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Woman’s Page.
CONDUCTED BY EDNA CAIN.
“MAYBE A SERMON—
MAYBE A SONG.’’
A Day in Autumn.
One realizes early in the day that it
is autumn. There is a snug sense of
luxury about lying in bed that reminds
one of the freezing winter mornings
when another ten minutes of drowsy
slumber seems more to be desired than
fine rubies. You watch the caill light
filtering through the white curtains at
the windows and the gray shadows in
the corners until presently it is time to
get up. Each moment now seems
fraught with more comfort than one
would deem it possible to get, even
out of a warm nest like yours. And
then the things to be done begin to
bring themselves to mind. A new day
lias been born, and has inherited the
duties that belonged to yesterday—and
we must execute the will. So out you
come with a hop, skip and jump.
There is no dawdling about donning
one’s afire, either, as there was in the
rosy summer mornings. It is too
—rold.-
Thcn begins the long busy day full
of toil, of vexatious, often times. It
is rather funny, and pathetic too, how
we fall before the latter. It is easy to
feel oneself a philosopher in circum
stances of quiet and case. But when
our stoicism crumbles before an on
slaught of little petty mean vexations
we grind our teeth in rage at the mem
ory of those calmer moments, which
obtrudes itself mockingly. How is it
the poem goes?
“It is easy enough to be cheerful,
When life goes by like a song,
But the man worth while is the
one who will sn.ile
When everything goes dead
wrong.”
But I believe it is a fact, also, that
people whose tempers fail under small
veyations at times, may be very strong
and qui t when some terrible crisis
comes. As if yea sat in the open win
dow reading some summer day and the
-A'agrant breeze blew a straggling lock
of hair TH your face and you brushed
- it away jnrp^tiently: and then again,
yo£ stood while the - *.nighty wind
lashe iMorlrees and tore at your gar-
swept your hair about your
face in wild witchlocks, and you were
very quiet, awed by’ this mighty force.
But possibly the day is a cheerful
one. There arc some days when life •
seems a huge joke, just as there are i
some other days when it seems a'
graveyard full of failures. This ‘af-l
fords another place to moralize. A
certain heathen philosopher who Jived !
a very long time ago, and wrote some j
beautiful truths which find an echo in '
the minds of men today, said that the I
aspect of all things was but a matter
of opinion. That would seem to apply i
to the good and bad days in the ordi-I
nary routine of life. Some days the I
sun is bright, the air is wine, every
body we meet is intelligent, and a good
many arc really charming. Other
days are dark, and the earth seems
peopled with doddering idiots (am mg
whom we feel ourselves chief) judging
from the specimens of humanity we
meet. Yet all things may be as well
with us, outwardly, one day as anoth
er. It is just a difference of feeling.
But a truce to moralizing. It is tire
some—when other people do it—is it I
not?
This day in autumn would not be
complete without a half hour spent
in some sunny corner with a book.
We owe it to ourselves to enjoy this :
respite from toil, from vexations, and |
from the people about us whom we I
may think stupid—and should remem
ber that it is probably our stupidity
from their standpoint. In these days
of the cheap press anybody can own a
few good books, at least. And this is
to be considered one of the greatest
boons mechanical invention and pro
gress has brought to us. iu spite of die
fact that a wise one Os old thought
knowledge a weariness to the flesh,
and seemed to regret that there was
uo end to the making of books. But
bqpks possess many dear attractions
for those of us who have not become
surfeited with knowledge. as was Sol
omon. Hero we have the grand and
beautiful thoughts of the great minds
of all ages. We may choose and pick
what we like.
Bv the aid of the book maker we
may live through all the ages of the
past, even from the stately sentence.
‘•ln the beginning was Gdd; through
the days of Israel's glory, ’be power
of Rome, and the sensuous beauty o f
; Egypt’s prime. And still God was!
because there arose a wonderful “Star
of Bethlehem'' in that gorgeous eas-
I tern sky, which quivered and burned
j for a season and then slowly took its
I westward way. And it drew the great
. tidal wave of civilization after it until
i today this fair western world rests in
its white radiance while the temples
of that an< lent civiliz ition are crum
bling to dust in the semi-twilight.
And we may well wonder if ages hence
the Grecian or Israelite of the future
may not sit beneath his native vine and
figtree and contemplate through the
lenses of history our semi-twilight ob
scurity. Cui bono? The world moves.
i“* * * Yes, these book friends of
I ours are very charming. We usually
have their best thoughts pencil marked
and can get at them readily, which is
not the case with the thoughts of flesh
and blood friends. Then if we grow
weary of these book friends we can
shut them up, which certainly is not
always possible with flesh and blood
friends.
Apropos of books, du Maurier, the
creator of “Trilby,” is dead. No, not
dead, for to his admirers his wonderful
spirit still lives in his charming books
and pictures. The death of the author
has created a great demand for his
books, and Trilby will again be dragged
forth into the cold glare of criticism.
One can fancy du Manner’s gentle soul
meeting Trilby in the spirit world, for
I am sure she was a very real and tan
gible creation to him, and that he
loved her for her beautiful soul and
pitied her for her misfortune. How
many beautiful souls there are which,
like Trilby’s, seem to have been mis
laid by the Fates in some dark coiner
of earth until they are mildewed with
misfortune. They remind one of the
marble gods standing in a deserted
garden, their whiteness stained by the
creepers which have grown over them,
and only theirjjcautiful forms endure.
X'lrs. George Parsons Lathrop, the
daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne and
the widow of a distinguished littera
teur, has recently given up a life of ut
most refinement and comfort and gone
to live in a city tenement in order to
succor her cancer-stricken fellow crea
tures. Cancer is an incurable disease
and for this reason cancer patients are
not admitted to hospitals; consequently
the poorer ones suffer a great e'eal for
lack of proper attention. Mrs. Lath
rop goes to this work with a heart full
of love and conviction, and regards it
from the standpoint of a sister of char
ity and a surgeon.
She has studied in a hospital in or
der 'o fit herself for this work and
hopes in time to establish a hospital
for her patients.
“She has not,” says a recent writer,
“made her home in a tenement in or
der to distribute alms. Her own firm
hands will apply washes and bandages,
and while she labors to mend the body
she will endeavor to diffuse cheerful
ness and faith.
She felt, nearly three years ago, an
impulse to aid the poor who were in
curably afflicted, and for whom the
hospital system, extensive as it is can
not adequately provide. She thought
long and prayerfully about the matter,
with the result that she hired three
l.ttle rooms in the house at No. 1,
Scammel street ten days ago, and made
them her home.
When a woman tells me she is going
to branch out in any of the new fields
of business, politics or professional
work that her sex has been lately es
saying I congratulate her and wish her
well, but when I find that she is going
into one of the old fields, those that
have been trodden for hundreds of
years successively and successfully
by the feet of other women before her,
I want to hold her hand very warmly
and cry bravo to the womanly convic
tion and bravery that proposes to
I bring modern progress and intelligence
to bear on those pursuits that women
have through natural selection proven
their best and noblest for mankind.
From a masculine point of view
: millinery is rather uninteresting,
'except as it crowns an interesting
face. And I daresav the average
e *
, man is charmed by the combina
tion of a picturesque hat and a
■ pretty face, but has little idea of
, the anxious thought the hat cost
its wearer—to say nothing of the
, monetary cost.
However, the choosing of a hat
is quite a serious affair since it
must naturally express much of
the wearer’s individuality. The
! ! hat proclaim’s the woman, to par
aphrase Will Shakespear—whose
hair, by the way, would probably
rise in protest if he could see him
i self figuring in a millinery write
! up. This season’s variety of
: shapes and colors will certainly
al'ow every woman a wide scope
for the exercise of her individual
tastes, and the trimmers are mar
velously ingenjous in giving each
hat a distinctive style of its own.
Miss Scarborough, who presides
ov< r Hollis & Hinton’s attractive
millinery department, courteously
gave me a g impse of some of her
charming creations. Hero I saw a
high crowned, black velvet hat
trimmed in lofty black plumes
and steel buckles, that was deciedly
"now” in effect. High crowned
hats are very stylish, as are all
large hats—“picture hats” they
are fitly called. Among these was
a magnificent violet velvet hat
trimmed with dull black taffeta
ribbon and black plumes. Violets
are very much in vogue and the
shades of violets are very promi
nent in this season’s hats. A small
black relt hat with a gracefully
curved brim, had a twist of black
velvet fastened around the very
low crown with jet buckles and on
one side a chic bow of black
taffeta stood upright while under
the brim were violet colored roses,
which were certainly very pretty
oven if there never were any real
roses like them. Another
very striking hat was a new rough
felt called mohair, I believe. It
was trimmed with rosettes of green
taffeta ribbon bordered with
black ; black quills stood up in the
black, and under the brim in the
back was a cluster of red berries
and green foliage.
A very queer chameleon shade
of green and blue is used in roses,
taffeta ribbon and quills on this
season’s hats. I noticed a small
navy blue felt trimmed in green
and blue quills and velvet. It was
very stylish in effect. By the way,
a woman, no matter how charming
she is under a big hat, a ways
wants a small, close-fitting toque
or turbau sot windy days and for
travelling. Another hat was green
mohair with green velvet and
creamy persian ribbon folded
about the crown, and black tips
under the brim and rising in a
Huffy mass at the side. A brown
felt with a broad brim was trimmed
with black tips and a blue-brown
ribbon.
There were charming broad
brimmed hats trimmed with rib
bon and quills for young girls, and
dainty hats of white and brown or
blue, for the tiny maidens.
The chenille hats rival the vel
vets and felts in popular favor and
I saw some very pretty ones here.
The millinery room in T. Hiles;
A Go's., store lias a charming ar-1
ray of headgear and is justly pop-1
ular with the fair shoppers. Miss
Henslee is a very artistic trimmer,
and her hats are always charming, i
She showed me a “picture” hat
with a black chenille brim and a|
violet velvet crown. Tall black i
plumes were piled upon it and be-!
sides these it had buckles galore, |
and qui lings of violet persian rib-!
bon and a twist of green velvet un- ■
der the brim, and two purple par-!
adise plumes that soared above the |
black ones. That seems-a lot but
the big hats are bigger than ever, I
and the young lady who a ill wear)
it will carry it well. She is a.
stately blonde of Cedartown.
Miss Henslee has also made a hat
for a young lady in Rome. It is
a combination of black and garnet
velvet with the inevitable black
plumes. It has bronze green moire
ribbon. ' -t ornaments, and bronze
green roses under the brim. An
other charming hat was of golden
brown chenille with brown tips
and velvet, and softly tinted au
tumn leaves.
A hat that reminded one of a
bride was ail white with fluffy
white tips, moire ribbon and rhine
stones. But the most charming of
them all was an elegant black and
white hat. Black and white is
made, ofteuer than anything else,
to express the Parisian’s ideas of
chic and style, and it has that
Frenchy look that is considered so
desirable. This hat had a brim of
black horse hair interwoven with
white satin braid with beautiful
effect; the crown was a soft puff
of black velvet, and plumes of
black tipped with white stood up
on either side, with soft black aig
rettes marked with white. The
brim was turned up in the back
and underneath it was placed
some dark crimson roses. The ef
fect was indescribably elegant.
It were useless to ask what the
styles are for there is such a diver
sity of shape and color that
special ones may bo said to pre
vail. Flowers and chiffon are used
a great deal, and every hat has
some sort of buckle on it. Green
and violet are said to be the lead
ing colors this season. A hand
some black hat purchased by a
girl here has rhimestone buckles,
black plumes and immense, pale
green roses for trimming.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Gathered Here and Yonder!
For NEWS Readers.
C. L. Odell spent last Friday at
Chattoogaville.
Hon. J. AV. Maddox spent last Fri
day evening in town.
C. C. Bryan is attending court at
LaFayette this week.
Col. J. D. Taylor spent Monday in
Rome.
Mrs. AV. A. Milner has beon seri
ously indisposed for several days.
Editor J. W. Cain has been sick
since last Thursday, but is improving.
Misses Ellen and Josie Fitts visited
the Misses Rambo near Lyerly, last
Monday.
Always in season. Hopkins’ Steamed
Hominy (Hulled Corn). Elegant lunch
in Al ilk.
Mr. J. A. Branner and Miss Mattie
Williams attended the Branner-Shrop
sbire marriage at Trion last Sunday.
Clothing, Shirts, Hats, Underwear
and all kinds of things.
Cleghorn & Henry.
Misses Ellen and Bettie Penn and
Miss Ada Murphy were in town last
Thursday.
Goou quality Wool Knitting Thread
in all colors, and another big lot will
be in next week. Prices cheap.
Cleghorn & Henry.
Mrs. J. W. Bryant, of near Raccoon,
and Mrs. Vann, of Lyerly, were shop
ping in town last Monday.
Our specialties—three distinct and
superior lines—Dress Goods, Clothing
and Shoes. You cannot afford to miss
either. Hollis & Hinton.
J. 11. McWhorter was at South Car
olina church, near Taliaferro’s, last
Monday putting up some tombstones.
Mr. Toni Scott, of Rome, spent last
Sunday in town with Hon. and Airs.
Wesley Shropshire.
Rev. D. A. Pledger will preach at
the county farm, the fourth Sunday in
this month.
John Calhoun arrived here from i
Texas last Saturday and is visiting his
father’s family near town.
Pleas Chastain of Anniston, Ala., is
in town on a visit to his father’s fam
i]y-
Airs. John AV. Johnson returned last!
Monday from a visit to relatives in
i Rome.
A travelling preacher will preach at
Melville church near Lyerly on Wed
nesday, 28th inst.
Your Guano notes and accounts were
due on the 15th of Oct. Please cal)
and pay them.
4t Cleghorn & Henry.
Air. J. B. Stern, editor of the Cleve
land (Tenn.) Journal, was in town last
Saturday and spent Saturday night
with the family of Air. A. J. Lawrence
at Alenlo.
It is your privilege to save money
by examining our stock of Ladies
AV raps; you will readily see where and
bow this can be done.
Hollis & Hinton.
Rev. J. G. Hunt left last Monday
for Chattanooga where he will assist
in conducting a protracted meeting at
one of the city churches. He will be
absent about two weeks.
We are receiving this week a big
lot of Dress Goods and Trimmings in
all the new styles and colors. Re
member you get a pattern free with
every dress you buy.
Thompson Hiles & Co.
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WHEN IN ROME
Do As Romans Do
—'TRADE WITH—
F. J. KANE & CO.
The Largest Stock of New Goods.
The Best Assorted Stock.
:i :
Many Things Away Under Price!
All Wool Filling Jeans 12 i=2C.
p oz “ “ “ i6c
4=4 AAA Sheetings 4 and 4 i=2C
Best 27 in Cotton Plaids 5c
$1.50 Climax Shoes at only SI.OO
Turkey Red Prints 3 i=2C
Boys’ Knee Pants Suits 90c
Bed Blankets, only 20c
Mens’ Under Shirts 15c
Ladies’ Winter Vests 10c
These are a few of our prices and it will pay you to
look here before you buy. Come to Rome, goods
cheaper than ever before, flake our place your head=
quarters. We want to see you.
F. J. KANE & CO.,
248 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
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When in need of anything in my line give me a call,