The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-08

iCsntinus1 Iron Page Twenty-Fcar.) HIsroRY REPEATS ITSELF IN
 THE MOTHEH HUBBARD sTYMsEs.
 The old saying that history repeats ltsslf. is equally true in anairs anect- lng nations and in the peculiarities of feminine fashion remarked the ob- Berving individual
 Have you gotten on to the latest empire gowns q believe that's what you call 'em), thea women are wear Ing these daysf We'll. for the next few minutes keep your eyes open. and see what you see
 or hubbard" remarked one sojourner.
 That's just exactiy what I am talking about. Never saw anything like 1t. Just axfew years ago the straight front was all the go, and to think of woman wearing a dress that apparently does not touch her at the waist line would have been little short of treason. But note the lady coming now. That confection of sheer lawn and dainty lace is a dream--above and below the waist line. Look at the shoulders. Low cut in the neck it gives opportunity to take advantage of all the cooling breezes and at the same time to exhibit some most beau tiyul curves.
 And the skirt Is . beauty. Inter spersed with lace and lawn. it's set is well-nigh perfect. It's length Is just exactly right. not long enough to sweep up all of the offending microbes which are supposed to be lurking on our sidewalks, and yet not too short, either.
 "But look at that waistl Verify, the ways of fashion are past finding out. The early part of this spring saw the slim. svelte effect. with small waist. and hips about the same. But there are those to whom the new style did not appeal. for reasons which they were unable to overcome---excess of weight. for instance. so now we see the waists increasing. to give. to a certain degree. the same effect.
 "But it Is not only those who are too heavy to adapt themselves to the will iowiy ideal that are taking up this mother hubbard style. have seen to- day. petite women. and even misses not yet out of high school. wearing them.
 "wen there is this comforting thought: Apparently there Is no Tea son to fear that the breathing appa- ratus Is being crowded into a smaller space than that which nature prepared for 1t.
 '.But. really. I do not object to this new, or rather recurring style, but with mother hubbards now cant we easily tles7" says The Arkansas Gazette. sEMBRICH HAS THE HONOR
 or BEING DECORATED BY
 THE CHAIR OF RUSSIA.
 Mime. MarceIla Sembrich, whose fare well concert tour of America next sea- son will assume historic importance. is one of the few women singers ever decorated by the Czar of Russia. In addition to valuable diamond pin given her by the Czar, she was deco rated several years ago with the i'm periai medal of art. On her recent operatic appearance in St. Petersburg. Mime. Sembrich won repeated triumphs, showing that the Russians had not forgotten her despite her long ab- sence. and indicating anew her won- derful hold on popular favor the world over.
 Mme sembrich is one of twelve sing gers possessing the Prussian order of Merit--an honor recently bestowed on Richard Strauss. one granted. as g rule, only to great composers. She is also Q singer to the Court of Aus trfa, an appointment confirmed i've years ago by the Emperor in person. SOMETHING ABOUT LADIES
 sAND FHEIR sTYLEs. |.
 Tn a lecture to the girls of Rad clifee College. Professor George H. Palmer. oldest professor of Harvard, said: 'Flirt by all means. A little flirting now and then is good for one. and if done in the proper way is ab- soIutely harmless.'' Mise Cole, the dean of Radcliffe. utterly repudiated such thing and reprimanded a young reporter who tried to act on the pro- 3essor's advice after the lecture. 4 Says an exchange: man admires nothing more in @ woman than help iessness. He thinks 1t. like patience. a sign of womanliness; and womanli- ness is the one quality he can never resist Now, the helpless female is rapidly becoming extinct-golf and tennis and hockey, hunting, fencing. and Sandow have killed her. With the development of her muscular powers it would seem that she is losing a great deal of her influence over man.
 MT. J. Y. Brame. IJr.. and Mir R semmes. IT, left last night for Bruns- wick. Ga. where they will join par- ty and will go for cruise up the Att iantie coast.
 Miss Margarisa Moreno. of Pensa- cola, Fla, Is visiting MrS. May steiner Crommelin on Court Street.
 Mfr. A. ! Hawes, and Mir. and Mrs. Harry Hawes and son are the guests of Mrs. A. B. Barr. 14 Pelham Street.
 
 Miss Virginia Abercrombie will leave Tuesday for Gadsden to visit Miss Mar garet Hood.
 Mrs. c. ca Cobbs, Miss Mary cobbs. Miss Lillian Hill and Miss Ellen Ty- son have gone to Point Clear.
 Misses Louise Dubose. of Post Oak. Ala. and Miss Beulah McLendon. of Omega. are visiting relatives in the city.
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 Mir. and Mrs. Emanuel Rice have gone to Waynesville N. C., for the remainder of the summer.
 Mrs. H. K. Dawson andiittle son, pr Mobile. visited relatives this week G:.=.=.-...:::.