SHOW MANY CHANGE?
COMINQ SEASON'S . STYLES AR.
TO BE "DIFFERENT."
Seeme Sure That the Straight Girdle
la to Return Empire Lin for
Evening Frock High Collar
la Not Coming Back.
The sketches that hare' been sent
orer from Parte aa forerunners of the
spring and summer styles show a
narked tendency to straight girdles
aassed around the figure directly at
the line where the old waist need to
be before we allowed the natural
largeness of the figure to hare lta
fullest development there. These belts
could not be worn with the frock, or
skirt and separate blouse that ahows
a small decrease of aize between the
bust and the hipa.
White or light muslin frocks hare
a belt of three-Inch black velvet rib
bon which la a decided return to the
daya when small waists were in
fashion. The Empire line is also ac
centuated in evening frocks and short
Jackets, but one does not yet see It
on day frocks; the Individualist may
try it out, but the average dressmak
er is content to work out the return
to the normal - waist which la no
slight problem In itself.
You may think that the problem
ef the women who must get a, small
waist la the more difficult one, as
fesh has a way of remaining where
ft has gained a strong hold, but,
after all, the corsetlere faces the
worst of the work. Unless she
knows how to skillfully handle the
shaping of a corset and can contrive
to give it a flexible appearance at
the normal waist line, the work of
the dressmaker Is in vain and the
task of the woman who wants a
small waist Is almost impossible.
Again has a body blow been dealt
the woman who Is stout. The large
waist line was her hope to be fash
ionable, and If it be taken away, what
will she do to be rightly dressed?
There is little insistence upon the
fashion for the high collar. Some of
the best-dressed women are returning
to the rolling low one, and in Paris
they are wearing a collar that is high
at the back and cut away in front.
Tea Gown of Yellow Chiffon and Sli
ver Lace, With Girdle of Purple
Satin.
There is no return to the shape that
shows the entire back of the neck,
but evidently women have thrust
aside the enveloping band under the
chin. That dire promise of an In
creased double chin worked wonders
in gaining a refusal for an uncomfor
table fashion.
New blouses have height at the
back of the neck always, but they
roll down to the bust in the accept
ed way of last summer. The straight
surplice is also accepted with its out
line of white silk net or fine muslin.
There Is little disposition on the
part of any of the new collars to lift
at the side. They press flatly to the
sides of the blouse, or are placed be
neath the fabric, showing as a soften
ing piping.
(Copyright, 1915, by the McClure Newspa
paper Syndicate.)
Voluminous Veils.
One of the new veils, of the volum
inous sort, has a small embroidered
flower in bright color placed so that
It will come over one cheek. Another
big veil is unusually voluminous and
Is a big, Irregular circle, with a cir
cumference qf almost three yards. It
is tnrown over me nai so mar, me ten
ter of the veil and the center of the
hat crown toincide and the wide edgea
hang unevenly down over the arms
and back and chest This sort of veil,
la edged with two narrow, bias iolda
of silk of a contrasting shade white
on black, black on trown,
Puffed 8leeves.
Llttlo puffed sleevea of the old Em
pire type appear on lots of the new
vwlng gowns.
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GENERALLY A POOR EXCUSE
Person Who Says "! Havent Time"
Most Frequently Means "I Haven't
Managed Well."
Lack of time, wisely declares Anne
Rlttenhouse,' Is usually lack of, organ-
izatlon wblch'is borne out by the tact
that the busiest men and women who
have accomplished much in their lives
are those to whom we turn when we
want' something quickly done, and we
are not kept waiting. That is an ex
perience 80 common to all of us that
it does not need enlarging. We often
ask ourselves why this is so, and if
we would only search deep enough
we would find the answer in the pow
er of organization and elimination
possesesd by those persons.
A woman will tell you with an ex
travagant loss of nervous vitality, how
much she has done, how it keeps her
from getting her, -costume finished or
an important book read, or notes writ
ten, or 'friends attended to. or the
newspapers glanced over; and, while
she is telling you how little time she
has because she is so rushed she is
using up Valuable' momenta in which
much could be accomplished; also tir
ing her thinking and vocal faculties
and rasping her nervea.
If she would give over the half
hours a day that she expends in say
ing how much she haa to do in act
ually doing the things she hasn't the
time to do she would be astonished
and delighted at her achievements
and freer from nervous excitement
than she haa ever been.
Talking takes It out of one, and a
constant repetition of how much one
has to do and how difficult it is to find
time for the right things or the artis
tic finish of any occupation only in
creases the burden of those things,
and, worse still, accentuates them to
such a degree that they grow out of
all proportion to their value.
A strong application of Christian
Science right here, in its doctrine that
brain pictures become actualities if
one indulges in them and that we
create trouble for ourselves by talk
ing of it all the time, would save
nervous strain in a remarkable way
and make the wheels of life run far
more smoothly.
Great Discovery, That.
Doctors in New York city, within
the last few weeks have found the use
of ether extremely beneficial in re
storing memories of patients suffering
from amnesia. It is hardly probable
that the physicians themselves real
ize the wonderful possibilities of the
field which they have opened up.
Since the anesthetic can work such
a miracle in restoring memories, it is
natural to suppose in the near future
the method will become a common
practice. Wives married to stay-dut-all-night
husbands should order a bot
tle Immediately. Then when he
comes wandering home in the wee
hours of the morning, they can meet
them in the hall as usual. "Where
were you?" they ask In soft tones, tak
ing a firm hold on the poker with one
hand and a hidden bottle of ether with
the other. After he has laboriously
described the agony of the sick friend
he was sitting up with they may i
clap the bottle under his nose and
his memory will return. No more
will you be reluctant to lend to your
acquaintances. Time makes no dif
ference. Fifteen years later when
you discover the side street the bor
rower had been taking to avoid you,
you can Just shove that handy little
ether phial under his nostrils. Yes,
hell simply have to remember the
circumstances and refund the loan
with interest. No doubt about it,
ether is a great discovery.
What the Housekeeper Thought.
Few well-known people have done
more for the cause of temperance than
Lady Henry Somerset, and recently
she made an eloquent plea for clubs
for women as a means of combating
the drink evil.
Lady Henry, for all her seriousness,
is very fond of a joke, and the story
goes that many years ago she and a
lady friend played a capital one on the
servants of her ladyship's country
mansion.
They both dressed up as French
tourists, Lady Henry wearing a thick
veil, and were shown round the place
by the housekeeper.
Lady Henry signed her name in the
visitors' book as "Duchesse de Mont
morencL" Later on, the unsuspecting
housekeeper, who evidently did not
think that the "French" ladies had
been sufficiently lavish in their praise
of the bouse, told Lady Henry that
"that Duchesse "de Montmorencl is a
disagreeable person ! "Pearson's.
Not So Very Cheap.
The man who wishes to economize
was advised by a friend to go to n.
certain restaurant.
"Mighty cheap," said the friend So
the would-be boarder went there.
Next day he met that friend. ,
"Pretty cheap place, eh?" said the
latter.
"Not on your life!"
"What do you mean? Can you get
as good soup elsewhere as you can
there for the price?''
"Certainly not."
"And did you ever get such roast
beef at another place for what you
paid at this one?"
T never did."
"Well, then, what under the sun are
you kicking about? Why do you say
the place isn't cheap?"
' "Because." said the man who want
ed to save, with the emphasis of a
German siege gun, "whlje I was eat
ing, somebody stole my bat and over
coatf
REALLY SMART DRESS,
OF BLUE SERGE, WITH ALL -THE
LATEST EFFECT8.
Slashes In Blouse and Sleeve Are a
Feature Curving Yoke of Shir
ring Over the Hips and
Back of Skirt.
It Is of blue serge, this very smart
dress of the sketch, and we are sure
'you will fall nnder the spell of its
personality." A touch of braid trim-
ming, a novel flaring girdle, corded
edges, and last but not least those
fascinating slashes in sleeves and
'blouse; we doubt if you will have had
anything you liked as well.
I The blouse here is a simple affair,
with its rounded neck finished with
a large turned-back collar of white
taffeta, finely tucked around the
edges The slashes at either side of
the waist show taffeta corded edges,
(Opening over white batiste, net, or
'crepe puffings. The same Is used to
fill in the gap of the slashed sleeves,
which are long and extend into flared
'caffs.
; The odd peplumlike belt Is cut in
one with a broad, front skirt panel,
which in turn is slashed from the
hem to the hip line, and, by Intro
ducing a fold of material in back,
made to form an inverted box plait
Only the upper edge of the girdle is
held in against the figure. The flare
over either hip can be achieved by
taking an oblique seam or dart in
each side.
The tunic skirt shows a curving
yoke of shirring over the hips and
back. The lower edge is finished with
Spring Costume In Blue Serge.
taffeta-covered cording, as is also that
of the underskirt.
The design is splendid for taffeta as
well as cloth, and will make a splen
did spring street frock.
HEALTH HINTS WORTH WHILE
Remedies for Distressing Insomnia
Leaving Powder on the Face All
Night Is a Great Mistake.
i To overcome sleeplessness one
should perform intense mental work
during the first part of the day. The
evenings should be devoted to a uni
form occupation In a uniform environ
ment, and one should be careful to
take a sufficient amount of exercise.
If the lungs are cramped by im
proper posture they fail to get the
proper amount of oxygen and do not
.throw off the waste and poisonous mat
iters they should.
A warm bath will often draw the
blood to the surface of the body, and
thus bring about sleep.
Those who persist in going over in
itheir minds the affairs of the day
.should sip a cupful of warm water
jslowly or a glassful of warm milk.
Never leave powder on the face all
night, to say nothing of rouge. It is
enough to ruin the most beautiful skin
'eventually and its effect on a complex
ion which has no real claims to beauty
is nothing short of disastrous. Pow
der is usually put on over a coating of
cold cream to make it stick on, and
this paste left on all night clogs the
I pores. The skin habituated to this
i treatment is pasty and sallow, without
i life, and usually the pores are enlarged
from the deposits of powder.
Looped Up Skirts."
i In spite of the dominant idea of
flare in the winter skirts and the
I flare of them is their most character
istic feature, whether they be fash
lioned of one layer or of two, tunic-
i wise there are some evening frocks
with skirts that are looped up about
the hips, almost like bustles, one on
each side. Usually these puffs are ir
regularthe one on the right side is
higher or lower than that on the left.
When the frock is made" of tulle' or
lace, rows artificial, of course are
used to accentuate the loop, where
they are garlanded under the puff. .
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DR0VE awatthe toothache
In His Thirst for Revenge the Colonel
Had No Time to Think of Physi
cal Ailments.
One morning the colonel rolled out
of his blankets with the lumping
toothache, and though be exhausted
1 all the remedies in camp, nothing had
f on BfTdfr fr wua 40 mi!i tn rha
nearest town, with the chances against
finding a dentist there, and it was
finally decided to appeal to one of the
co boys on his station, five miles
away. He came over in response to
a message, and, after taking a look
at the tooth, which was a double one
on the upper jaw, the cowboy said:
"Kurnel, I kin shoot that tooth out
as slick as grease if you don't mind
the scar It will leave on your cheeks."
"Shoot it out!" shouted the colonel.
"Why. man, you must be crazy."
"Wall, mebbe I kin pick in enough
powder to blow it out"
"Never !"
"Might chuck it out with a piece of
iron and a stone!' continued the cow
boy. "And you might go to Texas and be
yond!" exclaimed the suffering and In
dignant man.
"I'm only telling you how we do It
out here, and If you .don't want that
tooth out you'll hev to stand the pain."
The cowboy started for his station,
but after a gallop of a mile he re
turned to beckon the rest of us aside
and said:
"He seems to be a purty squar" sort
of a man though a leetle techy and
I'm sorry fur him. Is he a good rider?"
"Only fair."
"Kin he shoot?"
"Not very straight."
"Then I think I can cure that tooth
ache." He spent two minutes unfolding the
plot and then went over to the suf
ferer and said:
"Kurnel, I've come back to say
you ar' a booby."
"What," yelled the colonel, as he
sprang up from his seat before the
campfire.
"A booby and a 6quaw, kurnel, and
likewise a durned old liar."
The colonel Jumped for him, but the
cowboy dodged and ran for his horse.
We had another ready saddled with
two loaded revolvers in the holsters,
and the "booby" sprang Into the sad
dle and gave chase. After getting out
on the prairie half a mile the cowboy
began to circle and shoot and yell,
and the colonel followed him and shot
away the whole 12 bullets without
sending one within five feet of him.
When the twelfth one had been fired
the kind-hearted cowboy rode, off at
the top of his speed and the colonel
came into camp to dismount and
say:
"Get me a hundred cartridges and
my own horse and I'll follow that man
to the end of the earth."
"How's the toothache, colonel?" was
asked.
"Toothache! Why, it's all gone, and
I'll haye that fello Vs scalp if I have
to stay out here all summer! "Wash
ington Herald.
No Use.
The civilians who volunteered the.
services of theinmlves and their mo
tor cars to convey the Fatherland's
Kioliday gifts to the German troops in
the trenches at the front were sum
moned before a gray old Bavarian
general to receive instructions as to
their behavior in the enemy's country.
The general expleined to them that
they might expect in passing through
a village to be fired on by francs
tireurs, and added that the persons
who fired the shots might not always
be men entitled to beaT arms.
"Take an example," said he, fixing
tils eagle eye upon one of the volun
teers; "suppose you have entered a
Kelian village, and while you are
spinning along through the market
square there is a lively fusillade di
rected at you from the surrounding
houses. You turn toward your assail
ants and see nothing but empty win
dows. Only in the second story of
one house an old woman is peering
out. What yould you do in that case,
Mr. Meier?"
"I'd not look back.'' was the reply.
Limit Libations to Three.
There is a limit. The number of
cocktails, highballs, fizzes, and other
flavored and perfumed libations known
to possess a slow, sinuous, undulating
recoil action familiarly known as a
"kick," that may be consumed at one
sitting Is just three. The three-round
limit applies, however, to a relatively
small zone of operations, but, never
theless, a popular one.
The rule has been promulgated by a
leading hotel for guidance of the fre
quenters of the public room known as
the lounge, and which is most crowded
'during the afternoon tea hours. Since
this room is designed for the special
comfort of women, and no mere man
can purchase anything in it unless he
is escorting one or more of the fair
sex, there is a suspicion that the rule
had the women in view when designed.
Snn Francisco Chronicle.
Raw or Cooked?
Bacon This paper says that the
German, beet crop this year is expect
ed to produce not less than 2,500,000
tons of raw sugar.
Egbert I should think It hot enough
over there this year to produce the
siuar cooked.
Boston Spirits. -
Hubb I see that Chinese streets are
always made crooked to keep the evil
spirits out of them
. Duubnd yet here in Boston the
more crooked the Btreets the more
talooua ther-3 arc u 'em.
HELPLESS AS BABY
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Down in Mind UnaMe to Work,
and Mai Helped Her.
Summit Point, W.-Va. Mis. Anna
Belle Emey, of this place, says: "1 suf
fered for 15 years with an awful pain in
my right , side, caused from womanly
trouble, and doctored lots for it but with
out success. 1 suffered soverv much.
that 1 became down in mind, and as help
less as a baby. 1 was in the worst kind
of shape. Was unable to do any work.
I began taking Cardid. the womar's
tonic, and got relief from the very first
dose. By the time 1 had taken l bot
tles, my health was completely restored.
l am now ks years years old, otn teei as
good as 1 did when only 16.
Cardui certainly saved me from losine
my mind, and 1 feel it my duty to speak
in its favor. I wish I had some power
over poor, suffering women, and could
make them know the good n would do
them."
If you suffer from aay of the ailments
peculiar to women, it will certainly bet
worm your wnue to give laraut a mai.
It has been helping weak women for
more than 50 years, and will help yon,
too.
Try Cardui. Your druggist sells it
Writ, u: Chattanoec MtdtdtM Co, LadW
Advisory Dct-. Chaoanoof. Tann., tor Social
Intrmctiu$ on four cast and St-pag book, "Hon
Trwimaot for Woman." in slain wrapper. N.C 111
Seaboard Air Line
'The Progressive Ry. of the South."
TRAINS LEAVE CHARLOTTE.
EFFECTIVE JAN. 3. 1915.
EAST AND NORTH BOUND.
o. 14 5:30 A. M. Through train
for Wilmington, with parlor
ar attached. Connecting at
Hamlet with train for Ports
mouth, Norfolk, Raleigh anil
all points north. Dining car
service, vestibule coaches and
sleeping cars to Washington
and New York, connecting at
Mazton for A. C. L. points
north.
Vo. 3410:10 a. m For Raleigh and
all local points.
io. 20 5:05 p. tn For Wilmington.
sleeping car passengers can
stay in all night at Wilming
ton. This train connects at
Harr"1 for Savannah, Jack- j
sonville.
Vo. 16 7:1s . tn. H a n d 1 e s local
sleeper Portsmouth - Norfolk,
connecting at Monroe for At
lanta and all points west and
southwest; also connects at
Monroe with fast train for
Norfolk, Richmond, Washing
ton and New York, through
vestibule coaches, Pullman
electric lighted sleeping cars
to New York, dining cars
Richmond to New York.
WEST BOUND.
Vo. 15 W t. m.- Lo-nl for Rnther
fordton, connecting at Bostic
with C. C. & O. for all points
on that line to Johnson City,
Tenn., at Lincolnton for C. &
N. YV. points north. .
No. 31 3:25 p. m Local for Ruther-
foedton, from Raleigh, at
Lincolnton with C. A N. W.
for points on that line'north.
JAMES KER, Jr., T. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. C.
JOHN T. WEST, D. P. A.,
Raleigh, N. C,
YEARS
REPAIRING WATCHES and
Fitting Glasses for 4 7 ffc
you and your friends riSSflfefc
at L,:-iu)ir, N. C.
"If You Got it From Dula
It't all Right."
Personal attention to all work
taken now.
A. W. DULA,
MARTIN BLOCK.
The Quality
of a Thing is
What
Counts
Bring it to
PRINTERY
Avoid Trouble
By 'having your Insur
ance written by men wh
know how! Y
We are prepared to fur
nish an unlimited
amount of any kind of
legitimate Insurance
properly executed at the
correct rates.
A. N. TODD, Mgr.
Lenoir Realty & Ins. Co.
WATAUGA & TIlDt RIVER HI.
TIME TABLE HO. 7 (COIDEISED)
Effective April 11th, 191S.
WEST.BOUND.
Daily except Sunday.
Lv. North Wilkes boro - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday Only.
Lv. N. Wilkesboro 10:15 a.m., 4:30 p.m.
EAST BOUND.
Daily except Sunday.
Lv. Grandin - - 7:30 a.
Sunday Only.
Lv Grandin 8:00 a. m. and 2:15 p.si.
H. C. LANDON,
Gen. Manager.
NOTICE.
North Carolina In the matter of
Caldwell County. ( C. H. Curtis.
Whereas, C. H. Curtis did on Marefc
26th, 1914, execute and deliver to tk
undersigned assignee a general deed
of assignment for the benefit of his
creditors, without preference, as win
more fully appear by reference to said
deed recorded in the office of tke
Register of Deeds of said county:
Therefore, all persons indebted la
the said C. H. Curtis are requested tm
at once make payment in full to the
undersigned assignee. All persoM
holding claims or demands against
said C. H. Curtis are hereby notified
to file said claims, accounts or de
mands with said assignee, or with
the Clerk of the Superior Court, pre
perly itemized and verified according
to law on or before the 15th day wf
April, 1915. C. C. Underdoww,
Assignee.
This 10th day of March, 1915.
S. A. Richardson, Atty.
TO -
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Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
THURSDAY, MAY I3TH, 1915.
Special round trip fares from sta
tions named as follows:
Morganton $5 50
Hickory 5 50
Wilkesboro . 5 50
Special train will leave Salibury
at 8:30 p. m., arriving Washington
following morning at 7:55 a. m. Re
turning, will leaving Washington at
I 9:00 a. m. Saturday, May 15th, 1915.
Passengers from branch line points
will use regular trains to the various
junction points Connecting with the
special train, and returning will use
regular trains from siuch junction
points to home stations.
Tickets good going and returning
on special train only and cannot be
extended.
Special train will consist of first
class coaches only.
Daylight trip through Virginia re
turning. A Tare opportunity to spend twenty
rive hours in Washington, giving
ample time to visit the many points of
interest in the Capital City.
For further information, tickets, etc.
call on any Agent Southern Ry., or,
R. H. DkBUTTS, D. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. C.
SPECIAL TRAIN TOURS.
Independent Trips, Tours one way
through the Panama Canal and
Special Train Overland to the Cali
fornia Expositions during June, July
and August via the'Seaboard Air
Line Railway. The tours will con
sume 26 to 50 days, affordiug attrac
tive sightseeing and side-trips. Many
Diverse Routes including Denver, Col
orado Springs, 'Cripple Creek, Pike's
Peak, Royal Oorge, Salt Lake City,
Yellowstone National Park, Grand
Canyon of Arizona, Orange Groves of
Southern California, San Diego, Los
Angeles, Coast of California, San
Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Puget
Sound, Victoria, Vancouver, the Can
adian Rocky.Mountains, St. Paul and
Chicago.
The highest class of service and the
"Best of everything" everywhere.
Write for,; booklet and detailed ru
ination. '
GATTIS TOURIST AGENCY.
Tourist Agts. S. A. L. Ry
Raleigh, N. C.
The News Printery can do
that job printing for yon. The
class of printing tte turn out is
not equaled in this section.
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