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Office Houbs:
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BRADLEY'S DRUC STORE
John H. Vernon
'I Attorney and Counsellor at Law
^ BDftUMGTON. H. C.
Office Rooms 7 & 8, Second Floor
of First National Bank Building
Office PIm^ 317-J.
Retidevt Pk«M, 337*L.
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Dr. J.H. Brooks
SURGEON DENTIST
Foster Building
BURLINGTON, - > - N.
Dr. Waker L Walfcei
Nowhere is the American idea
of directness «iore strongly f^t
than in clothes. Pjiris offers a
wealth ctf ideas and Americai
iselecfs one. After w^s of
hesitation, while the popularity
of one style or another in the
jpriceless collection rec«ved af-
: ter a perilous trip ^ross the At
lantic, quakes in the balance,
*the Americari public., at last,
places emphasis on .one chosen
feature and the coatee dress be
come universal; not a tailored
cr^tion as the name implies,
but a slieer confection of lace,
iwt or batiste, topped wittj a gay
silk or lingerie jacket
So cavaHer have fashions
come, they carry us back to the
CrpmwelUan era. Like spirits
of the old French emipire, society
in lingerie dresses trips across
the velvety lawns or loiters in
old rose gardens. The otSier day,
I chanced upon a party enjoy
ing tea in the far corner of a
green lawn under the shade of
a muiberrj Uee; the bkck wick-
*er furniture, upholstered in
I broad stripes, strewn with apple of ihaterial
I blossoms, was as striking in ef-
jfect as tSie frijcks of the gii-ls
iwore.
while a model of voile and filet off.”
lace has a jadui of black faille.
cut on tb« bolero oidi^. Indeed^ A mtain broker w»t to a
there is no end to the materials, horee dealer and tried to pick
Dolly Varden taffetas, d«p oW- up a general utility nag. He ex
world pink and brillant Wue taf- idained that he wanted a nice,
fetas, failles and moire silks'quiets good looking animal fot-
nmke quaint coatees for crino-jhims^, which could be driven
line fracks and not a few of ^by his wife in a dogcart, and
bolero effects are fashioned of would not on occasion object to
lade or fine embroidery. There being hitched up to a lawn mow-
is also a lace material, lately er.
latmched on the market, for | The dealer listened with rapt
dresses of this type, the texture attention : and finally ask°^ in
like a fine voile embroidered dtiket tones :
with garlands in pastd shades, j “Would you like him to wait
Aside from the fabrics, acces-jat table at all, sir?”
sories are so attractive, flhey ir.
no small m^ure acoount for
tlie success of the lingerie dress.
A man had been haled before
a magistrate for not supporting
for there is many a maiden who 'his wife, or some offense
buys a frock that she may have j “But jet me see,” fihie justice
the girdle that goes witfli it. Al- said: "aren’t you the man who
though, it IS an acknowiedged,was married in a cage Of wild
fact, waists are gradually grow-*jhan eating tigers arid leopards?”
ing smaller, the girdle stiil fol- "Yes, your honor, I’m the
lows straight lines. Loose crush
girdles of taiFeta, moire silk or
primly-flowered belts of narrow
grosgrain are pretty finishes for
filmy frocks.
man, the reply.
“Exciting, wasn’t it?” said the
justiGe.
“Well, yonr honor,” said the
man, “it sesmf^ so then. It
The 'handkerchief bag is an- wouldn’t hi>w.
other fancy, demure as the —^— —
daguerreotype from which it i.s MORE STYLE.
taken. Usually, the bag is made ^
the same .as tne jjej- tiltel hat Joanna tries
dress, cut in a half-«ircle,. shir- Before the mirror, till
red an. inch down from the top]i turn away my weary eye.s,
and hung from the belt with Though I admire her skill.
I A vivacious dark-eyed. Miss,‘cords or ribbon. The hand-bag,
SELLARS PVIUPINC
j who served tea at the glass-top- j too, takes on a new beauty. Soft
(13 p Stairs) jped table, carried off well the gathered models of flowered.
Hours: 5s to 10 a.. 7 to 8 P»M*lstyle of the smart coatee in ;• moire and striped silk, *havi5
Phones; Resi. 421-J.
Dr. G. Eugene Holt
Off 80. ifrock that bespoke the couturi
er Jenny. The bodice of aliower
embroidery, nipped in at the
waist as fashion approve.^, show
ed from beneath the .jaunty
silver tops, that stretch like a
bracelet; white leather bag.s,
flat purses and gold kid skin
cases are Uned with gorgeous
flowered arid striped silks, Ma-
I jacket of dark blue taffeta silk, j dam La Mode, not content \vith
iThe Quakeri.sh collar and cuffs;these features alone, insists that
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
;?r-i'6' h'irfd Xilioiml tl.mk Itsiihliin
Office PIi®B* 30S, Re*. 362-J. , , . . '-iju -ti
N C I organdy made a con-; milady be up to the ears in style
‘ i nec*ting link with the billowint?; this season and introduces the
'folds of organdy, laid in deep'feather and tulle boaas to wear
Burlington,
Dr. L. H. Alien
OPTOMETRIST
jcrosswi.se fold.s paneled with em-{ with the new lingerie dresses,
'broidery and trimmed witJh!
FIRST
iValenciennes lace, which foiTned I rpijg'
fitting Glasses—A SPECIALITY j the skirt. i
OfffM *ver C. F. NEESE’S Store. That she was a devotee to the j -pi^g newspaper
Buriington. N. C. fad of fancy shoes, one couH L^in^ted in the English language
easily guess, for her Pumps two hundred and
were Dhe last word in style; thejt^,^ Chinese
WitKam I. W»rd Ir* C. Mowsr
WARD it MOSER,
Attorncys*»t-Ij|w,
Practice in State and Federal Court's,
(•raham, N. C.
PANAMA-aUFQHNiA EXPOSI
TION
Sun Diego, Cal.
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The Best Rou(6 (o the
WEST aud NORTHWEST.
First Ciaaa and Mixed Car Tickets
Bomeaeekera Farea to Many Points
PULLMAN SLEEPERS
heel, back and vamp was of
{patent leather and the uppers
iof white kid to match the silk
I stockings. Beside the low chair,
I a garden hat car8le.s.sly dropf)ed,
'gli.stened in the sun, for it v/as
l«ne of the new dark blue shiny
I straws.
jwith tulle with pond lilies.be-
! heath and, like all other broad-
|brimmel garden hat.«, it had
black velvet .'Streamers attach
ed to the back.
claim to have issued a daily
Court paper hundreds of years
before this, but if they did it
wa.s not a newspaper in the strict
sense of the word a.s it gave or-
ly court orders, etc, j
The English paper wa. the
The crown was circled Courant, publi.shed in Lon-i
don. There were two columns:
of matter printed on only onej
side of the paper in black letter;
“Over the left!s. the style,”
she pants,
“But tViis looks best on me."
Her right eye’s gone! I seize
the chance
To a.sk; “How can you see?"
Then suddenly she tilts her head
And .smiles. “My neck would
break
At such an agle,” then ] said,
"You’re game—for fashion’s
sake!”
Indeed i .simply must express
Opinions. I’d prefer.
To spare her. Her me, then,
confess
The (h'eadful truth to her!
She waits upon my words and
iseeg
Me fidget in my chair.
“My dear,” 1 stammer by de
grees,
i’eaily di! iv.)L di*re.
Italy is disgustinjr the word
with the spectacle of Jieutrality
until knocked down to the high
est bidder.—Florida Times-Uiii-
on. Yes; arid probably she will
be knocked down by the highest
bidder later.
Senator Helen Robincon of
Colorado, says that her success
is due to ther ability to keep
quiet. Now what woman wants
fame at that price?—^Florida
Times-^Union.
But Mrs. Robin.son was :i
newspaper woman, and there
fore totally unlike all others.
Hie Telephone
(^rator
‘To tell yra what 1 think, am!
yet
1 simply cannot lie;
never thought in you to get
girl with but one eye!
AH Information upon Application
W. C. SAUNDERS.
GenersI Passenjror Agent.
M. F. BRAGG,
Traveling Passer.ger Agent,
ROANOKE, VA.
• I
toi
Imagine her sm-pri .; to re
ceive a very appreciative note in
German from the Captain of the
ship, who thanked her for hei
kind ■word'^ and sent her as a
souvenir the hat-band with
“Nordeutscher Lloyd—^D. Prinz
Eitel Friedrich.” upon it. She,
of course, will carefully guard
such an interesting souvenir
from the now famous ship.
type. A line across the paper t
announced that it was printetl = She .scorn.s to listen to advice,
by “E. Mallett, against the Ditch: And starfc:. to leave in haMte-
‘Wiu might, at !ea.'?t. .say. .'iOni'-
Ihing nice;
Rut, then, you have no taste!"
FIRE-ESCAPES.
■ at Fleet .street." It stated fvn'-,
! ther along that it would carry ‘
I only foreign news, with no com-,
ment whatever. j
The publisher was a sort of
philosoiAier, for in announcing;
that it would carry no com-i The Public Laws of 1909,
ment, he said that he was *'sup- chapter 637, provide for fire-
posing other people to have' e.'icapes in theaters, hotels,
sense enough to make reflec-idormitories, school buildings and
tion.s for themselves.” :other public buildings of more
While it has been two hundred. than two stories in height. The
5’ears since that first daily news- law as to factories where many
paper was started, it was not persons are employed is also e.\-
until long years after the ven-• pli'-'it. Over 900 fire-escape.-^
iture was iaunchcl tliat anything have been installed by order of
'comparable with the modern tho Insurance Department.
! daily paper came into existence. ^
I Now every American city of SW.\IJ.,OWED STICK PIN.
j 3,000 or more has a daily paper, —o—
I with special editions, news of the There was some
ipreceding twenty-four horn's in a West Durham
A man named Riley was par
doned from prison and another
One of the New Lingerie Frock.s
Made With a Dark Blue Silk
Coatee.
So divpthe are the effects gain
ed with these jackets, it is ihard
to believe so many frocks have
the same feature. Here, is a
coatee of robin’s egg blue taffeta,
fitted through the body, hav
ing flaring tails, and “leg o' mut
ton” sleeves set in with narrow
frills revived from Victorian
style.*?. This is worn with a
voluminous skirt of net. There
is a frock of cotton crepe, em-
excitemerit
family last
from all over tTie world reading' evening when it was learned that
matter enough to fill a small ^ the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Will
volume, and all the home news. ■ Ferguson, of Eleventh street,
for the small sum of *011 cents had swallowed a stick pin. Tlie
a week,
isis.
or .sometimes, oniv
Riley was liberated. Who said ,broidered and hemstitched in
there is nothing in a name? 'pink with coatee of pink linen;
QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES.
pin was about two inches i)i
'length and had a glass head. -A
physician was called, but as yet
‘the pin has not been extracted.
—o— I The little child had not suffer-
The dealer in antiquities was ed any serious pain from the
showing an old violin to a pro!>- pin, alttiough a surgical opera-
able buyer. jtion may be nece.ssary. The at-
“Yes,” he..said, “this is of hi.s-; tending physician does not think
lorical interest; that is the|the pin will cause any serious
identical fiddle negro played iharm, unless it pierces the cliild's
while Rome was bunnng.” i intestines.
“Oh, that is a myth”. ! In the meantime the child
The dealer agreed, saying; jseerns us well and happy as it
“Yea, it is; and Myth’s name j was before the pin was swallow-
was on it, but it has got worn sd.
Answer yotif telephone promptly,
otherwise the caUing p^y may tire of
waiting and hang up.
When holding a line never replace
the receiver on the hook, as this will
give the operator the disconnecft signal.
In answering a call do not say
“Hello.” State your number or nam^
as‘^ohn Smith and Com
pany,” or “Mr. Smith’s resi
dence.”
Courtesy over the tele
phone is a wonderful in
centive to good service.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS.
MAY 12 to 19, 1915.
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with final rcturri limit of .May 81st. 1915.
Rates from prineipai pcints as r.'
New Bern ...
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$42 SO
. 42.55
41 2.5
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Raleigh , _
Durham...
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Inclusive
$-11.23
41.2,5
. 41.25
41.00
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Stop overs will he allowed. Chaitanoaga. At
lanta. Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans.
Very cnnvienient schedules offer through
.Vlemphis or New Orleans.
For complete information as to schedules,
puHtnan reservations, etc.
Call on Southern Railway Agent, or write
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