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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

blouse are joined at their lower edges
and are attached to a foundation Cir
die over which the draped n is ar
ranged.
The blouse is made with front and
backs and is faced to form the chem
isette, the material beneath being cut
away when a transparent effect is de-
sired. The larger portions of the
over blouse are cut in n piece each
with the centre front portion separ-
ate, and are arranged I'VE the blouse,
which is gathered at the lower edge
and joined to the girdle. The sleeves
are moderately full and are arranged
over fitted Innings which are faced
to form the cuffs Of the three-quarteT
sleeves or trimmed with frills Of lace
in the case of the elbow sleeves.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is, for the blouse,
two and a half yards t~wenty-one, two
and a quarter yards twenty-seven, or
one and a half yards forty-four inches
wide, with three-quarter yard of tuck
ngfor chemisette; one and one-eighth
yards eighteen or twenty-one inches
wide orfour and thr%ee-quarter yards of
banding two and a half inches wide
for the ove- waist and sleeve bands;
fve-eighth yard of silk for the girdle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Temperance Notes.

Over a million railway employees
have already signed the pledge of TO-
tai abstinence.
Judge Greenbaum declared in New
York City that American home cook
ing is usually vile and that it drives
husbands to drink.
The prohibition leaders talk con.
fidently of making the entire country
dry" within the next five or six
years. And their recent triumphs
give some rlausibility to their fore
casts.
N~o-license victories have recently
been won in the following Ohio towns
MT. Sterling, Yellow Springs, Low
er Salem, Byesville.
The liquor trade IS not %repenting,
there is no evidence Of conversion in
the editorial discussion. Not CONVEX
SIGN. hut a desperate resolve to pre-
vent the trades inversion and eXtinc.
tion is the manifest sentiment.
At the Socialist National Conven-
ton, held in Essen, Germany, only
one vote was cast against a reSolu-
ton whose main feature was an eX-
preston Of opposition to the use of
alcohol il any fern during working
ECIIs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
General Jackson's Way.

When General Jackson returned to
Washington after the Seminole war
his first act was to send for a fash
ionable tailor Of the name OF Ballard
to make him a pair of breeches. Bal
lard was very fond Of being recog-
nized by great men who had been his
customers. A few days after he had
finished Jackson's garment he saw
the General conversing with a COM
pany of friends in front Of Tennison's
Hotel and stepped up pompously to
speak to him. Jackson, thinking him
some distinguished individual, very
cordially gave him his hand, but, not
remembering him, in a whisper in
quired his name, to which Ballard re-
piled: II made your breeches." The
General, deceived by the sound, i'm
mediately turned to the company and
introduced him as Major Brooches, a
title which poor Ballard was after
ward obliged to wear to the day OF
his death.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
sGSSSSSSSSSSS
Man Making.

The earliest maps of which We
have any knowledge were made in
Egypt. They we're wooden tablets,
on which were traced land and sea,
roads, rivers, highways, etc, Marinus,
of Tyre, $50 A. D., was the first to at
tempt a map on scientific principles.
The maps in use by the Greeks and
Romans were fairly accurate, so far
as they went, but those in use during
the Middle Ages were alarmingly in
accurate. 1t is only within recent
years, say, since the middle Of the
last century, that it was possible to
make a complete and reliable map OF
the world; and even yet the best map
is subject to slight changes.-New
York American. N.f.~-14
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Getting Better of Commonplace.

Steady-going goodness is harder
than spectacular heroism. 1t calls for
more endurance and more character
to hold to the highest standards Of
life in the commonplaces of every day
routine than to nerve oneself up for a
single and exceptional effort. The
fiye-mile run is more eXhausting than
the 100-yard dash. Yet this pro-
longed and severer test of every day
living is the only true test, and it is
the one which we must all meet.
Moreover, the best way to be ready
for the emergency test, when it
comes, is to live through the common
day in the red-letter-day spirit. No
day was common to Christ, nor will
it be to those who make every day
His .-Sunday-School Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

lining without darts. This lining is
faced to form the chemisette and the
sleeves are attached to it. The blouse
proper consists of the fronts and the
backs and is arranged over the lining,
the two being closed invisibly at the
back. The sleeves are faced to form
the deep cuffs when long sleeves are
used to form the V-shaped portions
for those Of three-quarter length.
The collar a he made either curved
up back Of the ears or straight as
found more becoming.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and
three-eighth yards t~wenty-one, two
and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
A Good Modern Story.

The reporter dashed breathless up
to the city editors desk and gasped:
awful runaway . carriage
with spirited horses . . . driver loses
control of them animals flee in
frenzy through public highway
tear up vehicle . . . drag helpless
woman for three blocks . . . driver
thrown out and skull fractured {.
dies in a few minutes . . other VIC
tim finally grabbed from wrecked
carriage by a policeman . uncon-
scious and at point Of death . :.
crowd cheers brave deed Of officer
Ambulance called . . injured
hurried to hospital . . big throng
of people crowd around . horse
continues wild flight down street
. Thrilling story"
Write ten lines about it," said the
city editor no%nchalantly as he turned
to the next reporter who had just ap-
peared.
What you got?"
IAN automobile accident. ChaLf-
feur loses control of touring car and
runs into a lamppost. Is thrown out
and found dead vito head crushed in.
Machine badly damaged with front
end smashed, axle bent, right wheel
broken, tires cut, hood denied and
dashed. AS far as l could learn the
engine was not in any way impaired.
The batteries were jerked out of
place and thrown to the street. Steer
ing apparatus was still intact. Car
burator untouched. Gears were
slightly damaged. The s~peedosleter
was discovered on the sidewalk. Con-
troll and lever brakes were twisted,
lamps crushed beyond all recogni-
ton. Body of car was displaced to
some extent"
Good modern story" said the city
editor. Write a column and We'll
put it on the first page."-John H.
McNeely, in Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Waistcoats For Suits.

Some vests for suits are made OF
authenticated taffeta, one shade light
err than the suit, sewn like a rufiie
inside the jacket. These silk vests
are more becoming to some figures
than the stiff, tight-titting vest OF en-
broidery and braid, but they detract
greatly from the tailored appearance,
and are, therefore, not likely to take
the place Of the latter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
New NeckWear.

Often there is a scarf or jabot Of
fine muslin and lace, hand made,
worn below the brooch. Again plain
velvet ribbon is arranged into many
loops and ends, the latter finished
with tiny silk tassels. No n could
complain of this not being old-fash-
toned enough, and yet it is aistinc-
lively new and smart. They are
wearing them in Paris on the most
expensive frocks.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
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New York City.--The over waist
In all it's variations continues to be a
~favorite of the fashionable world and
1t allows of so many different effects
and such charming treatment that the
fact is easy to understand. This Il
is novel and graceful and can be
utilized either for plain material or
for banding, while the blouse beneath
can be made of anything thin and
soft that may be liked. AS illustrat-
ed, however, the overwaEst is made
of embroidered banding, while the
blouse itself is Of crepe ninon with
the chemisette of tucked mousseline.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Troubles Caused by Pride.

l think half the troubles for which
men go slouching in prayer to God
are caused by their in~tolerable pride.
Many of our cares r but a morbid
way of looking at our privileges. We
let our blessings get mouldy, and
then call them curses.-Beecher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
II Devils Work.

He who does the devils work is in
his service. Every untrue word
every fragment of diabolical gossip
every unholy insinuation, every syl'
liable of SANDER, every word that
wounds sensitive souls, every false
witness against u neighbor is
part of the devils work.-Rev. P,
H. Swift, Methodist, Chicago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
RIack Velvet Dots.

In making up a black spangleo
robe over a ruf7e of pleated chiffon
it is a clever idea to connect the two
by sewing to the rufle at regular in
tervals big disks of black velvet.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

or one and s~even-eighth yards forty
four inches wide, with one-half yard
Of a~ll-over lace for the chemisette,
four yards Of applique, one yard OF
insertion and one yard of edging to
make as illustrated, one and one-half
yards Of all-oyer lace when the deep
cuffs 1YC USED
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Ruin.

What shall l do to be damned?
Nothing! The only thing in the
world that requires no effort at all
is ruin.-Rev. Frank Crane, Unfair
ian, Worcester, Mass.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Newest Colors.

The newest colors are strong ID
tone. and are either becoming or quite
the opposite. Lines Of black serve
to tone down the vividness of many
Of the new materials.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
No Excuse For q Whine.

There is plenty of work in Georgia
for those who go out Of the liquor
business and plenty of work all the
time for those who have wasted hall
their time through the use Of liquor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Even So.

There are 5000, 900 telephone girls
In the world. The duties of $685..
943 consist in telling you that the
line is busy. - Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Natural Law.

We must remember that God re.
veals Himself in the laws of nature
as distinctly as He does in His word.
REV. j.. S. Lyons, Presbyterian,
Louisville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Count Tolstoy Criticiscs Dante.

Count Tolstoy, criticising Dante.
characterized the productions of the
Italian poet as cloudy and unintelli-
gible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

From October to May, Colds are the most
frequent cause of Headaches. Laxative
Bromo Quinine removes cause. E. w.
Grove on box. 25c,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Waist Drapcry.

The drapery on the waist is a logi-
Gal development of the surplice and
GcLu effects and Of the kimopO sleeve.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
Many Professional Men,

The blind population of the world num-
bers siXtY.four out of every million.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

An electrical plant has been discovered
in Nicaragua.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

To insure the direct and quick cleansing
of the system take Garfield Tea, the Mild
Herb laxative. 1t purifes the blood,
eradicates disease and brings Good Health
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

clergymen, teachers and singers use
Browns Bronchial Troches for cur
ing hoarseness and coughs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22
FOR SICK WOMEN.
What Causes Headache.

A church building on the Island Of Maize
is built of blocks Of white coral.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

The sleeves that extend just to the
elbows and are finished with narrow
frills are pretty and attractive, but
they can be cut a little longer, cover
ing the elbows, if liked, in which case
they would be made with cuffs to
match the chemisette, as shown in the
small view. When the blouse is made
with banding, as in this instance, the
sections are cut separately and joined
one to the other owe the shoulders,
but when it is cut from plain material
there is no need of such Jennings.
In either case the over waist and the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-04-22

Brazilian cocoanut palms live from 900 t
700 wears.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27

Serge. cheviot, lightweight cloth
and Panama cloth are among the ma
terials most popular for the spring
suit, There is nothing more fashion
able and more useful than serge. rms
seasons serges are fine ribbed ana
soft-almost as soft as. although
heavier and closer than, Henrietta
cloth. Very lightweight eoth or
soft and dull finish is used for some Oh
the finer suits and there are striped
and plaid materials in an exquisite
cloth which is heavy and soft ana
drapes beautifully, but which will be
too warm for a suit that is to be worn
during the summer or even the very
late spring.
In mixtures of dull brOwnish REQ
and white or dull gray, green and
white this cloth is most attractive.
Some of the patterns are in rather
large blocks. the irregular squares be
| ing marked out in lines Of white.
Black and white checks are Still!
very fashionable. They are quite
large this season and very handsome
in the good quality English cheyiots.
Very attractive also are the black ana
white cheviots, which are almost all
white or rather the fainteSt gray, the
black being used only for outlining the
blocks. Striped serges in gray and
black, gray and blue and gray and
green are to be used for girls suits,
and brown and white or blue and
white striped Panamas-either equal
sized stripes or the hairline Of dark
color on a light background.
But while the cutaway coats are
fashionable and very attractive when
loose and straight in effect, the coat
! which is not cut away at the bottom is
equally smart for the school girl and
promises to be more correct in style
toward the end of the spring season
than the cutaWay.
The coats are many of them quite
short, reaching only to the belt, and
others of them barely reach the hips
They are trimmed with stitching, arC
most of them have collar and cuffs Of
contrasting colors or Of pongee, velvet
cloth or linen in a deeper tone of the
color of the suit. Embroidery is also
used to some extent, but rather spar
ingly, to trim the collars, cuffs ant
lapels. 1t is not, however, considered
altogether the most attractive finisl
for a girls tailored suit and is onl!
used on the finer cloths. A favOrit'
trimming is narrow black braid OF
white cloth, which is used IN simple
designs to border the coat or for cuff
and collars. 1t is quite the fashion 0
the moment to have a tiny braid 0
bright color, preferably red, insid
the facings of the coat. This is barrel
a suggestion when the coat is fas
tened, and even when. it is open i
not very obvious.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
GLAD TO HAVE HIM GO.
ToII-Gate Keeper Thought He Had
Visit from His Satanic Majesty.

This is not the only age in which
motor cars have created excitement
and disturbance. In 1902 such appari-
lions were few and far between; at
present they are too frequent to at
tract attention. Mr.. Joseph Hatton, in
"Old Lamps and New" tells of the
fright caused by one of Trevithick's
steam locomotives, made to run on
unrailed roads in the early part of the
last century.
Now and then one Of these extraor'
binary vehicles would be encountered,
snorting and putting on the highway
The countrymen regarded them as the
evil one in disguise,
One of the cars, coming to a toll
gate, stopped for the gate to be
opened. The toll-man came hurryine
out. He flung the gate open with
trembling hands, and teeth which
chartered audibly.
The driver asked him how much toll
there was to pay.
20, nothing, dear Mr.. Satan, moth
ing" hastily assured the man. "Gt
on as fast as you like; there's nothing
to pay."-Youth's Companion.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
WHY THEY SLEEP IN CHURCH.
Hyenotism, Not Drowsiness, Declared
to Be the Cause.

"Churchgoers don't sleep in church.
They undergo an hypnotic trance.
The soothing voices and mild music
and mOn0tOnOus recitative Of a church
service put forth powerful hypnotic
influences, and that is why the pews
resemble a railroad track in the
abundance of their sleepers.'
The speaker, a hypnotist, banged
the table yehemently.
Don't laugh" he said. IT'S true.
Hvpnotism, not drOWsineSs, is what
makes you sleep in church. Through
your auditory nerve sound waves are
passed to your brain that are as eff.
fective as though a professional hyp-
notist had made them Sound, you
know, is the newest and best hyp-
motto.
AT first, in the church service, the
periodicity of the wave alterations is
short. There is a little speaking,
/ then more music. And just when you
are getting properly lulled the clergy
man, in a modulated, agreeable, sooth'
ing voice, speaks on and on and on
and you begin to nod. You are, hyp
notically speaking, entranced
"The average church service is 9
scientifically correct Hypnotic instru
ment. No wonder, then, it puts many
of US to sleep
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
BUY STRIPES WITH DISCRETION.
Present Style Not Adapted for WON
an of Small Means.

One must buy stripes with discre-
ton. This is only another way of say
ing that, attractive as the new pro-
nouncedly striped fabrics are, there
is nothing that looks so distinctly out
of 1t when this vogue is really over,
and they are, therefore, not a fash
ion for the woman whose limited
finances compel her to turn and twist
her gowns until every thread of them
is worn out.
Last summer Paris was beginning
to go wild over stripes, which means
that by next season some other vogue
will be enjoying that tickle city's ap,
proval. And though one doesn't do
just as Paris does, one follows after
sooner or later, with notifications. So
that bizarre and decided striped eff.
fects are to be bought with discretion
by the feminine of but one fine frock
One Of the best ways to make up a
black and white striped cotton
smartest of all striped combinations
is In jumper dress, with a jaunty
little coat to match Blue and white
and brown and white will also make
admirable little three.piece costumes
of this nature.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
One Woman's Wronus.

Mrs. Smallpurse (who found c1ly a
few dimes in her husbands pockets
thai morning)-I am just sick of this
Flooding along year after year. Why
don't you do something to make
money?
Mr.. Smallpurse-I can't make any
mere than a living at my business, no
matter how hard / work.
Mrs. Smallpurse-Then do some
thing else. Invent something. Any
American can invent.
Mr.. Smallpurse (some months after)
My dear, I've hit it, and I've got a
patent. Ny fortune is made.
Mrs. Smallpurse (delighted)-Isn'
that grand What did you invent?
Mr.. Smallpurse-I have invented a
barbed-wire safety pocket for hus
bands-New York Weekly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
90 YOU KNOW
WHAT WHITE LEAD is?
Its Chief Use and Method Of Deter
mining Good from Bad Explained.

White Lead is the standard paint
material all over the world. 1t is made
by corroding metallic lead into white
powder. through exposing it to the
fumes of weak acetiC acid and carbonic
acid gas: this powder is then ground
and mixed with linseed oil, making q
thick paste, in which form it is packed
and sold for painting purposes. The
painter thins it down to the proper
consistency for application by the adj
ditiOn of more lnseed oil
The above refers, Of course, to pure,
genuine White Lead only. Adulterated
and fake "White Lead Of which there
are many brands on the market, is
generally some sort Of composition
containing only a percentage of white
lead; sometimes no White Lead at all;
in such stuff, barytes or ground rock,
chalk, and similar cheap substances
are used to make bulk and initiate the
appearance Of pure White Lead.
There is, however, positive test by
which the purity or impurity of White
Lead may be proved or exposed, be-
fore painting with it.
The bloW-pipe fame will reduce
pure white lead to metallic lead. II
a supposed white lead be thus tested
and it only partially reduces to lead
leaving a residue, it is proof that
something else was there besides
white lead.
The National Lead Company guar
antee all White Lead sold in packages
bearing its Dutch Boy Painter" trade
mark to prove absolutely pure under
this blow-pipe test, and that you may
make the test yourself in your own
home, they will send free upon re
quest blow-pipe and everything else
necessary to make the test, together
with valuable booklet on paint Ad
dress, National Lead Company, Wood
bridge Building, New York.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
Oriuin of the Elevator,

The elevator originated in Central
Europe. The earliest mention of the
elevator is made in letter Of Ma
poleon I. addressed to his wife, Arch
duchess Maria Louise. He writes tc
her that when in Schoenbrunn, ther
the summer residence of the Austrian
emperor, near Vienna, he used the
"chaise volante" flying chair in that
castle which had been constructed fol
Empress Maria Theresa. 1t consisted
of a small, square room, sumptuously
furnished with hangings of red silk
and suspended by strong ropes witt
counter weights, so that it could be
pulled UP c. let down with great ease
in a shaft built for the purpose
about 1850.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
TO THE LADIES,
For (3o) Thirty Days Only.

The majority of readers are using
our goods, but to reach those that
have never tried them, we are going
to make the following proposition.
Send US Is cts. in stamps, money
order, or cash, and we will send you
by mail, prepaid, one so ct. jar of our
celebrated Mexican Rose Cream, one
so CT jar of MenthomeXico, the great
Mexican Salve, and one Is Ct jar of
Mexican Talcum Powder. If after Civ
ing these goods a fair trial, you are
not satisfied they are worth the
money, write us and we will refund
the money. Write today. The Mex
lean Mfg. Co.. Wichita, Kansas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
On the JUDGES,

A celebrated Scottish lawyer had to
address the Caledonian equivalent OF
our supreme court. His pleading" oc
cupied an entire day. After seven
hours of almost continuous oratory he
went home, at supper and was asked
to conduct family worship. AS he was
exhausted his devotions were brief.
81 am ashamed of ye," said the old
mother. "To think We could talk fol-
seeven hoors up at the court and dis
miss your Maker in seeven minutes
GAY, vera true" was the reply, "but
We maun mind that the Lord isna sac
dull in the uptak as thae Judge
bodies."