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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
MAY SELECT MOST SUITABLE
Styles in Summer Millinery Afford a
Wide Choice to Suit Individual
Taste and Appearance.

The medium-sized hat Of hemp, leg
horn or milan is the most popular
head covering at the present time.
The lingerie hats are lovely, and TIE
poke shapes are particularly stylish
and chic. The most popular colors
for these hats are citron and fraise
strawberry, In the way of novelty
colors, while shades bordering on
sand, gold and champagne are also
seen. The little hats covered with
English crepe are particularly charm
ing, especially when trimmed with
wheat, roses and ribbon trimmings.
The dressy leghorn models, trimmed
with shadow lace or chiffon, are beau
tiful The foremost trimming seems
to be the rose, the huge pink ones
seeming to be most prominent.
A fiat cluster of roses, posed on the
front of the crown at the top and a
single tall rose were noted on two of
the most recent importations from ia
nous Paris makers.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
legal Opinion.

"A cat sits on my back fence every
night, and he yowls and yowls and
yowls. Now, i don't want to have
any trouble with Neighbor Jones, but
this thing has gone far enough. and
want you to tell me what to do?"
The young lawyer looked as solemn
as an old, sick owl, and said not
word.
Il have right to shoot the cat.
haven't I?'
Il would hardly say that" replied
young Coke Blackstone. THE cat
does not belong to you. as / under
stand it."
No, but the fence does"
"Then," concluded the light of law,
Il think it safe to say you have q
perfect right to tear down the fence"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
New saahes

New girdles and sashes appear as
by magic every few days. and some Of
them are fearful and wonderful in
deed Others will be unobjectionable
if they are discreetly reserved for
wear with white and cream summer
frocks. OF these are the new pongee
sashes in Cubist designs and colors.
They come from ten to IS inches
wide and look more like crepe than
pongee. The ends are gathered into
tassels made of the colors shown IN
the printed pattern.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

clothes. One day my husband got the
neighbors in to see what the matter was
but they could not help me. My first
thought was for Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and sent my hus-
band out for it and took tuntil ! was en-
firely cured. ] am woman OF perfect
health and my health and happiness
came from Lydia E. Pinkham's medi-
cine. You may rest assured that DO
ali can to recommend your wonderful
medicine to my friends. = MRS. FRED
STONE, Route No. 8, Malone, N. Y.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, intiam-
nation, liberation, tumors, irregularities.
periodic pains, bsckache, bearing-down
feeling, fatulency, indigestion, dizziness,
or nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the STAN
dsrd remedy for female ills.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
Rose and Yellow.

Rose and yellow shades. from the
palest pink and lemon to the damask
red and coppery yellows, lead the way
among colors in the newest silks and
satins. corded crepes de sole and 9TH
er fashionable fabrics, while among
the materials suitable for garden par
ty and afternoon frocks are the many
varieties of chine and Pompadour
crepe silks and floral patterned de-
laines.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

There is something particularly
dashing about hat trimmings at the
back, and this year such trimmings
are as dashing as fashion can make
them. This gay little tricorne of black
milan owes its smartness to the huge
cross aigrette poised at the back, and
the neck ruche OF plated malines in
creases the modish effect.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

That man who went into an uncon-
trollable spasm of laughter over a
venerable vaudeville joke has now
gone crazy. Doesn't this call for on.
cfal regulation of cold storage stage
humor?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Not many of the native women OF
America will agree with that newly
arrived immigrant in New York who
thought she could marry as many men
as she pleased because America is
free country.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Wen have to thank that Paris
woman for providing new angle to
she mother-in-law joke Recently de-
serted by her husband, she compelled
ais mother TO pay her snmony.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
Her VARYING Preference.

Until girl is eighteen any sort OF
uniform supplies a man with the nee
essary credentials. But after that her
interest does not respond to anything
short of pair of shoulder straps.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Many persons are very
careless of their health dur
ing the hot weather. Wher-
ever | go I always try to
hear what the doctors aava
to say about the hot wealth
er. Here are a few of the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Exchange says that people who
marry late in life are well shaken
before taken. But the married man
win tell you that he is pretty well
shaken all the time.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

An honest porter in New York who
returned to the owner $4,000 he had
found was given $50 check, which
he discovered to be worthless. Thus
is virtue encouraged to be its own
reward
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

AS was to be expected, the slit
skirt is to be succeeded by even a
more modest little garment. the pan
kaloon gown.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

The inventor Of beer bottle cork
left 100000 to his heirs, but dou6t-
less the inventor or the corkscrew left
even more.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

4 However. the girl scout seems 10 be
quite inevitable.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

There isn't much excuse for the
weather forecasters when they go
wrong. They have three guesses
every day.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Still, II there were no rain where
would the dollars come from to buy
tickets to the baseball game?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

A New York wife blames her hus-
band because she has lost her beauty.
He'll probably swear she had none to
lose
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

The shopgirl has one advantage
over the housewife. She gets vaca.
ton, anyhow.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Mr.. Morgan is now said officially to
have left only s100,00O.000. However.
he left all he had.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

The way to avoid split inf1nitive is
to write 1t the way you don't think 1t
ought to go.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

1t is explained that those Princeton
seniors who said they had never been
kissed made boast and not confess
sion.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

AS last resort for fads women are
now making their own shoes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

A Massachusetts, man ate seventeen
eggs at a single sitting. There's no
hog like a hog with money.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Occasionally you will find good cit
tzen who doesn't take much interest
In baseball.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
Senarate Wallets

The newest separate waists are dc.
signed with yokes The lower parts
Of these waists are generously full
back and front.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

A noted pianist Is about to retire
after accommodating big fortune This
shows one effect, at least of harmony.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

King George of England says WON
en- must not ride astride. He Is max
ting much out of side issue
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

The cruel critic of the new-hedged
college graduate is seldom able to
give him job.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

his morganatic wife. He is eightytwo
and fussy
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Have you noted the shortage of flies
this summer? And the excess of mos
quitoes? However, go on swatting.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

laid among the moth balls. Few care
II It never comes back
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

The surest way of enjoying summer
resorts is to stay at home and read
about them.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

1t is almost a tragedy when dam
sci with stunning figure lacks the
means to spend week or two at the
seashore.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

1t is hard to resist the temptation
to look at the thermometer when you
know it's soaring.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

In putting over an ethical eugenic
marriage is Boston attempting to re-
vive local interest In matrimony7
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

1t appears that the unmuzzled dog
is about as dangerous as the gun that
nobody knows Is loaded.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

If you do your Christmas shopping
now, you will avoid some of the rush
later on.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Rochester has barred split skirts
and peekaboo waists. but bathing suits
stifl are in good form.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Whenever women make up their
minds to wear trousers they will.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

Old fashioned people like to think
about the days before the tango.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
!" So
~>Hsaaz<aGe&-

1t is said to be a curious
fact that the war of the re-
bellion gave to the world no
really great war songs.
None, at least, that coul~.
be compared to the French
"Marseillaise," nor to the
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
IN such PAIN
WOMAN TORE
Her CLOTHES
Testifies She Was Restored
10 Health by Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Malone, N. r." Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has GER

tailly done nae a lot
of good. first heard
of it when l was q
girl andI always said
that if I ever had fe-
male trouble / would
take it.
81 suffered from
organic infamma-
ton and would have
spells when ! would
be in such pain that
Il would tie ar my
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07

100000 probably is having his ups"
now.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-08-07
Many men and many

women are physically up6t-
ted to do hard manuai la
Dor; a delicate racehorse
cannot compete with dray-
horse. But the modern Sir
Galahads who fly to the help
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
JAIL TERM AS A "BRACER"
New York Court is Lenient to Prison.
er Who Stole When Starv.

New York.-Justice Steinert in spe
clal sessions sentenced Albert F. Nor.
gan to thirty days in the Tombs to
brace him up" Morgan had pleaded
guilty to the theft of violin worth
$15 from his landlady, Mrs. Marie
Hardt, of 391 East 40th street.
I had a position in Washington, u
he said, until three months ago. Then
got in with gay crowd and spent
more money than should and finally
came to New York. For two days
had had nothing to eat, except some
rolls I stole from doorstep, and fin
ally I stole the violin 1 was desper'
ate and down and out"
After a brief conference with Jus.
tees McInerney and Salmon, Justice
Steinert announced the sentence. "You
are on the verge of breakdown" he
said, "and it is for your own best in
terest that l send you to the city
prison for thirty days."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
NOVEL AUTO TOURS
Run From Bou|ogne to Arras In
Spain Is Interesting.
Switzerland No Paradise for the
Speeder, as Inhabitants Do Not
Welcome This New Mode of
Travel - Speed Limit

Boulogne, France.-There are more
ways than one of setting out for the
Tyro1, and if short sea voyage is an
object, then nothing can better the
Observation-Disclosures route Otherwise
the Hook of Holland and journey
down the Rhine is good alternative
We chose the short sea trip and start.
ed with run from Boulogne to Arras,
a town not devoid of interest. Then
on to Rheims, which is always a sat-
isfactory halt, first, because it pos
sesses one Of the most perfect of all
the French cathedrals, and, secondly,
on account Of the excellence of the
hotel-a consideration not to be de-
spised after a days run. We had in
tended staying a night at Bar lie Due
after Rheims! but on arriving there
we were so unprepossessed by the
look of the one and only hotel given
in our guide that we decided to 80 on
to Nancy, which we reached eventu-
ally after being caught in a terrific
Thunderstorm. We made our way
into Switzerland through the Vosges
country, staying a night at Plom-
bieres, a pretty little French water
ing-place, rather shut in by woods
and hills.
Our next journey took US over the
Ballon d'Alsace, then through Bel
fort, Montbeliard, st. Hippolyte,
Maiche and Morteau to the frontier.
The road, on leaving Montbeliard, is
particularly beautiful, and especially
after leaving st. Hippolyte, where it
begins to ascend rapidly with sue
cession of corners. It is billy and wind
ing all the way to Maiche, and then
runs along a fine open plateau for
some kilometres, gradually ascending
as far as Russey and then descending
until Marteau is reached, when a
sharp turn to the left brings one with
IN a few miles of LIE Lac au Villers
and the French Customs After climb
ing to the summit Of the Col des
Roches, a fine rugged piece of seen
cry, the road enters rock tunnel, at
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18

the end of which the Swiss customs
house comes into sight.
From Chaux lie Ponds we could only
crawl for the rest of the way into
Neuchatel, for the road is very steep
over the Col des Loges, and then
comes a long winding, and in parts
rapid, descent to Bondevillers and
Valengin, with numerous sharp cor
ners and tunnels cut in the rock.
From Neuchatel to Zurich is an
easy days run: but in Switzerland
one must always remember to allow
about double the time taken to cover
the same distance in any other coun-
try. The speed limits are absurdly
low in the towns and villages, and as
the country is thickly populated and
there are seldom more than a few
kilometres without houses, travelling
becomes a somewhat lengthy pro.
ceeding. Very heavy fines are i'm
posed for Noncompliance with regu-
lations, and every minute large pla-
cards greet the eye with Halt! Autos
Langsam-6 kilos-Busse 200 francs!"
AS yet cars are not welcomed by the
Swiss, and one has to get accustomed
to hearing HALT" yelled out con-
stantly, while the angry looks of the
inhabitants lead one to imagine one is
beating record instead of crawling
at the rate of four miles an hour in
the middle of village
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18

the corner. The old building was used
as the dollhouse for over SO years I'M
til change in the highways in the vi
cinity necessitated it's abandonment
and the erection of a new house fur
Their up the road, at Issining avenue.
The old house has been the property
OF one family ever since it was built.
1t was built by John S. Lawrence, the
first tollkeeper, whose grandson,
John H. Lawrence, recently sold it to
the theatrical concern
MI. Lawrence was born in the
building and remembers his mother
collecting tolls at the doorway. For
many years Mr.. Lawrence used it as
an office for his coal yard It was
not far to the east of the old toll-gate
that Porter, the highwayman, robbed
the United States mail coach in the
early part of the last century, for
which he was hanged at Bush Hill,
near Seventeenth street and Fair.
mount avenue. Another important
building at the time which was close.
ly associated with the dollhouse was
the Moss Cottage Hotel, which was
built before the Revolution and stood
a short distance west.
1t was the custom in the days OF
the dollhouse not to collect tolls from
hearses and undertaker's wagons, nor
funeral carriages on the way to a
church yard. Funerals on the way to
a cemetery, however, were compelled
to pay. Carriages conveying persons
to church services also were EXEMPT
from the toll. The rate was ~ cents
mile for each horse and 1 cent for
each head of cattle and swine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
PREFERS LOVE TO THRONE
Grand Duke Michael of Russia LOYAL
to Morqanatic
Wife.

st. Petersburg love is bette,
than a throne seems to be the opinion
of the Grand Duke Michael Alexan.
drovitch, brother of the car, who has
definitely renounced all his rights to
the throne, refusing to annul his mar
ganatic marriage, as the issue of
which a son was recently born.
The grand duke was married Sc
cretly nearly three years ago to Nine
Mamontoff. When very young this
beautiful woman of many accomplish
ments married Sergius Mamontoff, a
MOSCOW millionaire. The marriage
was an unhappy one, and when the
grand duke visited Moscow he met
Nine. Mamontoff and fell in love with
her.
She reciprocated his affection and
at her request Mamontoff divorced
her. Her family urged her. to marry
again. II will find you husband"
said the grand duke to her, and he
actually married her to young officer
OF cuirassiers, who was her husband
in name only and who afterward d.
vOrced her.
Nine. Mamontoff and the grand
duke went to Moscow and there after
some difficulty found a priest willing
to marry them. The car, who was
intensely angry when he heard of his
brothers infatuation, practically ex-
lied him.
The grand duke told the car that
he cared nothing for imperial rank,
and would gladly renounce all his
rights rather than be separated from
the woman he loved.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
Former Rulers State BARGE

Manchus, the Chinese have leaped to
the front rank of moral reform. It
is true that opium and gambling in
Canton were prohibited before the
revolution came, the latter only a
few months before, but they were the
results of agitation through those at
tempting to get at the root of the
matter under the inertia of the Man.
chu government, and who were sue
cessful. The Manchu thought to throw
them off the trail by permitting lesser
reforms.
1t is noteworthy that within three
months after the new Cantonese gov
eminent was formed and the present
corps of officials was we'll establish
ed, this city, once the worst of the
imarts Of China, has become a mod
ell city.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
PAUL SATURDAY JANUARY 8 1918
OLD LANDMARK 70 BE RAzED
Noted dollhouse In Boston to Be
Torn Down-Wlu Be Replaced
With a Theater.

Boston.-A structure of much his.
toric interest, which will soon be torn
down to make way for theater, is
the old dollhouse at the northeast
corner of Oxford street and Ridge
avenue. The building, which is of
frame and one and a half stories in
height, was the first dollhouse on the
famous old Ridge Road which was the
first improved road leading from this
city to Norristown. 1t was built in
1911 by the Ridge Road Turnpike
Company and is the last of the old
toll-houses remaining within the city
limits
The building consists of two parts,
the original structure and an addition
built about 1860, which adjoins it on
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
FIGHTS CATAM0UNT AN HOUR
Beast Attacks Pennsylvania Hunt
er, Killing Dog Before 1t,
Is Slain.

Pottsville, Pa.-Ellsworth Mining
returning to his home at fremont
about nightfall after a hunting trip
accompanied only by his dog, was at.
tackled by one Of the largest cata
mounts ever seen in this section. He
felt the animal leap from the limb OF
a tree, as if by intuition, and stepped
aside, just in the nick of time. The
animal Immediately engaged in a fight
with the dog, which was killed. In the
meantime Mining repeatedly emptied
a shotgun into the catamount's body,
and after an hours struggle the ami.
NAL was slain. It weighed exactly %
pounds after it had been drawn.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-18
GERMAN TAX LAW OPPOSED
Proposed Action Against Nickel
Shows and Saloons Raises
Storm Of Protests.

Berlin-A storm of protest has
been aroused by the governments de-
cision to tax tickets of admission to
motion picture shows and increase the
tax on brewery malt. More than $50
proprietors of nickelodeons and mo-
ton picture shows in Berlin and 1000
saloon keepers, cafe and hotel propri-
etors. have petitioned against the two
taxes. The Socialists are bitter in
their attack upon what they term an
attempt to tax the cheapest form Of
pleasuse the only one the working
classes can AFFORD