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Woman’s Page.
CONDUCTED BY EDNA CAIN.
Idle Impressions.
Atlanta, Nov. 26. —Thanksgiv-
ing Day in the city A very dif
ferent affair from the quiet day in
n country tillage where the only
festivities consist of little dinners
with a few intimate friends. It is
a sl- ppv, rainy day, but when peo
ple seek pleasure rain and black
mud arc small drawbacks, and the
.streets are full of hurrying throngs.
It is early evening. The electric
lights are beginning to gleam
through the murky air: the college
boys have just come in from the
Athens-Auburn football game and
they all seem to be quite wild .
Everybody is wearing either Ath
ens or Auburn colors. 1 have a
knot of black and red, the Georgia
colors, pinned on my shoulders.
A coach, gaily decorated with Au
burn’s blue and gold comes by filled
With shouting Auburn boysand
this m-kes me think Auburn has
won the galne. I am bitterly dis
appointed but my patriotism only
burns the brighter and I seize my
knot of ribbonsand wave them
defiantly. This makes the Aubuni
ites howl the louder, while a pass- '
ing Georgia boy yells “Rah for!
Georgia!” Later on we learn that
Georgia has won and the black
and red waves in triumph from
canes; and umbrellas and Boats
merrily about the charming faces
of the school girls, and others.
The Kimball house seems to be the
center of things in Georgia, wheth
er they pertain to politics or foot
ball games. Tonight the lobby is
full of the future husbands, fath
ers, statesmen, ministers, journa
lists, etc., etc., of Georgia; all
howling like madmen. Many of
these beardless youths will never
feel greater than they do at this
matter what their at
tainments in after years may be.
Their side has won ; fair young wo
men are looking down upon them
from the balconies; and they have
also had a few drinks more or less,
and they feel just as good as the
best of them, b’ gad, sir! Fat,
practical policemen, with families
at home and no more wild oats to
be sown, are watching the scene
from a business standpoint. And
in the morning that feeling of
greatness will have Strangely evap
orated, leaving in its wake a head
ache. So passeth the vain show
of “life.”
The Nordica concert the other
night was a rare treat for country
people whose ears are accustomed
to rather badly sung hyms and the
squeak, squeak—boom! of the vil
lagebrassband. Nordica revealed
to me the power, depth, richness
and scope of the human voice that
I had scarcely dreamed it possessor .
The passion and pathos, the aspi
rations and longings of the huma i
heart seemed very grand and beau
tiful clothed in Nordica’s voice.
Every goose within range of that
voice felt itself a swan: all the
lads were heroes and all the lasses
were queens, and unseen, myst.c
flowers shook their perfume t n tie
air. Music has a wonderful pow
er. It interprets the vast heights
and depths o f human feeling and
the rich tender meanings of life n
away that words never could.
And as Nordica sung that night I
could believe in that beautiful
world where dreams come true: a
world far removed from the sordid
practicalities of life. Rut this
same magnilicient Nordica was in
in a royal rage about six hours be
fore because there was no carriage
at the depot to meet her and she
had to reach her hi.tel in a cab.
And they s .-y she has been marr ed
once or twic 'ami had troubles just
like an ordinary woman. But 1
daresay most women in the audi
ence would have exchanged places
with her merely to have worn her
diamonds, worth a king’ ransom,
and her Paris gow n.
We are constantly reaching
i points in our experience where the
things that once pleased us can
■ please us no more. Os course this
is but the natural result of mental
evolution and, in a sense, it should
be a matter of satisfaction to us
i that it is so; but the immediate
; sensation of it is unpleasant. I
• thought of all this the other after
noon at the matinee. The play
was a second or third rate drama
with the regulation romantic her
oine who was kept out of her prop
erty by the villian who wished to
marry her. The villian held some
I dark threat over her head and
every time she and the hero began
to approach an understanding he
would stalk up and whisper in her
ear, “Have a care! have a care !
i one word too much and you are
lost ” Then she would subside
i: pon a rustic bench and apostro
| phise high heaven on the subject
< f her troubles in away that be
wildered the hero greatly. The
latter, you see, never appeared to
hear the villian or see what was
going on under his very nose. And
there was a couple of young lovers
I who did fool antics in a corner of
I the stage while all this was going
on. They never seemed to belong
anywhere but were always in
sight, and seemed to be accepted
oy the others as a matter of course,
though 1 am sure that in real life
they would have been consigned
to a lunatic asylum. And the
comic couple were always scrap
ping in away very unbecoming to
their years. The woman was aw
fully fat and she wore a ridicul
ously short peasant costume that
would have been coquettish on a
shapely young woman but was
ludicrous on her. And she wds
always dragging the man about
jby the ear and slapping him. Af
j ter a great deal of apparently use
' less complications the villian was
brought to justice through the
treachery of his accomplice, who
confessed and had a blessing be
. stowed upon him while the villian
1 was bound and stood up in a cor
, net, an object lesson in the results
of sin. He regarded the happiness
1 of the now united hero and heroine,
• and of the young lovers and the
comic couple, with a sardonic grin
of disgust. And I must confess
that my sympathies were with the
villian. Time was when I would
have laughed and cried over that
play with much enthusiasm, as I
saw several people about me doing.
But somehow I could not help
thinking of the fatness of the comic
lady and how, she puffed and
)1 * A
! and panted after dancing; and the
“tenor robusto” did not have thp
appearance of a hero, at all. Then
the characters had a funny habit of
discussing secrets and all sorts of
domestic affairs in a very loud
tone of voice in public gardens.
And the Tyrolean guides and peas
ants wore long cock feathers in
their hats and e aborately embroid
ered costumes and patent leather
shoes, all of which seems to be
quite natural and proper on the
stage. I think some one has writ
tbn a very charming book about
the accentricities of the stage
world.
1 The other morning a very sty
lishly dressed woman got on a
: street car here. The conductor
came along taking up fares and
when he reached her she found her
p« cket with a great deal of trouble,
1 but failed to produce her fare, and
appearing very much embarrassed,
she informed the conductor that
! she had forgotten her pocketbook.
' The passengers by this time had
■ become interested spectators of
' the scene ami the girl next me
; seemed to pity the lady's embar
‘ and modestly came for
ward and paid the five cents her-
- self. After the conductor went out
r on the platform the lady fished
■ twenty-rive cents out of her glove
and paid the girl five cents, saying:
I'“I ani really better off than I
thought. Here’s some money 1
didn’t know I had.” She wore s
sickly sort of smile, while the gir
1 joked vastly surprised and the
other passengers grinned.
Among the home people whom
I saw at the Nordica concert was
Miss Grace Hollis among a bevy
of pretty Agnes Scott Institute
girls. Miss Minnie Cleghorn was
also among the Wesleyan college
girls who came up from Macon and
stopped at the Aragon hotel. Mr.
Cicero Cleghorn, Jr., was present
at the concert and football game
next day, and went to Dalton af
terwards. Mr. Alex Bonnyman
was also present at the football
game.
School Exhibition.
The closing exerc’ses of Miss Mattie
William’s primary school occurred
Friday afternoon at the school house.
They consisted of a “spelling match,”
and a meeting of the “Alcott Literary
Society.” Louise Kirby and Charlie
Edmondson were the choosers in spell
ing. All did well and the children
were happy for some time. Then all
sat down on Louise Kirby’s side and
left Charlie and Fred Edmondson and
little Floy Milner standing on the
other.
The society opened then and the of
ficers, Charlie Edmondson as picci
dent, and Louise Kirby as secretary,
presided in a graceful and dignified
manner. The programme was as fol
lows;
PART I.
1. Song—‘'‘Welcome,” by the school
2. Recitation—“Two Little Kit
tens,” Frank Kirby.
3. Recitation—“ Mary Ann,” Nell
Henry.
4. Recitation—“ Grandma,” Patil
Myers.
5. Dialogue—“Reindeer and Rab
bit,” Hattie Bale Jones and Frank
Kirby.
6. Song—“ The Bee’s Lesson,”
by the school.
7. Recitation—“A Secret with Santa
Claus,” Floy Milner.
8. Recitation —“Robin Redbreast,”
Eugene Taylor.
9. Recitation—“ Birdie,” Hattie
Bale Jones.
10. Concert Recitation—“ Over in
the Meadow,” Primaries.
PART 11.
1. Recitation—“A Boy’s Belief.”
Rowland Henry.
2. Recitation—“ How Columbus
Discovered America,” Victor Hollis.
3. Recitation—“Two much Thanks
giving Pie,” Fred Edmondson.
4. Quotations From Select Authors.
5. Recitation— “Guilty or Not Guil
ty,” Louise Kirby.
6. “Critics Report,” Fred Edmond,
son.
7. Valedictory Address, by the
president.
8. Song—“ Joy! Joy!” by the school.
9. Adjournment.
Space forbids mentioning each one on
the programme but suffice it to say that
all acquitted themselves well, thus re
flecting great credit on their beloved
teacher.
The children who will receive prizes
for the term are as follows: For at
tendance, Louise Kirby and Fred Ed
mondson. Deportment, Nell Henry.
Spelling medals, Fred Edmondson and
I Frank Kirby. Several deserve houor
* able mention. In deportment, Victor
! Hollis and Charlie Edmondson. In
scholarship, Hattie Bale Jones.
Miss Williams leaves for her home
I in Atlanta this week and to the regret
of her many friends here, will not
teach next term.
George Rose is moving his sawmill
this week to the Hunt place, at the
foot of Taylor’s ridge, where he will
saw a quantity of oak lumber for par
ties in town.
Strayed on or off Lookout mountain
two sm”ll yearlings, one black steer,
some white on him marked with
smooth crop and over bit in each ear.
Cue black heifer, some white and
marked with smooth crop and hole in
right ear and swallow fork in left ear.
Any information as to their wherea
bouts will be thankfully received by
me. J. B. Hutchens,
Fairview. Ga.
Land Posted.
Bird hunters and others are warned
not to trespass on my lands. If i: is
not stopped somebody will be prnse
cuted. T, A. Powell.
Land Posted.
All parties are warned not to hunt
or otherwise trespass on my farm in
Dirttown valley, under penalty oi the
Haw. B. M. Mathis.
RACCOON MILLS.
Mr. John Wyatt went to Atlan
ta last Friday on a visit to his
>vifo. He returned Sunday. .
There was a good congregation
at prayer meeting Sunday night,
.he exercises being conducted by
Mr. T. P. Batten.
Messrs Henry Knox and Robert
Bryan of Summerville, spent Sun
day at Raccoon.
Mrs. S. R. Wyatt returned Mon
lay from a visit to her mother near
Alpine. *
Mrs. Lawson Alexander spent
several days here this week on a
visit to relatives,
Mr. I. S. Gilbert spent most of
last week visiting relatives at this
place.
Claude Rambo, of Lyerly, was
here to see his best girl Sunday.
Say bc.ys, what about the candy
pulling the other night, down the
road? It seems that you think
you will keep everything dark but
the birds generally find out most
things.
Mrs. I. S. Gilbert, of Menlo, \is
visiting her son, H. C. Gilbert,
this week.
S. M. Lawrence, of Menlo, was
pi town last Monday.
Albert Smith, of Bankhead, Ala.,
was here last week on business.
We had an interesting show here
Saturday night, also fine music by
the feather men.
Dr. Fann, of Dalton, was here
three days last week, and had all
the work he could do.
Misses Sallie Beavers and Nettie
Wyatt spent last Thursday in Rac
coon.
Lucien Alexander and sister,
Miss Mattie, visited relatives here
last week.
Mr. A. T. Powell and family vis
ited relatives in Summerville last
Sunday.
No weddings to report but think
there will be soon from the signs
of the times. Birdie.
R!CH RED BLOOD is the foun
dation of good health. That is why
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the One True
Blood Purifier, gives HEALTH.
FROM HAYWOOD
Several new families have moved
into our valley and have located foi
another year. Messrs. J. IL Clarkson
and S, B. Cannon from Brownwood,
Tex., has rented and taken possession
of D. W. Smith’s farm, and from the
start they have made are proving
themselves good farmers. Mr. Clark
son moved from Alpine, Ga., live years
ago to Texas and returned this fall,
not likeing Texas as a farming coun
try.
I. N. Cheney, Jr., of Bremen, Ga.,
was in our valley last week on busi
ness.
Prof. Keown, of Walker, will take
charge of a school at Ebcnezer the first
Mon lay in January.
Mrs. O. P. Watters contemplates
moving to Lindale .mills and keeping
boarders.
Mrs. D. W. Smith and her two least
children are on a visit of several days
in Dry valley and at Trion, conse
quently Mr. Walt is seemingly very
lonesome.
Your correspondent and others vis
ited the big rock on Mrs. Barbours
place today that has 19 visible horse
tracks on it which is a curiosity in
doed, on our return we went by Mrs.
Barbours and saw her large hog which
will weigh 400 pounds or more. She
has several more fine ones but not so
large.
A mad dog was killed near here
by A.C. Jordan Saturday, after biting
a tew dogs and some hogs.
S. W. D.
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