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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
Old Friends and New Frills

ToR certain conservative house.
 keepers the gay chintz and
 cretonne furniture coverings have never busted from favor the old standard linen slips in which their mothers and grandmothers religious ly shrouded their rep and horsehair chairs and sofas-even their marble- topped tabies--at the first appearance of flies and summer dust
 It cannot be denied that for artistic effect the linen coverings. even with all their modern frills and richer tones. are not to be compared with their befiowered rivals. but they stih have a place.
 One of these undoubtedly is in the town house, from whence the familS has fled for most of the summer, yes which is kept open for the men os = household to come and go. In such cases the linen coverings protect the furniture, do not soil as would lighter ehintzes, and are proof against cigar ushes and dusty or muddy shoes.
 Indeed, in the new colorings of two: toned browns. red and white. blue and lrab, and finished in colored bindings to match the darkest stripe, these old- time favorites have really quito q taunty, modern air,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15

colors, or the soft null tie arranged as @ small and fluffy bow or tied In a four-in-hand, where friliiness under the chin is unbecoming.
 These ties may be perfectly plain strips, simply hemstitched all around. or more frequently are narrow bands, about an inch or an inch and half wide, widening to an elaborated point of embroidered dots-big and little sheer lace insertion, fagoted bands, plaitings of swiss, lace edged.
 Other null ties have broadened ends embroidered in white or colored rings, while one very effective tie of swiss had a quarter-inch hem on each side, with tho ends inlaid with Valenciennes medallions. outlined with heavily pad ded satin stitch embroidery in mer- ceriZed cottons.
 Most of these ties are worn in very tiny bows, from which the broad points fall in soft jabots.
 Scarcely so good style are the four- in-hand ties for stiff collars made of white taffeta, with ends embroidered in colored silk roses or forget-me- nots. But those of white pique and Scotch ginghams are attractive in a thoroughly tailory way.
 There are a number of stffffy tailored stocks for those who dislike the linen is plain band of fine dotted linen, with turnovers divided in front. and having a small linen button each cor ner. From under the turnovers fall two straight-pointed strips one above the other, held In place at the neck buckle,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
PetticOats for Travelling

DONGEE offers itself as a satisfac-
 tory substitute for the more cost
 ly, because more perishable, SIX petticoats which every woman who can wears.
 Foulard has been made into some very, good-look,ng pettcoats, With a Pongee has just I little more body to it. and, besides, can be washed--not only the natural color. but the colored ones Those of natural color make splendid petticoats for travellns purposes ana for wearing under the string-colored lin- ems when white pettlcoats seem an ex- travagance.
 They are made. as Is everything in the pettieoat line, to fit closely about the hips, and with as much fulness as can possibly be crowded into the founce.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15

veau designs in blue-greens, copper-reds and golden browns, with possibly lotus nOtIL in huge mowers anu leaves, or cream, rather than an undertone or ecru white. prevails in most of the downstairs hangings.
 If one can afford to redecorate every few years, those decided novelties of the season, in cretonnes. are stylish-pea- cocks. with long, sweeping tails, or gay cockatoos disporting themselves on tree branches abloom with flowers that re- peat the peculiar blues and reds and yellows and greens of the plumage.
 Particularly dainty for a living room are. curtains of white satine. with an appliqued cretonne border, or of white linen taffeta, with an edging of the new Silk-fiowered strips.
 In curtains. there is a wide range, lead. By the way, in choosing this drapery remember that when hangings of eretonne are used the thin curtains must be sash length, otherwise they touch the floor
 Chief in favor for sash curtains are the heavy bobbinets. with a wide bor- der of simply formed, various. sized bias bands of the net and a looped edging of renaissance braid. These are extremely good style when seen at every
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
FOR A BEDROOM

If one wishes to treat bedroom, for example. she can use for furniture cov- erings and hangings a fascinating white cretonne, with stiff little punches of howers-rose and blue and lavender and pale green-an exact copy of an old bedspread in famoCj English castle; {; or gay, Haunting scarlet poppies on a grayish green trellis; or Frenchy ribbon effects twisted into double stripes and splashed with enormous fiowers-blue ribbon, great yellow roses, with foliage, and a closely dotted background in brown or pink ribbon, rcd roses and red dots.
 What could be daintier than ak room hung in lacey background of pink and blue, over which is scattered rather large, graceful lattice-work baskets in yellow, from which fall masses of flow ers-conventionalized bit, it is tr1Ie~in their natural hues, but blended into rare harmony.
 Then there is quaint. closely covered chintz, not seen since the days of snin- ming wheel and spinnet; and cretonnes with stiff Egyptian arabesques, such ne might have screened Cleopatra during the hours of her siesta.
 Curtains and portieres which are de- lightfully cool and summery are of plain woven cross-bar tapestry-cotton, of course-in tWo-inch squares of yellow white. the white being pat on in heavy corded lines. On the same order are broken checks in red or green or laveh- der and white.
 Downstairs in the country home ere tonnes again reign supreme. but darker, more closely covered, more striking and dashing rather than dainty.
 Here can go the new English flower designs-the background entirely effaced in favor of solid tangle of green leaves and huge flowers in the richest. softest shades. Here also may be used the dark tapestry effects in bright purples and reds and dull greens, or the art nou-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
GOOD STYLE STOCK

is a straight-tucked band of very sheer lawn, or Paris muslin, at the bottom of which in the centre an oblong piece of the swiss hemstitched pleated bow. This piece, being de,ach- able. Is easily laundered and read tusted.
 One collar of swiss was simply finished which was worked black eyelets. From the centre fell a straight plaited end with the eyeleted hem down both sides and across the bottom.
 A particularly attractive stock was of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
A ParasOl in Shadow Work

S MEADOW work has found its way into O parasols--the lovelest version being done in an effective design of chrysan- themums upon white linen, with the many stitches upon the wrong side. Characteristic of shadow work. hidden away under q pink lining.
 The color was just deep enough to delicatelY tint the outside.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
Where Easter Bunny Goes

NY HETHER or not the original w Easter Bunny was ever bird
 in a former incarnation. and one who drew the fiower-decked chariot Of Eastre, the Goddess of Spring. he has proved wonderfully faithful to her mem ory, playing a very important part in the great spring festival, which still bears her name.
 If is the Easter Bunny, according to nursery lore, who comes around at Easter time. as santa Claus does at Christmas, bringing gifts to the good children-if they have left the window onen on a crack for him! Gayly col- ored eggs and typical spring flowers are inc gifts he likes best to bring. although ofte1 and often one of the pretty boxes that come in the shape of eggs Is found tn contain some pretty trinket.
 If Is the Easter Bunny who goes Into tho slums aud takes with him a wee. hIooming plant, which he coaXes to ,brive in spite of It's meagre allowance of sun and fresh breezes.
 Ali through Easter week, everywhere in the world. wherever joy or sorrow is found the Easter Bunny wanders, fol- lowing inc footsteps of spring.
 Have you given the Easter Bunny a hft of cheer to leave as he passes through joyless homes? It is worth whilA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
FINE HANDwoRK

Did you ever see anything so love- ly?" said one young woman, gazing rapturously at a window full of the dainty. frilly combinations of lace and swiss and fine hand work that makes up the bulk of the new neckwear. "l wish l could buy them every one, but as l can't. I'll just take a good look at these and 80 home and copy them.
 And she easily could.
 For one nice thing about this sea- sons neckwear is that 1t Is so copy able. Elaborate, intricate designs are practically passee. Simplicity that instead. After all. a summer stock or tie that will not do up" has missed its chief raison d'etre.
 The new neckwear is one of two worn with the stiff, rather heavy shirt waist or the airy, lacey arrange ments that complete the thin, sheer blouses. which are equally popular collar or tie is almost exclusively relegated to informal occasions-the dressy lingerie waists invariably have collars built on the gown.
 The girl who goes in for strictly tailored effects clings, as rule, to the linen collar--and to some faces there is nothing more becoming-bad for the neck though its heaviness is.
 Fortunately, the old choker atrocity Is no longer worn. In Its place has come the very up-to-date deep turn over of English cut, with decidedly haring points. or the new and ex- cessively popular French collar--also a turnover
 This latters stiffness" is modified by being hand-embroidered on ex- tremely fine linen, either in eyelet work or blind embroidery.
 distinctive feature of all of this seasons linen collars Is that the band is soft instead of the heavy double linen of last year. This is both cooler and less injurious to the neck
 With these stiff collars are worn either the Windsor tie of silk in light
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
"The Child of Sorrow"
 An Easter Sermon

TT WAS a glorious Easter day: I
 can look back now and remember how brightly the sun shone, how on that day the world seemed but a tomb. so big that wherever l looked 1t reminded me that I had buried my heart. And yet l must weep my tears vulge the fact that I loved a man whose engagement to another woman had just been announced.
 had dressed myself with exceptional care, and yet there was but one place I could go in such mood. I must see my little crippled friend Nell. she who had drunk of every poison in misery cup, and yet was the bravest woman l ever knew.
 , Nell had been confined to bed or chair for years. No one had ever. seen her other than happy. None knew the secret, and when questioned she ai- ways said. with smile: This 1 IS, my burden in Some shape"
 Nells cross seemed to take every shape. After a girlhood of luxury. she was now, as a wife and mother. endur- ing poverty It shrieked from every cor ner. Her piano was the only piece Of value she had retained. Its keys hHd not for years felt her fairy touch. Her hands were useless.
 My heart yearned for sympathy, but
 
 Margaret" asked Nell, "did you ever feel so intensely happy that your joy was almost pain?"
 If had could not remember it then, so I answered that I supposed had. In fact, I was choking and my heart cried out almost for death. l had seen Nell go through so many stages of grief. First I had seen her pride over weigh her cross and she had stood de- liant Then faith had come to the rescue and lifted her soul out of the depths. Last. her mother love that nad shielded her loved ones, brought the gentler. sweeter side of her nature into life, so that she could Hull the piercing shrieks of her soul.
 How strange it is," she remarkeo, "that however strong our love may pe we can never exactly enter into the feelings of another. l want so mucn 70 share the joys of my children-but tneir shine I know that cannot see haih oi what is in them"
 I told her I knew little of children but that I thought their feelings were like those of their elders. None oi us could show real sympathy save those who had suffered like sorrows: ., arr.
 You are right, dear" said Nell. I were to lose one of my children, wno could and would grieve with me as their father would? Yet not even ne could understand, at least not all. Our loves are not the same" ,u.
 And on the other hand." said l, IT A man is deprived of his fortune, not even is 1t given to his wife to reel as he? She may have denied herseit to heln accumulate it. but she has not laid and worked out the plans.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15

<<W WAGER that pretty girl is - English" remarked a passenger
 on one of the big Atlantic
 steamers as she watched fresh-faced young woman promenading the deck.
 "Why?' was the rather surprised re- sponse.
 "Oh, look at her neck! You never saw an American girl as sloppy as that around the collar"
 This criticism was not unfounded. The women of the Western Hemisphere may not have the long. beautifully moulded throats for which their English cousins are famous in evening dress-indeed, too frequently they have distinct and anything but beautiful brown line cir cling the neck-but, when 1t comes to ordinary dress, the neckwear of the girls on this side of the Atlantic Is de- cidedly superior.
 Trig daintiness in neck fxings marks our well-dressed women. no matter how small the allowance or how plain ly one must dress. The separate stock, or tie or collar, forms an important part of the summer outfit. One rarely sees over here the collarless gown or un- stayed ruffiea of lace so popular with foreign women.
 With each seasons fresh attractions and novelties in neck adornment. 1t seems as if the future could bring us nothing better.
 But 1t always does.
 Never has there been such wide choice nor such entrancing effects as in the neckwear which we will don this spring and summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15

window and can be bought ready made as low as g pair, or contrived at !. home for even less.
 Equally popular are tho heavy nets with borders in the Marie Antoinette work-heavy appliques of braid in bow knot ribbon designs. or the bobbinets with inserts of real or imitation cluny, or the finer meshes with imitation filet edges. or the Phrygian lace-a close net with an all-over pattern running in stripes and crossbars.
 The embroidered white swisses and mulls are always used-though less pop ular this season than formerly because ruffies, which they need for finish are not in great favor.
 For long, thin curtains come ioveiy figured muils with lareg. colored flowers, and madras either embroidered In coiors or made on the principle and in the tones of the oid-time Paisley shawl. These last are warranted to stand octh the suns rays and the washtub.
 More expensive, but suited to the low er-foor rooms are curtains of ecru Jas. per fabric, with self-colored border of net, with appliques of heavy cord. These also are carried out in blues and pinks' or may be ordered in any shade. Again, there are embroidered curtains of lnoia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15

NA of choosing new WlaooW ora ,aa w peries? There are sMSt feW nc, house SC buy than hangings-those finishing touches that really make g room;
 Have you a country home to furnlsnl Then be glad you did not build last year or the year previous or any other year than this; for your rooms are going 10 be lovelier than they ever could nave been before, and for less money at that.
 NA2ar, for instance, have cretonnes and cfintzes been so exquisite in color and design as now-nor cheaper. Ana what essentially summer home with any pretension to modernity is now afficted with the ornate. heavy shot silks and tapestries of a former day? Cotton is king-bOth in hangtngS ana furniture coverings.
 But such cottons! No more crude. Rlaring colors and impossible designs. Instead we have copies of quaint old prints-Elizabethan models with twen- tieth-century Improvements: Nouveau art but not conventionallzed into freak- ishness; tapestry patterns and hues marvelously adapted to cotton or linen fabrics.
 Strong tones and striking effects mark the new cretonnes. Daintiness, Of the Dresden order, is still to be seen-will always hold it's own; but it seems al- most wishy-washy beside the rich blues or brilliant yellows of the majority of chintZes.
 Yet there is nothing garish in all this. Colors, though strong, are soft-blending and harmonizing perfectly with no clashing contrasts. the shadow effects never seen hitherto outside the costly linen. Taffetas are now found in the very inexpensive chintzes. If any thing, the latter excel in beauty of de- sign and color.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-22
DANGER IN RUSSIA.
Proposed Recess Of Parliament May
Cause Revolution.

st. Pctcrsburg-Thc Associated Press
In reliably informed that Emperor
Nicholas has definitely decided TO
declare recess OF Parliament June
:sth and that his majesty and the royal
family will Immediately thereafter
leave on n cruise Of the Finnish FJords
on board OF the imperial yacht. which
Is being fitted for that purpose.
II this decision is executed Il is al.
most certain to be the signal for an
Immediate and bloody struggle.
The group of toll. ns an outcome of
Its open declaration against recess.
passed n resolution declaring that
neither now nor In the near future can
Parliament be recessed: that the mem.
bers will not leave their posts, and
that so long rs the arbitrarincss and
outragcs of che government continue
and the tcrrors of impending outbreaks
and the suffering OF the peasantry and
workmcn reign. Parliament must con.
tinue until It has achieved "A land OF
freedom" or exhausted all means to
this end.
The Liberal, newspaper.
S,rana. prints story that Emperor
William has promised his support to
Emperor Nicholas II the Russian ruler
adopts firm policy. But this report Is
clearly traccablc to sources hostile TO
Germany and which have tried TO make
It appear that William Is the evil
genius OF Nicholas.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-22
Christian Endcavor Officers.

Colorado Springs.-The State Chris.
tim Endcavor Association Saturday
elected officers as follows: President,
r. S. Hustled. Cripple Creek: vice pres
ident, w. d. Shattuc, Denver; record.
ing recretary, w. NJ. Cocks. Denver:
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Robert
Crosbie. Colorado Springs: superinten.
dent OF Christian citizenship depart
ment, II. +. Fisher. Denver: superin.
tenden: Junior department. Miss Lou.
ise Pomeroy. Pueblo; superintendent
OF the press. ]. T. Traylor. Denver; SUI
perintendent personal word depart
ment, Rev. L. G. Thompson, Denver;
superintendent of unions, Miss Ida
Clothicr, Manitou.
The following vice presidents were
elected for the respective districts, as
follows: Southwest. Rev. NJ. d. G. San.
chez, Magole; western, Walter Locher,
Montrose;. central, Miss lnez Smith,
Colorado Springs: southeast. A. D.
Morrison. Canon City: northwest, y. B.
whitcomb, Craig: eastern. F. w. Whip
pie, Denver; northeast, Rev. ]. Find
lay, Fort Collins.
It was decided to substitute district
conventions for the state convention
next year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-22
OKLAHOMA STATE.
NEW STAR ADDED TO UNCLE
SANS FLAG.
PRESIDENT SIGNS THE BILL
Law Also Provides for Admission Of
Arizona and New Mexico as the
State Of Arizona Upon the Approsa,

Washington. - Another star was
added to the Union Saturday when
President Roosevelt signed the bill ad-
mitting Oklahoma and the Indian Ter
riiory as one state. The measure also
provides that Arizona and New Mexico
may be admitted to statehood us the
state Of Arizona provided the people
OF the territories vote In favor OF ad.
mission on the terms submitted by
Congress.
The signing OF the measure was
made the occasion OF an interesting
ceremony. Senator Beveridse and
Representative Hamilton. chairmen OF
the Senate and House committees on
territories. who have worked hard and
long for the measure. were present. as
We're also Delegate Mcclure Of Okla
homa and number OF residents of
Oklahoma: Delegate Andrews Of New
Mexico. Secretary Loeb and others.
Just before tho President signed the
bill Ambassador Spcck Won Sternbcrs
OF Germany was ushcrcd Into the ONCE
and he. too. witnessed tho ceremony.
unfu tNo pfHh
si.nin. the measure. writing the first
name. Theodore" with u solid gold
pen presented by the people Of Ari.
xona. his family name. Roosevelt"
with nm eagles quill. taken from an
American eagle In Oklahoma.
After signing the bill President
Roosevelt congratulated Senator Bcv.
crid.c and Representative Hamilton
on the completion of their lnbors In
connection with the measure. lie also
expressed tho hope that the people OF
Arizona and New Mexico would avail
themselves OF the opportunity to come
Into the Union as n state.
From every viewpoint he said he re-
Tnrdcd this M the wise thing for them
to do. M the opportunity might not
come again In score Of years. The
President said that he has n personal
interest In the admission Of Arizona
and New Mexico. as many Of the mem
bsrs of his regiment. the Rough Rid
crs. resided In those territories.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-22
Life Sentence for Murder.

Denver.-After n little over thirty
minutes deliberation by the jury, Pc.
ter wickham, slayer OF Thomas Dar-
ling, was found guilty of murder in the
first degree, and sentenced TO life i'm.
prisonment In the penitentiary at hard
labor.
The crime for which Wickham must
suffer grew out of stories which Dar.
ling, the murdered man, told Wick
hams wife concerning her husbands S
intimacy with another woman: Hav'
ing previously threatened to "fx" his
victim, Wickham met Darling in front
of the home of Mrs. Erickson In Elyria
and after n few words. knocked him
down with his fists and then drawing
his revolver, pummeled him over the
head and shot him. He then went
away and about Ave minutes later re-
turned, and making his way through
the crowd which had gathered, again
shot his victim, killing him instantly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-06-22
LOCK CANAL APPROVED.
House Votes Three to One IN Favor Of
That Plan.

Washington. If Congress should
send u message to President Roosc'
welt providing for the construction OF a
sea level canal on the Isthmus OF Pan.
anna he would veto II. This statement
is made by authority.
The Introduction by Representative
I.ittaucr Friday OF the amendment To
the item in the sundry civil bill appro'
priating s25.oOO,O00 to continue the
construction OF a sea level canal. was
done with the approval OF the Presi'
dent.
The House by vote OF ITO to &c
voted In favor OF n lock canal.
with members OF Congress sitting
on the short steps in the aisles OF the
Eou5e. around the space In groups. the
galleries filled and with Mr.. Burton OF
Ohio. pointer in hand, discussing
charts showing the difference between
sea level and lock canal, the House
presented every appearance OF n class
room.
Mr.. Burton took position in front OF
the maps and called attention to the
vital difference between the two types,
remarking that were the topography
understood II would be the very strong
est argument for the lock level canal.
He said II the banks would not cave. II
large boats could go through without
running against rocks at the side and
could he properly steered. then n sea
level canal would be the enterprise
which would be naturally preferred.
But such canal, convenient for mod
ern shipping and prospective shipping,
would in the judgment OF those who
have carefully studied the subject. ex'
haust twenty years or more In buiid'
ing"
Mr.. Bartlett of Georgia made a point
against the amendment OF Mr.. Lit
tauer. He insisted that the amend.
ment was clearly new legislation anu
argued the question from that premise.
The chair, Mr.. Watson of Indiana,
held tho amendment in order, and with.
out further discussion the Littauer
amendment was adopted.