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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
Messaline Cos tunnes $225O

Made of high-grade mes saline satin in most beautifuf colors, including maize, light blue, white champagne, etc.; exqaisitefy trimmed with dainty val faces and with wide panel of Oriental lace extending from back of yoke across shoulders and down the entire front. A most fea- sonable garment at even 5000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
Trimmed Voile Skirts $o.OO

Three clusters of wide and narrow taffeta folds diagonal iy connecting one with the other, which are in turn or- namented with satin btttons. forms the trim.
 The material sse5 Is the best wiry voile, and comes in the two eo1ors, black and na- ". Wei worth every cent of $f3.50.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
Cloth Coat Suits
 S2O.OO

36 inch plain tailored semi-fitted coats, with very fine satin innings, and with Tapped seams over the shouldcr and best to hold to shape and rein force the weakest points.
 Skirt is full flarcd tJ-gore sstyie,. trimmed with 4 J-2 inca fold.
 Champagne, smoke, navy, brown, wine, green, copenhagen, edison blue and black are the eolors shown in this $30.O0 suit. offered for 5000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
Newest Taffeta Waists $3.o8

These come in both the open front and open back styles, and arc made with long sleeves in the much de- nanded plain tailored cf- fects.
 One is made with dainty tucks ali over front and back yoke, the other with both front and back tueked the entire length of the gar meat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
First School in Paris For
 Teaching Female Nurses

The Society of Flowers in Natural Colors" The Parisians have a pas- sion for flowers. but they are not horticulturists, and can hardly dis tinguish between a bouquet of narcis- sus and a tuft of serfngas. They do not even know whether there are tonquils green or red orchids blues or pink lilies of the valley. The mar chandes profit by this ignorance in offering flowers in colors that are not natural, and which. they say make them more brilliant and pretty.
 The coloring process is> simple, but ingenious. They cut the flowers be- fore they are fully developed, and steep the stems in anilineN dyes of the de- sired colors. The coloring matter is absorbed by the sap and carried into the cellular structure of the petals by the natural channels. This industry of coloring flowers has so extended that lovers of flowers say 1t Is impossible to get bunch of chrysanthemums in their natural colors.
 The traffiekers in colored flowers have become so bold as to color rose In this way. and even to paint the lily.
 The new society is established to protest against these abuses of nature, and it invokes the intervention of the municipality to make bylaws to re- strict, if not to abolish. the traffic in "tinted flowers"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
$500 Taffeta Petticoats
 $3.98

We might even go further and say that you have never bought a garment of this kind so good for $500.
 They are wide and full and come in several styles with either tucked or shirred f1ffles, and deep dust rtsf- fle to give them suffieient body to hold the otter skirt to place.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
Uniform For Undertakers.


 Undertakers do not yearn for fancy waistcoats and soft felt hats, or for any genteel half-mourning. in lieu of the swailow-tail suits and shiny top hats. which they have worn in this country from time immemorial.
 They repudiate the insinuation of righteousness in sartorial taste indig- nantly. They desire only to be dressed In future like German railway guards. At any rate. they furnish picture of their real garb. which suggests those lofty officials uniform. Th.s consists of a loose jacket In "Marengo" cloth. trousers to match and a German mill itary cap, emblazoned with the arms of the city of Paris.
 The undertakers are hurt at being charged with levity. They merely want to be clothed according to the weather. The uniform which they pro- pose. however, has nothing funeral about 1t. It may not be gay. but 1t Is not solemn.
 The French people attach deep irn- portance to beautiful" funerals. Will they consent to be buried by officials in the garb of German stationmasters?
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his chest would sink and then he'd stop
at the showcase and gaze longingly at
the panamas some more. He repeated
this performance three or four times dur
ing the ten minutes l watched him. But
the last time he seemed to get hold OF
his nerve. and he did actually come into
the store. almost running in his deter
mination to stay with his final conclusion.
/ was fearing that he would crawfish.
and so l had one of those SIS panamas
before him almost before he's asked to
look at panamas. He tried the lid on.
and 1t fitted him perfectly and became
him exceedingly we'll. He gazed visit
fully at the effect In the glass. but. for
all that, I could see that he was begin
ming to cave.
How much did you say?' he asked
me. just to gain time to think 1t all over
again. for I'd told him the price Of the
hat three or four times. l told him the
hats price once more. and he dug hest
tating hand into his trousers pocket and
brought out little wad of bills, probably
his weeks pay.
"'Oh. WELL said he. I reckon I'LL
And then he took another glance in the
glass to get the effect of the panama on
his head.
"All of a sudden, then. he collapsed
"'Say. doggone my fool pelt. she'd
break my neck. that's what she'd sure
do! he said. hoarsely. pulling the hat off
his head and dropping it gingerly on the
counter. Shed never get over Tiny
coughing up twenty-five bones for a sky
piece! Say. gimme just an ordinary
straw hat for about two bucks. will you.
and lernme get out O. here before 1 fall!
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the Thousand Islands. What's the matter
with our going there for a month or two
or three?"
well. II you think we wouldn't be bored.
perhaps it might be all right" said she,
opening up one of the Thousand Islands
booklets with it's dreamful pictures OF
low-laughing waters and murmuring trees.
From there we might go to that celebra-
ton they're going to have at Quebec. I've
always wanted to see Quebec. Then we
could move around among the Canadian
lakes. couldn't we. to round out the sum-
mer?"
"Ye-eh. we might said he. Then,
too. there's Nova Scotia. Glorious sum.
mer climate up in Nova Scotia. they tell
me. Think you'd like that?'
WELL" she replied. a bit obviously, III
might be nice there. but do you think its
,dressy enough? What would be the use
of my having four or five dozen pretty
dresses II couldn't show them?"
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panama on his head experiences salts
flying sensation Of genuineness all through
him. The other day a man came in here
wearing a new imitation panama for
which he had paid about So. He said
that he couldn't stand the phony panama
any longer. and he staked himself to
sure-enough $15 Panama.
"'Can't stand the gaff with this bogus
thing on he told me. pointing to his imi-
tation panama It's good enough look
ing lid and all like that. but the Internal
impudent way it's rubbered at by fellows
that have genuine panamas gets my
goat and now I've got to have the real
thing or nothing.
The other afternoon. while standing In
the front part of the store. I caught
sight Of a big. good-natured-looking man
about forty. wearing a derby hat stand
ing in front of a showcase filled with
Panamas that were marked From SD to
$25' BY the time I'd studied that man
for about ten minutes l sure was sort of
sorry for him. I came pretty near know
ing what was going on in his mind. He
would gaze long and earnestly at the dis
play of hats in the case. and then he
would shake his head and mutter some
thing to himself and walk out to the
curb and gaze intently at the asphalt for
a stretch Then he would shake his head.
square his shoulders. throw his chest out
and his head back. and take up quick
march right for the front of this door.
But before he'd get more than half way
across the sidewalk an expression Of In
decision would creep into his eyes and
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tie best of en-, despite his seventy-three
years. and proudly escorted his five-year-
old daughter on his arm.
Wood is a walking romance an unbound
story book. He is the father of twenty
living children. although at that he never
exercised the wholesale marrying privi-
loEe afforded by the Mormon Church. of
which he is a member He was converted
to ,IormoniSm at sixteen. too. which In
itself considerable of a jump from
the Presbyteriansm of his family and
the atmosphere of the little English VII
laGe in which he was born
Then he found himself on H. NJ. s. Ret
ri ution. side-wheeler frigate. carrying
two fifty-eight-pounders and twenty long
twenty tours. The Retrbution perform
ed at Set3astopol where it was give and
take and give some more, and where that
strange combination of Turks. Italians.
French and British filed down the claws
of the Russian bear.
But the strangest thing about 1t all. as
told TO me by Wood the other day. was
that Mormonism then had enough con-
verts in the British army to warrant the
formation of field church under the very
walls of Seba stopol. That worship of the
faith founded by Joseph Smith. a New
Yorker. in trenches jointly occupied by
the followers of Islam. good children Of
the Catholic Church and sturdy members
of the Church Of England. while guns
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That ought to be pretty fine. Cool and
bracing sea breeze. And you could GER
tainly exhibit your assortment Of toilets
there"
Yes. my DEAR" she said. instructively.
but you know it is good form to spend
most of the summer somewhere in the
mountains or in one or other Of the lake
districts and then go down to the seashore
along toward the beginning Of fall
IS right" he agreed. I've got a
mess of bully stuff about the Adirondacks
somewhere here. Oh. yes. here's the
stuff. We might engage one of those lit
tie lodges with twenty-eight or thirty
rooms up in the Adirondacks for three
months. say. and nave all Of our folks
and friends up to visit Pretty nifty
that 'ud be. don't you think?''
''Ye-es." said the little woman. a trifle
doubtfully. but doesn't 1t get awful cold
of nights up in the Adirondacks? And
they're always shooting people in mistake
for deer and things in the Adirondacks,
aren't they?"
Seems to me I've heard something like
that" he replied. well. we don't have
to go there. you know. That's one good
thing. We don't have to go to any OF
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i m not going to lose out my happy home
for no hat. and that's what sure would
happen If I were to stake myself to this
panama thing, bad as I want it. I sold
him the kind of cheap straw hat he
wanted-or rather felt that he had to
get-and he wore 1t out of the store with
an expression of disgust. casting longing
eyes upon the panama that he'd been
compelled to turn down for the sake. as
he said, of a tranquil home.
But his case wasn't anything unusual
Quite a lot of men come in here deter
mined to go out with panamas. but they
renege before they actually invest
There was one like that only this morn
ing. After fussing around for nearly an
hour trying on different grades of pana-
mas he finally compromised on a round
So stiff straw hat.
Sorry tove put you to all this
bother he said to me before going out,
but the fact is I've been trying to screw
up the nerve to buy me a panama all
the time I've been in here. and l find
that just can't make 1t stick. that's ALL
1t 'ud give my wife too big an edge on
the domestic situation. Only last Easter
l came parlous close to tearing up the
home by the roots because she spent 500
for. a spring hat and now II l were to
romp home with one Of these expensive
panamas on my head she'd have 1t on
me, sure enough. and she'd keep 1t on
me up to the final day Of my life. that's
what she would.
Another man of the same general
sort puttered around for a long while be-
fore he actually did buy and pay for q
So panama. He chuckled a good deal
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ticket of admission into the grandstaad
he saw the little fellow coming up the
walk. accompanied by two girls. all decked
out in finery. and who appeared to be
about the same age as the kid WHO was
holding the base ball ticket.
Mr.. Evers. who has charge Of the grand
stand soon noticed some very curious
actions on the part of the girls who were
with the little chap They began TO
shout and wave their hands in a most Gn-
becoming manner whenever a sood play
would be pulled off nv either or the two
teams: but what puzzled Mr.. Evers more
than anything else was the fact that the
two little girls seemed 10 know the value
of every play. and they would cheer ac-
cordingly
Finally the attention Of the people In
the immediate vicinity of the Youthful
trio was attracted by their outrageous
actions. as we'll as the slaney quality OF
the language they used when they began
coaching the players of the home team.
and many comments were made about the
actions OF so young pair of girls. But
the climax came in the seventh inning,
when Bob Ganley. with two men on bases,
made a two-base hit. What did that
pair of girls down I'm front do but jump
up to their feet. and. tearing the gaujy
lowered and beribboned hats from their
heads. began waving those expensive
pieces of headgear around until the very
flowers fell off. while at the same time
they began to yell: Come on. YOU
peacherina. This amt no time to do the
ice wagon act. It's up to YOU to make
kangaroo loon like thirty cents in stage
money.
Finally. when the three enthusias site
children tried to do a fandango with their
feet on the bottom of their chairs on
Ger ODay. Mr.. Evers and Mr.. Fowler
made break for them. and when they
were hauled down off the seats what did
the park people find but two shamefaced
boys. who were dressed in girls clothing,
and expensive clothing at that.
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been Just like them. the upstairs! Ana
1 don't believe one word of 1t that they've
been to Europe at all. so I don't! They
might bamboozle other folks with all of
those fool-looking labels on their baggage.
but they can't fool me! Europe? The
idee. Didn't somebody tell me that she
saw their fox terrier running around out
in the country near Rockville? They
were probably hiding out there In Rock
Vile or some place. and then they give 1t
out that they have been to Europe. 1t
would be just like the Sumbuddys to do
thing like that. How's that? You met a
man the other day who saw the Sum-
buddys in London? don't believe word
of 1t, so there now! You know you just
made that up to be contrary. The idee
of your sitting there and saying such a
thing. They'd look fine gallivanting
around London. wouldn't they?
"Oh, of all things in this wide world
what do you suppose I heard this very
day? You know that tacky-looking little
frazzled-out blonde who lives all alone In
the three-room apartment on the 1ourtn
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as he handed me over the money. and
as he had seemed SO distraught and per
turbed while making his selection l had
to look at him inquiringly.
you're wondering what ails me. l
reckon, he said. when he Noticed my
look. Well, it's this. I've terminated
a bully idea within the past three min
utes. I've been trying to dope 1t out
how I'd ever be able to spring it on my
wife that I'd paid all this money for a
panama-you see. she'd be bound to have
nineteen different kinds Of conniptions.
Well. a great scheme has just occurred
to me. I'm going TO tell her that /
bought the blamed thing at a dead letter
office sale. See? How's that for a
peacherino of a dodge?
Il told him. of course. that 1t was a
babe Of a dodge. and he went away
chuckling. The only weak end Of his
plan was that, as long as he seemed to
account to his wife for the way he spent
his money. he'd have to invent some way
money he blew on the panama.
fellows who come in for panamas who
are dead game. We've got a sign in
one OF our windows, as you may have
noticed. that reads: Genuine panamas.
S. and up The and up is in pretty
small letters. and these two significant
words are often missed by men who come
in with the idea that all of the panamas
in the window are for sale at the uni
form price Of S.. whereas some of them
go as high as $50 But plenty of these
men. and some that you'd least suspect
Of possessing such nerve. fail to cave
when they find out their mistake.
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They'll ask to be shown those S. PAN
amas, like the ones in the window.
and when we show them the So kind they
instantly say that the S. kind is not what
they want. Then we show them better
grades, and most of them work them
selves up to the buying point before they
get out of the store.
Il only came in to blow SIS on one OF
the things. one Of them said to me. but
1 might as we'll be hung for a goat as for
sheep. and SO you can gimme that $40
boy and If my wife has me arrested why
all right. blame the luck
THE real crafty married chaps are the
ones that don't buy their panamas and
then wear them home and sheepishly tell
their wives the price of them. but that
bring their wives down town with them to
help them buy their straw hats. These
wise mugs know perfectly well that they'll
be able to skillfully con their wives into
themselves suggesting the purchase Of
good panamas. thus putting the odium
as it were, Of the expense upon their
wives. / waited on couple like that a
few days ago The man told me that he
wanted to see a near-panama of the sort
that we had in the window marked 81. 30
and then when his wife turned her head
for half a second he staked me TO one Of
the most meaningful winks 1 ever saw in
my life. OF course l knew what the WINK
meant. I showed him the kind of a hat
he'd asked for. but l scattered a number
of $50 panamas of his size in different
shapes around on top of the boxes con-
venient for him to pick up when he had
a mind to. After he'd tried on the
cheap near-panama he took it off and
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little thing I do or say you jump on me,
and you're always attributing the mean
est motives to me. but just the minute
some catty wash-out slinky creature OF
a woman comes up for discussion. why.
you just swell up like a hoptoad In de-
Tending her! It's a mighty peculiar thing
anyhow. that you should defend that
hussy. There's something in 1t that l
don't profess to understand. 1t seemed
to me that there was a significant ex-
change of glances between you and that
trump when we met her in the hall the
other evening. now I come to think of IT..
and here you are getting all purple IN the
face taking up for her. 1t may not NEAR
anything. but don't know so much about
that Oh. of course you can say that
you never exchanged a word with the
woman in your life. but I've heard you
say things like that before. and you say
a good many things besides your prayers.
well. at last that Quitsky woman-you
know that fat. dumpy thing that lives
with her noody-naddy of a husband in
the ground floor fiat overlooking the
court-at last she's had an automobile
ride. thank heaven. Her snoop of a
husband pulled one Of the things along
side the curb this forenoon-oh. yes it
was a nice enough looking machine. but.
of course, 1t was just a rented one-and
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floor back? Oh don't sit there and try to
pretend to me that you don't know the
one I mean-didn't l see you cycling her
when we met her in the hall only couple
of evenings ago as we were coming in?
Now what in the name of all that's
laughable do you suppose she does for a
living or pretends that she does for
living? Why. she claims that she designs
costumes for fashion papers! Did you ever
hear of anything funnier In all your born
days? Such a perfect trump and dowdy
designing costumes for fashion papers!
Id give anything in this world just to see
one of her costume designs. deed l would!
l don't believe she could design a Mother
Hubbard. that I don't. And she's the
most Independent stuck-up little snip you
ever saw. Never has word to say to
anybody. but just bows to folks in that
snippy. patronizing way when she meets
'em in the hall. That's the kind Of
women-those sneaky quiet ones-that l
wouldn't trust behind a ten-cent piece
turned edgewise. deed I wouldn't. And
the very idee of her pretending to be a
designer of swell costumes! What's that?
You say it isn't necessary for woman
to wear swell clothes herself in order to
be a successful designer of costumes for
other women? That's 1t. go ahead and de-
fend everybody on earth but me! The least
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nior.on ON this subject. Mr. bennington
was then one of the most prominent turf-
men In the United States But ne was
getting ready to retire from the game
He frankly said that he could no longer
stand for the crookedness and the sordld
commercialism of the generously termed
sport OF kings" as that alleged sport
was conducted in the United States. He
was not a sorehead. He had won many
famous turf victories with his horses.
and at the time of speaking he had a
valuable stable of thoroughbreds. But
he was weary of the rottenness OF rae
ing as the same was revealed on the
tracks under the control of the Jockey
Club. and he was disposing OF his turf
interests At that time there was not a
cloud on the racing horizon. There was
no intimation that Gov. Hughes ever
would take up the cudgels against the
big gambling game over here. The track
proprietors were going along with their
customary arrogance. Bad-looking deals
were being pulled off at the tracks. and
the complaisant bookmakers were exc
cutting their sknning stunts with cynical
GOODNESS.
All the same. Newton Bennington-who.
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idly put one of the good panamas on his
head. 1t looked daisy on him. and. OF
course. had the effect Of the imitatio one
outclassed by mile. / could see his
wifes eyes light up over the way the hat
looked on him and so could he. the foxy
proposition, but he never let on nor did
he ask the price of the hat.
Isn't that a pretty one?' she said to
him.
Sure is he affirmed, but indifferently.
It's just the kind that So-and- Sos got
mentioning the name of friend who
could see was the husband of a woman
friend of his wife's.
Has he one of those? said the foxy
ones wife, looking even more interested.
We'll. I'll dare say il doesn't look half
SO becoming on him as it does on youths
face Is too narrow and wedge shaped.
Why don't you take that one?
Who. me-? said the man, solemnly
Well. / guess not. This one is a real
thing. honest Injun panama and ii costs
about So. eh?' addressing me-
No. only twenty. / said to him. L
could See his wife hesitating. but finally
her cheeks got just little bit rosy and
she said to him in low tone that / wasn't
meant to hear:
We'll. I just guess if that stuck-up
things husband can afford one OF those
hats you can. can't you?
Tush-tush. the wise guy said TO her
but she insisted upon his taking the SD
lid. and of course ii went through just as
he had framed it up and of course he's in
a position TO say. in case there should
ever be any word about the price of that
panama, that she made him buy il -