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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18.
... NEWS OF SOCIETY ...
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Miss Julia Mays entertained a num
ber of her friends Wednesday after
noon. Dancing and games were en
joyed and the young hostess was the
recipient of some beautiful gifts. Re
freshments were served at a late hour.
Miss Mays received her guests wear
ing a gown of pink with trimmings of
pearls and jet. Among the guests in
attendance were: Misses Lilly White,
Mary White, Mary Simons, Lilly Jones,
Janie Moss, Carrie Log, Susie Black,
Grace Britt, Grace Green, Lottie
Sprang, Litta Witt, May Gee, Josie
White May Odom Miss Keele, Miss
Walton, Miss Jones and Messrs. De
ween, Britt, James Andrews, Lee
Gates, Frances Force. Frank Kelly,
Lonnie Doole, Cedes Whale, Dewey
Partalne, Tony Wright, Johnnie Sims,
Jack Murray, Jimmie White.
SIMS-SMITH.
Washington, Ga.—The marriage of
Miss Juliette Smith, of Washington,
and Mr. Marion D. Sims, of Atlanta,
was a pretty event which occurred
Wednesday evening at nine o'clock at
the Methodist church in this city, Rev.
John P. Erwin officiating.
Included in the bridal party were
Messrs. Harry Smith of Washington,
Hal Hulsey of Atlanta, Raymond
Smith of Washington. Rembert Sims
of Atlanta, H. W. Quin and Augustus
Richards of "Washington, and Misses
Susie Hill, Louise Smith, Nona Hill,
Nannie Quin and Nannette Dußose,
of Washington.
Following the pretty church cere
money which was witnessed by many
close friends of the two families, two
of the oldest of Wilkes county, a re
ception was tendered Mr. and Mrs.
Sims at the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Smith,
on Spring street. After a short bridal
trip Mr. and Mrs. Sims will return to
Atlanta to make their home, where
Mr. Sims has been in business since
moving from Washington several
years ago. Among the out of town
guests were many relatives from At
lanta Athens and Spartanburg, S. C.
TEACHERS CLUB HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING.
The Teachers Club of Richmond
county held its regular monthly meet
ing Thursday, Oct, 15th, at the Tub
man High School.
This being the first meeting of the
season, an open meeting was held to
which all of the teachers were invited.
In spite of the inclemency of the
weather quite a number were present.
An interesting paper on “Colonial
Entire Economic Condition of France Rests in Hands of Women, says
Madame Ise’hell
Trained and Ready for the Work by Years of Thrift and Financial Responsibility
FRENCH WOMEN IN WAR TIME.
Tho dally papers tell us a great deal of
what the men are doing in Europe, but
as to how the women are filling their role
In this awful tragedy Is left much to our
example of the mondaine, as a thrifty
business woman, as a good housekeeper
and faithful and intelligent servitor, but
I had by no means gauged the extent of
her self-reliance, her self-abnegation,
courage and fidelity to a cause.
Mobilization In France meant that every
man from twenty-one to forty-eight years
of age must promptly Join the regiment
In which he did his military service, from
there to be sent to the frontier or what
ever part of France seems best to the
military authorities. Some were ordered
away on the first, others on the second,
more on the third and so on during the
twenty-one days that mobilization lasted
and the effect in Paris was a gradual
thinning ou* of the men until all were
gone who were of the age to serve and
In physical condition to do so.
Prepared for War.
To the onlooker this European confla
gration was a bolt from a clear sky and
It Is doubtful If the average citizen of
the nations first Involved believed war
Imminent, but the French people have
been brought up and educated to believe
that some day there would be another
conflict between them and Germany and
It was their duty to be prepared for It.
Every French boy, no matter his rank or
condition, must at the age of twenty-one
serve in the French army, as the law
stands now for three years. This makes
the French army very close to the people,
for every mother’s son Is or has bean a
part of It.
Compulsory military service has a
marked effect on the economic condition
of the country. For three years a man
must serve his country without pay,
which means that a man Is twenty-four
years of agw before he can seriously enter
on his business, profession or trade. This
Is largely responsible for the “dot" sys
tem and the parental control over tha
marriages of young people. The French
parent must not only start Ms son in life
st an age when American men are fenc
ing for themselves, but must provide
marriage “dots" for the daughters. This
Inculcates thrift and responsibility.
In the managing of any afTalrs en
trusted to her, whether It Is *a household
or dress allowance, or a big business, the
French woman 1s thrtfty by Instinct, by
training and because she believes It to be
a duty French women do not dilate on
what they spend but on what they save.
You will note this trait In the talk of
the school girls when they are discussing
dress They will tell how they make hair
ribbons do double duty by some skillful
process of cleaning and pressing, or some
other little trtek of saving money. They
are brought up to take a pride in being
thrifty and economical and to think It a
sign of vulgarity to do otherwise.
A French family that does not save Is
a rare exception. Not to do so in some
degree Is a sign of bad management from
which no woman can be absolved by
any plea as to the coat of living. These
national traits have in a large measure
prepared the French woman for the rainy
day when tha bread winner ahail be ab
sent. n i sail
Augusta’’ was read by Miss Sarah
Pritchard which was followed by a
general discussion. The program was
concluded with interesting articles on
current events by Miss Reith and
Miss Parks.
After the program delightful re
freshments were served and a pleas
ant social hour was enjoyed by all.
—Mr and Mrs. Thomas E. Youmans,
Mrs. Alvin Rowe and Miss Martha
Raines left yesterday morning in Mr.
Youman’s’ car for Augusta, Columbia
and Asheville. If the weather is good
they may go as far as Virginia and
will return by waj of Athens and At
lanta. —Savannah Exchange.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Kelly
have arrived in Augusta and are at
home to their friends at their residence
on Woodlawn avenue.
Mrs. E. A. Loyer is visiting friends
in Wilmington, Del.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Atchison will
return this week from a wedding trip
to Baltimore.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Camak, of
Athens, and their handsome little son
are expected in a few days for a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sturman,
Jr.
PHILOMATHIC CLUB.
The Philomathlc club will meet Wed
nesday afternoon at four o'clock.
LADIES’ AUXILIARY TO MEET.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Order
of Railway Conductors will meet
Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock at
K. of P. Hall.
HARRISONVILLE SUNDAY
SCHOOL TO HAVE RALLY DAY
SERVICE.
The Harrlsonvllle Sunday school
will have a rally day service this af
ternoon at three-thirty o'clock, to
which they give a cordial invitation to
all Interested to be present. All schol
ars are requested in attendance
promptly.
—Miss Mary Moran is spending a
few days in Philadelphia.
—The illness of Mrs. W. R. Trow
bridge will he learned of with re
gTet.
Mrs. J. C. Hedgpeth, with her hand
some little son, Sherwood, arrived last
night from Greensboro, N. C„ for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Cates on lower Telfair Street.
Often the French woman’s “dot" is In
her husband's business and this gives her
an Interest in it whlc* in the case of the
small shopkeepers always means an ac
tive participation. She keeps the books,
directs the clerks, knows what money
comes In and the destination of what goes
out.
Bhe Guards Her Dowry.
If the business Is of a kind that does
not necessitate the woman’s direct aid,
she is generally well Informed regarding
it. Her husband consults her and con
fides In her. In short, while politically
she has no power and legally only a re
stricted right even over her own fortune
and earnings, In the managing and direct
ing of the joint family affairs she is an
Important factor.
The first effect of mobilization was to
close up all the shops and all the Indus
tries of Paris save those that fed or
served the pressing material needs of the
public. Imagine what It would mean if
in the business and Industrial centers of
your city every man between twenty-one
and forty-eight were summoned away, and
you have some idea of the condition
France was In.
All Industries Stopped.
Turing this period I had occasion to
visit several of the important dressmak
ing establishments and also some whole
sale houses engaged In the manufacturing
and selling of toilet creams and powders.
I found the latter place (a big concern
doing business all over tl»e world) In
charge of a woman forewoman ami a
young office boy and business entirely
stopped. The heads of the firm as well
as all the men employed In It were at the
front.
The dressmaking firms controlled by
Austrians of which there are many In
Paris closed completely, for the owners
as subjects of a hostile nation, were at
the outbreak of the war ordered to leave
France In twenty-four hours. The French
houses were depleted of their men help,
which meant beads of departments,
clerks, but were hoping to reorganize and
do sufficient business to keep their work
gtrls. In the meanwhile the great sew
ing rooms were turned Into ateliers for
Red Cross work and the Inmates busy
making bandages and hospital garments
for the soldiers.
When the Women Took Hold.
Inside of a fortnight however, we were
given an Illustration of what the French
women were able to do. They took up
the work that the men were forced to
abandon. They took out lloenaee for cab
drlvere; they were Installed as conductors
In the street cars, as ticket sellers and
Inspectors In the underground servloe. In
the Urge grocery storea they took the
place of the men clerks: in restaurants
always served by men, whtte capped wait
resses began to appear, they sold the pa
pers on the streets, and the municipal
markets opened again with boys and
women doing the hard, heavy work, as
well as the selling.
In the small shops the wife of the pro
prietor, or his old mother, or his daughter
took charge and as much as possible the
ordinary business of the city was re
sumed. The greatest discomfort seemed to
come from a lack of young muscles to do
heavy physical work and the scarcity of
delivery wagons, most of which had been
requisitioned by the army, but people
learned to do without many things that
they had once considered necessities.
They carried home coal a few pounds at
a time, and housewives of all conditions
went to the public markets and brought
home their day's provision In twine bags
There Is no buying or selling of luxuries
In Paris today. The department stores
are opened, but the few woman clerks
there have so little to do that they sit
behind their counters sewing at hospital
supplies The l.ig firms are making heroic
efforts not to discharge their women help.
When this Is necessary, owing to com
Imagination. I
did not leave
Paris until
middle Sep
tember and
the six weeks
that I passed
in France
since the dec
laration o f
war gave me
a new idea of
the French
woman.
I had known
her as t h e
most charming
NOTES FROM THE Y. W. C. A.
GYMNASIUM.
The Y. W. C. A. gymnasium has
closed a most successful week, with
a large increase in attendance in all
the classes. Notably in the children’s
classes, which meet Wednesdays from
4:30 to 5:30 p. m., and Saturdays from
9:30 to 10:30 a. m., and In the business
women’s classes which meet Tuesdays
and Fridays from 6:80 to 8 p. m.
Also the ladies classes on the same
days from 11 to 1 p. m.
The ladies’ classes are perhaps the
largest and most enthusiastic of any,
but it will require only a short time
to bring the other classes up to the
same point, according to present indi
cations.
Many new members have been en
rolled in each of the classes during
the past week, and as the crisp au
tumn days come on, bringing forth
new energies and aspirations, many
more may be expected.
The Y. W. C. A. gymnasium is in
a flourishing condition for the begin
ning of the season, and this fact in
dicates that as the season advances
the largest membership in its history
will be enrolled.
The classes are arranged as fol
lows:
Mondays and Thursdays—
Young ladles' dancing classes, from
4 to 4:30 p. m.
Young ladles' gymnasium classes,
from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays and Fridays—
Ladles’ gymnasium classes, 11 to
12 a. m.
Indies’ dancing classes, 12:30 to 1
p. m.
Business women’s gymnasium
classes, 6:30 to 7:30 p. m.
Business women’s dancing classes,
7:30 to 8 p. m.
Wednesdays and Saturdays—
Children's Classes.
Wednesdays, 4:30 to 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays, 9:30 to 10:30 a. m.
The general secretary will receive
•applications for membership at the
Y. W. C. A. Building, 101 Mclntosh
Street. Office hours are from 10 a.
m. to 3 p. m.
EASTERN STAR TO MEET.
Elizabeth Chapter, No. 43, Order of
Eastern Star, will meet Tuesday af
ternoon at four o’clock at the Masonic
Hall.
plete stagnation of business, many of the
girls find work in the Industries formerly
open only to men. Women who can af
ford to do so are urged to pay seam
stresses to do Red Cross work rather than
do the sewing themselves.
The Unemployed.
Even then there are thousands of un
employed women, many with little chil
dren too young to leave alone at home.
To assist these the government has ar
ranged with the landlords that rents shall
not be collected during war time; It also
pays a pension of twenty cents a day to
any woman whose husbanc. Is In the army
and ten cents additional for each depen
dent child.
The society women of Paris will give
no balls or social functions this winter,
but their beautiful homes are by no
means closed. Some are converted Into
hospitals for the wounded. In others day
nurseries and kindergartens are installed
Soup kitchens are opened for the needy
and classes In eewlng, nursing and car
ing for the sick and wounded are going
on everywhere.
Practically every woman In France that
Is not actively engaged In bread-winning
Is occupied with some form of Red Cross
work. At the first hint of hostilities
classes were formed to train women In
the rudiments of hospital work, the In
tention being not to prepare these volun
teers for work among the wounded, but
to take the places of the regular nurses
In the hospitals, so the latter might be
free to go to the front or to receive the
serious cases that war would bring.
Many American glrla of my acquaintance
entered these classes, delicately nurtured
girls, abroad for culture or special train
ing In some art, now preparing to wash
floors and do any menial work that would
help.
The President’* Proclamation.
Mobilization found the crops ripe In
the fields, ready to garner, and the able
bodied men away. The president of the
republic Issued a proclamation "To the
Women of France" which was printed In
every newspaper and pasted on every
town hall In the country to the effect that
the safety of agricultural France was In
the hands of the women. This pointed out
that theirs was now the duty to harvest
the crop, guard the stock and so prepare
the land that when the men returned
they would find their work waiting for
them just where they had laid It down
at their country's call. And we hear now
that the women have done this work
and that France has garnered and stored
away a banner crop
When we face these facts we cannot be
lieve that the French woman is the light,
frivolous creature so often depleted in
novels and on the stage. Too often for
eign writers have shown us only one type,
at*’ that a superficial one, of the Parl
slenne that tolls not and spins only the
web of Intrigue, and la without honor In
her own country.
The French woman before the world to
day Is of far different stamp.
Oracs 1..—0 f course you have freckles
If you have been going without a hat all
summer, and as I have often warned ,ou,
these Httle beauty spots arc much eaal'-r
obtained than eradicated. Keep the skin
well lubricated, use a cleansing cream In
stead of soap, and have a complete facial
massage once a week This will encour
age the shedding of the skin and Improve
the circulation, two factors In getting rid
of freckles
Mrs E. L. C. and Others-1 should bs
very glad to furnish you with directions
for complete facial massage If you will
•end ib* a stamped, directed envelope.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
The Effort Involved
In getting together this splendid collection of
new and altogether different blouses has been one
that we, and you, will remember for a long, long
time. The fashions are the absolute and correct
forecast of inspired favorites.
In the selection we made it a point to choose styles that would give
service, though dainty of effect. Read and see.
Brand new fall and winter fashions in smart Blouses.
White Marquisette and Crepe Waists with the vest effect, for .... $1.25
White, pink and blue Crepe Waists for $1.25
Colored Crepe and Chiffon Waists for $6.50
Roman Stripe Silk Waists for $5.00
White Linen Collar and Cuff Sets for 50c
White Organdy Collars, for. . 39c, 59c, 75c and SI.OO
Hercules Silk Braid, in all colors.
Lace trimmed Scarfs and Squares for 50c
WE GIVE
PURPLE
STAMPS.
Closing Out i^Ej
' Large Stock Jewelry \
||l AT AND BELOW COST
i We shall discontinue business on January Ist, and our entire stock
of JEWELRY, CUT GLASS, CHINA-WARE, CLOCKS, WATCHES, .
jfM/ VASES, etc., will be disposed of regardless of cost.
g Now is your opportunity to get Christmas and Wedding Presents at Wa
jj a big saving—less than one-half price. Call at once and make your selec
tion before the stock is picked over and “the very article you wanted” sold. j
Our long business experience in Augusta is sufficient to warrant SIT ‘ \r 1
every article purchased here—a guarantee with everything you buy. (
* iIJ Save Money by Buying Your
Presents Here J
vfo We ave a var ‘ e d Assortment from which you can make your se
| ec *‘ orl, The tf oot * H are K°* n f? f a »t, so don’t delay, but call at once.
lllllt Prontaut Jewelry Company dOPf
644 Broad Street f
J. A. MULLAR.KY CO.
880 BROAD ST. : : : : ; AUGUSTA, GA.
COME TO SEE US WHEN YOU VISIT THE GEORGIA-CAROLINA FAIR.
Hand embroidered Buffet Scarfs for $2.00
Buffet Scarfs, trimmed with lace, for $1.25
Stamped Pillow Topß, for ,25c
Princess Floss, three for . ,5c
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Showing of Lit>t>le
Girls’ Coats
Even the best of girls’ clothing gets
severe treatment at school and out
doors. Therefore, first of all, we have
made sure of quality and workman
ship in these new Coats. They are
wonderfully pretty and will be as be
coming as the fair promise that they
hold out. For a better acquaintance
with the collection we introduce a few
leading specials.
Black Astrakhan Coat for $6.00
Zibeline Cloth Coats for $6.50
Colored and black Astrakhan Coats,
trimmed in Roman stripe, for ..$7.50
Colored and black Astrakhan and
Velvet Coats for $8.50
THREE
WE GIVE
PURPLE
STAMPS.