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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 27, 1921.
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official and visiting wo
..r.c nt the height of this, the
". .eial season the capital has
, .. The ouostion has come
. w'e.i re, so have the
ti:e fc-ur corners of the
e arrived to make My
,i looking a eown as I have
Vice was the one worn by
,r.e: at a dinner this past
,K -efnictl it herself, too. It
i of heavy soft black satin,
ahaost the sheen of chiffon
ie en the gracefully draped
V, ,-ir?. Harding affects, and
'is ei brilliants falling from
mid cauprht at the waist
i.nveled ornament, provided
Culture. The 11 owing? sleeves
,'ton. with lines of brilliants
effect of rain; and there was
vnvel train Moused a bit at
;i;:;. Mrs. Harding had dia
: 'm her hair and wore a hand
e.er.t pendant in addition to
v.-!ct with its diamond slide,
..bvays wears about her
vice, wife of the Vice Presi--.-
that evening a sleeveless
vehire blue velvet, which was
;' ;h in the back and low in
., e;;riiod an ostrich feather
" same shaife of blue. Mrs.
of the Secretary of State,
iec in a black and gold bro-
:ru!'le on rather straight
:-, lone narrow train. Mrs.
r,Vy. wite or uie secretary ot
i: id on a gown of black taf-
str.-,ic:nt panels neavny oeaii-vV.-..
. which hung' from the
,., ;... front and back.
;'ot vmtlak.
u :- : . -i'ly popular at that
,, ;. .ee-.es to be the favoritte
t'ro functions, both afternoon
Next to black, the com-
of ! leek and white seems to be
v-::,-. At a formal dinner the
save recently. Mrs. Harding
-:'re satin, heavy and crepy in
which presented the ultra note
and black estumes. There was
r-c.rapei-y of black tuile with
of :he tulle on the corsage. To
: p'-erer chapter note and the
necessary in evening
worn her hair "up" for many moons
and it is a triumph of the coiffeur's
art. If she wears white apparel, it is a
great contrast to the plain organdy with
white ribbons round the rather high
neck and elbow sleeves of her mother,
tor witarout doubt the gown will be
sleeveless, quite decollette and fashioned
or satin, (.eorgette brocade or any other
rich fabric.
As lovely, b'ut as "grown up" a frock
as I have seen was the one worn by
Miss Alice Mann, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. I. T. Mann, and perhaps the
wealthiest debutante presented this
year when sho made her bow. Mrs.
Mann and Miss Mann went to Paris last
Fall where they stayed a month nd
where they went to purchase Miss
Mann's "trousseau." Her coming out
frock was fashioned of silver cloth in
a new glittering weave. It had a Polly
Vnrden over-dress of turquoise blue
tulle trimmed with quillings of tur
quoise, a narrow band it was, encircled
the hips just below the waist line,
which was very long and pointed back
and front. The bodice was snugly flit
ting. A band of turquoise like that
about the waist, encircled the hair.
worn low on the forehead -with a tassel)
hanging over the left ear. Her silver
slippers had tiny straps fastened with
small diamond clasps and tiny diamond
tassels.
At the reception and dance given this
week by Senator and Mrs. Arthur Cap
per to introduce their niece. Miss Isabel
Crawford, to six or eight hundred im
portant persons of official, diplomatic
and re'sident society, Mrs. Capper wore
a gown of iridescent beads, long panels
forming the back and front and mount
ed over soft white satin, with a broad
band of tea rose pink running around
the skirt below the wraist line. Miss
Crawford wore an exceedingly simple
l-ut becoming and attractive gown, quit'?
classic in outline, fashioned of cream
white chiffon brocaded in velvet. She
wore a string of pearls and a dainty
bandeau ofdiamonds. Mrs. Crawfprd, her
mother, and sister of Mrs. Capper, was
in an exquisite gown of pale orchid, the
beaded tunic falling: in points over an
underdress slightly shirred at thf hem.
J. M. James, representing The Chil
ton Company, of Philadelphia, pub
lishers of several well known trade
journals identified with the motor car
industry, arrived Tuesdayy in Charlotte
on the first lap of a trip which will
enrry him into about 20 states before
his return to headquarters. He re
cently completed a tour of 15 states
in connection with his work of acquir
ing first-hand information relative to
conditions in the automobile and allied
trades and frcm these observations Mr.
James declares the opinion that the
industry is on the upward trend gener
ally throughout the nation.
"After covering almost half the
United States in recent weeks and
making hundreds of personal calls, I
find the clouds of pessimism have
largely been dissipated," said Mr.
James. "A new determination has
been acquired by the trade and every
man in the various organizations evi
dently is looking forward to a very
satisfactory business in the year 1922.
At the same time, every one is
possessed of the realization that these
are tae times when nam worK counts
most, and a will to make business good
will run up a large volume of sales.
Particularly in times such as these
does the trade show an eagerness to
keep their products continually before
the element of the buying public inter
ested in the respective lines, and never
i3 the value of the advertising so
definitely shown as during the days
when business i3 'there but hard to
find," he declared.
SHIMKUS TO MEET
AL WINTERS HERE
MRS. T. W. PRITCHARD
LOSES RESIDENCE
Mrs. Thomas W.
North Pine street,
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The home of
e .?o:i. Mrs. Harding s gown Pritchard, at 409
re 'v enmroiderert m rhme- .. . ,., i.,.
was minus i cimyiei.tiv uccuujru tjy
Monday afternoon in the absence of
the family. Mrs. Pricthard and her
sons were away for the day, spending
Christmas at the home of Mrs. Frank
Herz in Dilworth.
Because there was no one in the
he-use to give the alarm before the
biaze maelo good headway, the fire
was beyond control when discovered.
Neighbors carried out the piano and a
few other things after firemen had
held the nozzle of a hose line on
the house f ov a few
furniture was badly
and water and the
almost a total loss,
was carried, but not
the loss, it is said.
r.
UK-stones caught the tulle!
re. All evening gowns j
;he afternoon ones, at that !
ive some adornments of
Mi? Ansa Mellon, the
-.:hter of the? Secretary!
A. W. Mellon, attended1
u-r at the White Houte
y in a youthful frock of
'.:;h a tight, long waist-'
was sleeveless and cut'
. The skirt, which was
beaded and cut in s-al-,
i ,.::!:. Secretary Mellon
v .r.: his t laughter, because of ;
h to take upon her slight'
r:'". or' the burdens of a Cabi-i
s. v.-hleh are very heavy in-j
she d.e. occasionally take her -J
the chatelaine of the home of i
Scr-tary r-t tne Treasury, as she :
u the White- House dinner.
fusion. Miss Meiion.
moments. Other
damaged by fire
house itself was
Some insurance
enough to cover
Joe Shimkus, popular wrestler who
recently climbed the ladder of public
favor by clean and conscientious wrest
ling, is to match his prowess with Al
Winters, of Hartford, Conn., Thursday
night at the auditorium. It will be a
finish bout, the best two out of three
falls.
Winters is reputed to be one of the
best middle-weight grapplers ' in the
country and is keenly anxious to nip
Shimkus in the bud. He stated that
he had seen Shimkus work on several
occasions and believed that he can mop
up with the premises in a skirmish.
Shimkus is his meat, he declared.
But Shimkus has shown showy shape
in a short time by his ability on the
mat and has won a. large following for
himself. He has licked both Joe Turner
arid Fritz Hanson. In the event that
Winters fails to get the best of Shimkus,
the local mat artist is expected to meet
'"Cyclone" Peters, of Jersey City, who
has been staying in Rock Hill, S. C., for
the past few weeks. Shimkus -and
Peters wrestled to a draw recently, and
a bout between thetwo in Charlotte
would prove exciting, according to those
who saw the previous fray.
TREASURER TO
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VALUE OF PROPERTY
IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY
rhee 1 one of the. four or five
h...-s: n m the country, -wore a
va of silver gray satin, combined
:h a tulle of a shade between fuchia
ar.! wlr.e color. She wears with it a
wna'.l Icndt-au harmonizing with hei -i
p-wn. At a recent tea.. Miss.. Mellon j
V"i- a three-piece suit of tobacco brown.-
fluvt-t; n tiimmed with beaver,', aiid
small hat made of the same material
adorr.ed with a brewn feather.
The debutante of this era bears little
reamb!ance to her mother and grand
wether at their ccminsr out parties. The
dbuta.v. of V'-se I'dnv was robed in
her heir was
s.rr.n.e vhre r-m
coiner, "put-up fr toe first time, as
suited to a maiden "standing with re
hr.ctar.t feet where the brook and river
Ciet." The debutante of today has
Asheville. Tec. 27. Total value of
real and personal properly in Bun
combe county for the present year, ac
cording to reports of the county audi
tor, is $92,5f)0,421. Of this total ne
groes cwn properties amounting to
1.87G,S97.,
-The average prices of town and city
lots in lsuncombe county is $2,259.43
and the average price per acre for
land is $62.15. The total value of real
estate is placed at $64,144,017 and of
personal property at $28,406,404. Rec
ords-at. tne courtnousc snow a eoiue
simly.of 23,2&5 acres of land within the
oounus oi ijuucuiiiue- cuuiiijr.
There are 8,091 polls, . 600 of whom
are colored. Negroes own 2,725 acres
of land valued at $1,770,820.
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"THE raGIIT f.IKL,'
taught public, whose
of a v.iinniro is a lanirun.' ,
",;d i sfiii always accomj.:;-
' u ilussian v. -'h
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tendency
to
v.- i n
hr.
('it
- wall at
eids- Dijvt--v.-re
sh(ick
f-ssrd i .if
strike her
iiny iiaiitiy
provocation,
no consists
s ftainst the
little suppers
inurtmeiit , will
could they see
really is.
i 1 i'K; is the "vamp" in "The
,'.'';' Company. As far as
? ''7 is concerned, she is quite
; hi; expected. Her beauty
.; . v thj dark, sparkling sort that
, wrtra and TheOa Bara axe expected
Cine!
H'.eh
sible
v. ;ih
At
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FLOKENCE TAGE.
Rut right thore all similitude ceases.
; i-'-(th-r languid nor tempera
mental. She doesn't own a wolfhound,
j.jiv oi:)- i- i ' i s , unless the flock of
.I'M.-: on ji'T jarni i-uuiu ii' icuueu
li would bo well nigh impos
to ii:r.ure her striking anybody
anything.
the age of 15 Miss Page played
first stellar role when on short
notice she mastered the star's part and
made an instantaneous nit. bince mat
hour her rise has been continuous and
unfaltering. For a while the screen
claimed her, but the call of the foot
lights, however, made itself heard
above the clamor of the studio, and
Miss Page returned to the "talkies"
or Is It the "singles?" to head the cast
in "The Right Girt, the musfcal come
dy hit that will be at the Auditorium
on Wednesday, December 28.
appropriation contempiateu under tnc
Shepherd-Towner matenity bill, but the
money from the Federal Government is
not yet available and will not be until
the general appropriation bill goes
through Congress. Following the pas
sage of the Shepherd-Towner bill, Dr.
Rankin went to Washington, and found
that the bill merely authorized the ap
propriation for this new work, but the
apropriation would have to be taken
care of in another bill. This will go
through when it is submitted by the
congressional appropriation committee.
Plans for taking care of the work
have already been mapped out by the
Department; of Health. A large sum of
money will come to the State under the
bill without strings of conditions. Ths
remainder will have to be matched by
State appropriation if the Federal
money is made available.
The Xorth Carolina health depart
ment is already spending some money
for this class of work, that of aiding
mothers in the care of thir babies, sup
plying information and bulletins, and
also helping in the regulation of the
work of mid-wives and attendents at
births. The larger wfirk contemplated
I under the Federal bill will be handled
by merely augmenting the force now in
charge of this particular ranch of the
health department. The board of health
transferred some of its appropriations
in order to meet the Federal funds with
out calling on the legislature for more
money.
MRS SEATS RESIGNS.
.Mrs. Caroline Y. Seats, who has been.
placement officer for the Federal Em-,
ployment service in the office of the di-
rector, M. L. Shipman, has tendered her
resignation, and will go to Shreveport,
La., with her husband, who is handling
a publicity campaign for the Presby
terian church in that section of the;
Country. Ir. Seats teok up this work
several weeks ago, but Mrs. Seats re
mained in Raleigh until the Christmas
holidays. Mr. Shipman regards her as
one of the most capable officials in his
employment service, and regrets very
much that she is leaving.
! NO NEW TARIFFS YET.
The Corporation Commission has not
yet received copies of the new freight
rate tarigs which are supposed to be
made effectiv on January, 15, according
to the latest order of the Interstate
Commerce Commision. The traffic de
partment of the commission does not
think there is going to be another post
ponement of the effective date of the
new rates, but is somewhat surprised at
the delay of the railroads in sending
these rates in. Seveal telegrams have
been sent asking that the list of the new
rates be forwarded to the oflce here for
study.
TO WORK CELESTIAL. TRADE.
Capt. A. L.. Fletcher, who investigated
the case in which Fred James, cousin of
Jesse and Frank James, and his wife,
were jailed under a $1600 bond in Con
cord for selling worthless stock, reports
that James had worked out one of the
slickest schemes yet devised for work
ing the b'ue sky game in a virgin field.
Mr. and Mrs. James had sold stock in
their unworked mine to a Chinaman ui
Concord, and had already made tan
agreement with the Chinaman for him
to help them work the Chinese trade in
this country. When arrested they were
petting ready to leave for Florida , where
they intended, with the help of the Con
corn Chinaman, to work the Chinese
trade in the resorts. From there they
were going to Cuba, then work the Gulf
ports, go through the Panama Canal U
the Pacific coast, where they intended
making a thorough campaign among
the Celestials who have settled in the
great cities of that section of the. coun
try. Mrs. James, according to Captain.
Fletcher, seems to be the brains of the
organization. James is president, and
is secretary-treasurer of the mining
company, so that the offices ami officers
of the corporation are immediately es
tablished in any hotel room in which
they hang up th.?ir hats. They issue
stock and give receipts for the money
just as soon as the sales are made,
without having- to send back to the
home office for the stock certificates.
The James have staked out a claim
somewhere in the West, but that makes
up the total assets of the corporation.
No gold'has been mined on this claim.
THE TRUTH ABOUT WILSON.
"President Wilson As I Know Him,"
bv Joseph P. Tumulty, (publisher's
price $5). My price S4.75. J. T. Nors
wortUA'i The Bock Man, Gastonia, ". C.
27-H
$r
The Dress Values in this After-Christmas Event are the more remarkable, because the
Season has practically only just begun. Each garment is an Individual Model from our.
Regular Stock. No two alike.
M
aterials
Canton Crepe
Poiret Twill
Satin
Georgette
Tricotine
olors
Rust
Brown
Yellowstone
Orchid
Flame
Etc.
m,i all
1
ere Are The
Savings
was now
$29.50 ....$ 1967
32.50 21.67
35.00 23.34
39.50 26.34
42.50 28.34
47.50 31.7
49.50 33.00
52.50 35.00
55.00 36.67
59.50 39.67
62.50 41.67
65.00 43.67
67.50 ......... 45.00
69.50 46.31
72.50 48.34
75.00 50.00
79.50 53.00
82.50 55.00
85.00 56.67
87.50 58.34
89.50 59.67
92.50 61.67
95.00 ' 63.33
97.50 65.00
98.50 65.67
100.00 66.67
105.00 70.00
110.00 73.37
115.00 76.67
120.00 80.00
125.00 83.33
127.50 85.00
128.50 85.67
132.50 ' 88.34
135.00 90.00
137.50 91.67
139.50 93.00
142,50 . .95.00
145.00 96.67
147.50 98.34
149.50 99.67
150.00 100.00
152.50 ... 101.67
155.00 103.33
157.50 105.00
158.50 105.67
139.50 106.31
160.00 106.67
162.50 108.37
165.00 110.00
167.50 111.67
168.00 112.00
175.00 116.67
176.50 117.67
178.50 119.00
179.50 119.67
182.50 121.67
185.00 123.33
Dresses
For
Every
ccasion
0
Street
Afternoon
and
Evening
Charmingly
Styled in
Models of
Aristocratic
Exclusiveness
A Wealth of
Fine Trimmings
And Rich
Embroideries
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