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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-03-21

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their accidental inuries-cuts, burns, bruiss,
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-03-21

Gov Patterson's pure food inspector,
DR.. Lucius P. Brown, is about to be
promoted by President Taft to take
DR.. Wiley's place, and he will make a
good one.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-03-21
good one.

A resident of Nashville 103 years old
has just died and the Banner states
that Nduring his last illness those who
watched at his bedside feared he would
never survive his final illness.n
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-03-21

The democratic party has been
standing for something with Bryan
for several years. 1t is going to run
for something this year with Harmon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1912-03-21

When you have rheumatism IN your foot
or instep apply Chamberlain's Liniment and
you will get quick relief. It costs but 25c.
WHY suffer? For sale by all dealers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

AA OTHERS are finding out rap
 idly that it does not pay to
 have the schoolgirls clothes - = made to order Youthful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
y Campfire Girls : Wear Most Satisfactory ToSs

them snowy white for country and skating wear. The mackinaw with I hood is evidently going to be the win ter favorite, from the way these coats are being snapped up.
 A new raw silk sweater for campus very warm-warmer. some contends than woodland they fit exquisitely and are very smart and distinctive. The sweater pictured is of brown and white raw silk and has sailor collar and tie. It accompanies a campfire frock of brown serge, a knitted white hat and tan buttoned boots.
 Every girl needs a dainty evening frock or two and one charming model is pictured The tunic of embroidered pale blue chiffon falls over a skirt of pale pink messaline, the embroidery on the chiffon being in delicate shades of pink. The sash also is pink and but toned boots of pink satin match the pretty pink and blue costume. In the hair is a soft pink satin bandeau with a wired bow and cluster of maiden hair fern and pink satin rosebuds.
 Pompadour chiffons, draped over plain colored messaline, or over skirts of ruffled white net make enchanting party frocks for young girls and usually the lowered chiffon Is draped up in some simple pannier style above the straight narrow satin or net skirt which reveals the buttoned satin boot or slipper to match.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

The Graceful Robespierre may be woR
 high or low.
 graceful effects and who at hear would far rather be noted for her prettiness than her chic. The pique vest fits perfectly over the shoulders because of an arrangement of tapes that hold it in place at the waistline. It has high stock collar with turnover collar of handkerchief linen and smart mannish tie of black silk gives it the final touch of natti- ness. These vests are worn with coats opening deeply at the front and there is a fancy in Paris for wearing the coat directly over the vest Cor guimpe) without any blouse. American women, however, dislike makeshifts and usually prefer to be so garbed under the tailored coat that the coat may be whipped off anywhere and at any time without embarrassment.
 The lace trimmed collar is a par ticularly favored model and Is worn over tailored suits of both simple and formal character. The collar and nar- row, turned back revers are of hem stitched linen and the wide frill of net and lace makes a striking contrast with the stiff linen portions
 Sometimes the coat is provided with a Robespierre collar of black or white satin and one may add frills as fancy dictates. The white satin coat collar is dainty and becoming, but hardly practical for trotabout wear, since t must be cleaned with naphtha each time it is worn. More practical are fiat turned down collars of velvet slashed off squarely c the front to show lace jabot frills. A pretty col lar of this sort. worn with blue serge suit the other day. had frill down one side of the coat opening below the square collar and down the other side went strip of velvet matching the collar. On the frill were small blue vel vet buttons, and buttonhoies were worked with white silk in the velvet strip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

that can be wiped clean, no matter how soiled, with ordinary soap and water. the cleansing in no way injur- ing the color or luster of the leather. This method of putting boots in order for the day simplifies matters im- mensely in the early-morning rush for breakfast and school and every mother of every girl will appreciate the new boot. These boots come for women as well as children and young girls, but the styles for women are daintier as rule, with the Cuban heels, per- forated vamp and high buttoned top now demanded by Fashion.
 The high heel is the demarcation feature between girlhood and woman hood. Not until the young miss has left the schoolroom and made her bow to society Is she permitted to wear women's boots with high Cuban heels and curved Louis ones. The girls boot is always moderate in style with out the least coquetry though 1t may be made of as fine, beautiful materials and in as dainty fashion as the mother pleases Usually with her school and play costumes. the young girl wears tan boots in laced or button style; with her street costumes for afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

Another suit, brought out at the same occasion, was of bluo diagonal with straight skirt Tapped at the front. The coat, straight and pocket less, buttoned in double breasted style with three big pearl buttons, set near the left shoulder. Turned over collar, cuffs and belt were of gray suede, the belt having pearl buckle. The coat and skirt suit pictured will ap peal to the picturesque tastes of the young girl. and is at the same time conventional enough for street wear in town. It is made of dark gray and white striped homespun and has boyish coat with flap pockets and a wide belt. The soft felt hat is also picturesque but the smart buttoned boots with dull kid tops give the cos tune the correct note. t The Girls Blouses Should Not Be Too
 Dressy.
 Chiffon and lace blouses are not for the schoolgirl, who should wear simple shirts of tub silk or madras with her tailored suit and for special occasions have a daintier blouse of tucked net or taffeta or perhaps of allover em- broidery. Insertions of embroidery combined with pintucking make charming blouse for a young girl and though the embroidery may be as handsome as one desires and the handkerchief linen or batiste which forms the body of the blouse as fine as spun cob%ebs, the style should be very simple indeed. The we'll dressed young girl wears very little lace on her frocks, her blouse or her lingerie. Fine embroidery is preferred and the daintier patterns in insertions and fiouncings, rather than the showy de- signs, are the favorites. All blouses this season have sleeves to the wrist but the girl need not wear high collar unless she pleases for the pie turesque low neckwear of the moment Is the divine privilege of extreme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
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> HE day of dignity is passed ~ so far as the tailored suit is con-
 cerned. Eccentric skirts and - fanciful coats have taken the place of simple, straight lines, and huge splashes of white in the way of lace or embroidery collars and cuffs add youthful and festive suggestion, no matter how "mannish" the garment may have been in the first place. Even stout and middle-aged matrons deck themselves out-rather absurdly 1t must be confessed-in these man. moth tub collars which should only be worn by slender straight young persons and it is not a. all unusual to see handsomely dressed woman of forty or therea bouts wearing an enormous coat collar of Irish lace and linen which reaches almost to her waist at the back-and because that back Is no longer straight with the straightness of youth, dangles two inches or more in space. away from the coat against which deep collar should always lie to give the right effect.
 The neckwear of the moment like everything else devised by fashion during the past few years, Is for the woman of long and slender lines and only she of sloping shoulders and straight. slender throat looks well in the tall, flaring collar of the moment with it's fluff of frills sweeping out at either side. On most young girls these picturesque collars are enchanting and If one shops with discrimination, there are styles to be had for almost every type of neck--except of course the aged neck which should hide its sal lowness and its sagged lines discreetly under a trim, high stock collar of lace or net, encircled by string of pearls; neck dressing that invariably lends distinction to the boise of the head without danger of adding years to the face.
 Most of the new "high-low' collars open quite deeply on the chest, though many of them are so constructed that they may be worn high or low as their name implies. Such collar IS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

shown in the illustration of a Robe spierre collar and fourth hand tie This collar is really part of ,- tub silk shirt, worn under the coat of blue serge. the collar being turned over the top of the coat is the favorite mode just now. This white silk collar when desired may be turned back on the white silk shirt with a very deep V between the collar points in front. By means of small glass buttons and but tonholes, it may also be .buttoned up quite closely to the neck and broad tie of silk, passing under the turned over part, helps to hold up the collar trimly. White satin shirts" with these adjustable collars are very prac- tical with tailored coat suits, for the dainty white shirt collar may be worn high, over the top of the coat out of doors, or quite low to make a becom- ing decolletage. indoors. A shirt of white brocade with amber glass but tons will be stitched In amber colored silk and another with pink glass but tons may have pink stitching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

or evening, patent leather or dull calf boots with button tops of ,.id or cloth and with dancing or evening frocks Colonial pumps of kid or buckskin with modest heels, or buttoned boots matching the frock.
 Every Girl Needs a Warm, Long Coat.
 The one indispensable of the school girls wardrobe Is the big utility coat which may be worn in all weathers and donned hurriedly and carelessly- in the manner of girls-over every day frocks of serge or mohair, or worn occasionally in the evening over dainty frocks of deli cate fabric. This winter the boyish overcoat, or English coat" as 1t is sometimes called, Is the fad and every girl longs fir one of these jaunty, comfortable coats. A splendid coat of this sort is pictured. It is made of heavy plaid material in soft, subdued coloring and the big col lar may be strapped up tightly around the throat.
 These coats come also in chinchilla and in ordinary overcoat materials and some of them have raglan sleeves and mannish lapels and collars. For outing wear there are mackinaw coats of plaid and plain material--some of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
Fascinating Outing Toes Balanced by Simple, Conventional Street Gdrb The Campfire Costume Fills Every Requirement of the
 Schoolgirl = Picturesque NeckWeQr

the right thing in the right place, and though the girls personal whims may be indulged to a certain extent, her taste and her knowledge of correctness must be as carefully trained as her morals and manners.
 School togs may be as informal and picturesque as the girl pleases if the school is a boarding school out of town where campus coats and sweat CTS may be worn out of doors and middy frocks or similar costumes are the rule during study hours. But in the city it is different. Delightful as sweater and worsted tam O shanter hat may be In their proper environ ment, they are a bit too picturesque for the walk to school through city avenues-and when a thing is too picturesque 1t is invariably bourgeois This is a lesson that ;he young girl must learn, much though she may rebel against conventional restrictions
 Of all the new tailored models for girls wear, the beted suits seem the most youthful and appropriate. Over simply cut skirt short enough to show the buttoned walking boot, is an equally simple coat which falls to the hips and is drawn in slightly at the waist under a smart belt of leather or matching material. Some of these suits are in Norfolk sug- gestions with mannish collars and lapels and patch pockets at breast and hip; others suggest the Russian blouse in their straight pocketless lines and turned over collars such as are worn by very little boys. suit of this sort was brought out with other models at Fifth Avenue shop the other day. This particular shop makes a specially of outfitting young girls and all the suits shown to the mother and young daughter present that morning were practical and good style as well as smart and correct according to the seasons fashion man. date.
 The Russian coat suit was of brown serge and had straight skirt lap ped at one side of the front and with three knife pleats set in at either side The hip-length coat buttoned high 10 the throat in front with brown velvet buttons and the narrow turned over collar was of brown velvet also. Turn ed back cuffs finished the sleeves and there was stitched belt of the serge passing under straps at the side seams of the coat. The simplicity of this suit was obvious and the smartness lay in the clever, modish cut, the touches of velvet and the exquisite pressing and the tailored finish The girl for whom 1t was purchased pass ed on with her mother to look for brown plush hat to match it and tub silk blouse for wear under the belted coat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

The Medeci collar Is a new addition to the ranks of picturesque neckwear and one of these collars Is illustrated. It is very tall affair-much taller at the back than at the front where 1t di- vides to show the chin and throat im- mediately beneath. A rather stiff frill around the top of the collar suggests the ruff worn by Katherine de Medeci and other ladies of her time. The Medeci collar pictured is made of sheer embroidery insertion and Irish entre deux, the frill at the edge being of pleated handkerchief linen. The collar is worn over a trotteur frock of taupe colored fabric and the smoked pearl buttons on the collar are in the grayish-brown shade of the costume.
 Another illustration shows two new types of coat neckwear which are dia- metrically opposed in character though each is distinctly fashionable in its own way The pique vest is for the tailor made-girl who must be trim and trig from top to toe. or rather. from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

youth-and 1t may be added that only extreme youth looks well in some of the exaggerated collars, frills and ja- bots that ambitious manufacturers are turning out by the dozens.
 The Jolly Campfire Frocks Appeal
 to All Girls.
 The Campfire movement has taken as strong a hold on youthful girlhood as the Boy Scout movement on Amer ican boyhood. Campfire dresses have almost driven the long adored middy frocks and Peter Thompson dresses Into banishment and the knitted wors- ted cap, so beloved last winter, Is nowhere at all now, beside the de- lightful Campfire hat with its flexible brim and It's embroidered emblem on the melon crown.
 Two Campfire dresses are pictured and it will be seen that the general style is much alike and that both dresses are extremely practical as well as pleasing to the youthful eye. The costume includes loose blouse set on yoke and having long sleeves that unbutton and turn back when occasion demands. On the sleeve Is embroidered the Campfire symbol. Accompanying this business like blouse. is short skirt that may be plain or pleated but which must in any event be provided with one or two roomy pockets with secure but toned flaps. These skirt pockets are the best part of the Campfire cos tune. many girls will assure you. The practical frock is accompanied by equally practical boots, built for tramping out of doors. with low, broad heels and sturdy soles. Splendid school and tramping boots for young girls come now in new tan leather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

A OTHERS are finding out rap
 idly that it does not pay to
 have the schoolgirls clothes = made to order. Youthful figures offer none of the complexities that make special cutting and fitting necessary and the ready-to- wear out fitting shops now carry everything for growing girls at prices wonderfully attractive considering the good mate rials employed and the smart and pretty styles.
 The young person of the moment Is extremely fastidious as a rule about her raiment. The good old days when mother picked out every article from best hat to winter fiannels have pass ed and now the girl has very decided ideas indeed as to what she wants, and what she will or will not wear. Few mothers can contrive by the aid of the home sewing machine, gar ments that will satisfy the youthful autocrat who measures her sartorial needs by the garb of her mates; and the mother who wants to be practical as we'll as to please her daughter soon discovers that in the special outfitting shops for girls everything Is to be had in the right style, with prices varying according to the materials hsed-and the locality of the shop.
 Do Not Dress the Girl Too Firmly.
 It is a mistake to dress the young girl too severely-or in other words in raiment "too old" for her. Youth adores fine feathers and the grace and charm of girlhood can carry off pie turesque styles that would be impossi- ble on a mature woman. The hob ble" skirt and little short waisted bodice of the past winter while autro- cious on heavy, mature figures, were enchanting on slips of girls; and the youthful figures. straight and unde- veloped, were exquisitely graceful in the tapering little frocks and suits that emphasized girlish slimness. It Is so with all extreme fashions--they seem made for girlhood when girl hood dons them-the breezy outing coats, the rolling -brimmed outing hats. the flaring Directoire collars that turn back from the throat and similar cos tune effects. that truth to tell. need youth-or lbeauty---to set them off.
 The Balance Between Outing and Con-
 ventional Togs.
 On the other hand, the girl must not be allowed to dress to, pictur- esquely or when she grows into womanhood she may verge upon the bizarre. There are certain occasions which demand conventionality in dress and these demands of customs and propriety must be carefully instilled into the growing girl. Tasts in dress is that excellent thing that not only makes a woman dress becomingly, but also causes her always to wear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
OF FEMININE INTEREST

evening frocks are really transparent, the lace. net or chiffon being mounted always over slip of thin silk or satin.
 VERY MANNISH IS THE NEW
 RIDING HABIT.
 MIDST out = of town riding Is MI done astride now and some
 of the new riding costumes are exceedingly jaunty if bit daring to conservative taste. A riding habit just completed for young matron in- cludes a coat to the knee. we'll fitting riding brooches met by high topped boots, and a green and white striped cloth vest buttoning high over white stock. A soft velour hat caught back with a green cocade and tan gloves complete the costume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27
RATINE COLLARS FOL FALL
 WEAR.

A N entirely new idea Is the coat A collar of white ratine. cut of A course in the Robespierre fash ion which 1t is rather hard to get away from just now. The collar turns back over the tailored coat and the inevit- able double jabot of lace or fine em- broidery hangs below the collar. cov- ering the coat opening. Ratine promises to hold it's own this season and many new and interesting ideas are shown in this line. For instance. a new blouse is of blue ratine with a neur de lys pattern in dull Pompeiian red. The blouse Is mounted over an underblouse of tucked red chiffon. the sleeves and deep vest being of the chiffon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

TO THE HIP.

TO THE HIP. ~ NE of the dainty petticoats in fall trousseau is open all the V way down the left side, from belt to hem and the slashed edges are caught together at intervals with little bowknots of pale blue ribbon. The petticoat itself is made of the thinnest nainsook with fiounce of very fine machine embroidery set on at the knees, a beading run with blue ribbon covering the seam. Dancing pett- coats are mere wisps of fine, soft fab- ric and when a lounce is added, it Is set on without gathers so that the petticoat at the foot measures scarcely two yards around. Of course this slashed petticoat could not be worn beneath transparent frock but few
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-27

the crown of her hat to the toe of her dainty buttoned boot; and the Robe spierre collar with it's lace frills Is for the girl who goes in for picturesque.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-12
FIVE MILLION LOAN
 BEING INVESTIGATED
TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER ANY PART OF IT IS BEING RECElv-
 ED AS "RAkEOFF."

Washington, Sept. 1.-The state de- partment received word from Amer ican Minister Calhoun at Picking to- day that the reported $50,000 900 loan ministers there.
 It was inferred at the state depart- ment that the conditions in the con tract must bring it within the terms which the six powers have laid down as essential to the conclusion of any loan to the Chinese government.
 All of these powers have definitely agreed that they would not themselves advance any money to. China, except upon provision for careful snpervis- ion of it's expenditure. This proyis- ion was made to make sure that any loan should not be put to improper uses and go to the numerous officials that stand between the Chinese for eign office and the soldiers whose pay is in arrears and the coolies who are working on public enterprises.
 The negotiations realized the diff culty of preventing individual banks and even mercantile corporations, like steamship lines and holders of Chinese concessions. from yielding to the temp tation of high interest rates to lend money privately to the Chinese gov ernment. To meet this difficulty, as far as possible, the powers undertook to let the prospective lenders know that they would not be protected in such loans by their own governments
 Therefore. officials here are inclined to believe that the contract has been submitted to the ministers in Picking, representing the six powers with the understanding that it shall become et- fective and take permanent form only after it has received their approval.
The Sentinel=record., 1912-09-12
WILSON AND MURPHY.
Democratic Nominee and Tammany
 Leader Will Meet Today
at Syracuse.

Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. Ex-Governor Woodrow Wilson and Charles F. Mur- phy. leader of Tammany Hall, are scheduled to meet in Syracuse tomor- row for the first time since the New Jersey executive was nominated for the presidency. Present also at the meeting, which will be informal, will be Governor John A. Dix
 Governor Wilson and Governor Dix are to deliver addresses at the state fair, while Mir. Murphy is here to at. tend the meeting tomorrow of the democratic state committee
 The meeting of the state committee was called for the purpose of naming two presidential electors at large and selecting the temporary chairman of the democratic state convention which will be held in Syracuse Oct 1 Governor Wilson will speak at the fair grounds and will be guest oi honor with Governor Dix at a lunch con given by the state fair association