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MONDAY, JANUARY 18
Society
A PROTEST
To the Editor:
Dear Sir—l rise to protest
At the outlandish way that our wo
men are dressed.
I'm married, you know, and, of course,
wouldn’t dare
To advise my good wife as to what
she shall wear.
She rigs up herself in what fashion
she will.
And I just endure it, and settle the
bill;
But her last is so very much worse
than tha worst
That my mind must relieve itself
somehow or burst.
Why! she’s swathed in so tight that
you’d think she would choke
And she curls when she walks, like
a thin puff or smoke;
Her jacket has tails like a man’s eve
ning coat,
And a thing like a stove-pipe en
circles her throat.
With an extra half-yard poking up in
the rear.
And a sort of a trestle supporting
each ear.
And the whole thing’s so tight that
I’ll bet a big check
That she can’t bend her head with
out breaking her neck.
A long, eely skirt, without pleat
front or back,
Envelopes her form, like a tight
gunny-sack.
She can step just two inches, and
not a bit more;
For the thing narrows up where it
flops on the floor.
But the worst blow of all to my tot
tering mind
Is the horrible fish-tail that hangs on
behind;
With her slim, fishy figure and fan
tail and all,
She looks like a mermaid rigged up
for a ball —
The kind that sink ships, in the old
seamen’s tales.
All sne needs is the comb and the
glass and the scales.
And the sleeves that she wears!
Why! they stick to the skin
Till I can’t understand how she gets
her arms in;
Anc! they’re tucked into wrinkles and
shivers and shakes,
With a squirmy effect like two long
writhing snakes.
The whole combination is rank, and
I wish
She were either all human, all snake
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or all fish.
She sets it all off with a great flaring
flop
Of an overturned pan, with some
feathers on top,
All twisted and towlsed to this side
and that,
Like an unlucky hen that the dog
has been at.
I’ve suffered in silence for many a
year,
And told my true feelings to no
human ear;
But I’m justified, surely in making
complaint
Of a style that would make any croc
odile faint.
It’s awful to think that I’m tied down
for life
To a snake or a mermaid instead of
a wife!
I could stand it awhile, did it only
appear
That she had a fair chance to be
human next year;
But the signs of the times all por
tend the reverse.
For the styles, every season, grow
steadily worse.
From the threat of the hoop skirt,
ungainly and wide,
We jumped to the sheath, with the
slit in the side;
Then drifted from that, in a very
brief while,
To the rattlesnake sleeve and the
gunnv-sack style;
Then behold your beloved, long,
shapeless and lank,
Like a hideous dream or a sketch by
Cruikshank!
And how can one wonder, such being
the case,
That the crop of divorces is growing
apace?
I write in the fond expectation that
you
Will take the thing up, and see what
you can do.
I”1 wait for six weeks; then, if no
body acts,
I’ll try drastic means, and tell Roose
velt the facts.
If he once gets started, and grabs
the big stick,
It’s dollars to dimes that he’ll settle
it quick.
In the hope that you’ll take the thing
up before then,
I beg to remain,
Truly yours
G. B. N.
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MRS. JOE BROWN.
The visit of Mrs. Joseph M. Brown,
wife of the governor-elect, to Wash
ington, Ga., has been the occasion of
a number of entertainments in her
honor. Interesting among these was
the supper party given Thursday
evening by Mrs. James A. Benson
The Washington Reporter says:
"Tonight Mrs. James A. Benson
gives a supper party to Mrs. Brown
which will be one of the most ele
gant and elaborate functions given
for Mrs. Brown during her brief visit
to Washington. Mrs. Benson is one
of the most popular of Washington’s
young matrons and has won distinc
tion for her briliant entertainments
and as hostess, her charming manner
and gracious hospitality is unsur
passed.
“Mrs. Benson's guests will be Mrs.
Joseph M. Brown, Mrs. C. E. Irvin,
Mrs. T. M. Green, Mrs. B. S. Irvin,
Mrs. T. J. Barksdale, Mrs. R. D. Cal
laway, Mrs S. R. Dillard, Mrs. Joseph
Terry and Mrs. J. R. Dyson. Follow
ing the supper a game of bridge will
be enjoyed.”
MR. DON MARQUIS TO WED
MISS REINA MELCHER.
Mr. R. B. Melcher announces the
engagement of his daughter, Reina,
to Don Marquis. The wedding will
take place in the early summer.
News of this engagement will be
received with more than ordinary in
terest throughout the country, Miss
Melcher and Mr. Marquis both being
widely known by reason of their mag
azine and newspaper w'ork.
Miss Melcher has contributed verse
and fiction to many of the leading
magazines and has been a regular
contributor of stories of child-iife to
Uncle Remus’ Magazine since it was
started. The sweetness and delicacy
of these stories have given them a
distinction that has in a short time
made Miss Melcher prominent in the
literary world.
Mr. Marquis has been associate ed
itor of Uncle Remus’ Magazine since
its organization, and had been in
newspaper work in Atlanta the four
years before. His editorial depart
ment in Uncle Remus’ Magazine, “A
Glance in Passing,” has given him a
personal audience of thousands, and
from time to time he has contributed
verse and stories to Scribner’s, Put
nam’s, Lippincott’s, the American and
other magazines.—Atlanta Georgian.
MR. J. V. LA TASTE WEDS
MISS GLADY CULLUM.
Many friends will be interested in
the announcement of the marriage of
Miss Gladys Cullum and Mr. Julius
V. La Taste which occurred last even
ing at 7:30 o’clock at the parsonage
of the Wt*>dlawn Baptist church, the
Rev. Thomas Walker officiating. No
formal cards of invitation were sent
out and the occasion was very quiet
The bride wore a becoming tailored
suit of Copenhagen blue cloth and
hat to correspond. After the cere
mony the happy young couple repair
ed to the home of the bride’s mother,
Mrs. H. Cullum, on May avenue,
where and informal reception was
held.
Eoth Mr. and Mrs.* La Taste enjoy
a very pronounced and extended popu
larity and are the recipients of cor
dial congratulations upon this happy
event.
MRS. MUSTIN’S
DATE POSTPONED.
Owing to conflicting dates , Mrs.
Paul Mustin’s party for Miss Amelia
Georgia and Miss Bessie Fry has
been postponed until Saturday at the
same hour.
MR. V. G. THOMAS WEDS
MISS LORA HARKNESS.
The marriage of Miss Lora Hark
ness and Mr. Virgil G. Thomas was
most impressively solemnized at 6
o’clock last evening by the Rev. Geo.
E. Guille at the manse of the Greene
street Presbyterian church. A num
ber of close friends being present, al
though there were no cards issued.
The bride was most attractive in a
becoming gown of green cloth. Af
ter the ceremony a number of family
connections were entertained at the
home of Mrs. Myra Hansberger,
where the bride has lived, and later
the young couple repaired to the
home of the groom’s father, where
they are receiving congratulations
from their countless friends.
—Lieut.-Col. R. J. C. Irvine has ar
rived in Augusta and joined his fam
ily, who are occupying the Townsend
home for the rest of the season.
THRO’fl LORGNETTE
Because of the fact that it was the
so-called "Junior Prom" at Yale that
Mrs. Taft hurried from Augusta so
much sooner than it was felt she
could possibly be spared by the peo
ple who have delighted in doing hon
or to the soon-to-be First Lady of the
Land, much interest is felt in this
event occurring in New Haven.
Now it happens—although public
ity has not been given to the fact—
that a certain Augusta gentleman
was fn Mr. William Howard Taft’s
class at Yale.
This gentleman has in his posses
sion an invitation to the promenade
concert of the Junior class of Yale
in 1876, at which concert. Mr. Taft
was present. The invitation, sent
out from Tiffany's, is a far more or
nate affair than is considered strict
ly in vogue at present, but is ex
tremely attractive in its general
set-up.
•* • •
Possibly still more interesting,
however, is a letter in this Yale
man’s possession which throws a
vivid light upon certain happenings
at the ever-memorable "prom:”
Her Letter.
fThe following letter was picks-d
up near the post office, Phis morning.
It was unsealed. We read it, and at
once rushed to the printers’, think
ing it contained so much matter of
general Interest that it was our duty
to publish it. It gives an astound
ing revelation of the mysterious in
ner-workings of a, girl’s mind, while
the language, punctuation, reckless
use of italics, and loose grammatical
construction are eminently character
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Our Advance Showing Of Spring And Summer Suits, Dresses And
Waists, Outrival For Loveliness, Freshness And Style
Anything Ever Shown In Augusta Before.
WHEN YOU WALK INTO OUR DEPARTMENT you will think you are in a garden abloom with the choicest variety of rare flowers. Such
exquisite colors of every hue, so blended as to make one harmonious whole, fresh, lovely and chic.
IF YOU FEEL TIRED AND JADED, even if you are not ready now to buy, come in, it will bo a tonic for you, the sight of this lovely
new display will refresh you, and make you well.
IF YOU HAVE PUT OFF BUYING A WINTER SUIT we have medium weight which you can wear and late into tho Spring. We have
a lovely collection of Cream Serge Suits, Cream grounds wiTTT hlack or hair striped colors, so beautifully fashioned as to he suitable
for any occasion. Wool Suits, Pongee Three Piece Suits, Silk Costumes, exquisite Lingerie Dresses and Waists and new Walking
Skirts and Lace Coats. '
WE WILL BE GLAD TO SHOW THEM TO YOU COME AND SEE US.
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LADIES' HOME
JOURNAL PATTERNS
istic of the average woman, when
she assuines the role of letter-writer
—Eds.)
New Haven, Feb. 9th, 1876.
O Sue! I have had such a splen
did time! I am dreadfully tired but
cannot, go to bed without first tell
ing you all about it. You know 1
came here, Monday. George met me
at the depot. He was just as hand
some as ever, only his nose was a
little red, (but you know it is vcr.v
cold weather) and he looked pale
and no wonder, for he tells me those
cruel tutors make him study all the
time. Well, in the afternoon we walk
ed all about the college, and I wenl.
into his room. Everything looked
so neat there. If he had fixed it up
expressly for our visit, it could not
have appeared nicer. And then wo
walked down Chapel street. I had
on my new walking suit and George
had an Ulster and stove-pipe and
looked so manly. O you ought to
have seen us. A queer-looking man
with a black beard passed us and
sort of grinned at George who frown
ed and muttered “How are you Max?”
1 wonder who he was. Night came,
and we went to the Glee club con
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cert You’ve no idea how students
sing. To be sure, they looked a lit
tle awkward and did not know ex
actly where to put their hands and
feet, but thev had such a little duck
of a tenor, and then they sang those
jolly Sophomore Society songs. How
mean it was of those odious profes
sors to abolish the societies, although
I suppose the boys did very naughty
things there. But then Sue, you
and I like fellows that are a little
wild. At any rate they are so much
more entertaining that that Mr. Gol
lop who asks you if you've read Dar
win and who has such large feet. 1
think Mr. G. is perfectly horrid, don't
you? There was a queer thing hap
ported at the concert. When the in
termission came, George said he had
to go out and see a friend a minute,
and when he came back his nose was
redder than ever. You don't
pose ho drinks, do you? You know
tathor has always told me never to
marry a man who drinks. But I
know George is honorable and true,
and he has always told me that he
loved me, and I believe him and al
ways will. He asked me to go t/>
prayers with him Tuesday morning,
but I over-slept myself. Well, I will
tell you about the Promenade and
then must stop, for I can hardly keep
my eyes open. George called for
me about 9 o'clock, and just as I was
getting into the hack 1 heard the
hackman say, “Well, I’ll trust you
till tomorrow," but we were soon at
the hall, and then I forgot every
thing. O Sue, such a time! I met
lots an S lots of students, and when 1
see you I’ll tell you all about them.
Many of them were awful dancers
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and backed me over my train, and t
wished I was a man so I could swear
I met one student, a Mr. Cypress,
who looked like Hamlet and who re
minded me of that king we read of
at old mother Reed's school, who
after the death of his son, never was
seen to Smile. O what times we
used to have together there, but I
must, go on about Mr. C. I talked and
jabbered away and he never opened
his mouth, but once in. a whwile
would blniJM in a ghastly way and
drawl out a “y-a-a-a-s." I wasted to
take a stick and punch him, but
George told mo he was a very nle<
fellow and very popular. And then
there was a sort of a Lord Dun
dreary fellow, who I put down as a
perfect donkey, but George said he
was of a very good family, and that
(lie girls were all wild over him, for
ho was immensely rich. We must
see if this is so, for although 1 like
George, you know he is not very well
off, but after all lie looks as if he
was smart, and that’s more than I
can say of Dundreary. And then
there were some very queer-looking
boys with down on their cheeks and
gold-quills on their neck-t.ies. I had
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a vacancy on my card, and a friend
of mine wns just about to introduce
one of these quill-wearers to me, hut
George gnashed Ills teeth and took
me away, saying, “Marla, you must
not dance with that follow. Don’t
you know he is a Commit editor?" O
you should have heard him hiss out
that, word Courant. 1 did not ap
prove of George’s conduct at first, and
thought him very rude and ungen
tlemanly, but was very glad after
wards, for I found out that these
quill-wearers were a set of fellows
who earned their money by writing
for a religious newspaper, owned by
a minister out in Chicago, and that
nobody would have anything to do
with them. But 1 felt very sorry for
them, for they looked real hungry,
and so ashamed of themselves, All
the great men of the college were
there. 1 saw some of the Lit. men
(1 tnink that's what they call them
selves.) They stood about, looking
very intellectual, and took groin
pains to show a sort of triangular
glmcrnck upon their watch-chains, by
putting their thumbs In their vost
pockets, and pushing back their
coats. Hut they could no\ dance.
LOT No. 2.
All Men’s, Young Men’s
Suits and Overcoats, from
$20.00 to $27.50, at
$18.75
and 1 thought they were rather slow
and stupid. I happened to look up
in the gallery, and I saw such a
horrible looking man. He wore
spectacles and was leering right at
mo with a most sardonic grin, look
ing like that fellow, Mephis ,
can’t spell It; you know whom I
mean. George said that he belongel
to the Record, and when I asked him
about the paper, he went on at a
great rate. He told me I hat. one of
tne editors was an atheist, one had
been in jail, and all were habitual
drunkards; that their clothes did not
fit them; that they sneered at every*
thing and believed In nothing; that
they were a scoffing, godless sot,
hated by everybody, and that they
had actually dared to call him
(George, my George) an "Alec." I
don’t know what "Alec” means, but
it must be something dreadful. Tha
wretched creature kept grinning at
mi' all this time and I was so mad,
but George took me In his arms, lha
orchestra played the heavenly “Bea-»
sere Zeilen,'' and I placed my head
in silent ecstasy upon his manly
shoulder. Well, I am so tired I
must step.
LOT No. 3.
All Men’s, Young Men’s
Suits and Overcoats, from
$30.00 to $40.00, at
$26.75
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