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VOLUME XIX. No. 67.
MORNING FOGS
MENACE PANAMA
Navigation of Great Waterway
May Have to be Regularly
Suspended During the Early
Hours.
Panama.— Navigation of the Panama
canal will have to be regularly sus
pended during the early morning hour*
or else stringent rcgulationa must be
enforced to tnaure safety on account
of fogs in the Oulebra cut. according
to Captain Hugh Rodman. C. H. N„
who i» slated to become superintend
ent of operation.
It has been found that from mid
night until seven or eight o'clock ev
er) morning heavy mists and fogs
hong in the cut, which even without
the menace of fog, will be one of the
mest difficult parts of the canal for
the pilots.
Captain Rodman has recently made
a number of trips through the cut dur
ing these hours. He says that nearly
( lways the mist was so heavy that
even his small launch had to slow
down and feel its way. His explana
tion of the fogs is the difference be
tween the temperature of the Chagres
river as It flows out through the cut
and the surrounding atmosphere, rtuis
ing heavy condensation during the late
night hours.
Eight Pilots.
Canal operation will start with not
more than eight pilots on the payroll,
according to Captain Rodman, who
has been besieged with applications
lor pilot jobs. There seems to have
been a general belief that sixty or
more pilots would be engaged upon
tlie opening of the new gateway of
oceans, but Captain Rodman declares
that six or eight pilots will answer
all purposes for some time, and if
there is not enough pilot work for
thatm any men the pilots will be kept
busy at some other duty.
The cleaning-up process is in full
swing. The big scrap heap at Mt.
Hope is assuming such proportions
that it is one of the sights of tile Ca
nal Zone. Rails from the construc
tion tracks are being torn up and
dumped there, while the old railroad
ties are being stacked up and burned.
Scows, barges and machinery no long
er needed are being removed, and Iho
canal in many places has every ap
pearance of being completed.
The points of greatest aet'vity now
are at the Cucaraeha slide in Oulebra
cut and at the site of the permanent
town of Balboa on the Pacific end of
the canal. The dredges are gaining
on the slide and it is believed the an
gle of rest will soon be reached. At
Balboa most of the new houses for
the permanent force will he ready by
the first of April. A few of them are
already finished and occupied.
Best Informed Man.
Col. Charles F. Mason, superintend
ent of Ancon Hospital, has come to b
regarded as the best informed man i”
the Canal Zone on the subjects ( f Its
natural history. For several months
past Dr. Mason has been classifying
the native woods and he is making
collection of several hundred speci
men*. He also has a large collection
of the native Philippine woods which
he made during his long residence in
the islands.
Col. Ooethals recently became a vic
tim of his own orders. As president
of the Panama Railroad Company h
ruled that no canal worker, no matter
how high his rank, should ride free on
the observation cars. For the first
time the colonel himself took a seat in
one of the observation cars the other
day. The negro porter followed or
ders and made the colonel pay his
fare.
WOMEN CAN’T TEACH
IN VIENNA SCHOOLS
So Few Vacancies That Fur
ther Applications for Posi
tions Will Be Refused, By
City Council.
Vienna.— Women have been shut out
temporarily at least, from any new
places in the teaching staffs of the
Vienna public schools. The cry of
unjust discrimination has been raised,
and the whole question of women's
employment in Austria is under re
view.
The exclusion of women candidates
for teachers in the public schools is
taken by the Vienna city council on
the ground that "so few vacancies ex
ist that no further applications for
employment of women teachers will
be received until further notice.”
N'o'bing is said, however, about men
tea(Tiers.
Since the population Is Increasing
steadily and new schools are constant
ly required, the council's action is re
garded as extraordinary. Some trace
it to the agitation among women
teachers for pay on equal terms with
men.
At present women teachers are paid
on a far lower scale than their mala
colleagues, although they perform the
same work, and have been required to
go through exactly the same course
of preparation and to take the same
examination as the men. For some
time past they have been voicing their
complaints at this treatment, alleging
that nearly all the best positions in
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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London. —Mrs. Ava Willing Astor,
first wife of the late John Jacob Astor
is prepaying to enter the social activi
ties in London, following her son's wed
ding. for which she will return to the
I'nited States for one week. She re
cently attended a dinner party given By
l.ady Paget and was much compliment
ed upon her beauty which remains as
fresh as ever. It Is probably that her
son. Vincent, and his bride will visit her
for a time on their honeymoon.
the schools are reserved for men. The
Christian Socialist majority in the city
council, however, argues that as wom
en are not heads of families with chil
dren dependent upon them for support
they have no claim to be paid as high
salaries as men. The women deny
ill t this has anything to do with tin*
( iisa . and say that even if it had they
to are often called upon to support
tigitl parents cr younger brothers and
sisters.
Throughout Australia the employ
ment of women in professional and
commercial occupations Is increasing
steadily. Young women arc general! l '
willing to work for lower wages and
they are constantly crowding out the
men. Many of tin ticket clerks In the
railway stations are women, and gov
ernment offices and banks arc con
stantly adding women to their staff.
So serious lias the inrush of women
into those fields of labor heretofore
regarded as exclusively masculine be
come that the Austrian ministry of
public works is trying to offset the
consequences by establishing a num
ber of high schools for instruction in
household economy. The first of these
will be opened at the beginning of the
next school year in September. The
curriculum will be especially directed
towards training women in domestic
science to enable them to occupy ad
ministrative positions as superintend
ents or heads of public institutions,
such as hospitals, sanatoriums, asy
lums, orphanages, schools, hotels and
Imardlng houses. The course of In
struction will extend over three years
and will include all kinds of special
classes as well as evening classes for
young women engaged in earning
their living in business during th-3
day. It is claimed that there will
.not be.a single subject in the plan of
instruction which will not be of serv
ice to future wives and mothers.
The women's employment question
has also been engaging the attention
o' ihe ministry of education and the
Vienna educational authorities. Ef
forts are being made to keep the chil
dren leaving school from entering upon
"blind alley” occupations as so many
are doing at the present time. An
employment council has been organ
ized in Vienna which will keep the
public school teachers informed re
garding the conditions of labor In va
rious branches, and it will he the duty
of the teachers to advise the pupils,
and also the parents, of the facts, and
to urge that they be taken into ac
count in selecting the future occupa
tion of the child. It is hoped that
this will not only benefit the Individ
ual children but will also tend to Im
prove the whole national economic
situation.
ORDER WARSHIP BACK.
Washington.—Fresh revolutionary
disturbances have developed in Haiti
and the battleship South Carolina has
been ordered back from Guantanamo
to Port Ait Prince. The nature of
the latest uprising was not disclosed
in official dispatches.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 8. 19H.
870
Broad St.
Pretty New Blouses
In Crepe de Chine
In new yellow, pink, flesh, peach, white, black, low col
lar, hemstitched, tiny frilled or finished with silk or
cord and tassels, large armholes, short or long
sleeves S 3 98 *5- *595 ■>n*> SO 95
MOURNING BLOUSEB, In wash silk, taffeta, chiffon.
crepe de chine S 3 98 to SB 95
Beautiful assortment of Wash Blouspb, in white voiles,
crepes. Dolly Varden crepes; some with dainty touches
of color SI to *5 95
The New Skirts
Tunics are the prime characteristics of present day
fashions in Skirts. These are not only in the single
over-skirt effect, but often run to two and three tunics.
They are made up in many different ways, some being
finished with Just the narrow flounces to simulate the
tuntc effect.
The Separate Skirt l s being worn more this season
than for many seasons past. In combination with the
dainty new waists many charming costumes can be
worked out.
$5.95 to $16.95
Never Take Your Eyes
Off This Store
Always Something Doing Here.
We have just receiv
ed one of the most ur
samples of which we am
displaying in our show
totes and porch chairs.
$35.00 Mission Library or Hall
Set for $29.75
This Suite consists of three pieces, all upholstered in
genuine Spanish leather, in green or brown; best tem
pered steel springs are used throughout, insuring long
wear and comfort. A bargain for. ~ ... $29.75
ANDREWS BROS. CO.
Double Purple Stamps Given Before Noon.
Every Day Finds Us Opening New
Spring Stocks.
And every day, in one department or the other, appears tangible evi
dence that “SPRING IS ON HER WAV.” Bv the time the daffodils
and hyacinths arc blossoming everywhere out of doors, our store will be
in itself a garden of springtime loveliness. And, just ns the gardener
is proud of every new hud and blossom and every twig that hursts into
leaf, t»'» are we proud of the unfolding of the offerings of Spring Mer
chandise that we invite you to admire with us from day to day.
Come often. Ho not wait till warm weather urges you forth, for
Spring is near at hand !
The New Dresses—
Are essentially different. Taffetas, Charmeuae, Crepe and Charmeuae are the favored fahrirs.
Just now noft finish Taffetas are the highest in favor.
THE POPULAR FROCK has flaring hip ruffles or bouffant draperies all inclining to the pannier
>r bustle effects.
Other favorel styles have narrow ruffles set on below the hips.
Waists have extended shoulders, three-quarter or lorlfc sleeves, and Marie Stuart or wide V neciis
with lace collars and lace or net fronts.
We have some pretty new Silk Crepe do Chine
Dresses tor $211.95, new Taffeta Dresses $25, and «
shipment that came only yesterday—lllustrating al
most every fabric, style and color In a complete
range of prices.
The New Suits—
Are quaintly picturesque and dMMpfty new in cut.
color, trimming and design. ThWu is nothing "man
nish" in the spring styles They are distinctly lemi
nine and gracefully artistic.
The trig little Coats—longer in the buck than in the
front, with new ideas in sleeves, vestees, collars and
trimmings, are developed In a dozen different styles.
Skirts are varied in fashioh, also, having circular
frills, rustles, minaret designs, apron tunics, ail d*
signed to give the fashionable silhouette.
Many of these suits are sufficiently dreAny to be worn
to The ’Yansant e Materials are French Rerges, Ga
bardines. Silk l'oplins. Moire Faille, Tango Checks,
Hhepherls Checks, Taffeta, and many novelty
weaves.
The colors run through the whole prismatic group of
new shades —French blues, hazel, tango, navy, fox
glove, violet, shepherd’s checks, tomato, paprika
and the tans and browns. Prices range
from *l9 95 to *57 50
It Will Soon
be Time to
Put Away
Furs and
Woolens
And the only safe plan to
store them ts In one of
our genuine Red Cedar
Chests, absolutely moth
and mouse proof. Prices
range from *ls 00 to
*25 00
Our Line of
Baby Car
riages and
Go-Carts
from
$1.98 to $25
Are Just the proper ar
ticle In which to give
baby an airing. Plenty of
fresh air will make your
baby healthy and good
natured.
Our House
furnishing
Club Plan
Enables you to buy the
same as for cash with a
small fee Tor carrying.
This Is entirely offset
by the Purple Stamps,
which we give on month
ly payments.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 PER YEAR.
Display—New White
Cottons
One might think that the designer who worked with
color had an advantage over those who work in white,
but that impression would he quickly change.l by a sur
vey of the exquisite white fabrics for summer, now on
exhibition at Andrews'. Beautiful white crepes, diver
sified with nubs, dots, embossed or rnatelasse patterns.
Rice Cloth roughly woven cloth that InokH likp kernels
of rice lying on it. And, then, there's Ratines again
galore—ln all sorts of novelty effects, checks, stripes,
etc. We invite you to look at. the new things—even
though you may not he reauy to buy.
A Riot of Lovely Colors
In Wash Fabrics
for 29c
CLEOPATRA CREPE, white ground with pink, blue,
black, green and tango flecks, also bright solids.
DOLLY VARDEN VOILES, sheer while ground with
dainty dreaden flowers, In exquisite shades,
ROSEBUD CREPES, white ground with various color
ed rosebuds scattered at intervals.
Ratines, Crepes and Novelty Fabrics, in dress lenqthi,
the yard soc to *2 25
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Real Colonial Furniture—Such As
We Are Selling—Grows More
Beautiful With the Years
If you own a Colonial heirloom, you are no doubt
very jealous of it. It is designed, made and finished
as faithfully as our Colonial piece*.
Made as was the furniture of the early Colonists. Back of the exquis
ite surface, great purity of lines, quaint, old fashioned fittings, and
stately elegance, ls the sturdy, honest strength which gives lasting
wear. This strength of construction Is carried into the unseen nooks
and corners We have some specially beautiful Colonial Furniture for
bed-rooms, living-rooms and dining-rooms; such solid richness is sel
dom seen nowadays.
Solid Mahogany Colonial Dressing Table ... $25.00
Solid Mahogany Colonial Chiffonier $45.00
Solid Mahogany Fireside Chair $25.00
Solid Mahogany Breakfast 'Fable SIB.OO
HOME EDITID(||
‘‘This store will
uim to make a fair
and reasonable pr< fit
•in its merchandise.
It realizes that it
leward lies not in
large profit, but
rather, it is in the
measure of confi
dence and good will
gained by smaller
profits and greater
values.
“'l'llis store realizes
that its profits are
paid to it by its eus
ioineis for the service
it renders them.
Therefore, we shall
give the besf possible
service—so that in
time we may have the
greatest measure of
profit.”
MOURNING DRESSES
In »lap Silk, Silk Crepe,
<’repc de Chine and
Taffi ta $15.00 to $35