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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-10
Challenge Promptly Accepted.

Uncle joe climbed right down on the
moor and faced Col. Davidson. while the
members and guests Of the association
FORMED long aisle down the center OF
the big banquet room on the tenth floor OF
the Willard The orchestra struck up that
ancient and most honorable cake walking
tune. AT a Georgia Camn Neetinv" and
the rival oldsters pranced, pirouetted
bowed and scraped and made other move
ments which they figured ought to be
included In real cakewalk
me saddest part OF the whole affair
lay I'm the fact that some OF the spects-
tors concluded that Col. Davidson hsd
Kicked and jumped just a little faster
than did Uncle joe" and from some
Where In the hosiery they procured
real, fiossy cake. with fifteen strawberries
proudly perched upon four feet of white
icing. and presented II to the man from
Louisville
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
REFORMING THE FASHIONS.

The president of the New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs, in an address deliverey recently at Detroit, to convention of women's clubs, es- says the difficult task of starting reform in women's dress. She wants a reform that will warrant a woman wearing the same dress this Season as she wore last, and the "monstrous hats,' ruled out of Fashion altogeth- CT. Sine does not object to wearing domestic feathers in her hat Os- trich feathers, she says, are all right but willow plumes, she says, are disgrace to wear because they are made in sweatshops, etc.
 Reforms such as the above always emanate from women of "blue stock ing'@ tendencies. and influence no one outside their own environment Many trades would go a-begging if the re- forms suggested by this lady were to be inaugurated. Very few women would like to be seen in a uniform dress,'' worn two Seasons. or wearing the same hat two or more seasons, such as other women may wear. Such an idea as this would kill individual ity in women's dress, and many a man would go down deep in his pock- cts to pay his wife's bills rather than see her in such dowdy dress as "the woman next door wears" Fashion is too strongly intrenched to be over- come by one wOmans idea.-The Mill linery Trade Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

London-Elinor Coley has been ad- mitted to fellowship in the royal col lege of surgeons, the first woman ever to be thus honored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

See the Christmas shoppers. shopping! Seesthem round the eotinters hopping, Hn&dly stopping. 4&59y popping /Aere and there and everywhere, Picking bargains up and dropping, Woody lambs with ears a-fopping, Dolls exceeding large and whopping.
 Toys that last and games that tear. See them rush, their foreheads mop
 epGng,
 AS they hurry on their shopping, Buying books for Tom and Willie, Buying things exceeding silly, Things that no one has a use for, Tnthg.- that- father s.qaust "produce" Nf1Eh~ fneir~ endless Fists ' clutched
 - tightly,
 So that they may purchase rightly See them! Watch, them. hipping, hop ping, F1ipping, Hopping, Never stoping.. Ti1f they're dropping, Worn with shopping. And go homeward worn and weary, With sorrX sigh .sQh- -daaryi F5f my ce6SfFs tauht-shstss pleas
 - anti And I fear I made mistake In those gloves for Uncle Jake Traps a larger size he'll take! I'll be happy when it's through, For I'm tired out-aren't your" Oh, the shoppers, Christmas shoppers! How they come financial croppers, Do they like it? Yes, indeed! For it comes but once a year, And they reyel while it's here!
 IN y World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
THE COST OF THE
 CRANBERRY SAUCE.

Indignant protests were made by certain prominent growers in New Jer- sey after the publication in The Sur vey of the results of an investigation made last year for the National Child Labor Committee into the work and living conditions of Italian cranberry pickers in that state. A leading news. growers. New Jersey had been libel ed:s evils had been exaggerated; con- diti0ns were misrepresented.
 Upon the return of the brief cram berry picking season this year, bring ing the usual migration of great num- bers of families from the cities to the bogs a new, and more thorough in- vestigation was undertaken by the or ganiza tion which began it last year This has just been completed. Agents visited the cranberry growing sections of Massachusetts and covered most of the larger plantations in the four cranberry producing counties of New .Jersey.I Tn general, 1t may be said that all the essential facts of unre- stricted child employment loss of sev- eral weeks schooling to thousands of children, an un-American system of labor under padrone, and the crowd ed and unsanitary camps reported last year were this year again found to be the rule rather than the excep- .tion. Young children were found working long hours under a padrone, inA Massachusetts as in New Jersey, and families were crowded into unsan- itary shacks. However, as a much greater proportion of the harvesting in Massachusetts is done by means of scoops operated largely by Portu- guese men, the evils of family migra- tion and child and woman labor were found to be not as extensive as in New Jersey, where nearly all the picking is done by hand. This year, in the latter state. there was somewhat less crowding, slightly shorter hours, and less Sunday work. due to small Ter crop. Otherwise the situation has not improved, except in the housing conditions on one bog.-Charles L. Chute in The Survey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
MRS. GUFFHFs SUNDAY SALON
Chicago Tribune.)

{The usual group of interesting peo- ple'' were star-scattered around the .samovar. The conversation, which has turned on the Irish theatre, has dropped, but is revived on the ap- pearance of MT. Morley, an authority ly tn the city.)
 Mrs. Guffle-How do you take you tee, MT. Morley?
 Mr. tMorley-Au naturel, please. < Mrs. Guffle passing cup)--We were diScussing the Irish players.
 MT. Penfield-Last winter it was Mary Garden.
 Mrs. Guffle-was that topic ever shelved? A Mrs. Deming-I think she's awfully interesting. Mrs. Guff1e-Even when she's vocal izing.
 Mrs. Plushly (who is president of a Drayma club)-Tell me, Mr. Morley, what Is the secret of the strange fas- cination of the Irish players5s
 MT Morley = Why-eF-their artful artfulness, perhaps.
 Miss Mordaunt-Not their ,artful art 1essness? - .-
 Mrs. Guffle-The distinction is inter- esting. 'e
 MT. Morley-VeryI
 Mrs Plushly-Did sfnghe.- really spend much time in Ireland?
 MT. Morley-Oh. yes reaily-quite a good Hst. 1ssgsSs
 Mrs. Plushly-Our club is thinking of having him over here.
 MT. Morley (startled) indeed! Politely) I'm sure he'd be very glad to be with you.
 Mrs Guffle-Do you consider 'sRid- ers to the Sea" hts greatest play?
 MT. Morley-Possibly.
 Mrs Deming-Such imagery! fDf1rch1v-R1rf Q ssPidorc fn 10 Seq pure tragedy? True, it thrills with pity, but doesn't it purge with terror?
 Mir. Penfleld-The Greek Katharsis. Miss Mordaunt-As Aristotle might say were he with us this afternoon.
 Mr. Morley-Possibly not.
 MT. Kidder-Have you read Percy Simpson on "The Punctuation of Shakespeare?
 MT Morley-Not as yet,
 Miss Venier (who has waited ipa- tientlyJ-.Oh, MT. Morley, there is one uestior want to ask you. Was the Melancholy Prince. really sane?
 Che samovar. hisses loudly, but for tuuately~ does not explode.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
THE CHINESE REBELLION AND
 THE STRAW HAT TRADE.

Importers of straw braids and man ufacturers of straw hats, for both mems and women's wear, are not a little exercised over the doings in China, and are asking themselves the question: ''What effect has, or will, the war have upon the importation of our straw material?' It is asserted by some that the rebellion will have little effect upon the straw hat indus try because of the fact that there is a goodly quantity of straw braid in well as stored in the warehouses tn China in the straw braid districts not affected by the rebellion. The fact must be borne in mind, however, that within the past decade or two, thou sands of Chinese young men have taken up their residence in European and American cities for the purpose of securing an education, and after their graduation have not remained in these cities, as those Of other nationalities have done, but have re- turned to their homes, taking with zation, methods of government, and ideas on the relation of capital to labor the elevation of the laboring classes, and the humane treatment of their fellows. The idea of these stu dents is to elevate their race, placing it on a par with the nations of the West, and eventually to make a new ntfon of China. They want the labor CTS in the straw braid districts paid more than the mere pittance of what is equal to thirty cents a day. It is a shame, they say, that the product of their soil, after it has been manipulat- ed into braid and put into pieces of a score of yards, should sell for a mere pittance. When China rises from it's low estate through the influence of those America has educated, with an increase in the price of labor, Amer ica will pay more for it's raw mater fal, whether it be silk Tor straw
 It will be noticed that not all the rebels in China are molestfng for eigners or the missions of Europe or America; on the contrary, the leaders of the revolt are men who have res pect for missions and the representa- tives of the nations wherein they were educated, and should they sue ceed in estabT shing a new form of government, whether a republic or a limited monarchy, they will bring their country into closer touch with Amer lea and Europe, initiating their ways and methods of dealing With the la boring classes, and at the expense of the manufacturers who import Chin csc raw material. Should such change be possible, America would utter no word of complaint, but on the contrary aid in pushing the good work alOng.-The Millinery Trade Re- view.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
WOMEN SUPPORT
 GOOD: GOVERNMENT
Hartford Times.l

The Los Angeles Socialists who based their hopes of winning the election in Los Angeles on the fact that California women share the suff- rate fully with the men for the first time in sthi$ $s>ccHnes& sedid not know where they were at.''
 The Socialist brethren seemed to be- lieve that, because women are said to differ from men in being more apt than men are to be swayed by emO- tion rather than reason, therefore the candidate who had shared in the de- fense of the McNamaras and who had the support of all that part of the population of Los Angeles that did not wholly approve of the attitude of the Los Angeles Times toward the labor unions would vote for MT. Hartman for Mayor.
 The reliance thus placed on the wo- men voters was <not Justified. The ticket opposed to the Socialist party was labeled "the good government
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
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A QUESTION OF VALUES

EHOSE recovering from illness should
 make their first effort for the open door. Breathe on the porch on pleasant day, for a few moments at first. Make each days gain the basis of the next days beginning. Do not be afraid. Fear in-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

ticket, and at the head of it was Mayor Alexander, who, it appears, was reelected by a majority of 35. 900 or more. The total vote was over haff,of the voters were women who eagerly embraced this opportunity to manifest their interest in public af- fairs.
 The result will give satisfaction to the supporters everywhere of honest and sane ideas in politics. Good gov ernment has nothing to fear from the participation of women tn the suffrage in the great and intelligent community of southern California.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

day, for few moments at first. Make lSNNSgMEzE each days gain the basis of the next days MSAN beginning. Do not be afraid. Fear n- ~StM hibits Faith stimulates
 4@~We wonderland you men-must conquer our dread of the weather shall become of indoor weak ings storm viewed from the window of overloaded will cause you shudder that if met in the open will make you feel you the chief of the weather bur eau instead of his resentful subject
 . Unless bedrdden, should go out of doors for at least little while every day. Those inclined to invalid is depression should bend effort to live out of doors much possible.
 s know the almost universal answer to this sugges- tion by the who most need to follow it s I have time' But it is question of values. If values embroidery above everything else she will find time for it. she thinks much of dress, she will find time for
 thes If she regards her table of first importance, she will find time to provide good things eat If she likes society she will spend time for calls and teas. If she sders church work her first duty she will find time for it. IT would underestimate the importance in the life of of any of these interests They all have their place. But of them is fundamental either for the ind
 ua the race as good health, and nothing makes for aboundng vitality like the touch of earth the of the sum- the sight of the sky and the out of door air. Syndicate
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
THE SHOPPERS

Ls11. by North American Press Syndicate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

New York-When c. AC. Wilson, Uni- ted Wireless exploiter, went to prison, he divided his property, keeping a $14,000 black diamond for the daugh- ter who first married Mrs. Urban L'Africian will claim it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

New York-Girl students of the Erasmus High School, co-educa- tional institution, are up in arms be- cause of the order to appear in the gymnasium in future without corsets. They refuse to obey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15

New York-Many of the young women who dined at the Political technic Hall, did not know that their waitress was Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-15
WOMEN FIGURE IN
 E THE DAYS NEWS.

New York-A magnificent little brass bed, covered with lace and silk valance, has been provided by Mrs. J. B. Martin for her pet Pomeranian dog owing to its illness. A chef pre- pares the dogs meals.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
Resolutions of Respect.

WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Great
Spirit, to remove from our Happy Hunt
ing Grounds on December l4th. 1911 our
beloved brother, Frank ID. Colona, who
departed this life in his 63d year, be it
Rcs0lred, That we. Accomac Tribe No.
80, Improved Order of Red Men, adopt
this medium TO express our sincere sor-
row at the loss of our esteemed brother.
wise counsellor and friend May this
instance of mortality remind us of our
approaching fate and draw our attention
towards that Great Spirit: the giver of
all good, and only refuge in time of need,
so when it is ordained for that awful
moment to arrive. let US be prepared to
acquit this earthly existence with no re-
greet. May the Great Spirits bounty
dlspel the awful gloom Of our departure
that we may go in peace to that bourne
whence no traveller returns. May we
who survive him remember that just
and righteous life will afford US conso-
lation in the hour of death, and in the
few short years left us may we be more
strongly united in the ties of Love.
Friendship and Charity. Also, be more
diligent in the work appointed unto US
and seek the welfare, happiness and es-
TEEN OF one another, that when our
earthly existence is nearing its close we
may enjoy the happy reflections incident
to well spent life, and die in the hope
of glorious Immortality. Be it further
R,soired, That these resolutions be
spread upon the records of our Tribe and
that the same be published in the Acco-
mac News and The Democratic Messen-
ger, and a copy be presented to the
bereaved family as a memorial to ex-
press our coincidence to them in their
sad loss Of a kind husband and loving
father
NJ. J. JONES.
w. G. LANG.
CHAS. c. JONES.
Committee.
Greenbackville, Va, Dec. Goth, 1911.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
COLBOURNE.

Mrs. j.. +. Dickerson and Mrs. j. w.
Dryden made business trip to Sails
bury this week.
The Rev. and Mrs. Joslyn spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. John West.
Mr.. Elmer Godfrey and Mr.. Willie o.
Dickerson spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Il. Dickerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer Phillips spent
Sunday with Mr.. A. Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. John Perdue spent few
days last week with Mr.. and Mrs. E.W.
Perdue.
Miss Nora Fooks entertained few of
her young friends Sunday. Among those
present were Misses Ruth Hales.
Blanche Perdue. Messrs. Lawrence Den
mis-. Berry Morris and Ralph Holloway.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
There is only one way TO cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu-
stachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, deafness is the result. and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh. which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness tcaused by catarrhl
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
Franklin City and
GreenbackVille

Miss Ruth Jones. who has been visit
ing friends in Snow Hill, has returned
home.
Our school has been closed for the
past two weeks. owing to the preva-
lence of scarlet fever among the chill
dren. The danger is past, as only the
first two cases are known and they are
convalescing.
Mrs. Sarah Hancock left Saturday to
visit her sons, Clifford and Dan Ham
cock, in New York.
Mrs. Willis Hudson, of Delmar, and
little daughter, are visiting Mrs. George
Hudson.
Mrs. Lora Bailey, of Norfolk, came
to spend Christmas with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Taylor.
Mrs. Lucy Davis. accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Laura Belle, spent the
past week with her sons in Philadel-
phil.
Mr.. X. J. Ross and bride returned
home Monday night. and are at home to
their friends, at their new residence on
Church Street.
The Red Men are preparing for an
entertainment to be held Tuesday even
ing in Christmas.
Should the weather be inclement on
Monday evening, the entertainment at
Grace NJ. f. Church will be held We'd
nesday evening, Dec. 9th.
Mrs. w. NJ. Needles spent part of
this week in Philadelphia.
Mr. Frank Colona, so we'll loved that
he was known in the community as
"Uncle Frank, died last Friday very
suddenly. His wife. thinking him well
as usual was shopping in Pocomoke. and
returned home to be shocked by the sad
news of her husbands death. He leaves
as survivors widow. and three child
rem, Mrs. Charles Sharpley. of this place,
Mrs. Harry Hart, of Philadelphia, and
Mr.. Edward Colona, of Parksley, Va
Funeral services were held in the NJ. p.
Church Sunday morning, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Miller, after which
he was laid to rest in the NJ p Gene
terry, there to wait the Resurrection of
the Dead.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
BOX IRON.

Miss Minnie Scott has returned home
after spending some time with her
friend. Miss Ethel Guthrie. at Spence.
Miss Nan Brimer is improving after a
W days illness.
Elva Tichner was guest at the
Mr.. William Scott last Tuesday
Burbage was visitor in
~.
ermitting. the ladies' of
Church will hold an en-
the Church Monday even
las.
= isgetting ready for Christ
N the hens are laying more
tor the past few months.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
IRONSHIRE.

There will be services here Sunday as
follows: Sunday School at 2 p. NJ. f;
preaching at P. NJ. Everybody cor
daily invited.
The M. E. Church will hold an oyster
supper on Friday, December 29th, and
il Friday should be unfavorable, it will
be held on Saturday at the school house.
Everybody come and have good time.
Mrs. Samuel Birmingham visited her
mother. Mrs. George Pruitt, last week.
Miss Viola Bassitt is spending a few
days with her sister near Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Scott spent Sun
day with Mrs. Scott's aunt. Miss Ellen
Smack, near Berlin.
Mr.. Alfred Willis made a business
trip to Salisbury last Wednesday.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
Vaccination Against
Typhoid.

DIR. +. w. Stoner reported to
the Baltimore Medical Society
that among the 1879 persons in
this city inoculated with the
typhoid vaccine but one case of
fever is reported. These include
physicians, nurses and others
brought in frequent contact
with the disease. In three hos
pitfalls nurses who had not been
inoculated contracted the fever.
Major Frederick f. Russell,
of the Army Medical Corps, re-
ports that out of 81 $40 men in
the army who were vaccinated
but IL cases of typhoid devel-
oped. This indicates that the
chance of having the disease is
reduced to less than one in $500.
Vaccination apparently leaves
no i'll effects.
Army surgeons consider vac
cination for the prevention of
typhoid an unquestionable sue
sess. Physicians who have
tested it are surprised at the re-
suits. Pure water is hard to
secure; sanitary conditions are
seldom ideal anywhere. Ty-
phoid is born in filth. and when
we have clean houses, perfect
sewerage, no flies and pure wa
ter and milk, its terrors will
be reduced. But vaccination
offers hope to those who do not
expect to live two or three gen
erations to see the Millennium
of sanitation.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
SNOW HILL, MD, DEC. %


Christmas comes but once a
year, and it is our duty to make
the most of this great holiday
season of the Christian world.
We sincerity trust that every
reader of The Messenger will
have a Merry Christmas. If
you are OLD, let your heart be
young; if you are POOR, try to
feel thankful for good health
and such blessings as you do
enjoy; if you are YOUNG,
thank God for it and be joyful.
This is the last issue of The
Messenger before Christmas
day. Next week we will get
out a paper as usual, but it may
not be quite up to the standard,
which you will excuse when
you know that we are giving
most of the week to our employ
ees in which to enjoy them
selves.
Now, be good and you will be
happy. Try to make someone
else feel that there is goodness in
this old world. That it is not
made up of altogether selfish
people. Give gifts-not neces-
sarily expensive gifts The
thought will be appreciated.
Put the heart in it, and all else
will be there.
We wish you ALL a Merry
Christmas.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23
flake This

a point when you our big Store" that before
buying your Christmas presents you will look hand
Chairs. Reed, Oak Mahogany and Turkish Rockers.
Splendid Morris Chairs and nice little Chairs for the
children. Beautiful Coucfes China Closets Bullets, Ex-
tension Tables Oak and Mahogany Stands Bamboo Stands
Music and Book Cabinets Tabourees Foostoos Hassocks
etc. and many many other nice and useful things in fur
niture. Yes help you make this Christmas of 1911
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23

When your feet are wet and cold, and
your body chilled through and through
from exposure, take big dose of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. battle your
feet in hot water before going to bed.
and you are almost certain 10 ward off
a severe cold. For sale by al dealers.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-12-23

Examine carefully every page of
The Messenger this week. The inside
pages contain some splendid Christmas
stories and selections handsomely illus
trated. Remember that The Messen-
ger is all printed at home and every
page is apt to contain items that you
would be pleased to read.