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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22
Your friend,

Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. II, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please sir, l want a wagon and a
little horse | want you to bring me
a gun, football and bicycle.
My house is 209 Oak street.
Your little friend,
JOHN RISEN.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22
ESTELLE JEWEL EDWARDS.

Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. 81, 1900.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me pair of leggings,
wool gloves six or seven packages Of
firecrackers, some Roman candles.
four boxes of torpedoes, two boxes Of
electric sparklers, fruit, nuts and can
dy.
I'll close for this time, your little
friend,
WILLIAM B. CARR.
SIG Laurel avenue.
Hattiesburg, Miss. Dec. 81, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a doll, story book,
a bed, table. trunk, and some
fruit.
will not ask for much this time.
Your little friend,
BESSIE REYNOLDS.
440 Buschmann street.
Dear Santa Claus:
If you will bring me a doll with
curly hair please bring me one that
will squall when l will mash him.
Your little friend,
TOM TERRELL.
Go to 121 Buschmann street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22

Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. 81, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus:
Mamma and Aunt Wyeton say
have been a good boy this year, so
now you please bring me little hoe
rake and spade, and some tools like
papa's. was a tiny boy last Christ
mas. but am big boy now. Please
bring my things out to grand mothers.
Your little boy,
ALBERT ANGELO HEARST.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22
SANTA CDAUS LII TIERS

SANTA CDAUS Lii TIERS
Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. q, 1svs.
My Dear Santa Claus.
| am little boy two and a half
years old. ! want you to bring me a
drum and whistle, automobile. and a
water wagon and little whip. Please
don't forget me, because I am little,
as papa said this would be Santas
first visit, and maybe he would not
find our home
Your little boy,
H. c. DUGGAN, Jr.
rs East Seventh street.
p. S.-Please don't forget my little
brother Howard. He wants a RATHER;
also bring my little dog Ret, a collar.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22

l>ear Santa Claus:
You and I have always been good
pals Now, want you to bring me
a train and a rattler and some toys,
and some fireworks.
Your little friend,
H. CLARK.
901 River avenue.
P. S.-Bring me a blue-striped
sweater like Mr.. Bob Walker wears.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22

Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. 81, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me doll, a table a
tea set, some nuts, too. l want a pair
of skates.
Your friend,
ESTHER MAY POLK.
Tan River avenue
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22
Lovingly,
GEORGE EDWIN XII

NIOItUU EDW IN NI4NU.
1oG East Sixth street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-22

P. S.-Bring me a blue-striped
sweater like Mr.. Bob Walker wears.
Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. IS, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me little red rocking
chair, doll and doll buggy and a
little tea set. My sister Birdie wants
you to bring her a large doll, and
want a little express wagon to ride
my sister Birdie in.
Your friend,
GRACE DEES.
80 River avenue.
Dear Santa Claus:
want watch. ball and l want
a box Of tools, bicycle and don't for.
get my brothers and my little sister
Your little friend,
LONGING WHEELER.
619 West Fourth street.
Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. 18, 1903.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a horn, top. a gun
and a game of "Old Maids"
Your little friend,
DOYLE DRIVER.
S07 Laurel street.
Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. 20, 1909.
Dear Santa Claus:
l am a little girl nine years old ant
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
LINKING THE BRITISH EMPIRE
mareoni Has Plan to Connect Impor-
tant Points by Means of
Wireless.

! William " -coni is trying to get the
british government interested in a
scheme by which he would link the
| british empire around the globe. a
London dispatch to the New York
Zines says. He would first establish
| communication between England and
Australia by covering a distance of
about $4,000 miles by II wireless sta
lions. These sections he sets out as
follows
England, Malta. Cairo, Alden. Bonn
bay, Colombo. Singapore. Perth, Ade-
laide, Sidney and Wellington, in New
Zealand.
Branching from this chain at Singa.
pore explained Mr. Marconi, would
be the link to China-a 1.6OO-mile serv.
ce between Singapore and Hongkong."
Mr.. Marconi has mapped out two
routes to South Africa, one leading
rom Alden to Mombasa, Durham and
cape Town. and the other from Eng.
land to Bathurst, Sierra Leone. st.
Heiena and Cape Town. Thus an al
terhate route to India could be Sc.
cured, with Cape Town as a great
central station.
lie points out that the wireless
communication with the western hem
lsphere is already made by stations
at Clliden, Ireland and Glaze Bay.
cape Breton, a distance of $500 miles
Also IN my imperial chain" he
auued' is a station at Montreal to
communicate with Jamaica. 1900 miles
away and also with British Guiana
l,0Uo miles from jamaica. And the
brush Guiana station would also offer
dlrect link with Bathurst western
Africa, 200. miles away"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
The Short Reoinuote.

Evidently women quite liked the
fashion OF the transparent, half-length
redingote that was brought out in
June, for they are making it quite q
feature OF the midseason costumes.
1t is often III the same color as the
gown, but of a different tone. Violet
will be worn over a princess frock of
purple; jade and linden green will be
mixed; turquoise and deeper blue will
be combined.
Black ones are quite smart over
checked white and black frocks.
White ones are attractive slipped over
gowns of grass green. lobster red, or
turquoise blue.
The fabric is invariably of chiffon
cloth or mousseline de sole. 1t ha.
no lining and IL plated or tucked.
A few of them are worn like thu
long Russian jacket with loose gir
die around the waist q oftunbonss
sllk.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05

Miss Anna Held, at a dinner in
New York admitted that her recent
statement to the effect that she had
made S1,O0O000 in the last 10 years
was a very good advertisement.
And an advertisement" said this
pretty actress, smiling. lis never out
OF place. Stop, though. Once one
was. 1t was in Nola Chucky.
''The local preacher of Nola
Chucky conducted the general store,
and on a Sunday morning in June he
was nearly half an hour late for
church. Finally, about II, he hustled
into the pulpit, mopped his brow,
beamed down on the impatient, won
dering congregation, and said:
Dear brethren and sisters, I beg
you to pardon my hardness this
morning, but the fact is, was kept
up last night till the small hours
opening the finest stock of summer
'ress goods ever brought to Nola
Chucky. We will now sing hymn six
hundred and two!' Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
USES THE BELLOWS
HOW MRS. BlLlTOPS DuSTS HER
LIEGE LORDS DESK.
And Incidentally Makes a Few Re
marks on the UnreasonabIeness
of Men During the Time of
housekeeping.

Il think the attitude of men toward
housekeeping, said Mrs. Billtops, lis
one of the most remarkable things in
the world"
Mrs. Billtops was at that moment en-
gagged in tearing the parlor apart and
moving everything out into the adjoin.
ing dining preparatory to what
she calls thorough sweeping and dust.
ing, and her remark had been prompt
ed by Mr.. Billions exclaiming, when
he looked into the room and saw what
she was doing:
Heavens! what are you up to
now?"
Mrs. Billtops continued, as she tilt
ed up chair and wiped its legs gently
but firmly with dust cloth:
You men are SO easily upset. /
suppose you like things clean, but it
always upsets you completely to have
any cleaning done. If men could have
their way | don't suppose thered ever
be carpet taken up or a rug shaken.
You'd just wallow in the dust and
I'm not certain, either, that you'd
even know it was there; but you
would rather have it there than have
it taken up.
Now, wouldn't you really, Ezra?
You do so dislike to be disturbed. l
don't suppose that men would ever
clean house, but that is what women
are doing all the time. What sort of
house do you suppose it would be
to live in if it wasn't busted and
cleaned?
Il guess it would be something like
your desk used to be before | got at
1t. Why, Ezra, your desk used to have
dust on it an inch thick, and | don't
believe you ever knew it; and then
you used to say to me: Elizabeth,
whatever else you do around here,
don't ever touch my desk and l never
did till the dust got so thick on it
that l couldn't stand it any longer,
and then-oh! you needn't start like
that never moved any of the pa
pers, l put weights on them, and
then I blew the thickest of the dust
off with the bellows; and I've been
busting it that way ever since.
you like things better that way,
don't you-clean? Why, of course you
do; and still it always drives you dis
tracted when you see me doing any
housekeeping. I do not, Ezra" said
Mrs. Billtops as she picked up an
other chair and lugged it into the din
ing-room, 4 do not understand the at
tude Of men toward housekeeping.
They may like to see things clean, but
they never ike to see any houseclean-
ing"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
|HOOL WEAR
SEASONS STYLES FOR MISSES
SHOW GOOD SENSE.
Smart and Modish Effects May Be
Done at Home with Practical Mod
els as Guides-Loose Coats
Again.

The gowns which are beginning to
show themselves for autumn and win
ter wear for girls of high school and
college age are stamped pleasingly
with good sense. There are no exag-
gerations Of cut or material to take
away from the youthful simplicity re-
quired for maiden garments, and here
and there one sees the lines of many
a foregoing season reproduced
The normal waist line is definitely
with us once more, and so is the
plated skirt with plain front panel,
which has long proven its usefulness
and grace for walking purposes. Then
there is the ancient coat sleeve which
goes into the armhole with the barest
suspicion of top gathering, and the
skirt band that, after overskirts and
before them, divided the jupe in two
pieces. The semiprincess effects
with jersey-like upper portion and
plated bottoms that these gowns dis
play, are widely approved and exceed
ingly becoming to slight young figures.
There are hints that the waistband
will get tighter, but so comfortably
loose are gowns still at this point that
one need not fear a swift return to
the old wasp waist, which emphasized
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05

Ringworms disappear when painted
few times with iodine Repeat ap-
plication if required.
Bind the white of an egg over
burns or scalds. 1t will form a coat
ing like varnish and give instant re-
lief.
II in1ammatory rheumatism is not
OF long standing battle the affected
parts with sweet oil and saltpeter-an
ounce of the latter to pint OF oil. 1t
is very effective.
When giving castor oil take a small
tumbler and squeeze into it. table
spoonful of orange juice next pour in
the oil, then add more juice. The oil
will form a globule in the center of
the juice and can be swallowed With
out being detected
Vinegar has been largely used TO re-
duce stoutness. It's power in this re-
gard is due to acetic acid. 1t succeeds
at the cost of the users health. by 1t
the blood is impoverished and anaemia
is caused. The occasional use Of vim
egar with food does not work harm.
but where there is any tendency TO
anaemia it should be almost excluded
from the diet.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
OVER WINTER FROCKS
Belts Of All Kinds Are Used to
Give Requisite Touch to
the Bodice.

What will we do with our last win
ter's frocks?
There is hardly an evening or after
noon gown made last winter that has
not a short waist. OF course, if we
have plenty of material it is easy
enough to fashion a new bodice. If
we have not, the problem is to find
some way of lengthening it without
making the gown look patchy.
Deep belts are being used for this
purpose, made peasant bodice fashion.
Fortunately the sash is in the hey
day of its popularity, and it covers a
multitude of difficulties.
On evening frocks, wide girdle,
studded with semi-precious stones, or
jet, or tiny sparkling beads may often
be used, not only to lengthen the
waist line, but to give character and
variety to the frock.
Black sashes with draped ends are
seen on all sorts and descriptions of
smart gowns.
On one the girdle was made entirely
OF supple jet with ends hanging down
in front, on which were long tassels.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
Beautiful New silk Fabrics

Among the new materials shown
especially silk woven ones, there
is every shade of color under the sun,
The newest are deep orange shades.
wonderful in glossy, soft stains and
meteor crepes. There are many khaki
shades, and blue. especially the shade
known as Natter blue. Besides there
are ravishing gray shades from all the
tones of the delicious taupe, smoke
and iron. to the faint shades of pearl
and oyster. For evening are delicate
greens, coral and salmon pinks, and
. dsiightful range Of mauve and he
useysoe. -Parts Letter 70 Vogue.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05

A woman who nursed three goldfish
In small aquarium tank graced with
aquatic plants thought she would add
a bizarre touch to her water garden
by dropping into the tank a gayly
colored celluloid alligator she had
picked up at ten cent counter. She
dropped the alligator. One of the
goldfish instantly leaped several inch
es above the water, Topped back inert
and never moved again. The mistress
o. the goldfish was sure her darling
had died of fright. \
thursdays News will contain b
ad announcing the opening of Hsfs-
fields big furniture sale. Save mon-
ey on your furniture purchases by
buying then. SIT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering 1t
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable ply.
sicians, as the damage they will do Is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derice from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It Is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. ].
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 7sc DER
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor coasti.1
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
A Smart and Practical Costume.

the size of the hips and was always
unsuitable for young girls. Dresses
cut-all-in-one for misses sometimes
show almost a wrapper looseness,
these giving an added sweetness to
rounded young bodies, and showing
often the simplest band trimmings.
Misses coats follow to a great ex-
tent the same looseness, many an odd
garment, or the top jacket that goes
with a jumper frock, revealing al
most the same cut as the brothers
top coat.
1t is vain to hope that the adult
feminine of ultra smart taste will be
guided by reason in choosing her au-
tumn or winter hat; but let us de.
voutly pray that the mothers of daugh-
ters who have not reached their full
growth will exercise some of their own
wisdom in the matter of buying the
headpiece.
Reasonableness from every point
governs the frock shown in the illus
tration which would make an excel.
lent classroom dress if good. wiry
serge turned out the skirt, and a pref
ty flannel, introducing the skirt color.
formed the waist. Both pieces are in
the newest designs for such garments.
and both are too simple to present any
terrors to the home sewer of even av-
erage gifts.
Schoolgirl sweaters of genuine
splendor are in red, pale blue. white
and light gray, as usual, but the bot
tom line has descended until at times
it almost comes to the knees. Class.
room aprons that are altogether girl
ish and charming are sometimes made
of black taffeta silk with a narrow
edge of gaily-fowered ribbon. The
same ribbons, running through the
headings, form the belt and strings of
these deliciously feminine skirt pro-
tectors.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
MOhair Will Wash.

A mohair skirt is a mighty prac-
teal investment for the reason that it
can be Numbered with perfect success
and does not have to be sent to a
professional cleaners when it needs
to be cleaned. The home laundress
who undertakes to wash mohair
skirt must remember two things. One,
that white soap of good quality must
be used with little borax which is
not only cleansing. but gives certain
stiffness to wooden materials.
Another thing to remember is that
the use of very hot iron is fatal to
WOODEN goods. 1t may not apparently
scorch it, but it will rot the threads
SO that the goods will crack on the
first or second wearing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
DEATH OF MRS. GRAHAM

Mrs. H. H. Graham, nee Miss Mil
dred Weems, died at the home OF her
mother, Mrs. Josephine Weems, on
Buschmann street, at 2 o'clock this
moning after an illness of several
weeks duration.
For some time Mrs. Graham has
been suffering from the effects of a
complication of diseases, but the i'm
mediate cause of her death was attrib-
uted to typhoid-malarial fever.
Mrs. Graham was one of the most
popular and generally loved young ma
irons of this city, and before and since
her marriage to Mr.. Graham last win
ter was favorite among the younger
set AT the time of her death she
had not reached the age of seventeen
years, and her untimely demise is re,
GREETED by a large circle of frienfs
and admirers.
The deceased is survived by her.
husband, Mr.. H. II. Graham; her moth
er, Mrs. Josephine Weems; two sis
tiers, Mrs. A. B. Hobbs, and Mrs. A. NJ.
Logan, and a brother, Mr.. Walter
Weems, all of this city.
The remains were shipped to Ellis
wills, Mrs. Graham's former home, for
interment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
MAKING GOOD JELLY
A FEW FACTS LEARNED FROM
= EXPERIENCE.
Quantity Of Sugar Allotted Is Perhaps
the Most Important Point
Using the Cheaper Fruits
for Foundation.
BY Jessica e. Besack,

I - SSS~'So - oSSdSNs
director Department Of Domestic Science
and Art, National Corn Ex-
position, Omaha.)
Fruits are influenced by surround.
ings and seasons, which makes it diff
ncult to set certain rules which will
always work out successfully.
Jelly that will not jell has been the
experience of most housewives. 1t is
not new problem nor one confined
to young housekeepers. Grandmoth.
ers may say they never had trouble
but they will remember shelves where
"runny jelly" and ''sugary gums" were
Kept for family use, while the Jelly
which was a success was kept for
company"
The. formless jellies of modern
housewife would be a failure, but as
grandmother never failed in anything.
a like result with her would be simply
luck" In order to make up for her
luck in jelly making, grandmother
turned her attention to jams and pre-
serves which could then, as now. be
managed without difficulty.
- ocou JSlgS III duultlOu u ldSle
and color, must have a good texture
must be neither gummy nor sticky,
and must keep its shape when turned
in a dish. Experience has taught
few facts Too much sugar will make
the jelly soft, not enough will make it
tough. An insufficient amount of sugar
will give better results than too much.
If an over allowance Of sugar is used,
no amount of boiling will correct this
error, but If an equal amount of Juice
is added and the boiling continued, a
good result may be obtained.
With pure fruit juice, an equal
amount of fruit and juice is safe
rule to follow, but if water has been
added to extract the juice from the
fruit care must be taken to cut down
the amount of sugar used In any
event, it is a safe plan to boil the
Juice alone for half the length of time
required for making the jelly, then
add the sugar, which has been heated,
and boil the balance of the time re-
CURED. The whole time required for
pure juice will be from 10 to IL min
utes and from 25 to 80 minutes for
diluted juice.
AS soon as the mixture forms a
sheet when dropped from a cold
spoon, transfer to hot glasses. Fill
these completely and set in a cold
place to harden. When the jelly is
well. set cover with hot paraffin. This
will kill all germs that may have
fallen upon the surface from the air
and will exclude others.
Economy in jelly making is attained
by using cheap fruits for the founda-
ton and the more expensive fruits
for colorng and favoring. For in
stance, apple jelly" is a good founda-
ton. Add to this berries, plums, cur
rants or most any fruit of which the
supply is small. One little berry bush
will make a long line of jelly of ex-
cellent iiavor-jyst about as good as
pure berry jelly. when apples are used
as a foundation.
This is true economy in housekeep-
ing, and where a housewife would
have only few glasses of berry Jelly,
a score or more may be made by u.s.
ing the cheap fruits for foundations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
$4,000 worth of new furniture to be
sold at factory prices. Read Halls.
fields ad in Thursdays News. SIT
Decline of Ancient Enolisb Fair

After being held annually for 800
years Stow Green pleasure fair has
practically ceased to exist.
Established by charter of Henry III
1t ranked as one of the largest fairs
In England for merchandise and last.
ed thee weeks. All the large travel
ing shows in the country used to at.
te3d and they covered nearly four.
acres Of ground. The fair is nov =
united to two days and when it com,
menced it only consisted of a few
oatchpenuy devices.
This year the magistrates curtailed
tie hours for drinking and it is ex-
/ ected- the fair will soon collapse alto
gCtHPr--I london Standard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
FIuffind the Hair.

To make The hair which goes -ra-
the pompador nudy, some girls re
so7t % t'le device of rough combing IL
which means running the
comb backward over the hair, and
thep sprinkling powder over it under
meath where it does not show when
the hair is done up. Combing and
in this manner undeniably
has a drying effect which makes for
aufliness, but both are too disastrous
to the hair to be INDUCED in, for the
rough combing breaks it, while the
powder badly clogs the pores.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
Girls to Wear AWNINGS.

The smartly dressed girl, instead of
carrying an umbrella to protect her
new hat, now stretches an awning
over it. This contrivance she can
make in soft rubberized silk, in at.
tractive colors. 1t is to be hooked
around the brim, and around the
crown there are draw strings which
shirr it up into a soft drapery effect,
which topped OFF with bow, gives a
very graceful eject.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05

silk braid; the straps and loops each
side front are formed of narrow
braid.
The turnover collar is faced with
white silk and is bound with braid.
A iabot Of soft lace gives a smart
finish to the front; the jacket is lined
through with silk of the same color
as the cashmere.
Hat of green straw, trimmed with
swathings of tulle of a darker shade,
and white wings.
Material required for the costume:
Nine yards 46 inches wide, about 70
yards of braid, and 5 dozen buttons,
61a yards silk for lining jacket.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-05
Avoiding the CAPITAL | e++sr

Whats the matter with your early
education?" said the friend. On tbi,
letter you wrote me you use a little
7 for the first person SINGULAR"
u did it on purpose" was the an.
swer. There is no telling, these DAYS.
when the alienists may be on your
trail. I want to avoid anything which
in the slightest degree looks like ex.
ggerated ego"