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Wednesday, July 27, 1910.
SOCI ETY
By Mrs- J- T. Wright.
l ded from second page.)
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Lawn Party.
delightful affair of this
t , u0St party at which
eeK „ was the lawn
p Philips entertained a nuin
ps ' ’ ladies on Tuesday after
r f ung Floyd street, in
; her home on
311 niece, Miss A Line Hol
nor oi her
gsworth, H of Lithonia.
law was made attractive with
“ n to¬
rations of handsome ferns,
plants and bright gemnenms
re frt the main feature of
dice was
afternoon, and the tables were
> with
p(1 out on the lawn, many
aiu j chairs, arranged with pleas
effect. After the exciting and
•esting games were finished, a
delicious salad course and tea
.
served. Misses Aline
10S e invited were
ingsworth, Annie Mae Lester,
Fmn .fc Sturdivant, Lois (Rernie,
Thompson, Mae and Christine
L | Hays,
Gladys Lee, Eleanor
e Jordan, Hazel Copeland, Ethel
Ida Higgins, Nelle Butler and
Y Weaver.
iss Belle Stuart Entertains For
Miss Florence Wells.
One of the prettiest parties of the
eek which lias just closed, was the
eart dice party given on Saturday
veiling by Miss Belle Stuart at her
ome on Hokomhe-st., in honor of
er guest, Miss Florence Wells, of
ovington, Oa.
The affair was in the nature of a
orch party, the broad veranda being
Ibaorately decorated with brown
yed Susans, palms and cut flowers,
t one end, under a Japanese parasol
;as placed the punch table, lighted
y Japanese lanterns and was cov
ied with a Battenberg lace piece over
ellow satin. The color scheme of
ellow iwas carried out in the mints
nd yellow daisies, with which the ta¬
le was adorned.
Here the punch was served by iMiss
nnie Laurie Stuart and Miss Dora
avidson. The score cards were
assed by little Annie Stuart Ellis
ad Emily Winter Stuart.
Miss Stuart wore a gown of white
ingerie over blue and CVIiss Wells’s
tress was white lingerie elaborately
rimmed in lace.
Delicious ices were served in f.Iow
r cups which carried out the color
feceme.—Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser
ForMiss Thompson.
Miss Julia Thompson, of Covington
|the will guest be of Miss Jim Claude Farmer,
entertained during her stay in
Atlanta.
On Friday morning Miss Thompson
will he the guest of honor at the in¬
formal party at which Mrs. I. V. Lleb
ermau w ill entertain, and on Saturday
morning Mrs. Ross Hunter will enter
lain informally in her honor.—Atlanta
Journal.
McCalla-Boyd.
the marriage of Miss Francis Anne
McCalla and Mr. Guy Hobson Boyd
took place Wednesday at noon at the
home of Mr. J. L. MeCalla.
the ceremony was impressivelyper
ormed by Rev. J. J. Bennet, at an
improvised altar of palms and foliage.
the wedding march was played by
Jr- the ceremony John D - Loch she played ridge, and ‘ during
“Oh promise
Lie bride, a young woman of blonde
eauty and charming personalities,
as lovely, wearing her traveling suit
'' corded
pongee silk with hat
k "'os to match. Her attendants
...
w rt c unity Uia white B ° yd lingerie and Lucy Perry,
her dresses.
• a delicious buffet luncheon
' andMrs - B °yd left for Gainesville
wh .JT Ir Bo d holds
D Li ’ F a lucrative
*? n and where they will make
their home.-Atlai.ta Journal, Thurs
Schedule of the Covington and
Oxford Street Railway Company
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wiij A;ut at Depot
for delayed trains.
It * w - FOWLER, Preaident.
' p C «DWN, S«c.
and Tr«u.
THEIR FINAL QUARREL
8hs Said It Was Irrevocable, but He
Knew Better.
It was all off. They had quarreled
finally and irrevocably. It doesn’t
matter now what It was about. The
chances are that In their anger neither
remembered anything except that he
had disappointed her in some awful,
unforgivable way and she had seized
the diamond engagement ring from a
dainty, slender finger and thrust it
upon him with a gesture of Infinite
scorn.
For an Instant he held the circlet In
his hand ruefully. For another in¬
stant he paced the porch, hands In his
pockets, head low, his voice quivering
with emotion as he pleaded Sudden¬
ly he stopped In front of her.
“That’s final, Is It?” he Inquired.
“Final,” she replied Icily. “No man
with a spark of’—
"All right!” he snapped. “This
thing’s no use to me, then."
His right arm shot out like the arm
of a ball pitcher, and a second^iter
the tinkle-tinkle of metal on the con¬
crete walk half a block away told her
he had thrown the ring away
“Oh!” she cried, and there was sud¬
den anguish in her heart, “I didn’t
mean It! We must find It—at once.”
“I don’t care for it,” he said stub¬
bornly. “Life has mighty little now
to make”—
“Silly!” she cried. “Help me—Imme¬
diately.”
He couldn't let her go alone, with
night coming on, so, after proper re¬
luctance, he followed. In the eager¬
ness of searching all her anger melted.
It took a long time, but finally he
stooped quickly and exclaiming, “Here
It Is!” held up the diamond ring.
What happened In the next hour Is
nobody’s business except their own.
The human, masculine part of the
story was disclosed to his bosom
friend late that night In the quiet of
their room.
"Had It In my pocket all the time,”
he said. “Threw a quarter down the
street. And, dad bllng It. I didn’t find
It either!”
But It did the work.—Kansas City
Times.
SPLITTING A PICTURE.
One Case Where the Half Proved
Greater Than the Whole.
There Is no painter who lends him¬
self to “splitting” so much as Botti¬
celli—I. e., a division of the panel Into
two parts so as to form separate pic¬
tures. Years ago 1 sold to a Mr. But¬
tery of Loudon half a Botticelli, which
is now owned by Herr Kaufmanu of
Berliu. L have myself seeu the other
half of the picture, as well as the pic¬
ture In its entire state.
In one case I can recall the half
proved greater than the whole. A cer¬
tain Signor Barlli bequeathed a valu¬
able Botticelli to his two grandsons,
who were twins. But. although twins,
these two young men were rather
quarrelsome and had no taste In com¬
mon. One proposed to sell the picture,
which bad been painted for oue of their
ancestors. It Is said, by Botticelli him¬
self. The other would not consent.
The first then proposed that the other
should buy his share and keep the pic¬
ture himself. lie took me with him,
and 1 assigned the value of the pic¬
ture at 5.00<t lire, saylug I would give
that for It l he brother declined and
suggested pairing the picture In the
custody of a a ..at pending an adjust¬
ment of the terms. "Oh. very well,"
cried his brother, flying Into a passion,
“if you won’t buy and won’t let me
sell there’s only oue thing to do,” and
before any one could Interfere he emp¬
tied three chambers of a revolver into
the panel, completely destroying one
half of the composition, Including a St.
John and a Joseph. The picture be¬
ing sent to me to restore, I could do
nothing with it and strongly advised
separating the panel. Shortly after i
did so the owner died, and 1 disposed
of the work for 0,000 lire to Adolph
Knnn. It Is now, I believe, In Russia.
—E. Panzone In Strand Magazine.
Too Lavish.
Mrs. Dobbs was trying to find out
the likes and dislikes of her new
boarder, and all she learned Increased
her satisfaction.
“Do you want pie for breakfast ?**
she asked.
“No, 1 thank you,” said the uew
boarder, with a smile. “Pie for break¬
fast seems a little too much.”
“That’s Just the way I look at it,*
said Mrs. Dobbs heartily. “I say pis
for dinner is a necessity, and pie for
supper gives a kind o’ finishing touch
to the day, but pie for breakfast Is
what I call putting on airs.”—Youth’s
Companion.
The Usual Sequel.
When they reached Montreal on their
elopement Chicago seemed far, far
sway, and they were both homesick.
“I will Just telegraph the letter ‘P
to father,” said the beautiful bride
“That will mean forgiveness.”
“Better make It two ‘F’*’ ” advised
the young bridegroom. __
“Gracious, dear! And what will two
‘FV mean?”
“Why, forgiveness and funds.”—Chi¬
cago News.
Poor Memory.
"She made a horrible break at
Green’s dinner party the other night.”
“What was It?”
“Called the hostess by her first hus¬
band’s name.”—Detroit Free Press.
Tha Old Master.
Mistress—Has anybody been to see
that old oil painting I bought? Mary—
No. ma’am. Somebody called to see
the old master, but 1 said he was out
~ London Scrap*.
THE covnue'ron news
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THE UMPIRE.
Did You Evor Hear the Fans Cheer
Him For His Work?
There Is one unique phase connected
with the life of the umpire which per¬
haps has never occurred to most lov¬
ers of baseball. You have often been
to a theater and seen the hero or hero¬
ine—yes, even the villain—win round
after round of applause for some ex¬
cellent bit of acting.
You have been to a football game
and heard some hall gladiator cheered
to the echo for making a long run that
resulted in a touchdown or for a fly¬
ing tackle that prevented Imminent
defeat When some player Is Injured
they convey their sympathy to him by
cheering his name.
You have been to a ball game and
heard the fans cheer some crack
pitcher because In a pinch he fanned
some mighty batter. It’s just the nat
ural way of the American to show ad¬
miration and appreciation.
Back your brain, think your hard
est. recall every game you have ever
attendrid. then see if you eai? remem¬
ber a time when the umpire drew ap¬
plause for his work. Have you ever
heard the fans cheer the name of the
umpire after he has worked a fifteen
Inning game which fairly bristled with
close and unusual plays and got away
without a kick? If you can recall such
an incident. Just dot it down In your
notebook that you were present at a
very, very unusual happening.
Do they cheer the empire's name
when he stops a foul tip with his shin
or has a swift shoot bounced off his
mask? Yes. they do—not Any tajnry
to the umpire usually gets a r ound of
derisive laughter from rfee crowd
Generally. If he has been going bad.
some leather lunged Individual re
quests that he be killed or chloroform¬
ed. Of course there are many people
in the stands who sympathize with the
umpire. Their sympathy is usually
silence. That Isn’t much balm to his
Injury or feelings.
Applause would sound so strange to
an umpire’s ears that he would proba
bly become so thoroughly frightened
he would jump the back fence.—Billy
Evans In New York Tribune.
THE TELESCOPE.
Galilei’s Rude Instrument the First
Used In Astronomy.
The first telescope Was pointed to¬
ward the sky on Jan. 7, 1010, when
Galilei first tried his rude instrument
and was rewarded by discovering some
of the moons of Jupiter. No great
magnifying power was needed for this,
as at least one of the moons is large
enough to be seen by the naked eye
did not the nearness of the brilliant
planet prevent this. Lenses had been
known for a long time and were at
that time in common use by near¬
sighted. persons.
The name of the real discoverer of
the telescope seems to be unknown,
but the accepted story now Is that
two young sons of a Mlddebury op¬
tician named Llppersley some time
between 1605 and 1608, while playing
with some lenses, happened to hold
two of them at a distance from each
other and were surprised and delight¬
ed to find that the weather vane on a
neighboring tower seemed to come
near them when looked at through the
two lenses. In April, 1609, a little
telescope made In Holland was offered
for sale In Paris.
The next month Galilei, then a pro¬
fessor In the university at Padua,
heard of this Instrument and realized
at once its Importance In the study of
astronomy. From the description of
the Dutch Instrument he had one
made at once, and in August he as¬
tounded the people of Venice by show¬
ing them from the top of the cam¬
panile persons entering the doors of
the church at Murano. This spyglass
was less than two inches in diameter
and magnified three times. From this
crude Instrument of Galilei to the
monster telescopes forty Inches In
diameter of the present day is the de¬
velopment of only three centuries —
Argonaut
An Interruption.
Among the primary pupils enrolled
In a Baltimore school Is the son of a
prominent business man of that city,
says Harper’s Magazine. One after¬
noon at close of school the youngster
sought out his father In his office, to
whom he said:
“Dad, I’m getting tired of school. I
think I’ll quit”
“Why," asked the astonished parent
“what’s the matter. Tommy? I
thought you were fond of going to
school.”
“So I am, dad,” responded the young¬
ster, suppressing a yawn, “but It
breaks up the day so.”
Hie Opening Break.
A congressman had returned to his
constituency to deliver a carefully pre¬
pared address. The day arrived, and,
loosening the first button of his Prince
Albert, he uttered his carefully pre¬
pared prefatory remarks, and to this
day he cannot understand the ripple
of laughter which swept over his au¬
dience when he uttered his opening
sentence, “Before I begin to speak to
you I desire to say something.” He
said it—Kansas City Star.
On the Way.
“I understand that you owe every¬
thing to your wife,” said the tactless
relative.
“No,” answered Mr. Meekton, “but
I will if I don’t stop playing bridge
with her and her mother.”
Her Slip.
He—Do you think If I were to kiss
you your dog would bite me? She—
Well—er^-he’a never done It to any
THE LION’S ROAR.
An Appalling Sound That Brings Tar
ror to tho Traveler.
Once In the lion, country you learn
the real reason why he Is termed the
king of beasts. He looks it. Besides,
there is the terror he casts over all the
brute creation about him. And as for
terror, there is one feature of life in
East Africa that the traveler never
forgets—the lion’s roaring. To me no
other sound in nature Is more awe in¬
spiring, more appalling, especially If
heard at really close range or among
hills, where the echo resounds In its
rolling double bass. Contrary to the
common idea, lions do not confine their
thunderous calls to the night only.
Frequently in open daylight one may
be startled by a sudden outburst.
They are a noisy lot too. At uight 1
have beard a band keep up the dire
chorus for hours at a time, a blood
curdling concert that brings to mind
every tale, fanciful or true, of their
daring, of their fierce rapacity and
might. It seems, still further, to have
an added dreadfulness wheu one Is ly¬
ing within the frail walls of a tent,
with only its canvas between one and
the formidable musician.
Listen now! There goes oue boom
lng in the distance, a roaring obligato
that breaks Into from six to a dozen
calls. From the first to the fourth the
volume usually increases; then It dies
down. At very close quarters one
hears the roar melt gradually into a
purr. Itself diminishing to a growling,
discontented mumble that lasts for
about half a minute, or there is the
other sound, equally menacing—a soft
and suggestive crunching noise, as
though the beast had already settled
to a grewsome meal. The lion’s voice
Is mighty, as mighty as his strength.
Forget his habits, his love of carrion
and his daylight turn of cowardice and
you have the Impresslou of a king of
beasts—a real royalty along the brute
creation.—Everybody’s Magazine.
BUILT ON DISCIPLINE.
Big Department Store* Are Managed
Like an Army.
“This Is like an army,” the manager
explained when I went to him to as¬
certain by what system he handled
the big department store. “The as¬
sistant managers are the generals, the
department heads the colonels, the
floorwalkers majors, and so on down
the line. Only matters which are out
of the ordinary routine are brought to
the commander In chief.
“The organization is built on disci¬
pline. Each individual knows what
work he has to do, and if be fails the
failure reacts directly upon him. Thus
each in turn Is responsible to the one
above him until the responsibility
reaches this office. In the final analy¬
sis I am responsible to the firm. If a
girl ties a bundle wrong or there Is a
dispute with a customer I am directly
responsible, although 1 have probably
known nothing of the Incident. 1 pass
the actual administration of authority
and responsibility right down the line
until the person who Is at fault feel3
It personally. Doubtless hundreds of
things happen In this store every day
of which I have no knowledge, and 1
don’t need to know about them. So
long as the man to whom 1 have dele¬
gated the authority delegates It In
turn to some one who knows bow to
use it properly there Is no reason why
I should interfere.
“This Is the way it should be. 1
should not consider that we had an ef¬
fective system If It were otherwise, A
system must be so perfectly organised
and every man must know and live up
to bis responsibilities so sincerely that
I could walk out of this office today
and not return for six months.”—In¬
terview With Manager of New York
Store In Bookkeeper.
Eating Away an Island.
Strength Is not a thing usually con¬
nected with maidenhair fern, yet If its
roots have not sufficient room they
will break the pot In which the plant
grows. Blades of grass will force the
curbstones between which they spring
up out of their place, and In a single
night a crop of small mushrooms have
lifted a large stone. Indeed, plants
have been known to break the hardest
rocks. The Island of Aldabra, to the
northwest of Madagascar, Is becoming
smaller and smaller through the action
of the mangroves that grow along the
foot of the cliffs. They eat their way
Into the rock in all directions, and into
the gaps thus formed the waves force
their way. In time they will probably
reduce the Island to pieces.—London
Globe.
The Judge’s Error.
“Give one verse of ‘The Star Span¬
gled Banner.’ ”
“I can’t do It, Judge.”
“Quote a passage from the constitu¬
tion.”
"Too many fer me."
“Then I can't naturalize you, my
man.”
“But I was born here, judge. I don’t
want to be naturalized. I’m after a
bailiff’s job.’’—Kansas City JournaL
Unkind.
The Kind Lady—You clear off or I’ll
set the dog at you.
The Tramp—Ah. ’ow deceptive is
’uman uatur’. Fer two nights I’ve
slept In your barn, eaten of yer poul¬
try au’ drunk of yer cider, and now
ye* treats mo as an utter stranger.—
London Sketch.
Ths Sphinx.
“What was the riddle of the
sphinx?"
“I don’t know; but, Judging by a
sphinx’s facial expression, I don’t be
Uavs it was very funny.”—Washington
PAGE SEVEN.
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Auction Sale
Of Lots
I will put up for Auction on the
first Tuesday in August, thirty, (30) of
the choicest building lots in the east¬
ern part of the city. These lots are
very desirable and is known as the
Phillips property, and faces the new
speedway and Mill street.
All of these lots are situated in
the best residence section of the city,
within a five minutes walk of the
public square. These are the only lots
now offered for sale which will in the
next few years be the leading residence
street of the city. Liberal terms w ill
be given purchasers.
CHAO. G. SMITH
Covington, Ga.
