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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-08
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE

Come over and see my wedding
gown; said Mollie: 1T has come
home and it's peac
s'Mollie. you must notuse such slang
while speaking of your wedding gown.
Don't you know that IT is a very sac
red subject
Now. look here, Marie. you know
you don't consider any old gown sac.
red, and ! think 1t is perfectly silly to
keep ones wedding finery. intend
toihayel mine cut over into coming
cut sfrock for my first daughter"
MY but you are living fast these
days, Mollle dear. 1t kind of seems
TO me that your daughters entrance
into the world, let alone society, is
rather far in the future; but I'll be
overs 1 want to see your wedding fine,
There is one thing about marriage
that is a pure, unadulterated salts.
faction to most women. They can
indulge their taste In dainty clothes
without feeling that they are unduly
extrayagant. Mollies frocks and lin.
gerie are beautiful. Her wedding
gown ofswhite chiffon over exquisite
silver lace is dream.
liam Just dying to put 1t all on and
zee how look" she said, "but do you
know Chad made me promise I would
not until 4 was ready to dress for the
wedding ceremony. Margic, really
believe Chad is superstitious,~ she
raid little apologetically.
"of course, he Is" answered;
every temperamental-overy person
who has any imagination-is more
or less! superstitious. Whether he
Will 1t OF not is another matter.
THE other day two women who
like me rather well. and don't like
each other at all. met at my house.
Zone OF them remarked that she
would probably have bad luck for a
month as she had seen the moon over
her left shoulder. a, n
"oh, 1t is not possible that you
are superstitious, said the other
sweetly; ] thought no educated per.
non was superstition powadays-and
then she hesitated. blushed a little
and said almost to herself, "but III
never cross funeral
"Of9 course laughed both OF them,
but all the same ! have never yet
known any one who did not at least
have one Superstition"
"Well,yous see. Chad's first wife nut
on all her wedding finery and showed
herself to him before her wedding day
you know how UNHAPPY his first we'd.
ding was and some one told him at
the time tttiwas very bad luck and he
remembered It when suggested a
dress rehearsal in my marriage gown"
said Mollie.
hell In love with a lace negligee OF
Mollte's and although knew that Dick
was not particularly enamored of them
went down town and bought one for
myself Mollie's was pink, but mine
was my gfavorite color OF silver grey,
trimmed with silver lace and tiny
pink rosebuds. l thought 1t was very
becoming, and 1t certainly was com.
Portable, but j could see that Dick did
= not Ike me in It at all. He frowned
when he sawlme In It last night. when
10 was spending one OF his infrequent
evenings at home, but he never said
b word!
Don't you like my house dress
| Dick ~ finally. asked.
No he answered bluntly, 81 never
could see any sence in a decent won.
an getting herself up in those frilly.
shapeless eortraptions. They, suggest
TO plainly the other kind Of a women
Twas n,adinl a minuet and answered,
Not having the other kind of women
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Judge w. s. Raymond Will
Deliver Address at Bar
rackville Ceremony.

{ Amonument TO the memory OF Luth.
err Santyer, a Confederate soldier,
whose body rests in the cemetery at
Bar.ackyille, will be unveiled on Sun
day afternoon by the Robert e. Lee
chapter OF the United Daughters. OF the
Confederacy, a called meeting having
been held yesterday to complete ar.
rangements.
Judge w. S. Raymond, a Conteder.
ate drummer boy, will deliver the prin.
cipal address and Mrs. c. E.. Manley
will make an address on behalf OF the
local chapter and song service OF
hymns and southern songs will be
rendered.
Members of!the Robert E. Lee chap.
ter will attend in body and represen,
tatiyes OF other chapters will also at.
tend. The Fairmont delegation will
leave on the 9 o'clock car Sunday az.
ternoon. The ceremonies will be held
in the Baptist church at Barrackyille.
Mrs. Mary Straight, wife OF the late
Edgar Straight, deserves much of the
honor connected with the erection tof
the stone, having been untiring in her
efforts TO interest others in the move.
nfent
Luther Santmyer was left at the
home of Harry Nichol in Barraekyille
suffering from an attack of typhoid
fever. Mrs. Straight and others Of her
neighbors cared for the man during
his illness and he was buried in the
Barrackviile cemetery there. He was
"a member of Whites battalion Con.
federate cavalry. The house in which
his death occurred is standing.
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Time to Hurry

Time TO Hurry
The time to get votes under this big
offer is growing short. BY the time
the girls and boys read this there
will be only three full working days
OF the second extra vote period left.
It closes at 8 p. m. Saturday, Deem.
DER III Subscriptions intended to
apply under this offer must positive.
~ be In the Carnival office, 404 Main
street, or In the mail, by the closing
hour. Subscriptions may be mailed any
time before . p. m. Saturday, from any
post office, and they will be accept.
ed. This provision gives all contest.
ants, no matter where located, an
equal amount OF time in which to Sc.
cure subscriptions for the extra vote
certificates. The office OF the Christ.
mas Prize Carnival, 404 Main street,
Watson Hotel building, will be kept
open until 8 o'clock Saturday night.
The list Of contestants, with votes
cast for publication up toll p. m. Mon.
day, December s, follows:
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paratiyely ANAL total ycts. Virgil ma
shaw, OF Chicago. unhontl chnirnons
addressed the conferences.
Jail FILLED with Bssss.

WHEELING. W. We, Dec s--If pro.
hibition officers continue 70 raid thu
speakeastes the Construction o. ID an.
mex ito the Ohio county jail win b,
come . necessity. All spare room IL
the jail Is now crowded with liquor
seized during recent raids. and par
OF the jailer's residence u now being
used for storage purposes. The liquor
will be confiseated upon convieticl Of
alleged prohibition law violatcfs.
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on my visiting list, ! cannot be expect.
ed to know Just they dress" 7
Dick had the grace to color and, 4
kept thinking, Zone OF the fifty seven
varieties" That was the signature
of that anonymous letter.
! went to my room, took off my
"triliy, shapeless contraption" and
went to bed.:. A little while after
ward heard Dick. go out.
We are growing farther apart each
DAY. ~. 2 - Il
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New West virginia Concern.

CHARLESTON. Dec. S-A certia:
cate, of Incorporation was issued today
to the Prlnce-Wick Coal Company Of
Beckley,' to have their chief works in
Raleigh County. The authorized capital
is 100000 and the incorporators are
Prince E. Lilly and ]. R. Hornbrook
of Pemberton; Thomas W. Wickham,
W. w. Hume and Ashton File Of Beck.
ley.
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West Virginia orys Plan Flint.

West Virginia orys Plan Fight.
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Dec. Sat
a State conference Of West Virginia
Prohibitionists here plans were laid
to carry a test fight TO the Supreme
Court in an effort to knock out a pro.
vision OF recently enacted law which
keeps Prohibition candidates of tho
ballot by reason Of the party's com.
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Lift Quarantine.

MARTlNsBURG, W. Va. Dec. s.
The health authorities have lifted the
diphtheria quarantine which prevented
children from attending moving pic.
ture shows, Sunday school or other
public gatherings. The authorities an.
nounced that the disease was now un.
der control. 49,.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-08

Nine. Ala Ripley OF the Fashion Art
Leagues OF America--noted for her
unusual fashion creations. designed
the new muff. 1t is part Of a luxur.
ious evening coat OF brocaded silver
cloth with cape Of black and white
polar bear fur. A deep girdle Of
black velvet Is drawn into voluminous
loops In front to form comfortable
muff.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-08

1870 1a4,St hSAt hSSiNG'
Mr.. and Mrs. Angler Buchanan
Duke of New York are the parents
OF son. Mrs. Duke was Miss Cor.
della Biddle, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony ]. Drexel Biddle Of Philadel.
phia. Mr.. Duke is the son OF Benia-
min N. Duke. Mr.. and Mrs. Duke
were married on April IS last in Holy
Trinity church, Philadelphia, not long
after the brides debut in society in
Philadelphia, where her family are
ranked among social leaders for gen.
erations.
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Coats are Of every length, but ev.
cry coat has a fiare-to be fashion.
able Just now is to fiare-hare. at the
ankles, flare at the coat edge, more
flare at the cuffs, and now they are
putting faring ruffles OF tulle around
the crowns OF the hats, 81
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Buy and boost Red Cross Christmas
Seals-you can make your own Christ.
mas happier by helping others toward
health.
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RY BETTY asnWN

We have cuff-muffs, pocket.muffs,
and ankle.uffs, all of them designed to
take the freeze out Of frost,' but lest
somebody's fingers be nipped by the
cold kindly Dame Fashion has invent
ed the apron.muff.
No, it's not 10 be worn round the
kitchen o'mornings. 1t belongs exclu.
;siyely to thigh society"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-08

Blouses in broad awning stripes
usually pale green or. pale blue-are
among the waists Of gay colors fash.
ion has brought in for the mid.winter
season.
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DISTRICT No. 2.

DISTRICT No. 2.
All territory outside Of the City
Of Fairmont. Nine prizes have
been set aside for this district.
The Grand Prize may be won in
either district. ~
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The small turban made entirely OF
ribbon is one OF the millinery modes
we are promised for midwinter. Quite
wide ribbon is used and 1t Is draped
in one piece SO as to, leave the sides
severely plain.
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FASHION FLASHES.
BY BETTY eRoWN.

Colored shoes, and shoes piped and
trimmed with color are warm-not by
the most fashionable women, but by
many women. And the newest kink
In footwear Is the perforated shoe.
You'll think at first It Is merely polka.
dotted. but those dots are really holes
cut in the shoe top. Where will
Fashion end her pranks?
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THE WEST
4 PAGE For WOMEN AND THE HOME
Prize Car,1iival
Continued from Page one.)

only az. 900 extra votes will be given
for each SIS worth 2of subscriptions
during the last period of the carni-
val. Wv ~ N ~ tta. ~. ~
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1. of c. TO UNVEIL
monument SUNDAY.

- 80 =. =.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
5000 BOSTON SUFFS
IN VICTORY PARADE
Seventeen Brass Bands and
800 Men in Line-GOv. Walsh
Reviews Marchers.

BosroS. Oct. ls.-About 5000 women,
MANY Of them dressed IN costumes OF
yellow. bearing yellow banners. flowers
and toy balloons, marched through sew
erul miles of Boston streets this after
noon to the music OF seventeen brass
bands as an argument for votes at the
coming election. Eight hundred men
were also in line.
The surraRists dubbed II their vic
tory parade. but the ants and their fol-
lowers we're on hand by the thousands.
wearing red roses, ribbons or hats TO
offset the "suff' demonstration.
A start was made AT 2 o'clock on a
signal from the grand marshal. Mrs.
Marion Booth Kelley. n rode In a mo-
tor car. Orders were given through Miss
Julia Brightman. chief Of stan OF the
mounted marshals.
At the head OF the marching host
came Victory" impersonated by Miss
Virginia Tanner. and many other strik'
ing floats were In line. Gov. Walsh
was on hand at the State House to re-
view the marchers. He presented a
bouquet Of yellow roses to Alice Stone
Blackwell and received from Miss Helen
Keller, the noted blind oma n letter
written by herself. thanking the Cover
nor for his aid to the cause
An~ti-sufYrage decorations at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Curtis Guild and others
on Marlboro street were carried away
last night. Mrs. Guild complained to
the police. 81 don't know who tore
down these decorations" she said. but
because OF my husbands strong advo-
cacy Of a~nti-sufYrage the inference II
plain"
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BRYAN GIVES TO CAUSE.
Contributes 400 and Address"
Great Newark Meeting.

New ARK. y. j., Oct. l6.--William Jen-
nings Bryan spoke for woman suHrase
in Krueger's Hall here Tonight before
an audience OF $500 persons. He ala
not only lit his voice. He dipped into
his pocketbook. Mrs. Nina Var Winkie
chairman OF the meeting. announced win
emphatic pride that Mr.. Bryan had con-
tributed 500 to the cause.
The attendance was so large mat AZ
$3.50 =. NJ. the doors OF the hall were
closed by the Fire Department officials
and 5000 persons were left waiting III
the street. When Mr., Bryan appeared
from Paterson at s:45 +. M. they gave
him a great cheer, blocked his progress
to the hall and yelled for a speech, He
talked before them for fifteen minutes,
Their fought his way into the han and
was introduced by Mrs, Van Wrinkle,
The tenor Of his speech was that
man has already so thoroughly demon
strated his trust In woman by confding
the care OF his children and the care and
honor of his household to her that II
must follow as n matter OF course tna'
he will trust her with the ballot. The
variations OF this theme were rouslngly
cheered.
Tho Rev. DR.. Stephen s, Wise preceded
NJ. Bryan upon the platform.
Rorah OF Idaho and william Hughes OF
New Jersey headed the long list OF
speakers who addressed the meeting here
after Mr.. Bryan. Among the speakers
was Mrs, Everett Colby.
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CAPITAL F BUSY.
I 1000 Delegates Expected at De.
cember Convention.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ls.-Washington
euffragists are making elaborate prep
arations for the forty-seventh annual
convention OF the National American
Woman sun Hage Association. TO be held
here during tho week of December -
A local committee headed by Mrs Win
ston Churchill has been appointed by the
national board with headquarters ut the
offices Of the national Congressional COM
mittee in the Munsey Building. Later
this committee will open street head
quar- ters In n central location.
Mrs. Churchill. chairman OF the com
m!ttee, who spent last winter In Wash
ington. became Identified with the suf-
frage work in behalf Of the Federal
amendment at that time. She also Is n
member of the national campaign COM
mittee.
The convention, over which Dr, Anna
Howard Shaw Is to preside, Will prob
ably muster n thousand delegates, coming
from every State In the Union. The
national association includes sixty-roul
affiliated organizations. one OF which is
In Hawaii.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
WRIT TELLS CITY CLUB
OF GARY SCHOOL PLAN
Says Public Schools Here Have
Never Been More Than
an Experiment.

supt. william A. Writ OF the public
schools OF Gary. Ind. told the City Club
yesterday At It's luncheon that the Amer
lear public school system had never been
moro than M experiment and that what
he advocated was "a child's play world
In addition to their schooling, where
they romp and play. max mud pies. dig
sand pits, play hide and seek and puss
in the corner. and in all have n merry
time
Associate Superintendent Of Public
Schools William Ettinecr said he was
willing to follow the Gary plan so far
as child welfare Is concerned. but did
not approve of many Of the other ideas
advanced. He said he was in favor OF
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VASSAR WILL MIX IN
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
DR.. MacCracken Thinks the
College Should Take a
Broader Interest.

PououKEEpsIE, Oct. 16.-vassar Col
lege Is adopting the policy Of opening
Its doors wider and allowing a share Of
its benefits to those who are not stu
dents. DR.. MacCracken announced in
chapel last evening that on October 30
Edith wynne Matthison would give a
reading OF Euripldes's "Alcestes' and
he urged the Students to invite their
friends to hear II.
There is a growing feeling at vassar
that the college should not stand aioof
from the community. but should work
with II. President MacCracken said
THE public must not think that because
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furnishing the sinews or war Is firmly
implanted in the minds OF the suffra-
gists. Even disinterested persons like
the Rev. Father Duggan OF st. Patrick's
Church in Elizabethport have expressed
this belief.
The suffrage worker are wasting no
time making accusations. Mrs. Minnie
J. Reynolds. campaign manage for the
Women's Political Union. which has sent
squads Of speakers all through the State.
said yesterday that the union had spent
81 200 a week since last May. and that
the scores OF workers were
giving service the value OF which could
not be computed.
Noon Speeches at Factories.
Tomorrow in Newark, as in all other
industrial centres. the factories Will be
bombarded at the noon hour WIN
speeches.
at ia hardly fair said Mrs. Reynolds,
ITO compare ours with "A polit!ca! cam
paign. because the sums We spend are
nothing compared with those the political
parties nave at their IN II
took $lO0.0 900 from his partys state
headquarters to elect Gov. Fielder. be-
sides what came from county mead
quarters. AS women are the moneyless
sex. We are fighting a battle or Ideals
The two elements which enter INTO
political campaigns-the offices to be
given out by the winning party ana the
franchises that iray be controlled-these
are absent from the suffrage battle. The
elemen Of personal gain Is not there to
urge us on.
1.-The women's Political Union three
wears ago perceived that money was the
great reed in this battle. and 1t was
Their that Mrs. Nina Van Wrinkle, the
State head of the organization. and l
adopted as our motto Skin EN-. since
then the w. p. U. of New Jersey has
deliberately skinned everybody In reach
for money.
Mrs, REYNOLDS would make no predic-
ton as to the outcome. she reared Jer-
sew City would not fall in line, and
hardly hoped for Hoboken. But she
was sure OF Elizabeth and many other
Industrial centres, and thought Camden
possible.
II have strong hopes OF Essex county
she said. and that Is o~ne-quart~r OF the
vote OF the state"
The National Woman Suffrage Assoc
citation has besn sending most OF ITS
speakers to New Jersey for the past
month. Mrs. Winston Churchill, Mrs
Susan Fitzgerald and others speakers
have conducted active automobile cam
naiens. and DR.. anna Howard Shaw
has given the State all Of her free dates
The State Woman suffrage Associa-
ton. headed by Mrs. +. F. Feickert OF
Plain1eld. has conducted an active cam
paign OF rallies and has distributed
literature.
Several automobile tours were headed
by men. J. a. II. Hopkins OF Norris
town. whose wife Is the suffrage leader
three, devoted last week 10 a Jour OF
Morris and adjacent counties.
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giving the plan a trial. but thought It
would be wrong to put it into effect
among 100000 pupils before II had been
thoroughly tried out.
Mr.. Writ In the course Of his talk
said
~ am here to make certain demon
strations Of how schools can be run and
not to ire the Gary plan. My work
will cease when my demonstrations are
completed. ! don't thlnk we have found
the best plan for children. l am
earnestly trying to bring back to them
the vacant lots where they can play"
Speaking of religious instruction Mr..
Writ said he was most insistent that
there be n0 mixing OF church and state.
He said that with proper conditions chill
dren would gladly stay In school nine
or ten hours a day six days a week and
he sorry when vacation time came. His
suggestion was to ALLOW churches to have
a few pupils at a time and when they
returned to school to allow others to go
to the churches.
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GRANDMOTHER, BABES
IN PITTSBURG REVIEW
Suffragists Brave Threatened
Rain as 100000 Persons
Look On.

PIrTsnrno. Oct. '1s-rn defiance OF
threatening skies 5000 ~suffragis,s gath
cred from all parts of western Penn
s%ylvania and upward Of 5000 mco
pledged to the cause marched through
the streets OF Pittsburg to-day in the
annual suffrage parade.
Probably 1907 600 men. women and
children watched the mile long process
sion from sidewalks. windows of Office
buildings and stores and other vantage
points.
one feature OF the parad. was a COM
pany Of g~randmothers who marched the
entire distance OF foot and another Of
girl babies. 'suffragists of the future"
carried In their mothers rms There
were floats, flowers and ~pennants in
abundance.
DR.. John a. Brashear. whom Gov.
Brumbaugh singled out as Pennsyl-
vania's greatest citizen" led the mems
division.
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Everit Macy.

been announced. She 10 Miss Marian
Parkhurst Of Clinton county and Is
described by the Empire State cam
paign committee's press chairman as
"a stately and beautiful brunette,
nearly six feet tall" SO Uncle Sam
Eric BlomQuist, the suffraeist letter.
carrier-will overtop her by only ave
inches.
Mrs. Winston Churchill Of Washing
ton. ID. C.. and Mrs. Everett Colby Of
New Jersey are among the tall and
beautiful women who will march In the
row OF suffrage States. But the beauti-
full young m who was to be the
chief feature Of the fioat neal the head
Of the parade will not be seen. Her
anti-suffrage father bribed her with the
promise Of a vote for the amendment
to refrain from riding on the float. She
took the bride.
Among the women who will march
with the Equal Franchise Society. which
il to be headed by the Sixty-ninsh Regi-
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we are occupied with intellectual pur.
suits we are not citizens OF the COM
munity also. I shall do my share In
proving that we have duties as citizens.
On october 80 we are going to ave a
mass meeting In Poughkeepsie over
which I am to preside. and we are GO
ing to consider the problem Of Cleaning
up Poughkeepsle and Arlington. hope
his will be one OF many such gather
ings in which the college and the com.
munity shall cooperate"
vassar entered upon Its second nifty
years with an evening devoted to the
subject Of the college n the Com.
munity.' at which President Hadley OF
Yale was ne Of the speakers.
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FLAGS Lowered for stack pole.

RrvERHEAp. L. l.. Oct. 1e.-As a k
Of the esteem in which Justice George
F. stackpole, the anthrax victim, was
held in his home village n to honor
his memory. flags were flown at half
stan from the country and other pubIic
buildings to-day. They will remain un-
III after the funeral Tomorrow after
noon In the Congregational Church.
Honorary pailbeareW will include pr.
George v. Edwards and DIR. Il. w Per-
Of Manhattan. DR.. Allen q. Ter.
reil and Nathan G. Petty Of Riverhead
and George A. Brown OF Amityville.
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Ito left-Rose ONel Wilson getting volunteers for the suffrage parade; to right-Mrs v

comely s%uffragists were the quarry
Of a flying squadron headed by Miss
Helen Hill that moved up and down
Fifth avenue yesterday seeking pledges
TO march in the suffrage parade Octo-
Der 20. The demand for beauties was
blazoned on their votes for women pan
ners. but the sealed orders under which
the squadron cruised from one to another
Of the recruiting stations caused alert
watch for attractive women. Every tall.
good looking woman who volunteered
was Immediately assigned to the inter-
national section. which is to head the
parade. or to the row OF twelve women
who will follow Uncle sam and Miss
Columbia, %typifying the twelve States
where women vote.
The name Of the beauty who Is to
take the part of Miss Columbia has