

The fight at Tampico on the saloon
question continues warm. Mayor Kemp
and his marshal and two assistants
have been bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of $500 for arresting
three temperance aldermen and COM
polling their presence at a council
meeting. On the other hand two sa-
loon keepers have deposited the neces-
sary amount to secure licenses and
made formal application of the city
clerk, Leslie Dennison, for the permits,
which were refused. Now the liquor
men say they will secure a writ of
mandamus to compel the clerk to fur
nish licenses. The hearing on this
question will probably come up before
Judge Graves at Morrison next week