THE CHA3L0H*. «jsv/S MARCH 20
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Social and Personal
(By ADDIE WILLIAMS CALDWELL)
POOR ME.
done the best I
CARNEGIE LIBRARY.
ty New
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iLKS
-at—
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'lard
ri#>w full pieces
>'-'rinuts.
rIotF, stripes, etc..
ard effects.
.0 cood wparing
' ■Seoos." ‘ Oya-
'• 35c a yard.
■ d in a new frock
. ''up the larce.'st
lU' of Millinery
- ^ore.
i\\^ Hats
r " ni is a most
(lays. It’s a
, in hour in view-
. liOSK at
1 a Pair
(Written l»y Miss Mary Palmer, li
brarian, for The News’ Sunday Social
Hage.)
‘ The true University of these days
is a collection of books.”—Carlyle.
Poor me ! I have
could.
Or think I have done the best—
Which means, that my will to do was
good.
But the deed scarce stands the test,
As only too clearly I now can see—
Poor Me !
Poor Me ! I have g:one about, about,.
And run In a little round.
1 thought I moved in the world with
out.
And I laughed at bar and bound;
I boasted of freedom—who never was
free—
Poor Me I
There were some (I know) who loved
me well
(Oh, they loved wuere 1 least de
served !)
There were some who hated, and
would not tell
Wherefore their wrath I served I
Anionji themselves could neither
airree—
Poor Me !
Poor Me ! And, always, I fondly
deemed.
Spite of each frustrate deed,
.lust one, at the end, would show what
I'd dreamed.
And, after my heart mi,v;ht plead
Hut now 1 know this never will be—
Poor Me !
■—Edith M. Thomas.
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The Early Garden.
There is not a better way to be.2;in
to plan one's garden than to do It on I months later the
paper. Make a scale drawin,e: of yoiir ' society in co-operation with the libr^-
premises—that is. a dia,cram of the brought to the city a large tubercu-
shape of the lot. letting each inch ,• exhibit with lectures during the
represent so many linear feet, in ac-i ^*'d evening. Some twelve or fif-
cordance with the actual dimensions Ueen thousand persons were brought
of the plot. Nexi, draw in the road-, exiiibit in the libarrj building
ways, if there are an\. the ))aihs, and nearly one hundred thousand pieces of
thew alks, marking the location of printed matter was distributed, and
shruhi)eiy and trees. With this sketch people were thoroughly informed
I'efore you. proceed to lay out the '*he whole subject of tuberculosis
ground plan of your garden-to-i)e. i 'n a way that they had never been
Fiemeniber that the flower garden before. After these ideas had been so
should have a position where plenty | widely disseminated in the cointnunity
of sun will leach it both morning and | there was little difficully in getting
afternoon; ihus srok a southern ex-, from the city council money for
Iiosiire if i)ossilile. While a soiuh-. pushing municipal work to care for
eastern slope is an ideal location for and to eliminate this dis-ease.
a vegetable garden, vegetables will | 'I'he Charlotte Carnegie Library
thrive in many places where flowers nii.ght do such work as this if the city
would nor do so well. The soil will, I woiild be more generaous in its policy
to a great extent, dictate the garden s toward this institution. But no tree can
lof'ation with nianv. although the sum-} bear fruit until it has the necessary
mei and fall months can be given over , water and sunshine, and until the peo-
to developing and enriching the soil pie of Charlotte suppl.v an adequate
by fertilizers, where it is less rich amount of water and hu*nshine in the
than it may be in some less suitably ^ t()rm of an increased approi>riation,
located ]>osition. Do not make the mis- (his library can never do the work it
take of plannina: a larger garden than was intended to do. On .lune r)th the
>ou can take cart of. for nothing is library will ask the people to give it
a more dismal sight than that of an tjie proceeds of a special tax of two
o\er-ambitiotis garden that it seem iui- cents on the one hundred dollars of
possiule to live up to.—Harpers Ha- taxable ])roperty. This election will
eilher ojten to the library an opportimi-
i,\ for greatly increased service or
it will condemn if to future stagnation.
the public library is a factor
in civic development has been admitt
ed wherever the library has been well
supported, and has had an opportunity
to set in motion certain movements.
This was clearly proved in the case of
the Public Library of Grand Rapids,
Mich. In March, 1905, the Public Lib
rary in its course of free lectures,
brought Dr. Victor C. Vaughan, dean
of the medical department of the Uni
versity of Michigan, to the city to give
a lecture on tuberculosis. As part of
the advertising of its lectures, the
library always pushes its books on
the subject of the lecture, and for in
formation on the latest books they
wrote to Dr. LivingS’ton F'arrand, then
secretary of the National Society for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis. Dr. Parrand urged that the
occasion shoul be used for the forma
tion of a local society. The library
(lul not feel that.it was its function to
organize a society in this way, but
turned the suggestion over to persons
who were interested an . who used
the lecture at the library as a means
for working up interest in the forma
tion an organization. A society w’as
Shoe Sale
1500 Pair Ladies’ Fine Patent Coit-
Qun Metal and Tan Oxfords
and Pumps.
$2.50 the pair
These Are All New 1911 Styles and
are Special Values—Ask to See
Them—On Sale Now.
THOMPSONS
Foot-Fitter*.
HISTORICAL ♦
♦
[Contributed to the Sunday Social
Page by a man of ’76.]
“Seeing in a recent edition of The
News, in connection with the sale of
the Crowley home on Mint street, a
history of the property and reference
to the meeting there between Vance
and Settle. I sent the following from
•Tom Dixon's “Leopard Spots" which
has the same historic interest.
Vance and Settle went from Char
lotte, (“Independence” in the Leopard
Spost” to “Hambrighf’ (Shelby).
The scene of the following is in
Shelby.”
lie very hefst
^ iiari for $1.00
'lo i? made of
id .-ilk. with dou-
thread garter
ipial to sell at
'ur Corsets
STATE?VILLE VISITOR
GUEST OF HONOR.
.Mrs. ('. \’. Henkle, of Statesville,
wlio is the uuest of .\lrs. William Xis-
.'■.f'!!. of W inston, was graciously com
plimented b\ her hostess several da.N s
ago by a liiidue given in her honor.
In legard to the affair tlie Win.ston
Sen inel sa.' s:
■Mr."". r. V
who is .Mrs. William NissHii’s charm
iir; vi-^itor. v.as i!u^ guest of honor yes i » i
-erday at a thoroughly enjoyable
litidge part>, given l>y her hostess, at
her home on (,'herry street.
■'Five
ranged for bridge, the « il i f
beating the fetching insignia of Sr. j *•'' talked ot. ^ ^
Patrick's Day. The tal)le prizes also , , . ,
were tvpical and daintv, being hand-i week the Library received a
kerchiefs embroidereu in the green «l'U)uient of juvenile books in Chivers’
Shamrock .These were won bv Mes- leinforced binding. They include many
dames William Revnolds. W. C. Brown ' of the most popular boy's books of ad-
R W O'Hanlon, Misses Lora Ferrell, venture with several of Mr. Seton's
ami FianU Hanes. To the honor j animal stories. There are 21 in all.
guest. Mrs. Nissen presented a pretty j but if the demand were supplied there
pair of silk hose. ) would have been many times 21 pur-
• -\tter the games the hostess was j chased. It is hoped that this depart-
assisted in serving the tempting! ment will receive more attention as
salad course by Mrs.’H. Montague and soon as the library is in a position
Miss Blanche Stafford. The favors to give it.
The most popular book in the libra
ry during the )>ast year has- been the
Hosary, and its popularity shows uo
sign of abatement-, while the Mistress
of Shenstone which is in a sense its
i-ecjuel. seems to have an equal share
of attention, ’i'he Broad Highway and
llenklo, or Statesville. Httsband both very new
are gaming in ])oi»ularity steadily.
VN’l'.at Diantha Did is the title of Mrs.
e Perkins Gilman's last book.
This is the first novel from the author
of that well-known Women and Eco-
tables were anractivelv ar-, f'^ated much discuss-ion
score cauls ' when it first came out and is still wide-
were stiggostive little pipes and bits
of shamrock."
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is stated that Mr. Carnegie has
agreed to give $210,000 to I>os Angeles,
Cal., for the erection of six new' branch
library buildings to cost $35,000 each.
Ik « *
A new' book that will be very inter-
A FORMER
RESIDENT
Mrs. A. f.. Tessier. formerly of
(’harlott.e. for ® J esting to teachers and those concern-
Vork. arr ived here this morning and • "
is visiting at the home of Mrs. .1. J
Kzzell. Mrs. Tessier visited Charlotte
last year. ^ ^
MRS. GIBBON
for a WEEK
Mrs. W. M. Kincaid goes to Mrs.
R. L. Gibbon’s today, and ’^iH t)e her
i^'uest for a vieek or so.
on come direct to
»-“rviceB of a pro-
"■arry a complete
I'-ading makes,
pee a special
^ f offering at $1.00
^o;th almost |1.50.
EY’S
Mrs. G. A. Bostian, of China Grove,
who has been under treatmenf at the
C’harlotte Sanatorium was taken home
this morning.
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HOTVlt AFTER
TRIP
Mr. E. D. Latta and daughter, Miss
Acton, have returned from an extend
ed trip. After several weeks In New
York the.v w'ent to Florida, where they
have been for about three w'eeks.
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MISS DeWOODIE
TO GIVE RECITAL
Tonight week Miss Margaret De-
Woodie, one of the Elizabeth College
seniors, is to give an expression re
cital at the College. Miss DeWoodie
is a talented girl—a friend of a,
ented girl. Miss Harriett Orr. Con
genial Intellectually, they are social
chums and “pals.”
CLASS SOCIAL POSTPONED
TILL MARCH 30TH.
The social to b6 given by Mrs,
Oeori« W. Htnna'a Sftbbath school
class, that was to have been held
next Thursday evening, has been
postponed till Thursday evening week.
March 80, at which time !t will be
held at the raanise of the First A, R.
P, church, No, 9 West Third street,
About forty ygunf ladles have been
invited and an attractive program
has’been planned consisting of muslo,
games and the dispensing of refresh
ments,
ed with social reform is Open Air
Crusaders, a report of the Elizabeth
McCormick Open Air School, togeth-
with a general account of open air
school work in Chicago, and a chapter
on fwhool ventilation. It is well worth
reading.
♦
LEFT LAST
NIGHT.
Mr. Girard Wittson. the younger of
Mrs. S. Wittkowsky’s two sons, left
last night on his return to New York.
Mr Wittson was called here by the
death of his father. He will hereafter
divide time between Charlotte and
New York._
ACCIDENT TO
MRS. SHEPPARD.
The many friends of Mrs. J. "W.
Sheppard will regret to' hear that her
visit to her old home In New Jersey
has been marred by an accident
which befell her last week. She had
a fall which dislocated her knee cap.
Mrs. Sheppard will return as soon as
she is able to w’alk,
♦—
TO VISIT
HIS FATHER.
Dr. E. C. Laird, who makes his home
at the Central hotel, was Joined yes
terday by his oldest son, Mr. Chas.
Laird, wJio come In from the South.
Mr. Laird Is a splendid type of fine
Southern manhood. He will be with
his father for a day or so.
Esisy to Take
Easy to operate—is true of Hood’s
PIIJB beitau.se they made from the
chQleest and purest vegetable laxa
tives, No mercury or calomel. They
never grips' nor cause any dlnturb-
ance, Thus they are well liked by
Chapter VIII—Book Two.
“Gaston found the Preacher quietly
smoking, seated on the rustic under a
giant oak that stood in the corner of
the square.
“ITnder this rtee the speaker’s stand
had always been built for joint de
bates in jiolitical campliigns.
“Here, when a boy, he heard the
great debate between Zebulon B.
V'ance and Judge Thomas Settle in
firce campaign which followed the
overthrow of Legree when the Repub
lican party, under the leadership of
Judge Settle made it's desperate ef
fort for life. Settle, who was a man
of masterful personality, eloquent, and
dead earnest in his appeal for a new
South, had made a speech of great
l)o\ver to a crowd that were hostile to
every idea for w-hich he stood; and
yet he dazzled or stunned them into
sullen silence.
And then he recalled with flashes of
memory vivid as lightning, the mira
cle that had followed. He could see
Vance now as he slowly lifted his big
lion-like head, and ialmly looked over
the sea of faces with eagle eyes that
could flash with resistless humor or
blaze with the fury of elemental i)as-
sion. He reviewed the terrible past
in which he had played the tragic role
of their war governor, and tore into
tatters iwth the facts of history the
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'Phones 13 and 260.
Academy Advance Sa>e.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Pennsylvania avenue in the city of
Washington is not the oldest street in
the world-—it merely looks so, says a
writer in a Kansas newspaper. The
avenue is not as old as the Apjiian
Way, for instance, by several years,
but, though young, it has seen a lot of
trouble and carking cares, and has
aged under them before its time. To
say that the avenue looks like 60 only
ex))ress€s half the truth—it looks like
18C0. When the first troops that came
hurrying to Washington to end the
Avar in 90 days marched down Pennsvl-
logic of his opiiont-nt. And then he ■ .
opened his ba teries of wit and ridi-1' l^ked upon he
cle.-wit that cut to the heart's red buildings that stand there today
blood, and vet convulsed the hearerj same pair of blue overalls that
with it's unexpected turn! Ridicule' '"I’"v TV
that withered and scorched what it second-hand clothing store hard by the
touched into ashes! Five thousand waved a welcome to them as
people now in a breathless suspense hey ^'vung gayly o ritheir way to see
as he swung them into heaven on the''';!’al the fuss was all almut down in
wings of deathless words, now scream-j V n'ginia. i he writer has ascertained
ingNvith laughter, and now hushed tl'at the same fresh roasted peanuts
with tears' exposed for sale today any-
“The scene that followed this trl- ''here along the avenue from the tras-
umph: Two stalwart mountain men m-y to the capitol were on the market
snatchel him from the rostrum and j then.
bore him on their shoulders through Nothing’on Pennsylvania avenue
the shouting, weeping crowd! Women ever changes. It is true that back in
])i essed ciose and kissed his hands, ^18cS0 a merchant pained the front of
and the old men reached forward their his store. Feeling ran high against
hands to touch his garments! A! if he him, but he averted trouble by leaving
could inherit the power of this king town. Time has dealt kindly with the
among men! Tonight as Gaston walk-^ building, however, and its shame is
ed under that tree with his heart beat^ hidden now by the passage of .30 ef-
ing with the ecssta:"v of a new-found facing years. The avenu% never men-
soiirce of life, he felt that he could, tions the incident, and has tried to for
do. and that he would do. what the get it by throwing over the building
a mantle of charity and dust.
TTnfortunately they have’paved the
avenue since the war, and thtis rob
bed it of its one time distinction of
being the worst street in the world.
But the old garbed buildings x’emain,
with their iron balconies in front and
their pillared porticos where the one
time inhabitants sat and discussed
Polk’s chances of carrying Pennsyl
vania. Looking at these relics of the
l»ast that time does not seem so very
tar back, especially when Virginia
happens to be driving by with his
horse hitched up to his rattling old
buggy with a rope harness. The
stranger who sees for the first time
the yellow Virginia clay clinging to
the wheels of such a vehicle gains a
new insight into history. That clay is
w'hat the Virginia roads are made of,
and if he never knew before, he un
derstands then why it took the union
army so long to get to Richmond.
master had done before him!'’
Malaria Makrn Pair Sickly Children.
The Old Standard GROVE’S TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC, drives out mala
ria and build.s up the system. For
grown people and children, f.Oc,
Choice Candies
Approval.of the
candies that bear this
name has b?en won by pur
ity—g oodn ess—v a r i e ty.
And this high quality is
assured to you by sealed
boxes and fast express.
Nunnally’s is always fresh. ^
Woodall & Sheppard
The fellow with red hair should have
no hesitancy In telling a girl he would
dye for her.
TO CUBE A COLI> ITV ONE DAY
Take I.iAXATlV'E BROMO Quinine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money if It
1 faUs to cure. E. GPK>VE’S fiig^na*
ture ic on each box. 25c.
BOWEN’S
“IS THE PLACE”
An Attractive Hr^me
This home is on one of Charlotte’s best paved streets with street
car by the door. It has EIGHT rooms, splendidly arranged and
has all the modern improvements. Large lot and on the right
side of the street. No better built house in the city. The price
is attractive.
Let us show it to you.
The McClung RealtyCo.
29 8. Tryon St
'Phone 1254
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