VOL X, No. 15.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH NINTH, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
POSED FOR SWEET CHARITY
Pinehurst's Fairest of the Fair in Living
Pictures at The Carolina.
Girls You Know Portrayed hy Vivid
Impersonations of Well Known
Actresses in favorite Holes.
IIURSDAY evening's
living pictures, for the
benefit of the Dickinson
colored school, provided
a delightful evening's
entertainment at T h e
Carolina, filling the music hall to its ex
treme capacity.
The program was announced simply as
"girls you know," impersonations of well
known actresses by twelve young women
representing the fairest of the fair in the
Village, and a series of artistic and
striking reproductions resulted. Of ap
plause there was a continuous round and
encores were the rule. Over two hun
dred dollars was netted as a result of
the entertainment, and its success has
led thus early to a demand for its repeti
tion. THE PROGRAM.
Mrs. Eugene Walker of Richmond,
Ky., in the conventional white gown and
cap, as "Nurse Marjorie," was a refresh
ing and truthful type.
Miss Ethel Barroll of Philadelphia, as
Fritzie Scheff in "Mile. Modiste," was
fascinating in a decollete gowii of black,
with jet trimmings, and black picture
hat.
Miss Pauline Firth of Boston, as Ethel
Barrymore in "Captain Jinks," was
charming in decollete gown of spangled
white, with rosebud trimmings and hair
ornaments.
Miss Elienn Malloy of Stamford, as
Elsie Janis in "The Vanderbilt Cup,"
gowned in a white autoing costume, with
white sailor hat and flowing veil, was
typical of the smart American girl of the
age; a vivid and striking picture.
Mrs. Herbert L. Jillson of Worcester,
as Edna May in "The Belle of New
York," gowned in blue, with white neck
kerchief and poke bonnet, with its dash
of red and flowing tie, was a familiar and
truthful likeness of a pretty "Salvation
Army" girl.
Miss Ada Pollard of Pittsburg, as Maud
Adams in "The Little Minister," in black
skirt, white waist, plaid sash, beads and
hair ornaments, made a dainty gypsey
maiden.
Mrs. Channing M. Wells of South
bridge, was bewitching as Elsa Szamosy
in "Mine. Butterfly," gowned in an ex
quisitely embroidered lavender kimona,
with fan, parasol and hair ornaments.
Miss Lucy K. Priest of Boston, as
Blanche Bates in "The Girl of the Golden
West," gowned in kahki skirt, blouse
waist and with cartridge belt, revolver
and sombrero, was a vivid reproduction
of a now familiar type.
Mrs. Lowell Palmer, Jr., of Brooklyn,
was stunning as Maxine Elliot in "Her
Great Match," in a decollete gypsey cos
tume of beribboned and bespangled
black, with red poppy hair ornaments.
with powdered hair, white picture hat
and gold headed staff.
The closing numbers were six pictures
in which Miss Winants and Miss Malloy,
Mrs. Jillson and Miss Priest, Mrs. Walker
and Miss Barroll, Miss Sousa and Miss
Pollard, Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Wells,
and Miss Spain and Miss Firth posed in
couples.
Details of arrangement were in the
hands of an active committee, including
Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Wells and Miss Bar
roll. Mrs. I. C. Bates Dana of Great
Harrington, assisted in "making-up,"and
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FASCINATING STOUT.
Miss Marjorie Winants of Bayoune, N.
J., as Adele Bitchie in "The Social Whirl,"
dressed in tailor-made riding costume of
black, with bailor hat and crop, was a
striking reproduction of the class of out
door girl Pinehurst sees much of.
Miss Helen Sousa of New York, as
Anna Held in "The Parisian Model,"
gowned in decollete gown of spangled
white, with black picture hat, possessed
all of the chic and dash of the original
model ; one of the most striking like
nesses of the evening.
Miss Olive M. Spain of New York, was
radiant as Lillian Pussell in "Lady
Teazle," gowned in decollete white and
Mr. J. E. Porter of Pittsburg, guarded
the ticket box. The Carolina orchestra
furnished music during the evening, and
a megaphone kept the audience posted as
to what was taking place.
Natives of Maine Iteiinion.
The annual reunion of the present and
former residents of the state of Maine,
now residing or visiting in this vicinity,
will be held at the Baptist Church,
Southern Pines, Tuesday next, March 12,
at 2M0 v. m. An interesting program
has been arranged and all are cordially
invited to attend.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT
Annual D. S. R. A. Tournaments Booked
for Week to Come.
Association Silver and Ilronze Vledals
Offered in Iloth Jlevolver and
Tlstol Cvents.
MONG the good things
in store for devotees of
pistol shooting in the im
mediate future, is the
annual State Champion
ship shoot of the Uuited
States Bevolver Association which will,
as usual, be held here from March 18th to
25th inclusive, for silver and bronze
medals .offered by the National Associa
tion. .
The distance will be twenty yards and
the target the regulation two and three
quarters inch bullseye, fifty shots being
lired in strings of live shots each at ten
different targets. The usual entrance fee
of live dollars for each contestant has
been reduced this season to three dollars
for those who do not care to shoot for
national honors at the same time, and
there will be both pistol and revolver
events. Beentries will not be accepted.
Interest in pistol shooting here has
never been more keen and this year's
State Championship promises to be one
of the. most interesting of an important
series. Entries should be made at once
with Herbert L. Jillson, secretary of the
local pistol club, under whose direction
the North Carolina shoot will be held.
Upon March 25th the annual Club
Championship tournament of the local
club is scheduled and gold medals are
offered for both; men and women. This
event will be fifty shots at lifty yards at
the standard American target.
Cards Announcing- Their Engagement
are Ileing; Jleceived.
Mrs. James Theodore Capel of Pitts
burg, is sending out cards announcing
the engagement of her daughter, Miss
Emilie Eliza, to Mr. Cecil Henry Hames
of London, England.
Mrs. Capel, her daughter and Mr.
Hames were recent sojourners here, form
ing many pleasant acquaintances; in fact,
it was here that the courtship began.
Village Hall, Friday Evening' Next!
'.'Tillpnan of South Carolina'! on Pub
lic tluestious. Tickets at the Ilotel
Deks and lhamiacr.