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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. |-t LOVEMAN’S. ►- J | W taßsiij ii (lit SoU. | Exquisite Millinery, jackets and Capes. H Immense Carpet Department. ® | i' 0 FINE | ® ,5\ N DRESS GOODS, ® 8? SILKS, RIBBONS,® S /ißUerf** LACES, GLOVES, ® 3j X, CORSETS, ETC.® OOfW q ® - ■■ AL SO A COMPLETE® ® IP ; ART DEPARTMENT, ® ® ? / A EMBROIDERY, SILKS,® 1 r STAMPED PIECES, & §0 U W? ZEPHYRS, ETC.® 1 ' i St X - " * ■ ■ 0 || ® jfW* Write for Catalogue. SS-js I D. B. LOVEM/VN GO. I CHATTANOOGA, TENN. ® 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. T. W. 6H7YST/VIN, DEALER IN 3=5- FURNITURE Summerville, Ga. 0 Nice Chamber Suits Sio, Sls, S2O, and up. When in need of anything in my line give me a call,