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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 24.
BACK FROM
THE EAST
Mr. A Silver Talks Enthus
iastically of the Outlook for
Spring Business
Mr A. Sliver, the Broad street
wothler has returned from tin extans
stay in New York, where he has
liei-n In the Interest of hla house.
V Silver has recently Inaugurated
a new plan here In the clothing line
specializing on only two prices, $lO
and sis.
"1 have Juat closed wltf) several
leading manufacturer* of high
grade clothing." said Mr. Silver.
"They are making liberal price con
cessions to get within our limits, and
while our margin of profit will neces
»arlly l»e very small, we expect to
make up In volume of business, as
we will m> doubt furnish men of Au
gusta better clothing valuea than
have ever been known In this sec
tion—maintaining throughout our two
price plan of $lO and sls.
RMS 01 PROBERS
SHOCK 0011. GLYNN
Message To Legislature Says
Investigation Bding Conduct
ed in N. Y. Is a '‘Four-Ring
Circus.”
Albany, N. Y.—ln a special mes
sage to the legislature last night,
which termed the preeent investiga
ting being conducted In the state a
'Tour-ring circus,” Governor Glynn
proposed the creation of a permanent
court of inquiry to be composed of
the living former judges of the court
of appeals for the purpose of con
ducting all future Inquisitions into
the state de>' artments.
".lust'ce does not require," he de
clined. -“and the people do not want
innuendoes and covert Attacks
\vho:- > onl purpose Is possibly to
glcrlfy the investigator, to answer I
COMING FAST
Our Mr. Wise, now in New York, is all but de-
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Blouses
WISE DRY GOODS CO.
Augusta Boys Make Good
In Atlanta Newspaper World
(By C W. Reab.)
it waa my pleasure to visit the news
paper offices In Atlanta a few days
ago, and renew acquaintance* with
several Augusta boys, whs started
their Jounaltsttc career In thl* city, and
landed Jot's on the press of the capital
city of Georgia.
All the boy* are "making good.” I'm
happy to state, and are well thought
of by the "Hoss."
On the Journal there Is Huger Win
ter, formerly of The Herald and also
Chronicle. Huger has the city hall as*
stgnment for The Journal, and that Is
considered In Atlanta about the most
Important. He spends mj>st o$ his
time ut city hall, and Is a prime fav
orite with the city officials.
He has turned In some excellent
"stories,” I hear from the city editor.
Huger* ask* to he remembered to all
his Augusta friends.
Estes Doremus Is another Augusta
man who Is a member of The Journal
some partisan end*, and through sug
gestion and innuendo to drive men
to distraction, catastrophe and ruin.
If our present system of Inquisitorial
Investigation continues, only those
men who are Incapable of appreciat
ing, or are insensible to such mali
cious attacks will seek public office.”
As a result of Investigations, the
governor said, the highway depart
ment already is demoralized and
its records are scattered throughout
the state. Tills, bo added, is only
wh»t may be expected In other de
partments if the present system of
inquiry continues
There now are seven living former
judges of the court of appeals among
whom is Alton B. Parker, democratic
nominee for the presidency in 1904.
The governor believes that all, or as
many of them as necessary, could be
induced from a sense of civic duty to
serve on the proposed court.
The governor's idea Is to give the
body full court powers In conducting
investigations. Such a court, he
pointed out. conducted under proper
rules of procedure, would be more
dignified and effective than the pres
ent system of insuiries.
"Crime cannot be pursued by hue
luging us with quantities of new
and beautiful things for Spring.
No department has been neglect
ed, but each day's express brings
more pleasing surprises. Indeed
it is practically impossible to de
scribe them to you. We can only
say come and look. You can
not be other than highly pleased .
New garments are arriving daily, less than a
week from New York, and are shown here simul
taneously with the displays of the best Fifth
Avenue shops.
The following is indicated from our bargain
notes:
Styles
Gladstone collars, bustle drapes, puffed
tunics, gimlet ruffles, “swill” fullness of
coat, decollate gowns and frocks, and ex
treme looseness of garments.
Colors 1
Roman Gold, Mandarin, Japanese Blue, Ap
ple Green, Sweet Pea, Black, Navy, Rainbow
Stripes, California Poppy and Shades of the
Tango.
Taffetas, Ripple weaves, Roman Suitings, Deauville
textiles, Golfine Sweater-cloth, Bedford and Georgette
crepes, raised eheeks and faille silks.
Are beautiful. The Blouse stocks give answer to the
Spring call for softness. Now that women have decid
ed that white and light colored Waists may be worn
with dark Spring Suits, the blouse makers have been
very busy.
Results: The most extraordinary assortment of
Waists that we have ever assembled at any one time in
our store. Charming models that are fashioned in crepe
de chine, combinations of crepes and voiles, lingeries
and washable silks.
staff He Is, like Winter, making
good,
I found Hen Venn on the proof desk
of The Journal Hon look* natural
and Is well tbought of In the Atlanta
Journalistic field.
Mrs. ltoger Winter (nee Miss Mary
t’arter, formerly society editor on The
Chronicle). Is doing "special work" for
The Journal, and seems to he pleasing
her paper's readers.
On The'Georglan a well-known As*
gusta boy. Mr. Tracy Matthewson. Is
on the staff of the paper's photograph
er*. lie has some Important assign
ments, and Aumsta people who read
The Georgian can credit him with a
good deal of the photographic work on
that sheet.
Hill Beabrooke, formerly of The
Chronicle, is conducting a publishing
business along with Fred l.ewis, a for
mer Atlanta Constitution man They
have offices In the Third National
Hank building, and are kept busy.
and cry,” the message said.
•‘Dishonest men cannot he driven
out of public life by head-hunting. In
the pretense of punishing malefactor*,
Innocent men should not be destroy
ed. For the purpose of detecting
guilt, truth must not be crucified.
The public inind must not he con
fused by insinuations that have no
basis, by innuendoes that have no
facts behind them and whose only
ipurpose Is to destroy those against
whom they are aimed."
If the present system of Inquiry is
continued, the governor said, it soon
will be necessary to employ investi
gators to investigate investigators.
SOLVING THE MARRIAGE PROB
LEM.
“The stenographer's leaving us to
£et married, sir."
“That makes five we lost in the
last two v£ars by the matrimony
route, doesn’t it?"
“Yes, sir.”
"Then hire a male stenographer
this time. When he gets married
he’ll be darn glad to hang on to his
job.”
—Detroit Free Press.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
MINUTES IN
MANHATTAN
(By Gotham Knickerbocker.)
New York.—The latest whim of so
ciety Is the "portrait party." toil
have to possess more than a moderate
degree of wealth to Indulge tn this ex
quisite little fad and do It well.
1 attended a "portrait party," re
cently. The scene was the studio of
a fashionable artist The party was
given liy the mother of the young
woman who was the subject for the
portrait On a large easel stood the
portrait becomingly shrouded In a
dark red cloth and uu air of mystery.
Daintily gowned women moved to
and fro. There were other men pres
ent besides myself, but the ntuios
phere was so distinctly feminine that
t felt lonesome
We took our seats before the easel
In some sort of order. The mother
and the daughter stood on the right
side of the hooded mystery and ttie
great artist on the left. Then the art
ist suddenly swept aside the hangings.
A little cheer broke forth a* the girl
was seen in the portrayed form wear
ing a lavender gown and a big string
of pearls. I felt somewhat as I have
done at a pretty little country church
wedding. It was a most eerie feeling
to compare the girl In flesh and the
girl on the canvas, however. Com
parisons ure Invidious, said someone
or other.
The real girl took tier place heslde
the pictured one anil sang several dit
ties in a melodious. If not powerful,
voice. This took off some of the mys
tery of the occasion and 1 felt more at
ease. Then there were eoektalls and
tea and more songs and quite a lively
finale. The “portrait party" bids fair
to have great popularity.
‘‘l see by the papers," said s tittle
girl friend who Is quite popular and
often brought Into the White Light by
her admirers, "that a flock of hungry
crows attacked and ate a oat out on
Long Island yesterday. After that i’ll
lie afraid to go walking alone In the
country for Lord knows how many
crows I've eaten in Broadway restau
rants this winter.”
Vincent Astor Is going to put up an
other apartment house It will cover
a Broadway block and cost between
one and two million dollars. Them
are two apartment houses In the city
higher than this one; but Vincent owns
one of these two, and, for all I know,
the other.
Moreover Vincent has been running
up skyscrapers all over the city at a
remarkable rate ever since he canto
Into control of the Astor estate. ’Tls a
qiiHlnt form of dissipation. In court
this week It was testified that the
Palerno family, rivals of the Astors as
builders, net twelve per cent, on their
properties. Oo ahead, Vincent, you're
going to get married soon; and
CJotham-Knlckerbocker will bear wit
ness this costs a lot of money. But,
remember, you have some distance to
go before you’re twenty-five years old.
Beware, or you’ll soon be spoken of
as the "Boy Builder,” the "Apartment
House Prince,” or “Skyscraper Pro
digy” or some equal Indignity.
By the way, the only thing I have
against you, Mr. Astor, Is you tore
down a fine old boarding house In the
West Seventies where I dwelt In bach
elor days and covered the site with a
twelve story monstrosity and 111-man
nered and Immodestly shows Its hoop
ed reservoir to a couple of miles of
Broadway. Hide the reservoir
The experiences of the wife of a
real estate denier from up-state this
week shows New York Is still the same
old New York. It's surprising how
true to form the aged burg runs. This
good woman thought she would * get
away with a cocktail festival In a
Broadway lobster palace with several
female friends That was a mistake
which has been fatal to many good
looking matrons who want to take a
whirl but no more—at the Rialto.
Under the mellowing Influence of
the vermouth and the gin, the olive,
and the Maraschino, she was In the
proper mood to meet the ‘young man
from her home town.” He must es
cort her home In a taxicab.
When she woke up she was lying In
the rooms of an “athletic club,” way
downtown, far below where the white
lights end. Her rings, her gold cha
telaine bag, and her watch were gone
Around her were half a dozen grin
ning, jeering young Italians. It was
a good Joke that such an elegantly at
tired woman, a lady from an upper
circle of society, had paid them a visit.
Almost frenzied she staggered from
the place, reached a policeman and
told her story. The grinning young
Italians are now working for the city
over on the Island; but there are
plenty* of other “athletic clubs."
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Attendance at Sacred Heart Alone
1,102.
To the Kdltor of Tho Herald, Sir:
I wlHh to mil your attention to an
error that appeared In your columns
(Monday evening regarding the Catholic
church membership of Augusta Tour
paper Htateri that the official number*
Were 1,002. If your call over the phone
this morning wan an Inquiry for the
official rnemberahip of the Catholic
church, then your requeat waa mlmin
rleretoorl. I gave the figure* 1,102 a*
the actual attendance e,t the Haired
Heart church alone, on Sunday, Feb.
22nd. I a.rri informed also that St.
Patrick's church returned 1,250 an It*
attendance on the eame day. In neither
cage wan anything *ald of the official
memhernhlp of the Roman Catholic
church In Augusta.
Yours truly,
JOHN M. SALTER S. J„
. Fastor.
NO
MORE
MADE TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL MEASURE
An Assemblage of
NEW
Dresses and Suits
All the new ideas are in evidence at
Golden's now. All of the quaintly
picturesque Styles that are bound to
prevail this season are ready for a
first showing this week.
Dresses of Taffetas
and Crepes are
Best
And wo arc showing both
jrcatoriailis—sometimos com
bined—with all thio puff and
bunchy effects that will be
the height of Styles,
I lip Draperies- Paniers
—Flounces Puffy Spiral
Styles and Apron Effects
will alll he good.
Come in and let, us show
you thie newest, Styles.
The Dresses are all priced
very reasonably.
$12.75, $14.95, $lB 50
and up.
GOLDEN BROTHERS
1054 Broad St. : : : : : Augusta, Ga.
SUITS
sls
Our New Spring
Patterns Are Here
And we extend a cordial
invitation to men of discrimina
ting taste to inspect a most
remarkable showing of nezo
Spring Goods just arrived.
We have a far more attrac
tive line than ever before—in
the latest and most popular
shades and weaves.
“We guarantee you entire
satisfaction
NO
LESS
English Woolen Mills
662 Broad St. : Augusta
Separate
Skirts
Skirts and Waists
Will Be Popular
And here again we are
ready to serve you. We
have just received some of
the prettiest Waists and
Drossiest Skirts we’ve ever
had the pleasure of showing
—anti values that will please
you.
$3.95, $4 98, $6 75
and up.
SILK SUITS
Will fie Good
So wp are already
si lowing them in an
array of handsome
Materials and nt
traetive Styles.
When yen sat Silk
Suits—one naturally
thinks of expensive
suits—but you will
be agreeably suV
prised when you find
these exquisite Silk
Suits at “The Fash
ion Shop” selling at
$22 50 $25 «nd $29 75
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