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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05

derfully beautiful feathers. Needless to
say, the price accords with the beauty.
One might obtain a flower trimmed hat
at something like a moderate price, since
flowers cannot we'll run beyond a certain
quality. But the length and breadth of
the plumes, and the wide, full fues, are
things that cannot be initiated. First In
favor come the cassowary plumes, the
very acme of all that is desirable at pres
ent; second place Is accorded the royal
ostrich. There are scores of other feath-
er plumes, any one of which will serve
to load the bell hat to fashionable heavi-
ness. The feathers are said to be hung"
and hung they really are, dropping over
the backof the hat, or extending straight
out, so that the wearer cannot lean back
In a cab or car.
Then the boots. These are golden
brown. the short vamps of glossee kid,
the uppers of matching prunela. They
have somewhat pointed toes and medium
buttons. These are low boots, that is,
they extend only about three or four
inches above the ankle. The stockings
match the shoes In shade
With this short skirted street suit the
smart girl wears lingerie petticoats
enough to hold her skirts we'll out about
the bottom. Do not forget that she is
a thin girl however, and that even her
multiplicity of skirts do not make her
look the least little tiny mite stout.
And now for indoors costumes and
those for functions. Here the skirt Is
long all around and decidedly plain. There
may be little trimming. If there is, 1t
like as not appears on the side front. The
skirt is positively "slinky." 1t falls about
the wearer's feet, and follows her move
ments. The upper portions of the dress
are closely lined, though never sug-
costing the severe. Gracefully folded bod
ices, sIoping shoulders, and straight mod
crate sleeves, make the outlines. The hat
worn with this costume has the same
general characteristics as that worn with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05

'Tis the small things that count in
fashions as In life The clever woman,
The smart dresser, is she whose wardrobe
S up to the minute in the small things,
these accessories without which even the
most elegant toilette is incomplete. Her
frocks may not be of the very latest
mold, but If the small appointments OF
dress are new ond fetching she will al
ways appear well dressed. Nothing dates
a toilette so quickly and so surely as its
accessories. Costume changes are not so
radical from one season to another In
.ese latter days, but an accessory is
long lived indeed If 1t lasts a season out.
As rule each season sees preference
given TO some particular accessory. Last
year IL was gloves. long black kid and
silk gloves, and later, browns. So great
was the vogue of these that few, indeed
are they who did not experience the
difficulties Of purchasing, owing to the
Inability of manufacturers to supply the
enormous demand
This season the particular fad is for
neckwear--high, stfffiy starched turnover
collars, embroidered and hemstitched,
plain and friled, equally fashionable with
tailored shlrtwaist and lingerie blouse.
These are having a phenomenal demand
Tiny lingerie bows or lace or delicate
muslin, made to fasten with elastic loop
or shield to the collar button; jabots,
bishops tabs. front pleat or Marie An
toinette frlls with and without neck
bows; dainty string ties, wide and mar
row; and various other effects too num-
erous to mention, but each equally smart
and dainty, are to be had at prices as
varied as the novelties themselves.
Blind effects In embroidery are used
extensively In this new neckwear, these
showing the beauty of design and exc
cution to best advantage when Numbered
The blind embroideries are also combined
with English eyelet and high relief en-
broderies to excellent effect.
High turnover collar of cluny and tor
chon Lace over stiff bands are worn with
silk ties of n color to match the skirt
or suit which they accompany.
Collar and cum SETS for plain shirt
waists of the tailored persuasion and
those smart little tailored frocks of light
weight striped and checked worsteds, mo-
hairs, linens and ginghams which the mod
sh maid will don for morning wear at the
fashionable seaside and mountain resorts
and In town also, are smartest when
made of fine linen, dalntily embroidered
In simple design, and edged with mar
row huted frill Of the same material,
plain or hemstitched. Frills OF lace are
also used, but the fact that they never
look as well after being Numbered gives
them less favor.
Another tailored accessory to the sum-
mer girls wardrobe Is the jumper of
linen. White linen is sometimes used,
but the 'old bleach is more often seen,
and is particularly effective with dainty
white waist, the stitchings, braidings or
other trimmings on the jumper being
white also. Ribbon jumpers. velvet and
gaily plaided silk weayes, though not new.
are decidedly high style and Will be worn
by young girls and youthful matrons
throughout the summer.
Speaking of braidings brings to mind
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05
Description of IL
lustrat1ons.
An Evening Use of the Fashionable
Scarf.

An Evening Use of the Fashionable
Scarf.
Among the novelties of the season,
which are but revivals of modes of
past century, Is the shoulder scarf, ex-
ceedingly ornamental to the summers
wardrobe, but not without Its element
of practicabillty for the summer girl
will not only drape her scarf coquet-
tishly over her shoulders, but she will
use 1t as head drapery when the oc-
casional cool of a summers eve demands
some slight protection for throat and
head. The material of these scarfs may
be silk, chiffon or mousseline, though
crepe Is much TO be preferred. 1t is
light In weight, yet possesses enough
body to keep it from becoming a mere
string, as 1t were. Some plain scarfs
are seen, but the majority show some
sort Of elaboration, such as border de-
sign, In delicate floral printlngs, inside
OF hemstitched hem. Exquisite are
those Of finest silk crepe overplaided
with large satin bar In self or delicate
pastel tint. Still another scarf Is that Of
white or cream crepe with deep Persian
printings on the ends.
Neckwear, and Belts for the Tai
lOred Waist.
Tho return Of the tailored waist has
brought about revolution in neckwear
which early exceeded the vainest hopes of
both designers and makers. 1t may be
truthfullyN said that never have we had
such fascinating noveltias thosa which
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05

dressy toilettes? Likewise, those little
separate boleros which we are to wear
with our summer frocks. Many of these
are made of lace, heavy Renaissance or
Irish crochet. and even more effective
than these, and somewhat less expensive,
too, are those of linen inset with beauti-
full lace medallions and edgings and en-
broidered in simple eyelet designs. II
one be a clever sewer, a bolero of this
style may be made at home at trifing
expense, considering the price asked for
the same thing IN the smart shops. The
back of the little coat describes the en-
pire waistline and the fronts are pointed
to several inches below the natural waist
line. Sleeves are short. sometimes but
tiny caps, and again loose and iaring like
the kimono pattern.
The Modish Elixabethan Run.
The neck ruff appears again this season
as the fashionable accessory to the dressy
costume. Though white and some deli
cately colored rufus, such as pale blue
and pink, are seen, black is much the
fayorite for both day and evening wear
Thick Elizabethan rufus, which stand I'D
smartly about the neck. are particularly
suited to the woman with long, slender
neck, and broad, capelike effects are made
especially for those to whom these fuller
ruches are SO unbecoming. The plain,
coarse Brussels nets are being used even
more than the finer malines which we
saw so much Of last year. Dotted nets
are also used, the dots usually about the
size OF pea. These ruffs are about
three-quarters Of yard In length and
are finished with silk or velvet ribbon
ends, depending In many instances al
most to the hem Of the gown. Another
charming accessory to the fashionable
toilette, and one which Is also made of
net, Is the armlet to be worn with a
short-sleeved bodice. The net Is shirred
on fine featherbone cord run through
casing on the side of the arm and a pleat-
Ing Of hne lace finishes 1t about the hand.
New Veil and Its Adjustment.
Since the small hat has established It,
self as popular favorite In present
modes. the veil Is but a matter Of course.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05

are now shown In the smart shops. Col
lars, one and all, are high and stiff, each
more or less embroidered. Jabots, bishops
tabs, front pleats frilly with lace pleat-
tngs, to be tucked under the collar and
pinned in place with a fancy bar pin or
a good-luck brooch In horseshoe or swas-
tica design-these and countless other
distracting novelties are displayed to
tempt the coins from ones purse. The
embroidery is in almost every instance
of the blind genre. Hemstitching is also
used. Dainty collar and cuff sets Of finest
linen, with tiny hemstitched frils and a
bit of 1ne embroidery, are finding ready
sale because of the fact that they are
easily detached from the shirtwaist. In
this way the waist can be included In the
weekly home wash, and the collar and
cuffs sent to the laundry, from whence
they will return as perfectly and daintily
fiuted as when they left the shop.
Correct Street Oxfords In Glossee
Brown Kid.
The matter of correct footwear is quite
as important as that OF ones frocks. The
up-to-date girl would no more think of
wearing thin hand-turned dancing pumps
on the street than of appearing in the
ballroom with a pair of the new golden
brown kid oxfords which accompany her
smart street frocks this season. The newest
shape in these glossee brown oxfords has
comfortable toe slightly pointed and
prettily rounded. Wide gros grain rib
bon lace of a shade darker than the kid
are laced through the three large eyelets
and bowed over the instep. The heel is
a medium Cuban and the sole about an
eighth of an inch thick and of the extern
sion variety. The vamp and tongue are
cut in one, like the blucher boot, and
there is no tip to shorten the vamp and
give the broad effect to the foot.
Bolero to Accompany n Lingerie
Blouse.
1t is the little things which make for
the success or failure of present-day cos
tuning. What would we do without
those dainty collars and cuffs, belts and
ties which give the finishing touch to our
tailored waists, and those Elizabethan
neck rufs and ruchas which comnlete our
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-05-05

the walking suit. 1t Is large and set
well back, and plume laden.
There Is no gainsaying that the 1907
silhouette Is a unique one. One harsh
man said the present fashionable woman
looked like the performing seal In the
circus when she balances the bushel bas-
ket on her head. We do carry our heads
differently to accommodate these high
back weighted hats. And we have to
glide in the slinky long skirts; and of
course, we are particular about our foot
wear with such short skirts. and natural
ly bit conscious about our feet.
But anyway, those Of us who have at
tained to the unbalanced figure decreed
us by fashion this year rejoice in our
superiority, and can afford to take the
SCOTS of the men, since we are the
envy of everyone of our sisterhood who
finds diet and violent exercise necessary
to keep even a trim figure.
For this, know We, is the season of the
thin woman.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-24
COUNTY.
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 CHURCHES.

M. F.. Church South R Dickerson, pastor. Preaching every Sunday, morning and night. Prayer meeting every Wednesday n 2 | Sunday School every Sunday morning at 9:45 a. m. Fnis E. Murrah. Superintendent.
 Baptist Church-Eld T. C. Mahan pastor. Preaching every Sunday morning and night. Prayer meeting every Thursday night. Sunday School every Sunday morning at O clock 0. S. Jones. Superintendent
 C. P Church Rev. I. N Clack. pastor. Preach ing every Sunday morning and night sunday School every Sunday morning at 9:30; W. V. Iomp- kins, Superintendent
 Christian Church Eld. k. A. Hiehsmith pas tor Preaching every Lords day at II am. and : b m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. sunday school every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock Chas. r. Newth Supt.
 Presbyterian Church Rev II. M McLain. past tor Preaching the 2nd. 3rd and 4th Sundays in each month morning and night. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night Sunday school every Sun day morning at 10 o'clock: r C. McRae Supt.
 w. c. T. U.-meets End and 4th Friday after moons at O clock Mrs. w. B. Waller, president; Mrs H. A Sykes Secretary.
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SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE
pIeCARD THE HOE.
Labos rso Scarce and Too Nigh to
 Use Old-TIms Msthods.

That many have succeeded in nak- inx q crop without using the hoe is a most important fact It certainly be- hooves us to learn their method and to pattern after them as much as pos sible If we cannot succeed in dis carding the hoe altogether. the more we can dispense with 1t the better, since 1t Is the most expensive work we have to do in making crop. The secret lies in the manner of planting and in the use of the weeder and har- row to prevent the young grass get ting a start and thinning the cotton by the use of these tools instead Of chop ping the cotton to stand. A machine has been recently invented to burn all the lint from cottonseed without de stroying It's germinating power. This will enable Us to drop cottonseed as we do corn. If this is suCcess, as they claim, if will work revolution in cotton planting Be this as Il may, we are here to learn and to improve by every suggestion of value. All wide-awake cotton planters will give tUI5 IUalLtT dbAOh uhd learn to do without so much hoeing. Labor Is too scarce and too high to use the old time methods. Then cot ton choppers are on the market that will block the cotton for you. Ex- pertinent along these lines and work out a method that will be satisfactory to you. Twenty-Five years ago MT. Tom Boughn, down in Coweta county, would take a V-shaped harrow with spiked teeth and run across his cot ton rows twice and thin 1t as well as kill the grass. He would cultivate his cotton with less than half the hoeing given by his neiehbors. If you will run the weeder over your cotton just as 1t is coming up. and then every week for two or three weeks, you can save wonderfully in the cost of culti- vating your cotton and the hoeing nee essary will he light.
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-.s-sshes--.rs~,,s,.-sa ' ~ HON. ], \. NC COllUN.

The announcement of Hon. l. II. .McCollum will be found in our columns today for Congressman from this, the Eth congressional district.
 Mir. McCollum is q native of Arkansas. born and reared in Hempstead County, in which county he now lives. He is a lawyer of ability, and served the public in many capacities. H. was, when quite young, elected as mayor of his little city Hope, afterwards, served the people of this district as prosecuting attor- ney, and was elected representa- tive from his count5 iH l9o5and reelected again in 1907. He was author ot many important bills in the legislature aHA Was considered oHe oe tine termost debatees in eaat Aaa. H. s | man at Hrm decision aHd aesH intellect and srm lE91sa-.
 T. Mr. NeGo3m js elected as yoar congressmaa *aa heed aa5e no fear but what voae d.stric will be honestly and faithfully represented.
 Jim McCoHum needs no intro duction to the people Of Nevada county. We only ask you to give him your earnest consideration when casting about for congress- men.
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The coming winter will be a hard one for the housewife with a limited pocketbook, for in ad- dition to the average increase in prices of all commodities of over 50 per cent there is a further ad- vance in the cities over last year of nearly 20 per cent in food stuffs. Under such eXtraordi- nary conditions wages and ill., comes should increase, but the general trend is for loWerw wages. or at least to stand still for the time being. Yet the Republican politicians are shouting that every one is prosp rous and tht sacred tariff which protects the trusts must be preserved.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-24
LODGES.

Masonic ic-meets lst Friday night in each month. J. R. York. W. NJ; Dale Wilson. Secretary.
 Woodmen of the World Meets 2d and 4th Wednesday nights in each month c. k. Hayne. C. C.; bio Lewis. clerk.
 Knights of Pythias meets every Monday night. C. A Hayes C. C.; P. F. Chappell k. of R. X s.
 Odd Endorsements every Tuesday night J. K Wilson N G.: Alex Vaughn, Secretary.
 Ancient Order of United Workmen--meets every Wednesday night. Lee Rogers. M w.. F. R. Newth. recorder.
 Knights and Ladies of Honor meets lst and 3rd Thursday nights in each month. Alex. Vaugan. protector, B. J. Daniels. Sec.
 Nevada County Medical Society meets lst Mon- day night in each month Dr. Vim. w. Rice pres ident; Dr. J. S Chastain. secretary.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-24

soils the beets will mature earlier, but the yield will he less per acre On
 uch soils the bcets will STOW large but the percentage of sugar is likely to be low. Sugar beets are not more exhaustive on the soil than other crops it the tops are left on the land and the pulp is brought back from the factory to be fed on the farm. Planting is done early in the spring and tbe brst returns ate secured with a weD distributed rainfall turing May.
 uas. t0lE Hl August Wita l3gly dry weather in Sept mber ana October
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-24
PROFITS IN BEEKEEPlNG.
or All the Pursuits It Is the Least Ex.
 pensive.

The latest authentic statistics from which We can estimate the profits in bookkeeping are the census reports made in the year 1901 According to these reports as published in the Year Book for 1901. the aggregate value of bees in the United States, June l. 1900, was Sl0.1S6,513. and the aggre gate value of honey and wax produced for the year 1900 was $6,664 ,904 This shows a gross profit of about 651a per cent on the investment, d profit not excelled. if equalied. in any other pur- suit in our country And this is the more significant when 1t Is remem- bered that of all the pursuits beekeep- ing Is the least expensive.
 Assuming, which Is reasonable. that beekeepine has kept pace with other pursuits. there is now at least 9 per cent more bees in value than there were on June I, 1900 tor seven years agol. there would now be bees in this country amounting in value to SIP 733. Al, and the gross annual income from which would be the sum of SS,oo | ,lou,
 In the reports above referred to, every State in the Union Is represent ed, and. as to profits, 1t Is notewor- thy fact that no one State has a very great advantage over aonther. and what advantage ia shown seems to bs the result of the mode of keeping the bees and not because of any climatic influence. The per cent of profit in Texas and Massachusetts Is about the same and the same is also true with reference to Wisconsin and Alabama
 To bsskeepers 1t is encouraging tp know that their little pets are not re- speotors Of climate or sections of our country Whether north or south of Mason and DiXon's line. or on the chilly shores Of northern lakes. or basklng in the eternal sunshine of the South. they roll in golden treasure without stint for the human family
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-24
POSTOFFICE.
Jack Grayson
 Walter Hirst

pOstmaster . ..- lack TraySOn Clerk .............. Walter Hirst
 Office hours Open at a. m. close at D. m. open at D. n1. close at 7:30 D. Sunday open at 93O d. m close at l0:30 a. open at 4:30 D. m close at 5:3O D. m. Money order department open at X a. m. close at D.
 Mail from Rosston and intermediate points ar rives al II d. m. leaves at ?. m.
 Mail from Gale and intermediate points arrives at II a m and leaves g l D. m.
 These routes daily except Sunday.
 Mail on rural routes Nos 1, 2 8, l. , and leaves every day except Sunday at d. IT.
 Mail for all trains is made up l5 minutes before the schedule departure of train.
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Not So Bad.

Hes the most pestiferous little pup in town sir" exclaimed the angry nei2hbor; and tell you you've s5t to keep him at home, or I'll take a club to him the next time he comes over here and tramples my flower beds. and "---
 You dare to so much as shake your little finger at that dog of mine and I'll knock your head off" shouted the other man.
 Who said anything about your dog! mean that youngest boy of yours"
 Oh, well, that's different. I'll give alm talking to- and whip him if he oothers you any more. Judge.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-10-24
SIDE LIGHTS ON MYTHOLOGY.

Sister" asked Mepomene, why art thou SD gloomy"
 Because, said Calliope, who, in her capacity as the muse that ple- sided over eloquence and epic poetry. had done hard days work at her desk, reading manuscripts and firing them into the waste basket, T am op- pressed by forebodlng that all my labors have gone for naught. I shall die utterly unknown, and my name will perish from the earthn
 Little did she think that the most diabolical and soul destroying instru- ment ever devised for the purpose of torturing the ears of mankind would send her name screaming and toot. ing down the ages,-Chicago Tribune