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BITS OF LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP BY RICHARD ABERCORX. London, Jan- 20 About two monms hence some of the members of the "smart set 'in New York known as the "Four Hundred," will feel the lash of an Englishwoman who Intends to tell them just what she thinks about them. The- Englishwoman is Lady Auckland, who recently paid a -visit to New York, and was most un favorably impressed both by the so ciety folk and the method of New York newspapers. Lady Auckland ha written a book, entitled "'Six Weeks In New York." which will be published in about eight weeks, and she Is about to visit New York again in the middle of February. Meanwhile she has announced through an Amer ican newspaper that she will visit New York under another name, and will pay $500 to any Journalist in the city who find her. v "I cannot give you any clue as to the means by which I shall elude the New York Journalists." Lady Auck land told me the other day. "That would be a double risk. It might help them, and It might also tempt me to say what I think of their methods. I am sure I could not say anything bad enough about them. "As to my book, it is really a faith ful collection of daily letters written during my stay in New York to a very dear friend, whose name will not. of course, appear. "I have made not only verbal but pencil sketches of al the social celeb rities in New York, and I have not spared them. If the victims do not recognize the caricatures I have made of them they are bound to recognize the word pictures of themselves and j of their friends. There will be no occasion to advertise the boow In New York. The society women will pounce upon It. Some of. the sketches are very clever, but whether the victims will appreciate them. Is another mat ter. There are fat females in absurd Directoire gowns, diminutive society belles overweighted by enormous hats, aggressive-looking millionaires, and some blatant types of the New York "dancing men." Lady Auckland, who is a very hand some woman with artistic tastes, opened not long- ago a furtniture shop In Baker street, but the trials and tribulations of trade were too much for her, and she closed the establish ment. others called at the cottage yesterday and they all expressed their amaze ment. They could not believe, they said, that Mildred Is the same being whom they last sew a few weeks ago. Asked about her. stay in London she said she liked it very much, and her mother added that she told her short ly before she left that she wanted to stay in London. Florrie Hart, a younger sister, stated that Mildred had surprised her by alluding to things which happened years ago. while Mildred apparently took no in- Itgrest in anyrmng. i xook ner 10 Jrhnni whllfl the children were beinsr DUKE ABRUZZI TO QUIT, NAVY He is Seeking to Remove All Obstacles to His Mar riage. ALTHOUGH COMMANDER HE STAID IN TURIN IN SOLITUDE Every Other Member of the Royal Family Has Visited Earthquake District Officers Are Arrested for Asking1 Queen to Intercede" in Be half ofl the Duke; of the Abruzzl. Paris, Jan. 21. The Turin corre spondent of The Petit Parisien says taught to play the violin," said Flor-'j . b . remarked in Italy -that T. 1 ri 6Btiv a Home in Dilw 35 East Trade St. rie. "She seemed as interested in the music as the children were in her." "We seemed to see her changing be fore our very eyes," explained yester day the woman at whose house Mil dred lived in Lambeth. "The dullness and heaviness passed away. We saw her neck growing longer, until It be came of normal proportions. When she arrived in London it was so swol len out that she seemed to have no neck at all. The bulging forehead straightened. The nose took shape. The old skin- which had 'been cold and harsh to the touch peeled away, and a new skin, warm and natural, took its place. Lines began to appear on the hands, which had been smooth the Duke of the Abruzzl is the only member of the royal family who has not visited Sicily and Southern Italy since the earthauake. remaining at Turn in solitude. His. absence from i il. - J la all thA Hit pucllo Ul me uisaaict " stranger because he is a captain of the fleet which had Tendered succor to the injured. When the royal family met to con slder the duke's engagement to Miss Elkins, no decision was reached, iie was asked to wait until he was ap pointed a vice admiral, when a decis ion would be given. That time has Seated before a blazing fire in her father's cottage at Cove, North Da ve n. Mildred Hart, the 23 year old girl who Is only Just beginning to grow up. has been changed by a two month's treatment of thryroid extract from an undeveloped and mentally deficient baby into a practically nor mal young woman. During her treat ment she has been staying in the house of an old family friend In a quiet street in Lambeth. She return ed to Devonshire a few days ago. When Mildred Hart arrived in London she had the, appearance of a child of five. Her eyes were dull and heavy, her expression vacant, her forehead protruded unnaturally, her skin was clammy, her complexion sallow and unhealthy, her vocabulary was limit ed to three or four words and there seems scarcely a glimmering of in telligence. The squire of the village and many like a baby's, and the hair grew rap- 5 now arrived, but an authorization to marry nas not Deen given. Determined to Itesiern. The Duke is therefore determined to resiem. not only from the navy. but from the royal family? renouncing his titles and privileges, thus remov ing' the obstacles to his marriage The King is reported to have refused y,a nsin a. tl on from the navy, but the Duke persists in his determina tion. It is reported that while the Queen was attending the injured aboard the war ship Regina Elena, a depu tation of officers begged her interces sion with the King for assent to the Duke's marriage. The Queen is said to have replied that she could not personally give an opinion on such a delicate matter, but she would gladly convey the offi cers' request to the King. The min ister of marine has since placed these officers under strict arrest. Idly. After the first month her appe tite increased tenfold. Even more wonderful to us who saw these chang es was the difference wnicn tooK place In her mental condition. She became a new girl. Whereas before she had been full, heavy and listless, sitting silfntly In her chair, taking not the slfshtest interest in anything, scarcely recognizing anyone but her mother, she grew bright and merry. She began to talk too, and talk quite fluently. 'How pretty,' she would say when she saw a new "blouse or dress. The only drawback Is that we cannot get her to walk, though even that may come as she gather strength and energy." Before leaving for Devon shire the girl was taken to Charing Cross Hospital, where she was exam ined under the X-rays. Incidents of profound pathos were connected with the funeral to-day of Maggie Massey, the baby girl of a man out of work, who was evidently regarded by the unemployed as a sac riflce to the prevailing distress. Mag gie's parents were discovered by the band of people, who under the name of God's Army, are doing a noble work among the starving denizens of Brimington's courts and alleys. Fa ther. mother and five children were in absolute destitution and three of the children were suffering so severe ly that they were removed to a hos pital, where Maggie, the baby. died. Her'bddy was borne back to the poverty-stricken home in which her lit tle life was spent, and workless men and women assembled at prayers in the squalid yard to-day prior to the funeral. It was a moving requiem. Mr. George DInkley, under whom the relief work of God's army Is yconduct ed. led the service. During eight weeks this organiza tion Vias fed 16,000 of the hungry. It carries relief to points untouched by official and semi-official machinery. Help is now called for to succor chil dren who cannot have the advantage of the free breakfasts at schools. Men Fashion Notes. ;FalrdhIlds Magazine. . Now that so much attention Is de voted to men's Jewelry and to scarf plnj in particular, which seem to be growing larger and more elaborate as the season advances. It is well to re member that the greatest care must be taken in the selection of this par ticular item of vanity, giving thought to the kind of silk in the tie in which It Is Intended to be worn. Of course the color of the stone permitting, al most any kind of a stick pin may be worn in the solid color scarfs of the moment, but when the elaborate bro cades are to be donned for street wear, it is parrfaps advisable to em Relish them merely with plain gold pins, if a pin is worn at all. Figured wall paper "kills pictures and for'that reason, if we have many works of art we refrain from papering our walls wim rig urea paper otherwise one I sees nothing but background when one enters a room. Very much the same thing applies to scarfs and stick pins. The big pins of to-day, In which semi-precious stones figure so largely, look better In plain fabrics. They are lost in the figured patterns, which nearly absorb them. If you do wear a pin in a fancy brocade tie re member the law of contrasts. A gold knot or a plain gold . pin of some more elaborate design may be worn where in some cases a matrix, for in stance, would be out of place. Pearl pins often look well in scarfs of this character, but it is better form to wear precious stones only on formal day occasions. But then the plain scrafs are "de riguer." CLEOPATRA A MYTHp USED AS EXAMPLE Italian Historian Ferrero Says Story Was Crealed to Show Dan ger of Woman's Counsel. Chicago, Jan. 21. Cleopatra, queen SHIPPING OYSTERS TO TEST THEM Dr. Wiley's Department Making In vestigation at New Haven. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 21. Tests have been in progress for a week or mr-& In thl. eitv ViV thfi rtffloe Of Df. hwiley, chief of the Bureau of Chem istry of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, for the purpose of determining what effect the various modes of ehiDoinz have on oysters. The work here Is being carried on by Dr. W. D. Bigelow, chief of the divi sion of foods of the Bureau of Chem istry, assisted by three other Inspec tors, T. E. Raynor, of Boston; j. Duff, of New York, and Dr. G. W Stiles. Jr.. of Washington. Extensive tests are Demg maae or the shipping of oysters under the varying conditions used in the trade. the consignments going to washing ton, where the ywill be thoroughly examined. Local oystermen are awaiting the outcome of the tests with consider able interest. Capital, y. ......v. .r Surplus and Profits . . ..$200,000.00 .$135,000.00 orth With Rent Money " 4 C's. MGGOUNTS INVITED GEO. E. WILSON, President. f JNO. B. ROSS, Vice President. v V W. C. WILKINSON, Cashier. $10 SETTLES BREACH OP PROMISE CASE "You're Not Worth More," Says Girl, as. She Accepts Proposition in Court. Berwick, Pa., Jan. 21.: "You're not worth more than $10 as a husband to any woman," said Miss Lydla Baker, la years old, of Nescopeck, as she accepted $10 offered by John Prosser, of West Berwick, as atonement for His breach of promise to marry her. She had had Prosser arrested and arraigned .before Justice Beslihline. The Justice tried to get Prosser and Miss Baker to settle the affair amica bly, and the terms were soon agreed. Miss Baker signing away her right to runner proceedings against Prosses. Prosser Is 40 years old. President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have been helped by the president of The Indus trial and Orphan's Home at Macon, Ga., who writes: "We have used, Electric Bitters in this institution for nine years. It has proved a most ex cellent medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. We regard, it as one of the best family medicines on earth." It invigorates the vital or gans, purifies the blood, aids digestion, creates appetite. To strengthen and build up thin, pale, weak children or run-down people it has no equal. Best for female complaints. Only 50c at W. L. Hand & Co's. BeaD Estate For ae 1 Vacant Lot, Piedmont Park, Louise Avenue.. .. .. ,....$7oo0o 3 Vacant Lots, North Davidson street, each. !$250 on 1 Vacant Lot, North Davidson street.. .. !$225m 1 Vacant Lot, N. Brevard street, fronting 140 feet on car n'n, 5-Room Cottage, city. water, cabinet mantels, renting for '$1250 per month .. .. .... . . $l,6OM0 J. E. MURPHY & COMPANY 43 NORTH TRTON PHONE 8j Don't Get a Divorce. A Western Judge . granted a di vorce on account of ill-temper and bad breath. Dr. King's New Life Pills would . have prevented it. . They cure, Constipation, causing bad breath and Liver Trouble the Ill-temper, dis pels colds, banish headacheo, con quer chills. 25c at W. L. Hand & Co's. PROTEST AT THE POLLUTION OF LAKE New York Citizens Call at White House to Effect a Reform. Washington, Jan. 21. A delegation of citizens from Niagara Falls, Buf t.t T.rckrinrt- Tonawanda. and of Egypt, through all the centuries I North Tonawanda waited on Presi- since her death, has been an enemy of the political advancement of her sex, according to Prof. Guglielmo Ferrero, the Italian historian, who Is In Chicago to lecture. "The story of Antony and Cleopatra was created and diffused." he says, "not because It was beautiful and ro mantic, but because it served the in terests of Augustus and his political coterie. It was made an anti-feministic legend to emphasize the danger of following the counsel of women in political matters or giving them any share in the government." In reference to woman suffrage the historian said: "I think men govern badly enough. I am opposed to giving the franchise to women. Of course I only speak for Italy, where Iknow the condi tions, not for America. Historically, it Is a fact that the influence of wom en in politics grows in times of peace and diminishes In times of war. Thus It has never made as much headway on the continent of Europe as In more Isolated England. If a period of great war began the whole movement might collapse." Shirts for full evening dress are now being made with plain linen bos om but with the body of the shirt of figured white madras having self pat terns of elaborate character. ASPHALT-MACADAM ROADWAY OF FUTURE dent Roosevelt to-day, accompanied by .Representative Porter, of New York, for the purpose of furthering a movement to prevent the pollution of the waters of Lake Erie and its tributaries by sewage and the refuse from factories. It is asserted that Lake Erie is be coming little better than a cesspool because of the Immense amount of sewage drained into it, and that its waters are untfit to drink. The dele gation constitutes a committee from the Niagara Falls Pure Water Con ference. It is the purpose to inter est the President, Gifford Plnchot, Surgeon General Wyman, and other officials, to arouse public sentiment, and to get the co-operation of such cities as Rochester, Erie, Dunkirk, Toledo, Cleveland and Detroit. W. J. H EL WIG Expert Gun and locksmith. 207 XV. Fourth St. A Poultry Farm with very complefe outfit I for scientific poultry busi- ' ' 1 ness and with new cottage and tenant cottage on. the property. - Will Sell with 10 to 80 acres of land! as may be desired by pur chaser. Location four miles from Charlotte, over good macadam road, and not faf from Chadwick-Hoskins Mill and village. A rare opportunity for some up-to-date chicken fancier. F. C. Abbott & Co. Everything in Real Estate. A BEAUTY ! A BARGAIN! We offer for sale at a bargain the most attractive lot in Elizabeth, has frontage on car line "of 66 feet by 198 feet deep, and a corner lot too well elevated. If you want -something pretty and your money! worth let us show you this lot. r HUIIC JI I w. J. CHAMBERS, Treasnrer Room 305 "Realty Building." Th Point e Turning Tour son and daughter ought each to have A SAVINGS ACCOUNT Better start them at this bank during the holidays. Do you know this may be the very turning point of their lives? One dollar will start the account. Interest four per cent, compounded quarterly. Deposits made any time before 6th January will draw Interest from 1st January. V - Commercial National Bank, Charlotte, N. C. , OFFICERS: R. A. DUNN, President. A. G. BRENIZERCashier. WM. E. HOLT, Vice President. A. T. SUMMBY, Assistant Cashier. Office of the PUBLIC PRINTER IN HOT WATER OVER DISCHARGES He Forty Million Dollars a Year Would Put Highways in Good Shape, Declares Theorist. Washington, Jan. 21. A combina tion asphalt and macadam road is the highway of the future, accord Ing to Amzl I. Barber, of Okron, Ohio, who made an address on the A new greatcoat has two slanting welt breast pockets, closed with a sin gle tmtton. the side Dockets belner nf t the square patch variety, with flaDs. ! subject to-day before the Independ ent Asphalt Association, in annual Some of the new overcoats have the ' ses3lon here- Tne center of Mr. Bar cash Docket on th in.m r I ber's Ideal road Is constructed of as sleeve. Just above the cuff. The cash phal! ?nd broken rock makes a strip pocket on the out-seam of the left J on.el.ther ,1,de- leeve Is an older fashinr, s . ' Automobiles would use the smooth is still In voeue. -A new naddnrV nr. ! central. Path and neither tear it up roar l mrt f tPi 1loe oast, ne saia. but has the new military protector Nconar instead Instead of the step notched variety. An appropriation of J20.000.000 a ;year ror ten years by the government. USUai . Mr- Rurhpr Horlarail ami nn Am.ni - - -t MMV. u ijuai amount contriDuted each by States, fmtYltiA On4 rtftW eVlnn t.A..1J cw pieaiea finiris ror afternoon thA mari nf thA nnrmt , -'" ? farmers many V; ' "c .npes co iimes mat sum. Mr. Barber is in disposed throughout the fabrics in . the asphalt business. tiuuniKs uiai wit? general! eneci is tnat of an all-over pattern. The most elaborate shirts of the mo ment, however, are being made of fine French outing flannel in gold, gray blue and pink effects, and having broad satin stripes about half an inch wide. In sister tones. These shirts are made up with pleated bosoms and are very rich and striking. Empire State Waterways. New York, Jan. 21. Ways- and means for ircnrinv tii. and improvement of the rivers of the 1 bJaPUzed ln a. creek near that place -empire state, are betnv- Hi.i... !" ""u,us- o w., Obi WHEW! BAPTIZED AT SIX ABOVE With Thermometer at 6 Above Zero 25 Dunkards Indulge in Freezing Immersion. Reading. Pa., Jan. 21. Although thlawas the coldest day of the win ter In the vicinity, with the mercury at 6 degrees above zero, 25 new mem bers of the Dunkards' Heidelberg meeting no use, at .tteiasviiie, were convention opened to-day in the rooms of the Manufacturers' Associa tion by the New York State Water ways Conference. Members of Con gress and the state Legislature and other men of prominence are parti cipating in the session, which will be coacludd to-morrow.. The ceremony was Derformed w the Rev. John Heir, of Myerstown, and the Rev. J. W. Schlosser, of Shoe neck, Lancaster county. Prior to the ceremony a sermon was preached by the Revy Rufus Bucher, of Quaker town, f To-day's addition to the church membership was the largest in years. Denies That He Discriminates Washington, Jan. 21. An proar against Public Printer Donnelly is go ing up from certain government printing office quarters because he is charged with discharging a large number of printers because they are non-union men. It is alleged he Is trying to unionize the office. Mr. Donnelly admits he has discharged several men, but says It Is because they are not competent. He asserts he does not know whether the men j discharged are union or non-union. Concerning the report that Donnel ly1 is to be rejected for confirmation 1 by the Senate and that Representa-1 tlve Laridls, of Indiana, is to be ap-! pointed public printer Mr. Landls f said to-day he would not have the place, and that he would return to Indiana at the end of his term. ROOSEVELT RAMBLE GRUMBLERS' LESSON . President to - Walk Fifty Miles as Rebuke to Officers. j Washington, Jan.- 21. Following his horseback ride of ninety-eight miles as an object lesson to armv ! and navy men who ' considered the ; physical tests set for them by the President as too severe, it is asserted I to-day that Mr. Roosevelt will shortly walk fifty miles in one day as a fur- i ther demonstration that the tasks are reasonable. It is asserted that many of the na val officers who have been grumbline aDout tne violence or the prescribed tests iiave since the President's ex ploits decided to do the work assign ed to them without further coin, plaints. Mchanics' Perpetual Building and Loan Association January 16th 1909. To the stockholders, of the 40th series anfl the public in general: Confirming our Christmas announcement that with the pay-, ment of dues, Saturday, the 16 th inst., the 40th series matured, amounting to $83,500.oo which will be paid off the 19th Inst., of which $53,100.00 will be paid In cash to 94 non-borrowing stockholders and $30,400.oo THE, CHARTER" Baseball in "The If it's a Park you want, Golf Links, Tennis Court, Grounds, or a Paradise for Crap Shooters, just nut 'em Charter" it s easy; if a FTeight Bureau, Railroad Passes, Free Ad vertising or Round Trip Tickets to the Moon are craved by the thirsty. Just put 'em "The Charter?' dead easy; If Streets. Side walks, Fire Hydrants, Sewerage, Water Mains, Sanitary Reform or other such rubbish be suggested, mum's the word. Boys, don't breathe some fellow might get 'em in "The Charter" don't need 'em. Got plenty. Cost "mun." "Vot we wants . Is someding to blay mit, dings dat bees pleasant, und vot looks purty and nlse, you know." YOTJ'IiL NEED the new series MUTUAL "BILLYMALONE" to get 'em mit, and yoji'd better take 'em now. She's open and calling. E. L. KEESLER, Sec. & Treas Phone 344 v 25 South Tryon St in the cancellation of 29 mortgages, self on having been the instrument homes. 4 The association felicitates it- in making 29 more happy Now for the 53d Series On Saturday, the 6th day of March, we will have completed the 26th year of our uirprecedented, successful- existence, during wnicn time we nave nanaiea neany 1 1 - $6,000,000. 00 .of -the. people's money, and have made nearly 4,000 loans without the-loss 01 a single cent, vve nave at tnis moment $975 ,000 Assets Dr. S. Adolphus Knopfa famous tuberculosis specialist, of New York. declares that relief from the ravaeres of the "white plague" will come only wnen a concerted campaign is start ed by ail the people. Brave Fire Laddies often receive severe burns, nuttine out nres, men use ucKien's Arnica Salve " and forget them. It soon drives out pain. For Burns, Scalds, Wounds, Cuts and Bruises its earth's greatest healer. Quickly cures Skin Eruptions, Old Sores. Boils,' Ulcers, Felons; best Pile cure made. Relief is instant. . 25c at W. Ii Hand & Co's. and 22,500 shares in force of a par value of $2,500,000.oo The books for subscription to the 53rd series will be opened on February 1st, and the first payment is to be made Saturday March 6th. "Tt-ls our aspiration to have this a 3,000 share series and prospective borrowers must bear In mind that -it is our inflexi ble rule "first come, first served,'. hence the advisability of sub scribing at once and filing your application for a loan. Investors -This, is the safest Investment with largest returns of any sys tem yet devised, netting you 6 1-4 per cent, as against 3 5-6 on mortgage, and 15-6 If deposited at 4 per cent., hence nearly 300 per cent, greater profit. Very respectfully, - S. WITTKOWSKY, Pres. E. E. COCHRANE, Sec. and Treas. BED ROOM FURNITURE In the ; matter of furnishing the bed room we are eminently fitted. Our stock of medium and elaborate Bed Room Suits Is very rtronr in Oak, -Maple, . and Mahogany. t Ttf.dispia?' of Odd Dressers and Chiffoniers is hard to duplicate. Beairtlful Princess Dressers in Oak and Mahogany -as cheap s m ' ..$14.50 Neat 3 -piece Mahogany Suites as low "as '. . . ".. .. I". . .$37.50 W. T. McCoy Co. 1 -1 v
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