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i 7v : 1 6 JrAdUo 1 r U CHAM IT n tir m si "M"i 16 PAGES JLLJLLJL SECOND PART. LLid V Li U U SECOND PART. THE ONLV EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN CHARLOTTE. VOL. XXXV NO. 6254 CHARLOTTE, N C SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1 906. PRICE: 3 CENTS """f1 : A V:- 3 " VEL ENT . C.'i'yright, 190G.) m 1 MIM I J - i'. J El EDITED MY MADAME MERRI., spiced - peaches, cucumber pickles and candied fruits. Living Pictvres. . , . I Tea will be poured at the table from ho schemes to fill in. part of j an old-fashioned china :tea pot, with a ,, is to have charades or j susar bowl and cream pitcher to On- Hi i' matrh Rnttor will 1, , .i .- "" -. nou :-tts uiiSNK l ann t:,1,Ka !X actou wuuuui a lu. uemg put on Uttle . butter elates, anothar An unusually attractive se- MlOK'-'H iS t-alHnl "Reveries of a Bachelor." Th, ti p.'1. picture shows a man in his in- lii': old-time custom. For dessert there is to be cup-custard., canned cherries un frosted sponge cake and several vari- .. f. .. ti 1-..- I Oil i-F Ill-lie nnVnn Jell in ( ii yiuai mc (.ii. iiiai is pu&- vanes. it.- 11 "0)- Pipe in hand, medi-j A revolving castor,' belonging to the ,,n iiu' past, men a curtain is j "usisss granumotner, win stand in the ,,1 L ino a large, irame anu a center, ui me taDie with a fruit and w-z - i' i appears, a basket of roses flower pieces at either end. A bunch of t..-oI" "His first love" is the ! tation "For the pansies send me back t,i i u the frame. The curtain . falls I a thought' will be at each place, tied tll ri' 1:1 t lie "College Girl-" then the! with la vernier ribbon, the stems wrap- (uliili pav." j or grandmother's heart, will be used, Living pictures may be adopted' with goblets instead of tumblers. The una hook titles, song titles, the teaspoons are to. be in an old-time" re- fl'ri:v ana uioson pictures oner great; "ii"5 owuu uuiuer aii neinuoin m poibiliiifs . and an entire evening's I'ntonair.niont may be evolved from ilu-i.e hin;:: and prizes awarded to the one guessing the most subjects eor Kstly. Seine years ago Mrs. Jarley's wax 'works was a very popular series ul' the so-failed "living pictures," only these iigures were supposed to be of wax ami wore on a more elaborate scale than charades. T - ITT: I norl in tinfoil 1 .1 . r liine. iif.i a 1 uuu;, vviuuw ; f "uiuii tmuniei uiu-Lime cus- attention; and finally the ! torn, irst love" appears in full bridal j The candles are to be brass and nd the title appears "His Wed- j gold-band white china, the pride of the family. eorresDondent asks how table vcr. ami linen should be marked when in: ended for weddins presents. Custom decrees that everything giv en before the marriage ceremony siu uld hear either the full name, mono gram or initials of the bride. On sil ver the ('ate may be added, but it is not necessary. For Elderly Ladies. l'aities for elderly ladies are fash ioiial le this season and one hostess has asked a dozen quests for an after noon, the youngest being 65 years old, ir should I say "young?" Tea is to he served at early candle light,, a heat ed wagonette going for and conveying the guests to their homes. Each one is to bring with her some old time treasure to promote reminiscent con versation. At 5:o0.o'olock "tea" is to be an nounced and the dining-room table is tu fairly groan with good things, jel lied chicken, cold ham, bakingpowder l iscuit. hot and fluffy muffins; hashed brown potatoes, jelly and preserves, St. Patrick's Day Party. A pretty party for the seventeenth of March may be given by having all the decorations green, using cheese cloth of that peculiar green, sacred to St. ' Patrick. Harps, potatoes,' sham rocks and even the Japanese jointed snakes may figure in the decorations. rn i t - ... i i i . - t x ue ii isu mag may ue purciiasea in ii- all sizes and adds much to the attrac tiveness of a room. Cards may be the jimusement, or the effair may be a luncheon at which the following green and white menu be served: Cream of celery soup, sprinkled with chopped parsley, breasts of chicken fried and served' with fluffy mashed po tatoes over which parsley is sprinkled; celery sticks, stuffed with cottage cheese and chopped nuts; creamed cauliflower. The salad is of white grapes, blanched almonds, celery and and apples and the .dessert is the palest green pistachin ice, served in cloven forms. Tiny silk shamrock pins ornament the napkins and candy boxes are the most realistic imitations, of Irish potatoes. Carnations and maid en hair ferns fcrm the center piece with four candles in glass holders and I Play in France. These three amuse jnients may answer her purpose: in tne came called Portrait" one person leaves the room, while the oth ers choose the name of some one they all know. The person on entering the room has to cuess the name selected by asking questions to be answered by "yes" or "no." For instance: "Is it a man?" "No." ' A woman?" "Yes." "Is-she. married?" "No." "Have I seen her to-day?" "Yes." Has she fair hair? "No". Sometimes the company chooses the' one who went outside for the "portrait" and he guessing is more difficult. : The "Falling Soldier" is another di version. The 'whole "company stand in a row like soldiers. s The order is to stretch the riht arm forward, then the left one; second kneel down on one knee only withite arms still out stretched; then push :rour next neigh bor and the whole file will colapse like a house of cards.. The "Single" (the monkey) is a pop ular game among young girls who en joy a hearty laugh upon one of the op posite sex. In fact it is really a prac tical joke. The monkey is the man selected to leave the room. When he returns silence reigns among the whole company; puzzled by the seri ous attitude he naturally asks: What is the matter?" They all repeat in chorus, " What is the matter?" The "monkey" probably says, "I do not un derstand," which is chorused after him. This continues until the monkey sees the joke which of course he ac cepts good naturedly. ' ! : : - : m -'" i - . -. green shades. ... . , Three French Games. Some time ao a correspondent re quested games such as young people A Silver Wedding. For ths invitations with Mr. and Mrs. John E. Beauk. "At Home" on the designated day, with the hour and the date of the original wedding in one corner and the present . date in the other. If expense in no object, the proper thing would be to have the in vitations engraved in silver. . I should not put "no presents" in the cards, but tell a friend or two that you would rather not receive gifts and you may be sure thatv your, wishes in the matter wi.ll become known. . How ever, at such a time, one's friends are usually glad, of the opportunity of shewing their love: and appreciation where a couple have lived long in the community. I On all the' silver dishes you possess , to hold bon bons, salted nuts, etc., . and 'wrap the bon bons in silver paper to ibe obtained at the confectioners; also j pretty silver cord with which to tie sandwiches and tho place cards. Use white bride roses and sprinkle with diamond dust or silvery pow der that I think may be obtained at a druggists. If possible have an original poem read, and therenmay be toasts; also congratulations from friends distant to be read at the table. After the resep- ion, music is enjoyable and you might have a programme ci songs of 25 years, ago. There is not much new in the way of refreshments; for such an af air I should serve chicken salad, nut sandwiches, olives, coffee and choco late with whipped cream; and a fancy cream, if possible in silver wedding bell forms, and. have a "bride" and groom's cake. Over the table suspended a cluster of silver bells, and there might be a large silver sell to stand under while receiving congratulations. Silver paper-will figure in the construction of these bells or thev could be of green, with fringe and clapper of silver. Questions on any subject pertaining to this department will cheerfully be answered. : A reply will be sent by mail if stamped and addressed en velope is enclosed; otherwise answers will appear in this column. Address Madame Merrl. The News Brdes of The White House. Appropos of the wedding of the President's, daughter, it is interesting to recall other affairs of a like charac ter that have taken place in the Exec utive Mansion. One of the leading ar ticles in the March Delineator is "Brides of the. White House," by: Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield. It is illustra: 'ted with-a handsome portrait of Miss Roosevelt never before . published. "Miss Todd, a niece of the lovely Dolly Madison, was the first bride to pro nounce her mows beneath the ancient roof,' writes Mrs. Crowninshield. "She married Congressman Jackson, of Vir ginia! Little is told in history about Miss Todd, but fi she was as charm ing as her distinguished relative, the fascinating Dolly.. Congressman Jack son was a lucky man indeed. One may in fancy see Miss Todd watching from the windows of the old Executive Man sion, which was afterward burned by the British, for tht arrival of her lover: and the lovely Dolly herself, hardly less excited, peering over the shoulder of the girl by her side. Congressman Jackson would presently arrive in one of the old Virginia coaches driven by a -yellow r or black boy, his body-servant sitting with the coachman, anx ious to attend upon his master, in this the most interesting and vital mo ment, of his life. One can fancy Con gressman Jackson approaching in knee-breeches and buckled shoes, ta king his sip of negus- or toddy in the great hall before being ushtred into the presence of his beloved; and from the accounts of theltime one may im agine the brilliant nupital ceremony, which historians say, was atttnded by every one who had any claim to social distinction. ; SCHOOLGIRLS CLUBS', Nature and Literary Cocieties Afford Pleasure to Many Schoolgirls Out of School Hours Clubs for Recrea tion Just as Helpful in Their Line Mrs. Sangster's Correspondence Club Latin Names, Letters and Flowers Appropriate for Club Names. BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. A good way to ma:ce money is not to lose it. , ' , . -' (Copyright,1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.) Your mothers and sisters and all your grown up friends are members of clubs. The lady, who has never be longed to a club, never attended a club function, and never .known anything about the pleasure incidental to study and work in a literary, or social club, is so exceptional that we have to look for her with a microscope. Every town and village has its Mothers' club, or its Four O'clock club, or its Monday Afternoon club, or its club with the name of one of ' the muses, or its as sociation of dames and daughters, so unless the girls have their clubs, too, they will really be rather out of date. You may, if you like, have a club just as the elders have and for much the same purpose. We will suppose that your club has for its object nature sttldy. This particular study has had what we may call a boom of late. The birds, the flowers, the trees, the roks (and stones, and everything that has to do with outdoor life afford interesting subjects for those "who study nature If, in your class . work, you have ta ken up zoology and botany, a club for nature study will help : along by wrv of supplementary information and will be geatly approved by your instructors. You will have certain days for meet ings and certain other days for long and pleasant walks, for visiting nature in her own haunts, watching the birds, the butterflies and the bees, and seek ing the wild flowers where they grow. When you think of it it is a shame that we should live in a beautiful world with so much that is fascinating to en gage our powers, and yet shut our selves un within the . bound3 of four (walls and know so little as we do about nature's wonderful works and ways. Your club may be organized to study English literature. In this case you will meet periodically arrange a course l of reading, and very likely write pa- i pers on topics assigned to ainerent members. I am not sure that you will find it so popular a club as one that !has outdoor life for its motive. Many girls think they have done their whole duty p themselves and each other when their school-work is finished. Yet a literary club would not be a bad idea, and in it there would be room for a good deal of what' might be called side readinsr. Ynnv tnnwierttro rf hnnt-o and authors would be increased in pleasant reading that should be volun tary and not prescribed by professors ana teacners. I do not see myself any objection to school girls forming a club purely for purposes of fun and recreation. You have so much hard work in school and at home that you are entitled very fairly to such amusements as you like and such pleasures as you can take in company with one another. You might have a Saturday Evening club, compos ed of a circle of congenial girls who do not live too far apart from one another to make meetings early on . Saturday evenings practicable. Some times you might assemble at five o'clock and have supper together at six, finish an hour or two afterward with games, music and story-telling. Or you might meet at seven and separate at nine. Have a programme arranged before hand and conclude with refreshments. You might occasionally have a candy pull or make fudge, and once a month your brothers might be admitted to share in the entertainment of the occa sion. On the whole I recommend this idea as worth carrying out provided you can gain the consent and approval of your. mothers and any other powers that be. . A Correspondence Club affords a good deal of suggestion and satisfac tion to its members. I knew such a club some years ago. It was composed of seven girls not one of whom had ev er seen any of the others. They made acquaintance through me because I was then writing some stories for girls which interested each of these widely separated correspondents. One wrote from VBrazil, one from Syria, another from Bombay, still another from Ber lin, and the remaining three from dif ferent parts of the United States. The seven sent me their letters and I for warded them in a sort of Round Rob bin style until everyone had read what the other wrote. You have little idea of the amount of information and of fascinating interest such a clubi can convey. . . . A girl's club does not require much red tape. You will need a treasurer if you have anything for which money will be required. If, for example, your club does any work for the poor or en gages at all in charity, you must have small weekly or monthly dues, and these you should take out of your own personal . allowance, not asking your parents for them. :The treasurer must keep. an exact acount of what she re ceives and what she expends and must from time to time make report to her club. A president and secretary are the only other necessary officers. j As for the club's name1 it may be Mfha'tever you choose. ' A Latin name is often preferred because it sounds learned that everybody is not supposed to know what it means. An alphabetical name is attractive because you do not have toreveal to the outside pub lic what the A. B .C.'s or the X Y. Z.'s stand for. If you choose you may take the name of a flower and be known by that. The pansy, the iris, the migion-, nette, the, cosmos, the violet, are ap propriate 'flowers rfor .the christening of a club. . . When you select a motto let it be something inspiring and brief, some line of poetry or an apt quotation some bit of wisdom from Shakespeare or Emerson, that will be a sort of marching order and help you on in the day's work. Do not belong to a club at all unless you are willing to do your duty as a member. If you undertake any obli gation in this world fulfill it with con science and punctuality. It is a great pity for any of us to grow, up shirking responsibility. We have each a duty to all the others, and how to fulfill this duty is one of the things we learn in club life. We learn, too, to- yield our own wishes and work agreeably and smoothly with other people. No bet ter lesson does a club teach than just this. A White Season. "Despite the free use of vivid colors, these will be in the minoroty, and the coming season will be distinctly and emphatically white. "The high class tailors report that white broadcloth, cerge and flannel, are in unprecedented demand, for sim ple walking costumes as well as for visiting and driving. . They advise their patrons to select only high grade material, because the cheaper varie ties soil very much more readily. "Piques are gqing to be worn, and they will be partcuiiarly smart, for morning frocks, and also for separate coats and wraps. The piques show various styles of cording, from very fine- to very heavy, and their firmness delights the heart of the ladies' tailor. Eyelet embroidery shows to odvantage cn pique, either by itself or in combi nation with mot f s of 'baby' Ir sh lace. Hedebo or Danish cutwork is also used, and promises to be as popular as the Hardanger of recent seasons. "The vogue for white gowns neces sitates a corresponding one for white hats, both in felt and in lingerie. The white felts will be worn late into the advancing Spring. The felt is of the same fine variety introduced, during the . Winter and the trimming shows wreaths of tulle voluminously plaited, and and curling tins that nestle above the ear." Helen Berkeley Loyd in the' Delineator for March. There is a lot more fun in having it if you oughtn't to be. . ii.-"-'' r- Sm n Ci I WILL SHORTLY PLAGE UPON THE MARKET A POLICY which will CREATE A SENS ATK3N. This to any industrial contract ieveir is of its competitors, Policy is Copyrighted; by any company. It will be without question can be issued by ho other company. It will be Fair will place the CONSERVATIVE a long stridl ahead the most popular industrial policy issued. nor i This policy contains LIBERAL LOAN AND SURRENDER VALUES AUTOMATIC EXTENDED INSURANCE, PAID UP INSURANCE, and many other attractive features not found in other industrial contracts. One of the principal beauties of this contract, however, is that it is EASY TO UNDER STAND; therefore EASY TO SELL. 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