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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

Backward, turn backward. o, time. in
your flight!
Give me conceit again, just for tonight;
Carry me back to the days when 1 wore
Loud clothes and, in fact, was gay
sophomore;
Smooth from my forehead all traces of
care
Cover my poll with a thatch of dark
hair;
Put all the doubts that assail me to sleep,
Give back the self-love 1 neglected to
keep.
Tired of the hollow. the base and un-
true,
1 long to be somewhere around twenty
two.
With the boundless conceit that enlivened
me then, "
When I fancied I welded a masterful
pen;
When 1 thought that the things which I
wrote were sublime,
And was sure that my fame must endure
through all time
When 1 proudly believed that my wisdom
And that genius was resting when I went
to sleep.
Turn backward, o, time, for tonight,
won't you, please,
And let me be gladdened by youths costa
cies?
Permit me to have the cock-sureness of
yore,
That 1 had when I. strutted, proud
sophomore,
Believing knew all mortar might know,
And sure I was chosen to lead all here be-
low;
Oh, put all the doubts that perplex me
to sleep,
Give back the conceit I've neglected to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
Couldn't Be Better.

Sir Walter Scott was sitting in his
library one day when a tall High
lander, who had been erecting an inn
nearby, entered and said:
May it please you, Sir Walter, l
am going to call my place The Flod-
den Inn,' and as we've written poem
on Flodden Field it struck me and
the guide wife that you might gle US
q line for a motto"
Have you read the poem?" Sir
Walter asked.
mo, sir; I'm nae reader
well, l should advise you to read
the poem and take a line from it.
"And whatll it be?'
Sir Walter. without a smile, replied,
Drink, weary traveller; drink and
pray"
But" cried the Highlander, aghast,
my inns no a kirk; and the more
prayin' there Is the less drinkin'
thereIl be, and dinna want that"
oh" laughed the poet, Il think l
can alter the line. Drink, weary trav-
eler, drink and pay"
The verra thing" shouted the
other in delight.-Sunday Magazine Of
the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

A S comfortable and easy hanging
Il as morning gown but with every
mark of afternoon apparel, this de-
sign Is the simplest of all interpre-
tations of our present modes. The
skirt and bodice appear to be cut in
one, but are separate.
The skirt, made of two pieces In
goods of average width, might be
draped on the figure from single
width of the widest materials. 1t is
shaped in at the hips and there is a
little fullness at the back. The shap-
ing and gathers afford just room
enough for the swell of the figure at
the hips.
The waist line is high and very
easy in order to make a free move
ment of the arms possible. 1t is cut
with long shoulders and large arms
eyes, The fullness at the bust is ta-
ken care of by group of plaits at
each side terminating under the belt.
1t is in it's careful finishing touches
that the gown displays the talent of
its noted designer. All very simple
models must rely upon finish and clev-
erness in cut or drarery, to rise out
of the class Of the commonplace.
The square neck is shaped and fin
ished with a piping of velvet. The
front is cut into a double breast, the
overlapping side fastened down with
two buttons. It's lower edge lies over
the top of the skirt where bodice and
skirt are joined.
A narrow belt, with rounded ends,
is finished with a piping and fastened
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
Left Him Out of 1t.

At a country ball farmer had
engaged a pretty coquette for the
next dance; but gallant captain
coming along, persuaded the young
lady to cancel her previous engage
ment in favor of himself. The far
mer overhearing the conversation,
went to a card table and sat down to
a game of whist.
4 few minutes later the captain
stepped up to the young lady to eX-
cuse himself, as he had forgotten
that he was already engaged to an
to her. Miss Coquette, much cha
grined, then made tracks for the
whist ia e. hoping to secure her first
partner.
NodGing to the farmer, and with her
face covered with smiles, she sweet
iy said
l think, sir, that it is time to take
our places"
Tie old farmer, in the act OF divid
ing the pack for the next dealer cour'
teodsly replied:
10. Miss S.. J mean 10 Keep my
lr@sapt p!sce When iadlsa sGuffle, I
cut"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
Tea Anron of Finest Eatiste.

Daintiest among afternoon tea
aprons is the one made of half yard,
half width, of finest batiste or organ
die, finished at the lower and side
edges with cotton lace picot border
ing that is scarcely more than a series
of long, loose loops, and at the top
slightly gathered into a waistband OF
narrow ribbon, decorated at both ends
with bowknots, from which fail a halt
dozen or more ends in quarter inch
wide ribbon. bowknotted midway of
the length The center OF the apron
is ornamented with two insetS OF EN-.
broidered tilet lace. One of these.
placed six inches below the waistband,
is a four-inch square, and the other,
placed six inches above the lower
edge, is Il two by four inch oblong.
Of course, lace of any other substan.
tial sort could be employed and white
net. soutache embroidered, is equally
as pretty as tilet.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

pretty. Knitted or crocheted boots are
made with quite long tops for the
baby's outing, and fastened with soft
crochet cord and small zephyr tassels
at the ankle
When his head and hands and feet
have been protected, he has the added
comfort of his coat Finally he is
tucked into his carriage under a robe
of fur or eiderdown and the top ad-
justed to protect him from the wind
if there is any.
The baby is sometimes kept too
warm in the house, and is fretful on
this account In steam heated apart
ments particularly, he will not need
lot of fiannels. He must always wear
his band over the bowels, but a pin
ming blanket is not needed. He wears
d flannel petticoat and light slip.
But for a house not so warm, or when
he goes out, he must have an ample
supply of extra clothing.
His dresses and skirts are not made
as long as they used to be. Twenty
seven inches now is the standard
length. They are not much trimmed,
but are made Of very fine materials
and finished with fine lace edgings.
little tucks, small sprays of hand en-!
broidery and scallops. Feather stitch.
ing is much admired. One who knows
how to sew nicely can make all his be-
Ion2ings in the best manner at home.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
Old Controversy.

An old controversy has been re-
opened by the erection in st. Peters
churchyard at Morristown. N. j., CT a
monument to Alfred Vail which cred
it's him with being the inventor of the
dot and dash Morse code. The rector
of the church has been appealed to,
but says that he has no authority to
interfere. The case for Morse's. in
vention or rather devising Of the code
has been generally accepted as sound,
and it is not a matter which merits
great argument; in comparison with
putting electric telegraphy upon q
practical basis the working out Of Il
particular code of alphabetic signals
was a matter OF detail. If not re
markably original, however the code
was a good piece of work, as has been
shown by its general adoption and
Dong use
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

in the right way a jaunt in the open
air can do him nothing but good ana
he will like it and thrive on it.
An extra flannel skirt and long soft
wooden stockings should be added TO
the clothes he wears in the house,
when he is going out, at this time OF
the year. His little boots of yarn are
to be worn over the stockings His
mittens Of silk and wool are knitted
double, and his little cap Is very
closely knitted of the softest yarn.
In making the cap it is not only
closely knitted but made large enough
SO that it turns back at the front.
This gives additional warmth, and as
be grows larger rapidly, allows the
cap to be turned back less, so that he
NAV wear it for some time. Narrow
ribbon run through it at the nape OF
the neck ties in little bow at the
back. This allows the cap TO be ad.
iusted to the tiny head and let out
afterward as needed. The ties are
either of narrow ribbon or soft null.
A small close-ftting silk cap may be
worn under the knitted cap.
His little boots and shoes are often
made Of flannel embroidered with silk
and laced with ribbon. They are cut
3,sl ~ qatteTn ged are sotf auF
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

is it that Incidence and laziness char
acterze the natives Of the lowlands
in southern climes, and activity and
energy are dominent features of the
people of mountainous countries? The
Swiss partake of the strength of their
mountains. Their courage is as en-
during as the majesty of their eVerlast-
ing hills; their energy as tireless as
their mountain streams. No braver
men ever pulled a trigger on battle
field than they,
It was the Swiss guard who stood
till the last was slaughtered at the
Tuileries to protect Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette, who skipped out the
back door before the Partisan mob ar
rived. Thorwalden's Lion was chlseled
out of solid rock at Lucerne as
memorial to the courage and loyalty
and valor of those men, whose lives
we're so needlessly sacrificed on the
altar of duty. 1t was these same char
acterists that carved for Switzerland
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

with a fancy button at each end. II
does not encircie all of the waist, al
lowing a straight front appearance
(Which is smart and clever in the
interval between the ends.
There is a small turnover collar in
the sailor shape, of fine embroidered
batiste. The neck is filled in with a
folded chemisette of fine figured net
A plated ruff1e of the same net fin
ishes the sleeves:
A strand of large pearls and long
er one Of smaller pearls finishes the
pretty toilette. But pearls might be
replaced with strands of any of the
many fashionable glass beads that
harmonic with the gown in color.
This model is we'll adapted to the
unusual new shades in which fashion,
able fabrics are made. Mustard col.
or, gold, green, paprika, mahogany
and the curious blues and greens that
are displayed in cloth and silk look
best when made up in the simplest
manner. But the design is good il
the colors which we know well, such
as royal blue, amethyst, golden brown
and dark green. 1t would be pretty
developed in black, and is an especial
ly good model for velvet.
Colonial slippers and silk stockings
are worn with it, and such a dress
calls for a simple and well dressed
coiffure Like all simple things it will
not grow tiresome to the wearer, and
might be used daily during the reign
of our easy going fashions.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

~ Switzerland there is scenery
E everywhere one turns, and at every
n urn it is different.
IA Now it's the Jungfrau, all robed
in white, towering into the altitude
of perpetual snow and looking down on
che lesser peaks, still within the. tim
ber line, velvety in the verdure Of un-
eye is trained upon the stratified wall
of a mighty mountain of rock, rising
sheer a thousand feet. Over its lofty
edge q stream of water plunges, only
to lose itself in a vapory mist half
way to the base. Still another turn
and there opens before ones vision a
broad expanse Of pale green water
an Alpine lake, its placid bosom dotted
with craft of many kinds, it's shores
lined with hotels and the homes of
summer guests. Back from the waters
edge. the land slopes with gentle
rise. There the sturdy farmer tends
his flock and tills the productive soil.
His chalet, with projecting roof, with
red geranium boxes at every window
and a crimson rambler at the door,
adds picturesqueness to the scene.
All Hemmed In.
Such is the Switzerland of which the
poets sing, the painters paint and the
tourists rave. It's the prime article in
the scenery line.
Switzerland is a dinky little nation,
all hemmed in from salt water by a
bunch of world powers and would
be's." 1t has a standing army but no
navy. 1t has f1ag-a white cross on
red background-and the Switzers
love it as we love the stars and stripes
Because they can't flaunt it on the rear
end of battleship and carry it around
the world, they run it up at home on
every and all occasions and let it
fiutter in the balsam-laden breezes that
blow down from the mountain tops.
The Swiss are sturdy people. Some
think scenery has a lot to do with
the building of character. If not, why
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

her independence from larger and
more powerful people.
The differepces between the poor
people of Italy and Switzerland is very
striking Here it is poverty, which
they are taught is not disgraceful; only
inconvenient. In Italy it is pauperism.
The Swiss poor are an honest, ambi.
tious, hard-working people, with heap
of cleanliness thrown into the bargain.
Italy's poor are shiftless. In Italy the
stranger Is confronted by unkempt and
indolent mendicants at every turn with
the reasonable assurance of an insult
if he doesn't loosen up. gratuity
here Is received as though wholly un-
expected and with corresponding ap-
probation. In Italy it is considerable
of trick to get away from a hotel
without Smelling out" to the entire
staff
Besides scenery and ambitious poor
not the least of which is Zurich, locat-
ed in the northern part of the inland
republic. With forest-covered noun
tain behind it and pretty lake in
front, it is handsomely environed. In
municipal improvements it is decidedly
modern. 1t has host of good hotels.
mainly supported by American tour
lists, efficient trolley service, very ex-
cellent lighting system, well paved
streets, fine homes and public build
ings.
It's principal street extends from
commodious and artistic passenger sta
tion straight to the lake front. This
thoroughfare, with double-tracked
trolley line in the center, is lined on
either side with high-class shops and
shaded by two rows of linden trees,
now in flower and permeating the air
with sweet perfume. Between the
walks, which are of good width, and
the curb is roomy stretch of gray
eled ground where, during half the
morning hours, the peasant truck gar
deners display their wares and the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
Superstjtions of Miners.

AS a man of perilous occupation, the
miner has many superstitions. One
widespread belief is that to introduce
a rabbit into a mine is TO court disas-
ter, and many stories are current OF
catastrophes heralded by the appear
ance of a white rabbit to the men
who were doomed to die. He would be
a bold miner, too. who would whistle
at work for whistiing is a direct in
vitation to disaster. anG though miners
are cleanIy folk, very few ever wash
the small of their back, lest the roof
should fall on them.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

may as well take it easy. The dining
car won't be open for an hour or
more"
NO I'm not tired at all But we
have been married nearly three hours
and not once since we have been man
tifuI"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
po,itica, Opinions Never chanqe.

Not once in the Is years of political
discussion that | have witnessed in
my club have | seen a political opin-
ion removed from one member by an
other, yet not day has passed with
out some ones trying it.
In some corner of this building, l
believe there has always been a tall
gentleman towering over a little one
and exclaiming: What are the facts?"
or two stout members, like embattled
chickens, revolving beak to beak in ST.
multaneous refutation, or one of those
strange colloquies going on, which
seem sc hopeless to the bystander
wherein the two minds move obviously
in parallels never to meet, how far so
ever prolonged. l have had man tug
for five years at-~-e Of my political
opinions, and it neve4 budged. l have
tugged for five years at one Of his. and
despite my harsh laugh of verbal vic
tory | knew it was in him still.
As look back on it, it seems mad
sort of dentistry, and not only barren
of results, but cruel in Intention
Century Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
nue word 10 Saint.

To st. Etheldreda we owe the word
"tawdry." The saint knew no such
word, but the origin Of 1t is clear
enough. For St. Etheldreda was pop
ularly known as St. Audry, and at ST.
Audrys fair were sold ST Audrey
laces, which in process of time became
clipped into ''tawdry laces." Finally
the new adjective was applied to any
finery of similar grade. The part
played by the It" in saint IS exactly
that which has given III roolsY street
frer Ct. 0ist--Lea4eA !5hrsrag.s,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
DRESSING THE BABY
WHEN He GOES OUT
IN COLD WEATHER

THE baby must have his airing
i every day no matter if the wealth
er be sharp. He must be thoroughly
protected against the cold and never
allowed to get chilled
Besides the clothes he wears in the
house he is to be provided with ar
ticles which he will need to fortify
him against the cold. If he is dressed
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

prevarication. And so this enthugias-
tic disciple of the new psychology
called Margaret to the stand for
hearing.
Margaret" said she, do you re-
member what happened to those chill
dren in the Bible who told stories
how the big bears came out of the
woods and ate them all up?" She
had gone q little astray in her biblical
history, but we will let that pass.
"Oh, yes, mamma" said Margaret,
with goosefesh shivers. 81 remember.
Wasn't it dreadful, And I'm not go.
ing to tell another story as long as
iive,@ because. mamma. would you be-
lieve it?-only yesterday when 1 was
playing in the back yard a great, big
black bear came out from under the
currant bushes IN the garden and bit
me right on the knee, e,"-Pittsburg
Telegraph.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
The Hardship of PenurN.

"All our friends seem to be getting
rich,' his wife complained.
81 can't understand why that should
make you unhappy. You have plenty
of good clothes and comfortable
home, haven't you?'
Yes, but I never get a chance to be
named in the society columns as q
patroness of anything"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

her voice and sor-
row was written
upon her counte-
nance.
y What is it?"
the man asked.
Shall / request
the porter to bring
you a pillow? You
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

Mrs. Brown lately awoke to the sol
emn fact that her young daughter
Margaret was gifted with an diversified
Imagination which threatened to run
INTO exaa ration, and this might very
aaS!iy a,sraces deYele9 late deesasa
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
EASY.

Harvard professor, who has been
experimenting with them, is of the
opinion that angleworms think. If they
do we can easily guess what they
think of people who muss them up by
putting them on fish-hooks.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
Inherited,

Willie Holt seems to be developing
into a very fast young man"
What else could be expected in his
case? Hasn't his father been fined
nearly dozen times for exceeding the
speed limit?''
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
The Bitterness Of Defeat.

'I see where a Chicago newspaper,
in referring to the New York baseball
team. prints Giants with lower
case 'g.''
Il wonder If that is q typagra paies1
ayrar or . studied Insult -
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

city housewives and kitchen girls do
their marketing, By ten the trading
ceases, the dealers fold their umbrellas
and quietly wend their way back to
their hillside garden patches. The
street is cleaned Of rubbish and left
attractive for the shopping throng dur
ing the remainder of the day.
If there's one thing more than an
other in Interlaken it's the hotel bus.
There are so many hotels in the town
that few years ago it became neces-
sary to build two passenger stations
to accommodate the buses. Interlakon
is one of the most popular tourists
centers on the continent. 1t isn't much
in itself, but has setting that's a win
ner. At one end is Lake Brienz; at
the other Lake Thun, and magnificent
mountains, either snowclad or forest
covered all around. Here one may see
the Alps in all their splendor and from
this place as a center many of the
principal points may be reached.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
A Bard'S Mistake,

An eastern bard starts on "Song of
the Workingman" by saying: Il sing
the song of unbroken sleep" We had
an idea that majority of the working
men were fathers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
A Lost Day,

81 suppose you had lovely time
shopping yesterday
No, had to buy several things and
didn't have bit of time to look
around"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
Immaterial-
an can inherit education -

No man can inherit education
We'll. what of it? If man inherits
money he can hire all the education
he'll need, and not have to pay it big
wages, either
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

Duyetyn, which has made so strong
an appeal this fall for suitings, has
much in it's favor besides the exquisite
colorings In which it is to be had. It
is not only soft end sugpl*s bus has
egngiaHTa s5la @aT5akh,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
If We Could Get There First.

we give Il as our delDaTate OPINION
that the best thing next to pretty
girl is an empty seat.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
To Him Who Waits

Most Of the things that come to hira
50 waits are aixaFrontmapts,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
MuItum in Parvo.

She'd such a slender waist it seemed
AS if she'd almost break in two;
l asked her out to dinner ana
Was filled with awe ere we were
through.
The things she ordered were enough
/ put it mildly-to appal;
She'd such "a slender waisti l can't
Imagine where she put it all
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16

Women know point :aore than
the decil.--ltailsu Frovarb
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-01-16
THE OLD, OLD STORY.

There was touch of sadness in