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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-30
TRADESMAN'S
WEEKLY REVIEW
NEW INDUSTRIES FORMED IN
DixIELAND DURING THE PAST
WEEK.

Chattanooga, Sept. 2s.-Reviewing
the iron and steel situation in the
southern territory, the Tradesman in
it's issue Of this week says:
Manufacturers OF pig IRON In the
southern territory have been somewhat
distressed during the past week be-
cause Of the quiet iron market. but
still hope for early better7nent. The
prices have been unsteady. reports Of
sales at $40 per ton. No. 2 foundry.
being heard. The furnace company
officials, however, talk Of s10.25 per
ton and even $10.50 but there IL q be-
lief that the $40 price prevails.
The production is being kept up and
the expectations are that the total for
the month will equal, II not better,
that Of August.
There is little better production Of
basic iron. the demand showing some
strength. J'hAre IL still much activity
In the steel lire
The granting Of new rate between
Birmingham and Knoxville in freight
by the Interstate commences commits
sion will have some effect, It is be-
TO this point thst Fabricated steel
from the Birmingham district was
kept at q certain price, not much TN
der the Pittsburg prices. The Trades
man made q telling fight and brought
about changes that made IL possible
for the constfners Of fahricatsd steel
to feel the difference. Exactly what
the new rate IL going to mean will be
ascertained in a very short while
There IL not much being done by the
machine shops and foufdries. The
stove-makers are enjoying a little
squirt and are melting some pig iron.
There is a strong activity at the cast
iron pipe plants. Good prices obtain
for pipe and there IL prospect Of the
The melt with the cast iron pipe
makers prevents an aImost complete
inactivity in the iron business.
Charcoal iron Is slow afid the pro-
duct brings a high price, 1880 per
ton. The scrap iron market Is dull.
The new Industries organized FOR
the week ending today as reported by
the Tradesman are as follows:
Alabama.
Birnfnghan-s10.0 900 lumber COM
pany
Fort Myers waterworks.
Mobile-S1Oo.06e chemical company
Union Sprfngs-s25,o00 grocery COM
pany.
Robertsdaie-si0,ooo bank.
Warrior-$1o,80 mine.
Arkansas.
Eudora--$s0. 900 bank.
Heber springs-$51.0 sanatorium
company
Lepanto-s2.5oo electric light and
telephone company.
Little Rock-S50,0 900 bank.
Pine Bluff-$25,0 600 lumber company.
Warren-$72,000 cotton oil mill;
$4,000 hotel company.
vanndaIe-s1oo,oo rice farn com
pany.
Florida.
decentralization ice and coal
company.
Georgia.
Alston-ss5,ee8 bank.
Americus-$50,oo 900 light and power
plant
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TRANSFERS OF
REAL ESTATE

Furnished daily by the Title Guarantee
Company, September 20. 1911; Deeds
w n. Morgan to Annie white Morgan
Part Of Lot ls, Section 5, Township 2
South Range 90 west-sl.oo and other
good and valuable Considerations
10. Township 3 North. Range 80 West
f1:0o and other good and valuable con-
walter McDavid to p. derson--Dots II
and H. Block. 1e4, New City--Si.00 and
other good and valuable eonsid efations.
Lot 20, Biock las, Msxent Tract-s1. 90
and other good and valuable considera-
tions
administrators Of A. A. Fisher to d.
and H. Harriscn.-LIot 70. Block las, Max
eH 81 TT (. a1sssls ! O.. to W g. GARFIELD
ID acres In Tot /. beetion ls. township
South, Range 90 west@tI 90 and other
good and valuable considerations.
Irene o, Green 20 w. \ Morgan--ie
s soTtb. = Range h b wssssiton.io township
Geo w Howe to East Pensacola City
co-I,ots /, 2 q, rs, ~, 30, Block % East
Pensacola Heights-@sioO. 90 and other
good and valuable fsiaeretions.
e. A. C1ubbs. 70 Lee Daniell--Lots 20
u, Block ae5, Lots ( to 70 stld IL Block
y ysi HSs sesaeldsrStiSns s'i1 0's "OO anu
cohen-.I,ot e and liz Lot Il. Block 1s,
Doneison Tract-t1o0 90 and other good
and valuable considerations
w L. Morgan to w. s. oarfleld q Co
=-i0 acres in Lot 1, Section ie, Township
2 South, Range 2e-West--tio0 and other
good and valuable considerations.
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New Orleans Futures.

New Orleans, Sept 29.--Cotton futures
opened steady at a loss of 8 to 10 points.
Cables were not UP to expectations and
the weather was very favorable. Ex-
IRENE bearish crop accounts came in from
s Sensra parIs q the pert ano especially
is still making. Short selling was in
good volume and there were indications
that some Of the long cotton that has
been purchased recently was being liqui-
dated For some time after the call
prices were held down to the opening
level. but later ring scalpers commenced
to buy back their shorts and put prices
up on themselves. At the end OF the
first half hour of business prices were
points undeT yesterdays close.
The market was q hesitating affair
were inclined to go long for a turn and
made little attempt to sell the market
down on the news late in the morning
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CHICAGO GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS
~ Associated Press.

Chicago. sept 1s.-wheat at the outset
today was a shade TO lac higher. De-
cenber started at eS la TO s-sc. gain
of a sixteenth, to 1-s94s4e and then
sagged to 81 Use.
Corn dropped because Of lack Of de-
mand. December opened q shade lower
at SO Use. touched SO 7-sQ64c and de-
clined to 63 s-4c
oats showed Independence Of other
grain. Firrnness was the rule. Deeern-
Der started the same as last night to
l-sc up at AZ s-sc to 1-ee and assembled
to AZ 1-215-sc.
Provisions leaned to the bun side. First
sales were Ia lower to 2 1-2e higher,
with January deliveries 14.s7 1-2 for pork;
$50 1-2Qs.s5 for lard. and 1877 Ia for
RIBS.
Grain:
Wheat-No. 2, red, % s-4gs6 s.4c; NO.
2, hard, winter, I.0O11.04 No. /, north
ern spring, 1eed1.12; No. 2, northern
spring, 1.01Q1.1I; No. q. spring, 1.o2G-
Los: velvet ehaff. sOGI9T; Durum, esq.
Corn-No. ?. 6S 3-4G6sc; No. 2, white,
ss 1-491-2c; No. 2, yellow. IS 1-2c.
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NOTICE TO
WATER CONSUMERS

All water rents are due
October /, 1911, payable at
the Office of the Water De-
partnent, City Hall.
A discount of SO will be
allowed on all bills paid on
or before the 10th of Oc-
tober. All bills not paid by
November 1st, are subject to
water being shut off, and a
penalty of $i.00 will be
charged for turning on
again.
Pensacola Water Works.
3Sseptst
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LEGAL NOTICE.
Advertisement
CITY OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.
1854 900 90
REFUNDING BONDS

REFUNDING BONDS
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Bond. Trustees Of the City of
Pensacola, Florida. from September 9,
1911. until October 10, 1911. at IL o'clock
noon. for the purchase Of all or any part
81 Two Hundred and Fifty-four Thousand
lS254.00o) Dollars Refunding Bonds of the
City Of Pensacola, or sc much thereof as
may be necessary for the purpose Of re-
funding the bonded Indebtedness Of said
City, principal and interest amounting to
Two Hundred and Forty seven Thousand
and Two Hundred Dollars (S247, 200), ma
turing November 1. 1911. Said Refunding
each, dated October list, 1911, maturing
october, LIST, 1871. numbered l to asa both
inclusive, bearing interest at the rate Of
AZ per cent. per annum. payable semi
annually. The principal and interest are
payable IN gold coin at the Office Of The
United States Mortgage & Trust Com
The legality Of the bonds win be an
proved by Messrs. Dillon, Thompson &
Clay, Attorneys, of New York, whose
opinion as to the legality. or duplicate
tnereof' viii be delivered TO the pur-
chaser, or If more than one purchaser, to
each Of the purchasers.
The bonds will be engraved under the
supervision Of, and certified as TO genu-
lnepess ; the United States Mortgage
Truf lpany, New York.
Each ba4 must be made on a blank
furnished by the City, and must be ae-
con Pc .ss by duly certified check On
for 2 per cent. Of the par vaiue Of the
bonds bid for. The bid should be In a
sealed envelope marked IBID for Refund.
ing Bond" and addressed to John A.
Merritt. Chairman Of the Board Of Bond
Trustees. The bid, to be considered must
be received at the ONCE Of the Board Of
Bond Trustees IN Pensacola, Florida. by
or before. IL O'clock noon on October TO-
1911
The sale OF said bonds Is subject to
approval by the City Council OF the City
NJ ~ ~4r~h fo !
to reject any and all BIDS
For further particulars address the
United States Mortgage 4 Trust Com
pany or the undersigned,
JOHN A. MERRITT,
Chairman. Board OF Bond Trustees, Pen
sacola, Fla. sept9oaw5w
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LIVERPOOL Spots.

Liverpool Sept. 2s.-Ciosing. Cotton
spot quiet, prices unchanged; American
middling fair, s.1b; good rniddling, 6.25;
middling, .6.11: low middling, 5.s7; good
ordinary, 5.71; ordinary. 5.46.
The sales Of the day were 5000 bales,
Of which 1000 were for speculation and
export, ana included 5000 American. Re-
ceipts. 1900 bales, including 1910
American.
Futures opened Arm and closed easy.
September October, ISL Ia; October Mo-
vember, 5.56 1-2; November December,
and December January, 5.62 Ia; january
February, s.85 Ia: February March,
5.57 la; March April. $50 Ia; April May,
$50 1-2; May-Jun and June-July, and
July-August, SEA.
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that Italy had declared war on Turkey.
The first Of the week end statistics were
very bearish. showing the largest move
ment into sight on record for this time
of the year and reports from the country
said that the spot demand was not good.
This was a weight on the market and at
noon prices were s points under yester-
days close
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Atlantar-$25,000 medicine factory;
$4,000 oil company.
Buena Vista,-FertiIizer plant.
Bainbridge-$30,0 900 bank.
Dublin-rransfer company.
Fairburn-$25,0 900 bank.
Lyons-Fertilizer plant.
Milan-325,0e0 bank.
Waycross-$5o,o0o auditorium COM
pany.
Whigman-s25,0 900 bank.
Kentucky.
Franklin-$2,000 telephone company.
Milford-$5.50o milling company.
Louisiana.
Haynesville-S25.0O 900 cotton gin.
New Orleans-$20,00 rice milling
company; $4,000 lumber company /;
$4,000 manufacturing company; $685.
900 realty company; $500, 600 molasses
factory; 100000 publishing company;
100000 oil company.
Shreveport-s200.0 900 ran joint man
ufacturing company.
pany.
Gulfport-$30.0 900 investment COM
pany.
Greenville-sso. 900 lumber company.
Jackson-s10,0 900 lumber company.
aylorsville-Sawmill
North Carolina.
Conover-s10,00 900 bank
Charlotte--$125.0o0 drug company.
Enfield-$25,000 warehouse company.
Townsvfile-tie,o 600 bank.
Statesville--S1oo,oOo grocery COM
pany.
pany.
wiimington-s1oO.oO marine rail-
road.
Oklahoma.
Caney-$10,00 telephone company.
Keota-$5.000 telephone company.
Lawton-Cotton compress.
Muskogee-$20,00 900 construction COM
pary; $4,000 oil, gas and coal COM
pa1y.
Oklafiona--s5o, 600 bank.
Tulsa-ss,000 oil company; $4,000
printing company; $4,000 oil COM
pAny; $4,000 oil company.
South Carolina.
Blenheim-s15,00 fertilizer plant
Bluffton-$15,000 bank.
Columbia-$20,0 900 automobile COM
pany: $4,000 development company;
100000 coal and storage company.
Gaffney-$25, 900 bank.
Greenville-$5, 600 construction COM
pany; $4,000 fertilizer plant; $4,000
Fertilizer plant.
Meggett-$150 900 bank.
Norway-$20.00 600 bank.
600 fertilizer plant.
Tennessee.
Clifton--s5,000 packet, company.
Memphis-$100, railroad COM
pany; $4,000 realty company; $25,000
automobile company.
Texas.
Beaumont-$5,o 600 ginning and mill
ing company.
Dalias-s25, 600 automobile company;
$4,000 realty company.
Eagle Pass-S15,000 pump manufac-
turing COMPANY
r0~A Worth-s1O,OoO construction
s'-ockton-sss,ooo light and ice
plant; $4,000 telephone company.
Houston-s $4,000 oil company: $751;
900 bottling works.
Hackberry-$2, 500 mill and gin COM
pany.
Orange-Cotton gin.
Pharr-$25.000 bank.
San Benito-$10, 900 land and invest
fnent company; 100000 ice and cold
storage plant.
Waxahatchie-s10 600 printing COM
pany.
Virginia.
overwhelmingly $4,000 bank
F1oyd-$11 900 brake lever manu-
featuring company
Recommendations aeroplane fac
tory; s25,oo0 automobile. company.
West Virginia.
Big Cresk-g25,0 900 mine.
Charleston = $4,000 construction
company.
Clarksburg-s5o.0o coo gas company.
Huntingtcn-S25,00 600 warehouse COM
pany.
organtown-s5o,oO 900 railroad COM
pany.
Martinsburg-$5.ooo orchard COM
Parkersburg-s4O,oOo oil and gas
company.
Sutton-s1o,o00 sand company.
ONE mosoUITo MAY COsT
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STALLINGS BACK
IN BIG CIRCUIT

George Stallings, whose Buffalo
Eastern leaguers finished fourth in
the 1911 race and VINO is expected to
be back in the hish league arena. next
year leading some one of the following
teams: st. Louis Americans, Wash
ington Americans. Cincinnati Nation
ais, Brooklyn Nationals or Chicago
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-30

When you have bad cold you want
the best medicine obtainable 50 as to
cure II with as little delay as pos
sible. Here iE druggists opinion: Il
have sold Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy for fifteen years" says Enos LollaF
of Saratoga, Ind, "and consider Il the
best on the market" For sale by all
druggists.
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a ereat Advantaae 70 Worlklna Men

]. A. Maple, l2b s. 9TH 81, bteuben-
Vile, O., says: For years I suffered
from weak kidneys and a severe blad-
der trouble. learned of Foley Kidney
Pills and their wonderful cures so be-
gan taking them and sure enough
had as good results as any heard
about. My backache left me and to
one OF my business, expressmHn, that
alone Is great advantage. My kid
neys acted free and normal, and that
saved me a lot Of misery. II Is now a
pleasure TO work where II used 10 be a
misery, Foley Kidney Pills have cured
me and have my highest praise"
w. A. D'Alen1berte, druggist and
apothecary, i21 s. Paisfox ST.
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Free School Satchel.

Every school child buying a dollars
worth at our store will receive free a
fine hand satchei in which to carry
school books.
BRAwNER- RIERA co.
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ONE MOSQUITO NAY COST
THOUSANDS OF LIVES

Honolulu, Sept 29.-One Central
American mosquito may cost thou
sands of lives, is the substance OF pro-
tests. cabled today to washington
against orders relieving steamers of
the necessity of fumigation before
leaving Central American ports for the
Hawaiian Islands
Mercantile and civic organizations.
in their protests, point out that Ha-
wall is now without yellow fever or
malaria, but that mosquitoes are al
most sure to bring both diseases.
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Wouldn't you like to go to heaven,
Willie. and wear a nice gold CROWN"
asked the Sunday school teacher. mot
II q dentist Is going to put II on"
said wiI1ie.-NationAi Monthly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-30

There's one Of the wisest men I
ever met"
'He does seem TO be mighty we'll In
formed"
well informed Why, that man
actually knows almost a. much as
Senator Bailey thinks he knows. 49,
Chicago Record Herald.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-30

Furnished by the local ONCE, weather
bureau, United States department Of
agriculture. under the direction or
Willis L. Moore. chief Of bureau,
Washington, d. c. NJ
PensaeoIa's Temperature Data.
Highest on record for September, So
degrees.
Lowest on record for September. So
degrees.
Average OF the highest daily tenn
peratures TO- September IS degrees.
Average of the lowest daily temper
atures for September. Il degrees.
Highest temperature yesterday, 81
degrees.
Lowest temperature yesterday morn
ing. 70 degrees.
Pensaoola's Rainfall.
Normal rainfall for the month OF
September, 5.23 inches.
Total rainfall this September to ,.
p, m, ESQ inches.
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Il notice you never kick about the
weather"
mo; Il would be ungratefui 60 COM
plain Of II, when IL nearly always fur
nishes me with an excuse for staying
away from church."--Louisville Cou--.
rier- Journal.
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oats-NO = white al-2aH Ia;
standard. "a lag 4Sc,
Hay-Tinothy. sts.oo@iA7s; clover
140O61ezs
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Are your neighbors gosspy?" asked
Billings. Some of them must be-" an
swered Cuttings, Judging by the
amount of information about them that
my wife reports to me.'-Buffalo Ex-
press.
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Women are a mystery TO me-" de-
clared the divorce lawyer. How now p
That woman made me beg the judge
TO let her have back her maiden name,
and then only kept 1t half an hour
Louisville Courier Journal.
you don't know what "thesau-
rus Is, johnny" calculated Mrs lap
sing, reproachfully. Your Uncle Ho-
race has had one for years. He showed
Il to me once, Its a dictionary OF
cirnan1ofs. Chicago Tribune.
Joel justified herself. Il only used
the nail on my husband" she cried.
81 didn't go around with a hatpin
spiking Tom, Dick and Harry. New
York Sun.
she-But how am / to know you
will be patient and forbearing when
we're married.
He-I can put a ia Ia stand up
collar on q No. is shirt without say
ing q word.-variety Life.
owner-EIow did youp come 70
puncture the ttrez
Chauffeur-Fan over a bottle OF
milk
owner-Didn't you see II in timer
Chauffeur-No; the kid had Il under
his coat@Town Topics.
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Pensacola, st. Andrews and
Gulf Steamship Co.

STEAMER TAEPoN
W. O. BARROW. Master
FIRST GLASS PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT SERVICE.
--Between-
PENSACOLA MOBILE APALAeHIco.
IA, cARRA6ELLE, ST. ANDREwa.
PANAMA CITY. MILLNiLLE
And Al Points on o. Andrews Say. Car
rabsIle and ApslachieoIa-
ecHEDULEs
leaves Pensacola sunday, $3.50 D. m.
for Mobile, Ala
Leaves Pensacola Tuesday, $50 o. M.
for 81. Andrews, MillVlile, ApaIaekisoia.
Carrabelle ano intermediate Polnta
FOR additional Information apply 20
v. w. wALTHER, Presisent.
General Frt and Pass. ACT, Pensacola.
Fla. Phone 6S1
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NAVAL STORES
MARKET FIRM

Savannah, Ca, Sept. zs.-The spirits Of
turpentine market opened and closed firm
today. The rosin market was firm.
Transaction were as follows:
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sour steamers entered yesterday
some OF which are to load cargoes d
lumber and timber. The Holmes
Herrick Co. win load the Royal and
the Keyser- Muldon Co. the katherine
The latter took on part cargo at ADa-
lachieoia-
The Detroit times., 1911-02-10


giving non soiar o" "
which
powerful OF ana the must s
efficient of the carnyoa
For the lion is cat and
end OF IT.
victory Constant Reader cites AUTH
the and how the tiger was aost
nv in such contests
the tiger is more heavily mused nsn the non non au
invariably breaks neck
impact of his body He is living
once AS the encycopedia says ne Is
ized and
Well tiger king is dead Long live the king -,
to still kngy creature
forthcoming The lists ares entries
The Detroit times., 1911-02-10
-rn6E TO SETTLE THE FLY PROBLEM
is RIGHT now" SAYS MRS IaFoLLErTE

A we realize more clearly the
|opeciflc disease-spreading power ol
the .housedy, think we must surely
solve the problem of their extermina-
don. tremendously difficult though IL
ncems. Naturally, cooperative, De
||ofruction of breeding in places is the
||1rst step In eradication. Untif we
. have more widely awakened public
<nentfment and united efforts OF all
health agencies, and perhaps better
.cfentific knowledge of fly habits,
zach .,housekeepers problem must be
now, single-handed, to keep ner home
f free from their contamination. The
Ex1ght beginning Is making our haoita-
|>1on as nearly fiy-proof az possible.
For years / have thought there is
.>ofhjng so effective as sticky fiy-pa-
- In getting rid OF those flies that
Kill come inside, in spite OF all pre-
nfions. still use IL I'm the Kitchen
1hexe they are NECESSARILY more MI
erous than in the other parts OF the
kdse. But + want TO tell OF my per-
tnal experience this year In keeping
|1er rooms clear OF them. / bought
sf1y-killerD for each room OF the
use, and hung II IN a convenient
zee. Then tried to instiil each
@mber OF the household with the
&ling that fiy is dangerous, un-
(can. and should be killed instaIter.
zVas very much surprised at the re-
heretofore 1t had been my expert.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-10

In the show rooms, where scores
OF out-of-town milliners were gains
at hats on fetching human models,
saw the flower craze at it's height
There were hats made solidly OF dow
ers. I saw one of forget-me-nots; an
other of toilets; another OF moss
roses, buried in real moss and grass
Other hats were decorated with mes
of-the-valley, in pastel colors.
And, in the midst OF I'll the mowers
/ saw, here and there, the very new
est fad The Butterfly. These OUT
terflies were Representatives So
inches across. Some OF them were
made OF lace, some OF ribbon. The
most expensive and striking were
made of white feathers. they are
worn on the hats like buckles, anu
they set of the fiowers-or the now
ers set them on-in splendid iasnlon'
The French have got out what the!
call a chantecler color. that isn't u
fad over there, but a real es;abiishNh
fashion. II is a very deep red, some
thing like the blood-filled COMB OF
rooster. saw feathers. rlb3ons, yer
vets and laces in this wondefniy
deep, rich hue. The chantecler red IS
very similar to the Helen red, when
has a vogue in America just now, ana
which is named after the fayorite nue.
Of Helen Taft. as she displayed II IN
her gowns and lowers at her coming
out party. -.
What shall 4 say about me
shapes" | asked one OF the experts
THE shapes are not fixed upon
vet" he said, hut all hats are lars
One of the experts told me In con.
fldence that the ding-a.ling nat las
fall played havoc with the mi.iiners.
everybody was ready to do dig
business in feathers and metal DEC
orations, and had laid In big supplies
of large winter hats he said, wien
suddenly somebody put out the dins'a-
ling hat. A few Fifth-aye. milliners
pushed them, and even wore them
themselves. Suddenly the craze was
developed, and the supplies OF hats
which the milliners had on hand were
passed by, while womankind demand
ed the little dIng-a-ling. II cost the
milliners in America a pretty penny.
Yours in furry.
WINIFRED GRACE SHELLEY.
The Detroit times., 1911-02-10

AZ, Dear Cynthia Grey.
what I'm going to try 10 tell YOU
abooi hats Is simply real big news
f ,irhf straight from the largest mil
]lnery firms In Broadway
& Tais afternoon went 10 the mil
lincry district. The Partisan experts
had lust returned from fashion hunt
ing abroad The Sayoie had JUS
brought them In.
Ten days before. just as they were
about 10 sail. they had wired to uheil
firms in New York, this short mes
sage.
MAKE fiowerx.r
That message set the wheels ago
ing Hundreds OF fewer factories
which had been idle for months were
started Immediately Thousands and
thousands OF nower makers were
called to work Today, when tbs
experts reached New York. they
fo6nd flowers being turned out liter
Ally by the ton.
The most remarkable sight | saw
was the beautiful array of sample
flowers which the experts brought
across with them from Paris. Late In
the afternoon these flowers We're SET
out I'm a vast and wonderful display
NO flower garden could show SO many
colors. There were flowers OF every
sort, from sweet heather. made by
The nuns In European converts, to
figantic purple chrysanthemums.
The flower makers took samples OF
these imported flowers, and within a
few days they will be duplicating
them as closely as they can.
I'VE can't copy the French How
ers,r said one. The colors are too
exquisite and the work requires so
much patience that no one in Amer
ica would attempt 1t. when 1t comes
% the smallest flowers But the flow
ers we make will be beautiful, never
fheless."
1'he hat ornaments that attracted
the smost attention, as the millinery
experts gathered about the boxes.
we're ropes of moss, dotted with moss
roses OF silk.
.'rhey're the most beautiful things
|Trrance ever sent to u.s. said one
mans who had been in the flower bus
|iness for 25 years. And. indeed, they
were beautiful