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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-14
MANUFACTURERS OUTLET SALE OF
MILLINERY
ALL AT Csc ON THE DOLLAR.

This is of the largest departments of the kind in
Pine Bluff We always the best goods at the lowest
prices but this sale will get the greatest bargains
offered We place sale samples from the largest
millinery manufacturer in the country of ready trimmed
hats We offer lot of hats in this SALE including more
than two hundred trimmed hats of straw hair braid and
Chiffon nice shaped hats worth from $3.50 to $3.50 Man
ufacturers Outlet Sale Price o6c
Don't miss this. All other millinery 60 Csc on the
dollar.
Eery woman, miss and child will get hat to suit at
65 the dollar.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
WHEN SANTA FAILED TO
MAKE HIT WITH WOMEN

The recipient walked up after her
prest mt like She was tired.
Miss Jennie Dabney. set of waffle
irons with ball sockets.
Miss Jennie didn't so up.
"Sre was surprised, but evidently not
In tie way she hoped. Santa Claus
held the things out, and finally he sent
q small boy around to her with
them.
Tommy Dabney, steel garden hoe
SCI will give it to the church. I don't
want it," cried Tommy, who was in
the back part of the house, and who
began edsing for the door.
Santa Claus didn't appear to be
much worried. He went on gladdening
the hearts of the crowd.
"'Miss Sarah Cumins, one zinc COW
cred w~ashboard.'
Mrs. Cumins did not respond. A
deep gloom settled over the audience.
The only smiling person there was
Santa Claus. He set down the wash
board n began reaching for other
thins.
'"Miss Anabel Simpson, a brass
drun1-no. there's a mistake-that vas
for Billy Simpson. Miss Anabel gets
a fine milking STOOL
Miss Anabel got up and walked out.
BY this time the women of the audi
ence had arisen and were putting OF
liiNet N1cPo. CdIlli SlduS SdW SOfIlc~
thing was wrong, but couldn't exactly
locate the trouble. He had picked up a
pair of nutmeg graters, tied with blue
ribbon and was about to name the
lucky owner when somebody got him
from behind and ierked him out of the
| door.
II DOM know who did 1t, but 1 think
it was the president of the protective
association. The women marched home
that night without their husbands. The
members began gathering around Sam
ia Claus n saying things. The deal
er tried to explain.
"Confound you f%ellers,' he said,
didn't you tell me to pick IL useful
things?'
Ives. you idiot said h president.
But do O think a woman wants II
washboard for u Christmas %present?'
Ibid any of 'em get j%ealous?' asked
Jerry, Indignantly.
we saw there was no use in trying
to explain to a man like that. So
we too what money he had left and
added to it the amount necessary to
buy presents that would restore peace
at home. 1t was the only thing to do.
1t costs about three times as much
as usual and eve then some men,
bers of The Santa Claus Protective as
ISOLATION couldn't get their wives to
sneak to them for nearly three months
afterward."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
Santa Claus is comino.

He comes in the night! He comes in the
He scft,y; silently comes;
While the little brown heads on the pill
Arc dreaming Of hugles and drums.
he cuts through the snow like a wh,n
through the foam A
While me white flakes around him
Who tells him l know not. but he findeth
OF each good little boy and girl.
His sleigh 1t is long. and deep and vide.
IT vii. carry a host Of things,
While dozens of drums hang over the side
With the sticks sticking under the
And yet not the sound of a drum IS heard
Not a bugle blast is blown.
AS ne mounts to the chimney top like .
n drops to the hearth like a stone.
The little red stocking he silently fills.
Till stockings will hold no more;
The briEht little sledS for the great snow
hills
Are quickly set down on the noor.
Then Santa Claus mounts to the roof like
q bird,
And g;ides to his seat IN the sleigh:
Not e sound OF a bugle or drum Is heard.
As he noiaelessly gallops away.
He rides to the west n he rides to the
He eaetS the crumbs n Of the Christmas Chr
when the dear little folks are done.
Old Santa Claus doeth all he can:
This beautiful mission Is his
Then. children. b good to the little on
when you ilnd who the little man Il.
Author Unknown.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
A Few Yats on Christmas.

Wake, for the son with shrieks of pure
delight
Has grabbed his presents while it stin Is
And Cen already with his fne new
ball
Has bright disaster to a window ligat.
s sss9rs The 1 6 ne'ea in & false se. xh,sss ssr5 died
cried.
When Cotton-Batting Santa Clause. play
The undertaken hangs around outside.
Nov the fond parent granting wild de-
SireS
stuffs Stockings fun about the mantel
fires
And softly lugs = Christmas tree within
And stubs his toe and curses and perspires
The Christmas peace We set our hearts
upon
II shattered Into frasrnents-and anon
The crash and rattle OF expiring toys
Q al there e. to show bow T has gone.
0eorge Fitch IN Peoria Herald-Tfan-
HcgipG.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
u You Don't Believe.

If you don't b'lieve in Santa Claus, ana
that your way he'll call,
haeig 1t up at all!
But when. Christmas winds are whistlin'
and the honle-lights burnin' dim.
He rides away from little folks that don't
believe in him.!
When you hear his sleigh-bells Jingle on
the house-tops snowy white,
Say: Inc WIND is playin' music for the
witches O. the night.'
When he's sl.din' down the chimnevs az
the sti1l aaa dreamy town
us the wind that wants to warm him
self-the wind is comm down.
II You don't b'lieve in Santa Claus. like
1,,s. Other folks b%'lieve. N'
Just watf IN Fourth g July, ard forget
say: .Ihe ehildren-they just dreamed
him, and they think he's true and
And don't hang up your stocl. np-eor Ia
won't believe in you!
When the floor is niied with ~playthings,
and the Christmas trumpets blow
Say no fairy-folk have been there ana tho.
Santa Claus amt so!
When your stockin's lookin' lonesome
yo,,u 5ne a,sy you know the reason why:
1oull wish you'd made-be!ieye in hin,
fore Santa Claus went by. Ai
Yoar great and great grandpeople-they
knew him far away, ~
There's toys that he gave them i, tho
attic there today. VIC
The chair grandfather dreams .n-he gaye
him that. you know. Ne
For b s: once a little boy n b%elievin' in
but-don't you hang your stockin. I'm 70
you don't think that way, W -
And know lots more bout Santa Clans
IMAM folks that's old and gray.
But-when Christmas winds are wh;s+,,,.
and tire mornin' stars burn d,m.
He rides away from little folks that don't
r: L Stanton. in Uncle Rcmus Maya
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
A STRANGER IN NEW YORK

dishes. They are a far p~leasanter con
temptation for me than the edlbles.
And l have on a few occasions been
unable not to Overhear what they were
saving to IA other.
AS a rule they sit unnecessarily close
together and carry on their discourse:
in undertones. 1t has struck me that
they have an awful amount of sad
things to talk over. Could it be.
have asked myself. that the glow of
the Honeymoon was too weak to with
stand the blasts of oncoming winter?
Their ak has seemed unduly serious
and heavy all along. but only yester-
day was 1 first made aware of Che
rift in the connubial lutte. 1 gave M
trying to refrain from watching them
then, and they were SO intent upon TN,
issue that they never glanced in my
direction.
Their c-ountenances were spent ami
their eyes glistened. OF course. I han
no way of telling what the suhiect OF
the dispute was, for they kept their
voices carefully lowered. Once, how
ever. they forgot.
Wen drop this argument right
here" he said in tense tones.
TIN sure I'll never mention it till yot,
Apologies replied his wife with DUTY
eTing voice.
They fell into silence then. and he
looked over at me: but l was very busy
trying to forget h taste of a bad egg
with large gulps of a liquid perhaps
%distantly related to the species coffee.
From a few words l had heard earlier
in the colloquy l gathered that the
alteration had to do with money mat
tiers. But that is of little import. l
should have understood the scene as
we'll had l not heard a word. This
morning the young husband dined
alone. L think I shall remain a coli
bate-for a while. anyway.
Marriage is like life in this: hat it
is a field of battle, and not a bed of
roseS.'-Steyenson.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

This is the old but timely story of
"the Association Christmas Tree" at
, Macon, Mo.
I'm my youthful days I was a men,
Der OF an organization which we proud
~ denominated Tho Santa Claus as
socintion.' remarked Colonel James
G. Howe, of Macon. Mo-, to the Kan
sas City Star. Then. as now, the
men folks looked at the approach of
Christmas with a sort of mild horror
because Of the extra expense entailed
by the giving of presents. OF course,
we didn't want to be niggardiy and
mean about it, but we were anxious
to hit upon a scheme that would en-
able us to do the right thing by our
families, make them happy and leave
something in our pocket books with
which to enter the new year. The
Santa Claus association seemed to
promise all these salutary features.
Jeremiah SInithers. who lat lately
come out from Boston and opened up
q general merchandise store, was the
originator OF the scheme. This was
Jerry's idea:
Each member of the association to
write down a list of those to whom he
wished to make Christmas presents and
deposit with Jerry 81 per capita. Jerry
was to be Santa Claus and attend to
the selection of the presents and the
delivery of them. OF course, in re-
turn for his engineering the enterprise
he expected the goods to COM out of
his store, n we were agreeable to
that. We told him. as a sort of guide,
to be particular and select articles
Of use as we'll as ornament. and to be
very careful not to pick things which
would create jealousy. For instance,
we didn't want him to select a dia
mond ring for the schoolmaster's red
headed daughter and a lucent comb for
another young lady who ran in the
same set. Jerry was very confident
that he could do the thing about right
and we poured our dollars into the
treasury.
1.-The commissioner had arranged for
the blowout to occur in the village
school. He rugged up some trees and
decorated the big room profusely.
There was 4 tremendous lot of things
scattered around in front OF the tree
dead loads OF candy for the kids.
After a little girl had lisped "'Twas
the Night Before Christmas Santa
| Claus dropped down through the roof.
F, He made a nice little talk which put
the big crowd in good humor. Then
he commenced passing out the presents,
naming them as he did so.
"One set fine nickel plated smoothing
irons with removable handles. Mrs.
Fannie Dabncy. 1t is Il beauty, too.
Santa Claus added.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

no longer stand SO c~onspicuously alsne.
Other great commercial families are be-
ing ranged with his one. their members
not only enrolled among the peers Of the
r prin , out " th asn Mesf s wite sne msr Of All
that is honorable IN the conduct of mer-
camille affairs. To their number are year
" being added many of the Samurai. or
knightly chivalry of old. who once scorncd
all contact with trade. but who are now
entering. the fed Of business affairs. de
serm!ned to bring to the rescue of their
they were educated under the ancient
regime. That they will eventually succeed
n their task. backed as they are by the
instinct Of common honesty pervading tnr
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

a great lover Of children. set the fash
lon in Munich of making dolls like
living children. She would watch the
peasants TINT came to Munich from
the provinces on Sundays and copy the
costumes. rs we'll as the faces of the
children. The lifclike figures attracted
h attention of the empress OF Ger
many three years ago and she made
Christmas presents of them to the chill
dren of the royal household. Factories
now all yer the world eagerly await
new models OF peasant life and dress
from the studio in Munich.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
The Pity Of the Leaves.

ebUO e00VV0
vengeful across the cold November moore
Land with ancestral shame. there came
Sad wind that shrieked. and answered
with a shrek
Reverbrant through lonely corridors.
force, $1,000 pe.
Words out of lips that were no more to
Words Of the past thai shook the old
Like dead dead, remembered footsteps on old
plagued him SO! s"a
The brown, thin leaves that nm th.. t....
outside o'1es
Skipped. with q freezing whisper. Nox
and then Wv
let him know '1ee -
How dead they were: but IL the old mar
They auttered off IKE withered souls Q,
Edwin Arlington Robinson.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

You cannot says a Tripolitan
proverb. escape III fate. even on u
horse" Whoever" say another. "has
maize will soon find ono who will lend
him -four" If Il dog Is to be BEATEN
sage q third. there is no lack of
stiOa<s." A fourth proverh points out
TINT "wiloevcr Is seeking pearls must
ga to the depths OF the ocean" Others
are: "Even q s~oothsayer cannot fore
tell his own fate" whoever trusts q
woman beer smitten by God, and
God Furnishes everybody according to
his deserts"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
OUR NOTE BOX.

(To correspondents: Kindly phrase
your queries as concisely as possible,
Curious. Bronson, Ia: Haven't You
seen the world-famed "Gaby' yet. j
matters. When will you tell about her
in The Tribune?"
u and 2.) / shall give it my earnest
consideration.
c. w. j. S. c.: VIII you please
foreign newspapers Of New York
There are today some Is alien news
papers published in New York. The
German and the Yiddish dailies have
the greatest number OF readers. One
Yiddish socialist paper has a circula-
some of the languages one may read
in the foreign press OF New York:
Arabic. Chinese. Greek. Lithuanian.
Slovenian. Syrian. Spanish. Polish.
Finnish and Bohemian.
Maud Elizabeth. M%orningside, s c.:
How do you know there were 200
ministers present at the first prayer
meeting for New York n only so at
the second? Are you a minister? 1t
is my humble opinion hat New York
is in sore need of prayer" etc. 4
"a I was not present at the meet
ings; 1 had the figures from the Times.
a fairly reliable organ. (2) am not
a clergyman. CD l concur with you
that New York is q wicked city, just
as Paris. Berlin, London and Sioux City
are wicked. From a cursory study of
the life of these cities, / cannot SAY
that one is more wicked than another.
Paris, for instance. is worse thar New
York in some things-in some, better.
There are people, I know. who fancy
that if the whole United States bowed
down in earnest prayer for the welfare
of New York it might amelforate. That
would necessitate a national movement
Are you willing. Maud Elizabeth, to do
your share? But do not forget that
there are also others who believe that
God will take good care Of even wicked
New York without any prayerful in
tercession. OF course, you know what
Pippa sings:
Gods in his heaven
Ais right with the world!"
Belle, North Riverside: I'm inter
terested in hats more than anything
else. I don't sec why you can't say
something about how millinery is get
ting along in New York. What kind of
hats are now most common On the
fashionable streets? Don't you see
more large hats In the evening, and
more small ones in the morning. or now
is it? Is 1t true that New York society
ladies prefer black hats with plumee
to any others? I read somewhere that
hats are cheaper in New York h
out here. What do you say?
My dear Miss Belle. I don't know
what to say. It would take me at
least W weeks to answer your ques-
lions. Forgive mel am only a man.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

year. There was born the Christmas
tree, while in England the Yule log
and the mistletoe reign supreme.
In Switzerland. Christmas is cele-
brated in the French Italian and Ger
man ways. In one canton. Kris Kringle
visits from house to house. the Christ
Child on his shoulder, with presents
for good little boys and girls and
switches for those who have not been
so good during h ear.
In the Austrian Alps the simple peas
ants believe that the beasts of bur-
den are given speech during Christ
mas eve, and the peasants disguised
as animals haun the homes of the
rich. demanding presents.
In the Swiss towns near Italy the
village carpenters build a manger in
each home in which rests the waxen
bambino. Priests in white march from
house to house blessing the Holy Child,
and as they leave the feasting begins.
In fact. almost every kind of Christ
mas festivity may be seen side by side
in Switzerland, for the American and
English colonies add their customs to
public.
Around Home.
Christmas day is almost over for the
rest OF the world when 1t dawns on
the good New Englanders. Turkey and
trimmings make the feast here, as in
h south, but while the New Eng
landers preserve the sanctity OF the
day. in the south it is the time when
the small boy looks in his stocking
for the packs of crackers and the
bundle OF ~skyrockets which he knows
he will find there.
The Fourth Of July is too hot q day
to celebrate in the south. Therefore,
theg glorious Fourth and Christmas are
rolled into in the land OF Dixie.
Christmas bids us goodby at Homo
lulu n sinks into the ocean. In Homo
lulu the little boys and girls do not
write to Santa for Christmas presents.
They telephone, as there are more tele-
phones in this little city than in n
place of its size In the Whole world.
Il is Doubt, II there is a house in
Honolulu that is not supplied with a
telephone. Santa is called up by the
children over the phone and told what
he shall bring for Christmas. On
Christmas morning he is thanked over
the phoLe and ut night the little ones
telephone heir friend goodby for an
h year until he once more begins
his round from his home in the broad
Pacific.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
The Unhappy Couple.

There is something in marriage so
Natural and inviting that the step has
an air of great simplicity n ease;
it is to afford US unfailing and ia
familiar company through life
Stevenson.
1 take my breakfast on alternate
mornings at different restaurants. In
some respects n is superior to the
other, in others inferior. One. for in
stance, is situated on the sunny side
OF the street, n If there is anything
| like, apart from the food itself. for
breakfast, it is a stream of sunlight
falling on my table; it seems to be-
stow upon my day a certain brightness
that l would not .carelessly be without.
Moreover. one who must eat in res
taurants needs variety. in food and in
surroundings. There are few more NC
nctonous. dismal things in the world,
goodness knows, than going to a public
eating house three times every day
At the restaurant where they have
h sunshine-the only item on its bill
of fare, and the best, that is gratui-
tousI have been observing a young
couple which has been breakfasting at
the same hour as 1. They were mar
September; but perhaps it was in Oc-
toberl am not very expert in these
things.
I think he must be about Is, and she
not less than 23-but' / do not feel so
sure about her. They make a rather
handsome couple, well but not fashion,
ably dressed. She is not a beauty; she
Is small and thin: but she has a pretty
face and good eyes. I suppose from his
business-like appearance that ne IL
employed in some office: and since she
eats regularly in his company, at that
hour, ! take it that she also must hold
some sort Of clerkship.
1t has happened on several morn
ing that / have been seated at a table
next to theirs. OF course. 1 have tried
not to stare at them, but I have not
been able always to avoid giving them
a passing glance yer my breakfast
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14
Arthur Swan, in the Sioux City Tribune.
A. Kiss in the Rain.

Arthur Swan, in the Sioux city Tribune.
a. Kiss in the Rain.
Whats at the back of your mind,
Aucassin?" l asked. He had dropped
in on me on his way from the theater.
"Oh, nothing said he, refilling his
pipe for the tf h time, at least.
Out with it," | pursued. There's
something you want to tell me. 1 see
the play has had no effect on yoa
whatever. Is it's it love again"
'Love-hah!" -.
"Ah, thought sol! Well let her fly.
cit was raining when came from the
cafe his evening" he began, mot hard,
but thick enough to keep pedestrians
from lingering on their way. l crossed
One Hundred and Twcnty-tifth street
at Seventh avenue, n proceeded
hcmewards on the west side OF the
street. AS l vas passing Hotel Win
t!lfop. you Know
Certainly. certainly"
Il observed a young man and young
womaa coming from the opposite dlfec-
ton. They We're walking under a
single umbrella. 1 could see by the
light from the shop windows that their
faces We're turned toward each other.
l thought they must be engaged IN
some very earnest conversation. Ihey
took no notice of me and"
We'll. why should they?'
Tut tut! There were not n other
persons around just then, l believe. AS
they were passing me, or perhaps a
little before they passed me-, their faces
went even closer together than they
were before and then-give your at
tention to my words, Elegy-they
kissed each other full on the lips"
.Jove. how pretty! On Seventh ave-
nue., you say"
Why. 1 was amazed. dumfounded!
I stopped. and then they must have
become aware Of my presence, for they
turned around and laughed-laughed
shamelessly.,"
IF l may venture an opinion, Aucas-
sin, they knew you were there all the
while; but you didn't matter to them;
their little romance was simply none of
your business"
Il knew it was inadvisable to tell
you the incident"
"Oh. no; please don't say that! 1
am indeed very thankful to possess so
observing a friend. You see, I haven't
time myself to notice such delightful
things; but I'd hate awfully to think
they didn't exist. In Paris, in the
QUARTER l-atin-but, Of course, 1 was
younger them ave seen UGH lovely
little miniatures as he n you w so
times. But the students and poets and
artists and musicians of Paris live ma
tural lives; they do not try to hide sex
underneath cloaks of every color and
shade of hypocrisy. In our very proper,
artificial. Puritanic New York. how
ever, where such-such salutary in
nOcent-'
Good night" said Aucassin. and he
closed the door behind him.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

According to DR.. David Fairchild,
agricultural explorer in charge OF for
eign 9 and plant introduction Of the
department of agriculture at Washing
ton. the $1,000 different plant immi-
grants which have settled In this coun-
Try a have died out OF been sue
Ceeded by vigorous descendants rep
resent "a small beginning only Has
not the original Wild South American
potaeo. sOlanum tuberosum. bred into
Q thousand different varieties? In
theoe forms the potato has become a
staple food OF the world.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-14

Last week a native servant brought
mo a l0ngicOrn beetle which he was
carrying by Its ~feclers. while the beetle
was carrying a ton weighing nearly
half a pound. But To- the feelers could
stand the strain (the beetle was car
nod In this fashion for about 10 yards)
and how the legs could retain their
hold of a heavy stone which they could
not encompass. 1 cannot conceive. The
length of the beetle was two and one
fourth inches. it's feelers three inches
and It weighed one and one-fourth
unce only. while the stone weighed
six and thrce-fourths ounces. measured
3AxeA inches and was seven inches in
circumference.