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HAVANA’S DRY GOODS STORES.
NO SUCH THIN® AS “BARGAIN DAY”
FOR WOMEN SHOPPERS.
Female Clerks Unknown—All the
Merchants Are Spanish and Import
Their Help—Prices That Make One
Shudder.
From the New York Times.
Havana. Cuba. July 2.—ln a city of al
most 300,000 inhabitants the number Ha
vana boasts, one naturally expects to find,
amour other things, dry goods stores of
considerable size at which a fair assort
ment of materials at reasonable prices are
to be had. Let no one start on a shop
ping expedition in Havana with an idea
such as this in her. mind—l say her, as
suming that no man will be inveigled Into
such an occupation excepting under the
stress of necessity—for she will be doom
ed to certain disappointment. If she be
gins her tour on Obispo street, as she
will have been advised to do, beyond
doubt, she will find a very narrow street,
so narrow that vehicles are only permit
ted to move in one direction on it, and
stores small in proportion. It will take
her some minutes to bring herself to be
lieve that these are the best shops in the
city, for they are no larger than those
In villages in the States. To be sure they
carry some very good articles, but such
prices are charged for them that one feels
that it is almost absurd to pay them.
Plain linens are an exception, for they
re cheaper than in the North; but table
linen of Irish and French makes is much
more expensive. New customs regula
tions have been made recently tvhich will
soon increase the price of the former class
fliso
One may go the length of the street and
he will scarcely find a single shop of
two stories: everything is on the ground
floor, and that everything, as a rule, con
sists of but one line of goods The day
of Havana department stores has not yet
come, although there is an approach to
one in the block called "El Escandalo,"
where there are forty or fifty counters un
der one roof, independent of each other,
to be sure, but side by side and selling
different classes of goods. The entire
but'ding Is owned by a Cuban, so wealthy
that he has no better use for much of
his money than to spend it on rings;
these he wears on all fingers, including
his thumbs, so that when the sun strikes
the diamonds his hands seem a blaze of
light.
The principal stores are those with fans
and mantillas: a Cuban woman, young or
old. without a fan would think her toilet
Incomplete, consequently the importance
of the shops in which these are sold.
Though mantillas are not worn as much
as formerly, hats being more in favor, al
most every native woman has one in her
possession, and never looks as picturesque
as when she has one thrown over her
head. These face scarfs are mostly black,
but white one* are usually seen in <he
evenings. Fans range in price from 5
cents up to as many hundred dollars; few
at the latter price are bought by Ameri
cans. although at pawnshops very valu
able ones can be had for a mere ’song.
Americans are chiefly intereated in the or
namental ones with pictures In brilliant
colors of bull fights, toreadors, eenorLaa,
and the lover with his guitar.
A Run on Fans.
Between the fan stores and pawnshops
the shopping time of most American wo
men is spent. At the latter many old and
curious articles are picked up. as well as
some very valuable ones. By now there
are few things left that curiosity seekers
care for. as the shops have been pretty
well canvassed by hundreds of Americans,
who took away the choicest things. The
first comer* found some handsome dia
monds in antique settings at nominal
prices, but these are all gone, too. The
pawnshop* are usually in out-of-the-way
places, where one is in more or less danger
of finding yellow fever lying in wait for
whom it may devour, and this is certainly
an obstacle. A physician remarked In my
hearing that he did not understand how
American women who went day after day
Into these places escaped the disease.
There are a number of dry goods stores
where a fair line of goods Is displayed and
an excellent one kept in reserve for want
of space in which to show it to advantage.
One pays two price* for most good*, and
then consoles herself by reflecting that, at
all events, the goods came from Cuba, not
remembering that those sold in the states
at half the price are made in exactly the
same mills. Most of the dealers have a
very limited number of boards on which
cloth Is wrapped, and these are used over
and over, for their weight would add to
the freight, if or.e came in each piece.
■When one buya a large order at a store
he in fortunate. Indeed. If she has a con
veyance In which to take or send it home,
a* the responsibility of the shopkeeper
ends when he wrap* up the parcel Some
grocery storee have delivery wagons, but
I have never seen one belonging to a dry
goods store.
The method# of advertising adopted by
enterprising dry- goods firms in the
North do not obtain here. The stranger
may search the English newspapers
through and not find a word concerning
dry goods; the Spanish papers give
■oarcelv more light There are no lists of
things which are for sale at any place,
no bargains offered, and no inducements
of any kl r d. The merchan-s wait to be
•ought, rather than push themselves for
ward. If the fickle public comes to them
they are glad. If not they pursue the even
tenor of their way without It. There is a
store whOFe proprietor is very anxious
to accuse the patronage cf the American
colony, and it is interesting to hear him
ta>k to any Ame-ican who may be a
prospective buyer. He assure* the cus
tomer in excellent English that he very
much wishes to please her, and for this
reason say* that he gives her the desired
article—whatever it may be—at a much
lgss price than he would to a Cuban;
whereas, as a matter of fact, he asks an
American fully as much or more, after
the foreign manner of treating Ameri
cans. In the rear of the store he has many
beautiful Parisian go ds, which he takes
a great pride in showing. Near at hand
are some dainty wineglasses, one of
which, filled with gcod wine from the cut
glass decanter, he presses on each cus
tomer from whom he wishes to honor.
Imagine a dry goods merchant in a large
diy in the state* offering his customers
•wine! At seme other places one is treated
In the same manner.
Huvana Clerks Polite.
The clerks are uniformly polite, and
whether one makes a purchase or not she
Is shown much courtesy. There are very
few stores where women clerks are em
pl yed. These are so rare as to cause corn
in'nt when they are seen In the millinery
shop*. in ihe two or three Parisian ba
i f, and in the largest fan srore. When
In lias h come more Americanized than
in w is they will doubtless be more fre
c t!y employed. At present the centu
ttrough which custom has kept wo
iu seclusion still have tbelr weight
seldom expects to pay the price
'. for an article, nor doe* the clerk
that she will, although the amount
more apt to be fixed now than it was
ir ago. It is not often in the States
cl rks may make the prices to suit
“Ives; here they are apparently
■i carte blanche In this respect. Most
f the stores are given some fanciful
tide, and the same of the proprietor sel
dom appears. La Fama, El Danzon, San
Ycr.aclo, Le Palais Royal (there are two
or three of these). La Francia, La Es
quina, and La Casa Grande are some of
the names that greet the eye In going
through the shopping district; the dry
goods wagons that go about through the
city and country are similarly named.
the beat of the day awnings are
across Obispo street to shut out
the sun, and. a* there is usally a breeze,
the heat is rarely intense.
Many of the merchants live over their
stores, and their entire force of clerks
and other employes with them. In a way,
this is an excellent thing for the clerks,
who are, for the most part, young men
from Spain, having come especially to
take these positions. Their employers
take the same interest in them that they
would in their own families, for they form
a part of these—live in she same house
and eat at the same table. Any morning
between 11 and 12. if one goes into a
store, he will find it almost deserted by
its clerks, and in a room a little further
back—usually somewhat more elevated
than the front—the entire force can be
seen eating their breakfast. At the head
of the long table is the employer, and
uown either side the employes, from the
head clerk to the boy who drives the ox
cart or any other vehicle that there may
be in connection w-ith the establishment.
I am told that there are very few
Cubans in business on Obispo street,
and that each Spanish merchant has
enough rifles to arm all the persons un
der his roof—a significant fact, if true.
Naturally, these Spaniards are very anx
ious for the Americans to remain in Cuba.
Not long ago I heatd the owner of a
large store—as sizes go here —remark that
the day ihe American army leave® Cuba
he will close his store and set sa l for
Spain.
On Church holidays doors are closed—
partially—for the sake of appearances,
hut If one wishes to buy anything he has
no trouble in doing so. If there are two
doors, one of them is closed, the other
left open; if there is only the one door,
it Is left ajar, so that the public may not
feel itself debarred
Doubtlesa, In time, some enterprising
American will open a large store on the
lines of some of those in the states.
Americans in Havana realize the conven
er.ee this wou'd bting them. But when
that time comes the fascination which is
now a park of Cuban shopping will disap
pear, for the old little shops will not be
able to compete with an establishment
of this kind, and their doors will have to
be closed.
Taking Ca re
of a Husband.
Mrs. Bliss Explain* Hot. She Con
ducts a Fresh Air Society.
New York. Aug. 3 —Mrs. J. Matrimonial
Bliss has not gone out of town yet, and
sha Isn't slumming or economizing
either, as she explained to an astonished
feminine friend from the country, whom
she encountered on the quiet side of the
soda water fountain the other morning.
"I am conducting a fresh air society
and hot weather relief restaurant for
John Matrimonial Bliss. Esq., who is far
too good a husband to be left In town
to swelter by himself,” began the wearer
o£ the black end white dimity, stirring
the compound in her long glass while she
talked. "Asa rule you know we take
a house somewhere near town, and John
runs in and out on the train every day,
but this year the cottage we usually rent
was sneaked from us by some unscrupu
lous Philadelphians. Nothing else avail
able was offered and John suggested that
I should take the boys into the mountains
and he would try to give u* a Friday to
Monday visit twice a month.
Risks Nome Women Rnn.
“Well, that determined me. As I said
before, John is a good husband—in fact,
he is Just as near perfection as a man
can be and remain a truly delightful com
panion and trustworthy guide for a wo
man ehrough this worldly old world. So
then and there, I decided that he wu
far too valuable to be deserted in a hot
city in the lonely summer time. I’ve
seen lots of exceilen husbands irreparably
injured just that way. An other wise,
affectionate wife will reduce her house to
the aspect of a retired graveyard, have
the worst servant in the bunch to do up
the hard-worked man's room, breakfast
any old way and trust to clubs or res
taurants to keep the poor fellow from the
desperation of loneliness and starvation.
“When she comes home in the autumn
she is amazed to find that the head of
the house has got a chronic club habit
or dyspepsia, and either one, you know,
is the entering wedge for mutual dis
agreement in the average family.
"Taking all this Into consideration, I
sent my boys off to their grandparents on
the farm, and I can say. without boas'-
tng, that I have kept my man happy and
cool, well-fed and free from boredom.
Preserving a Perfect Specimen.
“It isn’t one-half the difficult Job you
would think. I began by putting the
house in order and shut up the bedrooms
we had no use for, took up the carpets,-
cleared away the curtains, removed even
scrap of superfluous bric-a-brac, and got
the furniture into covers. I did not, how
ever, reduce the living rooms to the typi
cal summer appearance of uninviting
ghostliness by bagging the chandelier and
tying up the pictures. Plcturesmnd chan
deliers are none the worse for summer ex
posure when the rooms are kept shady
and free from file*, and where big gaps
were made by the removal of the fragile
ornaments, I filled in with pots of
geen house plants. The sight of them,
you know, cools the most heated imag
ination. and as our house has a fairly
wide balcony at the rear I had a green
and white striped awning made for it,
run a line of flower boxes along the top
of the railing, and easily converted it into
an open air breakfast room.
'Having done so much. I turned my
attention to the business of keeping J.
M. Biles’ temperature, while in the house,
down to normal. I artfully inquired from
my lord about all the little devices used
in the clubs and restaurants for men. and
I went them several better. We have
electric light in our house, so there was
nothing to prevent my having electric
fens. At half-past five in the evening
our man comes with the hose and sprays
down the vine* on the front of the house,
washes the steps and gives the back yard
a drenching. From 8:30 in the morning
until sundown the green blinds are closed,
the sashes drawn and not a ray of hot
sunlight enters the house.
“Once n day all the hardwood floors
are wiped up with cold water, for I don't
permit a broom or feather duster to ap
pear; the range Is turned off nnd a gas
stove takes its place; the laundry is given
out and candles and electric light take
the place of other Illuminating mediums.
A Domestic Ror,
“After I go! so far I went down town
and bought a valuable work on how to
mix soft and hat'd drink*, end now I
know that any woman who can read and
who has a thoroughly equipped refrigera
tor can produce cooling compounds of
Infinite value. Many of these hot morn
ings I've spent, _cool as a cucumber in
my pantry, shaving Ice, opening soda bot
tles. squeezing lemons and tasting every
ten minutes until I got the secret of mix
ing a cool and stimulating beverage. I’ve
learned at least a dozen priceless tricks
with Ice and liquids, and the value of
my recipes lies in Ihe fact that while the
result is delicious and cooling I hardly
use any of Ihe heating liquors and fer
mented things that, according to my guide
hook, the barkeepers employ.
The Way the SchcnieWorks,
“When the first hot wave got to town I
set all the deadly machinery of my
scheme to work, and no carrier pigeon or
family cat is more Infatuated with his
home than my John. When he drags up
town at 6 o’clock every snare is laid for
him. The floors have had their cold wa
ter bath and the electric fans are waving
the palm leaves about; there is a tail
glars of something standing on the slie
board, and 1 officiate around In • white
THE MOKNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 1900.
lawn, and innocently inquire if It has
been hot down town.
"Usually 1 get an amazing statistic, and
then. Just to prove to John that there is
no place like home, I reach for my ther
mometer. and he gives a long. low. admir
ing whistle. I always arrange for that
thermometer to register a good eight de
grees below any other in town, and some
times it’s telling the truth as to the tem
perature of the house, and sometimes it
sits with its feet in a bowl of water for
awhile, but John does not know that, and
the effect is just the same, because, as I
said before about the palms, the eye and
imagination have such an effect upon the
body that if you think you are in a cooler
place you simply begin-to gel cooler, and
John's temperature drops to the registry
of the mercury in my bulb every time.
"When old Farhnhelt has done his duty
and the long glass is empty, I send my
man up to his bath. It is all drawn, his
clean clothes laid forth, and when, cheer
ful and refreshed, he gets down stairs, din
ner is on the table. It is always a good,
solid, mans dinner, but seasonable, with
delicate, clear soups, or jellied bouillon
and clam* on ice and salads and cold des
sert, and then we go out on the balcony
to smoke and have coffee. If it is a pret
ty hot night I suggest a spin around th
park and out into the suburbs In the au
tomobile, which excursions are often de
lightfully prolonged until 12 o’clock, and
are always productive of excellent rest;
or we stroll around to a roof garden, and
In the morning the head of the house
finds his breakfast laid on the balcony,
his melon ice cold and a small sized but
tonhole bouquet beside his plate.
Shaving His Joys.
‘l’ve given him leave to ask In any
one he chooses for breakfast or dinner,
up to the limit of thi>e, and in the last
spell of hot weith r we never, sat down
to the table alone. Some of the m- n con
fessed they had refused to believe John’s
tales of the accommodations he got at
home; some of them have quite tearfully
begged permission to repeat the experi
ence, so w ary are they of club and res
taurant food, and I’ve had the offer of a
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two shades of blue, and is gracefully trimmed with cream wool lace.
fabulous prlte fer a book of my Ideas on
how to keep house for homeless business
m?n in summer."
"And you look as If you had really en
joyid it," said the sun-burned wearer of
the blue linen enviously.
"So I have," assented the black and
whi'e dimity cheefully. “It has been hot
at times, but I've picked up some bar
gains In the shops that would make you
cry with envy. I flare say, I’ve had more
compliments and really flatrering mascu
line attentions than the prettiest belle at
any of the watering p;lace3, and John as
sures me that with the success he has
had this summer we can run over to
Farts next year, and I can buy all the
frocks I want.” Emily Holt.
ALLURING TITLES.
Cleverness Shown by Popular An
thors In Nninlng Their Books.
From the London Glob*.
The effect whioh a taking title may or
may not have on the fortunes of a book
is an open question. When books are
spoken of in this connection it is usually
fiction that is in the speaker’s thoughts.
There Is little need or excuse in the
fields of history and biography, topogra
phy, theology and science for the use of
other than perfectly plain, straightfor
ward titles. In the domain of the essay
fancy has more scope, and here some
writers have been happidly inspired.
Thackeray’s “Roundabout Papers” have a
title at once pleasant and truthfully de
scriptive. Dlcken’s "Uncommercial
Traveler” was also rather a happy
thought. The various titles Invented by
such present day graceful essay writers
as Mrs. Meynell and “Vernon Lee" are
perhaps more ingenious than alluring.
The American essayist. Miss Agnes Rep
plier, has chosen very happy names for
several of her charming books. No one
can deny that “In the Dozy Hours,” "Es
says in Idleness' and "Essays In Minia
ture” sound decidedly enticing: and if
the volumes be opened the headings of
the various papers—"A Short Defense of
Villains." "Books That Have Hindered
Me!" "In Behalf of Parents,” and so
forth are equally alluring. But If we al
low ourselves to open the books, and go
from the title without to the sub-titles
within, we cannot forget Charles Lamb,
many of whose essays have names which
are fragrant with his own fancy and hu
mor, such as, for Instance, "Imperfect
Sympathies.” "Dream Children,” "The
Praise of Chimney Sweepers," and "A
Bachelor's Complaint of the Behavior of
Married People.”
Ruskln may be said to have made a
specialty of titles which, although attrac
tive, were apt to be misleading. His
"Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds”
Is said to have been in considerable de
mand for a short time after it* flrrt ap
pearance among moorland farmers, and
great must hove been their disgust when
they found that the sheepfolds had no re
lation to hurdles, but were distinctly he
ological. Ailustvenes# nnd figurativeness
were always the characteristic features of
Ruskin’s titles. What can he more en
ticing, more picturesquely worded, than
such phrnse# as "The Crown of Wild
Olive," "Sesame and Lilies." and "The
Queen of the Air?”
Rut. after all. ll Is In regard to fiction
that the question of titles become* of most
Importance. So great novelists have
taken hut little trouble In the matter.
"Waverley,” "Jane Eyre,” "Nicholas
Nk'kelby," "Mlddlemarch,” "Tom Jones”
—to name a few examples at random—of
I fer no special attraction to catch the at
[ tention of possible readers. None of
l Thackeray’s or Dickens’s titles are of an
alluring or particularly suggestive turn,
! save perhaps "Vanity Fair.” The Myste
\ ry of Edwin Drood.” and "A Tale of Two
Cities.” Some other novelists have de
voted special care and thought to the in
vention of attractive titles. Wilkie Col
lins was much exercised about the naming
of the book known to fame as "The Wo
man In White." The story was finished,
and part of It was already In type for se
rial publication in "All the Year Round,”
before a name had been found. "Literally
at the eleventh hour." said Collins himself
long afterward. "I thought of "The 'Wo
nsan in White.’ In various quarters this
was declared to be a vile melodramatic
title that would ruin the book. Among
the very few friends who encouraged me
the first and foremost was Charles Dick
ens. ‘Are you, too. disappointed?’ I said
to him. ’Northing of the sort. Wilkie! A
better title there cannot be’ —a verdict
which the reading public was not slow to
indorse. "No Thoroughfare"—the title of
the story written in collaboration by Dick
ens and Collins—was another happy in
spiration. Collins carefully studied ef
fectiveness In most of the titles of his
novels. "No Name,” “After Dark," "Miss
or Mrs.?’’ "The Haunted Hotel,” and the
like, have all proved alluring enough to
hesitating readers. George Eliot's titles
are mostly of the straightforward, pedes
trian order, but she is said to have had
great trouble in fixing on one for the book
which tells the history of Maggie Tulli
ver, Stephen Guest and Philip Wakem.
"The Tuliivera” and various others were
suggested before it was finally decided
to call the book by the not very happy ti
tle of "The Mill on the Floss.’’ Haw
thorne, with his natural instinct for the
picturesque and the suggestive, found ti
tles which were not only attractive, but
full of suggestion. What could be better
than “The Scarlet Letter.” "The House
of the Seven Gables” and “The Marble
Faun"?
Of recent years novelties have vied with
one another In the invention of far
fetched names, intended to be arresting
and enticing, but which are often merely
"conceited,” in the old sense of the word,
and strained. But for titles which are
full of quaint conceits we must go back
to the earlier days of our literature.
'Grammar Is not precisely an Inviting
study, though in the "Diversions of
Purity" it became almost attractive; but
Horne Tooke’s absurd title is altogether
put in the shade by a sixteenth
Latin grammar, which had for a sub-title
the following honeyed description: "A
delysious Syrupe newly Claryfied for
Younge Scholars yt thurste for the Swete
Lycore of Latin Speche.” We wonder
whether this highly sugared pill deceived
a single one of the urchins for whom it
was so carefully prepared. Old dictionary
makers adopted similar devices. A lexi
con sounded much more inviting when
termed an "Altearle,” or a “New World
of Words." or when dubbed "IManlpulus
Vocabuiorum.”
For titles of the fanciful kind, the
Puritan writers distance ail competitors.
In their hands illusion and metaphor
often become simply grotesque. Here are
a few tiiles of theological pamphlets and
books: "A moat delectable Sweet Per
fumed Nosegay for God’s Saints to smell
at.” a pamphlet issued in 1686: "The
Snuffers of Divine Love”; "Heel Pieces
for Limping Sinners"; The Spiritual
Mustard-Pot to make the Soul Sneeze
with Devotion." and so forth. Devotion
Is hardly the feeling which seems most
likely to be inspired by the perusal of
such absurdities. But the Puritans, In
the adoption of these high-flown and gro
tesque phrases, simply oped the ways of
more secular writers. The romancers of
Elizabethan days revelled and fantastic
titles, which were doubtless enticing
enough to Ihe. limited reading public of
that day. Painter's "Palace of Pleas
ure” Is a type of many book titles sim
ilarly constructed. The ephuslstlc school,
of course, let their fancy run riot in the
invention of etrange names for the tedi
ous romances In which they discoursed
of strange birds and beast# and plants.
Greene's "Philomela; the Lady Fitz W
aters Nightingale.” or "Morando, or the
Trltameron of Love," sound much more
attractive than any modern reader could
possibly find it to be.
Fashions in names hove changed, but
the object aimed at remains the same.
The modern novelist invents a far-fetched
or a startling title In the home of stimu
lating curiosity and alluring readers and
buyers, Just in ihe *ame way that his pre
decessors of three centuries ago strove to
secure attention by inventions oast In the
mould of the vocabulary which then hap
pened to bo fashionable.
Clilnn• Crack Regiment. #
From the London Mail.
All armies have their crack regiments.
China's is known as the "Tiger Guard."
Ita members are supposed to be very ti
gers when turned loose in war. Tttpn. too,
they arc dressed in yellow, the imperial
color, wllh stripes of black, in imitation of
a tiger's skin. The cap is made of spilt
bamboo and has ears to It.
A bamboo shield, wlih a monster's head
painted on it, completes the fantastic uni
form.
A "Tiger'’ officer in full uniform, as he
appears on occasions of review or parade,
Is a matter of no small Interest and won
der to the stranger. A highly polished
helmet te*-minatiug in a crest of gold and
a tuft of colored hair on a rod eight
inches alovo the cap; a robe of purple or
blue silk, richly adorned with gilt buttons,
and reaching to the feet, which are Incas
ed in black satin boots, constitute a cos
tume of plcturesqueue&s aud lncyn' emetic*.
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His implements of war are in keeping
with the uniform. All of them glitter with
gems and precious metals. What sort of
fighters the "Tiger*” make remains to be
seen.
The general belief is that they are not
superior to other branches of the Chinese
army except when thoroughly Impregnated
with the spirit of fanaticism. Their, repu
tation is largely based upon past glories,
and they now appear to think more of
their adornments than of the serious bus
iness of warfare.
They are carefully selected men. of
good proportions, and enjoy numerous
privileges. On whose side they are fight
ing now is largely a matter of conjecture.
They should be defending the Dowager
Empress and the Emperor Kwang-Su, it
still alive.
—Physicians In the state prison at Co
lumbus. 0.. have just taken a fifth finger
from the hand of Will Byers, a convict.
Byers is serving a term for robbing the
mails and found that hie extra finger
interfered with hla work in the glove shop
of the prison.
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bankers, editors or any persons using
scissors, either for lace work, cutting
bonds or Chinese clippings, that all scis
sors stamped with the name Fegeas are
sharpened free of charge by the old ex
perienced barber, 28 East Broughton, hair.
Jewelry and shaving supply house; the
place for fine razore, scissors, shears; bar
ber chairs for sale or rent; barber shops
bought and sold.
ANY PARTY WHcTcANTnFORU T'S
of the present whereabout* of Rachael L.
Hicks (colored) will be rewarded. Address
Box 166, Postofflce, Savannah, Ga.
BEND TWELVE CENTS IN STAMPS
for Gifford’s song, "In an Old-Fashioned
Garden;” regular price 50 cents. Cable
Piano Cos., Savannah.
IS YOUR IRON SAFE FIRE PROOF?
We are selling the celebrated StiffeT &
Freeman’s fire proof safes. The makers
have a standing offer of SI,OOO for every
safe that docs not preserve Its contents.
Drop us a postal and our safe man will
call on you. C. P. Miller, Agt.
WE WILL SERVE " FOR SUNDAY
dinner the following creams: Peach, va
nilla, chocolate, lemon, orange and pine
apple; also lemon, banana, pineapple and
tutti frutti sherbets. Furber.
SEND' 12 CENTS'IN STAMPS 'FOR
the new waltz song, “Passing Faces,” by
Raphael Fassett. Cable Piano Cos., Sa
vannah.
*HAVE YOUR FURNITURE" MOVED
by men who know how to handle it. Tel
ephone 4143.
FOR CARPET T AKI NOT U P’ _ C LE AN -
ing, storing and relaying, ring telephone
2, District Messenger Company.
HAVE”" YOUR OLD MATTRESSES
renovated, one dollar; returned some day.
Telephone 4143.
FINE RICHFIELD LAMB AT “BA
ker’s,” every day; best of all other meals
In market.
— MILLINERY! MILLINERY! ALL
hats and shapes at greatly reduced prices;
flowers, trimming, hats trimmed, 25c;
cleaning, dyeing. Mrs. 8. Britton, 136 Bar
nard.
GARDNER’ B~BAZ A A rTaGBN T~FO R
Kimball’s arttl-rheumatic ring. They have
given relief to those who have worn them.
You sufferers try them. (
ONE PARLOR ORGAN AND ONE
Chapel organ, both in good condition; will
be sold cheap. C. P. Miller, Aj^t.
~IF ITiTrUGS YOU WANT, YOU CAN
get them cheaper from McGlllis.
~wb" areTservino “at "our foun
tain the new ice, royal princess. Try it
and you will like it. Furber.
FOR FIRST-CLASS WORK AT LOW
prices, go to Chatham Trunk Factory,
Broughton, corner Abercomt 'phone 1031.
RING UP 2464 "IF YOU WANT TO
have your furniture moved or packed for
shipment or storage; I guarantee prices
the same as I do the work that’s given
to me. A. S. Griffin, 314 Broughton street,
west; mattresses made to order.
HAVE - " YOUR OLD MATTRESSES
renovated, one dollar; returned same day.
Telephone 4143.
"HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS. STOVES,
ranges, heaters, furnaces, and scales over
hauled and repaired; !so all other work
on machinery, promptly attended to. J.
F. McAuliffe, 49 Drayton, street.
LADIES! READ THIS: LEBORD’S
French pills, female regulator, eent post
paid fos the next ninety day* for fifty
cents a box. Regular price, one dollar.
We want ten thousand new customer? to
use Lebord’s French Pills;*better ~Tfian
Tansy and Pennyroyal; every box war.
ranted; only two boxes to any one. Re
member only 90 days; take advantage
while this offer lasts Beard Chemical
Company, 2426 Olive street, Louisville,
Ky.
WATER COOLERS, BALDWIN RE
frigerators. hammocks, lawn chair* and
all summer goods closing out at lowest
prices. C. P. Miller, Agent.
HAVE - YOUR OLD _ MATTRESSES
renovated, one dollar; returned seme day.
Telephone 4148.
GARDNER’S BAZA AR~AOENT ' FOR
Oelschig'z nursery, headquarters for floral
decorations; designs, plants and cut flow
| ers.
“FOR FURNITURE AND PIANO
packing, moving or storing, telephone 2.
District Messenger Company, the only
warehouse in the city specially fitted to
care for furniture and carpets.
I 'HATS; RIBBON*, FLOWERS, lETC.,
at cost; hat trimmed for 25c. Miss C. D.
Kenner, 117 York, west.
"MILLER’S AWNINGS INCREASE
circulation of air and keep out the heat.
You need one. Let us put it up at once.
C. P. Miller, Agent,
MOUNTAIN RESORTS
are delightful places to rest and grow strong, but not
very good places to buy SHOES.
Bring in the children before you leave for the sum
mer and let us fit them properly.
Strong shoes for climbing.
Dainty slippers for dress.
Seasonable styles for mamma and j|nwV\
We Fit the FAMILY, i
and the -
PRICES are RIGHT. mMm
PERSONAL,.
tain to-day the following sherbets: Cho
colate, peach, lemon, orange, banana and
the new one, royal princess. Furber.
“M’GILLIS" SELL3 SIXTY-INCH RUGS
—Smyrna patterns—for 99 cents.
MOSQUITO NETS. ALL GRADES OF
American and Imported lace nets, with
beet fixtures; prices low. C. P. Miller,
Agent..
“HAVE YOUR OLD MATTRESSES
renovated, one dollar; returned same day.
Telephone 4143.
M’GILLIS 18 CHEAP ON RUGS. NETS,
lace curtains, hammocks, water coolers,
pillows, pictures, (stove*, bedroom suites,
and furniture of every description.
WISE BUYERS ARE PLACING
their orders for furniture and carpels lo
be delivered any time this fall. We have
plenty of bargains for early buyers. See
up to-day. C. P. Miller, Agt.
GUARANTEED FOUNTAIN PEN, sl.
At Gardner’s Bazaar.
SOUTHERN - UMBRELLA FACTORY;
largest umbrella factory south of Balti
more; all repairings neatly done; all covers
cut from piece; mourning umbrellas made
to order; we call your special attention to
our fresh stock of alpaca covers. 330
West Broad street; second block of Cen
tral depot.
WE WILL~ REPAIR - YOUR OLD
trunks and sachels to look and be good
as new; or take them in exchange; um
brellas recovered and repaired. Chatham
Trunk Factory, Broughton, corner Aber
corn.
ABOUT MATTRESSES! DON’T - BE
fooled by unknown cheap Johns; Fox’s
established sixteen years, owns his own
building, has patent machine for picking
material; largest and best equipped work
shop; employs White mechanics only; ren
ovates mattresses thoroughly; sl, up
wards. Fox’s, 214 Whitaker.
M’GILLIS' LACE - CURTAINS - WILL
beautify your parlor.
A CASH INVESTMENT-IN-FURNl
ture and carpels with me to-day will prove
immensely profitable to you. Verbum sap.
C. T. Miller, Agt.
HAVE YOUR OLD MATTRESSES
renovated, one dollar; returned same day.
Telephone 4143.
f AM PREPARED - T6 — tfPH6LSTER
parlor and dining room furniture, in leath
er. eilk, damask, and other fabrics, in the
best manner. Special facilities for reno
vating curled hair. moss, and cotton mat
tresses. All classes of work skillfully
done. I have none but experienced me
chanics and will guarantee satisfaction
C. P. Miller, Agt.
M’GILLIS MOVES, PACKS. SHIPS
and stores pianos and furniture; best work
only; no “Cheap-John” prices—no “Cheap-
John” Jobs.
WHEN YOU SEE M’GILLIS’ SlXTY
inch 99 cents rugs, you will buy them.
Just can't help it; will sell In any quan
tity.
“IF - YOU " WANT - A" GOOD ' TRUNK,
sachel or telescope, for half you pay oth
ers, buy at Chatham. Trunk Factory,
Broughton, corner Abereorn. Georgia
’phone 1061.
WE ARE - READY TO 'SHOW LARGE
lines of furniture for bedroom, dining
room, parlor and office. Also choice lino
of carpets, mattings, window shades, art
squares, rugs, lace curtains, etc. It will
pay you to see us to-day and make your
selections. C. P. Miller. Agent.
A -- CONUNDRUM: - WHY WILL A
great many owners of horses pay us much
to make their horses suffer from ill fitting
shoes as it would cost to have the Job
done by an expert horseshoer, and there
fore. done right. I guarantee the fit and
work every time. Monahan, the horse
shoer and fitter, Jefferson street, near
Liberty.
- “FURNITUREMOVBD WITH CARE."
is a specialty with McGlllis.
if you want good - material
and work, older your lithographed and
printed stationery and blank books from
Morning News. Savannah. Ga.
MEDICAL.
Pennyroyal Pills are the best. Safe, re
liable. Take no other. Send 4e stamps
for particulars. “Relief for Ladles," in
letter by return mall. Ask your druggist.
Chichester Chemical Cos., Phllada., Pa.
ThaVE FOUND A POSITIVE CURE
for drunkenness; can be given secretly;
will gladly tell you what It is; don’t send
money. Mrs. May Hawkins, Lock Box
L. H. 131, Grand Rapids, Mich.
MORPHINE, OPIUM, LAUDANUM,
cocaine habit; myself cured; will inform
you of harmless, permanent home cure.
Mrs. Baldwin, Box 1212, Chicago.
HOW ARE YOUR FEET? IF YOUR
feet are troubling you. call on me and I
will give you relief; I cure ingrowing
nails, corns and all diseases of the feet
without pain; charges reasonable; can
give the best references in the city; pa
tients treated at residences; orders can
be left a Livingston’s drug store, Bull
and Congress streets; telephone 293. Lem
Davis, surgeon chiropodist.
j._ _ _ 1
HELP WANTED—MALE.
understands trucking and is willing to
work. D. B. Lester.
“WAITED _ A FIRST-CLASS BARBER;
steady employment. 551 East Liberty.
Jas. R. Davis.
‘ WANTED - COLORED - BOY - OR MAN
to milk and do dairy work. Address 523
East Liberty street.
SIP * W
Gentlemen who have stout, fleshu feet we ask to
kindlu call and examine our specialty for them,
Why wear a clumsy looking shoe when we can
dress your feet in a neat, stulish and same time com
fortable shoe at as small a price as you pay for the or
dinary kind? This is a special last and must be seen
to be appreciated, No one else has it, Come to-day,
GEILjSc QUINT
fHONE m. 203 BROUGHTON, WEST
HELP IVAM'BD—MALE.
TWO OR three
months, first-class stenographer and type
writer; man with railroad experience pre
ferred. Lane, Morning News.
WANTED, ‘ A BARBER. APPLY 513
liberty street, east.
“wanted AN~“A 1” MILK scan,
none other need apply. Kensington Farm
Dairy.
wanted7 - a - good - MAN IN~ EVERY
town in Georgia, to handle our account;
write for terms; furnish references.
Grantham Bros., wholesale fruits and pro
duce. Savannah, Ga.
WANTED, BROOMMAKERR AD
dress Box 556, Charleston, S. C.
SALESMEN To BELL PERFUMES,
toilet soaps, etc., to dealers; 3100 monthly
and expenses; experience unnecessary.
Plumber Perfumery Cos.. St. Louis, Mo.
“WANTED, SEVERAL TRUST
worthy persons to manage our business in
their own and nearby counties; mainly of
fice work conducted at home; salary, S9OO
a year and expenses; mention reference
and enclose self-addreseed stamped envel
ope. The Dominion Company, Dept. K.,
Chicago.
“312 WEEKLY AND EXPENSES, DEFl
nite bona-fide salary; men and women as
general agents; rapid promotion, increase;
local and traveling; reference required,
Butler & Alger, New Haven, Conn.
“HUSTITiNG SALESMAN WANTED BY
well-known house; natural ability and
aptness counts for more than experience;
give references. Box Three, Detroit. Mich.
TRAVELING SALESMAN WANTED
by established house; no technical knowl
edge necessary, bdt simply all around
hustler of good appearance and address.
First-class line; special contract; entire
time required; references. Box 432, De
troit, Mich.
EXPERIENCED*"SPECiAL^TY-BALES
man to visit dry goods, general store and
drug trade; must have best of references
and give bond. Address Box 814, Chicago.
EARN BIG MONEY; WRITE ADVBJR
tlsements; we teach it. Page-Davia
Advertising School, Chicago.
“SIDE LINE OFFERED BY~HIGH
rated corporation on uncovered ground;
several earn $25 week cash; free outfit.
Factory, P. 0., 1371, New York.
“WANTED - A FIRST-CLASS SALE -
man; thoroughly experienced in clothing,
shoes and hots; good salary guaranteed;
none but first-class and with good refer
ence need apply; send reference with ap
plication. Address m. D., office, Savan
nah Morning News.
“wantedTtraveling SALESMAN,
for Sept. 1 engagement, acquainted with
Florida trade; roust be sober and relia
ble, with references. Address Traveler,
Box 352, Jacksonville, Fla.
YOUNG MAN TO TRAVEL IN GEOR
gla; SSO monthly to start and all expenses;
position permanent If satisfactory; self
addressed envelope for particulars. Ad
dress Manager Gillis, Pontiac building,
Chicago.
WANTED EVERYWHERE—HUST
lers to tack signs, distribute circular*,
samples, etc.; no canvassing; good pay.
Sun Advertising Bureau, Chicago.
HEI.P WAITED—FEMALE. '
preferred, cook, wash and iron for fami
ly cf six. Must have beat recommenda
tions. Isle of Hope. Mrs. J. B. Wiley.
~ WANTED — COOK FOR SMALL FAM
ily; references required. Apply 235 Gor
don street, east.
WANTED. WOMAN TO COOK AND
wash at White Bluff. G. H. Remshart, U
Bryan, east.
COOK, FIRST - CLASS COOK~WAITD
ed. 206 Fifth street, west.
“WANTED'Ta - GOOD, - HONEStT - 3ET -
tied woman 4o nurse. Apply 403 Liberty
street, west.
“EXPERIENCED HANDS CAM GET
employment at E. & W. Laundry, 712 An
derson, west.
“WANTED, NEAT, INTELLIGENT
house girl; call Sunday. 113 Liberty street,
west.
“WANTED^a'T - ONCE, A GOOD"COOK - ;
none need apply unless well recommended.
Apply to H. H. Hull, Henry street and
Waters avenue.
'HOUSEGIP.L WANTED 3 — STATE
street, west.
“any - lady can'easily make!fi
to $25 weekly by representing us In hr
locality, and as the position is both pleas
ant and profitable the year round. I will
gladly send full particulars to all. Even
your spare time Is valuable and if you
really want to make money, address, with
2c stamp, Mis. Mary E. Wheeler, 87
■Washington street, Chicag-o, 111.
“LADY TO TRAVEL IN GEORGIA’. SSO
monthly and all expenses to start; perma
nent position If satisfactory; self-ad
dressed envelope for reply. Address Man
ager Macßrady. Star building, Chicago.
K Axsw ANTED.
'TgentTwantbo' to'”"be inde
pendent, learn Ihe grandest paying pro
fession of the age. A beautiful book and
information absolutely free. American In
stitute of Science, Nevada, Mo.
“$1,500 CAN BE MADE DURING-CAM
paign season selling our campaign ties;
greatest sellers ever Introduced; territory
going; write immediately; full line wTiite
nnd fancy rubber collars; enclose stamp
Dept. C., M. & M. Mfg. Cos.. Springfield,
Mass.