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Tho Dress of General Washington

The Dress of General Washington.
This great man was very particular
about his personal appearance. He
took pains with everything he did and
showed off his clothes to advantage.
There have been some interesting de-
tails of late given of what he wore
from 1888 to 1903. The general writes
himself In ordering his clothes. "Plain
clothes with a gold or silver button If
worn in genteel dress are all l desire"
He imported his best clothes from Eng
land, but on ordinary occasions wore
native homespun when out of uniform.
For receptions he had a black velvet
coat and breeches; the coat a long cut
away, square at the ends, having a
small standing collar. There were ten
breast buttons of silver or open work
steel on the right breast, with blind
buttonholes four inches long made
of black silk braid on the opposite side.
The coat had pocket flaps treated in
the same way; also cuffs, which were
five inches deep. There were two hip
buttons at the back. This garment
was very long WASTED, and the top of
the pocket flaps and hip buttons were
on a line with the lowest of the breast
buttons. 1t was lined with white
satin. accompanied by black velvet
brooches. Win small butturs IND knee
buckles; the waistcoat of white or
pearl colored satin, with a small stand
ing collar and indented pocket flaps; a
fine muslin shirt, with standing ruffies,
repeated at the wrists, and the stock
of the period; white silk stockings;
low cut shoes, with large silver buc-
kles. A dress sword, with silver hilt,
suspended by a chain from a belt worn
under the v'aistcoat and a linen stock
completed the costume. He wore q bag
wig, but not powder.
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ped up on the cottage organ. 81 may
have been a little severe about you and
Charlie, and if'-
But, deeming 1t best to let well
enough alone, Laurel had slipped from
the room.
Charlie Mead, a stalwart young fell
low, coming home that night from his
work In the town bank, found his I'M
Gle, a grim visaged, sad eyed man,
brooding above a delicate piece of rice
paper foamed over with forgetmenots.
1t was a trivial little thing, but pretty
and In good taste.
"Charlie, look herei Some one has
sent me a valentine"
well, why not, sir? I'm sure you're
younger in heart and better looking by
a long shot than many of the men to
whom 1t is the custom, | am told, for
girls to send valentines todayl You
can't expect to remain a widower al
ways. The girls of Thomastown are
not too dense''-
The elder man raised a perturbed
face.
mo girl In Thomastown sent m this
There are initials signed lie broke
off in embarrassment.
"By Jove! So there are!"
"They are V. Fl. E." The young man
looked interrogativeiy at his uncle. Il
can't think of any one having those
ut might be Varina Hildegarde Ell.
nngton,' said Ambrose Mead.
"Why, unclel And after all your
opposition to my marrying Laurel
What a concentrated fraud you arei"
Ill may have been-a bit severe
the elder man admitted. IL fancied
Miss Ellington disliked me very much
on recount of-well, that's past and
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gone nowi Butt think, as a mere
matter of neighborly courtesy, l ought
TO go over after supper and find out
If hat fine mare of hers is getting
over its broken knee all right"
Charlie grinned, vanished and ex.
ecuted a war dance In the hall.
Better wear your most becoming
gown tonight-the crimson cashmere"
urged Laurel. at is quite likely Mr..
Mead will follow his valentine with a
visit. I'll do the dishes"
And Mr.. Mead. in best Sunday at
tire, did call. But hardly had Miss
Varina received him in the parlor
when a tall young man, whisking in at
the back door, caught a slim maiden
up to her arms in soapy water and
carried her from the kitchen sink to
hand over her lips.
ut won't be eavesdropping," he
whispered, ito zeal If we get out scot
free about those valentines. 1t was
the only way to get the a~ntagonistic
couple to release their grip on us-to
set them thinking about a love affair
Of their own. Listeni'
This they heard through the sliding
door between the china closet and din
ing room:
IF it were not for that valentine,
Ambrose, I'd never
Nor l. yarina. 1t was fate. Prom
Use never again to refer to the means
of our
81 promise. I, too, feel sensitive
that 1t should have taken such a trile
to bring us together and make us un-
derstand how foolish we have been.
We shall never mention valentine in
our house! B%ut-those young people
we have been keeping apart-I'm will
ing to give them this house and the
quarter section. Eth. dear?"
"Rightl You'll turn my shack into
a home-eh. dearest? Bless those
children!"
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igin, and Mrs. Pankhurst and her
daughter will not be the only women
from the British isles to visit the our
try In the next few months in the in
terest of the cause. In a sense the
visitors will only eve up the score,
for many American women have been
active in the suffragist agitation in
London. Two young American women
were among those who served prison
terms for the attempt to storm the
house of commons, and others have
been engaged in a speechmaking tour
of England and Scotland.
Mrs. Pankhurst has not displayed
any great gift OF diplomacy in her
ballot fight abroad. but in America 1t
will be very necessary for her at least
TO attempt to reconcile the opposing
forces that have lined themselves up
for the fight. Mrs. Clarence Mackay
and her Equal Franchise society will
have nothing to do with militant suf-
fragists, and this very gifted worker
in the cause says 1t is not necessary
to go out and shrek the propaganda
in the streets" Mrs. o. II. p. Bel
mont's organization, on the other hand,
has invited the English b~elligerents TO
come over here and lecture, so there
is likely to be friction in the opposing
camps, If not war to the knife.
Chicago clubwomen have turned
down. Mrs. Pankhurst, giving as the
reason that her prices are entirely too
high. She has come to this country
under the management Of a bureau
that charges $500 for one lecture. The
matter was submitted also to the
largest club in st. Louis and voted
down, but New York and Philadel-
phia, however. are prepared to make
much Of the English champion despite
the high price.
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LOOK OUT FOR TROUBLE.
Mrs. Pankhurst and Her Daughter Are
Here-Suffragette War Imminent.

Mrs. Pankhurst and Her Daughter Are
Here-Suffragette Mar Imminent.
Mrs. Pankhurst and her daughter
Christabel, the militant English suffra-
gettes, have recently arrived In this
country from London. Mrs. Pankhurst
for her lecture tour through the coun-
try has prepared some very exciting
subject matter. She will tell of the
fight being made by the suffragettes
in London and of the assistance they
received from many American women,
several of whom were arrested and
sent to jail. She will tell of her own
experience at the hands of the police,
of scrubbing Jail floors and Of going
through a hard jail routine as a pris
oner for the cause. Mrs. Pankhurst is
confident women will win the ballot
in England and is anxious to see
as bitter a fight waged i'll the Unit
ed States. It is Aoubtful. however, If
she will induce American women to
follow the example of their English
sisters In resorting to violence and
bidding for sympathy by starving
themselves when serving jail SEN
fences. The American suffragist,
though, has become an adoring imita-
tor of her English sister. Many of the
ideas for the winter campaign In the
fight for the ballot T of English or
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Via
Wireless
Continued

an accident In which two men were
killed and others MANNED and crippled
for life. One man is totally blind" A
sharp intake of breath and a gasp of
horror from Marsh made him pause.
then repeat over solemnly with en-
phasis: Zone forever and ever blind,
a lad of twenty, who must grope his
way through this world to the end of
his way" Marsh was s%huddering now,
for the picture brought up to him that
other lad of twenty, his own son, who
had died blind. With inexorable cool
ness Bradley continued:
II know Lieutenant Sommers is
blameless in this affair, and | am here
to find some one to answer the cry of
justice which ONE through the tears
and sobs of the mothers, sisters and
sweethearts Of those boys. And I'll
find him, Mr.. Durant; I'll find him."
A pitiful picture was Marsh. half
stopped, half c%rouched. shuddering
with horror at the thought of what he
had helped TO do. Frances saw and
completely misunderstood his attitude.
Her eyes filled with tears of sympathy.
She stepped over and put her hand
gently on the arm of the shuddering
man.
Mr.. Bradley. I beg of you not to
question Mr.. Marsh any further" she
pleaded. I'm sure If Mr.. Marsh knew
anything about the forging he would
tell you. No knows the horrors of
that accident better than he. No one
could know. He had a son who was
blinded In an accident
Her voice grew very gentle as she
continued: 81 was with him at his
boys bedside when he died. l know
the anguish that he felt them" She
let her arm slip gently around the old
mans shoulder. And | know If there
was anything to tell he,'-
She got no further, for, with a shud-
dering cry of terrible anguish. the
man drew away from her arm.
Don't" he moaned-.don't say any
morel | can't stand 1t. Pm going to
strip my soul naked to God and end
this"
He stood up straight to face Brad
ley, no longer the frightened. shud-
dering coward, with a guilty secret,
but a man who had done wrong and
knew it, a %repentant sinner eager to
tell all. There was a look not merely
of anguish, but almost of exaltation. on
his face. Pinckney saw it and made
his last desperate appeal.
"Here, Marshr' he shouteS sharply.
But the little man was past his in
fuence now. He faced his former
bully. wide eyed. unafraid, desperate.
"If~s4zAzhaaktn me again as there
is a God above us, ] will kin you
where you standr' he said in a low.
tense voice of fury. Then with a
quick move he reached to his pocket.
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me-" His face tool on a look of aw-
full. supernatural fear as be went 0 n
.'They whispered to me in the night.
and the sightless eyes of the lad. blind
ed. blink at me through the darkness.
And it's the face of my boy with sight
less eyes accusing me. 1 won't stand
it, ] tell you. I'm going with my soul
naked to the lash before my God and
cry for pity and forgiveness"
Amazed, horror stricken. finally dunn
founded. the listeners had hung spell
bound through the terrible confession.
When it was finished for one moment
no one moved. Then Marsh. with a
little. gasping catch In his throat. turn
ed and walked quickly out OF the Of
fee, and as he went through the door
they saw a CLEAN of his revolver. The
door closed. and Bradley. the first to
recover. sprang toward 1t. but even
the quick secret service man was too
late. He jerked open the door. There
came a sharp report. Bradley stepped
back inside and closed the door.
Hes gone" he said.
Next Pinckney, as one coming out
of a daze, looked up. and the secret
service man touched him sharply on
the arm. Those curiously shrewd. hard
eyes were looking into the eyes Of the
general manager, and in that look
Pinckney read that the game was up.
"Will you come with me. Mr.. Pinck-
ney?" Bradley's voice was courteous,
polite and cold and hard as steel. II
hope you won't make any trouble. 1
don't care to walk you out handcuffed
before the men,"
The chief conspirator. cool to the
last. nodded.
'Ill come" he said CURLY. Then,
accompanied by Bradley and followed
by Mr.. Durant, he walked on coolly
to the door through which Marsh had
gone to death.
The ste%nographer already had taken
her departure. Sommers and Frances
were alone.
"My ownv' he whispered.
The girls arms slipped up about his
neck naturally.
"Let us go away" she murmured.
s'Take me home"
THE EMF.
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YOU'RE a thief, Ptncknevi DO you heart"
and the watchers saw the CLEAN of a
pistol. They did not know the little
man now. He stood straight up, bold.
eager, %repentant.
Listen" he said. "And any one
here who values his life will let me
alone. | am the inventor of the Rhine
strom patent. | know what Mr.. Brad
ley meant about the royalty. You're a
thief. Pinckney! Do you hear? A
thief Why don't you speak? Deny
it II you dare, you theft"
There was a gasp of surprise, of hor-
ror.
You told me the royalty was to be
a hundred dollars an inch. Now l find
it's q thousand. That was why the
patents could not be in my name-you
wanted to steal. And that was why you
wanted that gun of Sommers' killed,
so that you could get the government
TO take mine-mine," he repeated,
bringing his fist violently against his
.chest-"not Rhinestrom's, but mine.
And you were to get nine times as
much as me. You told me to forge
that gun before Sommers came. You
got Smith drunk and put him in
charge of that tempering bath-youi
And you know it-and | was a party
to 1t. / stood for it. l saw the rotten
work was done. And | waited, day
after day, night after night-sleepless.
afraid, | waited. And one day In a
whisper through the works the news
came. How do you think l felt since
then? l am a murderer, and SO are
you! And you not only have that on
your soul. but you would disgrace an
other man. The dead are enough for
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Mead. An Indifferent housekeeper and
an unsympathetic wife she proved to
be. She was dead these five years
now, and Ambrose, whose farm joined
Miss Varina's own, had been getting
along as best he could with such house
keepers as he could hire.
Miss Varina's thoughts now few
over all the town men she knew who
might have SEN her this valentine.
NO" she decided as her trembling
fingers fumbled with the string.
'oThere amt one of them that thinks
Of me-"
She held up the box and rapturOus-
ly contemplated the glowing object be-
fore her. A cottage covered with pink
roses overhung a blue satin lake. The
inevitable verse on the inner page
read:
My heart is thine.
IL thine were mine.
Then would l know
All bliss divinei
"What Is 1t, Aunt Varina? A valen-
tine? oh, how lovely! For meY'
A girl came eagerly forward. She
was a very pretty girl.
ITS for mel" declared little Miss
Varina. She was suffused in bushes
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-01-28
issVdrind'S
Valentine.
By Kate NJ. Clearly.
Kate M. Clearly.

Copyright, 1909. by Kate NJ. cleary.
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my life If | married Charlie, that his
uncle and my aunt have been carrying
on this-this lively 1irtationI' She
broke off with a little despairing GEES
ture. 'I'm-I'm really astonished at
you, Aunt Varinaf'
Miss Varina, flustered, fiattered, agi-
tated, clasped and ~unclasped her hands
In nervous ecstasy.
"But-but you're mistaken, Laurel!
Indeed you are! 1t was because | de-
tested-yes, Observation-Disclosures Mead
that l did not want you to marry his
nephew. why, we haven't spoken for
fifteen years-not since he married that
poor, shiftless, good for nothing
there! She's dead-the Lord forgive
me for forgetting!"
swell, all 1 can say" averred Laurel
In a voice of brisk finality, lis that he
has evidently kept you in his heart all
this time. And-don't be too hard on
the poor fellow, Aunt Varinaw
Miss Varina preened herself, patting
the bow IN her neck coquettishly.
you're a good child" she murmured,
>kaf~eyas Ga the wenderful object prom
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see there's two initials written just
under the verse on the inside"
With an air of the most vivid inter-
est Laurel lifted the rose covered cot
tage, the blue lake, the cupids, the
violets, the hearts and the doves and
bent eagerly yer the inner page. She
Strengthened up with a rallying cry
and a deprecating pink finger pointed
at her aunt's glowing eCuntenance.
"0h, Aunt yarina. | never knew
you were a firt. y. M.'-that's Am
brose Mead. of course. And to think
that all the time be has been vowing
Charlie must not marry until he was
twenty-six, and you've beer saying
you would ignore me all the rest of
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PISS VARINA was about to
set aside the large square
i box the postman had just
handed her with the mental
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n RISS VARINA was about to
EAxW set aside the large square
XVA box the postman had just
handed her with the mental
decision that, of course, it was for
Laurel, when she caught sight of the
superscription, written in a bold mas
culine hand, Miss Varina Ellington"
'Tt's-it's for mel" gasped Miss Vari-
ma. "a real valentlne-for me!'
Miss Varina had seen her thirty-fifth
summer and not unkindly winter. But
1t was many a year since she had re-
ceived a valentine. The last she could
remember receiving was sen when she
was nineteen and used tt go to singing
school with Ambrose Mead. She and
Ambrose had not been formally en-
gagged, but they had understood each
other, and 1t had been taken for grant
ed by both that when the new house
on the half section was finished 1t
would be as Mrs. Ambrose Mead that
Varina Ellington would enter the same.
But, alas, a pretty city girl came to
visit In the neighborhood, and where is
the country youth who can resist the
dazzling charms of a city girl when she
appears, starlike, In the monotony of
his rural solitude? Ambrose was at
tentive to Miss Thyra Morse. Varina
imperiously protested. A lovers quar-
rel followed, and the city girl went
into the new house as Mrs. Ambrose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-30
BIRMiNGHAMs PHENOMENAL GROWTH

splendid showing in
population 9S5 1900 1S26S5 in
1910, a gain
used great urban gains
phenomenal No
population announced this year has come
anywhere and it safe to that none Will Seat
u Angeles still be heard from Those cities have
supposed to be the largest
size will hardly
the per mari
remember Birmingham has struck
pace The
failed count
cooperation of the of of
people realize
Brmnghams in
multiplied
number Of the entire opuaon14O Some statcans use
In
by the Birmingham school authorities
conservative Now the difference be-
easily accounted by about
inhabitants wouldn't
there complaint
the work aid the enumeraos Now
Birmingham than of the other
larger communities
hand they they did
The effect will felt
of increase will the most
telling will make
labor and capital will draw mercantile trade
from greatly will enhance appecaby
place prestige will help the whole
Alabama Montgomery
Ten Birmingham the tail
ender in the of
will rank will
souths of the country to the other
Yesterday Brmngham history
every year stop growing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-30


Thousands of merchants and farm
ers from all over the state are com
ing to our state fair next week." sale
Sidney F. Lazarus, who has just re-
turned from a trip through eastern
Alabama
"The large signs erected at every
important station along the lines run
ming into Birmingham have done their
work. The newspapers have done their
part and the crowds are coming. Not
a solitary customer of mine failed to
mention the fair and say that he would
be here. was in Dadeville during
court week and met numbers OF farm
ers. most OF, whom are coming. Every
body is eager to see the Wright ma
chine.
Cotton is coming in fast now and
is bringing about IA cents pound.
Corn is plentiful and there are very
few farmers who won't get entirely out
of debt this year and have surplus.
The cotton crop is rather short In
Alabama but the price will make up for
that and / am looking for a banner
year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-30
SIX SORTS OF LOVE

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Romancers and poets long since
spread abroad a belief that there are as
many kinds of love as there are kinds
of girls. To get a ne wgirl" and to
get new love- are well-nigh synomy
nous phrases in poetry and romance.
Now, however, comes a learned
psychologist, DR.. Hall of Clark univer-
sity, who tells us that careful analysis
diseloses six sorts of love. Just six,
no more.
The analysis, while it disturbs the
poetic conception of an infinite variety
of lives. confirms poesy In it's we'll
known definition of live as form of
lunacy. DR.. Hall distinguishes the six
sorts by differences in their manifesto
Emotive delusion. fixed idea, rudimen-
tary paranola, psychic neurasthenia,
episode symptoms of degeneracy and
psychic emotive obsession.
OF these various. forms of passion
the most dangerous is said to be rudi-
mentary paranoia. 1t leads the victim
to look upon his love as a creature of
wonderful beauty and goodness but I'M
fortunately 1t doesn't last and the dis
illusionment is apt to cause trouble.
The subject is, of course, one of high
Importance. Young ladies should by all
means require their lovers to obtain
certificates from psychological experts,
showing the exact nature of their fond
ness. Then htey may pick out the
variety of love they prefer; always
avoiding of course any that is likely
to be merely a temporary distemper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-30
THE BOOKS BOYS READ

From the st. Louis ost-Dispatch.
In an attempt to solve the question of
what kind of books boys like best, re-
quest was sent to the library assistants
in charge of the childrens rooms in New
York city, asking them to make list
of the Is books of fiction most popular
among boys of u to 10 years old The
lists were made after careful considera-
ton and without consultation and rep
resent very fairly the preference of the
boys The following are the rs books
TON Sawyer" by Mark Twain; "Huck-
cherry Finn by Mark Twain; cadet
Days." by Gen. Charles King; 1.-The
Adventures of Buffalo Bill" by Col w
F. Cody; Robinson Crusoe." by Daniel
Defoe; 1.-The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes" by A. Conan DOYLE Treasure
Island" by Stevenson Crimson Sweat
err by Barbour; Behind the Lines"
by Barbour; Jack Among the Indians"
by Grinnell; 'Halfback," by Barbour;
Fast Mall" by Drysdale; Substitute"
by Camp; pete. Cow Puncher,". by
Ames; 'Ivanhoe," by Scott; Captains
Courageous by Kipling; "Redskin and
Cowboy" by Henty; STORY of Bad
Boy" by Aldrich; robin Hood" by
Pyle; yale Cup" by Dudley; "oliver
Twist" by Dickens; Monte Cristo," by
Dumas; Twenty Thousand Leagues I'm
der the Sea- by Verne; 1.-The Spy" by
Cooper; kidnapped" by Stevenson
When were the adventures Of Nick
Carter excluded from the New York
libraries?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-30
Assistant Postmasters Out Of Politics

The cabinet conferences are about TO
grind out at any rate an executive or
der by which 1922 assistant postmasters
will be placed under the protection of
the civil service law, and in that way
taken entirely out of politics. Assistant
Postmaster Blakemore is one of the 1922,
and he no doubt considers the forthcom-
ing order a timely and excellent piece of
public business.
1t is rumored that the second and
third-class postmasters, 719S in number,
may also be placed under civil service
regulations, but that can be done by
Congress only. The line between first
class and second-class postoffices Is
drawn at $4,000 in receipts. The Bir-
mingham postmaster would not be affect
ed, but many a postoffice in this state
would be. It is much too early to say
that Congress will be willing to do this,
but 1t is not early to say that the Pres
ident is about of his own volition to put
1922 assistant postmasters out of the
range of politicians.