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CHARLOTTE . DAILY OBSERVER, JANUARY .7, 190G, ffi, i KINO THf ADVENTURES QF AN ;i V?,' Jt Kl ;te f By," JOHN , KEND , JO. Toe Adventure of , Ir& Shadd's - j v", (' 1 i i ? Musicale.' :,c i ' r f i 7 (Copyright. 1906.1 Jby. .Harper- , Bros, j au rigiua rwerTti, '4 Henrietta was visibly - anrn-y other .morning when I took to her tho , earljhtyjall and,-she discovered that MrV.n Tirlclt Shadd had got ahead , onner, w ui matter of Jockobinski, th : monkey, virtuoso. Society .had been- very much . Interested In the s ' ported frivol In America of this tfon- oercuny tuenta simian T'Wh. could play the .violin' aa well as-Ysay. and '; -who aa a. performer or the plan was v vastly, the superior of FaderewsW, be cause, taken-in his infancy find as ' peclally-trained: for (the purpose,' .h could play with his feet and tall as At - wan as, with bur hands, It had i been 'reported by Tommy Dare', iha leading . Newport authority: on monkeys,', that fl naa neara nim play Braiimi i'vtrt. t Nations on Puganini" with hi paws on i a piano, "Hlwatha" -on a xylophone with his feet, h and '.lHome f Sweet . Home" wl th his tall on a -hart simul taneously.i til .. Parta ' a -year. ago .and . that alongside of Jockobinski all other . musical prodlfjles ot the age became 1 , mere Btrummors. : ' , v ."He's a whole orchestra in'hlmself.' eald ; Tommys enthusiastically, "and Is ins piny, nvinjf creature inax . Know of who can tackle a whole symphony without trie aid of a hired man,' " - Of course eortty was on the qui Vive . for a genius of so riotous ait order as . this, and all the wealthy families of Newport vied With one another for the privilege of bath first to welcome him ' to our shores, not because he war- a ; freak, mind you, but "for art's sweet i sake." Mrs. - Uuahlngton Andrews x Offered "12,600 for him as a week-end 1 .guest,- and 'M Gasher immedlatelY went .her bid 100 per cent better. Hen rlette. In order to outdo every one else. '", promptly put in a bid of $10,000 for a -' elnrto evening an had supposed the ,: bargain doaed'wnen along came Mrs. ' V hadd's' cards announcing that aha . would ,be pleased -to have Mrs. Van Baffles at Onyx House on 'Friday erenlng, August 27, to meet Herr Jockobinski, the -eminent virtuoso. " "It's very annoying," said Henrtotte; aa she opened and read the invitation, '1 bad quite set my heart on having Jockobinski here. Not that I care par -tt ticnlarly -about- -the music end tjf It. 7-naBe assured-aocll position a-be- ing me . nosiess oi an animal or tnis : jtartioular kind. You remember, -.Bunny, how completely Mrs. Shadd wrested : the leadership - from Mrs. Caster wo seasons ago with, her orang tOUtang dinner, don't you?" -1 , confessed to having read some thing about euch an Incident in high ' 'Weli," cald Kfenrlette, "this would Jtave thrown that little episode wholly x. in the shade. Of course Mrs. Bhadd is doing this to' retain her grip, but ; it pritates me more than I can say to nava ner get it juat tne same. Heavens knows I was wilting to pay for It If I c had to abscond 'with a national bank to get the money." It isn't too late. Is It?" I oueried. . "Stnt too late?" echoed Henrietta. "Not too late with Mra Shadd's cards out TSiia tne wnoie tmng puousnea in tha.Aspers?' V "It's never too late for a woman of your;resources to do anything she has ' a. mind to do," said I. "It seems to me that a person who could swipe a Carnegie library the way you did . ahould have little difficulty In lifting ., a m,usicale. Of course, I don't- know bow.-tyou could do It, but with your mipd will, 1 should be surprised and dissappointed if you couldn't devise .:. sosna; plan to accomplish your desires." e ''Hanrletta was silent 'for a moment, - and then her face lit up with one of her;mo8t charming rmlles. 'Bunny, do yoa know that at times, la spite of . your supreme stupidity, 5 v you Are a source of floiitlve insniration V'Vj to me?" she asked, looking at me, . v-.v:, fondly, 1 ventured to think. ' tf vA xrifm glad If it Is so," said I. "Some-v,- '. times, dear Henrlette, you Will find the '! , roost, beautiful flowers growing out of i tbd blackest mud. Perhaps hid In the V1' dull 'residuum of my poor but honest gray matteT ile the seed of genius " that wilt sprout the loveliest flowers "S j; v f achievement.' -, "Well, anyhow, dear, you - have - started ma thinking, and maybe we'll have- Jacoblnski at Bolivar Lodge ' yet,'?! she murmured. "I want to have s 1 him Brat, of course. or not at all.. To be 'second In doing a thing of that :- kind ls worse than never doing It at -'an. Days went by and not another i . . word was apoken on the subject of t'A Jacobinskl and : the musicale, and I beg,n to feel that at last Henrlette had reached the, end of her Ingenuity though for my; Own part I -could not jA ;') Warn her if h failed to find some i ! plausible way out' of her disappoint- ' - snent, Wednesday night came, and i -consumed-, by curiosity to learn just f how the matter tood, I attempted to w-1 sound Henrietta on the subject. 'v- . . T- hnuM Ilk ' Ihrtda v cvenlnir ntf. ' '"Mrsy, Van: Raffles." said t "If you fj,-. are, going to -Mrs. Shadd's musicals T - ., t ..... . ....... p- you win nave nu uw lor inc. ii '- . 'Shut up. Bunny," . she returned. rp abruptly. "I shall need you Friday night mora - than aver before.,- Just taka the notice . over to Mrs. Shadd ;, thi evening and tears It mind you, , . don't wait for an answer but just , .leave It, that 'e'alt." . .A 8ha arose from the table and hand-.;'.!.- d roe a daintily scented missive, adt dressed .to ' Mrs, ' Shadd ' and I ,;v faithfully -executed her errand. Bun " ' , derby, thd Shadd's butler, endeavored ;v to persuade tme to wait for an answer, ) but assuring' him that I wasn't aware " that the answer was expected,. I re : ' turned to .Bolivars Lodge. An i hoyr j, , IsMr Bunderby appeared ' at the back War-' and handed me a note addressed VJt& "iny mistress, which I Immediately k delivered -'k-' V , K' ' v ,s "I Bunderby waiting?" asked, en " jrlettc- as h read 4ha nota . r fc , 'Tree," J anawVred. " J " " ' :tr him to hand this" io Aira Shadd the very- flrat. thing upon her return to-morrow evening, she said, ' putting It In an envelope. Which .by r chance she left unsealed, so that on . ' my way back below Stairs I was able Vi to read it. t What It said waa that she , would be Only . too . happy to 'oblige Mrs.' Shadd arid was very, sorry In- S deed to hear that her son- had - been '. Injured In an automobile ' accident while. running into Boston' from Bar Harbor. It ksed with the line, "you .' -nii5t, Irnnw " Triir.-. Avtkr?. Pfiultnix. tViat ' (here Isn't anything I wouldn't &i for you come weal or come woe." " . This I handed to Bunderby and 'he p made ofl . On my return Henrlette was dressed for travel,!. ' .: -,;!:'!-; "I must take the first train for New . .rTork." she , said, excitedly-' "You will, have th muia mom prepared at once, Bunnj. Mrs. Fhadd's must.-sle -.will -be givn here, i am ; going' my. ! -self ! -otake utl-tlie nectry r i rangements at the New York end. i Or- frri- AMATEUR CRACKBWOfl AN A8 KAKRAT- t bunny, 'lU RICK. BANGS. Ail you have to do .la. to get things ready -and rely on your Ignorance foe everything else, .see 7 , . ?' .could, only reflect that If ;,aew cessful issue were dependent upoyi my Ignorance X had aV plentiful, supply of (t to fall back on.- Henrlette made off at once "for Providence by motorcar, and got"' the midnight train ;eut of Boston for the city where, from whal r ' learned afterward, she must have put in , a strenuous day on, Thursday. At any rate, a great sensation was sprupg- at Newport on Friday morn Ing. - it) very member ; of the smart aat in the ten-o'clock mail received little engraved card stating that ow? ing to sudden illness lit tho Bhadd family?, the fihadd musicule for that evening iw-ould be" held .-at, Bollver Lodge Jnstead of m. ,. the Onyx House ballroom.', Friday "afternoon. Jockob- Inski's private and particular, piano arnvea at tns ; ioaga ana was set up promptly In the muslo-room. Si ftnd later .when the caterers arrived 'with the bupper for the- four , hundred odd guests bidden to the feast all was in readiness for- them. Everything"1 was running amoothiy.-anrt; although Men rlette had not yet arrived. I felt asy and aecnr of-mind until nearlng 6.30 o'clock when Mrs. Bhadd herself drove up to tho front door. Her colon was unusually high, , and ruid she been any but a laty. of .the grande monde should haw said that she was flusi trated.-ri-C1,!. Av 'V ' ;. tv-3t'V"i She 'demanded - rather than asked to ae my . mistress, with a hauteur born , of the' arotltv snow. "Mrs. -Van Raffles went to New York .Wednesday evening," ,said J. "and has not returned, I am expect ing her every minute, madame. ; She must be here for Uie.muslcale, Won't you wait?" "indeed I will," said she, abruptly. The musicale. Indeed! Humph!" And she plumped herself down in one of' the: drawing-room chairs m hard that it waa as much as I could do to keep from showing soma very unbut lenan concern for the safety of the furniture I' must, aay I did not envy Henrlette the meeting that was in prospect, for it' was quite evident tnat Mrs.' Hhadd was mad all through. In spite of cry stupidity I rather thought I could di vine the cause too. She was not kept long In waiting, for ten minutes later the automobile, With Henrlette In It, came thundering up. the drive. I tried as I let per in to give ner a liint oi what awaited- herr-vbut - -' Mrs.- Bhadd forestalled me, only however to be forestalled herself. 'Oh, my dear Pauline!" Henrlette cried, aa she espied her waiting visitor 'It is so. good of 'you to come over. I'm pretty well fagged out with all the arrangements for the night and do hope your sort Is better." My. son Is not 111. Mm. Van Raf- nes," said Mrs. Shadd. coldly, have come to ask you what " "Wot sill?" crted Henrlette. Inter ruptlng her. "Not, 111, Pauline? Why" breathlessly "that the most ex traordinary thing ever heard of, Why , am I giving the musicale to night, then Instead of you?' , "That la ..precisely wiat I have (tome to find out," said MrH. Shadd, "Why well, of all queer things, said Henrlette, flopping- down In a chair. "Surely, . you' got my note say ing that I would -let Jockobinski nlas here to-nlghf instead of" . "I did receive a very peculiar note from you saving" you would gladly do as I wished,", said Mrs. Shadd, begin ning herself to -look . esa angry and more puzzled. ' In reply to your note of Wednes day evening," : said Henrlette. "Cer tainly you wrote td me Wednesday evening?. It" was delivered by your own man. Blun derby I think his name is? About half past seven o'clock it was Wednesday." ' Tes. Blunderby did ; carry a note to you from me on Wednesday," said Mrs. Shadd. "But 'V "And in it ifou said that you were called to Boston by an accident to your son ' Willie in his utomobile; that you might not , be able to get back in time for to-night's affair and wouldn't I take It over," protested Mrs. Van Raffles, vehemently. I, said Mrs,' Shadd. ahowin more surprise than was compatible with her high social position. ; ; f ' ' , And attend to ' all: the details your very words, my dear Pauline.' said Henrlette, with an admirably timed break "nv-har: voice. "And: I did. and I told you I would, I im mediately put on my-traveling gown. motored to Providence had an all night rlda to New York On a very un comfortab: sleeper, went at once to Herr Jockobinski'a agent and arrang ed the change, notified Sherry to send the suppar1 to my houfta Instead of yours, drove tO'TifranyViand had the cards rushed through and mailed to evorybodyr o your llsf-jyou know you kindly ;gaye me your : list when I-first came to Newport and attended to the .whola' thing, and jpow I come back to And 'it all a--er a mistake! Why, i Pauline, tt'a positively awful ! What can we do?";. . " ' ' Henrietta was a perfectr-picture of despair. .J don'ti supposa we can do anything now," said Mrs, Bhadd, rue fully. "It's too late, Thr cards have gone to everybody- ' ; You have all the supper not a sandwich', has come to my houae and I presume all of i?r. jaooblnskl'a Instruments as well have come here.". , t, Henrlette turned to m.: " . "AIL madame." aald I. bMefly. "Well,", aaid Mm. Shadd, tapping tna noor nervously witn, ner toe.s . i don't .understand It, 1 r , never wrote that nota. . ' .' 1 "Oh, but ' Mrs. Shadd rl - have It here." said. Henrlette, opening .her purse and extracting th paper. "You can read it for yourself. What els could I do" after that?'r , '- 1 Innocence on a monument, could nave appeared no freer of guile than Henrietta at that moment: She hand ad the note td' Mrs. Shadd.. who per used -It with growing amasement. . .'"Isn't that your 'handwritingand you crest and your paper1?' asked Henrlette, appeallngly.. . ;i- . "It "certainly looks like it,'" said Mrs.f Bhadd. "If I didn't know J hadn't wHtten it .1 would have sworn I had.-Where could H have coma from?" a.'I ,Ar-' 'V - "I suppose It cam,' from Onyx House " said Henrtetfesimplyt glanc ing at ' the anvelooe. 51 ( ' v , Well lta a Very mysterious x affslK" said Mra ' Shadd. rlsin f'and I onr wellt" my dear woman I I cant blame you Indeed, after: all you have dona I ought to be and - really am very much obliged to you, Onlv " - r, -rwhom did you have at dinner Wed nesdsy night, dear? asked Henrlette. Only the puke r and Duchess .: of Snarleyow anoV-mercyt tv; wonder If ha could have done It!" " t jt.v. "Whor' asked Henrtett. i '' Tommy i Dare!" ejaculated Mra fihadd. her eyes beginning to twinkle. "To you supno thifr ls one' of Tommy uare s jfiicea?" ,. 'H'mf mused Henrlette, and, thca sho laughed. ' "It wouldn't be unlike him, -would It?" . r "Not a bit,; , the ' naughty boy !'' cried Mrs. Bhadd. That's It, . Mrs. Waa Raffles, aa- certasa as wa stand hera Suppose, Just to worry him, we never tot son that anything, out, of the ordi nary naa nappenea, enr ; s . "Splendid!" said Henrlette, with en thuaiasra.v "Let's act as if all turned out Just aa we expected,' and, beat of aU." never even mention. It to him.-- or to Blunderby, his confederate, neither 'ua,sinv;v VtJ ' , r ' -t ' "'Never!" said Mra Shadd, rlalnjr and kisalng', .Henrietta - good-bye, "That's th best way out of It If w did, we'd be the laughing eteck of all Newport. But soma day in the distant future Tommy Dare would better look out. for Pauline Shadd, Mr.,Vi Rat flea" i, t A -And so it waa agreed, and Henrlette successfully landed Mra Shadd's trw tcale hi,' ' i n -n' Incidentally,- Jacoblnski ' wa -."very affable and the function went off well. Everybody Was .there " and no one would for a moment bave thought that there was anything strange in 1 the transfer of the ' scene from Onyx House ' "Who wrote that letter, Henrietta?" I . asked late in the evening: when the last guest had gone. - . "Who no you auppose,. Bunny, my boy?" she, asked-with a grrln. "Bun derby?'' ' . ' ' ("No." aald I. - - ;.' "You've guessed right," said Henri etta. . ' Aa a postscript. let me say that until he reads this I don't believe Tommy Dare aver guessed what a successful Joke he perpetrated upon Mrs. Shadd and the fair Henrlette,. Even then I doubt If he realises what a good one It was on everybody. ' Belles and Beaux of th VI syt'4 wx.H J'jf ' The picture at the top sbowa llttlo SIJss Catherine Solomon, daughter or aunguwt?r jut a. soiomon, oi ctiariotte: ue lower one Master Jeorge aiexanuer Kamaoar, age two years, oi viuna troe. . '-v. tHATERXITY BAXQTJET. : ' ,' ' " t - - - "r Members f Sigma, Alpha Epsllon In Kour Counties Give Banquet and ; Dance to- Lady Friends ' at McColl, ' s. o ' . - S -. ; y ' Correspondenea of The Obtsrver. '.' " " McColl, 8- 3,i, Jan. 2tTh moat tm-J portant social function of the holi day a at ,thia place waa the Sigma Al pha banquet, given-by the fraternity members in ftobesc-n and s Scotland counties, '' North Carolina, ana Marl boro and ' Martorx - counties, ' South Carolina t their lady friends, at Ho tel Klrktand. with the -celebrated "ca terer, Dughl, of Raleigh,, in charge of refreshment. 'music, hy tha Colum bia. P. C, orchestra,., The menu wa interspersed with toasts and jtmprotnp t speeches pf high order. - " i The toast and menu waa aa follower Toastnwuiter, Maxcy LV Johnf "Wei come.".vurs,''-jaaora..-f'wur:.raternity," Frank p t Tatum;. The? Ladles,". J.' B4.-. CMoaon; "Our - Banquet," Hintoo lamea: -"Prospects - and ' Retrospec tions," Maxcy L. John, ' Menu I plne- I apple.- rumed,, grape fruit, blue, points on lemon,; ceiery, rcmes qusii on toast; sliced potatoas.; ffuit punch,- cham pagne wafers tenderiold or beef, green pea fretrch bread chicken - salad, royal dressing, JBaraitog chips,' beaten biscuit, salted almonds, lives, as sorted fruits, fancy cream. cakes, aa orted, cheese, crackers, coffee. - , - The following were ; In attendance; It o'clock and arose at I a. m., after which th dining- row waa cleared and am impromptu dance wat- partici pated in by several: of the guest ; The roiiowinfr were v tnattendanc Mr. . and Mr. MXey L. John, Lati-1 t ----- , v. , . rlnburg; Ln, and . Mrs. J. . C. Moor; i MoColll air.'and Mrs.' M.' W; AdamB, Newtonviiie, s, c,; Mr, J. It, Mc Lean. Maxton, N. . C, 'with . MlaS Margaret Baldwin,' Maxton,:' JV. C. Mr. T. B.- McLaurln. i Benettsville, with Mis Knotty New York city; Mr, James fi. Gibsons Dillon, with -Misa Julia Tatum, MdColl, a.. C; .Mr. T. McL. Breeden, BonnettsvlHe, - with Miss Atlanta Gibson,' MoColl, 8,Ct Mr if Frank B:" fratum. with Mtsa Bes sle Oibnoiv McColl. 8; C: Mr.-Hln- on James,-Laurtngburg-, N. C? with mis rean juorriaon, . jmcuoii, a.j v.; Mr. ' Jackson Bennetleville, 8. C, and Prof.'. Cboka Covington. Bennettsvllie. ' .-, .-I,,- .... . AID SOCIETY ENTERTAINED. A, - ..)' ii . . ' '' Mrs. 3, A. Creen Gives Delightful , Hew Year's Reception at Thomas- TiUev Correspondence of The Observer. 'Thomasville, Jan. 3. The Ladles' Aid Society of the Methodist church waa royally entertained yesterday af ternoon 1 by Mrs, J. A. Green at her beautiful: home on Main street. The paaton'Rev, Rev. T, W. Watts, met with the ladles, anO. after a most In terestlng business session, all were In vited into the spacious dining room. where a scene of beauty met the eye In th' waytof Christmas decorations, the Christmas tree still standing, there were also potted plants and blooming - narcissus. - The table liv Its snowy whiteness glittered with cut glass and silver and waa heavily laden with de licious refreshments, which were' ser ved in four courses. In faultless style, by the beautiful and only daughter .of the home, -Mrs.- Jesse v. Hayden. Those present were: Mrs. J, A Green, Mrs. Jease F. Hayden, Mrs. "R. W. Tbotmas, Miss Oorinna Shelly, Mrs, Future j eon i ur. ana Mrs. u. A, itamsour, Chas. A. Boggs, Mrs. John R. Myers, Mrs,- E: Fife Grimes, Mrs. Quire, Mrs. Tut, Mrs. Arthur Morris, Mra. Frank a. iambeta and Miss Ella jr.Kh. Th ladies all lingered aa long as th day would allow, and - departed with best new year's -wishes for ths charming hostess, and - her daughter and.' th pretty little grand-dauahter. Miss Nellie La Hayden. , ' .. t ..iu.ii.:,ii,u'.ii:ii,i. morning- from a delightful trip to New VATlr; .'MnltlmnM. mntl wm ,hlno.ln.- it, leave to-morrow for Trinity College, where be is a member, ot the senior class. MRS, If, B. DEAN DEAD, Wife of TUcr of Grecboro Epl. ."m SaI1 jlesultlnal From Mrokc of Paralysis, Corrwpondencs of, Ths Observer., ' Greentboro.1 Jan. Mrs.' 1H.; Baldwin t Dean, wife of the rector of St. Barnabas Kplwopal church, died this afternoon at i:& at her horn at J North Rim street. f umn the effecu ot a. stroke of paralyth which the received,, while txwklng break tutt ,,.: Chrbtmaa. moraine. - Aftor . ths shock of tt stroke she seemed to. improve for sevoral dsn. but:, yesterday nornlns she bees ni'--very rounh worts ahd grew rartusiiy weaver until, tne etm name- She ad ' basn nncansciotM since lut nilit. The lftc1 was St years of aire -an A U survived by a husband and two daughten, ir. i A. iximn, pr jnorunsuma, ua., snl Mr. A. B,'- Brown, of Wyneote. I'a.. arltu were at her bed-side when sh breathed hsr lust. Mrs,-' Don n cam hor with her biuband .from- Atlanta,- Ga thrv-e- ysam nr and during tmr residence In tbU rlty bad nindw a large number of friends. -The - ii i frM i wiii rut nsin min niv mnrninv at w u o'clock at the church., ths intermimt bing mud in Ureon iili cemetery, " ; t s'v oughts,Sugg(ed::!)y f : Which Might Have Been Drawn of Corinth Before' ' The'Apostle, Paul Preachefi .There. , WrUtcn for o; to many or us a good novel Is a I real Joy. It relieves us for the time being- from the routine of our dally lives and bears us away fivto other scenes surrounded by an interesting group of people whose words and, ueeue occame or engrossing interest to us. It la charming to see Florence with George Knot, or Old Jerusalem with Lew Wallace: to glide over the canals of Venice and on the - blue Mediterranean with some sifted com panions to whom these lands and eeas are as ' familiar aa la our own dusty highway to ourselves. The Scotch Highlands and the English takes, In twlaohen and the Rhine and even the frozen plains of Russia, are ail next door;- and even our own plains are 1 J""? a"?riV,r w"hen en at lh 8We ' ine v lrgmian." All some of us know of ocean voyage or foreign landscape has been mUned throuah the kindly eves of such commnlonsL There are phases of life, too which though near enough to be part of our own experience 00 far as space is con cerned, are really no nearer our orbit than Neptune is and are about as In accessible. You like to know how other people act and feel. It is a kind of undis covered land full ot interest. Into some of their lives you would not en ter ir you could; into others you could not rf you would, and yet they are all human and closely related to yourself, and consequently their Ideals and their desires concern you. There are novels so distorted, so un wholesome, that they do not fall with in the class of readable matter for any normal mind: and those which are a Joy and a benefit are very unlike some contain great teachings, wnpalat- aoie truth, wrapped up in a fascinat ing love story; some contain pleasant Instruction of such a goodly kind that It. is relished without its trappings., Tne title or the book a ven at the head of this article is a mystery. The reylews have pronounced it a strong, well-written book, the most notable piece of fiction of. the present season and one likely to outlive the year. 80, wwn a ieeiing or security you drop In to-your easy chair and give yourself up to what you Innocently believe to be a. charming glimpse Into llhe lives C iinennement and llnure of the wealthy people of this land. You draw back 41e silken curtains and enter in. TO your untutored mind the region Is nearer purgatory than Klysluim. If this book Is a picture of our high so ciety, God pity us. It might have been, written of Corinth before the Apostle Paul preached there, br of Rome during the reign of Caligula The "Houne of Mirth? From cover to over then-e is not one mirth pro voking scene, not one thing to relax the tension and divert the attention from the stress and strain in which 4b people live. There Is pleasure- seeking', extravagant, reckless, grasp-lngK- gajiptoiK, but no sign that the pursuers ever reach the object of batir search. The book is well writ ten, and m splto of the nauseating morals and puerile occupations of rrost of the persons, commands abten tlon to the close. To one totally un familiar with the phase of life here treated, it Is impossible to say wheth r the -book is intended for a mirror or not. We usually think that the mod ern - novel represent facts in a flcU ttous setting. If this is true in the present Instance, one is strongly re minded of the witch queen, beautiful tof beholders, but as seen by herself In her own mirror a hideous dragon. In spite Of the beauty of the whole sur roundings, . the moral hldeousness and palryness of everything oppresses W are frankly shown that In fine country home wives Invite other wo men, as their guests for the express purpose of entertaining their husbands so. that they may earry on flirtations with other men. and the men on their part are well suited with this arrange ment and proceed to fall In love with other, women and In the same breath propose divorce from tne one and mcuTlage with the other. There are charming divorces (a new word, but. of course, when an article is abund ant, it must have a short name) Knoking and gambling and angling for husbands to pay their debts. Card playing is the air they breathe, and It is done for gain; and guests who are Inclined not to participate are not likely to receive -a second Invitation. Somehcw the author makes It all hideous, and the clgarette-amoklng lady la more disgusting than our more familiar snuff-dlpper with her long mop, repulsive as the latter is. There is nut one scene in in dook which has no false color. It Is the one pear the close where the poor lit tle mother, happy in her clean home, her husband and her baby, comforts her distressed benefactress. , Whether this story Is true to life or not. we know that there are abundant eigne of a general relaxation in what once was considered essential moral ity. There is a disposition to change the old maxim in regard to wisdom and say Instead, wealth 1 the essen tial thing. 'therefore get wealth and It does not matter how you gat It. Crush the weak, grind the lives of children in your great mill, trample upon human rights, kill, destroy, but gobble, always, everywhere gobble again. We eem to forget th band writing on the wall,, and that this world passeth away, and lay up for ourselves treasures that moth and rust can and will corrupt. Society seems more and ''what h baa" more 'based upon rather than upon "what he to," It is all wrong, and we nwd tn hnnresa kt unon ourselves, and by w own staunch belief upon other dwuiit, .inn,-1 si"ii ,..v w..r,vv. not in th abundance ot the things which he boseth; but in th mag nitude of his possession of the In tangible realities honesty, kindness, Integrity, and purtty of life and pur. pose, - It ia an easier thing to get rich. - bH.. n mands of modern Ufi wioi nMUwi tmm which cards ar excluded t regarded ma aa'ht ami Mir women hl.v WMh- end ' skill " theV may for 1B Seitlmt fi Arnos Ii Pri",i.ifl. - .'' TL',-'ATfrS?- . easyana ; uiw iwsx wn y iwr money, ana is m wTomjt wrvu rvi a purely civil standpoints for ther ia no value received in th transaction; wrong " t rom, a moral standpoint, , b. caua -th getting 1 for nothln: de troys th tens of - Justlc and ore ates an unhealthy appetlt for gala at anyj rosL Ml fllla life with. mptlnss and "creates a dlsratlsf action with the great . basUj principles of all normal human life. . Certainly,' th ubiquitous card table can -only b regarded , a a menaca to our social and -.domestic happiness. 1 .,, f , Whatever weakens our horn , 1 let is to b icvlord- Not that :w would a .Hcttirc'ofv High Society v confine our. interests within the- walla of the- horn; not that we should not cultivate social relations and enjoy so are so exorbitant that it requires a fixed purpose to keep 'thing out of the saddle, and If they once get there they do "indeed rid mankind." W need a spirit of Independence that will enable ua to dare to be ourselves and not mere money-firetting, money spending machines. The spirit of gambling is on th increase. One can not be even a oareies observer ana not be aware of the change In that re spect. ' ' . " A few years ago card parties were scarcely heard of in our part of the ctal pleasures; all of these are not only good In themselves, but react for good upon the home. But any social pleasure which weakens our Interest or destroys our pleasure in our' own home life and the performance of duties, ours by the nature ot the case, ts poison. A disregard of the mar riage vow, even to the extent of what ia termed a mild flirtation, is a want of good taste uk well as good morals, and cannot result In any good. "What God hath Joined let no mian put asun der." To say thut God had nothing to do with the mutter does not alter the fact. If a man. ami a woman are mar ried. It Is beeauHe, either In love 1 or rashness, they have accepted God's law thus far. Homes are what make the nation. Our fidelity in the home is an expres sion of our loyalty to the nation. While reaching out for the advance ment in the present, we need to seek the good In tho old ways and adhere to It. We forget that the Ton Com mandments are as full ot force- now a when we believed that they were written in stone with God's finger. He has made them the foundation of all society. When we rush aguliiHt them, we butt our foolish heads against the eternal bulwarks of the Almighty. They are written every day every where; where men obey, in letters of living light; where they disobey, In blood of fire. There never was a time when the world seems to have reached ltd sophomore stage and feels so wise and so sure of its own ability to man age without a God. We are not concerned about the Four Hundred of New York, but we are with our own cities and towna and country home, with the examples that are set before our boys ahd girls, and with the stop they try to catch. We have been free from much which has bound other commonwealths in the paet. May we use wealth as it oomes, and not abuse it or allow its tanker to collect upon our souls; for In reality It collects nowhere else. Money ia a good. Greed Is an evil. "Howe'er it he it seems to me Ti only noble to be good; Kind hearts are more than coronets And simple faith than Norman blood." The narrow way is the way of life as truly as It was when Jesus-eaid so, and the broad road-,.leal where we do not wish to go, even in this world, and away from Him In any world. MARY M. HOBBS. Guilford College, N. C. DIG ENTERPRISE AT WINSTON. King Printing House and Lew Ru dy's OfliVe Consolidated Plant Will be Krilnrjrwl and Electrotype Department Installed. Bpeelal to The Observer. Winston-Salem. Jan. 5 One more Important Industrial enterprise for Winston-Salem, promising employ ment to a large number of people will soon be in operation. An agree ment has Just been signed by which King's Printing House and Lew Rudy's print shop will be consoli dated, to be operated under the nam of King's Printing Company, In corporated. The plant now owned by Mr. W. L. King will b moved to the Caspor building, and In addition to the many thousands of dol'.ars' worth of machinery already owned bjr th corporation, new and late style ma chinery will be purchased, giving Winston-Salem one of the largest and best equipped printing plants In the South. i The new. concern will be Incorpo rated and capitalized at 125,000 paid up, and 150,000 authorised capital. It is understood that Mr. W. L, King will be elected president, with Mr, Jno. L. Casper as vice president and K. C. Edmunds as secretary and treasurer. If the new corporation can secure the full amount of the authorised capital, a well-equipped paper box manufacturing plant will be installed, giving employment to a large number of help. The com pany will furthermore operate an electrotype foundry, with the most 'up-to-date facilities for making all kinds of sketches, cuts, electrotypes and engravings. SEASON AT PINEHURST. Popular Winter Resort l"ast Filling l p With Northern Visitors. ; Corr-spondence of The Observer. ' High Point, Jan. 4 Flnehurst, th great winter resort of the wealthy Tufts, manufacturer of soda foun tains. I fast filling up with Northern people who have com to spend the winter. Most of tba travel is by way of High Point and the trains each day carry a goodly number to this point. PJneliurat la situated in th aand hills or Moore county, A few years ago the Tufts were In that neighborhood and realising what an Weal plao It was for a healthy winter resort, amid th pines and th sand whera th atmos phere was dry and Invigorating, -went to work building hotels and trans forming this barren place into a little city with Its elsctrio light, paved streets, trolley cars, water work and various other improvements found in th most progressive cities. A few years ago th old man Tuft died quit suddenly and th burden of car g tot this magnlflclent vetat . fell -' i j the BhouMers of th young mn Twrt wtio decided at one to continue Plnahurit aa on ofr'th leading winter -resort of th South and h has accomplished his purpose admirably, na more ideal spot being' found on the map.-.. .'- .s . . llemembered Employes, Correspondence of Th'Obsrver. High Point, t Jan, 4. Mr. ' Frd',N. Tata, - ,of the - Cor.thvental Furniture Company, reroembersd hi employe In m substantial way; thl week, by pre renting each. With a substantial cash pris .'wbk'h partly made up for , the time lost last week when the factories were closed down tor ye holidays. Mlsa Ethel 'cketu who has been spending ...th holidays with ,her pa rents, returned. yesterday to the ; Wo man a College, lu Richmond t-resuiuu her studlea. C-V ." - - Wiileta GffaV. :fTlleV(rno.Kctc!fift.ffct. f f fcc:r,:cAi SATISFYING 1 n. first-Cbss Grocers SEE OUR wr OF ; FOUNTAIN PENS: A full assortmentaH sizes and prices. Every one guaranteed. The best made. If you have ever had trouble with a Four tain Pen, give ours a trial, and we are sure you will be satisfied " THE PMIOUIITAIil COMPANY. VICTORIA KEENE'S CEMENT : The best and most econ-;; omical material khown for plastering and imitation til ; work. " 1 T J. C. GRINNAN," 173 Main St., Norfolk, Va FOR sale .:ui;r, Entire Machinery of i First-Class Ja. , t Klnyon Con willow, 18-inch Buffalo . -. fan, 1 SchoMeld box opener. I Schofltld lumper picker, Bra m well feed : .-and a.i Spencer oiler (new). 1 Kltaon card and picker. waste cleaner nw i 1 Kltson, 2-lnclindcr - a-aste opener, (new). Sets D. & K. cards, (4 sleeve bearms). 48x4S-lnch, Bram- ' Barker rubs. 1- First breaker, 48x 48-Inch D. & F. card, Bramweli feed and Tor-.v ranee balling head. 1 4S-inch Grinding ' frame, traversing grinder and slid rest. 1 48-lnch Roy traverstna crlnder; 1 see . Clnmps: 1 larse clofhlna drum with stand. D ft F. mules, 312 spindles, 3-inch gauge. 1 1. a r . mute, spina te, s-incn gauge. 2 Cop wtnders, Laver It Grundy, CO splnd- les eucb 3 Reels, Lindsay, Hyde A Co.. 60 -double spindles each, i D. F. -snoolera : , (new). 4 Tompkins ' winders, U spindle ! each: 1 Ditto, IS spindles each. -1 D. :': F. twister. 2U0 spindles, ZH-nch ring. Mi- , inch gauge. -Sirineh-lift.,-(new)-, -Cm calendar wlndups; 1 McCleary turning '!, machine: 1 Mc-Cleary 2-roll brasher, " roll brusher. 1 Denlnon'a Railway sewing maohlne for napper. 1 No. I Sturtsvant fan, heater and dry pipes. Tompkins cylinders, with center plates, rings and , spreaders, various gauges. UTubbs loop en, vailmw C"se- 4Uulon button sew- lng machines. No. 19, on basei. 1 Whseier , A Wlhon button hole machine. Illnkia special taper; tHIb cutter, t Coiarett " attachments (Cooper) for knitting- frames. -S Tiffany Cooper, 4 section. 20 gauge,, flat machines. 2 Ditto, 18 gauge.' fi see-, tlon. J-30-lnch Circular latch needle ' Huse rib frames. 1 Iron frame neck ' marker. 200 Knitting frame, thread -guides. 100 Quarter Savers, Went worth Dempster. lOo Iron ft Wood pulleys: ' belting, all sixes; Jack spools Tompkins winder bobbins; yard scales; cotton and platform scales; mule bobbin; supplies and repair parts. . .J, 4' , MYERS & COMPAnT. , Norfolk, Va' i' EXECUTOR'S SALE. - i will sell at ths Court House door, ,. In Concord, N. C, on Monday Janu- -ary 8th, 1106,, the following Stocks' and Bonds -belonging to th estate otVk Monro Melchor. vis: , ' 12 Shares, Henrietta Cotton lint Stock. ' It Shares. Cabarrus Cotton Mill ,'' Stock. - . 9 gliares, Cannon Cotton V Mill' Stock. - V" - ! i Shares,; Gibson Cotton - stock. , 1 - v, ; II Bhares. Gibson; Cotton Mill Pre- ferred Stock; 1 ' IS Shares, Patterson Cotton Mill, at China Grove. Stock, 'V ".f 10 8harea,.Keslerf Cotton Mill, at Salisbury, stock. -' ' - . 11 Shares, Wlscaaeet Cotton Mill Stock;' -"l H . ,-' It Shar. Tork rFurnttttr Co, Stock. ' " i 't tvj, It Sharea Yoike Farnitur Co., Profcrred Stock. , - v r , i 13 Shares N. C. Railroad Stock. - II Shares, Commercial-National Bank Stock, H - I - Share, 'First , National Bank. Charlotte, Slock, - t ,,',' -11 Shars.v MerchanU and Farmers , Bank,' Charlotte, stock.- - - , All, tba above 'Stocks ari.10Q.0O . par aha r. - - . I, ' - s. , Two a C.' paelfv' Railroad Bonds t per cent., flu in li $500.00. interest April and October. ' Four N, C. Stat Bonds-r-4 per cent. du ltl0 1100.00 each.' -On N.C. State Bond 4 per cent., du 110 $50.00. . t Two .-Town -of Concord 5 Bon fi per cent., due 1921 -$300.00. 1 :' est January and July, . -Seven A.-T. & O. R. R. r ' ' due In 191 J. i i per cn t.. t Jtch. Interest April ar t r The above reel-- I , sold in th settlon t 1 tion of the e.- s te ( t , deceased. . tale tit i: f ' i Iec. 1 jr. , r
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