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The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
RECENT ORDERS OF
RAILWAY COMMISSION

The Railroad Commissioners have
recently issued number of orders and
notices that are of interest to the pub
lie.
Orders were issued last week re-
curing the receivers OF the Seaboard
Air Line Railway to construct passen-
ger depots at Madison and Gainesville;
this week an order has been issued re-
curing the construction OF union
passenger depot at Live Oak. -.
Notices of hearings to consider
whether or not the Florida East Coast
Railway shall be required to construct
freight and passenger depots at Naran-
ia and Viking, and install an agent at
White City, have been sent out. The
hearing was had on the 9Th inst, at
which time the railroad was given an
opportunity to show cause why these
orders should not be made.
The Commissioners have instituted
mandamus proceedings in the state
supreme court, through their counsel,
L.C. Massey, seeking to compel the
Florida East Coast Railway to comply
with the Commissioners orders re-
curing that railway to make connect
ion with the ATLANTIC Coast Line Rail.
road Company at Orange City Junction.
The supreme court made the case re-
turnable for March 9th.
Mandamus proceedings have also
been instituted against the Atlanta q
St. Andrews Bay Railway Co., to COM
pei that company to obey the Commits
sion's order prescribing. rates on lum'
Der, wood and cross ties for that ROAD.
Mandamus proceedings have also
been instituted against the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Co. by the Com
missioners, through their counsel, l.
c Massey, to compel the l.. & N. rail
road to comply with the rule of the
Commission requiring railroads to re-
port all cases of wrecks promptly tt
the Railroad Commissioners.
Commissioner Bitch and Specia
Counsel L. C. Massey attended meet
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
PROHIBITION WILL BE
SUBMITTED TO VOTE

Superintendent Charles l.. Collins, of
the Florida Anti-Saloon League, has
Just issued the following statement
from his office in Jacksonville.
"At a mass meeting in the city of
Tampa, on Sunday afternoons Febru-
airy 2lst, it was my privilege to giv' a
short address to large company who
had there gathered to listen to Rev. P.
A. Baker, d. D., the National Superin-
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League.
I'm discussing the situation in the
State of Florida, touched upon the
complexion of the next Legislature as
bearing upon the present liquor stu
alton in the State. made the state.
ment that more than three-hfths Of
the members-e Of the Legislature
are pledged to support the resolution
to submit to popular vote, a prohibition
amendment to the Constitution and
that OF the members so pledged, all
but three have willingly written this
office, over their own signature, of their
purpose to stand by the amendment
proposition. $40
"On Wednesday the Oath inst, a
Tampa paper editorially attacked my
statement and practically challenged
me to produce the proofs of it. | i'm
mediately wrote the editor of the
Tampa paper, repeating my statement
of last Sunday and stating again that
we have the letters claimed to have
on file in our office. | went so far as
to offer the Tampa paper, to submit
these letters in question to a Committee
of three prominent clergymen, repre-
senting as many denominations, and Of
fered to stand or fall, as man OF We
racity, by their findings in the case.
81 am asking that the newspapers OF
the State give space to this statement
for fear that some of our friends over
the State may see the editors attack
and NAV not see my article in reply.
"The liquor people of the State
are at liberty to get what ever com
fort they can out of the present legis-
lative situation in Florida, and do not
blame them nor the newspapers they
control, for trying to keep up their
courage by insisting that the Legisla,-
ture will turn this prohibition amend
ment down. do not want to be un-
derstood as claiming that the battle Is
won, but | simply state that enough
men have volunteered to vote in favor
of this amendment proposition to carry
it through. CHAs, l.. COLLINS,
Supt. Florida Anti-Saloon League.
w. M. Ehrhart, of Tantie, was in
Fort Pierce Monday.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12
REGULAR MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL

Regular meeting of city council was
held Wednesday, March Bird. Present,
w r. Jackson, C. A. Killer and F. D..
wilson. aldermen; A. c. Dittmar, clerk;
E. G. Gustafson, marshal.
Minutes of last regular meeting read
and approved. u,.
Moved and carried that the Mayor be
authorized to contract with Mr.. Hlne
TO get shell out of river, under oyster
house. at Is cents per barrel: :.
Street committee reported on Iropi-
cal avenue, and the same was lad over
for future action.
Marshal presented his report for the
month of February, showing the FOL
lowing collections: Fines IN Mayor ,0p
court, $40; real and personal tax, Slsa.
Ia: street assessment, Orange avenue
$40: impounding cows, 80; licenses DOL
Is. Total, 1889. 80. u,
Building permits were granted 10 W.
w. Tubbs, E. R. Raulerson and r. u
The following bills were approved by
finance committee and ordered paid: -
I q; Goats & Co., board horse. S2o w
/ q. Goats & Co., hauling SMELL. 4 81
=; W. Sroan street work 2 sc
II neni yo,,u,nnd scavenper 80 0C
r c. L. & S. Co., lime, lumber. $ "
A. J. Brewer, raising curb. 49,. Q W W
r. G. Gustafson, salary and fees. 90 " y;
A. !. Drawdy, work, Orange ave "a q
Mo further business appearing coun
iii ad;ourned to meet in special session
Tmesdav evening, March 10th.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

w. M. Ehrhart, of Tantie, was in
Fort Pierce Monday.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

Prof. Geo. Lynch, of Gainesville, rep
resenting the State University, spent
several days in town the first Of the
week and addressed the parents at the
school Monday afternoon. His special
mission ia in soliciting students for the
teachers normal courses.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

The demand for better streets for
Fort Pierce has eliminated in call for
a mass meeting of citizens to meet the
city council next Tuesday evening to
discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of issuing bonds.
Let every property owner be on hand.
Fort Pierce is just entering a marvel
Gus growth and the municipal improve
ments should keep apace the times.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-03-12

The revival services which have been
conducted in the Baptist church and
the big tent for the past month by the
evangelists, Revs. Farrar and Lud-
wick, closed with the Sunday evening
service. During the meetings the
church membership has been increased
by an even half hundred, six uniting by
letter and forty-four by baptism, nine
teen of the latter being baptised from
the head of Cobb's dock, Sunday after
noon. fully five hundred people witness
ing the ceremonies from the pier and
numerous launches. r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

creations are generally in sensational
and extreme shapes that are either
modified later on or drop out of the
running altogether. So unless a hat
of this character can be worn a few
times and then thrown aside it is the
better part of discretion to wait
awhile until the styles have estab-
Iished themselves before purchase is
made.
But gentlewomen never affect these
millinery monstrosities early or late in
the season They demand absolutely
up to date hats, and they also insist
that these creations shall bear the
hallmark of refinement. Possible
hats" I heard a woman asking for re-
Gently in a shop that has a varied eli
entele and caters to all kinds of tastes
The hats so aptly named are the after
math of early models, and the only bad
feature about them is their cost, which
Is often written in large figures. Still,
an exclusive model can always be
copied in less expensive materials, with
the loss of merely trifie of it's chic
If one were asked to name the popu-
lar hat of the season one would with
put hesitation say the turban. There
are several variations of this type.
One model is the sultana, a swathed,
folded affair such as is worn by orr
entail potentates. The lines Of the
shape follow closely the contour of the
head. and it fits down well on the FORE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13
THE ECONOMY OF EXTRAVAGANCE

money acquiring time they are squan-
dering In the walk. Talking of cabs, OF
course you know, too, the economical
souls who would sooner trail home
through the mu6 or walk through a
cloudburst than ride. How often one
hears a woman vfrtuously boasting
that she cannoe understand how some
other woman can be so extravagant as
to ride in a cab-these are city sisters
she has never done such a thing in
her life. There is no reason to doubt
the word of this impractical economist
who would rather have a completely
spoiled wardrobe on her hands than
single cab fare on her conscience. But
many of these seemingly overeconom-
ical persons pursue their falsely
travagant policies for the sake of do
nestle peare and quietude. They
would be accused of reckless extrava-
gance if they were economical enough
to take cab.
extravaganza is a form of economy
Things which some people call luxuries
are absolute necessities to others with
different nature. / know a woman
who says that she will economic and
do the work of the household, but she
must have her hands manicured by
professional, Ter face massaged ami
hair kept in good condition Ny con-
tention is that it is a fine form of
economy to spend your last cent in
placing yourself in an environment
where you will be most fitted mentally
and physically. to battle with life
DAPHNE DEAN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

ming big bows of the new ribbon that
is satin on one side and moire on the
other. An aigret or stiff feather mount
may be added to the trimming or not.
These hats are good style when COW
cred with silk. velvet or in felt faced
with beaver or any suitable material.
the latest facing being chamois leather.
The marquise is first cousin to the
tricorne, and the large marquise in
velvet, satin or thick felt is one of the
most popular styles of the moment.
The brim boldly caught up in front
suits most women. These shapes are
trimmed in several ways. Some have
a long ostrich feather encircling the
crown and held in the center of the
brim with a shaded birds head. On
others the plume is shorter. covering
only one side and starting under a
compact plating and button in velvet.
A third shape is discreetly piped round
the border with silver or gold. some
times both. the same metallic effect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

lot nicer" My lady. by the way, was
wearing one of her seventy-f1ve dollar
trousseau chapeaux marked Virot- We
all know the rage which seizes on the
feminine mind after hearing anything
so ridiculous, and most of US know the
futility of arguing with the man VINO
can give such nonsense utterance. The
little bride had evidently learned her
lesson. for she maintained discreet
silence, merely saying in a bored tone.
Lets go in and I'll try it on"
There are, as you may have gath
cred from this story, four leading
shapes-namely, cossack and sultana
turbans, tricornes and cavalier hats
and all these have variations too nu-
merous to mention. But the big hat
where is that? you ask It's all over
madam's shoulders. eclipsing her face
and almost putting her figure out of
the picture Yes. the really large hat
of the winter is the biggest piece of
headgear you ever saw, and how 1t Is
to be worn with the fiat couture passes
my understanding. But it is an artfs-
tic dream when it appears as an even
ing creation. One imported model for
restaurant wear is gorgeously carried
out in antique gold lace. The brim Is
of the lace. with a high crown of gold
net. At the left side of the enormously
large shape is a magnificent cluster OF
paradise plumes caught with a jet
buckle. CATHERINE TALBOT.
New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

sGTNAKE care of the pence and the
pounds will take care of them
selves" says the copybook philoso-
pher.
"Take care of the pence and you'll
find the pounds taking care of some
body else" is my maxim. I am not
going to defend this theory by TRADES
against miserly habits. No. mine is
purely matter of fact attempt to deal
in common sense way with the nom
sense talked about extravaganza.
There are lots of people who have
smarted under the injustice of being
called thriftless when they have really
been straining every point to make
penny look a dollar for business rea-
sons. It is not pleasant experience
when you have gone without some
thing you really need to buy book,
perhaps, that will be of material use
to you to have to listen to the re-
proofs and face the black looks OF
some one who has or assumes joint
interest in the management or your
financial affairs.
Or it may be a new hat that brings
down on the innocent head of TAR
sighted wife a storm of reproach Tor
hurrying her husband to the brink OF
ruin. The business man so easily TOT
gets that a shabbily dressed wire IS
likely to land him in the bankruptcy
court more quickly tnan a InluIner .
or dressmaker's bill am not up
holding the INSCRIPTIONS woman who
will pledge her husbands credit be-
yond his means for the sake of vanity
have in mind the clever wife who by
silent attention to outbursts of con-
ddence and a careful study OF MOODS
GETS to know wha. her husband can
afford and who takes care not to dam
age his credit by appearing In society
dowdily dressed.
theoretically there is a most attrac-
tive appeal in Emerson's dictum, al
ways scorn appearance and you always
nav This axiom finds favor with
social reformers of the day who ap-
preciate the evil arising from what
people call living up to their position.
The real trouble is that people try to
keep up appearances simply because
thew are victims of snobbishness; they
are absorbed body and soul in the
struggle to run house too big for
/ their income just so they may turn up
their noses at their neighbors living !,
a simpler fashion.
The penny wise women. again, never
seem to realiza that time is money"
It makes broad minded student OF
economics shudder to think of the
people who will walk to an appoint
ment that means much to them. for
example, and save the or 10 cents
car fare. not stopping to take into con-
sideration the amount OF valuable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13
Why Women Are towards
Their Dependence Upon the Opposite Sex Tends
to Make Them So-MOral, Take
Care of Your Own

HE looped up styles do not
prove as trying as 1t was
thought. For one thing, the
"a gathers are more apparent
than real, as the material is mostly cut
on the bias and draped rather scantfiy.
The narrowness of the shoulders
counterbalances the Wilderness of the
skirts and thus discloses the real size
of the figure. The pinched in waist
line also adds to the slender effect
Last and not least, the long hipped
corsets are still in vogue. for even II
hips are coming back they are sug-
gested by the trimming rather than
the figure itself.
Not only is this draping positive
necessity for evening gowns. but one
sees it in evening coats as well, and
the very latest of these is of brocade
in large figured pattern. caught up
sharply at the sides and trimmed with
a white silk and net square collar ex-
tending well over the shoulders, but
not fiaring in the least
White fur coats are the latest thing
for evening wear. They are made of
coney, and the collars and cuffs are Of
white fox.
The latest afternoon dress has an
overdress like a Russian tunic. It is
usually made of black chiffon over a
white or light covered satin under
dress. A jetted embroidery appears
on the bosom and the bottom of the
tunic, which is also slashed on both
sides.
Tight fitting corset covers are now
the proper thing. They are made Of
! silk or heavy cambria with stiff elastic
sides and reach only to the waist line.
In hats, the newest model turns UP
directly in front and is faced with
velvet of a contrasting shade. Aigrets
seem to be the principal trimming.
AS one woman put it: "' declare, you
can't have hat without an aigret
now. 1t does seem the more men write
I about the cruelty of the thing the more
aigrets women buy"
around with circlets of white heron
aigrets, and these huge circlets natu-
rally are made of dozens of brushes
tent never seen before.
| Woman Against Woman.
The greatest enemy a woman has is
| her own sex.
Men she need not fear. They are
easily managed if one only knows how
and somehow this art comes naturally
to most Of US. But women-ah, that
is another storyi
They are on to all our tricks and
! curves, to use current coinage. They
know exactly what we are going to dc
before we do it. They know the coun.
termove to every move, the foil tc
every attack
And remember this, my friends
every woman is out for herself. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

fur is a combination often used In
these turbans, and a stiff, good quality
velvet is essential when it makes the
crown, which stands up in an agrees
sive way A beautiful cossack turban
made for a New York woman of fash
ion has brim of dark skunk fur and
a big draped crown of dull rose velvet
At the left front is a stunning orna-
ment of dull gold holding a stif1y up
standing brush of old rose feathers
Before leaving the turban subject
would say to the girl who is con-
templating making her own turban.
don't do it. Let your milliner cover
the shape, which is a subtle art, and
then the fur touches or trimmings of
gold may be the work of your own
hands.
The tricorne shape is exploited in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

covered with dainty little paper roses
The walls were hung with an ivory
white paper in satin striped colonial
design. The floor was treated to sew
eral coats Of white paint. the last one
being enameled. and when three good
sized pink cotton rugs were laid on the
floor the eject was very attractive.
OF course there was a window seat,
ana IN this instance the covering and
cushions were Of cream cretonne, with
a sprinkling of pink roses. The win
dow had sash curtains of fine white
cheesecloth stenciled with a rose pat
tern But the most unique feature of
this bower Of roses was the window
hanging of ropes and paper roses and
foliage, which fell in graceful garlands
halfway down the easement The teo
table was also draped with rose 6oxi
eIeo paper. but the wisdom of this
piece Of decoration is to be o,,esttorsi,
for tea tables are apt to feel the effects
or an overturned cup of tea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13
ARCTIC CIRCLE HAS ITS HETTY
GREEN.

Mary Coonie. full blooded Eskimo,
is the Hetty Green of the arctic circle.
Although this lady can neither reao. nor
write, she has a genius for acquiring
wealth that might be the envy of
Americas greatest woman magnate,
the famous Hetty. This arctic bust
ness woman makes SO much money
that she is able to employ as secretary
an Englishman, a graduate of Oxford
university, who attends to all clerical
and executive details for her. but the
actual management of her business
falls to Mrs. Coonie, and she has a rare
gift for acquiring mining claims and
has large interests acquired by grub
stalking the discoveries. She is sole
owner. too, of valuable freight carry
ing business and owns the largest prf-
vate reindeer herd in the world
In the matter of dress this Eskimo
plutocrat can give points to Mrs.
Green, for she is quite glass of fas.:-
ion. according to the Eskimo standards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

QUITE the daintiest and sweetest
room seen fc- long time was the
original idea Of a charming girl who
will make her bow to society this win
ter The furniture in the room, for
tunately for her scheme. was white, so
there was nothing to do but give the
pieces a fresh coat of ivory white en-
ame1 paint The chairs, spindled leg
ged affairs. had their seats upholstered
in a pink brocaded silk patterned with
rosehuds. The dressing table was the
girls next care. The mirror, oval in
shape, was wreathed with the most
natural looking pink paper roses min
gled with artificial rose leaves. Even
the dressing table scarf vas of PAPER,
a white Grape variety scattered with
pink rose being used. And the tiny
pincushion was Of this same paper.
caught at the corners with choux of
pink pompadour ribbon. The pink
candles in the crystal holders had
shades of thin cardboard completely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

ed In the seasons millinery. We have
with us the Peary and Cook fur hats.
the Wright aeroplane bonnet. and
Robert Fulton. who steamed up the
Hudson river century ago, has one
of the best sellers" of the season In
hats named for him. OF course the
hero of the hour might prefer to have
a monument of bronze, but this ex-
preston Of appreciation takes time to
materialize- He is sure of the hat at
once. Tricorne shapes. including the
hat which Napoleon has made famous.
are among the most becoming crea-
lions of the year, and the Fulton
model flares more broadly at the sides
and is more deliberately trimmed than
the Little Corporal model Wide
brimmed tricornes are fetching of soft
long nap beaver trimmed with stun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-13

appearing In small cockade placed
little to the side.
The cavalier is third In the quartet
of new shapes, and on the right women
it is wonderfully becoming. 1t has a
certain martial air. and there are many
notifications, but the real cavalier
pure and simple turns up abruptly at
the side and is beautified with nodding
ostrich plumes. An unsophisticated
specimen of mere man who Tad plainly
been beguiled by a pretty wife into
helping to select q winter hat looked
at the original cavalier hat seen among
the illustrations while it was adjoining
a shop window and innocently remark
ed: "Now. there's nice. simple sort
of hat. Why don't you get one like
that? It could not cost half as much
as the one you have on. and it looks q