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1 t . :r Is over, 1 -.7 up the ! out ' fur i the' moth else In the native keep you - - f. ct you, r ..would :-,t?.l introspection. . ro dsW -as al . .;J sprlr. A-.n. e. Ov- i away for the sea rtcr Ehoi-s ma.de their ,ou' scarcely could. .pee r th j nursotnaida and t r Cunda dawned i Al In the air that t j speaking tubes to jinitor .to "turn on there, will you?? u think this.' place r?" And. the- ther on falling till at mid was a genuine enow Mlly weather or not, Taster is the time for in the hearts of your our , new and gorge out the churches were soon f millinery and joyous chilly weather or not, - had written what it a been in his notes, and ing to let a little thing my weather rob. him of prepared extemporane s, so after blowing his aiy : and inserting his into the hind pocket, of rer, he annouced , his an:. "On this bright and Caster . ' morning, our uld rise," etc. This may Joke, tout it is exactly the brated New York preach- :aster parade. in the afternoon there il parade. . Fifth avenue sy-third to Forty-second pretty well filled, but the f-s of the annual Fifth "T parade have faded, so .'he real thing among the : now betake themselves city on Easter week-end as not to be forced to i the vulgar pol pollol, ;ite a few people were few hundred thousand re all aW A to get ft line of spring apparel, points noted was the ap- discarding of the JE'rln hlch, encasing the forms longer lithe, blithe peri iuch a feature of the pa ir. If you wear a Prln ,ow, it is a sign you are ions west of Chicago and shingtoiv which Miss El ys she, did not say were Instead of the Princess to be a leaning toward the e. Right here it should at if you say emm.-pyre, i are not In society, v Pro nmpeere. And the more' nee you bring out, in the 1 increase the respect of 1 you. -:; ' ' ;-:- ;ue: lavenuar and light ed to be Csroreid, also ;ht blue. And then there themes or chemes that are variation of red, blue, n and purple as the prin (pron. Tnoteef). In od ewere several exquisite ' Crushed raspberry and m. Burnt orange was lar, some costumes being rv Salmon- pink, pickerel 1 codfish heliotrope were r to hats: ,The construe avored this year seems to ra to it faomewhere In ck, on the sides, no mat t have a flare. And then . ostrich -feather which 'i abaft the main beam gracefully over and under he younger element the w garb is quite the thing, is quite a fad among the New York at present to :ch like Evelyn Thaw as lie idea is to wear a simple t, trimmed with violets, a -down white collar with a I--?; blouse,, short skirt and n of pensive sadness and nation. One can see this :.e street any day. .It J nal aide of the Thaw case he teat extreme. ""; .rpARTPOSB FAD. of the pathetic reslgna! ion of a la Evelyn Thaw, ,lnd the. fact that the bor- , faintly weary pose is la thing In New York now. y comes about aa ; result nt Gibson Girl erase. The s full of musical plays glv- Girl tableaux and Gibson :!onv and Jn consequence :-e ilrt has 'Imbibed the "lospbera.-. ..A' few.- months hietlo typ had .tha ealL fashion to appear healthy r life, tdA talk slatig.. and irh like a boy as possjble, w; has been passed,,cup. i young woman's ambition is to have as little ex the face as poiwlble, and - uny circumstances to an 1 or to manifest interest in It 1 thought to be the i irtirround one's self with :? ; atmoi-plnTe, to tie concerns of ordinary ! H fix one's gaze wearily i notl.ln?-nfcss. Thisf pose evident M the pera; j wcl-eneruted. element, 'rly earned fame for its r end chatter during the , Now the occupants of iU-r' ; or ."golder borse-H -r l::ies or Wilted poples,;- l lies or Wilted poples. ' has been ' followed ' one eees the bored t I f it v a rc:.-.ur.t:c r. A v-: , ; i r I? j'.rsr'y a -a c " v.. j : anJ Its cmr!ypfs ) 'about their duties with no more flavor of romance about them than in any-other commercial cnterprisa. J. n. ; The average newspaper offlce is a most uninteresting place on the whole, despite the general Idea to the con trary. - 1 '; ' However, once in a while a little flavor of romance, a note from the outside world from which newspaper men unconsciously regard themselves Si Things apart, a sign of human feel ing, does creep in. Sometime ago a little- story, written On ,a woman's hand, wandered Info the Sunday of fice of a New York newspaper. The Sunday editor in not a sentimental man and he did not think much ot it, but the assistant looked It over and insisted there was something appeal mg in.lt So the Sunday editor gave orders that it be "edited" and turned In as a "filler." ; And the story ap peared under the head: "The Little Boy Who Was Lonely." Since then the story-has been "clipped" ,by edi tors far and wide. It has been re printed "from the rock-bound coast of wave-washed Maine to the sun- scorched plains "of Arizona." v This was It! ,...".' v. .;',.-.:.-; "The boy eat cuddled so closely to the lady in gray that everybody was sura he belonged to her, so when ne unconsciously dug his muddy shoes Into the broadcloth skirt of his left hand neighbor she leaned over and said: , -,'-' - : ''- " 'Pardon, me, madam, will you kindly make your- little hoy square hhnself around V He Is soiling my skirt with his muddy shoes.? n "The woman in gray blushed a lit tle and nudged the boy away. . "My goodness." she added, "he isn't mine." The bov sauirmed uneasily. He was such a little fellow that he could not beeln to touch his feet to the floor, so he stuck them out straight in front of him, 'like pegs to hang things on, and looked at them depre- catlngly, .',;....-... I'm sorry," he whispered to the woman in gray. "I hope it will brush off." ' " -1 ' " The timidity of his voice took a short cut to the woman's heart and she smiled upon him kindly. Are you going up town alone?" she asked. -:) "Yes, ma'am." he said. M'l always go alone. Father is dead and mother is dead. I live with Aunt Clara in Brooklyn, but she says Aunt Anna ought to help to do something, : to twice a week she sends me to stay with Aunt Anna. I am going there now." ; r-.V: 'v - "Poor dear," said the woman, with sob. "You are a very little by to be knocked about in this way." "Oh. I don't mind," he said. .' "But I get lonesome sometimes, and when see anybody that I think I wotiia like to belong to . I scrpoge up close to her so I can make her believe that am really her little boy. That's how I got her drcs dirty."" ' The woman in gray put her -arms around the stray chap and f'scrooged" hlm; so close that it hurt him, and then' every other woman who had overheard this artless " confidence statrted to mother him." Finally, several months afterward, a letter Inclosing the clipping, arrived in the Sunday office, which read as follows: "Dear Sir If the Inclosed was ; a real happening and not e mere news paper story, gotten up to fill space, will you be kind enough to find the reporter who wrote It and ask him If there is any possible way of finding the Identity of the little boy? Re porters are better than detectives at ferreting out things, and if it is a true story the reporter who wrote it can locate the boy. There would be no doubt about his ability to do so If he scented 'copy ahead: therefore I, hope he will employ that same vigil ance In a cause fully as worthy. , "I want that little boy, , I am alone In the world and hungry for some thing to love. A child that needs love like that should never go hungry for It when there are women with empty hearts. From the article the aunt seem to consider him ft burden. Will you help me find him? . If so, refer ences later. "Meantime,' as I don't want annoy lng publicity, you may address me simply, -i . ri rrif r- : t: 1 all vir.,- for v ho h r J. .'.:sSttr.i V&':.1 Ci Z t.f t:. ? IU of a Lt,!y-l,.ve v, l.o h?.s e' depth of a wire clothes form r the Intellect of its plaster head? But the fad for Shaw finally cran ed, end Ibsen rel?ns in his BteaJ. The young person who enters nn ele vated train and Bits down behind a copy of Ibsen's plays 13 now a com paratively common sight. The Ibsen fad came in with the advent of Mrae. Nasinm'e, the Russian actress who knew not a word of English a year ego. She has appearel in A vou s House" and "Hedda Gabler." and her Impersonations have been hailed with loud acclaim. The critics are divided on the question as to whether she is a great actress or' not, but she is cer tainly a marvellous one, that is, re garded from the lay or "lowbrow" point of view. Most of our leading ladles play Ibsen apparently with only a . vague idea what it is all about, but Mme. Ifasimova makes it , clear enough, v In "Hedda Gal ber" she is Hedda Gabler; in "A Doll's House" she is Nora Halmer; not Mmo Nasi mova4 impersonating i two different people.; She maJces you feel that In the latter play she la simply a young girl, gay, laughter-loving, careless, and full of high spirit. ;As Hedda she is deep, silent, faslnatlng. subt ly mysterious another person entire- It is Interesting- to note the class of people who attend Ibsen's plays. In the (majority of cases, they are placid, comfortable looking people, as their placid, comfortable faces denote. They are probably without a serious trouble in the world. Therefore they enjoy all the more tho troubles of oth er people as seen on the stage. Ibsen audiences are composed, of course, mostly of women. As for the Pore, ! Tired Business Man, when he goes to the theatre, he . hunts up a show where there are plenty of girls in the chorus, a comedian with green whisk-, era, and a short-skirted soubrette who trips down to the footlights and sings, "Won't You Fondle Me?" or something like that. " , HENRY JAMES' VIEWS. ' IIemrjfr , ', tames, vtha. ftiovellat whk) writes largely of psychological situ ations and who Is accused of cover ing his thoughts with so many words than no one can tell what he is trying to say, has visited the United States after several years residence in Lon? don, and has re-dlscovered America. Incidentally, while here, he discovered that there was a South. He writes of his impressions in his new hook: "The American Scene." The English ipapers seem to think his chapters on Richmond and Charleston are the most wonderful In the book. An ex tract is as follows: t- "The - place - was weak 'adorably weak; that was the word which the whole impression flowered, that was the Idea, evidently that all the" res of the way as well would be most brought home. ; "I can .doubtless; not sufficiently tell why, bulj - there - was something in my whole scene of the South that projected ; at . moments ; a vivid and ipalnful Jmage thai of a figure some how blighted and stricken, dlscom fortable, Impossibly seated in an in valid chair, and yet fixing one with strange eyes that were half a defiance and half a deprecation of one's notic ing, and much more of one's referring to, any abnormal signs.' The depre cation .In the Southern eyes, is much greater to-day, I think, than the old lurid challenge; but, my haunting similitude was an image of the keep-Ing-up of appearances, and above all of the maintenance, of a tone, the historic 'high' tone, in an excruciating posture." XT 0T. "N. T." Now, anyone who knows New York newspaper reporters knows that one of them could never have written that story. However, even the sympathies "of the unsentimental Sunday editor 'were aroused. ' The name end address of the woman who sent In the story was looked up and a reporter was put on her trail. lie found her. She read the letter with keen interest, but confessed that the. incident, as he had written of It, occurred several years ago on a Broadway car, and though she was - one of the . women who "mothered" the small chap, she knew no way by which ho could be traced And so hopes were temporarily , dash d Meanwhile, the paper is. making every effort to learn the identity of the small passenger, and it may yet be able to give The Little Boy Who Was Lonely to The Woman Who Wants Him. . GOTHAM'S "MORALITY." -This 1h a town of fads. There are fads- of the emotions, like the Teddy bar craze, and then' there are fads of the lntllect. Lat year the Intel Irtctual'fad was George Bernard Shaw, His play, "Mrs. Warren's Profession" started; It This is the play that was condemned as "immoral" by the po lice and denounced by the clergy as unfit . or presentation.' The result was, that tickets for it sold as high as $20. v Two of the women who appear ed iw the play, women of standing and refinement, were arrested and haaled to a police court The fact lsvthat thla play replied by Its own lines and characters,-as waajhown by Its utter failure when produced again ELABOlLTE PREPAIUTIOXS. n HiAiil ' its mi rrr ft n LUk.. otre. in the "cafe,:. M Z..1:" ,?VJ1 Y. I i-treet car. ! The next ".LI 7. J"??' f .T..r. halted ::wlth: Inter- ' ' e are on the ub- Innuence . was pronounced 'vicious' and "corrupting," when right now Anna Held is running a show pn Broadway that for a suggetivenes -but I will continue no further, elce tl.e. next batch of -Southern . L;i en The - American Library Association ....Which Meet May 23 in Annual Convention Will be Royally Ehtcr tamed Appointment of Commit "tecs. ' i:;;;";-i;Av . Special to The Observer. Ashevirie, April, 6, -At a meeting' of the AsheviUe Library Association yes terday afternoon, called by Judge J. C. Prltchard. president of the asso ciation, the first steps were taken look ing to the entertainment of the. Amer ican Library Association which comes here in annual convention May 23. Meeting with the Library Association were President Geo. S. Powell and1 Secretary W. F. Randolph, of the board of trade, end District Passenger Agent James II. Wood, of the South ern Railway. The mcetlr.g : of the American Library Association here next month will be one ot the most 1f not the most Important gatherings in Ashevllle this year, It is expected that there will be an attendance of fully 600 delegates and Ashevllle will provide entertainment for both the national body and the State Library Association, which meets here at the same time. At the meeting yesterday a letter was read from Miss Annie Robs Smith, of Charlotte, president of the State Association, and Secretary Wilson, of Chapel Hill, relative to the approaching convention. After discuss ing at some length the coming of the librarians; presidents Fritcnara : apr pointed the following committees: Hotel accommodations, W. F. Ran dolph and J. H. Hood; resorts and ex cursions, J, H. Wood, Miss Annie Wil liams, Miss Grace Jones, S. P. Raven el. W. B. Williamson and W. F. Ran dolph; reception, George 8. . Powell and R. P. Haves. . . Thero will alo bo a general com mlttee on 1 reception, composed of many people of prominence from va rlous parts of the country, as well as from Ashevllle. MIa Smith, of Char lotte, has named as members of this rETTER. SALT RHEUM AND ECZffi- J : ',.rs- MA. These ere diseases for which Chamber' Iain's Salvs is specially valuable. .- It quickly allayi the Itclilng and smartlnt and soon enects a cure, trice, so coma for m hr It. II Jordan A Co. GO TO THE .MEET' ME AT THIS "TT . ft: i . Cf I . 1 W.: :; I :.!, I'.- . . ; - rt r. - -., ;. -y c; Co-. rc--,; J.....1 .v ;.:::' rrs, rcl; Li: rr-ry cf I v York; V.llllaia How ard I-rett, cT Clevel ind; Anderson n, IIoi 'ilns, C. : - -;ie Library, Fittsburg; Iho:.ias Lyrr'., Montgomery Stats Li trary, Harr! Fa.; II. C. Well- man, city 111. -ary, 'Springfield, 'Mass; iienry F. L- '. r. of Madison, Wis.; F, P. lilll, Publics Library, Brooklyn; Misa M. E. Ahren. of Chica?o; Allss Alice Tyler, cf the Iowa Library Com mission, Des Iloinea: William Har den. Public Library, Savannah; M1S9 wary t xsom. cf Portlana, vre. From Asheville there were named Miss Annie '.C.. Williams,.-Miss Grance McHenry Jones, W. F. Randolph, Mrs. Roaers Grant Mrs. J. C. Prltchard. Mrs. A. C. Bartlett. Mrs, S. P. Rave- nei, Airs. George S. Poweu, Jwr . Davidson. Haywood -Parker. - Additional members to committees will be named later, and excursions and entertainments will be planned.' TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. Standard Oil Company to Erect Gas oline Tank Street to do laed Three Candidates for Mayor. . Special , to The Observer. ,') wnon. Anrii ' At a meeting Of the board of aldermen held last nighf permission was grantea ne omuuca Oil Company to erect a gasoline tank on its lot in the southern section of the city. The board also ordered that a six-inch water main be placed on Whitehead avenue.; This street Is -to be macadamized in the near future. A committee was appointed to pur chase summer uniforms for the po lice and new rates for electric power weie adopted, effective May 1, when a continuous night and day cur rent will be provided. A speoial meet- m 111 Y Chuin'l fn I iB-aml has been for 20 ears. The Na- tional J-w now requ"tint u ny poisons enter Into a courh mixture, it For this reason mothers, jind others, should insist on having Dr. Snoop's Shoop's labels-ani none in the medicine, else IV niuav vt - nug It's not only safe, but it is said to be by-those that know it best a truly, re markable cough remedy. Take no chance pa rticuiarly with your children. InslBt on having Dr. Shoopi Cough package with others and tee. No poison i. tKftrs f Ynii tn n BlwflVt K am the safe side by demanding Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. Simply refuse to accept t)v other.1 Sold by Burwell-Dunn Re tail Store. U3' f . A J A- X 1-- - . 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There never was a time when public opinion was so outspoken in regard to trust made goods The confidence of the people has been shaken Buy Bailey Bros tobaccos It is the kind that you don't find fault with BAupy, brothers; (Incorpotatsd) ' i Winston-Salem, N. C J- DNo better tobtooo made than those tnagufae tursd by BAILEY fiKOS, NOT IN A TRUST. Presbyterian Qollege for Women CHARLOTTE, . C. . A - ' ; . Eecond, term begins January 10, 1 807.- Bpocial rates tor oay pupna. "Tor Catalogue; address -: TtKV. J. n. P.RrDRE S. D. C- rresldent. : v L WYM - kilo TEL CUARIi OTTK. Ht. O. , "nOTEI ASTOIl OP TTIE SOUTH." , . Most luxurious and up-to-date American plan hotel in the Southern . States. - . Telephones and running water in rooms. Seventy bath , rooms. Superb cuisine. American Plan. lutes $2.60 and upwards,. Under management Piedmont Hotel. Atlanta, Ga. ' . ., ' HAnVET- A WOOD, Hotel . Bellevue, Boston. Masa Managing Directors. EMTRfiL , HOTEL On Independence Square Charlotte, N. C. TJNDEH KEW AXD LIBEHAIi ' BLlXACESrCNT. - ro?? srrnaAL ii rArorARTi;ni. - i Two field superintendents and fi solicitors for the State Life Irisu ance Gompany in the Carolina Salary and pommissionr Can all use a iew youn , men at ow i $50 per month. r , r j r, r ("ly, Amfrlran "-r' 's pncnl to D, SAM COX, Mgr. of Agf L arid E Bank BIdg, Columbias S, t FIRE INSURANCE "i THE FOLLOWING -COMPANIES REPRESENTED AND kVSVA VI , . TECTION GUARANTEED: - i AETNA HARTFORD P HOENIX NORTH CtlHTTSH PHENXX NORTHERN. 1 PIEDMONT A; 1 . iT" - a.,. . . t -A"- 'Ri E, Cochrane, a' 1' ;'i Insurance and Real EsUte Agent. Ak , , TIIECI1ML0 TTE 8 UPPLVt' AQffiNTi FOH v ' a n American All Wrought Steel Spill Pulleys and "Giant" Siltchej Rnbt l... . , Belting. ' W carry in stock Tale and Town Hoists up to six tens capacity al, foil Una of Packing. Pipe, YaJves and Mill SuppllM. ' i . v . . :ji The American Machine ti (Viianufacturin Co. StJCCESSORS TO THE MACIirVERY AND CONTRAOTTNO PAH j A OF THE BUSINESS OF THE D. A. TOMPKINS CO. f : All the machine building and contracting anil pair work heretofore done by the D. Tompkir. . Co. will be continued by .the new company whic' takes this over. .-. .'.V The new company takes over the Dilworth shoj and real estate and the shops will .be at once c larged. Additional capital will be put into V tl business and it is expected to materially increa: the iacilities; of the business. We solicit" orders for the machinery we ..man1 facture and for repairs. - ' . , , . . The American actJiiRS, : : v Charlotta, II. 0. . ' v FLOWERS FOR EZlpTUfl In placing your Easter order, bear us In mind. Did yo some of our fancy Roses. Carnations, Easter L'llles, Vloleti, of the Valley or Sweat Peas last Easter T If . you didn't, don'i to this year.AA"'' '-A'A '' AAAA.'A A' :'' A:.'- ;. ' ';':'- '"A- They f re. better than ever, t.i a v.o tee to If that your ( rropprlr ' i that every dstti has been properly takf " ' - tt f - '' S ' "'I t"?l rrotectlon.
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