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skirt of duvetine, but any of the plain
suitings might be used instead. The
round neck Is corded and finished with
a tie of narrow ribbon and the bodice
cut In deep scallOps at the bottom
where the skirt Is set on. A decorative
stitching, In ~feStcons, over the entire
dress corresponds with these scallops.
The coat is long, with straight lines
at the front and semi-ftted back. 1t
has the trimness of the tailored style,
without severity and is enriched by
caracul fur in a long shawl collar. In
bands on the flaring sleeves and in a
border at the hem line. This model Is
we'll adapted to velvet, m~atelasse,
cloky and fabrics of like character,
used in combination with crepe de
chine and in any case, Is dignified and
rich looking.
Long lines prevail in suits but they
are snappy, and although there are
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

pictured shows a charming cOmblna-
ton of black and white. in which
black monkey fur plays ar important
part In fringe on the collar and bands
that finish the long sleeves. The blouse
Is gathered into a tight hip band Of
the satin-this hip band Is a feature
Of the new styles.
The waistcoat style is another de-
velopment Of the overblouse. 1t has
a V-shaped neck opening, ending a
little below the normal waistline at
the front, which is filed in with a mar
row v%estee, usually of plain crepe de
chine. The font Is cut away In points
below the waist and the blouse lies
smooth across the back and over the
hips, where the underarm fullness Is
disposed of by small plaits. Two large,
fancy buttons. or ornaments, are
placed at the base of the "V"-shaped
opening.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
Finding Who's Who.

Recently | attended a convention in
an eastern city. The evening the
convention closed we were entertained
at a dance.
AS | was standing near an open
door to cool off, two local men came
up to talk to me.
Suddenly l realized | had that
dance engaged and said, "Jove, | near
" forgot | had this dance engaged q.
I've got to leave. l made one mistake
tonight, forgetting a dance, but the
woman weighed over two hundred
pounds, so l didn't weep about it, be-
lieve mel"
Eyes" calmly remarked one Of the
men. my wife mentioned you had
cut a dance with her."-Chicago Trib-
une.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
Little Texas
I Baby's Bowels
Torn to Pieces

'5OMrs. Myrtice Mae Calvert, Of R. F.
ssl. No. 5, Winnsboro, Texas, uses a
TRY common expression to explain
Vie miserable condition Of her little
' lne-months-old Elsie, at the time she
n rst gave her Teethina.
b But now, you would never know
my baby had ever had a sick day."
'arhe declared. "Teethina Is simply
Irsonderful. Elsie began to get better
flight after taking 1t and she hasn't
Dad a bit of trouble since. She Is
happy as can be, growing every DAY
ind eating like a little pig. l always
Keep Teethina on hand because it's
4t:he only thing to use when a baby Is
i Get Testhina at your druggist, or
send SOC to the Moffett Laboratories,
Columbus, Ga, for a regular size
1ackage and a free copy Of the beau
liful and instructive booklet called
observation-disclosures.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
RICH FUR TRIMMED SUIT;
SN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~S
NEW STYLES IN BLOUSES
@lMNA MMN

The new crinkly goods have ad-
vanced the cause of coatee and waist
coat warehouses, although the latter
appear in crepe de chine as well.
This crepe maintains its prestige as
the best material for blouSeS of what
ever character, but matelasSe and sim
liar fabrics lend themselves TO the
coatee style. Whoever knows how to
use black satin in hlouseS or in frOcks
is sure of success. especially when
white or a color is artfully combined
with 1t. The very smart overblouse
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
Print Bill Cut So. 900, 900.

The government printing office, the
largest printing establishment In tho
world, used 100000 pounds Of pa
per during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1921. The sheets, laid fiat, would
cover 80 square miles; piled In tho
form Of octave books, they would ex-
tend 500 miles into the heavens. To
tai expenditures were $11,000,000, com
pared with $13 100000 for the previous
year, the Scientific American states.
The Office prints, besides the speeches
Of legislators, numerous government
publications., congressional documents,
and stationery. ~
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Diplomatic Approach.

May l have Il word with you, Mr..
GreeneT" began the young man.
Certainly, you may" said the Wall
street father.
II want you to decide n bet"
Every good. Go on"
II want to marry your daughter"
"Tut, tut, sir"
But wait. Your daughter has bet
me that you will give your consent to
our marriage and have bet her that
you Will not. Now, you certainly
would not want to decide a bet so that
she would lose; now, would your
Yonkers Statesman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

] find that I can work in the laundry all
through the time and do my homework,
too. Last month | was 30 surprised at
myself to be up and around and feeling
so good while before | used to feel COM
pletely lifeless. l have told some of the
girls who work with me and have such
troubles to try Lydia E. Pinkham'sVege-
. able Compound, and l tell them how it
as helped me. You a use my testi-
ahonial for the good of others. Mrs.
a,ELANCHE SILVIA, 50 Grant ST., Taunton,
lass.
It's the same story-one friend telling
Is mother of the value of Lydia E. Pink
H.am's Vegetable Compound.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

,ovEReLousE IN COMBINATION OF WHITE AND BLACK

many long coats, the box has as strong
q following. 1t appears In smart COM
binations In which the coat, Of a plain
cloth. is worn with striped skirt OF
tweed, the colors In the skirt appearing
In the coat on the collar and pockets.
There are blouses and blCuses In
the fall displays, some Of them IA
mlliar styles, that hold a secure place
In the regard Of women, and some OF
them showing radical new departures
in the matter OF style. These new
aspirsnts for favor are chic and usu-
ally simple. depending on novel de-
signing and the flavor Of new style IT,
SEPARATIONS to carry them TO success.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

TT is not enough to say that the
= handsome suit, shown here, IS
smart its class deserves a more COM
prehensive term the design is original
and the lines so good that they merit
study and one can hardly imagine a
more becoming model. Instead of skirt
and separate over-blouse. the skirt and
bodice, of two materials, are joined in
a one-piece dress, with unity given to
the design by the decoration.
The dress. as pictured, shows a
bodice of crepe de chine Joined to a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
Gratitude.

The Guest-I suppose your husband
Is very fond Of yachting2
The Owners Wife-Well, no; he
amt really. Sometimes it makes him
awful sick, but he made his money
one canned salmon durin' tn war an
he feels he kinda owes It to the sea-
Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
To Preserve Welsh Lanuuaue.

In order to prevent the native Lam
guage from falling into dlsuse several
rural district councils In Wales have
passed resolutions to the effect that
all their minutes should be recorded
In Welsh instead of in English, and
that all communications with govern
ment departments be forwarded In
Welsh.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
Would Make the Man say II

Miss Young-Don't you think the
word "obey" should be omitted from
the marriage %servlcef
Miss STRAIGHTFORWARD Ger
tainly not 1t should merely be trans
ferred to the other party to the con
tract.-Boston Transcript.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

TROUBLES that women
sometimes have, that
my doctor ordered
me to stay in bed q
week in weymouth
1t didn't do me much
SO one day after
talking with a friend
who took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound for
about the same trou-
bles | had, l thought
II would fry II alaO
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

Il The prices Of cotton and linen have
5been doubled by the a Lengthen
l.heir service by using Red Cross Ball
Selue in the laundry. All grocers-Ad-
,dtertisement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

Belgium's increase in automobiles
since the war has been almost 100 per
cent, and now there is one automobile
for every go inhabitants.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
For Colds, Group and Palms.

Use NacherBalm; IL relieves at
once. Avoid limitations. Ask your
druggist. f. w. Nacher, Inc, New
Orleans. La.-Advertisement
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
The Point of View.

Men are ridiculous when they think
they cant do without women. Women
are ridiculous when they think they
can do without men.-Life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

Coatee blouses open down the front.
with shawl collars, or lap over In sur.
plice fashion. Knitted silk and the
new broken-surfaced fabrics make
handsome coatee blouses, the fabrics
requiring almost no decoration. Knit.
ted silk blouses are often finished
with embroidered hip bands and mar.
rover embroidery bands finish the
long sleeves.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

Why buy many bottles Of other Vermi-
fuges, when one bottle OF DR.. Peery's Dead
Shot will act surely and promptly 1t
costs only so cents and II 1t fails We refund
your money. 372 Pearl St, New York City.
Advertisement,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
10 Gents !

Necessity is not so much the moth
err of invention as "A desire TO elude
disagreeable work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

kjPolitics is uncertain. Today a man
) on the stump and tomorrow he
Imay be DIP a tree.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

A woman usually begins her life
work when she marries a mar to re-
form him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
Too Much.

"What makes Flubdub so grouchyT
AL this glad stuff by current writ
'ers."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
At BrIdae.

"Mr. Flubdub never makes II any
thing but clubs"
"A result of the golf habit"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES

Inventors of new wrinkles are not
popular with the ladies.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

Many men want to be great and a
few try to be good.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

A cannibal may be classed as n
who loves his fellow men.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27

Dne's favorite real" ghost story i'm
owes with the years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
DOES LAUNDRY
WORK AND
HOUSEWORK TOO
Surprised to Find Her
self Feeling So Well

Taunton, Mass. fused to have pains
u my back and legs 80 badly, with other
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-10-27
important to Mothers

Examine carefuIIy every bottle OF
CASTORlA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
Evening star., 1922-06-18
OUR FAMOUS SONGS
Nearer, My God, to Thee

full. only one thing lived--her famous
hymn. Nearer. Ny God. to Thee" 1t
carried through every line the spirit
Of intense devotion. = feeling that
gripred and made sincere the prayer,
which the hymn itself is People
have sung It who have been in the
depths Of erief and somehow felt
the soothing hand OF cheer and hope
laid upon them. II has turned many
a wondering prodieal from the husks
Of sin to the roadway Of right living.
Nearer. my God. to Thee, nearer to Thee
E'en though It Be q cross that raiseth me.
Still all my song shall Be,
Nearer. my God, to Thee. nearer to Thee.
Though like q wanderer. the sun gone down
Darkness be over me. my rest q stone
fet 10 my dreams ia be
Nearer. my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee
There let the way appear, steps unto heartn
All that Thou sendest me. in mercy given.
Rnseis to beckon me
Nearer. my God. to Thee, nearer to Thee
Or II On joyful wing. eisaviAE the sky,
Sun. moon and stars forgot, upward ty.
Still all my song shall be.
Nearer. my God. 70 Thee. nearer TO Thee.
Evening star., 1922-06-18
Life on the Planets.

THE possible existence of life on
the planets has lately been dis
cussed in . most interesting manner
by American astronomers. This 10 .
summary OF the conclusions Of these
scientists upon the question. II 10
considered that the existence Of
high form Of life on the moon. Jupi.
ter. Saturn. Mercury. Uranus or Nsp.
tune. 10 extremely improbable. AL
though Venus greatly resembles the
earth. Il 10 generally believed by as
tronomers that the day and the year
Of the planet are OF equal duration.
In that case no life can exist upon
It, Concerning Mars. astronomers are
not agreed As to whether the much
discussed markings are uanals or
merely earthquake cracks. There are
no permanent bodies OF water on the
planet. The best that can be said
10 that. although the temperature on
Mars 10 very low. there may be on
4 planet. to q limited extent. the con-
ditions essential to life: probably ONLY
vegetable and low-order animal life.
but no beings Of intelligence.
Evening star., 1922-06-18

been as dead as q door nail for the
slaves has made it almost necessary
to stop killing more than two or three
an evening. You know when we had
the last masQue of Iphigenia, even
Tegillius refused to give his lovely
slave NADIA to be killed by the mon
ster. And If we had some such lovely
crime to punish We would have vic.
tins galore for our amusement.
Besides. Rome is too muchly popu.
lated, anyway. Four million people
in a city only fifty miles in circumfer-
rabble we could build 1t back the way
we wanted to. and the people will for
give anything when they hear your
beautiful voice."
~ y
DOPPAEA was only fostering an
idea that had been buzzing under
Nero's bonnet for some time. He set
the town on fire, returned from his
country seat at Actuim, and. after
consulting every, one on which pose
would be most effective, entered the
city of flames. Standing on the
tower of Macaenas. he watched the
conflagration and sang his darndest!
After which followed gay times for
all but the Christians. Lions walked
up in the morning and sighed, Il can
not eat another Christian" So they
had to bury them. Gardens were
Illuminated with living torches.
Banquets were held in these gardens.
And Poppaea wore her choicest jew
els and few Of her best clothes. And
as If to make the dying harder. Nero
sang while he watched their agony
through his big emerald. q custom
with the emp" that Afterwards In
vaded England and became monocle,
But the rage for Christian persecu.
tion died out, as all new excitement
dies out It broke out in spurts now
and then. but Nero forgot everything
except q new friend of his.
Poppaea began to nag him about
this friend till he got SO mad that he
kicked her-not metaphorically but
enthusiastically. Kicked her so hard
that she died. Not long after Nero
kicked the bucket himself. and
later otho. Poppaea's ex-husband.
who had treated her kindly and never
would have. kicked her. was made
emperor.
Evening star., 1922-06-18

NERO was 4 man Of few words and
Salvius otho-who. after all. had a
little legal right to the fair Poppaea
out to Lusitania to hunt for a
flower that he never heard of. Next
he shipped Octavia off on a vacation
from which she never returned. But
he hesitated about Aggripina. Final
ly he had that poor old girl clubbed
to death. His own mother, mind you!
In this Poppaea holds a vamping rec
ord.
When Salvius Otho returned from
Lusitania with the fatal flower he
found his wife married to Nero and
reigning with him. But Nero treated
him square about 1t. He named the
flower Saliva for him and composed
a verse on how lucky Ohio was to
have had g. wife that the emperor
wanted.
In those days a woman who only
had one husband was laughed at and
called "one-man woman" Poppaea
was a sensitive little plant, and she
didn't want people talking about her.
so she cut up awful to keep from be-
ing the topic of conversation. And
some good Christians tried to convert
her. They were shocked at her wild
ness. And they even went so far as
to get word to Nero. Nero got mad.
and the fur flew.
Then Poppaea remembered that the
Christians were shocked at her, and
she resolved not to have any one on
this earth who did not behave as she
did. She put Nero up to burning
Rome SO she could collect the insur-
ance and build herself a palace en-
tirely of gold. She got him to do 1t
by reading to him the history Of the
burning -of Troy.
Poor dear, just think what a won
derful song you could write and sing
II you could only have such an in
spiration as Aenius had. He saw
Troy really burning. You have never
seen a city burning"
"But my subjects would not let me
burn their homes even to hear me
sing" exclaimed the fat-stomached
emperor. "They are SO selfish they
do not appreciate me and my mar
velous voice"
Don't let them know it. Blame Il
on this new sect referred to n Chris.
J tians. Really. dealt the circus hal
Evening star., 1922-06-18

Poppaea won herself q place at the
emporor's hearthstone!
THINGS were done to make the
Golden Poll'' have 4 good time.
Chariots OF gold were made for her
to ride in. pulled by slaves who never
heard of a union. Banquets were
given in halls Of gold, and the guests
reclined on couches made of silver.
Bazars were ransacked for clothes
that were just one jump ahead Of the
latest fashion plates.
The poor merchants hated to see
Poppaea coming. She took their best
things and said: Charge 1t to the
bills. Yet II they hid anything from
her Poppaea sent them a dose Of
poison, and If the merchant did not
take 1t he was just worse than dead.
He died little harder.
Poppaea enjoyed all this limelisht
stuff for q while. But she soon de-
cided that she was tired Of playing In
the bush and would make a stab for
the big league. She might have
rocked along II Octavia had fecog-
nixed her as a SISTER under the skin. u
But Octavia was the daughter of the
ex.Emperor Claudius, and was used
to bullinE the market before she
married Nero. She couldn't see the
Importance Of even real 14-karat gold
hair.
What is more, Nero's mother, Ag-
sripina, didn't like Poppaea and her
easy conscience. They made some
very pointed remarks. and Aggripina
even went so far as to suggest that
Octavia vamp Brittannus. to make
Nero Jealous. Now, Brittannus hao
a very substantial claim to the throne
SO that gave Poppaea good grounds
for getting even.
She went to Nero and told him that
octavia had crush on Brittannus
and that Aggripina was hand and
glove with them on their intent to
usurp the throne. Nero didn't seem
to care SO much till Poppaea told him
that she heard them plotting frst to
have the menu for the banquet that
evening changed. SO that instead oi
serving humming birds tongues they
would serve snake tongues, and
Nsro's beautiful voice would be for
ever lost to the world.
Evening star., 1922-06-18
Poppaea Sabina, the
Roman Record Breakers
BY ANNE JORDAN.

oPPAEA sAB1NA went the per-
- oxide blonds one better. She
had a preparation Of stuff that
glittered like real gold made
in liquid form and had her slaves
comb this into her hair after each
shampoo.
She was noted for her glittering
golden head. Rumors of 1t reached
the palace. where young Nero held
sway and sang his homemade verses
to bored courtiers. who listened and
registered interest on their faces as
the salvation of their necks.. Nero
was bored. His wife Octavia was
constantly nagging him about his
mother. Aggripina, killing Claudius
SO that Nero might reign.
So he dressed himself in his Sunday
go-to-meeting tunic and breezed out
to the homo Of Salvius Ohio, who was
married to Poppaea pro tenn.
Nero took special pains that Otho
was not at home when he made his
call. Ohio was a major in the regu-
lar army. and Poppaea received her
education in vampirish lore through
entertaining scrub lieutenants while
Ohio was safely beyond the walls Of
Rome.
Poppaea had no idea of ever being
queen, but she was quick at mental
arithmetic and open to suggestion.
She won herself a place in the emper-
or's heart by asking him to sing.
When Nero sang this clever woman
jumped from the couch upon which
she was reclining and stormed at him.
"Ah. such a voice, but such meth
| cd Of singing! 1t is horrible to think
they would let you mangle your
lovely voice in such a manner! Who
in the world is your singing teacher?
You should sing 1t this way"
Some men are hard headed enough
to want to do things their way or
the way they have been taught. But
not Nero! He listened to every one
who could teach him anything about
how to sing. He immediately dis
patched messengers to have each OF
his singing teachers strangled. and
Evening star., 1922-06-18

~HE spirit Of worship Is in.
herent in every human soul
1t Is perhaps this spirit which
l. marks our kinship to divinity.
1t is certainly our strongest PROOF that
there is something In Us that 10 I'M
mortal. Through all the ages OF
darkness and human ignorance this
spark within has made itself m; al
fest. Among the widest OF the saw
age tribes, living farthest away from
civilization. the Inspiration to wor-
ship has been found. Civilization
only develops that spark OF the d.
vine within US and trains US to exer-
else 1t in a better direction.
This same spirit makes us con-
soious of our own weakness and 1t
cries out aloud to some great Being,
whoever or whatever that be. Tor
help and direction. Left alone. the
human soul realixes its individual
helplessness. There must be q divin-
ity to whom we can call for aid.
LEW hymns have exercised q more
L widespread influence for good
than Nearer, My God, to Thee" 1t
was written in 1860, and since then 1t
has been sung in all parts OF the
world, by all classes Of people. and
has exerted q feeling OF uplift not
eoualed by any other. Our mothers
sang 1t to US in the days OF child.
hood, we heard 1t in our early years
Of development and there Is hardly
reader of these lines whose life has
not been Influenced for good by this
wonderful song.
The author. Sarah Flower Adams.
was a we'll known English writer
during the early half of the last
century. Her work was popular,
especially her hymns. Of which she
was the author OF many. She was
horn At Great Harlow. Essex, Eng.
land. on February %. 1905. and died
in August, 1S4S. aged only forty-three
years. During that time she accom-.
plished enough to make her name we'll
known al over England. and later.
by her one popular hymn. all over
the world. She married William
Bridges Adams. who was Z noted in
vcntor. She wrote ''vivia Perpetua,
q drama, which was published in
London in 1s41 and was widely read
| Many of her poems were set to music
and became popular during her life.
time and later on.
kA+
lx1ET, out Of all MEs Adams wrote
Evening star., 1922-06-18

toe on his left foot that had to be
treated with peculiar consideration
If a shoe-which. of course. must not
be too .tight-were the least bit too
broad. the toe slipped back under Its
fellows. to be trodden into agony by
Evening star., 1922-06-18

and he had carried her all the way
home-of all the big crises in which
he had SO dearly come to her aid
She wouldn't sacrifice him now for
any one! II father had to be dis
appointed, he had to be: she would
Evening star., 1922-06-18

try to make up to him for 1t by her
companionship.
She dressed hurriedly. There was
only one thing left now for her to
do: she must manage to speak to
Carleton before the major saw him.
to at least fend off the blow OF his
Evening star., 1922-06-18

them at every step. II Carleton had
been out in the rain all the after.
noon in those shoes
Her loving heart swelled with pity
for him. Oh. she couldn't ask him
to take another step! She thought
swiftly OF the time when she had